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New-York tribune., 1906-04-16
PERSONAL.

McGfII University at Montreal, will confer the
honorary degree OF LII d. on Andrew Carnegie at
special eonvocation to be held May J. Mr. Car
negie will address the Canadian Club In Montreal
on that day.
Richard Seldom. the New Zealand Premier. had
a narrow escape from shpwreck the other day
while returning from the Chatham Islands a
government steamer.
Lord Avebury. otherwise Sir John Lubbock was
the first person in England to have his photograph
taken. NJ. Dasuerre. the inventor OF the art came
to London to patent his discovery. and paid an
early visit to Lord Avebury's father The son was
playing in the garden and was successfully photo
graphed
Judge A. A. Brooks. OF Kansas City Kan. has
appealed to Governor Hoch TO pardon his son.
Judge Brooks himself imposed the sentence after
the latter had been arrested for absentng himself
from school and was charged with stealing cigars.
Judge Brookss application is based the ground
that when he pronounced sentence he thought the
reformatory was Industrial school, not penal
institution.
L. +. Petrie. C1arksviile. Ark. merchant. Just
twenty-one years ola. has been elected Mayor
after one days campaign He had intention
ot entering into politics until the day before eee-
run.
Lord Wodehouse. who has been elected for Md
Norfolk. is the youngest member returned TO the
new British Parliament. having completed his
youngest son Of the present Lord Kimberley.
Captain Alexander Simpson has Just completed
his seventyfrst voyage from England to Australia.
He has been at sea forty years and has allied
more than two million miles.
Henry II. Rogers is TO give Fairhaven, Mass, a
modern fire department.. He regards the old hand
engine as insufficient.
General Booth. the Salvation Army leader. will
celebrate his seventy-seventh birthday with a
gigantic function at Crystal Palace. London. This
celebration, which will last eight hours is good
evidence of General Booths continued health and
vital power.
Here is little story which the English papers
tell and any one is at liberty to believe II he
will. No affdayits with It. When Lord Duf-
fern was Viceroy Of India the ATaharajah OF Indor
paid him a visit, and asked a memento ivory
paper cutter belonging to Lord DUfferin. He
sented. the Indian left and the Viceroy never saw
him until some months later. when the Maharajah
introduced a fine young elephant into the room A
pile OF newspapers lay at Lord Duferins side: the
animal went up 10 them, cpt them neatly WIN LIE rs
tTsks which had been purpoSely shdIpeileo. StIu -
laid them in neat heap on the noor' ready ioi
al
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16
OCO WARRANTO AT LAST.

Mr.. Hearst has at last taken formal steps to
test Mayor McClellan's title by quo warranto
proceedings. That is what he should have done
long ago If he felt that he was legally elected
and that recount would prove it. His course
all along has suggested that, even If he be-
lieved himself elected, he much preferred a
grievance to the office, and was carefully trying
to keep alive sympathy with him as a de-
frauded candidate by seeking other remedies
than the fully adequate one ready at his hand.
1t is true that quo warranto proceedings are
slow and expensive. But Mr., Hearst has not
hesitated TO spend money layishly to promote
his political ambition and expense can be no
obstacle TO him if he really wants to settle the
question by a recount instead of keeping it
open for sentimental effect in his campaigns for
Governor and President AS he does not want
actually to discharge the duties of the Mayor s
Office but TO go on to higher stations. a delay
even till next fall in establishing his title if it
exists. will do him no harm, but rather make
him friends and free him from the danger of
notwithstanding them by a display of his ad-
ministratve limitations.
His appeal for special legislation awakened
some favorable sentiment, but on the other
hand there is undoubtedly great weight in the
views expressed by the Appellate Division and
the Court of Appeals as to the bad public policy
of jeoparding the prompt determination Of
elections for immediate administrative pur-
poses by opening the door to wholesale recounts.
In particular cases this may seem hard, as it
did last fall, when there We're many surface
indications Of fraud but accommodation to
hard cases prOverbially makes bad law. 1t
may be wise to sacrifice prompt relief for an
individual candidate to the necessities of es-
tablished government. AS the individual has
another remedy-albeit a somewhat cumber-
some One--adequate to the establishment of sub
stantial rights without any unsettlement OF ad-
ministration pending proceedings, justice will
be done in the long run. Probably Mr.. Hearst
never expected or desired success for his pro-
posed legislation. The discussion of it has
served to prolong his case to the time when
fraud, if he show it, will be most useful to
him.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16

foretold as dire disasters from this experiment
as happened from Phaeton's attempt TO drive
the horses of the sun, for he suggested that
the Interstate Commerce Commission, IL al
lowed TO interfere with railroad rates, would
put our American consultations to flight, dry
'up the courses of our iron rivers and make
"of our fertile prairies the sands of another
"Libya" He opposed the bill because he
thought it vicious in principle and destructive
in practice. not because. if passed 1t would
prove unconstitutional and imperative. Yet
there seem TO be fewer Jeffersonians left III the
Senate than there were in the House. For no
allusion has been made in the Senate--except
perhaps, by Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Foraker-to
the principles underlying the bill, the opposi-
ton being concentrated on the technical Side
issue of granting or not granting complete
court review of the Interstate Commerce Com
missions decisions.
This question. too has been greatly befogged
There is nothing mysterious about the mat
ter. Congress has 10 choose between fortify
ing the power of the commission by reducing
the right of review 10 its narrowest constitu
tional limits and weakening the commissions
power by granting the broadest review rights
possible. The Hepburn bill proposes to allow
the appellant any rights ne may now have
under the Constitution, and TO let the Supreme
Court explicitly define those rights. Amend
ments are being pressed in the Senate which
seek 10 re-enact existing rights or to create
new ones for the benefit of the appellant The
TWO theories of administration are clearly de-
lined, but so far the Senate has busted itself
talking about distractions and finding excuses
for delaying practical choice
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16
THE RATE BILL DEBATE.

We called attention the other day to a ten
dency in certain quarters 10 set an eXtraordi-
nary value on the debate now running in the
Senate on the Railroad Rate bill This feel
ing that the Senate has outdone itself as an
arena OF deliberation and reason is expressed,
for example, by 1.-The Boston Herald which
says:
We question whether during the present gen
Grafton the Senate OF the United States has
shown in its discussion OF a public question
more of the qualities of craftsmanship than its
members have exhibited in the last few weeks
in the addresses ana debates that have taken
place on the question OF railroad rates.
II would be n pleasure to agree with so fat
tering a judgment of body which has shown
its legislative capacity in many national emer-
gencies and which has latterly suffered much
unjust censure. But giving the Senate all the
credit which is its due as a painstaking prac-
tical and efficient legislative agency, we can
hardly admit that its reputation has been en-
hanced by its uncertain, hesitating and alto
gether feeble-forcible treatment Of the rate
problem. To claim for this performance super
eninence among the Senates many honorable
achievements for generation past seems to
US an extravaganza born OF an unrea soning en-
thusiasm
The debate in the Senate has been full of
legal pyrotechnics OF brilliant academic dispu-
tation, Of demonstrations and counter demon
STATIONS OF undoubted cleverness But It NAV
be doubted whether these legal and constitu
uonal clashes have helped materially TO clear
The situation, or have resulted in definite parlia
nentary progress. The fault of the discussion
has been that II has turned on technicalities
and has tended 10 obscure rather than deveIop
The real points at issue. An old observer or
legislative proceedings at Washington once
saiG; i have noticed that when a bill Is ar
tucked On constitutional grounds it's opponents
are seldom eager 10 discuss its other legislative
merits or demerits" This remark has heen
illustrated in the Senate debate in which ex
uaordinary stress has been laid by the onno-
nents OF the Hepburn bill on It's unconstjt,l-
tlonality Yet IL IL is unconstitutional that vice
ought 20 commend IL especially TO its enemies.
who could well afford TO help IL toyously
through the Senate.
In the House Of Representatives the measure
was assailed by Representative Mccall. of Mas.
sachusetts, and the other six members who
followed his leadership. On the ground that II
involved an abandonment Of JefferSonian doc
frine-of the principle OF laissez faire so long
applied in politics and economics Mr.. Mccall
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16
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EIJoU-S:l5-1he Music Master
EROADWAY-s-I5- Vanderbilt cur.
cASINO--S:l5-The Social Whirl.
OIONEAIs-2-S-NaudeVile -.
CRITERICN-S.3e-T Little Fether OF me "'oe'ioAs
and Mountain Climber.
nALG's-s :2o-The Embassy Ban.
EDEN MUSER-The Wofd in Wax
-2D-Peter Pan
THEATRES -l5-Mr. Hopkinson
tiARDEN-s:1S-The College Widow.
HARLEM OPERA EOCSE-s:lb--The tsaIlopef
iisNwFRsTrTNiS VTCTORIA--2-s;l5--N audevllle
1fFT AIIS SQUARES: s:i5-George Washington Jr
SIPPODRONE-a-S-A Society Circus.
asTDSON-S Si5-The American lord
IRVING PLACES :20-Der willing sschwester
yOF aNFBER's- s:I0-Twiddle- Twaddie and The Sauaw
Mans Girl OF the Golden West
JZecTCfIFRROCKER--S:1 :15--Nle Modiste
lyCFITN-s:sS-Th Lion and the Mouse
lYPFC-s.l--arrns and the Man
MADISON soF- ARFs-s:3o Mrs. Temples Telegram
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN and s-Circus.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN CONCERT HALL
Billiard rournaneHf.
FFkTFSTIt.-s:l5-Zira.
MANHATTA N-S: :30-C1lsrley's Aunt.
NEW AMsTERDAM-s:l5- The Free Lance.
NEW YORK-s l5-The Rollicking Girl.
PRINCESS l5-- Brown Of Harvard
SAvOY-s 2o-it's All Your Fault.
WALLACK -s.2C-fhe SquaN Man
WEST END-s:i5--SuItan Of Sulu.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16
THE HEALTH OF CUBA.

The sanitary progress recently made in Cuba
and the present or recent condition of the health
OF that island are set forth with much detail in
the elaborate report of the Junta Superior de
Sanidad for the year 1904, which has just come
TO hand 1t is agreeable to observe that full
credit is given to Colonel w. c. Gorgas for the
sanitary renovation of Havana and. in meas
ure, of all Cuba, and especially for the elimina-
ton of yellow fever and the great reduction of
the ravages of malaria Great admiration and
gratitude for his achievements are expressed,
and assurance is given that the Cuban authori-
ties will continue work on the lines so success
fully indicated and adopted by him.
The most conspicuous features of the work
already done are the practically entire elimina-
tion of yellow fever and smallpox once the most
dreaded pestilences In Cuba. and the very
marked reduction of the death roll from ma
laria. In the Havana district there were in
1900 no fewer than 325 deaths from malaria. In
1901 Colonel Gorgas reduced them to 151. In
1902 there were only II, in 1908 the number was
81 and in 1904 only A such deaths were re-
ported. This continuous and marked decline
may be regarded as surely indicating not a mere
ductuaion in vital statistics, but substantial
suppression of the plague which may be per-
manently maintained. There has been a similar
diminution of the ravages of infantie tetanus
formerly one of the deadliest of diseases, though
Tor obvious reasons, not so mucn neard or as
those which menaced adults and visitors. From
1890 10 1900 deaths from that source in Havana
averaged 212 a year, but in 1902 they fell TO s.
in 1908 TO Al and in 1904 to 33. In all these
cases the victory has been won chiefly through
sanitation. Yellow fever was suppressed by de-
stroying the stegomyia mosquitoes; malaria by
destroying the anopheles mosquitoes, and by the
free use OF quinne; smallpox through vaccina-
ton, and infantile tetanus through antiseptic
care of infants
At the present time the foremost foes of health
and life in Cuba are tuberculosis and infantile
enteritis, and against them sanitarans are now
directing their most careful and strenuous ef
forts. They are both diseases amenable TO san
itary control, and may regard the scientific
work of the health officers with hopefulness IT
is a noteworthy fact that, according to the sta
tistics published by the Cuban Junta de Sanidad
Havana suffers more from tuberculosis than anv
other large city of the world, although its GEN
eral death rate is by no means formidable
Thus the death rate from tuberculosis in Ha
vana is reported at 3.91 to the thousand while
in Paris 1t is 3.S4, in Athens 3S2 in St Peters
burg 800, in Budapest 3.59, In Vienna 3l4 in
Rio de Janeiro 304 (these are the only cities In
which 1T exceeds 81 and in New York 22l. AT
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16

the same time the general yearly death rate OF
Havana is given as 2O.4 in the thousand, while
that of New York is stated 20.3; those of
Boston London Paris, Berlin and Vienna are
much lower while those of cities more properly
comparable with Havana in climate and other
conditions, such as Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Alex
andria and Cairo, are much higher. On tne
whole the outlook for health in Cuba must DC
regarded as decidedly promising rs it certainly
also is in Panama. Those tropical ana semi
tropical countries have hitherto had bad rep"-
tations and have perhaps deserved them' ou'
that fact has been not so much because OF conui
tions of climate as because of neglect OF sanita-
ton. With proper appliance OF the discoveries
and resources of science. they may De haoe DIS
salubrious as our northern lands.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16

Magistrate Whitman's decision that whan =
passenger on street railway has paid his % ra
he Is entitled to transfer at any time durinp
the trip. no matter what the rules of the com
pany are. is sound common VIII the
metropolitan now revoke the rule properly char
acterized by Justice olmsted as "asinine"?
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16

II is encouraging TO hear that the managers of
the subway are getting ready to pump little
fresh air into that stufry conduit for the benefit
Of summer patrons. Last years experiences In
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16

The Democratic Congressman who can attract
attention only by abusing the Speaker and the
House rules does not greatly commend himseif
to public confidence. There are many useIui
and active Democrats In the House taking par'
In its affairs and doing their fun share OF egis-
lative service. Only those members get no
show in the House who slight It's routine work
and shrk tasks which In nine cases out of ten
are absolutely non partisan.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16
NENvYORK DAILY Tr1BUNE. MONDAY. APRIL 16. 1906

the undergrounds sitting and torrid atrnos-
phere are still vivid memories 10 many unfortu-
nate travellers.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16

Senator Stone accuses President Roo..v.,.
being n backslding reforner. The senato- ..
himself immune from either specinca tion IN ,,is
horrible charge.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16

Thirty inches of snow In the land OF tne
Dakotss is aid. by way Of comparison, 10
reconcning New Workers to chilly spring
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16

McGill University. Montreal, will confer the
degree Of Doctor of Laws upon Andrew Carnegie
at the special convocation on May 1. As bond
of international good will and amity Mr. Car
negie continues to be valuable national asset.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16

The eruption at "zion'' also seems 20 be sub
siding.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-16

Mr.. Aylward. aboard the supply ship Glacier,
thinks the drydock Dewey has Columbus and
Noah beaten as to snaillke progress over the
ocean. II Is TO be hoped. however. that, like
the famous navigators named. the Dewey will
eventually get there"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-11-12

3-Supresion de animales en- los pa
tios y corrales.
4-Desinfeccion y reparaci6n de
todas las letrinas en- NAL estado.
5-Inspecci6n de pozos, aljibes para
eyitar toda communication que pudiera
haber entire estos y las letrinas.
6-Publicar una cartilla de instruc
clones higienicas para las personas
que asistan enfermos de esta clase.
7-Insistir cerca de todos los Medi-
cos para que den euenta de los casos
que hayan tenido hssta ahora de los
que en- 10 sucesivo Sc les vaysn presen
tando, y siendo las 1910 P. NJ. Sc sus-
pendio Ia session para continuarse ma
mana las 1c2 20 A. NJ
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-11-12
Session del de Noviembre de 1906
q las 10, 80 A. M.

Concurrentcs: Doctor r. N. Her
nande2, Doctor J. E. Saldafa, Lcdo.
don Juan Hernandez Lopez, Lcdo
done Lorenzo Gallardo, Ingeniero Sc
nor J. A. Canals.
Sc aprueba Ell acta de la anterior
El senor Canals, secundado por el
doctor Saldaffa, propone que Sc pida
al Hon. Director del Department.
que ponga disposition de Ia Junta
IN taqufgrafo para que las notas de
las seslones de la faisma sc tomen
de IN modo mas rapido y exacto.
Aprobado.
81 mismo sefior Canals da caenta
de haber cumplido en- la tarde de
aver, e1 encargo que recibiera del Sc
flor Superintendent de visitar Ia
Planta del Acueducto. En- esta visi-
ia fue acompafiado por e1 Director
ly el Ayudante del Laboratorio Qui-
mico Bacteriol6gico que tueron to-
uaaI personalmentc n1ucstras del a qua
del rio. aguas arriba de la presa Y
del aqua de los tanques de sedimen-
Etacion.
De la inspection practicable result6:
La planta mecanica, los tan
lques de sedimentacion, la presa, la
Icasa de empleados y los alrededores
Sc hallaban en- condolences satisfac-
torias de limpieza.
p En- la casa de empleados Sc
han establecido varios inodoros cuyas
agaas van parar a .tln pozo negro.
Este no pudo ser reconocido por ha,
llarse tapado pero interrogado por
Ell sef1or Canals el primer maquinis-
ia de Ia planta, contesto que las pa
redes estaban hechas de piedra en-
seco, de 10 que Sc deduce que la idea
ha sido hacer de este pozo negro, un
pozo filtrante. Ahora bien, este po-
20 Sc hal1a a un nivel mas alto que
los tanques de sedimentacion, y como
las paredes de estos son terraplenes
revestidos con una capa de mampos.
terra es de temer, que SHAY en- este
revestido algunas iuntas agrietadas
pueda haber 6ltraciones de aquel 20.
70 negro a los tanques de sedim en-.
taci6n.
"a ambas ofillas del rio, aguas
arriba de la presaa y en- las inmedia-
clones, encontramos en- var los sitios
mater1as excrem enticias del ganado
que por ALI pasta, y, 10 que es peor
excrementos humanos.
4-En la altura Immediate 4 la pre-
sa, en- la margen derecha, Sc encuen.
ira una ca sa ocupada 10 menos
por cuatro personas. Esta casa nc
tiene 1etrinas y los excrementos de
los que la habitan Sc ven disemina-
dos en- la vertiente que ba ia 4 una
depression del terreno, yde ali, al rio
El Sr. Presidente, doctor Herman
dez. Somete Ia consideration de Ia
Tunta las siguientesm mcdidas tenden
tes remediar tai estado de cosss
Que Sc haga desaparecer la ca
sa denunciada, del sitlo que hoy ocu.
pa, Sc instale en- otro sitio de Ia
propiedad Cue sea lejos del rio y
agregando una letrina en- forma tai,
que no haya tenor de.que las excre-
tas puedan llegar al rio.
2--Que Sc vigi1en embellishments
las margenes del RIO y los contornos
del acueducto para evitar. nueva con-
taminacion de las aguas bien por el
lavado de ropa, por el bailo de perso-
mas 8 de animales 6 por cuarquier
otra cauSa.
3-Cercar de un 1ado y otro la mar.
gen p1blica del rio. 6 sea a9ue1 espa.
clio que en- ambaS orillas cubre el RIO
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-11-12
Session celebrada ell 7 de Novieinbre
de 1906. 4 las 1890 A. NJ.

Concurrentes: Dr.. r. N. Hernandez,
Dr.. ]. E. Saldafa, *Lcdo. don Juan
Hernandez Lopez, Lcdo don Lorenzo
Gallardo y sefior ]. A. Canals, Inge-
Micro.
Sc lee el acta de Ia session anterior
y queda sprobada.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-05
country alike.

country alike.
This afternoon the chamber of com
MERGE had a meeting to consider the
question of the establishment of a life
insurance company at Raleigh. This
movement has been under way, very
quietly for several weeks.
The government weather report for
the seven days ended last night says
says that tie weather during the past
week was generally cloudy particularly
in the western part OF the state and
that sunshine was much needed. The
rainfall was much below normal in
most part of the state put was very
heavy in the western and extreme
southeastern counties. The tempera-
ture averaged about 5 degrees above
normal.
State Chairman Simmons announces
the following new appointments for
Ex-Governor Aycock: Stoneville, Octo-
Der Goth; and Reidsville, that night.
Mebane, October 31st; Chatham coun-
ey November l, place yet to be named;
Sanford, November l, at night; John
sol county, November 2, place to be
named. Whitehall, Wayne county,
November 8; Goldsboro, November 5.
Senator F. NJ. Simmons at Shelby Oc-
tober 18th at night. Herbert E. Nor
ris of Raleigh at Coats, Harnett cOun-
ty, October 18th at night. A. L.. Brooks
of Greensboro, a. HillsbOro. October
tn. Governor Glenn's appointment
at Fairview, Buncombe county, Octo-
Der 18th is changed to Gambler, same
county same day. Ex-Governor Ay-
cocks appointment at SWannOnan,
Buncombe county, October 18th is
changed TO Black Mountain. same
county same day.
Mention has been mad Of the fact
that Pastor Massee and Assistant Pas
tor Ham of the Raleigh Baptist Tab
ernacle are making a campaign in the
tenderloin here each night. In the
course Of an interview with Mr.. Ham
it is learned that a very careful census
of disOrderly houses in Raleigh has
beens prepared and that there are 80
of these white and colOred. together
with five designation houses. Mr..
Ham says the campaign is producing
| good result 5, having already led to the
closing of one house.
Professor w. A. Withers of the Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical college, who
is the United States crop statistician
for North Carolina, left today for
Washington, having been summoned
by the secretary Of agriculture to aid
in preparing the cotton crop report
Two Of the s~tatisticians from differ
ent states are selected each month
Professor Withers was ON his duty
in Washington in June.