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~ SOUTH AFRICA.

or the l2s miles between Bloemfontein and
Kroon.tad Lord Roberts has covered about
half without serious fighting. the Beers falling
back all along the line. II does not seem prob
able that any stand will be made south Of the
Zand River. beyond which the country be-
comes broken and hilly, With long ridges AZ
fording good defensive posiuons The princi-
pal points where fghting may be expected are
about Ventsrsburs and Senekal. the latter on
the road from Winburs TO Bethlehem, The line
OF country between Nentersburg through Sene-
ksl to Ficksburg on the Basuto border is rough
and until cleared oi the Beers an advance from
Natal through the DrakenSberg passes cannot
be made except after stiff fighting The work
SO far sppears to have fallen principally on tho
cavalry and mounted infantry, the country be-
ing favorable TO their employment Gen.
Methuen ls reported to have made diversion
beyond Boshof and found Boer force which
moved OF The most threatening move. how
ever. on Lord Roberts 5 left Is that across the
Vaal toward Taungs and Nryburg. but i, Is in
the advance OF the main body under his imme-
dists command that all tho interest Of the cam
paign now centres
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The American-Mexica boundary

The vagaries OF the Rio Grande are re-
sponsible for the long delay in determining
the boundary between the United States
and Mexico. Tho time allowed by treaty
to complete the water boundary expired on
Dec 20 last Secretary HAY and Sehor
AsPIRos, on Saturday, signed treaty eX-
tending the time for one year from the
expiration Of the time limit
One morning over quarter Of a century
ago the town of Mesilla woke up 10 find IT.
self high and dry on the side Of the river
opposite that which II had occupied on the
preceding evening. The river had simply
changed it's course during the night with
out molesting the town. This occurred
above the point where the Rio Grande
u the boundary. and so MesilIa remains in
New Mexico no matter where the river
chooses to run But the boundary question
has been complicated in the lower valley by
the fact that in time " flood the river every
now and then makes new channels, some
times cutting Off a bend or leaving the old
channel 10 JOIN 1t again some miles below
Among the fields and villages on either side
the stream formerly ran and through which
its waters may again make their way.
1t Is more than half century since the
Mexican War closed, and this may seem TO
be- a rather late day to be delimiting the
boundary between the two countries. The
western half Of the frontier Is not a natural
boundary, such rs the Rio Grande supplies.
and 1t was surveyed and marked by monu-
ments between ls49 and 1853. but the monu-
ments were few in number and not OF per
manent materials The present International
Boundary Commission. appointed in 1891
resurveyed this part Of the boundary and
marked it with many monuments consist
ing of hollow iron posts filled with con-
crete. Soon the work along the Rio Grande
viii be completed and there will be no
further cause for dispute as to the frontier
Of the two countries
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seem 10 have been temporarily overcome
| by the hardships which they had ex-
perienced In the Philippines. No man who
cared for the good name Of his State would
willingly make public these hysterical out
bursts. yet the South Dakota Senator rolled
them as sweet morsels under his tongue.
Not word Of truth In II. writes pri-
vato soldier to Mr PETT1oREw. speaking OF
the Presidents statement that the regiment
wanted to remain in the Philippines until
other troops could take their place. ACap-
tain calls the President + declaration " a fairy
tale. - and adds " We did not enlist 70 re-
main In the Philippines and fght niggers in
the Jungles. Another private complains
that OTIS makes the volnnt GERS do all the
fighting and leaves the regulars stay In
Manila 10 they will not be shot. and this
charge IL reiterated by many OF the Sena-
tors correspondents in various forms. A
typical letter Ia that Of a sergeant, who
wrote thus to Mr.. PETrIGBEw. only few
weeks ago
Many aEtne wished sncs came home that had
gone to deen, where the President welcomed the
statement, in connection with the great patriotism OF
the First South Dakota Reg ment In so far as they
willing ~ stay the Islands after their time had
expired would liked to have ASKED him who the
id fool was that sent such q lle think the Ad-
ninstra,on would put the old granny Of Gen Otis In
a bad hole n It should demand an I'M vsstigauon
The decent men in the First South Dakota
Volunteers must be pleased at the attempt
OF has San to akAx Nat hnx
so patriotic as they had been painted.
A notable contrast Is afforded by the con-
duct of Senator HASsBRoUGH OF North
Dakota. In the discussion o which We have
referred he pointed out that the North
Dakota regiment and the South Dakota
regiment which served in the Philippines
were made up Of about the same class OF
material-men from the shops and the stores
and the farms yet he declared that he had
never heard from the mouth OF any member
Of the North Dakota regiment single com
plant or a single regret that they were In
service In the Philippines Senator HANS
BRoUGH concluded his protest with this
statement:
Mr.. President the North Dakota regiment wns
com posed OF Democrats and Popuiists as well a.
Republicans on their return home | vas at several
receptions which were given 10 those troops and
! recall that Major FRAME one OF the officers
Of the regiment made a speech AT one OF the
receptions Major FRAME was Democrat In The
speech that he made al this meeting he indorsd the
action OF the Administration with respect 70 tho con
duc Of the war and said that II h. had the work
TO do again he would be found In the ranks his
way 10 the Philippines as before"
But this soldier was not patriot Of the
Pettgrew stamp. For the good repute OF
South Dakota we hope the Senator does not
really represent the spirit Of his con-
stituents by and large.
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Cape Nome beach Claims.

To THE EDITOR or lHR SCN Sir: In re
communication in Saturdays SrN signed John
Patterson concerning beach claims at Cape
Nome and certain parties in New York repre-
senting that they own such claims and can cell
them. or stock in them. permit me to say that
parties refer TO are not MIR Patterson and
the company he represents. | never heard Of
MIR Patterson or his company, and ] am now
sorry 10 do SO, because had hoped there was
not more than one of the kind complained Of,
have no desire Ia enter into any controversy
on the subject OF rights in beach claims at Cape
Nome nor had ANYTHING TO offer OF my own
in my previous communication | simply
quoted letter received from the Commissioner
of the Land Ofiice at Washington. and If he
does not know what he Is talking about II Is NOT
my fault Al the same time l would respect
fully request all prospective purchasers OF
so-Called cape Nome beach claims TO read that
letter before putting up great deal OF money.
PRO Bono PCBLlCo.
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Speedway Park.

Possibly three million people IN New York
have not been TO Speedway Park. They
are lucky in being able TO atone to them
selves for their failure. 1t is park
or a thOroughfare of unique charm For
nearly three miles it goes northward
with a rocky and wooded slope POSSESS
ing the beauty Of the wilderness rising
high above it on one hand. and on the other
the Harlem River with its varied life and
interesting slope on the further side The
parkway passes under two most ma jestic
bridges, 50 that with the banks of the
valley. the river. the bridges and the i'm
mense road itself. perfectly adapted to its
purpose and admirably kept Speedway
Park has an air Of breadth and artistic per-
fection that makes it "A delight to visit
The great charm of the Harlems west
bank. commercially useless because Of its
conformation, could never have been made
enjoyable BY the public on the scale that it
now Is in any other form than that Of the
Speedway. Nopak in New York OF equal
attractiveness and public benefit has ap-
preached the Speedway in the cheapness Of
its cost
So much for the Speedway Park as park
II has horses on It also. They provide
world of public entertainment. and friendly
acknowledgment for much pleasure given
Is due to the men who crowd it with high
priced flyers. Notwithstanding the drivers
yet the full Of their moneys worth in their
individual fun with the rens
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The Question OF the Bible Must First he
settled.
From Report of a Sermon bv the Rev Dr. Brvan
IN The ChMaQo Tin,ss- Herald

From Report o. a Sermon bv the Rev DR.. Brvan
IN the Chrdgo Timss- Herald
The PresbJ terian Church has he d steadfastly
10 her creed for many years past and she will
require OF every conner that he show good
ground for his proposals OF change And
further still, We will ask whether this time be
opportune for change, II Is scarce ten years
since the Church was agitated from the Atlantic
10 the Pacific with this whole question, when
Presbyteries synods and the General Assembly
were absorbed in the perplexing effort 10 agree
upon certain changes The result. a. IL well
known. was failure and men who differed
widely then are agreed that now Is not the op
perfume time to reopen the question
A deeper question conironts the Church one
which must be settled before any real prog
ress ia doctrine can be made That question
is the question Of tho Bible. II the Bible be,
az the Church has always believed. one con
sistent revelation from God. gradually nm
folding the gospel Of salvation from the be-
ginning of tho Old Testament to the end of
the New Testament. If it contain for us all
we may expect to know concerning Gods
will for our salvation, If il .be nfallibly in
spircd, dviuey authoritative. then We may
proceed To- raise the question OF its interpre-
tat.ou and asK what further progress awaits
Us IN the de velopment Of doctrine That
deeper question is not yet settled. II we may
believe Our advanced school There are
spread abroad to-day views OF Scripture which
raise the question whether We have a BODY of
truth in Scripture or merely a collection of re-
ligiouS opinion. and whether there IL IN Scrip
ture such unity as justifies our endeavors to
reach Il these are preliminary questions,
and until they ar. settled the Church will do
well 10 rest content with that TO which she is
already attained
It is recognized by candid scholars Of the
thoroughgo,ng critical school that there il
hut little IN common between their ideas Of
Scripture and the historic belief Of the Church.
and that their conception Of truth Is entirely
different Why attempt 10 plaster over these
differences? What Is the value OF creed that
IA the result Of compromise between conflicting
schools Of thought? Let the issue be Joined and
the question OF the Bible settled. and then tho
Interpretation will be easy In this believe
thar the leaders OF the critical movement will
franhly agree
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Foreigners View on American Iife-win..

To THE EDITOR oP THE SUN .Sr: Sine, my
IssI letter on the Vice Of Ice published In THE Sun
~ Nay /, ! have CLEANED great deal more on th.
habit " drinking iced water, and truly hope my
small cndea'ors 10 show It up may not fail on bar
rsn ground more particularly because the not season
Is fNs, approaching when through the nCautious use
OF lcrd drinks so many young lives may be peried
By It's iLumprtate use The climates Of Spain por
tug al. laly aud South Of France are surely warmer
t.an even your srmner in New York and could not
80. unpts 81 these countries be Initiated with td
a. gc E,-s a, being the outcome of proof O; cen
.arr,'
N'ln what the Inhabitants Of those countries do In
no, weather IS that they drink as liIle as possible
but What they drink vine. That wine IS very nu
truouSS clearly shown by the statistical returns Of
several wine growing countries | will cite one In
stance
when Portugal ha, an abundant fun vintage the
importauons of brraisIurs decrease to half the
usually needful supply. WARNING
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where 10 the Lady washing gton" Hand En-.
gine?

To THE EDITOR OF The Sun sir. In THR SuS
of Saturday last was despatch from Stamford say
ing that the old hand engine named Lady Washing
ton" formerly belonging TO the volunteer company
IN Morrsania, had been found In Stamford and would
be sent back TO the MorrisanIa npauy. This loads
me to think that this village has the OIL ginal Lady
Washington hand engine. In 1885 OF thereabouts
Our village purchased In New York ahand engine
that bore The name Lady Washington" and DOES 10
day. though retired from service,
What makes me strong in belief Is the fact tina, on
the engine was painEd the word 'Morrisanta. and
Il iS tradition that the old engine came from that
point EvideuNy II was In the hands Of a company
ui some wealth Dy the decorations and painUng be
slowed upon H. There iS flne OF painting on me
hnCS ut the tower that supported the goose neck'
ahd tht numO.r - and name are on silver plated
plates II not the original, It certainly has history
mat " connected with the early days Of the old New
orr volunteer IRE department and might prove very
Interesting II traced out. I b. g.
OXFORD, y =, Mays
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Cameras at the Zoo Seat. for women In CIV
Hall Park.

To The EDITOR oP rHE Sun sir. H., all
right suppose. to keep Up the grgmblIng about the
shutting ont Of the amateur camera Al the BronA
Zoo, and IN the end there be little doubt tina, IN.
snap shotii't,. and am one Of lh.m. vii. get their
rights. whatever they may be, tul III. grunbing
certainly was begun TOO soon. The grounds and the
exhibits are not yet In photograpnabe Die condition and
will not br This year. and II It was my show ,oo
parties "
Whllc talking about the rights Of visitors 1t n,S b.
proper To say word about the regulations which
prevent any woman from ever occupying a s,at I'm
,lly HAL PARK. The ordinance which prohibit, them
sh hJuid repealed Its prs sen, absolute enforcement
may be nnr exhibition Of munic pal disc. plinr but
Otherwise there Is little In II for any one 70 be proud
T" TKcUhsEH SWIFT
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The Money Devils are having another con-
spiracy The Nsp orleans Tunes Democrat ha,
smoked them out. They are raising wages for
inauitous political purposes, The corporations
and the Republican,. have an understand ding.
and wages will be raised two or three times
every week during the months OF September
and October, for certain, and perhaps also Of
July and August Indeed the scoundrels are
At 1t already and have been for some time.
This nefarious scheme should be treated with
proper heat in the Kansas City convention.
A pretty pass the country has come 10 II the
vampire corporations and werewolf combina
tons are to increase the pay OF the producing
classes without their consent No wonder the
Hon JOHN PARDON ALTGkI.p has the crisis
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An Open Letter to Presidents krager and
Steyn, Through The sun"

II in the near future II becomes evident that civil
ized and brave prople numerically weak and nghung
for liberty. will be crushed and anu Inflated by
whelmlng numbers. would IL not be wisr and prudent
TO give up hopel,ss struggle and turn your backs TO
Il country which, owing to IT'S inherent riches will
neyermop oier 10 plain and God fearn & people The
condition, for urdsiurbed He liberty and the purs nj
OF happiness, aud trek once and ro- The last TINE
to the land Of the free and the home Of the brave.
aS did many Uf your ancestors centuries ago Inc
American people would welcome you with open AIMS
as u worthy element 10 our composite body Of free
men. c.
NEW YORK. May 7.
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ORres and Victims.

Antitrust planks, ready made or out
TO measure, are now necessary IN all politi-
cal platforms TO IA the spring fashions
In these articles look much alike. and only
here and there little individuality appears,
and very welcome II il. Pray consider
everything and every body to be damned
and let MS proceed to business. said
SYDNEY SMITH to the profane nobleman
Pray consider the Trusts TO be denounced
and get down to business" We might cay
10 tho platform makers. The inherent
depravity Of the Octopus is taken for
granted. For platform purposes there
IL no good In him.
But the Michigan Democratic platform
holds that crime degrades the sufferer
from 1t as we'll as the dOer OF 1t. Kindly
notice with due gravity the words which
we smarter with italics:
The economic ad,ant ges OF Industrial comblna
uons are entirely lost 10 the people and swell the
profits OF arrogant aud conscienceless magna,es who
feed on the rsprshenStbIs nd1ssncc Of thtr rkIins
Il IL fact that while the platforms creak
and many OF the politicians pretend TO
be blue with fear and horror OF the Trusts.
the public. busy in making money and
enjoying Itself. grins amiabiy al the mon
steB and is not in the least frightened by
them unless 1t holds stock Of some OF the
Ahaky ones among them Sentimental
Sociologists and friends OF humanity
and public characters with nothing to do
but TO drum up grievances and remedy
them and candidates trying To find some
thing safe TO stand on are deeply panied
by the Trusts Dollar diners eat in the
fear of them There IL a pile OF comforting
and concussing about them No good
Bryanlte let's slip chance to shrek and
catterwaul against them. An ingenious
foreigner, ignorant Of the facts. might
Judge from speeches and platforms and
newspaper articles that. as result OF
the Trusts, the economic condition Of the
be if the Black Death, the Thirty Years
War and the panics Of 1897, 1857. 1873 and
1893 had visited it In company as a Scourge
Trust Yet the country is all right and
the people, who are enduring at the hands
OF the Trusts the dire evils for which see
any Democratic platform. are unconscious
of the injury and reprehensibiy indifferent
TO all the hullabaloo, the blue fire and
the assafptida which the speeches, articles
and platforms are pouring forth about the
Trusts.
So long "a this state Of reprehensible
indifference and jovial well-being lasts,
the war against Trusts will continue to
be a mere picture on the billboarCs.
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Another Shipioad OF Porto Rico Sugar.

The third deeply laden steamship from Porto
Rico since III" settlement of the raritI question
between Uncle Sam and ms troplcal htte isl
and arrived Yesterday. She W." Arkadia Of
the New YORK and Porto Rico Line and she
prouSHt enough sugar To SW""lCn the coffee Of
the residents OF All our borouHh- for week or
so Ihs hkadia touched ar most of the i'm
portanl porte OF Porto Rico From tho wara-
houses oi Ponce she took 3.gts bags and l4s
hogHhcadS of sugar from Arroyo, 328i bags.
from tlJardo. lN hogsheads and 400 bags,
IRON san Juan, 2,O3S bags, aud from Aguadilla
llh big- Her entire cargo consisted Of about
3S7 tons And ihere Is mmch more TO nnme
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shy.sis Year, OF work Among IN. Poor.

lhele viii De an exhibition of manual train
ing WORK ~ The rooms oi the American Frmas
Guardian Society and llon" for the frpnde-,,
~ East wrnty-rlnih street, tomorrow and
Thursday from ~ unIl > O'Clock The work
was dnnelh The twelve industrial schools main
,alned by the society, and comprises shoes,
ouShelS ara mats chairs neatly Caupd Whitfield
display u' bread, biscuit. meats, plain salad,
pudding- and pies all made by children under
10 years Of axe
txerci>eN comnemOrating the -ocir'y's ,yiv-
SIX years OF work viii be held IN the hoIria
chapeI on Wednesday at II u'rIori. when rr-
ports VIII br read and an addre,> made by Nirs
- II movie, and al = O'Clock tnsrn viii ha
singing, rrciiatinus, kiud"rgHrt"u rAorcise~ ard
WORK by The cooking class while IN" school eX-
MINUS VIII D." open 10 the public sIIII another
juy, Thursday
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Protection for Speedway Flowers.

To THE EDITOR or III. SUN-.sir; I. there
any protection afforded 10 the trees, Towering and
otherwise, growing along the Speedway II there Is
evidently rot the province Of policemen 10 furnish
IT, because on saturday saw hundreds OF people
men, women and children gathering whole ArmfulS
of doEWood and other blossoms along The way and
the police looking upon Il with a kindly. almost
fathefly eye. Whether any provision has been mads
looking the oi trees and plants along hr SPEED
way do NOT know, but there has not been. there
SAouId b. Tor when hundreds OF people are allowed 10
cary OF branches aud limbs and blossoms by the
nlmiul win not he long until the young and growing
IrtrN Will Dr pNttTminHt'd, Can't Supt Quinn have
hI'W Signs put up warning people To LEI the trees
Keep lhrir blossoms for the purpose nature intended
them' And cant he instruct his Speedway police TO
see 10 that the law Of ihe board be enforced,
ST NICHOLAS AvRNuE u
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Reception 70 the Boer Delegates.

TO rHR EDITOR OF THs Sun Str In this
mornings Sun there is a communication signed
Seventy -Si1" suggesting a public wsleyme 10 the
Boer's Pea oe Comm sson This hits ,ne nail on the
head The sympathy Of the real people of this ooun-
try is with the brave little Republic struggling
against fearful odds for Its independencc Valley
Forge near here and think Of " ash gtons dark
days and Of the ragged Ccntnenas without
France aid We could not have Won. Shall We not
make known to Great britain where our sympathles
are II we let her know that she has the moral All
tagonism Of the whole world in her unholy war 1t
may bring Justice at last 10 the Beers
Let the Boer commission have ar-ception such as
Kossuth had when he pleaded the cause Of freedom
PHILADELPHIA. May FAIR PLAY.
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COIUNBIA'S NEW TRUSTEES.
Francis Sedgewick bangs and BENJAMIN
Aylmar Sands Elected Yesterday.

The trustees Of Columbia University elected
yesterday Francis Sedgewck Bangs and Ben-
jamin Aylmar Sands as trustees to All the va
oancies left by the deaths of Cornelius Wander
bilt and Frederic Bronson. Mr.. Bangs gradu-
a'ed from Columbia College in 1878 and Is A
banker at 40 Wall street Mr. Sands graduated
from the college in 1874 and is a member of the
real estate firm of Bowers and Sands at 81
Liberty street.
4 new proieSsorship was established in the
college IN philosophy and Herbert G.. Lord A
VI principal OF the franklin School Of
Buffalo will I'll the chair Prof Pierre do Peys-
ter Ricketts, FOR twenty-nins years connected
with the department Of Ofanalvtcal chemistry and
assaylng. rendered his resignation Oh account
vi i'll health
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GEN. GREEII DENIES IT AL,
Explains to Secretary Root His Address He.
fore the Worcester Board Of Trade,

WAsHlN"roN, May Gen A. W Greely.
Chief Of the Signal Corps of the Army. this
afternoon called upon the Secretary of War
and volunteered an explanation of his address
before 'he Worcester Board of Trade n short
unle ago. wa, represented that Gen Gra.lv
had severely criticised the present military
the renarks attributed TO him, He EXPLAINED
What he did say and made an absolute dis
Clalluer of having charged the Ouartcrmastpr'.
Department and the Subsistence Department
with III, ompeteucy or that he had said that he
had hhOWn ni one soldier going ten dauS with
out food. G"n Greely's explanation 81 pc.
cepted by Secretary Foot. which closed the ~ A.