The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 24, 1903, Page 35

NCISCO CALL. SUNDAY, MAY 24, 1903 LINER ALAMEDA TAKES DEPARTURE FOR HONOLULU WITH 40 PASSENGERS Steamship Leaves at 11 a. m., Being the First of the Oceanic Company’s| Tennis Experts Lose in Fleet to Sail According to the New Schedule Under Which the Time of Day for Departure Has Been Changed on All Trans-Pacific Route S HE Oceanic Steamship Company's liner Alameda sailed at 11 o'clock yesterday for Honolulu. She is the first of the company’s fleet to leave on the mew safling schedule, ac- rding to which the Alameda and Mari- sa, for H and Tahita respect- | ely will hereafter leave here at 11 a.| and the Australlan steamships at 2! e Alameda carried 1400 tons of gen-| about forty passengers. | ssengers was Dr. M. W nt to the chief .\"xrzf'fln; system. Mrs. J. J. Mo- Molony, now of Hono- but ¢ A long me SUrg in the ster Ana George C Mrs. M Breaks the Record. ie John: Las broken the £ g record between here Hono- " has established a mark almo: - n time and one whic alone for a long time to e the passage in eight hours. The best previous s nine days and some hours. Th mmanded by Captal Eage Wa is famous for older than she is still a stout vessel England in 1572 and w32 forme he British bark Ada Ired g0 she was abando m She drifted nearl ing picked by a man-of-war, which towed her to s brought, here, found owners, who refitt cut on a fresh caree crow in her existe: 3 which beats the best runs salling vessels on the Pa- To Drill for the King. f Officer F. E. Beadnell of the . ! who has been granted [ . t voyage, ir quimault hs of his is King. rganization for elf with commission. ic's com- England’s » during ser’s chief sub-lieutenant the same will be attached e Pacific squad- i R e w Moody Will Discharge Cargo. rles E which came ng probably nother ves- When dis- o on the drydock for repairs. To Repair Battle Abbey. r e been awarded the con- s to the British bark hich arrived here rece a with her foremast carried f the spars of the bark Ba- bought by Dunsmuirs coal barge. the Battle Beat w Abb the expense very even with this saving il cost nearly $19,000 Loch Finlas Docks. t Loch Finlas docked sreenwich-street wharf No, > will discharge about 000 rafi- om her deckload. If her trim the underwriters she wili the stream and start for Calao. RN Takes the Aztec. orter has been appointed com- Pacific 1 Company’'s Captain Porter assisted in bringing the Siberia ¢ and made the first| age in the big liner as The Bri Antiope, which ar- rom Yokchama, is at the n charging her ballast, asure insisted upon by ties Antiope at O\urugne Station. ‘f i s Visitors to Warships. The vessels of the Pacific squadron now | lying in the ha to-day be open | visitors. be run during | Mission and Fol- Reinsurance Changes. The rate of reinsurance on - . | NEWS OF THE OCEAN. | —— | Spreckels & Bros Co. Schr Defender, Hellingsen, Mahukona; Hind, Rolph & Co. Matters of Interest to Mariners and | Shipping Merchants. merican schooner Ariel (at Honolulu) | to arrival for lumber from | or Fremantle, 60s; | ity of Hankow. also at Honolulu, | iness from Eureka to Sydney (owner's ): German steamer Eva, same from | Sound or Portland to Port Arthur, 38s | ered prior to arrival; German bark | same from Chemainus to Antofogasta ® private). The bark Mohican returns to | clulu with general cargo e s s Six Cargoes for Hawaii. Tie- steatner Nevadan, which safled on Fri- _@ay for Honolulu and Kabulul, carried an as- worted merchandise cargo valued at $66,787. he following were the principal shipments: | 778 Ibs bran, 2023 ctls bar- 95 ctls wheat, 20,297 Ibs . 2 SEL LOADED WITH COAL, WHICH CAME INTO PORT LATE ON 5 FRIDAY EVENING, LEAKING AT THE RATE OF ELEVEN INCHES AN HOUR 53,258 Ibs middlings, 6144 Ibs butter, DOMESTIC PORTS , 10 8! 1 cs lo S434 1be beans, ted canned goods, am and bac 5 cs milletuff 58 cs a and provisions, 1995 1bs frozen poultry, 3184 Ibs 7 10,000 ‘be rice, 5066 7040 1bs codtish, esh frulis, 13 . 260 bble beer, 56 o8 pkgs drugs, ots and dry goods hes, 18 109 shoes, Pk paints and c Dos pive, B coils rops ner Defender with millwork, 239 pes pipe ine. 1 61 pkgs paints, 2 bars 15 bdls iron, 35 200 bbls lime, 13 pkgs traction en- automoblle, 12,650 gals distlilate, cofls rope. he bark Roderick Dhu safled for Hilo yes- ¥ h 400 bbls flour,, 10,085 8,685 1bs_ fortilizer, ley, 9574 Ibs middlings, 50 pkgs potatoes and onic and provision ds, D, s pe, § tons sand, & pkgs m bbis lime. 502 cs oll, 71 colls rope, etc., valued four, 1259 bales hay b ctls wheat, 0 cs soap, 3 4000 1be oats, 44 cs liquors, 300 1bs ibs can- | goods, 130 pkgs grocerie 1bs bread, 60 cs whisky, 150 bales paper, paste, 5000 ft lumber, 50 cs 25 bbls ofl, 56 drums distillate, 560 gals gasoline, 4 pigs and ws barkentine Irmgard was also cleared for bales bri Honol b hay, 4650 Ibs bran, 5000 1bs cats and 6 ctis wheat, valued at $19. The bark Albert sailed for the same port h & general cargo valued at $20,497. Among rineipal bls flour E were the following Ibs middlings, salt, 7080 Ibs 10,332 Ibs_oats, 0 lbs rice, 3 b . SA352 The corn, T ctls Wheat. 439 1 35 cs spices, 13,783 Ibs bean: B iiistufts, 250 Ibs dried fruit, 125 b salmon, 4661 gals wine, 25 pkgs groceries and provisions, 280 cs canned goods, 20 cs choo- olate. B0 cs whisky, 5700 Ibs lard, 480 cs soap, 28 pkgs furniture,” 25 pkss paint, 181 10 bbis ofl. 21 bales bags, 4187 lbs soda, 390 cs coal ofl, 50 cs candl RS S A Wheat Clearance. The French bark Jecques was cleafed yes- y for Queenstown, 1or orders, with ctls wheat, valued at $70,000. and 11.000 ft lumber as dunnage, valued at $185. This wa the first wheat vessel cieaied In over tw wecks, the last being the French ship A nieres, which cleared on May PR St Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Seturday, May 25. Stmr National City, Johnson, 14 hours from Fort Bragg. Stmr Corona, Nopander, reka Stmr Mandalay, cent City. Stmr Montara, Rellly, Hadlock. Bktn Chehalis, Simpson, 3 days from Coos 19 hours from Eu- Smith, 34 hours from Cres- 78 hours from Port ay Schr Luzon, Christiansen, 10 days from Ta- come. CLEARED. Saturday, May 23. Stmr Chas Nelson, Andresen, Seattle; E T Kruse. Stmr Alameda, Dowdell, Honolulu; J D Spreckels & Bros Co. Stmr Santa Cruz, Eagles, San Pedro; Pacific Klitgaard, Seattle and 1son Co. tmr Wyefleld, Watson, Nanaimo; West- uel Co. rn Bar k Roderick Dhu, Engalls, Hilo; J D Spreckels & Bros Co. Bark Albert, Turme, Honolulu; Willlama, Dimond & Co. Bktn Irmgard, Schmidt, Honolulu; Williams, Dimond & Co. . Fr bark Jecques, Michel, Queenstown; G W McNear Schr Laura Madsen, Cook, Cape Prince of Wales and Alaskan ports; 5 Foster & Co. Schr Helene, Christiansen, Honolulu; J D SAILED. Saturday, May 23. Stmr Mackinaw, Storrs, Tacoma. Stmr Noyo, Ellefsen, Fort Bragg. stmr Alameda, Dowdell, Honolulu. Stmr Columbla, Randail, Astoria. Stmr Seq Winkle, Willapa Harbor. "] son, Andresen, Seattle. Carlson, Greenwood. Peterson, Portland. Bark Albert,” Turne, Honolulu, Bark Roderick Dhu, Engalls. Hilo. Brig W G Irwin, Garthley, Roche Harbor. Schr Ida A, Campbell, Point Reyes. Schr Newark, Reintersen, ——. * SPOKEN. arch 19, lat 15 S, lon 33 W, - 3 . Jon 32 W, Br shi| from Barry, for Esquimal N TELEGRAPHIC, n: POINT LOBOS, May 23, 10 p m—Weather | the early morning hazy; wind W, velocity 12 miles per hour. 1854 bales hay, | tie, fo SANTA ding. hence May A—S, for Portland KAR hence April LORI 5. ril 18, WRANGEL—Arrived May 11—Ship hy Liewellyn J HONOLULLU for Eydney. r Yedd NEW YOR toga, from Colbn. n Arrived Port — -ancisco. Morse, rt for — stmr Fork, Schr Mayflower, Stmr Pomona, hence 21st. BARBARA—Arrived May 23—Stmr , hence May 21; stmr Westport, from Bay, for San ND—Arrived May 23—Stmc >ckport; Navarro, from led May 23—Stmr Mineola, for Arrived May 23—Stmr hr W H Smith, for San 23—Schr 1da B , and salled f —Sailed May LUDLOW—Sailed May or San Francisco. M ZDRO—Sail y 2 er, for Port Towns {ENDOCINO—Arrived May Kiny May lakeley ed May May ence Ap: -ancisco. May 23—Bktn Chas I y 22—Stmr Phoe- 23—Stmr Geo W El- pr dom. 2—Schr Fanny Dan stmr 22—Bktn En- 22—§tmr Queen, n Francisco. Stmr Alliance, Arrived April 19—Stmr Unimak, rrived April 4—Ship W H Macy, ril 21 —Stmr Sonoma, , for Hilo; Br S stmr Wisconstn, from J Fuller, PORT. 22—Stmr Sara- FOREIGN PORTS. for PANAROEKAN—Arrived prior to May Br bark Falls of Ettrick, from New York. SYDNEY—Arrived prior to May 22—Br bark Woollahr. HIELDS- from chal de Salled Ma; ar: =2 Hamburg, RP—Satled May n Francisco. S—Salled May 23—Schr Dauntless Grays Harbor. from Eureka SAD—Arrived May v 20—Fr bark , hence Dec 27. Arrived May regon. 21—Ger ship 1 RIVER—Arrived prior to May 22— 23—Br stmr Heath- 22—Br ahip 2 Grays Harbor. Arrived San Francise prior to May 22— re Ciampa, hence March 7 T bark Montcalm, for Port- Safled May Fra 19—Stmr Yucatan, for w k Arrived May 19—Stmr Alllanca, from New May 22—Fr bark Cor- ed M ncisco, ¢ 20—Ger ship Ar- ay 5—Ger stmr Ger stmr Denderah, from CAPE TOWN-—Arrived prior to May 22--Fr ship Dessalx Gael, for Q OWN Nantes, for Hull. MANZ. of Para, Francisco. from Oregon. CHERBOURG—Satled San_Francisco Salled May 22—Fr May YEKOHAMA—Arrived May of Panama, hence April 30, via Honolulu. Arrived prior to May 22—Jap stmr Shinano Maru, from Se: FALMOUTH. nil Bart, Arrived May Taccma. tle. 18—Fr bark bark NILLO—Salled May 21—Stmr City frcm Panama and way ports, for San 21—Stmr City fled May 21—Br bark Ma- dagascar, for Antwerp. May 22—Fr bark Cor- for Cardiff. Br bark Mozambique, from LIVERPOOL—Sailed May 23—Br ship Monk- barns, for San_Francisco. HULL—Sailed May 22—Fr bark Ronchamp, for San Francisco. —_— Time Ball. Branch Hydrographic chants'’ Exchange, May 23, 1903: Office, San Francisco, U, 8, Mer. Cal., The time ball on the Ferry building was dropped_exactly at noon to-day—i. e., at noon of the 120th meridian, or wich time. 3J. Lieutenant U. ‘8. e iy Sun, Moon and Tide. United States Coast Times and Heights Fort_Point, Waters at Francisco Bay, the city fromt of 8 p. m. C. BURNETT, N., In Charge. Green- and Goedetic Survey— High and Low entrance to Saa Published by officlal au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The hixh and low waters occur at (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point: the helght of tide is the same at both places. SUNDAY, MAY 24 Tlmel ITIm-‘ B HW LW b 26 7 | 25 | 20 | 0:28 NOTE—In the above exposition of the tides hand colnmn and ti Free With Next Sunday's Call—"Seeing Her Future succe: tides are given in the left he ssive tides of the VETERHN PLAERS MRE DEFENTEL Special Practice Matches. Entries Are Paired Off in To-Day’s Tournament in the Park. Many tennis players spent yesterday afternoon at practice on the California Club courts. The defeat of R. N. Whit- ney at the haunds of Will Allen and that of Drummond MacGavin by Norman | Hodgkinson proved a great surprise. Al- len won three sets out of four from Whit- ney, who has not played much of late and was not at his besi. Hodgkinson took two close sets from MacGavin. In a one-set match Dr. Hill defeated Allen. The following matches were played: Norman Hodgkinson beat Drummond MacGavin, Herbert Long beat Robert Drolla, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3; 4-6, Brad- ley Wallace beat Glenn Cogwill, 5-7, 6-4, . D. Black beat Dr. Lovegrove, 6-3, 5, €-4; Drolla beat R. D. Dag- Joe Darly beat Judge Troutt. Herbert Goold beat Wallac rner Stauf beat Droila, 6-4; Cogwill, 7-5, 8-6; Will Allen beat R. W. Whitney, 4 Dr. Lovegrove and Blac and Car n Johnson, 6-3, 3-6; Dr. Hill beat Allen, 6-3. The second and fourth classes of the class tournament commenced on the Gold- en Gate Park courts last Sunday will be played off to-day. Rivalry in the sec- ond class is keen, particularly between George Janes and Clarence Griffin, who have each won the cup twice. It is ex- pected one of them will gain a third and decisive victory to-day. The trophy in the first class was disposed of last Sun- day, golng to Allen, who won it three times, The drawing for.the two classes resulted as follows: B iminary round—! otch- klf:c':’:d()di;:)"ffi::} M. Hotchkles vs. C. Grit- fin; Marjus Hotchkiss vs. E. Twiggs; A. Bey- v N brose. '“.}:lr‘-! r;\un:Tl'ro‘rellrr vs. C. Foley; G. Janes round—R Grit- P MHamiton v, G. Hall; . J. Logan; H. McLane vs. M. Long vs. Dr. Lovegrove; G. First round— Irving vs. W. Murphy; M. Edwards vs. F. Mullin; 1. Letcher vs. G. Guerin; C. Skaggs vs. J. Crooks; P. Meyers vs. George Burnett. — e Jacob Judy of Bloomington, 1lL., enjoys the distinction of having voted for twenty Presidents of the United States. His first vote was cast for John Quincy Adams, in 1824, He is 99 years of age. day in the order of occurrence as to time; fourth time column gives the last tide of §€' o uxcept when there are but three tides, as Sometimes occurs. The heights xiven are in Soition to the soundings of the United States a0\t Survey Charts, except when a n:nus (— cign precedes the height, and then the numiar i¥en ls subtracted trom the depth given by foe charts. The plane of reference is the mean of the lower low waters. —_———— Movement of Steamers. TO ARRIVE. From. Coos Bay & Port Orford San Pedro Tacoma . San Pedro Humboldt . Mendocino & San Pedro . reka .. Grays Harbor Steamer. | Due. Olympic. Redondo Coronado. Lakme. J. Dolla - G. W. Elder.. oquille River. Eel River Ports. Humboldt . Hamburg & W San Pedro & Way Pt Nanalmo Grays Harbor. Humboldt . Humboldt . -| Tahiti . Mexican Ports . ’| Puget Sound Port .| New York via Panama. .| Seattle ... Seattle and Oly Grays Harbor. San Diego & V Grays Harbor .| Humbolat Point Arena Grays Harb Hilo . Portla an Pedro & Way Honolulu & Kahulul China and Japan.. Puget Sound Por Seattle and Tacoma. City Puebla.. Charles Nelsor San Jose. New York via Panama Valencia. Puget Sound Ports. TO SAIL, Steamer, Destination. Sl"l,‘ Pier. May 24 . Humboldt «e..l 1 pmi{Pler 2 Los A. via S. Pedro| 2 pm|Pler 1¢ Grays Harbos pm|Pier 10 4 pm|Pler ¢ 1 10 am|Pler 17 ay| 9 am|Pler 19 tcom| 4 pm|Pler 10 dt . [ 9 amPler 13 ny 25 Los Angeles Ports.! 1 pm Pler 2 | Point Arena 4 pm|(Pler 2 | Newport & -1 9 am!Pler 19 Nome via Seattle.’| 2 pm/S. W, 2 Humboldt .. :30 p|Pier 19 s Angeles Ans : Pier 1¢ 2 miPler 13 12 m|Pler 40 10 am|Pier 2 Sovee Sonng Portahl Sm(Eler 40 uget Sound Ports g U, am|Pler 27 Seattle Direct.....| 4 pm|p; Pe. Arena & Mend'o| 1 pm|Pler 15 Humboldt . 9 am|Per 10 & Japan |Per 34 i, 4 {Los Ange r P : Humboldt -.. e 10 Argo Eel River Ports. Plor 3 G. W, Eider| Astoria & Portland.|11 am|Pier o1 Siate of Cal | San Dlego & Way.| 0 am Pier 19 Chico. ..... |Coquille River. Pler 2 May % G. Dollar...|Grays Harbor...... Pler 2 3. Dollar. .| Seattle & Tacoma Pler 2 Coos Ba: San Pedro & Way.| 9 ‘00s Bay. Pedro & ¥ amiPler 19 Alliance....|Portland & Way...| 5 spd & W pm|Pler 16 Pler 27 Pler 2 N. Y. via Panamall2 m Astoria & Portiand. 11 am pie Humburg & W |Pler 24 rays Harhor. O e 5 Pler 10 Coptic. China and Japan...| 1 St. Paul Nome & St. Michaci| 2 PralPies 59 ne 4. | Ventura....|Sydney & Way....| 2 pm|Pier 7 Mariposa. .. Tahiti Direct......(11 am|Pier + > FROM SEATTLE. Steamer. For. | Salis. 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NEW YORK, May 23.—in a wind that | ranged from a mere zephyr to an eight- | knot breeze the Reliance clearly proved her superiority over the Columbia and Constitution this afternoon in the race on Long Island Sound. Although official- Iy the race was no contest, owing to the | failing of the boats to finish before 6:30 | o'clock, enough was revealed to prove | that in his latest creation Designer Her- | reshoff has wrought. his masterpiece. In all points of sailing, as they were | brought out in the triangular course, the new boat clearly outclassed her rivals. | Whenever conditions were at all equal she scurried away from the other yachts | with ease. | The tests to which the boats were sub- | jected were mainly confined to measur- ing their respective merits over reaches, | close and broad, little opportunity being | afforded of showing what the Reliance | may be capable of In working to wind- | ward or running to leeward. In what lit- tle chance there was to form an estimate | of the boats in these two lattey respects, the new boat demonstrated her superior- | ity. As for the Columbia and Constitu- tion the contest was Inc_cisive, though | when the time limit had expired the Co- | lumbia had a slight advantage over the | Belmont boat. It was after the Rellance had.started | for home, with her lee rail awash, that | she proved to the thousands who were | Watching her what a racer she is. She | simply flew away from the Columbia and | Constitution and in about ten minutes | had opened up a lead of more than two | miles. This was being rapidly increased | when the committee signaled a posipone- ment of the race. In the meantime the Constitution had cut down materially the Columbia’s lead | and at the finish was nearly abeam of | the old defender. LIPTON SEEKS OTHER RACES. Will Enter Shamrock I in Regatt to Show Her Quality. NEW YORK, May 23. — American yachtsmen, and the members of the New York Yacht Club in particular, will prob- ably be surprised to hear that Sir Thomas | Lipton has a double purpose in sending both Shamrocks across the Atlantic at this time and that the old Shamrock 1s not sent over simply to act as trial boat for Shamrock III, cables the American’s London correspondent. | It is said that not only will the Sham- rock I be used for a trial boat for the new boat, but that it is Sir Thomas’ pur- | pose to enter the Shamrock I in the New | York Yacht Club’'s cruise and any races and regattas to which she may be eligible agalnst the Columbia, Constitution and | Reliance. | Tt is not Sir Thomas' idea to enter her in the trial and cup races, as they | would, of course, be confined to American designed boats, but he thinks the Ameri- | can people would like to see what the old Shamrock could do against the American boats and believes that #t would add an additional flavor to the primary races that would Interest the English and American people almost as much as the | cup races. | Sr;r Thomas and Designer Fife believe the old Shamrock never had a fair chance against the Columbia in 1899, owing to Mr. Fife's fllness, and that had her designer been on board she would have made a better showing. LAS VEGAS, N. M., May 23.—The hoard | which has been investigating the charges of ‘mismanagement and cruelty to patients .f the Territorial Insane Asylum, made by Dr. D. A. Costa, assistant medical director, against Su perintendent Goward, Medical Director Dr. Tipton and others, has returned a report vin- | dicating the latter and ordering the discharge | of Dr. Costa. Herreshoff's Latest Cre-|: | jans and French Canadians have ! to the sauare of their Much Mooted Race Suicide. Racial sterility is certainly possible. seems to conflict with the principle of supposed to have a high selective value. Natural selection, however, can only se- lect—it cannot originate variations. If the size of the head is more variable than the size of the pelvis and is equally impor- tant for survival, the increasing difficul- ies of child-bearing are not inexplicable on the theory of natural selection. sterility increases, we must assume that the conditions of the environment have altered too rapidly for variation and nat- ural selection to keep pace with them. In- deed the existing conditions may be due in part to our interferénce with natural selection. The decreasing death rate on which we pride ourselves may in part be responsible for the decreasing birth rate. | natural selection. as fertility might be | It When children who cannot be born nat-| urally, or who cannot be nursed, survive, we may be producing a sterile race. No statistics respecting miscarriages are at | hand, but there is good reason to believe that they increase as the number of chil- dren increases. There is so far no posi- tive proof of race senescence in man. On the contrary we know that the Ital- large i | | | i | families, though there is as much reason | for them to suffer from racial exhaustion as the inhabitants of France, and the Chinese seem to stand in no danger of extermination. But we know that ani- mals bred for special traits do tend t6| become infertile, and selection for our own civilization may have the same re- sult. Physicists tell us that the earth may be uninhabitable in 20,000,000 years; it may be uninhabited by man in twenty centuries. The Popular Science Monthly | for May, from which these sentences are taken, contains several articles on the question of race-suicide and race senes- cence. —_—————————— The Sultan and His Pencil. A placard issued by one of the maga- | zines and posted on the elevated stations shows a sketch which the present Sultan of Morocco is said to have made of an artist who spent some time at the Sultan’s court and gave his Highness lessons in drawing. His attainments, as far as they are refiected on the placard, seem not to kave advanced beyond the elementary stage. The artist in question, however, is not the first person who has given in- struction in drawing to the present Sul- tan. Ten or eleven years ago, before Mula | Abd-el-Azziz came to the throne, he met | a young Frenchman still in his teens who was wandering about Morocco, rushing in where more discreet persons had feared to tread. He lived to tell the tale in the Bulletin of the Paris Geographical So- ciety, which honored the young man by giving much attention to his work. Hir name was Delbrel. One of his ex- periences was to travel south with the military expedition led by Sultan Mulal Hassen in person to Tafilelt. His son, the present Sultan, was, at least nomi- nally, commander of the artillery. Del- brel did his best to show that he was a good fellow, whose acquaintance was reelly worth cultivating. He seems to have won the friendship of the young Prince. Delbrel sketched for his distin- guished patron pictures of the cannonm, the camp and other interesting objects. It is a grievous sin for a Mohammedan to make a picture of any living thing, but this fact did not deter the young Prince, who greatly admired the white boy's tal- ent. According to Delbrel’s story, he gave lessons in drawing on the quiet to Mulai- Abd-el-Azziz. The lessons were continued | until the Sultan finally sent his son away on a mission, more. and Delbrel saw him no B — Is Law of Gravitation Accurate? Newton's law of universal gravitation announces that two bodies attract each other with a force inversely proportional distance (their masses being equal. Halve the distance —the force is increased four times: in- crease it tenfold—the force is diminished 100 times. As tne positions of heavenly bodies become known with greater accu- racy the test that can be put upon this law becomes more severe. Professor E. ‘W. Brown of Harvard College, an author- ity on the theory of the moon’s motion, announces that his calculations show that Newton's law represents the motfon of our satellite to within one one-millionth of one per cent, and that no other physical law has been expressed with anything like the precision of its simple statement. | Steam and Trolley. It The development of the trolley system in New England, where it has made the greatest progress, is beginning to attract wide attention, especially as it promises to become a dangerous competitor with the steam railroad system. Already rails of the same weight are used on the elec- tric as on the steam roads and well nigh equal speed 1s made in rural districts, while greater speed is made inside city limits. The cars are belng made nearly as large if not so heavy as those on steam roads, and in nearly all country places mails and light freight are carried as well as passengers.. Trolley lines are connecting country towns which could only be reached by wagons, and by bring- ing them into communication with rail- road stations are developing their busi- ness. Nearly every State in New Eng- land can now be crossed, north and south and east and west, by electric cars and in some cases cities as far apart as Port- land, Boston, Providence, Hartford and New York have been connected by “the broomstick train.” One of the latest developments of the system is the use for the first time by a steam and a trolley road of the same track. The New York Central is to use a stretch of track near Oxford, Mass., about five miles from Worcester, for de- livery -of coal to a section it cannot now reach easily. This track was lald and is used by the Worcester and Southbridge street raillway. The fact that a locomo- tive and freight cars can run upon rails originally laid for trolley cars is opening up a wide fleld of speculative possibilities among railroad people.—Chicago Tribune. —_— e The Boiler Controversy. The keen rivalry among the manufae- turers of water tube boilers and the con- tradictory results secured from different types have separated the naval world into warring sections and have evoked so much positive assertion and denial that | expert opinion is itself most unsettled. It is well, therefore, to preserve an open mind until the official decisions of the different sea powers may be compared, In Great Britain the opposition to the Belleville system has been so insistent | that expensive sea trials have been un- | to act in the matter. | should be so. dertaken, and Parllament has been forced While the prelim- inary report of the committee is unfavor- able to the Belleville type, it fails to rec- ommend any one of the other systems submitted to test. On the other hand a board of Russian naval engineers has just asserted the superiority of the Belleville. Here is a radical disagreement between skilled doctors in an important case. The ships of this country are, as a rule, supplied with the cylindrical or Scotch boiler, the relatively few water tube in- stallations being confined to the Babcock & Wilcox, the Niclausse and the Thorny- croft types. The alleged inferiority of the Niclausse on board the Maine is rushing our naval administrators inte the thick of the fray, and very grave, though unproved, charges have been made. It may be of interest to note that the differ- ent navies favor the Beileville, Thorny- croft-Schulz, Yarrow, Niclausse and Bab- cock & Wilcox in the order named, and that nearly one-half the total installa- tions, torpedo craft excluded, are of the Belleville syste: New York Herald. —_——————— Longevity of Rich Englishmen. Not long since Dr. Alfred Russel Wal- lace remarked upon ‘“‘the comparative'y short lives of millionaires.” As every- thing that comes from his pen commands attention, this statement was taken to be the true result of statistics till, a few weeks since, an English writer went back to the data. He finds that the phrase is not justified by recent statisties. Dur- ing 1900 nine English “milllonaires™ died, leaving in the aggregate $105.000000. The average age for these nine testators was 74; the youngest was 59, and the oldest 91 years. During 1901 the deaths of eight mil- lionajres were recorded whose joint es- tates were valued at $52.500000. In t | case the average age was 72: the young- est was 53, the oldest %0. [n 1902 five mil- lionaires died and their average age was 78. Longevity, and not brevity, is a striking fact in the lives of very rich men. There is a good reason why this The wealthy—by their wealth—can and do secure advantagessof change of scene and climate. and com- mand all the results of scientific progress. including the ald, skill and advice of the greatest of our doctors and surgeons They, therefore, should live long: and as a matter of fact they do so.—New York Sun. —8By Bryson, the Artist Who- Created The Lady in Scarlet