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ACCUSED OF DAMN1NG A DINNER.

Arrest of Capt. Newton, Who Made Mr.
Pathman Walk Home in n Bathing Suit.
STANFORD. Conn. Aug. 16.-Greenwich peo-
pie who happened to be in the vicinity OF Z. O.
Benedict's Indian Harbor home last Sunday
saw the unusual sight Of handsome man clad
In q bathing suit walking along the road with .
stylishly dressed woman. The couple were
Paul Pathman and his wife of New York.
boarders at the Hila House. and they had been
summarily elected by Capt. Newton from a
ing. They were compelled to walk several
miles to reach home.
Capt. Newton had let the skin several days
before. and II had not been returned. When
he saw Mrs. ,Pathman In the boat he insisted
upon resuminG possession of 1t at once; Mrs.
for dinner. The Captain said:
Your dinner be damnedl / want my boat"
and Mrs. Pathman had to get out.
The Pathmans made a complaint, and Capt.
Newton has been arrested on a charge OF using
profane language. The trial OF the case viii
take place tomorrow morning In the Green
wich Borough Court. and the decision OF the
court as to whether Capt. Newton's. language
constitutes profanity is awaited with interest
Lawyer F.Q. Hubbard OF Greenwich will de-
fend Capt. Newton.
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American Iron and Stool.

Tho Treasury Bureau of Statistics has
collected some very striking figures In re-
gard to the recent remarkable growth OF
exports OF American manufactures of iron
and steel, and the equally remarkable de-
crease Of imports Of those articles.
In 1880 the imports Of them were ST.
zee, see and the exports $14,716,524. In
1890 the imports had fallen to $41,e79,6o
and the exports risen to $25, 642, 2os. In
1898 (nscal year 1879 the imports sank
TO Si2,e15,e13 and the exports mounted
TO $40, 367,527.
In 1880 the United States imported five
times as much Of iron and steel products as
they exported. In 1898 they exported five
and o half times as much as they imported.
In eighteen years the figures Of imports and
exports have been reversed, and we now
sell to foreigners substantially as much OF
iron and steel manufactures as we bought
Of them in 1880.
And this profitable trade will expand as
the United States expand and their COM
mercial sphere is widened. In iron and
steel we can beat the world.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-17
Tired OF Negro Songs.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUE-Siri VIII you permit
me to ask why the managers Of amusement resorts
persist in nauseating their audiences with a super
abundance OF negro sonEsf No matter where ono
turns for diversion the same incomprohensible,
foolish and S.ckening songs greet him. Even at our
select seaside resorts. the hAunts of the fastidious,
there abound dclineators of the BLACK art" There
are few OF the followers of this line who understand
oven the rudiments OF music or acting, but, dressed
IN impossible costumes, they songs over
flowing with nonsense with equally impossible ReB-
lures, rs little in mimicTy OF the real Southern darby
as Steve Brodie's acting is to that Of Mansfield,
Surely there are enough opponents of hiAtIioniC art
TO satisfy those who arc not inclined TO tho min
Btrelsy of the blAck-fAre artist. Give us u change for
the better. OF the al doRn' Lake no cheap man"
variety o. song We CRY, Enough" Give us = change.
New YoRE, Aug. l5. W. ABHDoURRE.
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Tho Pay of the Stale rroop..

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: 1 trust your
editorial article In Sundays edition with regard to
the payment of those who were unable to so to the
front through rejection or otherwise will DO OF some
effect in unwinding the oficial red tape connected
with the system.
It is now nearly three months since I returned from
Camp Black. and although have written my name
on various payrolls and vouchers. along with about
fifteen others from our company in the Twenty
second Regiment. az yet none of US has received any
pay. nor do wo seem any nearer to getting It, so far
rs 1 can see.
The inclosed voucher was the last we were Obliged
to sign. and from the reading of It I WAS under the
impression that we were to receive our money when
IL had gone through the channels. Nine was duly
sworn TO and sent through Just ten days ago. butstill
no money.
To many OF us tho check will oomo in very handy,
II II ever does come. In fact. ono OF our men is
counting on doing some Of his Christmas shopping
when his check arrives. while another hopes TO get
his in time to order q new winter oyercoat.
But, seriously, / ran sec no reason for keeping us
waiting nearly three months for that which 10 duo
MS, ana / am not alone in expressing the opinion that
too severely censured. TwESTY.BECoND.
NEW York, Aug. 10.
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RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLS.
Tho Rev. DR.. Brnnn's Views on the Subject
of Christian Education.

The Rev. DIR. Brann's Views on the Subject
of Christian Education.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--Sir: I thank
The Sun. which is always impartial and
thoroughly American. for its fair statement OF
my contention. in the s.. Aones's Church Btllle-
tin, that Christian schools are essential for the
safety Of our beloyed country. The following
think. is another proof OF my argument
In European cities: in Germany and England
Berlin School Board. for instance. has decided to
simplify the, Ten Commandments to be taught the
religion out OF the public schools. leaving Protsstantss.
Catholics. Jews. Mohsmmedans and all the others to
pnSlie school teacher takes care Of their brains.
Since the Berlin public scho9lS teach the Command.
ments, 1t certainly Is Wise to have o revision. 1t does
not seem necessary to warn children . or 10 years
All the commandment were very we'll written in
one short commandment by Confucius. tho wisest
mot do to others what you do not want them to do to
It might be we'll to have ten commandments. not
biblical, prepared for public school use. I humbly
j. Decent American boys should be brave.
?. Do not lie; II is cowerdly.
8 Don't smoke cigarettes: If you do you have to
4. Do not fight il You can help it: but II you be-
Our readers may iii in the remaining six to suit
themselves.
Are these COMMANDMENTS to be the exclusive
American religion of the future?
divinity of Christ and the necessity OF His
teaching for the salvation OF human souls but
will be shocked at this attempt of a newspaper
to substitute its teaching for that Of the Bible.
Yet the teaching Of this newspaper Is the eX-
elusive teaching OF the public schools in which
American youth are daily instructed. Wash
your face and clean your teeth that's the sum
OF reliGion as taught In the public schools.
Jersey Methodist preachers OF the country
towns, to begin a crusade in favor Of Christian
education in the public schools. Those old
fashioned. preachers believe In the divinity Of
Christ and the immortality Of the human soul.
Why does not tho great conservative Repub-
lican party. the. party which Is opposed to an
archism. socialism and Bryanism. put a plank
in its platform In favor OF Christian education?
It think 1t would gain two hundred thousand
votes in, New York State by the Insertion OF
such q plank. Try 1t and see.
HENRY A. BRANN. D. D.,
Rector OF st. Agnes's Church.
NEW York. Aug. Is.
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As at the beginning, so at the finish. What
a remarkable V%ermonteri

There is considerable excitement In Al
sace-Lorraine caused by the newly projected
civil code which 1t is intended to putin force on
Jan. 1. 1900. and which mobiles one hundred
and seventy articles OF the French Civil Code
yet in use In those countries. The provincial
council has raised numerous objections to this,
but there is little probability that any attention
will be given to them. the imperial Government
being resolved to unity the civil legislation
throughout the empire. and to withdraw from
the conquered provinces ofthe Reichsland the
privileges and benefits Of the French laws
they have enjoyed up to now. Thus.
from, and after the first day OF 1900 it
will no longer be the family council that will
appoint the second guardian in the case OF
minors and disputed SUGGESTIONS. but the court
OF guardians. and the communal council will
take the place Of the family council in the case
OF orphans. At the same time parents may
designate by will during their lifetime
the guardian they desire for their chill
dren. They may In the same way make
provision for the appointment Of a lam
lily council. The new legislation concerns
itself also with mortgages. creates a d%oomsday-
book. and institutes a family law regulating
the religious instruction OF children and COM
pulsory education. The draft Of the new law
will be submitted to the Reichstag at the open
ing Of the session.
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Another Hokus.
From Me PAMadtInAia Rnoord

From The Philadelphia RAoOrd.
The illusthous Hoke Smith Of Cleyeland's CAbinsA
has a nAmesake in Bucks county who seems to be .
hustler and likely to make his mark. according to the
obserVAnt Bristol correspondent. who writes: "HokO
Smith OF Bristol is nearly all ready to make his tour
of the county on his Bicycle. Hoke Is candidate for
the once OF Register of Withstand He going TO get
ther II he oln that II any Stumping for the county
will do 1t. His outht on his Bicycle is all complete.
He wants every proprietor Of a Hotel In the County
know that he going 70 pay his respect 10 And make
some Of them his Lodging Place over night. And
oVory farmer In the county alSo he wants 10 pay his
respect to. Hoke after the ReRlAtor once will be ne-
membeTed a. thu Deputy HArbor Master whose re-
moyAl At tho instance OF Hon. D. y. 9lkeEson vas q
that time an amusing episode q few months aso.
Hoks 4 AAAmbttOas fellow AAa ~ many edsaasj
~ hin sasaaasP
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VIII England Intervene at Pekin ?

According to the Manchester Guardian,
which Is usually well informed, the British
Foreign ONCE intends to demand the dis
missal of LII HUNG CHANG on the ground
that his subservience to Russia is charge
able with the virtual rupture ,of a British
contract for q railway to Newchwang and
with the concession to a Russo-Belgian
company Of the right to construct a rail-
way across the Yang-tse-Kiang valley to
Hankow. It is further reported in London
that, in the event of a refusal to COM
ply with this demand, the British naval
and military forces In the Far East will seize
the Taku forts at the mouth of the Pei-ho
River, and also the city of Tientsin, which
Is the port Of the Chinese capital. II this
step Is taken 1t will BIO In pursuance of the
conviction, almost universal in England,
that no more time is be lostif Lord SAILS
BURY means to keep his promise to uphold
China's territorial integrity, to safeguard
freedom Of access to all or most of the Chi
nese markets. or even to maintain the con-
tract rights of British subjects.
There Is but little doubt that the sug-
gested means Of coercion would be effective.
Just forty years ago, in consequence of the
EcSdiClIIuilJ dJIiJuu0 Vi IHo feklH GOV9rn-
ment, the English took possession of the
Taku forts and advanced to Tientsin, but
commissioner met them In that city and
q treaty was concluded upon terms ac-
ceptable to the British Foreign Ofice.
1t Ia r that q subsequent violation OF
the treaty rendered necessary the oc-
cupatiOn Of Pekin, which tho English,
In conjunction with the French, accom-
plished In 1850. The lesson thus admins
tered gave England undisputcd ascendanoy
Attn Chinese capital upto April, 1898, when
Lord RosEBERY made the mistake OF not
encouraging tho Japanese to refuse the re-
vision OF the Shlmonoseki treaty, which was
demanded ~ostensibly in Chlna's interest by
Russia, Germany, and France. The Taku
forts and Tientsin could now be taken by
ironclads far more easily than they were by
wooden ships in 1858, and nothing could
save the Chinese capital itself, un-
less a largo Russian force could be
brought thitller betlmes for It's defence.
Tho British fleet In Chinese waters is prob
aliSa match for the Russian, French, and
German ~squadrons combined, and II help
should be needed 1t is known that the
Japapesc war vessels have orders to Co
eDerkp with the British In certain CON
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= enEAT onor 81 oorron

Henry M. Nem ~ New Orleans Estimates
That II Will Exceed 1O,5OO, coo Bales.
New ORLEANS, La. Aug. 10.-Henry NJ. Neil,
the cotton statlstician. made public tonight
the following letter. 10 DO issued tomorrow by
Neill Bros. In London. giving his views Of the
growing cotton crop:
NEW ORLEANS. Aug, g.. 1893.
DEAR sIR The following lie an extract from
a circular which I published. dated 18th July.
1894: II each State should realize a product
per acre equal to lts best previous crop. the re.
suit. on the estimated acreage. would give .
crop Of about 0,000.000 bales. and tho promise
TO-DAY t2Sth July. 1904 Ia equal or superior 10
any previous year in evory State Tho result
that year was q crop equal to the best previous
crop In every State. and in Texas n vastly
greater product per acre than In any previous
year, and the crop turned out 100000 bales.
I'm a circular published on 18th August.
1907. ] stated that the promise for 1807-oS was
equal to any previous year in every state but
Texas; and that. on the then estimated acreage,
even allowing that Texas should fall short Of
her previous maximum product per aore by q
million bales, the outlook was Ton 18th August,
1897 for n crop of at least 9.75O,OO0. with
50O,000 to 1.00O.000 bales moro within the
tlSo7:9ol. is, now known to be over S,OQ0,000
IB1ub.
apparent that the promise to-day is equal or
superior to that Of last year at this date In every
State, and vastly better In Texas, which State
has had weather conditions equal to those
which produced tho enormous. crop OF 300
pounds por acre In 18o4-p5. and this. product
applied to the present Texas acreage t6,75O,0Q0
ncres, including the Indian Territory might
result, with equal conditions hereafter. In q
crop for Texas and the. Indian Territory OF over
four million bales, while for the other States. Q
crop equal to the past year would be over eight
million bales. have. therefore, no hesitation
In saying that the promise OF to-day, even with
somewhat unfavorable conditions hereafter, Is
for O crop OF over ten and a half million bales
assured. with q million to a million and a half
more within the range Of possibilities.
" In addition to this vast supply we shall
carry over, on LIST September. 1855, Visible and
invisible. fully one and q half millions moro
than the supply. visible and Invisible. on Let
1.-THE crop Is advancing rapidly. with ade.
Quate rain and heat. and promises to be earlier
than any former year. with the exception OF
1SD0-87. 80 that the August movement will bO
large. and that OF September enormous.
In an interview to-day concerning the
weather conditions since the above was writ
ten. Mr., NELL said that picking. as well as the
August movement to. market. has been .re-
tarded by rain. which. however. is beneficial. II
too long continued. to. the ultimate. out
turn. except In some parts OF the alluyiallands
in the Mississippi Valley. where, however. the
weather has now cleared up.
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JERNEeANs VICTIMS MEET.
O8S, 666 in Cash Left Over from tho Attempt
to Extract Gold from Rea Water.

OSe, CSC In Cash Left Over from the Attempt
to Extract Gold from Rea Water.
BosToN. Aug. 18.-About $50 stockholders Of
the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company met
this morning to learn the results OF the attempt
to extract gold from sea water. Robert Z.
Burke. counsel for q number OF the stock
holders. reported that he had visited North
Lubec. and that all claims had been settled
with the exception Of one manufacturer's bill
for $4,000. The assets at North Lubec Mr..
Burke valued at $4G,53S. Attorney Brown of
the company estimated tho total assets OF tho
company at $50. 1000. Of which S8S.05G was I'm
cash. He said that Messrs. Upshur Il Sawyer.
directors. were willing to turn over the SlO5,-
OOO they hnd received In commissions II as
surcd that they would not be sued. Attach
ments have been placed by the company on
$2o,OOO Of p. JerneRan's money In q Boston
bank end on $4,000 ofsecurities In the control
OF M. N. Jernegan.
,.Acommittee Of Ave was appointed to act with
tho directors In tho management Of the affairs
OF the company and to make a test Of the Jer-
neRan process II deemed advisable. The com
mittee was composed OF II. Il. Perkins OF New
buryporti r. ?. Rilgare Of Melrose. j. %. Bur
dette OF bingham. i. &. Davis OF Mlddletown,
Conn.,. and Arthur Johnson of Haverhill.
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FATHER KozLoWsKps SUIT.
He Wants $50, 900 DamaResfrom Archbishop
Feehan and Cardinal L~edOchowski.

He Wants $50, 900 DamaKesfrom Archbishop
Feehan and Cardinal LedOchowski.
CHICAGO. Aug. 1e.-Father Anthony Kozlow-
ski has begun n suit against Archbishop Fee
han and Cardinal Ledochowski for $4,000
damages. He was accommodated from the
Roman Catholic Church last June on account
OF alleged heretieal beliefs. and It Is to recover
damages for the injuries so caused that he sueR.
After q dispute OF four years with Archbishop
Feehan. Father Kozlowski withdrew from the
priesthood about two months ago on account
OF differences in doctrinal belief. His congre-
CATION, which numbered several thousand. fol-
was organized under the name Of Ali BaintsE
Polish Catholic Church. 1t Is said that the
followers q this iHdependent. congregation
number 10000 In Chicago aud 10000 In the
United States. Tho major excommunication.
which was imposed upon the priest, affects
them MS well as Father Kozlowskl. II Is said
that the bull In this ease Ia the frat OF the kind
ever issued against an American.
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In a FARGO recently current here, n OF the
actors always raised u laugh by saying that
Spain must be sorry now that she fitted
out thnt Christopher Columbus expedition"
Now we hear this piece Of drollery taken
witt all seriousness in Madrid, where
people are often heard to say that CoLUM-
BUS was not q benefactor, but an OWL
genius" There has been nothing Of the
sort quite 30 queer since Don JUAN VALERA,
who used to be Minister to Washington,
sought to encourage his countrymen In the
Cuban war by reminding them Of Saint
JAGo's descent to the earth on his white
horse to aid the Spaniards in killing Moors
and Indians.
The trouble was notthat COLUMBUS found
q new world for CASTLE and Leon, but that
Spain never learned how to govern what he
gave her. This was o common fault Of Eu-
ropean mother countries, and to 1t we "
our own independence. Blu whereas Eng
land learned the bitter lesson Of our revolt,
Spain never has proflted by the many insur-
rections in her various colonies. One colony
after another has escaped from her rule,
yet she never found out how to treat Cuba
and the Philippines.
Our friends, the late enemy, need not
trace back to the voyage of the, Santa Maria,
the Pinta and the Nina, the disasters Of
CERvERA and MoNToJo. They may soon
find it a blessing disguised to have lost the
last OF the many colonies in distant seas
which they never knew how to keep.
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WEEKLY CROP REPORT.
Condition OF Agricultural Staples in Various
Parts of the Country.

Condition OF Agricultural staples in Various
Parts OF tho Country.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1e.-The weekly bulletin
OF the Department OF Agriculture issued to-day
gives the following summary OF crop condi.
tons:
Although rather cool. the general weather
conditions in the central valleys have been
favorable for the growth and maturing Of crops
and for farm work. In the Atlantic coast States.
south of New England. and in the central and
east Gulf States. including Kentucky and Ten
pessee. there has been too much rain. except
over limited areas. principally In the Southern
States. causing injury to crops. particularly
cotton. and retarding farm work. In the Pa
cilc coast States the week has been phenom-
enally hot in the interior Of California and in
the eastern parts OF Oregon and Washington,
ranging from 1907 to 1922. causing injury to
grain.
The week has been generally favorable to
corn. although somewhat too cool in the north
ern part OF the upper Mississippi Valley and
too dry In parts Of South Dakota and Kansas.
while excessive rains have caused injury in the
lowlands In the southern parts Of Ohio. Re-
ports Indicate that the corn CROP IN South
and that in the states Of, the lower Missouri.
crop will be safe BY that date, but late corn inthe
bs ssS F Sss' + II The crop S1 in Ohio 10 viii not %afaT'
Harvesting Of spring wheat in the Dakotas
and Minnesota Is nearly finished. except in the
northern parts. In Washington and Oregon
excessive heat.
Cotton has suffered injury from continuous
excessive rains and lack Of sunshine over the
greater part OF the. central and eastern dis
tricts OF the cotton belt, In which regions too
extensiyely reported. In Missouri, Arkansas.
and Oklahoma the crop is doing wei, and some
DINA and Mississippi. In northern and vest
ern. Texas cotton has deteriorated rs a result
Of dry weather. and. while insects are proving
injurious over many parts OF the State. the
crop is doing well in some regions.
Tobacco Is generally doing well and con.
tinues to improve in Kentucky and Maryland.
Cutting is In progress In Virginia, where q fine
crop Is promised Ploughing for fall seeding
and upper Mississippi valleys, but this work
has been, interrupted by excessive rains In the
Ohio Valley and middle Atlantic States.
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An Amarlng HIstor1 of pl.hons,tr.

From the Bridgeport Morning Union.
Tho ArTaiRnment OF the Associated Press by THE
SUN forms an amazing history Of dshonesty and dis
honor In the transmission of nows. Day after day
The Bun has furnished legitimate news. When
there camo no intelligence from the seat OF war the
suShAS been honest enough to say 30. The newspa.
pers which have printed the Associated Press de.
spatches Supposing them to DO Legitimate news have
been sadly duped. The Associated Press was com.
parotively safe in sending out these reports, Judging
that the newspapers would naturally stand by their
dispatches and knowing that there was only one
source from which detection would come-THE Sun.
This watchful hampton OF the truth has not been
fooled. and has called tho Associated Press 10 account
with so much force and with such an array Of facts
that II cannot escape the penalty.
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American nag cannot DO given bnck to the
old despotIsm or to tho forces of revolt that
have been urged on by tho Americans and
will other be punished cruelty by Spain OF
sink into anarchy II the United States fail
to rule the storm which they have helped TO
raise nor can that territory DO suffered 10
become the prey Of other nations that seek
a further oothold in the East.
The American flag must not DO hauled
down In the Philippines.
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M11LIoNA1RE's H1LL CONTESTED.
Joseph BanIEan's Widow Suing for n Larger
Share of His Estate.

PROVIDENCE. i. l.. Aug. 10.-The will OF
Joseph BaniGan. once President Of the Rubber
Trust. is to DO contested by his widow. Mr..
Banigan left ut estate variously estimated at
from S7.OO0.000 TO $15.0O0.O00. The entire
property. aslde from some nine requests,
was left to his four children, the
widow receiving an annuity of $4,000
In lieu Of dover. Mrs. DanIGan was
the testator's second wife and bore him no
she receives under the win and viii sue 10 have
the WIZ set aside. The matter came up In the
represented by counsel. An agreement TO
Postpope action was made and the probate Of
'1iSt Is not Believed that tSe Seirs will sttsmp,
70 make . Bettlement with their stepmothor,
and II 70 expected that the light viii s. mSdsI "a
oDon q