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New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
OBSTACLES TO HERTZ WAVES.

The New York Electrical Review" finds in
the pages of its London namesake an account
of recent tests in long distance wireless te-
Iegraphy conducted by Professor Reginald Z.
Fessenden. Communication was carried on be-
tween two stations three thousand miles apart,
one being near Boston and the other IN Scot
land Professor Fessenden, who is an Amer
ican is the inventor of a receiver of remarkable
sensitiveness and was n man of high scientific
standing before practical use for Hertz waves
had been discovered. He now makes revela-
ton which will surprise the general public,
though 1t NAV not be new TO other investigators.
He has been studying conditions which affect
trustworthiness in wireless work, and finds that
on some days signals are only one fve-hundredth
part as intense on others Is 1t possible that
Mr. MarcOni observed this extraordinary varia-
bility in the ease of transmission? Does the
phenomenon explain his failure to establish a
regular transoceanic service after his brilliant
successes of three or four years ago?
Mr. MarcOn we believe was the first to notice
that messages could be deciphered more readily
at night than by day. Sunlight partly paralyzes
Hertz waves, reducing their efficiency for tee-
graphic purposes fully 30 per cent, but not more.
The interference discovered by Professor Fes
sender is far greater, and is due to another
cause. His own belief Is that it results from an
absorption by intervening masses OF atmosphere.
which change their position as clouds do. The
theoretical side of the problem is fascinating, and
will undoubtedly attract the attention of physl-
c1sts but the practical aspect of the matter is Or
more consequence at present.
The Electrical Review points out two pre-
cautions which must be taken in order to insure
the transmission Of wireless messages with GER
tainty for q distance of several thousand miles.
One is that the capacity of the wave generator
must be five hundred times great as would be
required under the most favorable circumstances
"a rather big factor of safety" The other
is that the men III charge of stations should
possess exceptional experience and skill. The
force of the first suggestion must be obvious TO
everybody The wisdom of the second will be
recognized by persons who familiar with the
embarrassments which occasionally hamper the
work of receiving long press dispatches by the
Morse system Meteorological disturbances
sometimes make so much trouble with the in
struments on his desk that the operator is
obliged to keep one hand busy all the time alter
ing their adjustment. in order TO get an intelli-
gible message from them. An even heavier tax
may be imposed on the ingenuity and patience
of the wireless operator in some of the emer-
gencies he will be called on to meet.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
IFrom The Trthune Rur.au.l

From The Tribune Bureau1
Washington. June 1.-THE Minister from Norway
and Nine. Hause gave UP their apartments and
left Washington tonight for New York They viii
remain for several days in that city before going
to Bar Harbo where they will occupy the Hewitt
cottage for the summer.
The Hon. Ronald c. Lindsay. who spent the last
few weeks In Europe. reached New York on the
Umbria, from Liverpool, yesterday, and mas joined
the British Ambassador and other members OF the
staff at the embassy in that city They VIII all
remain here until Congress adjourns
The Minister from the Argentine Republic and
Nine. Portela have left Washington. and VIII sail
from New York tomorrow for their home country
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT NO BETTER
His Physician Says There Is Little Hope Of
His Recovery.

SayvfIle Long Island June 11.-Robert b Roose
velt who is confined to his bed al his home here IS
said to-day to be no better. and there Is Sniali
chance OF his recovery. He Is suffering iroh a
complication OF diseases. DR. Lewis Of New foiA'
who was summoned to the home OK the SICK man
when his condition became serious. Is in eonstahl
attendance here This morning be said there "as
practically no change III his patients condition.
No one is permitted TO see him. even MS eioss'
friends who have called at the house when the re-
ports concerning his condition became alarming
having been turned away
o Mr.. Roosevelt. who is an uncle OF President
Theodore Roosevelt. has been IN I'll health fcr sew
eraI months. He came here about a month asO'
he believed the air would rally him. but aoout
week ago he tock his bed. and has not been aO''
to leave II since.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
About People and Social l1cfnnfs

Charles 8 Sargent jr. and Francis Burke Roo..
brother OF the bride. After the cerernonv o,,r.r
was performed by the rector. the Rev Dr. William, ~
Huntington. there adjournment to .;he--v-.
where the wedding breakfast was served AZ -
tables The small ballroom suite on the seco,4
was used and was decorated in pink Tbs ,a.-9
married couple departed on their honevmoo. . w
Immediately after the reception They viii - -
Europe very soon ios
Among those at the church were Mr.
Roche. Mrs. James A Burden Mrs Jamss IKE
den. jr., Mrs. Alfred G.. Vanderbilt Mrs. % :. o1s-
Hewitt. Mrs. Pembroke Jones. Mrs Artbp- Der
Mrs Ernest Iseiin. Mrs. August Belmont r. Va. va.
W. Goadby Loew, Miss Marguerite Ioap W '''s.
Sergeant Cram. Mrs. Goodhue I5,,tDs. '@ J.
Henry Pierrepont Perry, Mrs. Stephen u o saia
Mrs James w. Gerard jr. Mrs W. scott e. = rel,
Mrs c. B. Alexander. Mrs Harry Pawn. 1,-a,s1,
Mrs Glen Collins. Mrs. GrenviIle Kane ", rn.S
A. Clark. Mrs H. Mex TwombIy Mrs s,,,,.-a
White. Mrs Harry s. Lehr Mrs Job, N .'o'f
mond. Mrs. Henry Spies Kin Mrs nan
kernochan, Mrs John C. WiImerdinr NJ c1ors
A Childs. Mrs. c. Oliver Iselfn NE, srs
Wetmore. Miss Margaret Dix. Mrs Newbold 1.oA&a Ina
the Rev and Mrs. Alfred Duane Pei ~
Forbes Morgan. jr.. Miss Anne Kountza NJ ,"
renee Waterbury. Miss Louise Ward McAu.t.- a'.
Mics Helena Parsons. ana
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson. ar ,..
yesterday for the season. and went to NAa.-. Nn
the summer. where they will be Joined nav. Ios
oy their daughter. Lady Herbert. and her bovs
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick GalIatin uv,o
from Europe on Sunday have gone n Es.sss.c +..N'c
ton. Long Island. for the summer
Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock ST. has ar-,
leave town for the summer the dav 49, -
row. when she will go 70 Newport FOR The .a-
Mr.. and Mrs. John j. WysonE WIN ara -
will not open their villa at Newpor+ .bi. ~ ~d
but on their return from Europe in ssn+er1.
go to'Lenox for the fall "A
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Iispenard suydaro sr h
left town. and are az their place an R1ua p
Long Island. for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs George r SchieReIin havs +.r
the Garrison villa. at Tuxedo. and will spend = -
ton of the summer there with their daugbter v,..
Dorothy Schieffen.
Mrs. Roosevelt Reeve Merritt who arrived =,
Sunday from Europe. goes this week to ovs,..
Bay where she will spend the summer
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. DeafeId have zous =.
LeEox. where they staying with Mrs DeIaaeld,
parents. 01r. and Mrs. George w Folsom.
Mr. and Mrs. George j. Gould with Miss Mar,o-.
Gould and Mrs. kingdom. sail to-day for Euron,
board the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse n
and Mrs. Frederick T. Van Beuren. WIN war,
married the other day. booked to sail on satu-.
day, and will spend the summer abroad Mrx ya,
Beuren was Miss Jessica Mohlman
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
FUNERAL OF EX-JUSTICE BARRETT.
Members of New York Bench and Bar
Honor Dead Colleague

The funeral of ex-Justce George c. Barrett at
the Church of the TRANSPORTATION yesterday morn
Ing attended by many we'll known lawyers of
this city. among them ex-Judge Alton B. Parker,
John l.. Cadwalader, John f. Parsons. Corporation
Counsel Delany, William N Cohen, John Nj. Bow
ers, F. W. Arnold. Delaney NicoH. Austen C.
Fox. Abram r. Lawrence and David Mcclure.
Among the pallbearers Judge John Clinton
Gray. OF the Court OF Appeals: Justices Morgan j..
O'Brien, George L. Ingraham Edward Patterson.
Charles II. Truax. Francis NJ. Scott and Henry
A. Gildersleeve. of the Supreme Court and Surro-
gate Fitzgerald. Others of the judiciary present
Justices Clarke. Mclaughlin. Mccall New
burger and Recorder Con.
The services conducted by the Rev DR.
Houghton The body taken to Fresh Pond FOR
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
RESTRICTIONS on NATURALIZATION

RESTRICTIONS ON NATURALfHAIIoN.
The naturalization bill which the House OF
Representatives passed last week should nave
been put on our statute books two generations
ago. 1t is a painful commentary on the IhNity
with which the privileges of citizenship have
been guarded that we are still dispensing those
privileges to applicants under law passed III
1903. The federal government should long ago
have taken full Jurisdiction over this lmpor-
tant national function but through lnacuoh
control has slipped away and the states nave
been allowed to make citizens wholesale, with
out supervision or restraint. In almost every
state court a different rule OF NATURALIZATION
prevails and the United States courts themselves
have followed no fixed or orderly method. AS
q consequence frauds in application have been
widespread, and the government has been put
time and time again in the embarrassing posi-
ton of having to vouch for the citizenship OF
impostors whose title it had no means of
searching or verifying.
II is proposed now to reduce the existing
chaos to system. and to establish a central fed
eral bureau, to which all naturalizations are to
be reported Working with the Bureau of I'M
migration, this new bureau can compare the rec
ords of entry with the statements sworn TO by
applicants before the courts, and can detect
the grosser forms of fraud 1t can also contest
a grant of naturalization and have 1t revoked
when fraud appears Greater uniformity In
procedure is to be secured by reducing the
number of courts qualified to pass on natural
ization cases and by prescribing certain blanks
to be used by all courts having jurisdiction.
Most important of all, an educational test is to
be established, which will require every apph-
cant to write his own language and to speak,
read and understand English. This qualifica-
ton is most desirable cutting off, 1t does.
the naturalization of illiterate aliens just landed
whose votes are wanted by the political bosses
of state or city. No alien should be admit
ted TO citizenship who is not able through read
ing and speaking English, to get personal
of the political system under which
he lives and in which he has been admitted
to partnership. While we are attempting to
purify and elevate our politics We should not
neglect source of corruption and contamina-
ton which we have long foolishly left open
and which in many communities has seriously
debased the quality of the electorate.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
EMPORIA'S PRIDE.
StateSn
Emnorin Gazette

Atchison may have her brewery Hutchinson may
have her salt works, Topeka her woollen mills
Wichita neT packing house. but hmporia is about
TO have n garbage. We can't spell IT, and we can't
pronounce IT. hut IL is livery stable for automo-
blles and Emporia is proud that il will take an
ocean of arnica to take her Swelling A
carnage or garage, whatever YOU cali In Is 4,
great thing sor town. II indicates rich pa
trician population that nothing else can initiate.
plenty of families in Kansas keep hired girls
and a man TO NOW the lawn; plenty OF families in
Kansas use finger bowls when there isn's company
and have the lee frozen in cubes and make salad
at the table. But that's nothing. The real Kansas
aristocracy the easolene aristocracy-thst the
real thing. And sign or Empora social
grandeur she Is going to have one OF them blamed
GoIpaXesI
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
THE LoNawoRrHs' DAY IN LONDON

London. June u.-Ambassador Reid took , CO"
gresham Nicholas LOngwOrth To the DistinsuS-
Strangers Gallery OF the House Of Commons -, -
afternoon, to hear the debate the education o
Mrs LOngworth accompanied by Mrs Reid. v'si'7'
the shopping districts.
This evening Mr. and Mrs Longworth with -NF
bassador and Mrs. Reid. were present AZ the ~
hambra Theatre. where they the new ea'.s'
''L'AmOur." the music o. which was written os
Mrs Thay Ritehis, American The sntEaaSs -
tbs marty was politely applaudsd
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
CARROLL FURNITURE DESTROYED.
lBy Tsio graph to The

lBy Tsi6 graph TO The Trioune-l
Baltimore June u-Valuable antique turrtsu'0
belonging 10 Charles Carroll. OF Carrolltcn' W.
burned last night in nre that destroyed DoGso'..
gan Manor. on the old Carroll estate, near Eiie'.
City in Howard County The house was eeeuP,s
by Harper Carroll. brother OF Ex-Governor JOE
Lee Carroll Mr. Carroll was asleep when the II
broke out. and had narrow escape. me Vns
other person in the house col0red boy anu =
Is supposed the fire caused by using coal Oh =
the kitchen stove. The loss is only partly e0Ve''~
by insurance
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12

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New-York tribune., 1906-06-12

An order has been given in England for three
large garbage crematories to be erected in diff
ferent parts of Paris That city has displayed
a more complete mastery of various municipal
problems than is often exhibited on this side of
no Atlantic
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
MINISTER'S GOVERNING NORWAY.

Christiania. June liking Haakon to-day nano.
ed to the Ministry the conduct Of the AFFAIRS =
the Kingdom during his absence at the eoron~.oA
ceremonies. His majesty also empowered the NM
istry To dissolve the StOrthing IN his name
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12

There Is such thing as having too many ad-
mirers. Colonel Bryan will probably realize
some of the embarrassments of this painful
predicament when he lands mere next August
and is met by two or more reception commit
tees. each anxious to obtain his approval of it's
particular brand of Democracy
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
NEW OPERA TO BE GIVEN HERE.

Paris. June u.-Rudolph AronsOn. OF New 1O,s
has made contract with Rugsiero LeoncaNas- -
under which The Youth OF Figaro. the words =
Sardou and the music by LeoacavalO. will be H;s
given In the United States.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
He'll Gate still seems ambitious to deserve It's

The process of digging up part of Fourth ave-
to ventilate the subway is going on.
Perhaps by the time New York gets ready to
build another underground road it may be prac-
ticable to get 1T constructed principles that
will not make it so nearly alright.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
DINNER AT EMBASSY AT ROME.

Rome June 11--Ambassador and Mrs. WINS
gave dinner tonight at the American Embassy "
the members OF the new Italian Cabinet Among
the guests were all the ambassadors and ministers
accredited TO the italian government
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12

References to Christian Scientists as TX
Scientists" are likely to be somewhat confus-
ing, especially when the words are spoken rather
than written.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
NINE. sEmsRIcH SIGNS CONTRACT.

London June 1i.-AIme. Marcella Semorich lS
signed contract calling for thirty concerts IN u
United States beginning IN March.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
Inusements.

scaprNxY OF srlysTC-s-Tsnling OF the ssrew.
sTRyAl. 0ARDENS-ss s2o-Tfe GoNe-ncrs SOn'
AIIANREA-S-Robn Hood. ,,--..
rSrs.AfSyoS-S-The Girl OF fse Coicen NesI
ssaasSC--S lJ-T'he Social HhiTl -.,,.r runz
ps,, rs--s Tscssoch' s-Ergiton Beach fsrh'
;sr,y-S AfI-SEsE.-The World in Wax ,u,.
AZ crJTTNr'S :f5-NaudeNiiie-
C,Fsr1N--s:iS-The LION ana the Mouse.
JYY3fc-S :lB-BerEnardt Farewell.
>sFW yORN-S:l5-i1is Honor the mayor az. eee-
NTsy YORK ROOF GARDEN-s:5O :5O-NacoeNiiie anu -
.ng York
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12

For the first time In twenty years English
horse has the Paris Grand Prix. Is this
the English idea of cultivating the entente cor
dale?
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12

AT last it seems, Mr.. Bryan upon his return
is to receive certificate that he is sane"
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12

London, June liking Edward. through the
Earl of EIgfn. Colonial Secretary. to-day sent to
Baron Piunket. Governor of New Zealand a mes
sage of condolerce paying warm tT.bute to the
late Premier Seddon for his loyal and distin-
guished services, which viii secure for his name
permanent place among the statesmen who have
most zealously aided In fostering the sentiment
knship which the unity Of tho empire depsnda.''
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
THE DEATH OF PREMIER Seldom.

Sydney. n. s. w. June 1.-THE steamer Owestry
Grange. which put back TO this port Sunday
with the body of r. j. Seddon. Premier OF New Zea-
land who died board soon after the steamer
had left sydney for Wellington. resumed her voy-
age to-day, carrying the body, which had been
embalmed. to New Zealand The government an
piled to the naval authorities here for a warship
To convey the body New Zealand. and the re-
quest was granted but the Owestry Grange started
before a reply received.
The federal parliament adjourned to-day out OF
respect for the dead Premier.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-12

TO believe that in some way all will at length
come right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-18
PENALTIES OF GENIUS.
Sometimes the World Loses More by
 Them Than the Genius Does.

No great genius, certainly no great in- ventor, ever lived who was not supposed to he little queer by some of his fellow men.
 Three hundred years before Stephenson perfected his locomotive, says the Rosary Magazine. Frenchman, Solomon de Caus, was immured in the living tomb of the Bicetre for having allowed his mind to outstrip the age in which he lived. Maroin de Lorme. in a letter dated Paris, 1641. tells of a visit to this institution.
 We were crossing the court" she writes. ''and I. more dead than alive with the fright kept close to my companion s side, when a frightful face appeared be- hind some immense bars and hoarse voice exclaimed I am not mad! l am not madi I have made discovery that would enrich the country that adopted it.
 What has he discovered? asked our guide.
 -Ohr answered the keeper, struggling his shoulders. something trifing enough; you would never guess 1t; it is the use of the steam of boiling water
 ''1 began to laugh.
 This man. continued the Keeper. came from Normandy four years ago to present to the King a statement of the wonderful effects to be produced from his invention To listen to him you would im- gate ships, move carriages; in fact, there Is no end to the miracles which, he in sists upon it, could be performed. The King sent the mad man away without listening to him. Finally, finding the poor wretch forever In his path, and annoyed by his folly the cardinal had him shut up in the Bicetre.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-18
SENECA SUFFERS
 FROM SEVERE FIRE
RUMoRs THAT NEGROES START ED IT OUT OF REVENGE SEEM TO HAVE LITTLE FOUNDATION. LOSS IS s75,ooo.

Columbia, s. C., October 1.-The town of Seneca was visited by fire at early hour this morning and property worth about s75,OOO was destroyed. The property was insured for 2500O.
 The fire originated in the Oconee inn, a new brick hotel which was totally de- stroyed. The Palmetto hotel. recently completed. together with the stores of Hunt and Harper, Luther Moore, and Stribling's pharmacy were burned. Both hotels were well filled with guests and there were several narrow escapes. The doors of several rooms were forced in order to rescue the occupants.
 Rumors were circulated early that the ire was the result of incendiarism and was started by negroes in revenge for the destruction of a negro college by dyna- mite at. that place on Saturday night last. Later investigation, however, showed that there was. little on which to base the rumors. The negro population of the town did everything in it's power to stay the progress of the flames. As the town had no fire apparatus it was necessary to use dynamite to check the fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-18

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-18
Al Belmont Park.

New York, October 17.-Another worlds record was broken at Belmont park to- day, when Voorhees,, 20 to l shot, won the first race six and one-half furlongs, straight away in 1:17 1-5. which is 3-5 of q second better than Mandarn's time made this year. and that of Van Ness made in 1903, Voorhees, was played for a good thing. He opened at 50 to 1 in the betting Voorhees, and Frank Lord had the race between them all the way, and in the final furlongs, under d hard drive, Voorhees won by head.
 Yves, a 30 to 1 shot, won the New Rochelle selling stakes in the fast time of s7 3-5 for a mile. This is one-fifth of a second slower than the worlds record for a circular track. Woodsman, a long shot, broke the track record for one and half miles when he stepped the distance in 2:S3 3-5. Summary:
 First race seven and one-half furlongs, straight-Noorhees, 96 (Hennessey), 20 to 1, won; Frank Lord, 97 (Garner), 6 to 1