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culars issued by the surgeon general of the
army, these instructions were not carried
out. Flies swarmed over the infected filth
that accumulates around a camp and then
proceeded to the mess tents and fed upon
the food prepared for the soldiers. Thus, by
the agency of flies. it was discovered and
proved beyond a doubt. disease germs were
spread and carried to the food of the SOL
diers.
For some time past have been carrying
on an investigation for the purpose of as
certaining what flies breed in refuse of vari-
Gus sorts, and conversely. just what flies
are found in dining rooms and kitchens
where food is being prepared and served
These Investigations | have conducted with
the greatest care and in different parts Of
the country. In this way large amount
of material has been gathered. Briefly sum
married we have found that the number Of
species of insects which breed in filth con-
tanning germs is very large, not less. in fact
than forty-four species of beetles and sew
enty-seven species OF flies. Some of these
are scarce and others are abundant, but all
are more or less dangerous carriers
and transmitters of disease.
Now, in the experiments carried on in
order to ascertain exactly which ones of
these are important in the disease breeding
function, more than 200 flies were caught
in kitchens and dining rooms in different
parts of the country from Massachusetts to
California and from New York to Louisi-
ana. 1t proved that of the flies breed
ing in filth, six species were found in
houses in sufficient numbers to render them
dangerous. There are others dangerous
species which do not make their rendezvo
in kitchens or dining rooms.
AT the head Of these six varieties must
stand the common hOusefiy. This insect
constituted more than rs per cent of the
whole number of flies captured in kitchens
and dining rooms. While it was by no
means one of the species most commonly
captured in garbage and other refuse. il
was shown conclusively that under certain
conditions this insect may be a factor of
the greatest Importance in the spread Of
intestinal diseases. In the most Clearly and
best cared for portions of a large city these
conditions of course do not exist. The ad
mirable water supply and sewerage sys-
TENS in such localities obviate in a large
measure typhoid transfer possibilities. Yet
even in such places the danger may exist
when the vessels used in a sick room are
not promptly disinfected, and by reason of
neighboring stables flies are especially
abundant.
But in army camps where filth is left eX-
posed and in small towns and about farm
ers houses where sewerage facilities are
lacking the housefiy is a constant source of
danger Moreover in the low quarters of a
great city where there is lax sanitary super
vision, in the open lots surrounded by an
ignorant population, refuse is frequently de-
posted in the open. sometimes in close
proximity to kitchens, and thus may be a
constant source of disease.
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Pongee Lounging Robes.

Far less costly than these veritable con-
fectiOns are the pretty pOngee neglges,
made on the same model and edged with
tea-stained footing, though quite the cool
est fabric in the world Is pure white habu-
tai silk. This is not expensive; it washes
Ike a towel, and a little Vaenciennes edg
ing is all the trimming needed. Many of
the silk lOunging robes have straight, deep
~ hemmed skirts, and the upper garment
IS cut like a Greek peplum or like a farm
er's smock, with the difference that the
modern garment fastens down the left side
of the front.
Ali the odds and ends of dimity, lawn and
organdie from the counters We're sent a
few weeks ago to the manufacturing de-
partmentS of the dry goods shops and
thrifty made into kimono suits. that now
heap the bargain tables at compelling price s.
These. in white or colOrS, prove absolutely
Irresistible to the comfort-loving woman
and so gay, and pretty, and becoming are
they. and so ridiculously inexpensive, that
three or four are carried off by every shop
per. They all consist of a round. full skirt
with a deep hem and a hip-long kimono
blouse. Sometimes a white suit has its
skirt, sleeves and blouse edges all faced
with a color, or a sprigged blue and white
dimity suit has solid blue borders all about
The borders are most effectively set on with
a hemstitch beading, and the women who
possess talent for dressing up any little
toilet have taken to wearing strings of coral
beads with their open-necked kfmono
blouSeS.
A japanese Mood.
So decidedly Japanese is momentary
mood, swayed TO doubt by the kimono suit,
that many women do up their hair for the
morning with white carved bone Geisha
pins. Some of these are of amber cellulo!d,
and the basic principle and shape of the ap-
pliance is that of the ordinary black wire
pin. The difference is in the long, delicate
and more or less carved horn that sticks out
two or three inches from the bowed end
of the prong. Some women whose hair IS
thin and whose heads are sensitive in sum-
mer find it a genuine comfort to use the
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burning her pocket may easily lay out that
whole sum on any one of these two-piece
suits. and purchase Herewith a robe fiji to
appear in at the coronation. on the other
hand. $3.50 will secure as sweet a little
Japanese breakfast frOck as any fas;idiOus
man should ever care TO see behind his sill
Yer coffee set.
The fifty dollars buys an imported work
Of art in the finest white French handker-
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Flies and Typhoid Fever.

Typhoid fever, as will be remembered
doubtless was astonishingly prevalent in
the military camps of this country during
the war with Spain. At that time the dis
ease received a thorough investigation at
the hands of special commission Of army
surgeons appointed for the purpose. 1t was
shown that although excellent preventive
measures had been recommended in the cir
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DOM biting insect is not necessary for
their transfer from the sick individual to
the healthy one in the majority of cases.
Such diseases are notably typhoid fever,
cholera and pulmonary consumption. With
these diseases. and especially the first two,
the agency of the non-biting flies becomes
important. and the part they play in the
transmission of typhoid fever is particu-
larly noticeable. 1t has been known for
some time that flies may carry bacilli and
bacteria on their feet. That was expert
mentally proved by allowing flies to walk
over culture for, later. when they walked
over sterilized media, the bacteria devel-
oped Moreover, as early as 1885, it was
shown by an Italian investigator that flies
fed upon pure cultures of typhoid bacillus
were able to transmit virulent bacilli
Again. early observations demonst rat ed
that flies are important agents In the trans
YpiSSiop of ASiatic cholera
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The House Fly Doesn't Bite.

1.-THE musca domestica does not bite On
account of the structure of its mouth parts
this physical mpossbility. But it is none
the less dangerous for that reason. While
it does not inoculate the individual as the
mosquito does it is most active agent in
the transmission of disease because it COM
municates the germs to the food eaten by
people. In certain sections of the country
there is common idea that flies bite before
a rain. This is true, but it is not the house
fly that does the biting. 1t is the stable fly
tstomoxys calcitrans) which has a particu-
larry eXasperating bite, which is also to a
certain degree dangerous. This is the fly
which is probably reSpons BILE for the trans
fer of surra in the Philippines. The APP
proach of a storm frequently drives il into
dwellings, where it is a source of keen an
noyance to the occupants.
The other species of flies which are of
especial Importance are the little fruit flies
(drosophila ampelophila) SO commonly
found in houses in the autumn. attracted to
overripe or decaying fruit, and which some
times sWarms in great numbers about the
fruit stands in the markets These also
breed in fifth and play important part
in the diSeaSe-tranSfer relations. There is
also the species knownAas the little house
fly (homalomyia canicularis) a small insect
with light colored abdomen, commonly
found on windows and so much like the
ordinary house fly that it can hardly be dis
tinguished from it. 1t has however a
piercing proboscis and bites severely. There
are also the forms known to entomologists
as phora fermorata and sarcophaga
trivialiS.
To War Upon the Pests.
THAT is enough concerning the variety
of flies. In brief, the results of these OBJ
servations Indicate:
"First-In the interest of health. and es-
pecially obviating the possibility of the
transfer of typhoid fever by flies. filth of
every description should be removed or
buried forthwith.
"Second-Refuse should never be depos-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
PROVED HER TITLE CLEAR.
Maine Fastest American Battleship
AhOat-Did 1879 Knots an Hour on
Trial Trip.


Boston, Aug. 23.-The new first-class
oattleship Maine, looking for all the
world like ship already commissioned
IN the navy, save for the big Cramp
flag astern, raced around the Cape Ann
trlal course to-day to prove her right
to fly the United States ensign. She
did it before she finished.
Her contract calls for a speed of
eighteen knots an hour for four con-
tinous hours of steaming, and though
on one six-mile leg she dropped 10
1885, on her fastest she reached 1879,
ana this was followed by other speeds
equally agreeable. Thus, at the end her
mean speed, developed without tidal
allowances, was given out as 1873. This
is not official, as the navy board has
rot completed it's figuring, and will not
Tor some time. But this is the state
ment made by the Cramps.
There is little feeling that she was
expected to go over this mark, but as
1t is, she stands To-Day as the fastest
battleship in the American fleet, for
the illinois, which up to this time has
neld the record, only did ia on her
fastest leg as against this 1879 and
both e. S. Cramp and Commander
Cowles, the latter of the navy board
expressed themselves as well satisfied
after the trip
When the Maine was coming over
at one time she is understood to have
been pushed up to 1895, but it is OK
planned that this is the first time a
trial trip of this sort has been run
under service conditions with unpick-
ed coal, and with an ordinary crew of
StOkerS
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
BLESSED A NEW VILLAGE.
Government Erects Houses for
Homeless of st. Vincent.

Homeless of st. Vincent.
Kingston, Island of St. Vincent.
Thursday, Aug. 21.--A highly inter-
esting ceremony was witnessed yester-
day in the blessing of 116 houses erect
ed by the government for the settle
ment of sufferers by the recent erup-
ton of La Soufriere. This is the first
village to be inaugurated to this end.
The ceremony was conducted under
the auspices of the Anglican church.
The new village occupies a site on
the seaside, four miles west of Kings
town. and is considered to be at safe
distance from La Soufriere. Clerygmen,
choristers, an orchestra and numerous
spectators from Kingston and else
where were present at the ceremony.
An important feature of interest to
tourists was found in the Carib set
tlement in the new village. This con-
sists of a lot apart from the other
houses, upon which has been erected
thirty -four dwellings, for thirty-four
Carib families. These Caribs, who es-
capped death by fleeing from the west
ern coast of the island Immediately
before the eruption are today the
only known survivors of the Carib
tribe, and every effort is being made
to retain and care for this historic and
aboriginal people of ST. Vincent.
The negroes of the island are the re-
cipients of ample succor from the re-
lief funds, but the government is en-
deavoring to avoid pauperizing them.
1t is difficult to get the negroes to work
while they are receiving food and 9TH
er relief and the government contem-
plates stopping their rations.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
MITCHELL DENIES REPORT.
No Compromise Proposition in Sight.
President Says Miners Are Sure to
Win.

No Compromise Proposition in Sight
President Says Miners Are Sure to
Win.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 23.-Presi-
dent Mitchell arrived here from Chi
cago this afternoon. He said he was
not going to New York to hold con-
ference with any of the presidents of
the coal carrying railroads. So far as
he knew the situation was unchanged.
The miners" he said, ARE just as
firm now as the first day they went on
strike"
Il am Just as confident as ever, too"
continued Mr.. Mitchell, that we are
going to win"
Mr.. Mitchell denied that
he was in communication with
Bishop Potter, but said the miners
We're still open to arbitration, provid-
ing it could be secured by honorable
means. When asked if he had an en-
gagement to meet United States Sem
ators Quay and Penrose, Mr.. Mitchell
replied in the negative.
The close of the fifteenth week of
the strike shows that the operators
have made some gains in the Wyom-
ing region. The output of coal has
been larger than at any time since
the strike began. This Is due to the
fact that more washeries have been
in operation the past week than at
any previous time since May IL. But
all the big mines are still idle and
from what can be learned the miners
show little inclination to return to
work
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
KNOX GOES TO EUROPE.
Called There by Developments in
Panama Canal Question-TO Push
Fight for Greene and GnynOr.

Called There by Developments In
Panama Canal Question-TO Push
Fight for Greene and Gnynor.
Washington, Aug. 23.-Attorney Cen
eral Knox returned to the city to-day
from his vacation, spent principally
in Atlantic City. He will remain,
however. only until Monday, when he
will leave for New York preparatory
to sailing for Paris next Wednesday
on the Oceanic.
He had hoped that this trip to
France might be avoided, but Mr.. Rus
sell, who is now there investigating
the Panama canal question for this
government, has cabled Mr.. Knox that
there are some features of the case
that, in his opinion, should receive the
Attorney Generals personal attention
AS to what these matters are Mr., Knox
has no information.
In speaking of the railroad merger
suit, the Attorney General said that
testimony would be taken in the case.
beginning at New York next month.
When that had been concluded the
court would set time for an oral
hearing.
AS to the Greene Gaynor case, Mr..
Knox said that within a day or two
he would formulate instructions to
the government counsel in Quebec as
to the next steps to be taken to extra
dite 1he men. The government, he said.
had no thought of abandoning its case,
and every possible means would be
exhausted to secure the return of
Greene and Gaynor to the United
States.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
THE PRESIDENT AT NEWPORT.
VIII Attend Christening of the
ChanIer Baby.

Newport, r. l., Aug. 23.-President
Roosevelt closed his second days jour
ney through New England at Newport
tonight, where he is the guest Of
Winthrop Chanler. Upon the conclusion
of his speech at city hall in Providence
he was driven to the dock, where he
boarded a private yacht for the resi-
dence of Senator Aldrich at Warwick
Newport was reached soon after.
He was at once taken to the Chanler
residence, and while here will attend
the christening of the Chanler baby.
Since starting from New Haven his
progress through Connecticut and
Rhode Island has been marked by
greetings, the warmth of which could
hardly be exceeded. The weather has
been all that could be desired and the
President has frequently expressed his
appreciation of the successful carrying
out of the elaborate plans for his re-
ception and the outpouring of the null
titudes all anxious to share in extend
ing him a hearty welcome.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24

these laws, even between adjacent
stats, and the uncertainty of the pow
er of enforcement result practically in
altogether insufficient control. l be-
lieve that the nation must assume this
power of control by legislation, and If
it becomes evident that the cor stitu-
ton will not permit needed legislation,
then by constitutional amendment.
Supervision an Active Need.
''The Immediate need in dealing
with trusts is to place them under the
real, not nominal control of some SOW
ereign to which, as it's creature, the
trusts shall owe allegiance. and in
whose courts the sovereign's orders
may with certainty be enforced. This
is not the case with the .ordinary So
called trust to-day, for the trust is
a large state corporation, generally
doing business in other states also,
and often with tendency to monop-
oily. Such a trust is an artificial
creature not wholly responsible to or
comfortable by any legislature, nor
wholly subject to the jurisdiction of any
one court. Some governmental sover-
eign must be given full power over
these artificial and very powerful cor
porate beings.
I'm my judgment this sovereign must
be the national government. When II
mas been given full power, then this
full power can be used to control any
evil influence, exactly as the govern
ment is now using the power con-
ferred upon it under the sherman anti
trust law. Even when the full power
has been conferred it would be highly
undesirable to attempt too much, or to
begin by stringent legislation. The
mechanism of modern business is as
delicate and complicated as it is vast,
and nothing would be more productive
of evil to all of us and especially TO
those least well off in this worlds
goods, than ignorant meddling with
this mechanism, and, above all, if the
meddling was done in a spirit of class
or sectional rancor.
Publicity Is the Panacea.
ut is desirable that this power
should be possessed by the nation, but
it is quite as desirable that the power
should be exercised with moderation
and self-restraint. The first exercise of
that power should be the securing of
publicity among all great corporations
doing an interstate business. The pub
licity, though non-inquistorial, should
be thorough, as to all important facts
with which the public has concern. The
full light of day is a great discourager
of evil. Such publicity would by itself
tend to cure all the evils which there
is just complaint, and where the al
legged evils are imaginary it would tend
to show that such was the case. When
publicity is attained it would then be
possible to see what further should be
done in the way of regulation"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
VISIT OF ITALY's KING.
Inter den Linden Blooms With Pot
ted Greenery.

inter den Linden Blooms With Pot
ted Greenery.
Berlin, Aug. 23.-Gilded masts sur
mounted by evergreen crowns are be-
ing set up along Inter den Linden, in
preparation for the entry into Berlin
of King Victor Emmanuel. of Italy,
Thursday, next. The Inter den Lin
den midway is being bordered through
out its length by large rows of potted
greenery. The programme for the
Kings entertainment. which includes
receptions, state dinners and a gala
performance at the opera, ends on Sat-
urday with the great fall parade of
troops on the Tempelhof field.
The object of King Victor Emman-
uers visit, as explained at the Italian
embassy, is that the young King is
simply making his first call since his
accession upon his friend the Emperor
that such was the only purpose of his
visit to Russia. and that it is quite
probable that the King will visit
France next year. Austria is
not likely to be visited by King
Victor Emmanuel, for the reason that
Emperor Francis Joseph never return
ed the late King Humbert's visit to
Vienna because he wished to avoid Of
Tending the Vatican by seeing King
Humbert in Rome.
AS King Victor Emmanuel on his
visit to Berlin will be attended by the
Italian premier, Signor Zanardelli, the
relations between Italy and Germany
will naturally be- discussed, but any
thing approaching negotiations with a
definite object, growing out of the
question of King Victor Emmanuers
disarmament proposals, are for the
Emperor's personal ear and are not
official, and the fruitlessness of max
ing them is already well understood by
the ministers here. AS for the rest,
the Berliners are looking forward to
a brilliant show, and officialdom anti
cipants wearisome series of func-
tions which it must attend.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
IN LOVE, NOT WRATH
JAMES TINDOL SPIRITED AGNES
ROACH AWAY.
A LOVER, AND NO LUNATIC, He.
FATHER AND POSSE SEARCHED
WHILE COUPLE FLED.

Old Love Affair Uncovered by Angry
Posse-GirI, Supposed to Have Been
Held Up by Armed Lunatic, Fled
TO Lovers Arms-POsse Searched in
One Direction, While They
Escaped in AnOther-Married at
JeffersOnvilIe at Dawn Then.
Like Cooling Doves, Returned to
GroOm'r Home-Father Angry, But
Relieved.
Macon, Aug. 23.-The searching par
ty that spent Friday night trying to
capture the escaped lunatic who was
reported to have kidnapped the 15-year-
old daughter of L. A. Roach, at Cor
don, Ga, Friday afternoon, ran down
an old love affair this afternoon.
l.. A. Roach of Gordon, Ga, father
OF 15-year-old Agnes Roach, came to
Macon and spent last night trying to
find some trace of his daughter. He
reported to the police that James T.
Tindol, who was recently in the asy-
lum, but who escaped, had gone to
his house on the afternoon before and
at the point of a pistol forced the girl
to run away with him. He said it
was a clear case of kidnapping, and he
feared that his daughter would re
murdered by the insane man 1t de-
veloped this afternoon, however, that
1t was simply a love affair, in which
the old folks had been blinded
Were In Love For Years.
1t developed, however, that the girl
had been in love with James Tindol
the alleged lunatic, for a number of
years, and that a long time ago her
father whipped her for it, and she had
since been concealing the fact that she
entertained an affection for Tindol
Friday morning the couple met at
the back of the garden on the Roach
plantation. and it was agreed that they
would elope late in the afternoon, and
that a ruse should be worked to throw
the father off his guard until it was
too late for him to prevent the mar
riage.
An Ingenious Young Brother.
Tindol secured mule and bug
gy and then went and got the girl just
at dusk. She put on her best clothes
and went with him and her little four
year-old brother gave out the kidnap-
ing report. The father organized
party as soon as he reached home from
the field and started in pursuit of the
couple, but went toward Macon, while
the couple had taken to the woods in
another direction and made for JEFF
fersonville, in Twiggs county
The couple reached Jacksonville at
daylight, after an all nights ride, and
they secured a license and were mar
ried as soon as the ordinary opened his
office.
Came Back Like Cooling Doves.
While the father and his friends
were watching the roads leading to
Macon, and conjuring up all sorts of
disasters that might have happened
to the girl while she was at the mercy
of the supposed lunatic. the couple
were making their way back to the
home of the groom's mother, cooling
like two doves.
The father swears he will never for
give his daughter, but he says he is
awful glad the thing turned out no
worse. Tindol was once tried for poi
soning his own. father and also for
shooting his sister, but he was acquit-
ted. He was afterwards sent to the
asylum, whence he escaped.