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means is practicable. a much more ex-
tensive inquiry into the value of the serum,
used after the development of the symp-
toms of the fever is also needed. Probably
no one is more keenly alive to these facts
than Captain Ford himself. He has UNDER
taken an exceedingly important nvestiga-
tion, deserves great credit for what he
mas already done and should have every
encouragement from his superiors and
from professional brethren In civil life in
Following the matter up.
Those who are familiar with other re-
searches of this character will note the
difference between the germs of diphtheria
and those of malarial fever The former
belong to the vegetable kingdom and the
latter to the animal. 1t by no means
follows that the manner in which protozoa
cause sickness is the same as that in which
bacteria do. Perhaps they secrete pol
son and perhaps they do not. Again even
II their methods of action were Identical,
nothing should be taken for granted about
the possibility of getting an antitoxin The
bacflli of diphtheria and tuberculosis are
more closely allied than the bacillus of
diphtheria and the protoZoon of malaria,
ana yet duplication of the system fol-
lowed In getting diphtheria antitoxin
somehow fails to give one for tuberculosis,
The germ of malaria has been identified
beyond question. but it is almost the only
protozoon that has been suspected of caus-
ing disease of which as much can be said
Dr. Doyen's treatment of cancer is based
on supposed discovery of an organism
ioW uoWH III the scale OF animal life, but
MS opinions are not generally accepted.
very little Is yet known about this group
OF agents. and it is not yet feasible to lay
down any general laws concerning them, as
mas been done with bacteria. However IL
TINS fact compels the physician to hesi-
tate about expecting practical result from
Captain Ford's work, ii will enhance the
glory of the latter should he eventually
achieve success
The day may come when serums for the
prevention of variety of human maladies
VIII have been perfected and come into
common use. Much the most satisfactory
of such NEGOTIATIONS today are those en-
ployed against diphtheria, tetanus and
smallpox. With less certainty serums are
similarly used to avert the bubonic plague.
typhoid fever, cholera and Gin anfmals) tu-
berculosis. Malarial fever rarely termi-
mates fatally, yet it is not only distress
ing for the time being, but 1t sadly inter-
feres with the industry OF a community
where 1t Is prevalent. There are localf-
ties in the south where from 5 to 10 per
cent of the residents suffer from 1t every
year and In tropical countries the pro-
portion Is much greater. If any effective
way OF preventing attack of ii could
be found, and If people could be induced
to adopt such means generally the dis
coyery would prove great blessing.
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BIC OFFER FOR FIGHT.
Herford Will Give $4,000 for Scrap
Between Cans and Britt.

Word comes from Baltimore, via AL Her
ford, that there is another match between
Jimmy Britt and Joe Cans on the tapis.
Herford declares that if Britt will meet
Cans again he will offer a purse of $50 900
for the contest and undertake to hold the
same before the Eureka A. c. To this
HEREFORD will add a side bet of 5000 If
Britt is satisfied. To show that he is
strictly in earnest HEREFORD declares that
he will post half of the purse as soon as
the Californian signs articles of agree
ment.
Herford says: This offer of mine is no
Dull While do not believe that Britt can
De induced to fight in this section Of the
country, l can do nothing more than try
/ do not fear interference from the au-
thor1ties, as the status of the Eureka A. c.
mas been determined after fair trial in
court, and everything about the organiza-
tlOn has been conducted according to law
A bout between Cans and Britt in the east
would be record breaker as far as at
tendance is concerned. We have great
held to draw from and I think that we
would play to a $4,000 house If anything"
HEREFORD, in conclusion said that he would
like to have the mill held at 1873 pounds.
weigh in at o'clock, but if Britt objects
ne is satisfied to have it decided at the
same weight at the ringside. To try to
bflng about the combat HEREFORD PROPOSES
TO travel to Frisco with Cans next week
TO see Britt. HEREFORD has also sent his Of
fer to Britt, care of Harry Corbett at San
Francisco.
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PLOTTED REVENGE.
How Manager Weiss Evened Up With
Wrestler Americas.

Sweet revenge and over 1900 in cash
rewarded Charles J. Weiss for the defeat
of Americas by Fred Beell at the Ger
mania Maennerchor Hall at Baltimore last
Thursday night. The match formed the
most interesting chapter in Baltimore sport
ing anpals and was the elimination OF the
pursuit Of Americas by his former man
sger for over two years, says the Ealu-
more American
The story begins about four years ago
when Gus Schoenlein and other lusty
youths were tossing each other about en-
the mat at st. Leo's Gymnasium, Balsi-
more, imbibing wrestling lore from Prof.
John Doyle. Charles j. Weiss Is bar
Der by trade, and conducts a shop in Bal
timore. He Is one Of the most expert man.
ayers and judges of wrestlers in the coun-
try and man with wide theatrical ex-
perience. He discovered" Americas In the
Stiles street gymnasium and determined to
make great wrestler Of him. He named
him Americas in honor of the Baltimore
American. How cleverly he managed him
from the first time that he first stood OFF
Harvey Parker at the Monumental The
alter is too well known to require recount
ing. After Americas had wrestIed himself
to fame and had been cleverly managed
to that goal of all athletes there came trou
BILE in the camp. Americas and his man.
ager, Weiss. disagreed and decided to split,
Americas secured Justice John q. Mueller.
of Highlandtown, one Of the gamest sports
Hlcii III tHc LOT manager. and
Weiss went on a still hunt for a man to
lower the pride of his former protege.
1t was a tough job, and it, cost Weiss a
lot of money, but he never wavered in his
intention. First Young Paramount was
put up, and Americas downed him. Then
Weiss took up Shad Link, who met SINH
lar fate. Link Is one of the strongest men
in Baltimore and a shipwright by trade
At his regular vocation he handles 600
pound anchors as though they were easy.
but he could not take the measure OF
Americas at the Lyric. There were some
suspicious of that match and some ugly
rumors, but no charges were ever made In
the open.
How Charlie Weiss finally got his re-
venge on Americas is told best in his own
language Last night he said:
Il was satisfied that there was man in
this country no heavier than Americas who
could beat him. but he was not easy to
find. Last fall Link got an engagement
with a vaudeville troupe to meet all COM
ers on the mat. and went along as his
manager. We met Beell In Milwaukee Al
though he lives in another part of VISION
sin. he came to Milwaukee, to see Link
wrestle. Before one Of the performances
Beell tried out on the mat with pretty
good local boy, and I saw at once that he
was the man to beat Americus. From the
time first saw him work my conviction
was complete.
Il made UP the plan then and there, and
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WARFARE ON MALARIA.
Original Experiments With the Germs
of the Common Malady.


of the Common Malady.
From the New York Tribune.
The place of honor in the latest issue
of 'sThe Medical Record is occupied by
an account of some original experiments
with the germs of malarial fever. They
were conducted by a United States army
surgeon at Fort Reno, Oklahoma. Captain
j. H Ford, who describes them at great
length. number of rabbits were inocu-
lated with the blood of human victims
of the tertian type of fever, and serum
taken from those animals was employed In
the treatment of several patients in the
fort hospital. In five cases the first in
lection was without effect, but a second one
seemed to do little good. In two others
incubation was followed by the formation
of small assesses at the seat of puncture.
A single dose, much stronger than those
tried at first, seemed to produce bene-
fcial result in the eighth and ninth cases.
but Captain Ford does not regard his
demonstration of the curative value of his
serum complete. He thinks that perhaps
the product might serve as preventive. II
not as q remedy, but he is not yet able
to adduce any significant testimony to that
effect.
The truth is that Captain Ford has thus
far proved practically nothing. but his
work certainly should be followed up. One
set of tests should be made to ascertain
whether many NEGOTIATIONS of the rabbit
would be better than one. In the manu-
facture of the antitoxin of diphtheria 1t is
necessarily to administer number OF sue
cessiva doses in order to render immune
the animal being treated. Analogy and
precedent warrant good deal Of skepti-
cism as to the efficacy OF the serum Sc
cured by Captain Ford. Again. one would
like to see a score of people inoculated
prOtectively with this preparation and then
bitten by infected mosquitoes. It would
then be possible to Judge Of the correct
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cRoss-coUNTRY (p) RUN.
Big Crowd of Runners for Carroll In
Stitute Event

The cross-country run to be given under
the auspices of the Carroll Institute on
Monday next, January 2, has aroused much
interest not only In Washington, but in
Baltimore and other neigaboring cities The
run is the first sanctioned amateur athletic
event of the year 1906 for the south At
lantic section, and is the only event of its
kind given In Washington within the MEM
DRY of present-day athletes, to which fact
a very large part of the unusual amount
of interest manifested in the run may prob
ably be attributed. For several weeks past
the institute boys have been training for
the occasion. and some of the knowing
ones predict that record holders who are
looking to their laureis and preparing to
protect them are acting wisely. The en-
try applications have been sent to Bal
timore for handicapping, which will be
regulated by time allowance, and not by
distance.
The arrangements for the run are in the
charge of Mr.. James A. O. Shea, the chair
interest in all things athletic, especially
such as relate to Carroll Institute or
Georgetown University, Is widely known,
and DR.. Joseph A. Reilly. the capable and
energetic director Of athletics, under whose
management every field of athletic en-
deavor In the institute has surpassed that
of all prior years.
The officials In charge of the run will
include, In addition to Messrs. O'Shaa and
Reilly. three timers. three judges. start
er, medical examiner and five inspectors,
who will be stationed at different points
on the course and will note the -umber
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Russia's Sunken Treasure.


An engineering publication states that
the cost Of one of our battle ships, includ1
ing armament, is, all told. nearly $S.000O0O.
and Russian battle ships probably cost,
ready for action, about the same. In view
of this fact 1t would seem likely that Rus
sIa's loss of warships In the far east since
the war began totals ABOUT $123.OOoO00, ana
may amount to $50. 100000 This estimate
includes not only the battle ships, cruisers
and destroyers of the Port Arthur fleet
but the two vessels sunk at Chemulpo and
the Rurik of the Vladivostok squsdron3
sunk In the battle of August IA. II the
Baltic fleet, now on its way to the east. %
similarly destroyed, Russia's naval loss VIII
in the aggregate double the figures given
above. An expenditure of 100000 on
more will have been as futile as IL so muohl
gold had been tossed into the sea. Enor-
nous coal bills, costly repairs. provisioning
the training and wages of inefficient naval
officers-all have been waste II to this
naval loss be added the cost of fortfyfne|
Port Arthur and building Dalny and otheI,
new Russian towns in Manchuria. half g
billion will appear to have been thrown
away SO far on brilliant diplomacy Id
the far east, to say nothing OF the ex@
penses of Kuropatkin's army.
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Work on Highway Bridge.

Work has been resumed with large
force of hands on the new highway bridge
and is being pushed as rapidly as circum-
stances will allow. Three spans Of the
steel work on the Washington end and two
at the Virginia end are about completed
but the work is held back by the slowness
with which the piers are being built. The
riprap work which is to form the base
OF the approach at the Virginia end of
the bridge is nearly completed and at the
Washington end the grading Is being done
for the approach. A large proportion of the
steel for the new bridge is on the ground
and II the piers had been completed sew
eral more spans OF the steel work would
be In position by this time.
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OF each runner as he passes the several
points.
The start will be made promptly at 2
o clock in the afternoon, and the contest
ants will assemble for the purpose fifteen
minutes before that hour. The following
course has been mapped out for the run:
Starting from the Carroll Institute, on 10th
street northwest, between New York ave-
nue. and K street. thence north along 10th
street to Massachusetts avenue northwest,
on Massachusetts avenue to Dupont Circle,
through Dupont Circle to Connecticut ave-
nue. on the north side of the circle north
west along Connecticut avenue to Coltim-
bia road, northeast on Columbia road to
I4th street, north along 14th street to
Kenyon street, east Kenyon street to
sherman avenue south on Sherman avenue
TO 10th street and south along 10th street
to the Carroll Institute
Ihe first prize is a silver loving cup, and
additional prizes have been donated by
Messrs. A. G. Spalding & Bro, NJ. A. Tap
pan & co. and Jacob Shappirrio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
Building a Houseboat.

The scow hull built at Benefits boatyard
for the Philadelphia Cunning and Fishing
Club OF the Quaker city has been taken
to the dock adjoining the River View line
pier and is being made a houseboat. A
large house. about seventy feet long, is in
process OF erection on the hull and will be
subdiyided into sleeping and living rooms
The houseboat is to be fitted out in the
most modern manner, with sanitary marine
plumbing. water tanks, galley and the like
The new craft is to be used for hunting
and fishing parties on the Delaware and
Chesapeake bays.
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Always the Same.
Tharp's Pure
Berkeley Rye.
BE F St. NV. Phone Main lIaI.
Special Private Delivery.
ec29-7st. 20
Fitting Out for Service.

The new coast survey steamer Explorer,
recently completed at Wilmington, Del,
shipyard. Is fitting out for service at Wilm-
ington and will go into commission in a few
days. The greater part of the officers and
crew of the steamer Blake. now at Balti-
more. have been assigned to the new ship,
and day two ago Mr.. E. Vance Miller
and DIR. Ballard. the medical officer of the
Blake, left that vessel TO join the Ex-
plorer The new vessel will, 1t is expected,
pay visit to this city before going south
for survey work on the coast during the
winter
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1t culminated, here Thursday night. The
mans name III trttlk Beell. so far as I
know, and there Is nothing underhand
about it. He is simply better man than
Americas, and I knew it. had $5000 to
bet on Beell, and pNt down all Of 1t that I
could. believe I trimmed Judge Mueller
for fair. knew have big bunch Of his
money, and took other bets that be-
lieve were sent to me by the Judge. AL
though I lost heavily trying to down
Americas with, Link and Young Paramount.
I made good with Beell and am content.
Beell may come here to wrestle again
should the opportunity present"
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Child Weighing aD Pounds Born Dead.

BY means of the Caesarian operation, Mrs.
Joseph Norwak. the wife Of factory en-
ploye at Collipsville, Conn, was delivered
Of child Weighing twenty-five pounds.
1t is thought that the mother will recov-
err. She is thirty-nine years old.
The child. which was perfectly formed.
had been dead probably twenty -four hous 8
at birth. None of the four doctors present
had ever Performed the operation before,
and 1t Is said that 1t has been performed In
this Vicinity only four times in the past
fourteen years.
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The Foolish Panther.
pm the baltimore American.

Naggsby-'I notice that two women Ii
Kentucky were attacked by panther. and
routed the animal with a tubful Of hot
water and wet clothes"
Waggsbuy-"The animal must have been
crazy to tackle woman on wash day."
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swhat kind of man is Jonesr'
"W-eu'-
'sWen. what?"
Hes the kind of . man that givaQ h
children shoes and overcoets for Chrioo,
mas presents.r-Houston Post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31

Wall Street-"So your son Is studying
law. Do you expect that he will stick to
h?"
Speculator-"Oh, no; just want him to
know enough about il so that he will be
able to eyade II successfully. "--Detroit Free
Press
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ago had scheme even more comprehensive
than the Englishman's joint stock COM
pany 1t was as broad as a New Jersey
develop all Peru, and the location of the
1ncas lost treasure was a mere incident in
the general plan
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Proposed Drainage Of a Lake.

The Engiishman's scheme, as explained to
me. was to drain some mysterious lake and
find the gold and silver at the bottom. A
tradition is that much wealth lies at the
bottom Of Lake Titicaca, and 1t may be
that occasionally a canoe or straw boat,
yer, was upset But Lake Titicaca is too
large to be drained, and. moreover. there
would be objections by the Bolivian and
Peruvian governments. since much COM
merce IL carried on between Its shores.
Without betraying any confidence may
hint that Lake TticacaY never was the real
object Of the joint stock company. There
are two smaller lakes, known as 6aracocha
and Cachipuscama. and 1t Ii at the bottom
of ono or both OF these that the gold lies.
They are beautiful sheets OF water. lying In
the volcanic mountains nearly 14.000 feet
above sea level
An American and his wife about year
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

ternal discussions similar to those which
Organism later produced. All the lead
ers, in all the states Ewere working to-
gether harmoniously and sympathet-
ically. The republicans, on the other
hand, were lukewarm in their support
of Harrison, whose four years in the
White House had diminished his popu-
larity, never great, and created many
bitter enemies in the ranks Of republi-
can leaders east and west. So far as
the democrats were concerned, the cam
paign was enthusiastic, and this enthu-
siasm was cumulative. During the last
few weeks Of the campaign it fairly set
the party afire. With the republicans,
there was little enthusiasm, and that
little had almost melted away before
the close Of the campaign. Up to two
weeks or ten days before election, the
odds in New York had been about 211a
to 3 to ! on Harrison, and large sums
were put up. Suddenly, rumors came Of
the Forthcoming landslide. The betting
odds changed. First, they dropped to
even money, and several days before
election they were running in Cleve-
lands direction, for he, in that cam
paign, was as popular as Harrison was
unpopular. "-s- -< ....-
It is my understanding that it is the
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haven't anything that is better. There
are two great parties In all representa-
tive governments on the face of the
earth, one radical, the other conserva-
tive. This is true in Canada, where a
great national election is just at hand,
and it is true, also, in Great Britain,
not to mention countries with which
the average American is not as familiar
as he is with these. In this country,
however, the democratic party has en-
deavored, thru the reorganization
process mapped out by it's "safe" and
"sane' leaders, to abandon it's historic
and logical attitude Of radicalism and
to model itself after the conservative
party which is now in power. This is
illogical and it cannot succeed. Two
conservative parties cannot exist at the
same time in any free country. There
is room for only one. Bryan, when he
stands for the return of the democracy
to radicalism, is nearer the logic Of the
situation than many Of his opponents
have perhaps thought. And if Par
ker is defeated, and in defeat should
lose New York, the Bryan program will
undoubtedly be adopted by the democ-
racy, with such amendments along the
line Of toning down as may be thought
best by the great leaders.
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Friday Evening,

the consideration Of their parties and
platforms. The republicans have
somewhat less to answer for in this re-
gard, however, than the democrats, al
tho the republicans, I believe, still pay
entirely too much attention to Judge
Parker and not enough to the platform
upon which he stands and the influences
by which he is surrounded.
The condition is not ideal, nor is 1t
entirely logical, but, it is to prevail
turnout the whole Of the campaign,
and it might as well be met without
more ado. The republicans would much
prefer discussion of their principles
to a discussion of their candidate, be-
cause those principles are after all the
vital, issue of the party, by which it and
the candidate must stand or fall. But
the president is such an overmastering
personality that he has indelibly i'm.
pressed himself upon his party, and he
comes into view the moment one begins
to consider the republican situation
The democratic party, on the other
hand, owing to the ,vagaries of the col:
lective heresies called Organism, and
the regulations of the mon who are
managing the Parker campaign, is q
more inviting and more vulnerable OBJ:
ject of attack than its unknown and
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wish Of both the president and the chair

wish Of both the president and the chair
man Of the republican national commit
tee that republican editors and speak
ers, from this time on, devote their
energies to the democratic platform,
which they regard as the most vulner-
able document of it's kind presented to
the American people for many a year,
and to the general democratic situation,
which they pronounce anomalous and
absolutely unique in the history Of
American politics since the civil war.
The "scuttle" speech delivered by
Judge Parker last Saturday night is
the latest democratic feature to attract
the attention Of the republican leaders.
This speech they think lays the party
open to unanswerable criticism.
Speaking Of the Parker speech, 1t is
worth while to call attention to the
curious fact that the principal demo-
cratic issue, after the personality
Of the president, is the Philippines.
This was the paramount issue in
the campaign Of 1900, by consent Of
Bryan himself, and upon it the democ-
racy lost the country by vote almost
as large as that which carried them
down to defeat in 1896. Why do they
try it again this year7 some may ask.
The answer is simple: Because they