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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-09
It's Atlanta extension made that escape very

| It's Atlanta extension made that escape very
narrow.
Out OF all these conditions It naturally
ensued that there was created large class
OF people who could not again be tempted
TO run the danger Of like experience. They
would not again be caught by dishonest
railroad prospectus or by an oversanguine
promoter. They would look before they
leaped and they made 1t possible for the
professional accountant, the chartered
arithmctician, to enter upon the field and
declare his utility. just as he had long
since established his indispensability in
England.
The chartered accountant is the one val
liable acquisition OF many years OF financial
storm and disaster, but he is not az we'll
known rs he ought to be nor as well known
as, inevitably he will be. To-day there Ia
new generation, and one that Is innumer-
able, abroad in the great speculative field.
1t knows nothing OF the trlbulations OF the
past and cares nothing about them, and has
all its lessons OF such things to learn
for itself. In the last twelve months this
element has subscribed to or under
written nearly one thousand millions Of
capital and Is still subscribing and un der
writing with no abatement OF the fever.
Vast, OF course, will be the losses and
mortal the shrinkage, but both could
be diminished IL not indeed controlled
were only ordinary caution observed.
The investor who accepts the prospectus
OF reorganization, or Of an amalgamation
OF companies, or Of new railroad system,
when the same is not supported by the
certification of a first-cass chartered
accountant, is throwing his money away.
So true Is this that presently no proposal
for subscription or for underwriting or
for allotment that Is not so reinforced
and supported will fail to be at once set
down as fraudulent in its nature.
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Washington correspondent OF the
Pitsburg Dispatch writes that when Mr..
MCKINLEY arrived in Washington he found
nearly a dozen mailbags full OF letters
about his speech to the Tenth Pennsylvania.
He received thousands Of kilograms on the
same subject while he was in Ohio. Nine
hundred and ninety-nne out Of a thou
sand" says the correspondent, commend
him for the stand he has taken, namely, that
the insurrection must be suppressed before
any consideration can be given to any
question Of governmental policy"
Put down the instruction and establish
the sovereignty OF the United States in
the Philippines! One would suppose that
all Americans would be in favor OF assert
ing the rights OF their country Of defend
ing its honor, in fact, for 1t cannot weakly
yield to pack OF rebels without mourning
perpetual shame. But faction has carried
the Democrats to such pass that they are
shouting: stop your brutal war! Take
down your flag, the symbol OF tyranny and
oppression! Give up your Philippines
Help the noble heroic. unselhsh AGur-
NALDo, the mestizo WASHINGTON, to make
himself supreme!'
The majority Of Americans believe that
rebels against the peace and authority Of
the United States should be put down, not
set up in business for themselves
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-09
Tho Name Dreyfus.


correspondent OF the FrankJurter Z,ituno
makes an interesting suggestion about the
name Dreyfus. 1t has nothing to do with Drey-
fuss and the mystic possession Of three feet
II is a common name among the jews of Ger
many. FRANCE and Switzerland, and dates back
as lar as 1000. when one OF the frequent per-
secutions Of Jews took place at Tr9ves.
Many 81 the unfortunates fed to the neigh
boring Alsatia and settled there Surnames
we're not At that time the common property OF
the Jews.though Christian families had adopted
them two centuries earlier Now, when any OF
the newcomers wished to settle in any part of
A!satia. the local authorities. III order to iden-
thy them added to their names in the register
the mark Treviranus. i. e.. coming from
Ireves But Il was seldom or never written in
iuli, being abbreviated thus, Trev-us This
became attached to the names OF several OF
the settlers, who were called by their Chris
veyed no meaning, and people like meaning
70 name, even though it be an absurd one.
Indeed. sometimest the latter has an attractions
and one can well underStnnd that when 1t at
tsehed 70 a jew, 1t might have special charm.
rupted into Drefuss. and later into DreyfuSs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-09
Resigning From the Aguinaldians.

Mr.. f. T. DUNN. who has been the Demo-
cratic candidate for Representative in Con-
gress in the Eighth Ohio district and a
brilliant Democratic stump speaker, has
signed off from the Democratic party. 1t
is too rank for him this year. In a letter
to the Democratic Committee OF his county
he resigns as delegate to the Senatorial
Convention. He writes that he swallowed
the State platform meekly, in spite OF its
opposition to the war; but when the Hon.
JOHN JACOB LENTZ, the Hon. JOHN PARDON
ALTGELD, and the strictest sect OF Chicago
platformers in general set up AGuINALDo
as hero, Mr.. DUNN could stand 1t no
longer. He rejects the State platform and
leaves the Democratic party. He is an
American before he is Democrat; and
when the Democrats oppose their own
country, he ceases to be Democrat
There are thousands OF Democrats in
whose minds this Democratic pctting and
cheering Of bribetaker and an assassin in
arms against the United States will raise
disgust and anger. They will not write
letters about 1t. They will not formally
resign as Mr.. DUNN has resigned. They
will simply refuse to vote the Democratic
ticket, and they will vote the American
Union ticket. That is what the Republican
ticket Is, and the reasonable vaporings
and picayune heroics OF Democratic plat
forms and orators are strengthening that
ticket every day.
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Reckless Railroad Construction.

Poors Railroad Manual shows that the
new mileage added to our railroads in 1898
was only 2,2l9 miles, a very moderate
increase, and the larger part OF it in the
Southwest where there is the most legiti-
mate occasion for railroad expansion.
The present year. however, will show
very different record and the roads which
are being built or projected, will, for the
most part, afford but little Justification for
their creation 1t is the old story of ten
years or more ago, and the railroad build
ing, then 80 strongly and 80 justly con-
demned by THESuN, differed in no essential
particular from that in which capital is now
being enlisted to its own destruction Those
who followed the history OF specua-
tive abroad building that began in 1873
are familiar with the wreck and ruin OF
capital. great and small. that marked
its successive steps. In 1877 it cul-
minated in furious retrenchment and
widespread reduction OF wages, whereupon
ensued the great strikes and the fearful
destruction OF property that made memoir
able that unhappy year. With the revival
OF business in 1879 and 1880, following
bounteous crops and great advance in the
price OF iron, new era OF railroad building
began, especially in the West and South
and reached its greatest development in
1889 and 1890. This, IL will be recalled.
was colncdent with the rapid development
OF the Southern iron industry. Furnaces
and rolling mills were built, many OF them
In places where there was no economic pos
sibility OF their succeeding, towns were
projected and partially developed and spec
ulation in coal and iron lands and town lot s
ran riot. Then came the depression of
1891, and the whole speculative edhce col
lapsed, involving thousands OF people in ruin.
The new railroads were constructed with
borrowed money and OF hlgh-priced mate
rial. The securities were issued on an
inflated basis and sold at low prices by
speculative promoters to a too-conf1ding
public; the whole process being precisely
the same as that which is at the present
moment passing before US. Almost every
new railroad constructed became insovent
and was sold out under foreclosure proceed,
ings, the bondholders in many instances
losing almost their entire investment.
The same fate overlook almost all OF the
then existing railroad companies in the
South that projected and built large extern
sions. The Richmond 4 Danvlle had been
aprosperous and paying conpany-so toe
had been the Norfolk 4 Western, the East
Tennessee, Virginia Il Georgia. and the
Central OF Georgia. All of these became
involved In hopeless bankruptcy through
speculative expansion and building tC
develop great systems-so-caled. Those
railroad companies which did not catch
the contagion of imitation and new con
struction, such as the Louisville & Nash
vile, the Atlantic Coast Limo, the Georgia
Railroad, the Atlanta & West Point and tn,
Plant System, survived the storm, but were
OF course. much injured by the genera
depressiqo which resulted. The Seaboart
Air LIND small and prosperous system
escapsd ihsclyency, but the construction o
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-09
WAR VESSELS FoR CENTRAL AMERICA.
Some Of tho Converted Yachts Now Under-
going Repairs to BE Sent There.


w,su,xaroS. Sent. S.-within a fortnight
about q dozen former yachts ana seaRoing
tugs. which we're converted into Runboats for
use in the war with Spain. will be ready for
service. after having undergone extensive re-
n,ira These vessels are distributed among
the navy Yards and naval stations along the
Atlantic coast In order to facilitate work on
two OF them. the Hist and the Wasp. orders
were issued by the Navy Department that
,hess vessels be towed from Port Royal. South
Carolina. to the Norfolk Navy Yard where the
means OF repairing are more extensive than at
Port Royal Two or three OF these converted
craft will be sent to Central America. one OF
them relieving the CUNT boat Vixen at Blueflelds
so that the Vixen can come home for an over.
hauling.
II is the intention OF the Navy Department to
keep a small squadron Of light-draft armed
vessels in Central American waters to look out
for American interests. Ever since the recent
revolutionary uprising In the department OF
Zelaya, in Nicaragua, formerly known as the
Mosouito country. many indignites have been
offered to American citizens, not only in
Nicaragua but in other Central American
republics. The chief difficulty in the way OF
promptly correcting these petty outrages
has been the lack OF light draft vessels
places whore the indiRnities have been COM
partment that with several OF the convertedt
Yachts in Central American waters there Will
be Iess and perhaps none OF this sort oil thing
II was said at the Navy Department to-day
TINT none OF the vessels are intended Tor SER
vice in the Philippines. and that the Depart.
ment would not send any of them to parties
pate In the naval reception to Admiral Dewey
Mt New York. Most OF them will be assigned
TO the work OF making n survey OF tho coast
lines OF Cuba and Porto Rico. The armament
OF the vessels will be practically uniform. eaoh
GatlinRs.
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biity for the outbreak lies squarely on the
shoulders OF the Presidents OF the National
League, OF which Mr.. EBBETs is one.
For years the League as bodyhas toler-
ated and so stimulated, the habit OF rufflan-
ism and defiance OF the officials styled
umpires. The rules framed ostensibly to
enforce good conduct.and discipline in the
players and agreements made among
the League Presidents themselves that
order should be rgidly preserved
were openly and continuously broken
The spirit that rebels against the
umpires authority and resents deci-
sions considered unsatisfactory has -four
ished 30 unintcrruptcdlya among the players
for many years, that it has spread over
the spectators benches and to-day no WIS.,
itor to a ball field can be sure that he will
not encounter just such shameful scenes
as the one we have described.
Ono cannot expect that passion and
unrulness in crowd looking on at ball
game should unfailingly hold itself in
restraint when passion and unruliness run
riot among the performers on the diamond
under the eyes OF the League officials; and
there will be no safeguard against repe-
titions Of this outrageous assault upon
DIVER and EMsLIE until the League ostab-
fishes order on the baseball grounds.
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Primary Instruction Required.

Is it not surprising-saddenin even, in
view Of the supposed prevalence OF ele-
mentary instruction-to find this said by
newspaper in the centre Of American en-
lghtenment, the NeW York Times?
Does any one insist that the gold dollar 10 now
the unit OF vAlue7 Ho will be glad to have It de-
clared also the standard and measure of all values
in the United States"
No one INSISTS that the gold dollar is
now the unit OF value" for to insist is to
imply the expression OF an opinion which is
open to dispute. II such insstence was
requisite the Crime OF 1873" would not
have been committed, and the Democratic
silver campaign OF 1895 would not have
occurred. That campaign took place because
the Act of February II, 1873. enacted that
the gold dollar lat the standard weight OF
twenty-five and eighteenth grains, shall be
the unit Of value" That is fact, not
matter OF opinion. 1t is tho law Of the
United States and it cannot be repealed or
altered except by Congress, with the
approval OF the President. Until that Is
done and some other unit Of value is legally
established the gold dollar is that unit.
No one, then, will be glad to have it de-
clared also the standard and measure OF all
values in the United States unless he is
| ignorant OF the meaning Of English terms.
All intelligent men would rather be morti-
fed to see the Congress OF the United States
exhibit Ignorance by Pathological legisla-
tion showing that it does not understand
the significance OF the established "unit OF
value" as necessarily in itself 1.-The stand
ord and measure OF values in the United
States"
That is exactly what the unit is. 1t Is al
ways the standard OF quantity with which
we start in enumeration or measurement.
1t can be nothing else, and nothing differ
cnt, no matter what anybody may insist
or dispute.
If anybody in Congress should assume
that the Act Of s73 does not make the gold
dollar 1.-The standard and measure OF all
values in the United States" though il
expressly established it as the unit OF
value" he would simply exhibit deplor
able ignorance Of the meaning OF English
words and imply that we are without the
gold standard now and that 1t will not
exist until such Pathological Legislation
is enacted
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-.Sr: May
be allowed to correct. through the columns OF
your paper. the rather erroneous impression
conveyed by your editorial OF Sept. on tho
Pittsburg stoge2 Having been long addicted
to the stogie habit feel confident that can
give you the true definition OF Pittsburg
stoFie. which l think is what you are after.
A great many people think the PittsburR stogie
is an apology for a smoke. mere max eshift, in
fact and popular with very poor or very pc
nurous people. who buy them because of their
cheapness. Nothing could be further from the
facts OF the case. A good stoge is Just as good
a smoke as good cigar. 1t is made OF pre-
cisely tho same kind OF tobacco. Its cheap
ness is due to tho fact that it is smaller than .
cigar and is made with less regard for appear
ance. very large percentage OF the cost OF
cigar lies in the amount of work it takes to
make it look pretty and its costly label and
and cheaply made than a cigar. therefore its
rough appearance and cheapness II people
they viii fInd-ceneraiiy to their surpriseI
that to-day there are as many kinds Of stogles
as there are cigars. st3gies are made Of all
lucky leaf to the best clear Havana. They are
made in all tho grades that cigars are made.
attention and care that cigars receive in the
best cigar factories.
To-day Pittsburg stoges are Just as popular
When a man finds out-and they are legion
who have-how good a smoke a Pittsburg
stogie is he buys it because 1t suits him better
than anything else. not because it is cheap.
And you will find very, often that It is the men
with the weak stomachs who smoke Pittsburg
stogies. A Wheeling stogie is always strong,
but a Pittsburg never. Don't get the two
mixed. man can smoke as high as twenty
Pttsburg stogies q day with no i'll effect
whatever, because of their mildness.
In New York the stOgie has become highly
trade Is in the big cigar stores OF the down
town district. where they are high favorites
business men. Comparatively few are sold
among the poor OF the East Side because they
are slower TO discover and appreciate good
thing.
The Rev, George Trask might have seen "a
high form Of sef-sacriiice" in smoking a
stoge. but asSuredlya very pleasant one
New YORK. Sept. T.
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Description of n Spurious SO Silver Certif-
icnte Discovered in This City.

WASHINGTON. Sept. S.-Chiet Wilkie. OF tho
Secret Service to-day received from New York
a new counterfeit SO bill. The following cir
cular describing the note has Just been issued:
New counterfeit SO silver certificate. Series
OF 1891. check letter ID. plate number IA. b. X.
Bruce. Register. Ellis H. Roberts. Treasurer.
portrait OF Hendricks. This note is litho-
graph. printed on two sheets of japanese tissue
paper. between which very coarse red and blue
silk fibre has been distributed. Tho lathe
work in counters in face is creditably executed;
lettering in border so blurred as to be ileRi-
BILE color Of ink is a reddish brown. instead Of
black seal is OF bright brick rod. instead OF
carmine. The number OF the note at hand il
E2O. 1874 .345 color and formation OF numbers
is good. but alignment bad.
The back OF tho note 10 more deceptive than
the face. The number OF the back plate is So
Iins bureau OF Engraving and Printing 10 so
blurred as to be illegible and all OF the orns-
mental work Is so blurred that detail Is lost
The note will not deceive any one familiar
with money. The credit for the discovery OF
the note Is due to the cashier OF the National
Park Bank. New York"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-09
THE NEW TENEMENT LABOR LAW
License Mon Strike Many snags in tho City's
Foreign Quarters.

Daniel 0'Leary. Superintendent OF Licenses
for the Factory Inspection Department. an
nounced yesterday that he will begin to day to
issue licenses under the new Factory law Ia
those who employ only the immediate mems
bers OF the family in manufacturing articles
coming under the act. Several unexpected diff
hcultes have been encountered at the start.
One. which developed yesterday. arose from
the fact that vast number Of married Italian
women. who finish garments for clothing mani
nfacturers. take the work home with them.
Yesterday. when the deputy factory inspeo-
tors went to the Italian quarter to investgat to
number Of applications for licenses. 1t was
found that in nearly all cases the applicants
had given their maiden names. This will re-
suit IN great confusion and end in new applica-
tions for Licenses.
Another difficulty encountered yesterday
was the appearance OF numbers OF Jews and
Italians who wanted licenses for other people.
One man wanted license for q relative who
has Just arrived in this country. It was al
most impossible to convince these people that
make the applications themselves.
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LESS NOISE ON PARK AVENUE.
Work of Putting Ballast On the Viaduct
Nearly Completed.

Work of Putting Ballast On the Viaduct
Nearly Completed.
The work Of placing ballast on tho New
York Central viaduct between 10th and 135th
streets has gone 30 far now that Chief Engl-
neer WilRus OF the New York Central predicts
that the work thus done to deaden the sound
OF the trains passing on this elevated structure
will be completed by October. The work has
been done by placing heavy ballast OF crushed
stone between yellow pine ties soaked with
creosote. and tho result 10 that the vbratory
noise caused by the contact Of the rails with
the steel structure has been eliminated to q
great extent. People who live near the Via
duct have noticed the lessening OF the noise.
and have appreciated 1t greatly.
In the bottom OF the troughs thin coating OF
paving composition was first applied. and each
trough was filled with finely crushed stone.
well separated by the large pine ties. The
work has been going on for moro than three
months. and an increased force Of workmen
has been put on lately.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-09
TIE NEW roLCNrExR REGIMENTS
Reports on the Inspection of the Ihir w.
second, Twenty-ninth and Thirty-Thlrd.

second, Twenty-ntnth and 1hirty-'"'
WASHINGTON. Sept S-Reports have been
received at the War Department from seVeral
OF the officers instructed to make inspections
OF the volunteer regiments. Secretary MOOT
has received the inspection returns OF the
Thrty-second Infantry at Fort Leayenworth,
Kan; the Twenty-nnth Infantry at Fort
Mcpherson. and the Thirty-third Infantry at
San Antonio. Tex. These reports have been
very gratifying to the officials OF the Depart
ment. They show the regiments to be well
equipped and supplied. and the enlisted
strength to be composed OF excellent material.
Capt. ]. NJ. X. Davis in his report, says
Il did not find single rife that was not IN
perfect condition There are on hand ordnance
and stores for the complete regiment texcept
revolversl. and 160.05S rounds OF ball cart
ridges. The model OF the rifles 10 OS'
Tho accourtrements are complete. The
clothing and garrison equppage is excellent.
The regiment Is fully equipped for field SER
vice. except in the matter OF shelter tents and
first aid ackets none having been received"
Major Frank d. Baldwin in his report on the
inspection OF the Thirty second Infantry says:
Il find with few exceptions the men are fully
equipped with n suit OF blue clothing. under
shirts. two suits OF underwear. hats. shoes and
stockings and khaki uniforms. Generally
speaking the cloth was all in scrviceable con-
dition. The regiment is fully equipped in
ordnance. except haversack 8. which are being
issued to-day and shelter tents. The general
appearance Of both offlcers and men was good.
The percentage OF sickness has been remark
ably small. | found the hospital com pletely
equipped as provided by regulations and
n model OF noatness and perfectness
The food for the men Is abundant and OF the
best quality and well cooked did not hear q
complaint from an enlisted man in regard to
this. With q few deficiencies in equipment.
drill and target practice. this regiment ia in
readiness to be sent to any field Of service"
Lieut. Col. G. $. Roberts. OF the Thirteenth
Infantry who also inspected tie Thirty-third
Infantry reports as follows:
THE entire supply Of clothing and equippage
for the regiment is on hand. The clothing con-
sists of one suit Of blue. with campaign hats.
one suit OF white duck and ono suit OF
khaki with helmet tdrab.) two blue shirts.
four suits OF underclothng. two chambray
shirts. socks. and all of excellent quality
and suitable for the climate. Arms and entire
ordnance equipments are on hand Rifles and
belts have been issued to all but two compan-
les equipments. except knapsacks. to all. The
subsistence supplies are drawn from the post
OF Fort Sam Houston and are satisfactory in all
respects, Frequent inquiry indicated no com;
staff bureaus merits especial commendation
concerned | coincide with Col. Hare In ex-
preston OF the opinion that his regiment will
be prepared to leave his present camp for point
Of embark alton. thoroughly organized and
well equipped by Sept. 10"