New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

Results from ManocuJrcs-T'o De
sfrog Rafs-.Hmnc accidents.

-. .- --,. s.e, Work Tribune by French 'snlsf
.--,--.r--. 1903. vs., Tho Tribune Association
Paris sent 1q-The French autumn HahP-
,--se arc now being ended and the two hundred
and sn,t, thousand troops that have taken part
a.. .rc.-- arc in their barracks. n. Gervais. Dep
,,. ~ The Department OF the Seine. prominent
member of the parliamentary committee o"
military affairs has drawn mp a report on the
lessons affecting the equipment and uniform re-
smiling iron, the field operations In the OPINION
q n Gervais and 81 most other miitaIN au-
-borifias the American felt hat, tested IN the
hot as wen as the rainy weather that pTeNalieo
during the manoauvres, has proved so SUCCESSFUL
.bs, 49, final adoption IL regarded as certain,
and General Do GalIfTet says: The American
felt nat has come TO stay"
k~o,b.r irrrartant reform proposed 10y The
COMM ssion is that the number Of entrench-
-,ent tools. of which there are now only eight
shades and four picks FOR whole company Of
,r-antr, shall he increased tenfod. so that
-bere shall 10 henceforth one ent-enching tool
Tor Two soldiers All eutrenchiuE tools as well
as cooking utensils. are hereafter 10 he mace
Of aluminium instead 81 tin in order 10 diminish
weight Another measure viii be TO replace all
black heather Announcements by either russet
leather or American pressed cotton.
The pest AT Marseilles and the danger OF its
propagation by rats has led 20 a series OF expert
Ynents AT the Pasteur Institute where Professor
Jean Dauysz has discovered an infallible method
81 destroying rats without danger OF poisoning
other animals Professor Danysz has found
that rats are subject 10 a special form Of sept
csrnia II which these particular rodents enjoy
o. monopoly TIe has succeeded in isolating the
bacin OF the sepucamia and obtaining serum.
. Conclusive experiments with this serum have
been made with rats in tho sewers 81 Paris and
grain storehouses with such satisfactory results
that Dr Chautemess iu charge Of the sanitary
department ~ Marseilles. has applied FOR an
enormous quantity Of this new rat serum, and
lot only the Pasteur Institute but all the chem
ical establishments Of Paris. are working night
and day obtain rat serum which is being
sent by each post to Marseilles and Toulon.
A commotion WAS caused This week At the
Louvre picture gallery where it was found that
fhe beautiful and well known picture by Char
din. entitled Ia Mere Laborieuse" had been
terribly muuated and punctured by prods made
by yhe cane or umbrella Of some vaudal visitor
\ The result BIS that the old regulation abolished
last wear requiring that an canes and umbrellas
should be left az the entrance doors is again
vigorously pct in force.
The semmer hIn climbing automobile contest
was easily won last Tuesday by Clarence Gray
DinsInore. ~ New YORK in his sixty horsepower
Mercedes. which covered the ten klometre ser
pentine course in eight minutes and forty-eigh;
seconds. heating the previous wears record 10y
about TWO minutes. Mr. Dinsmore thus wins
FOR the second time m. Semmer Challenge Cup
which VIII become his property should ne win II
third time. ar. Dinsnore has arrived IN Paris
on the way 10 Houlgate
The Alpine mountaineering season. Nth IL,
Unprecedented chapter of accidents. is now
brought 20 p close Hy bad weather and snow
be
has kept record 81 the accidents this season
states that altogether there have been two hun
cred casualties. There have been one hundred
climbing days during the season. and the aver
sge number 81 accidents has been two day
fhree-quarters of which have resulted in loss Of
lie Never before in the history OF A pine climb.
ing have there been many accidents Durins
the season over one hundred thousand expedi.
fions were undertaken. Or Kurstelner says thsr
only j. per cent Of the victims this year were
slpinists Of even moderate experience. Other
by large proportion were youthful daredevil,
and fooIhardy ignoramuses Dr. Kursteiner es
rimates that ~ per cent OF the accidents oc-
cufred iu the Eastern Alps b per cent in IN,
. Central Alps and - per cent in the Western
Alps
The Roueu police court has set an example %
severe Judgments against automobile proprietor
which may become a precedent IN the provincia
tribunals - France. 81. Eyvrard the chsufreu
who ran down and KILLED two commercial trav
elers in August. was sentenced 20 one year
imprisonment. with close confinement, and $50
fine. Eyvrsrds employers were also ordered b
the court 20 pay life annuites Of $50 10 eac
~ the two widows and 10 each 81 their seve
children.
stephan La ussnuc. The adopted 81 the lat
N de- BloVitz. has just put the finishing touche
10 the memoirs OF The eminent Ambassador q
The London Times" VINO had determined he
fore his death 20 take the world into his con
ndence with regard 20 the leading incidents q
his career The book viii be published in Lon
con on October J.
The cold and rainy weather is making IA
alan lake season. which Is usually AZ it's bes
OF ne middle q September. rather a failure.
nun her Of Americans are at Como. where PIER
Deschamps 81 Paris gave Miss Deacon "a
Marches Cerda and other friends Dime
dance Among the Americans at Lucerne ar
Miss Fanny Reed. Mrs. Eewhouse. the Misse
Nevn house Nj. and Mrs Charles I.kfngstof
D.. and Mrs Louvre Bel, Miss Blarkiugton an
l5r and MrH Emil Boas.
james Gordon bennett and Prince Bismsrc