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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-04
SLIPPERY RAILS CAUSE CRASH

Five persons were slightly injured by a rear
end collision between Nostrand avenue and
Lorinier street cars at Nostrand avenue and
Fulton street. Brooklyn. last night Slippery
rails are held responsible for the crash
An ambulance surgeon from ST. Johns Hos
pital attended TO the injured and they went
nome. The cars were blocked for three-quar-
Iers Gf an hour.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-04
LECTURES ON sAsYLoNIA AND AssYRIA.

Public lectures on The Relations OF Israel
with BabvIonia and Assyria" by the Rev. DIR.
Francis Brown. Davenport professor OF Hebrew
and the Cosnate languages in the Union TheO-
logical Seminary. will be delivered in the Adams
chapel on the Ely Foundation. at 4:30 o'clock
on the afternoons of February 8. 5. Is. 10. 20
and % ard March I and q.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-04
TO LECTURE ON PRONUNCIATION.

Samuel Arthur King. lecsurer in speaking at
Bryn Mawr and Wellesley. is giving a series of
lectures at the Berkeley Lyceum Theatre Fri
day afternoons. under tho auspices Of the newly
formed Society for the Study OF Spoken English.
The last lecture will be Some Well Defined
Tendencies OF Pronunciation and Their Applica-
CIsl.'' and viii be given next Ariday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-04

cussed, but no action taken, pending the
ager.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-20
Eva BOOTHS Policeman.

"You are under arrest. You are dis
turbing the peacew snarled police
man. breaking off her first public
nraver in the streets of London. She
was still in her early teens, slight
slip of a girl with no means of resist
ance. and as the bullying officer tight
ened his grip on her arm she was drag
ged shrlnkingly with him.
But the action aroused the sympa-
thles Of the rough crowd as a lighted
match fires a keg Of gunpOwder. In
an instant the policeman and his priS-
oner were surrounded, and before the
officer could raise his voice he was
beaten to the pavement under shower
Of fists.
1t was the girl prisoner who, forget
ting his rough grip and the cell TO
which he would have dragged her, APP
pealed to the thrOng in his defense
When the crowd finally retreated the
policeman was grooming with two
broken legs and a mass Of bruises from
head to foot.
For weeks the little girl in the big
army bonnet paid faithful visits to the
helpless man in the hospital, and when
he was released warmer friend of Eva
Booth and her cause could not be found
in all England TO this day she re-
ceives letters in a rough, SPRAYING
hand, signed simply, Your policeman
World Today.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-20
Islands as Cable Breaking Points.

Contrary to common impressions, a
very weak current Is used in trans
hitting oceanic messages. And the
receiving operator, instead Of listening
to clicks as in land telegraphy, watch
es the play Of a spot of light on a
screen. The greater the distance trav-
ersed the slower the message tray
els on account of the cumulative re-
sistance Of the wire. For this reason
midOcean island Is valuable land
Ing place, enabling the use of two
shorter cables instead Of one continu-
Gus one. 1t IS interesting to note how
remote islands all over the marine
seas have thus been utilized as cable
breaking points.
Two ocean cables cross the Pacific.
One. a British line, connects Victoria
with Hongkong, and by alternate ca
bic and telegraph connections over
Asia and Asiatic waters the European
and Atlantic lines are reached, COM
pletely glrdling the earth with electric
communication The other Pacific ca
Bile owned by an American company,
passes from San Francisco to Homo
lulu. thence to Midway island. thence
TO Guam. thence to Manila. From Ma
Mia n cable (the one Dewey cut
reaches Hongkong and furnishes tele-
graphic access over foreign lines to
TurODe and the Atlantic field
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-20

The medical Inspector who recently
visited the lonely island Of st. Kilda
sends to the Scotsman some particu-
lars of the life led By the residents
there. This is what he says about the
Sunday sermon In church:
mo hymnboOks are used and no In
struments Of music. When the psalm
had been read over the precentor arose,
and l confess to jumping in my seat
as he led off the first line with a yell.
Then followed a rush Of sound from
the congregation like the Shrek Of a
storm. The notes of the first line were
recognizable as from the Scottish
Psalmody. The second was ornament
ed with grace notes, such as Highland
plpers love. The rest was mere con-
fusion"
Still, the writer adds, out Of this
massed unlovelness one could distin-
guish good voices, which only required
some training to be tuneful and pleas
ing
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-20
minister" Barrett's Story.

John Barrett, the new director OF the
bureau of American republics, tells a
good story on himself. Some years ago
he was asked by a friend to make a
speech at big barbecue which was to
be held at Il distant town
His friend was to have been the prin-
cipal speaker, but owing to illness was
unable to attend, so he sent Mr.. Bar
rett instead. He telegraphed the chair
man Of the barbecue that John Bar
rett. ex-ministcr to Siam, would deliver
the address Of the day"
The chairman, being acquainted with
ministers Of only one kind, was some
what astOnished that Mr.. Barrett
should be sent. When the time came
for the speech he went to the front OF
the platform to Introduce the speaker.
After consulting the telegram again to
he sure of the name he said:
1T gives me great pleasure to intro
duce the principal speaker of the day.
The Rev. John Barrett, ex-missionary
TO the beoighted heather of SIAM
will now speak."-Youth's Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-20
The Redcoats and the Ragged Boys.

In 1856 or thereabouts an old lady
who must have been nine or ten years
old in 1910 told me that on the 18th
of March Of that year she saw General
Washington alight from his horse at
her fathers inn at the head of King
street, in Boston. l think this had
been the headquarters Of General
Howe, who had left Boston with the
English army that morning. Wash
ington with his army had entered in
triumph. l think he stayed in this inn
till he moved with the army to New
York. Washington was fond Of chill
dren, and he called the little girl, took
her on his knee, l think, and said to
her:
"You have seen both the armies to-
day, and which do you like best"
The child could not tell a lie" and
said that she liked the redcoatS best,
TO which she said General Washington
replied:
'They look the best, my dear but it
takes the ragged boys to do the fight
ing"
believe this story to be true, and
recommend it to the people who say
that Washington never smiled.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-20
An Elephant Ferry.

One Of the strangest ferries IN the
world is to be found in India. a Hin
doc CHANGED to save the life Of prince
and as a reward received one Of the
largest elephants In the royal stables.
But this honor caused the recipient
much anxiety, as the animals appetite
was too great for his owner to satisfy.
The HlndOos' house stood near turn
in the river, where many persons
crossed, and as the stream was at
times a raging flood, boats and men
were often carried out Of their course.
On one occasion when the elephant
was bathing in the river, it suddenly
occurred TO the owner to use the AMI
NAL as a ferryboat. a harness was
made for the elephant, with a long
rope as a trace, which was fastened to
q heavy boat The latter, loaded with
passengers, was successfully towed
over the river, and since that time the
animal has been a source Of profit TO
his owner
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-20
pbotooraphers Do Not Need Sun.

The development or the electric llShl
has been the means of placing the pho
tographic people in q position OF inde-
pendence as far as the sun Is con
cened There are several electric
printing machines in use at the pres
ent time for the making of prints, but
they are ponderous pieces Of mocha
nism and therefore expensive The
newest thing of this kind Is simple
enough. 1t is a light wooden frame
work mounted on substantial tripod
on which it revolves. There are ac-
commodations for holding ten 5 by ~
inch printing frames, which is the size
In most general demand, and the faces
of these are directed toward an cleo
trio light of special construction which
hangs from the ceiling in the midst or
this nest of frames. This apparatus
makes the prints as fast as one person
can load and unload the holders. The
simplicity Of the device makes 1t quite
inexpensive. 1t IS largely used for blue
print work, although it is available for
other kinds of Photographic printing
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-20
BOGUS BAR0NETS.
British Title Tangle The the Law Can
not Reach.

British Title Tangle The the Law Can
not Reach.
The departmental committee of the
British house of lords WHlile attempt
ING to find the ways and means OF OBJ
Waiting the wrongful assumption OF the
title of barOnct has come upon two IN
terestjng discoveries that over per
cont of the present barOnetS whose IL
ties appear in "Burkes Peerage" are
bogus and that there is no existing law
which may Gull the usurpers TO ac-
count
In fact anybody may put sir be-
fore his name and Bart" after II.
Write letter TO DOds, Burke or
Debrett. claim insertion, and no one
NAV saw YOU may" Indeed, the ell
tors by rejecting such Il claim would
run the risk of having a libel suit on
their hands. a suit which would be I'M
commonly difficult to defend. Announcer
interesting revelation is that there Is
nothing TO prevent woman from as
Stunning the title.
During the seventeenth, eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries a baronetcy
was not unlike the cross of the Legion
of Honor-few escaped 1t. Baronets
have been found in warehouses ana IN
prisons, In every court OF English
Jurisprudence, from that Of bankruptcy
10 that of the chancery, and, While
hundreds Of genuine bGronets have
dropped their titles through poverty,
disgrace or contempt. others have tax
en- their titles, and there is no law to
prevent them. Really the law may be
said to defend them In their claim.
These bogus baronets do not have to
Drove that they came rightfully by the
title. 1t Is for those who question their
right to prove that they are not entitled
TO the distinction.
The departmental committee there
fore finds itself investigating most
delicate subject. 1t has been suggest
ed that the ancient court Of chivalry
he revived. which should sit upon all
doubtful cases, but the commons coulu
never be induced to pass bill author
igip9 such a revival. The committee
has therefore simply passed a resolu-
ton that the home office, with the rec
ommendation Of the king, should Is
sue his commands that no person who
ia not on the official roll Of baronetS
should be received at court as baronet
or should be mentioned by that title in
any civil or military commission, lei
ters patent or other official document.
But suppose such resolution should
he adopted and suits be brought In
consequence by the bogus baronets now
In existence to compel the crown 10
recognize their titles. The Heralds
college, to which the crown would have
to turn for its defense, would be glut-
ted for the next century.
The baronet is not an ancient title
It was introduced by James l., that
ehrewd Scotch monarch who succeeded
Elizabeth in 1903. He was unpopular
at first. He was also poor. He Gre
ated POS baronets, each one paying IT,
900 for the privilege. He tried to limit
baronet making within the confines OF
q personal monopoly and to prevent
any further creations after his death
In this he was unsuccessful. His son,
Charles l.. made 255 barOnets; his
grandson, Charles H., 42G, and SO on
until we come to the star record made
by George Ill, who was responsible
for 4G9-New York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-20
The MAGICIAN Who Makes Singers.

Every September Nine. Melba visits
Paris to go through her roles with
Nine. Marchesi, and OF all her great
pupils Nine. Melba, who Is perhaps
very changeable in her friendships,
even for q prima donna, remains to her
teacher the most loyal Of all The
class room In the Marchesl home Is
today just as it was in the time
when the singers now world known
were girls I'm their beginnings Nine.
Marchesi teaches six days In the week
|. as theoretically as she did f1fty-two
years ago.
what | want" she said lately to
William Armstrong, who writes OF her
In the Ladies' Home Journal, us
young, fresh voices. If they have new
er been trained so much the better,
but I want them to remain with me
for two or three years. Then | can
show what may be done with them"
She has pupils from nearly every
civilized country, but America and,
since Melba's great success, Australia
furnish the largest quota.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-20
NAVIGATING The AIR.
Why Man Personally Can Never Be-
come a Flying Machine.

come q TIyll9 WdSHiHO'
"Flight as personal matter can
never be attempted by man, for the
plain reason that he is not provided
with n flying body" writes DR.. Andrew
Wilson. "a near neighbOr quadruped
of his, the bat, has evolved flying pow
ers. but il has developed Il frame
which. like that of the bird, Is made
for flight as its true means Of lOcomo-
ton. Its bones are filed with air, and
otherwise 1t has points which render
its aerial trips, not SO extensive as
those Of the bird, easily performed. In
the bird it is simply the whole arm or
fore limb which is modified In the
wing. and it is the actual movement
of this feathered arm which propels Its
pOssessor through the air. But the
bats flight is of a different kind. 1t
calls to its aid skin fold which
stretches between the four enormously
elongated fingers, runs between fore
limbs and hind limbs and between hind
limbs and tail. In the bat, therefore,
order Of things added to the wing as
opposed to the movements OF the wing
pure and simple in the bird.
"a flying fish does not fly. 1t leaps
from the sea, spreading its big breast
fins wide, and is carried so far by the
initial velocity 1t acquired in its pre-
liminary rush through the water. Nor
do flying squirrels or flying lizards ny.
They possess folds of skin fringlng
their bodies, which merely act as para
chutes. sustaining them in their aerial
leans from bough to bOugh. Engineers
have calculated that relatively enor-
nous amount of energy would be re-
nuired to be cXerted by man to raise
him from the ground into the air under
the existing circumstances OF his lie
This energy 1t IS impossible to gener-
ate within his frame, and so the per-
sonal flight problem must be put out
of court altogether
at may be very different matter
when motor power, light and OF sum
cicnt extent can be provided to assist
man in his aerial excursions. The Idea
that some personal apparatus, so to
speak. might enable man to convert
himself into a flier has its own attrac-
ton. and possibly the Idea may take
practical shape. But the more hopeful
solution of human flight is the dirigi-
bic flying machine, man being merely
the passenger In it and not Its propel-
ling genius. "-Chicago News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-20
How a Poet Thinks.

In recent lecture on Victor Hugo,
Jean Richepin declared that when a
lyric poet thinks Of a word there comes
into his mind, together with the crowd
Of associations that the word awakens
for other people, a great number Of
words that rhyme with the one first
thought Of. Each of these brings its
own association Of ideas. and thus the
poets mental vision OF words is vastly
richer than that Of persons who think
Of them only in their ordinary individ-
ual meanings. NJ. Richepin, himself a
poet. believes also that the sound and
pccent Of words are always wildly
present In the poets mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-27

ing before the Sena7e include MeSsrs.
Shonts, Stevens, Hams Endicott, Herrod,
GCrgas and Jackson Smith. Their confirma-
ton is desired in order to remove all doubt
as to the legality of certain acts they have
performed in connection with the making of
contracts. The retirement of Messrs. Shonts
and Stevens will leave but two vacancies,
SO that there will be two mere retirements
necessary to make way for the three army
officers and Senator Blackburn. The Presi-
dent says he is determined thct the work
on the canal shall proceed continuously
and thoroughly and the temporary ''dislo-
cations which may come as a result of the
designations of higher officials will not be
allowed to interfere with progress.
Resignation Of Stevens
The President is unaware OF. the specific
reasons which have been influential in
prompting Mr.. Stevens resignation, an
nounced in yesterdays Star. 1t surprised
him very much, for as late as the middle of
December when he was here Mr.. Stevens
made no mention of his wish to retire in
the near future. 1t has been known. how
ever. that Mr.. Stevens has been stung very
much by criticisms aimed at him in connec-
ton with canal work and he has been dis
posed to complain somewhat about them
Some of this criticism came out during
hearings before committees OF Congress.
The salary question also is understood to
have had an important bearing on his re-
tirement.
1t is understood that Mr.. Stevens is leav-
ing the government service to accept a
position in connection with a great engineer
ing enterprise in this country at an annual
salary more than double that he now re-
ceives from the government. His friends
contend that he has, by year and half's
personal experience with the work, removed
all doubt as to the feasibility of the con-
struction of the Panama canal in accord
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-27

population. with death rate of 2s.5. while
the rate for the whole population was 2I5
During the week previous the rates were
~ HO and 26.3. respectively and during
last year same period. 14.3, 331 and 2O1.
The principal causes of the mortality this
past week were: Pneumonia, 49, consump-
tlon. Il; heart disease, 10: apopIexy. III:
kinney disease, 8, and bronchitis, Z. Grippe
terminated fatally in u cases.
The changes on the record of reported
cases OF contagious diseases during the
past week are as follows: Diptheria shows
less cases than at close of the week pre-
vious. there being 6 new cases reported
and discharged as recovered, making a
total of 70 cases In quarantine. Scarlet
fever shows an increase since close of the
week previous of cases During the week
just ended there were IL new cases report
ed and but discharged leaving 32 cases
in quarantine
The typhoid fever record shows IA cases
less than the week previous. there being
y cases discharged g by DEATH, while
only new cases were reported making
total of 81 casesSunder treatment. Dur
ing the corresponding period of last year
there were new cases reported and said
week. closed with but y cases under treat
ment. There being no cases of smallpox
reported. the District remains free from
this disease.
The births reported during the report
period numbered 1JI, of which 104 were
white and 50 colored
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-27
To Raise sunken Tugboat.

The tug Eugenia, belonging to the Smoot
Sand Company of this city. and used as a
tender to the sand and gravei-laden scows
of the company, Is lying sunken in Pts
Getaway creek, and q day or two will be
required to raise her. The tug went to
Piscataway last Monday with a tow OF
light sand-carrying scows, and in endeav-
oring to tow them up the creek through
the ice to where the dredging machine is
at work ran upon a mud bank that caused
her to heel over until the water was upon
her deck. and 1t flowed through her coal
bunker openings into the hull. filing the
boat. The accident occurred In compare
lively shallow water. and Capt. Kerssy
and his crew had but little difaculty in
getting to shore iinharmed. But little
trouble. It Is stated. win be experienced In
raising the Eugenis. and the tug J. +.
Selectman. Capt Steve Self, went down TO
PiscAtaWay this morning to raise the
sunken boat The selectman went to Pts
Getaway yesterday. but was, In consequence
of the ice on the creek. unable to do any
thing toward Taislng the Eunl<er vessel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-27
'ONCANAL COMMISSION
Addition of Three Army En-
gineers Proposed.
ALSO SENATOR BLACKBURN
Work to Proceed Continuously and
Thoroughly.
RESIGNATION OF MIR. STEVENS
Specific Reasons That Influenced the
Act Not Known to the
President.
RESIGNATION OF MR.. STEVENS

The intention of the President is that
there shall be an entire reorganization OF
the canal commission. with three army Of
fcers of the Engineering Corps its leading
members, who are to have charge of the en-
cheering features of the canal work. The
chairman and engineer-in-chief of the COM
mission will be Maj. G. w. Goethals and
his associates will be Maj. D. Dub. Gall
lard and Maj. VIM. L. Sibert, to rank in the
order named These three officers are all
comparatively young, ambitious and ener-
getic members of the corps The reor-
ganization is to become effective imme-
diateiy upon the confirmation and retire
ment of the old commission. Senator Joseph
C. 8. Blackburn of Kentucky, who re-
tires from the United States Senate on the
4th of March. is to be made member Of
the reorganized commission. The nominal
tons of the present commissions now pend