H REVIEW OF
SPORTS
Effects of Hero "Worship in
Baseball and Its Ke-
actionary Influence.
CHANGES IN LOCAL TEAM.
Two or Three Features of the Recent
Belay Eace of Bicyclists.
PRITCHARD'S LATEST DEMAND.
A Fw Words About Jim Hill's Chall engo
to Fight at 162 rounds.
THE SLATIX AND JACKSON BATTLE
The content for the pennant of the first
division of the National League, as it is
commonly called, continues to be a very
close one. The Boston and Brooklyn teams
hold on steadily to first and second place
respectively, but there is considerable
scrambling for the three or Jour next posi
tions. Steady playing of good average
quality is what is going to win out and it is
t-iniplv by this that the two leaders are
leeping in front.
The trip ol the "Western teams to the East
las been an interesting feature of the week,
and Eastern cranks are now thoroughly sat
, isficd that the Eastern contingent have the
' best of it. While it is safe to say that the
winner will be among the Eastern clubs, it
is not so easy to say what section the next
an order will come from. The Eastern
teams have to come West again beiore the
first race is over and that trip may make
many big change, no matter how things
stand at the end of the present trip East of
the "Western teams. Altogether it is a mat
ter of fair speculation to name the first six
clubs in the first race.
I would not be surprised to find the Louis
villc team out of the first sir at the end of
the first contest. The brief history of that
team this season shows how strange are the
"vicissitudes of baseball. At the start, and
lor a week or so after, one could hear notb-
ihsr but talk about the Louisville team and
1'Iefler. indeed, some of the most foolish
end gu-hin pictures were published lauda
tory of PlefiVr, simply because the team
non a lew games extra at the commence
ment. These lrothy and extravagaut
plaudit raised the Louisville cranks in par
ticular to a high pitch of excitement. But
the scene lm been changed. The team has
Ixvn losln, and recently not a playerin the
business has been jeered more than Fred
Ptciler by the Louisville patrons. This
May be baseball life, but there is no reason
for these extremes. It is this low type of
lipro worship m baseball that causes so
much unpleasantness, because the man who
is extravagantly extolled to-day is likely to
be tlu- sad vici'iu of a reaction to-morrow.
It Picfier slid his friends had not encour
aged the excessive prai&e in his behalf at
the oflset the reaction would not now have
been so great.
The good ba-eball General is the man who
can keep up his pluck and cxcrcUe good
JH'Igtnent in defeat. Reverses invariably
bring discontent and the latter begets a'
desire lor change and sometimes on a very
large scale. It is in deciding upon the to be
or not to be of these changes that a captain
or a manager pro es Ins clear head and
intelligence in er-r manv instances. Glad
dened by defeat and the jeers of the public,
managers -sometimes are glad to make any
kind of a change in the blind hope that it
mar Lave a good cflcct, and the change
Brakes matters norse.
" eil, it is always worth while to-keep
an eve on the action of the managers of
teams that are meeting with more than an
average share ot defeat. It to do this we
will find that scarcely one man acts like
Captain Anson under the circumstances.
The matter is north thinking about.
Ilio Change, in Oar Local Club.
Time is passing alone with tolerable
smoothness with our local ball club, and,
taking everything into consideration, mat
ters could be much worse. Captain Burns
Bon has lull charge of tlie players, and he
lias released Ed Swartwood and Billy Earle
i a means of reducing the club's expenses.
As tar as this jroes there can be no fault
found with the Captain's action. "While all
of os. I dare say, will regret to part with
euch a line fellow and good player as Swart
wood, e must not Jorget that the club offi
ciais have i perfect right to manage their
oau business They are to be judges as to
when they are doing right ami when they
are dointr rong. Don't let us forget that.
But two sfch players as Earle and Swart
wood are sure to be wanted by many clubs.
Itwy are. indeed, good players, and I know
i lew better catchers in the country than
Earle. It was incumbent that somebody
should be released, as the club could not
carry 1R ncn. Depend upon it the wet
weaiher has been a very hard blow to the
club and the directors need all the encour
agement they can get I venture to say
that there is not a ub in the League
pluckier than Pittsburg in the way ot put
ting nt) casii for the cood of the te'am. The
directors are at all times ready to go a very
long war; bat unnecessary expenditure is
folly.
So lar Captain Burns has gone along very
niceh. He has a deal of practical knowl
edge and his position allows him to be right
In among the players. This is a very good
advantage. He has made some good
chances it. the team and altogether the fu
ture ot the team looks very welL If the
weather is fn,e to-morrow there ought to be
a Terr large numler of people at Exposi
tion Park to see the two games. Our mu
tual friend, E-l H anion, will have his men
from Baltimore here, and there ought to be
tome very interesting leaturcs in the two
games.
I..sons oT th" Hig Itolay Kaco.
It is s.i'e to say that bicycling has had no
such boom in this generation as it has re
ceived bvthc recent relav race lrom Chicago
to New York. That contest against Father
Time has caused thousands of people to dis
cuss the merits and demerits of bicycling
vli, piohablv, never gave a moment's
thoM;,i to the matter oeiore. This is the
liind ot advertising a sport vrants and it is
wlia the promoters of various sports and
pastimes are striving for.
Outside of the booming of the recreation,
the relav races teacli us two things: First,
what can be accomplished by bicycling, and
iccond, the great loss the bad condition of
our main roads entail upon the country. I
dare sav nobody ill dispute the lact that
there is more bicv cling to-day all over the
world than there has ever been. I know of
no sport that has jumped into popularitv so
suddenly and so extensively as bicycling
has done. And it is a very healthy sign, be
cause bicvcling is not onlv a recreation or
jicsiirr.e. but it can be utilized in the busi
ness adairs ol lite.
But the relay race points out to us the
possibility of the bicycle's usefulness in the
army, and after thinking over the features
0f the relav race none of us, I think, will
jail to see the utility of the bicycle in mili
tary servie-. Leading militarv authorities
definitely state that bicvclescan be of great
n-e in the army, and I am content to take
tliese statements as true. The race, though
tl,e riders were awlully handicapped, was
satisfactory enough to the militarv authori
ties to prompt them to state that the bicy
cles would he of use in military campaigns,
but had the roads been at all good this opin
ion would probably have become a crystal
lized conviction. There were excellent
bicycle riders in the race, and men en
dowed with the most remarkable pluck. It
is one thin; to spin a bicycle round a first
cltss racing track against time on a calm
summer day and quite another to be strug
gling awayon a dark road inches deep in
Imua ana tne wina ana rain oeaunjr m your
I not Tt. is under the. 1fittr condition that
pluck is necessary; aye, that sterling, un
adulterated pluck that makes heroes of
people. AVell, the relay race inlroduced to
us many young men of this (tamp, and by
their pluck and skill they demonstrated
beyond all doubt that the utility of the bi
cycle is very extensive.
"The race also shows to ns that the roads
are a disgrace to the country. Bad roads
are always injurious to business, and with
so much public money at the disposal of the
powers that be, it is extremely surprising
that some general effort is not made to im
prove the miserable mud holes commonly
called pikes. The bicycle riders of the
country are working tolerably well for road
improvement, but thev are not doing as
much as they should" do in that respect.
And the public should help them. If ever
a movement deserved public support, de
pend upon it the nioTe to have the public
roads improved does, because it will be a
benefit iu which we can all snare, both rich
and poor.
A lw Words Abont Checker Players.
During the last few days the experts and
patrons of the draught board have had much
to talk about in the defeat of "the veteran
champion, James Wyllie, by the youngster
Jordan. The result, of course, was a sur
prise, but one local authority said to me the
other day: "Ah! didn't I tell you that
Wvllie would be downed one of these
days?"
That remark suggests many things. To
me it suggests the question: In the name
of the limits of human nature why shouldn't
he? Why, I can remember meeting Wyllie
when I was a lad, and he w as an old .man
then. All branches of sports and pastimes
have their heroes and champions, but I
know ot none who has had such a remark
able career as James Wyllie, the champion
player. True, he has had his foibles and
has'them yet, like all of them, but point out
to me a man who has carried the laurels of
victory so long and so well in any branch
ot snort in the world as Wyllie has done.
Depend upon it, Father Time's finger had
Wv llie's brow furrowed before manv of us
were born, and he was famous then just as
he is famous now.
But human nature has its limits. At
four score years we cannot keep up the gait
of SO or 40 years, neither mentally nor
phvsically. Then why should there be a
surprise at a young man defeating the vet
eran. If we believe in progress, the sur
prise should rather be caused by the old
man defeating out; best young ones. Cer
tainly there is progress in the checker
world as well as in other things, and
there is much known to-day that Wyllie,
Martins and others did not know
when they were full of vigor. There are
more fiist-class young draught players to
day than there ever were, and most as
suredly they will down the very best of the
old stock. They have time and the dis
coveries of the past on their side. It is not
likely that any ol our present checker ex
perts will ever remain at the top of the list
as long as Wyllie did. The surroundings
and conditions are different During
Wyllie's time he'has not had the competi
tion that future champions are likely to
have. With Searights and Jordans spring
ing up here and there a man to retain the
championship must have much of what is
remarkable abont him, because these young
men now making their lame are full of
originality. And that's what tells.
It is extremely pleasing to note the grow
ing popularity of checker playing. There
is a fostering influence ol sociability and a
process of mental training about tne game
that should prompt everyone of us to en
courage it as much as possible.
Great Intentions ot the Amateur Athletes.
Judging from the declnred intentions of
the amateur athletes this year, both in this
country and in England, they, theamatenrs,
are goine to do some great things this year.
Our local athletes are just as lull of declara
tions as those ot any other place and some
of them have commenced to perform al
ready. Locally speaking, I see no reason
why the amateurs of this section should not
have a verr busy and successful season of it
There is plenty of talent and a convenient
park to perform in. Amateurism cannot
very weil live and prosper if private
physical exercise or merely social enjoy
ment is to be its chief aim. It must have
public performers and good ones. This is
so much a fact that organizations that have
the best tatent are among the most popular
and successful. It is, therefore, necessary
that our local organizations should not stop
ut declaring what they intend to do, but set
themselves to work at once and do it.
Nationally the prospects of amateurism
are good. In many branches we may have
record breakers before the year is out, al
though we cannot well evrpect to have the
sprinting record lowered. The marks left
by Carey and Owen are too low, I lear, to
be reached by the sprinters this year. But
we never can tell. It is about time that we
had a good "miler," and I will not be sur
prised if we have a man this year who can
surprise the public.
But most is to be expected from the
bicyclists. They are so numerous and so
goo"d that it looks certain that records will
go down indeed. Z'uimerman has already
lowered the quarter mile mark and this has
caused quite a sensation among the Brit
ishers. There never were so many good
bicycle riders as now, and where there are
so many good ones the chances af finding an
"unknown" are all the greater. This leads
me to think that we may have .a bicycle
wonder or two this year among the ama
teurs. There is still a comparative lack of en
thusiasm among our amateur oarsmen. It
seems to me that because we cannot down
the Britisher? in this class, we don't
care to play at the game. Doubtless the
easy defeat of Psotta two years ago by two
or three ot the English amateur scullers has
had a bad effect ou our amateur rowers gen- j
erally. Hut it I am rightly informed we
have now better material than Mr. Psotta.
If that is so we may have a chance. It has
been rumored that Mr. Hawkins intends to
take part in the English amateur sculling
contests this year. If he goes there he
must needs be very much better than Mr.
Psotta was, fori saw the latter completely
outrowed by a rower who wasn't the best
amateur sculler over there.
Contests Anion; Loca' Runner.
It seems as if the sport of foot racing
were going to revive here again. At pres
ent there are two very important matches
pending, either ot which is ol national im
portance. Certainly local interest in them
must be very great because ot the fame
of the contestants.
One race is a bona fide sprinting contest
of 100 yards between George Smith and
Tom Hammond, the latter receiving lour
yards' start. Smith is something of a vet
eran at the business, as he won a Sheffield
handicap more than ten years ago. Whether
he is able to concede Hammond four yards
or not I am not in a position to say just
now. Hammond has so far been a wretched
performer in public, but he must have
shown some fast running to somebody or
else stake money would not be forthcoming
for him. This is the common sense view of
it, at any rate. I have a notion that there
I was a time when bmith would have had a
j shade the best of the race at present condi-
tions, but whether or not he can tret down
to his old-time speed is a question that I
cannot definitely reply to.
The other race tak'es place on June 11,
and is betwren Peter Pnddy and M. J.
Kenned-. They run three miles under the
Mime conditions that governed the Priddy
Jordan race. Kennedy is ex-amateur cham
pion cross-country runner and has never
figured in any professional event
The Coming Priridy-Knnnedj Kac?.
He trained Jordan and can beat so
easily that he thinks he has a good chance
to defeat Pnddy. Opinions differ.on this
point, however. It may be that Priddy
will run three miles much faster than Ken
nedy anticipates. Kennedy may or may
jjot be a first-class three-m'iler, but he is
certainly a fine gentleman and an ho'nest
fellow.
In speaking of the latter race I am re
minded ot the complaints that our friend,
E. C McClelland, has been making about
not getting a race. McClelland may have
been somewhat unfortunate in not securing
a race, but in tracing the causes of this let
us be fair. The best way to insure a match
THE
is to put up a forfeit, and this li just what
Mao has not done. Kennedy wanted to
run Peter Priddy and in a busi
ness like way forwarded articles
of agreement and a -forfeit of $50
to The Dispatch office. Priddy covered
the forfeit and the match wai made. De
pend upon it,, there is a deal of truth In the
common phrase: "Money talks." If Mc
Clelland would.put up a forfeit, Just as sure
"as we live it will be covered, but a man
with the cash always has the preference. Mc
Clelland is a really good runner, and we all
must admit that Besides, he is just as
honest and as fair minded as any pedestrian
I have ever met, but it is foolish to think
that he cannot' secure a race if he puts up a
forfeit Most certainly I wish him good
luck and a good backer'
The latest From Ted Pritchard.
There is always something to surprise us
nowadays, not only 'in politics, but in the
ordinary sports which we patronize from
day to day. The latest surprise to me is
the declaration of Ted Pritchard, that he
will not fight Fitzsimmons lor less than a
purse of $15,000 and not until next Novem
ber. I am very much afraid that this
means Pritchard does not want to come here
at all to fight the Australian. Certainly,
the demands of the Englishman are ex
ceedingly extravagant
But while they are extraordinary they
are just in keeping with the schemes and
customs of modern pugilism. Everybody
is out lor the "stuff and "reputation," no
matter how the latter may be obtained or
how spurious it may be. None ot us can
blame Pritchard for refusing to fight for
less than a certain amount aj long as we are
prepared to defend Sullivan's refusal to
fight Mitchell because of the same reason.
It will be very interesting to note' how those
people who always condemn everything an
English pugilist does and defend anything
John L. does,deal with Pritchard's" latest
From first to last, I have opposed these
outrageous -demands for extraordinary
stakes and purses, and in Pritchard's case
my opposition is just as strong as it was in
Sullivan's case. While Pritchard would be
prepared to fight Fitzsimmons it the latter
were to visit England, it looks as if the
Englishman has no desire to come here.
A Very Fair Offer to Jim Hall.
While Pritchard's demands regarding
Fitzsimmons may be questionable, he cer
tainly has the line of the argument as re
gards Jim Ball. The latter was taken to
England by Parson Davies simply as a
business venture. And, as I have before
stated, Hall is one of the most remarkable
characters we have known in the history of
pugilism. The man has been exhibited in
all leading cities as a great pugilist, and he
really has taken part in a fight since he
came to this country. He may be one of
the rankest impostors ever known. AVell,
he goes to England, and the first thing his
tutor in business does is to offer to match
him to fight a middle-weight, viz., Pritch
ard. Bnt the latter replies at once: "Cer
tainly I'll fight him at 154 pounds, the middle-weight
limit" This is too light for
Hall, and what does that mean? Why, it
simply means that Davies is trotting Hall
round the world under falsa- pretenses. He
is a bdna-fide heavy-weight, and declines to
fight anybody outside the middle-weight
class. Why does he not fight a heavy
weight? The fact is that he is big enough
for the heavy class, and his managers do not
think him gopd enough for his class.
It would be just as reasonable for W. H.
Brady to take Corbett round the country
offering to match him to fight Dempsey,
Johnny Reagan or any of the pugilists of
that weieht The truth is, Hall has so far
.been foisted on "the public by nervy and
impudent coaching.
A Few TVoras About; the Ushtwplshts.
It does not seem as if there was much
earnestness in the proposed battle between
Billy Myer and JackMcAuliffe. The latter,
I firmly believe, has seen his best day and
is aware of it, and with this knowledge he
is not anxious to meet such a tough cus
tomer as Myer. If thev do meet McAuliffe
is likelv to meet his Waterloo, and lor this
reason he would do well to stay ont of the
way and retire on his laurels. There cer
tainly would be no title at stake were they
to fight, because each would be considerably
beyond the lightweight limit This demand
was made by McAuliffe, and only goes to
show that his condition is not good.
If the two named do not fight I notice
that Jimmy Carroll is anxfdus to meet either
oflbem. Carroll is game enough to meet
anybody his weight, bnt I fail to see how he
exercises4 gpod judgment in wanting to
meet Myer again. The last time they met
Myer beat "the old man" simply by wait
ing, aifd why cannot that be done again? I
venture to say that Myer would be a little
more'expert in the waiting game next time
than he was in the last contest And when an
old man, or a man of Carroll's years, has to
iorce a glove contest against a strong young
fellow like Myer the youngster is bound to
have the better of it if he knows anything
at alLor has sensible people behind him.
Final Words About Slavln and Jackson.
If everything goes according to pro
pamine F. P. Slavin and Peter Jackson
will decide their 20-round glove contest to
morrow or Tuesday evening. It is very
Ikely that the battle will be ended before
'the 20 rounds are finished as. Slavin is not a
waiter; at least, he has not been so far.
According to reports both men are in
good condition, althongh an occasional
rumor states that Jackson's knee bothers
him. On the other hand the report is de
nied, and it is stated that he never was in
better condition in his life. He and his
backers are very confident; and the English
"talent" are making him favorite. Bet
ting not olten influences my opinion, and
it does not in this instance. I therefore
look for Slavin's defeating the colored
champion because of reasons which I ex
pressed two or three weeks ago. .
I also venlure to remark that Pritchard
will defeat O'Brien, although there is not
much knojvn about the latter.
Pbingle.
DESCENDANTS OF LEVI.
An European Family Who Call Themselves
Conslns or the Holy Virgin.
Buffalo Enquirer.
There is a family in Europe the members
of which call themselves "cousins of the
Holy Virgin." The reason for this appel
lation is found in the fact that they claim
to be descended in a direct line from Levi,
the son of Jacob. They relate that hidden
away somewhere in one of their ancestral
castles there is a picture, painted some 200
years ago, representing the deluge. Float
ing alongside of the ark vyas a little boat
bearing the armorial Insignia of this family
who were too proud and too exclusive to
travel on board a "common carrier" like
the ark. According to Biblical history,
Levi was not born till tome few years" sub
sequent to the deluge, but then probably a
little discrepancy like that was not consid
ered of much account by the artist who
painted the picture.
TOTAL ABSTINENCE NEWS.
St. ColkkaIc's, of Turtle Creek, will have
an open meeting to-morrow night
Father Lahbino's mission has increased
the membership of his societies 25 per cent
There Is talk of the Fathor Matthew Asso
ciation seraratlnc the reading circle lrom
the total abstinence feature.
A larqe number of representative speak
ers have boen secured to address the even
ing meeting at Scottdaln June 11.
Messrs. Weldeh, Griflln and Barr were In
New York last week with Father Sheedy in
the Interest of the summer school.
r The Union will meet at 8 o'clock this after
noon at St. John's, Thirty -second street 'A
good attendance is Important; as the final
arrangements will be made for the ScottcUle
Convention. t
Members of ont of town, societies should
send a list or names to Secretary Joyce of
those intending to. go tot Scottdale so
they can get the advanc&go of the reduced
rate. ."
Members who intend golmr to Scottdale
should send In their names to .Seorotary
Joyce tilts afternoon so that he can' furnish
them with the card orders necessary to
secure the reduced rate. .
Hethuzh Awsiiras Satre green, warranted
not to run, at 'Mamaux & Son's, 639 Peim
avenue. Tel. 1972. Thau
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PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
LEPROSY AND TYPHUS.
Secretary Blaine Gathering Secret
Eeports on the Diseases.
CONTAGION IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Considerable Danger This Tear of an In
vasion by Yellow Jack.
MARINE HOSPITAL BUREAU WORK
rOORRESPOlTDESCE OF Tmt DISPATCH.'.
Washington, May 27. The establish
ment of a national leprosy hospital is pro
vided for by a bill that will be introduced
in this Congress. This frightful disease is
at present exciting the alarmed attention
of the Federal health authorities. It is
Very much more common in the United
States than is generally imagined, because
local officials customarily ignore and even
conceal cases unless compelled by public
clamor to take action. This they do for the
reason that they know not how to dispose
of them. A discovered leper is always a
terror and a burden to a community. No
State has an institution for lepers, and those
afflicted with the complaint are usually
hidden away under conditions of extreme
wretchedness to themselves. It is asserted
on competent authority that lepers exist
to-day in every good sized city in the coun
try. There has been much dispute as to wheth
er or not leprosy is contagious, but there is
no doubt whatever of the lact that it spreads
wherever sufferers are not carefully isolated.
It is making very rapid progress in Havana,
where lepers commonly appear on the
streets and handle the same filthy paper
currency that forms the circulating medium
among their healthy fellow citizens.
rt'alne Interested In thi Dis-ase.
Serious concern is felt by this Govern
ment respecting the prevalence and spread
of leprosy in neighboring countries, as re
ported recently by United Ctates Consuls in
response to a request for information issued
by Secretary Blaine. These reports are as
yet withheld from publication for reasons of
international policy. The finger of warning
is pointed ton ard the United States of Co
lombia. Leprosy was unknown among the
aboriginal inhabitants, the first case record
ed being that of a Spanish priest, in 1648.
Since then the disease has spread slowly
over the couutry. During the last 20 years,
however, its advance in all directions has
been rapidly accelerated, and to-day hardly
a populated locality remains uninfected.
The people are rapidly "becoming a popula
tion of lepers.
It is said that one out of every ten inhabi
tants of the Departments of Santender and
Boyaca has the disease. This estimate
would place the total number of lepers in
that section of Colombia alone at 100,000.
The most conservative estimates set it at
30,000. The immigration law framed by
the last Congress, in directing the Marine
Hospital Bureau to make sanitary examina
tions of all immigrants to the United States,
named leprosy in particular as a disease to
be carefully excluded. Most victims 'of it
who come here are lrom South American
and Cuban ports.
The Typhus Scare in Pltt.lrarg.
Another source of dread, imminent this
year, is the "famine fever," as typus is
called in Russia, where the disease is
familiarly known as the offspring of starva
tion. Immigrants, as well as all vessels,
from that part of the world will be closely
watched. At the suggestion of the Surgeon
General in charge of the Marine Hospital
Service, the Secretary of State has ad
dressed a circular letter to all the
United Stales Consuls at ports in the
Czar's dominions, asking for special report
respecting typhus. The responses
thus lar received indicate that, although
the complaint has reached several of too
ports from the stricken districts, not one of
these points is in direct communication by
steam of sail with America. Of course, the
fever may arrive from any of them at any
time indirectly, as was the case recently
with the Massifia, which brought infected
Hebrew passengers to New York from
Odessa by wajr oi Marseilles, starting a
small epidemic in the metropolis, and badly
frightening Pittsburg and Western Penn
sylvania. Fortunately, while no known
disease is more fearfully contagious, typhus
is easily stamped out by proper sanitary
measures. The consuls have been instructed
to keep this Government advised by cable
as to the progress of the disease in Russia.
Fenclns Ont the Plagues.
To keep out the dangerous diseases which
are constantly threatening to invade the
couutry from all quarters, Uncle Sam is
compelled to surroirhd his wide domain with
a sanitary fence that is made as impregnable
as possible. He is obliged always to keep
a watchful eye upon the Orient, where is
the breeding place ot a plague never com
pletely extinguished, which needs only a
spark "to kindle it into a destructive and
wide-spread epidemic. The Persian Gulf
and Bed Sea are two wide gateways by
which the cholera may at any time invade
Europe from Asia through the Ottoman
Empire. It would be easy for the great
powers to shut these gates by strict quaran
tine, and do away with this danger to the
health -ol the civilized world; but, notwith
standing many discussions of the subject,
they have never been able to come to an
agreement among themselves on the point.
England finds that quarantihe rules ob
struct her commerce, for the sake of which
she is always willing to sacrifice everything,
even to decency and good morals. So the
regulations in this regard are left to be ad
ministered by corrupt Turkish officials, who.
never hesitate to convert a threatened epi
demic into a source of revenue for them
selves by exacting "backsheesh" from
people who will pay for being relieved from
inspection and detention. Cholera in the
East is largely a matter of religion. It is
spread by pilgrims who journey from India
and elsewhere in Southern Asia, as well as
from Northern Africa, to Mecca.
The Danger From Yellow Jack.
Happily, it is believed that danger from
Asiatic cholera will be less this year than
last On the other hand, yellow fever it at
present more than usually threatening.
There has just been a frightful epidemic of
the latter at Bio, and vessels infected with
the disease have arrived nt United States
ports much earlier and in greater numbers
then ordinarily. This complaint is a cause
of dread along the Southern Atlantic and
Gulf coasts every summer. Certain ports
in South America and the West Indies are
sick with it the year around, simply be
cause of their filthy" and abominable sani
tary condition. To keep it out of this
country the Marine Hospital service main
tains large quarantine establishments on
remote islands, whither ships are taken for
cleansing aud scientific disinfection, and
where there are hospitals.
One of these stations in on the Dry Tor
tugas, 30 miles from land. It includes a
complete bacteriological laboratory, and is
in charge of an expert medical officer, who
is making a special investigation respecting
the nature of yellow fever, -which is thought
to be produced by another variety ol those
interesting vegetable parasites called "bac
teria." Any craft arriving at a Southern
port and found to be infected is sent by the
local authorities to the nearest "island of
refuge," where she is filled with sulphur
fumes, her woodwork is washed with bi
chloride of mercury, and the bedding of the
crew is put through a steaming process in
disinfecting chambers, before she is let go.
Tie Marine Hospital Service.
'The Marine Hospital service is a sort of
Federal health boaid. It looks out for the
sanitary condition ot the country at large,
without interfering with the functions of
State and local authorities. Maintaining
communication with United States Consuls
all over the globe, it keeps a watch on dis-
eases everywhere, publishing a weekly re
port respecting the health and mortality of
every big city in the world. Importations
SUNDAY, . MAT 29,
of rags to this countrr are made under in
spection by its officers! They come largely
from Marseilles, which is the ereat ragshop
of Europe, where they are collected from
all over the Continent, and even from the
cholera-stricken districts of Asia. It is
credibly asserted that some of them are
actually the clothing of defunct pilgrims
killed by the disease. However, no rags
from Marseilles are permitted to enter a
port of the United States without a certifi
cate showing that they have been previously
unbaled and boiled for an hour, or else
subjected to steam or sulphurous gas.
This regulation will soon be extended to
rags from Ghent, and eventually to such
mercnanaise irom all .Europe.
Smallpox threatens at all seasons, par
ticularly lrom China; but such effective
methods have been adopted for its preven
tion and extirpation wherever it appears
that it is not greatly feared.
A Wholesale Vaccination.
Last winter there was an epidemic of this
disease in Canada. Medical inspectors
were placed at Detroit and Port Huron, arid
all passengers from the infected districts
who crossed the borders into the United
States by train were vaccinated or sent
back, unless they could show certificates of
vaccination. Ail the vaccine used by the
Marine Hospital service is obtained from a
farm near Washington, which is devoted
exclusively to the manufacture of this
product from young heifers scientifically
inoculated.
The last Congress made a law providing
for inter-State quarantine. In case of an
epidemic anywhere, the Surgeon General
in charge ot the Marine Hospital Bureau is
permitted to promulgate such regulations
as he may deem requisite, subject tp the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Consumption, typhoid lever, diphtheria,
scarlet fever and measles are left to the
attention of State and local health authori
ties. Becent discoveries in bacteriology have
made quarantine methods scientific. In
stead of the once usual 40-day period of
detention 'tor infected vessels, the latter are
only stopped long enough to put them
through the disinfecting processes which
have been ascertained to be sufficient to
destroy the germs of disease. On Chande
leur Island more than 50 ships found in
fected with yellow fever were dealt with
last summer.
A Chancs for Young Physicians.
The Marine Hospital Bureau provides
free medical attendance for every Ameri
can seaman who wants it. Formerly it was
maintained by a tax of from 20 to 40 cents a
month on the' wages of sailors, but in 1871
Congress took the service out of the con
trol of the various collectors ot customs and
placed it under the Treasury Department.
The medieal officers receive their appoint
ments direct from the President. Any
graduate in medicine not over 30 years old
tor under 21 is eligible. However, the ex
amination, medical and physical, is so ex
acting that oT 21 applicants who appeared
before the Examining Board the other day
only five passed, and there is but one va
cancy at present. Successful candidates are
placed on jthe eligible list, from which ap
pointments are made when vacancies occur.
On receiving his appointment, the young
physician becomes an assistant surgeon at
51,600 a year, with quarters, fuel and lights
furnished, and is assigned to one ot the
marine hospitals. Promotions to the suc
ceeding grades of passed assistant surgeon
and full surgeon, with amply increased
emoluments, come with length of service.
Officers cannot be removed except for good
cause.
How the Bnreau Is Supported.
The operations of the bureau extend all
over the United States. It owns and con
trols 20 hospitals on the sea coast and
lakes, and has contracts with 150 local hos
pitals where seamen are admitted and
treated by its own surgeons. Any Ameri
can eaior who has served 60 days is en
titled to treatment when sick and is cared
for until he recovers. Sailors attached to
foreign ships may be admitted to the hos
pitals on certification by their Consuls, but
arc charged $1 a day. More than 50,000
seamen are taken care of annually in these
institutions. The expenses of the bureau
are paid by the tonnage taxes on foreign
Vessels, but Congress makes a special ap
propriation for the support of the quaran
tine system. Apart irom that the service
costs about (600,000 a year.
The bureau examines all 'applicants for
the Life Saving Service and for employment
by the Eevenue marine, which.,is a small
navy attached to the Treasury. Also it
tests every pilot for color blindness before a
license is issued. It is very important that
a pilot shall be able to distinguish a red
light lrom a green one. The corps includes
15 surgeons, 20 passed assistant surgeons, 18
assistant surgeons, 79 acting assistant sur
geons and 20 hospital stewards.
Bene Bache.
A LAKE WITH A EOOF.
It Has a Thick Croat Made of Salt Which
Supports Itself.
St. Louis Republic
No, it isn't frozen salt, and it isn't under
ground. On the contrary, this remarkable
lake may be seen at any time during the
year, fully exposed, being even at its best
when the sun is shining directly upon it
This wonderful body of wafer is one of the
saltest of the shit lakes, and is situated
near Obdorsk, Siberia. The lake is 9 miles
wide and 17 long, and within the memory
of man was not entirely roofed over by the
salt deposit Originally evaporation played
the most prominent part in coating the lake
over with salt, but at the present time the
salt springs which surround it are adding
last to the thickness of the crust
In the long ago rapid evaporation ot the
lake's water lefc great salt crystals floating
on the surface. In course, of time these
caked together. Thus the waters were
finally entirely covered. In 1878 the lake
fouud an underground outlet into the Biver
Obi, which lowered its surface about three
feet The salt crust was so thick, however,
that it retained its old level, and now pre
sents the curious spectacle of a salt-roofed
lake. . The salt coat increases six inches in
thickness every year. The many islands
with which the'lake is studded are said to
act as braces and to help keep the arched
salt'crnst in position.
PHYSICAL TRAINING.
It Is Now rart or the Curriculum of All the
Lending Colleges.
New York Ledger.
The leading colleges of the country have
now adopted as part of their curriculum
gymnastic exercises, and physical education
is being considered apart from the violent
games which a few of the college athletes
pursue, often to the detriment of their in
tellectual life. The' training of the physical
life at the colleges has been extremely un
satisfactory in the end, but under the new
system there will be a healthy, strong, well
balanced physical and mental life. Every
man that" comes to the college should be
forced to take these simple bodily exercises.
Statistics given at one of the colleges show
that since physical education has been sys
tematically pursued the percentage ot sick
ness has decreased. Between 18(31 and 1865
each student averaged a loss of 2.18 days
throuch sickness annually, but during the
four years following the average loss was
1.75, a clear gain of 8 per cent
The present four years will even show a
greater gain. There is no more conclusive
proof needed than these statistics to show
the importance of physical training; and
were these same rules adopted in every
tchdol and home, the number of" sick days
would be materially lessened tor every one.
fashions Which Queen Anne Set
New York Press.
It was Queen Anne Richard IL's Queen
Anne who introduced trailing gowns into
England nearly 500 years ago. It was the
same royal lady who first set the fashion of
enormously high-peaked headgear, from
which the" "matinee hat" is no doubt de
scended; and also changed 'the mode ot lady
horsemanship from "the cavalier style to the
side saddle.
1 nit
1892.
EVENTS' OF THE BAT.
Lord Salisbury's Gracious Act in
Kecognition of Thomas Cooper.
THE STORY OP THE GUILLOTINE.
Trouble Ahead 'for the Brother of the
Czar of All the Rusaias.
THE LATE HURRICANE IK MAURITIUS
tWMTTXlT TOR TBI DISPATCH.
A kindly act, and it may he one of the
last of Lord Salisbury's ministry, is the
grant of $1,000
to Thomas Coop
er, the poet of
the Chartist
movement half
a century ago.
It speaks well
for the liberality
of even the En
glish Tories that
a man who once
defied the Gov
ernment is now
found worthy to
Thoma, Cooper. Uj beneficl.
ary. Thomas Cooper is one of the few
prominent leaders of Chartism living. He
did not sympathize with the hot-headed
members of that party of reformers, who
gave London such a scare in 1848, but he
suffered for their misdeeds nevertheless.
It was while imprisoned in Stafford Jail for
inciting a riot as his frightened prosecutors
alleged that he wrote his most notable
book, "The Purgatory of Suicides; a Prison
Bhyme."
It is a remarkable volume to have been
written by one who bent over the last, and
wielded the shoemaker's awl till he was 2a
Cooper taught himself Latin, Greek, He
brew and French while he worked at his
trade, and he proved the most magnetic or
ator the discontented laboring class of Eng
land had when Chartism, which aimed at
nothing subsequent Parliaments have not
lreely granted, raised its banners. Since
that stormy episode in his lite, Cooper has
labored quietly and modestly as an evangel
ist of Christianity though for a brief pe
riod he was seduced by secularism and as
a writer for the newspapers. Old age has
found him penniless, but the pension will
relieve him.
A Hundred Years of the Guillotine.
The centennial anniversary of the guillo
tine occurred a few days ago in Paris. The
centenary was set for May 27, it is said,
because on that day the guillotine claimed
its first victim, a common highwayman
named Pelletier, but this seems to embody
an error for reliable records show that
Pelletier suffered on April 25, 1792. Still
the fact remains that the guillotine has just
closed a century of bloody work. The man
whom this ugly instrument has immor
talized, Dr. Guillotin, would hardly recog-.
nize his clumsy contrivance in the neat
business-like machine which from time to
time draws a crowd to the Place de la
Boquette, where in iront of the prison of
that name, the executions take place. The
tradition that Dr. Guillotin invented the
instrument of death, which has taken bis
name, is not much better founded than the
fiction that he died by its blade. The
French have inquired into the origin of the
institntion and there seems to be no doubt
but that Dr. Louis," the celebrated surgeon,
really invented the guillotine in the shape
France has used it, though a mechanical
substitute for the axe and block has far
greater antiquity, there being. some evi
dence that it was" used by the Spartans. Dr.
Guillotin's advocacy ot the machine was
based on a human desire to shorten the
agony of executions, and the Constituent
Assembly adopted it by law in 1891 chiefly
because it made democratic and universal a
manner of execution that Jiad previously
been enjoyed by aristocrats alone.
The guillotine as it is used to-day in
Paris is a simple wooden frame, not unliKe
that of a large window, 13 feet In height,
grooved for a triangular steel blade, the de
scent of which is governed by a spring and
made swift by a lead weight The crimi
nal's head is fastened into what is called
the lunette, two half-moon shaped pieces of
wood that fit under and over his neck.
When everything gots smoothly a quicker
mode of execution can hardly be imagined.
From the time the prisoner reaches the
platform whereon "the widow," as the Pa
risians call the machine, stands till the
criminal's head drops into a zinc-lined bas
ket hardly a minute elapses, as a rule, and
the fact ot execution itself, the fall of the
heavy blade, consumes but a third of a sec
ond. In olden, times every large city in France
had its executioner, and he was called
"Monsieur de Paris," "Monsieur de
Bouen," after the scene of his operations.
Since 1872. the office of public executioner
lor all France has been created, and a large
salary for that country of small stipends,
has been attached to it Deibler, the
gentle, uncommunicative gentleman who
presides over the guillotine fetes these days,
gets Sl,200 a year and traveling expenses.
One of his predecessors in Paris, Sanson,
the last of four of his family who held the
office, achieved fame and lost his job by
pawning the guillotine to get monev to
treat the girl who had had the singularly
bad taste to smile upon him.
The Wlfn of the Czar's Brother.
It is not exactly a safe proceeding to
marry into the Bomanoff family, of which
Alexander III.,
Emperor of all
the Bussias, is
the living head,
and Elizabeth,
daughter of the
late Grand Duke
Lndwigof Hes!e,
is the last unfor
tunate woman to
find it out Prin
cess Elizabeth
was married to
Grand Duke Ser
gius, the brother
Princess Sergiia.
of the Czar of Russia. Jn 1884. and before
three years of their married life had passed,
unpleasant rumors began to circulate.
Since then the fact has been established
that Serglns Alexandrovitch is given to
abusing his wife, and that if his rank were
not so ex'alted and his home any country
but Bussia, he would be the defendant in
a sensational suit for divorce for cruelty.
It is Understood that the unhappy Princess
was restrained by her father from applying
radical remedies, but now that he is dead
there is good reason to believe that she will
leave her tyrannical lord.
She Will have plenty of sympathizers, for
she is remembered in Germany as one of
the sweetest, as vrell as prettiest, daughters
of that estimable woman, Princess Alice,
second daughter of Queen Victoria, who
did while nursing her children and hus
ba'hU 12 years ago. She is still but 28 years
old, and in face resembles her English
mutKer, "so good, so kind, so clever," as the
Prince of Wales said ot her, more than any
of her sisters. Her sister Irene! is married
to the German Emperor's brother, Prince
Henry of Prussia, and her eldest sister is
married to "Prince Louis of Battenberg, and
family connections exist between the house
ot Hesse aud most of the reigning families
in Europe. "
ConscfonsneM In a Severed Head.
The recent experiments made to test the
theory that life and consciousness remain
after decapitation have been attended with'
the same resnlts as those made as long ago
mtifttfhiMitm utiliitwif nfiturr
as 1870. A story n Dr. Loye's book on the
subject is strikingly in contrast to the
decision of scientists. Dr. Love says that
be was present at an execution'of Anamite
pirats in Saigon in the year 1875, and that
the head of the chief of the party dis
tinctly; showed signs of consciousness many
minutes after it had been severed from the
trunk". In fact in the matter of detail. Dr.
Loye's account of the way this dead man's
head carried on after the executioner's
sword had given it independence, is only
rivale.d by the famous report of the ob
sequious behavior of Kanki Poo's head
under like circumstances, made by Pooh
Bah.
There is another case of post mortem live
liness recorded in the legend ot Theodoric
Schavenburg. Before he was executed ha
exacted a' promise from the Judge that if
after his head had been chopped off his
body should walk up to his companions in
crime they should be pardoned. The re
quest was readily granted, but to the sur
prise of everybody Schavenburg did walk
past all three of them awaiting execution,
although his head: was lying on the ground.
But ail the medical investigations show
that these fantastic stories are pure fiction,
that the head severed from the oldy is as
senseless as any other member so sepaarted.
It has been frequently asserted in France
that the heads of the guillotined have bit
ten each other while rolling in the sawdust,
and the executioner Sanson asserted that he
had seen the heads ot his "patients," as he
was wont to term them, indulge in ferocious
pleasantries of this sort. But as long ago
as 1870 Drs. Evrard and Beaumetz ex
plained this phenomenon by showing that
the lower jaw fell invariably as thenife
descended upon the criminal's neck, and
the heads with gaping mouths descending
into a common basket might easily be taken
to be trying to bite each other. No good
evidence of persistent life in the heads of
the guillotined exists.
Historical Novelty for the Fair.
One pf the most interesting objects, to
Americans, at least, at the World's Fair,
will be the reproduction of Washington's
headquarters at Morristown. This is the
old Ford mansion on the Newark and Mor
ristown -pike. It was built in 1741, and
was occupied by the Ford family till 1873,
when it was sold at auction and bought in
by four patriotic citizens of New Jersey lor
$25,000, aud given to the State, in care of
the New Jersey Historical Society. Here
General Washington spent the terribly
severe- winter ol 1779-80. The widow of
Colonel Jacob Ford, a brave officer in
the Continental army, was living
there when General Washington,
on her invitation, established his
Washington's Headquarters at Morristown.
headquarters beneath her roof. The late
Judge Gabriel Ford, who was a boy of 15
when Washington came to Morristown.used
to tell some deliehtful stories of the life
within his mother's house during that
winter, which was, by the way, marked by
themost terrific snow storms known in that
region in a generation. Mrs. Washington
spent the winter with her husband there,
and Judge Ford relates how, when some
fine ladies of Morristown visited the Com
mander in Chief's wife rigged out in all
their best silks and ruffles thev found her
dressed verjr plainly, with a speckled apron
on, and knitting industriously a'pair of
stockings for the General. She kept on
knitting too, and her only apology wa3 the
remark that she thought women of every
class in America ought to ply the needle,
the spinning wheel and the loom, in order
to acquire real independence of Great
Britain. Martha Washington knitting
iiocKings jor ner husband made the fine
ladies thoroughly ashamed of themselves.
Another little anecdote is apropos. When
Washington entered the Ford house he had
an inventory mede of the articles appropri
ated for his own use, and before he departed
he asked Mrs. Ford if everything had been
returned to her. "All but one silver tahle
sppon," she replied. Soon after she re
ceived a spoon from the lather of his
country bearing the initials G. W.
.The Bl Blow In Mauritian.
The storm which wrecked houses, blew
ships far inland and killed hundreds of peo
ple in Mauritius the other day seems oddly
out of accord with the traditions of the
island home of Paul and Virginia. The
placidity and prodigality of nature in that
corner ot the tropics were what Bernardin
de Saint Pierre dwelt most upon, but doubt
less the.queer chum of Jean Jaques Bous
seau wonld have appreciated the superb
contrast in the wild wind's furry and would
have watched that mighty wall of water
thunder upon the docks of Port Louis,
crowded with craft, with considerable satis
faction to his artistic sense, provided of
course that the talented word-painter stood
in no danger himself. But the fact is that
Mauritius to-day has very little of that
Lotus .land languor which Saint Pierre
found so refreshing to his soul. Eailways
and steam machinery, the wonderful trans
forming power of the century's civilization,
have nowhere worked a more complete
change than in the beautiful Isle of France.
In Saint Pierre's time, as he put it. there
was in Mauritius "an extreme indifference
manifested lor everything that goes to consti
tute the happiness of respectable people."
By this the Frenchman of the Napoleonic
era, as would his countrymen to-day, meant
that Mauritius hadn't a thing in common
with his beloved Pans, and indeed lacked
permanent dwelling,, furniture, or codified j
such little conveniences as
But with nearly 100 miles of railroad
and Mauritius is only 56 miles long and 23
broad altogether, with systematic cultiva
tion of-' the rich soil, sugar plantations
and factories on all sides, the island is pretty
nearly a hive of industry, where the busiest
bees by the wav are the Chinese coolies.
But neither time nor trade can trample out
altogether the air of romance that the Paul
and Virginia legend'flings oyer the island.
There is no danger of these creations of
Saint Pierre's imagination being forgotten.
The hackmen, who rival their brethren at
Niagara, take care that there shall be plenty
of ezcuse for lugging visitors out to see the
tombs ot Paul and Virginia at Pample
mousse. Indeed it is said that these patri
otic cab drivers buy new granite monu
ments for their patron saints, every year, in
order that visitors may feel perfectly at
liberty to carry away scraps of the tombs as
relics.
It will be,noticed that most of the people
killed were of the poorer class, from the
very mixed population of Port Louis, Hin
doos, negroes and Chinese. The reason for
this is that'the white citizens, from the En
glish Governor down to the clerks in the
shipping offices, almost all of them reside in
the nplands back some little distance from
the coast, where the climate is far more
salubrious and cool. At Curepipe, the
oddly named town which has grown up in
these highlands, there are frequently to be
found European invalids who prefer to win
ter in Mauritius, and declare that the cli
mate is more balmy than that.of Southern
France. The hideous hurricane of last week
seems not to have reached .the high ground,
but it must have jarred the nerves ot every
body in the. island.
Johks-Kaxttmait.
But your diamonds, watches and Jewelry
where you can set the best selection anil
lowest prices. Call and ho convinced at II.
G. Cohen's, S3 Filth avenue.
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A CORMRJOliBBER.
The Plans of the Kew Tork Syndi
cate Are Not Likely to Succeed.
DEALING WITH A BIG COUNTRY.
Even If Thej Get the Jmazon Steamer
Ihey Cannot Win Out.
TOO MUCH WIND WORK ABOUT II
icoHBrsroxniKrci or thi oispatch.1
Paea, May 10. The 'great American
eagle is soaring over the line of the equa
tor. Having performed the wonderful feat
of indicating by his aerial flight a suitable)
location for the trans-Andean Bailway for
the Pan-American Syndicate,paralleled with
and for the most part on the sum
mit of the Andes, the great bird is,
it is said, now seeking to pounce upon
steamships of all sorts, that he may organize
a Pan-American steamship line. In this
the ennning bird shows a great foresight,
for the simple reasons that the distance
from the Amazon to America as the bird
flies is shorter by sea, and a good steamer
will make quicker time between the points
with greater accommodation to passengers,
and that railways cannot successfully com
pete with ocean transportation as long as
half an ounce of coal will move a ton of
cargo on the ocean a mile.
In quite as impracticable manner as
Salvation Army missionary located here,
who runs a printing press, distributes vin
dictive tracts, attacking the religion of tha
country, this great American rubber syndi
cate bird has scattered tracts in the form of
American newspaper clippings outlining;
the avowed purpose of a few capitalists at
tempting to control from their easy chairs
in New York the great
Business of the Amazon Valley,
which in area is as extensive as all of onr
country east of the Bocky Mountains and
perhaps in natural productions, such as
rubber, cocoa, rice, coffee, hides, sugar, eta,
the richest valley on the earth's surface.
The latest American mail brings us the
news of the organization of the United
States Bnbber Company, with a capital of
50,000,000. Among the incorporators ara
some New Tork bankers, whose names are
quite well known, but who are apparently
strangers to this trade. Accompanying
this prospectus, which it is said was dis
tributed to the prets in printed slips, Is 4
statement of 'the individual wealth of each
incorporator, amounting to $12,000,000,
while the capital represented by all aggre
gates 549,000,000.
Of this capital stock of $50,000,000 bu$
$100,000 had been subscribed at the latest
dates we have, so that as yet we practically
have no positive accumulation of capital to
be used in the forwarding of the great
schemes outlined, which would, if perfected,
virtually amount to an attempt at the ab
sorption of the products of this rich valley.
It is proposed to corner the rubber trada
in the interest of the American rubber
manufacturers. As a meassto this end, tha
newspapers say the company will buy tha
steamers of the Amazon river, and by this
consolidation control the transportation
which they consider a key to the whole sit
uation. Too Much ITInd In It.
This reads very well in a New Tork pros
pectus that has beautifully lithographed
stock certificates to sell at $100 for each
share, but to those of us who have lived in
the Valley of the Shadow of Death, the en
tire scheme sounds distinctively American,
and it must he confessed that we have been
most unfortunate- in both the social and
business characters of the Americans who
have attempted in past years to "control"
this tradp. There have been as many as
seven large liquidations of American mer
chants in as many years in this valley..
With this record these people natnralljr
have bnt little faith in the new syndicate,
although it is planned on a much grander
scale than any ot the lormer American en
terprises. The misfortune seems to have been tha
propensity of the New England Americans
who have located here to talk too much ot
their great intentions, and to invariably
fail in the consummation. This new com
pany seem to be starting out on ihe same
plan. They begin by first supplying tha
newspapers with printed slips outlining
their scheme. These slips or newspaper
articles are offensive to the native Bra
zileiro. Too Bis a Contract.
Amazonia, figuratively, is a paradise, and
in some regards a hades also. No credit is
due to the native population here for tha
riches they enjoy, but the openly avowed
purpose of controlling the trade in the man
ner indicated would result in disaster to tha
native business houses of Para, as well as
that of foreigners. But it is not practica
ble. The rubber crop is about 16.000 tons.
the business of one month aggregating 500,
000 pounds or $2,000,000. On the movement
of this one product the entire population
are dependent
The purpose to buy up the steamers of
the Amazon is, perhaps, feasible enough,
but it hardly seems possible that a monoply
of all transportation can be secured. Para
occupies the same position as regards tha
Amazon that New Orleans does to the Ohio
and Mississippi Valleys. There are 50,000
miles of inland navigation in the Amazon
Valley, extending to Peru, Venezuela,
Ecuador, United States of Colombia ana
Bolivia. The Amazon Steam Navigation
Company is an English corporation with
headquarters in London. Their plant,
valued at 625,000 sterling, was
within the year sold to a Brazilian syndi
cate at Bio for the advanced sum of 860,
000 sterling; $150,000 has already been
paid in cash the last installment being due
next month.
A Chance to Bay Cheap.
It is stated that on account of the great
depreciation in exchange since the date of
sale, the Brazilian syndicate are nnable to
ft, sStyna" iSriS
company may have opened negotiations
with these Brazilians, with a view of taking
this enormous plant oft their hands.
This would indeed be one grand step In
the proper direction, but the officials here
of either company have no intimation of
any such apossibility; all they know is from,
what appears in the newspaper'. There
are, however, other steam navigation com
panies, but practically the Amazon Com
pany, with its fleet ot 50. steamers, controls
the transportation. It is a well managed
company, but the plant sold at so great an
advance, might be duplicated by new
steamers at one-half that figure. Besides
there are thousands of small sail boats or
canoes used to supplement the lack of
steam communication on short routes. The
Brazilian Government also operates the
Lloyd Brazileiro, which does an important
carrying trade from Manaos, 1,000 miles
up the Amazon to all the coast cities of
Brazil. That fleet comprises eight first
class Clyde built steamers.
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