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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: 1T. J. r."
in THE SUS finds fault with the form OF my
syllogism because l added in the conclusion
the explanatory words, II. e.. God" as the
equivalent OF necessary being" To this I
say, with the schoomen, "hdnsedt" The ad-
dition was made to save the necessity Il
making othcr syllogisms which show that
the necessary being" is self-existing tho
first cause. supremely infinite and Intelligent
and God. As | distinctly stated that left tho
development OF my syllOgism to the intelligent
readers of The Sun. Of whom II j. X" is one
his criticism sounds to me like Iuibbla.
He, however, seems to admit the truth OF
the matter Of the three propositions Of the
syllogism-the existence OF contingent beings
the distinction between them and the ncces-
sary being. and that the, necessary being and
God are synonymous. These are his words
DIR. Brann distinguishes beings into neces-
sary and contingent. rightly using the former
tsrm as synonymous with the term God >"
Tho question Of Gods existence is the most
important OF all that have been discussed II
there is no God, religion and dogma have no
meaning. HENRY a. BRANN. ID. D.
Rector of St. AGnes's Church
New YORK July u.
The sun., 1899-07-22
CANAL CONTRACTS CANCELLED.
30 Contractors Take Advantage of the Law
Pissed by the Inst Legislntnre.

ALBANY. July 21.-Cnder the provisions OF a
law passed by the last Legislature. which pro-
vided that holders OF unfinished canal con-
tracts might within sixty days. make applca-
ton to the State Canal Board for the cancella-
ton Of such contracts the Canal Board has re-
ceivod applications for the cancellation Of
thirty-three contracts for canal improvements
under the S9.oOO.OOO Improvement scheme
The period in which contractors could apply
has now expired leaving twelve contractors
who have made no application.
The Canal Board is authorized to pay to the
contractors when the cancellation is made the
10 per cent Of the amount OF money earned
retained by the State under the law. In the
case Of the thirty-three contractors it amounts
To SiJ3.!tiO. The twelve contracts. with whose
terms II is presumed the owners desire to hold
the State into comp lance, represent work
which 1t is estimated will cost $3.Wi2. SSi
2Nl. and tho state has retained on the 10 per
cent clause Sl,j2 2Sa,
The sun., 1899-07-22
NO RECIPROCITY WITH FRANCE
The President VIII Not Approve the Treaty
Inlcss Certain Articlea Arc Included.

WAsuINGToN. July 21.-Evefy effort was
made to-day by Mr.. Rnsson. representing tho
United States. and NJ. Cambon. Ambassador ot
France. representing his Government, to reach
an agreement which would assure the signing
Of the reciprocity treaty between the United
States and France but their cndeavors wcre
not successful. Thr period Of two yenrs within
which reciprocity treaties and agreements.
made under the terms of the DinGley tariff
law. must he concluded Will expire on Monday
next. and for that reason Mcssrs Cambon
and KaSson have bcem working very hard
10 adjust the differences that have arisen
in their negotiations. The present difficulty
is over the insistence Of France that twelve
articles on which the United States desires
reciprocal tariff rates shau not be placed in tho
list of American exports ut the minimum rate
Of duty. More than 600 articles which are
imported into France from this country have
been included in the minimum list. The most
important OF the twelve articles involved are
steel rails and horses
The treaty is practically complete. and it was
hoped that 1t would he ready for signature to-
day. bur President Mckinley declined to ap-
provo the agreement unless steel rails. horses
and tho other ten articles which France does
not care to admit at Il lower rate than that now
in operation were Included in the minimum
and as the meeting adjourned Mr. Kasson came
over to the White House to have a further con-
ference on, the subject. He laid before the
President the request Of Am mbassador Cambon
that the objection OF the United Statea
te having these articles assessed at the
1t was explained to the President that II
this were done. the treaty could be signed to-
day or TOMORROW. The President was firm.
however. and MIR. Kasson, went back to the
state Department. where he had n conference
with NJ Cambon lasting far into the afternoon.
At It's conclusion it was stated THAT the treaty
had not heen completed and that agree-
ment was like ly to be reached to- morrow. Tho
Government has come to the conclusion that
the negotiations may he continued on Mon
day under the constitutional authority OF the
President to make trcnties but advantage cam
not be taken Of the special authority granted
by the DinPry bill to mako concessions OF q
LIBERAL character. and the officials concerned
have not much faith that n treaty negotiated
under constitutional authority will be satis-
factory.
.Cottonseed oil. petroleum. locomotives and
binycles are some Of the principal articles on
which the minimum rate will be assessed BY
France II the treaty goes into effect. Tho
minimum rate is 20 per cent. less I han the pres
ent rate on each article concerned
The sun., 1899-07-22
The Americans on Porcupine Creek

Our Washington dispatches show that no
agreement on temporary boundary for
the Alaska mining region has yet been
reached. This is regrettable, yet not so
much so as greater concessions to Canada
than those already offered by Secretary
HAY might he.
Preposterous demands were made by the
Dominion at tho outset OF the effort to ar
range modus rirendi, and their summary
rejection may perhaps make it appear as
II the Canadians Were abandoning more
than ourselves of original claims. Canada
wanted us to concede to her Pyramid Har-
Dor, at the head OF Lynn Canal, in which
case she would not object to our holding
Dyaa and Skagway. AS all those places
were already ours, this was proposal not
to preserve as nearly as possible the exist
Ing status, but to cncroach on what we
actually held
The impossible feature OF the proposal
however, was that it would have given the
Dominion a port on Lynn Canal. II there
Is one thing that we could not surrender in
such negotiations it is the complete con-
troll of the coast. The whole intent OF the
AngIo-Russian convention of Feb. %, 1925
was to give that control to Russia, and as
consequence it fixed the boundary as
either the mountains situated parallel to
the coast" or, II no such chain should be
found then as "a line parallel to the wind
ings OF the coast, and which shall never ex-
coed the distance of ten marine leagues
thcrefrom." Deriving this right to the
coast from Russia, we could not concede to
In or nj
or admit tho theory that the ten marine
leagues should he measured from a line
cutting across the mouth uf Lynn Canal
from hradlnnd to hcadland.
II is certain therefore, that We shall Sc
cure under the proposed mOdus, il arranged,
or in virtue Of our present occupation with
out the modus the complete shore jurisdic-
Lynn Canal which is the entrance
,asscs running overland to the Yu-
Id regions. But in measuring the
. Lary back from tho head of Lynn Ca
nal tho negotiatOrs have encountered diff
Cultics. There are three passes going
nurthward lying not far distant from each
other. The eaStcrnmOst or White Pass and
the middle or Chilkoot go up from the
Chikoot Inlet, while the wcstcrnmost, or
Dalton's trail, goes up from the Chikat In
let. On the two former an arrangement
was easily made the limo being fixed at the
submits OF the range, just where Senator
FAIRBANKS found the Canadian police es-
tahishcd, on his recent visit and where
they have been for year or two.
But as to the Dalton trail there has been
n long d"udiuck There Is settlement
called Kukwan an Indian village, some
distanc" up In" thilkut Inlet, aud of course
above Pyramid Harhor. W"insist that the
line shall run two miles above this village.
while the Canadians want it to run below
The question Of navigation does not come
In as klNEwnn is reached only by ca
The sun., 1899-07-22

The leaders and abettors Of the recent
street railroad riots are clamorinE for the
puniShm NJ nf the railroad officials who
have slice, -srully resisted them. ton the
ground that they habitually vio'ate til"
Tcn-lluur law. They say that the en-
p'oy", NJ III" railroad companies nr" "r"m-
PEELED" to labor more than ten hours n
day, and that. therefore. the men who
compel" them to do il are criminals
1t docs not seem to have occurred to tho
propl" who are making this cutlery that II
il is Il or IN" to require u iiinu to work more
than the lawful ten hours. ii Is equally a
crime for him to crur'v with the require
m"nt. This is n free country, and, while
tn" rioters haN" "comprllcd" by violence
number OF moturmrm and conductors to
stop work, nobody has been compelled"
TO go on working against his will.
If there ar" going to he indictments and
trials for violations Of the Ten-HOur law,
everybody should be included who has been
guilty of the crime. Proof that n man has
worked ovcrth prescribed period will con
Wet him as well az his employers. and il
they are punished Ii" must be punished
also. H. knows the law, and il he violates
Il he mus; take the Consequences as we'll
as thrv,
The sun., 1899-07-22

Tho Gasoline Tank of the Il-Fated Yacht
Recovered Intact.


The gasoline tank. main beam and stern
band OF the yacht Paul Jones. which was lost
in January last in the Mississippi delta. were
flshed UP by the steamer Independent about
two weeks ago. and are now in possession Of
the Daimler Manufacturing Company. which
built the Paul Jones in its factory at Astoria.
The Paul Jones left New Orleans on Jan. ,
for Pensacola. Fla. with her owner. Lawrence
Jones OF Louisville. and party consisting OF
Miss Florence TagRart. daughter Of Mayor Tom
Taggnrt OF Indianapolis; Col. William Yocum.
Miss Yocum. H. c. Yocum and Miss Margle
Roodland OF Chicago. Some OF her wreckage
was found later. and the general supposition
N Hbout s%s week I0M nso Ndoph O. Kerer o, tn.
Daimler Company got a letter from NJ. p.
Doullut Of New Orleans. in which tho latter
said that his steamer the Independent. had
picked up large copper tank and some other
wrocknGe which he believed belonged to the
number 130744 and ton L ,17-100" were
carved. Mr., KrieGer recognized these as the
number and tonnage o! the Paul Jones. and
ordered the things sent on. They arrived yes
terday.
Lutte proof that an explosion did not wreck tho
yacht. The fact that 1t is not even dented
seems to prove alRo that the yacht was not
destroyed In an end on collision. because the
tank was forward in the yacht, Mr.; KrieRer
out the men aboard knowing what had hap
pened. There are three smai pc rforations In
the tank. hut they were probably caused by
contact with rocks while 1t was drifting around.
The sun., 1899-07-22

ROBERT G. INGERsoLL, who died ycstcr-
day. won his chief popular distinction rs an
enemy ot religious faith yot his nature was
essentially OF the poetic an0 religious cast.
He was man Of humane impulses, and his
bitterness Of humor was in his words only.
Moreover he was by Heavens gift an orator.
an artist In cloqucnce. and consequently was
able TO hold sway over tho feelings ot audiences
whose convictions he did not change. He be-
Iongcd 70 the old school OF nndcl nssailnnts OF
Christian faith and theology he went out to
battle with the Church as a fierce combntnnt.
The innlcl Of the new schoo-a moro dam
Ecrous rharacter+makcs no such war lie
does not a-sail religious faith but treats
II with indifference or contempt as beneath ih-
trlcctual consideration or as n Superstition
which has no proper place in n reasonable
mind. He does not nssail it. but gives up the
who'r subject as something Of which II Is i'm
possible for man 10 know anything and about
which discussion isnltogether proiltlcss. This
new school has hccn strengthened and re-
cruitcd from tho ranks of Christian theology to
such an extent that OF recent years INGERsoLL
had '!roppcd into relative insignifcnnce. The
newcomers gave to the criticism in which he
INDUCED an authority he had not-the authority
Of special scholarship. They justified practi-
"allv the whole assault INGERsoLL had made
on the Bible hy reducing the Scriptures to the
h'N"l of u human literature merely and there
ir - criitciznhc bv the canons OF science and
tura evidence. Tho injury done to theology
and the Church by lNIERsoLL was triiling in
comparison with that wrought by these his
allies
The sun., 1899-07-22

From n, Hazel Gr',H tKv) Herald.
The funeral OF sarah Jane Caskey, nee Yocum, will
be prea he'd at the Grassy schoolhouse. on Black.
water. tho nd SUNDAY of September by the Rev.
Harlem Murphy and Frank p. Wilson. Dinner on
the grouuu and everybody invited.
Henry Waters funeral will be preached at the
Grassy schonlhouso on Blackwatcr. on the second
sunday Of September by the Revs. LeAnder Lacey
and D. A. Whitaker, Dinner on the ground. All are
invited.
The sun., 1899-07-22
Brother Rabbit Arrests Mr.. Oyster.

From the Warrington Post
Charges Of cruelty To animals. brought against
Gecr,c NJ Oyster, dealer in but'cr and eggs Of HOG
P,nnSylvAuia Aycnuc. Northwest. and his stable boss
beverly Morris. were dismissed yesterday in the
Police Court Human, Society Agents Rabbit and
Reiplinger accused the defendants Of working .
horse with sore back, Mr.. Pugh abandoned ths
charge so far As it concerned Oyster but prosecuted
AoniA
The sun., 1899-07-22

Some of Col. BRYAN's admirers quake lost
he should become too much Of plnt""ra' aud
so impede his political career. He Is naking
and laying ur Il good deal OF money nv meau-
OF his books and lectures. but it is not in nature
that he should become u plutocrat, no matter
how full his strong boxes grow. plutocrat
is a rich man who doesn't believe in 1G to |.
Any other fellow can be as rich as he pleases
without hurting his professional standing as
Populist or Democrat
The sun., 1899-07-22

j. HAM LEWIS. erstwhilc Congressman from
Washington. is on the ground or In the
Cailk"ut Pass.-N"mphiS commercial Auped.
Then the SHOWS are melted and the passes as
wide open "a HAM himself is. and the Alaskan
boundary glcnms pink and clear among the
whiskers. All is remarkably well and look
ing SO
The sun., 1899-07-22
A Challenge from West Virginia.

To THE EpIToR or The SUNNI There is a gen.
tlemsn IN this city who is pr fessiug Christian who
of IL 5000 any .pcrson who will produce and give
to him any Scripture proofs whatever as authority
for observing the nrst day OF the week sunday as
the sabbath day, e.. the day enjoEe by Jehovah
in the Fourth Commandments. Do you know ~ any
one who will accept the chAlIcugc! wHR
WuEELISG, W. Va, July TO-
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push through. 1t has been suggested, how
ever that its commercial prospects might
induce n private syndicate to undertake tho
enterprise, with Government support.
The sun., 1899-07-22

FROM M fnVsb1TO D"lHgS,
Mat AmyX, who comes TO DAysOoro every satur-
day or wet days. it is reported. spends about two
hours on the rocky hill looking the river until
his neck looks like a sApdhll crane'a
The sun., 1899-07-22
"AutObiIe."

To THE EDITOR OF Tue suN-Srr Regarding tho
discussion as to what name to give tho automobile
80 as to make it shorter. l would suggest auto.
bile" ENG
Nav loRK, July 20.
The sun., 1899-07-22

South Dakota is being overrun with applca:.
tluns for lhe formation of c0rporations.-H1rtford
Ti1''.
Such is the cruel revenge OF the plutocrats
upon a Populst State.
The sun., 1899-07-22

There is very tense f"oling among tho
Ieuuc ata Ia conference IN Chicago. - [. icd
IrtIU
D"ultlrss past trnsc feeling. which Ia COM
mon in H." democratic PARTY.
The sun., 1899-07-22

Ptn:s-Ktnsun" No, -, near Grand Hotrl. and
Eusre ~. No. Dnul"'Hr dos tapllcin"s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-01

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NORTH TOPEKA PROPERTY FOL


NORTH TOPEKA PROPERTY FOR
SALE
No. 247-A well built house of 8 rooms,
full 2 story, house good new, has cell
lar, well and cistern, beautiful lots, east
front, ! block from paved street Price
s., COO; $500 cash. balance any way to.suit.
This is rare bargain.
No. 421-2 east front lots. cottage of s
shade, l block from street car, in good
neighborhood, $3.50; $500 cash, balance long
time at per cent.
No. 1T6-11k vacant lots on Madison ST.,
No. 255-3 room cottage, cellar. well and
cistern, III lots. on Paramore. $3.50.
No. 423-112 vacant lots on corner of
Grant and Van Buren, sts. $3.50.
House No. 1925 Monroe St. known as the
Pack property. full story, rooms, cell
lar, well, cistern and barn, all newly paint
ed, lots. east front. This property is
owned in the east and we are
authorized to sell it at a low figure.
No. 3f6-2 lots, good room house and
barn. cellar well and cistern, 81, 300: 500
cash, balance SIS per month.
No. 406-4 room cottage, cellar, we'll els
tern, barn, l lot on paved street, 81 900
street, paving tax all paid, $1,000.
No. 405-3 lots and room house on Mad
ison. 1925.
No. 225-2 lots, 6 room story house, eel
lar, well, cistern. $3.50.
we have some Of the best bargains in
PAYNE & THOMPSON,
627 Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-01
CLEMENS MANIFESTO.
Populist Candidate For Mayor Issues
an Address to the Voters.

The city election in Topeka has
reached the manifesto stage Thus far
the contest for the mayoralty has been
very quiet. All three of the candidates
are on the same side of the only issue
which has come before the people, so
that there has been no room for argu-
ment between them
Now, however G. c. Clemens. the
Populist candidate, has discovered an
other issue. and today he issued the
following manifesto concerning it:
10 the voters of Topeka:
''Despairing of defeating me for
mayor otherwise than by the disreputa-
Die eNpedient of getting the most votes.
one OF my competitors is resortinsr to
intimidation, and is telling the people
that 1t is criminal offense for one who
voted at the primaries to vote next
tuesday for anybody but the reeuIar 7.
nominee There is no such law as
every lawyer knows. I am something
or a lawyer myself. If any one is sent
to Jail for voting for me after having
voted at the primaries, 1 will go to iaii
with him.
Il regret that the gentleman has
round II necessary to degrade this con-
test from a display of scientific skin TO
mere commonplace struggle for votes
Any fool can get votes. l expect TO get
some myself. But 1 scorn to win nv
votes alone. I have some respect for
science, and want some of the fun
&C. c. CLEMENS -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-01
FOR sALE-REA1 ESTATE.
FOR SALE.
BY W. C. STEPHENSON & co.

lot and a room house on Branner be-
and 'i outbuiiding Price 500; $50 F to 800
room cotag enf betwePeY 8rd and 4th on
Chandler. Price $500; 800 cash, balance
lots. east front between 4th and 5th on
Locust. large room residence. front hall
barn Shade and blue grass. Viii offer for
few days only at $1,000; 800 to 5000 cash.
balance monthly payments. This is a
snap
lots on the corner of 2nd and J granner;
payment down. balance long time.
~ lots between 4th and 5th on jefferson
ings, front and back porch, city and els
tern water sever c4 once Price SiS8 i
exchange for larger residence and pay
A nice room residence between 3rd and
4th on Jefferson. cellar. city and cistern
h5 home afo fSd for sw days. so
cash. balance monthly payments SIS per
month. This is a snap.
112 lots, east front, Kansas ave, near
a s d F39m HOUSE, cellar Il io pan sc fash
? lots. room house, south of 18th, or
trie ao lights wei and cistern. barn; Price
$3.50. Part cash, balance 3E. time tim to suit;
heat, hot and cold bath gas. nice barn,
with room adjoining for hostler, nice ter
Price $1,000; part cash, balance time to
suit purchaser; or will exchange for
three blocks of avenue and pay cash diff
ference.
IL lots Harrison between 3rd and 4th,
paving and sewer paid for. Will offer for
a few days at $500. This is snap.
new Z room residence. front hall and
stair, city and ciStern water. Price, s.,
500. Part cash, balance time to suit.
1865 Harrison St, room brick house,
cellar. cistern water, coal shed and out
buildings, east front. Price, $500. Small
payment down, balance long time.
lots, new room house on Harrison
south of 18th cistern and well water.
Price. 81, $50: $500 or $500 cash, balance
monthly payments.
IL lots on Harrison between Bird and 4th
well and cistern, shade. paving and sewer
paid for. Price, 81, 700; $500 to $500 cash,
balance time.
tween 18th and 14th. story, room house,
well and cistern, large shade trees. Price
81 100; $500 cash, balance monthly payments,
per cent.
Ia lots on Topeka ave, near 14th. Price
$50. This is bargain.
For further particulars call on
w. c. STEPHENSON & CO.,
609 Kansas ave (over Rigby's).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-01
SCHOOL BOARDS TROUBLE.
Many Difficulties in the Way of Sc
curing Sufficient School Ac-
commodations.

Since the legislature passed the law
allowing the Topeka school board to
levy taxes not to exceed Is mills, ) for
building and u for expenses, the mem
bers of the board have been trying to
devise a plan whereby they can com
mence repairs and building at the be-
ginning of the coming vacation
The law specifies that at the August
meeting, the board shall make an esti-
mate of the amount of money needed
to carry on the schools and for repairs
and building from the first of the July
preceding the meeting to the first of the
next July, and that they shall not in
cur any obligations. If they do so, the
members of the board are personally
liable for fine.
This means that work on the new
buildings that are needed and the re-
pairs and charging of some of the pres
ent buildings can not be commenced
until after the meeting on the first
Monday in August The members of
the beard are anxious to have the work
commence soon, so as to be carried on
during the summer. vacation but see
no way to circumvent the law.
The new law allows the board to levy
a tax not to exceed 3 mills for building
purposes. The three mills will un-
doubtedly be levied this year, as sew
eraI buildings are in need of repair
others that are partially built need to
be. completed and two or three new
buildings are needed.
. Fhe IL mill limit for maintenance will
limited by the old law to eight mills
and was. not sufficient to carry on the
schools and at the end of the present
year the board will find themselves
Sc. 900 in debt. The reason that the eight
mill levy was not sufficient is that the
assessed valuation of property within
the city was some $500, 900 less than the
year before. If this years assessment is
not reduced the board will proba bly,
not call for more than a nine mill levy;
but if the assessment is reduced, the
levy will have to be raised accordingly.
The board of equalization meets in June
and after that meeting the school
board will be able to determine the
amount of the school tax levy.
The law requires that children years
old and over shall be taught in the pub
lie schools This law provides that when
the accommodations are insufficient the
board can temporarily place the age
limit at years. For several years the
schools boards have temporarily placed
the limit at Z years. but the present
board is determined to conform to the
law. and to do so, new buildings will be
needed.