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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

AT TIE While HOUSE.
TFRoM The TRIBUNE BUREAU

washington Feb. 1s-The President walked from
the White House to the Arlington this afternoon
to inquire about Senator Hannas condition he
spent ten minutes with Mrs Hanna and other
members Of the family. Secretary Loeb called at
the Arlington early this morning. at the President
request, 20 ask how Mr.. Hanna passed the night
General F. V. Greene. OF New-YOrk. called on the
President to-day.
Representative Dalzell accompanied a delegation
TO the White House this morning to ask the Presi-
dent to attend the dinner to be given on April q
by the Americas Club. in celebration Of the birth
day Of General q. S. Grant Mr.. Roosevelt was
compelled to decline the invitation
a committee OF the Union Veterans Legion. con-
sisting Of Colonel Thomas J. Shannon. Colonel
Walter l. Hines and Chaplain Couden, OF the
House Of Representatives. to-day presented to the
President resolutions adopted by the national or
ganization Of the Union Veterans Legion. thank
ing him for his appointment OF General John c.
Black and Corporal" Tanner to important fed
eral Offices.
Colonel B. F. Chase headed a delegation which
presented to the President the thanks Of the De-
partment OF the Potomac, G. A r. for his recent
appointment Of Black Tanner. John r King.
Ivory @. Kimban and Charles f. Scott to office.
Governor Dockery OF Missouri paid his respects
to the President.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

inducements. It IS to the advantage OF Brazil
that they should settle there and thus add TO
her population the thrifty. progressive and sub
stantiaI element that the Germans in the United
States have shown themselves 10 be- 20 our
great proat.
The conquest which Germany hopes for IN
Brazil Is not political. but commercial The
profit she looks for in this migration OF her sub
jects Is 10 be found IN increased commerce. In
that Germany reclOns shrewdly. Every ship
load o. Germans landed in Brazil creates a de-
mand for many shipl1ads OF German manufact-
ured goods. Every so-called German colony in
Brazil means a market for German trade. Upon
this feature OF the case too much stress cannot
easily be laid. We have many times pointed
out IN these columns the extent 20 which Ger
man and other European trade IS surprising
our own IN various parts OF Latin America.
This German migration 70 Brazil IS one OF the
causes q g. But We have no good ground for
resonting g. FOR, after ALL the chief cause IS in
ourselves II we were rs jealous and rs tact
ful and as adaptable IN pushing our way and
our wares into South American markets rs our
German and British rivals are. should have
our due share Of their trade. But II we are
not. that Is no reason for our regarding them
with resentment or for conjuring up mares
nests Of political conquest in what is merely
peaceful migration and enterprising trade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14
as drastic as Governor Murphy advocates all
lovers Of beauty will be grateful.
Is mATERToWy Az E1CEPTIoyr

The endemic of typhoid in WATERFOWL, as
The Tribune has already pointed out, is at
fr-butabIe 10 two causes a contaminated water
supply and the hardness Of the local authorities
in recognizing the danger from II. One cannot
help wondering. though, what would happen
in any one Of q score OF other small cities In
this State il a similar outbreak should occur.
There are no less than twenty-five places which,
according TO the census Of 1900. had a popula-
ton Of between 10000 and 5000 In that year
Watertown reported 21,696 and Ithaca 1876
inhabitants. Those two cities are representa-
tive Of q considerable class OF communities
in which it is conceivable that similar diatoH-
ness 10 that witnessed twice IN the last twelve
months might be exhibited.
When one remembers how slow even Chicago
and Philadelphia were to adopt measures for
the suppression Of typhoid, he can understand
If not excuse blindness and inertia in the adj
ministration Of Ithaca, Watertown and Butler.
II is not at all unlikely that many Mayors and
aldermen who have lively sense OF the I'M
portance OF a good fire department, well paved
and well lighted streets and an adequate police
force are ignorant of the first requirements or
sanitation. The more the matter is considered,
the more probable does it seem that such is
really the case. To residents Of New-Nork City,
where for many years the Board OF Health mas
exhibited a high degree OF vigilance and energy
and a familiarity with the latest findings OF
bacterlology. IT is amazing that the authorities
Of WatertOwn should be so far behind the times.
Yet it is hard 10 resist suspicion that mu-
nicipal officials in a good many other places, IN
this State and elsewhere, are no better quail
fed TO cope with a typhoid epidemic.
Should misgivings OF this nature have any
real justification, il might be wise to bring
some fresh agency into play for the preserva-
ton Of life and health. Already there is State
board which is empowered to act In such emer-
gencies Perhaps II has neither the authority 1t
would like nor the money necessary for larger
activity. 1t therefore becomes expedient Tor
the members OF that organization TO consider
whether they need any further legislation. Sen
ator Stewart OF Ithaca, introduced in the leg
isature last year bill to create a State Sewer
age and Water Commission. The measure was
not enacted, and Il has been presented again
within the last few weeks. lnasmuch as the
functions which this commission would exer-
else are much the same that the State Board
OF Health was appointed to perform, one may
question whether the new machinery Is neces-
sary. If not, It IS open to a definite objection.
Ii begins TO look however. as II the State should
assume a larger responsibility than hitherto In
the prevention Of epidemcs. II the Board OF
Health does not wish to do any more than it has
in the past. n decent excuse viii be afforded for
the passage OF the Stewart bill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14
GERMANS IN BRAZIL.

German migration 10 South America. and
especially TO some OF the southern States Of
Brazil, is periodically a cause Of comment and
concern TO some VINO think they see therein a
sinister scheme Of imperial conquest. For two
or three strong reasons such fears seen to US
70 be not well founded. One such reason Is
that the number OF Germans in Brazil IS not
after al, ominOusly large. The total popua-
tiOn OF Brazil according 10 the census Of 1890
was 14.S23.915. No later census returns are
available, but careful estimates now place the
total at more than 100000 Of which num-
Der less than 100000 ere Indians and negroes
leaving certainly more than 100000 whites
OF these, IN 1901. only 100000 were iunIni-
grants ana OF the latter number only 100000
were Germans. The latest and highest est
mate Of the number OF Germans I'm Brazil Is
only 10000, or a little over 3 per cent OF the
whole Really. we cannot regard that as a
dangerous percentage Nor does Il represent
the largest foreign element by any means.
Portuguese Immigrants into Brazil are twice as
numerous, and Italians three times as nurner
Gus, as the Germans. Nor yet are these Ger
mans 50 massed Ia certain Suites as 10 form a
majority OF their population, as some have i'm
agfned Germans are most numerous in Rio
Grande do SUI. where there are 100000 % them;
but the whole population OF that State is 300
600, 80 that the Germans are less than one
fourth. In Santa Catlariua the Germans are
100000 iB a total OF 10000 or one-third. the
largest proportion In. any State. In Parana
they are 1900 IN $4,000. and IN Sac Paulo
$4,000 IN $4,000
il Is pointed out as ominOus that these Ger
mans continue 10 use their own language. 10
publish newspapers IN German and 10 demand
The official use Of that language in courts and
schools Well. the same may be said OF the
Germans IN New-Nork, and IN Milwaukee. and
in many other parts OF the United States II IS.
we believe desirable that they should discard
Tho language OF their native land FOR that OF their
adopted land as soon as possible but we really
cannot expect them 70 do Il 10 any general ex-
teIt In the nrSt generation. On the other hand.
i IS 10 be observed-and this IS another OF the
reasons for discredung alarmist rumors-that
the Germans IN Brazil Go Just Is Germans in
the Omitted States do; they renounce their Ger
man allegiance AID become naturalzed citizens
q lhe Republic. The latest and best statistics
1epot that not more than ] or 2 Der Gem Of
tlem retain their German allegiance. That cor.
tninly looks az though they meant 10 be loval
lrdzilians- borrower. II Is quite evident sba,
IL German government cannot be encouro Vsr,o
fVch exTatIiatiOn and alienation OF its subjects
- matter OF fact. Il Is the Brazilian govern
s8ent that Is encouraging German ana othe,
Immigrants 70 come tllither and is Offering then
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

adoptIon Of wireless teIegraphy by the majority
of craft propelled by their own power
The production Of precipitation by electricity
is a tempting idea, but 1t promises no apprecl-
able usefulness The system will not work ap-
parently without the presence OF fog or cloud.
or course. there is plenty Of raw material at
sea. but nobody wants rain there. Low lying
mist or fog over the land can hardly be expected
when a drouth prevails. An installation costing
hundreds II not thousands OF dollars per acre
might be required to cause a rainfall Of hun
dredth OF an inch-too microscopic quantity
10 BE- OF use. AS for getting anything out OF
high level clouds. It would be necessary to pro-
vide for hOisting up several hundred carefully
distributed dispellers half mile or more. The
mere statement OF the case reveals it's impractl-
cabllity, though It is not nearly so absurd as
the Dyrenforth system OF invoking rain with
bombshells was 1t is only fair to Sir Oliver 10
say that he has suggested no such use Of his
system. His only aim is to clear the air OF
smoke and fog and it is by no means certain
that his method may not eventually perform
that service for London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

Sir Oliver Lodges recent revival Of his twen-
ty-year-old notion about the possibility OF dis
Polling fog has a special interest for Americans
The only advance which he has made is attrib-
utable 10 a bit of apparatus invented by Cooper
Hewitt Sir Oliver could not get results which
satisfied him until he converted his alternating
current into a direct one 10y means put at his
disposal by the latter electrician. Hence 1t is
possible now TO go a step further than when the
idea of abolishing fog with electricity was first
presented 10 the British Association for the Ad-
vancemcnt OF Science in ISL.
Laboratory tests have demonstrated that Sir
Oliver is correct in three of his claims. He can
precipitate dry particles Of dust or smoke. can
similarly dispose Of a fog whose globules each
have a nucleus Of dust and only a coating Of
water. and can clear the air OF the other kind
Of vesicles-those composed OF water alone
The first two Of these achievements would
seem to possess value for city like London.
The third touches one Of the great dangers Of
navigation on the high seas. As The Tribune
has suggested previously, however, the question
must be faced whether the cost Of such pro-
ceedIngs is not out OF proportion to the amount
OF good done. Even If 1t we're necessary to
strew fog dlspellers about the British capital
as close together as fire hydrants, the scheme
would not appear TO be terribly extravagant
provided that the Instruments themselves were
no more expensive than are lamps and If they
consumed 10 more current In Liverpool a
good many years ago Sir Oliver cleared space
having a radius Of from 80 to 200 feet In n
few minutes with the assistance Of a large
wimshurst machine. more economical in
stallation might do the business now. Further
experiments would throw welcome light on this
phase Of the matter.
To fight fogs at sea successfully IN this man
ner would be vastly more difficult than on land
In fact il would seem to be impossible. The
ocean cannot be provided with multitude Of
centres OF activity as a city can. Were every
important headland thus equipped IT is not
probable that the effect would be felt more than
an eighth or a quarter OF a mile away. and
that distance is much too small for vessels
under Roadway. Were all steamers and sailing
ships provided with equally powerful apparatus
ii would hardly serve to protect them when in
dangerous proximity 10 each other or to the
% "~n. The present type OF foghorn would
----~ - - 4 4 still
49, -~--.e- -.s general
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING

,-oBrr-o- slrf-r,ish between Russian and
4erarase troors has taken place on the lie or 'le
Yalu and slight japanese reverse W. IN
r- japanese adFlcee lola on lL-e - s,,,s7r96
H. roruedoes between 1eZO ana Nlpl,ol- "a
T1iq-,atr hee reached Port Arthur on reuILaig -
fhaT six japanese battleships had appeSIeSS %
Ta-Tung- Kao and that a bombardIAtii' na- -,
sun - France accepted proposals mace oy
Secretary hay, and Russia waived 1.e.t4.,.s -
ffe note -- H. Payl0E, the RUSSIAN -Alll-7,'-
and an other Russians ar Seoul left the capita!
under japanese guard Lor 6e-',t me-, T,e
thence for China - me IL5lL .-sL >. Po~t
Arthur and her captain and crew were sent 10
Che-Foo == Paris dispatches told 81 lncIeds-
Ing sympathy with Russia, and stated thar lile
French government would prohabiy uelag ll-o
Issuance Of q proclamation Of neutralty- -
China and Germany issued proclamatlons o.
neutrality = The election a member OF
Parliament for the ST. Adams division OF herl-
fOrdshire resulted in a Liberal victory.
DOMESTIC.-Senator Hanna had good day,
and while has condition remains extremely CRU
cal. his doctors say he has fighting chance Tor
Secretary Hays note as6ing Russia and Japan
20 respect the neutrality and preserve the ad-
ministrativc entity or China so Tar as pfsctlca-
bic. and il was announced that lne tinted states
will not IN any event be drawn into the war.
- william J. Lemp. the wen known St Louis
brewer killed himself because Of depression
over the death OF his son. Frederick. three years
ago. and the death OF Captain Pabst. the Mil
waUkee brewer. == A posse IN Wyoming is
hunting Tor 4 who assaulted a Ell ana
said he would return == The state Railroad
Commission recommended the equipment Of the
Park-ave. tunnel with FIRE apparatus, and
changes IN stations on the elevated road IN
Manhattan. =- The number Of cases OF ty-
phoid fever IN WatertOwn. n. Y. was reported
10 have increased TO five hundred; an expert
said he believed the e. ieuic was due to the
city water supply = Topeka, Kan, SUI
fered from FIRE TO the extent Of S400VDO ==
Senator Dolliver and John S. Wise had a tilt at
a Lincoln dinner ga Grand Rapids. Mich.
CTTV.-Stocks were dull and strong. - IN
BpectOr Smith, Captain Brennan and sixty pO-
licemen caught three hundred men ia a raid
an alleged pO0lro0u four blocks from HeadQuar-
ters -- II was learned that the Westchester
and Boston's necessary route lay through two
parks. == Magistrate Breen refused TO order
suspected OF being a pcOlrO0u. == girl was
instantly killed ly wagon az Oue-hunGred-aud-
eleventh-st. and I'ark-ave. == Deputy Police
COMMISSIONS NcAvoy forced policeman to
give up his seat in a crowded elevated car.
- A hurry order for army ambulances was
received ia this country from Japan: they viii
be made ia Ohio and rushed 10 Japan the war
fund being collected In this city, 81 was said.
Is growing rapidly == II was learned that
Assemblyman Bostwick's bin did not aid the
RIP railway
TIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tor to-day:
Warmer. Increasing cloudiness. followed by
snow. The Temperature yesterday: Highest, 30
degrees; lowest. 13
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14
NOTES ON THE VAR.

The Russian fleet which was at vIadivostok
appears u have left that port. perhaps to raw
age the shores OF Japan. We are told that on
Thursday they fired upon two japanese mer-
chant steamers, and destroyed one OF them. The
japanese ships were bound from sakata, on the
west coast OF Nippon. for OtarJ. on the west
coast OF Yezo or HokkaidO. n distance Of thres
hundred miles. They were attacked by the Rus
slams of Aomori. at the northern end Of Nippon.
adjoining the Tsugaru Strait. which divides
Nippon from Yezo. The ship which escaped
went to Fukuyama. which IS at the western end
OF the strait and on the Yezo or northern shore.
Hakodats. the chief city OF Yezo. is on the same
shore OF the strait. forty miles further IN. to
the northeast. The report that the Russians
were bombarding Hakodate probably arose from
their firing upon these steamers. It seems I'm
probable that they would venture so far into
that narrow strait which at points Is not more
than ten miles wide. report has come to
hand. from more than one source, though not
officially confirmed. that they did enter the
strait, and that In consequence three OF them
have been destroyed by the japanese. II that
cord loss to Russia fully grave that suf-
fered at ChemulphO or at Pert Arthur.
other reports say the four vessels are stin
of the coast OF Yezo. II so. they are there IN
the latitude Of vladivostok. and about three
hundred miles east or tnat port. across the sea
of Japan. We shall learn later whether they
went thither to ravage the Japanese coast. or
simply to try to draw some OF the Japanese
feet away from the Yellow Sea. so to relieve
the pressure upon Port Arthur and the Russian
fleet there. For either errand they are well fit
ted. The Gromboi and the Rossia are two OF
Russia's best cruisers. Of more than 1900 tons
and $1,000 horsepower each. and OF about 20
knots speed The Rurik is OF 1900 tons. 1850
horsepower and less than 10 knots. while the
Bogatyr Is OF only G645 tons. but with her 1850
horsepower she make "A knots. and Is thus
a most formidable commerce destroyer. They
have left Vladivostok undefended. save by its
forts and the ice. That Is probably a safe
enough thing to do. For weeks past that harbOr
has been kept open only by the OF Ice break
ers and Il can now be permitted to freeze up
and shut out the japanese: though IL may be
necessary to open ~ up again 20 let the Russian
ships come in for coal.
The talk about sending the Russian Baltic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

The japanese have been following Danton's
famous maxim: 'L'audace. raudace. ct toujours
raudace"' with striking results. They surely
ought not however. TO be so sanguine as to sup
pose they have easy or certain walkover.
The path before them Is dIfficult one 70 tread
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

The news OF the Russo-Japanese war Is in
one respect difficult for papers IN this part OF
the world 70 deal with. The difference in time
between Port Arthur and New-York is great
between thirteen and fourteen hours-and It Is
such to compel US here to go to press just
at the time when most things are happening
there. The result is that the news Is changing
almost every moment at the very hour when
our papers are being made up. and the latest
news that gets into the last form Of the paper
may not exactly agree with the news OF hour
before and with the comments made upon that
earlier news Whatever is said editorially about
the progress Of the campaign. therefore. must
be said with a consciousness that II may posi-
bly, be contradicted 10 some extent by later news
appearing IN the same edition Of the paper. We
90 not expect this TO happen in The Tribune. but
IT Is not impossible that # may. II It ever does
our readers VIII understand the unavoidable
cause OF IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14
Japan's vice-acniral writes his official re-
ports with the simplicity and mOdesty Of the
true sailor.

Ingenious as are the theories offered to &C
count for injury to the Iowa's eight-inch guns
nearly fortnight ago. none Of them furnish a
thoroughly satisfactory explanation. These two
pieces had the ends blown of when they had
been fired but a hundred times. other guns Of
that type have withstood much greater num-
Der Of discharges without showing weakness.
No one can say that the substitution Of smoke
less powder for brown powder was not the real
cause of the accident. but the amount Of the
modern explosive used was not as large as that
which It customary to employ under the old
system. Again, the talk about recent zero tenn
peratures is not convincing. During the forty
eight hours preceding the mishap the mercury
did not go below 20 at Norfolk. and the
morning Of the test It was in the vicinity OF 30
on land. Out in Hampton Roads It should have
been still higher. 1t is not conceivable that per-
Inanent harm could have been done previously
by the weather. Perhaps better theory will
yet be found.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

and nothing more. But there are appare1.E
+h-es - It's battleships now somewhere on Us
v,av 70 the Yellow Sea one is the Osna0l1
sbt- % formidable strength. Of the same "
q. the Peresviet and the PObieda. now at H..
Arthur Another Is the Dmitri DonskoL a SIC.
and SLOW, hut heavily armOred vessel Inc 'A.-
has not hitherto been mentioned as on ths ~
.ss+r-srd but we have reason to think " -,
II "a the Emperor Alexander III, one OF = -
0avyesr and most powerful ships, superior ~
Retvizan or Czarevitch or any on e.s loves
&C. ir Asian waters II our Assumption -.
true and this superb vessel presently appse.sl
the Yellow Sea, there Will De Heeu u
Japau's best fighters to deal Win H.
A., ,-..-..+,-, feature Of Yesterdays dOinss
v-,s the reported cannonade somewhere ~
~. tin Of the Regents Sword. II was s-u
hsva been heard at Chin-Wang-Ta II =.
r.1-bborbood Of Saskatchewan That y ~
tba1 a hundred miles from Port Arthur aSI0
the CuIf OF IIao-TOng. There may nave - a..
resur,ption OF fighting at Port Arthur " -
Japanese may have gone around to tnS -.
st5s Of the peninsula and made an attacA -. "a.
,,-bara In Kfn-ChOw Bay, at the northS - Port
OF DaIny where for miles the TaL.- ~ 49,. beach
Arthur runs almost directly alOus az 10 the
rrbers has been some uncertainty a 80 last
,rbaraabo1ts OF the japanese heet slnSS -, YEA
Known attack at Port Arthur, ana - ~ N th
-. Nof while part OF II olei-+'@ ,fot ls
S,,-sao Gulf part Of II has gone arounu 49,, -,
SI-1S 81 TIqO-Tong. along the shore OF " .rhols
49,, 81 the most vulnerable points Oh '40
Russian situation
r,-.,,r reoorts are to the erect tna'
r,naDess feet is at the Manchurian SIDE o. o..
-,d.,,b Of the Yalu River. and another 1t
-. The latter place Is not positively ar
s.,t but there Is a suggestion OF 1ins 1T
I-tDv-Kovv. which is practically the o es-.
20 N5avy-Cbwang. at the head Of the Gun =. no
TO-, New-Chwaug Itself being some uAS'1, s.-,nx
tha Iiao-Tong River II would Dc -. 20
,h,,- for the Japanese 10 conduct OF --ould
oroas 10 a great treaty port But 1 helo tbsy
- =, dissection TO their doing 50. 50 lons 80
a., not interfere with the eonmef0s ,lscs
f-byvang. and they might find that 80 rhs
q, which TO strike at the Russian - tss
-snort OF japanese ships near the nCu'- -. ,sus
~, a. entirely credible. since We ha's "a,
- ~ land skirmlshing in the Vailsy ..,,bsr
- II the Japanese have sent troo also sent
- nav be pretty sure they ~ .,olgh snss
stt,s 10 support them. Japan - Ia - me sans
- ksan guard at Port Arthur AM a. or sacn
49,. - rake a considerabie snoS ,-s Psnin-
t ti1s - ,bs Ease OF the Regents s~oi
sulA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

Colonel and Mrs John Jacob AstOr save 80 =.
&c., IN wednesday evening 20 celeorals -
trf-reerth Anniversary OF their wedding
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

The talk about sending the Russian Baltic
nest to the Tar East seems to have been talk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

Mrs George winthrop Folsom has issued mSl'S.
,fons for a dinner to be given tomorrow uS- -.
her house IN Gramercy Park. M. ana 9 ~, 70
~ - D9Uglas Sloane likewise give a dinner "
morrow night