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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23
TRANSPORTATION AGAIN.

A fresh discussion about the nature OF matter
Will be started by a lecture of which full reports
recently reached this country from England
in Mature and Engineering" Perhaps other
scientific periodicals published at about the
same time contain equally complete accounts,
but we have not observed them. DR. William
OSWALD. of Leipsic. has been talking TO the
Chemical Society of London about elements
and compounds. He imagines that perhaps the
only difference between them is that man has
not vet found a way TO subdivide the former.
The German inclines TO believe that all sub
stances have a common basis. Hence, while
the actual transmutation of one element into
another is not practicable, owing TO a lack of
adequate means, he looks at il as theoretically
POSSIBLE
This revival Of an old doctrine derives inter
est from two facts. The argument now brought
forward, though it cannot be readily put into
popular language, follows a new line 1t does
not call into play ThOmson's or any one else's
electrical theories Moreover, its author is one
OF the foremost chemists of Germany. He com
pleted the first half century of his existence last
year. and is therefore a mature scholar. He
has written extensively on chemical topics, and
is the editor Of a periodical devoted thereto
The opinions of a man occupying such station,
whether or not they are altogether sound, de-
serve and viii command wide attention from
his professional brethren.
DIR. OSWALD apparently regards the evolution
Of helium from radium a real change, and not
simply the liberation OF an associated element.
He does not describe any independent tests of
his own 10 verify Sir William Ramsay's work
IRasmuch he declares that he is an old per
sonal friend OF the Englishman. possibly he felt
that il would he discOurteous 10 eyince any
doubt on that point Besides, il is not alto
gether unlikely that Sir William was instrri-
mental in securing the speakers invitation TO
visit England and TO lecture there However
this may be, Dr. OSWALD proceeds to offer an
explanation Of the conversion which both of
them believe 10 take place. For the transmuta-
ton Of one element into another a greater con.
centratiOn of energy is regarded essential than
can al present be brought about artifcially
Nature having stored enormous amount OF
K in radium. though, the energy is liberated
when the latter decays The heat and the Other
strange raGiations which have been observed
are exhibitions Of part of this, but part of i
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23
VARIOUS VIEWS OF PROVIDENCE.

The popular Russian view of the recent Jap
anese disasters IS suggestive. We might say II
was amusing, We're it not for the danger Of be-
ing thought 10 take light views of an entirely
serious matter; for doubt the Russians are
quite serious and sincere in thinking the Ian
ahese vessels were destroyed by direct Divine
interposition and as IAN Offering TO Russia
upon the Emperor's birthday" Even though
we may regard such belief as grossly SUPER
stitious, we must treat it with the resDect that
all honest religious faiths deserve Yet we
cannot help wondering how those who think
thus explain the disasters which the Russians
themselves were suffering only q little time ago
That sturdy patriot and interesting letter
writer General Weldon, of Virginia. when he
was following Washington's varied fortunes
from Long Island through Harlem Heights and
White Plains, across ''the Jerseys" at the
Brandywine and at Valley Forge, had n quaint
way of putting the matter. Whenever the
American arms were victorious he wrote OF
the favor of Divine Providence" and ''the as
sistance of the Almighty" but when a defeat
was suffered he rallied at tickle Fortune! 1t
may be that the Russians take the same view
Of the case When they win. God is with them
When they lose, capricious fortune has de-
serted them.
1t has, indeed, always been thus We can
scarcely recall an instance in which Christian
ration has failed TO claim that God was on it's
side in war. Each of two antagonists has.
again and again, expressed the confident belief
that Divine Providence was marshalled on its
side Obviously, in every such case at least
one of them, however sincere, must have been
mistaken. God was not fighting on both sides.
Perhaps it would be vain TO try to abolish
such notions. even If we were sure their aboli-
ton would be good thing. There is an I'M
pleasant suspicion of cyncism in the saving
that God is on the side OF the heaviest hat
talions or on the side that has most guns.
Yet we cannot conceal a certain relief in re-
| garding the spirit of the Japanese, who do not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Alum is one Of the latest mineral substances of
value to be added to the list credited to Colorado
A blanket deposit, four feet thick and of great
width, has been discovered a few miles east of
Florence. and 1t is pronounced to be of high com
mercal quality. This is the first discovery of alum
in Colorado.
An Eye to Business-'Tve heard much about
inventions of the devil, said the new arrival II
thought I'd like to meet there's gentleman. Are
you he?'
Il am" replied Lucfer.
We'll. say, can't be Of some service to you?. I
Press
According to 1.-THE Atchson Globe" several years
ago Mike" Sutton and Ed Madison were law
partners at Dodge City. Madison now tudge) was
invited TO deliver q Memorial Day address at STAFF
ford and accepted but at the last moment couldn I
60 So he sent his partner. Mike" Sutton. In a
letter TO the committee. he explained the circum-
stances 'As a matter of fact" he said, I'VE have
but one Memorial Day address in the firm. and
Mike delivers it about we'll as I do"
Exemplifying 1.-THE professor had listened with
much interest TO the eloquent lecturers discourse
American Progress
At its close the audience joined luStly IN singing
MY country, tits of thee
Hmph! snorted the professor S same old tune
The announcement by Professor Leonard Ill.,
F. r. s. OF his discovery OF the mode of causation
OF the complicated and obscure symptoms which
have for a long time been classed under the gen.
era term OF divers disease" may, The Hospital
thinks. justly be regarded triumph OF scientific
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23
WHAT A TAMMANY BOSS DID.

When Richard Croker established large
racing stable in this country, containing a
troop of horses for which he paid big prices, he
was urged by the officers and shareholders OF
the racecourses TO exert his power for the clos
ing of the poolrOoms hereabOuts. Shutting up
these gambling dens results in larger revenues
TO the Jockey clubs. With the doors of these
rooms sealed thousands of people will buy
tickets for the tracks and visit the rings in order
to risk the money which they cannot wager In
the speculative halls outside of the Enclosures.
Mr. Croker was persuaded by his Jockey Club
friends TO issue one of his autocratic ukases
ordering the p0OlroOms to go out OF business
AT that time the Police Department and the
District Attorneys office trembed at the nod
of the ''Honored Leader and the Tammany
politicians many of whom were then interested
in these gambling dens. many of them are
now. did not venture TO oppose the authority
of the Fourteenth Street dictator. Mr.. Crokers
decree was Obeyed, and the poolroom keepers
took a vacation. That was an astonishing eX-
ample of Mr. Cookers autocracy in certain
matters when his will was law TO the entire
Tammany organization. Great have been the
changes since that time. Mr. Murphy could not
possibly enforce that submission among his
followers which Mr.. Croker insisted upon and
obtained Mr. Murphy is leader of a different
II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23
PERSONAL.

Professor Melville Thurston Cook. OF the depart
ment of biology OF De Pauw University. Greencastle
Ind, has accepted a position with the Cuban gov
eminent as chief plant pathologist. and it carries
with II the supervision OF all experimental work
plant diseases which injurious to agrl-
culture.
The Dowager Warehouses OF Exeter has been
elected church warden at Market Deeping, An-
colnshiTe.
James W Eidridge. OF Hartford. Conn. owns tho
saddle that JEFF" Davis used during most OF the
In a note upon Mr.. Watson. the Australian
Premier 1.-The Outlook OF London says: "A
compostor by trade. he. like many OF his craft in
Australia. became a prominent trade union leader
in Sydney twelve years ago. He is still In tho
prime OF life sober minded self-contained deter
mined man, who recognizes clearly what he
and his class want and what they believe they can
achieve by constitutional means. He is deemed n
for intrigue in the sense that he knows perfectly
well how to drive hard political bargain with L
its execution to the letter. On the other hand
even his political opponents acknowledge that he
acts up TO his promises.
DIR. Grant-Showerman. now assistant professor OF
Latin I'm the University OF Wisconsin, has been
called TO the chair OF Latin at Princeton for the
next college year.
I. Bramsen. former Minister OF the Interior OF
Denmark has arrived in San Francisco from the
Orient his tour around the world. He started
from home last January, and will remain in this
country two months.
williams Bay Wisconsin. 10 the summit of Mount
charge Of Professor G. E. Hale. director OF the
Yerkes Observatory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY. MAY %. 1904.

research The whole secret OF avoiding danger Is
to remove the compression so gradually that no
efYervescence Is permitted to occur in the blood
For this purpose a special diving bell or caisson
for hdecompression" has been designed. rendering
diving POSSIBLE and safe up to depths OF 200 feet
This will materially increase the existing range OF
work and Will bring a great amount Of sunken
treasure both natural and artificial, within easy
range Of access.
She-So you think tnat men are smarter 'ii
women, do youY
He-Some men, but not all.
She-Well what men are smarter
Te-Old ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bits
The training school IN courtshp. which Is one OF
The institutions IN the Salvation Army. has no couh
kerpart in any other organization in the world All
the counting done In public-that Is 10 say IN te
presence Of other members OF the Army. Strangely
enough. the girls appear to like these extraordi-
nary rules.
Sure ACKNOWLEDGMENT wonder why young
Rakeley doesn't settle down. - :.
Thingumbob-Oh. 1 suppose that goes against INC
grain.
McJigger-what grainT ~,,,r.,
Thingumbob-Wen. the wild oats -trhiiau1i
phia Press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23
A PLEA FOR HYPNOTIC TREATMENT

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: I see by to-day's Tribune that Dr. " carr
ton Simon at a meeting OF the Medico-Legal So
cietv called hypnotic healing "a colossal fake
During that celebrated OF lectures printed III
The Tribune IN the later SOS. Brown-Sequard SAID
In substance that he sorry on one account thar
ansesthetIcs were discovered when they were, De-
cause they had been trying magnetism CanimaD Tor
a few months in the hospitals OF Paris. and the
result had been surprising Under its inhuence
many surgical operations had been performed WITH
ont main and there never had been any unpleasant
results one cannot but ask himself II Or SiMlon
has ever read Baron RelchenpackS ~
searches In Magnetism uSSD; J. Q, ColquhCI1hS
isis Revelata" and TOwnsends Facts IN Nc, nsS
merism'' (Dr EIlistOn W. Long. and ProIessSl..
gregory Of Edinburgh. were among its adVocateSI'
D. p r. DeIuzs work published In New-f 9I , ~
1879 with appendix. letters of eminent phySIclalis'
etc: Spencer T. Halls "Phreno Magnet. SdIpgea-
ter's Mental Physiology, Powers NlIal Na1
netism' and perhaps. more convincing II i 81
E.sdaile's ''ClarvOyance and FractlcaI A.eslN 81
ism" London. 1852. wherein ne enuuieia.teS - -
nesmeric operations performed by him In the &C., &c.
Eminent hospitals of Hooghy and Calcutta Ihls
Is n very meagre list of works by men OF scle 1.
and learning in and out OF the medical pfols tJr
who have given to the world the results OF 80
experiments and researches in this line; - S -
we'll known fact that in many ahoSpitaIS IN 5tS
mesmerism or hypnOtism has oeeh useu 49,
marked success for many years, anu We ar S -
that the Medco-IegaI Society is DESTROYS or ~
hvpnotism' Ii would certainly be a CONSUMES
ton devOu'iy TO De us'''sS c. E. SANFORD. NJ D.
FSrIdgeport Conn Nav 49, 1904.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

Is held TO be available for the change Of a
minute quantity of the radium into helum.
Comparatively few chemists and physicists
are vet convinced that Sir William Ramsay's
conclusions on this subject are correct. Never
theIess. all who examine the text of the Leipsic
chemists lecture will be impressed with the
hesitation and modesty with which his own
views were presented. He was not in the least
dogmatic He asked his hearers TO take his
suggestions in the same spirit as Faraday did
his own specuIations. They are questions put
to Nature" said DR.. OSWALD. If she says
" Yes we may follow the same path little fur
''ther If she says Novel;, then we must try
another path" That is the tone in which the
true scientist speaks!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23
THE PASSING THRONG.

Ex-Congressman Charles Frederick Joy. OF 81.
Louis. seen at the Waldorf a few days ago. said:
District Attorney Joseph W. Folk
J. ". FOLKS has clear field for the Dem
SUDDEN cratic nomination for Governor.
RISE. and. Of course. 1t will not be at all
surprising II he is elected The
talk that connects the name OF Folk with the Pres
identiaI nomination is only added evidence OF the
rapid revolution OF the wheel OF political fortune.
Even the GovernOrshp was long way off when
he became a candidate for District Attorney. and
whether he Is nominated for the Presidency n
result of the tangle in which the party is situated
a to candidates or he is elected only Governor IL
will have been a novel evolution. His relentless
prosecution of the boodlers has made him the Gym
osure of popular attention, and yet Il IS a fact of
unquestioned notoriety that he was never elected
TO the Office OF District Attorney The votes that
were counted I'm his favor. and which made him
the apparent choice of the electorate OF ST. Louis.
were the same votesr-I3.O00 Of them-that were
proved In the Wagner-Butler contest In the House
a Washington to have been fraudulently regis
tered and voted for James Butler. who was
seated. II was Buffers father who was first tried
on the boodlins charges 1t will be remembered H
reversed the finding and that upon the second trial
who predict that none OF the boodling crowd will
go to the penitentiary despite al the paudlts that
his activity. One of the anomalies of the voting
Guiding F % as eRSbted in the election Contest at
Washington. that |. lifelong Republican.
the XIIth Congress District the straight Demo
cratic ticket though had never lived In the dis
trct. but had represented the XIth District In
Congress as Republican,
Henry NJ. Phillips. who has been an officer
In an insurance society Springfield for ten years.
and who earned the right to wear
OBJECTION the Loyal Legion button in the COS,
TO LIFE was at the Manhattan Hotel a
INSURANCE few days ago. Speaking of the
growth In popular favor OF life
insurance with the people. Mr. Phillips said: AL
most every one of the present day considers 1t the
proper thing to have indemnity OF some sort.
though even now there Is occasionally one found
in lonesome corner OF the country, where
electric lights unknown and the rural delivery
system is not yet established, that expresses the
belief that 1t is flying into the face Providence
to take out insurance. And not very long ago
asked to cancel policy because the insured
sure the Lord would regulate the matter OF his
demise and that he not called upon TO antici-
pate the conditions that might result from his de-
parture. OF course the. policy cancelled
Then again. brought occasionally into
contact with those who averse TO calling a
physician In the event OF fllness-their religious
convictions disapprOve OF IL: in fact u is OF
the -tenets of their creed that they will re-
sort to mortal intervention or material expedients
to ward off disease death. Such these have
be regarded by insurance men as extra
hazardous risks. and are accordingly avoided and
declined"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23
DROWNED MIDsHIPMAN FOUND.
His Body Sent to His Home After Ser'i''
at the Academy.

Annapolis Md. May 22-The body OF M,"s 49,.
man p III. Birmingham formerly OF IN. tnird -
OF the Naval Academy. who last SUNDAY -
drowned in the Severn River, was folhu, rnoSning
this morning the place wneIe tA7S Naval
occurred. The body was brought 70 hS,,riaI A
Academy and Identified and prepared Ior NJ CIark.
funeral service, at which Chaplsln r. =, al
U. s. NJ Offciated. was held In the ois asaa-tsd BY
the academy, and afterward the ooey, the sta
the brigade OF midshipmen. was tsAeh ~ nome o.
ton and shipped to Wheeling. w. VA AA'
Birmingham
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

better inquiry for goods deliverable next fall
Many iron and steel centres report new orders
more rare than at any previous time this year
AS the rate of production has been largely in
creased, 1t will be dscouraging If operators nno
it necessary to stop work at plants so recently
restored to activity. Apparently consumers
have again decided that procrastination VIII
produce better terms. There is no lack of work
IN contemplation, but plans are contaminated
with unusual elaboration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

To the Editor % The Tribune. ii.
Sir: I note in your issue OF to-day an 49, s
signed a. B. X" the subject of the treatine-.
OF spotted fever seventy to eighty years ago. -
The Journal OF Dr. Alexander Coventry, on rt-
N V will be found article on the surrey .s,snt
ten seventy years As recall it tne nssmlScS
was Immersed in a hot bath containhs S-I ~
bourhs / think Mrs r II. Liggett, OF No. No. "a -.
Second-ave New-YOrk. has The Jouinatl,. ,vsj n
perhaps a copy or the article eOHlu " tSN1RTFH
wished. -. u VI. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23
AN APPEAL FOB WORK.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: have been out OF work for four weeks, and
nv family OF wife and six children the verge
OF starvation. I don't want charity; / want Nork
i was born In the city, and don't drink, sF>ci or
chew and come from a family OF soldiers. "a
brothers were killed in the war OF 1S6l- Oo = go
were in the SD Regiment. N Y v, one IN the 1th
Reriment n Y V and one in the 159th Regiment
n Y v II you will publish this some good Amer
lean might help b T. n
New-YOrk civ Nav 21 1904.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23
AnusenIeHts.

ACADEMY OF NfUsIc-s:l5-Two Little Sailor Boys
IEI.ASCO THEAT RE-S-SWeet Kitty Bellalrs
BIOADVAY THEATRES l5-The Yankee Consul
CASINO-S:l5-P1m, Paff, Pouf.
CIRCLE :1b-S-VaudeVte
CONEY IsLAND-Dreamland-Luna Fark-1ohns'o"n
Flood
CRITERION-s:30-The Dictator
EMPIRES :15-lngomar --., -
KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE-S:lo-A VENETIAN no
LYRIC THEATRES l5-Wang
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-S-Nenice.
MAJESTIC THEATRE-s:l5-T Man from Cniaa
MURRAY Hill. TlEEATRE-2-S-A Rag BABY.
EN-AMSTERDAA-s;i5 -Weher Fields
NEW YORK-s-The SCuthernere ..
PROCTOR S-Twenty- Street-A Queen
and Time Is Money F1fty-eighth Sreet-DaVio
Fifth ANenLe-A Queens Messenger ana
When We Were Twenty-One One-hurdre o-alo
twenty-ffth Street-Tgme Is Money and The CLUB
Friend
SAVOY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for Tat
THIRD AVENUE THEATRE-2-6-lltue Shurch
Around the Corner
KTCTORIA-2- .l5-Ndrieties
WALLsACK' SIS -2O-The County Chairman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

The new railroad map to be issued by the
government is on a scale of sixteen miles to one
inch. Is this concession to Mr.. Bryan and the
Chicago and Kansas City platforms?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

seem to be trying to dragon the Deity into
their army, but, the contrary, scrupulously
refrain from in any way identifying Divine
Providence with the fortunes of war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

A luncheon for women guests in the cyclopean
new sewer Long Island, not yet in use.
brings up feelings of regret that all the subways
in our great cities. and especially in New-York'
We're not originally constructed upon so generous
a scale Had the descendants OF the Knicker-
lockers constructed such a system of sewers
and pipe galleries as that of the French capital.
it would rarely be necessary to tear up our
pavements. except for repairs to the pavements
themselves One of the worst curses of New
York is the constant digging up of the streets
for water pipes gas pipes. and the pavement,
once torn up. is seldom promptly and properly
restored.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

streetcars drawn by horses are still seen every
day in conspicuous thoroughfare as Park
Row. Is It TO the credit OF Manhattan that. SO
many years after the other principal cities OF
the United States abandoned the use Of horse
altogether. the richest and most noted
municipality in this hemisphere should still re-
tain such relics of old. slow. backward times?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

Some theorists suggest that the Gulf Stream
has become more rapid. and is trying TO sur
pass its best previous records. This Is an epoch
OF speed. and the new century is looking back
with scorn and contempt upon the deliberate
tranquility of earlier times. In these impetuous
hours machines OF almost every conceivable
sort are hurrying at pace which almost para
lyzes with amazement not only the oldest In
habitant. but also the youngest; and yet Il GER
tain notion OF skepticism may obtrude itself
when It is asserted that the immemortal current
of the Gulf Stream is now trying 10 rival the
automobile.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

A suggestion has been made public that the
crusade against the poolrooms may result in
the collapse OF winter racing. That would be a
contamination devoutly TO be wished. New
Orleans hippodromes and similar cirCuses have
been kept up for years for the advantage OF
the poolrooms. Rightly managed. the racing OF
thoroughbred horses IS fascinating sport.
Wrongly managed. for the enrichment OF pro-
fessional gamblers. II is a Kissing and by
word
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

Little Miss Cuba. two years old. has the good
nations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

If this poolroom agitation keeps up, a great
many cigarette smoking but otherwise able
bodied young may be driven 10 seek en-
ployment in some useful vocation. Such hard
luck would bring tears to the eyes of a croco-
die.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23
HOT WATER CURE FOR SPOTTED FEVER

Bridgeport. Conn. May 49, 1904,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

Interchanges OF visits among European wear
ers OF crowns are becoming numerous that
the chronicers OF royal Journeys are working
overtime. The latest rumors from the Iberian
Peninsula are TO the effect that the young
Spanish King Alfonso will make grand tour
TO Paris. Vienna and Berlin. May he get new
and valuable ideas for the true progress and
development OF the land of The Cid and OF
CerVantes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

The Census Bureau at Washington IS COM
piling census of securities. Its work has been
greatly facilitated the last year or two by the
elimination Of a great many fnsecurities.