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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

Salaries Of many postal ciSrks through
ous the country may be reduced 500
yearly because Of violated laws discOv-
cred IN Tie posioaice department ~ Geo.
w. Beavert snecessor. More clerks than
the law permits were found hired.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-09
Another State Out OF Debt

Ohio, as announced by the Auditor, on
July 1, is, for the first time in forty years,
out of debt. Provision was made for the
paying off on July Of the last outstand-
ing bonds. The addition Of Ohio to the
number of States free of debt brings up
the total to six, the other States having no
debt outstanding being Illinois, Iowa, Ne
braska, New Jersey and West Virginia
Several States have only nominal
debt, in which group are Delaware
Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, South Da-
kota, Vermont and Wyoming. The
State Constitution of Ohio provides that
the State may contract debts to supply
casual deficits or failures in revenues, or
to meet expenses not otherwise provided
for; but the aggregate amount Of such
debts, direct and contingent, whether
contracted by virtue of one or more acts
of the General Assembly, or at different
periods of time, shall never exceed $780,
600, and the money arising from the Gre
alton of such debts shall be applied to
the purpose for which it was obtained or
to repay debtacontracted, and to no other
purpose whatever. Except as above and
as may be required to repel invasion,
suppress instruction or defend the State
in war" no Ohio debt is lawful, and the
people OF Ohio are to-day profting by this
rule of economy to the full
Meanwhile New York city is steadily
charging its bonded obligation and New
York State will be confronted in Novem-
Der with proposition to increase the
present moderate State debt so largely
as to make, if the new canal plan is ap-
proved, its ultimate liquidation very re-
mote. That is the kind of proposition
that community like that of the Empire
State may be expected to reject with
emphasis.
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AS TO PATENTED PAYMENTS.
Ruling OF Appellate Division in the Barber
COmpany's Suits.

The Appellate Division has decided the
cases Of the Barber Asphalt Paving Com
pany against the City and William G.. Rose
against Seth Low, as Mayor of the City of
New York. These actions were brought
by the plaintiffs as taxpayers to restrain
Borough President Cantor and the city
authorities from awarding a contract for
paving with the Warren Bituminous
Waterproof Pavement the roadway of
Seventh avenue from 10th street TO 10th
street.
The injunction was first granted by
Justice O'Gorman at Special Term, upon
the ground that Section 1854 of the Charter
prevented the laying of any patented pave
ment, except where there was fair oppor
tunity for competition.
The city sought to avoid this provision
by procuring a resolution of the Board
of Estimate in which the Warren Brothers
agreed to furnish their patented pavement
for $l.49 per square yard. The plaintiff
alleged that the highest price for asphalt
In 1908 was 81. 35 per square yard, the lowest
price 81 ,05 per square yard. and that the
loss to the city on this contract alone would
be $1,000.
The decision Of the Appellate Division
just rendered, In which the opinion was
written by Justice Ingraham continues
the injunction put in. II would seem TO
hold that patented pavement might be-
laid where the general requirements of the
specifications are not such as to exclude
other bidders.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-09
Grant ImDroyemrnt In Photography

To THIS EDITOR or THE SuN--Sfr' Perhaps your
readers will he interested in brief account OF an
important improvement In photography. | have
no purpose of applying for patent, as prefer to
dedicate my invention to the public. In the past
three years have examined very large number
Of photographs and process engravingS made from
photographs, portraits of men, and hnd that
high percentage s5'7. To be exact-arc mnrred by
one serious blemlSh. The object OF my Invention
is TO get rid OF this blcmIsh.
The apparatus consists OF a sign, to be placed
on the camera facing the sitter, bearing the legend
Keep your hands out OF your pockets" Why a
man preparing his counterfeit prcscn'ment for his
friends or for the public should suddenly be pos
sesscd by an impulse TO make It awkward and I'M
diRnifled | am not able to conjecture Recently
took up metropolitan newspaper which contained
a large portrait OF an eminent gentleman who Is
now In tho eye OF the public. and behold, he had
stood in tho eye OF the camera with both hands
rammed into his trousers pockets What was lack
lng In the photographer Judgment or moral cour-
age?--that he did not request the gentleman to
show his hands' Sometimes both hands arc thus
buried. and sometimes only one; but anybody that
examines u large number OF photographs VIII SEQ
that the weakness Is widespread.
This curious mania exhibits itself elsewhere than
In tho picture gallery. Our oratOry suffers from IT,
Few men can risc 10 make nm after dinner speech
without Immediately thrustIng At least one hand
into a pocket, The wives OF such orators should
sew up the pockets In the dress suits Perhaps this
would be disastrous at hrst as II might discomfort
the speaker and cause him 10 forget what he had 10
say--like the schoolboy whose Jacket button was
surreptlt,ousy cut on by Walter Scott-but in the
end " would produce a needed reform.
AMAdANsErr, l.. |, RossITER JOHNSON.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-09
The Best Three-Year-Old.

Africander's win OF the Lawrence
Realization Stakes stamps him the best
three-year-old racehorse in this coun-
try. II further confirmation of his su-
premacy were needed, after his success
in the Belmont Stakes, the Suburban
Handicap and the Advance Stakes, il
was amply supplied in the Realization.
Second only to the satisfaction enjoyed
by his owners at winning this rich stake
was their qualification over the fact that
the Star Ruby colt turned the tables
impressively on his former conqueror,
Savable. As it is, no one can say that
the East hasn't at least two three-yc
olds better than Savable, for which. as a
two-year-old, Mr.. DRAKE paid $50, 900
since Golden Maxim. also beaten in the
Futurity of 1902. was able to beat Sava-
BILE handily in the Realization.
We doubt if any turn of fortune from
now to the end OF the season can rob
Africander in the public mind of the title
which ia his to-day. The King of the
Two-Year-O Odds, though, is still to be
crowned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-09
= BY q score Of good omcns
We still have our commons.
Schneider.

REINHARDT SCHNEIDER, who retired
from the police force on Tuesday after
thirty-seven years OF service, ought to
remind us that there is a great army OF
policemen of whom we hear little or
nothing because they are simply, hon
estly, bravely doing their duty The
CRATER, so often loudly and passionately
presented as typical of the force, is not
representative.
SCHNEIDER had worn police uniform
nearly as long as any other man in the de-
partment His record was clean on the
books. He owns no brown-stone fronts
or city lots, neither here nor in Japan.
He has lived on his salary and has had
no other income. There are platoons
of men like him who will go on doing the
service they were appointed to do until
they die in harness or give up, as SCHNEI-
DER has, when old age bears down upon
them.
The blue uniform of the policeman is
the sign and symbol of faithfulness in the
public service, and often of daring to the
very death. May it be honored always
alike by the public and by those who
wear il.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-09
Was Christopher Columbus OF jewish
Descent

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir. Where
Was Columbus born? More than fifteen
Italian cities and villages, besides Genoa and
Savona, claim 10 be the birthplace of the dis
coverer of the New World: and not so very
long ago n monument was erected to him at
CHlvi, In Corsica, rs a native of that island.
The Spanish Academician, Don Vicente Pa
redes. now asserta, however. that Columbus
was born neither in Italy nor in Corsica. but
at Estramadura In Spain, and that he was of
Jewish descent.
According TO the author OF this startling
statement in recent issue OF the Reristd de
Estramddurd. the ancestor of Columbus was
none other than Rabbi Solomon ha-Levi,
who took the name OF Paulus de Santa Maria
on being baptized. being called Paul de Burgos,
after his native place. of the Archbishopric
OF which he was the incumbent. He had
four sons who rose TO eminence in the Church
and State and daughter Maria by name
This daughter is said TO have been the mother
of Columbus, and TO have imbued her son
with his love of the Hebrew language. al
though he did not understand the same.
Columbus, according to Don Vicente
Paredes, guarded the secret of his descent
from the famous preate because. at his time.
the renegade or mOrr0no tseCrct jew was
even more despsed in Spain than the jew
Isabella could never have been induced 10
send a man Of Jewish descent on the voyage
OF discovery, and Columbus. aware of the
fact kept his secret.
Don Vicente de Paroles bases his assertion
on the ground that Maria de Santa Maria,
the aforementioned mother OF Columbus,
SAYS in her last will; Don Diego, my son, or
any one who shall be the heir Of this estate.
same, sign with my signature" This sigma
ture is as follows.
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Mr.. Bryan's Fourth.

Although Mr.. BRYAN regards the Demo-
cratic platform of 1896 as the new Decla-
ration of Independence, he is still friendly
to the old Declaration. He had a Fourth
of July celebration this year at Fairview
the Bryan estate" south of Lincoln
The phrase Bryan estate has pluto
cratic sound, and must have been in
vented by the great Tribune's enemies
The festival at Mr.. BRYAN's farm was
beautiful and successful. Disciples Of
his political faith, says the State Journal
hailed it-Mr. BRYAN's Fourth-as the
first of series which will be kept up
until the triumph of his creed is made
known to the world, in short, for some
time.
There was a big tent, in which Mr..
BRYAN, in big voice, introduced the
speakers. Lemonade, ice cream and joy
were uncontrolled. The long avenue, as
the plutocrats would say, the long lane,
as Mr.. BRYAN says, up to his grange was
lined with rigs" The comforts Of
the up-to-date farmhouse were viewed
and complimented. Picnic parties ate
dainty lunch. Great men gathered on
"the spacious porch At o'clock Mr..
BRYAN most miraculous organ began to
thrill the two or three thousand people
under the canvas. We regret that we
cannot find room for all the eloquence
and wisdom uttered in that tent that
afternoon Here is Mr.. BRYAN's prelude
to the Hon. Tom JOHNSON, described
rather ungracously by reporter as a
short, heavy-set man:
"I am glad Ohio can present to the nation the e1 =
ample OF All lncorruptlble public ofnc!al who can
neither be driven by threats nor bought by
money"
DR.. Fl. S. TAYLOR, City Attorney Of
Chicago, stepped on Three-Cent TOMS
toes. DR.. TAYLOR famed against the
tories" in the colleges, the cultured
class and those rich enough to ride
in automobiles. Remembering his Red
Devil, Single-Tax TOM made a wry
face" and asked if the speaker was
hitting at him, as he is well-known
automobile crank" DR.. TAYLOR extri-
Gated himself by asserting that TOMS
automobile is not used for racing" Still,
Tom made his race for Governor in it.
But DR.. TAYLoR's poem was the real
illumination OF the festival. His subject
was the oppressed American Commons.
1t seems to US that he oppressed them
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-09
ORDERS TO EUROPEAN sol ADROy
To Reach Lisbon by July 22-The Cruiser
Brooklyn 10 Become the Flagship

WASHINGTON, July s.-Secrctary Moody
to-day sent telegram to Rear Admiral
Cotton, commanding the European quad
ron, to leave Portsmouth, England, in lime
to reach Lisbon by July %. The Govern
ment Of Portugal has invited the squadron
to visit Lisbon, where the officers alA men
will be entertained. Under Secretary
Moody's orders it will not be necessary for
the squadron to leave Portsmouth unul
July II.
Orders were sent also for the battlnshp
Kearsarge, which is temporarily attached
to the European squadron, to leave Ports
mouth on July II for Frenchmans Bay
Maine, where she will join the other vessels
of the North Atlantic fleet and participate
in the naval manPuvres and Joint army
and navy war games. The armorcd cruiser
Brooklyn, now in the Azores with the North
Atlantic battleship squadron, was ordered
to sail thence in time to reach Lisbon on
July % The Brooklyn will become the
flagship of the European squadron.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-09
THE IRISH LAND BILL.
Some New Criticisms.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: There Is
one point in the discussion that has taken
place in relation 10 the Irish Land bill which,
so far as I have seen. has not been touched
upon In any American paper. II Is the con
necton between it and the great British in
surance companies. come OF which have larE"
amounts OF their reserves invested In Irish
estate mortgages. know of one, the Scot
fish Union, which had several millions in
vested in that way. In one case, In my own
knowledge, it was recouping itself by allow
ing the owner OF an Irish estate to live In Eng
land on the magnificent sum of $50 a month.
while taking the rest Of the rents TO satisfy
its claims. He was lucky enough, l believe,
TO get "a raise" out of them by refusing TO sign
some writs OF eiectment against tenants who
refused to pay their rents TO the company
died IN 'h 9n6nn ste vne nnmba
years on an allowance OF lew hundreds "l
pounds year out of rentals amounting 10
some ten thousands; IN addition 10 mort hl,
were first charges on estates, that not anfLe-
Guently left the landlord in the position OF
mere rent collector with little or nothing fo'
As the Irish Land bill stands to-day it Is
really landlord and insurance companN
immediate relief bill. largely AT the eXpens'
of tho British taxpayer, while saddling ll'
ments for period of sixty-eight and one-haIf
years in the case of first term tenants.
Under Mr. Gladstones act of 1850. the ten
ants under its operation have been purchasing
their land at seventeen years rental, while
under the new act they will have 70 pay iWeI-
| ty-tw to twenty-five years; and the landlords
retain the cream Of the estates IN the shape OF
sporting rights the riparian privileges, more
| or less extensive demesnes, the mountains
and waste lands, and other tracts OF country.
| All this is a decided come-odown from me
| Gladstone acts and it is difficult 10 under
stand how the Irish leaders have come to
| accept the present measure except on the one
| theory that they wish to arrest the now OF
emigration from Ireland. The question is:
! viii they succeed? ..,.
The cut-and-dry plans OF the Irish Land hill
| may have II short success, but 1t can only pc
a short one. Economic conditions will make ~,
| as an English financial writer says, n"
| opening Of d Pandoras box of new Affections
The Irish people or such Of them .S as , may
| yidual landlord for a collective entity ca!l'I
| the Government which cannot be disposed OF
by any ordinary method applicable to ind-
viduals. +
NEW YORK, July g.
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land companies and some of our Western
railroads have diligently exploited the
new areas of the Canadian Northwest.
The results are shown in the foregoing
statistics.
In other ways, also, this new country
has been pushed before possible emf
grants in this country, in England, and
on the Continent. Unless there should
come violent setback from crop failure
or some other sources which always
menace agricultural industry, it is in all
ways probable that even the most en-
thusiastic Canadian predictions Of growth
during the next ten years will find veri-
tioation in the statistical tables Of 1913.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-09
Ritualism Distrusted.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SIN ST. The NO
lation OF laws Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church by few Romanists who claim to ~"
Episcopal communicates has reached pom
Of intense interest TO the laity of our Chnrth.
of whom 95 per cent. are riGidly opposed u"
Roman Catholic doctrine and practice
We have always believed that n" inter
lopers were emissarles sent TO make converts
to Romanism. and having no fear oil th'"
influence We were not disturbed by mem
hoping that want of success in prosecuting
would induce them TO abandon their iniss'o"
and return to the Roman fold; but recent DC
currences have demonstrated that such IL nov
their intention and that they hope by lncrchs,'i
| offensiveness and persistence to CApINIp Wv
| Protestant Episcopal Church and UA"s''
| IL to Rome r...,-
TO add to the tension came Bishop Potter
| admission to the Rev Mr. Fillinghan tha' ~ q,
| offensive doctrines and rites are tauRm, a.,
practiSed with his priylty We nag suP, pom.
| Nothing more was needed to make Iirar W ."y
laity that their Church is indeed IN d1g ger a
| unless wise counsels prevail ne rla'eo no,
! organization Is doomed TO DESTRUCTION H,s
because of any possibility Of pross'y imS4 ON ON
lay members. but because they VIII ap aarr.H',
| the Church and go where they can WUnsg IN
| God as Jesus Christ directed. in spirit anu ="
We love the services of the Episcopal Church
| as prescribed by the Prayer Book, because nj al
spirituality. and the congregation are hG ,ls
enabled to enjoy them through being req ~ "a
TO actively unite with TIE clergy ~ W AZ
truly public worship Of our HesyenIy f aoo ,I,t.
The membership Of our Church con-,
largely Of educated, intelligent ana t ,,,oat
people, comprising all sorts and con COW. r,1h
| Of men. from the very poor 10 the very ~ ,' ."
| but all on a spiritual level They WIZ n as
stand for homogeneous practices ana a"anni
sumption OF power that belongs only 10 , no.
nor submit to tyranny from any carr ~. o,jjiInw
| ters, their desire being TO serve, God. Z" "'''
Jesus and to he guided by the Holy SNi', tr,
The fear of RomaniSn has hIn''I,"' o.,
growth in the United States of thu lr'- "r'
Church 1t is now the smallest Of tl.,
tant Protestant denominations, nb'','.
| about 500 900 Were IL not for ms I'Ni ..
| Is reason to believe that the Churrh w."
beautiful services and public WORSHIP VIM
be one of the largest In point OF m"wbf,I
We are told In Scripture to Nrsh' '",.yy
| and he will flee" This IL what "" loN "
mand. ngurativcly No NOR" .aprlNN N.,,
strict obedianC" TO the laws of I'll" ,h"..
If the ROmanStS will not Yield I,nt ga
be compelled to retire, else other lI"I'H'
denominations notably the Reformed ny .r
pal-will gain rapidly at the expense w.
communion. hAhA
BROOKLYN. July Y.
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NAVAL COMMITTEE ON A JUNKET.
Visiting tho Navy Yards on the Despatch
Boat Dolphin.

WASHINGTON, July s,-Nearly all tho
members Of the House Committee on Naval
Affairs left Washington this morning on the
despatch boat Dolphin, Lieutenant Com
mander John H. Gibbons, for visit TO a
number of navy yards and shore stations
The stated object of the trip is to inspect
these places TO make the committeeman
better prepared, for dealing with the ques-
stop will be at the Norfolk Navy Yard,
and visits will then be made to the League
Island yard, the site OF the proposed sta
ton at New London, Conn. and the Boston
and Portsmouth yards.
The party consists Of Representatives
Foss of Illinois, Dayton of West Virginia,
Loudenslager of New Jersey. Rixey of
Virginia, Tate of Georgia, Vandiver Of
Missouri W. w. Kitchen Of North Carolina,
Roberts of Massachusetts, Mudd of Mary
land, Watson Of Indiana, Cousins Of Iowa,
and Meyer Of Louisiana.
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NORTH CAROLINA FOR GORMAN.


WASHINGTON, July s.-Asked about poll
tics to-day, Mr.. Horne, prominent bust
ness man Of North Carolina, said the Demo-
Gratis Of that State were for Senator German
for the Democratic Presidential nominal
ton, though Judge Parker has a number of
admirers in the State.
I'VE OF the South" he said. think 1t Is
about time President Is chosen who knows
something about us, and who is close to us
German has the confidence of the business
interests Of the country. They are salts
fled with his conservatism and knowledge
of finance. He is the man who can win for
the Democrats.
What of Bryant" he was asked.
He has no strength down our way"
Mr.. Horne replied, and is not considered
by North Carolina Democrats for the nomi-
nation. The Democrats want a change,
and are ready for it. The people are getting
nearer to the business interests Of the
country"
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Casabiancas Celebration.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The boy stood or, the burning porch.
Whence all had made scoot:
A Roman candle In his hand
Was Just about to shoot.
A fra2zlcd pnwheel at his side
Was all that stayed to tell
How father. minus half his hide.
Had fed with gricvOus yell.
A busted bomb upon the floor.
Some remnants OF a hat,
SuSpcndcr buttons--threc or four
That was where grandpa sat.
An isle OF safety on the lawn,
Where still the grass was green.
Marked where his sister dear had gone
To rub on vasellne.
Anon tho smoke rose from tho yard,
And then, through one small rift
We saw where mother Scorchcd and SCARED,
A smelling bottle smiled.
And At the gate stood Uncle Bill
In fragments OF his pants,
Demanding In his accents shnll:
Send US an ambulancel"
The boy. as we remarked at nrst.
A Roman candle held
He struck a match and 1T tho fuse:
"ThlS Is the lasti" he yelled.
The Roman candle nzzcd and Jared,
The balls flew far and wide:
His relatives. all badly scared.
Once more cssayod to hide.
Aas' ere shelter they could fnd,
The dircful deed was done:
He whirled the candle all about,
And plnked them every one.
In pain they limpcd up TO tho porch
They crcpt from bush and shrub
And each I'm plored In husky tones:
Let me get at that cub"
There came burst OF thunder sound.
The bOy--O where WAS he1
BY turns no was sent on q round
That led from knee 70 knee.
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TEACHERS BIG MEETING.
Ten Depart mental Sessions Held I'm Boston
MANY Extra Attractions.

Boston, July s--Despite the intense
heat this morning the various meetings
of tho National Educational Association
were well attended, and during the after"
noon the teachers got Whit OF Boston
famous east wind, which seemed to please
them greatly During the day ten depart
mental meetings we're held.
The one Of the greatest general interest
was that Of the Department Of Higher
Education. The discussion OF the relation
Of the university to the manners and morals
OF its students enlisted some OF the best
thought OF the country's leading college
presidents. President Harris of Amherst,
President Tucker Of Dartmouth and Presi-
dent Slocum OF Colorado spoke from the
standpoint Of heads Of colleges, and Bishop
Gailor of Tennessee added to the symposium
Of ideas
A section which began its work to-day
was that on special education, which con-
Germs itself with the teaching of defective
children. Fourteen speakers were sched-
uled in this department alone. The de-
partment OF school administration was
another section which held its first session
to-day, as did those Of music, library and
physical training.
Other sections meeting this morning
were those on Business Education, Indian
Education, Normal Education. Alto
gether about eighty papers and formal
discussions were on the morning pro-
gramme.
The only event which distracted attention
from the serious work OF the convention
this morning was the harbor excursion
provided by the generosity Of Augustus
Hemenway. A luncheon was given by
the city to the association leaders this after
noon and several private receptions were
given at summer residences OF Boston
people along the north shore, Jamaica
Plain, Waltham and Dedham.
This evening at the general session in
Mechanics Hall the topic discussed was
School Gardens, City School Yards and
the Surroundings of Rural Schools" Sew
eral lectures and receptions were also
given tonight.