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THE APPRAISERS ISVESTIGI TION.
Tea Examiner ,IcGny Reported to Re Hon.
est and Competent.

WARRINGTON. July 1.-THE following state
ment was made public this morni ing
THE Treasury commission engaged in In
vestigations at the Appraisers Stores. New
York. has submitted a report to the Secretary
of the Treasury upon the subject OF charges
against the examiner Of tea. Isaac McGay.
The commission finds that widely divergent
views are expressed by importers and others
in the tea trade concerning the competency
and efficiency OF the examiner A number de-
clare that McGay is grossly incompetent;
others are quite as positive that he is well
qualified for the position. and still others ex-
press the opinion that, while the examiner has
made mistakes. in instances having rejected
teas which we're entitled to admission and in
other instances admitting teas which should
have been rejected the fault is really in the law
itself. Importers OF the class last mentioned
assert that apparent Inconsistencies in the
decisions OF the examiner are not due to In
competency. but rather to the fact that under
and unwholesome tea it Is required tina, the
comparison Of each importation be made with
the standard adopted by, the Government
Board of Tea Experts and as to quality
matter about which the best experts differ.
the commission reports that under the opera.
purity Qua ity and illness for consum ption' teas
some. have been refused adm fssion sc" solely be-
cause they did not equal the STANDARD in point
enforcement Of the tea act in New York.
1t Is concluded that Examiner McGay Is
honest and qualified by experience to deter
mine whether or not a tea is pure and whole
some and fit for consumption. although he has
unquestionably made mistakes in passing
upon the relative excellence of tea. errors
which are likely to be repeated by him and are
not to be altogether avoided even by the selec-
ton Of the best expert in tho country to serve
as examiner. The. commission reports that 1t
IL impossible to obtain uniformity In decisions
az to the relative strength and flavor OF tea,
because determinations, upon these points
question is presented by importers whether or
not the word quality considered with purity
and illness for consumption is Synonymous
Guided when they are equally pure and At for
consumption as the Government standard. and
many importers contend that that ia the intent
Of the Tea act. then the tests for quality should
be discontinued. Suggestions are made con-
corning the method OF selecting witnesses in
the hearing Of protests"
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SILVER ISSUE DEAD IN TIE WEST.
Assistant Secretary vanderlip's Observe
tiona While on an Extensive Tour.

Assistant Secretary yanderlip's Obserya-
tions While on an Extensive Tour.
WASHINGTON. July 17.-Assistant Secretary
ofthe Treasury Vanderlip returned to-day from
an extensive tour through the West. He spent
considerable time on the Pacific coast his
special business being an investigation OF the
assaying and refining business. with a view OF
granting a small reduction of charges asked
nv the mining interests. This he found could
be DONE and the request will be granted. Mr..
Nanderlip said this morning that silver was a
dead issue in the West, and particularly on the
Pacific coast. Prosperity was everywhere in
evidence. due TO a revival of all business inter-
csts. large crops and an influx OF gold from
tho mines OF the coast and from Alaska
has reacted in such manner as to kill the cry
for free silver. With the shutting of Of the
demand for silver thc mining Of the metal
except in localities whore the veins were OF
unusual richness. he'd ceaSol to be profitable
This forced the minors to turn their attention
to the production of gold. which yields such
handsome returns that they prefer to mine
gold instead Of silver and arc no longer
worried about the fate of the white metal
Mr. Nandcrlip estimates that from Alaska
alone SlS, OOU.OuO will be poured into the West
this season. Will" there was much cnthusi-
assn IN certain parts OF the West tor BRYAN,
the Indifference to free silver a. an issue, even
I'm Nevada. where little is produced cxcert
silver. was pronounced. and such aS To prevent
its figuring largely in the next campaign.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The dis
cussion Of the religious question in TIE Sun
has interested me as student ot both science
and theology. The increase OF knowledge In
the last seventy years has been immense and
that is what the Church has to fear. The best
scholarship OF the world has been brought to
bear on the Bible and the claims made for It
DESTROYED.
The Old Testament is Jewish literature OF
uncertain date and authorship. and tho New
Testament a small selection from the writings
OF the early Christians. which must be read en-
tire to be understood. The translation of the
sacred books of the East Is another revelation
which throws great light on the origin OF the
doctrines and moral code OF Christianity. As
tronomy is TEACHING us daily that this earth.
once considered the centre and all important
part OF the universe. is nero fyspeck in the
position from which We regard things.
The pathology of the mind Is now well
enough understood by experts to throw a food
OF light on many Of the mysteries Of former
days. In epileptc insanity a delusion that the
subject il called or commanded by the Deity TO
do certain things is the distinguishing feature
In its worst form. theomania, the patient
thinks and says that he is God. and talks OF
his Heavenly Father. Such cases now find
their way to our asylums for the insane. but
former times are known where they were sup
posed to be actual inearnations OF the Deity
and worshpped az such The doctrine OF in
spiration. first applied to the Vedas. has al
ways been relied on to sustain their claims
and thus the great shniS reG2Ps have
s" SAG HARBoR N. \. Y. July IT, IL N''''0fA''AS
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BRIDGEPORT. Conn. July Is. ''''"'"


The members OF the New York Commerce
Commission will go To Philadelphia this after
noon to make an inspection OF the citys water
front and belt line railway and of tho COM
mercial museums in which tho national export
exposition is 10 bn held this fall. Phadel-
phia, it appears, is moro liberal to us dock
users than New York For instance, the sub
stantih stone hukh"ad along tho former citys
waterfront u not charg" aGa INST the Dock
Dcpnrtm"nt hut against the city itself, In this
city the contrary is tn" case. Since the cost of
constructing tn" hulkh"ats invariably exceeds
the cost OF constructing the piers and rentals
are eNacted sufficient to reimburse tn" city Tor
all expenditures in connection with the con-
struction Of IN" piers and IN" hulkh"nds in a
comIaratlv"ly short period. il is apparent that
tn" dock charges in this city must be much
greater than IN cities looking rather to the pro
motion Of their commerce than to the cOller-
tt"n thercirom of as much as the traffic will
hear
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The Sultan OF Sulu.

Some criticism has been made on the re-
port that Gen. BATES was to carry with
him ST 900 in Mexican silver as a gift to
the Sultan OF Sulu, with whom he was to
confer as to the relations OF that potentate
with our country. It iss suggested that this
Is too much Ike bribery to comport with
American methods
Exactly what Gen. BATES has been en-
powered to do will probably appear In his
official report, when made; but in any case
there is no ground for Indignation over the
notion Of his making present to the Sui
tan. Spain obligated herself to pay to him
an annuity of So, 400 and to certain other
persons enough to bring the total up to
$4,000 year. In return he acknowledged
the sovereignty Of Spain, agreed to try to
stop piracy and other crimes, and made
other stpulations which altogether render
the price apparently cheap.
When we took over the sovereignty Of
the Philippines, we found this among
existing obligations. We might arrange
TO modify it or repudiate it, hut, apart
from any considerations OF justice in the
matter, 1t is safe to presume that, regarded
only az our agent or local representative,
the Sultan will give us full equivalent for
his salary. It would certainly cost US a
good many times So, 900 In gold, or 81 900
In silver, to make war on him.
The case is quite different from the at
tempt OF the Barbary Powers, a century
ago, to levy tolls on our merchant marine,
thereby arousing an American feeling that
expressed itself in the famous phrase, mil
lions for defence, not one cent for tribute. "
There, arrogant exactions were attempted
by piratical Governmental, and the fact that
European powers submitted to them made
no difference In our conduct. In the pres
ent instance we should not pay tribute to a
foreign sovereign, but simply continue, for
D time, a contract which Spain entered
into, as the easiest and most economical
method Of securing peace and order in that
part OF her domains
An instance not quito analogous, but vet
illustrating the fact that 1t Ia not un-Amer-
lean to pay annuities to an ex-sovereign, Is
that OF the original treaty made for the an
nexation OF Hawaii, In which we were to
furnish an annuity to ex-Quoen LILIUoKA-
LAM. 1t Is true that, under SPANS con-
tract, homo rule was assured to the Sulus,
and the Sultan retained certain authority,
rights and privileges; and very likely tenn
porary continuation In some form OF this
rather anomalous rule may be arranged by
Gen. BATES But we are not yet in posi-.
ton to furnish another form Of rule on a
detailed scale, 80 that II the Sultan is ready
for our flag and sovereignty. instead OF
fighting us, as AGUINALDo does in Luzon.
there seems to be no reason why he should
not be paid for his services by US, as ne has
been by Spain, under the arrangement made
over twenty wears ago.
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Among the notable results following the
changed political conditions In Cuba and
Porto Rico are the new discoveries Americana
are making which promise to be of much hene-
At to their people. 1t Is just reported, for ex-
ample. that officers Of our navy have found a
hitherto unknown channel in Guantanamo Bay
which has depth of twenty three feet at low
water and with a small amount Of dredging
for 300 foct depth Of thirty feet may DO OBJ
tanned clear TO Caimanera on tho upper bay
All writer's on Cuba for years have spoken Of
this bay on the southeast coast as ono OF the
largest in Cuba. and have invariably added that
tho basin. though much larger than Santiago
Bay. had become INSTRUCTED by aluvial
matter poured into 1t from several streams that
It was almost useless for trade. Now we hear
that the bay may be made available for large
ocean vessels connecting directly with the rail-
road to the little city Of Guantanamo. tho
centre Of the best agricultural region in the ex =
treme eastern Part of Cuba. whore are the only
plains Of considerable extent among the noun
tans that I'LL most Of tho east end OF the
island. The discovery is OF much Significance
both for the development OF east Cuba and for
our own convenience. as the Government de-
sircs to establish n coaling station there
Another recent discovery is the fact that. con =
trary to the belief held up to this year. there
are some excellent harbors on the south coast Of
Porto Rico, The Coast and Geodetic Survey Is
now engaged in the photographic studies
needed to develop the commercial possibilities
Of these hitherto neglected. inl"ts Jobos har-
Dor appears to be the most important OF them.
Its western entrance is about twenty five miles
east OF Ponce and may be entered by vessels OF
the deepest drnught The Blake will determine
the depth Of the channel inside. all that is now
known being that it is perfectly available for
vessels of moderate draught. The harhor itself
Is perfectly sheltered sound between con-
tinuous line OF coral reefs and the mainland.
These discoveries illustrate one OF the ways
In which keen observation brains and capital
will vastly increase the value of these islands
to their inhabitants and to commerce.
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nrn1U1RE INDIANS PROTEST.
Cherokees Leasing Lands OF Which They
Are Joint Owners without Their Consent.

WAsuISeToN. July 17.-For some time tho
Delaware Indians have contended that tho
Cherokces did not have the right TO sell or
lease lands In the Cherokee nation. In whleh
the Delawarcs were owners or JOINT owners
but regardless of these objections tho Choro-
koos continued to make sales and leases with
out respect TO the rights and consent OF tue
Dclawarcs. II. c. Adams. the representative OF
tho Drlawarcs. has been in Washington some
time looking after matters.and has had frequent
audiences with the Land Commissioners and the
Secretary OF the Interior. laying before these
officials his views on the situation and begging
that no action should bc taken until the courts
fully determined the rights OF the Delawares.
The oil companies contended that tney hau
EXPENDED some 100000 in putting down elgh-
teen wells and that they had preferred riRht
to lease over 10000 acres of land. This lease
would have covered most OF the land oil inc
ron which IN hGy sa TSs
Drlawarcs declare that protection had neen
guaranteed them by the Government az well
The Secretary to-day put his signature TO
letter addressed to the United states inalah
Inspector for the Indian Territory. IN when
he declines to sanction the leases, taxing the
ground that hey do not comply win tne TEL 1E.
The s,'H law goVernin a lease leases The Secretary
quotes the law ON the subject. which provides
that mo lease sha lie made or nr cover ler
the mineral In more than GAO acres of land,
which shall conform as nearly as p"sslpleto
the surveys" - an
As to the application Of the Cherokee on and
Gus Company. he finds that II y merely a re-,
newal Of It's former application for lease not
allowed Ivy the department. and that II covers
not only the land on which the company mas
made improvements. but all the land covered
by its alleged tribal contracts with tho Cheros.
kee authorities. made prior to the passage OF
the Curtis act. some ~ 400 acres. The protest.
OF Mr. Adams SAYS that seven OF the eighteen
wells Of the company were located on lands oc-
cupied hy him rs n home. and that all were
within an area Of ten acres. This. says the
Secretary. would apparently entitle the COM
pany. should no other objection exist. to one
lease only ~
The application Of the Cudahy Oil Company
embraces about II 800 acres and that OF BEN
Jamin b.. Pennington about 10000 acres In
none OF these applications. says the Secretary,
has there been any attempt made TO comply
with the department regulations which pre-
scribe the area Of the land and that II shall he
entered and improved. He therefore disallows
the supplemental applications and instructs
the inspectors to notify the applicants that un-
less the regulations are complied with they
will receive no consideration. and that any de-
lay IL at their own risk.
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CROWD HELD THE BOAT EAST.


The Iron Steamboat Company received Sow
eral columns ot telephone calls from Bath
Beach on sunday. The most enthusiastic ran
about like thu: Please send us a feet Of
boats Tomorrow morning We want to get to
work in Manhattan Bath Beach thought tho
trooys wouldn't bo running yesterday morn-
ing. Tho steamboat company decided that il
II could max" quarter out of every person
that demanded boat it would have money
enough to pay an extra dividend this season.
so il ANNOUNCED over the telephone that tho
rcgaGus would leave lath Beach at X A. NJ
yesterday.
A. that hour about 900 men and women who
work in Manhattan boarded III" Pegasus and
crowded forward I" get the hrer2". The water
II ia" landing Is not deep, and IA" bow of tho
Pegasus sauk in the sand. Capt. Harvey gavo
u" starting hell and the wh""iN 81 the steam-
bon turned, hut she diiut move. Then the
officers and d""khnuls went forward aud re-
quoted ia" passengers :" shit ballast. 10
took ih"m about fifteen minutes 10 rnHl!Ir that
they had an bored th"msciyrS in their desire
T. E"' IA" hrre@". Then IN" steamer pro.
cc.i"d. amid rhy"rs from the ballast. arriving
ut Pier !, Nurth River. forty minutes later.
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charges preferred npninst col. PrcouAnr."

charges preferred against Col PIcoUART."
The latter being no longer guilty, even by
presumption, an order for his release had to
he made, and, consequently, Col. P1coUART
has been since at liberty. He is still liable,
however, to military justice upon two
frivolous charges which have nothing to do
with the Dreyfus affair.
PIcoUART Is free, but his military career
Is ruined, because he had the courage to
proclaim his belief in the innocence Of II
prosecuted man. Unless he Is restored to
his former rank in the army, the work OF
Justice which France has now undertaken
will be left incomplete.
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From N, Brookrvn Eag,,

T'V"F T'' I1TVONTVH FWVTF,
Tho famous author of ben Hur has host OF
friends IN his state and they have written to the
President strongly urging his appointment as Secre.
tRry OF War should ACer retire They say that there
are few men IN the United States az well htted as
Gen. Wallace for this important ofice aud they
point TO his experience in two wars and his we'll
known reputation as tactician lawyer and sol.
der and say that his selection at this time would
be master stroke on the part OF the President
tits believed that Senator Beve1dge will enthu.
siastlcAv support Gen Wallace but his friends are
in doubt about senator Fairbanks.
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rrotectlve Tongue of snlt winter rI.hermen.

ALBANY. July 18th" Protective League ~
Salt Water Fishermen Of New York city was
incorporated to-day with tn" Secretary Of
state % sccur" the passage Of laws for The pro-
lection Of salt watcr fish from destruction by
nets and traps and 70 prevent the pollution ~
salt waters With chemicals and other sub
stances that kill or driv" away the nSh. Among
the directors arc Alfred Rogers. James Mil
lken and Charles :. Crane ~ New York city,
and Frank Owens of BROOKLYN.
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Thus They Were Married.

An exchange prints tho following marriage
ceremony, which was said 10y n Tennes-rs
squire a short time ago: wilt thou take he
for thy pard for better or for worse: 10 have
70 hold To- fondly guard till hauled III in 4
hoar5e' VIII thou let her hay" her way. con-
sui her many wishes: make tho fir" every dav
fort and support her father and mother, Aunt
J"mlma and lncl" John. three sisters and "A
hrOthcrY And his ta'" grew pale and blank /.
il was too late to ,jIlt; as through the floor he
sank he said: Il wilt"
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FTofh tNs Luhore 1STbtsns.
Tho TINES says that tho complaints Of the English
in Transvaal ere so serious that bare enumeration
of them without comment will Eutace to establish
their atrocious character And remember to
have seen letter in an English paper in which an
English resident Of Transvaal complained that It
was impossible for one to 1.-Two in a country In which
he had no control over tho taxes Who say that
the Englishman'S complaint is not tust3 But here
some OF the grievances of the English residents
of the South African Republic. We take the first
Ave;
J. They have no vote in the levying Of taxes
No N.nCe in the payment of officials.
=. No control of the education of the country,
4 NJ POWER in the municipal government OF their
town. Johannesburg
. Their newspapers arc gagged. If an editor
oncndS Mr., KRUGER he may he sent to prison. or sent
TO live at PetpostRe terstus to die of fever or sent
out of the country altogether.
or course. the grievances enumerated above are
inolerahlc but then. II must be borne in mind that
the EnglishmRn ia a stranger In Trnsvaal But how
is II that the Indians should be made labor undor
all tho above and many more disabilities in their
own country which is under the control Of the Eng
lsh them selvesS
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From tho Cdfho'rr Standard.
30, hear the owl " said he. "'Who, who""
Sad She: Z" II sounds much more like wuo,'"
80. yes. he cried. that's very tue,
But really now wonder who t.
just here the owl replied: "Y1u twor
The young man promptly took the cue
Now. wouldn't your
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Look Behind tho Hxphen.

From the Memphis SeimitIr.
Whenever any American takes pains to parade the
hyphen in taking position any question Of ma.
tional policy. there ia nearly always bug OF
personal or political nature concealed under the
chlD.
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snbscript,on. by Mnn. Postpaid.

PAnB-Eiosqus No. II. near Grand HOTEL and
Kiosque No. 10. Boulevard des Capucines,
Stikeen River journal., 1899-05-13

were imported in 1894, the greatest portion from Saigon, and the rest from Hongkong and Singapore: also G0.0O0 barrels of flour, of which more than two thirds came from China and less than one-third from the United States.
 The cocoa is raised in the South is- lands the best quality of it in Mindan- ao. The production amounts to only l50 tons. and it is all made into chOcO- lote and consumed in the islands. The sugar cane is raised in the Nisayas. The crop yeilded in 1891, about 235. GOO tons of raw sugar, of which one-tcnth was consumed in the islands. and the balance. or PIC. GOO tons valued at $ll,- 000,0OO, was exported the greater part to China, Great l5ritian and Australia.
 The hemp is produced in Southern Luzon, Mindora. Nisayas and Mindanoa IL is nearly all exported in bales In the year 1891 the amount was 96. GOO tons, valued at Sl2. ,0OO. Tobacco is raised in all the islands, but the best quality and the greatest amount at I.u- Zon. A large amount is consumed in the islands. smoking being universal among the woman aswell as the men, but the best quality was exported. The amount in ls9I. was 1000 tons of leaf tobacco. valued ut Sl, ,400. GOO, and HOO tons of manufactured tobacco. valued at &2, 100000. Spain takes 30 per cent. and E%!pt lnper cent of the leaf tobac- co. Of the manufactured tobacco, 70 per cent goes to China and Singapore, 10 per cent to England and , per cent to spain. tOcOanuts are grown in Southor n uzon and are used in various different ways. The products are large y used in the islands, but the exports. in 1891. were valued at &22 4OO.0Ou
 Cattle goats and sheep have been in- troduccd from Spain, but they are not numerous. The principal beast of bur den is the carabas. OF water buffalo Large horses are almost unknown. but there are Il great number of native po- nics.
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