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QUEBEC'S SEPARATION PLAN.
Practical breaking Up OF Canadian Com
federation Suggested.

MONTREAL, Quebec, Feb. ?2.-A sensation
has been caused here by a notice Of motion
given in the Legislature last evening by NJ.
Perreault, member for Chambly county,
OF a request TO have the Quebec Parliament
take the initiative in asking the British
Parliament to amend tho British North
America Act in such n way as 90 involve
practically the breaking up of the Canadian
Confederation. The resolution is ~ follows:
That in the opinion of this House the
revenues allotted to the various provinces
by the British North America act are insult
icient to allow Of their meeting the require
ments of the public service and at the same
time of giving the necessary aid 10 coloni-
cation, TO agriculture, to the development
OF our industries and the improvement Of
our educational system; that the interpro-
tation given to various clauses of the Con-
stitution has endangered the existence Of
our local institutions, and that the Govern
mcnt of Canada and those Of otEci provinces
should be invited to join the Government
of tho Province of Quebec in asking the
Parliament of the United Kingdom to make
such changes In the confederation Act as
may alter the basis on which the federal
subsidy is calculated, secure TO the provinces
an exclusive control over their public
properties and over the railways within
their limits, allow Of their imposing eX-
port duties on the products of their forests
and mines, and confer upon the Govern
lowing provincial laws now exercised by
that Of Canada
There l. n current belief here that this
motion is OF ministerial inspiration and that,
consequently, II will be adopted by a ma
Jority vote Of the House.
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President Eliot on New York.

The impression of " absolute ugliness
and squalor which President ELIOT
Of Harvard says New York has made
on him /" during the past three days, " is
not at all peculiar to him. II is made
on every resident no less than on the
critical visitor alike.
President ELIOT, however, should have
made allowances for the extraordinary
circumstances Of this particular time
in forming a judgment of New York.
The excavation Of the subway, a neces-
sary improvement, keeps the streets
in almost intolerable disorder and the
most offensive unsightliness, during it's
progress; but the consequence is una
voidable. The work Of building the sub
way has been conducted with remarkable
rapidity and the greatest engineering
skill, but the interruption Of street traffic,
or rather obstruction to il, has been
Enlightened by the failure, from time TO
time, Of supplies Of structural steel.
B" Ugliness' in the appearance Of the town
Is ~inseparable from this undertaking.
The impression Of "squalor y produced
WI TitNiuSiN Isbioi, hoWtNtI II merely
a fleeing appearance.
IL is all very unbeautiful and sometimes
hideous. No broom can sweep the streets
clean, no water can wash away the dirt
and nothing can make the town slightly,
so long as the digging up of the streets
on so great a scale continues. Even
those through which the building sub
way does not pass suffer from the tur-
MOL and confusion of that gigantic
undertaking. Dust flies into them from
il and many Of them are made unsightly
by piles Of material necessarily ac-
cumulated for its construction. But
even the Parthenon was not a thing of
beauty for Athens while the digging
for its foundations was in progress.
The present condition of New York is
~ i~rremediable as it is inevitable, but
IT is only transitory. 1t h an incident
OF the growth OF a great city which is
now adding about a million TO its popu-
iation iD a decade. Beauty is com
PEELED to yield to utility. These millions
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VIII There lie a Split In the British
Liberal Party?

As we expected, the reputation of
Home Rule by Lord RosEBERY in his
speech at Liverpool has put an end to
his connection with the Liberal party,
as at present organized under the Far
~liamentary leadership Of Sir HENRY
CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN. The latter gen.
tleman naturally inquired whether,
in his reference TO Home Rule, Lord
RosEBERY spoke from the interior
Of u political tabernacle, or from some
vantage ground outside In a letter
TO the London Times Lord RosEBERY
replies that he understands that, by his
utterance, he placed himself " outside
Sir HENRy's tabernacle, but not he
thinks, :" in solitude" The reply means.
il it means anything. that Lord ROSE
Berry expects to be joined by Mr.. As
oUITH, by Sir EDWARD GREY ana by
other conspicuous members OF the
party which Mr.. GLADSTONE left behind
him. We shall presently see 10 what
extent this expectation is well founded
Does Lord RosEBERY then mean 10
found n third, or rather a fourth, party
we say fourth because the lrlsh Ma
tionalists, since the fusion Of non-far-
n~ellitcs, disown any alliance Win the
Liberals' A fourth party. II II consisocu
only Of seceders from the organization
headed by Sir II. CAMPBELL~BANNEh.
MAN. would DO insignificant in point Oh
numbers. II acquire magnitude
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
The Tan Brneath the Black .

A dread secret has come out of the
slush and ooze in the streets OF Chicago,
and thousands Of Chicago men, glasses
of fashion and moulds of form, are hav-
ing dark thoughts. We take from the
Chicago Tribune the details Of one case
out of cases innumcrable:
Two young men came downtown yesterday.
They were proud OF themselves. and particularly
Of their shoes. The gloss was OF the finest. As
they moved through the streets the shine became
clouded. Later It took on a murkiness. Then
there appeared wha, seemed to be spots Of mud.
These enlarged rapidly. The young men stepped
into a hallway to Investigate. The deception
became clear. The shoes were tan and the wearers
had been victimlzed.-
The vanishing Of the a shoe was
one of the most curious whims OF taste.
For a time, a pretty long time, millions
of feet were clothed in brown or yellow.
Then it occurred to persons with a desire
for distinction or an adherence of the
profane populace that tan shoes were
too common and ought to be avoided
by the diligent seeker after choice and
seemly dress. The reaction spread,
at first, perhaps. less by conscious imita-
ton than by that imp~erceptible wave
Of opinion or fantasy or prejudice OF
fear which produces a panic or a craze.
People who had rejoiced in a shoes
now kicked them away with a shudder
Of disgust. Sober black replaced the
brilliant hue on which the artist boot
pol sher had expended so much oil and
paste and muscle. The revel was over.
Puritanism resumed It's sway.
But where did all the unsold con-
demned shoes go TO? Some shoe firms
gave their tan shoes away for a song.
In Chicago other firms, of a more eco
nomical disposition, sent them to the
dyers. Two Chicago dye houses have
changed $1,000 pairs from tan TO black,
but the snow water is cruel to the new
color. Besides, the hooks and eyelets
can't be dyed. Exposure awaits tho
rash man who ventures into the snow
in a pair OF these imperfectly metamor-
phosed shoes. SO the word has gone
forth TO the wise: Wear rubbers, and
the ~chivalry of Chicago obeys.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
SVERDRUP AND THE FR4u
Norwegisns Decide TO wait Before
Sending . Search Party.

A few months ago the Norwegian pro.
moters Of Arctic research expressed their
firm belief that Capt. Sverdrup and his ves.
sci the Fran had pushed their way through
Smith Sound, passed around the north end
Of Greenland and were now somewhere on
the east coast Of the great island. The Nor.
wegians proposed next spring to send a
real party to that coast.
Their faith in this upposition has now
been greatly shaken by n letter from DR..
Robert Stein, who, when he went north 70
explore Ellesmere Land some two years ago.
took a largo quantity Of mai for Syerdrp
n his men. DR.. Stein said that though
he had spent two winters on Smith Sound no
had discovered no trace Of Svcrdrup and he
did not believe that the explorer had OVER
come the difficulty conditions Of ice navi.
cation in Smith Sound.
He therefore had no confidence that
Sverdrup had left the n~eighborhood Of
Ellesmere Land through Smith Sound lie
was Of the opinion, as The Sun recently
suggested, that Sverdrup had gone west
through Jones Sound and was either a.
tempting to make the Northwest pasSas e TO
Behring Strait or was trying to get north
through the sea to the west Of E!lcsAers
Land.
Sverdrup had distinctly announced bis
intention to explore the archipelago north
OF Greenland and 10 trace the unknown
part OF the east coast Of that island. 1t Is
indeed very surprising that he should have
left the place in Smith Sound whore he
passed. his first winter. changed his plans
and sailed away 10 carry them out with
out leaving any news Of his Intentions
with Peary who would gladly nave for
warded to Europe any communication
which Sverdrup had to make to his friends.
As it is they nave not the slightest idea
be trying to push through the channels
north Of this continent and achieve the
complete Northwest passage, which has
never yet been done by a sing g vessel.
This passage, 10 long sought for In vain,
il known TO exist only because one vessel
from Behring Sea and another from Jones
Sound came so near together, during the
Franklin search. hat sledgo parties easily
passed between them.
II, on the other hand, Sverdrup turned
north after passing through Jones Sound
he may be making new discoveries In the
unknown northern part Of the Parry Archi-
pelago, or he may have passed beyond the
islands into the waters OF the
Arctic Sea.
The fact is, however, that all guesses as
TO Sverdrup's whereabouts are futile.
Nobody knows az present, within Thousands
Of miles, where he may I've; a search for him
under present circumstances
would be the Franklin search over again
with an excellent prospsc,, II misfortune
has befallen him, that Lis fate might not
discovered for a dozen wears, If ever,
many expediti ions misht be sent
to find traces Of him.
1t is not surprising therefore that th"
Norwegians have decided 30 wait a while
trying to carry out measures Of
relief. Sverdrup hal supplies to last at
Lac. onAthnF unaF aud IL d. hnnRH TINT
news may be received from him during
the coming season.
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SVEN HEDIN BAFFLED.
The Tibetans Thwar Ills Efforts TO Reach
Ihasa In Disguise.

All the have announced the
arrival In Cashmere Of the famous explorer.
Sven Hedin, from his field of explorations
In Central Asia. No cable reports, how
ever, have reached this country with regard
10 his adventures in Tibet while crossing
lint vast country to India, except the
va 1ue statement that he lost a part of his
expedition.
The telegraphic despatch which he has
sent to the King Of Sweden shows that he
had a most exciting time while travelling
through that forbidden country. His
despatch is lacking in detail, but gives a
brief outline of his adventures.
II appears that he could not resist tho
temptation Of making an effort. like many
explorers before him, 10 reach the forbid
den city Of Lhssa. So he disguised him
self as a pilgrim and succeeded in approach
ing ihasa within a few miles,
The town was thrown into much excite
mont by the sudden discovery that n for
eigner was approaching the city. and no
was at once made a prisoner. Fortunately
for the explorer he was not tortured as the
Englishmnn lander was when he tired 10
reach Lhasa from the north.
Hedin was well treated by the express
command Of the Dalai Lama. Perhaps
this WIS DNTllN ult 10 llf IlIfIulN wa
ions which seem to have been established
by the mission which, a. the request Of
the Car Of Russia, was sent 10 ~, Peter
burg about q year ago by the Dalai Lama.
Hedin, however, not content with i''
failure OF his first attempt, made auothcr
effort to reach the CITY. This time 500
Tibetan soldiers sent against him attacked
him without any parley and destroyed a
large part Of his caravan. This put al
end 10 his ambition TO reach Lhnsa
As he had only n few followers ms words
referring TO the loss Of most Of his caravan
apply very likely to his baggage train 81
caimcls. He "a ys that he managed 70 save
sthe results Of my expedition, which
probably refers to the volumlnors note
books which, az he reported earlier, con-
tanned the minute details Of many interest
ing discoveries; also his map material
on which he had spent much labor, hl-,
surveys being so detailed that, as he sad
he would lie able to make large scale maps
OF all the regions visited.
IL is To be hoped also, that he was ahie
20 save the relics Of the earlier civilization
he discovered in the Cobb desert which lc
was bringing home. His reverse would
have been truly disastrous If he had lost
his notebooks and route SURVEYS, for then
he would not have been able to make tire
detailed report he expects 10 publish Of the
result Of his long labors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
Returned Fares for Ten-Minute Blocks

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir. The
Assembly bill introduced by Mr.. Richter
TO compel a street car company TO refund
the fare OF issue a pass 90 "a, person after a
block of ten minutes. strikes me as being a
frst-class measure in every respect for the
working people Of New YORK. particularly
on such days as last Monday.
am employed within a very short dis-
lance Of 1HE SUN o0ice. and | nm on an
average Of least twlc" q week forced to leave
the car for some reason or another, and COM
PEELED to finish my journey on loot.
ms same thing happens to thousands Of
men, women ana young girl, who Hrc COM
PEELED 10 work daily tor a livelihood. Kindly
give this enclosed bah your kind considera-
ton and place Il before tho readers OF your
paper Hs consider this lll strictly a bill
FOR the benefit of the worEiHs ana poor people
OF this greet city. A /. S.
FIRST ANENUI, Feb. 20.
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Into what degradation a must
descend to maintain the defence of Rear
Admiral SCHLEY il shown in the Ner York
Times OF Friday in its article attempting
TO break the force of President R~oosEvRLT's
decision that SAMPSON. and not SCHIRY,
was in command at Santiago:
omcer Is In command when he is 10 signalling
distance from his feet. In his deposition printed
In the record OF the Court OF Claims Admiral SANp.
SON states that at the moment when the spaniards
came out Of the harbor the New York was seven
miles from the nearest American vessel
We assume that this assertion Ia taken
from the report of Admiral SAM PsoS's
testimony concerning the right of the
Harvard TO share IN the Santiago bounty,
page 20, Court of Claims, Naval Bounty
No. ?. II appears there that tho Harvard,
which was lying OF Siboney, was " two
miles or more from the New York at the
Instant the engagement commenced. and
approximately nine miles from the neares,
vessel " the United States when on her
reguln b~locknding station on Santiago"
OF course this is either a misprint or a
slip in statement. Siboney. where the Har-
ward was lying. Is but ninc and a quarter
miles east OF the mouth OF Santiago harbor.
and, according 10 the well-known practice
Of the blockade, the regular blockadine
station Of the vessel on the Siboney end
OF the line was between three and -four
miles east OF the haTbor mouth.
In conflict with this isolated accident
OF type or tongue Is the testimony, direct
or indirect. from the Iowa, the Oregon.
the Indiana. the Gloucester and the New
York, and for that matter, the standing
order for the blockade and every news
paper report that ever described IL.
We suspect that the immediate author
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A British surgeon, Note. On tmcriean
Hospitsls.

d.. q. p. Ferguson. Presidrpi o' me HrNt'h '-ff''
Association. ~ ne B'ftsh nrdtCu! |.' %
The great characteristic O. se 'm.'..H hos.
pitfalls. the worship Of as"pIS. have rr''i =
consistently and completely carried oHi na}"''''
else.
In the American hospitals VAS % h' ,''n '".
OF the radiant poly pharmacy OF Old. t".'
cAn manufAciurl chemists. v.l,. H I.
much more On Slefnce In R-ltlr 'l." Fro i.'fn
There was n simplicity and dlrrr'H.N' "' '".'
lean hospital prescriptions a'ra 'a'. OF '.''-
anu ~knowtedgr.
Ny advice to others Is 70 Go al a' IVY
10 America Il IN many way % Ff'' .'
The American hospitals -. .scu.1 '.
will. 1 venture to say. s~arpI.s-. 60. ... '- ny
Will delight and Instruct. many ln'.
and surgeons.
See the American A. home. and FH
of the elcver->t men ana the ban. a.
In the world
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23

II Is painfully evident hat the loss OF
life In the Park Avenue Hotel fire was duo
to laundering that. in the circumstances
was scarcely short Of criminal. Time
and again II has been demonstrated that
freproof buildings are not what they seem.
Fully an hour before the hotel caught fire
the great armory Of the Seventy-first Regi-
ment across the street was blazing like
a bonfire. and a high northeast gale was
carrying a steady stream Of sparks over
the hotel building. Every road around
the burning armory was a sticky morass
OF soft clinging snow that hampered the
work Of the Fire Department.
There could have been no palmer warn
ing OF danger. Ordinary precaution de-
manded that every person in tho hotel
should be awakened n warned Of the
danger that threatened.
II is admitted that this was not done.
No warning was sent out from the Office
until fire was already established in the
building. an hour after the arnory across
the street wss fully ablaze. This was n
criminal omission, but II other precautions
In the proper equipment of the hotel had
been taken IL still need not nave cost a
LIE. The fire damaged only the fourth.
9th n sixth floors Of the building and
VT sixteen persons persisted in II and a
scors more were injured. The hotel was not
provided with fire escapes nor was there
any emergency fire hose In the halls.
Why were these ordinary precautions
neglected. The proprietor says that he
did not think that they we're needed because
the building was 30 thoroughly fireproof.
Is it customary TO cave such matters en-
tirely to the Judgment OF the hotel pro-
prietor7
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
ILesky Ierr,boat.

To The EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: viii you
not give the attention of your paper TO the
deplorable condition of tho fcrryboat Gem
trail in the service OF the New Jersey Gem
trail Railroady The boat has been In COM
mission since 1862 on the trip over this
morning she was leaking SO badly that one OF
the cabins was flooded The paddle-boN
partition t. broken IN several placps. and the
boat has been 60 patched and repgirad thai
her condition IL considered by IA, men who are
obliged TO ira vel on her a. very uvSafe
HENRY y. CONDrr
WRsrriKLp, y J. Fob "a.
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Her scarfpin Recovered FROM = cows
Heart.

CARRoIIToN.. Ga. .Feh. 10 .-The finding
OF a gold scnrf min imbedded in a." hcrt
OF a COW butchered here Tor market has
aroused a deal OF interest.
4 local butcher who was preparing the
beef after il had been slau Entered. mode
the discovery The pin a pierced e
way literally into the heart OF the
and had evidently been In that 20. .u ,ot
OF that organ.
The COW YVES purchased by Robert CASTOR.
Ha''ou. che wife Of a blecksmith near 10
place. She identified the pm 0- n.t'.t :
10 her, stating that II had been lo-' some
time arc.
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At the Manhattan Club.

~ NV
The condition Of the Democracy was
revealed last night by the carefully pre-
pared speeches or letters of a number Of
noted members Of the party. at a meet
ing of the Manhattan Club Of this city.
Ihe defeat Of BRYAN in 1900 and the
defeat of Tammany Hall in 1901 had
raised considerable expectations that
on the night in question some statesman
would appear TO tell his fellow parti-
sans how they might again deserve and
find victory. How those expectations
Jared will be best described by giving
the essence of some Of the more impor-
tant u~tterances.
Through them it was made apparent
that the Democratic party Is still too
much occupied with tho elimination
Of the discordant and destructive ele-
nents within it for the serious work
Of attack upon the opposition. For
example the letter contributed by the
Hon. HENRY WATTERsoN was mainly a
tinkle against -S~yndicates, and a repe-
,ition of the stale complaint that free
trade with our nearest new possession,
Porto Rico, had not been established
until two years had passed beyond
the date first recommended by the late
WILLIAM MCKINLEY. A demand, not
for the abandonment Of our other new
territories, but for q cleaner methods
in the administration Of their govern
nent, an appeal for the avoidance Of
aptagonism TO business, and a scarcely
more than cursory reference to a revenue
tariff, and the prophet Of the Blue Grass
slopes was done.
Wherever it is proposed, = said Mr..
HILL, hat our jurisdiction should
he permanently maintained there
should be the guarantees Of the Con-
~stitution for personal rights. A search
through the speakers plea for the Con-
~'titution in its application to all persons
living under the American flag will
show no more direct argument for the
abandonment Of the Philippines than
the mention Of " trial by jury = as one Of
the rights which the Constitution will
suffer to be absent from any part Of
our dominions. Even this Anglo
Saxon institution Mr.. HILL could not be
said to have insisted on establishing
IN Luzon at once.
For the Republican doctrines, or. to
put the ease in broader terms, for the
American doctrines with which the
Of politics have peculiarly
Identified R~epublicanism. namely, hard
money, the national credit, the Monroe
Doctrine and reciprocity, Mr.. HILL
is as stalwart az the Republican party
is to-day, except that he favors a decla-
ration for I" International Bimetallism.'
And the great issue Of revenue reform "
must be . pressed to the front, not to
the exclusion Of other issues, but promi-
and in conjunction herewith
Doesn't this give the Star Eyed God
dess too much company?
or Col. WATTERsoN's and Mr.. Hills
desire to see the Democratic
party recognized into harmony, and
Of what made it looked upon as
inimical to our domestic welfare, there
can be, of course, no question. But it is
plain that in the bottom of
their hearts they feel that while the
country is in the present tremendous
process of national expansion and in
.ustrial growth the Republican party,
into whose hands the guidance of the
Government has been committed. ought
to be beaten. We think so, too.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
Prince Henry and GoebcI Of Kentuslx

To THE RDIros OF THK SUs-,SiE Does Con.
ErcssmAn Wheeler of Kentucky forget that Wilhelm
0oeoei. the patron saint OF the modern Kentucky
Democracy, WAS so per ceRt. butcher than Prince
henryt Goebcl's father and mother were both
"Dutchs- while Prince Henry 10 the son Of An Fns.
ilsh wSslsn. THEODORE F-RslIsosurs,s
CoNisoIor, Ky. Feb. 70.
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Of this trick With testimony In the Times
IL that transformed alumnus Of the Naval
Academy. Mr.. PARK BENJAMIN. to whom
We have seen the same contemplate en-
deavor credited In the organ OF the Weloher
Of Nacirema. the Baltimore American.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
Tn. No.valrn,ine champ,oo'hlp

From me- L4AIuI '4s
Valentine Day has come vita. u' H .'f' Wy
tine In town, Ishoma puts = CHG 30 '. 't'aI 7
and denes any town IN Amcrich o. Ni.'i'' ~ ia
the march toward higher civilization. '''N1.
the valentine places " al the head ui no N'''r''I'h.
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May the Seventy-first Regiment make
good by it's future history the loss of the
records of its heroism in the pasti