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IN SOUTH AFRICA,

The Free State burghers who we're believed
to be safely blockaded in the Roode Bergen on
the Basutoland border two weeks sgo, are back
again on the British communications, and have,
according 10 a report from Cape Town to the
British War ONCE. cut the railway and tele-
graph lines between Kroonstad and Pretoria
The British force In pursuit. after some
smart skirmtshes. lost sight and track
Of the Free Staters. and has had TO
turn in at the Roodeval railway station
to wait for supplies for 5000 men and
horses. In he mean time Gen. De Wet, with
President steyn. who is believed to be with
him. is variously reported to have crossed the
railway and gone north. and to have doubled
back behind the pursuing British and
gone in a northerly direction. The request
sent by Gen. Broadwood' in command of the
British force to Gen, Knox at Kroonstad to
send him news OF tho enemy's move
ments. discloses the fact that the Brit
ish are receiving no assistance from
the submitted burghers. This is the result NJ
Gen. Kitchener's severity In the enforcement Of
the already sufficiently drastic regulations
issued by Lord Roberts in his progress through
the Free State as to the treatment Of the
burgher population. As the spring In that part
OF Africa does not set In for another ten weeks.
the British will have TO keep closer than ever
to their main lines OF communication for SID
plies leaving the burghers free to continue
their raids, Whether Gen. De Wet, who il
said TO have 1900 men and four guns
with him. is sweeping back again 70 the east
ward or Is making a dash northward to Cross
the Vaal and join Gen. Botha will soon be
known. Should he take the latter course IL will
be a sign that his ammunition is giving out. His
capture of a supply train with its escort will
however. have given hdm an opportunity Of re-
plenishing his own stores while at the same
time delaying his pursuers.
The Cape Town news OF an impending an
gag ement at Middelburg between Gen. Botba
aud the British appears to have been vitbou,
foundation, Indirectly. however. Lord Roberta
conveys the Information that Gen. Baden
Powell has been blockaded At Rustenbure for
some little time. and was only relieved on Sat
urday By Gen. Methuen dispensing the Roar
commands surrounding him. A British nost
southeast OF johannesburg narrowly esca,sd
capture at the end OF last week, the tim.lv
arrival OF strong requirements compelling the
Beers enclrcling il to retire.
A Natal correspondent communicates the
fact that the Elswiok Ordnance Work. in
Engla d. de- iri L 10 express their admiration ~
the conduct OF the Natal Volunteers during IN.
war. offered to present them with a complete
field battery Of the most modern guns. Gen
Butler. probably acting on Instructions, refused
TO allow them to accept the gift, alleging that
a. IAdysmith had been relieved there was no
necessity Tor the guns. The in the
Colony on this action Of Gen. Butler display con-
siderable dissatisfaction with his decision.
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why Democrats Will Vote for Mckinley.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The talk
about the necessity OF a third ticket for voters
who are satisfied with neither Mckinley nor
Bryan does not extend to sensible and practical
men. Whatever great questions OF politics may
arise hereafter out OF our expansion or 'impe-
~rialistic" policy, it is plain that the great parties
will not be ready to divide on them until the
question OF gold or 10 to / has been settled
finally at this election.
So long as the Democratic party is committed
10 10 to / II will have to stand or fall on that
issue alone. 80 long as Bryan Is It's representa-
tive It carries the load Of Organism. and 1t can
not get rid of the burden without getting rid OF
him, and until il throws him overheard IL will
never be In a position to appeal to intelligent
men on any other question,
That is the feeling OF nearly every Democrat
with whom ! come in contact, for my acquaint-
ance is confined almost exclusively to Gold
Democrats, Even where they are most dis
posed to fear an imperialistic policy In the
future they are agreed that the Democratic
party will never be in a position to command
the respect Of the public for any policy il NAV
put forward In opposition until 1t has ceased To
alarm all business with It's Organism.
Consequently they want no third ticket. IN.
two tickets already In the field, Bryan laRains,
Mckinley. afford them Just the opportunity thew
desire to relieve the Democratic party OF the
incubus OF Organism. Bryan will AMIN he
beaten by Democrats. Now at last they have
a chance to get rid OF him wholly and finally
and thus prepare tho way for the return Of the
Democratic party to dignity. responsibility and
red~oubtability.
NEW YORK. July %. CONSERVATIVE
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reported the average air space to be only
$50 cubic feet. This would not matter II
circulation OF air could be maintained;
the air, however, cannot be renewed az IL
Is exhausted. for there is no artificial VEN
tiiation on the vessel. When the New
orleans was at the New York Navy Yard,
oe'or sailing for Manila. the crew COM
piained bitterly Of the GOLD. a. there WA no
heating apparatus on board: suoh apps-
ratus. DR.. CoRpEIRo says. has been
installed. but there Ia no ventilating appa-
ratus' which for the tropics Is as necessary
as heating is for northern service.
Inc engineer reported to Capt. IpE hat
the ngines had short connections. small
steam space. no independent air pumps, and
very slow reversing gear. At low speed
the engines do not /" balance up and labor
greatly; four minutes have been required to
reverse the engines.
1t can hardly be imagined that there
10 a conspiracy to attack the New Orleans
ana cause her dismissal to the list Of unused
vessels. Unjust be assumed that the report
Is correct. and that the New Orleans IL not
a success as a cruiser in low ATTITUDES.
The report indicates by It's emphasis on
certain points that for our own service
wal vessels built here are best. for such
vessels contain the necessities and oon-
v~eniences that have made our naval service
the most comfortable In the world
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About Caddishness.

The story IL now familiar how q dis
tinguished citizen OF Great Britain, Mr..
WILLIAM WALDORF Aston. recently in
suited a stranger at one Of his entertain
ments. The latter happened to be there
under circumstances which made his pres
ence proper under the code of society, but
| Mr.. AsToR harshly refused to listen TO any
O explanation and ordered him out. and fur
Their held him up to public ignominy by CIV
ing an account Of the affair in the columns
Of the London journal which he controls.
This was a villalnous rudeness on Mr..
AsToR's part. thoroughly discordant with
the particularly genuine school OF courtesy
In which he had been reared while a youth
In his American home In New York. The
cause OF the gentleman aggrieved was taken
up by his friends. and Mr.. AsToR was
quickly made to understand that he owed
an apology, which he duly paid.
But II is interesting to see hat the Prince
Of Wales appears as leading the protest
against Mr.. AsToR's conduct and as COM
polling the apology. He is quoted as CLASH
flying Mr.. Aston among the "cads." This
mas an lnCOnRTuOps sOuNu. rive years dSo
a British gentleman came to this country as
the owner OF a yacht which had chal-
lenged for the Americas Cup. He came
representing the Royal Yacht Squadron.
of which the Prince Of Wales is Commodore.
When here, and again after his return
to England. this gentleman did things
that, for insult to his hosts, so far ex-
ceeded any act ascribed to Mr.. AsToR
that they could not consistently be mem
toned in the anne breath. And yet the
Prince OF Wales and those allied with him
in the Royal Yacht Squadron calmly ignored
the Dunraven performance; and they have
never offered a word Of apology to the gen.
tlemen of the New York club, to whom it
was due.
According to the reports. Mr.. Aston fully
deserved his punishment; but, If he had in
vited all gay London to his house for the
special purpose Of affronting it, he could
not have equalled the outrage against social
decency that still attaches to the Dunraven
side OF the international yacht race of 1895.
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The situation at Pekin.

The Chinese Imperial edict. az made pub
Nc Yesterday by the Chinese Minister. Is OF
the date Of July II. or one day before the
alleged date Of the cipher despatch from
Minister CoN0ER to this effect:
'In British Legation under continued shot and
shell. Quick relief only can prevent general mas
sacre"
The Imperial edict, however. makes no
reference to any such situation. 1t ex-
presses profound astonishment n re-
greet - at the killing OF the Chancellor OF
the Japanese Legation last month. and says
that 1.-THE violent removal Of the German
Minister 80" affected us deeply" but nothing
In II implies or suggests that any violence
has been offered to the other legations or
that they are In the danger described in the
Conger despatch, with its alleged date OF
the very next day. The declaration Of the
edict regarding them Is:
we have already repeatedly issued DEGREES pro
viding for the protection Of the foreign legations and
also comm anded the provincial authorities 10 protect
Missionaries"
II Is not said directly whether such DEGREES
were efrectual, but II Mr.. CoNoRR's despatch
IA accepted az describing the situation at
Pekin on the 18th. or only one day after the
edict, they had been utterly Intellectual, and
the Chinese Government. instead Of PRO
viding for the protection OF the foreign
legations. had left them exposed to gen
eral massacre" or had been unable to pro-
tect them from 1t.
Either. then, the edict misrepresents the
actual situation by Withholding the fact
declared in the Conger despatch, or that
despatch cannot be accepted as truly de-
scribing the situation Of the legations on the
day on which 1t was alleged to be dated,
The two do not hang together,
We are therefore still as much In the dark
concerning the Pekln situation az we were
before the publication Of the edict and the
despatch; and We can get no authentic In
formation thence until regular communica-
ton with the legations is again opened or.
failing In that. until the armed allied force
reaches the Chinese capital.
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For the boulevard Trees.

To THE EDITOR OF HI SuH-sf. VIII You
kindly allow me space In your valuable Journal "a
sug gest a plan for preserving the trees OF the Boul,.
vard' lsuGses, that Instead Of the grass plots now
In the centre Of the street others be laid gu, at III.
sides. between the sidewalk and the curb. and tina,
the trees be moved from their present location 70 these
new plots This would provide one broad roadway
instead Of two A single roadway having a width
equal 70 the combined width OF The two existing ones
would afford greater facilities for tran1c II need not
therefore, be so wide and somewhat more space might
be taken for grass think the grass borders nigh,
each be as wide as the central strip as IL Is now laid
gu, without diminishing the usefulness OF the stree,
for the purpose Of trafnc.
II seems TO me that only one objection can be urged
10 this plan. viz that such an Arrangement Of the
grass might Interfere with access from the roadway
70 the buildin Is, but this might be obviated by put
Ting a narrow walk along the curb, with frequent
walks from u 10 the main sidewalk. There might be
one such walk for each city block.
JULY rs ERNEST FLAca.
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The Inventors Of Gunpowder.

China's own ~arsenals are said to have fur
nished some part OF the guns which the in
surrectionists are using: and The dispatches
say they are effective and we'll served. China
has arsenals at Shanghai. Wu-chang. Hanyan
on the Yangtse River and Nankin, and foreign
writer's who have described them. In the past
two years. have generally agreed that the
cannon and Mauser rifles they are turning out
are Of very good quality. but that these weapons
might be imported far more cheaply than they
are manufactured at home. Lord Charles
Beresford said. however, that the small
cannon made at Hanyan in 1898 we're almost
worthless.
The Chinese people gave g%unpowder 70 tho
world and a considerable amount Of the prod
uct, often Of very poor quality. is made up into
frecrackers and exploded mainly in China and
the United States. China will probably never
consume as much gunpowder in war as she has
burned In mere noise making and spectacle.
When Mr.. John Bell visited Pekin In 1921 he
was told by Il" the Emperor's General Of Artil-
lery" that the Chinese had used gunpo wdsr in
fireworks for more than 1000 years. according
to their records. but they had only recently
begun to apply 1t to the purposes Of war. The
inventor OF the Maxim gun wrote, last year,
that glnpowder WAS originally used In war by
the Chinese. not for hurting projectiles. but TO
produce a great noise. sputtering and smoke
for the purpose Of frightening rather than
OF ~injuring an enemy. Consul-General Good
now reported two years ago that the 81. 500. n0
worth OF frecrackers annually sent abroad.
mainly to New York in sailing vessels. Il onlv
a very small part OF the frecrackers that are
consumed In China He added that they vers
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SOCIETY 70 ESTABLISH DEATH
Organixatiou Of the A. =. p. p. h,

Tho horror Of being buried alive, which
numerous events Of the past have shown to
be q possibility. has resulted In the organiza-
ton. In this ,ity. Of the American Society for
the Prevention Of Premature Burial. The
society has formally applied for a charter and
expects soon to demonstrate the usefulness
OF such a body.
II would appear on first thought a. II tbs
incorporators OF the new organization are
disposed TO question the professional ability
OF the family physician. when p%ronouncinR
his patient dead. TO determine satisfactorily
"a 10 whether life Is really extinct. But tho
theory Of the society, Judging from the state
ments OF some OF It's members. is that doctors
and surgeons are apt to issue certificates of
death carelessly or. In other words, without
subjecting the body to an exhaustive physical
test, In order 10 ascertain Enthusiastically the
absence of life.
The proposed charter Of the Society for the
Prevention OF Premature Blu lal provides that
physicians certifying to the death OF persons
In the State OF New York shall sign q certificate.
tollowings tests. or a. many Of them As NAV
be decided upon. have been applied TO the
body Of the iu1Ross,d dead hs without having
Two or more incislons In an artery.
The palm Of the hand eAposed 10 the flame Of a
candle not more than Ave inches away
A mirror or crystal held TO the lips and no sign Of
a no, Iron Or steel placed against the flesh wtshou.
producing blisters
It Is also recommended that chap~ls be estsb-
lished for the repose Of remains during a given
number OF hours
In expl$rins the need Of their society. tho
of various doctors Of eminsnce in this U rnuntry
and abroad 70 the effect that the Instances ~
mistaken death are much more frequent thanis
generally supposed The Doctor Regent OF
fha FACULTY. nj Paris fl said No hA n,l-.
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Street Music.

The Board Of Aldermen has now before It
this proposed ordinance prohibiting the
playing Of hand organs In New York;
NO iinsrsnt musician shall use or perform with
or hire, procure or abet any other person 70 use or
perform with. any musical or other instrument In
any Of ths streets or public places In the dty OF New
York"
Nine years ago, when the opponents OF
street music made their first assault, they
sought to make street bands unlawful, and
were backed In this course by some OF the
musical organizations. They succeeded in
having IN ordinance adopted applicable
only to New York. the present boroughs
Of Manhattan and The Bronx. Street
bands Of Teutonic melodists in ill-match-
Ing uniforms are. therefore. to be seen
land heard In Brooklyn without of1cial
the operation Of the street-band ordinance
to Brooklyn. including Coney Island. and
to the boroughs Of Queens and Richmond.
and further to interdlct and totally prohibit
all organ grinders or mechanical instru-
mentalists. as they are called by the Alder
men. particularly in Manhattan. where
Italians have a practical monopoly.
The Aldermen, with extreme nicely OF
caution and logic. have postponed any
action on the ordinance until the Italians
can be heard-otherwise than they now are
and awaiting the overt protest OF these
organ grinders, the matter Ia In allegiance.
At the public hearing at the City Hall on
Friday no one came forward either to oom-
mend or condone the "hand-organ bust
meas" and unless there is public support OF
street music In New York. all boroughs.
very loud and very prompt. it may be done
away with entirely. The proposed ordi-
nance Ia to take effect Immediately.
We vote emphatically and appealingly for
the music.
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The Cruiser New Orleans in Service.

A very unfattering report was made
recently by Capt. lDE concerning the cruiser
New Orleans, OF which he is the command
ing officer. The New Orleans. il will be
remembered. was bought from the Bra
lillian Government at the outbreak Of the
Spanish war, chiefly that she might not be
bought by Spain. She was built, under the
name Of Amazonas, by Sir WILLIAM ARM
STRONG 4 Co.. on the Tyne. and was
launched In 1895. Commissioned in our
Navy on March 10, 1898. she was attached
to Admiral SIMPSONS feet during the war;
and after a stay Of some months at the
New York Navy Yard was sent to the Asiatic
station, where she Is at present.
The frst part Of Capt. lDE's report refers
IN the vessels size. speed, coal capacity.
n In reply to a question calling for
-full Information as to the powers and
canab,uties OF the vessel. as well as recon-
m~endations." Capt. IDE says that he took
command hoping and intending to be ready
IN nerform any duty which the Commander
;n-Cbief might impose on the vessel; but he
.oon found that the magazines were so hot
that the cordite deteriorated; the tempera-
,,,re ranged from ss to ss degrees. almos,
the EXPLOSION point of cordite. In spite OF
ev%erything that could be done to lower
II Resides this. although the usual amount
n, air space on a war vessel for zach man ia
more than 900 cubic feet. the air space on
the New Orleans IL only about two hundred
cubic feet per man. This compels nearly
all the officers and crew to sleep on deck
II a running sea compels the air ports on
the berth deck to be closed. the entire
crew ha. to sleep on deck, and II II rains
the crew has to stand up under the housed
awnings until the rain ceases. This. saws
Can't. IDF. involves much loss OF sleep.
and exhausts the men. In a cooler climate
most Of the men could sleep below"
The rig Of the New Orleans IL also criti-
cised by the Captain. The vessels meta
centric height ia 40 low, only about sixteen
feet. that the military masts have a tendency
to make her top-heavy. But. says Capt.
IDE, with proper attention to her trim
ming tanks and to running the coal into the
lower bunkers az fast az it ia used, care
being taken not to exhaust the supply Of
stores, her present rig should offer no
menace to her stability"
The surgeon. DR.. +. J. b. C0RDx1o.
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It'll the Hon. DAVID ABsALoM DB ARMoND
NJ. c.. OF Missouri. He sri,e s In the Demo.
cratic Judicial State Convention and pours
forth this torrent OF molasses:
I'm all our great land. 10 all the world. I verify be
lievs BRYAN stands 10 day without a peer. the noblss
type OF self Governing man beneath the sAra Foul
years ago some feared him. as boy fresh from the
country. lie Is before us now In all the strength and
glory Of mstured, perfect manhood For four years
he has lived In the public eye. Millions have studied
him under every light that can bea. upon a human
soul. or mind or lie. He has spoken face 70 face with
more people than any other man who lives He has
thrilled more people. lofty and humble. with his nrm
but gentle hand clasp than any other being upon the
foots,ooL"
In short the Colonel Is as superb i" a. he says
the platform Is. But why does the Hon. DAVID
ABsAIoM Ds ARMoND paint him as . peerless
hand shakeri
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Tho Straight Way.

The Hon. ELBRWr ElLERY ANDERSON
h a. sound a Gold Democrat and "A relent-
less an Independent az can be found In this
town or anywhere else. Even a jury OF
members OF the Reform Club would swear
10 that. But Mr.. ANDERSON Ia not indie
pendent merely for the sake OF being d
pendent. He will not quarrel about mini and
oimmin when a grave public question IL
TO be decided. He differs from the RepubE-
q n A to the tariff. a. TO ship subsidies
and - to other matters. but he will vote
for MCKINLEY and ROOSEVELT and he
advises all other anti Bryanits Democrats
10 do the same.
what Democrats should be thinking Of 10 sa~tsg
their country from the dishonor Of financial lsgerde
main and dishones sly and rebukns the mAniacs who
made and thrust upon them the Chicago and Kansas
City platforms"
That Ia the straight and practical way.
Il will be followed by most OF those indie
pendent Democrats who care more for
the country than for making q fruitless
demonstration.
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operations took place outside Of the Great
Wall. but when the sacred soil Of the Middle
Kingdom itself was invaded at Weihaiwei,
the assailants discovered Of what prowess
the Chinese are capable under . resolute
commander.
1t IL sometimes asserted that the yellow
race differs from the white race q re-
CARDS qualifications for war In being moro
dependent on the prestige OF the indi-
vidual who leads them. There ID no doubt
that the Huns dissolved after the death Of
ATTILA. and the aggressive power OF
the Mongols lost most OF IT. terTors after
the death Of the grandsons Of GKNoEIs.
Not only barbarous levies. however. but
highly organized armies are powerfully al
fected by the hold which their General ac-
Quires IN their Imagination. After tho
death Of ALEXANDER the Mscedonians
proved unable to keep what they had
gained In Asia. The legions trained In Gaul
by CxsAR believed themselves to be irwin
chile, yet. when transferred to other COM
manders, they more than once sue
cumbed to soldiers reputedly inferior.
After the death OF THEoDoBIC the Os-
trogoths were hunted out OF Italy
by the ~Byzantines whom they had despised.
To come to modern times. nobody doubts
that the name Of GusTAvus ApoLPHUs or
that Of CoNDk. and. above all. that Of
NAPOLEON. was worth at least m army
corps TO the side N which II was arrayed.
Europeans. in . word. are quite - much
affected a. are the Chinese BY faith in q
commanders star; only when the COM
mander falls. or Il defeated. 10 It more dini-
Quilt for lesser officers to hold Chinese
soldiers together. because these are rela-
lively u~norganized and undisctplined.
The yellow race has produced many great
commanders In the past. not only those Of
whom the white race has had bitter eX-
perience. but others. for the record Of whose
exploits We must have recourse to Chinese
annals. There have also been, from time to
time. great administrators In the Middle
Kingdom, who have temporarily solved the
problem Of collecting taxes with a minimum
Of waste and peculation. China IL, by com-
parison, a poor country. yet, II her fiscal
system could be managed tomorrow as
efficiently as It was under the Mongol
dynasty. about which MARCO Polo tells us,
a stupendous annual sum would be avail
able for the purchase or manufacture OF
arms and the maintenance Of an elaborate
system OF national defence.