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The sun., 1905-09-12
Deep Diving Feats.
From the PoH MaH Gazette.

From the Poll MdH Gazette.
Al what depth can diver carry out his functions'
How long can he remain under the surface? What
Is the effect Of high air prcssures on the human
systemf One well known hrm OF submarine en-.
gineers limits the depth OF descent to 2S faihoms.
or cay, $50 feet But operations have been carried
out at greater depths than this. and perhaps the
greatest distance below the surface at which a
diver has succeeded In working is "a fathoms. or
cO4 feet. This was accomplished by James Hooper,
who descended TO the ship Cope Horn. sunk on
Pichidanque. South America. and sustained
pressure OF $50 pounds on every square inch OF
his body.
Another remarkable feat was that OF Alexander
Lambert. who recovered E7o,Oo0 In gold coin from
the steamship Alphonso NIL. sunk on Po'n, Gando.
Grand Canary. in nearly 80 fathoms OF water the
actual depth OF the treasure room bclng 20 -,
fathoms. or 16o feet. This man also performed the
daring feat OF stopping the flooding of the Severn
Tunnel when door In the drainage tunnel had hcrn
left open. The door was situated quarter Of
mile distant from the shaft, but equipped In his
diving dresA he crcpt that distance hrougha narrow
passage full OF water and closed the door THIS
plucky act enabled the pumps To overcome the
volume OF water which was flooding the working
and allowed the completion of the tunnel to he
carried out.
A further Interesting case OF deep diving is that
Of Angel Erostarbe who succeeded In recovering
silver bars valued at GO. 900 from the steamer Ss!ro.
sunk on Cape Finisterre In over thirty fathoms.
In this case the diver had to blow away portions of
the Ve6sel Win dynamite DcIoIc nc CoHu Teh'H
the treasure chamber. Three dives per diem were
frequent. and many as hve descents were nnde
In one day. The maximum period under water was
twenty minutes.
The effect OF high pressures on the constitution
Is not found Injurious when the work Is carried
out under ordinary precautions. French scen'
tst has gone 80 far as to claim that breathing com.
pressed air is remedy for asthma and emphyscma.
II Is also said 70 excite digestion. owing TO the great
quantity OF oxygen carried into the blood. 1t hss
been found that period OF two hours should eaps-
between q meal and descent In descending the
movement should he slow, and II the pressure causes
pains In tho head this can be remedei by rising
gently few feet when the descent can be recon
tlnued. In ascending divers arc recon- nended not
TO exceed speed OF two feet per second.
The sun., 1905-09-12
Tho Advance or Cholera.
From Ms Mcdical Record.


The sudden appearance OF cholera In east
ern' Pru ssfa and the presence OF sixty or
more cases Of the disease among Russian
emlgrants in Hamburg awaiting transports-
tlon to America gives cause not for popular
alarm but for increased watchfulness on the
part of our sanitary guardians.
Epidemiologists have for some time been
watching this gradual advance Of cho!ers
from the East on one OF it's periodical Incur
sons into western Europe. The movement
began In the latter part Of 1890. Eastward
the disease advanced from India rapidly.
invading China and japan. From Hong
kong 1t passed to the Philippines. working
havoc in Manila and the provinces despite
the best efforts OF tho medical officers OF the
Army and Marine Hospital Service.
Its progress westward through Arabia
tholera appeared in Mecca in 1902. and thence
Ssls nsy q e baEER 1ss MIMI 1% and
Teheran. From. this. point, it followed ne
caravan routes into Anatolla, Transcaqtasa
q sfa the sA'sih Voisa, Here It rested soE nearly
eiahteen months. being restrained BY some some
mysterious intinsnSf the IN nature ars OF t whGh ds
covered. and only now has it resumed its
"a iii !asa.s ssEs e s 91s in
tulA past Thorn and Kuhn, ana emlRrants
were leaving polsnd and western Russia for
Hamburg and Bremen. sailing thence for
The Russian health ofHcials did IS little to
now. and the communicatioh between the
the Vistmla down which It js now journeying
into Prusaia. was Just as free IN the IIsI SUMNER
refused to spread. Suddenly IT takes a start
and Europe awakes to the peril OF cholera
Invasion.
which retard or accelerate the progress OF
this disease are climatic conditions. bnt this
kofers 3 subsoii water theory is just as salts
factory and no more Ineligible. That there
Is some influence which affects the yirulencc
q greater or lesser power of resistance In the
human subject, must be admitted: but
whst6er ne tha y . IL
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A pertinent inquiry persistently repeated
has repeatedly evoked from B. B. ODELL. Jr,
the following tart and in pen,lo,ls response:

A pertinent inquiry persistently repeated
has repeatedly evoked from B. B. ODELL, Jr.,
the following tart and ingenious response:
why people should come to me for information
abou, local political conditions cannot imagine.
Ifyou want to question me about Newburgh politics,
can give you some points"
Unquestionably "few points" about not
only Newburgh politics but the Newburgh
brand OF politics, stamped on the cheese
and blown on the crackers. may be OBJ
tanned on inquiry Of B. B. OpELI., Jr.
What he does not know on the subject OF
New York city politics Ia being shown at
the conferences he ia engineering. What
he does know would not take him long to tell
Hence, it is not unnatural that he should be
surprised when he is asked about it.
But IL the Newburgh expert is unac-
quainted with the preferences. predilec-
tions and purposes Of the 600 900 or more
voters of New York city, the voters are not
unaoquainted with him. They know where
he is They "have him where they want
him." There ia no national election to
overshadow or State election to Obscure
the real issue or to hide the real enemy Of
decent government.
The sun., 1905-09-12
Where Captious Criticism Is Futile.


The opening Of the public schools of
New York yesterday was the signal for
an attack on the Mayor and the Board
of Education because Of the continued
ipsufficiency Of the school room provided
by the town.
Now. nothing has more surely indi-
Gated the rapid growth Of the population
of New York during the last five years
than the great increase in the school
registration. This increase last year
wds nearly forty thousand, or nearly
~. uvnt The registration for this
..chcol year will not be known accurately
for several weeks yet, but it may be as
sumed that the increase will be in per-
centage not less, and that in the five
years the demand for school aooommo-
dations has grown by an increase Of
toward two hundred thousand in the
number OF pupils registered, and that
the total this year will exceed 100000.
This increase in the demand for school
room has been 80 rapid that practically
il has not been possible to keep up with
it by the erection OF sufficient new build
ings, more especially Us it has sprung
up In quarters Of the tow" III had
The sun., 1905-09-12
Our Guess About the Cotton Crop.

Notwithstanding the considerable sum
of money expended in the preparation
of official statistics, the size of our cotton
crop seems to be only subject for a
guessing contest. Several thousands of
gentlemen interested in bulling or in
bearing the market price OF the staple
are busy guessing about the number OF
bales which will be picked this fall, about
the quantity carried over from last year
and about the relation of total available
supply to the probable demand. The
expensive official statistics are merely
straws whose uncertain movements en-
able those who are interested to guess
that the wind will blow the way they
want it to.
Three factors appear in the alleged
estimates. These are: The stock now in
the hands of spinners; the visible supply
carried over from last year, and the
prospective crop. AS the average Amer
ican supply for the last five years has
been about 100000 bales per year,
and as the probable total Of these three
factors fairly assures supply some
what in excess Of that quantity for the
requirements Of the coming year, we
simply guess that there will be as much
cotton as is needed. Yet the removal
of our guess to the domain OF absolute
certainty would be no assurance that
the manipulation Of spectators will
not force the consuming public to pay
an unwarranted price for sheets and
shirts and calcoes.
The sun., 1905-09-12

To THE EDITION OF THE SUS-,Sfr: Tho case OF
Mrs Young calls for decided expressions Of opinion
and am rcjoiced TO read In THE sun Of to-day
the EDITORIAL article headed THE Cadi In the Minor
Court"
Indifference to such monstrous course a. has
been performed In that court would be only second
TO the crime Itself The State should protest. and
loudly, too, at suoh amazing disposition OF tho
case. The release Of MS. Young was wrong and
illegal.
Should the liberty and the iaxity In this case
become . precedent. one realizes with terror that
protection from assault In any form could not be
relied on In that court. SuDscRIDRR,
NEW YORK, Sept 10.
The sun., 1905-09-12
Was John Howard an Inndels

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: Mrs Farrell
In her letter to THE sun giving names OF lnhdels
as benefsctors, classes John Howard. the mos,
famous ph,anthropist Of the eighteenth century,
ss an inhdel.
Where does she get ground for that assertion!
The American Cyclopedia" In It's sketch OF John
Howard says: In his private relations he was
pure minded. pious and upright" II Is claimed.
and have never seen II disputed. that when At his
home In Carlingford, Bedfordshirc. he was accus
toned to attend on and was supporter Of the Bsp
tist church In the neighborlng village Of Cotton
End. Congreg gatonal church 10 Bed ford Is known
a. Howard Chapel" and was named In his honor
This would scsrcely have been done II he was an
inndel. r. T. N.
BRoOKLYN, Sept H.
The sun., 1905-09-12
The Crisis in Massachusetts.

1t was day of triumph at Pemberton
The Four Hundred of the Middlesex
Club" had gone down, but not over
the Bay in steamer. They were full
Of patriotism, joy and clans. Several
of the Four Hundred were not candi-
dates for Lieutenant Governor. The
Hon. HENRY CABOT LODGES glad band
matched at least 800 glad hearts. A
hush as of CLAIMS at low tide stole over
those nearly four centuries of Republi-
canism as the Hon. CURTIS GUILD, Jr.,
arose majestic as night. solemn as
slate gravestone 1t is not difficult to
be solemn when compressed in the
midst by a surplus of clans and other
fixn's of shore dinner; but to be ma
jestic under such inward stressl Yet
in that crowded hour Mr.. GUILD spoke
.hese majestic and solemn words:
THE election Of this fall is to determine whether
Massachusetts, Is or Is not TO desert the leadership
In national and state government which has put
the United States industrially. socially and polt-
icslly first among the great Powers Of the earth:
which has put Massachusetts in the front rank
Of the States Of the Cnlon."
Mr.. GUILD pumped those awful
thoughts into that sad assemblage. Yes,
IL Mr. GUILD is not elected Governor
this fall Massachusetts will be de
serter, and the United States desert.
But there is almost a guilty pleasure in
hanging on to the awful thought:
-Under the long line Of Massachusetts, Repub.
lcan Governors from JOHN A. ANpRgw TO JOHN L.
BATES. Massachusetts, has spendldly led the Union
In one path Of progress after another"
Not only has Massachusetts been
thrown out Of her job Of leading the
Union, whether the Union knows it or
not, but the Union itself is not what it
was in 1904. How can human progress
progress when JOHN L. BATES Of South
Boston-or is it East?-is no longer in
the State House?
The moral responsibility Of WILLIAM L.
DOUGLAS for knocking out BATES and
Progress is appalling.
But our heart is at the table there
with CURTIS, and we must pause while
he goes on again:
T. believe that Massachusetts will declare her
self again not one OF the States that are dragged
up with the nation In spite OF themselves. but.
Of old, part Of those active. earnest progressive
Comnonweaiths that pull together and seek their
own advantage in the common upllft Of the com.
mon country"
1t is a great comfort to us to believe
80 too. In the words Of a Massachu-
sets poet:
"And II that destiny could fall.
The sun should darkcn In the sky.
The eternal laws of nature fail
And GoD end Truth and Freedom die.
The crisis Is extracritical. The world
looks on in mingled terror and hope.
We mention only as a poisoned breath
Of rumor the report that tho Hon. CURTIS
GUILD, Jr., winked and then made
motion over his left shoulder at the
conclusion Of this saecting speech.
The sun., 1905-09-12
Pennsylvan,ss Bear Section.
From the Philadelphia Record.

The bear huntcrE OF central Pennsylvania Are
getting ready for the hunting season. which cx
tends from Oct. 1 TO March 1. Formerly bru,n
was an outlaw all the year round but. the law hay
Ing become his protector for seven months In the
year. his tribe Is expected to multiply and furnish
rare sport for the woodsmen. The bear section Of
Pennsylvania Is chiony located In the counties Of
Cloarhcld. Clinton, Cameron. Potter I.ycomlnr
Sullivan. Monroe and Pike. although besrs ore 10 ba
found In all the counties traveSed by the Ale
ghany range Tho Beech Creek and Fall Brook
districts siOne furnished twenty two black bean
10 the huntsmen last season.
The sun., 1905-09-12
Elevator EnKlish.

To TER EDITOR OF TIE sux--Sr: The manager
Of a certain skyscraper does not read THE SUN
attentively or he would profit by the good English
therein. For example. at tho elevator entrance
at each landing observe the following placard
This elevator don't stop here"
Twenty repetit,ons OF this notice are having bad
effect upon the tenants OF this popular once build
ing. heard there the following remark; II would
on this here hoor." GHoRoE BARSEs PRNNocR,
NEW YORK, Sept. II.
The sun., 1905-09-12
How /. Hawaiian King Killed hi, s.er.,ar,

From the Pacific Commercial Adrertlsey
One Of tho most Interesting features OF the tragedy
In 1850. In which King KAmehameha w. shot his
secretary. Mr.. Nelson. arises from the manner In
which tho monarch hred his revolver II is said
that both men were In a room alone. and were
drinking bcer. The King walked over 70 mantcl
above which was hung large looking glass. He
toyed with revolver for while. his back 70 hls
victim. and thcn. taking note Of Nelson's position
at the opposte side Of tho room by means of the
mirror. he pointed the revolver ever his shouider
and nred. the ball striking the secretary with fstsI
effect.
The sun., 1905-09-12
A Non-Smok er's Growl,

To rHR EDITOR OF TIE SuN--.str: admit the
truth OF what Is said OF "the plano next door" In
this mornings SUN, but II old Man" from jamaica
and old men and young men from everywhere
could realize what a disgusting nuisance they
are with their cigars and tobacco smoke they
would keep on the pla1Eas with them or cease to
complain Of nuisanccs next door.
VICTIM OF OTHRR MES's TOBACCO.
BROOKLYN, Sept. q.
The sun., 1905-09-12

First Once BoyHard upi
Second once Roy--Yep. Just borrowed 4 m,,,,o,
from the company; SAY could YOU lend me niokelf
The sun., 1905-09-12
OF Ceurvs.

First Shoelaoe comes ~ hero.
Second shoelase--we are undons
The sun., 1905-09-12

ff our friends pho fdror vs. uhh nidnuer'pfs lo'
publication psh 10 haze rejected articles niurhsd hev
,nust In all cases send siamps for hdt purpoN.
The sun., 1905-09-12
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Order through your newsdcaler or OF THE Sun. i7o
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-25
THE BEEF TRUST INQUIRY.
Material for Stories Will Be Utilized
in Investigation, "-

The federal grand jury, which is investi-
eating the business transactions of the meat
packing industry in Chicago, completed It's
examination yesterday for time into the
contracts of the Aetna Trading Company.
and the remaining witnesses subpoenaed to
tell what they know of this concern were
excused.
Today the Jurors Will take up the testimony
of witnesses who are employed by the pack
ers One of the most important of these
witnesses will be Mrs. Mary E. Marcy, au-
thor and stenographer, who was subpoe-
naed from Kansas City. She will, 1t Is said,
produce documentary evidence which she
secured while gathering material to write
stories concerning the packing industry.
Mrs. Marcy was formerly employed as a
stenographer by one of the packing con-
Germs in Kansas City.
District Attorney Morrison said last night
that the jury will continue it's investigation
of the beef industry until April %. when
the matter will be dropped until May 2, in
order to investigate some other matters
After the cases are cleared up the beef in
quiry will again be taken up and completed.
No indictments on the main issue will be
voted until after May ?, according to Mr..
Morrison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-25
Fugitive Mining Broker Arrested.

Thomas ]. Scollan. mining broker, was
arrested in New York yesterday. as a fugi-
tive from justice in Boston. After hear
ing In the police court he was committed
to the Tombs prison to await extradition.
A dispatch from Boston last night says:
Scollan is wanted here for alleged partici-
patton in April. 1897. in what were known
as the "city teaming frauds" Scollan has
been absent from this city since February,
1893. when he defaulted his bail of $25, 600
With ten others he was indicted for larceny
from the city Of Boston. The first trial
was interrupted by the publication Of an
article commenting upon the case. A new
trial was ordered on the grounds that the
jury has been Influenced by the article
The second trial had been in progress only
one week when Charles H. Milliken of Chel-
sea- one Of the jurors was charged, ar
raigned and convicted Of accepting a BRIDE
February Is, 1898. Milliken was sentenced
to term of from three to five years in
state prison, and on the night Of that day
Scollan disappeared. The county later
brought suit against Scollan's bondsmen
and recovered Seven of those implicated
with Scollan received prison sentences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-25
HONEST CONFESSION.
A DOCTORS TALK ON FOOD.

There are no fairer set of men on earth than the
doctors and when they find they have been In error
they are usually apt to make honest and manly
confession Of the fact.
A case In point Is that Of an eminent practi-
toner, one OF the good old school. who lives In
Texas His plain, unvarnished tale needs no
dressing up:
81 had always had an intense prejudice, which
unwarrantable and unreason-
able, against all muchly advertised foods. Hence,
I never read a line of the many ads OF Grape
Nuts. nor tested the food till last winter.
while in Corpus Christi for my health, and
visiting my youngest son, who has four of the
ruddiest, healthiest little boys ever saw, I ate
my first dish of Grape Nuts food for supper with
my little grandsons. became exceedingly fond Of
1t and have eaten a package of 1t every week
since. and find 1t delicious. refreshing and
strengthening food, leaving Ill effects whatever,
causing no eruetations with which was formerly
much troubled, sense of fullness, nausea, nor
distress of stomach In any way.
There Is no other food that agrees with me 90
well, sits lightly or pleasantly Upon my
stomach this does / am stronger and more
active since began the use Of Grape-Nuts than I
have been for 10 years, and no longer troubled
with nausea and Indigestion" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's reason.
Look in each pkg. for the famous little took.
1.-The Road to Wellyills." -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-25
Ancient Egypt
Knew the Virtues of the
liking of Foods"

Since the earliest annals of Old
Egypt, wheat has been recognized
rs the king of foods.
1t has held its sway down to the
present day, notwithstanding the
fact that in many forms of making
wheat into food products, some Of
the best elements are lost.
Bread has been aptly termed, the
staff of life as it alone of known
foods has all the elements that are
needed to sustain life.
Egg=O=See contains all the
best elements of wheat in far more
healtllful and delicious form than
any bread, crackers or ordinary
wheat foods. In addition to the
best whole wheat delicately faxed
and crushed, it is made still more
digestible by the addition OF refined
diastase, the highest grade of malt.
There are no premiums or gifts in
the Egg=O=See package; nothing
but full measure OF the highest
grade of cereal food in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-25
Death Of Judge Amos M. rhaver.

Amos Madden Thayer. U. 8. circuit court
Judge Of the eighth judicial circuit, died at
his home in st. Louis last night after an
illness Of four months. Judge Thayer was
born in Nina, N. Y, ON October IL, 1S41
He was educated at Hamilton college, and
after his graduation studied law. In 1862
he was admitted to the bar. but immedi-
ately enlisted In the United States army
and served until the end of the war Of the
rebellion, being mustered out with the rank
of captain In the signal corps. He came to
st. Louis In 1866 and began the practice of
cult bench in 1876. serving for ten years.
Judge Thayer was appointed u. 8. district
Judge for the eastern district of Missouri
by President Cleveland In 1887. and in 1894
he was appointed by President Cleveland
to the United States circuit bench. A widow
and a daughter survive. Judge Thayer
wrote the opinion In the Northern Securi-
ties case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-25
TWO SERVANTS SLAIN.
Mystery in Tragedy in Philadelphia
Residence.

A tragedy, the mystery surrounding which
the police are having difficulty In unravel-
ing, was discovered in the old Forney man
sion In Philadelphia last night, when the
bodies of two servants We're found in the
kitchen. The mansion was the residence of
Col John w. Forney, the deceased publisher
and editor, and is at present occupied by
his daughter. Miss Tillie May Forney. The
dead servants are Samuel Barnes, or Smith.
colored, aged thirty years, who was en-
ployed as butler, and Margaret Toner,
white aged fifty years, who has been the
cook for Miss Forney for twenty years.
Miss Forney the first to learn of the
affair. Yesterday evening the servants failed
to send her the evening papers, and, thinking
1t strange, she made an investigation. In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-25

the kitchen she found the cook lying on a
settee and the butler sitting on chair.
with his head resting on a table. Each had
bullet In the right temple. The woman
was dead. but the negro alive, though
unconscious. revolver, with two exploded
cartridges In its chamber, was found on the
floor. The butler was conveyed to a hospi-
tai. where he died three hours later.
After a preliminary investigation the po-
lice were unable to explain the affair 1t Is
believed that the couple had been drinking
heavily.
Miss Forney was the only other occupant
of the house. Neither she nor any other
person in the neighborhood heard the firing
of a revolver. The butler, shortly before he
died, regafned consciousness, and muir
INJURED something about his mother in Bal
timore.
The police are looking up the relatives Of
the dead couple.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-25
WARRANTS FOR ARSON.
Revenge for Information to United
States Revenue Officer.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
GREENSBORO. N. c., April 24.-In re-
venge for information to revenue officers,
whereby two barrels of blockade whisky
were captured yesterday in Surner town.
ship, this county. at the home of James
Richardson, the barn. stables and car
riage houses of Isaac Stanly were burned
last night An explosion of dynamite
stored in the barn awakened the family
In time to save their lives, many valuable
cows and horses and the dwelling.
An empty bottle smelling of kerosene.
not broken by the heat and the stimuli
taneous burning of the three north ex-
posures of each building. with the smell
of kerosene, showed the cause of the fire
to be malice. Stanly has sworn out war
rants for arson against four men on
strong evidence.