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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09
Dimoult Loye-MakinK.
IRON "a. New orl.ar, Tm..D,msorai.

From hs Nsu Orlsaus Timer Dsmoorat
Professional nurses have no business being 90
confoundedly good.lookng," said . young man who
has recently spent several weets In local nnrmAry
The nurse who WAS delegated to attend to me while
I was laid up distraotiugly handsome girl.
with pure Grenk pronle. reddish brown har--the
Kind that fnll OF little golden tendrs In the
sunlight-and eyes as liquid - . fAwn's. The nrst
time she put her nnger my wrist my pulse ran up
to a! least i75, and she took II for granted had
high fever and dosed me accordingly. tried re-
peatedly TO lure her into conversation. but she
wouldn't be lured sho was strictly business when
started 10 pay her oomplimen she would ask mo
to put out my tongue which was an nsurmountable
obstacle To conversation. used to lie there with my
tongue hanging out trying to put my whole soul into
my eyes. but 1t was no 20 No man look roman
tic with half a foot OF furry red tongue protrudinR
from his cuunt.nAnce Another way she had Of
easring mo was by putting the thermometer In my
mouth. The last week was there proposed to her
nve times or rather. tried to- but she invariably
choksd on my declarations by tbrustng thermom-
ster into my mouth Igot 40 excited one time that
came near swallowing Thermometer worth several
dollars. She was most excellent young woman
and had lots Of sound comm on sense, a. was owl.
dencod by the fact that she gave me- no encourage
msnt whatever"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09
V1oEy or 20, 900 RAISED.
American wooIIen Company Increases the
Pay OF Its Employees 10 Per Cent.

American woolIen Company increases the
Pay OF Its Employees 10 Per Cent.
William M. Wood. the treasurer OF the Ameri-
can woollen Company. announced at the corpo-
ration ofrcss ut "a Worth street yesterday that
the wages Of It's employees had been Increased
10 per cent. The American Woollen Company
has twenty six mills. eleven In Massachusetts.
seven In Rhode Island and the rest scattered
through New York. Connecticut. New Hamp-
shire and Maine. Altogether the increase will
affect 10000 persons on the company's pay
roll.
Mr.. Woodruff. the sales agent for this city.
said yesterday that the advance In wages had
been made by the company voluntarily. SO far
as he knew there had not been the slightest
dissatisfaction among the corporations ON
ployees with the scale OF wages which II paid.
There are few high salarlrd oincers in the
factories who will not bs anected oy the IN
We are noyr.hins 10 the woollsn business"
70 Win sass want sSem Fee SaG
else. and we want them to work cheerfuliy aud
along Just now" ~" ''''' " '''' '"''' ''''''
In his statement an No the RI 5sise In
country h h. Wo not IN Sapa
city n the las, decade: AMI The bresent state .,
pied as to-day. With ,Hourishing times
our markets. aud aided to this is the. pro.
lection on woolen goods. which practically
apufacturer. The woollen mills ore exceed
ingly busy and are about entering upon tn.
new, heavyweight season. with many orders Of
that there 10 every prospect OF continued and
uninterrupted business"
had advanced with great rap!dlty In the last
year and the corresponding advance 10 the
clay diaeonals. which msmhers OF the com.
pany dercribed a. the Thermometer OF the wool
trade. that were sold al a5 cents three years
ago and at 81. 20 last January. ore now at 81 81
and are still going up.
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FoUR LocoMoTIpKs 4 DAY
Phenomenal Activity and Expedition IN 9
Great Locomotive Works.
FROM u. Pssiad lphia Public Ledger.


Great Locomotive Works.
FROM u. Psilad lphta Public Ledger.
Never before In the history Of tho BALDWIN
Locomotive Works has 1t turned out as large A
product as II 10 doing to-day. and never has IL
employed 80 many men. In October, in
twepty-slx working days. 1O4 locomotives
were completely built an average OF four per
day. In November. with twenty-five working
days. % locomotives were built and SHIPPED
No other like establishment In the world has
ever Appropriated that achievement.
In comparing the work done with the records
OF former years 1t must be borne In mind that
the locomotives OF to-day are very much
heavier and larger than those turned out but
few years ago. No railroad company now
orders for its main lines. either for freight OF
passenger service. a 40-ton or bO-ton engine,
standard sizes now are from ~ to 70 tons '''
the arfs ~ oSr. o. sas Mssn '9 ss 1Ry year
81 small engines. Since then Il" demand has
From ha G NTH is the Sf%s wa:
paralyzed. the railroads ordering about hall az
wear and tear The suaIenp revival S o. snsi.
pess dpring tho last year has compelled tho
roads TO replace the worn out eng mes. and the
demand is Tor the latest type and the largest
K look into the Baldwin works Yesterday. In
u
1880 men are now NJ work. gave some insight
into the m thods by which such rapid work 10
done. The Introduction OF electrical machine
tools has made a revolution in some branches
OF the manu'ac ture. When two electric cranes
were put into the erect ing shop. q few years
sRo. they dispensed with 400 men. One man
now. by lifting bis hand as q signal to the
motorman. can at once pick up smoke.
stack or other heavy part. and set H. IN Ito
place. tho entire movement being under tho
direction OF one will the whole thing iein9
done before he could have assemble lie
nen under. the. mer methot, In tho
boring building the Introduction OF motors 70
Operate the lathes also made II Possible TO nss
electric cranes. as these could not have been
used In conjunction with the Old time shaft
Inc. II 10 Interesting TO note that the intro
duction Of these abor.savinR machines was Q
distinct advantage to the work men, who now
turn out moro work and get better pay for Il
thnn before.
From present Indications the year 1900 win
witness the greatest business In locomotive
building yet seen. not only 10 numbers. but
very much more In TONNAGE, as the average
weight OF engines In II to-day Ia Is per cent
greater than the average Of ten years ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09
The "Consent Of tho Governed "
Theory.

We are told sometimes that We have no
right to impose our Government on the
island OF Luzon against the consent Of tho
Flllpnos Filipinos Is q vague word; 1t IL
only the Tagals, and but fraction even OF
them, who have refused to recognize the
authority which treaty has conferred on
us. Not yet have the Tagals had, as a
whole. any opportunity OF declaring freely
their feelings on the subject. Although.
therefore, We should admit, for the sake OF
argument, the soundness OF tho principle
invoked, the time evidently has not come
for the application Of It to Luzon. But Is
the principle itself sound one2 Have we
ever acknowledged It in praoticer That is
fundamental question which Mr. AMOS X.
FIsKE has undertaken to answer In an
article on Some Consecrated Fallacles,"
contributed to the North American Reoiep.
Did the signers OF the Declaration OF
Independence them selves act upon the
principle that Governments derive their
Just powers from the consent OF the gov
erned2" JOHN ADAMS and other contem-
porary observers well qualified to express
an opinion recorded their belief that, in
1776, a very large fraction-some said at
lehSJ OHo-null-Ol JHe lTt6meu Vi the tnlr-
teen colonies were opposed to the severance
OF their connection with Great Britain. Be-
yond doubt, In certain colonies they con-
stitutod majority. In those colonies, at
all events, 1t is manifest that the Revo-
lutionary Government did not derive their
just powers from the consent OF the gov
erned." Was the theory generally accepted
at the time when our Federal Constitution
was formed2 No candid man can read the
debates In the Philadelphia Convention OF
1887 without recognizing that there was
great distrust OF the wisdom and OF tho
power OF numbers among the trainers OF
our Federal organic law. Not one OF
them, practically. regarded the consent OF
majority OF the SUBJECTS of govern
ment as the source OF governments
Just powers, or as necessary to their
equitable exercise. Under our Federal Con-
stitution. the people were TO be consulted
directly only as to the choice OF members
OF the House OF Representatives and OF
Presidential Electors. What were to be the
qualifications Of voters for those function
ariesf They were to be In any given State
the same a. those prescribed by the State
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09
The Harhor of Pago-paxo.

R,1r AdEird' PIrq,h " in hs Ind p>rf.nt
In obtaining full possession OF the flne har-
Dor OF Pago-pago In the treaty with Germany
and England. he Unite States secures a naval
station OF great strategic value for the future
protection AMI development OF our growing
Pacific commerce. Tho control OF It may also
be looked upon NJ n necessity. II lies In the
direct route o. our future commerce between
San Francisc ard the Far East. ali II will
therefore prove Oi an advantage thar any one
can appreciate who studies its location in tho
Pacific IN connection with our new possessions
there.
Pago-pago harbor IL shaped like a boot. and
10 perfectly protected on al Sides The water
10 deep enouch 10 accommodate heavy traught
yessels and 1t has all the natural surroundings
necessary 10 form projected roads,ead for
10 od"rn war vessels As a eoaling and repair
station for the navy, Il could be m AIDE second 70
none In the tacihc. II could east be fortified
and ma le strong. imprsg enable harbor.
The beauty and picturespueness OF the
Samoan Islands will probably he sufficient 70
attract tpanv Americans TO them IN live. and
the naval officers who may he stationed there
IN the future will find climate OF unsurpassinE
attrlctiyeness
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09
Kentucky.

By q vote OF two to one, the Kentucky
State Board OF Election Commissioners has
decided to give certificate Of election to
the Hon. WILLIAM 8. TAYLOR, the Re-
publican candidate for Governor. 1t Is
possible that the Goebelites may for
get the Chicago platform TO the extent
Of applying for an Injunction against
seating TAYLOR, but IL Is probable that
even the bottest-headed OF them under
stand, and have understood for some time,
that the jig is up. By hook and crook.
especially the latter, they have sought to
foist GoEBEL into the 0overnorship. but his
own law. made for the purpose OF stealing.
II need be, and keeping. at all odds. the po-
litical control OF tho State. has proved use
less to him In the face OF the clear right OF
the Republican candidate, who has been
supported effectively by those Democrats
who could not stomach fraud.
OfTAYLoRs election there was no doubt
or Of the intention OF the voters wherever
the Goebelites have tried to monkey with
the returns. Tho dishonesty OF the pre-
texts used In behalf OF GoEBKL was palpa-
bic. Thus in johnson county and In Pike
county the Goebelites relied upon thin "
ballots. In Jefferson county the Goebelite
voters we're said to have been intimidated
by the military which was hidden away In
the Louisville armories: by the presence OF
United States Marshals. who had the
efYrontery to be seen on election day and
by Judge ToNEY, who "coerced" the cleo
ton officers into giving the Republicans
their rights.
The counsel for GoEBEL argued that he
was not asking the Election Board to go
behind the returns, but to throw out tho re-
turns from the contested counties a. not
being returns at all This argument was
q good deal thinner than the thnneet bal
lots complained Of and was properly re-
jected by Q majority Of the Commissioners
Judge PRYOR and Capt. ELLIS, the
Commissioners who have decided that
the candidate elected shall be declared
elected, are entitled to respect and praise
No matter how impregnable was the case
for TAYLOR. much courage and much
strength OF will were required to resist
the appeals not merely OF partisan
ship but Of friendship. habit and old
associations that were made In behalf
OF GoEBEL. The intensity OF public
feeling was great. II seemed more than
likely that there would DO some rude Ken
lucky phlebotomy before the trouble was
over Judge PRYOR and Capt. ELLIS have
prevented q great public wrong. They will
be honorably remembered. They have not
Initiated WELLS and ANDERSON and the
Louisiana Returning Board Of 1879.
Col. JACK CHM and the other Goebelite
sons Of fire will be expected to cool down
now. To Col. BRYAN. who 10 somewhere
about Lake Surprise. the news Of the dis
comflture Of his honored friend. GoKBKI.,
will give sharp pain. A telegram OF con-
dolenoe will be expected In Louisville. But
what has GoEBEL made out Of trying to
steal Kentucky. and what has BRYAN made
by backing GoEBELf
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Though his plea for an increased produo-
ton OF Frenchmen IN "Fscondlts" seems to
have fallen nat both In France and abroad,
EMILE lola may take q Oassandra-liks COM
fort In the ofIlcial returns OF births and deaths
for 1893 The NUMBER were 843833 births
SlO.O73 deaths. showing an excess OF births
over deaths OF only 1880. while in 1877 the
excess was 10S,oS3 and In 1898 1870
This looks like return TO the figures OF the
fve preceding years when the number OF
deaths was nearly equal to that OF births ami
In some cases actually exceeded II. As II is.
1898 shows falling OF OF $4,000 from the
Slight i'm provement OF the two previous years
lola. following out his idea that every year an
army Of 100000 men In Lost to France In the
children not born. will look on this a. another
great battle lost
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the bank. Successful scratchers OF the soil.
these, and, doubtless. the hens have laid
their part OF those expanded bank accounts.
The Hon. JOE SAVERS wishes to encourage
and improve the hens. He offers as q prize
an engraved silver cup to be called tho
Governors Cup. The competition for It
will be open to all Texas-raised and Texas
bred poultry. Cheered by the Governors
approval the poultry OF Texas can be de-
pended upon to do its duty.
Col. BRYAN, who Is now In Texas might
learn lesson from Governor SAVERS. Tho
country will have none Of that free silver
which the Colonel has been trying 80 hard
to force upon her. The country cannot
have too much Of improvements In all Its
products. Governor SAVERS has found a
legitimate use for silver. He will do more
for Texas by means Of that prize cup than
Col. BRYAN ever has done or ever can do
with his prize oratory. The Texans, being
prosperous, want more prosperity. Hav-
Ing expanded. they believe in expansion.
They want still better poultry, better
stock. better crops and all the Colonel
has to offer them Ia worse money. II tho
Colonel were sage instead Of an actor, he
would distribute silver cups instead Of sill
yer speeches.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09
Our Expanding Commerce.

The review OF our financial and CONNER
cial condition In the Presidents Message Is
the most gratifying which any President
has been able to make since the foundation
OF this Republic From an importing peo-
pie. dependent In chief part on foreign
manufacturers up to . very recent period,
We have now become one Of the most i'm
portant exporting countries Of the world
In that very department OF production, and
ma'ifestly are destined soon to lead In IL.
Our total exports this year, the largest OF
our history, exceeded by moro than q bill
lion dollars our combined exports and
imports In 1870. the imports per head be-
ing 20 per cent. less than In 1870, and the
exports SO per cent. per head more. OF
manufactures alone. we exported value OF
nearly three hundred and forty millions.
Measures for the protection and for the
extension OF this foreign commerce. already
so vast. will be among the most i'm
portant brought under consideration In
this Congress First among these, OF
course, will be the bill to aid In the building
up Of our merchant marine, with a view to
releasing US from dependence upon foreign
shipping, greater last year than ever be-
fore. The creation OF a great merchant
marine Is a necessary auxiliary and supple
ment to the building up OF great navy.
and Its advantages to the port OF New York
are 80 many and 30 obvious that IL Is aston
ishing that even papers here which
assume to represent our commercial
interests or are desirous OF catering
TO them are short-sighted enough to oppose
measures OF assistance to that end which
foreign States have made a conspicuous
part OF their economic policy. Com
munties far away from tho seaboard
might be excused for needing instruction
as to the value to them OF such Q develop
ment OF the merchant marine. but 1t Is in
comprehensive that actually the stolid
opposition to 1t has come rather from this,
the commercial capital OF the nation, than
from them.
The Senate will also have before IL an I'M
usually large number Of treaties having
reference, directly or indirectly, to the
interests Of our commerce. The Belgian
Government, moreover, has mltigated the
restrictions on the importation OF cattle
from the United States, though those i'm
posed by Denmark have not yet been
removed. II the recommendation OF tho
President for the appointment OF a Joint
commission Of experts, with view to dis
polling uniustiilabe German prejudice
against the purity and excellence Of our
food products, is needed by Congress, and
such fair and scientific investigation Ii
made. the resulting advantage both to our
elves and to Germany cannot be doubtful.
The refusal to admit large shipments OF
lr to Turkish ports on the speoious plea
Inefficient elasticity" though they were
questionable purity and excellence.
the 40 sc'nded upon protest by our Minister
10 o'c.virtual discrimination against our
Hospital.
w. Stu panese Government takes lively
svepus. N the protected cables In the Pa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09
ART LOVERS GIVs sESkRoUsLF.
Sum of s7i. 900 Raised Thus Far for Aond-
envy of Designs Maintenance Fund.

Sum of s7l, 900 Raised Thus Far for Acnd-
envy of Designs Maintenance Fund.
Tho Committee OF wsvs aud Means OF the
National Academy OF Design has secured
S71.000 thus far IN its canvass Tor
Q permanent maintenance fund for tho
work OF the Academy. J. Carroll Beck
with. Chairman OF the committee. sald
yesterday that the committee desired a.
speedily as possible to raise the fund To $780,
900, that sum TO be perpetual trust fund. the
income OF VIII oh should be used for the main
tenancs OF tho institution.
The largest single contribution to the fund
40 Tar raised came from Collis P. HUNTINGTON.
who gave $4,000. The late Cornelius Van
dsrbllt gave $4,000. Among the other con-
tributors were Jacob II. schif. William z.
Dodge. william V. Lawrence and Levi p. Nor
ton. each Of whom gave $1,000.
1T 10 very. much to be hoped" Mr.. Beck with
said. that tho people Interested and our Of
view. which cannot be wholly realized for
many years. may lead to some beaussts 10 the
money spent on foreign artists and foreign
pictures that are sod FOR fabulous sums lead
t Ss TO ss' int our ro own nnon nst,a
We, have ihi. falI OPENED a free school
afternoons. We feel that we are making q Cift
some return"
James Smlllie. formerly treasurer q the
Academy. .nid: There il now a m maintenance
fund Of 800 900. There Is also held by the
Academy. partly In trust companies and partly
Invested, little over 500, OOO-approxinA tely
$21OuOO-that In Immediately available for
building purposes, and tho Academy hollis as
trustee. exclusively for the use OF the school,
$lO5.OO. The site represents n value of
s25n.O0O and Is held absolutely without In.
oumbranre
The 100000 which Mr.. Bsckwlth's COM
mi faa al pna 10 IL tuEa
the 500 900 now held Tor the maintenance OF
the institution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09
FREIGHT QUALIFICATIONS
Intorstate Commerce Commission Investt
EatInE the Proposed Changes.


eating tho Proposed Changes.
WARRINGTON. Dec. 8--The Interstate Com
merre Conn ission to-day instituted an inve1-
tigation in the matter OF changes In freight
classification and advances In freight
rates by carriers using the Official
classification. and fIed the date OF
hearing for Dec. 81. at Washington. All the
principal roads In oicial classification territory
are required TO appear. Numerous complaints
have been hled with tho com m ission, alleg-
ing that the carriers had determined to put
new classification in effect on Jan. /, and to
cancel numerous comm odity rates which have
been In eject for several years. These COM
plants alleged that the new classification and
rates would sun ect shippers and shipmAnts In
official cla.sihca'ions territory to unreasonabls
charges. unjust discrimination and undue
prejudice and disadvantages. The order o. the
com sslon says that Ii appears from an
advance COPY Of tho new classification that a
very large number OF changes from a lower to
q higher class will he made and that ex sting
differences In classification between carload
be thereby considerably increased.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09

There 10 woe In Cook county, and the
Chicago River Is almost llauld with grief The
Hon Sol VAN PRAAo. steward and head
OF the bar n tho Cook County Democracy,
the Hon. SoL VAN PRAAo. who used to
be United States Deputy Marshal In
the Cleveland days: tho Hon. Sol VAN PhAAo
who jumped into glory by touching" the
Hon RICHARD CROKER for S50-the Hon. Sol
VAN PRAAo has lost his license. But we can
not believe that the Hon. CARraR HARRIsoS
will be cruel long. The Hon. Sol VAN PRAAo
Is a statesman and Democrat His privileges
must be respected and restored.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09
<RMr AND NAVY.
Discussion OF Methods for Combined Milf
tary and Naval Operations.

tar, and Naval Op.rntion..
To THE Eprron OF TIRE suS-Si-. In view
OF our late war in Cuba, our campaign in the
phi,n,,ns. AMI ,hs Yn.,,.n,ss ., Ena,,at 49,.
the Trsnsvaal War. this su beet Is particularly
interesting at the present time. md Cant Al.
Walker o, the Navy has recently delivered a
notable lecture on IL at the Naval War College
The literature OF this subject Is 40 m.agre, and
the subject itself 80 important to all countries
with extensive coast lines and distant possess
.o"'' ,"a, ~, au''.'on W " py eAper'snsed
men shouiu receive careful consideration. Tho
WaIser in hi. lectura 4. ,b,, r.,at,,. - 60
49, ~ '''''' 10 '''' ie'u''hs W COM
manu-
49, " ~, ~ 'uo"i. % 'n' 'pneFe OF 'ne
ns.ai oa'oor' Ana 'nere NJ. Au'non'y should emo
- rn.p. ~ >" arr ., s.op' Vi suppns' 'h0uia
lhe experiences OF tine army OF INVASION sent
tor .ons such chang. IN o,r roa,had. =, !.
4. Navy.) arrangements and management OF
the At. Iouis as a TRANSPORT with the w,v m.
.. -, r, - -. 80 ~, ~ "a' '"o
transports OF the ouar'ermasters Department
were conducted to arrive ata proper conclusion
on this subject.
On tina other hand thu characterization q,
troops to the Philippines by the Quartermas.
ter's Department OF the Army has been re ark
~, hnuiS ,has. Sa w ~ tue ,nam sa,ssc'9ry.
tsnt rumhIinc. OF dissatsiaction and com.
plant. The English, apparently. turn the mat
ter over 10 the Navy Judging from the number
~ ~ na ava %ss oumed ~ 'rahnpntt guy anu
hainu fully prenared 10 transnort the army
corrs recently sent to South Africa. In both
there "a no aapgsr ~ ataecp, hntS ,sbnwir or,
the syst. IN be practical bile In time OF war with
nation that has nsvyt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09
Buried Alive In Live CoaIs.

From ne Louisrii!e Courisr.JourHaL
MippLxsBoRo, n.y. Dec. Am accident By which
two men were burned to death took place at tho fur
mace here of the virginia Iron Coal and Coke Compapy
this morning. Morris Smiley and Arch Marohbanks.
colored laborers. were at work repairing the fur.
mace Tho furnace was shut down week ago that
new Jacket might be put on. The men were stand.
ing on al steam pipe half way, cutting bolts. when
the iron and Stag on the inside gave way and burst
through the top hole. The jar threw tho men of
head nrst into the red Goals, and they instantly
covered. Tho sight was horrible one, IS the crisp
bodies ana bones Of the men were brought 10 earth