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STEEL PLANTS CROW WITH WORK.
Can't Fm Orders OF Torpedo Boat Contrac-
tors and They Ask for Extension Of Time.

WASHINGTON, oct. Son account OF the
fact that the steel making plants throughout
the country are crowded with work and de-
cline to enter into any new contracts the Naval
Board on Construction decided to-day TO rec
ommend 70 the Secretary Of the Navy that an
additional period Of four months be allowed
contractors for the construction OF torpedo
boats within which to complete their con-
tracts. A year ago the board recommended
and the Department allowed an extension
of twelve months over the time set in the con-
tracts for the completion Of torpedo craft.
This action was taken because. most OF the
Shipbuilders could not get steel from the iaC-
tories Then the steel concerns were. work,
ing twenty-four hours a day ana yet could
not MI their orders,
companies hot only do not desire new contracts.
but some Of them will not undertake the manu-
facture of the castings necessary Tor torpedo
boats at any price.
Owing 70 this great activity In the business
the price Of steel has advanced 70 a high figure.
and even we're the shipbuilders TO place con-
tracts they would be obliged 10 pay such high
prices that they would make no profit on the
boats In a communication TO the Navy De-
: partment Lewis Nixon Of Elizabethport, n. > I.
asked for an extension Of four months on the
torpedo boats he Is building for the Govern
ment, and in recommending that his appllca-
ton be granted the Board on Construction adj
vi-ed secretary Long To grant similar extern
sion- To all other firms engaged on torpedo boap
contracts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

II not an entirely useless institution. one
whose duties could be better and more
cheaply performed by other function
aries than those now constituted. 1t Ia
the custom Of the police officials and
OF the District Attorneys onlce to
act independently Of the Coroner's
Office in all important cases. II not In
frequently happens that men charged
with crime who have been declared g~uiltless
by Coroner's juries are Immediately re-
arrested and indicted at the instance OF the
District Attorney, or by the police upon
their own responsibility. The sole useful
ness Of the Coroner's Office Ia 10 furnish
the authorities with some sort Of an ex-
pert opinion as to the cause OF death in
suspicious cases. There Is not the slight
est reason why such a judgment could not
be- promptly and adequately furnished by
police surgeons or a board Of medical e1-
amlners.
Bills have been introduced In the
Legislature 10 abolish the Coroners OF New
York city. Coroner's Juries have been
done AVA with throughout the State,
save In cities Of the first class. and the Boards
Of Supervisors in the various counties
are empowered to pay Coroners by sala-
ries. instead Of by fees. This practically
makes the Coroner In the Interior OF the
State a simple medical examiner. That
Is what the Coroner ought to be In this
City
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
Tho west Point Board OF Visitors
Report.

The report Of the Board Of Visitors TO
the Military Academy at West Point has
Just been published. and contains many
interesting comments on our national mill
tary school The board ia appointed annually
and consists Of distinguished civilians
chosen by the President. and by the two
Houses Of Congress: it attends the gradu-
ating exercises OF the Academy, invcsti-
gates the working Of the system Of educa-
ton and the physical conditions at West
Point, and reports to the Secretary OF
War, pointing out what changes and i'm
provements might be made.
The board for 1900 recommends a new
riding hall, and enlargement Of the mess
hall. chapel. barracks and gymnasium,
70 admit the one hundred new cadets pro-
vided for by Congress: new officers quar-
ters. and the extension of the parade ground
to include Fort Clinton, but not the old
walls of tina historic fort. In comparing
the strict simplicity of the cadets rooms
with the rooms OF men in som colleges,
the board remarks: The cadet quarters
are not improperly called Barracks. "
In planning changes. says the board, the
future growth of the Academy must he
considered, and not merely the immediate
needs Of the institution.
The board thinks that more use might
be made OF the observatory. and suggests
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
Roo,eyelt and the Newsboys.

To THE EDITOR oP THE SUN-St; 1t Is diTcult
10 believe that the Chicago uewshoy would, of his
own %yolItion. offer Insult 90 such amau a. Theodore
Roosevelt Ills lie and personnel would be mote
likely TO win his admiration, and | am quite sure that
n the boys but knew they were Offering Insult TO IN.
son OF one OF their most generous and faithful friends
the disgraceiul scene would not have occurred.
Those familiar with the noble work Of the Chlldrens
Aid Society In behalf Of the street waii will remember
the big. kindly. good .na,ured man who gave so much
Of bis time and means TO the care Of the homeless
street boy. and there must be throughout the West
many prosperous men who will recognize the names
Of Charles l.. brace and ThcoGore Roosevelt who
with many other noble men and women were the
means OF securing for them a home.
JONI STEWART.
i47 WEST NINEry.FoURTH STREET, Oct q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
oUR vIcE-CONsUL NOV GRATIS
To the De Facto President Of colombia, Whom
No Nation Has Yet Recognized.

Because Benito Zalemea. United States
Vice-Consul at Bogota, came here a few weeks
ago from Colombia and gave out the first news
OF vice-President Marroquin's assumption OF
the Presidency the de flcto government of
Colombia has declared him persona non grata
II hasalso annulled his eNeQuaiura a. representa-
tive OF this country and unless this Government
insists on his retention he will no longer have
an oflCial standing 1.-THE Colombian capital.
The reason given by MaryoQuin for this
action is that Nice-Consul Ialem'n, who l. a
Colombian and comes Of a very wealthy family.
wasimplicatedinthe iberalrcvolut,un. Others
say that Mr.. Zalcmea was made the bearer
Of a report from United states Minister Hart
at Bogota to the State Department telling
exactly the manner in which NiCe-Pr"Sid"nt
Matroquln caIne into power. In to that time
the latter had caused reports 20 be circulated
that President S1nClamenie had resigned
and the facts Of the coup d'ttth were not per-
mitted to leak out.
"A the de facto government has not been
recognized by any foreign country and Presi-
dent Sanclemente may be reinstated the prob
abilities aro that NiCe-Consul Xalemea Will
retain his ONCE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
PRESIDENT GOING 10 WASHINGTON
He start, From Canton After Paying a Com
pllment TO Senator Spooner.

CANTON, Ohio. Oct. s-Almost the last thing
President Mckinley did before starting for
Washington to-day was to pay n compliment TO
Senator SpooneT Of Wisconsin. The Senator
spoken here tonight, formally opening the county
campaign He came down from Cleveland
a little before noon and the President ordered out
his carriage and called his friend Judge Baldwin
TO 60 with him 10 the station to meet the Sena-
tor.
The day was cold and dreary and at train
time a heavy rain was falling, just before the
train arrived the President left his carriage.
raised his umbrella and walked up and down
the platform till Senator spooner stepped out
Of the. cars. "
Hello. Senator, how are your said the
President, as be extended the umbrella over
the visitor. Then they went into the waiting
room and the President introduced Spooner
to others who were to meet him, and alter
ward drove him up to his house,
The Presidents start for Washington was
made without special demonstration, but many
people we're at the station and their efforts
TO see the President were s%uCcessi al. Tor as
the train started he appeared on. the rear plat
70 m to acknowledge their greetings with bows
and smiles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

About the toughest answer to renegade
sound money mems assertion that the Senate Is
sufficiently safe from being Bryanized for them
10 60 of for a little spree in anti-imperallsm. is
in an article published in the Rerieu Of RerIeus
by the Hon. FRANK S. MONSETT. the most furi-
Gus anti-trustite Of Ohio. Mr.. MoSSErT. who
writes as a supporter OF BRYAN. says:
Mr. BRYAN could assis, In eleeting or defeating
any United States Senator he chose-a, least viewed In
the lgh, OF precedent. lie could even change the par.
tlsan or fscilonal majority Of the United States Sen
ate. Space forbidS to more than hint al the power Mr..
BRYAN could have In moulding the ointment OF
I've upper and the lover house In the four years u
his term"
President CLEVELAND converted a free silver
Senate to a gold standard Senate by the power
Of his ofice; yet CLEVELAND failed and BRYAN
succeeded In debating a platform TO the National
Convention OF his party.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

The finest GLASS Of one design yachts. the
seyenty-footers seem to have been cursed with
peculiar III fortune, They fouled each other so
that their disputes had to be taken more than
once to the court OF the Regatta
And now Mr.. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, OF the
Rainbow. has returned his cups because he
discovered that his boats ballast was changed
Improperly. and MIR. DURYEA, the owner oil tho
Yankee. repudiating his share In the trophies.
charges Capt ARK Of the Rainbow with dis
honesty. The New York Yacht Club must hold
another court and either vindicate Capt. PAR
KER or forever dlsaualIfy him from racing on
this side of the water.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
DELAWARE $ POPULATION. 1918.
Increase In Ten Years. 10 District OF
Iumbia' Population. 27s,.Is.

WASHINGTON, Oct. s.-The Census Bureau
to-day announced the population Of Delawaro
and the District OF Columbia. Delaware was
one Of the original thirteen states. The Dis
trict Of Columbia was formed March 30. 1901.
but that portion situated In virginia was re-
ceded to that State July 0, lSIe. Table I shows
the population Of Delaware and the District u
Columbia at each census from 1890 to 1890.
Inclusive, together with the increase by number
and per cent. during each decade.
The population Of Delaware in 1900 Ia ia,7.=,
rs against l6s. 400 In 1890. representing an m
crease since 1890 Of 10, 2I2. OF 90 per cent The
population of Delaware in 1890 was 1900. from
which it appears that the population In ia"oisa
little more than three times the population
reportedin 1900.
The population Of the District OF Columbia In
1900 is 27s,7ls. as compared with a population In
1890 OF go, 1902. showing an increase OF $3.50 or
200 per cent. during the past ten years. The
population Of the District Of Columbia IN 1880,
The first census taken after its formation IN
1871, was 1908. which, as compared WIZ we
population In 1900, shows an increase OF hot
mute twcntyfold In loo wears.
The total land surface OF Delaware IL, ap-
proNimatsly, 1900 square miles. the average
number Of persons to the square mile at the
ccnsuses Of 1880 and 1900 being sS.9l and e4.2.
The total land surface of the District NJ
''ANllllllt ~ dllh'NAi.oN'Ff W 49,
the average number Gns1 OF persons $50 and 10 i ,sSo SR beins
$3.50 81 and 4.el5.3 3. respectively.
The population Of Delaware for 1901 hv
counties Is as follows: Kent, 20. 1872. New Castle.
lO0.897. SUSSEX. i2.276: the increase being 3 per
cent. l2s per cent. and 90 per cent? reslec-
lively. -
Tie population of ,Delaware's thirtT.hye
INCORPORATED cities and towns for 1900 is a.
follows: Bridgevillc, ei3. Camden, $50; Che
void, poi: Clayton. 40. pagsboro. lel, llela-
ware. i,i32: Delmar, 4iI Dover, 1929; FELTON,.
4cO; Frankford, i29; Frederica, I1ld GeorgS-
town. less. Harrington, i,242, kenton.. l92:
Laurel, / .s25: Ieipsic. s05: Iewes, 2259; litt!e
Creek, $50, Magnolia, POS, Middletown, LSe7:
Milford, 2. 500: Milsboro, 39l; Milton, 9+s: New
ark, L2ls; New castle 3, $780, Newporte57 0des-a.
SIS. Port Penn. EOS; Rehoboth, ies; 81 GEORGE
325. Seaford, i,72I: smyrna, z, 1873; Townsend.
800 Wilmington, 70. SOS, Wyoming, $50.
OF the incorporated cities and towns in Della
ware there are only six having q, Dopplalon
i'm 1900 of more than 1900, namely, Wilmington.
New Castle, Dover. Milford. 1ewes and Smyrna.
Wilmington IL the only city In Delaware than
has a population In 100 Of more than 25.nn.
Wilmington had in ls40 a population OF sS6f
and has steadily increased during each decaut,
its population in 1890 being 76,5OS, or an increase
of u 8 per cent. during the last ten years.
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An Address TO Mr. Hiu.

To the Hon. n. Il. HW: You lost the oppor-
tunity Of your life when you allied TO rcpudiate
the outcome Of the Kansas City Convention.
You were at that time the strongest man In
your party ne a candidate Of the Democratic
Democrats for President In 1904. and you had IL
within your power then SO to inuench yourself
in the esteem I the better sense Of your party
that nothing but rank folly on your own p'rt
could prevent your nomination and possible
election. The sensible. patriotic men In your
party who are supporting Bryan are doing 20
with Their stomachs turned upside down every
minute. They know that their csnd.date does
not represent a single tenet OF the Democratic
faith. They know that he Is an ambitious.
windy hlatherskite who has gone crazy over an
ambition TO be President They know 10 q
man that he has not the first qualification for
The otllC. u. seeks. They know that the silver
hereSy /. folly, that the cry of imperialism Is
a humhuc that there Is not an. 'imperlals II In
America. and that the cry OF "miitdrlsm' is a
sham.
Is doomed to defeat, and as surely the Demo-
cratic party will at last be brought TO It's sensos
and Will squeeze all the free slverisin,
Pupulism and miscellaneous kinds of hapdoodls
which are elements In the Kansas City plat
form out OF is doctrines. and will return 70 the
faith of the fathers.
Had YOU improved the opportunity referred
10. n would DO cay for you to crafty a reason.
able ambition n an able man and n tred ana
true Democrat TO DcCOm" the Dctnucratlc can
didlt- Tor the high Office Of Prrsideni. Ia 1904,
uuism ana ali the. fool phanta-us which that
implies. you would be an easy man to beat ana
ROCHESTER,, Oct g. 1. L. WILLIAMS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
From he Sard7nah Pres,

From me S1td7nGh prsN
The Press prints in another column the communi
cation Of Col, Alexander n. Lawton TO THE sun. In
II he gives the reasons why he proposes 10 vote for
the Hon. william Mckinley. the Republican nominee
forPrssident. Col lawton Is a prominent citizen OF
Savannah and enjoys the unqualified respect 81 the
people. lie Is no, a politician so far az ono e. seeking
and ume-serving GO lie is a conservative man who
Is trying to be perfectly sincere In Ills position
The Prt0 does not coincide With Col. LaWton'S
idea that he Is forced To chang his politics lie Is a
man Of ability and influence. haa always acted with
the Democratic parry IN State ard national affairs.
and this departure IL an unusual and. thr res
thinks, an unnecessary one. Indeed, W. suspect that
Col LAYTON is a be,,er Dcmoera, than bis letter would
indicate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

The Greek currant crop Is lass than one-siXth
as large as usual this year, Christmas plum
pudd. ngs must therefore be made scant in ono
Of their important ingredients. 1t is a disas-
trous year for the people oil the little Levantine
kingdom. for currants usually comprise about
oue-half Of their total exports. and the distress
is already So great that subscriptions have
been opened for the laborers In the currant
fields, many OF whom. having no crop to gather.
are without work.
been larger than the demand. and the Greeks
have had occasion TO lament the prevailing low
prices. but now the crop has been ruined by
the disease called peronosporos. and in Great
Britain, where abouts third OF the crop Is con-
sumed. the price has risen TO thirty shilling .
hundr ghL which means no currants for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

An army order issued on the Ith Of this
month requires regimental and battalion and
squadron aijutsnts, regimental quartermasters
and commlssaries. hereafter to wear the devices
OF their respective departments In the loweT
angles OF the inslgnla of their arms OF the service.
This Is the rule in the National Guard Of this
State. which has before this set the example for
the army to follow. Gen. BRowNELL OF this
Guard devised the street riot drill, y now
adopted in the drill regulations for infantry.
This State divided IL regiments into battalions
before the Government did so; and In other
ways has set examples which Uncle Sam has
followed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

the general public. This dried fruit IL not the
currant Of our kitchen gardens. but Is a mail
seedless raisln once commonly known as the
2ante currant because so much Of IL is grown in
that Greek island. but now more often called the
Greek ~currant: and II Is meant whenever cur
rants are referred 10 Ia statistics OF International
trade. Our purchases Of II have been large and
increasing. and Greece finds customers for this
little ralsln all over the world from f. gland TO
Australia. Perhaps Greece will sell all the
more nett year because 1t will be missed this
season.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

1t ia a moral certainty that Mr., JOHN d. GRIM
MINIS. in giving his reasons for supporting
MCKINLEY and ROOSEVELT. expressed the con-
viction OF ninety-nine out Of every hundred
intelligent Democrats. Moreover. no one OF the
ninety-nlne can be excused from voting with
Mr., CRIMMISs on the ground that his vote ia not
needed. The cause OF honest money and anti
Organism calls for every possible vote The
bigger the victory the safer the gold standard
will be.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
FILIPINO ROBS THE MAILS.
The Local Court In Trying Him wants ia
Disregard the Laws OF the GATED states.

WASHINGTON, oct. ST. II. Vaille. director
of Philippine posts. has forwarded to the Post
ONCE Department a statement in regard to the
arrest Of a native Of Nesros. p, l., for robbing
the mails, Instead Of applying the laws Of the
United states to the culprit, however, the local
courts wanted TO try him on the basis OF the
value of the goods stolen. disregarding tho
American theory Of the sanCtity OF the malls.
II was suggested that he restore the goods,
some handkerchicfs and trinkcts, and then lie
should be released after a brief imprisonment.
Mr.. Naille wanted advice as TO what lie should
do in tho case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
SHOr R0CKEFELLER'S sOCIRRELs.
John Dietz's Hunting Experience Cost Him
SIH. or 81 for Each SQUIRREL.

T~NRRYTowS, Y. I, oct s-John Dietz.
an employee Of the Rand Drlll Company, paid
SIS to Judge Armstrong this morning for shoots
ing three gray squirrels on the property OF
a Gun and went out to look for game John u,
Rockefeller. like his brother, William, is fond
OF gray squirrels, md has many Of them on
his property. Despite the signs that no hunt.
ing was allowed on the grounds, DietZ banged
away and bagged three Of the squirrels. Special
Deputy Sheriff Paul Comfy arrested him..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

II we must have an army, We must have Il, and "
young men wont volunteer, they VIII be forced 10
setve-thais nevitable-BoStJ Post
Tut, tut never break your head about II.
You will never have to draft the young rascals.
They will be too quick for you. ABsAIoM has
a stomach for fighting; and the Hell of Var in
the Tropics or the Antarctics scares him about
as much as the prattle OF militarism and
imperlalsm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
Cod Liver oil for Hay Fever.


Tho appended note from q careful observer
who has had hay fever thirty years or moro
may be of interest, In my own practice | cons
tinue TO use the remedy / had the honor first to
bring to professional attention two years ago
namely. suprarenal extract, locally and inter-
na,ly. Conjoined / In some cases with the use q
oily sprays and the occasional administrat ton
OF atropin or hyoscin hydrobromate In very
minute doses, II gives almost complete relief
temporarily
MY DEAR Doctor am able now 10 say that
cod liver oil used as q spray for the nostrils Is a
treat palliative II hay fever In my case 81
days when there IS a sea breeze here the relief :
a most total. on bad land rceze DAYS tho
~rellrfis rs great as heretofore obtained with
other remedies on the best sea breeze DAYS 20
roughly packing, about on-half. | recon-
mend the subject TO the attention Of the pro-
fession. he atOmizer used Is "A hard
rubber oil atomizer. The oil is "deodor-
lzed. use II once every three hours. or
oftener II required"
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N our friend, rho fdror uj vhh rdhu'''p' Wv
pv6icaifon vtIh 10 hdrS rti'oi'd a''ioN'
,,va An al ease, Dnd aamp, for fhaI purpo's'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

PARIS KIosqu, Nn ~. near Grand Hoel ana
KIosou. No. 10, Boulevard des CapucineS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-16

curiosity by meeting the Marquis and Nicolas.
her two former husbands. who both turn up at a
Venetian fete. Before going to meet her two
ex-husbands however, syIvie meets Henri
again. and says to him (and this according to
the "Figaro's' dramatic critic. NJ. Henri Fou-
quer is the moral of the play: You save me!
I was going 20 fall into 1ibertinage,' and you
bring me love!" At this point the curtain falls.
The first night was a brilliant success for
Nine. R4jane The play seems to have been
written especially for her. just as was "Zaza."
and, like "Zaza," puts the actress through all
her best PAGES.
This new kind Of vaudeville, rightly baptized
'le vaudeville hbertin,'' is gorgeously mounted
and the costumes and scenery form beautiful
collection OF animated pictures. Nine Rejane
in one scene personihes the well known portrait
of Nine. de Porcln. by Greuze. Lerand who
acts to perfection the Marquis de Beauvoisn
wears the red heels and Louis XVI changeable
silks and velvets with a grace worthy OF De-
launay. Huguenot makes a superb Marshal OF
the Empire. and Burguet. as Henri, reproduces
the portrait of Marriott in the attack on Rats
bon. The Carnival at Venice is sumptuousy re-
produced. All this g:lds the play and .conceaIs
its defects. For, after all. "Sylvie'' is inver-
tebrate. It's sequences are neither natural nor
logical. 1t is sensual. voluptuous erctic and
merely places aneedotaI eighteenth century IL
tentiousness in the glare of modern electric
light. CT B.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-16
TAXES AND EMPIRE.
,fR FREDERICK GREENwooD's PRO-
PosALs FOR PROVIDING NEW REEVE
NUES-A SLOW GOING CHAN
cELIoR AND TEE RAPID
MARCH OF EVENTS.
MARCH OF EVENTS
London, December 5,

London, December 5.
Mr.. Frederick Greenwood retired from active
journalism after an honorable career as the
soupder Of The Pail Mall Gazette and the
F6itor Of The ST. James's Gazette; but the