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New-York tribune., 1905-08-15
TRICKS or THE GULF STREAM.

Steamships from Europe that have arrived at
NewYOrli within the last day or two report
that they encountered an unusual amount of
resistance from the Gulf Stream several hun
dred miles from this port. The obstructive
force was enough TO reduce the distance covered
daily during the latter part of their voyages by
from twenty-five 10 forty miles. There are
numerous precedents for such experience
There are variations in both the strength and
the direction Of the ocean current in question.
From Key West up far Cape Hatteras
the velocity of the Gulf Stream ranges from
one and a half TO two knots an hour: and to the
northeastward of the latter point the speed
dwindles away gradually. The stratum of
moving water widens and becomes shallower
so that when the meridian of longitude that
runs through Halifax is reached there is ordi-
narily only a mere drift Oceanographers in
sst that from that reigbborhood eastward there
is no longer a well defined current Such is
doubtless the general rule, but observation
shows that the rule is not invariable Occa-
sionally an actual gain in force is noted besides
which there is now and then an apparent gain
resulting from change of course The north
western limits of the Gulf Stream above Hat
teras approach the coasts of England and
Nova Scotia more closely at one time than at
another.
These eccentricities are associated with CORE
spending ones in the movements of the air over
the ocean. The shifting of position. especially
after the original momentum has been largely
lost is due TO alterations in the direction and
strength OF the atmospheric currents. The winds
in the immediate vicinity Of the Gulf Stream
may either accelerate or retard the flow. and
these undergo many gariafioIs from their ay-
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15

there was much fever. The sth had 20 cases,
but only one in 2620 The 22d had %, but that
was only one in 2,663. The 23d had %, which
meant one in $500. The 26th had %, or one In
2447 The 2Sth had 10. or one in 1,191 But
the 3Oth had one in 504. In other words, the
30th Ward had in proportion to its population
more than six times as much typhoid as the
whole borough. and from five to fifteen times as
much as other individual wards. 1t had more
than five times as many fever cases as the
crowded Sth Ward which adjoins 1t at the
north and more than seven times as many as
the 31st which adjOins it at the south In view
of such facts IL is impossible TO deny that there
is a special outbreak of typhoid in that region
much more severe than elsewhere.
This is said now. we have said it before, not
to create scare nor to injure the repute and
the business of that very attractive part of
Brooklyn-comprising, indeed some of the most
beautiful and desirable residence sites in the
whole metropolitan district-but TO do the region
good by emphasizing its urgent need of better
sewerage and better water supply. The best
service to the public is TO be done, not by Great
ing a groundleSs panic, nor by pretending that
the fever is not as prevalent as it is, but by
recognizing facts they are and by working
energeticaly and necessarily for the public util-
tiles which are so sorely needed.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15
NORWAYS VOTE.

Norway has voted. in response to Swedens
suggestion, with a result that should be en-
tirely convincing and conclusive. The special
committee of the Swedish Riksdag asked that,
as preliminary TO further negotiations for COM
peting the severance of the two kingdoms. the
desire Of Norway in the matter should be
formally and Enthusiastically expressed, either
through a plebiscite or through the election Of
a new Storthing and its vote. This request
was reasonable and proper and was at once ac~
ceded to by the Norwegian government which
chose the plebiscite as the simpler, quicker
and perhaps more decisive of the two methods
proposed The vote was taken on Sunday last,
by universal suffrage of male citizens twenty
five years Of age. fairly full vote was
polled, considering the time and circumstances,
and it was practically unanimous for separa-
ton from Sweden only about one in two thou
sand voting for maintenance of the union. We
do not recall that history records a more nearly
unanimous vote Of any people on question of
such importance.
That. we assume, will settle the matter Ger
tainly it should do so. There can be no more
question that the whole Norwegian people, as
well as their political leaders, desire separation
from Sweden, and TO that desire Sweden, ac-
cOrding to the positive declaration Of her King,
must yield. Indeed, the Swedish government,
both King and Parliament, is practically COM
mitted to that course. The report Of the Swed-
ish committee suggesting the plebiscite, on be-
ing accepted and approved by the Riksdag,
committed the government TO acquiescence in
the result of the vote. A week hence the Nor
wegan StOrthing will announce to the Swedish
government that result, and ii is to be expected
that the latter body will at once proceed TO
carry out the remaining provisions of its COM
mittee's report for completing the dissolution
in such proceedings Norway will be receding
somewhat from the ground she took in June
when she declared the union already dissolved
She will now practically confess that it is not
yet dissolved, in the very act of seeking nego-
tiations for its dissolution. That IS detail
however which she can well afford to waive
as mere matter of form.
The regular session of the Swedish Riksdag
closed some time ago, and the campaign is
already in progress for the general election for
a new Second Chamber, which will take place
next month. But the Riksdag will be kept to-
/ gether in special session much may be
needed, so that negotiations with Norway will
not be delayed that account and the new
Chamber will doubtless continue the policy
adopted by the old. 1t seems judiciOus, there
| fore TO assume that the near future will see
a final settlement of the long pending contro-
versy, and Norway fully established in her
separate and independent place among the
sovereign powers of the world.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15
THE DEFICIT MADE UP.
Tribune Fresh dir Fund H gain Has
Credit Balance.

Contributions to the Tribune Fresh Air Fund yes
terday wiped out the deficit brought forward from
last week and left balance of Si7S s. 70 begin the
week Twenty-seven children We're sent to various
points in the central part of New-YOrk State yes
terday
Grand Central Station and their long anticipated
vacation had really begun All of these children
invited guests in families. and many Of them will
return to the same homes where they have been en-
tertained in previous years Eleven went TO Fulton
six to Union Spring six to Lyons. and the re-
mainder were scattered about in various places
Some interesting figures in regard to the weights
Of twenty-one girls that stayed on farms at
Washington. y. j.. for two weeks follow. The
average increase in weight was % pounds Only
two children weighed the same at the beginnin &
and end of the fortnight Two others tied for first
place. with an increase of six pounds. The light
est girl in the party the beginning the outing
weighed So pounds, but two weeks later she tipped
the scales at 80 pounds.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15
THAT TYPHOID SCARE

People in Bath Beach and adjacent parts of
Brooklyn who are suffering business losses
through the typhoid fever scare are entitled TO
sympathy. The situation there has probably
been much exaggerated 10 the harm of many
people and TO the needless fright of others. We
should not be surprised 10 find that as gross mis-
representations have been made concerning the
prevalence Of the disease as are now being made
10 disprove its prevalence. Both forms of mis-
representation are mischievous. the former 10
business. the latter 10 health
1t is absurd for people 10 get into a panic over
typhoid fever and dee from place because of
IL. The disease is not contagious 1t is never
an epidemic in the common meaning OF that
word II cannot be Caught" as scarlet fever
or smallpox can. II people only make sure their
drink and food are uncontamnated-not a diff
cult thing 10 dO-they are entirely safe. even
though all the people around them are sickening
with the fever on that ground the scare" is
quite unwarranted.
Equally absurd is it TO say. as some are say
ing, that there is no special outbreak OF fever
in that part Of the city any more than else
where. That pretension is disproved by the
very figures WHICH are quoted TO support il. II
Is the goth Ward of Brooklyn that is in ques-
,ion. and il Is pointed out that there were from
June TO August : only 80 reported cases Of
typhoid in IT, as against 354 in all Brooklyn
Only one-seVenth Of the total cases were in that
ward. Why make such fussE That argument
would be valid if that ward contained one
seventh of the population OF the borough. But
II doesn't. not by a good deal 1t contains only
about one-forty- third. Surely, one-seventh Of
All the cases Of fever among only one-forty-
third Of the population is rather significant In
the period named there was in all Brooklyn one
case of typhoid 10 every 1926 Inhabitants. But
f., tho Goth Ward there was one 10 every J04
ai ns note the ratio in some other wards where
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15
SPONTlNEous GENERATION.

those readers of The Tribune who examined
Professor Burke'S article in the last Sunday
Magazine on the source of life could not fail
to have been charmed with the cearness and
modesty with which he discusses his recent ex-
periments For young an investigator he
betrays an unusual degree of caution. That
quality in itself is great recommendation to
scientific men. He is fortunate, too, in being
able TO express himself so as to be ineligible
10 the average reader, and thus to dispense with
the mediation Of interpreters, who, in their
enthusiasm, might magnify and unintentionally
misrepresent his achievements.
AS his work is still in an incomplete state.
he is not now able to draw any positive CON
clusions as to the nature of the objects which
seem to have resulted from the action of
radium on beef tea. Inasmuch as they do not
exhibit certain optical property of crystals, he
inclnes at present to think that ''radiobes'
must be something else. Both because they
are soluble in water and because they seem to
lack some of the characteristics of bacteria, he
does not feel justified in CHASING them with the
latter Thus far no form of life, animal or
vegetable has been observed which completely
dissOlves in water; but it is pointed out by the
Cambridge physicist that there is no priori
reason why none may exist which will. That
sort of argument does not prove anything. 1t
merely removes one of the objections to aC
ceDting the idea that radiObeS are living bodies
The same may be said of the interesting quota
tions from Huxley and Herbert Spencer about
the possibility of spontaneous generation They
are meant to prepare the reader to believe In
some future demonstration Of it, but do not in
dicate any faith by either of those thinkers that
it had yet occurred.
The most that Professor Burke is willing to
say just now about the microscopic objects
which he has developed is that they may repre-
sent a form of life different from, and perhaps
more primitive than, bacteria. Indeed. his
opinion is that they lie on the border line be
! tween them and crystals 1t is little hard TO
conceive of a thing which Is neither animate
nor inanmate; bur Professor Burke makes
suggestion which enables him to get around the
| difficulty. In their study of the phenomena OF
matter physicists recognize the existence OF
what they call the critical state of substance.
Water, for instance. having been heated until
! il is ready to change from a liquid to a vapor,
! is exceedingly unstable and only the most
trifling modification of its temperature then Will
turn the scale one way or the other. In like
manner Professor Burke fancies that there is
an intermediate point between dead matter and
! live matter, and that his radiobes are at that
stage of development Hitherto biologists have
found impossible barrier there and they
will need more convincing proof than the Cam
bridge investigator is yet able to offer before
they believe that it can be removed Indeed,
Professor Burke is not yet fully satisfied about
it himself When he has worked at the problem
/ a little longer he may see his own way more
clearly than he does now.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY AUGUST Is 1905

could have shown him academic structures sur
passing anything of the kind in London III MS
interests were mechanical or scientific. there
were great bridges and tunnels and workshops
and laboratories to be inspected. Tne Bowery
is n fair offset to Whitechapel. and the Cnl-
nese. Italian and Jewish quarters offer an ample
field for curiosity and sociological study
The guide ON the automobile pointed out some
trivial things as his counterpart would nave
done in London The site of Peter Stuyvesants
pear tree is as legitimate an object of interest
as the site of Jack Ketch's gibbet. the highest
point on the elevated as the deepest spot In the
''twopenny tube" twentyeight story building
is a structural wonder which would cause
craning of necks anywhere. The saloons OF
some prizeighters are not half so interesting to
decent Americans as were similar resorts TO
Oxford undergraduates of two generations ago.
Our English visitor. instead of seeing the town,
went about with the gaping crowd, to which
cheap and trivial things are always of interest
everywhere. If an American were to put down
his Baedeker and measure his sightseeing lii
London by the knowledge and interests of some
cab driving fakir with n glib tongue, he would
see there a fair counterpart of what the Eng
lishman saw here. THE mind sees what the
mind carries and instead of finding the things
understanding them if he CHANGED to find them,
the visitor saw New-YOrk just about as any
London shop clerk, with an eye TO the hapenny
press celebrities would see London from the top
of a bus on a Bank holiday.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15
Netp:pork DaiIn Gribnsrs
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1905.
THE 4Lh.s THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-Russian advices from Man.
churia say that Marquis Oyama is transferring
weight TO his right; he is said 10 have an un-'
broken line Of strong fOrtifcations.=Ma
Russian soldiers who mutiated themselves to
evade service have been treated at Harbin.=
japanese newspapers continue TO show pessi-
mism regarding the outcome of the peace con-
ference.=King Edward left England for
Marienbad; on the way there he will have a con-
ference with Emperor Francis Joseph at Ischl.
DOMESTlC.-An agreement was reached on
three OF the Japanese conditions in the peace
conference at Portsmouth; a. delegation headed
by Jacob H Schif held a conference with NJ
Witte regarding the condition Of Russian Jews
80 The fever situation at Newt Orleans con-
tinued serious, twelve deaths and over fifty
new. cases being reported. = Services in
memory OF the men killed in the Bennington
disaster were held I'm San Diego, Cal ==
Judge Plumley, at Mortified. Vt. as referee in
the French claims against Venezuela, allowed
S636.2l2 OF the SS2l5.245 -.manded. - a
dispatch from LenOx, Mass, stated that Miss
Grams condition was worse, owing 10 pus hav-
ing formed in the wound which rendered her
insensible -= President Shea. Of the Team
sters' Union. in Philadelphia obtained an in
oorsement Of the Chicago strike by methods
which many delegates criticised -= Governor
and Mrs Higgins win sail for England on
Saturday for a four weeks trip ii was
announced at Albany. == W. {. Sanger may
be appointed Assistant Secretary of State. it
was reported in LenOX Mass. = J. ]. Hill IN
st Paul, refused TO talk on the teegrap piers
strike. == Harris Lindsey, Third Deputy
Fo!lce Commlssloner OF New-York City, and
Miss Evelyn p Willing his fancee. were killed
IN an automobile accident in Vermont.
CITY.-StOcks were strong and active. ==
Tammany men said that District Attorney
Jerome's remarks at Chautauqua had made it
almost impossible 10 indOrse him: his friends
declared he would not accept Mayoralty nom
1natiOn from the Citizens Union =-= The boss
bakers announced that they would open their
shops and allow the strikers to iTift back, thus
breaking the strike. James McKeen
reached town and began the preliminaries Of
the insurance investigation -= Miss Gladys
Roosevelt, a cousin of the President was 1t is
thought, fatally injured in a runaway at Say
vile, Long Island. == 1t reported that
Justice Hatch planned TO retire from the Su-
preme Court bench and form partnership with
William F. Sheehan and Alton B. Parker.
Theodore 7. Shonts, who returned from Panama.
declared that the chief problem at present was
the housing and feeding of the employees. =-
Three women were injured in trolley collision
In Gravesend- ave. == a partial eclipse Of the
moon visible in this city.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Thunderstorms; fresh TO brisk southeast winds.
The temperature yesterday. Highest, 16 de-
grees; lowest 60
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15

without wishing to depreciate in the least the
work OF others. thinks it its duty TO remind
readers that The Tribune Fresh Air Fund is. 50
far as known, the only one IN which absolutely
every dollar contributed by the public goes d.
rectly to the work OF sending a poor child to the
country. keeping him there for two weeks and
bringing him back again. Every SS tnsures
such a vacation to at least one child. There
have been years in which, owing TO the magni-
tude of the operations OF The Tribune Fresh Air
Fund. such result was insured BY every s. %
No collectors are ever employed, and all collec-
uOns made for the fund are purely voluntary.
All expenses for the organization. agents and
the general machinery Of the charity are prt-
vately betrayed by The Tribune itself and BY
the trustees OF the fund. There are no per-
centages to collectors to come out Of the contr-
buttons of the public. and no payments 70
agents, managers, secretary or others Every
dollar goes straight to the benefit OF a chfdl
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15
About People and Social incidents.

the Misses ". and V. Jones and Miss Sears aas
Miss NJ FennO.
There is some disappointment IN the fact thar
Mrs John Jacob Astor IS nor entered In "a,
tournament. She was expected TO play but Va.
obliged to give II up account OF social engage
ments. This IS the largest entry list FOR lawn
tennis known IN Newport
The annual election Os the Newport Clarnhsk.
Club was held to-day at which the following an
GERS were elected: President. Center Hteacock.
secretary. Elisha Dyer. jr.. treasurer r. r. Paina
and executive committee. r. +. Eldrdge r King
W. r. Hunter and G. l. F. Robinson. As a result
of the lawn fete on Saturday. given by the woue-
for the benefit Of the tuberculosis Society. II h
expected that $1,000 VIII be turned into the aszo
citation Already sl25cO has been turned in aDs
there are several Of the women yet 70 make thei-
reports. This IS more than twice the sum RAISED
last year.
There were several social affairs to-day in III.
cottage colony. Luncheons were given b. Nrs
Hoffman and Mrs Stanley Mortimer Mrs. Mort.
mer's being at the Clambake Club.
Dinners were given this evening by Mrs Henri
Clews. Mrs, ". Starr Miller Mrs. o. O. Jenninzs
Mrs. William GrosvenOr and Mrs. Thomas p
Walsh. Mrs WaIshTs being followed by music
Mr.. and Mrs Royal Phelps Carroll arrived q.
their cottage this evening for the season. thev
having Just returned from Europe
Mr.. and Mrs. L. z. Preston. OF New-York AZ.
the guests of Mrs C. F. Hoffman.
P. F. Collier able De out to-day for III,
first time since his accident at Narraganserr Pie-
1t is not probable that Mr. Collier will be abe b,
play polo again this summer
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Haven arrived at their co,
tage to-day for the season
Mrs. Z Livingston Ludlow entertained AZ q ca.
party this afternoon
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Newport, r l., Aug. 14.-Society AT Newport to-
day enjoyed one Of the finest days of the summer.
and the bracing air after the week Of bad weather
brought all the cottagers out and the scene at the
Casino this morning a most animated one
The interest was centred in the entries Ior the
women's lawn tennis tournaments, which begin
to-rnorrow-the singles in the morning and the
doubles in the afternoon, both for the champion
ship-and the play in both is expected to be very
exciting. The entries as follows:
SingIes-Aiss Maude WetmOre, Mrs Barger Wal
lach Miss Margaret Busk, Miss Mary Sands, Miss
Ruth TWomby Miss Anna Saucs. Miss Anita
Sands Miss Nora Iselin, Mrs. Z. r. Rawson. Miss
NJ Jones' Miss V. Jones and Miss Eleanor Sears
Doubles-Miss WetmOre and Miss Busk, Mrs
Barger Wallach and Miss Barger, Miss Anna Sands
Miss Mary Sands. Miss Twombly and Miss
Anita Sands Mrs H. Bull and Mrs Reginald
Brooks, Mrs. Henry WhitehoUse and Miss ThayeT.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15
TIE SE4 GIFT TOrRN4NENT.

The largest and most important rifle tOurna-
ment that has ever taken place in this country
will be opened at Sea Girt on August "a and
will continue until September 9. In the ma
tional matches" which will take place on
August 90, 2S and %, under the direction of
officers appointed by the War Department, there
will be teams from the cavalry and infantry
arms OF the army, from the navy and from the
United States Marine Corps. as well as from
the Naval Academy at Annapolis and from the
Military Academy at West Point.
few years ago target practice was a lark
aud sharpshOoting pastime. The enlisted man
when in action received the command to 'shOot
low" and ii mattered little if he could hit a
target at short range not But modern
weapons and the methods of warfare which fol
lowed their introduction have made marksman-
ship one of the essentials to success in the field
and this knowledge has stimulated officers and
men TO activity at the ranges. At the last tour
nament there were teams present from twelve
states while this year the National Guard Of
thrty-twO states will shoot for the prizes and,
TO judge from the good records which they have
made, it would be 10 surprise to many persons
who are interested in the work If the NewHork
soldiers came out victorious New-Jersey, the
District OF Columbia and Ohio also have good
records TO their credit and will send good men.
The regulars will find it no easy task 10 win
from their citizen comrades.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who viii sail for Brsmss
to-day the Kaiser Wilhelm II are:
Mr.. Mrs j. A. Brad Albert Eugene Gallatiu~
ley. Robert L. LIvingston-
Mr.. and Mrs l. l. Bene-l Nelson Robinson
dict Robert c. shaw
Mrs. II. ID. Brockman r. = Withertes.
Those who arrived yesterday from Naples % 10
Princess Irene were:
Count F. &c Witten Nr and Mrs Csss GiIort
Mr. and Mrs Albert J. Rufus Fl Frost.
Farmer.
Travellers who returned yesterday from Antwerp
on the KrOOnland were:
Frank L. Babbott wv 3 otis
Mr and Mrs. F. de Belle. Mrs n. Thans Miller
willie.
The cabin list Of the Prinz Osksr. which s%V
to-day for Naples. includes;
Mr. and Mrs 5. Hszen Mr.. and Mrs. Loals ! Ss SSs
nd r n Hcae
Major George G Cornisl.
Passengers who arrived yesterday from LSns'A
on the Minnetonka were:
Mr. and Mrs. f II. Lang Percy Lyndal.
AisNcndsr WaiAth
Lady Jebb.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-15

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erage behavior The winds, In turn, are the
product of meteorological elements that are not
absolutely uniform In summer there is al
ways accumulation of air over the middle OF
the Atlantic but its volume and the position of
its centre fiuctuate more or less That is about
as far back as one can safely go in the chain
of causes which are operating. but some day 1t
may be feasible to foretell the results which
follow from their action, instead of merely
noting their occurrence