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MOMENTOUs BOFR WAR.
Possibility Of Far-RcschinR Effects on Eng
land. Relation TO Her Empire.

70 THR EnIToR OF THE SUN-Sir: n IL
evident from the budget of the British
Chancellor Of the ExcheQuer that he feels
that he is skating on very thin ice. bur he
hopes the Boer war may he ended in time
70 save his Government from having 10 come
before Parliament again for further sub
sidics and increased taxation. But az Sir
William Harcourt pointed out the present
budget with its new burdens. some II not all
OF which promise 10 be permanent IA only
n chapter in the history Of the war Whether
the Boer resistance last three or six months
longer will make but little difference In the
end so far ae the economic situation in Eng
land itself Is concerned
The radical changes brought about by the
war In her position as n world power are
such, that she is committed to an ever-in-
Creasing expenditure IN Grmaments Of which
her Coloniesseem inclined 10 take hut small
must fen on the British people alone. but
their power 10 carry II depends on the main
tennnce of Britain's industrial supreme cy,
THa result DT of s SoaR An roSy GSy could a'n
tainly never have been contemplated by
tho present Government In England, but
is too late now for II In rel race its steps
II is hardly evon question Of what settle
ment may he offered the Beers, or what they
will accept but of how the supremacy Of
Grcnt Britain In tho empire can be retained
without parting with much Of the political
power II exercises over the Colonial empire
and India
TO place Canada and other Colonies. as
has been done on the same footing a. foreign
countries in the matter Of beef for the British
Army. and the West Indies and other sugar
producing Colonies IN the matter Of sugar
duties, is not to tighten but loosen the bonds
Of empire The way in which Sir Michael
Hck ks- Be1ch'z budget has been received
and the small majoriues by which his pro-
posals have pa ssed in the House Of Commons,
are suggestive ot an early and radical change
In British policy At home and abroad For
this the Doors will he chiefly responsible
NEW YORK, April % BRIToN
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OuC Iron Ore.

The London Times derives comfort
from the thought that our supply of iron
ore cannot hold out forever. and thus
England may see the time again when il
will produce cheaper pig iron than this
country. 1t says that it ia not probable
that the virgin ores from the Lake Superior
mines can be worked much longer II has
been informed that the iron ores and coal
mines OF the South may never know again
such advantageous conditions as those
under which they have been worked. IA
thenews It has is anywhere near the mark.
the scarcity OF good coke should begin to
be felt within the next ten years, Our
contemporary infers that We have been
oveiworking our resources, and that II is
not likely that we can much longer make
cheaper pig iron than is produced in the
Cleveland district Of England.
This might be important If true. The
Timoss information seems 10 have been
an export commodity, none Of which was
retained in this country. There Is not the
slightest sign of distress In the Connplls-
vile coke region The grades Of hitumi-
nous coal it requires are apparently in in
exhsustible supply The millions Of money
that capitalists have invested in new ore
carrying steamers in the past two years
seem 70 prove their confidence that there
will be ore TO carry for some time 10 come
We have a feeling over here thar as yet We
have merely scratched the surface of our
iron ores.
The fact is that iron ore Is found in nearly
every State and Territory Of the Union,
though II is mined. In quantities. only in
ten States There Ia not the slightest evil
dence that the resources Of the chief pro-
ducing regions will be exhausted for many
decades TO come. We cannot 70 be sure,
expect always TO SCOOP up ore with steam
shovels as they do on the Mesaha range.
for the surface deposits will be exhausted
in time; but we are taking enormous guam
titles Of ore from shafts al very small cost
and we can go deep for il and deliver II 70
the blast furnaces at a smaller price than
Cleveland ore Is delivered 10 The smelters
Of Northumberland
Many facts have contributed "a make
our pig iron cheaper in the British markets
than their home product, and some of these
facts can never be altered. One is that a
very large part Of our ore is richer in iron
than any British ore All British ores
yield less iron per ton than those Of Spain and
Sweden which England 50 largely imports.
England is depending more and more
every year upon foreign ores, while only
l per cent Of our pig iron IA made oi i'm
ported ores The cost Of carrying orc
and coal per train mile in England ia from
three to six times the freightage charge
in this country
England is in no danger Of being deprived
Of the inestimablo blessing Of cheap iron
from America There shall be no iron
famine in England FOR centuries to como
if we can help il, and we think We can.
The sun., 1901-04-22
GEN. HAWKINS DEFENDS GEN. KENT.
LAtters vsrscity Questioned by lieut.. Tbomp'
son At seveuty-arst Regiment Banquet.

Tho celebration Of the fortieth anniversary
OF the departure Of the Seventy-hrst Regi-
ment for the seat Of war on April 81. 1851.
was held at the 81 Denis Hotel by the vet
Grams Of the command on Saturday night.
Ex-Tieut John NJ Thompson Of Company
X. who served with the regiment in the Span
ish- American War, took occasion TO question
the accuracy Of the Official report Of Gen
James Ford Kent. T. s. A. in so far as IL re-
lated 10 the Seventy-frst Regiment and
practically accused him Of jealousy and spite
toward the Seventy-lrst and a deliberate
attempt 10 injure 1t
Lieut. Thompson sought 20 show that there
was a deliberate attempt on the part Of Gen.
Kent 20 delay tho advance Of the Seventy
first in order thnt the Regulars should not be
robbed of the glory OF being the first In the
fight nj san Juan HI He also sought to
show that there was n conflict between state
ments made by Gems Kent and Hawkins.
lie declared that the General was profane
man and strongly intimated that he was un-
truthful "a well
When Gen Hawkins arose 70 respond 10
the toast assigned him. he SAID that he must
take exception 10 some OF the remarks made
by Lieut. Thompson, particularly those
concerning Gen kentS ,
first Regiment while IL was in the trail" said
tho General. but do know that after IL got
20 the top Of san Juan Hin, II staid whore |
placed II Gen Kent know to be a gallant
Officer and man. and II would be impossible
for him to have placed the Seventy-nrst
Regiment purposely IN the trail for spite.
nor would he have been guilty Of such an act
even II he had such opportunity. Gen. Kent
IL q noble. kind-h~arted man and Lieut.
Thompson is mistaken in his assertions
against him
After the meeting broke up many members
expressed regret that Lieut. Thompson had
not eliminated all remarks NJ a personal
nature from his paper Lieut. Thompson
said that he intended no ai'ront IN Gen Haw-
kins and that he bad simply given a brief
history ofthe cuban campaign fthe seventy
first A. he EaV II
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been limited to Goo. goo and Cab. gah.'
its warriors and athletes have contented
themselves with yanking the parental hair
and punching the parental face. It's scien-
tiic men have limited their investigations
to nutrition and the presentation Of evidence
OF the simian origin Of man; It's vocalists
we will say nothing about them. A
century not six months old Is in no position
10 accept Truths challenge: Take any dec
ade, however. during the last century and
compare II with the present. and 1t will be
seen that the stock Of great men and women
has diminished and IL diminishing
There is no doubt about II. II Truths
test be accepted. the twentieth century Is
outclassed for the present
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The uncertainties Of public life In the
United States have been declared frequently
TO be an obstacle 10 tho largest measure Of
usefulness among American statesmen
Among the newly elected or hold-over
Senators are JONES OF Nevada and ALLISON
OF Iowa. both elected in 1873 CocKRRLL OF
Missouri elected in 1878. HoAn OF Massachu-
sets and DANIEL Of virginia. elected In 1877;
PLATr Of Connecticut and VEST OF Missouri:
elected in 1870: HAwLET Of Connecticut and
SEwELL Of New Jersey in 1881, CULLoM Of
Illinois in 1883, JONES OF Arkansas and TELLER
OF Colorado in 1885, HALE and FRYE OF Maine
IN 1881; and STEWART Of Nevada the pioneer
In date of first service originally elected in
1894 These veterans are to be reinforced
by the return Of MITCHELL Of Oregon, first
elacted to the senate in 1879. BLACRBURN
Of Kentucky drst elected in 1885. and THOMAS
VI PATTERSON Of Colorado. elected TO Con-
sress as Delegate from Colorado Territory
in 1874
Tn" Vice President. who will preside over
the deliberations Of the next Senate, comes to
the Office from the post OF Governor Of New
YORK. and tho present Governor Of New
York was formerly IN Congress The newly
elected Governor Of VI Mssouri was for con
siderable time. a member Of Congress, the
present Governor Of Massachusetts was
Lieutenant Governor. the Governor OF Mary
land resigned his oNce as member
Of Congress In Washington To accept the
executive Office at Annapolis, the Governor
Of Nebraska, DIETRICH. elected In Novem-
her. has been elected United States Senator
from that state. the present Governor Of
Pennsylvania had a considerable term IA
Representative N Congress to his credit
before election 20 harrisburg and the present
Governor " Tennessee reelected last year
was during ten Congresses an active and IN
iluen'ial member of the tennessee delegation
Tho new senator from Tennessee CARMACK
was q member ~ thclast House otRepresenta-
'lye. President Mckinney. when elected
IN 1896, had a record ~ past political service
~ Governor of Ohio ofOrtwo terms. a. member
Of IA" House of Representatives during long
period. and ~ local officer IN Ohio, n county
Prosecuting Attorney
OF tho present Cabinet. two members.
IoNG Of the Navy and WILSON. Secretary
Of Agriculture, had past experience in public
life, Secretary LoSG as Governor OF Massa-
Chusetts and Secretary WILSON as a member
Of IN" Iowa delegation 10 Congress
The leader of the Republican majority
in The Albany state senate was frat chosen
from hispreseut district in 1851 and the leader
of the Republican majority in the Assembly
was first elected In 1887
The fact is that the chances Of promotion
In public life iero we're never better
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Has Lived Mostly In Boston for I0e Years.


FT0W n" NOFT0n FNe0lnD Tr1ns'ript
To-day marks the iO6th birthday OF Mrs
Nancy Washington. who for fifteen year.
has been an inmate ~ the Home for Aged COL
ored Women az p Hancock street. For the
past month she has been confined 10 her bod
with the grip. and the recent continuous rains
have madr her rheumatism more tronb; eson,e q
than usual Mrs Washington was born in
Myrtle street APNl IS, 1895, and her long life
fun of Interest has brought her many friends
who TAX" great pleasure in remembering
her on her birthday Her father was a full
hlooc"d Indian and her mother was an
African She has been married six times u"
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The Real Hoosier Poet

Fror, he Toledo rim.,
tTh awho-, WR LSLs or Aniea Savs tha, h, and .o,
Jdrss WhHcOrh Rgsp, Is ths real Hoo,,,, D., ,'0'
Just bark to me III put in A sang
Those people ! have chose upon
Whatever they do, whatever they be
hope they wont think hard OF me
Oh, Dear
There's old IAci Rice the yery nrst on.
Where you ran get harksmithing don.
lie u whhck YOU out most any thing
rom coon dog collar 10 a wedding ring
on, Dear
iheeS Hiram Link, a little further vest
NeS our log hAulrr one Of the b..t
ne buys MS hay but steals his corn
ANA lr u get drunk aS sure as you re- horn
on, Dear
And lhtre,s bill Raurk YOU all know well,
lie has groceries Tor n sell
Hes got his sugar full % sand
LOOK out, he u cheat you where Won stand
on. Dear
And there's Blll Dunn as YOU kin see
tes rnte A. n mouse and Quick as A d,a
ic GOES 10 church and sings and prays
ana NnNl EAmeS NJ cards he plays
on. Dear
And there's Jim Watt most iorro,
The very worst pill ~ the vrry vbo. In,
Dang II all. ! never did sec
What place those Springs is A getting for n h.
oh, Dear
The sun., 1901-04-22
An Early shirt.waist Movement.

Fvor the 81 Lows Globe Democrat
RICHLAND. Mo. April - --Twenty-four Of
the business men. bankers and professional
men Of this town have signed an agree
ment 10 enlist in mems shirt waist club
and 70 make their appearance May / In that
article Of apparel They will give a parade
In the afternoon and an entertainment In
the evening The originators Of the move
ment desired to become shirt-wa men,
but fearful ~ the guyng which might at
10 forestall gihes and ieers Further ap-
plicationS for membership are being received
The sun., 1901-04-22

Why is Kansas City so apathetic about
sociology A Sociological Congress was
held In that town last week At the first
meeting only twenty persons were present.
eleven Of them women. Yet. as Prof BLACK
MAR Of the Kansas State University said.
sociology Is scientific application OF SYM
pa'hy, the science Of harmonious association
with one another Surely students OF friend
ship, love. music and all other varieties of
harmonious association ought 10 dots upon
this sympathetic science. Kansas City must
be unsympathetic.
The sun., 1901-04-22
FrOri fhs Lancer

F'oNi INr IsdfCS
No one has ever suggested that hellon. the element
which until recently was thought to exist In the sun
but which was discovered In the gases couta,nsd IN
certain minerals by Prot Ramsay, would be 4
any practical utility ~ present moreover Il 's M,
likely n he, for itisthr costrH of all clements The
method now being pursued ior capturing this element
In workable quantity shows that It's separation ara
concentration involves an enormous expense and mo
h'lon obtained costs about $500 per cubic foot he
sam- amount Of money would NJ the present time
purchase over one milton cubic feet of coal gas he
price NJ hsnon therefore h present IS more th1u =
million times that OF coal gas The present co t1 r.
search is being undertaken, among Other things 20
order IN ser whether heIion can b. soldNcd IoFan
this result temperature will cease TO play part ior
absolute zero will have In be reached
The sun., 1901-04-22
Fewer Gratuitous Hot Towels.
From n. Loutsrii. Cou-er-Jou-r,

From the Loutsr1iis Cour1er-JourrdI
Al the meeting OF the BARRIERS Union last
Thursday night a new set Of rules aud by
laws was introduced and adopted. covering
the subject Of hot towels At the beginning
Of next year, one hot towel will be applied 10
the head Of the man who was out the night be-
fore. and II he wants q half dozen extra they
IL good customer of the shop he VIII 10
allowed two towels, but that's all. and II he
wants that langud feeling chased away It
will cost him
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A Tale of Departing Greatness.

II is A cruel thing always 10 shatter a
persons faith in anything or any one, and
the shatrcrrr usually EXCUSES his action
hy pleading strong sense Of duty 10 some
thing Many good people have been living
under tho dcluSion that this world was
progressing and was likely to keep on
improving Others, not SO optimistic,
have believed, perhaps, that one age was
a. good IA another. and that the energy
turned in one direction in an earlier Ccu-
tury may be directed with equal furca
10 a different end in a later century Mr.
LABorCHEHEs Truth, however, is con-
v.uced that we are leteriorating. chat
the race has ceased 10 produce men and
women of exceptional ability" and takes
the trouble To prove its case with long
list Of names arranged by dates in parallel,
columns as an object lesson that will Ger
,ainly not be lost upon the thoughtful"
The lists MI more than six columns Of
Truth Under each year Of the nineteenth
century are arraycd the names Of the
great men who were born and Of the great
men who died in that year. and the COM
parison may well create dSmay. During
the first third Of the century II il evident
the great made It their business tob be born;
"A few. It is true, died but they were sur.
vivorS from tho eighteenth century and
not awake to nineteenth century re~pons,-
hiites Then for few years, mp 10 tho
middle of the century. there Is a struggle.
Groa, men keep on being born, hut a,
many take TO dying After 1850 they civ"
up the effort and take 10 dying exclusively
Some random selections from Tvpb = list
demonstration j.:
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From Notes and Queries
Three million geese are brought regularly
10 the October market in Warsaw, Poland
Often coming from re mote provinces. many
Of these geese nave to travel over long rls-
tancoS upon roads which would wear out
their rcet II they we're not "shod' For thi;
purpose they are driven through tar poured
over the ground and then through sand
After the operation has Deen repeated SOW
eral times the feet Of the geese become COW
cred with a hard crust
The sun., 1901-04-22
The InfaIiibIe Sign Of sprtns In Dixie.
Fror the Ahdnta Constitution.

Ia GRANGE. Ga, March 1.-THE beDed
hu7zard Ia in la Grange. Yesterday a num-
her Of citizens were attracted by the ring
Of sheep bell in the air above the court
house and upon looking up distinctly saw
The buzzard appeared TO have become
accustomed TO the noise Of the bell and
as he few and turned about paid no
attention 70 its ringing Throughout the
day he appeare over different portions
Of the city and all who saw him gave the
same account
The sun., 1901-04-22

In spite Of the rain. Gen SAMBo BowLRs
made his weekly pastoral visit TO Agawam
saturday He doesn't mind the rain since
the An'I.lmper.lI,' League gave him a nice
warm pair ot fUr-lnod Belgian hareskn
ovcr-hoos lie returned 70 Nprin gield IN
fine spirits and wrote an idyll. poeucal in
form as well a. contents
While thus TIE summer foreunnts
Appear pfoclaimng the message
Of blossom and growth IN the stu
open Woodland and on sunny knobs see
Also the willows IN rover.
The catkns grown dusty with pollen.
See the pnparS shaking their nSsels,
and the altcrs and bIrches and haies
The shrltNS o' the elm buds are iooseulng
And the ems G-oV gold brown overhead,
And. what can u he that the ruddy
Sweet norcts o' yed maple are openlng7
Even 50. and beneath AZ the woods edge
The boodrout'S white calyx spreads purely
A collection Of Gen BowLEs's "Agawam
Pastorals will be published early In May.
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Kai erin as . Catholic saint
rom m, 1'gola

In the mosaic group recently erected on III. Blind
Asylum o, Koulgswusterhaus'n near Berlin ih. pres
ent German Empress IL represented as 81 Elizabeth,
carrying the MIRACULOUS roses, white the Kaiser ng
urrs In the costume NJ the Landgravc, her husband
Although the Imprrlii coupl. have been patrons of
,hr institution this manner OF otcsl.brating their gen
erosity Is look ed upon as being In bad taste
The sun., 1901-04-22
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To THE EDITOR op THE SCN Sir or course,
II tho mind is matter It must obey the forces
which govern and regulate the action Of
matter, and these forces are invariable
From this IL follows that every thought of the
philosopher, every calculation Of the mathe-
matician every Imagination and fancy Of the
poet. are mere results of material force en-
tirelv independent Of the individuals con-
cevinG them
Now, believe that 90 per cent Of the So
called poetry which finds its way into print
IL not poetry n, all. but the very drugs and
rnsings of tie human intellect. the spew
and spawn Of seNless blatherumskte Ia
that belief the result Of material forces? II
81, why try ~ persIad" IN" - the contrary
DO these material forces compel this stun,
and AZ the same time compel me 20 disgust
because of II, II they do ! am indeed
thing for pity and past PRAYING for
II man is NOT free 10 accept or reject =
his Judgment directs II IA idle TO appeal to
him to be convinced by any process Of rea SON
iug vhHtover, since his conviction must de-
nend upon forces indepcndent Of the reason
If Mr. De Cassores expects me- 20 believe a q
he docs he must be patient and await the
outcome Of those forces which according 20
his theory alone compel belief
The chain Of mighty forces which stretches
hack through tho nebular gas sometimes
plav. the very deuce In the matter Of politics
II We do NJ We are compelled to do, whats
tho 40 ~ all the strenousness around election
timo7 GEORGE MoPFAT,
NEW YORK. April 10
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Travels Of . IIShtship in the woods.
From the Morning 0reconian


AsronIA, April IA telephone MESA ge
was received here this afternoon from Fort
Candy stating that the Columbia River hight
ship was In the woods near there. and had
completed one-half OF her journey from the
sands at McKensie Head u Bakers Bay. The
vessel ia now on top OF the ridge that was sup
posed TO bethe most difficult part ofthetr
JE. Copeland. Walla Walla farmer, made
a trip clear TO Fort Candy. Wash, TO see the
big lightship travel through the woods"
TO Bakers Bay. He returned from the bea ch
yesterday and considers himself well repaid
FOR his time and expenses. IA she was sight
to behold The big iir trees have been ieied
along her right of way and the heavy timbers
are being used as foundation for the plank
road. over which she Is being rolled The
vessels rnasts reach above the forest. and
on one fag is fying which can be seen from
afar Four horses, hit tched 10 as many cap
stans, furnish the motive power. and the
vessel moves 40 slowly that the spect ator
has 10 sight 10 tree or stake to discern
any motion.
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FREEDOM or THE WILL.
Net A. AItesethss Attractive Discussion. bu'
Curious.

To rHK EDITOR or THEsUY-Sir; What 10
the use Of arguing for or against freedom OF
the will7 Itisa matter. not Of fancy or philos-
ophy or logic. but Of common human con-
tciousncss, and - will ever be
Considering all predisposing and attendant
causes. probably oliver Wendell Holmes was
right. that our freedoA Is like the mobile
drop sometimes found within a crystal; that
Is enough for freedom vs. unqualified de-
terminism. And probably Prof. James OF
Harvard was right that We have the power
az least Of entertaining one or another set
Of ideas which impel 10 this or that action.
according 10 their tendency. II there IL no
alternative freedom there is no responSi-
bilitv, and this ia and always will be re-
duCtion TO absurditv
Your correspondent TODAY assumes 10
know much: but how does he know anything
about law. or about ANYTHING In the world OF
matter or mind except hv conscousn"ss'
This Il the last appeal. and tho decisive one
on this subject The determnisn Of Jona-
than Edwards and Of the downright fatalistS
as well Is but iuRRle NJ words. and la
bored arguments against IL are very likely 10
be such II W. J.,
NEW YORK, April 10
The sun., 1901-04-22

The surest Blood Purifier Is
JAYNE'S ALTERATINE, - Ads.
The sun., 1901-04-22

PAMs-Kiosque No. u. near Grand Hotel. and
Riosque No. 10. Boulevard de, Capucines.