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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25

character than by stating the fact that
among about G000 white Americans, in
Guiding women and children, on the
isthmus there was for three months in
the rainy season of last year-August,
September ana OCtober-not a single
death from disease. In commenting
upon this Or. Gorgas, the chief sani-
tary officer, says:
Take 5000 people in New York city,
selected at random, and estimating
their death rate on what occurred in
New York city last year, they would
have had about thirty deaths from dis
case, OF course, this is more or less
accidental, but | think it is pretty good
proof that conditions are not so unfav-
oIable to Americans, when II is possible
for a body Of 5000 people. including some
1900 women and children to spend three
months without a death from disease.
THE average daily sick rate among
the employees of the commission during
the ten months from January /, 1906
to October 81, 1906, was 2S per thousand
which is no higher than might be ex-
paCted in an equal body Of laborers en-
gagged in construction work in any part
of the world.
The isthmus is today as safe a place
to visit as most other parts of the world
and much safer than many parts of the
( United states, so far as danger from
disease is concerned. Observance OF
sanitary laws and regulations is com
/ pulsory and is rigldly enforced we
/ have a hospital system which Is sur
/ passed by none In the world, and the
| privileges Of it are not only like the
blessings Of salvation, free TO all, but
/ they are compulsory. Whenever an en-
| ploye Is discovered with too high tenn
| perature he is compelled to go to hos
/ pital whether he wishes to or not"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
HOUSE VOTES TO ABOLISH
ALL PENSION AGENCIES
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. A.--The house
today voted to abolish all the pension
agencies throughout the country
eighteen In number, and centralize the
payment of pensions In the city OF
Washington. This action was taken ON
the pension appropriation bill after
spirited opposition on the part of those
having pension agencies in their states.
by a vote of S5 to ia an amendment
offered by Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylva-
MIA restoring the number of agencies
to eighteen us at present was defeated
and then an amendment offered by Mr
Gardiner of Michigan consolidating al
the agencies in one was adopted with
out division.
The pension appropriation bill, car
rying $tSS0O0 600 In round numbers
was passed.
A message from the president was
read relative to insurance and at 2'S'
o'clock out of respect to the memory
of the late Senator Alger of Michigan
the house adjourned.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25

locomotive and car every crane for
the docks had TO be set up in TINS
country, taken apart and transported
1000 miles by sea, and then set up
again before they could be put into
use. To do this work great modern
machine shops had to be erected and
equipped with appliances and men.
In this preliminary work we have
spent down to January l, 1907, about
$32 O00. 600 OF this amount $4,5OOoOO
has been expended i'm government and
sanitation; about $1,000 900 in construc-
tion of quarters and other buildings,
dock Wharves, railway enlargement
water works and sewers In the zone
and engineering work, about $4,000 O0C
in permanent plants; $450000O in the
construction of sewers and WaterWorks
and street paving and improvements
in Panama and Colon. The last named
win be refunded ultimately to the gov
eminent.
yellow Fever Driven Out
In regard to the success Of our sani'
tary work, President Roosevelt says II
his special message to congress writer
after his personal inspection on the
isthmus, that the results have beer
astounding and that the condition!
as regards sickness and the death rate
compare faVorably with reasonably
healthy localities in the United States.
| We have driven yellow fever perma
ncntly from the isthmus. That is the
supreme achievement, For fourteen
months there has not been a singl,
case of this terror of the tropics.
"The Stegomyia mosquito, of whicl
! the extreme period OF life is thre,
months, and which is the bearer of TN,
yeuoW-feyer germ, has been thrown
out OF business, for it has nothing /,
carry. 1t is as harmless 10 health al
the ordinary fly, The only way b.
which yellow fever can return to tn
isthmus is by being brought in frou
the outside, ana against this a rigil
quarantine is maintained.
80 far as general health condition
are concerned l can give you n
stronger evidence of their favorabl
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
Japanese Organize Big Company

BY Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.-What Is
said to be the largest Japanese COM
mercial company in the United States
filed articles of incorporation, with
capital stock fixed at 100000. The or
ganization is the North American Mer-
camille company and it's avowed pur-
pose Is to engage in real estate, manu-
featuring and business of all kinds.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-United
States Senator Russell A. Alger of
Michigan died suddenly at his resi-
dence in this city at S:45 this morning,
following a severe attack of oedema of
the lungs, with which he was stricken
shortly after o'clock.
Although Senator Alger had not been
in good health for some time his death
was unexpected. The senator last
night was apparently in his usual
health. During the day he transacted
considerable business and was at the
war department up to a late hour yes
terday afternoon. At the bedside when
he passed away were Mrs. Alger and
their son, Captain F. NJ. Alger, and his
wife.
on Tuesday night Senator Alger,
when about to leave the house to at
tend a dinner given in honor of Sem
ator William Alden Smith by the Michi-
gan delegation, suffered an attack of
heart failure, but it was only with diff
ficulty that he was persuaded to re-
main at home Senator Alger attended
the session of the senate Tuesday
afternoon and appeared as we'll as
usual.
Vice President Fairbanks was the
first to call at the Alger residence to-
day to express sympathy.
The funeral services will be held at
9 p. m. Saturday at the family resi-
dence in this city. The body will be
taken to Detroit for burial.
Physician Makes Statement
DR.. William G. Morgan, who was
! present when the senator died, made
the following statement to the Asso-
ciated Press:
General Alger had suffered for a
good many years with chronic valvular
disease of the heart, but of late he
seemed to be a good deal better. This
morning he awoke at about o'clock
and about o'clock got up and went
about the room for a few minutes.
Then he laid down and was at once
stricken with acute oedema of the
lungs Ten minutes after he was
stricken he was unconscious and did
not regain consciousness. His death
was quiet and apparently painless.
Mr.. Clayton was called in, but the
senator was breathing his last at that
! time.
In the senate today Senator Burrows
presented resolutions expressing the
/ regret and sorrow of the body at the
/. sudden death of Senator Alger and pro-
/ Viding for a special committee OF
twelve senators TO represent the senate
at the funeral in this city and attend
the body to Detroit. The resolutions
we're agreed to and the senate ad-
iourned as a further mark of respect
!, The house also adjourned out of re-
spect to the memory of the deceased.
When the president was informed o
Senator Algers death he addressed
note of coincidence to Mrs. Alger anC
, accompanied it with a floral Offering.
The formal announcement of Sen
, ator Alger's death was made TO the
, army by Secretary Taft in an order II
! which. after recounting Senator Algert
! services and paying a tribute to hi
character, it is ordered that the flag
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
Sudden Death Claims Late Mchi an Statesman
Leaves Statement Giving Inside History of
His Resignation from McKinley's Cabinet

at all military posts be displayed at
half staff on the day of the funeral.
The order says:
The record of Senator Alger was the
subject of unjust criticism because of
the country's lack of preparedness for
war when war came, although for this
he was IN no wise responsible"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
Millionaire Floods Son Dies

BY AsSOclated PFeNs'
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.-While
on his way to this city from Menlo
Park yesterday to undergo an opera
ton for appendicitis James l.. Flood
Jr., the young son of James L. Flood,
the well-known millionaire, died on a
train just south of San Francisco. He
was years of age.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
ISSUES 9E0UISITION FOR
ALLEGED EMBEZZlEH
By Associated Press.

PHOENIX. Ariz., Jan. Ex-Governor
Kibbev today issued a requisition on
the governor of California for II. l..
Noble, under arrest in Los Angeles
charged with embezzlement.
Noble was deputy sheriff of Coconino
county when the crime is alleged TO
have been committed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
WOMAN, BABY AND FIVE
MEN PERISH IN SNOW
Rv Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from Winnipeg, Manitoba,
says, The police of st. Boniface,
across the river from Winnipeg, were
notified yesterday that Ave men. a
woman and baby all Galicians, had
wandered far out on the prairie from
a small station near Starbuck and un-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
Fields Estate sz5. 900 900

CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-The executors
of the Marshal Field estate filed today
with the probate court an inventory OF
the late merchants possessions. The
approximate value OF the estate Is
placed at $75,OOO,OOO.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
Passes Anti-Lobby Bill

BY Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. ga
The house today passed the anti-lobby
bill, which was amended last Monday
to conform to the New York statute.
1t was then reported to the senate and
given first reading
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25

doubtedly had been frozen to death.
One man, the woman and her baby,
have been found, the adults dead and
the infant in a dying condition. AL
though searching parties are out there
is little hope Of finding the others alive.
Saturday night when the Galicians
left the train was one Of the coldest OF
the winter. The thermometer fell to
40 degrees below at some places.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
blizzard Raaes In Northwest

BY Associated Press.
ST PAUL, MINI, Jan. 24.-Railroad
men report that another and much
more sever blizzard is raging over
North Dakota. All railroad traffic Is
at a standstill
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25

Everything you want you will ind in
the classified page-a modern encyclo-
pedia. One cent word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
SHONTS TELLS OF
CANAL PROGRESS
FORMER HEAD OF PROJECT is
OPTIMISTIC
SAYS the Creative Period Has Come to
an End and Work Of Actual
Construction Has
Begun
pu Asrnnintnd Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Announce-
ment was made today mt The war de-
pnrtment that the offices OF chairman
md chief engineer of the Isthmi"n
canal commission would be combined
nnd that Mr.. stevens. the chief engineer
would he given the appointment the
understanding being that he will main
tain n residence upon the isthmus.
Secretary Taft today announced his
purpose of filing the four vacancies ex-
listing upon the Isthmian canal COM
mission by the appointment of bureau
chiefs now in the employ of the COM
mission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE.
Nine. Melba in Faust"

Nine NIeIba sang for the sixth time in the Man,
haitian Opera House last night presenting hersei
for the first time In several years as Marguerite
IN Gounod's Faust" II would be unamiaole TO
count the years for that might lead TO discussion
Of the changes wrought by time upon woman
who has given the opera lovers OF New York a
very large measure OF delight. Comment on the
changes are not obligatory upon the reviewer
for they do not go TO the essential things in her
art. Those remain for joyful contemplaton-re-
main in the fulness and ripeness OF their charm
and almost in their exquisite freshness. To them
belonged the old artistic illusion II not 20 her ap-
Teorance. Again tho people who love Gounod's
ooera-and their number suffers no diminution. in
spite OF Old Italians. Young Italians and the now
ingenious German, Wagner-reveIIed in the out
pouring OF scIntllant notes IN the Jewel song and
were stirred to rapture by NargUerIte's invocation
at the window. What happened after the trio.
with It's threefold ascent toward tonal ecstasy.
be left the imagination. a passing note OF
record might he based the fact that with all
the popular manifestation OF interest in the az
fair. due 10 Nine. Nelba's participation in the
performance, there was. nevertheless less jubila-
ton In the audience room than there has been on
other evenings when the artistic offerings were IN
comparably smaller. Nine Pinkert's almost anus
iugly futile EFFORT to sing the poIacca IN 'NIguon
on Thursday evening. for instance, was greeted
with vociferous applause. uproar. a tumult OF
enthusiasm.
The reason Is found in the fuctuatlng character
Ordinarily they are composed OF tho operagoing
democracy whose sympathies and enthusiasms are
easily Stirred by the spirited performances which
Mr.. Hammersteins people never fail 10 give. For
them the appeal IS elemental and their response
IS quick spontaneous, unaffected. When Media
sings there hundreds Of sophisticated opera
goers In the costly regions or the audience room.
and they are less prone 10 emotional conniptons
than the representatives OF the many.
Saving the change brought into the performance
by Nine Melba. II was like its predecessors-rude
times. always conventional. but fun Of ANNA
ton Dalmores at his best and his best brings
interest and conviction 70 even casehardened devo-
tees. Ancona rarely causes disappointment in a
part. and never in that OF Valentine \ change
in the cast hitherto prevailing brought Miss Tren-
tint into notice as Siebel There was little OF
the lad but Il good deal TO hear: and when the au-
dIence was not smiling at the diinutiyeness OF the
signing sentimentalst it was marvelling at the
copiousness of his song and the vitality OF his i'm
persouatIon-a refreshment. and welcome one in
, It's way. H. L. n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
WOULD BUY CHURCH SITE.
Real Estate Operator Offers e.500.-
900 for st. Thomas's PROPERTY.

A veil known real estate operator has offered 10
buy the site OF ST. Thcmas's Episcopal Church
at 5Sd street and Fifth avenue. for S5O0O00 This
ofrer would probably be accepted IL the rector
Wardens and vestrymen OF the church could buy
plot. 115 by go feet. the northeast corner OF
sd street and Fifth avenue. directly opposite the
Vanderbilt houses. a site for a new house OF
worship for the congregation There is little like
Ahood of the negotiations being successful as a
plot 90 by 1908 feet, owned by the Goelet estate
forming part OF the I'D street corner parcel.
not be sold. The I'D street site was formerly the
Hotel Langham property.
The SD street parcel is owned by Frederick G.
Bourne W. D. Sloane, the GOelet estate and
others Under the terms Of the GOelet viii the
estate cannot sell its holdings and IL would Be
necessary that this parcel be given the church.
II this We're done, the proposed new site could be
bought Tor several hundred thousand dollars less
than the church would receive for its old prop
erty.
The principal Eeason officials OF st. Thomas's hava
Tor contemplating 4 move Is that to build the new
church on the old site would deprive the cOngre-
cation OF sufficiently large home for two years
or more which might cause the congregation to
scatter and would Curtail the work being done
among the East Side poor. This proposed change
OF site, If II takes place, will be the second
81 Ihomas's has made. The EpiscopalianS OF the
New York diocese decided in 1886 that there was
need OF a church further uptown than St Paul'S
ana ST Johns ehapels and Christ Church, and the
original St ThOmaS'S built at Broadway and
Houston street The site at sd street bought
IN 1Sb6. the church making q handsome profit by
the sale of the old site
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
ANDREWS ESTATE GOES TO HOME
Appellate Division Rules That Millionaire
and Wife Died at Same Moment.

BY decision OF tho Appellate Division OF the
Supreme Court. handed down yesterday, tho
Andrews Institute for Girls will receive the
residue OF the estate left by Wallace c. An
drews. VINO. with his wife and others, persisted
IN the inceudiary fire which destroyed their
home, No East 9th street, on April !, 1871.
shortly after the Windsor Hotel fire.
The will which Mr Andrews had drawn up
In 1891. disposed OF property valued at from
81 100000 TO 81 100000 leaving IT, with the ex-
ception OF about $4,000 to his wife. On her
death. after several requests to relatives. II
was to be devoted to the founding Of a girls
school on Williams Farm, in Wiloughby, Lake
County Ohio. In case however. legal difficult
ties should prevent the foundation Of such
school on that location the will provided that
the money be turned over to the Smithsonian
Institution In Washington. TO he used for sim
liar purpose.
Gamaliel G. 81. John, executor and trustee
OF the estate brought the action originally for
n construction Of the Will. II having been i'm
possible 10 determine whether I'm the fire which
destroyed both their lives Mr.. Wallace died be-
fore hts wife not Justice Laughlln, writ
ing the opinion OF the court. holds that under
the circumstances II viii have to be assumed
that husband and wife died M the same time
and that the testator left no wife
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09

equally strange character. One of his many queer
idosyncrases his conviction that his stomach
and all the lower portion OF his body were made
OF glass, which caused him to observe the utmost
care in sitting down. while ne displayed the most
comical apprehension lest any should bump
against him, and thus fracture the glass portion
OF his anatomy. With all that. he was until the
last few years OF his life wonderfully clever in
the management Of his vast property. In matters
Of art and music he not only connoisseur
OF positive genius, but also most munihcent
patron. while his knowledge of precious stones
unrivalled.
It is. indeed. largely owing to the late earls
observation-disclosures in business affairs, in spite Of
all his eccentricities. that he able not only
TO leave an immense fortune to his eldest son.
who ranks among the wealthest peers but also
to make an extremely handsome provision for
MS younger sons, one Of whom. the Hon. John
Ward, Is a gentleman-in-w waiting TO the King. All
the sons of the late Lord Dudley. and also his
daughter have inherited much of the good looks
OF their mother Countess Dowager of Dudley,
who, one Of the lovely Moncrief girls, was the
most famous beauty Of her day in England.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY.

Frank p Sargent. Immigration Problem before
League for Political Education. hudson Theatre.
No 1870 West am street II a.
valentine breakfast auspices OF the
Press club. Hotel Aston ! y.
Meeting Of Alumni Kindergarten Association,
san Reno 10Th street ana central PARK West
10 10 a. m
Meeting Of the Kennel Club. No. % Liberty
street. Il "A.
Dinner University OF Maine Alumni Association.
Hotel Astor. p
Amen Corner dinner. Fifth Avenue Hotel. 1880 p.
west and the Unknown Canon National Arts club
b45 ,. m.
Annual ball OF the Hungarian Republican Club, Harlem
Casino, evening
Meeting OF Alpha club to form camp, Army or the
Philippines. No. 20I Kinssand avenue, GTeenpoiut
Brooklyn. = y.
Free lectures OF Board or Educaton-High School
OF Commerce, Goth street. west OF Broadway, Pro
fessor AdOlphe Cohu. Victor Hugo; 7. 5. l.,
Henry and Catherine streets, William T. Scandlin.
Amsterdam w Wallace Ger. "Applica
ton OF Electricity in Mining illustrated: /. $.
1s4. 1ldth street between Fifth and Lcnox avenues.
DR. samuel Quincy. Life Among the Natives OF
East Africa tilustratedJ. American Museum. nth
and Central Park West, Professor Henry e
Champion, The Evolution OF the Human Species
tllustrated1: Board OF Education. Park avenue and
seth street. Or. Edwin N Bliss. In the Caucasus"
tilIustrated); Cooper Institute. Fourth avenue and
Of the Colorado Desert dlustratedli St Bsrtholo-
news Lyceum Hall. No 205 East aga street, Pro-
fessor h r. Nardron. "Colors from the Inter
ference OF Light illustrated; y. NJ. II. A, sd
street and Lexington avenue. Or. James i. shot
we'll Napoleon and the Formation OF Modern
France illustrated: New York Public Library.
net Tuthhl. The Cathedral Church OF England
tnlustrUted).
Sunday. February 1OAIfred e Pearsar, War History
IN Song and Story" Public School So. no ZIG East
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
ORIGIN OF THE GLYN FAMILY

The Gyms although. strictly speaking. a com
mercial house deriving their wealth from the great
Lombard street banking house with which their
name has been identified Tor n hundred years can
boast OF a very ancient origin. They descended
from Cimin TrOcd- Dhu one OF the great tribal
cheftains OF Wales and among their ancestors
Meredith ap Hwltkin who IN I402 defended
Carnarvon Castle for Henry " against owen
Glendower. William Gyn. OF Glyn Llyvon. held a
commission from Queen Elizabeth empowering him
10 administer and regulate the Confraternity OF
Bards. Thomas Glyn was Lord Chief Justice OF
England IN the reign OF Charles II. and one of his
sons, who changed the spelling OF his name To
Glynne, became the ancestor of the Gynnes OF
Hawarden Castle, long the home OF the late
William +. Gladstone and now owned by his grand
son, under the Will OF the latter's maternal grand
uncle. the late Sir Stephen Glynne. Then there
a Glyn who Lord Mayor Of London and
representative OF the city in Parliament in the
reign Of George II.
George Glyn, head OF the Glyn. Mills Currle
banking house and grandfather Of the present peer
raised to the House OF Lords as first Lord
Wolverton ard married daughter OF Pascoe Gren-
ell head OF another great banking dynasty His
son and successor, the second LORD Wolverton
supported Gladstones Home Rule movement to
winch his nephew. the present lord. is. however.
strongly opposed.