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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
MAYOR AND CASSIDY QUARREL
About Increased Appropriations which
Queens President Saws HeII Get.

II came ont yesterday that during the
executive session of the Board of Estimate
on Thursday, when the revised budget
was being made up, Mayor Low and Presi-
dent Cassidy of Queens has a short but
lively tiff" Mr. Cassidy had asked for
an increased appropriation of s9l5,s17 for
next year Mayor Low suggested that Mr.
Cassidy might reduce this, and Mr.. Cassidy
refused to take the hint. Thereupon the
Mayor made il clear that the budget for
Queens would be cut down 10y several hun
III ed thousand dollars.
That said Mr.. Cassidy angrily, ac-
cording TO the report. will be unfair. The
board promised ne when it was considering
the 1902 budget that | would receive sub
stantial Increase ior 1909
The board did nothing of the kind"
replied the Mayor,
They did" responded Mr.. Cassidy.
"and it is your privilege to ask any one Of
the members IL what | say ~ not true"
And MIR Cassidy said after the meeting
that he would get his increase whether
the Mayor opposed it or not.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
S9,JJf.693 TO FEED THE tRVI
Emergency Ration IN General Use In the
Philippines.

WASHINGTON, Oct. e g. II cost s9.55l .ss3
to feed the United States Army in the fiscal
year which ended Oh June 80 last. Mos
OF this money was expended, as is shown
by the annual report Just made public
Of Brig Gen. J. +. Weston. the Comm.ssary
General Of Subsistence, for supplies for the
troops in the Philippines.
Gen. Weston says that the emergency
ration has been very generally used IN
the Philippines, though it has not proved
wholly a success. but experiments are still
IN progress and II is expected that in du"
time a ration OF this character will be
evolved which will prove satisfactory. i'll
every respect" Experiments are being
conducted also with the aim of pro-
ducing a satisfactory fresh beef hash
consisting Of fresh beef. potatoes and
onions, to be used as a substitute for all
other components Of the fresh meat and
vegetable ration when troops are operating
in the field and war conditions exist.
Gen. Weston renews his recommendation
OF last year for the establishment Of one or
more schools for the training Of cooks and
bakers for the army.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
PRIZE PUBIC CABBtGy.
Raised IN the at, Farm. ana HiS unou.h
20 Feed the Board 81 Alderman.

the Department Of Agrirulturs of TO
city Of New Yorh, better known H. 'rn
City Farm. sent IN annual dividend 81
Charities Commis-ion"r Folks yes'e,da
To prove that II IL the mos, prosp.ro,l-
Of the municipal enterprises. Tn" dividend
came from Staten Island done mp ia n lus
box. and proved 10 .hr a cabbage larg.
enough 10 feed several familica. COM.
missioner Folks and his assistant, -
that II was tho bigges, cabbage ever secu
In these parts, and s"nt for tape and scale,
to measure it according to the Bcrtillou
system.
-Four fee, inches in diameter AMI .
pounds I ounce ia weight" was the answ-r
Of the officia measurer, The specimen
remained In the Commissioners Office all
day.
J. b. Pearce. the Official farmer VINO rIg-
the lli-acre plantation on Staten 1slaul
where the whopprr cain" from, -ent a note
with IL which said that Il was one ~ ?u.Op,
head raised this year. The cabbages VII
be consumed In the almsnouse. the hus-
pitfalls and in other charitable institution
Of the city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
Significant Declarations

Within a week We have had decla-
rations by trades unions which are full
of significance
The Illinois State Federation Of Labor
passed resolutions condemning the Ma
tional Guard as labors enemy and
directing all union men to withdraw
from it.. Membership in the State troops
was declared violation of the union
obligation The same attitude and
course were taken by the Trades As
sembly of Schenectady. Since then a
conference of labor leaders in that town
expressed similar sentiments.
Now what is this but saying that or
ganized labor can only live and prosper
through lawlessness?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
ELECTRIC ROAD FOR MANILA.
Also an Electric.iiEhiinE PIant-Ameri.
cans Can lOmpetc for the FranCtIses.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.--The city of Ma
Mia Is 10 have an up-to-date street railway
service. operated by electricity. ard a
modern electric.lghting plant. provision
for these improvements having been made
in an act passed on Oct. 20 by the Philip
pines Commission. To give American
bidders plenty Of time to cor,petc for
securing the street railway and the elect rio
lighting franchises bids will ba resolved by
the Municipal Board Of Manila until March
4. 1908. The full text Of the law and fran
chises and a map of the proposed route
of the railway may, after Dec ! of this
year. he examined at the Bureau Of In
s,ilar Afairs War Department. Washington.
The road will be thirty-fve miles long
and will cover the important streets in
Manila. The life Of the franchise Is not 10
exceed fifty wears and the rates oi fare
are not To exceed ia cents in gold for first
class passengers and cents gold for sec
ond- class passengers. CoinIensation l.
to paid the city for the franchise at the rate
of not less than IA per cent. on the gross
earnings OF the road After twenty-five
years the rates of fare are to I've read justed
by arhit ration. and the city will then have
the privilege Of purchasing the entire plant ,
at a price TO he fixed by arbitration, based
on net earnings. The const ruction OF
the road is TO begin ak months after the
contract il awarded, and the work IL 10 he
completed within twenty months there
after.
The electric Light franchise, which also
includes heat and power requirements
provides for reasonable rates. TO Ire regu-
lated by the NJ inicipal B ard The holder
of the franchise will be required to pay
compensation 10 the city Of Manila Of not
less than ~ per cent. of the gross earnings
The length Of this franchise and the time Of
the beginning and the completion Of the
plant are the same a. in the railway fran
ch-e.
Bidders will bc required 10 deposit e75 600
with the Guarantee Trust COMPANY of New
York or tho International Banking Cor
poration Of New York, and certificate OF
such deposit or check for the amount
stated, drawn to the order of the Municipal
Board, Manila, and certified by national
bank, must accompany the bid
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
HADLEY A REPUBLICAN.
To he vice-Presidcnt Of New Haven Rally
--Lynde Harrison Chairman.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Oct. 24.-Up to the
announcement tonight that President
Arthur T. Hadley of Yale had been selected
AZ the first vice-president Of the Repub-
lican mass meeting TO be addressed by
Senator Chauncey NJ Depew next Tuesday
evening in the Hyperion Theatre. it was
generally believed in this town that Presi-
dent Hadley was a Democrat.
He was Labor Commissioner for two
years when his father-in-law, the late
Hon Luzon b. Morris. a Democrat, was
Governor Of Connecticut, ten years ago.
The chairman of the meeting will be
former Judge Lynde Harrison. who. for the
first time in ten years. performs a service
of this character in the Republican party
Judge Harrison broke away from the Re-
publican party in 1892. He affiliated with
the Democratic party in that year and
continued with it until 1896 He was sent
to the National Democratic Convention
at Chicago by the Democrats In that year
as delegate-at large, but upon the nomi-
nation of Bryan and the adoption of the
silver platform he returned to Republican
allegiance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
4 Young Folks Party.

4 laudable reception will be given to
DR.. WILLIAM b. HrRD of Brooklyn in
his own house this afternoon. Dr..
HURD is a young man of &? Sometimes
he is called the pioneer dentist Of
Williamsburg. Williamsburg was only
n village when he settled there; and
in his memory struggling Brooklyn has
grown to be a strapping town and big
part of a big city Technically he is an
old settler, but in new country the
standards OF age cannot be depended
upon. DR.. HURD stands straight, sticks
10 his profession and doesn't yield TO
the vulgar and foolish misconception
which looks at 81 and thereabouts as
antiquity.
Marianne in JANE AusrEN's Sense
and Seusibility" laid down as law the
theory that a woman of y was too old
10 feel or be capable of love; and she
thought man Of IS a monument Of cid
We laugh AT this dogmatsm of youth
when We cease to have what is too mar
rowly called youth And if we are Of
sound and disposing mind, We shall
laugh when we are 80 at the weakness
of people who think that old. There ia
"A sliding scale in the definition of youth:
and its metes and bounds shall not be
planted by boys.
But to DR.. HURD's party There will
be between sixty and eighty men at it
and no children need apply. Every guest
will have to be 20 at least Fghty-two
qualified persons were invited. Some
are 90 and more The average age will
be between 70 and so. More juvenile than
we could wish, but still encouraging.
Those fellows are young enough to enjoy
themselves and just about old enough
to know how to do it, Anything should
be welcomed that knocks between the
eyes the notion that youth and age arc
not relative and elastic terms.
In the prevalent misunderstanding of
the boundaries Of infancy and old age,
n party of folks who are rs or more is
called an old folks party, Juster views
will regard it AS young folks party.
This habit of popping of just when You
are beginning TO live must be stopped
Our Two-Hundred- Year Glass has many
members already. Our Hundred Year
Class is so full that we are forced TO
discourage all but the most gifted ap-
plcants for admission. The people in
the eighties and the nineties are the
preparatory school, we might almost
saw tho kindprgarten
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
EXCLI DED FROM THE MAILS.
\ scheme That Would Require ~ Billions
In the Tenth Year 10 pay Contracts.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Po-tmaster Gem
eral Payne to-day issued an order de-
nying the use of the mails to the League
of Education OF Chicago, a concern which
made contracts with patrons calling for
monthly assessments 10 mature III one
year from date. The amount of the monthly
assessment made against the contract de-
pended upon the number OF contracts which
matured during that month. The league
had 1874 members, from whom il had col
lected Sl37 1891 Of which $50 ,052 was used for
expenses, salaries. DC. and the remainder
divided among the patrons of the league
The Assistant Attorney General for the
Post Office Department says the promoters
of the scheme tried To conduct 1t honstly
but that it was wrong in principle and would
not finance out As evidence of this he
cited "A suggestions case, starting the
scheme with 600 members. As the receipts
from ASSESSMENTS against new patrons go
to pay mat ured contracts of the old. s97 OIL
72s 100 would have TO be taken in from new
patrons in the tenth year TO pay the con-
tracts of old patrons which would mature
in that year. L.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
Important Decision by the supreme Court
From The Ch,ca0o Tribune.


The United States supreme Court on
Monday had before II the smallest money
case which proba bly, ever has been before
that tribunal Though the amount involved
WAS SO cents, the decision will require the
Jnited states Government To refund from
S.. OOO. 600 to so, 600, ooo.
The case was one Of q 5o-Cent stamp de-
handed by the Government on q saloon
keepers bond under III" spanish war revenue
act and the decision holds the stamp was
illegally exactcd A. saloonkeepers all over
the country were obliged to aNlx the bit of
pa per to every bond executed, and as many
OF her lines OF trade also have been required to
secure licenses and give bonds. the rami-
1cations Of the courts finding are eAtraor-
binary.
The suit went up from Chicago after the
various State aud city authorities had been
threatened with arrest by the National Govern
ment II they took bonds not stamped. The
saloon men took exception to the rule and
endea yorcd to escape from its impostions
with the assistance OF the courts. In March,
isaa a pet II ion Tor manda mus was filed IN I ne
circuit Court Of Cook county to compel city
Collector BraudeCker TO accept unstdmped
bonds. Judge Tuiey rendered an opinion
that the act of Congress was unla inter
ference with State rights aud entered an
bonds without STAMP,
The United States Government refused to
recognize the opinion and indicted AmhTOsni.
a -aloonkcepcr who, under Judg" Tu;cy's
opini n was conduc ing business wi huut
having given stamp bond After rcvers"s
IN OF her courts, the case was taken TO the
United State- supreme Court, which now
holds that ,ongress has 10 power TO exact
State in u n" d.chs4ss of IT, ncsa ey
opinion was rendered by Chief Justice Fuller,
who said the bond required was ip the interest
gave II, and that. therefore. 1t wse exempt
from taxation by Congress.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
The Price Of Coal.

The first fruits Of the strike so far as
the public il concerned, the raising of the
price of coal at the mines by the order
of President BAgR, published yesterday,
deserve more than ordinary attention.
This represents the policy urged upon
the operators by President JOHN MITCH-
ELL and by them long resisted. MITCH
ELL, it will be remembered. met the
operators refusal to raise wages by
suggesting that they should increase the
price of coal. This they declined to do,
and the strike followed.
We recall this not in a mind Of preju-
dice for or against either party. but
merely for the economic consideration
of much perplexed and bewildered
public
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
AGAINST OPEN-CAR STANDING.
women Ash the Aldermen TO stop u and
an Ordinance i Likely 10 Pass.

A delegation Of women asked the Alder
mems Committee on Railroads yesterday
to favor the proposed ordinance prohibiting
standing in the passagcways Of open cars
except during the morning and evening
rush hours. Miss Helen Boswell of the
West End Republican Women's Association.
Mrs. Sydney Rosenfeld and Mrs. Trout man
Of the Women's Health Protective Assoc
citation and others said women should
be able to travel in open cars without being
sub iected 10 discomfort and the indecency
Of Crowding in with men. No one APP
pearcd To oppose the ordinance and the
committee is likely to report favorablv
upOn H.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
4 Great Virginia Orchard.

TTVN7 T"' TWT U'VVH HTFDVT'V
commissioner OF Agriculture koiner has
received from the Radford Fair some Hr-
specimens OF apples grown on the frui, isTu,
of Mr.. W Scott. in Floyd county They
have been sent to Washington to haNe motrl-
made from them. Speaking Of Mir Scott d,
orchard. Commissioner Koiner said 1t is
the largest in Virginia. containing a'.on'
apple. q 900 peach. and 500, pear trees. The
orchard II situated on the summit ot tao Rlur
Ridge. overlooking Patrick, Franklin, Hen"
and other Piedmont counties Mart,nsvillc.
forty miles distant. can loo seen with the naked
eye
Tho apple trees in this orc ard. when thcy
begin to hear viii yield 80, 100 barrels Of appl, =
and u Will require $50 box cars 20 transport
tho shipment from the orchard to dis'auI
points
Commissioner koiner has great faith ~
the development OF the fruit growing in
dustry In Virginia. and cons!nrIs II one G..
tho most profitable branches of agriculture
in the State
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
Ancient and Modern Reporting.

In old times there were three WAYS
To report testimony, the verbatim, the
sketch and the summary. Let us give
an example;
John Smith sworn and examined by Mr. Jones.
@. wha, your business
A. | am a carpenter.
Q. How long have you worked a, your trade
a. have worked at nay trade for twenty years.
@ DO you know the defendant
A. do.
q. How long have you known him
a have known him for the pas, ten years
So much for the verbatim. Now for
the sketch;
John Smith on being sworn said he was a car.
penter he worked at his trade for twenty years
and knew the defendant, for ten years"
And the summary:
ten years"
The yellow ever. however, has
evolved n new style Of reporting:
John Smith. tall and ansulariy formed fellow
with bushy red hair and flaming whiskcrs Was
sworn. He kissed the Book with a resoundng
witness ohsir ran bis right hand through his ruby
locks crossed his legs which were closely incased
IN blue and white troa sers OF the latest cut and
then looked straight INTO the eyes OF Counsellor
Jones In solemn tones the latter asked him his
business AN a carpenter. was the humble
reply mad, In clear and high pitched voice tha,
was heard distinctly IN the renotcs, corner of the
court room.
How long have YOU been carpenter asked
Nj Jones with threatening look In his left eye
nav" heen carpenter SIR said the witness with
great dignity and fully approaching the Importance
az the question, during the past twenty years
Then 20, Jones drew himself Up TO his fullest height
and extending his right arm at an angle Of forty
I'VE degrees he brought II down again swiftly
un,n his huge rs, struck tho table with a horrible
ann mud 30 YOU know the defendant he
shouted IN thunderouS tones. do was the reply
made IN accents pitched In a high key witch ron
trsS,ed strangely with tho cay"rnouS tones Of IN =
learned counS.,. Then Nj Jones with flashing
. eyes and clcnchcd li,i cooled himself up Ike a
serpen, and Kissed. How long have you known
him. Ten gears was the answer tossed back
To the lawyer with lightning like rapidity."
Well. this method Of reporting may
be very beautiful but II makes rather
tiresome reading, and in these days
when few citizens can afford the luxury
of reading themselves to sleep blather-
skite reports of murder trials are very
much avoided.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
Narseille and lIabana.

The Board on Geographic Names is
still piling up perplexities for Americans
who derive their spelling of place names
from the time-honored usage of all Eng
disappearing people as shown in their
textbooks, aliases, newspapers and geo.
graphical writings. A publication Of the
Navy Department recently mentioned
the leading French seaport Marseilles
and had the tenerity to Use this accepted
spelling; whereupon the department
was politely notified by the board that
it should be written Marseille
One of the printed rules of the board,
taken from 'hr rules for geographic
orthography adopted earlier by the
Royal Geographical Society, is that the
spellings of prominent place names long
authorized rs good usage shall not be
changed. Yet time and again it has
adopted spellings that are not EN-
ployed by geographers, general writers.
or map makers using tho English Ian
guage. Such decisions are directly
opposed to good and long established
usage
What sense or reason Is there Tor IN
sisting that the capital of Cuba shall
appear in Government books and maps
as Habana"? Not one man in fifty
knows that the Spaniards pronounce b
approximately "a we do ~" One Of tho
written rules of geographic societies
Is that reformed spelings shall convey
rs nearly AZ possible the sound of the
word as pronounced by the people in
whose country the place is situated
Does Hobana convey 10 our people
any idea of the correct pronunciation,
or - 1t simply misleading,
il took an act of Congress To annul
the decision of the board that Puerto
hco should .suppiant Porto Rico. y
which had bed good English for three
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
washington to Have . speedw az.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.-Washingt il
TO have a speedway similar to that along
the Harlem River in New York. The COW
tract for it's const ruction was awarded to-
day to Martin Mcnamara of this city. tn"
drive will be built Of telford and mac1de'o
and will extend for mile through Potomac
Park vest Of the new structure thai /. To-
take the place. 80 lar as the greater vomm'
Of traffic l. concerned. of the long hridg
across the Potomac The speedway vi
run through the grounds of tho Washing"
NJ )numeni, along tho river. I,assing thro'gh
the former site Of the bat hing beach AZ,
Highway bridge. It will cos, 5o.o"o.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
Free dom for All.

The plasterers' strike may do great
in that than THE Sun, But, to take time
nv the forelock we must protest against
any public clamor or bcdcvilment of
official power that will harry the plas-
terers into submitting to arbitration
against their will
In this instance the late condition Of
affairs in Pennsylvania has been re-
vered. There the employer was UNI
willing to arbtrate, and here IL is the
employee. But the right in each case
j. the same
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
BRADLEY & SMITH, BRUSHES.

Bradley Smith Of 25i Pearl 81. have issued
tn" following circular.
We desire to call attention to the fact that not.
wlthssndlng that materials entering Into the manu-
faoture OF Brushes have advanced. we have no,
raised our prices. except only on 4 few articles
We have made a REDUCTION on many lin Is
and Will be pleased To quote you prices on recei ut
of inquiry.
In the war OF competition In our trade We mus,
he factor or lose prestige, An old house like
ours cannot AFFORD TO recedc from the position we
have held for forty two years.
We accept all challenges from competitors to
nght II out on the line OF low prices. "-tdr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
MANY GUESTS IN PRINCETON.
President.EIect wilson Entertains Distin.
guished Men at Dinner.

PRINCETON, n, j., Oct. 24.-Many dis
tnguished men, who will be guests of the
University tomorrow at the installation
of Woodrow Wilson. have arrived in town.
President-elect Wilson gave dinner at
Prospect, his home, this evening, The
following persons were present: Mr. and
Mrs. Cleveland, DR.. and Mrs. Patton. Mir.
and Mrs. Bliss Perry. j. Pierpont Morgan
Thomas r. Reed. Robert 7. Lincoln, DR.
Daniel c. Gilman, president OF the Carnegie
Institute; President Benia min ]. Wheel'r
Of the University Of California Chancellcr
W. j. Magic Of New jersey and Prof. Al
bert l.. Lowell OF Harvard.
The exercises will begin at II O'Clock
in Alexander Hall. The academic pro-
cession will be marshalled at the univer
sity library at 1890 o'clock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
CANADA REFUSED.
Britain wanted TO Maintain . Force Of
5000 In the Dominion.

OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. A.-Grest Britain
has asked Canada to permit a force of 500
men to be raised and maintained in Canada
for imperial defence purposes. The propo-
sition was made by Mr.. Brodrick. Secretary
Of State for War at the imperial conference
held in London. but il was not entertained
by the Canadian delegates. They held that
to keep an efficient force for the demand
Of her own territory, and that her force
must be under Canadian control. The
imperial authorities offered to cont ributr
a share of the expense Of 4 force raised
declined.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25
SAILORS GIVE $4,000 FOR A BALL.
Social Rivalry I'm the Nayy-Alabama's
Crew Out to Head All Creation.

Rivalry for the social pennant" in tho
navy has induced the sailors OF the battle
ship Alabama to subscribe a months pay
for ball which will I've held on Friday
OF next week at the Palace Garden. At
least $4,000 will be spent on the decorations
and the supper. Rear Admiral Higginson
has been asked to lead the march. 1t Ia
expected that the affair will be the grand
est ever given by any ships crew IN the
Navy.
Recently the crew OF the Kearsage gave
a ball and the crew spent 1880. Before
doing so they announced that all other
naval entertainments would be made TO
look like 30 cents The crew of
the Alabama say that their ball will make
Bowery hop.
Several prominent naval officers have
promised 10 attend