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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-12
ANTITRUST LEGISLATION.
Chairman jenkins VIII Oppose Any Dan
GerOus or Extreme Measure.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ii.-There will he no
dangerous or extreme legislation on the
subject of trusts at this session Of Congress.
il hasty and unwise action can be prevented
by Chairman Jenkins of ths House Judi
ciary Committee. to which body two score OF
bills and resolutions aim al al the trusts
have been referred. Chairman Jenkins
believes that Congress reached the limit II
its power in the passage Of the -o-called
Sherman act AMI that there IL nothing
further Congress can do beneficial or prac-
teal
The only thing left to satisfy the people
and do exact and equal justice 10 all, he
sold to-day, would lie TO amend the Con-
sti,u,ion, wiping out the difference between
state and Federal power and placing the
commerce of the nation and the agencies
or instruments Of commerce under one
control. and that Federal authority.
have not suggested or attempted To sug-
gest legislation un Ter the power TO lie
created. That can we'll be- left TO the future
| can simply say that any such legislation
should be fair and just to all interests.
without disCriminat on, without any at
tempt to violate other constitutional pro-
visions. without any attempt To legis ate
in favor of one Interest a. against the other
or to exhibit the slghles hos illty IN FAVOR
OF on" or against am O'her Interest
have not the slightest question hui that
time and the sober secold thought of every
person in pres'el w the Welt re Of govern
III, n . having in view the rights Of al, W II
subscribe 20 this post IN. tn" fact l.,
the people are aroused and determines
that something shall he done, and II Is far
better to legi-lato now, when legislation
just AMI fair can he had. than To wait unit
the people have passed bevond the control
Of reason and attempt legislation very
injurious 10 the vast interests of this
nation.
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Few experiments in highway improve
ment will be watched with keener interest
than that, just completed, of laying steel
plates, or rails. in Murray street. between
Broadway and Church street to make what
is known a. steel road. This experiment
was undertaken with the idea Of demon.
strating the advantages claimed for roads
of this sort over all others in three i'm.
portant respects. namely, smoothness. dura-
bility and cheapness,
We are told that the steel road at Valen-
cia. in Spain which suggested the expert
ment here, cost approximately $4,000.
nearly 81 900 of which went for steel plates
a one. 1t is two miles long and has been in
use for seven years. Notwithstanding the
fact that more than 1900 vehicles pass over
this road daily. $3.50 annually is all that has
been required to maintain 1t, and most
OF this sum has been spent IN repairing the
roadbed between the tracks. The annual
cost Of maintaining the stone road which
preceded it was over 5000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-12
The Handwriting Issue.

A problem which for several years past
has perplexed public school authorities
is that Of handwriting Is the style or
system of penmanship likely to be most
useful in practical life vertical or
slant?
Two and onc-half years ago the Board
of School Superintendents in New York
became convinced that the vertical sys-
TEN was not desirable, and they passed
resolutions recommending the slant sys-
TEN in its stead. The boards recon-
mendation. however, virtually left the
question of adopting the slant system
TO the discretion Of the teachers in
dividually. Supt. JASPER said: We
found that business people were opposed
to employing persons who had been
taught to write by the vertical system
II is good enough for use in libraries
but not in commercial life. 1t is a fad
which like many others, Crept into our
schools, and it should be abolished.
A lively discussion of this question
is now going on in Baltimore. Bankers
and merchants and business men gener-
ally in Baltimore are up in arms against
vertical penmanship, which has been
taught in the public schools there for
the last six years. The managers of the
Baltimore business colleges say that
they cannot find employment for gradu-
ates who have acquired the vertical
style. The president of the Merchants
National Bank of that city is one of many
who believe that oblique handwriting
is neatcr and more legible and capable
| of being executed with much greater
speed than the other style. and, more
over, that ability in a clerk to write only
the vertical style is a serious objection
to his employment.
The superintendent of Baltimorcs pub
lie schools, Mr.. J. II. VAN SICKLE. pre-
sen,s the most forceful argument we
have yet heard in behalf of the verti-
cal. or as he calls it the natural" hand
He has arraycd on his side THOMAS A.
EDISON, rcputcd to be the swiftcst pen
man in America; former Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury +. A. VANDERBILT
the managers of telegraph companies in
many of our principal cities, who are
familiar with the handwriting of expert
telegraphers-m able to write legbly
from twenty-five to fifty words per min
ute; prominent printers, manufacturers
and dealers in various parts of this coun-
try, and even college professors and
physicians.
Mr.. EDISON acquired the vertical style
when learning telegraphy. BY its Use
he is said TO have averaged ffty-two
words per minute and to have turned
out copy ms legible IA print even
at this remarkable speed. Supt. VAN
SICKLE offers the following statis-
tics; The average speed Of 600 public
school children in fifteen cities who have
studied the vertical style for from two
to five years is 1870 letters per minute.
whereas the average Of nearly 200 slant
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-12
MEETING or ARCHITECTS.
Annual Con, ention ~ the American IN.
stltute In Washington.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE thirty-riN .
annual convention Of the American Inst
tute of Architects began al the New VII
lard Hotel here to-day. About one hun
dred delegates, representing the twenty
five chapters in the institute. were Ia at
tendance Col Riddle, the Engineer Com
missioner of the district. welcomed ~"
delegates To Washington. and President
McKim followed with his annual address
He announced that the institute had 80
cured a. its permanent headquarters IN
Washington the old Octagpn House, ant
said IL Was a cause fpr congrat ulatlon iha'
the institute, which HIS urged upon ma
tional, State and municipal goTernineu'
the duty of preserving historic monuments.
had itself -"cur"i on, Of IN" most historic
houses in America. The Dctago House
was used as the temporary White Hou~"
after the sack of Washington 10y he British
in the War of 1872
The afternoon session was devoted to ad-
dresses ny Daniel II. Burnhim, Frederick
Low Oi1stead. Jr., and Charles Moore,
clerk of the Senate District Committee,
on the pans of IA" Park Commission for
beautifvirg Washington. The deleP7tcS
present from New York wore Henry X A.
gers Marshall Grosvcnor Auerbury, vii
liam A. Boring, william A. Aiken. AlberI
l.. Brockwny, ii. !. Hardenbergh. Joseph
Mctiuire, G. l.. Helms. A. +. q O"nch ana
Theodore &c IemOs.
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TO REWARD ARMY OFFICERS.
Bill 10 Put Them on the same Footing as
Navy Officers When Retired.

WASHINGTON. Dec. THE Senate Conn
mittee on Military Affairs to-day directed
a subcommittee to draw up bill TO regu-
late the retirement of army officers who
served in both the Civil War and the Spanish
war and I satisfactory measure can be
drafted. il will be- favorably reported. 1t
will apply not only to the officers now on
the active list. but to those who have been
retired since Aug H. 1898. the date when
the Spanish war termira'ed
The proposition il TO give all these officers
an additional rank on the retired list in
recognition OF their services in two wars,
and put them on an equal footing with
officers of the navy. for whom a similar
law was enacted. This promotion how
ever is not to apply to officers who have
already received the promotion or To those
who have been advanced in grade by
special act Of Congress, Thirty-five wears
ofactive service il also required, exclusive
Of cadet service.
III the bill becomes a law all the officers
now on the active list who served In the
Civil War will I've eligible for retirement
at the grade next higher than they now
hold and perhaps 100 on the retired list will
also be advanced.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-12
MOsQUITOES SPREAD FEVER.
General Belief ~ Public Health Meeting
That They Cause yellow Jack.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1.-THE American
Public Health Association devoted last
nights session to a discussion OF yellow
fever. which was carried on to late hour OF
the night The conclusion. almost unani-
mously reached. was that mosquitoes were
the sole cause Of yellow fever.
DR.. Eduardo Liceaga of Mexico said that
this was the conclusion Of the Mexican
medical authorities. after a careful inv's'i-
CATION, infected mosquitoes having been
found in all he houses in Vera Cruz III which
cases Of yellow fever developed. As
consequence the State of Vera Cruz had
amended its Constitution 40 as to deal with
yellow fever under the new discoveries as
to that disease and was. now prepared TO
crush II out.
DR. Narcisso del Rio Of Mexico. in "A paper
on the yellow fever epidemic at Orizaba,
Mexico. declared that 1t had been proved
clearly there that the yellow fever was
transmitted exclusively by MOSQUITOES,
DR. del Rio demanded the disnfec, ion of
raj road Goa ches, especially Pullman cars,
VIII Oh conveyed the infected mosquitoes
fro n place to place. Papers were read by
T. : A, in charge of the health of Ha vana;
Prof Boyer. Tulane University, who was
mem Der OF the commission sent 10y the
Unite d States to investigate the yellow
fever in Mexico; DR. Guitcras, DR.. Finley
Of Cura and DR.. Inglesa of Mexico. All
agreed that mosquitoes were the sole cause
Of the fever, II was said in these papers
that th' mosquito theory of the develop
ment OF yellow fever was universally ac-
cepted II Cuba.
DR.. Edmond Souchon, president Of the
Louisiana State Board, ana DR.. +. p. Carter
of the United States Marine Hospital Sc
vice, were the only champions Of the mosqui-
toes. Both Of them accepted the theory
that mosquitoes did propagate yellow
fever. but they thought there might be
other means of propagation and for that
reason II would be unwise to abolish quar-
antine against ports where the disease
existed The attitude of DR.. Souchon indi-
Gates that the boards of health of the Gulf
States will not accept the theory that yellow
fever Is really due to mosquit oes, but will
hold that II may be- propagated in other
ways. and that. "a a consequence, they VIII
not accept the suggestion Of the bubble
Health Association for an open quarantine.
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a bride and groom have some right OF
privacy which ought to be respected.
The extent and nature Of these perse-
cutions depend upon the taste Of the
pursuers, and we have no wish to spoil
sport. But man Ia a morbidly SELF
conscious anim3. The pomp and ped
antry Of elaborate marriage ceremonies
alarm him; and II he is to be badgered to
make n holiday for his pcrfidious friends,
his natural timidity may come to be
unequal to the ordeal A custom may
act in restraint of marriage; and there
are too many young men already who
coddle their Ego and shirk out Of matri-
mony. Nor is il desirable that the
knotting of the most solemn and intimate
Of human relations should be vulgarized
by horsepay. Est modus in rebus. the
hunters of the bride and groom should be
less eager. Publicity" IL punish
ment to be inflicted upon the trusts, as
divers sociologists tell us; but it is possi-
BILE To thrust little too much Of this
article upon the freshly" spliced"
The old convenient custom of mar
riage by lroxy had its Disadvantages
and is not kelly to be revived; but some
means Of escape from the prosecutors
must be dc used. From Asbury Park.
so long the bower of BRADLEY. comes a
tale Of malice outwtted by genius The
Hon j. J. TAYLOR, described in The
SUNS despatch as Asbury Parks
famous sand artist" was married Sum
day night to Mrs FLORENCE b. WHITE
Monday morning the bride and bride
groom left for the wedding trip on diff
ferent trains" This is one expedient.
We know West Philadelphia couple
who took on their wedding trip what the
seventeenth century would have called
an ancient decayed gentlew, man as
n chaperone, companion and blind.
The device may have been useful to
impose, if it did impose. upon the public,
but was no bar to the efforts of the rib
bon-and-rice brigade. We are inclined
to think that a decoy couple or two,
dressed as far as possible like the real
couple, and escaping ostentatiously,
would throw the pursuers of the scent.
best man who had dabbled in hypnot-
ism and could put the jokers to sleep
while his principals made their escape
would be the best solution of the difficulty,
or a professional hypnotizer might be
hired
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-12
Plot TO KILL GODFREY HUNTER.
Ills Brother says Fitzgerald Was Hired 10
Assassinate Him.

WASHINGTON, Dec ll.-William Hunter.
son of the United States Minister TO Guate-
mala and a brother of Godfrey Hunter. Jr.,
who recently shot and killed an American
named Fit z raid in Guatemala City and
who sought refuge in the American Legation,
says that the shooting Of Fitzgerald was the
result of a decI laid plot, Mr.. Hunter
alleges that when Fitzgerald was killed
he had s3 1000 on his person which had been
given TO him by officials of the Guatemalan
Government as blood money for the con-
templated assassination Of the son of the
American Minister. Mr.. Hunter says lie
intends to bring the facts 10 the attention
OF the State Department.
The fact that Minister Hunter, following
the killing Of Fitzgerald. sheltered his son
In the American Legation and refused To
give him up TO the Guatemala offic ials.
threatened for a time to provoke con sideI-
able correspondence between the United
States and Guatemala on the subject, but
the United States finally waived the priNi-
lege Of diplomatic immunity. and the pres
cnt status of the Guatemalan end of the case
is not known al the State Department.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-12
The Goddess Girl.

TO The EprroR or THr SuS St, Nopr CORE
spondcnt "HctetodoN" has certainly been untortu
nate IN his experience with goddess girls, | am
inclined to think. however. that his trouble In md
Ing these with womanly ideals corresponding to
his own which naturally he thinks are the worthlest
has arisen from the fact that his notions OF feminine
self sacrifice" "womanly honor" and all the rest
OF II are more antiauated than his hcterodoNy.
assuming that he is In fact hc,crodoN In religious
matters, which gravcly doubt,
As practical experience Is moro interesting and
valuable than CONGRATULATIONS derived from super
ncial acquaintance with the goddess girls known
to your correspondent, allow me to say that being
entirely goddess myself sough, and found sod
less woman whose opinions IN matters religious
and social conceded with my own, and having
found her and married her "a Sop tn couNcn'ionl,
! have found her In every way such a woman as
one would expect to md cnAnClpgted from all
suprr,tltols freed from Subsection to all authort ,
social or conventional In me. aronpanlun rniii ~
suited to u man who recognizes no master Tut
himself
Your correspondent knows but little Of the science
Of comparative rcll yion when he says that man
made dlty would have been a woman. All the
VOL : dciticS have been made 10y men ana they
have been men. Whenever women have n'lcrntrd
to found religions they have lnCarnatci their d ty
In the form OF women Witness Joanna O lth, ote,
Jane Lat. Mrs. Eddy, ct al. \. \. /.
INV NDNk Dec
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-12
No VOTE on WfTH ST. STATION.
Rapid Transit Commission Puts II or
Week.

The Rapid Transit Commissioners de-
ferred yesterday until next week defnt"
action upon the station at l0ith street
and Central Park West. Before voting
the Mayor said lac would like to know If
a station AT this point would mean delay
in the completion Of the subway or If re-
scinding the resolution to do away with
the station would embarrass the com-
mission in carrying out other changes
it had planned on might plan with regard
to the location of stations
The law firm Of Davies, Stone Il Auer-
bach, on behalf of the New York Dock
Company, wrote to the commission,
threatening to oppose any effort to dis
turb the surface of Joraletnon street :,
Brooklyn, between the rivers edge and
Furnan street for the building of the tunnel
extension between Manhattan and Brook
lyn. The communication stated that the
company a. thu owner in fee. o pre-
vent the possibility Of obstruction, the
commission will begin proceedings to con-
denim the easements.
A reuuisition was made on the Comp
troller for Ssi5.0OO, the cost Of the work
done on the Manhattan subway in Novem-
Der. This brings the total outlay 10
S22 $50 OOO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-12
NIanlla's Il1cctruck,


From h6 Drnr'r Re pubiiCru
There l. now only one rucctrack operating
In Manila and at this course races ar" held
only once week or Sundny~ II t. called
paSay. and i ~ unlike the American track
~ the native ponies arc unlike the American
thoroug lbrcd,
The most distinguished mcr ina the islands
nrc the officers OF IN" or 'Hui2ltIou. which j.
officially named Tn" Manila Racing and
Athletic As-oCiat ION" Con Adua Il thlN'e
l. PRESIDENT Luke l. Wright IN" acting Civil
Governor, Is vice-or"- ID ~ aud Capt Carl r.
Hartman j. s'Crcilrv and treasurer
hn American preside here. and English
Speaking jockeys and handlers ar" At work
This American came to the l~l0ul- IT, n Gov
eminent tcAn,tcr Housed hi head ~ Wrll
~ hi> hands, found goodly number of
hor>cs in N" free and easy ways of tho war.
retired from the army, ,"t NJ a blacksmith
inc shop. later u livery stable. and now owns
the most formidable racing stable in the
urChipolago II" hr~ sent To Au~tralin for
several light weight Jockeys n - he l. applviuy
AW"riCnn methods 10 his training with the
result That We l. successful. also. unpopular
WIN the loss NioT'tt>-tY' Around tho IVi-
pino quarter htli uthri children >t and
smoke cigarettes aud cry ovt ia the iuu. irli
polNElot Of spanish aud larRlos
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The Bridegroom Of .Asbury Park

A sort of epidemic of persecution Of
brides and grooms seems to be raging
in various parts Of the United States.
We don't refer to ancient customs like
the throwing of rice, although it is posi-
bic that young women would be q little
less liberal in scattering this marriage
blessing If they knew it's significance
and although some Of these grains of
benediction lodge down the back of the
bystanders in railroad stations. Horses
have been frightened and happy couples
spilled; and old shoes in rude hands are
dangerous missiles All innocent pleas
sAtries are to be encouraged but there
ONE from all parts of the country stories
Sannoying jokes Mt the expense Of
newly married. They are pursued
tn calculating malignity. Parrots.
arm clocks, monographs are made
Testify against them Their trunks
allabelled and festooned Enthusiastically
I'D have To escape after the wedding
as they were criminals; and the utmost
suhty of the best man is often in
suffent to battle the devilish devices
OF tfT too waggish friends. In Contra
ParkVest the other afternoon we saw
caiage driven at wild speed, the
wealthy white ribbon on the trunk out
side nclaiming the blissful state of
the paSnCers. From other carriages
wildly frsuing, paralleling or inter
cepting, treamed storms Of rice. The
crowd vs. tickled mildly, but surely
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-12
CONBINE or TOI-M4kERS
And nufacturcrs Of Novelties and Hard.
ware Speciaities.

The plants of about forty toy and novelty
manufacturing companies have been COM
bined under the name Of the National
Novelty Manufacturing Company, with
nominal capital stock of $4,000, Of which
81 900 is preferred. The combination was
affected on Wednesday. when toy and
novelty makers from all over the country
met here
The incorporation papers. which were
filed in New Jersey. provide for an increase
of capital to not more than $4,000 600,
which will be issued a. various plants are
added To the combination. When complete
il j. expected that the combined plants will
control % per cent Of the output of toys
of all kinds Hardware specialties will
comprise fully onc-half Of the company's
business
y. II Colwell of the X Bliss Manufacture
ing Company, Pawtucket. II. l., has been
elected president John +. Beekman Of
this city is chairman Of the Finance Com
mttee and Edward : Coe Of Cromwell,
Conn, il chairman Of the Executive Conn
mittee There are twenty seven IN 'mbers
OF the b pard Of d rectors.
The plants will be taken over soon after
Jan. /, when a bond issue will be authorized
to supply the necessary cash.
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The City's Militia.

The figures OF the National Guard in
the city of New York, given by the latest
semi-nnual returns show that of the
total strength of the Guard, l4,46S in the
State, 9,572 are in this city. The division
Of this force is peculiar. In the borough
Of Manhattan are Ana men in six regi-
ments of infantry, forming the First
oughs are 2,34 men in three regiments
and one separate company. forming the
Second Brigade; while in the boroughs
named and in The Bronx are 2 ,454 men, in
two regiments. one of engineers and one
of heavy artillery, two signal corps, four
troops Of cavalry, three in the absurdly
named Squadron A, and three light
batteries, all" attached to headquarters. !"
In the rest of the State, the remaining
cavalry. artillery and signal corps have
also been attached to headquarters.
though there, as here, they belong prop
erly to the brigades, which without them
are incomplete. Thus headquarters /"
controls directly every military organiza-
ton except the infantry. In this city
every organization but three reports an
increased strength, and the loss in these
three, one battery and two regiments,
is only twenty-seven,
Whether the Guard is really improved
in the same proportion is open to doubt.
The brigade commanders are still peril
ously like fgureheads who might prop
erlv ha deScribet rs attached 10
headquarters.
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writer's, all adults, Ia only iOs letters per
minute. Mr.. VAN SICKLE sums up as
follows in the Baltimore Sun:

The vertical system Ia better than the Sian,
system. and also because il docs not tend either to
strain the eyes TO produce curvature OF the spine
1t Is easier TO write and easier - read than slan,ng
script II occupies less space and. under EQUAL dc
mands as To lcgbry. It can be written with greater
speed than slant writing We cannot &c, legible
writing In the schools by the Sian, system, We can
get It from "a on, OF every 100 pupils by the vertical
system"
Vertical handwriting is commonly
spoken Of as fad which has sprung up
within the last ten or twelve years. In
reality, however, this style Of writing is
shown to antedate by more than a GEN.
fury the sloping method DR.. EDWARD
BROOKS Of Philadelphia, who has written
a history Of the two systems of penman-
ship in question, saws that the slant sys-
tenn was unknown in any language until
the sixteenth century. Prior to that time
all chirography was vertical. II was,
practically, the only hand written by
the ancient Romans. When, during the
Middle Ages, the cultivation Of a fine
style Of penmanship was at its height in
Italy, slant writing was never practiscd.
That style seems first to have been popu-
larized by Queen ELIZABETH, who fell in
love with the new type OF Venetian
printer. afterward known AZ italic and
fashioned her handwriting after it.