New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-26

of the commission letter in which he offered
build such a route This offer was coupled with
a plan for extensions in The Bronx through the
construction OF elevated lines. which would give
materially greater facilities than are afforded at
present. According 10 a statement in the annual
register of the University Of Chicago, John D. Rock
efeler has contributed S2iOO0O00 the university
since its founding Mr. ROekefeIler's original sub
sCTiptiOn of 100000 came in May. 1859 and he has
been constantly increasing that sum and adding 10
the endowment fund. Lee McCIung. the treasurer
of Yale University selected as Treasurer OF the
United States. He formerly a noted football
player.
The leniency that the law has hitherto shown
toward arrested suffragettes was abandoned for
the first time, when two women rioters at the
cent meeting at Birmingham. which was addressed
by Premier Asquith, We're convicted in that city
of assauting the police and wfuIy damaging
property. and sentenced one 10 four and the other
10 three months Imprisonment at hard labor. In
addition fines were imposed on them. and if they
not paid the prisoners will have 10 serve
month additional Two refused to eat, but were
fed with a stomach pump"
There is no cause, however good. that be
excused from the obligation to keep the peace. I
suppose" said Busy Nan. What have the aviators
been doing"
Captain Ferber, Of the French army. was killed
by the upsettinE of bipane just as he was about
to make a landing. The appearance of the adver-
tsement of large automobile concern in this city,
announcing that it is ready manufacture
aeroplanes to order regarded as highly sig
nifcant by those who remembered that not long
ago many bicycle makers We're compelled To turn
TO automobiles. These people predicted that before
long many automobile makers may feel compelled
take up the vehicle You can now purchase
aerOpiane for about $500,
Cheap enough. too said Busy Man. Even if
you find YOU cant fly with the thing, it viii make
a good hen roost- But so on
1t was announced that at depth of nine hun
dred feet below the surface of the earth. firmly
embedded in coal the petrided head OF a man was
discovered at Maple Hin COllIery in Pennsylvania
The head said To- be perfect in shape. eyes.
ears, and even the haIr standing out tn bold
a point over which water has been flowing for
years. 1t is believed 20 be the head OF a man OF a
prehistoric age Professor EneriCh. OF Munich.
confirmed by chemical and spectroscoplc ANALYSIS
the accuracy OF his theory that the fatal agent IN
Asidtic cholera Is free nitrous acid the formation
which is rendered possible 10y the action OF ba-
cilH in transforming the nitrates of food into nj
triJes This knowledge he says. makes safe pro-
phylaxs possible. Anybody protect him
self from fatal consequences. even when actually
infected. IL is only necessary avoid eating uj-
trogenous vegetables and cured meats containing
saltpetre and drinking heterogeneous water a tre-
gram received in Boston BY John Richie IT, from
Professor Percival Lowell. at his observatory at
Flagstaff, Ariz, stated that recent observations
81 that the Antarctic canals Of Mars disap-
peariug Professor Lowell In previous years has
observed in the fan similar disappearance. which
he considers a seasonal phenomenon lie thinks
this tends support the theory that life exists
Mars. and that the canals denote "a system OF
irrigation"
Busy Man yawned.
DO l bore you?' asked Constant Reader
"Oh. not al all-not at ALL" replied Busy Man Il
like 10 hear reports of scientific discovery no mat
ter how untrue they ara