The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-31

Is graft IN 4 year OF {
while . Chicago Grand Jury has indicted
sixteen men prominently connected With
the packing business. A score Of indlct.
mcnts and three convictions have accom-
panied the public lands investigations;
while fraud lost two other battles in the
hninS and imprisonment Of Senators Bur-
ten and Mitchell for furtherinx through
their public offices the private practices Of
other firms. Close upon the news OF these
came the words that senator Mitchell had
died Of hemOrrhage. following the drawing
Of tooth.
Tho courts have freed Nan Patterson.
Mrx. Chadwick has gone to the Pentten-
tiary for ten years. and present day Jus
tice IS busy with the death Of . Boston
chorus girl. and with . family quarrel
which has sprung up over the millions OF
the late William weightman Of Philadei-
phia.
THE POLES AND PAUL JONES.
Neither Of the poles was found and
tagged In 1870. Charcoss expedition re-
turned empty handed from tho Antarctic.
parties from the Artsc Hut Peary has
started on another northern dash. The
Duke Of the Abruzzi has set out tO lsy
Central Africa. and Even Bcdtn has
plOred Persia
The most notable o. the years achieve
n,ents Of this sort came with Apsil. when.
-
wholly through his enthusiasts patriotism
and largely through his private means,
Horace Porter found the long neglected
body Of Admiral Paul Jones In an ancient
Par.isn cemetery. July saw the triumph
an, return Of the remains to this country
for re,ntermcnt at Annapolis.
Jones would have wondered ~ we'll as
rejoice.i at the launchinGs Of such monster
sea-Eghte.s ~ Is has seen take water
in the British Chatham and the Ameri-
can ships Mississippi. Idaho. Kansas. ver-
mont. Minnesota. -. Louis and Washing
ton Ye, these vesselo are less indicative
Of tho advances Of science than are the
kaiSerine Victoria. the largest passenger
carrier now afGat. Or the Cunard Ca,Onia.
IN THE REALM OF SCIENCE.
This ship. with her sixter. CsTmania. and
III. Allan Line victorSen. have brought
into play the turbine engine. which is
revOiutionizinG all methods of marine
transportation. even ~ the wireless h
simplifying long distance communication.
The years advances In that aeId have
chronicle,l in Campanis'a voyage IN May.
when throughout her crossing she vas In
touch with both shores: the establishment
Of wireless stations from Maine to Texas
for handling weather bulletins: and the
successful transmission Of orders from
railroad Offices to moving trains.
That other form Of aerial science. air
ship navigation. has progressed during the
twelve-month through the successful
flights Of Roy knabenshue over Los An
eeles january. Toledo Ounes. and Eew
York 'Augustb. the last exploit being the
most wonderful Of any yet made In such
scientific achievement. Other triun,phs in
this sort we're won by the Faure-Lathom
machine. through perfect trip from Lon
don To Paris: and by antos-Dumont. Is
rael Ludlow Of New York. and J. J. Mont
eomesy Of California. all o! whom have
shown satisfactorily dirigable aeronautic
motors
The solar -ci.pse which had promised to
add richly ." the sun, of scientific knoWl-
edge only partially fulfilled that hcpe. On
this hemisphere the shadows course could
not we'll be photographed because oS pre-
vailiux clouds and tho results attained by
expeditions sent 70 Spain and Egypt were
marked by no large success.
FIGHT WITH THD Pl.AGCEss
Science has had full hands In !,s fight
ri,h disease. In America attention CEN
;, ssh
sw.p, through the South In the summer
a:d early fall. carrying on eli lives in
l.ouisin..a alone. but the Yayas.s q. this
same disease In Honduras. O' the cholera
In Germany and Russia. and % the dread
'uI bubonic plaEue in India must b. placed
IN the chronology. the last mentioned
rowing one OK the worst visita,ion> the
crowded Es.' las known. i.c4eoO reopie
wing during the year.
" MAJ also bs iva, Iss. wiii claim IN.
.oror - fL" discovery os a consumption
-u-e. Emil Yer s~hr:as % Berlin an
lounces TIA. he has accom- s,i.she~i nothing
.ss than this. ~, fsnai proof oe N. claims /
tn. unoiiic.s! world of med.ci1. - !
inc!in..S 20 scceps the fact. /
shou!d THE prove she case P-o;csso. Bsh- !
LEX VIII SS'esNS TOT SFc IN ~VuhAt ID'SEu~ J
= 500 rrorI the PIX -IAcavs. a. well as !
. lump fortune % $a.s6 dsD once ess aside !
~ q brazilian Cro~sus FOR the ,nsn who !
might vaE2Eisi ~ white plague
THE ELEMENTS ANt-Ck
Man Ias 10; YET conquered tii" elements.
los.r.r Sire.~sn fve has ze>a air Va
er .srts and hre raging airnns' a, Will !
-yc!"n~s have visited Los Angeles. Mad /,
.ya.ca- ps,sshor-.a. Natal. shs Msr.haIi |
s,An-:s .r,I:!ns OF. l.:soe lives: JJne's toy /
sa.so .rross Natal alone accounting FOR - ,
:, twenty minutes - horror. Natal again 1
.i,nssSss 1HayI a ->.arrcf. collage tns.
.lairr.,' ter .cDr. ns"s ard women. while !
Re rsssrt or disaster -es. Nnigi: Y
no,..n .Ari,-r ~.s within . dozen lives ss
a'si
The 'vo earthquakes os '.ie fWelsemon.h
10, 20 count ,bo>> l~ss~- trenoss unac-
os..,.aai-9 t.r cssisis'~ss b:oaght :earfu!
.~as.a.s.a ago i.a.y ard India. FIv. hun
red live. and eiiesprsae su6sS!n9 :, 60
2 br.s-bY, ulat ~orse fh.rg can Be crit.
.n o? ~z.aciyenl which conferred about
Laho-e. sae fsss os he sis,ns above !s 80:
f?-e izgssss s~hsnd her sssser elements.
poush .e. toll % i'Se 0as n7ovs easily
s.ssG.a Tho OsS>ssa d.S;.ict eonAaEya-
ioa.. e-,E.esorns 1son sio::n6 :N~rv ate
r. 0e.s@ ssss ~os:h % pyoO>Ssy. q ne.WD
I...rs "a. accounted for IN SsW cri.sns