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10 REDrsE CiTy TsSss.


To rur tbftoR 90 Tup sus sir There l.
moral power enough In this community, every
tlTe, 10 boat down tho tsscals, bn' II must -
stirred 10 Ia very depths. II must fight M \ unit,
otherwise Tho cns~ I. hopeless.
Thoiaspayefs are oil Tho limo b,lns plnrdet"d.
aud t~hat,ioo. under forms Of law III. municipal
s~overbmsnt Ia IN ~ieldy. u to't'rs 10 fall m
dsr 'ts " weight. There arc too many cnlce-
holders, many Of thee could b" cut out w. The
benef' 81 the service. and IN this way ths bur
deDs ~ tho sfpsysr. could bo relieved
Take. 10, esnmple. tho Aaus Iuot CommiS
sion and th' new East River brdsc Commission.
neither Of them are now needed
The Bridge Cotoln'sslon was Organized under
tho Inv Of ises This oct nied a time lint, TO its
existence. but by an arm endmrnt TO thi- act.
passed In 1893. thi, commission IL made permp-
nent The nc, provided for eight Commissioner
siI OF whom are paid a salary Of $500 a
I undertake to say that ,here 10 no more need
Of slx eals y-drawing ON ulseioners thai there
10 need for six Mayors.
ure were prao, icaliy complete two years nso,
Now the business Il constructive engineering
and leeal, proceedings in the condemn ,tion OF
In competent hands and do not need unskillsd
advice, Then why continue this us les body
TO suck the blood OF overburden'd tax
venture TO say that Individual Commis-
sioncrs give very little personal attention 10 the
work. And why. should they? For Their j.
really very little they car do except 20 draw
their salaries. which, ] believe. lie promptly done.
This commission should be alto ished and tn.
work turned over TO the Commissioner 81
Bridges. This would save SIS 600 a year which
is worth saving. There are many other abuses
that Governor 0dell will welcome tn assista nee
taxpayers can suggest toward eisine to this
city q clean. more economical and better
government. TAX REDuCER.
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GIFT or ANTIQUITIES 10 YALE.
Papyri for Columbia Univer sity and for Ham.
iiton and vasssr Colleges.

To THE EDITOR or THE SIN SIR: 4 de-
spatch from New Haven in TIRE SIN Of Nov
Is states that the collection Of objects from
Egyptian tombs just received Al the Peabody
Museum was presented by the Connecticut
branch of the American ArchR, illogical Society. "
1t should have read. Connecticut branch
Of the Egyptian Exploration Fund whose
American Office il in Boston. with which the
Connecticut society is affiliated Antiquities
are distributed among American museums
pro rata Of the subscriptions from their re-
spective localities for tho Egyptian Explora-
ton Fund. An allotment also goes To the
Metropolitan Museum.
Oflcial word to-day from London states
that sixteen papyri. are selected for Columbia
University. three for Hamilton College and
four for Nassar College of your State. These
are among the returns for our labors and for
the generous appeals which The SrS has made
for This society ! add that these papyrI and
the many yet to come are all numbered and
described In our volumes o. sometimes in facsim-
lie which are mailed To all fve-dollar sub
scribcrs 10 the cause. The papyria as a study can
be Of use CRev) WILLIAM CoPLrY WrSsLow,
Nicc-President and Honorary Secretary.
BOSTON, Nov. 10.
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The Kentucky at SMYRNA.

A step. simple In itself. that yet may have
weighty results. Is the order from the Navy
Department to Capt. CHESTER. command
ing the battleship Kentucky. to proceed
with his ship 10 the Turkish port OF Smyrna.
II was not contemplated hat the Kentucky
should stop at any Turkish port on her way
to Manila to relieve the Oregon: but changes
of route are not unknown in the navy, and
the sending OF the battleship to SMYRNA is
not in itself important. The bearings Of the
act lie in the application of It. As no
American warship has touched at IN
Turkish port for upward Of "A year, the
visit 10 smyrna of the Kentucky deserves
attention.
For many months the United States have
tried TO obtain from the Sultan an indem-
nifty for the murder and spoliation OF
naturalized American citizens residing in
Armenia. Requests that he pay havelhcen
made personally To the Sultan by the Amer
lean Minister. Mr.. STEAUs, but they
have been put aside. II i said that
the Charge d'ANaires at Constautinopla
ronews the request every SATURDAY, and
every Saturday receives from the Sultans
Ministers the assurances Of their highest
consideration The indemnity claimed
amounts To 500, ooo. and a cash payment j.
demanded.
If tho visit ~ the kentucky 10 smyrna
shall prove To be- more than a mere friendly
call, II may be assumed that any action her
commander may be directed 10 take to oh
tain the indemnity at issue will be in accord
ance with the rules Of peace. not Of war:
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IAKEVOOD,S SEASON OPENS.
VIII BE More Than Usually Gay This Year -Ho-
tells Already Filling Up.

LAKEWOOD. y. j. Nov. 2o-At Horse Show
time the Lakewood season begins. and this year
IL promises to be unusually gay. The resort In
the pine woods. where the climate seems wholly
different from that affecting the adjacent country
in winter. has steadily grown In popularity
IN the last few years, and though the hotels
were only opened last week they are already
being filled.
great three days golf tournament has been
arranged for the coming week, beginning on
Thanksgiving Day, The links are in perfect
condition, and some Of the best-known amateur
and professional golfers In the United States
are expected 10 take part. The polo fields are
in equally fine shape. and preparations are being
made for a series of matches for the followers
OF the fashionable game of brains and muscle.
The Goulds will entertain extensively at
Georgian Court this winter. and In the cottage
colony a great number Of social functions have
been planned Many OF the gee have
been open several weeks and Auditors
10 the cottagers' ranks are being made
daily. Lakewood's proximity tn New YORK
+ IT. great drawing card, a hard working
business man being able to get away
from his Office late In the afternoon and 10 ioin
his family az dinner here almost rs easily as he
could uptown in the city 50 many business
men have discovered this that The Lakewood
season is getting under way earlier and is ikely
to close later this year than ever IL did.
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GEN. FITZ LEE BACK FROM CrBA.
Ends His Nearly Five Years Labors There and
Bound for His Western Post

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee arrived from Havana
yesterday on the new West India liner. the
Moro Castle. For the first time since April
10, 1896. Gen Lee is without Official relations
with Cuba, for he Is here en- route to Omaha
to take ommand Of the Department OF the
Missouri, First az Consul General at Havana
under Presidents Cleveland iand Mckinley
and then "a MaJor-General Of United States
Volunteers operating in or against Cuba and
later. by Congressional enactment-% ~ Brieadler-
General in the permanent establishment. zen
Leo has had continuous diplomatic military
and administrative relations with the ISLAND
On Monday Gen Lee spent n birthday at sea
was born on Nov 10, 1895.
There Is little that ! can say Of Cuban con-
dit ms Of the present" said Gen Lee To re-
p Drters at the Ward Line dock Yesterday. This
GJvernment promised Cuba "A free and indie
p 'ndent government and a Constitutional Con
V 'nton Is now In session a part 81 the full
himent OF that promise. The convention is a
small one and az yet little has been done The
examination and settlement Of contested repre-
sentation has occupied attention so far. just
whit results the convention will produce is
not yet clear
Con Lee left the pier for the Grand Hotel
He will visit Washington and Richmond before
starting West to take M his new duties
Accompanying him are his adjutant.
Major X +. Niche, and his aide. Capt W n
Hart Major Niche was Adjutant General
of the Seventh Army Corps and afterward
Of the division Of West ern cuba.
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WHALEN SNUBS THE ALDERMEN.
lie viii Tell Them what the Law H.. but wont
Tell Them Why So.

Some time ago Corporation Counsel Whalcn
Informed the Municipal Assembly that their
part in the authorization Of certain bond issues
was merely ministerial. ON Nov. 70 the Alder
men adopted a resolution asking him TO tell its
Members why their duties were purely minis
terial. Yesterday Mr.. Whnlen snnt a letter to
the board declining to give the information il,
wanted In the letter he said
The present resolution Is not a request for
advice. but a direction that the law department
furnish 10 the Board of Aldermen Of the city in
detail the reasons for lie opinion. What | am
really requested 20 do by the resolution IL 10
supply yul with a brief in support Of nay opin-
ion This ! must respectfully decline to do
] have been A. all times ready 10 supply your
honorable board with legal advce, Which has
been given With a full appreciation of the re-
SponsIhle duties imposed upon you. but when
that advice has been given 70 yOu my duty has
ended. ! see. therefore, nothing to add To my
prior communication bearing date oct. 10,
tl.t "
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Hospital Authorities Involved.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-SN: As Mr..
Croker and Others are taking considerable interest In
the Police Department It might be OF interest TO your
readers, asst would be 10 me 10 know what punish.
msnt u any. was melted out 10 the sergeant OF the
hicycle squad who some months 20 was drunk and
d~iSorderly In one Of the well known hospitals Of This
city.
Were any OF the hospital authorities who knew Of
the condition and actions OF this police ser geantsu
ppnhed to appear II 50. were the as legally
served Did any one notify the hospital authorities
that Their evidence would not be needed II so. from
whom did such notice come,
This matter ! cal TO your attention chiefly because
OF III. fac. that In Conversation with one OF the bicycle
squsd ] was Informed by hin that n the sergeant had
bet a poor patruiman he would have been bounced
from the fore. but being a sergeant he had a pull
with The hospital authorities and they let up on him.
From >ome Information which ] have CLEANED In the
matter ] am inclined TO think that the hospita al au-
thories were never legally subprnaed. and that a
notice Of some kind was served telling them tina, their
evidence would not be needed Z. A s.
NEW YORK.. Nov. ".
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sosrm avn sor,1 avn D%ssOrSaov.
4 t-ssirs s.rror'-s ~ .t',sn IN the Tate
sampsisr m tho Urms,fatie sosth,

Ffurl ne fhfrugY fhrprirs
without atfosnnc.. wlthOut mall - wlthn'h
departure from ~. truth IN the smallest do
gree, II should he . Id and said plainly that ihs
rerpl" ~ N" North ara better nttsd ~ oharnc.
tor. by lnirll s~no~ and by Industry than III o"
~ any other section 10 rule this Government
They have fulcd Il for forty ysnrs and nothing
II moro imprcs.lyely written In tho books 81
fh'c than Tho fact that lhey are ~ RUE II for
many generations H. come.
The I~Upl. 81 I'll, Sorth have thelr faults, as
"vory people must have. bat such ~ they are,
with tho lisht given 90 them. they afeths people
to whose Judgment oil questions OF politics must
be referred and 10 whose decisions all parties
mus, bow
In the South the so-cslIsd Democratic party
IL INDUSTRIOUS p~retence. . mere survival Of race
hatred. actuated by no other controlling sentI-
inent. and subject, 10 a rni,ter Of course. under
such conditions, to impulsivs and il-considered
movements In one direction or another az this
or that dslusion may seize upon It's members.
For nfty years before the slavery war the
Democracy OF the South had no controlling pur-
pose but TO keep the negro ia bondage and TO
extend tbs system 10 new States and Terri
tories. For the thirty years since the slavery
war the Democracy Of the South has had no
great AIM but to prevent the negro from exer-
cising the right, OF citizenship. These oondl-
lions bore their natural fruit, first. In the dsvel-
opment OF the undemocratic spirit Of tyranny
and secession. and. second. In the encourage
rnsnt " vicious undemocratic ideas Of finance
and economy.
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Prizes for Weli.kept Railroad.

From the Louisville Courier-JoSrnaL.
The officials of the Illinois Central Railroad,
now on an inspection tour of the entire system.
paid Supt. W. }. Harahan. Rosdmaster L. C.
Downing. Road Supervisor J NJ. Russell and
Section Foreman J W. Shaw n high and merited-
compliment yesterday afternoon by designating
the Pleasure Ridge Park section ,he best-kept
section on the louisville division and on the en-
tire -vsiem of the Illinois Central Railroad.
To the Louisville section. which captured the
first priz", viii be awarded two handsome sign
boards. one will be le'tercd in gold, which Will
d sienate II "a the beet-kept section on the en-
tire system; aud another will designate IL as the
beSt-kept section on the Louisville division.
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Southern candidates.

From The Dublin Wd) Courier dispatch.
The COurier-Dispntch is in perfect accord
with the sentiment recently expressed by the
Macon Telegraph TO nominate a Southern man
for President and a Southern man for Vice.
President.
The people of the South have sung psalms TO
a dead horse long enough. and now Is the time
to stop. In 1904 let US not attempt the chase OF
an ignis fdtuus. but mob the fret man or set Of
men that seeks TO convince us that this or that
man. North or West, should he nominated be-
cause he may be stronger in certain doubtful
States. and then proceed to name a ticket OF
Southern men. The honor Of the nomination Is
all that there il Ia IL, and let's give the honor to
our own people.
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While the horse Il king In MADISON Square
Garden and the racetracks In this part Of the
country have closed for the season, the pnr-
formances Of some Of tn, thoroughbred
runners conspicuous during the year may be
reviewed with interest, Al the beginning Of the
s'ason TIE crown appsared unqueetiouably 20
belong To Ethelbert. IL was thought that he
had but one rIval-the mare Imp When the
two net for the first time. on May 5, in the
Metropolitan Handicap. Ethelbert won by three
l'rcth-, Imp tinishing third In the BROOKLYN
Handicap, Imp met the greatest equine c.
nludrum Of the year. kinley Mack. and was
defeated; but on that occasion she was giving
away eight pounds When the two came to-
gether. nj even weights on May 80. Imp beat
kinley Mack by two lengths.
About the middle OF June the trio were
brought together In the suburban Handicap.
and kinley Mack. receiving five pounds from
Etheloert and six from Imp, won. The threa
stars again met on July : in the Brighton Handi-
cap. at Tone mile and a quarter. and in that event
the handicapper beat them all. for the race vas
won by Jack Point. Imp finishing third. with
Ethelbert and Kiniey Mack far away. In the
lslip Stakes, on July IS, Imp and Ethelbert met
on even terms. the colt winning easily.
OF the three thus named, probably Imp is the
most popular" She takes the fancy Of the
crowd. During tho year she has responded to
the flag oftener than any other horse In her
class. and has generally carried a discouraging
impo~t. She's a Black Maria.
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Two Centuries Of RusscHs.

To THE EpiToR OF THE SUv Sir: The ar'cl.
which appeared recently In u SUN on the sub
Jet 81 Yale's place Of birth recalled to the mind OF
the writer a relic which now lies before him. II Is
an Old Testament and prayer book, the yellow ny.
leaf OF which bears the autograph In faded yet lerible
lines. Samuel Russell. 100" Being through the
son. ~. Thomas Russell O727E grandson. John
Hancock Russell (l779; great grand son, John
Leslie Russell Gsoai, the intimate friend and
associate Of Silas Wright. and the great great-rrand
son. Leslie ". Russell Of the Supreme Court. a d.
scendant Of the nth generation and a graduate NJ
Yale Of Just two centuries later than the date NJ IN.
signature. the writer is impelled 10 mention the relic
and subscribe himself
ROBERT RUSSELL. Yale. 1907.
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Republican Municipal Candidate.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-St: You hav
printed numerous letters concerning the anti. Tam.
many crusade. mos, OF which urge all ant, Tammsny
ties to combine In naming some prominen, Demo.
GRAFT
they have before.
The only way 10 beat Tam many 10 TO adopt the
same methods against Croker as were used agalns,
Bryan.
Let every honest man support the Republican can
didates against dishonest city politics as they did the
State diShonof.
II this indie pendent vote can trust the honor Of the
nation and State as the lesser Of two evtlsl with the
Republican party. they surely can trust the Empire
city In the hands Of this party also
HAROLD VAN RENSSELAER,.
1EAST FIFTEENTH ST.. Nov Ia
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Lieut. Zen, MILES should be ADVISED to
adopt a basis for providing this country with
an army other than the one he has proposed.
To have one soldier for every thousand in-
habitants, the Miles plan. would give US 10000
men. which is not quite enough. Tho plan
which our esteemed contemporary. the Wash
'not0n Times. proposes a. a substitute
FOR MILEs's would give US "A thousand
soldiers for every day in the year.. or se6, 100
men. which are too many. The better scheme
would be to provide a thousand men FOR every
week Of tie year. or 50 go. and then double up,
which would make tho army io4. o0, or only
1900 less than the 100. 900 recommended by the
Secretary OF War. probably with referenc, to
the country's needs. The plan based on the
almanac. that Is, ours. il somewhat more com
plicated than Gen. MiLys's plan based on
population. but We believe that more military
experts would favor 1t.
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~ Tho Great Lakes. surely. tho prospect 10

pleasing,
n Ia probable that som" ono will arise 10
AK why there should lie n subsidy hlll to
bring about tho revival u the merchant
marine whcn II already IL r"vlvina ana
when II has nearly oyItased our producing
ability Ono answo IL uppcfmost NO
nation with n large extent ~ senooast ana
dependent Tor n large part OF 's ooih-
motco upon ttnnspot tHtiUu IN tho seaA has
complete Independence until 10 carries
or IL able to curry its W goods Tho
United States have complete political IN
dependence. but they have not yet achieved
complete commercial Independence. Any
measure that will hasten that desirable day
of freedom should bo welcomed, The
matter OF cost. that II, the mere question or
dollars and cents. Involved In the bill TO
secure this freedom. should DO the last
element to be considered.
The American flag il seen all too rarely at
sea, With the growing accumulation In
this country Of money seeking Investment
II Is probably only a question OF time when
the flag will appear. In the natural course OF
events, slowly but surely, on merchant
ships on the ocean. The need Of its quick
appearance, however. IL urgent. The adop-
ton Of sound national legislation to secure
that end Is wise craftsmanship.
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The Male shirt Waist in Divorce.
LINN fhe BhnndcInhin Rccnr1

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Nov. H-Judge Dellen-
baush fxed the connubial standing Of the shirt
waist man before the law to-day, when he gave
the wife Of a shirt-waist man a divorce from
swore that her husband. William F. Livingston,
went to the Buchtel Hotel in Akron last summer
In a pink shirt waist. He wanted TO eat in the
dining room OF the hotel and was. she says.
put out. She AMID she had for some time been
dissatisfied and unhappy because she found
but after the shirt waist episode there was a
separation and the proceedings were begun.
Mrs. Livingston did not even want the GUS
tody Of her child by the shirt-waist husband,
and when the Judge announced that he would
award her the custody Of the baby she said
she did not want IL, as she had no means for It's
support. The child. therefore. goes to the
husband.
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The bill thus passed on May 2 went to the
Senate and was referred on the next day to
the Committee on lnteroCeanic Canals. Of
which Mr.. MORGAN il the chairman. He
reported it back to the Senate without
amendment on May "A, and on June2, in the
lack Of time for consideration before the
Impending adjournment, the Hepburn bill
was made by unanimous consent the special
order for Monday, December 10. at W
o'clock In the afternoon.
Meanwhile, MIR. HAYS treaty has re-
manned unratiled in the Senate. The time
originally set as the limit for the exchange
of ratincations expired nearly four months
ago. The proposed treaty received. how
ever. a new lease Of life by an agree
ment made with Lord P~ArNCEFOTE
last summer by the Secretary OF
State. This treaty. If ratified in It's
present form. would bind the United
States for all time to keep the canal
open to its own enemies. in any war in
which Ne may be engaged. Our own water
way would be available for hostile use by
the fleets Of the C%EEvERAs and CAMARAs Of
the future, as well "a for the passage Of the
battleships of the CLARRs and the squad
rons OF the SIMPSONS and DEwEys. And
the ultimate control Of the canal for which
we are to pay would be vested not in this
nation or its Government, but in a concert
of European Powers guaranteeing its nel-
trality.
That Is why the Hay-Paunccfote Treaty
has never been pressed by its promoters to
a vote in executive session Of the Senate.
There has been no time when il could
have received the two-thirds vote neces-
sary To ratify. The obstacle has been
the American sentiment demanding that
the canal shall be wholly under the control
Of the United States. alike in peace and in
war, and that European authority shall
not be established on this continent.
who doubts that II the Hay-Paunce-
fote Treaty provided for such a canal the
treaty would have been ratified by tho
Senate, months ago. by "A vote as emphatic
and "a non-partisan as that which put the
Hepburn bill through the House?
The provisions of the Canal bill and the
are incompatible. They can abide together
only in case one or the other is modified.
We very much mistake the temper and in
tentions of the American people II they are
prepared to consent that the vital principle
OF absolute American control shall be sacri-
feed in the bin in order 10 make it accord
with Mr.. HAYS treaty.
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The Southern Political Project.
From the uocon Telegraph.

FTOW NE Juc0n TtIeUTdpN.
Repeal the Fifteenth Amendment to the Con-
~stitution and then there will come a division in
the South on economic lines OF thought. Until
then there must and there will be a compact
white mans party. not in accord with the one
or the other political parties Of the North. This
being 50, We might us well vote for one Of our
own for President. We cannot be worsted.
There might come a time when our Electors
seeing that We could not elect our own man.
would be able to call a turn rs between two
parties Of the North
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From he Baiimo-e American
Insects are an ~unfailing indication OF the STATE q,
the weather. Bees are .xcelien, weather prophets II
there is 10 be a shower, the bees never 20 far from
home, but gather their honey In the Immediate nS n
bcshood Of their hives OF nsN
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and ,hs, 'hcrr will 10 M bofrhardmen' Nm.
lc-- Turkey commlta soino overt net ~ IN
fflendlIn".s.