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No French at The NANaI Academy .

ANNApoLIs, Oct. p.--1here is consider
adj" adverse comment. not only hore, but
in various parts Of the country whence
the Academy cadets come, over the recent
action of tho faculty in completely doing
away with the study of French. 1t is given
out-or at least so understood that this
Government decision is because the navy
is in immediate need of the Academy grad
yates, lately reducing the course from four
to three years, and that all the time that
can possibly be given to the study of for
cign languages must be entirely given to
Spanish, the particular need Of which is
obvious. Many of the students, however,
who have already served two years Mt the
Academy great ly deplore the sudden change.
In an interview to-day with Prof Henri
Marion, instructor of French and Spanish
at the Academy. he told THE Sun corre-
spondent that while he regretted the drop
ping of French from the curriculum, he
had no doubt it was only done after due
and sufficient consideration.
AT any rate" said Prof, Marion, Il am
forbidden by the regulations TO discuss
in print or to furnish any material for an
article rejecting on the Administration.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-01
A Niischievous Falsehood.

II is not often that a public speaker Of
high official rank carries his argument
beyond the line OF honesty. II is the
more amazing, therefore, that an As
sistant Attorney General of the United
States. Mr.. JAMES NJ. BECK of Philadel-
phia, should have done that thing. As
basis for our remarks we submit this
portion Of Mr.. BECKs address to the
West Side Republican Club on Thursday
night. on a question which makes it too
important to be passed without notice:
In settling the strike Preslden, ROOSEVELT
earned notable victory for the rlgh, OF labor 20
organize, The operators were forced to recognize
that the right OF the Employee to combine was not
less than tho rirht OF the employer TO combine "
In saying that the right to organize
was denied by the coal operators and
that Mr.. ROOSEVELT VIGOROUSLY rescued
it Mr.. BECK simply says what is not true,
and he says it, moreover. under circum-
stances that impart to II, beyond his own
power of rejection. the sinister color of
friendliness to organized outrage against
life and property.
Talk in this country Of denying men :
right to organize is ridiculous-especally
SO when it comes from the mouth Of
member Of the bar. But, as a matter Of
fact, such denial was never attempted
or even proposed by any one engaged
in the coal business, and the evidence of
the truth Of this is too conclusive to leave
the nature Of Mr.. BECK's assertion in
doubt
The coal companies are not dis
eliminating against the United Mine
Workers. said the coal presidents in
suggesting what is now the Gray COM
mission, but the United Mine Workers
must cease all interference with and
persecution of any non-union men for
working or who may hereafter work. :"
This document was brought before Mr.
BECK'S eyes more than two weeks prior
10 his address on Thursday. and we defy
him to find anything conflicting with il
IN any previous statement or any pre-
vious act by any operator. So gross n
perversion Of the facts bespeaks preju-
dice on Mr.. BRCK's part incompatible
with the spirit of a judicial post.
What Mr.. BECK said was on a par with
the well-knOwn falsehood OF the pro-
fessional agitator's that organized labor
is oppressed or coerced by troops
called out To suppress riot Demagogery
that attains this extreme degree in high
public place must be mischievous beyond
ones power 10 estimate.
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POLITICS IN STIRGTS'S REGIME,
An Insurance Periodical Urges the Inders
writer's 10 In,estiEate.

The current issue Of Insurance Enoi-
noering contains an art icle addres sed to he
Board Of Fire IND 'rwriterS and calling upon
the board TO investigate the condition Of
the Fire Department Of this city. In pare
II says:
such an Investigation win ba rather cer-
taiu TO convince II that the depart meut has
rrtroCTadcd -crioualy and that to-day il -
ton, MAT this is AT such u point a. 70
cause serious alarm and that politics OF the
worst Kind are entering into IT,
Away back in Chief Shay's time. and later
IN the time OF Chief Bonner. these gentle
iu"n eNe, lively warded Of attempts to intro
dnre politics and political methods into tho
uniformed force, by emphatic statements
that amy su'h attempts would arouse the
INSURANCE Interests Of the city To vigorous
gul Diet Crmiu"d action
Chief croker. after his accession, foushs
nolilw~ cont nuou>ly III the department,
and succeeded IN kceping the uniformed
but during the present administration
politics have Cr"pt into the department Ia
.lich an alarming extent a. to call for action
From the very first OF the present admins
tratiou. down to the present day. almo. u
is entire energy has been taken up with in.
N"~liC1' ION, di~ni>~al> and trials. and after.
ward defending its act ions IN the courts
" = result a spirit Of bitter sumity has
sprung up between Officers and men and
fractional Qu1rrcls and al. sessions have led
10 condition of AFFAIRS " here y number %
49, Officers az" not on speaking tcrms with
utlIrr chief officers
Naturally. the rank aud nlc c-pou>o tho
cause of their various commanders In
such an extent have these Uuatrel~ been
carried that braWlI and fights among tho
uniformed Wcu have been quite frequent,
Ten months OF Sturpis nave brought us facs
to face with di>oTgani2cd DISRUPTED de.
morali1cd department
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The Three Defenders.

The yachting outfit arranged for the
defence of the Americas Cup against
Shamrock III. reflects the times. The
syndicate gathered together to build
the new defender is greater in number
and stronger in capital than any prede-
cessor. The original Columbia syndi-
cate was composed of three. The Com
stltution's had five. Now we have nine.
As IN stock companies generally, the
shares are being scattered among a
greater and greater number of hands.
The appearance of the Columbia next
year will be greeted with the respect due
to her peerless performances, and in Mr..
L. d. MoEGAN'S hands she will be put
into the perfect order that distinguishes
boats controlled by yachtsmen of the
first class.
The flag carried by Constitution will
be that of Mr.. ACGUsr BELMONT, master
OF three Mincolas, and one of the few
gentlemen proposed not long ago By
The SUN for master of the boat to be
built. The Constitution may face fortune
Cheerfully. That wayward goddess can
scarcely prevent her for two years run
ming from getting decent suit of sails.
If Mr.. BELMONT will take his jackknife
ana cut oil from two 10 six inches of her
top sides she may count on bidding
good-by To Columbia. no matter what
canvas she carries.
OF Mr.. OLIVER lsEI.lN, who has en-
tered the lists again 20 be in charge Of
the unknown, nothing need be said. But
what will his boat be? Will she be q
Yankee, or an Independence, or sneak
box still more extreme? She will prob
ably be the winner, anyway, independent
of Mr.. IsELINs habit Of success.
With these three noble craft preparing
for trial races and cup races in 1903, We
may beforehand tender to Sir THOMAS
LPToN and his indomitable ambition the
national thanks for season of Yachting
that should he ever memorable for inter-
est and pleasure.
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THE PLAGUE IN san FRANCISCO.
Marine Hospital service WIN Take Active
Measures TO stamp u Out.

WASHINGTON, Oct 81 The Marie Hos
pi'al Service will take immeC late measures
to relieve the buboiic plague situation in
San Fral.oi>co. The ,istressi < cC,.di' ~ =
ia that city and vioi Ivy have been ag8i
brought to the attention Of the Federal
Government by the resolutions adopted
on WedI esday at the meeting OF the State
and provi ..cial Boards e Health IN New
Haven. Conn. Those resolutions rou.dIy
dei.omce the San frai.cisco authoritirs
Tor failing to stamp out the disease, and
especially for scekL g 30 suppress the full
facts regardii. z the .ituatipn.
Bubo. ic plague. which has caused such
scourge Of death H. the Orient. has newer
existed in the Ui.itel States except San
Francisco and the immediate Noiii,y.
The disease broke out there nearly two
years ago. but the Sktc and nun icipal
authoritie sought to Conceal the fact for
fear of iuj uri x the BUSINESS ard COM
mercial Interests Of the state and city.
bttween Lyman J. Gage. who was then
Secretary Of the Treasury. aid Gov Gag
uf California there was sharp clash ole
authority, the Treasury Department ia
sistiI.g that the full SERIOUSNESS Of the
situation must he reccg lied, ard the
Governor declare that the State ard
municipal authorizes were competent To
deal with the sit uat ion. such As il Wa. Cali
forliai.s generally deiied that there was
any plague ia San Francisco. and the news
papers would not even mention the subj ect
Active measures were taken, however,
and the con ditions were improved for a
time Wiihin the last few moths the
plague has gained new Roadway IN SAL
Francisco. and has even spread To Oakland.
Berkeley and Davis~ille, and perhaps to
other'towns.
The Federal authorities here believe
that not nearly all the cases Of buboiic
plague have been report ed. and maIy
cases of death being In some lust nces re-
ported as due TO other causes. II IL sig
nificant that every case that has been Of
ficially reported has proven fatal the num-
Der Of deaths corresponding exact ~ with the
humber Of acknowledged cases of pla que.
From Feb. % 10 Sept. of this year
eighteen plague cases were report ed, but
in the short period from Sept. to Oct !
thirteen cases were reported. The fact
that the disease has spread from CHR a
town in San Francisco. which was the only
locality in which the local health authorities
would ever admit that the disease exist ed =.
to other towns IN the western part Of Cali
fornia has awakened the Federal au-
thoritles to the full seriousness of the
situation.
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DOCTORs DISCUSS TRiCHONA.
Dr. Lederie Calls a Conference on the Dis.
ease IN the SCHOOLS.

Health Commissioner Ernst j Lederlc,
DR.. Doty of the Board of Health. Charles
{. Birmingham, president of the Board
of Education, and about twenty physicians.
representing as many city hospitals and
institutions, discussed for two hours
Yesterday in DIR. Lcderle's office the preva-
lence OF trachoma among school chill
dren. About the only result Of the meet =
ing was the development Of a diversity Of
opinion regarding the prevalence OF tho
disease. its contagiousness and its treat
ment.
DR.. Icderle himself explained that il
was not believed that there were more
cases of trachoma now than last year,
but that the medical school inspectors
had made more thorough investi AT ion
than in past years and had consequently
found many more cases. The hospitals
were not prepared to accommodate so
many patients in wards devoted To eye
diseases. lie wanted the opinion of the
other physicians as to the best methods
to pursue.
Dr. A. Jacob. the specialist in the dis
eases of children. said that in his opinion
trachoma Was not contagious when in
a clean family. He thought that the fears
OF general spread of the disease were
eAagg rated and advised that only opera
tive cases he sent to the hospitals
DR. +. II. Boynton of the New York
Ophthalmic Hospital said that many
Cases of trachona We're reported when
the eyes We're merely inflamed. He be-
lieves that all cases of true trachoma
should DE excluded from the schools and
treated in hospital built especially for
contagious eye diseases. As the true
trachoma was never cured, he declared
that means should he taken to educate
children thus excluded from the schools.
DIR. Frank Van Fleet Of the Manhattan
Eye and Ear Hospital thought that the
city was III no impending danger from
trachoma. The situation had been greatly
exaggerated in his opinion. He con-
sldered that there were abundant facili-
ties in the city to treat trachoma and that
there was no need at present for Especial
hospital. The infected children should
be kept from school a. a protection to the
others
Dr. Richard y. Derby. oph,halmist of
the Board of Health, and who has a clinic
at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
agreed that tierc had been too much talk
to the galleries about the prevalence OF
trachoma, although he considered the dis
ease extremely dangerous.
Dr. Derby said that all infected children
should be excluded from the schools and
sent to the hospitals for at least first
treatment.
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urc of your BnrgIndics. You can't ex.
poet a seli-respecting butler to stay in a
house where the Burgundy is too cool
and the champagne not cold enough.
Once more into the calendar:
1t will be easy and pleasant work for the boys to
help hust the corn when not at school, they VIII no,
need 10 play all the time"
Here Mr.. THOMAS ia a little old-fash-
Toned. Pray, when are the boys TO play
if they don't play all the time. Scientific
farmers now raise self husking corn.
Thank heaven. our boys needn't be
husking corn, picking over apples and
potatoes. and so on. The country has
improved since 1902. Give German for
the boys when they come home from col
lego for the Thanksgiving recess. Mean
while, consider Mr.. THoMAs's axiom. that
il is always best for both boys and girls
20 give TO their parents helping hand"
In 1892, and for good many years after
ward, it was the fashion for parents to
give a fervent helping and corrective
hand to their progeny. There is an cleo
trio spanker somewhere but it is mere
curiosity and toy of fancy. The days of
the helping parental hand are gone.
One more piece for our Manhattan
hawbucks:
This Is usually good time for digging wells
and bitches"
If Mr.. THOMAS will pardon tho fa-
miliarty of the phrase, he can bet his
life il is! He ought TO come and see the
amount of ditching that is going on in
this village now.
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TWENTY YEARS or RtINSFORD.
What the Parish liza, Accomplished DURING
Ills Electorate.

In the pa'ish Year took of 81. Georges
Prut"sla kpi-colni Church. which was
issued yesterday. rhe R.,. Dr. ". :. Rair~-
ford reviews the 'H"itv years Of lis rec
'oratc. He came 20 ~. Georges a, tho
bcgiIii' & of 1873, whr'. there only a hard
fnl Of people IN jhr church. the SUNDAY
school va, down To 2oo membership. al Il
th"r" We're offers for the property in order
thai removal uptown might ho made.
Ia" small chapel ia Sixteenth street a.
thc rear uf ~" church, has grown into the
Memorial House. boys club has grown
mt" -. George Trade School; the deacon.
ne--e- work j. now housed in the fuer6
nom" ol H. kl,d IN Am 'rlca, ard summer
HON" AZ R"ckaway has been added 20 M
parish equipment
When the Rev. Dr.. Itam-Iord came bore
was no list of COMMITMENTS He roada
one, fl.dli $50 names TO put upon IT, Year
by year the ll-l has grown. u iii to-lav 4
COZ aims 5,0o6 names. These are actual
communicates. tn" number of persons
who profess 10 belong to 81. GaFges "
$3.50. or these $40 live in ter.inents,
l,Wl IN boarding houses and only 80 IN
private houses. That parish lilrs count
for little ia Protestant New York ~ shown
10y the fact that of the $500 persons who
claim membership in 81 Georges only
3,46s live between Eleventh and Twentieth
streets, the parish church being. a. mos
people kDow, az SXtecnth street and Stuy-
ycHaIt : luarc. More han 300 live in Brook
lyu and 10? live H. The Bronx.
twenty years ago the income of 81.
Georges parish was s45 600 a year. Last
year II was sB7 500. There has been ac-
cuinulated a. we'll an endowment fund,
when last year brought in 3isOOO, and Dr..
Rain-ford says the church ought to have
an "ndow mcnt fund OF o. 100 900
1h" rector asks for an endowment Of
SlOO,vn for the deacona--es' nome and de-
sire~ To find woman of some means who
will come and be its house mother. He
say; i have little suite OF rooms await
ing her when she is found
He praised the work Of the dramatic
society and wants somebody 10 build for
the parish theatre. which might be used
on occasion for dances and social gather.
ings.
DR.. Rainsiord pays tribute TO the pa
tiencc. wisdom and generosity Of the vestry-
men, among whom are Mayor Low and J.
Pierpont Morgan.
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Old Mr.. Thomas.

We greet with glad heart a inonu-
shake their heads and sigh that q" there
is nothing now but novels" and most
novels are less than nothing. There IL
something else, good deal. enough else
There is the immortal ROBERT b. THOMAS.
There is The Old Farmers Almanac, a
work to venerate. No. III has Just ap-
peared. The first number came out in
1902. ROBERT b. THOMAS, now or for
merly of West Boylston, which all good
conservatives call West Bileston, was
then the editor. He is still the editor
We recognize his familiar autograph and
manly and honest sentiments:
"I Il is BY our works and no, BY our words we
would be judged; these We hope will sustain US
IN the humble though proud station We have so long
held"
On the cover are the good old cuts
Of the seasons and of the two greatest
men of our infancy or any other age.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN and ROBERT BAILY
THOMAS. Each month has its lines of
poetry and its lifelike portrait of a sign
of the Zodiac. The Crab looks GOOD
enough to eat, and the tail on the horse
of the Archer has sweep, range and
boldness that must recommend it to all
farrlers, blacksmiths and hostlers. The
information IA to aspects. holida w.
events, weather, &C." is wide and vari-
Gus. Indeed, one copy, diligently pom
dered, of this Thomasian cyclopRda ia
a sufficient education and better than A.
degrees.
In this storehouse Of the beautiful
and the good, the Farmers Calendar, "
which enriches each month, is almost
the richest jewel. The New York farm
ers and householders may find here
valuable advice and directions. Turn
to November, 1908, for example. The
weather is to be cool, generally fine. :"
The farmers in this town will find Mr..
THoMAs's suggestions just as useful for
this November:
This Is the month " prepare for winter BY bank
Ing the cellars. protecting the water pipes and see
Ing that everything Is In the best Of condition TO
make things as comfortable az possible suring the
cold weather"
Not enough soddin'" is done. Hang
the front gate, clear the leaves out of the
caves and waterspouts, see that the wood
house is full. Bank the coachman and
footman with furs and see that the chauf-
feur lays in a stock of winter under
clothing and is made as comfortable as
possible. Also, remember that "pullets
that were Matched in March or April,
when eggs were cheap, ought to begin to
lay now They ought, but they won't.
Every farmer should have an incubator.
The help" must have eggs for break
fast, whether the rest of the folks do or
not; and you must be careful to provide
eggs enough for the Christmas nog. II
the pullets have been refractory, there
is all the more reason to stock tho cam
vas-backery. As the cold weather draws
near, be solicitous about the tempera-
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Va l.aUnIrlrs In China.

TUW TNt U1ITinIO'C sun
Its ~" funniest thing to me. said an
old sea captain who for many years was
in thu China trade. rs lac settled himself com.
iortahly back ~ His chair aud blew a few
rings OF ~mok" into the air. thin, nine QUO
81 every ten Cinnamon Who come TO thiI
country open lUundrics and engage In bust.
land
~ every one knows, TIE Chinese AZ homs
Worr soft cotton and vOol'"u garments. Sc
t0iitng To the season. arc there i not = pound
OF starch IA all th'uU. St.H'l starchoa clothes
ar" unknown. and 80 Chinese mon do not
do 'hc Nd|tt'iis. - tie, du IN THIS country
Nyt'"r T. ter" any r'CJHr laundry IN the
fIoNrry klu"Iom. E prriOr" 10 il more
thrn passing strange f.t' ,hitgwrn should
al come 20 AHoric' AND "ugHg" In = trade
40 foreign 30 f..y.r ,Ollr ~ In 4 rI.s
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Names for Two sescoast Batteries ut Fort
Hamilton.

WAsHINdroS, Oct, 3i.--Secrctarv Root
has issued an order naming two of the
seacOast batteries at FWt Hamilton, Bat
terry Griffin ana Battery Burke, one in honor
Of Col, Charles Griffin. Thrty-frth In
fantry brevet Major-tieneral. who served
with dist motion in the War of the Rebel
lion. and who died Sept, i5 1897, at Gal
weston, Tex; and the other in honor of
Lieut. Col Martin Burke. Third Arr ilery,
brevat Brigadier- General, who served In
the Mexican War and the War Of tho Re-
bellion. and who died in 1852 in New York
city. The specific batteries 10 which those
names have been given have not been
sett led as vet
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PAIMtSTER PENROSE RESIGNS.
lie Was Convicted OF Embe,xlement by =
(Ourt.MartiaI At Erie. Pa.

WASHINGTON, Oct 81 Paymaster Charles
", Penrose of the cruiser Michigan. who
was recently convicted Of embelzcment
by court-martial at Erie, Pa, and SEN
fenced to dismissal. has rendered his resg-
nation to the President, and it is believed
that it will be accepted, The acceptance
of the resignation will serve to wipe on, the
stigma Of the sentence Of dismissal. II IL
understood that the naval authorities
reached the conclusion that there was no
criminal intent on Paymaster Penrose's
part. but that the loss Of the money al
legged to have been cmbc2zled, which
ness In view Of this careessness the CON
tinuance of the officer in the service was
regarded as undesirable, and the tender
of his resignation was a consequence of
this. Paymaster Prnrose was appointed
To the navy from New York.
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ALCOHOLISM ~ VASHINGTON,
More Gases OF Death From That Cause
Among the whites Than the Blacks.

WAsHINGroN. Oct. 81 THE white race
in the District of Columbia appears to
have been during the last year more prone
20 death from alcoholism than were the
colored people, says Health Officer Wood
ward in his annual report to the Commits
sioners. H. adds:
The death rate from alcoholism and
delirium tremens among the white persons
compared with the death rate from the
same cause among the colored was a.
TO Ol5. The death rate among whites
from cirrhosis of the liver, commonly re-
gardad as an outcome of the continuous use
of alcoholic liquors, compared with the
death rate of the colored race from the
same cause was as TO 20. One curiously
inclined might take the figures and others
similar and thereby determine what the
death rate in the Dist riot would have been
if the colored population were in part and
in whole replaced by white people.
The number Of deaths from typhoid
fever during the year. 2OS, was not only
% larger than the number of deaths dur
ing the year preceding, but was considera-
by above the average number of deaths
per annum during the last decade. In
only one year during that period have the
figures for the last twelve months of the
year been exceeded.
"MGlarial fever in fatal form was lees
prevalent last year than during any other
r. nj period inflammation of the kid
ney, and Bright's disease were responsible
for $40 deaths, being the largest recent
annual mort atty from these causes. The
last year has also shown large increase
in deaths from diabetes. What IL the
cause of the increase of the prevalence
Of the aforementioned diseases the health
officer cannot determine, and in the light
of present know ledge little or nothing can
b. done 10y the State for their prevention,
An increase in tho number of deaths in
cident 10 causes prevailing during the earl-
est periods Of life il pointed out a. worthy
of observation. although the causes are in
av,,I;,a,Ia