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New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
ANOTHER THEATRE DISASTER.

..I hear there was another big theatre fire the
other day?'
.eYes calamity like the greater ones at the
BROOKLYN Theatre, more than thirty years ago. and
the much more recent one in Chicago at tie lro-
ouois Theatre in 1903. occurred at BoyertOwn.
Penn not far from Readins. in the anthracite coal
region. The number OF dead and missing Is IN the
neighborhood of hundred. and the distressing
scenes in the little town have seldom been sur
passed in agony. There were seven hundred per-
sons I'm the opera house attending entertainment
for the benefit of a chuIch. and nine-tenths OF the
victims were girls and women The upsettIhs oil
the oil lamps used footlights for a moving pct-
ure show caused the flames. which spread with
great rapidtty the auditorium. which was, IN
truth. death trap. That like disasters 90 not
more frequently occur. especially in the moving
picture shows frequent IN larger cities. Is
a matter of surprise to close Observers The loss
of life It the Iroquoi- Theatre fire in Chicago In
December 1893, Go. while at the Brooklyn
Theatre fire in 1876 there were 25 lives lost. In
1881 the Ria. Theatre was burned in Vienna. with
a loss OF 900 lives. The latest catastrophe Of the
kind before the at Buyertown WAS in England
only a few days when panic occurred IN a
hall at Barnsley and sixteen lives We're lost and
forty children were hurt
The burning of q tall building in this city close
To the line of the subway caused fears that the
structure saved from the fire would fall and crash
into the underground route. So that traffic was
stopped for a considerable time until danger could
this: one that the construction OF inordinatey tall
buildings should not only be discOuntenanced but
forbidden by LAW, and the other that there would
be no interruption of travel If the subway were
really an underEround road and a mere ditch
cut out and covered over The redistribution of
travel caused by the subway extension to Brooklyn
has already produced decided effects Aside from
the relief of the bridge from portion of the
crush which formerly nightly feature, the
new underriver has taken many passengers
from the ferries which 10 Brooklyn from Man
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
JEFF" DAVIS FOR BRYAN.

The cause OF William Jennings Bryan has besa
advocated by Senator ''Jeff'' Davis and others AZ
Cooper Union. An admirer OF President Jefferson
Davis of the Southern Confederacy. thanked God
/ after hearing him that the Arkansas Senator was
relative. Persistent talk connects the name Ok
JudsOn Harmon with the Democratic ticket Mary
land has elected United States Senators-Joha
Walter Smith for full term and William Pink
ney Whyte NIL out the unexpired term OF ths
late Senator German deadlock has occurred
in Kentucky, Ex-Governor Beckham lacking thres
votes of success. and it may be that Colonel
Henry WattersOn will get the place
The record of the deaths of the week includes
the name Of James Ryder Randall whose song.
Maryland My Maryland had much to do win
the enthusiasm Of the South in the Civil War. a.
though il did cause the state OF the author 10
join the COnfedeTacy- Oliver Wendell Holmes
said he wished he could write a poem that wOEla
say as much for Massachusetts. Among the Otner
names in the death list those of Prince Ferd-
nand ". the last Grand Duke OF Tuscany; Gen
eraI Josiah Pickett. hero OF Cold HarbOr IN tAs
War OF the Rebellion; W. l. Alden. a well known
newspaper humorst. II. II. Fl. Drachma1, the
Danish poet: +. r. OIcott. of New York: Juhen
T. MeIchior a sculptor OF Detroit, father of can
Me,chior artist. and Edward H. Strobel adviser
OF the government of SIAM
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
WOMEN WHO HUNT
QUACK DOCTORS
TUEIT EXPERIENCES or
THREE DETECTIVES.
Hoe NcdicQL and Dental Societies
Rnn Fake Heaters and Tooth
Thinkers 10 Earth.

Woman has hacked out new occupation for
herself frcm the Of mans hitherto exclusive
bread winning stunts. 81 1t known hat the de
tcctives Of the New York County Medical Society
and Of the Dental Society Of the State OF New York
are women-not short haired, short szirted persons
of The Carrie Nation cult. bat attractive young
who look if sleuthinG were fuTthest from
the thoughts beneath their modish toques. The
medical society employs AIRS. Francis S5nzecry
and Mrs Katherine Farenza 10 hunt down the
somstoparthists. vitopats. inechano-neuIal-thera-
pists. naturolaths and other species of the genus
quack. The dental society employs Miss Belle
Pepters and Joners-
Tributes ihe ability of women in this strange
business came enthusiastically from Champe :
Andrews. who January completed eight years
OF service counsel for the medical society and
refused another nomination. and from William \.
burlington. formerly counsel for the medical So
ci1ty and in his sixteenth year OF service rs
counsel dental society. The records of both
societies are fun not only of accounts OF the grew
some, noisome forms Of QuackeTy hut of some that
are l-inlly grotesque in a way that might have
pleased the sardonc Dean Swift. Take the follow
ing:
Three elderly mon were together in comforta bic
sitting One, very old and Ill, sat in an easy
chair and gaped in astonishment at the second
gray beard. who turning handsprinss with the
abandon of a newsboy. The third person in the
fri". also bearded. resumed his discourse
Yes lie said TO the invalid. If you viii wear
my magic underwear you, too. can be as well as
my friend here. He is older than you. and before
h wore this clothing. which is possessed Of nys-
ter;o.;s healing properties that are drawn from
thct greatest element of nature refer 20 cleo
rr5, ,--,- he could not walk unaSSisteJ'
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
Constant Reader Tells What He
Missed an Last Weeks Papers.

.Jn what has the world taken the greatest II"
..rest in the week just ending?' asked the buSS
Ma, as he applied his friend the CohS'a
Reader for his usual budget or lnfornatoh-
.probably nothing all the world arouho'
tho renly has excited more interest thdh '
news of the stay of the American oatIeSiip nc"
ar the capitaI of the great South American i
p,,blc Brazil Certainly nothing mas oeen VI
MORO interest in this country. so many ol "'
roar,v ninety millions of people have ofec -1 an
vital interest in the progress OF the Meet W.
o,Iy &c e1erv South American country "dtcHIi's
tho VOYAGE of the ships around tnat coh'iie
With intense interest but all Europe ana pdiI u
Acio are even more deeply interested IN tile Pioo
ao+ cot bv Rear Admiral Evanss warshipS' anu
.Lra NAV he even langud curiosity III Sun
Its of Africa as whether any or an Vi u
ILL ra,urn by way of the Suez Cahal- '"P.
countless is watching the cruise with 'he Us. =.
ttores+ albeit some of the details eApeo'
-, r,.da known will not be disclosed as hi ~
Io,oraee personal attendants ana olher Sc 80.
- .xpected to remain aboard the paltIe'f
80 Ieft behind before the departure Ior iiP
49, poods The safe arrival or the cie"S
aa N the cruise at the harbor OF f'io
- o,x,atv of those who had personal i
=, +ta mon on board. The heartlness OIL lie -
- % the Brazilian officials and peopie W W
saoahaaov,ad by the welcome "hich o!, oo0
Io' 81 ~ tba occasion OF his visit last summer
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
AIRSHIP PROGRESS.

The winning Of prize OF $4,000 by a new r,,x..
Of the type of airshp heavier than air IA exn.,,.
TO give renewed impetus to the experiments n.
winner is confident that in a short time a r.ru
Ilne OF passenger aeroplanes will be making a Ave.
hour trip between Paris and London IL ths. =,
ours the horrors of the Channel passage v,b
doubtless lead to ready patronage. for despite IN.
pest possible arrangements crossing the Chanps,
by steamer has more terrors than an ocean trim
Inc hope OF obviating it by a subway under this
stormy lit of water, connecting the mainland !,
France with the island of 'perfdious Albion o,.
since vanished, for not even the entente cordist.
could prevent the dread that it might De used bv
troops in event of war. More visionary than air.
ship dreams were the hopes OF inventor WIN
died recently and bequeathed several hundred thou
sand dollars OF his prospective profits from ~.
general use of peat fuel He patented a process,
CT using it in place Of coal and formed a co,
pany with 100000 capital, but how far his DEAN
will affect the future of the invention cannot ~.
be told But that like Colonel Sellers he beI,avas
there were millions IN it made plain by ths
terms OF his Will
The prediction made by those best in,
formed. including Secretary TAFT. that the Panau.
Canal can be completed in six years from the COM
Ing summer But il is also estimated thar the cos,
will be SEQ O06G00, instead OF s135OOOO0O az orv5
nally estimated. II is also proposed to widen tn.
LOCKS and make them 10 instead Of 100 feet whIcb
will make them cost 100000 more. The widening
is proposed because with the increase n the sz,
of giant steamships more room may be necessary
before the canal reaches the limit OF its capacity
The enlargement OF the plans for new subvays h,
this city that the running of railroad Of ths
largest size in them would be feasible Is advocated
by the Public Service Commission One OF the mos.
beneficial things effected in course of the construc-
ton of the Brooklyn Bridge was the increase In
the height Of the tIusses OF superstructurs thar
permitted the Of TIE standard size Pullman
car. instead Of the mu-h smaller ones originally
planned for.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19

cases to the State Hospital for tuberculosis. at
RaybrOo< (only sixteen cases have been sent
from Troy since the opening of the hospital in
1900: adequate provision for the care OF the
wives and children when the family is dependent
most advanced cases; the establishment of a free
dispensary. with visiting nurses and system
of examination and registration; the appoint
ment OF medical officer to take sole charge OF
this work; the dlsinfection of buildings in which
a removal death of patient from tu5ercu-
losis has occurred and the creation of modern.
up-to-da date building code
In regard to the care of families whose bread
winner has been removed for treatment the
Troy committee has agreed that the children
should be kept at home and not sent away TO
institutions. In case of men not having leSa!
residence in the city, unable for some techni-
cal reason to receive city aid. in the of
men of finer sensibilities whose families have ~
be supported by public charity. steps will be
taken TO aid the wives and children for repay
ment If the husband subsequently becomes
able to repay.
1t is an object lesson in peoples appreciation
of human kindness to visit the tuberculosis ex-
hibit now being shown in the upstate cities and
to see the people throng To the physician n
charge to ask for instruction how to treat them
selves intelgenty Many for the first time
learn that tuberculosis can be cured and that
their own cases not hopeless They study the
charts and pictures showing the outdoor sloo!-
ing quarters arrauged back vciapdas,
roofs and in backyard tents. They inquire tine
price of sleeping bags, sputum cups and proper
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
IN THE POLITICAL FIELD.

'.f.Cyernor Hughes did not meet with auy enc0u--
agement from the representatives OF the agricG.t-
uraI associations when he sought their Cooperation
in the proposed legislation to restrain racetrack
gambling although he told them that the payment
of q portion Of racetrack receipts to county fafr
organizations should be a bribe- The su6jsct
is expected to engross considerable attention in
the Legislature where many measures are ALREADY
under consideration. The interest Of Congress Is
centred on the Aldr;ch currency bill. designed to
afford relief in financial stringency II is pro-
posed TO provide for SO0.00o.eo0 emergency cur
of Governor Hughes are promoting his candidacy
for the Presidential nomination by the formation
OF a state association and branches be or
ganized in other states. The effort to commit ths
Republican County Committee to his support has
again been defeated and the subject has been laid
over until next month In the Kings County Re-
publican Committee action taken at ths
the name Of ex-Lieutenant Governor WoodrIf IN
connection with the ticket to be headed by Sec
retary Taft. If he can carry the convention Nr.
Woodruff was an sspirant for the Vice-Presidsntial
nomination in Philadelphia eight years ago. and
has not forsworn his ambition The name ot Sec
retary Cortelyou is not heard in connection
with any prospective nomination. but IS frequently
mentioned in connection with the presidency %
the KnickerbCaIler Trust Company. the rehabilta-
ton OF which is expected TO be readily accom-
plished il the Secretary OF the Treasury would
take charge The officers OF the company say they
believe in beginning with the top. and Il Mr.
COrtelyou declines, else would tass that
as a reason for not accepting the place IL offered
afterward The President is expected to send
message 10 Congress shortly the subject Of
poyers' liability. IL which he IS so deeply inter
ested. The same interrogatories in regard labor
questions and injunctions put 10 Secretary TAFT
have been answered by Senator Foraker
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
MAGIC" UNDERWEAR.

VITA = casual order to the NIeihusaleh who was
Eoinc through his cOltish PAGES. the man took up
Sc points in regard 10 magic clothing
TIL performance repeated for several days.
ana the invalid a retired contractor Who knew the
ralc= Of money. merely haggling over The
priye-s+co a suit Of the marvellous underwear.
Fe confided his anxiety To a friend, who in turn
communicated with the medical society Before
an hing could be done. however, the magician and
his ;ccoinplice fed. 1t afterIard discovered
that the surprisingly active 'patent' was 4 pro-
fessional acrobat-a young man made up with
grc Sc paint false hair and beard 10 look like a
caut late for the old mems home The precious
par had. however. sold several suits TO aged and
wealthy invaIids: but these victims never COM
pla;3ed, because they feared public ridicule
:, Hindu who sHathed himself in . huge orange
CO, ord turban and flowing purple silk robes pre-
tes1aed TO 5e able furnish amulets charms and
r,irs 10 rellnite lovers 10 ward off disaster and
10 forfend disease. His victims included guests OF
such hotels as the Waldorf-Astoria Before he paid
his ne and went his way an examination OF some
Of The charms he sold $50 and So led 70 the
suspicion that he might be hCmROpath In black
art His dupes We're given little bags to wear sus-
pended about their necks. These bags were filled
with the powdered bones of geese
\ somewhat similar faker advertised as THE
Yogi Of the fiimalayas." and the house which bore
his shingle was in the black belt Of Seventh
avenue "A big black woman led nIe to parlor.
ssif Mrs Berzecry. and there l waited. II seemed
& long time, but by and by 1 heard a rustling OF
silk and from between the dizzy curtains thai
shut off the back parIor there appeared very tall
vellsw man with black beard and big eyes, like
those o. the black leopards in the Zoo His gown,
or cloak. OF yellow silk. and on his head was
a red tlrIan with diamond star in it He seemed
$, u-canny that I had TO look twice before saw
that the diamonds were paste and that the gown
MAS soiied.
He waited there looking at me. Most Of these
takers like TO make talk first. they get
limo on what 1 want; but sat there as If l had
bean used TO see Gogis from the Himalayas and
way stations morning, noon and night
Then he said III deep voice with an accent
in Il: I am The Yogi He put lot Of stress on
the as II all other Yogis were limitations
nodded and he came toward me ever 50 slowly
before he said:
You IN love and yoE are III
i sighed loudly, for THAI might be taken a
symptom Of either afiicIion
'TIa be grUnted; the Yogi is always right, and
/ The Yogi
He uanteu know what sort Of man ] was
in love with and / told him The truth. for l gave
him description OF my husband He said IIa"
again. and wanted 10 know what my illness was,
and ! told him / had earache and Iain il
head.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
Soaring UPSTATE CITIES INTO A FIGHTING MOOD

thorities cannot put their hands on enough eases
to fill the beds at the State Hospital at Ray
brook
NO city or community wishes to its death
rate published in comparison with those of 9th
ers, especially when it is high. The good health
of its inhabitants is an asset to its growth and
prosperity and ii is this local pride of environ
ment and surroundings that the organizers of
the upstate tuberculosis crusade appeal for help.
The great metropolis of New York did not take
kindly 20 being stamped the hotbed of tuber-
culosls on the Western Hemisphere; but once
the tact Was made known, the city did not rest
until its rate of mortality was cut more than
one-half This was accomplished in ten years
work What the Charities Organization Society
has done for the metropolis, the State Charities
Aid Association would do Tor the districts out
side.
SO the upstate districts have been mapped out
for inspection and relief: ana according 20 the
present excellent rate OF progress il viii take
on fair estimate, FIVE years to organize the
campaign in every nook and corner of the state
Thus far, headquarters have been established
in Albany and the work Of education carried
into Utica, Rome and Troy. Really more than
this has been accomplished. The people have
teen aroused. the local authorities stimulated
70 action and relief actually given in less than
six months work.
In Ctica sIhe results OF the crusade are a free
d.spensary for the treatment of tuberculosis
lasi'nts. visiting nurse To instruct patients
ia 'reir hc;rcs. the di,ic"ection of horses a
.lsf .Fi.oe,st ftr j'anr1t"r.- work Il system If
Nas1in1tt"a and registration 1nG Il .i,arate
hospital Tor eonsunrtiyes. Ali these things
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
.nM1R5L EVANS KEPT ON BOARD.

HAS .pob. Evans had fight or a troic g.
..>-itber so far although that Is "ha' nc - So
the feet was prepared for Ihe ohlS @i~o one
+be endowment OF the stay at RIO ue jan -
- 9. Ianuarius) is the fact that Auiiili''
Irors was kept aboard his flagship on Het o.
-,vaI az the port by that dstreSslhs di0' 80.
targaroue disease, rheumatism. lie may 10"
M . agbt and might have risen to II had II oT
ihe So h,+ ba was wholly unfit for d froc'
- ca has had to forego i'll the main all par'I'i
&C.,, in the festivities incident TO the "eleons %
tba officers OF the fleet at Fto ana at
where the embassies have their Ie"u4 -.
This IL a small city about twenty iiile9 tC
rd 10 the capital of the State OF RIO de Jaieir'-
:. 80 tho official residence of the Emperor III INC
6.,s antecedent to the present republic FIeS'ue'
.,fonso Moreira Penna, who mas Eeiu cI''o0
little more than year showed nearly aPP -
=, the snirit of progress exemplihed in PRESIDENT
1,oosayct which was most agreeable 10 ms guests
1,too tho fleet continues on its southwark course
carly in the coming week, the officers VIII Dc t-Io
guests of Baron Rio Brance, the bFdZiiI"h N1 -
Minister The battleships Will make 'lelI t,N
stop at Punta Arenas, in the StIdlI VI -A7
the most southern settlement on this side Oh inc
u,oha An invitation has been given TO a portion oL
IN. feet to visit BuenOs Ayres, but 1t IS douDtlu Il
anv stop will be made there or at 0lOi''e
Uruguay save by the fotilla OF torpeao pod.9 "-u
golfers. which cannot steam as far as the larger
raeee,s without coaling. The date at which the
,a.,Iashi,s ar. expected to reach Punta Arenas IS
January 81 and week later the voyage VIII De
continued through the tOrtuous strait Tor TWO nun
dred miles to the Pacific on the three thouSSu iio
trip TO Callao, Peru. when the heet VIII De oi00
mora within tropical influence, but considerably
r.arar tine equator than at Rio, which IS close 10
the Tropic OF Capricorn making the division De
tween the torrid and temperate zones Inc
tackles have enjoyed their shore liberty at no
more than they will in the Terra del Fuegan
region of Punta Arenas. and Will nave 10 look Ioi-
ward to return to agreeable climatic cCi'dluohS
after enduring those less pleasing.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
CLEANED CLOTHES AND TEETH.

Down on Delaney street I saw shop with
sign Cleaner and Dyer There also gold
tooth hanging from the door. 1t excited my
curiosity. / dropped in. There was the dentists
chair and the dentist-his hands blue from some
Of the dyes he had been working in-was drilling
at = patients tooth. He had diploma on the
wall. Il announced that he was graduated vet
ernary- When he was arrested he said his pa
tieuts never noticed difference long il
some sort OF u Sheepsllin.
An ingenious scheme for building up a business
was hit upon by 4 Russian. His wife opened a day
nursery in their tenement fiat on Gouverneur
street. and soon, owing TO her absurdly cheap
rates, had big clientele of mothers who left
their babies there while they went out TO work.
She told the mothers what q learned dentist her
husband was. and that he had made much
money in Russia he didn't to practise any
more. OF course, as favor, he might look at a
friends teeth. SO she worked on the woElen's in
nocence until they thought they'd be lucky to get
the great dentist to treat them and their children
at any price. lie was doing fine business when
he was caught through the testimony az some of
the women whose teeth he had spoiled
In the working Il dental swindies the officers OF
the Dental Society have found that the big quack
who sits back in main office and has his web
spread out to ensnare those with aching jaws de-
pends almost entirely the girl cashiers for max
ing fat living for him. There Is one Of these
girls in every branch office, and she usually gets
a larger salary than the unregistered dentists in
the same branch.
\ striking case of the cashier militant is. the
calendar of the Court Of Special Sessions for next
week. The Gi:l employed in branch where
there a dentist who registered. but who
was in the employ OF a real estate dealer who Is
not a registered dentist The case was worked up
by Miss Conro. had already had dealings with
the same establishment. both here and in BROOKLYN
resulting in the conviction Of several of the den
fists employed Miss Conro found a patient who
was willing 10 testify his treatment The
dentist in charge had suggested filing for three
teeth. the cashier had told him the teeth
must he extracted and artificial ones with bridge
work inserted. This done. The dentist ap-
peared in court and testified that when r.-
Inoustraied with the cashier and reminded her she
was not dentist she had replied. Wen need
the money 50 he had followed her instructions
while she applied the ansesthetc.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
MUST Be IESkNE.

80 'Ic.sanity' he sad. VIII TO you-will
come you soon He began To pace the floor. and
I kept straight face Ola, yes, lis really anus
ing. 1or of 5he mystery quacks' the kind
that commune with the ctier world strong on
prophesyina insanity. Perhaps when they think
81 people paying real money for love charms they
sort Of feel insanity is getting prevalent.
We'll the Yogi must have got suspicious or
may be he had peep into the future and saw
1rouble ahead ANYHOW, he baked all Of a sud-
den aud said:
-" i am The Yogi; but the foolish laws prohibit
me from making prescriptions because l am not
IA registered physician. Bah. your laws are for
anin1als- and not for creatures who have souls
that need no colleges but the college of tie stars
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
SEI FOR THE BUSY MAN. @

haitian. although the ive-cent far. IN 90 p,n,s =.
excess OF the one-cent rate in the rush hour, -
the ferries greater difference in the annor.. y
travel over the bridge is noticeable in the u,,As,
OF tne DAY when the women shoppers bound -.
Manhattan stores take the subway a, +h. -. ="
lyn Borough Hall" os-
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19

gold or every tooth. He had also learned bill maxi
ing as plumber, and what he charged some or
his poor victims a shame. But he had to pay
a fine S2JO.