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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
Heroic Treatment for Asthma.
From Ehs Dstron Era Brsi.

Did the climate out there benefit your asth:
door neiGhbor,. WHO has Just returned from q
new resort In the Northwest.
Say, 1t makes me short of breath to think
about H. was sitting out IN . sort q az ar
was In The shadow Of a trailing vine through
which. the sunbeams- sifted In mellow light.
The air was balmy and freighted with the odor
OF roses"
Must have been %delIghtful."
Simply charming. Suddenly there was q
sort OF gigantic zip athwaIt the heavens. dark
ness.enveloped the earth like a pail. and tefore
could cover three rods 70 the hotel On the
dead run there were six Inches Of SNOW on the
ground. never put In q wheeler night than
Mighty sudden. wasn't it?"
Yes. but that's the way things go out there.
One morning l started to the nearest town.
carrying Q wig Of cherry blossoms and wear;
ing a white tennis suit. Out on, the. trail 1t
turned cold quicker than you could wink your
eye. and would have frozen II q native hadn't
nail serving es : shawl PIN,
Got through all right, did your"
Yes, providentially. A cyclone struck me.
turned the blanket inside out, and blew me for
q mile. / don't know what did 1t. but I'm free
from asthma"
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the town and beautifying it tastefully and
expenslvely, that they would be made to
pay roundly for the privileges. As a mere
question of profit to tho town 1t would DO
better to exempt from taxes altogether
residences like Mr.. RooKEFEILER's than
not to have them at all The employment
they furnish to workmen and laborers, in
the first instance, and the subsequent con-
tinued expenditure for keeping up, make
them a steady source Of income, indepen-
IDENTIFY OF that derived from taxes.
Some day, possibly. q system Of taxation
may be devised which will satisfy both
taxpayers and tax collectors but the thing
has not been done yet, nor has any approach
been made to II. In the meanwhile, under
the system that prevails, the rural districts
profit by their lighter expenses and conseI
quently lighter taxes, and the cities lose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
The Naked and Starving Children of
Cuba.

The subjoined account Of some of the
actual conditions in Cuba Is taken from a
private letter written by tho wife of an off,
Ger OF our navy now in Havana. 1t was not
intended by the writer for publication;
at am glad you cannot see the misery here. One
docs not mind the children up to twelve years OF
age with not one rag on-perhaps that Ia comfort
able-but when you can see. every Joint in their
bodies, and they fall down In the street from weak
ness, it's dreadful. There are . thousand people in
the Fosos, which Is the place whore the reconcen-
trados are confined. who are starving. absolutely,
and many moro in Havana.
I'm the last days of October the Spanish authori-
ties decided that so many starving people on the
streets did not look well, so they sent out carts and y
guard and took them up. pAtting the babies in one
cart, the older children in another. and the grown-up
people In O third, and calmly sent them in entirely
different directions. regardless Of tho fact that
they were separating families. They sent the
babies to the Maternity Hospital. where people
are already starving; the children to . big
empty building. with no beds nor any straw
or rags to use for beds, and no food. That I know.
for . doctor here went there and found them and
fed them with some Of my money and stores. No
one seems to know what became Of the mothers.
They were getting some sort Of . living in the
streets. and now they are at the mercy of the Span
fish authorities.
W. ~ cAoAAAA ehO sSh ~ - eNbSAS va "a
medicines. &C.. and have sent them to the Fosos
and to the different hospitals where they will do
lots OF good. but We still need quinine. in pills. and
also salol.
I'VE are feeding here. at this house, all the poor Of
vedado. about o hundred people q day. which is
something. anyhow; and We have done . good deal
In Havana. but the misery Is too widespread to be
much helped by private means.
"Tho Government must come down hero and take
hold. for It Is tho sAme all over the island"
We give to the generous American public
this picture of contemporaneous human In
terest without any comment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
Tho Dramatizod Novel on tho stage

The distinguishing. II not the distinctive.
mark OF the present theatrical season In
New York, as It was Of last year, appears to
be h public preference for plays based
upon popular works Of fiction or>made by
writer's whose chief reputation has been
gained as novelists.
The task Of compression and elimination
In a novel dramatized for the stage is al
ways difficult. Moreover, many OF the lit
erary merits which secure acceptance for a
book and gain popularity for its author
are ofvery little %accountin the construction
OF a successful play. The interest in o novel
Is not graded to the nioety Of FACTS I"
of equal length and eliminating interest.
each ending in a situation wherein the hero
and heroine are essentially the chief par
Elephants. Episodes requiring brisk treat
ment on the stage are in books diffused
over many pages, and character PORTRAITS,
%so-called, and descriptive scenes, the de-
light Of many readers, are of very small ac-
count on the stage, where ''action" Is the
one thing required. So general, indeed.
has become the acceptance OF the view that
popular novels are usually unsuccessful in
the form Of plays that in stage traditions
this has passed almost into an axiom. But
to this rule there have been many excep-
tions, and notably in New York in recent
times, as Ii shown by the popular success
Of 'The Little Minister" 1.-THE Christian, !"
"The Prisoner OF Zenda, "Under tho Red
Robe, "a Lady Of Quality" "Trilby, IAN
Enemy to the King" "Tess Of the D'Urber-
Villes, land others.
Popular success has attended these and
other stage versions Of well-known novels.
The reason for ii may be discovered, per-
haps, in the ability shown by the play
wrights in theseparticular cases. 1t may be
accepted as an evidence Of increasing lit
erary proficiency among the playwrights ;
for II in the long run the merit Of plays
was greater than that of novels, there Is no
doubt that we should oftener f1nd the theme
Of the dramatist furnishing the inspiration
for the novel writer.
Public taste in theatricals Is attaining
every year q higher standard. Better stage
work is demanded, better plays are want
ed and the craze for light and frothy mu-
steal ~farces, interspersed with vaudevilef ea-
lures, is yielding gradually to the demand
for more serious productions at the regu-
lar theatres. This demand seems in many
cases to be met successfully by the, novel;
lists whose work, already accepted by the
reading public, is assured Of at+ least q
friendly hearingsupon the stage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
The Mistakes Of Jones.

Our esteemed contemporary, the Brooklyn
Eagle, has treated its readers to another
dose Of the opinions Of the Hon, JAMES Z.
JONES, Chairman Of the National Committee
and Senator OF Arkansas.
JONES Is still hot. red hot, and white hot
for silver.
JONES still seethes with violent opposi-
ton to the expansionideas Of the Administra-
tion," and believes that the annexation OF
Porto Rico and the Philippines will result
in a setback to the progress Of the country
JONES is still opposed to any increase in
the regular army"
The Hon. JIM JONES has Just exactly the
opinions which will carry the Democratic
party. II it follows them, to another thun-
dering smash and terrible loss OF votes.
Long may he ravel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
Taxation in Rural Districts.

The tax assessors of the town Of Mount
Pleasant, Westchester county, have aban-
doned their attempt to assess at So, 500, 900,
the residenceof the multi-millionaire, VIII
LIAM RocKEFELLER. Mr.. R~ocKEFEnnER
appealed to the Supreme Court against the
assessment, and the referee to whom the
matter was submitted, reported that the
valuation of the property should be. in
stead of $4,000, 900. only $343. 600. His
report was confirmed by the court, and the
assessors have decided not to contest the
confirmation. 1t is conceded that the place
cost Mr.. R~ocKEFELnER something ap-
proximating So, 800. 900; but that nobody
else would give for 1t more than $343, 900,
appears to have been proved to the salts
faction Of the referee and of the Judge.
On the other hand, citizens of Islip, Long
Island, are attacking the assessors of that
town for their too great lenity, in the mat
ter OF taxation OF personal property, toward
certain of their n~eighbors, among whom Ia
Mr.. ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, uncle Of the
Governor elect. The assessors facility admit
the charge, and will probably defend them
selves by alleging that, If they had done
otherwise than they did, they would have
uTINcu MI. pOOoENGLr duu UnOS0 In the
Same category with him out of the town,
and thus got from them no taxes at all.
Changing ones residence to avoid high
taxation Is a familiar device. Many
wealthy New Workers do not scruplo to
avail themselves Of it. They live In this
city during the winter, but they have
also summer homes, and make them their
legal residences. Recently, a large number
Of owners Of many millions OF personal
property have become, formally, citizens of
Newport, Rhode Island, and pay taxes there
instead of here. Should tho State of Yer
mont adopt the measure which has been
proposed to 1t, OF bargaining with rich
men for q Communication Of taxes at a low
figure, provided they take up their resi-
dence in the State. Vermont also may be-
come an asylum for the prosecuted tax
payers OF other parts of the country.
That the assessors OF Mount Pleasant
erred in policy as well as In law in their
treatment of Mr.. RoCKEFELLER is plain.
Even II the law had justified them in
making him pay taxes on the entire cost
OF his country place, prudence forbade their
doing it. Their attempt was a warning toall
rich men who intended buytng-faEm,land IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
q BIZ A o
A wheelman Makes the Greatest Enor, n,
His Life for About Two Miles.
Lion b. BriMsh cenlral Atrica Ga..L

From ne British Central Africa GassiD.
rode on my bicycle from Blantyr re- on Mon.
day afternoon. Aug. %. and reached Nv
Stroud's Mrs. Bunco's aRent's) before the ann
went down. and after waiting for few minutes
started again, just after sunset. BY tho time
got to the Namazi crossing twhere my private
road crosses the Blantyre-Zombra main road
beyond Mr.. Morkel's plantation)it had got quit.
dark. except for q little light the new moon
was giving. The main road has only lust ra.
Gently been made. and is quite soft and Iumpy.
besides being very steep. for at least half IL
OF Il is In q condition for cycling yet. except III.
portion which extends from my first plantation
to ny house. which Vas made some time ago.
When l left the main road 1 dismountcd and
started pushing my bicycle UT tho hill, but la.
ing It's way through the bush on my eft. I
thought it wns some Pig game. possibly an
efu uneSsiness I went to the other Side sid a9 OF Iis
When l had gone a short distance up the slope
saw q full-grown lion standing across the road,
broadside on, with his head turned toward ms,
tempted to mount my machine. but owing
TO the slope and my excitement failed
ttIE nS svn The sp sh I J,d Tine pssaI f sgG SIl S1s in Ro gst-
road. and saw that the lion had lessenGd ttGh;e
S %ss stiil a Rsyy yspds " from ~ t aSUS tor O 81 ih fs0 siGns !
He kept up a low growing all the time, and I
could hear him more and more, distinctly every
time as be, stnl lessensd the distance between
II IL had been level, but the machine kept up q
rattle. rattle over the inequalities in the road.
did not dare to look back indeed.
there was no need. as the growl plainly
told me that he was almost on me. but
at last I reached the crest. and flew down tho
opposite slope. I then suddenly remembered
that there was an epen, culyert across the road
some 200 yards ahead. but there was no timo
to dismount, 30 / rode Into IT,. and the shock
flung me. high out OF the saddle. but l fell back
on It without being knocked of. Fortunately
the, side OF the drain next the bin was high
Chine :" was not stuck in the euIve t and
though the front fork was twisted and
not quite janmed, and I was able to ride on.
When 1 reached the smooth part of the road
near my first plantation ! was able to get up a
good rate of speed. but / no longer heard the
growl In the rear.
Next morning ! went back along. the road.
and I found the lion had come as far as the
culvert and had there come to q stand. The
chase, therefore, lasted along, the whole road
from the main line through the forest to my
house, o distance of about two miles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
The Army Chaplain.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sfr The trouble
between the Seventy frat Regiment and thois Chap.
lain emphasizes the conviction reached after many
years service in the English regular army. viz. that
the custom Of giving an army rank to a minister of
the Gospel Is open 20 criticism. or course. the Chap.
lain himself is not going 10 find any fault; In fact. It
is a very nice thing to lie a Rev. Captain or a Rev.
Major and wear officers clothes. draw officers stores
and allowances, sit at tho officers table and say
'~'oficer's grace; but all this places him on the op.
posite side Of that abysmnl chasm which separates
him from the ninety odd per cent, Of his flock who
don't happen to b. officers.
OF course. this position may make him conduct
the ~services. bury the dead, NC. with additional dig
nifty. but It absolutely precludos anything like that
sympathy which is AS essential TO the successful
discharge OF the duties Of the Christian priest in
Cuba AZ It Ia IN Harlem.
The army Chaplain should be the equal Of all
ranks, the military superior OF none. A. j. r.
LONG BRANCH, Nov. ~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
Four Fo1lies of the Anti-1mperiansts.


We reprint as q curiosity the proposi.
tions which the Hon. ALADDIN ATKMsoN'e
Anti-Imperialist League Is seeking to
demonstrate by means Of petitions to Mr..
MCKINLEY;
"u) The moral iniauity Of converting . war 70,
humanity into . war Of conquest.
"(2) The physical degeneration. the corruption Of
the blood, and all the evils of unitarian which will
ensue II the troops are to be kept In the Philippines
and elsewhere longer than absolutely necessary 70
enable o government to be established which will
protect life and property.
"(s Tho political evils and the necessity Of pre-.
serving the Union upon the principles of its trainers
40 The clear necessity Of large increase of taxes
lsfor the support of armies and navies, with q great
probability that voluntary enlistment win have TO
BIO supplemented by drafts"
II 1t is worth while to reply to assump.
lions like these, the reply may take some
such shape as this:
Every wal is for the conquest Of the
enemy. If the war with Spain was o war
for humanity, its purpose is NOT attained SO
long as the Philippines, a portion Of Span.
ish territory to which the United States
acquired a right in the prosecution OF the
war for humanity, are left to the inhuman-
ity Of Spain or to internal quarrels fostered
by the necessary past interference Of the
United States. The moral iniquity is not
in taking the Philippines, but in abandon
ing them.
Englishmen, Irishmen, Scotchmen, and
Welshmen, in the service Of Great Britain
in the East. do not suffer from physical de-
generation, corruption Of the blood; nor
does Great Britain suffer from the evils of
militarism. Are the citizens Of the United
States a feebler breedp Is the United
States unequal to O task which Great Brit
ain does well, and with advantage to rulers
and ruledp
No political evils and no violation of the
principles Of the trainers of the Govern
ment are involved that were not involved
once for all in the Louisiana purchase.
The war with Spain showed clearly, save
to q few hopeless Bourbons, that a good
sized regular army ready forwar is a good
deal cheaper than the process Of making an
army after the war has begun. AS for
taxes, even II they bulked bigger than the
most scared anti-imperialist foresees them,
they would never be felt, they would be
lower than at present, in the growth of
commerce and manufacture and agricul-
ture to which the Philippines by their own
resources and as a station on the road to
China offer abundant new markets; and
new markets the United States must have.
The stuff about the necessity OF drafts
merely shows that the Anti-Imperialist
League cannot understand. any more than
the Peace Society can, why anybody goes
into the army unless he has to go.
We advise the Anti-Imperialist league to
| try again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
It Is Too Early for the Great Work Here
Suggested.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: THE Sun is q
great paperi as an exponent Of all that is proper IN
the way of journalistic excellence. as an ardent advo-
cate Of the --latest and best In the pathological
grammatical and rhetorical line 1t may be cited as
an example which many. IL not all. of the dailies of
this city would do well to emulate.
As an unearther of all that is awful in the way of
proper names It stands alone upon 4 pinnacle which
towers no far above all competitors that 1t makes us
Ito quote . popular COMEDIAN " dizzy to look at its
ankles" To whom do we owe the fact that we can
know and love Pod Dlsmukep Who has inscribed
the name Of Sphinx Jakway upon the worlds roster
OF famous names2
VIII THE Sun, with that courtesy which has ever
distinguished 1t. and for the beneht Of one of its
most regular and devoted readers, publish a COM
plete list of all its discoveries in this liner Let East
and West, North and South send forth ono glorious
galaxy of nomenclature. ]. b. PoLIAK.
NEW YORK, Nov. III.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
Progressive Steps Toward tho Disfran.
chisement OF the Negroes.

The North Carolina race conflict has
aroused a strong sentiment in those States
OF what Is known as the "black belt "
which have not already adopted methods Of
excluding the negroes from the suffrage, in
favor OF proceeding promptly to make SINH
lar constitutional changes to produce the
result. Absolute protection against the
possible danger Of negro rule" as says the
New Orleans Times-D Democrat, has been Be-
cured thus in Mississippi, South Carolina.
and Louisiana. but Georgia. Alabama, and
Virginia are "three other States In more or
less political danger, in the event of a divi-
sion Of the whites"
In Georgia a movement has already been
started toward calling a convention for the
purpose OF changing the suffrage clauses Of
the present Constitution, with q view Of
shutting out the bulk Of the negro vote"
As there is no opposition to Ii, the New Or
leans journal seems to be justified in pre-
dieting, with absolute certainty, that the
change will be made al Just as early a day
as 1t can be DONE" A bill IL to be offered In
the Alabama Legislature. now in session,
calling for a Constitutional Convention. the
principal purpose OF which will be to ex-
tend the method to that State. ave shall
be recreant to our duty II we temporize
with conditions that are pregnant with
evil" said the Governor in his message to
the Legislature. Virginia, then, will soon be
"the only State in which the negro vote can
play an important part" and when 1t has
been eliminated there "the negro question
will have disappeared altogether from
Bouthern politics"
It cannot DO doubted that with such a
disappearance would come a great gain to
Houthern politics, and consequently to
American politics generally. Normal po-
litical division and discussion would sue
aaAd the dull uniformity which has made
= "solld South OF the secession States
and entangered the political welfare of the
sVhais number Of States. for all the parts Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23

The Christmas number Of Hdrper's Magazine
opens with a story. "old Captain" by Myles
Hemsnway. illustrated by Howard Pyle. The dis
t~inctiyely occasional contributions are; MARY. -
q poem by Ruth McEnery stuart. who affords also a
capital negro storyi a poem by Louise Morgan Sill,
and another by Virginia Woodward Cloud; a story by
Mary t. Van Denburgh. called How Santa Claus
Was saved" and . football story by Jesse Lynch
williams. "TheGirl and the Came" Frederic REM
ington. John corbin. Fiona Mcleod. Lieut.. Mead.
U. 6. N n. Misa Quincy and Mrs.. DelAnd Are some
of the othsr contributors
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23

From u. Pacific Commercial. Advertiser.

SF"W SS uD tO"'WeTStuF huVe''"''
A Chinaman named All Hoi. convicted at the
kohala Court OF having opium In his possess
sion. and under sentence, jumped from the
Kinau four days ago and was probably eaten
by a shark. At any rate nothing was seen OF
the prisoner after he disappeared over the
side. and the policeman who had him in Gus
The officer did not notify the steamer men OF
the jump Of the Chinaman till the Kinau was a
mile or more away from the locality Of the
dive, The Kinau- was put about. but al, that
could be seen was the straw hat of the China
man and o largo shark swimming ~leisurely
about. The steamer was several miles at sea
when the prisoner made his break.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
An oyster with False Teeth.
ETom he Ale1dndrfa Gazette.

A letter from Heathsville. Va. says: The
oystermen report that business Is rather dull
will make the season a little short, Your cor
respondent was shown quite q curiosity last
OF false teeth to which an. oyster had fastened
itself. The oyster completely covered the ton
OF the hard rubber plate. This novel exhibit
between Smiths Creek and Point Lookout, in
the track OF the steamers. Thu Captain Of The
the National Museum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
NOT UNITED STATES PORTS YET.
A Treasury Ruling Regarding Vessels Sail
ing Honce to Cuban Cities,

WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.-The Treasury De-
partment has ruled that the military occupa-
ton OF certain ports OF Cuba is not to be re-
garded for the present as changing the prae-
tice respecting the consular verihcation of
manifests for vessels bound to those ports. In
the absence OF q Spanish Consul the Captains
from the United States to Cuba are to obtain
the certifcation Of the French Consul at the
mort OF SAILING.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
Cold Ride for MIR. Carnegie.

From ne Mat ana ErpreS.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegies newspaper article against
the acquisition Of the Philippines by this country
attracted some attention in Wall street to-day.
Among those who commented upon il was ex-Gov.
Roswell p. Flower. who said!
ANY man who does not 80 along with his coun-
try, but who chooses to sit on the curb and holler
'Whoar Is apt to have n cold ride
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
A Home Estimate of Senator Hoar's PoIiti.
cal Sanity.
From he Worcester Spy.

From he Worcester Spy.
Says TIRE sUS. referring to the matter OF i'm.
perialism;
As for Senator HoArf Well. he changed his mind
about Hawaii, itself distant territory. and voted for
annexation like the honest old Republican and
American that he Is. Whatever he may say or do,
you win not ind Senator HoAr in AfiliAtlon with this
bchurz-Atknson party.
Not muchl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
The Assessed Valuations of New YORK.

To TIKI EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: A real
estate paper gives this table Of the assessed
valuations Of the several boroughs in the city
Of New York in order to help to an understand
ing Of the work the Tax Department has to do
in meeting the requirement Of the charter that
tax valuations shall be equalized throughout
the consolidated city. presenting also the ratios
Of assessed to actual real estate valuations and
the tax rates at which collection was last made: