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A Stcnoxraphcr Gives the Other Side.

To TIRE EDITOB or THE SCS-Sir: was
considerably Interested and peculiarly ed-
fed by the remarks that have recently been
set forth in your paper Hnent the stenographer.
II will probably bc attributed to lack of
energy on my part, but I frankly confess
that have been looking for months for a
position rs s'cnorrapher that would pay me
s?j n week am still looking. II the gentle
men who recently dwcl' so heavily on the 500
a-wcck position will tell where such can be
found bv one without influence or pull and
no merits save his own abilities, the writer
will greatly appreCSt" the favor. | am an
expert stenographer and have a general
business experience Of over eight years.
have specific stenographic experience of
over three wears understand the technical
tiles OF Wall street and general business cor
respondence and, a. possess initiative ability
can handle correspondence " ithout dict al OH
II Is very gratifying to know that such ucra-
Il the OPT ion OF that chaste old soul. NJ 8
Betsey Prig, concerning the people who are
so upprcCiative, There amt no SIGH persons"
| can obtain plenty very promising posi-
tions with opportunities Opportunities as
an article OF diet for those dependent on
YOU wage are very unsatisiylng, Meanwhile
| lad better procure glasses and take anot her
look around the block for one of those $50
posi- ions. II YOU hear yell YOU Will know |
have found IL hut-thc shock viii b. awful
AID doubt II shall survive the event.
NEW York, Nov, :. DARCY.
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mrs. HALL SUES A LINATTC.
Has Just Learned That One or GIhahs
Heirs Was I'm q 'SanatOriiirI.

Supreme Court Justice Marcan in Brook
lyn Yesterday signed an order granting per-
mission 70 Helen Potts Hall TO sue Anna
X. Gilman. an incompetent person, In con-
nection with a suit brought against the heirs
Of the late George +. Gilman TO recover the
entire estate of the tea merchant.
Mrs. Hall alleges that she entered into
contract with Mr.. Gilman 10y which she was
TO care for him during his life and that in
consideration she was 10 have at his death
all his property, both real and personal.
She gays In her petition that Mr.. Gilman
died on March 3, 1901, leaving an estate val
ued at 81 10000 and that a portion OF TINS
consisted Of the Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company with 200 stores in twenty
different States
She also alleges that on Nov. 1, 1890, Mr.,
Gilman adopted her as his daughter. and
ayers that she kept her agreement with MIR
Gilman and that she desires Judgment
Her suit against the other heirs Is pending
In New York county
When she began { he suit against the other
heirs she sayssshe did not know Of Anna
X. Gilman and therefore could not name
her a. one of the codefendants. Since the
beginning of the suit Anna X. Gilman was
found 10y Fraser Gilman in sanatoriurn
In England and was adiudged a ,unatic.
Fraser Gilman was appointed committee
Of her person aud estate. Mrs. Hall says
that all Of the alleged heirs were estranged
from Mr.. Gilman and were hostile TO him.
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A Precedent That should Live.

Whether or no you like coal operators.
and particularly the foremost individual
among them, MARKLE, you will, II YOU
are an American believer in fair play,
see in Mr.. MARKI.E the champion of
priceless principle.
Since the coal strike was declared of
Mr.. MARKIE has insisted that the first
condition Of the strike commissions
appointment should DO reaifirmed by
the returning strikers through a per-
sonal agreement not TO commit outrages
upon non-union men. At first under the
advice Of President JOHN MITCHELL,
his followers refused thus TO make
good the promise which MITCHELL had
made in their name when he accepted
the operators terms. But a revulsion
against lawlessness seems to have &C.
CURED among the Markle men, and they
are now making the agreement required
of them.
This ought to be an invaluable prece-
dent. No striker ought ever TO be re-
employed except upon some binding
promise to respect the rights of whom
soever he finds working beside him.
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OLD DEMOCRATIC PARTY DEAD.
A Prediction That II VIII he More Radical
or Merge with the social Labor Party.

WAsHrSoroS, Nov. 7-One of the best =
known officers of the Government, a man
OF the highest standing in the Adminii.t ra-
ton, who Is noted for his ability as a prac-
teal politician, spoke to-day Of the signifi-
canoe OF the showing made by the Social
Labor candidates in last Tuesday election,
and expressed the opinion that the Social
Labor part ywould be factor in the comm 6
campaigns.
Il believe he remarked, that the old
time Democracy will never be revived.
The Democratic party will do one Of two
things: II will either advocate princi-
pies more radical than those that it stood
for in tho Bryan campaign Of 1895, or ii
will become part Of the Social Labor party.
l Know that Socialist is not regarded AZ "a
very nice name and a great many Demo-
Gratis would not affiliate with party known
as the Socialist party, but it seems to me
TO be- certain that political organization
VIII be Effected IN opposition to the Re-
publcans, that may properly be described
whatever its name may be- az the party of
discomfort. II will be composed of the peo-
pie who are not contented with existing
conditions. Whether the Democratic part v
viii be merged into such an organization,
l do not know, but i ain satisfied that an
amalgamation for political purposes of
the people who are not satisfied with
the present condition Of the country will
be more powerful than the Democratic
party If II remains alive after the third
party is formed. The old-time Demo-
crat &c party l. dead
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Every One I!

Judge JOHN CLINTON GRAY carried
New York county on Tuesday by the enor-
nous plurality of 1886, running sue
oessfully for reelection as Judge of the
Court Of Appeals on the ticket of the
minority party in the State. But more
remarkable than his actual success was
the fact that he carried every Assembly
district in the county.
Such a record is wholly without prece-
don't in the political history Of tho city.
In 1882, year of phenomenal Demo-
cratic success. when New York gave
1872 900 plurality on the Governorship,
not 10 900 as in this year. the Democratic
candidate for Judge of the Court Of APP
peals was successful in this city by SIS, 900,
but he did not carry every Assembly
district.
It has been supposed by many that
in matters pertaining to the judiciary
q very large number of voters having
no immediate interest in the higher
courts, are Indifferent 10 the lua.lfica-
tons of candidates nominated for judicial
office; but the record of Tuesdays cleo
ton overthrows any such superstition,
The voters all the voters-are jealous
guardians of the bench and to prove il
they need but 10 have their attention
called 10 an occasion for action.
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What has been done in the case of the
New York lawyer who. on a recent Sunday.
on certain golf grounds in tho State of New
Jersey, committed a murderous assault on
anot her golf player, by striking him a vio-
lent blow on the head with his putter? II
Il reported that the victim has been induced
not 10 prosecute the case. While there are
certain wrongs and offences which are pri-
vate in their nature and are an injury only
to the individual, all crimes are offences
against the State and against the people.
and II matters not whether the injured
party desires 70 prosecute or not, 1t becomes
the duty Of the District Attorney or State
Prosecutor TO punish. all individuals who
are guilty Of the crime. which in this instance
Il called In the State Of New Jersey afro
cious assault
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Aversion TO the apostate Is a dignified
feeling. but it is something very differ
ent when carried TO the extravaganza re-
vealed in a challenge, published by the Jeu-
ssh Messenger from MIR. A. BENJAMIN to Mr..
JOHN w. JAMES. treasurer Of the Brooklyn
Christian Mission to the Jews.
MIR. BENJAMIN says that a missionary, sub
Ject to Mr.. JAMEs's direction, named SPEvAK,
Is convert for revenue only, and to prove
his view he challenges Mr.. SPEvAK to an
swer one question from the New Tesla
ment that he (BESJAAIN) will PROFOUND
before court insisting Of Mr.. JAMES, a
newspaper man and any Christian minister
or layman whom Mr.. JAMES may select
II Mr.. JAMES Is defeated at this trial
there viii be no penalty: but II Mr.. BENJA-
MIN is defeated, he will be baptized Chris
tian and forfeit $500. That is, he bets his
baptism and 500 that Mr.. SPEvAK Isn't all
that he should be.
We should say that Mr.. BENJAMIN Is a
proper subject for the attention OF serious
Hebrews.
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including what has been done. u placed

including what has been done. u placed
at $50, 100000.
Gen. GILLESPIE commends the work
Of the mortans. for which no appropria-
tions have been available since 1900, and
expresses the hope that Congress may
again permit of their installation.
With the coast defence Of the United
States harbors so we'll under way. the
Chief of Engineers suggests that work
on the defences of the insular ports be
begun, especially at Manila and Subig
Bay in the Philippines. at Honolulu and
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and in Porto
Rico. To devise plan for these works,
he suggests another board. made up, as
was the Endicott board, under authori-
cation of Congress. The coaling sta
tions established and to be created
should be fortified, or they will lose
their value in war time, when they will
be needed most.
The development of systems Of fire
control has progressed during the past
year. so that now nine fire command
ers' and forty-five battery command
crs' stations have been completed and
turned over to the Artillery Corps, and
twelve fire commanders and thirty
battery commanders stations are under
construction. With modern conditions
of warfare, the Importance of these sta
tons is hardly less than that of the bat
teries themselves. Without them, bat
teries may be useful against an attack
ing fleet directly before them, but will
avail nothing against a fleet attacking
at distance Gen. GILLESPIE has taken
novel position regarding these stations:
That as the fire control is a purely
tactical problem. the space required,
the height, the degree of protection, and
the relative order in which the various
are subjects for the Artillery Corps TO
determine;' while the Engineer Corps
il to construct the shelters, towers,
electric ducts, the Signal Corps to install
the electric apparatus, and the Ord
nance Corps under the law provide the
rangefinders. That the artillery corps
should have something to say about the
instruments il is To use, the batteries in
which it is TO fight. does not seem to be
asking too much; but until within a very
short time its experts were the last
persons consulted about forts. guns
and other equipments. Gen. GIlLEsPrE's
broad view Of the subject of our defences
argues we'll for the way in which they
are being prepared
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We Give the watchers a Beneat.

To TuB rpIToR or THE Sun Sir; The organ
lied force of watchers" especially trained In the
details OF the Election law. and who acted for the
Republican party on election day, were sodsend.
They created panic among the lawleSs, downtown.
Because of their knowledge OF the Election laws
they were looked upon as Judges. The majority
o. the election inspectors on both sides pain
fully ignorant OF the laws and worse stu. they
could not interpret the laws correctly. They all
had to rely upon the watchers. They also helped
the loyal Republican district captain and his
watchers and workers to demand equal rights at
the polls with the DEMOCRATS They found that
the majority OF the Republican resident inspec .
tors worked In perfect harmony" with their
Democratic colleagues and were very much ham
pered by their hostility. AZ the counting OF the
votes their decisions upon split ballots were always
sustained and without their help grave errors could
have been made. They all found that the loyal
Republicans were a downtrodden race. terribly
prosecuted and intin1'dated.
NeSsrs. Havllsnd and Hammond are TO be espe
claly congratulated for their great work In In
81 ructing and organizing this great force OF com
petent men. These two gentlemen are respectively
chairman and member Of the Law and Elections
Committee" OF the Republican Club.
The watchers themselves are to be congratulated
on the way they performed their duty.
NEW YORK, Nov WATCHER,
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GUESSING CONTESTS LEGAL.
Ohio Judge Holds That statutes or nat
State DO Not Condemn Them.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. In the newe-
paper guessing contests conducted by the
TIN -s-!Stdr, Enquirer and CcnsmrooI
Tribune Of this city. Judge Rufus b. Smith
to-day handed down n decision disnissing
the petition Of Samuel Stevens, praying Tor
a receiver. The demurrer is sustained.
The Court holds that such contests are
not within the condo mnation of the statutes
of Ohio against lotteries, gambling, wager
ing or betting. No opinion is expressed
on the common law relating to the matter,
as il is not necessarily involved in the case
al bar.
The Court holds in regard TO the money
paid in that If the contract were illegal
any one who seeks 10 cscind il after cleo
ton comes too late 10 he heard for the
reason that the contract has been executed
wholly or in part.
Further, the Court holds that such bill
as the one passed on cannot be filed in
equity on behalf Of Others who are not dis
satisfied A court Of equity, also, will not
assume jurisdiction where there is an ade
quate remedy at law. The Superior Court
of Cincinnati has no jurisdiction in an action
at law to recover so cents.
Hundreds of thousands and perhaps
millions Of guesses have been registered
by the public and the newspaper proprie-
tors hay made a mint Of money acoord
/. CIV.
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DIR, Iorenr Not the First.

To TYR EDITOR or THs SUN--Nr. Way Il so
much fuss made over the wonderful operations OF
an Austrian surgeon when we have in New York
city one who has been modestly performing SINH
lar operations with equal success for several years.
! refer ~ Dr. George II, Elliott Of - East Twenty
sixth street,
Or. Elliott was the nrSt American surgeon to
reduce congeuital dislOcation OF the hip joint by
manipulation. using the same method employed
by Prof Lorcnz In fact he published the result
~ his operations In the American medical Journals
long before Lorenz published anything on the
subject Further than that the NieHneSe. In the
rrSt work which ne gave 20 the world detailing his
method and It's results. himself gave due credit to
Dr. Elliott and quoted from our New York surgeons
published article. Dr. Elliott has operated by
man ipulaion In more than forty cases Of con genital
dsloca,ion Of the hips and hos been successful in
nearly W per cent Of them. W II q,
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To rHE EDrroB OF The Sus-.S,r: \ first class
exam pie OF a freak ordinance IS that now before
tic Board OF Aldermen which would forbid the
keeping OF pet dogs. or dogs OF any sort. In apart
mcnt houses or fats In this city. II was introduced
by Alderman tioldwa,er and is a. follows:
section 1. No person shall keep or harhor any
dog or dogs In the city OF New York In any apart
ment house. nat house or tenement house occupied
By more than one family
section 2. Each and every violation Of the pro.
visions Of the foregoing section shall be punish
able by nue OF not moro than ten dollars 500.
and In dctau, OF payment Of such me by i'm
prisonment In the city prison until the same he
paid. but such Imprisonment shall not exceed ten
days"
No wonder the protests against this measure
have been loud and many. The canine population
of the metropolis is large. and every representa-
tive OF II, from the little mongrel cur whose owner
never heard OF the word pedigree" 20 the dog of
arstocratic descent. has a place In the affections
OF some indy dual. and most OF these animals are
perfectly harmless and lnoNcnSv". Sanitary eS-
r"rs may say that. In SPECIFIC Instances the health
Of families would be improved II dogs were dis
pensod with: but gcncralties arc not proved by
particulars. Before dogs are bAniShcd from the
Greater New York in accordance with the terms
of the measure In question, the case against them
Will have TO be much stronger than II Is nov. \,
NEW YORK, Nov. T.
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CITY NAY REMOTE SNOW ITSELF.
DIR. Woodbury. Rejects the Only hid Under
the New Form OF Contract.

BIDS were opened yesterday for the
removal Of snow In Manhattan under the
new form Of contract, which provides for
payment in proportion to the space cleared
instead of by the cart load. The only bid
received was submitted by the Century
Construction Company, a firm in which.
il is understood j. ID. and r. f.. Crimmins
are interested The bid was for 30 cents
n cubic yard
Commissioner Woodbury. promptly re-
iected the bid and decided to readvertise
In explaining this decision, he said
IF our present form of contract had been
in existence last year az the rate of 30 cents
a cubic yard ii would have cost the CITY
$4,000 for the removal Of snow. Under
the new system the city itself could AFFORD
10 clear the snow away al a cost Of less
than Is cents n cubic yard and this course
will be decided upon before will consent
to the payment of an eNorbitant rate.
The new Advertisements will call for
further bids within ten days
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ron MORE MTDSIIPNEN,
Secretary Moody VIII Recommend an In.
crease In His Report.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7,Secretary Of the
Navy Moody has determined on the charac-
ter of the recommendation TO be made
for an increase in the number Of COM
missioned line officers He will recon-
mend that each Senator and Representative
In Congress have authority to nominate
two midshipmen instead Of one each, as at
present, every three years Should Mr.
Moody's recommendation be adopted, the
number Of cadetships at the Naval Academy
will be almost doubled Under the law
passed al the last session of Congress the
number of cadetships was increased to
495. distributed over four years. The new
arrangement contemplates OF Cadetships
distributed over three years II is be-
lieved that with these additional cadets
there will be enough line officers 10 care
for all the ships In commission four years
from now. including those under con-
structiOn.
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4. =. District Judge Baker Resigns.

WASHINGTON, Nov. The President
to-day received the resignation of John II.
Baker, United States District Judge in
Indiana. Judge Baker is advanced in
years and his resignation carries out an
understanding that existed at the time
Of the appointment about a year aco of
his son, Francis II. Baker To hc Judge of
the Federal Circuit Court in Indiana. When
this appointment was proposed thore was
"A somewhat acrimonious contest between
the friends Of Senator Beveridge and Sena-
tor Fairbanks, The Younger Judge Baker
was the candidate of Mr.. Beveridgr and
it was agreed that the father should resign
shortly
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To TIN EpiroR or The SuS--Sir: This morn
ings papers contain an account Of the death by
asphy xiatiou OF a man and woman at a hotel In
Washington street, The papers state that the
gas Jet had evidently been left partly turned on"
repeatedly OF late sucked out between the hours
OF and p. Nj, when so many families are cooking
thcir. evening meals, presume It would be found
should an Investigation be made. that the two
people asphy Aiated retired between these hours
| therefore urge the newspapers to sound a
timely note OF warning advising people OF the great
scarcity and corfespondingly heavy demands
upon gas. In turning gas low during the usual cook
are using II, or a large number will undoubtedly
meet their deaths IN the same appalling manner.
cold 70 force people into also heating their apart
nents by gas. the danger Of asphyxiaton will be
many fold Increased, MN or LYrTERs.
Nkv YORK, Nov. O.
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The annual report of Brig. Gen.
GILLESPIE, Chief of Engineers Of the
Army. is interesting for many reasons,
but will appeal most strongly to civil
ians because of its statement Of what
has been done toward developing the
country's coast defences. So little was
known OF these during the Spanish war
that the rumor Of an enemv's feet APP
preaching to raid the coasts excited a
fear that required the Navy Department
TO organize a coast-patrol fleet which
cruised up and down until the last Span
fish warship had been located. The old
Civil War monitors were dragged from
their rusting places, hurriedly put into
shape and distributed among the ports
most open to attack and by these means
public confidence was restored. The in
formation contained in Gen. GIIIEsPIE's
report will prevent any future panic
of the kind.
During Mr.. CLEvELAND's first admin
istration board headed by Secretary
Of War ENDICoTT considered the whole
question of coast defence. and drew up
a comprehensive plan. which for the
last fifteen years has been in process of
completion by the successive admins
trations OF the War Depart ment and its
staff bureaus. More than half of the
work has now been completed, twenty
five Of the principal ports and harbors
having sufficient guns and mortars TO
provide an efficient defepce against
ott 10
slow; but it must be remembered that
the systems of naval armament have
changed very much since the board
made its plans, neceSsitating correspond
ing changes in the details Of the scheme.
Besides, though the plans were prepared
nearly fifteen years ago, the first large
appropriation to carry them out was not
made until 1895. The work, therefore,
has been done almost wholly within the
past six years. Now most of tho heavy
guns are in position, a considerable
number Of the rapid-fre emplace ments
arc finished, and some of the rapid-fire
guns are completed.
As originally planned, the harbors
were to be defended by guns of the
heaviest caliber, in armored works; but
the development Of rapid-fre guns, of
the resisting power of armor, and Of
disappearing carriages, adapted now
even to Pinch guns, has done away
with the need of fort armor; so that the
delay has been to the advantage of the
country, in giving rs the hest modern
guns Oh the best carriages, at compare
lively little cost As Gen. GILLESPIE
says: The United States have been
enabled to avoid costly experiments in
armored turrets, cupolas and case
mates, which have been forced on Euro
pean nations by their struggle for mill
tary and commercial supremacy"
The existing projects for seacoast de-
fences include 356 guns of from S-inch
TO Pinch, 1924 rapid-fire guns from
2.2l-inch to e-inch caliber, and 5A NOR
tars. The rapd-ire guns were not
contemplated in the original plan, and
the heavy guns have been made of small
Ter caliber than was planned at first.
The total cost for the engineering work,
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matron at the speaking tube: Is that
you, Doctor MAGGIE? Will you ask
Doctor OLGA IL there's any Parmesan
cheese in the house? Please say to
Doctor Rose that the Matron would
like to have her hair combed?' Will
too many Doctors spoil the broth' Who
knows? For our part We should like to
hear the opinions Of good, reasonably
peppery plain cook on the matter Of
diplomas. But somebody else must do
the asking or it must be postponed until
we get little more life insurance.