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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
The Biggest Railroad Station.

The city OF st. Louis now possesses the
distinction Of having the largest passenger
railway station In the United States. 1t is
$50 feet long and 900 feet wide, and has
thirty tracks, enough to handle ten incom-
ing and ten outgoing trains simultaneously.
1t is known as the Union Station. and the
territory owned bythe company operating
it covers twenty-seven acres.
The city Of Boston has the next to the
largest station for passenger service in the
country. The Union Station in Boston, on
the North Side, has a length OF 500 feet, a
width OF 6 feet, and tw~enty-three tracks.
Both OF these huge stations are to be sur
passed by the new Southern Union Station
in Boston, Upon which work was begun In
January, 1897. and which is now nearing
completion. 1t is designed to be the biggest
railroad station in the United States. The
walls are built. the steelwork is all In place,
and the material is on the ground for the
completion OF the structure.
The length Of the Southern Union Station
In Boston ls to be TO feet, and the width
$50 feet. When it is completed there are
to be tracks for thirty trains, and the wait
ing room is to be 265 feet long. The sta
ton is to be lighted by electricity, and
there will be steam heat, a compressed air
plant, i%ce-making machinery, ventilating
apparatus. and a car-heating plant, to-
gether with ten steam boilers and electric
engines capable of furnishing 1900 horse
power. The interior walls and ceilings OF
the Boston station are to be Of white
enamelled brick, and the roadbed Of the
tracks is to be laid on a concrete flooring
which is watertight.
The prominence Of Boston as a railroad
centre, as shown by the size of its passenger
stations, must be a surprise to many, for
the territory served by Boston is practically
limited to New England, and in much of it
there is very little growth OF population.
The city OF Chicago, on the other hand, Ia
entered by railroads representing a mileage
OF 10000. Nearly 800 through and more
than o local trains arrive there daily In
the passenger service, and there are thirty
five companies having a terminus there;
but the business Is divided among eight
stations, none Of which is large enough to
be compared with either OF those in Boston.
The Central Depot, 30 called, in Chicago,
has an area OF $50 by 900 feet, and is used
by the Illinois Central, the Michigan Cen
trial and the Big Four roads. What Is
known Rs the Dearborn Street Station is
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
Apparently Spain yet has a few sea law

The arrival Of cool weather may be re-
garded as terminating the season when acci-
dents occur most frequently. Fishermen will
continue to cast their lines for several weeks
yet, and wheelmen will probably be active until
snow files. but. with the thermometer below
go degrees. sea bathing ceases to be popular.
During August and September OF last year
the newspapers were kept busy reporting the
mishaps OF boatmen. bathers and cyclists. At
one time the waves and the wheel seemed to
vie with each other In the effort to acquire dis
tinction as q superior cause Of disaster. Which
Of the competitors won. is q question for the
records to decide.
This year the number Of bathing accidents
appears to have been comparatively small. At
no time during the summer were they SUI
aciently numerous to cause alarm among sea-
side visitors. Persons who love to exhibit their
bravery In the water have apparently profted
by the experiences Of past years and have con-
cluded not to take hazardous chances.
The fishermen have also been very fortunate.
The crowds Of amateur anglers have been as
large this year as formerly. but In the neigh
borhood OF New York few accidents have been
due to carelessness and bad seamanship.
tits doubtful. however. II any body Of pleas
ure seekers has met with fewer mishaps than
the cyclists. They have enjoyed the delightful
weather to the fullest extent. and. considering
their immense numbers. the number Of ac-
cidents among them has been surprisingly
small. Like the fishermen and the bathers.
they have shown excellent judgment. and. in
consequence. their nerves and muscles are In
fine condition. and their cyclometers will
surely be made to jump between now and
Christmas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22

United States, had oANovAs remained in
power. The stroke Of tho assassin In Santa
Agueda would then rave to be classed with
the blowing up of the Maine in Havana
harbor, as showing how the fate OF a nation
may DO turned out OF It's current by some
unlooked-for crime.
But would CANovAs and the Duke Of TBr-
"A really nave carried into effect the SEN
sible views they entertainment We must
certainly doubt IL, for tho reason that there
was no faint hint OF 1t in the negotiations,
and that though cool, businesslike talk
about the war and It's consequences Is now
heard here and there In Spain, there was
little or nothing Of the sort q few months
ago. Frequently now Spanish comments
are thoroughly modern, and, II We may 80
say, quite American in the sense Of being
practical but before the war u most care
full suggestions as to what would be best for
Spain, Cuba, and ourselves we're denounced
as being such as only q mercenary ma
ton could originate. While, therefore,
the revelation of the Duke Of TETUAN as to
the views and purposes Of the Canovas
Ministry is most interesting, 1t can be only
q matter Of opinion as to whether they
would have been carried out against a pub
lie opinion ut once ignorant and vainglo-
rious, and having no foresight as to what
war with us must bring.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
Our Guns.

A letter upon our navy's guns, which THE
Sun printed recently, criticising them rs in
some respects behind the ago, has elected a
. considerable volume Of answers denying
the critics knowledge. Much that Is said
In reply and in praise Of what we have, is
true, to u credit. The United States
Nays guns are, OF their type, the best ever
made, II their successful trial In battle Ia
any evidence. It is true, moreover, that the
European guns at the beginning Of their
manufacture were not serviceable. But that
is not true OF them to-day, and the high
quality OF our weapons is no proof that they
cannot and therefore should not be inn
proved. Happily the navy Is Of a pro-
gressive mind, for it has changed the old
fashioned 6-inoh guns on the Oregon, with
which, Of course, the Massachusetts, and the
Indiana are also equipped, for rapid-arers.
Probably it Is not yet ready to make rapid
flrers OF all the s-inch guns On those three
vessels.
Ships guns are subject to the same Inn
provements that have changed the army
mans rife from the old .5o-calibre to 80
calibre, with magazine fire. As the soldier
who would fire rapidly must use a small
bullet, in order to carry enough ammu-
milton, so the tendency toward ~rapid-lrers
at sea demands smaller bores. At Santiago
CERvERA's feet was beaten by the buck
shot Of the small guns rather than by the
rife balls Of the big guns.
Guns which are so large as to DO beyond
the reach Of rapid-lring mechanism must
be present on the battleships, Of course;
but II lighter weapons than our 13-inch
guns can be got to do equal work, then they
must be put aboard and the 1~3-inchers
thrown over.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
Silver and Expansion.

In his brilliant book, "The Law Of Civil
lization and Decay" Mr.. BROOKS ADAMS Of
Massachusetts, attempted to show that
about everything that has gone wrong
since the invention Of man has gone wrong
on account Of the fall In the price OF silver.
Mr.. ADAMS now believes that free silver
as u political issue In the next Presidential
campaign is a dead duck. THAT question, "
he says, "has been settled in the new
conditions brought on by the war and
by the inevitable extension, in the future,
OF those conditions" He advocated free
silver under the impression that it would
cause a rise Of prices and so create q
market for American surplus production.
Whatever may be his present opinion Of
that theory, he sees that the war has dis
placed theory by facts. New markets have
been opened and will be opened. The rise
In prices for which Mr.. ADAMS labored Is
made unnecessary, for through the new
avenues Of m new wants will be
created and the surplus production used.
Mr.. BROOKS ADAMS is an ardent expan-
sionist. He sees the vast commercial and
economic value of expansion. He does not
waste any time in wailing over free silver.
But the mass OF the Democratic party, to
which Mr.. BROOKS ADAMS belongs, Is still
living in 1896 and not In 1898, and seems
incapable Of understanding the new situa-
tion and opportunities.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
Ellsworth.

There is to-day In the State Of New York
nc moro clearly defined representative Of
the Republican party. its past sentiments,
fts new hopes, and all the solid qualities
that gave It popular favor, than THEODORE
ROCKWELL. It behooves the party organi-
ration to see that whatever tends to
diminish RoosKvEITs strength as q candi-
date, II he Is to be tho candidate, shall be
sternly abolished In 30 far as It lies In the
organizations power.
II will strike any Intelligent mind that
the FIRST step toward such an end Is the re-
tirement Of that sinister reminder of the
recent shameful Platt-Croker combination
In the Legislature, TIMOTHY E EIIswoRTH,
the Senator from the Forty-lfth district
and Q candidate for denomination.
The worst thing that could happen to the
Republican campaign, for the Legislature
ns we'll as for Governor and State officers,
would be the creation Of evidence that the
Republican organization, without whose
approval ELLSWORTH cannot be renomi-
mated, IL lnsincere In it's intention to sup
port the Governor after it has elected him.
ELLswoRTH would be such evidence, with o
deliberate affront to the press thrown in.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
1UNra1L or IN. NAIL ON ocn ..
Committee Of the Congregation Met Yestsr-
day tn fake Arrangements.

day tn Make Arrangements.
Il was decided yesterday at a meeting OF the
special committee OF the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terrain Church, appointed for the purpose OF ar
ranging the funeral services Of the late DR..
John Hall. that they should be held on Tues
day afternoon. Oct. 4. at 3 o'clock. The COM
mittee was appointed at a meeting OF the ses-
sion on Sunday. II. T.. Rowland is Chairman.
and the other members present yesterday
were g.. d. schiefTelin, J. o. Sheldon. James
Talcott. Francis Forbes. J. W. Thorne and
William Irwin. the latter being n stepson OF
DR.. Hall. The services are to be OF q simple
character and the details have been left to a
subcommittee consisting Of Mr.. Rowland and
Mr.. Forbes.
DR. Halls body is expected to arrive here on
Saturday. Oct. / and win be taken at once to
his late residence. Many of the congregation
desire that the body lie In state in the church
for one day, but this question was not decided
yesterday. The minister who will %oflciate at
the services has not beer chosen, but z mem
ably to-day. Representatives OF. the various
which Dr.. Hall was connected will probably
act as pallbearers. The secretary Of the COM
these persons. Among the institutions and
stiyes are Yale bPiysrslsy. New YORK TnISsr:
ivy " hhh "Ao ~ OlO bAliO Sbihe
Princeton Theological Seminary. Of both Of
which DR.. Hall was a trustee the Home Mis-
sionary Society and the Church Extension and
Church Erection societies. A large number
Of religious bodies have expressed a desire to
attend the funeral. Space will be reserved for
them II they notify the secretary OF the COM
mittee. Francis Forbes 80 Nassau street, be-
tives they wish to have attend.
Although the selection Of the minister TO
oficiate has not been announced. II was said
yesterday that among those who will assist In
the services are DIR. Radcliffe OF Washington,
the Moderator OF the General Assembly OF the
Church, and the Rev. Hugh Pritchard and the
Rev. j. II. Polhemus. pastors Of the two church
missions; The. music will be furnished by
the regular male choir OF the church. The in
terment will probably be on the day following
the funeral SERVICES and will be in WQ9dlawn;
be deferred until after the funeral services.
While there has been some talk over the possi-
bility Of q selection being made from minis
ters who have preached at the. church during
the summer. IL was said yesterday that none of
these had been invited with any idea Of their
being candidates for. the position. The selec-
ton OF q. pastor will not OF necessity be con-
fined to them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
WANT s7,OOO,OOO FOR SCHOOLS.
Tho Boards Budget for and the
Bronx Calls for That Amount.

The Boards Budget for Manhattan and the
Bronx Calls for That Amount.
At the meeting yesterday Of the Board Of
Education for the borouRhs Of Manhattan and
the Bronx 1t was announced from the chair
by President Hubbell that accommodations
for all the school children in the two boroughs
would be secured by the end OF this week. BY
Monday every child. he said. would have q
seat. This settlement OF the problem which
has confronted the board since the schools
were opened has been effected by establish
ing q large number OF kindergartens in build
inRs outside OF those regularly used for school
purposes. A. lot OF parlor floors In dwelling
This will make It possible to take, the chil-
dren out Of the lower grades and place them
in the k~inderRartens Other rooms which have
not hitherto been used as classrooms have
been pressed into service. and as. stated by
President. Hubbell. the halliday classes will
be materially reduced as a result.
The offer OF the Hebrew Technical Institute
OF their assembly hall for school purposes has
been accepted, and. situated as it Is on the
Its use will relieve the situation greatly.
The board at its meeting yesterday passed
the budget for the two boroughs, which calls
for an appropriation of 81 1873, 800 n for next
year. Sixty-four thousand dollars was added
yesterday. to meet the expense Of raising the
salaries OF the associate superintendents 81. 900
each, and providing for other increases in the
salary schedule as adopted by the board last
The board rejected the nomination Of
Rpfne A Cregin to be Principal OF Evening
School Ii.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
WHAT SMOKE DISTRICT ARE you 1Ns
Board of Health Divides tho City Into
TWenty-seven Soft Coal Sections.

Board of Health Divides the City Into
T~wenty-Soven Soft Coal Sections.
President Murphy OF the Health Board said
yesterday. that everything possible was being
done to abate the smoke nuisance caused by
tho use Of soft coal In the enlarged New York.
For some time past the board has been re-
ceiving complaints from citizens in regard to
the soft coal nuisance. and. at a meeting held
yesterday. concerted action was decided upon.
A resolution was adopted dividing the city
into twenty-seven smoke DISTRICTS" and as
signing an inspectorto each district. The duty
Of the Inspectors will be to report every estab-
diately. .violaters Of the law will be proceeded
against By the board, which is determined to
remedy the smoke nuisance at all costs.
A report was submitted to the board by
Sanitary Inspector Maloney. setting forth that
all dead cattle were now disinfected before be-
ing shipped to Barren Island. The board also
learned that the disinfecting plant In course Of
erection at Barren Island will be completed in
q short time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
The Duke of Tetuan's Revelations.

From several Of SPANS public men there
have come lately words Of such sobriety and
common sense as to contrast greatly with
the swaggering and hopelessly frenzied
utterances which used to seem all that we
could get from that quarter. One promi-
nent man. for example, said the other day
that before the war every Spanish SOL
der imagined himself a Cid, who would
make great havoc among the Yankees, but
soon the discovery was made that courageis
q virtue not exclusively Spanish. but COM
mon to other nations, and it followed that
Americas vast superiority in resources and
the means Of using them must inevitably
bring SPANS defeat.
Now we have the Duke OF TETUAN, who
was Minister Of Foreign Affairs under
C~ANovAs, holding that the war was folly
on SPANS part, Inc might have been avoid
ed, and should have been, by one of three
ways, namely, accepting Gen. WooDFoRD's
good offices in treating with the Cuban in
surgents, recognizing the independence of
Cuba, or selling the island. This state
ment is Gardy but true. and 1t Is also
exactly the American way of looking at
the case. To us the extraordinary thing
was that, when Spain had found by a most
prolonged and costly war that she could
not pacify Cuba, she did not dispose Of it in
q businesslike way. There seems very
little doubt, judging from the offers OF the
insurgent leaders and from our own propo-
sails Of purchase about thirty years ago. that
she could have sold it at O valuation OF
$50. 900, 900. perhaps 5000, ooo. 900, with
the United States guaranteeing the payment
~ A.. -ka-naN a,A ~ Aho ..ln.li.
Instead OF turning to profitable account
what she could not keep, Spain chose to lose
Cuba in war without compensation, and
Herewith she lost also Porto Rico and the
Philippines, her navy and her prestige.
or course, II this had been the first time
Spain was ever called upon to give up a
colony, the case might nave been differ
ent but she had been giving up American
colonies ever since the beginning Of this CEN
fury. She had given up Mexico, and what is
now called Central America she had given
up what are now the republics OF Venezuela,
Colombia, Ecuador. Peru, Bolivia, Chill,
Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and San
Domingo. And yet the very suggestion to
give up Cuba for IN enormous price,
although 1t was ruinous to attempt TO hold
1t, was denounced throughout Spain as
traflcking with dishonor. We do not re-
call anywhere. just before the war. a promi-
nent voice advising the sale OF Cuba,
But now we find the Duke of TETUAN as
serting that both he and Premier CANovAs
were resolved not to have war with the
United States, well knowing its folly, and
that sooner they would have sold Cuba OF ac-
knowledged its independence. Such a reve-
lation is startling, and sets us to rejecting
how the course OF history might have been
changed. not only for Spain but for the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
The Flag in he Future.
From an AddreIs Of President Hill Of Rs Gre
Northern Rdi[Podd

From an Addrsss Of Prssfdent HaI Of nE Great
Northern Railroad.
Sometimes We may feel that our nations destiny 10
directed by . superior power and intelligence moro
and above that Of the human mind. II the present
war has done nothing less than manifest the patriot
ism, than bring together the people Of tho nation,
and TO bring tho nation to . point where It has been
compelled to cast OF its letters. IL may be placed
wisely at the time. but they apply no longer. What
would at 100000 of people. 5000. 900 of omanci-
pated oolonists. will not at 5000. 900 of people,
who are the equal of any other 5000. 900 Of people
Of the world. and whether you are Republicans or
Democratic. every one Of you feels an interest In the
success of our country. Let II be understood every
whore among you that you will not support any
body; will not give your political support or
strength 10 anybody who will not undertake TO
carry the Dag of American ommerc onto every sea.
When you have done that. our country will have
taken her proper place. She cannot stand still. She
must 90 ahead or 60 backward. II tho present
changes in the Orient bring about tho results in
China that have been brought about In Japan, you
will find . greater development OF trade on the Pa
cihc Ocean in the next twenty-five yeArs than the
world has ever seen in its history. Shall We take
part in It with our immense coast and all its wealth
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
BID IN LIEUT.. TTFFANY'S BRoNo0
Perry Tiffany Got the Horse His Brother
Rode-Sale Closes To-day.

Perry Tiffany Got the Horne His Brother
Rode-Sale Closes To-Day.
When Auctioneer Doerr mounted the box in
Fiss, Doerr & Carroll's stable on Twenty
fourth street yesterday and announced that
the second days sale OF the rough riders
horses was on. Perry Tiffany. brother OF the
late Lieut.. Tiffany. was there to purchase
the horse ridden by his brother. Mr..
Tiffany was accompanied by several rough
riders. members OF Lieut.. Tiffany's company.
who aided In the search for the dead Lieu
tenants charger. The animal. a raw-boned.
travel-stained sorrel. was finally discovered
among the herd. He was not a picture of
equine beauty. but when led before the AUG
toneer he scattered the crowd with his heels
A lve-dollar ofTer from q Coney, Island
bowman started the tbjjddinE A butcher
%ens him inc s166 rlSS ette eG lie lie was asG ali SeOw 70 tho
bba sSS IN T tSs R|ddj perry and T IL ! Any ts then So1 so0 VAS =
knocked down, to him. Mr.. Tiffany caressed
the animars head. gave his check for the
the horse. which was mounted by one OF tho
rough riders. The horse will be sent to the
TIFFANY farm and kept In comfort for the rest
An Italian yepdsr purchased a SXEiry gray
as Ent doe ciF'' as a u iama be T Xfter i kfs D%GoP Himself sai
free from the wagon and harness the animal
with, a cable car, which stopped him. Cor
poral Joseph Entracht,, a rough rider. who lives
~ ave- I and s GiBsdhsydi'hhil mi f TRe Italian fih%s Eoof teS
at the wreck OF his wagon pitifully;, -.
v-Joosta Ikea d. gama poker ne said.
I gotta da badda horse an a lose
The days sale was concluded when 400
day; Eight hundred head have now been
posed of TODAY.