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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

ton for proceeding against manufacturers and
dealers who are found to be morally response
BILE for deaths from tetanus. He should have
no trouble in making out case If the law is so
worded as to warrant a prosecution at ALL
Through the cooperation of physicians. who,
privately or in hospitals have treated cases of
Iockjaw during the last six or eight weeks,
many valuable clews could be obtained. Other
revelations might result from the purchase and
examination of samples at places where fire.
works and sporting goods are sold. vigorous
investigation while these sources of informa-
ton are available would doubtless result in
much good.
1t is now rather late, perhaps to undertake to
punish those who are responsible for this years
loss of life. but not day too soon to face the
question of suppressing Il growing evil in the
future. Active steps TO ascertain the character
of the cartridges placed on sale next year ought
TO begin weeks before the Fourth. When any
have been found which contain tetanus germs,
their sale should be prohibited. Notice should
be served the dealers handling such goods.
If the city authorities are not entirely clear
about the possession of the necessary powers at
present. no time should be lost In securing the
passage of the proper statutes and ordinances
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31
1 CERREyCY PROPOSAL.

An interesting contribution to the discussion
of currency reform appears in a letter which
we print in another column Of this morning
paper We might also call ii an authoritative
contribution, for the name of the writer will be
recognized in the financial world as that of
practical and successful banker Of wide obser-
walton and long experience. Mr.. Hansls famil-
iarity with banking conditions and require
ments in all parts of the country enables him
10 regard the currency question from a national
and not from local point of view. According
~, his proposal is intended to serve the needs
not of Western farmers alone, nor of Wall
Street banks alone. but of all parts of the coun-
try and of all classes of business men.
The essential feature of Mr.. HanSIs plan Is
elasticity. He does not propose any new form
Of currency. The present form is good enough.
Nor does he propose any considerable increase
of its volume. Its present volume is sufficient.
The trouble is that it is not always distributed
according to the special needs of business. He
therefore proposes that banks shall he permit
ted. at the discretion of the Controller of the
Currency. TO enlarge their circulation on an
asset basis TO a certain extent. for a period of
six months or less, to meet temporary needs.
the increase 10 be redeemed and withdrawn
from circulation within the time limit. Thus, to
suggest single example of the application of
the system, Il Western bank could put out
new issue Of notes to meet the needs of crop
movements in its neighborhood. The conditions
OF issue would tend to keep the money i'm that
neighborh0od instead of letting it flow into
Wall Street or other speculative channels. and
within the specified time the new issue would
be redeemed and withdrawn from circulation
and all would go on before. Of course, the
notes thus put into temporary circulation would
l,o ..l in.
nent circulation and indistinguishable from
! them
Mr.. Hansfs plan commends itself to consider
alton not only by the experience Of its author
! but by its own simplicity and freedom from
/ disturbing or revolutionary features 1t will no
doubt receive the thoughtful attention Of legis-
! latOrs and financiers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31
STOPPING MURDER BY yETAyUs

\ valuable service TO the public has been per-
formed by '"The Journal Of The American Med
ical Association" At the cost of much intoIIi-
gent and patient labor. it has taken a census of
the injuries wrought by toy pistols ana fire
works in the United States this year while the
Fourth of July was being celebrated The sur
yey is not confined to that particular day of
course. but embraces a short period in which
the anniversary of the nations birth occupies
conspicuous position. Returns from every State
and Territory. covering all sorts of wounds
were published in last weeks issue It thus ap-
pears that the total number of persons hurt
badly enough TO require attention was 4449
No less than ninety five eyes were lost ten per
sons were rendered perfectly blind and 466
cases terminated fatally. The most significant
feature Of this CHASTITY exhibit is that 400 deaths
resulted from tetanus alone
While this years large crop OF deaths from
iockjaW, induced by toy pistol wounds is fresh
in the public mind, it is appropriate TO recall
q suggestion made four years ago in Il letter
10 The Tribune. Or. William u Levi pointed
out way by which the responsibility for such
accidents could be fixed more precisely than
has been done hitherto and by which their num-
Der could be scnsibly diminished There is
ample evidence TO show that the immediate
agent OF the mischief in the majority of cases
Injected. All cartridges though. are not equally
dangerous. for many toy pistol wounds are not
followed by tetanus The most common abode
OF the germs of that disease, bacterioIogists say
IS the soil. They are more abundant in some
places than at others. Dr. Levi afirns that
The earth in NewYork is comparatively free
from them. Hence the contamination of car.
tridGes by the dirty hands OF operatives or
otherwise may occur only at factories outside
OF the limits % the metropolis STILL IT should
be possible 10 ascertain both the location and
ownership of those establishments
There are several branches of the local pov
eminent which, in one way or another. couId
take cogniZance Of the matter Within certain
/ limits the Fire Department controls the storage
and sale of explosives. Perhaps the INQUIRY
would fall more legitimately within the prov-
ince or the Health Department which has rea-
son 10 investigate any business that is detri-
mental 10 public health and which possesses
large powers fer the suppression of the same.
In view OF the magnitude Of the evil. more
over. il might be well for the District Attor-
ncy to consider whether the statutes relative 10
manslauShter give him any technical iustlfca-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

Thirty years war with the Achinese, ferocous
lot of NIalays. bloodthirsty that they actually
wanted TO defend their island and resist the
imposition of foreign yoke upon them. has cost
the Dutch S2oe,0O000o. and has been conducted 60
privately that hardly anybody outside has heard
anything about it. 1t is now over, the principal
Sultan having laid his turban at the feet of the
principal Dutchmen concerned. and the soft
Samaritan airs. spice laden, breathe of con-
cord 1t IS high time that the dove of peace
should descend there. the hope rather than the
pectaton being that its roost may correspond in
duration with its protracted absence.
Former Suburbanite (astounded)-You don't mean
TO tell me that you have fifty chickens and YOU
S S On speaking terms with your next door
sqburbanite (smillnsIy)-Thars exactly the case.
Suburhanite Not on your life. You see the day
! bought the fool fowls I made blum driving
thought they belonged to my neghbors so since
f fhfH they stick to my garden like slne(BroOkiyn
John Macdonald. correspondent Of THE London
Daily News" who has been travelling in Mace
dona. tells OF amusing experiences with Turkish
officials Permission TO the frontier had OF
course to be obtained and in Constantinople Mr.
Macdonald was advised to call upon the Minister
of the Interior.
Infinite poIteness the part OF his excelIency.
coffee and cigarettes; but when Mr.. Macdonald
asked for passport his excellency replied. That
alas! is not in my department" However. he sUg-
SeSteO WISH 10 the Minister or Foreign AHalrSi
and there more pouteness and coffee and cigar
cites. but the answer Nor was the chief OF
the police less hospitable; and when he. too re-
piled. That. alas, is not in department he
beat his breast. Sent h!ther and thither Mr.. Mac
donald forever slipping coffee and smoking
cigarettes. and nothing could exceed the courtesy
OF the authorities. but-never a passport. and so
Mr. Macdonald started for Salonica morning
resolved somehow other to penetrate into Mace
donna.
No sooner the traveller ushered into the
presence of the Vail OF Salonica than out came the
eternal refreshment but this time he obtained his
passport. You will that we have been shame
fully libelled' said the Vail. land that the Mace
domains themselves are the guilty ones I viii give
you escort. for if you are captured or injured
every will say that IT is our fault. and poor
Turkey will have to pay indemnity" The es-
cort amounted almost 10 a regiment, and 1t took
Mr. Macdonald a month to cross Macedonia He
spent ten twelve hours a day In the saddle
and in every village re paused and took down he
revelations of the peasants. When his letters be-
gan to appear. then great the wrath OF the Vail
and the Governors. Mr.. Macdonald" proclaimed
the Vail has deceived me; did all l could FOR
him. and this is his return. Never again will
trust a correspondent" And whenever a CORE
spondent calls upon the Vail he IS given coffee and
cigarettes. but refused passport
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

than eleven days. When the amount and KIND
of traffic demand such proceeding, therefore,
nearly a week can be whitfield off from MI
Sayres record. AS already pointed out, there Is
a decent prospect Of saving at least one day be-
tween Yokohama and Dalny. From that point
TO Moscow the average speed of the best ex-
presses is sixteen miles hour. Raise this to
twenty-five and the trip could be shortened at
least four days more.
One cannot expect confidently to catch trans
atlantic steamship closely as Mr.. Sayre did
after having travelled so far. Yet at the worst
Il failure to do so would cost man only two or
three days Moreover. better facilities than he
enjoyed will eventually he available. Railway
trainssravel about twice as fast as ocean liners
When through service has been organized in
Germany and France to Cherbourg or Brest. Il
full day may be saved here. Aside from that
chance though, somebody will doubtless ere
long circumnavigate the globe in forty-fve days!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31
WHO GETS THE TIP?

The tip evil has grown with alarming rapldity
in this country in the last few years. 1t has
become fixture in those places where it first
made its appearance. and is reaching out con-
tinually for new fields to conquer. The hotel
and restaurant employees, by their mo tip no
service, methods, have set other people on whom
the public depends for service an example which
is being followed to the cost and discomfort
of the public and the degradation of the tip
takers.
We have not yet reached the condition which
exists in some of the countries whence the tip,
with its pernicious consequences. came to us;
we do not feel called upon TO give the street
car conductor or the letter carrier something
for his trouble but we are Oh the high road
TO that point and may soon reach it,
There are many men and women who work
in sphere where the tip has become a per
manent institution to whom "trinkgeld" and
"pourhoire" will always remain foreign phrases.
The mite which they receive does not cOmpen-
safe them for the loss of self-respect, but they
are bound to the system. not only by their less
sensitive fellows. but by their employers. who
pay their people poorly and rely upon the pub
lie to contribute its share Some employers
make a show Of disapproval by asking their
patrons to abstain from tipping servants. we
pay our people we'll and our patrons are en-
t1JleQ 10 SOOu service, one concern duNefiSeS,
land when they do not receive it we want to
know it. and we shall see that they do There
is an American business ring to this announce
ment, and one feels that the man who makes
it treats his employees fairly, and that he does
the right thing toward his patrons. The an
rouncement is born of a spirit which can do
much toward checking the strides Of an import
ed institution which will always remain I'M
American.
The no tip notice becomes more conspicuous
by comparison with the recent utterances OF
another employer who Endorses the tip system.
discusses it learnedIy and figures 4 benefit 20
the public by its operation under certain regu-
lations. In his argument in favor of the tip
system the employer failed to mention how
much he saved in wages by permitting his peo-
pie to levy an extra tax on his guests When
he makes the calculation he will find that he,
not the public is the tip beneficiary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31
3em:21orls Dgaiiap Gribm,te
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

DOMESTIC-A dispatch was received at the
Navy Department from Admiral COTTON an
nounciug the departure OF the cruisers I5 I
and San Francisco for Beirut. - Nopo ~ >
killed TWO men and wounded two others AZ the
car barns of the Chicago City Railway CON-
many. the men then escaped with SoouH -
about forty marines stationed in Annapolis
gathered in the streets there armed WIN pieceS
Of pipe and other weapons, 80 seek revenge Lo C
Injuries 10 a sergeant; boy was hurt, but thelr
officers appeared ard took the men back TO
barracks before further harm WAS done -
The cruiser Yankee reached Newport from Port
land with coal on fire in the midshlp bunker
constant use Of water kept If from spreading
=-=- The Agricultural Department has issued q
bulletin on the milk question. in which it says
that the agitation has done good, but that at
the same time much unnecessary alarm mas
been caused: suggestions are made for the i'm
provement of the milk supply
FOREIGN.-Oue thousand Bugarians were
killed by six battaIions Of Turkish troops at
Emilovo who storUed the insurgent position and
destrove one-third Of its defenders. === Con-
ditions in Macedonia we're reported TO be grow
ing worse. particularly IN the districts OF
Salouica and KOssoVo. == A dispatch from
Genoa said that the Brooklyn and the san Fran
cisco sailed for Pert Said. - Prince FeToi-
nand started from Budapest for Soma. - Inc
Alaskan Boundary Commissioners for the United
States reached London == Several people
were swept away by tire eruption Of a geyser
IN NeW-ZeaIand. =-- The Austrian Sunboat
Siberia foundered off Cadiz; eleven of her crew
were saved by a French transatlantic steamer
== The promotion Of NJ de Wiue 10 be
President of the Ministerial Council was con-
0rmed: N. PleSke was mace SilllsteI o. iIIailCe
- Il was announced at The Hague that the
Venezuelan Arbitration Court Will assemble on
September l.
CITY-C Oliver Iselin and the NewYork
Yacht Club tug Navigator aided in the rescue
OF twelve persons who had been shipwrecked off
Monmouth Beach. === IL Linn Bruce. presi-
dent of the Republican County Committee, issued
a statement saying that he expected harmonious
results from the anti-T2mmany conferences this
week and early agreement on candidates.
:- The storm made three coast steamers
come back to port. =- President Roosevelt
end his family attended church at Oyster Bay
and spent quiet day at home, undisturbed by
official visits. =-- A woman, after cutting the
wrist Of her little daughter. slashed herself so
badly that she bled to death. =- Ma gistrate
Ommen assailed professional bondsnlen for fur
nishing bail for alleged disorderly women.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Rain brisk north 10 northeast winds. The tenn
perature yesterday: Highest, Ct degrees; low
est. -.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31
PERSONAL.

Salem, Mass, has honored Secretary Moody ny
naming one of her public squares after him i'm
spite of the fact that the name of General Miles
was nrst proposed for the new square
The French Academy Will next month celebrate
another interesting literary event In August NJ
G. l. Boissier, secretary of the academy. completes
his eightieth year NJ. BOLSTER is certainly one Of
the grand old men OF the time. To Judge by his
experience, and still more by the enormous extent
OF his work. he might well pass for a man under
sixty He still conducts his classes at the College
de France, and besides his regular work at the
french Academy and the Academy Of Bellies Iettres
ne - MEMBER or SIX dlHerent committees
the lnstitut de France, and is in constant CORE
SRoiuenSe WIN learned men the world over Only
TWO weeks ago he presided over the higher council
OF public education.
Queen Margherita Of Italy cOntempIates what
may be described at least an adventure in semi
exploration. The anniversary celebrations in mem
DRY of King Humbert being over she leaves Rome
for kiel. embarking there English yacht for
a cruise toward the North Cape. which will include
stromsoe and possibly Sptzbergen. Her majesty
will be accompanied by the Marehioness Villa
marina and the Warehouses Guiccioli The Queen
mother has always been deeply interested I'm Arctic
questions, and nobody lent enthusiastic
AbruzzL In the Church OF Our Lady Of ConSOla-
uon, one or the finest IN Turin hangs beautiful
model ship IN silver, Queen Margheritas votive
thankoHering for the dukes success.
Mestag. the eminent Dutch marine painter. has
Just presented to the Dutch Governments for the
nation. princely collection Of art objects The
famous Barbizon school OF French painters is par
ucularly well represented. There are twenty pict-
ures by Daubigny, twelve by Corot. three by Millet
seven by Rousseau. and ten by Diaz. The most
also well represented. Besides paintings the col
lection includes profuston of china. EObelins
carpets and draperieS. ali chosen with admirable
judgment and valued in the aggregate at S6C00o0-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

I've desire to remind our readers rho are
cbout to IeGre the city that The Tribune mill
be sent by mail TO any address in this country
or abroad, and address changed as often as
desired. Subscriptions may be giuen to your
regular dealer before tearing, or, if more CON
eenient, hand them IN at The Tribune Office.
See opposite page for subscription rates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

for he is a Jew" or ST hate him, for he is
Moslem!' In all things there should be just
discrimination; or. If we are to exercise any
feelings without discrimination, they should be
those of tolerance and love.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31
BARN PRIMARY NOT ONLY ONE

To the Editor Of The Tribune ,,- papsr
sir: I have Just read the article =. = ,,,1r re-
aoDus I,,s cor-e~ IN stating that hed Pg-,s
In my barn he has neglected 10 sly that E vorns
were held by my friends in seven 49, $50 Kindly
places IN the city. I wish that you WIZ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

The new vagrancy law in Georgia has been
forced so snartly that hordes of tramps
fleeing in Wild alarm beyond the borders of the
Empire State of the South. Their lazy months
of idle dreams may ere long be interfered with
almost everYWhere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

wireless messages in certain weather condi-
tions appear to be almost confused and dis
appointing as the ambitions of owners OF Cup
challengers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

Park Commissioner Wilcox. who has been
studying subways abroad. is emphatic in his
assertions that none of the great cities OF Great
Britain and of Europe would be as patient as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

In certain districts of the Northern States
so current newspaper reports assert-Iaw break
ing associations forming. with the intent
of turning away every colored man and every
colored woman who may be looking for employ
me1t. and hoping to live in new homes in
which the wolf may be kept from the door by
hard work at humble wages. Mobs which re-
sort to violence to bar out industrious seekers
of the privilege of keeping body and soul to-
gether by arduous toll ought to be severely
dealt with. The time for paltering is past.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

New-York has been under the needless affiic-
tions which rapid transit contractors have been
heaping upon this metropolis. Mr. Wilcox
shores up his suggestions with solid buttresses
of evidence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

The annual statistical Register for the German
Empire OF 1905" Just published contains interest
ing details as TO the various occupations OF the
people of civilized nations. giving the percentage
of persons employed in agriculture industry and
trade This proportion put in round figures of per
centages OF the whole population actively employed
is as follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31
An1sementS.

AMERICAN THEATRES The Evil Men Do
ACADEMY OF MCSIC-S; f5-Rohin HOOD
BROADWAY-S:I5-A Princess - Remington
CASINO -S:f5-The Runaways
CTRCIsE-2-S-Kaudevlile
COMFY ISIsA ETD-RostGcbs Trained Animals
EDEN AfT-SEE-2-S-Thc World in Waz.
FOURTEENTH STREET THEATTf.-s--A sen OF RES
CARRICK THEATRE s3o-Nivians Papas.
.TOHNSyORN FLOOD. Coney Island
KEITH S--C0nsinuous Performance
JTTNA PARK-TFompson & Dundy shows 81,
MADISON SQUARE ROOF GARDEN-s-FaS,niieen eH 1g
WaTJSOy SQUARE TFIEATRE-S30-My WEES Hus-
bands.
MAJESTIC THEATRE The Wizard OF o. 49,.
afAa.EFATTAN THEATBFS -2ohe Earn o.
annou's 90 hegtnlefit
Far5--S-Pain's FiieworlCs-9-sieeIlns Beauty anu
PARADISE ROOF GARDEN sVaudevihe
WEST END-s--Only Shop Girl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

The crematory statistics of the European
countries last year, reported to the State De-
partment by Consul Ciuenther at Frankfort
credit Germany with SJ6 while England has
little over half that uumber-452. Italy Sweden
and Denmark show moderate record. while
France scores up the prodigious number of 800
all of them, except 500, which were privately
paid for, being at the public expense The
cremations in the United States for the same
period were 3 lbs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31
THE ONLY ONE

The man who smugly states that he
Is clothed in righteousness
Believes himself sole patentee
OF that peculiar dress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

The ocmumvvide is the rather hard scientific
name of plant growing on the Upper Niger
and the "Deutsche Kolonial zeitung" asserts that
it will drive away mosquitoes. A few Of the
plants distributed along the veranda even of
New-Jersey villa il is said. will clear all the
malignant insects away. while distributing a
fragrance about the premises agreeable TO all
sensibities except those of the mosquito. II
these claims are found to be valid. there will be
a popular demand for it everywhere. Frightening
up the commerce of the Upper Niger beyond
anything in its business history.
Suicides of criminals confined in cells in po-
lice stations and district court prisons have
been overfrequent of late. Are not the officers
in charge OF such places Of detention and con-
finement nexcusa bly, in fault when self-murder
takes place almost under their eyes2 Thorough
ward and watch would make such tragedies i'm
possible.