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servatives to break up their party is the
surprising announcement made by Sir
MICHAEL HICKs-BEAcH that he accepts
Mr. BALFoUR's retaliatory programme.
IL there Is a man in the Conservative
party who, il was supposed, could be
relied upon not to afford even indirect
countenance to Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN, it
was Sir MICHAEL; yet it seems that even
he has made up his mind to float with
the tide. Under the circumstances, we
should not be surprised to see Lord
GoscHEN prove equally tractable; and
if the Duke OF DEvoNsHIRE could be per-
suaded to resume the post of Lord Presi-
dent of the Council the Free Food League
would be likely to collapse, and the re-
consolidation Of the Unionist party
could scarcely be far distant. With both
the Conservative and Liberal Unionist
political machines operated on his be-
half, Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN might face an
appeal to the electors with reasonable
prospect Of victory.
There is now, however, but little
ground for expecting an early dissolu-
ton of Parliament. The new position
taken by Sir MICHAEL H1CKs-BEAcH in
dicates that Mr.. BALFoUR can rely upon
an adequate majority in the House OF
Commons even without the cooperation
of the Irish Nationalists. This however,
can be obtained if the Government shall
bring in bills for the relief Of agricul-
tliral laborers in Ireland and for the en-
dowment of an Irish Catholic (teaching)
University Meanwhile, the signs are
that with every month Mr.. CHAMBER
LAIN will make additional converts to
his plan of preferential tariff.
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whipping Refractory schoolboy, Advot ated

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sfr; Deficiencies
OF various kinds In our present day public school
education are pointed out and attributed to various
causes but the teachers who advocate the revival
OF whipping for bad boys 60 to the efficient cause.
The number OF Schoolboys who need the dis
clpllne OF q thrashlng Is small proportonately, ,
but for that very reason the punishment ought to
be administered 10 them. They are the unruly
and impudent boys whose influence for mischief
among their fellows is the more potent because
they re so bold In their "SaSsncSs." They infect
the whole school and lower the tone OF Its manners.
Nothing Will avail 10 exercise the devil In them
except the rod.
OF course, the character OF the punishment to
be inflicted and the iniractlon Of discipline TO be
punished should be str c,ly defined and the oi'ce
OF administering the whipping should be confined
TO the school principal The whole procedure
should be surrounded with circumstances which
would awful In the boys eyes. so that he Will
never forget the ordeal.
When ! was a lad went to DR.. Charles Anlhon
famous school in Murray street He had the repu.
tation OF being terrible hand with the rattan and
inordnatcly fond Of welding It. The fact was,
however that he did relatively little whipping and
only when II was deserved and requisite: but he
surrounded II with the most solemn ceremony
The culprlt brought, before his pulpit trcmbled
In the presence OF a terrible judge. and the very
arralgnmcnt Itself was an awful punishment. The
actual rattanning on the hand was slight.
Only DR.. Anthon administered the whipping.
In my day the late DR. Henry Drlslcr afterward
famous as a Greek scholar, taught tho second
Latin FORM the late Mr.. Collord. notable Latin
scholar the third form. and Or. Marvin R. Vim
cent, still so distinguished In the world OF learn
ing and OF theology. the fourth form. To Dr.
Anthon who had the FIRST Latin form. those teach
ers could only report Offenders, he alone having
authority to administer punishment.
do not believe that any ore who passed through
that school will give any other opinion than that
"A IN tc11 n m
has lived to achieve distinction has looked back
gratefully to Or. Anthon for having fogged him
I'm his boyhood OLD TIMER.
NEW YORK, Nov "a.
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REBIILD BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
Something Wen Probably Have 10 DO in
the Future, Says MIR. Grout.

Because Comptroller Grout happened to
remark yesterday that the Brooklyn Bridge
would have to be rebuilt at some future
time becauseit could not permanentlycarry
the strain now put upon it, the old cry that
the Bridge is unsafe was raised. To sun
reporter MIR. Grout said
u said expressly that there was nothing
to create alarm and that l was only repeat
ing what engineers have for a long time
been saying. These experts agree that, as
the Bridge was not built for the trolley cars
now running over it, the structure should
be strengthened. Probably when the new
bridges and tunnels are completed there will
be no need for using the Bridge for troll
leys. Commissioner Lindenthal has re-
ported that the trolleys are overstraining
the floor construction and stiffenng sys-
TEN and that the Bridge is not adapted for
both railroad and trolley traffic. He has
recommended the replacing of the present
bridge with one OF more capacity and
rigidity and with two decks
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The Invitation to Cuba.

We do not see what Mr.. NEwLANps Of
Nevada expected to gain by introducing
In the Senate joint resolution the pur-
port OF which is to invite the Republic
OF Cuba to enter our Union as a State
He must know that the invitation will
be neither given nor accepted On the
one hand, the annexation of the island
would be vehemently resisted by the
same interests which have made it diff
cult to secure for it's principal staples
a reduction of nearly 20 per cent. from
the Dingley rates Of customs duty. On
the other hand. large majority Of the
Cubans would oppose incorporation with
the United States, and there are good
grounds for their opposition
1t must be remembered that the rela-
tion which Cuba occupies toward the
United States, and which is fixed in the
insular Constitution, is species of ward
ship. 1t relieves Cuba from the burden
of maintaining an army and navy.
For this exemption from the gravest
responsibilities which, under normal
conditions, press upon an independent
State. she has paid next to nothing, for,
of course the ceesion of couple of coal
ing stations cannot be deemed an equiva-
lent Yet, although she has no military
or naval budget to provide for, requir-
ing only police force for the preserva-
ton of internal order. Cuba, so long
as she remains an independent State,
has exclusive control of her customs
revenue. From that source mainly is
derived the means OF supporting the
insular Government. Without the in
come from customs, it would be i'm
practicable for Cuba to make both ends
meet. Yet it is obvious that, If she be-
came a State in our Union. she would
cease to draw a penny from her custom
houses This single consideration suf-
fees to explain why large majority
Of intelligent Cubans are satisfied with
the existing political status of their
island and desire no closer connection
with our Republic
There is, no doubt, an element in the
Cuban population which at various times
has shown itself favorable to annex
alton We refer TO the sugar planters. II
they are elated AT the prospect of secur-
ing for their product reduction OF only
20 Der cent. from the Dingley rates, how
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Furuseth's Blacklist.

The last hours Of the parliament OF the
American Federation of Labor at Boston
were saddened by dread oracles from
California. Mr.. FURusETH, organizer
of the San Francisco Seamen's Union,
uttered these mysterious words:
Il tell you. and want to leave these words with
you. that there is in the Senate party without a
name that deliberately and with malice afore
thought. step by step. Is taking from the working
people every right the men have. and that Is Great
ing conditions which viii make all your legislation
In other directions OF no use"
By "the working people, Mr.. FUR
UsETH means the members Of the labor
unions. 1t has been generally believed
that these fortunate individuals have
considerably more rights, privileges,
prerogatives and immunties than the
great unorganized Who and what can
the malicious party" be that is stripping
them of their rights?
Some small hints Mr.. FURusETH was
good enough to give. He mentioned as
Senators who should be watched with the
greatest care Mr.. HANNA of the Civic
Federation, Mr. LODGE of Massachusetts,
Mr.. PLATr of Connecticut, and Mr.. Nor
GAN of Alabama.
AS result of Mr.. FURUsETH's revela-
tions, the executive committee of the
legislation committee of the Federation
of Labor was reappointed to follow
labor legislation and wat ch the malicious
party in Washington. Some of the dele
gates kicked They said that there was
no need of this executive committee
and nothing for it to do They forgot that
Washington is a pleasant place Of resi-
dence for an executive committee even
If there is nothing for it to execute. They
forgot that the representatives of the
Federation possess an underlined but i'm
pressive power, which is duly reverenced
in the White House and the Capitol.
The four suspected Senators must
tremble to feel that the eyes Of the exec
utive committee are upon them. "A few
more | could name, said Mr.. FURUsETH
darkly. He will name them if they
don't turn over a new leaf.
This censorship over the Senate is q
sublime institution.
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TILLNAN,S IDEAS WRONG.
Judge Speer Says the Shotgun Policy Tow.
ard Negroes Is Wild Talk.

SAVANNAH Ca, Nov. 24.-Edward j. Will
liam and Frank McRee of Valdosta, who were
indicted for holding negroes in peonage.
pleaded guilty to the thirteen charges
against them in the United States Court
to-day and were sentenced by the Court to
pay fine of 81 900 in two Of the cases. Sen
tence was suspended in the remaining
eleven
In imposing sentence Judge Speer spoke
on the return Of the indictments, which he
said indicated an absence Of race preju-
dice which was most commendable. He
paid his respects to Senator Tillman, whose
recent utterances on the race problem, he
declared, did not express the sentiment OF
Southern gentlemen. He said:
Now, there is peculiar obligation upon
our Southern white people to do all we can
for the betterment of this race which is
among us, which was formerly servile and
yet which forms SO important part of our
many of them are degraded, but it is the
Christian duty of every white man in the
South to do all he can to give the negro a
fair chance.
Il know the kindliness and the considerate
temper Of the Southern people toward the
the negroes have. They give them an OPP
portunity to live, an opportunity to work
at any trade; they protect them, and the
negro will feel safe in submitting any case
to jury composed Of Southern gentlemen,
no matter how serious the charge. Some
talk wildly and extravagantly about the
shotgun policy, but they do not represent
the gentlemen of the South
As Senator Tilman lectured here only
last Friday night and advanced the shot
gun" theory. there is no doubt about Judge
Speer's reference. In fact, he told
friends that he meant his remarks to apply
to the Senate
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much more eagerly would they welcome
the complete exemption from customs
duties which they would obtain should
their island become State in the Union.
A moments reflection should convince
them, however that the admission OF their
sugar to the American market duty free
will never be permitted until the United
States are willing to stifle their own
cane sugar and beet sugar industries.
So long as the principles of protection
ism are allowed to shape our national
legislation-and there is no doubt that
those principles are now more firmly
rooted in our political system than they
ever were before-Congress will never
permit our native producers Of cane
sugar and beet sugar to be ruined by the
free admission OF Cuba's competitive
commodity. 1t has taken three years
to secure reduction of 20 per cent. from
the Dingley rates for Cuban sugars. To
put those sugars on the free list by an
annexation of the island would take a
century.
The truth is that neither the United
States nor Cuba would be benefited by
political union. As for the proposal of Mr.
NEwLANDs to make Porto Rico county
in the annexed State of Cuba, it is gro
tesque. What possible advantage would
the Porto Ricans derive from such a
change in their political status? AT pres
ent their export staples have nothing to
fear from Cuban competition, because
they enter our markets duty free. If
Porto Rico and Cuba were on the same
political footing the former would be
swamped by the superior resources OF
the latter island.
We do not for moment imagine that
the joint resolution offered by Mr.. NEW
LANDS will receive many votes in the
Senate. Even the discussion Of his pro-
posal, however, is calculated to provoke
suspicion and resentment in Cuba. Yet
nothing is more certain than that we
mean to live up to the self-denying ordi-
nance embodied in the Teller resolution,
which was passed on that memorable
night in April, 1893. We promised to
make Cuba free and Independent. and
we shall remain faithful to the pledge.
Nay, If annexation should be requested
by Cuba herself, we should undoubtedly
reject the petition.
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"CANTOR AVENUE"
AWFUL Thought for Washington Heights
What Would NOn.C CniOn Folks In II Don

The Washington Heights local board Of
improvements gave public hearing yes
terday to representatives of the American
Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
who want to have some of the new streets
on the Heights named for soldiers and
statesmen Of the Revolution. Some per-
sons, names not known, took advantage Of
this to butt in with proposition to have
a new street named Cantor avenue and
a small pond back Of Marble Hill named
Cantor Lake in honor Of the Borough Pred-
dent OF Manhattan. There were no cheers
and the local board took no action.
The Historic society's representatives
had left the room before the Cantor PROPOSE
tion was made.
@Oh, no, said one of the committee good
naturedly when told of the suggestion.
THAT wouldn't be very appropriate. We've
got Speedway up there, you know, and
while there's lot Of horseback riding
the equestrians ore hardly entitled to have
an avenue named Canter.'
Not 'Canter,' meaning to gallop,'" e1
planned the reporter but Cantor-Jacob
Cantor, the President of the Borough.
What" yelled the man of Washington
Heights. Name a street up there for
Jake Cantor! And pond! 1t must be
only a joke. Somebody did that who
wanted to have laugh on Jake; though
what is the good of hammerlng a man
when he's down AS serious proposition
1t IS too horrible to think of.
Say. suppose there was such an avenue
and man wearing non-union shoes should
walk on it2 Suppose you had child and
lived in Cantor avenue and your child
should dig sand in the street with toy
shovel that wasn't union made? You
know what would happen then2 Why
you'd have to buy another shovel and
that child would have to dig that sand ali
over again.
"Of course. though there are two side,
to every question. There would be one
advantage Of having a Cantor avenue
Jake would make good on that promise
of his about street signs, so far as one stree
was concerned. Why there'd be Illuminated
signs Cantor avenue at both ends and in
the middle and at all four corners at all the
cross streets, that is if you could get another
street to cross a street named for Jake.
But don't worry. It's only joke.
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gestive that in the two Christian Science
churches of the region was the largest
attendance among the other denomina-
tions, that it was more than a quarter
Of the aggregate attendance on the
seventeen Episcopal churches, and was
only third less than the aggregate in
the twelve Baptist churches; though the
actual Christian Science membership
is only about one-seventh that OF the
Episcopal and one-third that OF the
Baptist. The inference would seem TO oe
that there is at least much curiosity as
to Christian Science.
The statistics, as whole, are a re-
peated demonstration Of the fact that in
New York, as in London, more than
three-fourths of the population are neg
lectful Of public religious worship.
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-rom The Southern Farm Magazine

From IHf ,SOuthCrh F1tW Hd0dNnf
Farmers are getting rural free delivery. with It's
opportunities for saving time and money In shop
ping; In the more thlckly settled portions OF the
country they have rapid transit by trolley lines
and In some parts. notably In the West. they enjoy
the advantages In business and farm operations OF
extensive telephone systems.
Far removed from the daily paper. with Its
weather forecasts, the farmer can keep Informed
by phone OF probabilities and thus escape loss In
crop time. When he himself Is away from home
the members OF his family have telephone at hand
giving them the means OF quick communicat ation
with nrighbors. as great a protection against
prowlers es Is the possession OF a shotgun or a re
volvrr, The telephone on the farm Is a cutivator
Of nclghborncss, a saver OF time and trouble and a
protector OF the home.
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TURBINES FOR NAVAL VESSELS,
Board OF Naval Cfficcrs Recommends Tha,
a Trial Hc Given Them.

WASHINGToS, Nov. 2i.-A board of naval
officers, all former engineers, hes submitted
a report to thr Navy Department, strongiT
asserting that steam turbine engines alr
adapted for naval purposes.
This board has wi,ns ssed tests Of turhi""
engines on a new Yacht and reached TIL
conclusion that, while the steam consump-
ton ran more than eighteen pounds l""
horse power, the high speed given 'h'
turbine motors, and the small space r' e,
,rured for them, the freedom of th' ves"'
from vibration and the small danger @,
breakdown made turbines worthy OF tfiil
on naval vessels.
1t is believed that the Navy Depar'-
ment will endeavor 10 secure an approprla-
ton for putting turbine motors in some
torpedo boats.
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The Church Attendance Census

The census of the church attendance
in the district of Manhattan Island to the
north of Central Park and to the west
down to Eighty-first street, taken on
Sunday, Nov. Is, may be regarded as
approximately accurate, for the return
Of churchgoers proportionately to the
population Of the region is about the
same as that shown by similar census
for the whole borough, taken year ago.
That is, less than quarter Of the pop
uation are to be found in the churches
on Sunday.
In London the percentage of church
attendance as enumerated by the Daily
Neus of that town was about the same.
In Boston, where a similar census is
about to be taken, the results are not
likely to be far different,
In this uptown district of Manhattan
it was found that women were in great
majority among the attendants. That,
too, is the general experience. In the
Roman Catholic churches they were
two-thirds Of the whole; in the Profess
tant. 58. 6 per cent. Women and children,
together, made up 1874 per cent. Of the
Roman Catholic attendance and 67 per
cent. of the Protestant The whole num-
Der of men in the churches on that fine
November Sunday was only %, ,2S3 both
Protestant and Catholic, out of total
population of the district estimated at
43S,O85. In the Catholic churches the
percentage of men was about PCS, in the
Protestant about 329
At all times the pillar of the Church has
been the religious faith of women, but
probably never before to as great an
extent as it is now. In this district Of
Manhattan males and females in the
population were not far apart in number
in 1900, or 2o3,54o males to 2ls, ,495 females,
vet two-thrds of the church attendance
was made up of women.
OF the male population, 70,23O were
foreign born and Of the females, 73,s42,
OF course. the census could give us no
statistics as to the nationality of the at
tendants. so that We are unable to do
more than guess as to the percentages
of the native and the foreign born; but
the fact that, of the total attendance, G2
per cent, or 62 ,2i out of total of lO0,-
g6l, were at the Roman Catholic churches
would seem to indicate that the per
centage of the foreign is much the
greater
The largest attendance at the churches
not Roman Catholic was at the Episcopal,
9,6S7, with the Methodist next, 6,sol; and
then the Presbyterian, e,27s; the Baptist,
1886; and the Lutheran, 1885, 1t is sug-
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NEW PRESBYTERIAN ANNEX
To BE Added TO the Firth Avenue Building
10 Head on a Skyscraper.

The Home and Foreign Mission Boards
of the Presbyterian Church, which own
the Presbyterian Building, at Fifth avenue
and Twentieth street, are negotiating for
the purchase of the four story house in
Twentieth street adjoining the Office build
ing. The actual purchase has not yet
been made, but the deal is said to wait only
for the adjustment OF few details,
The reason for the purchase is the fact
that the property was in the market and
another buyer was trying to secure it with
the object OF building on the site tall loft
building which would shut off much Of the
light and air from the west side of the Pres
byterian Building and reduce the rental
value of the offices on that side
1t Is proposed to extend to the house
the lighting and heating systems Of the
larger building and to rent the rooms for
offices, making it practically an annex to
the Presbyterian Building
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Discouragers Of Suicide.
From The 81. Jnmts's Gazette.
Lrlic method OF suicide In .Ihnnn lAielu

From The 81. Jnmts's Gazette.
4 tavoritc method OF suicide In Japan lately has
been TO leap over certain waterfalls, So frequent
have such occurrences become tina, police are now
constantly stationed In their nclghborhood and
large notice boards erected bearing inscrpt Ions
In largelctters OF which the following translation Is
an example, "Do not drown yourself herel Intend
ing suicides are warned that Heaven disapproveS
OF the utilization OF Kegon Waterfall for the pur.
pose. This is certified on the best pries,y author
ity and serious consequences In the hereafter are
guaranteed To drown here Is also forbidden by
the prcfeCturel authorities"
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PROTESTANT son TO Bury HIN
Dutler's Catholic widow Cannot Inter Hus'
bands Body In Calvary.

Supreme Court Justice Scott decided ye~-
tcrday that George Howard Butler is on
titled to the custody of the body of hi
father, Asahcl Seward Butler who died a
few days ago. Butler, who is Protestari, :,
wants to bury his father in Greenwood
Cemetery. hut his father, s second wli''
Mrs. Mary Egan Butler, who is a Catholic,
sought to inter him in Calvary. The first
Mrs. Butler was buried in Greenwood
Justice Scott says that under an old decision
in a similar case the nearest blood relative
is entitled to the body and that the posses
sion by the deceased of a burial plot IN
Green wood showed that he desired to be
buried there.
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Jabouchere on Medical Ethics.

The oucs,Ion whether the doctors name Is or +
no, worth publishing must he determined entrct
by the cxtcn, Of the public inter"s, In thr case
and that is matter which the editor alone ca"
d,termInc by his knowledge OF his own readers
|, has never yet been suggested that there Is an
improprirty in the public mention OF the name
OF lawyers. or clergymcn, or ofNccrN OF 'h' AZ.
or nav, in recording events with which they ar'
connected II such suggestion were put forward
by any authority IN those professions II would t
received with one universal howl OF derlson: ana
That It should be seriously made by any aulhor''}
in the medical profession assuming that th'
ethical committee 'stobe considered an au'hon'y
shows a singular lack Of common sense. as well ~
n strange deNclcncy in the sense Of humor on tns
mart OF that body.
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TO REMOvECEN. THOMAs's BONES
Charles Lawrence Post, &. A. r.. Will Bury
Them In Centre OF Port Chester.

PORT CHESTER. n. y, Nov. 24.-At
meeting held here last night Charles Law
renee Post, G.. A. R.. voted to disinter the
bones of Major-Gen. Thomas Thomas
from a lonely private graveyard on the
outskirts of the town and renter them in
the centre of the village in a plot In front
Of the Summerfeld Methodist Episcopal
Church
The large granite monument erected over
the grave by the State Of New York also
will be moved
Gen. Thomas commanded the West
chester county troops in the Revolutionary
War and was afterward a member of the
first Constitutional Convention and of the
State Senate and served as tn e first II ifh
Sheriff of Westchester county. For years
his grave has been almost forgotten.