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The sun., 1903-11-23
Tribute to . Veteran Guide.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: Many
New Yorkers read with deep regret the an
noupcement to-day Of the sudden death Of
Albert Clifton OF Hague, Lake George. Al
though only % years OF age. Mr.. Clifton was
Q veteran Adirondack guide. ono OF small
company that Is fast passing away. He
had multitude Of friends. not only In New
York, but in all Of the Atlantic States as
far south a. Georgia. Those who had ever
availed themselves Of his services In the
woods or on the lake. who had listened to his
rare tales OF hunting and fishing. or who.
in later days. had enjoyed the hospitalities
q hs sP%s ae has1tS a and
H. Ss very .BS 69.ssR
the the civil war. He was badly wounded IN
Gss SeopsrdH. SRe In seareh % Of health he went Into
the Saranac region, then an unbeaten wilder
ness. as soon as he was mustered out Of ser
s1d Ths nsadd s sfhss
was too severe. and @ eventually ne settled settled
h.lmsn .ans eeGEfs eea as or aR
built an " se sS The
s5as SSo .oasSs msIs
s9ss snS efss 81 e.. sa ma
taees and camps grew up around his hotel
and the fishermen and hunters, gradually
gave place to the summer girl and her satel-
OF tho woods. he was equally at ease with
these.
the ways Of beast, bird and nsh. A sports
man In the truest sense. he advocated the
Enforcement. He served as Game Warden.
and frequently appeared before Legislative
committees at Albany when game laws
were under discussion. As keen In the chase
as a "Natty Bumpo.- he had a deeper interest
in the creatures Of tho forest and the stream
than merely their fitness for the, game bag
as a Cooper. FRANK w. HoYT.
MoSrcLAIR. N. j.. Nov. 2l.
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OUR HIGHEST MOUNTAIN.
Dissenting Remarks On the Honors Due
for Dis00yery.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE sUS-Sn: In
latter dated Nov. 1s . Sun correspondent
signing himself "A" endeavors to fasten
upon Mr.. Dickey the honor OF being the dis
coverer OF Bulshaia. alias Mount Mckinley.
In Alaska. the highest known mountain ON
the American Continent.
There Is no doubt whatever that Mr.. Dickcy
discovered Mount Mckinley, and he should
have all the credit that there is going for
this discovery, for 1t was Mr.. Dickey who
gave the name Mount Mckinley to Bulshaia
but your correspondent a" evidently does
not know that In order to discover Mount
Mckinley Mr.. Dckey had to redisoover the
mountain Bulshaa that had been discovered
and named Bulshaia long before MIR. Dickey
was born.
Your correspondent says. AS far as We
know. there Is not a single alluslon to the
mountain In all the Russian literature on
Alaska" And. again: THE mountain was
never indicated by any name on any map
till Dickey's little sketch map Of it appeared
in THE SUM-" As a finish. he gives us this:
1T will occur to many that the man who
finds the distinguishing characteristic Of a
great mountain or OF some other natural
feature Of the earth and lifts it above the
average, to which all previous observers had
assigned 1t. 30 that all the world sees 1t. Is
entitled to the fun honors of dscoverer.
Regarding the first Of these contentious
! would say that no matter what place the
literature on Alaska, 1t occupies very pro-
nounced place in the native vernacular of
the Cook Inlet section OF Alaska, and the
vernacular Of country sometimes furnishes
more reliable data of that country than the
literature regarding it does, particularly
when the literature has a foreign origin and
the verna cular Ia native born.
Regarding the second contention. the
writer begs here to state that he has map
Of the date of 1898 showing this mountain
under the two names OF Bulshaia and Mount
Mckinley.
Regarding the third and final contention
OF your correspondent and the one which he
evidently thinks should be conclusive, IL
will appeal to some people that the first dis
coverer of this mountain appreciated its dis
he named 1t Bulshaia. which In the Russian
Indian OF Alaska Is "big mountai in" quite
as much as Mr.. Dickey may have done when
he selected as his name for 1t Mount
Mckinley. .
Honor to whom honor is due. be it mountain
or man. Mr.. Dlckey was. no doubt. very
largely II not altogether the cause OF the
United States Geological Survey OF 1893 that
accurately measured and charted this noun
tain, and a great deal OF praise should be
given him for this, but Mr.. Dickey was not
the discoverer Of the highest mountain on
the American Continent, nor even the dis
coverer OF its Distinguishing characteristic.
any more than l was. and have been very
nearly as close to 1t as was Mr.. Dickey:
One OF these days some one will discover
American statesman who possesses the dis
tingulshing characteristic Of Unexpectedly
pHIiAnRIpHIA Nov 90
The sun., 1903-11-23

The Public Printer made statement to
the Senate last week showing the cost OF
the documents printed by order OF the
Senate or by unanimous consent on the
request Of individual Senators. In the
Fifty-fourth Congress $l4.osi was spent
in this way. In the next Congress the
expenditure was sl7.289. In the Fifty
sixth Congress the bills amounted to Ss4 ,998,
Of which $22 ,s8e was for an index to private
claims filed from March 4. 1891. to March 4,
lsoe and S23 800 for a compilation OF the
reports Of the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations. In the Fifty-seventh Congress
$95, ,s6O.29 was spent. or this. $22 600 went
for printing eulogies of LINCOLN, GARFIELD
and MCKINLEY, s, ,545 for compilation Of
Indian treaties, $l4,s2s for gazetteer OF
the Philippines, and $7,4l for printing 'The
Steel Trust: Prince and Pauper.'
The total for the five Congresses was
$2l2. .9Os 40. which shows that the cost OF
production was quite as great as the value
Of the finished goods warranted.
The sun., 1903-11-23

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: Permit mo
TO supplement statement in to days SUN regard
ing the press on tho Isthmus Of Panama. You
have overlooked the Colon Telegram. now In Its
fifteenth year, published on Gale del Frenta. Colon I.
every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday by Mr..
j. W. Humphreys. feel sure you would not will
inply overlook his efforts, The !Stariei-also a
tri weekly-is an offspring OF the renowned Panama
star and Herald. which Is published every day.
except Monday, in English, Spanish and French.
by Senor Don Jose @. Duque. the newly appointed
cuban Consul at Panama: himself a Cuban by
birth and the concessonnaire In Panama OF the
Loteria de Panama. the Ice making monopoly. &c.
BRooKLYS. Nov. 2l. j.
The sun., 1903-11-23
Were the Pyramids Built by Thought-Lifters?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: In to-day's
SUN is a letter from Scranton professor on the
effect of concentrated aud cumulative human
thought He seems to think tho idea original
with him that absolute dynamic effects. such as the
moving OF heavy material objects by thought
agency alone. can be accomplished II sufhcient
number Of individuals at one time concentrate their
thoughts on the effect TO be produced. The Idea
has probably occurred to many persons who have
noted what several do In that line In influencing
one Individual to md hidden article or perform
some prearranged act
1t has occurred to me many tlmes-and probably
to many others-that possibly this Is the solution OF
the puzzle of how the ancient Egyptians raised
TO their places the enormous blocks OF stone still
in position In tho old temples.
II ono persons thought can accomplish any
dynamic result (cntirely without other human
agency no matter how small II seems reasonable
to suppose that the concentrated thought Of great
multitude could have q corrcspondlngly Increased
effect.
The professor intlmates that TO give fuller de-
tails OF his theory (which he states has been life
time study he would have to make charge for the
information.
Perhaps II the subject Is opened up some other
scientific person who has investigated this matter
and made some experiments will give some In
formation for the public through your columns
-free Of charge" PRO BoNo PuBLIco.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.
The sun., 1903-11-23

heavy cost in the way Of duties. The
Fuller company was therefore believed
to have what amounted for the time
being to q practical monopoly OF the
building industry.
1t was also supposed to control the
labor market through it's relation with
a group OF influential walking delegates.
If this supposition were correct, the
company could avoid the interminable
strikes to which its competitors were
subject, could take laborers away from
other builders when work was active,
and could bid on contracts without being
bound by the time limits specified, for
the reason that it could contrive to have
strikes called on its own buildings when
it wished to make the strike clause in
contracts effective to evade penalty for
tardy work.
The situation in the steel trade soon
changed, however, and when in ad-
dition the employers association was
organized to put an end to strikes and
compel the unions to sign an arbitration
agreement, the real estate operators were
among the first to unload their holdings
Of United States Realty stock.
In spite Of the Fuller company's re-
fusal to join the association, the fight to
abolish the strike evil in the building
industry has been practically won. At
the same time, the cause of arbitration,
to be wholly and permanently successful,
requires a united stand on the part Of
capital, and the stockholders committee
would undoubtedly perform public
service by bringing the powerful Fuller
company into the employers asso-
citation.
The sun., 1903-11-23
Islanders and tho Deep-Water Chan
mel Through the Treasury.

The Hon. ROBERT BRUCE MACON, Rep
resentative in Congress of the First Ar
kansas district, has no prejudice against
peninsulas and seems to be willing to
accept refined islands; but crude islands
and islanders he cannot abide. In a
speech emitted in the House on Cuban
reciprocity last week he lamented that
the money spent on his little brown
brothers across the blue sea had not been
dumped into little brown rivers and
rivulets flowing or stagnating In Cau-
casian neighborhoods:
II do not believe in that class of trade that re-
qures hundreds Of millions Of dollars 70 be spent
In an attempt TO paclfy batch OF Crude islanders
In an effort to open up market In which We might
sell few bales of cotton bushels OF and wheat.
barrels OF nour or pounds of meat. II would bo
Infinitely better from every conceivable point Of
view TO take the money that has boon expended
upon our island possessions and spend It upon the
rivers and harbors Of this great country. With
It we could have lcveed the Mississippi on both
sides from It's source to It's mouth. 1t would have
channeled out all the smaller navigable rivers.
giving to them all the necessary locks and dams.
and In lcveeing and channelng out our own streams
We would have opened up the most fertile valleys
Of the earth, In which billions Of dollars worth OF
produce could have annually been added to the
commerce OF the world. and thousands and thou
sands OF happy and prosperous homes. nled witt
intelligent Caucasian Inhabitants. would have been
erected. that would have been a great addition
and mighty help to this Commonwealth"
Doubtless Mr.. MACON has studied the
comparative cost Of crude islanders and
crude creeks and is able to prove that
his estimate of billions of dollars worth
as the earned increment Of River and
Harbor bills is moderate. At any rate,
propositions for surveying, improving,
channelling and damming flow into the
House in an undammable stream. Among
the arteries Of commerce for the better
The sun., 1903-11-23
In the Public Interest.

The stockholders committee which is
asking owners of stock in the United
States Realty and Construction Company
to intrust it with the voting control of
the corporation states that one of the
objects of the committee is to effect a
radical change in the company's ad-
ministration, especially as regards the
construction department, which is COM
posed of the George A. Fuller Company
1t is reported that, apart from the ne
cessity of reducing the expenses Of the
United States Realty, the committee will
be influenced by strong feeling of oppo-
sition to the labor union policy of the
present management of the subsidiary
company,
This report makes interesting reading
in the light of some of the considerations
which influenced people to buy stock
in the consolidated corporation. When
the United States Realty was formed
It's securities were taken freely by pro-
fessional real estate operators. Most Of
the purchasers Of this class were aware
that the stock was heavily watered,
and some of them knew the precise
amount of water which it contained.
They were convinced, however, that the
imitation was covered by two extremely
valuable, though intangible assets of the
Fuller company. These were its affilia-
ton with the United States Steel Corpo-
ration and its supposed control Of the
labor unions.
The demand for steel at that time
was extraordinary. The trade had orders
booked for more than year in advance.
The Fuller company was said to be able
to get its structural steel promptly,
while other builders had to wait or
import their material from abroad at
The sun., 1903-11-23
senator HALE Of Maine has introduced

Senator HALE Of Maine has introduced
a bill in Congress declaring void all con-
tracts heretofore made between claimants
before the Spanish Claims Commission
and their attorneys. and providing that
the commission shall fix the allowance
for each attorney at not more than Is
per cent of the award made to his client.
Mr. HALE wants to have the attorneys
fee in each case paid direct from the Treas
ury to him and the awards to claimants
made payable only to them or their legal
heirs The adoption OF such a system
would protect unwary claimants from dis
honest attorneys and agents, and provide
that, for little time at least, the money
disbursed by the Government would be
in the hands OF the persons for whom it
was intended.
The sun., 1903-11-23
Mr.. Richardson's Annual Solution.

The Hon. JAMES DANIEL RICHARDSON
Your name -has-beep RICH
ABDsoN-has again applied himself to the
great trust question and again solved it.
He does this annually. His solution is
embodied this year In House Bill $3.50,
which it is the felicity Of the Committee
on Ways and Means to hold in the original
form, but which is spread before the
country by Mr.. RICHARDSON'S useful
friend, the Government Printer.
Mr.. RICHARDSON'S solution OF the
bothersome question is to empower the
President and the Secretary Of the
Treasury to suspend the payment Of
duties on ARTICLES and commodities
manufactured and controlled or
produced in the United States by trust
or trusts" until @such manufacturer,
control or production shall have
ceased
The vital point Of Mr.. RICHARDSON'S
trust destroyer is its recognition of the
possibility that two, or dozen, or hun
dred, or a thousand trusts may exist
side by side at the same time, each one
grinding the face of labor snat ching the
crust from the hand of the wage Garner,
and abolishing life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness in our beloved land.
In no other nation would this be possible;
but the United States are 80 large that
there is grazing for many monsters.
Other philosophers have erred in be-
lieving that only one trust could exist in
one industry at one time. Mr.. RICHARD
son knows better. He sees the truth,
and the plain remedy. abolish the
manufacturer, shouts Mr.. RICHARDSON
as he hurries to the Library of Congress
to copyright another public document.
The sun., 1903-11-23

ing Of whose circulation bills have been
introduced into the present session OF
Congress are the Aoootink Creek, Aqua
Greek, Fox Creek, Quantico Creek, Upper
Maohodock Creek, and these rivers:
Black Warrior, Chattahoochee, Chehalis,
Chocktawhatchee. Coosa, Green, Homo
chitto, Pascagoula, Pearl, Rough, Salt,
Tombigbee, Tug Fork, Valley. These
are but the first drops.
By the time the River and Harbor bill
appears, in the regular session, Mr..
MACON will have no reason to complain
that it doesn't dredge deep enough
channel in the Treasury. In spite Of the
islands, justice will be done to the
rivers, creeks and harbors.
The sun., 1903-11-23
The Ethics OF tho "Parsifal" Case.

Both sides of the much discussed @Par-
sifal" question have now been heard
in court, and whether or not the per-
formance of WAGNER's opera is to be
allowed at the Metropolitan Opera House
will be decided within few days.
The lawyers have argued on one hand
that the rights to perform the opera
were sold to firm of music publishers
and thus dedicated to the world, and
on the other that the opera was always
meant to be reserved to Bayreuth by
the acts of RICHARD WAGNER and his
heirs.
It scarcely seems probable that legal
grounds for preventing the perform
ance will be found. So far as the power
Of the law is concerned, Mr.. CoNR1ED
will be at liberty to produce the work
wrested from the possession Of the
WAoNERs
But are there not other than merely
legal grounds which make it reason
able to object to the production Of a
work that has the sentimental relation
to great composer that "Parsifal'
bears to RICHARD WAGNER? He was op-
posed to its production elsewhere than
in the theatre he built for it. Even
King LUDWIG surrendered the work
to him. Frau WAGNER has struggled
pathetically to prevent the appropria-
ton Of property which she is power
less to protect by law. There will be
no proclamation in the New York per-
formances OF PARTIAL From every
point OF view they will do the work the
same artistic justice it receives at Bay
reuth. The grounds on which the pro-
tests Of Frau WAGNER might have been
needed have nothing to do with the
law nor the manner in which the opera
will be sung.
The WAGNERs have given all the COM
poser's works to this country, from
which they have received but scant
financial reward. For years no royal
ties have been paid for the use Of the
most popular works in the repertoire
of our opera house. Frau WAGNER has
allowed the performance Of all the other
Wagnerian operas in all countries. She
asked but one thing for herself and
her family. That was the undisturbed
possession Of "Parsifal She wanted to
produce it at Bayreuth only and in
the manner that she thought it should
be given. Whether she was justified
in that request or not need not be con-
sidered. She asked that from the world
on behalf Of herself and her children a,
q memorial to the composer who has
given the world so much.
If SHAKESPEARE had left in his testa-
ment the request that 'Othello,' for
instance, be kept sacred to stratford-
on-Avon, would not the world have
thought that his wish should be re-
spected? He had given the rest. MIR.
CoNR1ED may not be enjoined by any
legal means from producing the one
work that the present representatives OF
RICHARD WAGNER wished to keep for
their memorial theatre; but there will
always be more than one opinion as to
the ethics Of the act.
The sun., 1903-11-23
The Horse and the Gown.

Good by to the Show-lt is over
The show OF the horse and the gown!
Good by TO the exp ert and lover,
The thumbs q Dame Fashion turn down.
Good by TO ths trite little -tattle
OF the youths OF the nashy brigade.
Good 6y 80 ;ho ambitious praitlc
or the would be society maid.
Good by to ine grooms SO respl endent,
\ chaune,r Is waiting outside
With an air thrts quite independent
OF any eQueA trian pride.
Good by. but word a. the fnish,
There's not an eacuse for tear,
Their giories you 4 nnot di minish,
For 'h'y'nee here gain in year,
The sun., 1903-11-23
Edward VII. Good Will for Jews.

From The London Daily Nslcs.
No less than four Jews were included In the iAs'
birthday honors' list. and the Jsptsa Chrone'e
draws attention to the fac,. They were slT
Nathaniel Nathan. Sir Harry 8. Samuel. NJ r.
Col Goldslnld, and Mr.. Arthur SaSsoon. our
contemporary says: in Offering our congrstula
tions to our corclglonlsts who figure In the lateS'
honors' list. cannot but recall the conasien'
favor and good will shown by King Edward TO our
people since his Majesty assembled tho throne.
The sun., 1903-11-23
Bunker Hill Gun, Heard at Dartmouth College

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-.Sir: The historical
sketch preceding the general catalogue of Dhf'
mouth College says that the sound Of the batIe OF
Bunker Hill was heard at the college. and footnoe
quotes from Dr. Wheclock's diary
June i8-The noise OF cannon supposed TO DO al
Boston was heard all day
June 1.-THE same reports Of cannon
Following this quotation, the note says: "Th-
sounds were FIRST heard by one OF the Indians Who
CHANGED to be lying with his ear to the ground
Hanover is ITO miles from Boston,
NEW YORK, Nov 20 ELLIOT SMIrh'
The sun., 1903-11-23
Different Sorts OF secession"
From letter of the Hon. Frederick " Seuar
Ia fhs Nam Ynrk Tribune.

From letter of the Hon. Frederick ". Sevard
10 the New York Tribune.
Many sincere, conservative and patriotic
Americans hnd. as they think. an analogy
between the case OF Colombia and that Of
the United States at the outset Of our civil
war. The case of Colombia and Panama is by
no means analogous. unless 1t be merely In
re gard to diplomatic customs and courteses.
Colombia is no long established national
union. 1t is a loose jointed confederation Of
States much given to revolutions. They
unite, disintegrate, reunite and rearranee
themselves under different names In the
progress Of their frequent civil disoords.
Panama IL not seeking to overthrow the
Colombian Government. She 10 only re-
asserting her own natural rights to be free
from tyranny and blackmail. She offers
In GOOD faith and With ample powers to help
US carry out the great scheme OF an sthmian
canal, well knowing that 1t will be price
less boon to tho worlds commerce and .
lasting benefit to every South American
republic. including Colombia herself. a. is
attested By tho desire In other provinces
to Join the new republic.
The true analogy In the case Of Panama
IL that Of other young republics seeking to
hAoome independent Of the corrupt misgov-
eminent at tho central capital which has
stified tho energies and liberties OF the people.
Our recognition OF them has always been
prompt and speedy. The French republics.
the Spanish republic and the various South
American republics were recognized-nrst.
.de faoto,' then de jure'-as soon as they
could demonstrate the existence Of stable
Government.
But even II We should grant that the critics
are right and that their analogy holds. and
that we have been too hasty In recognizing
what then2 The new republic is an accom-
plished fact. acknowledged by our own and
other Governments. Are We now TO again
postpone tho building Of tho canalf And
II so, what better time and way to build IL
are we to wait for7 FREDERICK w. SEWARD.
The sun., 1903-11-23
A Great. Grandfather In the Senate.

FTUW INC W HSHTHU7UH POyI.
Mr.. Frye would like 10 know W hether there is
any other great. grandfather In the Senate of the
United States. Until further information Is forth
coming he claims title as the only one. The birth
Tuesday evening OF a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
William Frye White Of this city elevated the veteran
Maine Senator to his new dignity.
The sun., 1903-11-23
A Cold.
From the Washington Star.

He has a cold, and life no more
Is fair and radiant, as OF yorc,
He sees no sunsets Mid the sky,
No autumn colors 6 rect the eye:
For him the earth Is fun OF chllls
And potlons. capsul' s, Salvcs and pills.
Hot baths and blank Is, coughs and tears,
Advice and sympatl, and sncers:
Red eyes that mark = present plight
Without the glec of ycsternight,
And friends declare: Twill soon be well
or else twill kill you: who can telli"
OF all the Ills life can unfold.
His is the worst who has q coidi
The sun., 1903-11-23
Perhap. He Never Did Blunder In Battle

From The BROOKLYN Standard Union.
Major Gen. Wood might defy his enemies &c
show where he ever made any gross mi ltary blum
der amid all the din aud tunut OF battle.
The sun., 1903-11-23
A Religious Newspapers Libel on . States
man and Q risncrman.
From the Chrfsitdn

from The ChrIsiIdn Rc0ISer,
The home OF an ex President OF the United States
was blessed with new baby The family scales
could no, be found, and recourse was had 10 the
sacred set used only record the triumphs Of the
fathers famous hShng. What was tho delight
OF the fond parents to md the Infant boy weighed
exactly fortv.seren pounds