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The sun., 1900-09-25
ROsH HASHONAH.
Impressive Ceremonies Marked Yesterday the
Incoming nf the Jewish New Year.

Rosh Hashonah. the opening OF the jewish
year 5oel, was observed a. usual yesterday
II Is the greatest holiday In the Hebrew cal
endar and the beginning Of Il religious period
which lasts ten days Orthodox Jews through
out the country marked the occasion by at
tending services in the various synagogutS
and performing such religious exercises as
they believe will soften the wrath OF the Al
mighty and bring To naught the Vaccinations
OF Satan The jewish Now Year really COM
menced at sunset on sunday, all days accord
ing TO the Hebrew calendar beginning at sun
set. The faithful all partook Of some food that
they had not partaken q; at any time during
the year. As fruits are plentiful In this coun-
try and are frequently eaten by Jews here
the unusual food selected yesterday most gen
orally was honey, while Few ate olives lh-
From to-day on the Ten holidays will be
strictly observed. To the deyOht Jew ule
period Is one Of fear and dread aud there Nll
be- no rejoicing. lie believes mat ullilhg
the first two days Jehovah sits IN JudkI4rn'
upon his acts uf the past year. So tn-daN'
like Yesterday the faithful are forbidden to
work. This evening every Hebrew is sup,
posed to gO Ia a nearby body Of water ana
cast Of his SINS at the same time rrCltlhs
prayer called the Tushch, or Throwing tway'
II matters not whether he goes to We'll or a
river, he reCitss this prayer and shakes hls
the water. About New York the Brooklyn
Bridge is quits generally resorted 10 TOT this
purpose.
on the eve " the tenth day, the Day OF
Atonement, each family strives TO ~ ite members
for the fatefll morrow. TO do this they again
go through the rites which are supposed 70
Is wealthy fowls are provided. Each male
holds a male fowl while prayer Is recited
asking that the fowl be accepted as sacri-
fice for the human being Then the Offering
Is swung three times above the head ana IN
this manner II IA believed all the sins OF the
nan arp transferred to the fowl. which Is then
slaughtered. The poorer Glasses use SINAI!
coin is "A sacrifice.
II Il during these ten daNs that the rate OF
each Hebrew X supposed TO be written in "a"
judgment book for the year Just begun he
blowing of the shOfar. or rams horn. viii b"
a feature Of the tenth days services a. II wa
Of Yesterdays A. sunset on the Day OF Atone
ment long blast on the shotar announces
that the RELIGIOUS festival has ended and that
those who have not made peace with the Al
mighty will not have a chance 70 do so Tor
auptlar
The sun., 1900-09-25
Let the south Look Ahead, Not
Behind

We print elsewhere on this page a letter
from correspondent who describes him
self "a one Of many Southerners in New
York" in which complaint is made Of us
for suggesting that riotous brutality against
negroes in New York may be the conse-
quence Of the inflammation of peoples
minds by the Acknowledgement ~ negroes
In the South, or that some other devilsh
agency has been at work" This. orr
CORES pondent. Mr. ROLAND HALL. inter
prcts ~ "A spasmodic attempt" on the
part 81 THE SUN. to do or say something
unkud" beyond its usual lines Of fair
treatment"
Now. one Of the besetting weaknesses
Of the people of the Southern States has
always been their supersensltiveness touch
ing anv discussion Of their affairs During
the DAYS Of slavery IL was displayed TO NOR
bid extent and the Civil War provoked
by them was the consequence. For fifty
years, and more particularly for the twenty
years before that desperate resort, they
kept this country in turmoil over
slavery. through their efforts TO extend
their peculiar institution" "a they
eurhemisticaly called that barbaro,,sly
uneconomical system When Mrs. SrowF
wrote her famous novel OF Uncle Toms
Cabin they treated the story as a sedi-
tious political document, though II was
wholly within the bounds Of unassailable
art. and they poured vain and absurd
insults on the people of the free States
as mud stills and the like: but those
States were not disturbed by such license
Of speech. and were content to let their
deserts vindlcate them
Now, thrtv-hve years after the Civil
War and whom slavery has been abolished
for generation, the negro question is still
pushed forward and used in the States
of the old slave Confederacy as a means
Of keeping them politically solid against
the rest of the Union. In 1894 there was
no danger of the triumph OF destructive
Brvansm. except az II came from those
old slave Stntes and there is none from IL
now in any other quarter. Whatever
the policy proclaimed. they vote solidlv
and there ia in them no political discussion.
no political division, except on this ever
lasting and utterly tiresome and Irrelevant
negro question. II II was question OF
the means 10 be employed in the deporta
ton W the negroes from those States as
an intolcrahle part of their population
n would he respectable; but they do not
want to get rid Of the negroes, for the black
men constitute laboring population essen
tial to their prosperity They neither
attract nor seek TO invite any other labor.
The sun., 1900-09-25
WINS A MEDAL or HONOR.
CoIswain Tbordsen Rewarded for Bravery In
Action In the Philippines

WASHINGTON. Sept - A medal Of honor
has been awarded by the Navy Departments
N CoXswain William G. Thordsen Of tho little
gunboat Pampanga for bravery in action on
shore al Hilongas. island OF Leyte. one OF the
Philippine group, last May Thordsen. with
a detail from the gunboat and a Colt automatic
gun. took part in attack on the Insurgents
who were protected by church AT Hlongas
Thordsen. on a hillock not $50 yards from the
church and exposed to the insurgent fire. coolly
signslled the Runboat TO she'll the building
lie attorward Joined In the charge and on three
different occasions IA close lighting around
the church voluntarily led the column IN cases
OF extreme danger. Major Andrews, Forty
third Infantry. who commanded the pNpedi-
tion. after reporting the incident. says Of Thord-
sen.
His spirit was superb. and he II fine example
Of the stun of which American soldiers are made,
that enables them 10 90 into suoh hell-holes a.
they did that day. and by their very dauntles5
dash and valor counterbalanco all odds in men
and fortihcations, while they 30 S'ampeded
this cowardly, soullesS enemy as TO render their
fire action practically worthless, ana enabled
us 70 win those almost bloodess Victories
Lieut. Payne. commanding the PampRnGa.
commends Thordsens conduct as deserving q
medal OF honor, especially as his duties did not
require him 70 volu nteer TO enter places when 10
was necessary TO call for volunteers TO CO. but
this he did three times
The sun., 1900-09-25
Complain. Of Street Bonnre.,

To THE EDITOR oP THR SUN Sir: The Com
missioner Of Highways might not only earn the graft
tude of the residents Of the neighborhoOds affected
hut might also save the city large sums OF money
required annually for patching and repayinF Dor.
;Ions Of the Belgian block pavement that 10 ruined
In spots where bonnres have burned on IL The IVES,
Side Of this city below Twenty third street SIffcrs
especially from the undisturbed operations Of gangs
Of boys who are already collecting and storing boardA
barrels, boxes. &c, for use election night nor
do they pAt until then, bt arr apt 10 start bonfre
on any afternoon or evening at this time NJ the yesr
when the air happens 20 he chilly. Of COURSE ANY
resident o the street who nterieres with these lawess
pasmes becomes the target for all sorts OF attacks
IRON having his sidewalk and Stoop befoued 70 break
lng Of his windows
While there is an ordinance prohibiting bonn in
city streets the Police Department does not as Tlr
enforce IT, II seems % me that Commissioner Kent
ing could properly request Chief Deyery To Ssue such
orders TO the captains Of the lower West Side
as would require them 20 see that this building OF bon
nres was erectually stopped BESIDES, It would pay
the Board Of Underwriters N make such representa-
tons the proper city ocials " insure the sun
preston Of tits form OF rovdyisn, which il dangerous
both 20 property and life.
II you have spaoe Ia your valuable paper 10 publish
this YOU will confer a great favor on
NEW YORK, sept "a TAXPAYER
The sun., 1900-09-25
A Short Talk on Business.

tn. Brvanites are making themselves out
10 be very indignant at Senator HANNA. VINO
knows something about business, TOT say
ing that there are no trusts bu' ~hs'
HANNA said IL true.
The trust was the nrst form In which
modern capitalistio consolidation TOOK iUs
flrst great step forward. In trust severai
hrms acting In unison surrendered each
tho control OF It's own business 70 central
body Of directors. who should detrlbue
the profit, according to an apportiohmehI
agraad unon This scheme Of comblna-
ton was greatly simplihed when company
was organized to buy outright NUMBER oi
firms engaged In any business; ana tia' 's
the plan Of every so-oalled trust to-usy'
rbey are simply companies with oranohee
in more or less places. such as are run ny
various individuals controlling compare
ttyeiy insignificant amounts OF money
B4tween the great trusts and the grocer
who buys out his next-door rival. there Is
absolutely no difference In principle
The American people have never oeen
known as bl.a'ncfs fools When they niu
a method for adjusting more surely the"
manufactures 20 the needs OF the market
and for greater economy In manufactur-
Ing. they put II in operation. That Is the
trust. They are partnerships OF the com
monest kind. differing only from Thoroughly
old-fashioned partnerships In having usually
partners by the thousand, namely, the trust
shareholders, as against score or 50 oi
mariners by whom the various concerns
were owned and managed before their
consolidation
We respectfully invite those who have
imagined some special evil TO be In trusts
10 consider these two things
|. Trusts are but great partnerships
after all
II. According 20 the Hon. JOHN b.
srAscHHELp Bryanite candidate for GOV
ernor OF New York. these aSgregations
OF oapitel represent the untfication OF every
important industry in the land II Is
against every important industry In the
land. therefore, that Democratic cahdi-
dates are stirring up fanatical hostility
The sun., 1900-09-25
PRINCRTON'S SEAL. TOO.
Said That II l. to Re Jsed as Trade Mark
on Brand OF whiskey.

PRINCETON, y. J.. Sept. "a 1t is announced
that a Philadelphia distiller intends to use
Princstons seal. along with those Of other uni
versities. rs n trade mark for a certain brand
Of whiskev When interviewed this aftarnoon
in regard 10 the stand that the Princeton author
tiles would take in the matter. President Pat
ton said
i am sorry to know that the university seal is
tobe Used Ia this way The matter will undoubt-
edly he brought 10 the notice Of the univer-
they think will be wise Regarding the point in
question Whether there Is or Is not a remedy
to prevent the use Of the aeal for this purpose
] do not deem myself competent 10 saw. I
can easily see, however. that the question in
wolves some very interesting legal inquiries
The university seal will no doubt still serve
10 authenticate any document to which il is
attached, unless pcrchanCe we should be sued
by the whiskey company for an Infringement on
patent rights
The sun., 1900-09-25
ADIRONDACK LANDS PURCHASED.
The state Forest Preserve Board Bsys hors
Than I6, 900 Acres.

ALBANY, Sept. 2l.-The State Forest Pre-
serve Board to-day purchased Of william
Harris the timber lands on the shore Of Sacan-
daga Lake which was formerly Round Lake
and which lice close to Lake Placid The tract
Il heavily covered with thick large timber
growing near the water. being mainly spruce
and hcmock. The transaction with Harris
included OOOO acres in all aud included also
timber lands around Silver Lake. In Benzon
township, The state pays t65 900 for the
lands. or $3.50 per acre:
The Board also purchased three lots Of 1 900
acres in the Lawrence Patent, which enables
the State 10 consolidate its lands on that part
Of the Hudson River water shed IN Hamilton
county.
The BOARD also took Of William McEChron
of Glens Falls, 400 acres. the northca stern
quarter Of Township 10, near Blue Mountain
lake The price was $1,000. This property
contains Salmon Pond, one of the most beauti-
ful lakes in the Adirondack, The board also
purchased several small scattered tracts at
81 so per acre.
The sun., 1900-09-25
INPERIALIsM NOT A NEW CRY.
Indiana Republicans to Circulate a Cartoon
Used Against Andrew jackson.

INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. A.-The RenubYfcan
managers are preparing to flood the state With
fanSimile@ Of a famous cartoon which was
published in the campaign Of isa2 and which
rerresente! Anirew jackson ~ an iuporialist.
The cartoon rcureseuts him IN golden robes.
wearing crown ant wi'l.'iug y ~oop'rr Below
m" picture l. a bitter grralgUmcNt ot the caudi-
date ana the pre- ICiIUu tudi, n elected, he will
subver the Constitution and turu o." Republic
into aU eiruIre.
The cartoon will be- sent broadcast over tho
State AMI Will b" designed 20 show That the oTy
of imperialism ~ not new, and that II was used
against Jack son, and that none Of the pre- iCtlon5
Of evil wa fulhlle'. The date of it, flnst ap-
peaTanoe and the paper from which II Is repro
ouoed WI DO given % - TO show tsaA y n
authentic.
The sun., 1900-09-25
More Example. Of the Blow His Canvass Aims
at Industry.

THF SuN announced the other day that the
clause void IL BRYAN is elected WIS gnttirg
into contracts now a. the payable In gold
clause did four years ago and gave IA al instance
a contract for q large new plant entered into
, by the Nazareth (Pa) Portland Cement Com
pany A similar clause was written on tho
bottom OF Il contract recently entered int,
between the New llaycn Carriage Company and
the !. Curlev Company Of Brooklyn The
contract specifies that the New ilaNen Carriage
Company il To- furnish the Curloy company
with a certain number os carriages at a certain
price until Oct ~. 1901 provided President
Mckinley Is reelected, With the contract
that Joseph VI Palmer Of the Curley company
received WAS the following letter from william
Hooker Atwood, the treasurer of the New
Haven Carriage Company.
We nrloSe herein agreements signed You will
notice that We have made an mdof>,mcnt al the bot
tom. viii YOU pl,asc indors. tI, .uur',M II Is
Just good policy FOR you to udur,c 10 is FOR Us.
Tor yuu do not wish tu be- bound down ty dnN thing
IN case Ui such adverse cfcu instances would occur
In the event Vi bp ans ERECTION.
The endorsement runs 'rhis agreement
To be- null and void IN case William j. Bryan IL
elected President OF the United States IA
November, 1900" Other large concerns are
indorsng large contracts In this way THAR
managers well knowing that a long season OF
business depression would follow the success
Of the Democratic ticket A large Philadelphia
dry goods house in placing orders abroad In
sists that contracts be indorsed similarly.
MILWAUKEE. Sept 24-The following letter.
sent by one Of the largest wholesale jobbins
houses In the country and reccived by largo
manufacturing concern In Milwaukee. is shown
at the Republican state Central Committee
headquarters. II refers to an order for five
carloads of material
In further reference to our contract will
you kindly advise the writer whether, In case
conditions were to become seriously unsettled
on account Of the election and the iobbors should
be confronted by a panicky state OF AFFAIR,
which would result In the sudden shutting
down Of business. You would give rs perms-
sion % cancel the order We have with you for
January shipment?
We do not want to make unreasonable
request and submit the proposition for your
consideration. believing that you will give us
as favorable reply as possible"
The merchant who received this lettor says
he does not know whether the writer'is Demo-
cTat or a Republican.
The sun., 1900-09-25
SCARCITY or WATER IN BROOKLYN.
Denied That the Grand Jury Il Goins to In
vestigate the Matter.

A statement was published In a Brooklyn
paper yesterday that the Grand jury intended
toinvc-tigate the scarcity OF water and the many
alarming statements that there was danger of a
famine An official Of the Ofloa Of District
Attorney Clarke said that he was not aware Of
any such action being taken by the Grand Jury
The Grand Jury, he SaId will be busy until
Friday. when II adjourns, with the regular
work and there Is n good share Of that TO he
attended to do not know Of any plan TO dis
that some Of the jurors who have been reading
the papers may bring mp the matter, but doubt
IL, a. there does not ~ccm 10 he sufficient time 10
go into 50 difficult and prolonged an eNamina-
ton u may b" that some future Grand Jury
will follow ~ the matter, but AT present Il seems
tO be all new -papor talk
The sun., 1900-09-25
TORPEDO BOAT o'BRIEN LAUNCHED.
One Of the Newest Fighting Machines and
Splendidlv Equlpped.

The OBrien, one Of the tor,edo boat, IN
course ot construction al Lewis Nixon's Cres-
cent shipy ard AT Elizabethport was launched
Yesterday morning The O'Brien ia a type
Of the advanced hRhtinR machines, She IL
i75 feet long on the water line. II feet beam
and II feet inches dr1uPht Her dlsplace-
inent il about 1875 tons. Steel has been used
wherever possible. and when wood has been
used II has been electrically treated no to
be freIroof
The piston rods. shafts, connecting rods
and all working parts are Of nickel pla,n. There
are four cylinder triple expansion enginas.
one high power cvlinder is inches in diameter.
one Intermediate power cvlinder II inches
in diameter, and two low poEer cylinders
stroke The indicated horse power Win be-
$500. which will give $50 revolutions TO the
screw per, minute The propelling engines
The O'Brien will be equpped With every
appliance known TO modern naval engnecrinE
The, boat is low in the water and VIII be hard
10 l6cate even by the use Of searchlights Her
armament will comprise three torpedo tubes,
two forward. one aft, and three 3-pound rapid.
carry a Whitehead torpedo In each tube and ad-
ditionsl ones on racks near the tubes The
The boat IL named O'Brfen to perp@tuats
the memory Of the O'Brien brothers. William.
John and Joseph. who figured In the Revolution
In Machas. Me After the news Of the hattie of
Lexington reached Machias the townspeople
erected liberty pole. and the fnct having
been communicated To the British authorities,
the sloop-of-war Margaretta, under the com
inand OF Lieut. Moore Of the Englsh navy
was directed to proceed from Boston to Machias
TO investigate the matter
The MarRaretta was captured by the O'Brten
BOYS after a sharp hsht Lieut. Moore's sword
was presented to Joseph O'Brien, the youngest
of the boys 10 has been handed down from
father 10 son ever since. and was exhibited
at the launching
The boat was christened by Miss Mira Lincoln
O'Brien. the -RranddauRht
Of Joseph O'Brien Her father. Albert II
O'Bren, Is lawyer In Philadelphia lie served
In the Civil War. and subsequently in the United
States marines. from which corps he resigned
as n First Lieutenant in 1878
The sun., 1900-09-25
MR.. H'KINLBY RECALLS OLD TIMRs.
A visit 70 New Berlin. where FITS FIRST Ps,iti-
cal speech Was delivered.

CANTON, SEPT - President and Mrs McKin-
ley paid visit to-day to the little village where
the President made his first political speech
away back In the COS This village Is New
Berlin, about eigh, miles north Of the city The
President and Mrs Mckinley we're out driving,
and the weather being unusually pleasant they
went along country roads. Almost before they
Knew Knew " IneN WIZ si ~ stkhS 40 ol tne prospetQus
past the old house in which the first speech
was made MANY old friends and acquaint-
anCes were recognized
Among the caller- on the President TODAY
were Frank Loomis, United States Minister
TO VenezuPla and Robert T. Skinner. United
newspaper duty AT the McKinlev house during
the campaign q lsoS., Mr. Sdnncr is on leave
Mr LoomiS Is AT the home OF his wife in Spring.
field
The sun., 1900-09-25
CHANGES AT NEW YORK UNTvERsITY.
appointment, Made by the E,eostiv, Cemnit-
tee Yesterday.

The Executive Committee Of New York
University met esterday at tho ONCE Of William
+. Havmeyer. 80 Nassau street, and several
appointments were made Jesss f. Pope
was appointed associate professor Of econo-
mics. MIR. Pope was graduated from the Uni
vcrSity Of Minnesota in 1895. and since then
has devoted his time to teaching and post
graduate work He spent two years at Cnlun-
ba and won two years fellowship In eco
nomcs there
Harry Faults Of Pottsville, Pa master me-
chaniC Of the Reading Iron Company, was
appointed chief mechanic Of the new workshops
~ the mechanical and marine engineering
department These shops will be opened
on Wednesday
The university will begin its sixty-eighth
year on Wednesday. with ten schools and mem
ber,hip Of about 1900.
The sun., 1900-09-25
A scapegoat in Baseball.

Ruftlanism on the ball field having In
creased so markedly Of late, the men chiefly
responsible for IL. the so-called magnates
have concluded that some one must be
punished. and have selected for that pur-
pose. We are told. Mr.. y. r. YouNG, the
Superintendent Of Umpires. They assert
that he has chosen poor umpires and again
that he has failed properly 10 discipline
those he has chosen. Hence disorder
All ~ which Is bosh
Rowdyism comes from the players
habit of dsputing with the umpire, and
the umpires commonly called good are no
safer from assaults Of this kind than um-
The sun., 1900-09-25

pirse commonly called bad. For example.
one Of the club managers said the other
day that certain trouble would not have
occurred II the game had been presided
over by 80 good an umpire as EMsllE'
EMsIIB was the umpire whom DOYLE.
OF the New York Club, recently knocked
down.
The sun., 1900-09-25

Mckinley IL for the preservation Of the
national monetary standard. with which the
national reputation for honesty is inseparably
hound Bryan is for its overthrow by establ IA
Ing the free coinage of silver al 10 ol. under
which the United States. not to mention pri-
vate debtors, would nay out for every dollar OF
debt an amount OF silver worth half as much
as the present gold dollar. That transaction
would be fraud
The sun., 1900-09-25
Empress Of Great Britain.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-sh: There
Is rumor ahoat In England that It Is the Intention
~ the Government on Its return to power after the
general election, to bring forward proposal to make
Queen Victoria Empress OF Great Britain and tine Col.
onieS l.
NEW YORK, Sept IS
The sun., 1900-09-25
Risk, OF Omcers and Men In Battle and From
Disease.

a careful analysis Of the statistics Of British NOR
tallty In the Boer shows that OF the British ON
GERS In South Africa 70 per thousand have been
killed or have died from wounds and 500 per thou
sand have died from disease. or the men 10 per
thousand have been killed or died from wounds and
81 A per thousand have died from disease