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sought to injure her on the trial and
virtually to justify the libel. On cross
examination Mrs. HERBERT, who copied
the libellous letter for the accused, swore
that she had seen Miss LYNCH in a buggy
sitting on the lap of physician. Mr..
HERBERT also testified that he had seen
Miss LYNCH sitting on the doctors lap,
but only when there were three persons
in the buggy
Mrs. HEATH averred that her only re-
course was to complain TO the board
about Miss LYNCH, of whom she had
heard certain detrimental reports. Mrs.
HEATH. however. was obliged to admit
that she did not know Of any single UNI
virtuous act ever committed by Miss
LYNCH.
The physician in question testified
that he was the family physician OF the
LUNCHES; that when the Lynch girls
came to his house, they we're always
driven back either by himself or his wife,
and the middle woman in the buggy,
whether his wife or one of the Lynch
girls, sat no more on his knee than on
the knee of the other woman.
Miss LYNCH swOre that she never sat
on the doctors lap, and that when there
were three in the buggy. she sometimes
sat in the middle, but usually sat on the
side of the seat.
In the face OF all this testimony, and Of
the wanton and wicked nature of the
libel which attacked a woman's virtue
without the slightest apology or excuse,
the jury acquitted the prisoner.
The rule in criminal libel is different
justification or the truth of the pub
lished matter is complete defence to a
civil action, in criminal libel the pub
LEGATION is only justified when the matter
charged as libcllous is true, and was pub
lished with good motives and for justi-
fable ends So where the libel is true,
that alone is not a sufficient defence
If the defendant has published the matter
wantonly and maliciously, without good
motives or for vindctive ends.
1t is manifest from the very statement
Of this case that Mrs HEATH could have
had no good motives in attacking a girl
of unb!emished character, and that her
attack was made for no justifable ends.
1t is unfortunate that this Westchcster
jury did not show, by their verdict a
higher view of the importance of vindi-
eating an innocent young woman. The
question might we'll be asked; How
would any one Of these jurors feel if any
member of his family we're the victim Of
such an unprovoked and wicked attack
as that contained in the letter of Mrs.
HEATH's?"
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NEW KIND or TRUST.
Six Different Concerns Unite to Employ
the Same sales Agents.
From the Louisville Courisr-Jo

From the Louisville Courier-JourrcL
An entirely new departure in the COM
munity-of-interests policy was disclosed yes
teIdsy by Mr.. F. A. Ames. the Greensboro
carriage manufacturer. who was in the city
en- route to his home. Six large manufsct-
urers with an enormous capital. with en-
tirey different lines OF business. have con-
ceived the idea OF operating Jointly.
Kansas City is the base Of the new COM
munity-of-interests plan and the company
Is to be called the Sales Manufacturing
Company The company was formed u
week AGO in Kansas City. 1t represents six
concerns with total capital of 81 500 900
These are the Hayes Pump and Planter Com
pany Galva, III J l.. Clark, carriage manu-
facturer, Oshkosh. Wis: Dowaciac Manu-
featuring Company, Dowagiac Mich; Y. A.
Amcs 4 Co. carriage and vehicle manu-
facturers, Greensboro. KY Stou zhton Wagon
Bend Chilled Plous Company. South Bond
Ind As will be seen, these concerns supply
almost all the wants Of agricultural communi-
tics Tho several companies are to be con-
tinued under separate management. but the
sales in the territory west of the Mississippi
River are TO be conducted by the Sales Manu-
featuring Company. which will result not only
ling men, but also In the increased trade for
the several articles manufactured by the In
fuence which g salesman carrying all lines
will be able to have on the dealer
IT + the belief that the idea viii result not
only in increased sales OF the output Of the
several factories concerned. but will make
them better able TO withstand the competi-
line, besides greatly Simplifying the credit
system
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Mrs. Heath and Miss Lynch.

An extraordinary case of criminal
libel was tried last week in the West
chester County Court at White Plains.
Mrs. ELIZA HEATH, editor of the
Mdm1roneck Democrat, had been in
dicted for criminal libel upon Miss ANNIE
LTNCH, schoolteacher. Mrs HEATH, as
president of an alleged Vigilance Com
mittee on Educational Management, had
sent the subjoined letter to Miss LYNCH
and 10 the President Of tho Board Of
Education Of Mamaroneck.
MADAM! Statements being made relative TO
past misconduct upon your part, frs, with youth
after whose death certain obscene letters were
found sgned by you and your sister second. rcla
tive 10 your acts OF misconduct with Dr. HosnR,
health ofncer OF this place. We the Directing Tax
payers. demand your resignation from the list Of
our teachers.
We take this course because OF your sex and
because VIC do not desire b. court proceedings to
cause the repeal Of your license. to the end ,hs,
YOU may by GODS grace have chencc TO rcpcn,
and reform"
While there was not the slightest evi.
dence OF any sort against the virtue Of
the young woman accused. the defence
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paper to whom we have referred speaks
Of the Liverpool census as indicative of
discouraging state Of things in
England generally, no far as concerns
religious observance, il not faith. Great
as is the number of those who stay away
from the churches in Liverpool. 1t is not
as great IA il Is in other towns of the
kingdom, and among country people
there seems to be more religious in
difference than in the towns. He tells
of going. on fine Sunday morning, to
the church of quiet village, surrounded
by pastoral population, and. counting
only seventeen adults present at the
service. every one from houses close by
from the outside farms and cottages
not solitary one Religious indiffer-
cnce in our country communities is often
deplored, but we question if it ever goes
TO so great an extreme as that The in
stitution of the old-fashioned prayer
meeting, once regarded as the surest test
of the spiritual vitality of an evangeli-
cal church. seems to have fallen largely
into decadence in American country life,
and general neglect of the family prayer,
once universal in pious American house,
holds, is reported from New England,
more specifically. Pleasures and recre-
atoms formerly reprobated as ungodly
or at least unbecoming are now fire.
quent. if not usual Neglect to attend
public worship on Sunday, which once
singled out the offender for reproach, is
no longer counted against him by public
sentiment. But, as we have intimated,
attendance on a country church in
well-populated pastoral region is not as
paltry here as it was found to be in the
English village described.
Undoubtedly, both in this country and
England indifference to religious services
has increased relatively during the last
generation, Great numbers of people,
and men, mere especially, never think
of entering a church unless to attend
wedding or funeral. A very consid-
cradle part of immigrants lose church,
going habits which they brought here,
though the Roman Catholic Church
works indefatigably TO retain its hold
va no iioIii ptil'i at'l~, anu at
present from Italy, more particularly
In computing the percentage Of contin-
uing religious faith and practice among
the more recent immigrants, however
the great Jewish immigration must be
borne in mind. These Jews are usually
of the strictly Orthodox order and there
fore are even fercely devoted to their
ancient faith and ritual, az was demon
strated 30 violently on the occasion Of the
funeral Of Rabbi JOSEPH
OF the reported attendance at the
Liverpool churches not Roman Catholic.
the order numerically was, first, Church
of England; second, Wesleyan or Meth
odist; third, Baptist; fourth. Presby-
terrain. In New York the census as taken
put the Episcopal first, the Presbyterian
second, including the cognate Reformed,
the Baptist third. and the Methodist
fourth. Here, as in Liverpool, the ma
jority of Protestants are what are called
Nonconformists in England but with
us the Roman Catholic preponderance
is far greater.
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Confederate Pensions In Georr,A.

From the Nep orleans Times Democrat.
The matter OF pensions to Confederate veterans
Is becoming serious financial problem In Georgia.
The Pension Commission has estimated the On
pendlturo for the present year At $3.50 900. and
the Appropriations Committee OF the Eouss Of
representatives. has been enablcd TO cut tails
amount down only by s2aoOo. This amount n
more than the State Is able to pay. and the result
has been that the appropriations for the inssitu
lions OF the State will have to be cut down 70 the
starvation point or there will be q dencis n tho
budget each year of about $4,000
The Georgia papers are insisting on resue<Son
Of this pension roll Insisting that pensions should
be Issued only 70 the INDECENT. II 70 CHARGED ia,
the Georgia pension law Is being abused - ths
national law has been abused. The county OF Pul
ton, In which Atlanta 10 situated. foy >1apanie
Is drawing $4,000 In pensions annually while ths
county OF Chatham, In which Savannah 10 situated
which county, according to the clain Of the "a I.
vannah Ner' furnished more soldiers 10 the Seu,a
than any city In the South. - drawing bal 20
annually.
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MILES O'BRTEN DROPPED.
Another O'Brien Takes His Place In the
board OF Education.

Mayor Low yesterday appointed the fol-
lowing as members Of the Board Of Educa-
ton to All places which become vacant at
the end Of the year: Charles c. Burilng-
ham. A. Leo Everett. Frank P. Cunnion.
Jacob W. Mack ard Edward d. O'Brien
of Manhattan. Frederick W. jackson Of
The Bronx. Albert G. Mcdonald. John
Greene and George d. Hanlin Of Brooklyn.
and George T. Payne Of Queens.
The appointees will serve for Ave years
from Jan. I, 1903. In every case but one
they are now members and are simply re-
appointed Miles O'Brien, who was at
one time chairman Of the board, has been
dropped by the Mayor and In his place
Edward O'Brien, q namesake, but not q
relative, has been appointed,
Edward O'Brien Is chairman Of the local
school board Of his district and was formerly
chairman Of the association OF Local School
Boards Of the Borough Of Manhattan.
He is also secretary Of the COMMITTEES on
Admissions Of the Bar Association, and a
son OF the Hon. Dennis O'Bnen. Associate
Judge Of the Court of Appeals.
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Organized Play.

Blessings on the manor was il some
god or demigod or wise woman?-that
invented chid-study, chld-psychology
and other boons! The facilities, all the
modern conveniences, so to speak. now
at the service of the lucky children of
to-day, are marvellous, all but incredi BILE.
For example, look at grand. old In
dianapolis. the Hooser Paris. In the
indianapolis schools the play of the
children at recess time has been organ
led So many minutes for gymnas-
tics, so many for ping-pong, so many
for tag and hoop. and SO on. Every child
plays on schedule time, has to live and
play according to timetable. Three
minutes with the bean bags. 2i5 at the
skipping rope. Organized labor, organ
lied play!
We are working, We are playing in a
grand and wondrous time 1t is one of
the many regrets of all Of us who are
growing old that we cannot live to see
the triumphs Of civilization our pro-
phetic souls foresee. Children have been
brought up according to wrong methods.
In the dark forward and abysm of time
shines great light. Our dim eyes be-
hold Automatic Children. They are
wound up like clock. They are their
own time punch and strike the hours.
quarters and halves. They play eigh-
teen different games in fifteen minutes,
adjusting their own machinery. Do YOU
want EN- TO sng' Press the accordion
arrangement and vox humana attach
ment in their midsts, IL you please. Do
YOU want to hear EN- name the Presi-
dents. the Roman Emperors. the princi-
pal rivers, mountains. metals? Connect
the wires. These are the finest mechan-
ical toys ever exhibited. Their works
run down at sl7 p. NJ. Then the little
ones undress fall into bed and cover them
selves automatically. Mother can 60 of
to the club. II there is any noise in the
nursery. punish the offender next day by
refusing to wind him up. Still, IT, he is big
enough to be a stem-winder, what can
you do?
We, who foretold the Automatic Ser
want, now forctcll the Automatic Child.
Will he have as much fun az his predeces-
sors? Why not? Self-love will teach
him to appreciate his mechanical make
up and his play will be much more eff
GENTLY organized than ia now posi-
BILE, even in indianapolis.
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NEW LANDS DISCOVERED.
"Details OF sycrdrup.s New Finds.

The long dcsratc h sent by Capt. Sverdrup
from northern Norway conveyed no exact
idea Of the lands he found to the west Of
Ell smere Land and Grinnell Land In the
hitherto uncxplored region north Of the
Parry Islands. Later information shows
that Sverdrup discovered two land areas
that are comparable in size with some OF
the larger known islands north Of this
cont incnt
He found. in the first place, that the south
coast Of Ell sncrc Land extends some sew
enty miles almost due west Of the point
where it was supposed by 1nglestield to
turn 10 the northwest. The south coast
has. therefore. doubled the length hereto
fore represented. Sverdrup thinks the
earlier explorers were deceived in mapping
Cape Eden and the Victoria Islands on this
supposed northwest coast by the noun
tains Of FL srnere Land peering above
masses of fog.
The south coast thus extends nearly to
the island OF North Kent, from which 1t Is
separated by a strait about two miles In
width. Northeast Of North Kent Sverdrup
found that Eli snere Land ia greatly mar
rowed by very deep and wide bay pene-
trating far to the east. Following the
west coast along the very winding shore
line he found a narrow channel about 200
miles in length. which washes the shores
OF northwest Ell smerc Land and southwest
Grnnell Land on the east and hitherto
unknown shore line on the west. This new
land, which may consist Of two or more
i-lands. extends about 200 miles north and
south Its western shores were seen for
sixty or seventy miles north and south OF
the seventy-ninth parallel, so that the
land mass in that region has an extension
east and west across six degrees Of longi-
tude.
To the west of this large land and north
Of North Cornwall. the most northern
land in these seas known up to the time OF
Sverdrup's explorations. another great Land
mass was disc vered and a sledge jour-
ney was made clear around its coasts. II
extends to the northwest from about tn
seventy-eghth to the eightieth parallel, or
about one hundred and forty miles. II Ia
oblong in shape, and its mean width may
be seventy TO eighty miles. It's coasts
are deeply indented and it may consist of
two islands.
These discoveries show that land extends
far to the north Of the Parry archipelago,
and that the new land masses are larger
than any among that group OF islands.
No land was seen TO the north or west
Of these islands; but there is no ground for
asserting that more land does not exist
there and that the American Arctic archi-
pelago is not very much larger than the
land areas thus far shown on the maps.
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Thanksgiving.

From he Baltimore American
Ny friends. seek tn poraHi information
sing hey, hungry fortune To- aefy:
Ny stoinayn wants an init nate relation
Established with the turkey and the pie
The merry IucTry turkey.
The tooths>ne sauce cranberry.
The succulent spiced oyster,
And the pic'
Which OF you has the best Thanksgiving dinner,
sing hey. don't every one at once reply,
For that one III dine with. as I'm a sinner,
sing hey the tender turkey and the pic,
The milky mashed potatoes
The ple sass" so melting,
The cider that's bucolic
And the pie!
or invitations I'm a champion taker
sing hey, for none OF your pot luck" sieh:
as esteI OF good dinners I'm no fakir
Sing hcy the plum young turkey aud the pie,
Inc soft and trembling Jelly,
The cakes with sugar icing
The punch zee bit strengthened,
And the pisl
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CONSERVATIVE CONVICTS.
Decrease In the Death Rate the Result Of
scientific Treatment.

ALBANY, Nov. 2s.-Superintendent of
Prisons Collins will report TO the next Legis-
lature surprising results Of the scientific
care Of consumptive criminals. The large
death rate in the prisons previous to the
past few years was due mainly to con-
SUMPTION, and to mi imize. If possible. this
condition, Supt. Collins has had all Con-
sumptive prisoners sent to the State prison
al Dannenlora, up in the Adirondacks, one
of the best places in the world for the treat
nrent Of the disease. Here the consump-
tives we're sub iected 10 a special treat
ment in the prison hospital, with the re-
suit of an estimated decrease In the dealt
rate from this cause Of II per cent. in the
past five years compared with the Ave
preceding years.
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oher TO transfer TO us thei- rights and pos
sessions at Panama. which oher we have
practically announced we would accept.
President Rooseveit's policy Is a con-
ment of the national map under his inc,lm-
hency would illuminate his administra-
ton. Secretary Hays triumph In causing
the abrogation by Great Britain OF the
Clayton-Eulwer Treaty stamped him as a
great statesman. But az an achievement
OF diplomacy that success would Income
Insignificant compared with the securing
to us Of the ownership of the soil through
which We build n canal
A potentially important word might well
be Incorporated in the popular slogan. and
We should aspire TO Crt ns well us TO con-
struct and control, an Iethmian canal.
FREDERIC oCGTLANp PESfIELD.
MANHATTAN CLUB, New York, Nov p.
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Church Attendance Here and in
England.

census Of church attendance was
taken in Liverpool on the second Sunday
in November on a plan similar to that
simultaneously pursued in New York,
to which we have already referred The
number Of persons found in the churches.
combining both morning and evening
services, was reported to be l77435, cx-
cept so far as concerns Roman Catholics,
whose attendance at only one service
was enumerated. The attendants were
distributed among the different religious
denominations, thus:
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LONDONER SEES BELLEVUE.
He's Sir Vincent Kenneit.BarringtOn Of the
Asylun,'s Board There.

Among tile visitors at Bellevue yesterday
was Sir Vincent kennett- harrington Of
81 Albert Hall Mansions, London, S. W.,
who is a member Of the Metropolitan Asylum
Board, which includes all the city hospitals
Of London.
Sir Vincent went to the hospital in
coupe accompanied by his secretary. He
told Supt. Richard that he was in America
on little pleasure trip. and was incidentally
investigating the hospital System in New
York and other Eastern cities
For his benefit Supt. Richard turned In
a hurry call for an ambulance, Driver
Wetherell responded in less than minute.
Wonderful. Wonderful" said Sir Vim
cent. That's what We need in London.
Our ambulances are too slow, and that Is
the first fault intend to remedy when /
return"
The Englishman met number OF the
visiting physicians at the hospital, and
took notes on all he learned. He left for
Philadelphia in the afternoon.
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The Lackawanna Trains.

TO THE EpIroR oy THE SJ'N Str The letters
from various commuters about the Lackawanna
trains have afforded me much interest. The com
mulcrs do not seem to have discovered even one
Is run
They complain OF the trains being Hate, How
do they know that the timetable hasn't been
changed. and that the trains are not running on
the new schcdule' ! nave trird several times at
my station To get the timetable Issued on, think
Oct 20. but have been IN ble-tho copies haven't
come SeN ! do not Slhnc tA' trains for being
late accoHing to my old tINetabc. | only say
TO myself, Some day. when get tue new time.
table, ] can sec what changes have been made 81
OF course. when get that schedule. q third time
table may be in use. but let us not think OF that
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Ex.Pres,drnt IyIcs,as In New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. La, Nov, 2s.-Senor Don
Rafael Iglesias, formerly President Of the
republic Of Costa RIGA. arrived here last
night from Port Limon. He will remain
here for some time and will later visit New
York. He will probably go into business
Iglesias, formerly Minister Of War Of Costa
RIGA, has already taken up his residence.
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Statue OF senator Vance.


Fron The fNdrT0Nc Ubscrrcr,
At n meeting Of the Vance Memorial Assoc
citation OF North Carolina. held 10 this cit =
yesterday, II was decided to rai,e funds for
the purchase of a life-size marble figure of
the late Senator Vance and ask Ierni sion
TO place II In the rotupda OF the Carpep in
Library building OF Charlotte All funds
contributed for this purIose are to be placed
IN the hands Of Mr. u A Iompkn- the trl, -
tee elected at form er Getting
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Roman Catholic Church Attendance.

To THE EDITOR OF The SrN-Sr' There
Is every r"1son for saying the statement that
only 27o 900 New York Cat olics attended
mass during the fine sundays IN November
is prepost rous. There are 225 CLurc.ss
and clapels on Manhattan Island. Several
G urChes hold 1880 paris toner's every sun
day In t.c year. Let . trilrcn News
Association furnish a list of churches visited,
togct ,cr with the number Of attendants, and
tBen We will be able TO get AZ facts.
CAMDEN. Nov %. Az EX-NtW YORKER.
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Burton Not q Candidate for Speaker.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-Representative
Burton Of Ohio, whose attitude toward
the Speakership nomination has never
been publicly avowed, still declines to
declare himself. II IL learned, however,
that to his friends he has said that he will
not be and has not been candidate for
the nomination. There was only one
contingency, ii il said in which he would
have been candidate, that Of n deadlock
between the East and the West. That
being no longer probability. the incident
Is closed so far "a he is concerned
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Has the Hon. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRI ,oS
OF Massachusetts, and Manila heard the hor
rible news from New Castle county, Del?
Thanksgiving Day ninety prisoners at the
workhous" of that county were allowed to
go out and play football. Now, football is
the source Of war and all other crime. as
MIR, GARRI son has proved frequently. Are
prisoners TO be reformed or to be showed
still further down the steep grade Of crime
dsscensus Arerniy Mr.. GAKkI son is not the
man to salve his conscience with a bubble
or to content himself with saying that foot
hall ia game worthy Of criminals. II foot
ball Is a crime. the officials II the New Castle
workhousc are accessories TO crime There
ought TO be a meeting in Faneuil Hall to
protest against this outrage. The breath
Ia gone from anti-inrerialism will not
anti-footbalism take the place Of that lost
LENoRE of Mr.. GARRI SONS?