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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
HIS ENTHUSIASM FATAL

According to the story. Mr.. Dickinson
went TO Scranton at the request OF a
chemist, a DR.. T. w. LANCE, who. it is
said, told him that he had discovered a
process 10 take a silver matrix and, by
adding fuxes, produce 100 per cent more Of
the chloride and nitrates of silver than
had ever been produced before. Lange
wanted pckinson's financial backing Dur
Ing the experiment the banker became so
enthusiastic that he left his seat and
stepped close 10 the furnace. where metals
were being subjected TO heat of 400 de-
grees. and inhaled the deadly poisonous
gases arising from It.
Skepticism. to use mild expression, was
the feature OF the manner IN which Scien-
lists IN New York treated the announce
Ynent that SO wonderful a secret had been
discovered by Pennsylvania. One Of
.hera somewhat scathingly remarked that
the only successful method OF transnuta
tion that he knew OF or believed in was
the old gold brick scheme, which has
worked with astounding success and con-
siderable profit IN many cases.
II seems meet. however, that news OF the
wonderful discovery should come from
Pennsylvania the state that was the home
OF the celebrated inventor OF the famous
Heeley motor But in these days Of the
comet who can say what viii happen? Who
is there SO bold 20 assume the role of
prophet? There seems TO be something In
the sir which inhabitants OF the keystone
State breathe which IS favorable TO the
growth and belief IN decisions In that
state the perpetual motion machine became
an alleged reality; there the marble in
public buildings is transmitted into brick,
the bronze :nto iron.
The history Of alchemy. from ancient 10
modern time, always interests and often
thrills. Fourteen years ago, On May g.
1886. TWO men lost their lives while expert
YnentinS IN the effort 10 make gold Charles
johnson and George Minear, both OF Fair
field, Iowa, experimental with process
which they had in-ented after great labor
Just what the process was has never been
certainly known, ana never viii be- II is
LllcHn however, that x involved in some
EsY the use Of the ttaen novel X rays. At
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
Text of the Passion Play Translated
Into ENGLISH for Tribune Readers

priests and Pharisees OFF,
Merchants and People-All praise TO our
,a,berst We have Moses. Away with other
nronhets. We will live and die according
to the words of Moses
TO be continued
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

Former Major Daniel j. Murphy OF ths
I'D Regiment, who holds the brevet rams
OF lieutenant colonel and who recently re-
signed after twenty-five years service. hAs
been presented with a handsome antique haA
clock as a token of esteem by his brother
officers The presentation was made as
Tuesday night at a dinner of the oTneeES'
Captain Edward 2. McGrOtty of COMPANY
l has been appointed major of the Sd na'
TALON. vice Murphy He is a Spanish wa
veteran and joined the regiment as
private on December q. 1892, and na'
served in successive grades. He VIII .
succeeded as captain by First Lieutenant
William 5. Edwards The regiment la'
received from the War Department a t0ui-
horse ambulance of the latest make. CON.
plete with all equipment and two sets u
harness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
~Sfrange Death of Dickinson, Banker,
Revix,es Stranger Gales of AIc6emGsks

with a view to obtaining gold from orpI-
ment. Diocletian, on the other hand, when
he became Emperor. ordered that all books
on alchemy-and there were great numbers
of them at that time-be burned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

Company B, of the 69th Regiment, has
unanimously elected Second Lieutenant
jeremiah A. O'Leary first lieutenant. He
has been a member OF the regiment since
November %. 1904 Colonel Louis u. Con-
ley. who recently passed the examining
board, hos been sworn In.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
THE BIRTH OF PORCELAIN .

Now at that time the art of china max
ing was unknown in Europe. But with
this white clay that had been furnished
him Botticher made the first pieces of por-
celain ever seen in Saxony and sent them
as propitiatory offering to Augustus. I
am not in a position to make you gold at
present, he told the monarch, but | can
turn out some china for you And that
was how the manufacture of porcelain was
begun.
After radurn." Professor Pellew con-
cluded, nothing seems too wonderful
Therefore one can afford to exhibit polite
curiosity about the alleged discoveries of
the man in Scranton. But he will have to
prove HIS case. The whole story as it ap-
pears reads very much IKE an account of
the performances of Bottcher Cagliostro
or one of those fellows. Blazing crucible,
poisonous gases, mysterious formulas. rich
banker.
81 have not been able 10 change base
metals into silver or gold" says Dr. Lange.
What have done is to take a silver
nlatrix and by adding fuxes produce 100
per cent more of the chloride and nitrates
Of silver than have ever been produced
before | have had the produces of my
work assayed at New York. Philadelphia,
Boston and Chicago, al the United States
Mint. and the reports all show that ii was
pure silver. The latest report came from
Professor Wallace. of the University of
Pennsylvania. his analysis showing So per
cent pure silver and Is per cent moisture,
The discovery / have made" continued
Or. Lange, lis gigantic"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

course. that il what the Objectionable
shows Of the day are doing. and that 10
why they are successful. But there are
two ways of meeting people on their
own ground; to touch their lower. nat
ures and to beckon to their higher In
terests. The former Is what the pro-
ducers OF the day are doing with great
success, and the latter is what / pro-
pose 10 do, ard with equal success, am
confident. because people are as fond
of beauty as they are Of sensation, es-
pecially in the long run.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

In the opinion OF national guardsnea
of New York City, II will be both unjust
and unwise to order them to take part IN
auv parade on July A. as has been sus-
pes-ed. They have 70 give Up their vaca-
tions to 20 on ten days duty with troops
Of the army, some organizations in June
and others in July. Then there are rlns
practice in September and military shoot
ing tournaments. while number OF on
GERS attend army schools for ten days pre-
vious 10 camp. The Fourth OF July hoh-
day. il is pointed out. will be the only one
that the national guardsnian can avail
himself of this summer, and in view OF the
fact that he gives up his vacation for mill
tary duty the proposal that he parade on
July is considered a very unjust one In
the opinion Of all those spoken TO on tns
matter, to order the men out on July
is crowdins them too much. especially con-
sidering the many nights they give up cur
ing the drill season incident TO the m
creased demands of the national militia
law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

Colonel Morris of the 9Th Regiment has
lust made the following appointments OK
officers in his command: William Gerald
Coats and William Russell Robinson, for-
merly of the 7th Regiment. to be battalion
quartermasters; First Class Sergeant
George William Steele, from the Isl So
nal Corps. to be a battalion adjutant
Harry TeIemach Herring. a graduate OF
West Point. to be second lieutenant Of the
21st Company. and Colin Campbell Snip
son, jr-. a sergeant in Company n OF me
18th Regiment. to be second Lieutenant o.
the 18th Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

Colonel Bates of the list Regimen. =,
rearranged the battalions Of bis fesi-'ea
as follows: First Battalion omPaiiiss. = :
&. q and r. under command OF NaJ'
Beekman. Second Battalton-Ceisp1'.'v. i
\. E and d. under command OF NAV q
Flack. Third Battalion-CompSiles u
and w. under command OF captain
Hutchinson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
Disaster Has Ox,er-
taken Many W6o
Sought 10 Make
Gold and Sflx,er.

Century upon century ago, thousands OF
years before the railroad or steamboat was
ever dreamed OF, Hermes Trismegistus. an
Egyptian. devoted his life TO the work of
attempting to discover some process for
transmitting the baser metals into the
precious ones-gold and silver Less than
a hundred years after his death one Of his
followers was put TO death with exquisite
torture because he claimed that he had
actually discovered this process for which
his predecessor had labored in vain. Per
hans there was a reform movement sweep
ing the Old World at that time. At any
rate the poor disciple lost his life because
Of his supposed knowledge of evil and
mystic arts
Last week Charles c. Dickinson. organ
izer and former president of the Carnegie
Trust Company, of this city, and one of
the best known and shrewdest OF Wall
Street fnanciers. died from the effects OF
inhaling poisonous gases while watching
an experiment which had for its purpose
the demonstrating Of the alleged discovery
Of a process akin 10 that which Trisme-
gistus sought so long IN vain.
The lure of alchemy. which after all is
but the lure Of gold. has been felt in every
generation since the descendants of Adam
In each century Il has exacted a heavy
toll Of life and fortune; nor has II en-
riched any one except q few alchernic
frauds who used their knowledge of chem
.stry &c cheat and deceive the ignorant.
Yet there are in this city to-day not few
who believe that eventually the baser
metals can n some way be Transmitted
into the precious ones.
Originally alchemists sought the accom-
plishnent Of two principal things-the dis
covery Of process OF transmutation and
the discovery OF some mixture which when
quaffed would give The drinker perpetual
youth. Old aichenists have asserted that
they knew how 10 mix such a drink. but
IN at least one instance the elixir cock
-ail' proved fatal TO its inventor.
Mr.. Dickinsons death came so unex-
pectedly that at first there was 2 rurnor of
suicide. originating probably from the sud
6enness Of his taking Off and the fact that
he is understood 20 have suffered recently
some severe financial reverses. Then from
Scranton. Penn, came the startling story
OF al alchenlic experiment, with all the
old, familiar scenic staging boiling cru
chile. poisonous gases, mysterious fornu-
las. great secrecy and promises OF untold
wealth. II was q story that made New
York rub its eyes and then gasp.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

Plans are prepared for house. sLss-
list Regiment on the new RAMS a, 10
Welt, n. Y. for the acconnnodalV,s prss
men OF the regiment incident 70 !, ~
tics. The house will be eorapls1so
TENDER. II - expected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
FIRST SECTION.

FROM CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERU-
SALEM TO HIS BEING TAKEN PRIS-
ONER IN THE GARDEN OF OLIVES.
The orchestra plays a simple and actless
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
A FABLE OF ALCHEMY.

A FABLE OF ALCHEMY.
Raymond Lully, OF Lullius. was one Of
the best known alchemists in the thirteenth
and fourteenth centuries. A story of him
is that he changed a mass of fifty thou
sand pounds of quicksilver into pure gold
for King Edward 1 while upon a visit TO
London Venice prohibited the study of
alchemy in 1883.
In the seventeenth century there lived
one Spartagorosus who asserted that he
had discovered a method for changing base
metals into the precious ones. He seemed
to have ideas similar to those of some Of
the financiers of our present time. 1t is
related that Sparta gorosus industriously
spread abroad the news of his discovery
among the ignorant and credulous mobiles,
and eventually succeeded in selling 1t to
them for a lump sum, having previously
arranged to leave the country Immediately
thereafter by way OF fishing smack. His
plan succeeded admira bly,. and the decep-
ton Melted him an amount equivalent to
about 10000.
II nearly cost him his life, however, for
his fishing smack became becalned, and
came close to capture by beats of the pur
suing and indignant mobiles. The latter had
lost no time in trying to manufacture gold,
and when the experiment failed set hastily
out in pursuit of the faker.
Thus the story of the lure of alchemy
goes through many crimsoned page of
history-ancient or modern. Gold, which
early in the history of the world became
priced above all other metals, has had
fascination which has led men to do and
dare all to obtain it, and alchemy still has
its disciples
Professor Charles E. Pellew. of Columbia
University in talking on DR.. Lange's sup
posed discovery. said:
There have been several quite recent in
stances of persons who honestly believed
that they had found the way to change
iron or lead into geld or silver. About
twenty years ago there was a considerable
agitation in France which led to the for
nation Of the Hermatic Society. This So
ciety published a journal and conducted
weighty examinations into the books left
by the old alchemists. There are num-
Der Of persons who live right here in New
York who still believe in alchemy. ! meet
them from time to time.
In the old days there were many alche-
nists who really believed in their art. and
there were many more who used it TO de-
ceive. There is story that illustrates
this
"a certain alchemist of the sixteenth
century named Botticher showed his power
in the presence of Augustus the Strong,
King of SaXony, and he ordered Botticher
10 make him some more gold. The latter
protested that this would be placing ali un-
fair strain upon him, and thereupon the
King promptly clapped him into prison
Botticher protested that he needed other
metals and ingredients TO work with and
they were supplied. Among other things
he had some white clay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

a trip has been planned by uls y IN
OF the sd Regiment for June s.,s a
elusive when a visit to the 0a''- 49,. an
Gettysburg. the caverns of LurSS' -.
other points of interest will be mA~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

President Taft will be escorted ton, .r u.
from the home OF his brother - shss-
Taft. No IS West 18th street 70 -, ,.N,,a,,-os
main Square Hotel by Troop Of - sssor
A. Troop 3 of the squadron W. ,,,g 70
General Charles T. Roe. eonAiI -D..-r, A.
national guard. from the lst b's'''
mory TO the head OF the column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

Professor Shaw. of the Agricultural Col
lege OF the University of California. has
lust returned from an inspection of lands
and crops in Imperial Valley, in the delta
OF the Colorado River, adjoining old Mex
100. He reports that more than five thou
sand acres have been planted in cotton and
that the results are gratifying. The land is
so rich that no fertilizer is needed TO grow
good crops.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

The Mammoth Channel Geld Mining Com
pany. near Oroville. Butte County. has
struck the cid mammoth channel" of blue
gravel, which carries large amounts of
sold. Since the pioneer days miners have
been searching for this gravel bed. The
channel is ten feet deep and every pan is
rich In gold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

President David Starr Jordan in an ad-
dress to the graduating class OF Stanford
University this week made comparison
between the work of Simon Newcomb and
Edward H. Hartman. He declared New
combs work and influence would live for
ever and that his scholarly spirit would not
fail to stimulate seekers after knowledge
for centuries whereas Harrimans work
would soon be only a matter of history
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TRADE REPORTS ARE
STILL IRREGULAR
Conservatism Is Widely in
Evidence in All Lines
BUYERS ARE SLUGGISH
Reports From Leading Industries Show
Repression in Operations While
Textile Mills Are CurtniIing
Their Product
BUYERS ARE SLUGGISH

New York, September 23.-Bradstreets
will say tomorrow
Trade and Industrial reports are still
irregular in some lines, and at some CEN
ters is indicated, but repression and con-
servatism are widely in evidence and re-
fiected in small, but frequent rather than
large or confident buying.
One really favorable underlying feat
ure, perhaps not thoroughly appreciated
at present, is the apparent absence of
large stocks of goods in primary or sec
ondary hands, born apparently of uncer-
taintyi as to future prices and the growth
of the belief that far distant buying is
not either advisable or necessary. This,
with the favorable crop outlook, will
make easier the resumption of full ac-
tivity If other disturbing causes are re-
moved.
Reports from leading industries are of
repression in operations. Basic pig iron
is weaker and there are reports of will
ingness to sell further ahead. Some nm
ished lines show a slightly larger vol
ume of business booked, but railway buy
ing Is still conspicuous by its absence.
In the eastern leather trade some sole
leather tanners are operating below ca
pacity and eastern shoe manufacturers
report conservatism marked in buying.
At the west some centers report shoe
factories running to capacity.
In textile lines curtailment is still in
evidence.
Staple lines meet with fairly steady
demand. Jobbers and manufacturers
stocks are reported lighter than usual
Some makes of ginghams and fancy cot
tons for next spring, for which prices
have been announced, have sold quite
freely In the wooden goods trade po-
litical agitation is claimed to be holding
back future demand.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending September % were
100, against '210 last week, III In the like
week of 1909, 267 in 1908, 166 in 1907 and
1876 in 1905.
Business failures in Canada for the
week number %, which compares with 30
for last week and 81 in the like week.
of 1909
Wheat, including flour. exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending September % aggregate l.
$50, SOS bushels, against 2,174,05S last week
and 2,973,601 this week last year For the
u weeks ending September % exports
are 17,534362 bushels, against 25,093,023 in
the corresponding period last year. Corn
exports for the week are 1896 bushels,
against 174039 last week and 94,41S BUSH
els in 1909 For the Il weeks ending Sep
TENDER %, corn exports are 3,062,262 BUSH
els, against 1,2S5,3 61 last year.
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