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nant cruelty Of science has made
possible;
Man only wants vivisection," in the
sense Of medical and surgical science,
il he thinks il will help him. and would
gladly exchange it all for something
more successful and rational. Now,
what do the Maryland observation-disclosures
suggest? First, nature cure. which we
are told is believed in by a million per-
sons in Germany; then water cure,
" including Food Reform and the deep,
searching processes of skin elimination;
the no-breakfast cure; the vapor
bath. the occult or diaphragmic system
of breath hing the X-ray and the Finsen
Light; "osteopathy the aggressive young
science" and Of course Mental Healing
In the last case the phrase an influence
from the mind of the Healer seems
ambiguous perhaps it is not meant to
include, though certainly it does not cx-
clude, Christian Science. New Thought
and the other forms of mind cure COM
bned with theology.
We are very far here from a move
ment first directed against cruelty to
animals. We seem To havn reached the
border of Christian Science
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Discipline will he frightened in the gram
mar school of Stroudsburg, Pa. after this.
For some lime the pupils have been in com
mand and the powers Of the teacher have
been usurped. Seemingly greater events
may have hidden the fact that this il a
time of revouI ion and rebellion. strike and
boycott, among schoolchildren. They can
be Just a. wis., a. their elders. II there IL
any violence in the Stroudsbnrg grammar
school henceforth 1t will not come from
he scholars A new teacher has been EN-
gagged. SCHirFER, som" time right half back
Of the Dickinson fooIball team. SCHIFFER
likes eSercise and will le more than grateful
To hi scholars if they will provide him with
a little. Even the hcrcest foes Of foot ball
must admit that il is "A good school for
teachers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-05
URGES THE MILITIA I'LL.
Secretary Root Before the Military Com.
mittce OF the senate.

WAsHINGToS, Dec. 4.-Secretary Root
appeared before the Military Affairs Com
mittee Of the Senate to-day and urged
the passage of the Militia bill, which passed
the House at the last session Of Congress
Soon after his departure from tho Capitol
the bill was favorably reported 10 the
Senate by Senator Proctor, who is acting
chairman Of the committee in the absence
Of senator HaNley In view Of the prompt
action Of the committee War Department
officials feel that there Is now reason to
believe that the long desired reorganiza
ton of the militia Of the country will he
secured
Secretary Root in his testimony to-day
declared that h" knew Of no military legis-
lation so much needed as that making a
change in the Militia laws He pointed
out that IT was absurd for the nation to
continue under a Militia law one hundred
and ten years old, obsolete and unsatia-
factory from every point of view. He
said that the confusion and bad feeling
So apparent in the beginning of the war
with Spain arose very largely from the
uncertain status of the militia. and declared
that such situation must always he 80
under the present law.
Should the present bill become law
he said there will he less necessity for a
large standing army and that We should
be able. While maintaining standing
army Of hut 5000 men. to put force II
AT least ?So,ooO Sell-trained men into the
field instantly upon declaration Of war.
and the cost would he less than to main =
tain n few additional reg iments Of Regular
troops.
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An .\nti.viviseCtiOn Change

Whatever case the people who object
to "vivisection' may have seems 10 be
thrown up in a pamphlet What Better
Than SERUM sent to us by the presi-
dent of the Maryland Anti-viviscction
Society, which is remarkable chiefly
for the concessions il makes. Ii should
be borne in mind that the vivisect ion :"
objected to is not what the word means
TO most people. namely. the cutting up
Of living animals Tor the purposes of
research. but includes any scientific
experiment on living creatures. above
all the Use of drugs on human beings
in sickness, The plea of Interference
with the Divine viii is not offered in
this pamphlet. though VIC do find the ia
and malignant cruelty" of science,
and this admission Of fact is made and
emphasized in italics:
Man viii have Niviscc,ion II hc thinks II viii
help him. Restriction save as an educational
factor has proved hut a dead letter movement.
The hope for our cause mus, liz IN proving q more
successful, more rational science"
Further, n parenthetical confession hat
knocks the ground from under the move
ment logically;
Stature Science, believing tina, disease Is the
result OF Impure depoSis and attrbu,ing to the
system the automatic faculty of self cure has as Its
object 10 aid the system TO puu'> and repair Itself
easily accomplished Ia nc'pirni disorder dis
pcnSlng with drugs and, save IN rarcs, exceptions
slsp With knife"
rarest exceptions, and who shall de-
eide whether the exception shall mean
the ampu,ation Of "A hand or foo, with
Q savsgo's clasp knife or the sewing up
nj q puhctured heart, which the "malig-
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been our accessions from the great home
of the race, Russia, it will be seen that
the supply there to be drawn upon is so
vast that the increase of our Jewish
population during the next generation
is likely 10 be not loss than in the last but
will probably be more, provided the pres
ent Russian policy is continued and
threatened restrictions upon immigra-
ton are not made by our laws. Prac-
tically, America has become the land of
promise for the Jews of thu; period
Accordingly, the Jews in this country
have attained "A strength numerically and
financially which makes them powerful
socially and politically and a. religious
force. The Council Of Jewish Women,
now in session AT Baltimore, is only
one of many organizations established
by them of recent years to concentrate
their influence and guard and promote
the interests of their religion. In the
public schools and colleges their children
are the clevercst and most industrious
scholars: i'm the universities are great
numbers of them; they are crowding
into the learned professions; their prom
inence in mercantile life is increasing
steadily; their influence is felt more and
more in politics and society generally.
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To rHE EplToE os THH SvS Sb We have re-
Gently read VITA Chuckllng interest the paints
published IN your estimahe paper By several VI
the lAckawauna commuters Bless us they do
not appreciate the many comforts contributed
to them daily. anG such good things can only he
funny uIdC rStood and even more thoroughly en-
lOycd by comparison. Let one OF these apparently
unhappy creatures take the 5S 4. NJ. boat from
tuTtland street and HE him hen into car OF the
Ncw YORK. SuSI u.hanna and " stern train, leaving
spuc rftrcu minutes atct- with exquisite brass
kCruS ne lamps shedding maui glare upon very
beautiful dark brown oil Splotch on the noor under
meath, together with il smelling seats When
thcy have had one such side rs FAT A. Little Fern
HG,k 'HSaCk or Paterson, they should TlS IN a.
one nan and call the lhckiNanna dressed
We went ont on such car u Jew nights ago and
'"r 'ragrrrCc fingers with a. stu. II was stamped
1854, hut no. II could not have b"-n built In That
year. probably "i7S4
However. putting all jest aside. Mr.. Editor there
remains no doubt Of our hcng Ahl' To establish y
claim Of persistent mud Intentional nee pgrncr on
the part ~ the y :, : aud " resulting IN dis
com tort and disgust to ever traveller. Is II too
much, therefore, 10 ASK sou TO talSr your voice In
Ic lGif Of NANN COMM rEkS,
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The Republican slump In This city

We would not for n moment hamper
attempts to find the cause of the decline
Of the Republican vote in New York
city at the recent election. but it is proper
TO say that as yet all speculation thereon
is premature.
At the time when so many high poll
tiCians, conspicuous among them being
Governor ODELL, appeared as would-be
arbitrators of the coal strike, Il large
portion of the public mind was in Il state
Of unnatural excitement because anthra-
cite coal was selling for $50 n ton. II was
the reckleSsness arising from the desire to
escape from that burden that prompted
gentlemen Of certain quality Of states
manship 10 interfere in the strike, at the
expense of rights and principles that it
is here unnecessary To describe.
Calmncss fled Us the coal market rose,
and 1t cannot fully return until the mar
ket is normal again. The price Of an
thraci,e has sunk To s. ton, but that IL
still too far above the ordinary price for
Il sound ANALYSIS Of the election figures.
When coal has got back to its ante
strike price we believe that the acrid
recrimination which Governor ODELL
started among Republican leaders will
all evapOrate into air, and Governor
OnELL'S own arrant demagogy appear
as the prime destroyer of the Republic
can vote in New York city
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Ike unto the Hon JAaLs HAMILTON LEWIS In his
sun Els,vd WhiSHcrS parted IA tie middle. Is THOMAS
NHH,tiS National Committeeman for TIE state
81 Nnncspid Washington Post
Probably the Washington reporter is
blind The intolerablc refulgence of JIM
HAM LEwIs's full set Of pinhs has injured
many eyes. This man SHRvLIN if there
i such Il man. may have disguised himself
painted his beard and tried 10 parallel the
unparallelable The true Ham LEWIS can
i've told easily enough, no matter how many
impo-t ors may strut about the Washington
hotels, hamlewising. Persons privileged to
look upon the real HAM LEWIS have to
pay for the honor. They have mild case
Of pink eye for thirteen da = afierward.
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THE STtTE'S $500 FEE.
Alleged 10 Re Divided d, Some Lawyers
with the Clients They Get.

Judge Foster declared himself Yesterday
against the present system Of assigning
counsel in murder cases, and denied an APP
plication by lawyer for $500 from tho
State for defending an Italian accused of
murder.
The law provides that the court may AS
sign counsel for an impccuniou> prisoner
hut Judge Foster said that it is the custom
for Keepers H. the Tomhs 10 get certain
lawyers 90 make an arrangement with pris-
oners whereby the lawyer promises 10 di-
yer gets designated To defend him Judge
Foster said that befor" the Legislature
had made provision for paying these law
vcrS they served for nothing A. we'll as
they do now for pay. In the case which
brought out Judge Fosters comments.
the lawyer in question had appeared for
hs client without assignment when the
accused first pleaded 10 the indiCtme
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-05
HAY-ROND FISHERIES TREATY
New England senators WIN Oppose Ratin.
cation and Way Defeat II.

WAsHINGToS, Dec. strong and per
sistent opposition to IA" ratification ~ tn"
Hay- Bond fisheries treaty between tn"
United States and Newfoundland, which
was submitted to the Senat" to-day, viii
be made by the New England Senators,
and the indicati ions are tina, II will be de
fcatcd The convention j. similar in terms
To that arranged between Sir Robert Bond.
tn" pre- sent uogotiator, and tho late james
G. Blaine, and which was never formally
presented To- tn" Senate, owing 20 the uu-
popularity Of It's provisions. Now England
Senators LAY they We're not consulted hv
secretary Hay during the negotiation p'
the present treaty and that 1t l. IN every
way Unacceptable To- th"m. tn" Canadian
Govcrnm nj i also -trousiy opposed jo tn"
rat fCation of the treaty
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-05
The Fire at BaNendaie Hall.

To ru& EpIroR OF THE SCS .Sr. Though the
power could have been nothing but the sun II Ger
tainy is a little perpic,ins to think how the SUI
could have accomplished any Intimate contac,
Win - house cnvclopcd In brrlsh weather"
In town ball after a morning session OF the
Geographical section Of the british ASsocla' Ion
the secretary Of thr Royal Geographical Socict,
and were seated at \ long table writing Tn,
tahlc was covered with tnamcuCd cloth ",
were. each Of rs. smoking Presently my atten
tlon was attracted To a Tiny column Of smoke ysIns
from the table, with no Immediately pctCcptlhlt
cause, ! pointed II out to him. aud We moved the
Cnrate haif nled with water which had focused
ihc suns rays Ia the point 81 ignltlon Had We
lcii thc room lew minutes cartier would Ger
hiniN hANc been supposed to have caused the Arc
10y cGrcir,'H'ss Ia the u'C OF matches. OF an un
cN'lngutSacG ,itattuc. \ hullStyc" m \ window
might b. trs,pIShlN supposed to perform smih
prank on an annvennrl. weather ~ Knitting
Nfw NOnK. bee. 3 corr NHIrEuoUsF,
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10TH STREET STATION, or AOIo
Comptroller Reminds The br"nH That
Manhatta ans Paying GC the SUBWAY.

Many property owners oI U)osed h'ioir " "
| Rapid Transit Commission Yesterday o."
proposed abandonment of We West lGi'h
| street station, come because St"y had ina' 4"
investments in the ncighbofho 81 on The far,
Of the original plan and others because 'i'"N
said he population called for .ition thcic.
". W. Niles of the Taxpayers Alliance of
The Bronx commended that the stAtl"n was
unnecessary and would lessen the running
time between Manhattan and The Bronx
Tho line diverging 10 the east here, - said,
was intended for the benefit of the ont ying
sections OF tho city.
Comptroller Grout What authority hive
YOU for saying that $500.
Mr. Niles Ny understanding wa 'hnt N
line was meant 10 provide rapid transit IA
In. people III the northern part Oi the vitN.
NJ. q. ou'-Weil ! ~" ~ A. oi'iylng soc
IN thos" out I'D" parts ouVhi To ierl N'tN
much indebted 10 VI uhattan ior what Il hn-
done for us and ought tc make no ohyrc-
tion> to improvements that vii beneiit III"
people of Manhattan load applau>" from,
the ioith street property oMners
Mr. Niles Those who like mvs"lf, lic" IN
the Jerome Valley have w to ROW got Moth
ing out of thcs" rapid transit proJctf>
Mr. Grout That j. "r" az the cStcnSion-
row under contrnpilt ION and "" hope To
begin on nest year
Contractor john Il Mcdonald said ne did
not think the station Vac needed. CHEZ
Engineer Parsons said the grade from ll0h
street To H." summit al ioiih stree would IN
terfere siih the swift running OF trans II
they had To stop al lOith street. No de
clsion was announced
II vas decided nv the Commissioners ia
present a memorial to Pres ident Roosevelt
and Secretary Sha y of the Urea nrv. urging,
that Jerr.tIal easeruen', should be- granted
to run under parts of lie Post Office.
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Raids Legal and Otherwise

Judged from the net results. the prime
object of the raids on certain alleged
gambling houses on last Monday night
was To establish the fact that it was pos
sible for the police 10 get into house
occupied by one RICHARD A. CANFIELD
according to common report the most
import ant gambler in the world. But
the question of prime importance in
this particular raid is: Was it conducted
according to the law Of the State:
All the published reports tell us that
although the police were armed with a
search warrant, they made no demand
for admittancc before they forced their
way in by smashing a window. The
inspector who had charge Of the police
makes most remarkable answer He
says: Under the circumstances. think
| had better not discuss that question
ndcr what circumstances? Ii lie
acted within the law, why should lnspec-
tor BROOKS not say so, and AT once? Are
the circumstances to which he refers,
such as will make it possible for the
man whose house was invaded To recover
damages in a civil action at law:
The question should be answered by
somebody, but more important still is
it to know whether the Western detective
on who's" affidavit the raid was based
really did get into the alleged gambling
house as his sworn affidavit SAYS he
did, or whether he was swearing to an
imaginary state of facts GARFIELD. or
SOME one speaking for him, says that
the man never crossed his threshold
The story of just how he got into the
place. told by "A friend of his in vester-
day mornings Sun. has many of the
earmarks of a tale of the maginati ion.
II the police have been mislcd by the
statements of a romancer, seeking cheap
notoriety, it is time that they and the
public knew it
Gambling is a violation Of the laws
and the Constitution of the State of
New York. II has no defenders, except
those who profit by it, But if a gambling
house can be raidei under an illegally
executed warrant issued upon false
or misleading deposition there ia nothing
to prevent the home of the most reputable
citizen being similarly invaded Raid
ing of the brass band-Parkhurst style
never did this or any other town any
good. In such cases, reaction is ALWAYS
great. Vindication of the law by illegal
methods only dcgrades the law.
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The American Jews.

The national Council Of Jewish Women
ization whose specific purpose is defined
10 be the development of its own mem
bcrs on the side of and through religion
rather than in any philanthropic work
so called. IL was not started until 1899
Yet already its membership, extending
Ia every State Of the Union. is about
eight thousand. and il has become
one of the most remarkable of the or
CARNATIONS of feminine zeal and interest
which have followed the expansion of
women's sphere during the la:t
generation.
Its growth, too, is indicative Of the
great increase in the volume of the jew
ish population of this country which has
taken place simultaneously, jewish i'm
migration to America began with the
first discovery and settlement of this
continent. Among those who accom-
panied COLUMBUS on his first voyage
were several of Jewish blood: but for
nearly a century and half the Jewish
immigration was confined to Central and
South America and the West Indies
The two oldest Jewish communities in
the United States were at New York and
Newport. In 1854 twcnty-four Jewish
fugitives from Portuguese persecution
in Brazil found refuge in New York
or New Amsterdam. Because Of their
ungraclous treatment here a part of
them went to Rhode Island attract ed
thither by ROGER WILLIAMss policy Of
freedom Of conscience and these were
strengthened later by further immigra-
ton from Spain, Portugal and the West
Indies so that a Jewish community Of
two hundred families had been built up
at Newport before the Revolution.
Jewish communities existed also from
an early period in Maryland. in Pennsyl-
vania. and in Georgia and South Caro-
lima. In 1904 synagogue was erected at
Charleston at the great cost for those DAYS
Of twenty thousand dollars Later. Jew
ish communities were established in Nir-
ginia. North Carolina. Kentucky. Texas
and Ohio and when gold was discovered
in California 80 many Jews focked
thither that there were two congrega-
tions at San Francisco in 1850. Now the
race Is in every State, and even in Porto
Rico, the Hawaiian Islands and the Phil
ippnes there are Jewish congregations.
The great Jewish immigration to this
country, however, has been during the
last generation only, more especially
since 1852, when the severe Russian pro-
scription of the Jews began. Since the
middle of the last century their numbers
in the United States have increased more
than twentyiold, or from about 5000
to about l,2pOO). Even since 1850,
when they were less than a quarter of a
million, nearly "A full million has been
added to their numbers
1t will be interesting To give the esti-
mate of the Jewish population of the
United States and its posses .ionS made
by the Jewish Year Book for 1903
or for 1868, according to the Je wish
chronology:
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WASHI\GTON TO arr (OtI.
Reading Officials Promise Fort, carloads
Day las soon as Possible"

WAsHINGToN. Dec. 4 Some relief for
the coal situation in the District Of Columbia
is in sight. but 50 far il is wholly prospect i've
A committee of Washington business men
visited Philadelphia yesterday, and upon
returning said forty carloads dav had
been promised by Reading officials "as soon
a. possible, with a further promise thai
the number Of cars should hc Increased a.
rapidly a. possible until II reached seventy
five cars a day.
The crisis AT the Capt. ol has been met and
passed Sergeant AT Arms RauSdcil IF th"
Senate went to the Reading railway on
Gals from whom he local dealer holding Ia"
contract for supplying tn" Capitol had
engaged his coal and told them that thcv
must arrange to supply IN" contractor
according to agreement and they said they
would. II takes about "a carload a day 20
run the building, and shipments a." coming
in AZ that rate.
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OkIahOma's second crop OF Fruit

From the 81 Inns Giob,- Democrat
kINGFlsHIG. Okla, Nov 40 oklahoma
il enjoying a remarkable fall this year
The fail vegetation is almost as luxurian,
as spring. and the new potatoes. turnips
bects, radlhcs, lettuce and onions are "a
he fot nj in gardens everywhere Water
melons are still on tn. market AZ many places
and many farmers are cutting an additional
crop Of alfalfa and prairi" nay Many frui,
trees are In bloom. and rose bushes are In
bloom everywhere
Henry Johnson. living near Dover. has mn
apple tree bearing a second crop OF apples
that are nearly ripe 4 first crop natUrcd
in July J VI sterling. near Blackburn
picked ripe cherries IRON tree thi, week
mat bore a good orop IN June and hlossomed
for the second crop early In September
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CHARLES n. BUTLER NAMED.
Succeeds j. &. bancroft Davis ~ Reporter
Of Decisions Of the supreme Court.


WAsHISGToS, Dec. 4-Charies Henry
Butler of New York was to-day appointed
reporter of decisions of the Supreme Court
Of the United States. vice j. {. Bancroft
Davis. resigned.
The Office is one Of the most satisfy ing
IN the public service. II is worth from
$,5O To $4,000 a year. and the tenure II
for life. There is II salary Of 81, 800 year,
an allowance of 81, 900 for clerk hire and
stationery. 81. 200 for AN additional volume
of reports and IN addition whatever
royalty is paid tn. reporter by the Arm
,"lcCtod to publish the decisions. The
law limits the price al which the reports
are to he sold to 81 "a volume.
Mir. Butler is a prominent lawyer ard
member Of ia" firm Of butler Earwood
With offices at 1876 broadway. He was born
N this city in 1859 His father William
Allen Butler, who died a few weeks ago,
was for years ore Of the leaders Of the
New York har His grandfather, Pen jamin
J.. Butler, was orc of the commissioners
Ia revis" the statute laws of this State,
wa Attnrr"y-Gs Of the United states
VI de-" the admin istratiOI Of Presidents
jackson ard Van Buren, and during por-
ton Of this Period was also Secretary oil
War
Mr. Butler was graduated from Princeton
in the class of ~ lie was the egal expert
for H." Auglo-American Joint High Cara
lian Commission in 1898 He il aSo
In" author uf many rotahl" volumes on
treaties and Internal ional relations Among
these were Tie Voice Of the Nation
our Relations With Spain, Freedom Of
Fnva'" Property on the Sea and &C, Ia
Must Is Free He il member of the
New York Far Association, the American
Bar Association, LAWYERS Club and Inter-
nat iOnal Law ArsoCiatior
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tIGIR NON-(Ou NIyTtI.
Cannot PrOmisc 10 Oppose Cuban Treat,
lntli Ne knows What u Contains.

WASUINOrON, Dec. I The Michigan
Beet Sugar Association, comprising owners
Of twenty-five factories, as we'll a. numer.
olis growers of sugar bee,s, has sent COM
muniCa, ton TO senator Alger urgently
requesting him mot To vot" for any treaty
With Cuha which reduces he iarl ON sugar :
MIR. Al ;or has rcpli"d tu ia" ,ff,ct that
he will vot" for What hc believes to hc to
the bts, Interests Of Michigan, hut that
he cannot rrp'rlS" To ollos" the treaty
before hC knows what II contains The
lious" delegation from Michigan ha, waited
upon senator Algcr urging him To- Join
with MI Burrows IN OH Csiug lhe Admin
istratinn plan