Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-03
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MALARIA AND
MAD DOGS
Following Fierce Drought and
Hot Spell New Yorkers Are
Fast Going Crazy


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Especial correspondence Morning journal
New York. July ST. emmed in by
hordcs of persistent mosouitoes that
''7 - ma
to-day al lts wits end TO escape TINS
last plague of it's most pestilcntiai
Summer i'm many v,ars No human
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foot of space Ia sun or shadow the is
land over. The cloud of buz2ing, bit
ing insects envelopes every living thing
trom Battery to Bronx and lite iu the
summer metropolis IS becoming lhtoi
efahle' ON the hveIs OF the d'aIiest
drought ana hefc,st hot spell iu forty
years, this latest plague has followed
record fly sWafms ana the unptcocnted
faNases OF "a host OBJ Whltt moths Ma
Iarla ANA mad dogs an" tlte, and the
burden OF the screening, haiasslhE
summer has already fallen heavily On
the health and spirits OF All Ne" York
ets- Politics are yet 70 come, ana al
together the summer at 1905 promises
much to try the temper.
Han Homecoming.
WIN bunting being unlufled by Inc
mlle ana everyone ON edge 10 do great
honor, the homecoming of the winners
IN the olYmplad promises today to be
the greatest celebration of the sum
mer here. Every schoolboy, athlete.
colleglan ana sportsman ia working
with might and main to make mem
urable the reception of the American
victors. The city authorities are talk
ing up the plans Ion official tere
monies with a rush oi enthusiasm,
while business men, bankers, laborers.
lawyers and leaders in every walk of
NE are enlistlng in the Welcoming
army. Seldom has Gotham been SO
stirred over any event of sporting IN
terest as It i3 today, while the twlstet5
ol the lions tail are turning homeWatd
from British soil. From swift ships.
automobile racers, aifship trials and
thoroughbred gallops the public inter
est les turning again to the simple
tests of human wind, limb, courage
and endurance. Already the effect OF
this revival of track sports ana attn
letics is showing in the sWcllinng
chests and muscles of an army OF
school boys, II everyone is ready to
hail the change.
sense of Smell.
For the FIRST time since the TRAN OF
the careless chauffeur made Central
park a stencil in the nostrlls of all
New York an ordinance viii today 30
into effect against the nuisance. Let
one single noNious odor escape q ny
ing exhaust ana arrest Is promised by
police stationed on every curve Of
the crowded drives. The sense of speed
has been gradually acquired 10y the
guardians of the park, but
their sense OF smell must be Wig
IlantlY, employed against the careless
procession of whirlinB motors That
ordinary care may save the auto mum
from becoming a horror to the
1ose Of the crowd un foot IS proclaim
ID a fact by the officials. Within this
public playground at least, they pro
to see that the machines that
,verrun the island are kept within the
pounds of dcccncy as wei as safety.
Sky Stunts
Intent IN every twist and puff of
he uayiBable heavens, the ~aeronautic
of this city are today ON
ip-toc over the flights Of their i'm
ported sky-pilot. Henri Farman. For
ears these dying machine Cranks have
.onhned their activities to manning
arm chairs Of their clubs and
generating enough verbal hot air to
III many a mountain sized balloon
Today, however, they have promised
o provide the public with a real Try
t air sailing. In the striking ltttle