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New-York tribune., 1906-07-16
THE SOUTHERN TIER HIGHWAY.

Ihere is quiet, steady persiStency about the
movement for a great highway across the south
ern tier of counties in this state which gives
promise OF successful completion. The plan of
the New York and Chicago Road Association for
continuous road, of the best modern cOnstruc-
ton, connecting the two great Cities has met
with and is still facing considerable opposition,
chiefly from those who want the highway to
run nearer their own back yards than the ac-
cepted route would. But that was expected
when the plan was first broaChed, and was to
some extent discounted, for it was argued by
the advocates of the southern route that there
was plenty of room and plenty Of need in the
state for a great thoroughfare through the Mo
hawk Valley as well for one near the south
ern border. 1t was cOntended, however, that the
central portion of the state had natural advan-
tages over the southern part which made the
accepted location Of the projected road the more
advisable of the two
In Pennsylvania Highway Commissioner Hunt
er has gone far toward completing the stretch
across the Panhandle" of which Erie is the cen
tral point, and now word has come from Ohio
that Elyria is planning for a big meeting in
furtherance of the project, with other cities
along the line anXiously awaiting their turn.
State Commissioner Huston is declared to be
strongly in favor of Ohio doing her full share
TO make the line through the lake shore counties
a boulevard Of which the state may be proud ;
Illinois is ready to make connection with the
Indiana section, and it is to the credit Of the
| association that the obstacles in its path are
gradually but surely being pushed aside or over
come The plan furnishes an excellent oppOr-
| tunity for the New York State Engineers of
fee to place this commonwealth in the forefront
of the movement for better roads by lending it's
active aid to what its projectors intend shall be
the greatest highway of the times and an object
lesson for the rest of the cOunrrV
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16
san FR4NCIsCo's PROGRESS.

Paterson is not the only city which has felt
called upon to rebuke those who in the guise Of
news have slandered it. THE San Francisco
Call" In a recent editorial under the title who
Hires the Fakers?' pays it's respects to one
Chicago and one Omaha paper In particular
which, it says, have been giving space to vicious
stories about San Francisco. Some of these
stories are to the effect that San Francisco is
on the verge of bankruptcy and is making no
effort to clean up the streets or to build mod
ern structures. One special" correspondent in
particular spoke OF all the buildings of the city
as hopelessly wrecked, reported a few 15-cent
restaurants and "a haberdashcry store in q
tent" as being the only signs OF enterprise on
that former centre of busy San FranciscO-NIar-
ket street-and added: The city is at a stand
still. Energy is lacking, and NO one has money
TO rebuild The whole situation is tense to the
breaking point"
These statements THE Call" does not hesitate
TO brand as maiciously false, and even does not
scruple to use q stronger word in characteriz-
ing them, and in confirmation OF its own state
ment cites dozens Of buildings for whose erec-
uon work has begun is soon to begin, and
gives an account Of active operations in remov-
ing debris, in signing leases and In all the nec-
essary work preliminary to the rebuilding Of a
new and greater San Francisco The Calls"
statement Ndealing In particulars abundantly
CoAAuIes ue misrepresentation TO which 1t re-
fers, and 1t Will be read with pleasure by
the American people, who have shown by their
unprecedented generosity the pride and afrec-
ton in which they hold the sadly stricken but
indomitable city by the Golden Gate
II is possible that our San Francisco contem-
porary is rather too severe upon the authors of
the stories 10 which it refers. 1t would not re-
quire great stretch of imagination to believe
that the writers expecting the impossible, may
have hoped to see the city recover at once from
the chaos into which it was thrown by earth
quake and fire. The suggestion that the Lying
statements" were written, perhaps by men ''in
the employ Of the six-bit companies" we would
gladly believe TO be the product OF righteous
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16

tainty about the matter, there seems TO be q
microscopic possibility that yellow fever may
be revived one season In community where lt
prevailed the season before through the agency
of mosquitoes which have been infected and
have survived cold weather Such n thing
could happen, however, only through failure
properly to fumigate a dwelling in which the
first cases occurred. Considering the thor
Oughness with which that operation was con-
Quoted everywhere In New Orleans last year.
1t is hardly credible that new cases OF purely
local origin will develop there now. 1t is mucn
less certain that in all other communities in
Louisiana the measures adopted to avert re-
currence of trouble were so energetic as TO
preclude fresh outbreaks.
Freedom from yellow fever depends on the
observance Of four precautions. Steps must be
taken to prevent the propagation Of particu-
lar genus Of mosquitoes. to prevent these in
sects from getting access to victims of the dis
ease, to shield healthy persons from mosquitoes
that have been infected and TO kill every mos
quito that has found a Judgement in house
where there has been case of fever cam
paign which ignores this last essential require
ment is almost sure to lead TO painful sur
DriseS.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16

wrath, but also unfounded in fact II is difficult
to suppose that any cause lies back of the mis-
representation other than the hopelessness Of an
observer who fails to remember that, although
city may be destroyed In a day, ii cannot be
rebuilt In twenty-fOur hours
1t is gratifying alsO TO notice in the news
columns Of our Pacific Coast contemporary
signs that San Francisco is getting again upon
it's feet. Aside from the many evidences 1t fur
nishes in its editorial columns Of the energy that
is at work planning and rebuilding the city, 1t
is significant OF the passing of one phase of the
great disaster that the Relief Commission has
decided that all soup kitchens must go by the
list of the coming month"; and that after that
time free meals will be luxuries of the past.
Hereafter stoves and culinary utensils and un-
cooked provisions will be given out and fami-
lies will once more return to the individual
basis in the matter Of their daily food. There
still remain many grave problems to face be-
fore San Francisco will be well on the way TO
its former estate, and chief of these, perhaps, is
sanitation. Where, however. there is such a
strong spirit OF hopefulness and determination
as is everywhere manifest in the rising new
city of the coast there is every reason for Op-
timiSm and hope.
It is to be regretted that some OF the insur
ance companies are not dealing with the situa-
ton in a manner to reflect credit upon their
business sagacity, and the delay of these COM
panies in paying losses undoubtedly is RESPONSE
BILE for much Of such delay in the work of re-
building as may exist The companies would
do well to reflect that not San Francisco only.
but the whole world, is watching their course
in this matter, and any lack of justice on
their part under such circumstances certainly
would be poor policy, to put it on even that
low basis
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16
OCCURRENCES OF YELLOW FEVER.

AN unconfirmed report that a case of yellow
feVer was observed a few days ago ON a Dlanta-
ton thirty miles above New Orleans on the
mississippi raises an interesting question. How
couId such an outbreak occur when there has
apparently been no fresh invasion Of IOuision,
from tropical countries? The Crescent City has
not up TO the present time become a centre
from which the disease could spread. Is n re-
crudescence in the United States possible with
out TreSh importation from Central or SOuth
America or the West Indies?
In regions where the climate favors at all
seasons the propagation of the Stegomvia FMS
clata the plague might easily continue right
through the winter There is reason to suspect
Ior instance, that it has prevailed in parts Of
CuDa lot the last twelve months. In Louisiana
however, the chill of autumn proves fatal to
mosquitoes, as it does in the North. Frost
comes later there than it does here but its
arrival practically puts an end to the spread
OF the fever by getting rid of the vehicle bv
which the germs transmitted from man +o
man. a few insects, Of course survive cold
weather. Otherwise, there would be no new.
ones the following season. What chance Is
lhere that one of them might be infected and
prove the cause of a second epidemic?
One fact which has Il bearing on the 0ues
ton is that all experts who have looked into
the matter believe that when a MOSQUITO has
once acquired the germs Of yellow fever it is
source of danger the rest of it's life Another
rls that the stegOmyia is essentially a house
mosquito and that very circumstance is favor
able to it's escaping death by frost Finally.
while there appears TO be no general agree
ment as to the length of the natural term of
the mosquitoes life, at least three we'll known
| investigators Carroll and Guiteras-sat-
isied themselves that this occasionally amount
ed to 151 days, or about five months. II, then
an insect which had reached maturity about
November were then to be infected, il Is con-
ceivable that 1t might make trouble on April l.
Dr. j. II. White, at the head of the United
States Public Health and Marine Hospital Ser
vice in New Orleans, has suggested that the
gap might be brdged In a slightly different
way. There might be mild, and hence imper-
fectiy recognized, cases of yellow fever in
January. Two periods Of two or three months
each would then be sufficient We are not sure
whether he fancies that two generations OF
stegomya would have share in the business,
OF two specimens OF n single generation, but
in either case the vitality of the germs need
only extend over an interval Of from 75 TO 80
days.
Although there Is still good deal of uncer-
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

An apecdote OF the late Professor W S. Forbes.
OF Jefferson Medical College. In Philadelphia. IS
told in this years class book OF that institution
After his graduation rr. Forbes went to a South
medical college TO cake special course. Reach
ing his destination. DR.. Forbes found no porter to
carry his luggage from the railway station. The
young man looked about until he a attired
in a linen duster standing idly by. He seemed Just
the for the purpose and. beckoning for him.
DR.. Forbes asked If he knew the way to the col
lege. He did. and without the least hesitation
agreed to carry DR.. Forbes's luggage there for a
small sum. Their destination reached. the porter
accepted his left. DR.. Forbes had forgotten
the incident few weeks later. when he was in
vited with other students. to dinner at the home
Of the president Of the college In the president.
whom he then received his first introduction. he
was thunderstruck TO recognize the man who had
carried his luggage.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16
PERSONAL.
account.

c. I. Crawford. who recently the Republican
nomination for Governor of South Dakota. threw
up his attorneyship Of a railroad and fought all
over the state for primary election system and
anti-pass law. saying: I'VE want one so that
this state ourselves; want the other
that may know the railroads not running
anything more than the railroads. Two years ago
he secured four hundred of the twelve hundred
state convention delegates but this year he secured
nine hundred.
Alfred East. A r. A. who succeeds the late Sir
Wyke BayIIss as president OF the Royal Society OF
British Artists. born at Ketterng, where he
earned his first five shillings at the age OF seven
by drawing mammoth for itnerant lecturer
He learned the rudiments Of art while earning his
living in a Glasgow counting house. but did not
find himself free to follow his bent until he
the studio of Bouguereau. He studied landscape at
BarbiZOn. and in 1883 he exhibited his first Academy
chaser and was treasured for years in his studio
at Besize Park.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Patton Fleming. who has been
successful as a curator Of astronomical photo
graphs for Harvard University, has been elected a
member OF the Royal Astronomical Society Of Lon
don. She is a native Of Dundee. Scotland. and has
been connected with the Harvard Observatory
twenty-seven years She discovered her first star
eight stars Of the type Nova. eleven variables
and eighty-three stars in a cluster which sup
posed contain fifteen. Mrs Fleming mOdestly
attributes her success rather TO the equipment at
the observatory than to her own talents.
The second annual reunion OF the descendants OF
Robert Hood Of New Hampshire. was held on July
at the home Of Robert S. Hood. Of Grafton. Mass.
Mrs. Hannah Sharp is a candidate for County Re-
cOrder at Des Mones. Iowa. She is making
lively campaign. A glee club accompanies her to
the meetings, singing Everybody Works but
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORETGN-Guatemala and Salvador have ac-
cepted the tender OF the good offices OF the
United States. = A dispatch from san sal
Vador said that SalVadorian troops had defeated
the Guatemalan forces. the latter losing two
thousand men, and that another Guatemaan
army in Honduras had been repulsed. -
According to adVices from Managua, the Mica
raguan President, Senor Zelaya, said that Mica
ragI1a would remain neutral, and President BO-
nilla OF Honduras said that his country had not
declared war, but had been invaded by Guate-
ulala- = a new Russian Cabinet is said to
be assured the Emperor having yielded in prin-
ciple. and only the personality OF the members
remaining unsettled; the olscrder through the
empire continues - The council OF the
empire has adopted the bill of the Russian
lower house providing for famine relief. this
action being regarded an important victory
for the Constitutional democrats -- Brazil
has awarded a contract for three sister battle
ships to Armstrong. Whitworth & Co.
DOMESTIC.-President and Mrs. Roosevelt at
tended church at oyster Bay, Miss Elizabeth
Case being in the crowd that watched their ar
rival and departure, but making no attempt to
stop them. - A burglar entered the summer
home OF c. Z. Sholes. a New York manufacturer,
at Greenwich, Conn, obtaining considerable
plunder; he left a trail Of punches Of grass
by lightning four others were injured and much
damage was done by an electric storm in Chi
cago. - Albert O'Brien. tax collector Of
TotOwa n. J., shot himself dead constable
was about to arrest him charge OF en-
bezzlement. - Secretary Taft left Washing
ton for Oyster Bay, where he will confer with
the President. - II was announced at Will
1nington, DEL that rats disposed of much of
the citys garbage. - 1t was said at
Lenox, Mass. that ballooning would be revived
there this fall.
CITY-It was admitted by Harry K. Thaw's
new counsel that the defence would practically
be based on the ''unwritten law" and an effort
made 10 prove the killing of Stanford White JUS
fihable. =- A man and his children were
killed and a friend seriously injured in a
grade crossing accident on the Long Island
Railroad tracks at Nesta avenue and New Lots
Road, East New York. == steampipe burst
the municipal ferryboat Richmond just after
II left the Battery. scalding several men;
slight panic followed among the passengers.
- The international pOlicyholders commit
tee announced that ii had completed prepara-
tions for the copying lists of the names of pol
1cyholders of the New York Life and Mutual
which viii be flied in Albany on Wednesday,
and hoped to do the work in ten days.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Occasional showers. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 81 degrees: lowest, 6S.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16
GREAT BRIT4TN AND RUSSIA.

There will be widespread regret at the an
nOuncenent of the indefinite postponement Of
the proposed visit OF a British feet to Russian
waters. Other nations are not directly con-
Cerned in the doings OF England and Russia yet
the indirect but benevolent interest of several
great powers, including America, is considerable.
There is an earnest desire that Great Britain
and Russia shall cultivate q closer and more
cordial friendship than has recently existed
between them, and any step toward that end
would be sincerely welcomed. The announce
ment that the British feet would 90 to Cron-
stadt was therefore received with pleasure, and
did much TO reaSsure the world Of the integrity
OF Russia and Of the favorable outcome Of the
prolonged and serious crisis through which she
IS passing, and the news of the postponement of
that visit viii be regretted Indication not
Of any failure Of the growing approachment be-
tween the two countries, but rather of the pro
longatiOn Of the disOrganiZed and chaotic cOnd-
tion into which Russia has fallen
For the latter is evidently the reason, or the
chief reason for the pOstponement of the visit.
There is no hint at any decline Of good feeling
between the two countries. The understanding
between the two governments is unimpared The
British government is as ready as ever to send its
feet TO Cronstadt and the Russian government is
as desirous as ever Of welcoming it, But the ques-
FiOD again arises, il did the other dav over
the Emperor's appeal to his troops What is
Russia? The Emperor and his court or the
Douma and the people: At present there is
certain dissensiOn and division, or at least a
lack OF Identification between them at any rate
in the popular mind. and that is a circumstance
which could scarcely be overlooked in such a
visit as that which contemplated. It would
obviously not be well, from either the British or
the Russian point Of view, for the British fleet
and therefore the British government-to asso-
ciate itself with either side in the unhappy CON
trOversy which now threatens to rend Russia
asunder. Yet precisely that is what would al
most inevitably appear 10 happen If the British
feet should visit Cronstadt as the guest Of the
Emperor but against the viii or in the face Of
Che cold Indifference Of the DOuma.
The incident emphasizes the loss IN interna-
tionaI affairs which Russia is suffering through
fhe prolongation of the revolutionary crisis. Her
military prestige has. Of course, become almost
nil. Her diplomatic prestige is suffering grave
impairment She is becoming almost negli-
gIble quantity. That is 10 be said without un-
kindness or exultatIon, bat rather with profound
regret and the truth of il IS nowhere more
deeply realized than in Russia Doubtless such
untOward circumstances Will pass, and Russia
viii become more powerful than ever. But every
day OF their continuance means great loss, and
means a harder struggle for the rehabilitation
of the empire. The one supremely urgent need
Of the time is that the Emperor and the DOuma
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16

The Prussian Minister OF Agriculture says:
1--WE knew very we'll what was going on in Chi
"cago and the accounts of it were calculated to
INSPIRE horror. We could not make any public
statement on the subject; we could only en-
"deavor to protect our own population" He goes
to make some trenchant criticisms on the
methods OF inspection which were thought good
enough till the scandals came. 1t is a fact that
for almost an entire generation Germany. IN
terestcd In the subject as large II generally re-
luctant consumer with sufficient supply nom
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16
WHEN AuNTIE WAS slLeNcED.
From The Pilgrim.

From The Pilgrim.
Auntie was showing off her little nephew aged
two. TO admiFer, who was calling upon her for
the second time. He very bright youngster
and during pause In the performances specially
requested by auntie he suddenly remembered the
way she had been teasing him before caller ar
rived and decided to turn the tables on her So ne
pointed chubby finger at the door and said My
rug"
Auntie al once caught the spirit OF the thing and
cried emphatically, mo. my rugi'
My Dress said her little nephew, pointing TO
auntte's gown,
NO my DRESS" replied auntie. delighted TO have
opportunity 90 show how cute he was
Then the little boy sidled over to the caller and
pointing az him, cried, MY mani
silence on tho part OF auntla
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16

shall come TO a cordial and confidential under
standing and begin working harmoniously to-
gether FOR the good Of the empire, instead of
regarding each other more or less as antagonistic
forces Whatever differences of policy and aim
there may continue 10 fe in domestic affairs, it
should be possible fOr the government to pre-
sent to the outside world a united front, such as
would command respect and would bespeak abil-
ity TO discharge all the functions Of interna-
tional intercourse without hesitation or embar-
IN sSnenf
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Anlusements.

AERIAL GARDENS :2o-The Governors Son.
cAsINo-S:l5-The Social VYhirl.
SoNsK 1sIAND-Thompson < Dundys Greater Luna
rk-Dreamlaad-Bostock's
EDEN MUSEE-The World in Wax
EANAERsTEINS Observation-Disclosures
IYcEUN-s:l5-The Lion and Mouse.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ROOF 5 Mamzee
Champagne.
MANHATTAN BEAcH-s-P Pains Fireworks-4-9-
Star Vaudeville Company.
NEW YoRK-s:l5-Eis Honor the Mayor.
NEW YORK ROOF GARDEN s3O-yaudeville and See
ing New York.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16
MIR. TAFT STARTS FOR OYSTER Sa'
Will Confer with President on Brigade ~
and Other Matters.

Washington. July 15-Secretary -. ~
Washington at II O'Clock this HiO--.'S ~s.,r,.
Oyster Bay. to confer with the Presu7i'. =, -.s
ing the establishment OF the army orls- T,sr,r,.
as well as several other matters OF va Va. !, =
ment business which he desires 70 -
fore he enters upon hts summer V'S''.--. ,,ur-lf
He Will leave New York to-morro" ~ - 40;
Bay. on the ST. Lawrence River 70 - -. s,vsf
two months playing golf and rowiIss s,nss Hs .
ite pastimes. He will return 10 49, I'll ~
here here again H9 leS IN the course Of week SE s
enter into the Ohio campaign. anu nIl,Ssrs q ~
vember viii accompany the Ele
anna
New-York tribune., 1906-07-16

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Among all the names mentioned on the Demo-
cratic side as candidates for the Presidency. no
one has yet suggested the Hon. Tom Watson.
Possibly Mr.. Bryan may have Included him in
his "and others phrase. but this at best would
SAVIOR too much OF the 'alsO ran" On the whole
therefore. Mr.. Watson need have no fears of
party complications IT, Populist fashion. he takes
to the middle OF the road and runs on his own
account