New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02

under control has yet been secured tb .e..ls,!n
obtained by recent inventions are held bI- @
perts to mean that a substantial advancs - -
/ been secured Some of the leading ones % - =
/ far as 10 predict mans mastery of the air -
/ the new year. and say that trade and coror,er.ss
travel and pleasure. and even the battles 80 80
future VIII be largely in the atmospheric en-
velOpe Of the earth. IL
/ The expected effort to reach the North Pol, =
an atrShip was deferred by Walter WeIIr,s,,i
after extensive preparations at Spitzbergen L-,s
/ he processes the purpose Of renewing his efror9.
! the coming summer. and is confident thai 80
result Will be satisfactory and successful p.
! there are not wanting those who say that a sue
cessful flight from the New York CTtv EJan ~
/ Coney Island. across Lake Michigan from CHI
/ cago, or over the English Channel from Pari.
/ TO London, would prove more in regard to tbs
! science OF aeTonautics than the proposed figbr
/ from Spitzbergen to the pole. and should b.
made before the more dangerous and remote ex-
| pertinent is attempted The offers OF Iarg.
prizes for successful means OF navigating the aiy
expected to stimulate the efforts to solve th.
perpexing problems involved
The record of the year does not include m
success of efforts to reach the North Pole Conn
mander Peary. from whose third attempt :,
much was expected having returned from ths
frozen North with only the record OF reaching
/ the highest latitude vet secured Undisnavaa
by the repetition OF failure. the hardy explores
expresses determination not to give up the all
most hopeless task. and. If conditions favor will
arrange for another voyage TO the ice clad ocean
and trip by dog SiedgeS over the humn1OCks and
treaCherous leads I'm the fields ice to the poin.
/ toward which many efforts have tended
Other explorers are also essayfng the successful
accomplishment of the same task and the tfna
may soon come when the existence or non-exist-
ence OF Symmes's Hole will be concIusvely
shown
An achievement in the navigation OF the frozen
seas OF the North was made in 1906 by Captain
Roalf Amundsen, who. in searching for tbs
magnetic poles true position. succeeded in max.
ing his way through the long sought northwest
passage. Though none Of the practical benefits
which were once expected to accrue from its dis
covery will ever be enjoyed by mankind vet thu
search for IL had much TO do with the progress
of exploration and discovery which led 70 tbs
. ~1CNT fz aVr1
this nation, which In so many respects leads the
world. 1t was the search for the northwest
passage which led Henry Hudson to this port,
and he thought when he sailed up the Hudson
River that he was in an arm of the sea which
would lead to the waters washing the shores OF
the land which had been described by Marco
Polo as possessing the wealth Of "OrTnus and
of Ind" Later in another effort to find the
same waterway. Hudson sailed through tbs
strait that bears his name and into the bay
which also commentaries him It from
this that Amundsen made his way through peril
Gus passages in the ice into the region where he
spent much time in making accurate Observa-
tionS about the exact location Of the magnetic
pole. many things about which are a scientific
puzzle and thence succeeded in bringing his shin
into the Arctic Ocean, and by way Of Berins
Strait TO the Pacific and back to the United
States. When the results OF his observations
are computed it is expected that a considerable
addition 10 the Of scientific knowledge viii
have been secured
est mountain in North America, Mount NcKin-
ley, in Alaska, which is 20464 feet high. The eX-
/
ercb A Cook, whose previous experience had
been an explorer In both the Arctic and Ant
arctic regions.
This year will be remarkable by the first II
the tercentenary celebrations connected with tina
settlement of this continent, that of jamestown.
1t will be followed in 1909 by the like observ-
ance of the settlement Of Manhattan Island and
in 1920 by the Booth anniversary Of the landing
OF the Pilgrims on the coast Of New England.
The 300th anniversary Of the sailing of the thres
tiny vessels, the Susan Constant, the Godspeed
and the Discovery, which bore the adventurous
emigrants on their long voyage, endlnS IN tns
James River, has already passed. nut tneir
landing was several months later Next spring
will the opening, on Hampton Roads, near
Norfolk. of the jamestown Exposition and visits
to 1t viii be combined with trips 10 the cruno-
ling ruins which mark the island in the river
named for the reigninC sovereign. where the
first Englshmen 10 ma Ike a permanent settles
ment IN this land established their colony 4
great revival Of historic interest in the ortgins!
space of time has become mighty nation WIZ
be coincident with the celebration Of this annie
versary.
In the course Of the year perhaps no topic
excited more discussion than that of Ihs sim
plihcation of the spelling OF considerable
number of words OF the English language INA
advocates of this language reform were r1uch
encouraged by securing the support of Andrew
| Carnegie, who offered the financial aid required
TO push the movement. Then President ROose-
welt declared his adherence TO the movement
and IN addition 10 using the modified farms IN
his private correspondence he directed the PUP
lie Printer 10 make use OF them in official
papers. This lasted until after the session o.
Congress began, when much OppOS1tlOn 10 Jle
simplihed words developed that an agreement
was reached whereby the order was resctnded
and the official spelling was restored TO the Old
form.
Negro question possessed considerable slsnid-
canoe. While the record OF lynchings is not IS
great as in some previous years, the race riots
IN Atlanta in the early fall were indicative or
a deep sea ted feeling which has caused much
uneasness not only in that city but IN other
places in the South. Much discussion has been
aroused by the action OF the President in dis
missing from the service the members OF the
Negro regiment which was implicated in shoot
ing up the town OF Brownsville. Tex, whers
the command was stationed.
In the course of the year much attention vas
given 10 the development of automobiles, but
no especial advances We're made in reducing the
| weight or cheapening the cost of machines. ono
OF the movements which promise large results
is that for especial roads for the use or horseesS
vehicles, being planned 70 extend for sixty
miles down Long Island, another being taIAed
OF between New York and Boston and a third
to be constructed on the route of the projected
new aqueduct TO lead 10 the Catskhl Mountain
region.
one OF the religious occurrences Of especial
note on this side OF the water was the trial cr
! DR. AIgeruon s. Crapsey, OF Rochester, on
charges of heresy. which resulted in his being
unfrocked and placed outside the pale OF tins
priesthood of the Protestant Episcopal Church
The record OF the deaths of the year contains
/ the names OF a number of prominent men:
| Among them are those OF Carl Schurz. Russe4s
Sage, King Christian " of Denmark, General
William r. Shafter. Admiral Train, General John
NJ. Schofeld. Stanford White, John A Mccall
| Esx-Justice George c. Barrett, r ogden Dcre@
mus Paul L. Dunbar. Marshall Field, senators
| \. P. German. eX-Speaker u. 3. Henderson.
Eastman Johnson. Daniel Huntington. : p
| Langley, Bishop @. c. MCG'abe, Johann Most
| General Joseph Wheeler, Jules Breton, PIERS
| Curie. Ferdinand Bruuetiere. Henrik lbsen.
Baron Kodama. Alexander J. CaSSatt. Aifred
also Includes the names of Baroness Burdett-
/ Coutts. Miss Susan b. Anthony. Mrs. Jefferson