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New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
THE BRIDGE LOOP.

Although the fate of the proposition to con-
meet the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges
with an elevated road is still in doubt. there
are indications that progress is being made
toward wise decision. Had the Board of Es-
Inmates pOstpOnement of the whole matter
until its regular session on September % re-
manned in effect, the year might be drawing to
a close before final action had been taken by
that body and the Rapid Transit Commission
Now as the result of the recommendation of
the Board of Estimate at its special meeting
the Rapid Transit Commission took preliminary
steps last week to give the subject the consid-
Grafton it deserves.
The committee plans and contracts, to
which the project was referred, adopted resO-
luton which calls upon Mr.. Rice, the engineer,
to report in regard to it and two other schemes
which have been under discussion Brooklyn
people will wonder why so much time should
be spent in this manner, but Controller Metz
feels that the step just taken involves no real
delay. We should not be surprised if his be-
lief proved TO he we'll grounded. If it enables
the commission to see it's way clear early in
September the approval of the Board of Esti-
mate may reasonably be expected only a few
weeks later.
Two Of the propositions that Mr.. Rice has
been invited to pass upon contemplate the con-
struCtiOn Of subways. Toward one OF them.
which follows Route No o." he Is said to be
favOrably disposed. 1t will be observed how
ever, that the chief engineer of the Rapid.
Transit Commission has been asked to Indicate
how long it will take to put into operation each
of the three systems under discussion. To fore
cast his opinion this point might be discour-
teOus but it will create a good deal of aston
ishment if he finds that relief can be secured
by a subway as soon as by an elevated road.
If prOmptness is to be the dominating consit-
era will no Oit tU 0n4h
seem to be only one plan which they could pos
sibly sanction.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
FRANco,BRzTTsH ExRLB1T1oY.

The Franco British entente cOrdiale has greatly
Increased since the AIgeeiras conference and
the presage of revolution in Russia This is
shown in many ways, but especially by the en-
thusiasm with which a proposal for a Franco
British exhibition in London IN 1908, first made
in the latter part OF 1905 is now being taken
Up on both sides OF the Channel AT recent
meeting in the Mansion House IN furtherance
OF the proposal the Duke Of Argyll presided
and the following resolution was adopted:
That this meeting IS IN favor of holding a
FFanco-Brltish exhibition in 1903 in London on
the ninety-eisht acres now available. and that
the French Comite deS EXpositiOns rEtranger
and the Home and Colonial Associations OF
Science, Art. Industry. Commerce and Educa-
ton be invited to take part
Prior 90 this meeting. which put the proposal
In a practical form, there had been earnest
assurances received from NJ. Cambon, the
French Ambassador, that the French govern
ment would give its cordial support 10 the en-
terpTise. A British provisional committee on
me subject includes two hundred and fifty
members Of the House OF Commons. and both
the British and French Premiers have given
assurance OF their h-arty support OF the urO-
pOsal. The site refer Il 20 in the resolution
Is az Shepherds Bush and. while the area Is
small compared with that devoted to the inter
national eXpOsitions at Chicago and St Louis
il IS large enough, for the exposition Is ex
acter but limited TO France and Great Britain
and their colonies. its chief purpose being 10
give solidarity and significance TO the close re-
latiOnship OF the two countries in international
politics and policies. That il should be held IN
London rather than in Paris is also natural
since Paris has recently had Universal Expo
sitlon and is already looking forward TO an
other, while London has had no exhibition OF
prominence since 1867. Moreover In no more
ehectual way could the two countries be drawn
closer together than in this friendly rivalry In
the arts, industries and sciences, and not the
least Of its beneficial effects viii be the better
understanding thus brought about between the
masses Of the people in the two countries. A
Universal Exposition would not draw even 20
London a great number OF French visitors, but
an exposition limited in its character would
appeal strongly to French pride and attract
thousands of Frenchmen 10 the British me
rFOpOs.
Whether or not on the whole, this fraterniz-
Ing between the two nations in such a marked
manner would be beneficial as respects their
relations 10 other countries is a question that
is naturally suggested, but the answer TO II is
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
THE DECAY OF MATTER.

DIR. Gustave Ie Bon attempts to sum up in
few pages in "The Independent" his own
book on the evolution Of matter This investi-
gator has devoted more time to psychological
than material phenomena but like thousands
Of others he has been captivated by the sug-
gestive discoveries of the Curies Messrs. Ruth
erfOrd and Soddy and Professor ]. ]. Thorn
son, and of late his inquiries have taken a new
direction Indeed, DR. lie Bon has reported
finding n form OF invisible radiance different
from anything previously observed Other
scientific men have been unable 10 get the
same results as he when repeating his experi-
ments, and have detected possibilities Of self,
deception which the Frenchman may have over
looked. Still, any doubt which may remain as
to the existence OF "N" rays should not infiu-
ence any ones opinion concerning the sound
ness OF Dr. lie BOn's ideas about matter. In
deed, these are largely shared by number of
we'll known physicists and up 20 certain
point speculations Of this kind are TO be en-
cOuTaged.
IL is natural to suspect that matter has not
always been what it is now, when one carefully
considers the evidence that changes are taking
place in It which seem TO undermine the old
theory OF it's indestructblity. More Is known
about the decay OF matter than it's evolution.
but 1t is legitimate 20 argue about the one from
what is known about the other The favOrite
way OF accounting for the strange peculiari-
ties or radium Is 70 suppose that the atoms OF
the substance are going 20 pieces, ana that In
doing SO they liberate In an explosive fashion
particles which We're previously moving with
almost ineGlculable velocities inside the atom
Only four OF nVe elements out OF the eighty en-
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30

rolled in the chemists catalogue betray the
slightest disposition TO initiate racium, ana
they do so very feebly. Even In radlum the
process of disintegratlon goes on so slowly
that 1000 or 5000 years would be required, III
Is estimated, for the complete disappearance OK
a given specimen. So infnitesimal In amount
and degree. then, is the change of which there
is the slightest hint that il is yet premature
to assume that all matter is undergoing trans
mutation, Is susceptible Of transmutation, or Is
TO be regarded as a storehouse of power.
DR. lie Bon captivates the fancy of his read
ers with two or three computations OF lntra-
atomic" energy. To drive rifle bullet at the
speed with which one of the imprisoned parti-
cles of an atom of radium is supposed TO move
he says would call for the use or 1,aaoOoo
barrels of powder, each containing 100 pounds.
Again could the latent energy in bit or
radium weighing only One-fifth as much as an
American 5-cent piece be made available in
stantly. instead Of gradually. it would be equiv
alent TO 6,SOO.O00.O00 horsepower a second
This would amount 20 nearly 2,eD,0D horse
power for an hour, or more than 600 horse
power for year of 800 working days ten hours
long.
When attention has been arrested by such
startling statement the question arises whether
or not this energy could he utilized industrialiy
That is out of the question. There is no known
way VI HltCHlhS A"StUAS VI " t@AA""S ''"'@ ~
the microscopic particles of an atom Of radium
DisintegratiOn takes place so gradually, too
that a vastly larger mass would be required
than a fifth of a gram TO produce any appre-
Ciable result Finally, suspect that GOO
horsepower daily for year could he obtained
from one of the hydraulic companies at Mag
ara or from a modern steam plant at a consid-
erably lower cost than that of even a fifth of
a gram of radium. There are no signs as yet
that this great resource of nature is being
wastodI
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
PCBLIC RANGINGS.

The people Of Maryland are not a little eXer-
cised over the peculiar procedure followed by the
direction of Governor Warfield in executing
sentence Of death last week on an Eastern Shore
Negro convicted of criminal assault. Maryland
retains the old English criminal law, with its
crudities only slightly amended, and one of these
surviving archaisms requires public hangings.
A hanging, according to the old fashioned notion,
was a ceremonial calculated to impress evildoers
and discourage crime. 1t was therefore con-
Quoted with OstentatiOus publicity. As mat
ter of fact, it merely furnished a spectacle for
the curious ana an outlet for the emotions of
the sensation hunting and the morbid. In the
case in question Governor Warield feared that
it might also prove an invitation to mob viO-
lence and he directed that the law be evaded in
spirit if not in letter, by executing the con-
demned man. not at the county seat Of the county,
but on a lonely island in Chesapeake Bay.
steamer carried the criminal, his jailers and
scaffold TO this out Of the way spot, where the
execution took place without display or inter
ruptiOn.
The Governor is now being attacked on two
contrary grounds. Some Of his critics assert
that he lacked the courage and force to ad-
here to custom and TO make the law respected
by compelling its enforcement, if necessary,
through the aid of the militia. If he had reason
to think that lynching would be attempted he
should have called out the state troops, these
critics argue and should have sternly vindcated
law and order instead Of weakly evading the
issue by a strategem. On the other hand, many
leading citizens of the Eastern Shore indig-
nant that the state government should have
yielded to its fears and virtually acknowledged
its lack Of confidence in the self-cOntrOl and law
abiding character of the people of the Eastern
Shore counties. They point TO the fact that for
a similar crime Negro was executed ON Fri
day at Snow Hill without the least disturb
ance or show of excitement. 1t is hard to tell
at this distance whether Governor Warfeld erred
on the side of too little firmness or too much
caution. Yet the incident emphasizes the back
wardness Of Maryland law in adapting itself to
modern ideas and conditions. Public hangings
belong to a period of brutality and savagery in
English criminal practice which we have long
OutgrOwn. They serve no admOnitOry purpose
and only stimulate unhealthy excitement. Mary
land should abolish them as an irrational and
harmful survival.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
JUSTICE OF INEQUALITY.

From The London Chronicle.
The Eastern tale Is generally a compound &
tnaS huulOT, simplicity and imagination tl4s -
associate, rightly or wrongly with the IFishHlts
Just because Ireland is the nearest country % oY
own Oh0t - not 0GsreSsively Saxon W max 49,
oe more irish, for instance than the behae!S. -
the great Turkish hero Of many stories, 49,
ed-Din HOdga whom a neiEhbor came 20 borrow -
donkey "&y donkey is not here" he said ~ ~,
WORDS were scarcely QUE % his mouth Wlot ~
animal oFay0d loudly. ''But your donkey . hes-s
I can hear hinl" cried the neishbOr. W t.-sv
shouted the euFGGed Turk, do YOU mean 20 -
you believe my donkey before you believe me. .s
Wit In the East as elsewhere Is nothing Wi.tsos@c,
It's accompanying quality Of insight 90 t1fn Y w
EXQUISITE humOr. and NasT-ed-pin Hodg0 snow "a
htnlSelt az his best when asked 70 divide u--
nuts among the assembled company. He gave ~ ~
20 one. twenty 20 another. Two 20 another; ~.
50 on, until he was asked On establishment Wy -
GtVlted t1em 81 such a manner. n an e4..s ~ =
God MCs.lds he answered with a smile
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
Annsen1enfs.

AERIAL. GARDENS -s:2o-The Governors Son.
BRIGHTON BEACH PARK Bathing
CGSINO-s:l5-The Social WhiFl.
CoNEY Tsg.AND-Thompson & Dun6y's Greater Imns
Psrh-Dreamland- Bostocks
EDEN AfI1sEE-Tho World sn Wax.
EEANGERsTEIsCs Observation-Disclosures
EYCEII1g-s:lg- Lion ana Mouse.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ROoF-s-Nrsmzele
Champagne.
MANHATTAN BEAcH-s-Fains vesuvius ana Grand
FSrevorEs-e-R Rice's Girl from Paris
NEW YoRR-s:l5-The Ham Tree.
NEW YORK ROOF EN-S.3O-yau8eville and See
ing New York.
V&II4ACK' :2O-EIis EIoro- shs Mayor.
WEST EeID-s sSO-IAttie Red Rp-ng Hood
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30

far from being so obvious. But it is not inn
probable that a way may be devised TO guard
against any possible wounding of the sensi-
bilities of nations not specially invited. 1t is
only, after all, repeating in a different way
friendly national demonstrations of regard, such
as were shown a short time ago by the COM
minglings in fraternal rejoicing Of the British
and French fleets in British and French waters
"a proceeding 20 which no nation could take
execution
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
MISS CASE FOLLOWS MRS. ROOSEVELT.
Latter Went with President to Presbyterian
Church.
TBv TELEGRAPH 20 The Tribune J

Oyster Bay. July 29.-President and Ms &a0-ss-
Welt attended morning service at tina PFesoss
Church instead OF az Christ Episcopal. as - -
usual custom. TO hear an address By the hst. -
Charles L. Thompson. secretary of the FIe71ss-
rian Board Of Home Missions. The Rev. AieAa'l~-A
G. Russell pastor OF the church. conducted the So
vice. and Offering was taken up Tor tns e&-N9
which DR., Thompson represents
Miss Elizabeth Case or Miss EsaO, as sas -
fers TO style herself. who has been making Va
attempts 70 see Mrs Roosevelt during the ltss
three weeks. followed the President and NE
Roosevelt into the church. but made no enogs y
sneak To them
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30

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See opposite page for subscriptions rates.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
MIR. ROOT AT SUMNER PALACE.
Secretary and the Brazilian Ambassador
Make Visit to Petropolis.

Rio Janeiro July 29.-SeeTetary Root and se'Ao.
NabucO. the Brazilian Ambassador 20 the UAe--
States. accompanied by their families. LETT heis p
10 o'clock this morning for PetFoPOlis on a sPse--
boat. The train which carried them from -
head Of the bay 10 Petropolis was decorated VAN
fags At PetrOpOIs the visitors were sreeseG, -
a large gathering Baron Rio -Braneo, the -srT
Minister Of Foreign Affairs. conducted See.eoR-'
Root 70 the summer palace on The La0 NeaLu
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
LoNeWoRT4s 10 sAlL oN sATuRoA1

Bayreuth. July 2a-With the exception os one day.
which was taken up BY an automobile excursion
70 the Austrian baths. Mr.. and Mrs NenoiS
LORgwOrth spent the entire week here 4nss
started to-day by way Of Nuremberg and Aur..-Ssa Aur.s
United States
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30

williamsport Penn, boasts OF a justice Of the
peace who has recently celebrated his ninety
second birthday and IS stil able TO dispense JUS
tice and in general do something more thah
mark time which recalls Mr.. Bryan's remark
that an honorable life is as glorious as a1herOie
death
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
NEWYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY july 30 1906.

'lIveries ~ orders are delayed much longer. The
special feature of the from and steel Industry
was the heavy tonnage of plates and stTuetuFat
steel that came on the market IN connection
with contracts for several lake vessels.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30

Alton B Parker's idea of compliment fs &c
compare the person whom he would praise 70 q
proved steaIer Of elections and a giver OF public
contracts as compensation for campaign con-
tributions Such compliments contain an ele-
naent OF self-revelation.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
GILLIAN ESCORT FOR MR. ROOT.

Santiago de Chill. July 29-The Chillan CRUISES
Esmeralda and OHIgsins viii so to Punta AIeua'
TO meet the United States cruiser ChaFleSton w.
Fetary Root
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30

Thomas E. Watson OF Georgia and New York.
has tired of the middle OF the road and goes
back TO the Democratic fold in time to get on
the Bryan band wagon. 1t is 20 be hoped he will
not miss his portion Of .burgOO and the fatted
calf
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30

Premier stolypih is said 20 have given the
order TO strike and spare not; 'crush the enemies
Of society,"" To which the Douma and the Rus
sian people might well reply, in the language OF
ThemistocIes. Strike! but hear me-"
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30

When Kansas farmers urge "Uncle Joe" Can
non 20 help them get In their harvest. and offer
him 50 IS day for his work and found" 1t Is
evident that the prosperity wagon is on IT'S
rounds
New-York tribune., 1906-07-30

FAVORlTE sIAAMG EXPRESSIONS.
The tudges--Cso hang.
The dentist's-YOu have q nerve.
The dyspeptic' c's-Thers rtch.
The ministeT's-GOOd Lord
The lOv0r's-I like your cheek.
The 6pOFteman'S-Oh. shoot tt.
The dTummeT'S-Beat H.
The single taxeF's-By George.
The dOctor's-Dead easy.
The dctectiVe's-AfteF you, my dear Alphousa
The dyer's-Fade away.
Tho printers s-The devil
Ins speuGtarllts-peaT me.-lllA
Arizona republican., 1906-11-09

The territorial republican party can not complain that all is lost save hon disastrous conflict with a majority of at least one in the legislative council
Arizona republican., 1906-11-09
PHOENIX, ARLz, NOVEMBER s. 1906
THE DELEGATE ELECTION.

The reelection of Delegate Mark Smith by an indeterminate majority is assured in spite of the energetic can vass conducted by w. F. Cooper. Sev- eral things contributed to MT. Cooper's defeat, the principal one no doubt, be- ing the position into which the repub lican party of the territory had been unwillingly put with reference to the statehood question. That in itself, was a serious obstacle thrown in from with out, but MT. Cooper. might have over come it.
 A still more serious obstacle was the belief fostered by the democrats that we had not heard the last of jointure and that there was no one so compe- whenever it might present itself. Pre- pOsterous as that notion was, it was evidently entertained by a large num- Der of republicans, especially in the northern part of the territory, which, with the exception of N:oHave county should have gone solidly for Cooper.
 Then there were of course the old timers, though getting fewer in num- bers year by year. whom nothing but death will wean of their allegiance to MT. Smith. Another generation and the last of them will have passed away.
 MT. Cooper may well feel proud Of the race he has run. No other candi- date for delegate from Arizona was ever so unfavorably circumstanced. We know of no other republican who could have so nearly approached victory.
 The statehood question has been d boon to MT. Smith, his sole stock iu trade for a score of years. In what ever form it has been presented it has been helpful to him. It has now ap- parently been exhausted. Still we wonder in what Protean shape MT. Smith will endeavor to bring it up two years hence.
Arizona republican., 1906-11-09
.A Telephone From Roosevelt

Hello, Hello! Say, is this you. Massie?"
 "Yes. this is Massie talking"
 "YVeU say. Massie, I want to tell you that it is mighty blamed cold up here
 "Is that so2"
 ''Why. yes. you know am 6 feet and 2 inches tall and the blankets up her- are all so short at both ends that I can just keep warm in some places- Now, have you a long blanket
 You bet l have. Say, have a blanket eight feet long and as soft and warm as a lambs back and they are wide. so you can tuck up in them and keep as warm as a YaqUi Indian
 Well. now. say AIassie- send me mp two pair of those long blankets and two comforts. c. O. D.
 "AII right"
 And remember we have fine rugs and art squares. heaters. cook stoNez and nice furniture for your new home Phone Main 35L
Arizona republican., 1906-11-09
A SINFUL TAX.

It is time now that religious circles take hand in the movement tor tariff reform. We have observed with pain that J. Pierpont Morgan has been obliged by a grasping government to pay a duty of more than $4OOO on d Cluny bible. That is no way to facili- tate the spread Of the gospel. This government may well be supposed to be in league with the Prince of the Power of the Air.
 A man less intensely religious would never have paid this sinful and outra- geous tax. He would first have suf- fered deprivation of the solace which the holy book affords those who pe- ruse it in the proper spirit. Many a man as spiritually inclined as MT. Nor gan would not have paid it, for lack of the wherewithal to meet the demands of grasping customs officials.
 Our democratic friends tell us that the tariff is the mother of trusts, from whose breasts oppressive combinations of capital derive a degree of strength which lifts them out of the infant class NLlCu dIOlle Was pIlLldIllS lulelQGQ 10 be protected against ruinous competi- ton.
 However that may be, the CIuny bible industry of the United States needs no protection as the government is very well aware. It can stand on it's own merits. The pretext of protect ing it is only a subterfuge, not for the benefit of our CIuny bible manufactur- CTS. but in the interest of the devil. The man who stands pat on the Cluny bible tariff is no friend of religion.
 It may be urged that there are other bibles for those who can not afford to pay $25,O ,O0O for a CIuny bible, upon which a tariff of S4OOO must be paid That is no excuse for an evil-minded government. We want the best there is. We demand the abolition by the Sixdeth congress of the infamous duty on CIuny bibles. There must be no re- ligious trust to lay fliaI claim to the tariff.
Arizona republican., 1906-11-09

There is evident need of an enlarge ment of the educational facilities of New Mexico, particularly in the depart ment of mathematics, one or the bene- fciaries of which ought to be the As sociated Press correspondent at Albu- querque. There is something arithme- tically wrong in the statement that iointure ran behind w. II. Andrews for delegate to congress, who received a majority of $500, while jointure re- ceived a majority of 59O0.