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New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
THE CHOLERA SERUM
METCHNIKOFF'S VIEWS.
Belief That the Disease WW BE
Practically Suppressed.
rRv French Cable 10 The Tribune.

Paris Sent 4-Simultaneously with the news
that Asistic cholera has reached Belgium and
menaces the French frontier is the announce
ment that a young Italian scientist, Dr oaiafh-
bn, employed at the Pasteur Institute mas uls
covered vaccine against cholera of proved
efficacy This serum was discovered by Dr'
saIambini some months ago, when working under
the direction of Professor Metchnikon Ii mas
been used successfully during the cholera cpl
demic at ST Petersburg. and has reduced the
percentage of mortality among the patients from
so to %
The vaccine is prepared from bacilil taken
from cholera patient and then injected oeneath
the skin of healthy person. There is ioca'
Infection. followed by a slight reaction aiter
which the person thus vaccnated is immune
against the disease.
Professor MetchnikOn expresses MS coilVlc-
tlon that with the aid of this vaccine cholera
may be practically suppressed smallpox mas
been by vaccination. but he impresses on the
French public the necessity of taking the ordi-
nary precautions TO avoid infection. che1 OF
which is the boiling of water and the careful
cleaning of raw vegetables. No one. he says
need take cholera who follows this rule.
Referring to the obstinacy with which persons,
especially of the uneducated peasant class, re-
fuse to take the necessary precautions against
cholera infection, he cited which came
under his observation short time ago at St
Petersburg. very devout woman had pro-
cured some holy water and decided TO drink It,
Her daughter urged her to boil 1t first. but this
she Indignantly refused TO do. on the ground that
water once consecrated could not harm Chris
tian. The woman drank the water and died
from cholera few days later. People who
take cholera" concluded Professor Metchnikoff.
''are deserving OF pity. but still more OF blame
because 1t is invariably their own fault"
c. l. B.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

LONDON'S NEW PLAYS.
Successes of Lena AshyeN and Irene
Pan Brugh.
[By French Cable to The Tribune.l


London Sept 4.-There have been two great
performances of the week. One is Lena Ash
wells appearance In Madame X'' at the Globe
Theatre. There are few dry eyes during the
deress and outcast. is acquitted by the unaf-
emotional actress displayed either more power
or fewer mannerisms. Every part is we'll taken.
and the play promises to be popular here as
1t was in Paris
Irene Van Brugh has also achieved notable
triumph In Sir Arthur Pneros play Mid
Channel" at the st. Jamess. The drama itself
is depressing and pessimistic-a study of the
sins and vagaries of smart society and the
selfishness of chdess woman of middle age.
She makes intensely nervous and shallow
woman of the Iris Tanqueray type real and
plausible by combination of charm and power.
&. M. Lowne is good substitute for George
Alexander the peacemaker between the hus-
band and wife. and Lyn Harding and Eric
Maturin are strong the brutal husband and
the caddish lover.
Arsene Lupin' has started we'll at the Duke
of Yorks Theatre. with Gerald du Maurier in
the Raffles part, and The Sense OF Humor' Is
filling gap at the Playhouse while Cyril Maude
Is absent.
Dear Little Denmark" at the Prince of
Wales's and THE Proud Prince" at the Ly-
ceum are popular works.
king Lear" at the Haymarket, Is in reserve
for next week, with lurid meodrama at Drury
Lane, and later Mr.. Irving will appear In his
own theatre as a permanent London home for
his fathers favorite plays, among which "A
Beckett" will be Included INF
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
CHEAP FIELD LABOR IN JAVA.
Men Paid 10 to 16 Cents Day and Women
to IL Cents

Washington. Sept. 4-The small wages paid to
native laborers Javas tobacco plantations is In
striking contrast to the wage scale for similar
labor In the United States. and is the basis for
comment by Consul Rarden In a report the cost
and production of tobacco In Java.
The receive low 10 cents n day for
hard labor In the fields. and the more Industrious
believe themselves well compensated at ls cents a
day. Java women paid from to u cents and
children from to cents a day.
Tobacco cultivation In that country is carried on
either by Europeans land leased from the
natives. by the natives themselves their own
land. One thousand plants yield 81 worth Of green
tobacco and 81 worth Of dry tobacco
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
NEU TRENCH BOOKS.
ToIume Of Theatrical "reminiscences
Comes from Librai,'ie Fdyard.
Paris, August .


A delightful book Of theatrical "reminiscences
comes from the Librairie Fayard. entitled Mar
celine Desbordes- valmore. dapres des papiers
inedits" hv NJ jacques Boulenger 1t is the
story of the gay handsome, brilliant and bo
hemian comedian Valmore-a sort Of Parisian
Edmond Kean-who when twenty-six years old
married the pretty. witty but somewhat mature,
actress Marceline Desbordes, who afterward be
came the foremost female poet that France has
produced, and whose verses, somewhat in the
diapason Of those OF William Blake. the
source OF inspiration OF the school OF contempo-
rary female poets OF which the Comtesse
Matthew de Noailles is prototype. 1t was Val
more who in Alphonse Daudets mind when
he composed his parsonage of the illustrious
Delobelle," in "Froment Jeune ct Risler Aine"
Another amusing book pertaining to theatrical
life is published by the editions Pierre Lafitte
with the title "Auteurs. Acteurs ct Spectateurs"
by NJ Tristan Bernard. who in a mild sort OF
way has claims to be considered as a Pa
risian Mark Twain. NJ. Tristan Bernard sketches
with genial humor and gentle irony some of the
odd and picturesque men and women with whom
he has been brought In contact during his career
a dramatst. The apprehensions of an author
on the eve Of a first night performance the
secrets of the "dressmakers rehearsal" the fads
fancfes vanities and greed OF certain theatrical
managers, the freaks and eccentrcities of prom
inent actors and actress. are described with alert
and sarcastic observation and the character
portraits OF ia buraliste"-the female ticket
seller-and the prompter at once vigorous
and pathetic
From the Librairie Paul Oendorfr comes
Crimes Celebres," related by NJ. Jaume ex-in-
spector OF the detective department Of the Paris
police force Thrilling narratives of the Sher-.
lock Holmes order are tempered with accurate
accounts OF some OF the most remarkable crimes
committed In France during the last ten wears
MN. Alphonse Seche and Jules Bertaut have
completed the first volume Of an exceedingly
ambitious work called La Vie Anecdotioue et
Picturesque des Grands Ecrivains" published bv
the Librairie Michaud. There Is but scant I,,er
ary criticism, the efforts of the authors have
been chiefly directed toward gathering together
all sorts of personal Incidents fragments OF let
ters or diaries. and bits Of spicy conversation
of the leading writer's. The present volume
deals with Paul Verlane and George Sand. and
adroit clever compilations quite amusing in
their way. throw fresh sidelights upon the pri-
vate lives Of the authors OF Les Fetes Galantes"
ana OF Consueio c. l. B.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
WRIGHT FLIES AT BERLIN.
Trip of Nineteen Minutes-Crowds to See
American Aeronaut.

Berlin. Sept 4.-Orvie Wright gave exhibi-
ton flight In his aeroplane at the Tempehof par
ground late this afternoon. and was In the air for
nineteen minutes. On descending he warmly
congratulated The wind to-day blew In gusts at
about twenty miles hour. and gave an uneven
motion to the aeropane often throwing the planes
at acute angles Mr.. Wright will fly here every
day for the next fortnight, wind and weather per-
mittng.
Ambassador and Mrs. Hill, Consul General and
Mrs. Thackara, and members of the embassy were
at the starting place. while the parade ground was
filled with spectators.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
NORWEGIAN VESSEL HELD UP.
Rumor Of Filibustering Expedition from New
Orleans Apparently Canard

New Orleans. Sept. A-As n sequel to a rumor OF
alleged flibustering expedition with designs
against the governments OF several Central Amcri-
con republics. which originated In New Orleans
two weeks ago. the steamer Ellis a Norwegian
vessel, under charter of the United Fruit Com
pany was held up late yesterday OF the Mis-
sissippi River passes and searched by officers of
the United States revenue cutter Davey No con-
traband goods were found and the steamer was
permitted to continue TO Port Limon.
II reported here to-day that Captain Hansen
commanding the Ellis would make a special report
to the Norwegian Consul at New Orleans ON his re-
turn to this port, and that the holding up OF the
steamer might become an international affair."
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
VESSELS FOR URUGUAYAN NAVY.
Appropriation of sl3.0OO.O00 for Purchase Of
Warships

Washington. Sept. 4.-Ten vessels, made UP OF q
cruiser torpedo boat destroyers and first class
torpedo boats to be bought for the Uruguayan
navy. with s13000.000 appropriated by the govern
ment for the Improvement OF the naval establish
ment Frederic w. Cooling the American Consul
partrnent says these vessels to be purchased ::
ono cruiser torpedo boat. OF from 1000 10 1900
three destroyers. of from 200 10 $50 TONS and
six first class torpedo boats. of from 120 to $50
tons. In addition. there also TO be secured mines
and repairing machines
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
ITALIAN LINE FOR BOSTON.
The GenoaNew York Line Has Decided to
Call There

Rome. Sept. 4.-According the ,,"rribuna,' the
General Italian Navigation Company, a. the re-
quest Of the government has decided to have the
vessels OF its Genoa-New York line touch hence
forth at Boston for :he benefit of the emigration
and freight business. Later the company will run
steamers between Italy and Canada.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
MANY CHINESE TO STUDY HERE.
Six Hundred Students Take Competitive Ex-
amlnations in Peking.

Picking. Sept. Nearly six hundred Chinese stu
dents ranging from nfteen to forty years OF age.
assembled in the Offices Of the Board OF Education
to-day take part in the first competitive ex-
amlnations for college in the United States
The cost Of these courses will be betrayed by Il
part of the indemnity returned by the United
IN [
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
MR.. VANDERBILT LEAVES HALIFAX

Halifax. Sept 4.-The yacht North Star which
put in here for coal. sailed tonight for Cherhourg
She has board her owner. Cornelius Wander
bilt. Mr.. Vanderbilt will go to Paris In a motor
and will Join Mrs. Vanderbilt at Bad Nauheim
Eugene N. Robinson and Thomas A. Keck are Mr.
Vanderbilt's guests on the North Star.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
MRS ROOSEVELT AFRICAN HOME
Reported She Will Spend Two Months OF
1910 at khartoum

Berlin. Sept. Adolf Mayer. hinsrnan Of King
MeneIek OF Abyssinia, who is at present in Berlin
with commission from the AbyssiIiaa govern
rnent 10 purchase supplies. said today that Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt had engaged house at khhE-
tourn where she would meet her husband when he
caroe o,,t Of the Jungle According To Mayer, Mrs.
Roosevelt intends 10 spend couple .. rnorTths II.
LCharfolrn earjv in
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

Hamburg Shipped s2s3,OOO of Goods to Phil
ippines in First Quarter of 1909.

Washington. Sept. 4-Amercan exporters have
neglected To grarp all OF the trade opportunities
offered them in the Philippines. and being beat
en- in their territory, goods they are quail
fed TO supply. by German business concerns. ac-
cording to Consul General Skinner at Hamburg
Goods valued at $4,000 were exported from Ham
burg the Philippines In the quarter ended on
March 3I
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
REICHST1G AERON1UTS.
Members of the German Parliament
To Be Zeppelin 1eridl Guests.

Friedrichshafen Sept. 1.-TWO hundred members
OF the German Rechstag have accepted an invita-
ton extended by Count Zeppelin to examine his
airship and ride therein If they desire. He will
take aloft about fifteen of the visitors at a time.
Among his guests will be Herr Dernburg. Colonial
Secretary, and Herr Delbruck. the Prussian Minis
ter Of Commerce.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
PLAGUE AND FEVER IN ECUADOR.

Guayaqui. Sept 4.-There thirty mine cases
Of bubenic plague officially reported here IN Au-
gust. eight OF which fatal Sixteen cases Of
yellow fever were reported and eight deaths from
flla. disease. DIR. Il. j. Lloyd, director of the
Guayaquii district. has resigned, and DR.. CorneJo.
an Ecuadorian has been appointed. The plague
hns shown some increase lately.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
RusslA's ATTITUDE ON LOAN.

st petersburg. Sept. 4-No new instructions. it
was said here to-day. have been sent to the Rus
sian Minister Peklng regarding the Hankow &
SZe-Chuen Railroad loan of 100000. In request
ing n share for Russia in all future railroad loans
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
wREckAcE WASHED ACROSS PACIFIC

Victoria, r. c., Sept. 4--The government steamer
Leebro. which returned yesterday from Triangle
Island, OF the northwest coast of Vancouver ISL
and where lighthouse is being built. reports that
wreckage OF japanese sampans and some japanese
hardwood trees evidently washed across the Pacific
by the Japanese current, have been found by the
light house builders.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
BRITISH MONETARY SYSTEM.
E. G. Lowery Gathering Information for
Finance Committee

London Sept. 4.-E. G. Lowry is at present in
London, gathering information from merchants and
others regarding the working of the British mon
etary system. His report will be made 10 the Sem
ate Committee Finance. Mr. Lowry expects to
meet Senator Nelson ". Aldrich, Of Rhode Island,
in Paris.
Last year the committee obtained the opinions Of
leading English bankers this subject.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
CLEMENCY FOR ROGHI.
Moroccan .Snltan Frees Him from
Iron Gaze Exposure.

Tangier, Morocco. Sept. 4-El Roghi the rebel
lious subject of the Sultan Of Morocco. who was
recently carried into Fez a prisoner in an iron
cage, is i'll and the Sultan has given orders that
he be no longer exposed TO the public gaze. 1t is
understood that FL Roghi will order his European
bankers TO pay the Sultan $4,000
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

St Petersburg, Sept. s-Accordng TO a dispatch
received here from Harbin. Manchura, the new
German Consul there has instructed German sub
jros not to pay taxes. This, II is explained is IN
conformity with the attitude adopted by the United
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
MOORS SINK Il LAUNCH.
Fierce BOmbardment Continues at
Alhucemas.

Alhucemas. Sept. 4.-The Moors kept up
.erce bombardment against Alhucemas all this
morning. and succeeded in sinking a steam
launch which landing supplies
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
FisHcUARD ROUTE SAVES six HOURS

London Sept 4.-The passengers on board the
Cunard Line steamer Caronia reached London
shortly after o'clock this morning from Fishsuard
Six hours saved by this route as comuared
to continuing the vessel up TO Liverpool and
thence by rail- to London.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
REPAIRING THE REPUBLlouE.

Nevers. France. Sept. 4-The dirigible balloon
Republique, which damaged last evening while
landing here. has been taken to La Palisse spe-
cial detachment of military engineers has been
that place to repair the airshp in time to
take part in the maneuvres
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

Brussels. Sept. 4.-The sale OF the celebrated
museum at Waterloo. containing of the finest
collections OF Napoleonic relics in existence has
been postponed until October 8. A bid of $4,000
has been received from an unnamed Belgian
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
GUILTY OF WEDDING 90 WOMEN.
Russian Tailor Sentenced Therefor to Four
Months in Jail

Mnsk Russia, Sept. "A remarkable trial on
charges Of polygamy has just come to an end here.
tailor named Pris found guilty OF having
married twenty young women. In punishment he
was sentenced 10 four months Imprisonment.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

the immense acreage and the magnificent resi-
derces considered. this seems unreasonably
low Certainly a valuation conducted on prin-
ciples recognized in America. Germany and the
colonies just and necessary, with ADEQUATE
allowances for undeveloped resources local i'm
provements and building sites, win be an un-
mixed gain for the local administration since II
will establish new and broader basis for rating
property. 1t Will also open another source of
imperial revenue which can be developed by the
Somerset House stan as scientifically as income
taxation or death and succession duties These
are the broad grounds on which the new taxes
are advocated by the land reformers throughout
the country: and popular audiences are CON-
vulsed with laughter when the threats of the
dukes to discharge their gamekeepers and ,o
drop their charity and hunting subscriptions ars
repeated.
The dukes vulnerable because they repre-
sent interests which were originally wasterul
gifts from the Crown or rewards for personal
service. Whatever their origin or process of in
crement. there can be equitable plea for their
exemption from new methods Of taxation based on
practical and scientific rather than antiuuated
and superficial systems Of valuation. The dukes
with estates heavily mortgaged and encumbered
with dowries and jontures may be at a dlsaa
vantage In competing with the titled or untitled
mllionaires whose fortunes have been ranialv
made In trade or banking: but they are not IN
a position to hold up . budget on the ground
that tire traditional sport In deer forests and
grouse moors associated with their rank an the
largest landed proprietors of the kingdom has
become too costly for them and that thew NAV
have to discharge some OF their lacksys n Radi
caliSm prevails LNC
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02
She knc,u the Saint.

kIargery'S cousin, Cecilia. was eight cen and pretty. She was also devoted to music and spent hours practicing on, a large pipe organ. This, together with the fact that she invariably wore a rapt expression when so engaged, earned for her the nickname of St. Cecilia. 1t happened that Margery's mamma was called to town and left her five-year-old daughter in charge Of an obliging neighbor. This lady un- dertook to amuse her young guest by showing her a collection of prints. among which was a copy of the famil- far presentation of the patron saint of music seated at tYe organ.
 "This, my dear,'' said the obliging hostess. lis a picture of St. Cecilia
 ''It doesn't look bit like her." spoke up the tiny visitor.
 "Why. how do you know?" inquired the astonished owner of the print.
 How do I know?" returned the equally astonished Margery. why, St. Cecilia is my own first cousin. She teached me my prayers an how to play jackStones."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02
When Children Smoked.

In the seventeenth century in Ems land the practice of juvenile smoking was almost universal, at least accord ing to Jorey;n de Rochefort, a French traveller of that period. In an account published in 1871 he gives descrip- ton of an evening he spent in Worces- ter. He was catechized by one of the towLSmen as to the habits of the French people While we were walk ing about the town" he writes, <he asked me if 1t was the custom in France as in England that when the children went to school they carried in their satchel with their books a pipk of tobacco, which their mother toe care to fill cary in the morning, iy serving them instead of breakfast, andy that at the accustomed hour every one laid aside his book to light his pipe. the master smoking with them and teaching them how to hold their pipesl and draw in their tobacco thus accs toming them to it from their~u
 believing 1t absolutely necessa'
 mans health"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02
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SECRETARY KNOX
 MEANS TO SPANK
 CENTRAL AMERICA
Especial from United Press.)

Washington, Aug. 2-Secretary of State Knox has found a new way to lay low the. everlasting ghost trouble in Central America which has haunt ed the State Department. The propo- sition is to have American banks re- fund the public debt of Honduras. At present the bonds of the country are selling about 95 per cent. below par paper were tSay not devoid of paste. ors and Great itain is prevented only Jumping in aA Id making Honduras gay. It is believed that it would be a good thing for, American bankers if the American government. through the valedictor act, stands back of Hon. duras and keeps up the payments.
 By getting at Honduras Secretary Knox can get at other republics and make their disreput "a ble presidents toe the line also. Seer etary Root tried to use the moral suasion method and holding international conferences This failed utterly. So has everything else. The only hope of improvement seems to lie in diplom atically spanking the Delligerent presidents until they think twice before doing as they please. This evidently is what Sec retary Knox proposes to do and if he succeeds the whole civilized world is likely to be pleased, as there is scarce ly a country of consequence but that has claims of one kind or another against the Central American govern mentS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02
TREE FOR LOOKUP
 IN NEW JERSEY

Delanco, N. J., Aug. 2.-Tramps and criminal classes of all kinds are giving this town a wide berth these days as the result of the activity of Special Officer George F. Hahner. whose inn provised tree lookup has become a terror to Iawbrea kers.
 Hahner has been a constable for more than eight years and a special officer in the employ of the township for two year He is the only police went on regular duty two years ago he had his hands full in handling the trampS who then infested the town and annoyed and frightened residents by their raids on pantries and hen roosts. Pluckily tackling them single handed, the doughty little constable made ar rests by the wholesale. There is no jail here however, and the nearest one is at Beverly. three miles distant.
 Rather than make this journey at night and leave the town unprotected during his absence, Hahner proceeded to pile his prisoners into the kitchen of his home or locked them up in box cars until morning., when he was com pelled to let them go, as the new rul- ing of the County Auditor has fore stalled the commitment of tramps. When this kindly treatment failed to have it's expected effect of breaking up the depredations, the constable, profit ing by the experience of the police in other towns, whose comfortable lock- ups had become resting places for the wanderers, decided upon a sterner method.
 He ordered an extra supply of hand cuffs, and some of the tramps caught in his next raid were chained to trees in the village street. The experiment was an astonishing success. With no comfortable shelter to lounge in over night and tormented by swarrns of mosquitos from the nearby lowlands, the culprits were glad to shake the dust of the town from their feet when morning brought the constable and liberty.
 Sometimes I only chain them up for a few hours, and then let them go and they go, too' said the constable. "Other towns where there are com fortable sleeping quarters are still bothered with trampS, but after one visit here lots of them never come back a second time"
 A constable over in Riverside tried Hahner's plan, but used a wagon in- stead of a. tree. When he came back to look for the man he found that a confederate had been ahead of him, and the prisoner and the wagon wheel to which he was chained were both missing. Hahner is taking no such chances and is careful to pick out the biggest trees, so that there is no pos sibility of friends of the prisoners chopping their way to liberty.