The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington Sept, 1S.-Four and
one half inches of rainfall In one
hour. and LIS inches in only ten
minutes, is going some, but that is
what they had down in Panama one
day last month.
They called 1t shower. but adj
mitted that It was the heaviest that
has been recorded on the isthmus
since the American occupation. II
began about noon and lasted until
.0:45 p. m. but the heaviest precipi-
tation was between $3.50 and $3.50
O'Clock in the afternoon. During
those three hours there were 7.62
inches of rain.
A part of the road-bed of the Pam
anna railroad was washed away and
The main OF the Union Oil Company
pipe line was broken.
Fortunately the precipitation was
greatest at points where little or no
excavation is in progress. Except
for momentary trouble with sunken
tracks and the natural difficulty OF
handling mud, the work on the canal
proceeded as usual the day after the
stonm.
From the time the Americans be-
gan systematic investigation on
the Isthmus of Panama in 1904 up to
July /, this year, 36.12 miles of Dor
ings have been maze TO determine,
the geological structure along the
line of the canal. BY means OF these
borings suitable foundations for locks
and dams have been found, and the
character of excavation has been
determined in advance of the actual
excavating work.
Starting figures as to the spread
Of the white Plague' will be pre-
sented at the International Congress-
on Tuberculosis which Is to meet in
this month.
.'Bveay thirty-six minutes there,
is sdeath from consumption in the
State OF New York" is the remark
able statement which will appear on
one of the charts to be shown in
the New York section of the exhibi-
tion, which will be feature of the
Congress
Fer more than twenty years SCI,
entists have claimed that tuburculo-'
sis is not only not hereditary, but
that 1t is durable in the early stages,
and most important OF all, that 1t
Is preyentable. perhaps more so than
any ether germ\ disease,
1t is for the purpose OF dissemi-
mating present day information of
the means and methods of combat
ting it this dreaded scourge that
the Congress has been called.
Each exhibit will be made up Of
maps, charts, diagrams, models of
well-llghted and ventilated factories
together with models OF sweat shop
work rooms, and dark, poorly ven,
tilated bed rooms where the con
germ finds an excellent
place Pictures OF dispen-,
5aries, hospitals, ana sanatoria where
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graphs and photographs Of healthy
and diseased lungs will be shown.
The anti-yiYisectionists. headed by,
Thomas Nelson Page, the novelist /
are preparing to urge upon the COM
ng session OF Congress the passage
Of bill prohibiting or regulating
he cutting up OF live animals in the
District of Columbia ''in the interests
,f science" The bill is to serve as
/ model for similar legislation to he
pushed In the various states by
branches of the Anti-Vivisection
.ociety.
That dogs rounded up for the
)ound have been turned over to
medical students for experimental
purposes, and that they have been
subjected to cruel fortunes, oftimes
without the administration of an
lnesthentlc, Is freely charged by lead,
srs OF the society here. !
at is the absolute uselessness OF
HE lnnlcting of the suffering upon
The helpless animals today said
Mrs. Mary II. Totten, one oil the