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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05

HALTRKN; but they might play errorless
games from now till the seasons close
without stopping the games steady decline
In popularity 90 long rs wanton violation
Of the rules, such rs JOYCE and his men
have been permitted to indulge in, or abso-
Lutte ~rufisnism, such az occurred day be-
fore yesterday, is known to be possible.
Baseball must stand on its w legs. 1t
cannot be converted into q bedlam Of dis
pute between players and q so-called UNI.
pire, or into q contest Of bodily violence,
and continue to appeal to the public as
baseball. 1t must be one thing or the other.
And II now in the process Of restoring
long lost order by the enforcement Of new
rules, professional ball loses favor with
any number Of people, that will prove
that 1t has appealed to some moro for
Its klnship to the noble art of self-de-
fence than as the national game. 1t must
be reformed and freed absolutely from the
rowdylsm which has been particularly and
persistently cultivated by the management
OF b New York club, or 1t had better OBJ
literate the alleged umpire from the field
altogether, and let the FREQ fight system
prevail unrestrained. That would be lively
indeed, but it would soon come to an end
from public disgust.
Baseball 10 the national game. Those
pretending to play it had better play it.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
Oil and Sugar.

The vast result Of the war against corpo-
rations In the Senate was the passage, by
q vote Of SO to 20, of Senator WHITES
amendment to the War Revenue bill, pro-
viding for q a upon corporations engaged
In the refining Of sugar and petroleum.
The Hon. STEPHEN MALLORY WHITE
suppose that he 10 laying q tax upon the
Standard Oil Company and the Sugar
Trust. dogs with o bad name and at which
any statesman with q taste for poppycock
deems 1t q popular thing to throw q stone.
The gentlemen who manage these big en-
terprises will simply grin at Mr.. WHITE.
They can't be blamed for 1t. They know
their business. little as Mr.. WHITE seems
to know his. They don't propose to pay,
and can't be made to pay, the special tax
which the Senate has imposed In It's igno-
rant zeal against great aggregations of capt.
tai. They will make their customers pay
1t. Should the White amendment become
law every oil can and every sugar bowl will
pay the tax. The Standard and the Sugar
Trust will be just where they were before.
The consumer pays.
By consulting the Congressional Directo-
~ we find that the Hon. STEPHEN MALLORY
WHITE is 40 years old. Judging solely
from this amendment, we should have sup
posed thathe was ct least 20 years younger.
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Porto Rico.

While the rule against scattering
forces upon too many lines Of operations
Is imperative in war, yet 1t Is easy to un'
derstand why a campaign against Porto
Rico appeals to many army officers, even
when Havana, Santiago, and Manila are all
tempting detectives.
From the outset it appeared desirable to
occupy San Juan in order to prevent the
Spanish ships from using It as o base and,
although our assumption that the feet
from Cape Verde would make first for that
portproved wrong, yet the reasoning ngen-
eral is sound. A still stronger motive is
presented to US. If the war by some chance
should suddenly stop, we want its conclu-
sion to find Porto Rico in our hands. We
see more and moro every day the value of
that island as an indemnity for our ex.
penses.
Porto Rico is not one-twelfth the size OF
Cuba, being, In fact, only about two.thirds
as large as Connecticut; but it has a popu-
lation half as large as Cuba's, is fertile.
usually we'll watered, diversified with
mountain and plain, generally healthy,
and most promising as to its agricultural
future. 1t is relatively more prosper,
GUS than Cuba, and it has not been
ravaged like the greater Spanish col
ony by war. 1t Is indented everywhere
by bays, there are lagoons along the
coast and some lakes in the interior, and
there are numerous rivers Inc creeks,
some Of them navigable for several miles
into the interior. Then. as to it's use as q
naval and coaling station, for years we
have been considering, for this purpose, st.
Thomas, close by at the east, and SANTANA
Bay, just across the Mona passage to the
west, while here Is San "a waiting for
us t. possess it in the regular course OF
military operations. There are other har,
bors, too, like Guanica and Hovas, on the
south coast, which are safe during that
part of the year when the seas are too rough
on the north side, although San Juan is
always a secure haven.
1t can be understood easily why some
high military authorities look with great
favor upon seizing Porto Rico. and why the
Department of State favors that project,
The course Of events is likely to determine
the order in which our blows shall be
struck, as is now exempliaed at Santiago,
but one thing we can count on is whatsoever
or later our flag will float over Porto Rico
and that then 1t will not come down.
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Railroad Bookkeeping.

What may be described az "the business
of keeping railroad accounts has increased
90 rapidly during the past few years as to
Justify the organization OF the American
Railway Accounting Association" Its
tenth annual convention, which occurred
at Atlantic City, In New Jersey, last week,
calls attention to the magnitude Of rail.
way accounts.
There are nearly q thousand railroad
companies in the United States, having o
mileage Of nearly $50, 600 miles, and taking
In from receipts from passengers and mails
nearly 81, 100000 q day, and from freight
nearly 81, 600, 900. The complicated but per-
fected system Of transfers, rebates, through
tickets, stop-overs, "fast" and "slow"
freight, communications, and long and short
haul, requires an amount of bookkeeping
80 extensive and so elaborate that 1t may be
said truly that the operations of the Treas
ury of the United States itself seem inslg-
nificant when compared with the volume
of these transactions. The ordinary receipts
of The Government In a year amount to
about $3.50, 100000. The ordinary ex-
penses Of the Government vary little from
year to year, they having exceeded $685.
100000 In no year since the close Of the civil
war. The annual receipts and expenses Of
the railroads of the United States are nearly
three times greater. 1t is not surprising
then, that their arrangement and classified
tion require not only the most scientific
methods of bookkeeping, but also the service
of many of the most skilled accountants.
AT the Atlantic City convention subjects
peculiar to railroads and their operation
came up for consideration. One was ITO
What Account Should the Wages and Ex-
penses Of General and Local Storekeepers
Be Charged" Another was: ITO What
Account Should Street Lights, Prescribed
by Municipal Ordinance, Maintained at
Highway Crossings Be CharRed3" Among
the other subjects treated were "Classi-
fcation of Operating Expenses" "Train
and Locomotive Mileage" Gloss and Dam.
age Claims" "Car Accounting" Scar
Mileage Bureau" "Bills of Car Repairs"
Classification of Construction and Oper-
ating Expenses for Electric Railways"
and 1.-THE Minimum Account for Which
One Road May Make a Bill Upon Another
on Account Of Overcharges and Loss and
Damage Claims"
OF late years the keeping of railroad &C.
counts has been improved by the ju.
dicious modification of English forms
and methods, n it has been transformed
in some respects by regulations prescribed
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
In Great Britain the chartered account
ants" as they are called. not only make
examinations from time to time of the
books of the railroads, but also reports
designed for the guidance of investors, and
consequently some American companies
which have a considerable number of Eng
lish stockholders or bondholders nave imi-
tated the practice.
The two hundred delegates attending the
Atlantic City convention represented all
parts Of the Union, but more particularly
the railroads Of the Eastern and North
western States. The whole number OF
men engaged on auditing work in the
offices of American railroads Is roughly
estimated at 10000.
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Must 1t Be Worse Before It's Better ?

Yesterdays newspapers told how the Cap.
tain OF the New York baseball club, stand.
ing IN the first base. picked up the ball
which he had just dropped after it had
been thrown into his hands, and dellber-
Ately fired it at the base runner of tho Gin.
cinnati club, striking the latter on the head.
1t is not OF material Importance fort III pur-
pose of proper treatment of the case whether
JoYcE's brutality was a new phase of the
systematic disorder which, of course, with
the approval of the management of his club,
he practises against the rules, or whether
his assault on BECKLEY was committed In
a moment of rage at having missed the
ball. or whether in running past him Beck.
LEY actually brushed against him by acci-
dent or design, though that BEoKLEY
struck him or Intentionally or unjustihably
a against him We do not believe for
a moment. The umpire, whose eye was
on the spot, says that there was no blow,
and II there was q collision of any sort,
JoYCE must AVE courted 1t, since the ball,
having been knocked toward third base.
was sent to first from an angle which would
have permitted the baseman to stand 10
usual on the inner side of the diamond.
The way in which the Cincinnati club has
been managed makes it extremely lmprob-
able that a member of 1t would commit the
act charged against BEoKLEY, since under
the administration OF Mr.. JOHN 7. BRUSH,
an acknowledged expert in the game and
evidently a man of his word, the Cincln.
natl players are rlgidly required to respect
the rules for order. But no matter what
the truth of the affair may be, the player
that will do the thing that JOYCE did
should be taken off the ball field, not by
the umpire for a day only, but by tho club
heplays for, for good and all.
An examination of the reports of tho
game in all the newspapers of yesterday
morning shows that, with one exception.
the opinion was general that the New York
Captain was guilty of = gross offence. the
exception being the New York Press. whose
reporter, We understand. is the official
scorer and hence an employee of the New
York club.
OF late tho New York club has been
playing Splendldly, thanks to the extraor.
binary ability shown by man like DAVIS.
HARTAARs GLNASoEs gLKRNA1S- and Va
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s0LDIER
Every Indication That They Will BE In Great
Demand This Year.

The Republicans of Pennsylvania held their
nominating convention at Harrisburg on Thurs
day and started what seems certain 10 be a very
lively campaign. Ono OF the distinguishing
features Of the prosecution of the campaign on
the Republican side is the selection OF u soldiers
ticket recalling former war lines. The Repub-
lican candidate for Governor, Col. Stone, served
in the civil war in the 18th Pennsylvania Vol.
unteers, and after tho close Of the war took an
active part in the affairs of the Pennsylvania
National Guard. His associate ON the Re-
publican ticket. the candidate for Licuten-
ant-Governor, Gen. Goblin, served in the
civil war from its beginning to its close.
retiring as Q General of volunteers. He
has been commander Of the Third Brigade of
Pennsylvania militia, and Is Past Department
Commander Of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Major Latta. the nominee for Secretary of In.
ternal Affairs, served In the war In what were
known as the Gray Reserves and was brevetted
Major at the battle of Winchester. He also has
taken An active part in the affairs of the Penn.
gyivania National Guard, has twice served as
tbs' Grnnd SrmS ~ ing as IS Z R saSt Tomm mar r Of
State offices to be filed in Pennsylvania this
year exclusive of a Judgeship) are Governor,
nal Affairs, and for all three the Repub.
llcanS have nominated soldiers. Later this
m taGa Nan Inc IN p epfoGrs r STATE the C9 y Is to
1850 $50 - go Nh1I SOLlO
talk of nominating a soldiers ticket, for the
Democrats of Pennsylvania have many tradi-
tions connected with the civil war. Gen. Nc
Clellan was a native Of Philadelphia, and 1t was
for a considerable time his home. Gen. Han
cock was a native of Norristown. Pa, and long
q fayorite with the Democrats OF that State.
1t has como to be a well-cstablished rule in
American politics that in time Of war soldier
candidates appeal strongly to the support of the
voters OF both political parties, and the appear
ance Of many such candidates Is likely this year.
In several OF the States Governors are to be
elected this year-New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, and Massachusetts included, and in all
the States Congressmen are to be voted for. So
far In New York no soldier candidates for any
important State offices have appeared, though
at the last distlnctively State election, that OF
1895. both candidates Tor the office OF Sec
rotary of State had q military record. Gen.
Palmer, the successful Republican nomi-
nee. and tho present Secretary OF State,
vas a soldier in tho Ninety.lrst New
Forks he was SO seriously wounded that his life
became active in the Grand Army of tho Re.
public, and in 1891 was chosen its Commander
in-Chief. His Democratic opponent at the cleo
ton OF 1895 was Col. Horatio G. King, who has
always taken IN active part in National Guard
affairs and was Judge Advocate General from
1889 to 1886. Soldier candidates. besides ap-
pealing to the sentimental support of many
voters, have usually no awkward or complex
records to de end. inconsistent with their sup.
port OF certain political policies.
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Mira. La,hrop ASK. r.r Nor. Hello,

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sfr: The work among
the sick poor which l am doing in company with
three other women, devoted for life to the nursing Of
cancer, again requires the aid OF the public In gifts Of
money. and l earnestly beg for donations.
Great activity is going on for the probable needs Of
the sick And wounded In the war. which Is SO mecca.
SRry and evident o call to charity that every ono IL
Sure TO respond, Nevertheless. the public as surely
Will not overlook the unAttTactive sick. who Appe Al
very strongly TO those WHO soc them. although often
%repulsive to hear about, and among whom not q
single case should be abandoned. I pray that not
. single case which we women can nurse among the
destitute may no left without care. but this ID a dues.
peal, ami we hope that the support or our patio nts
Will always . the voluntary fellowship aud Kindness
OF those who are not poor toward those who are, as Is
commanded. RosE HAwTHORSE LATHRoP,
Home for Cancer Incurables. B68 Water street, Cor
leArs Park, New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
LANDSCAPES IN STAINED GLASS.
A Novel snd DImeult Form or Decoration sue
c~essruiIy Accomplished.

A Novel ana DImeult Form or Decoration sue.
ceSsTuily accomplished
The use of landscapes as backgrounds In
stained glass windows Is familiar enough, but a
landscape oritsown sake is practically a novelty
in the art OF Colored glass. What Is believed to
be the first piece of this kind was recently COM
pleted by Henry L. and Frederick A. PArkhurst.
This principal piece is one of three intended for
the staircase OF a residence to he built at Port
Chester. This central panel is also the largest
single piece OF loaded glass ever execute in
this city. Iti 7 feet In width and g feet 3 inches
In height. The two supplementary windows are
about 1 by 8 feet. The three windows are TO be
placed at different heights on the staircase for
which they were made.
Tho large window represents q landscape In
the Adirondack. 1t 10 a View characteristic .
the region rather than the reproduction of any
particular spot. In the background is q range
Of hills behind which tho red sun Ia seen family.
In the middle distance stretches q lake and In
the foreground ia q brook. The bOulOers in tho
water, tho deep green OF the foliage and the
white surface OF the lake are some OF the features
of tho window which strike the observer first,
but the whole effect Is remarkably clear and dis
tinGt IN view OF tho difficulties TO 10 overcome
In dealing with such q subject.
The question OF E,erspeGtiye and values was
ducG the erect OF a landscape with such Il lin
ited medium AZ stained glass might readily
have resulted In vaRuenesO and chaos. But this
picture 10 AS we'll defined ns il IL were produced
by means much more easily adaptable TO such
Q purpose. The cOlOrs OF the foliage range from
the sore, brown leaves 10 the iresh green ones,
and the clearness or the artistic design il as
plain In this respect as In any of tho others.
Every branch and every Leaf has its own place
and value in the scheme. The red mass OF the
earth and the opalescent effect OF the sky colorS
are other successful features of this novel work.
1t mas already been highly praised by many OF
tbs. hest known workers in the same held.
Inc two 1ccompaNyihg windows are studies
that can readily lie associated with the prinCi-
pal one. as they have the same Lake Rs a back
ground and The Trees stretch over The shore
line, contrasting with the light oil the sky and
water. As they are smaller, they arc less com.
plete In effect than the main panel.
They are on view al AZ South Washington
square, As q successfully accomplished novelty
n an old neld, as well as for their artistic pro
aUettoas they are well worth seeing.
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SLICK PETE,s WAToH DEAL.
Bought Them mt 80. rs Each and sold Them
to swindIers for $40 Apiece.

From, the Philadelphia Record.
An old.time detective tho other day was dis
oussing with some sleuthS new In the profoS-
deprecating the originality Of the modern crook.
he told Of what he considered the sharpest game
he ever saw worked.
81 suppose you fellows know" he said. that
during Centennial year Philadelphia WAS q hot
bed Of bunco-steerers and sharpers of every do.
scription. Well. l was detailed to keep an eye
on these gentry. and In time I became 40
ouainted with most Of the big Ones who were
generally exceedingly bright mon. One. in par.
~ticular, who was known as Slick Pete. / took
a great liking to. for he had an inexhausiiblo
fund OF humor and was a good-hearted chap.
Toward the end of the Centennial Exhibition.
where SOME fake jewelry was being Sold, Alotof
watches were offered, and / saw that they had
been made evidently for bunco-steering pur-
poses. for the works were good. and tho casea
were made to look like solid gold. They were
finally knocked down for 81. 10 apiece, and I
was out Of his line, but ! know he had some
scheme in view. Two months passed before I
again saw Pete, and then ! asked him what he
had done with the watches. He began to laugh.
and said: oh. skinned some swindler with
them.' Then followed the explanation. He had
various papers, something like this: .Found-A
solid gold watch; Elgin works. Loser pay
costs. Apply, &C. Nearly every crook in town
answered the ad. and claimed the watch. Pete,
who made up as an old man. seemed a mark,
and the ny crook, in the hurry to depart,
$40. were invariably handed over, and In TIVE
days Pete had disposed OF his stock"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
The Maine Populists have treated them.

The Maine Populists have treated them
selves to q State Convention. and produced a
set of resolutions such as no happy POpulist homo
should DO without. Here are all tho old Pop
ulist favorites doing business at the old stand:
The free coinage of silver ct the sacrosanct
ratio of 16 to I: Government control of rail-
roads and telographs; unalterabie opposition to
national banks and the Issuing Of bonds; o
graduated income tax. and the election Of Presi.
dent. Vice-President. and United States Sen.
ators by vote Of the peopleI these be thy gods.
o, Populism. The convention consisted of 1o4
delegates. We had not supposed that there
Were 30 many straight Populists left In Maine.
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Some Nutmeg enthusiast assures tho
Providence Journal that pie was invented in
Connecticut. he may know pie. but history he
doesn't know. Nobody knows whom pie was in.
vented, but 1t must have frightened the world
ages ago. Possibly It Is contemporary with Ian.
GuaRs itself. At whatever hour in the dark
backward and Rbysm Of time II appeared upon
the planet. then civilization and indigestion
were born. Lonely mon in caves solnced them.
selves with pie. Dwellers on piles in lakes slew
their brother men with flint ndZes, carried Off
their pies. and. retiring to their fastnesses,
carved the pies with tho Same fints. Speci-
mems of that prehistoric pie arc not infrequently
found In our own times,
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Mr.. W. R. KING is the fusion candidate

Mr.. W. r. KING is the fusion candidate
for Governor of Oregon. and Mr.. r. NJ. vEATcH
Is the fusion candidate for Congressman from
Oregon. The patriotism of these gentlemen
may DO Judged from these remarks of tho
Pacific IT. fbune:
"while members OF the Oregon Legislature both of
them peSiStently and stubbornly opposed any and
every measure proposed FOR the assistance OF the
State National Guard and this increase OF It's ON.
cisnoy. repeatedly characteriEins the guards as the
mere hirelinGS of trusts and capitalists. inimioal to
liberty and q useless burden TO the state and nation"
Next Monday the voters OF Oregon will have
an opportunity of showing these fellows what
they think of them.
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Crushed a : shark Under Water.
from the Merican Herald

FFONN nc TtC HeTutu'
"A shark over three metres long met with Q
singular death in the Vera Cruz port works Q
few days since.
In the prosecution of tho works in question
enormous stone blocks are raised on derricks
and thrown into the water on tho mattresses
which have boen previously sunk. About the
beginning of the week tho workmen on the sur
face OF the water were Mortified 10 observe that
Immediately after they had dropped In tho
water one of these huge rocks an immense
cloud OF blood came mp from below. 80 III Il the
water all aToun the wharf was soon tinged a
deep red. They thought that one or Vlore OF tho
divers had been crushed beneath the tre-
mendous weight.
Soon the rope which attached one Of tho
divers was violently shaken as a signal that the
man down beneath tho water wanted TO be-
raised. When he was safely back on the wharf
the workmcn gathered around him 10 learn the
worst. To their great relief he told them that q
big shark which ha0 been swimming at tho bot
tom of ~" hay near where he was at work had
' .o4 10 death by the boulder which
LAuy .4vpped on him.
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We do not hesitate to say that the inequali.
ties of wealth and social condition arc chiefly due to
class-favoring legislation. the gold standard financial
System, Q truBtfavorinR tariff, and O national pank
polcy.-RocheStsr TtaSs.
Then tho dwelling Of tho inequalities is az
simple as breathing. Repeal your ~"class"
legislation and your tariff. abolish tho national
banks. and SGT up your 16-to-1 Ebenezer.
Thrift. intelligence. energy, and opportunity
don't count. Legislation is the omnipotent
master Of every mans fate; and Congress by g
few minutes work can put the money changers
and the "toiling masses" on q financial equal
ity. How easy SOM things are.
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There was a British flag on the stage at
one Of the buildings Of the University of the Mis-
souri, the other day, The university authorities
wished to manifest the appreciation OF tho
American people Of the attitude taken by Eng
land ON the war question" They reckoned
without JONES. o. D. JONES, sometime Popu-
liSt candidAts for GOssEn0E. JONES u . msmbaR
Ct NE Beard eG Te1stses OG he university.