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Nero Man Once More.

This letter OF feminine signature is
written in a big, sprawling masculine fist
which looks like reduction Of the Brook
lyn Bridge:
TO rHs EDITOR OF TIM suN-,ssri You have
written lot about tho Chicago women. the Kansas
women. and their proclanations for the extermina-
ton OF Nero Man. VIII you give me your essimats
OF Mere Mani FRANcRs.
BROOKLYN. July lo.'
Evidently this borrower and profaner
of a charming name is thoroughly pleased
with himself. Self-satisfaction exudes
from every pore Of him, He is the kind
of man who will be highly treasured as
museum piece in few years, specimen
Of the superior men, lords Of creation,
monarchs of all they survey. We know
him. When he walks, he hears all Nature
rock and tremble submissively. His
sde-whiskers remind him OF the Black
Forest. He tells long stories and be-
lieves that his wife, who has heard EN- all
at least 385 times and casts up the house,
hold accounts In her head during his mon
ologues, is deeply fascinated He maun-
ders in at least three clubs about the
position Of women. He loves to raise
himself on his toes and let himself down
with bang to Illustrate the sublimity
and force of his views. Women are all
very well in their place, but they must
| be kept in their place. That is home.
/ am uncompromisingly opposed to
womens clubs, womens movements
| the higher culture of women, and all
such confounded nonsense. Nature has
fixed the status Of the sexes, Sir. |
think highly of women, but insist that
they shall not encroach upon mans
sphere"
At 9:30 P, Nj. he leaves the club. Mighty
and despotic as he is, he is not allowed to
have night-key And now he pretends
to be woman, seeking information about
Mere Man, An excellent man, an obe-
dent husband, good provider. There
are millions like him. But not all the
suueaking Of their shoes and voices can
drown the fact that the Reign of Man is
over. For our own satisfaction, not for
that Of this amiable impostor, we consent
to speak once more Of Mere Man. Called
mere not only because he is simple
and will never be hanged for witch, but
to express his denudation Of his old pre-
negatives and sovereignties. He is being
dslodged from every former coign OF
vantage. Look at this generation Of
girls and women. They are tall, broad
shouldered, strong, as everybody knows
This rise Of woman is synchronous with
the fall of man There is only SO much
matter in the world. The form varies,
but not tho amount. As the women
The sun., 1903-07-18
AN ANARCHIST COLLECTOR.
story OF tine fascOsura Collection --Iararmlg-
gianh. Alsas Marcy. Well knQ@M Here.

PARIS. July S.-"Come with me at once and
see tES Escosura collectionl'
Who was Escosura, and what did he COL
lecGr"
IL was man from New York whom ran
across In the Rue de la Paix one morning
early In May. and he was full Of the Escosura
collection. Escosura was q Spanish artist,
deceased: knew him In New York. plenty of
money, great connoisseur: left an astound-
ing collection of antiquities, &c. So we
jumped into n little victoria and ratified
away to rs Rue de Lon Tres.
In about five minutes we drew up in front
OF an imposing one-story facade, rang. and
were promptly admitted by a liveried negro.
We advanced across hall or ante-chamber,
assembled a step or two and found ourselves
in vast room lighted from above and filed
completely with works of art the whole
most tastefully and beautifully arranged
around about the walls, in cases, on tables
and on various pieces of ancient furniture
stout lady dropped some sewing and arose
with an impressive salutation. From be-
hind her somewhere came forward man
OF medium stature. with large black eyes
deep set beneath heavy brows; blue black
hair en- br0sse. u sallow complexion and the
air OF being q Spaniard or an Italian. lie
was reticent, undemonstrative, monosyllabic
or nearly so, wore blue serge suit and gave
the impression of not being u particularly
agreeable person.
We paid little attention to either the man or
the woman: We did not know their names; we
had come to look at their wares. and we ac-
cepted the fact that they were there to sell
what we might choose to buy NY friend is
q collector OF the anttque, and II was not his
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Canadian Subsidies and Bounties.

In the way OF large governmental aid
to enterprises and industries, Canada
has been generous almost to the limit Of
unwisdom. Yet the results, as shown by
her development, appear to justify the
policy. Since the confederation in 1857,
there has been Government expenditure,
upon railways and canals of more than
s2O0, ,OOO,0 900, and prior to that date s53,-
100000. OF the sum expended since
1857, the Canadian Pacific Railway has
received 82,7sO,0OO; the Intercolonial
and its connections SIS, 900, 900, and the
canal system S83,00O,0O0.
The Federal Government subsidies
the Provincial Governments to the ex-
tent Of S4,50O, 900 a year. The present
railway subsidies amount to 100000 a
year. The expenditures upon railways
and canals for the fiscal year 1902 were
$e.5oo,OOO. During the last twenty years
more than $3,OOO,OOO has been paid in
bounties to fishermen. During the cal
endar year 1902, 100000 was paid in
,bounties on pig iron and steel ingots. A
bounty Is paid on the production Of lead,
and governmental aid is extended to the
producers OF beet sugar. Bills are now
pending in Ottawa for an increase in the
assistance to the lead, iron and steel
industries; for bounty on binder twine;
snd for the construction of new trans
continental railway, a part Of which is
to be owned and part financially aided
by the Government.
Canada's financial ability to adopt
and follow this policy is indicated by the
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To The EDITOR OF THE SUE--.Su: | noticed
your article relating to Prof Starrs SO called dis
coycry." Allow mo to critciSe your heading. We
are not developing into Indians. but Americans.
We can never become typical Indians, nor do l
think that Frof Starr means 10 convey that Idea,
though from your heading many might draw that
conclusion.
There Is nothing remarkable about this dis
covery: In fact II Is discovery at all; 1t is per-
frctly natural result, ard no one has ever doubted
that we were undergoing some such change; but
! object to the plain unqualified statement that
we are becoming Indians, Would 1t not be better
to say educated civilized and refined Indians. or,
more properly. Americans. We may take the
features OF the typical, pr'ntve indian. but these
we combine with the accomplishments oftne highest
modern civilization.
Then again, the primitive American indian nev' r
left mis- native land ~ came In contact with any
other race He lived auG died In America, mated
with his own kind, ant brought forth his own KIND.
and thus preserved al the chGractorstics OF his
rare. Whereas we ar" constantly nirSl!rR with
and marrying into every race OIL tht tarth, and IN
this way greatly aiding nature to md It's true
equilibrium and TO build up race OF the highest
perfection a race not OF Indians, but Of Americans.
BRooEIrN, July H. G, c. LEMON.
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From the MilDGukse Sernnel.
please. give me-" said the teacher, as she rubbed
her tired eyes,
"The names OF some great Irshmen, my deArs."
And when a hand waved franticaly she noticed with
The grliny paw was Jimmie McAleers,
Twas something new for Jimmie to be Interested
when
A question was before the house, and so:
"Well, Jimmie, said the teacher name your IA
nous lrshnsn."
He proudly answe red. Here's few know
"McGinnty and Hogan.
Mike Kelly. Dicky Cogan,
McGill aid Mcintyre,
Spike shannon and Mcclure.
Mccarthy, Dulan. Daily and O'Bron:
Jiggs Donohue Mcbride,
WaddeN, the Phinies' pride.
Mcfarland. Muggs McGraw and b. McGuirk;
Male Malon%sy, Grady a;, Lslly
Pat Flaherty, j. Hurley, Eddie Burke:
Mccormick and Mcconnell,
McGllligan. ODonnell.
Mckinley Mcnamara and McGann:
Hugh Duffy and McMackin,
McFiale, McGee McCr6ckfn.
O'Nci. Mccuaid, MoManus and McMahon.-
why. Jimmie" cried the teacher "1ust wait q
moment, pleased
What did those folks you mention ever do,
How Is Il that you didn't give me any names IKE
these:
Tom Moore. Pamell. and Robert Emmet. ,oo,"
Gee whiZi" exclaimed the urchin. IL never seen
dem guys
manned the warmest members In do mess;
Dc fnlers you are boostin for can be very wise
xuess'"
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RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Routes Already Established Are Not To
be Disturbed.

WASHINGTON, July 7.--Fourth Assistant
Postmaster-General Bristow this afternoon
made the following announcement in re-
gard to the rural free delivery service,
There seems to bo wide misunder-
standing as to the present attitude of the
Department regarding rural free delivery.
The statement has been published quite
generally, particularly in the West. that
rural routes that do not handle 5000 pieces
of mail per month and supply 100 ianilios
are to be discontinued 1t is not the pur-
pose Of the Department to disturb routes
already established, unless they are mani
festlv unnecessary There are on file in
the Department petitions for more routes
that will supply over 100 families than can
be established with the present Nppropria-
ton This being the case, the Department
does not feel il wise. equitable or just TO
establish route supplying less than 100
families to the exclusion Of routes that will
supply more than 100 families, the greatest
good 10 the greatest number being the
fundamental principle upon which rural
free delivery is being established Because
of the lack Of sufficient money, the routes
that will supply the greater number Of
families should certainly have preference.
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Mother Jones and Father Roosevelt

Mother JONES, an eminent Pennsyl-
vania figure in the world Of organized
labor, is now marching on this town
and Oyster Bay, to which she has long
sounded her terrible approach. Once
Mother JONES ordered parade Of down.
trodden young women of the mining
region, but they firmly insisted upon ap-
pearing in fashionable clothes and ornate
hats, so that the demonstration had to
be given up. 1t is hoped that her pres
ent army" is sufficiently dust-stained,
weary with long tramping and artificially
ragged to soften the stony hearts Of the
plutocrats. Mother JONES doesn't al
ways share the fatigues Of her followers.
Thursday afternoon she even consented
TO ride in an automobile. She did not
march with her troops from Elizabeth
to Newark yesterday She was wait
ing for an answer to her letter to Mr..
ROOSEVELT.
A marrowy part OF this letter is given
here:
AS Chief Executive Of the United States. you are
In sense our father and leader and as such we look
10 you for advice and guidance Yet. as father Of
us ALL surely the smaest detail must be Of interest
TO you In Philadelphia, Pa, there are 90 000 textile
| workers who are on strike. asking for reduction
| Of from sixty to bfty hVe hours week. With ma
| ch,nery Mr. President believe that forty eight
| hours Is sufficient. As your children. may
| we hope to have the pleasure OF an audiencc' We
only ask that you advise US TO the best course.
| In Philadelphia alone thousands OF persons will
| wait upon your answer. On behalf Of these people
we beg that you will reply and let Us know whether
| we may expect audience
Mother JONES was justified in appeal
ing to Mr.. ROOSEVELT. Does he not
aim to be the Father and Leader Of his
people? II he settled the coal strike,
why shouldn't he settle the textile strike
and every other strike? The smallest
detail of the smallest strike must be near
to his business and bosom. Fromhis I'M
failing stores of advice he cannot grudge
ample supplies to Mother JONES.
But why did Mother JONES suppose it
necessary to ask for an audience? Surely
our Father and Leader, who delights
to make the labor lords his honored
guests, will more than welcome this
foremost labor lady. Mother JONES can
depend upon Father ROOSEVELT.
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The notion Is prevalent" says THE SUN, that
at the South there Is no free and enlightened dis.
CuSsion OF great political and social questions. but
that In those States an enforced monotonous uni
formlty OF opinion deadons the intellectual life OF
the people. In order to prove that this IL not true
THE Sun quotes copiouSly from recent articles In
the tSeWanee RerteW and the South Atlantic Quar-
trrly, rcmarkng that the quotations will surprise
people az the North who are ignorant Of the breadth
Some OF the surprised ones will be interested In tho
quotations, but others will doubtless skip shem
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir AS my hand.
writing Is clear print It becomes necessary
10 state that 10 the letter to-day the racctIack
question the passage printed. If existing laws
are repealed or decided unconstitutional, II Is be
cause OF Jockey Club Investments. amounting TO
millions OF dollars written, or Intended to he
written, thus: III existing laws are repealed or
decided unconstitutional, what UNI becore OF Jockey
Club Invest nents amounting to MILL onS OF dollars1"
NEW YORK, July ". HAMILTON BuaBKY,
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Every dollars worth of our commerce
with Alaska was carried in American ves-
sells In fish alone, in this eleven months,
Alaska paid the 81 zoos 900 we paid Russia
over thirty years ago for the Territory and
81, OO0. 900 over
The only drawback to this bright picture
of successful expansion in non-contiguous
territory is the want Of an America Philip
pines ocean marine.
Expansion pays, and pays we'll
WALTER j. BALLARD.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y, July II.
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preferrlng perhaps 10 remain Ignorant" upon snoh
a sub1ect.-Macon Telegraph.
That may be. At the same time the
hopes OF better understanding all around
rest neither with those Northerners whose
prejudices persist In the face OF facts nor
with those Southerners who do not believe
that Northern sentiment can ever be fair
toward them.
Fortunately, both classes arc getting
smaller all the time.
The sun., 1903-07-18

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN"',Sv: You state that
II did not rain In New York city on the 18th. ST
Swlthily Day One small black cloud precipitated
A sharp shower OF rain in the sunshine, This ftl
upon a D., l.. g. W. ferryboat while In the Bafcliy
street slip At 440P. NJ.
Some Of the rain fell on the boat and some on me-
Query WIN IL rain on that particular ferry5oat for
the next forty days? 81 SwllAlN RAYNE.
NEW YORK July i6,
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SCHENECTADY, N. Y, July II.
Justice Done In Texas.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--tsiy: Bud wingo's
conviction for horse theft has just been affirmed by
the Supreme Court Of Texas, but Clip Wisdom's has
been reversed. (Seo. rs, Southwestern Reporter
~ and 29J R.HT.
NEW YORK, July II.
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Colum bu.s Sailing DIRECTIONS,

Columbus was making hts nrst trip across tho
Atlantic.
-But. why" asked the sailors. do you always
go westr'
Amt that what the elevated road advertise
mcnts tell you 20 dor" he demanded
Angered by their lack Of perception Columbus
proceedcd on his coursc.
The sun., 1903-07-18

Lives Of famous men remind US
Would you have your life sublims
You had better do the write-up
BE yourself. while poo &hsreis asp~
The sun., 1903-07-18
The Nottern Way.

Like department stores our lives arc
II your spouse won't suit. alack.
Go to the Dakota counter
And you get your money back.
The sun., 1903-07-18

Readers of THE SUN leaving the city can have tho
Daily and Sunday editions mailed TO their addresses
(which may be changed when necessary Ior ~
censs a month, Order through your newsdeaer
or THE SUN. 40 Nassau street.
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un.ati,ractnrr Weather.
To he Sure.

Knickcr-C;rumbler looks unhappy.
Bockcr--ye8: he says t's too cool TO KICK aoo"'
the heat and too warm to Kick about the cold
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EXPANSION PAYS.
Dur Business OF &lOO. GOO. 600 Year
with our Branch establishments.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir Our
pessimlstio friends are fond OF asserting
that territorial expansion does not pay, es-
pecially in the requirement Of non-contig-
uous territories. They say we would be
better of, now and hereafter, without Porto
Rico, the Philippines. Hawaii, Alaska, Guam,
and Tutuila, but they give us no figures
Of results to prove their point We, on the
other hand, are able by figures Of results to
show that territorial expansion does pay,
and pays well.
The Department OF Commerce and Labor,
through It's Bureau of Statistics, informs us
that for the eleven months ended May II
our commerce with the territories named
amounted to ssG5Si .O28. As the single
month Of May gave us commerce with
these territories of the value Of nearly %, ,O00,-
600. these results Justify the assertion that
when the books are figured up to the end Of
the fiscal year, June 30. it will be found that
we have done business of 800 10000 for
the year with these branch establishments
.
The sun., 1903-07-18

To THE EpIIoR Or THE SUN ST: 1t Is much to
he reg rcttcd that you have lent the wide publicity
OF The SUN to the article In your number OF the 18th
entitled American Jews Losing their Religion,
While this article enjoyed the innocuous limbo of
publication in the Men0rth II was likely to do no
harm, but when you lent the weight OF your wide
circulation 10 the anti Jewish sentiments OF the con
trlbutor to the MsHorlh, (whOever he may be- the
public Is likely TO get an entirely fnlse Impression
OF the position which Judaism occupies to-day In
the lives of American Jewry.
Many of the statements are mere generalzations
of little Importance. except as they show that guilty
men indulge IN the tu quoQue argument as an eX-
cuse for their own backslidng. II may assume
that the article In the Msnornh (Which have not
seen In cxtenSOi was written by Jew, then 1t Is fair
to assume ,hat he Is one of the young II on TO whom
he refers as not being religious who do not oh
serve the dietary laws, and do not attend syna-
rorue; or n 1t Is written by JeweSS has so little
knowledge OF her Judaism that she Is one OF those
that the writer dc Crbes feeling that Judasm)
has no other claim upon her than 'Chup0h.'" Crhe
wCith!g canopy.
As a nts,rg "rctort courteous" to the Mpnoroh
NcItutc to quote what the Few. Dr. Kaufman kohler,
thr President elect OF the Hebrew Union College OF
Cincinnati Is reported to have said at the ChautauQua
Assembly In Atlantic City on July II; III the re
form movement had been started elsewhere. In
stead Of IN northern Germany. more OF the old
symbols wuulJ have been retained Upon SO good
an authority Us that Of Or. KoNcr. am entitled 10
Irfrr that when the time shall have arrived that
American Jews are educated up to tho standard OF
Judaism such Jews as the one who wrote the artl-
Gle In the Mcn0rlh viii have ceased 10 be so cold in
their Judaism as to any longer require nurturng al
our haads ani thus save Us from the risk OF being
bitten by their veuo1ous tongues, or else that theg
viii have lear; e4 better manners than to act the part
of the bird that fouls It's own nest.
ALBERT LCCAs,
Secretary Union of Orthodox Congregations.
NEW NnnE .LlN 10
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Secretary Union OF Orthodox Congregations.
NEW NoRF. July 10,

So far from having been written by a re-
formed" jew. the author OF the article in the
Mcnorch from which we made the extract
criticized by Mr.. Lucas is strictly orthodox"
Jew. MIR. J. DeHaas. Tho article was entitled
"Zonism and Orthodoxy" and before its
publication in that magazine it had been read
before the Convention of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations, held in New York last month.
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the various phases of the disease, and died
within a few hours. On the following day
the first passenger stricken also expired.
The alarm of all on board reached the
manic stage when the same day another
passenger was found dead in his bunk.
THE four passengers had occupied adjoining
berths in No. l Storage.
There was no discussion as to what should
be done with the bodies. They were dumped
overheard as soon as they had been weight
ed and prepared for their sea burial. This
action Is deplored by the local health au-
thorities, as they are thus far without
subjects for Investigation. but they are
practically satisfied from the description
geons on the ship that the disease which
brought death to six Of those on board was
Asiatic cholera.
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the winter penniless and without clothes.

the winter penniless and without clothes.
He brought suit against the steamship
company in the Alaska Circuit Court and
gained judgment for $1,000. From this
Judgment the commercial organization de-
termined to take appeal to the Court OF
Appeals for the ninth circuit meeting at
San Francisco in the first week Of Febru-
airy. To file their suit In time 1t was nee
essary to instrust it to the care Of one of a
trail from Nome to Seattle
With a transcript Of record and q writ
the winters trail But the travellers had
not proceeded far when the rigors Of the
wilderness gripped them. More and more
painful became each faltering step. Miller.
the bearer of the precious documents, lag
ged father and farther in the rear. At last
he froze to death. The body and the docu-
ments were left to the wolves and the
winds.
When the attorneys endeavored to plead
their case before the magistrates they were
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DIES IN COLD CREEK WATER.
Teacher Falls Into Stream and Is
Unable to Get Out.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBI-IC SPECIAL
New Harmony. Ind, March 1AlTheodore
Dengeldei, prominent school teacher of
Robinson Township, was frozen to death
near Parker's Settlement
Dengeidei had been at Parker's Settlement
and did not start home until late in the
night. The weather was severe and cold
sieet was falling as the man left the road
house for his dark walk home
When near Mrs. Huf's farm he fell into
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within the mysterious expanse Of the Arc
ties frozen circle.

Whit inc s0b-r court Ut tIro e1foo S1f
cult Judges there was unraveled a tragedy
speech of the attorneys to halt and break.
The spirits Of men left to perish upon the
snow barrens of the frozen north or to en-
dure the tortures Of lingering want haunt.
the magistrates. Northwestern Commercial
Company vs. r. D. McDougal was merged
into the vivid chancery Of Lie vs. Death.
McDougal, an almost moneyless miner from
the interior, contracted for his passage from
Nome to Seattle with the Northwestern
last penny and agreed to rake up the full
dole of his passage by his labor. On the
day Of the vessels sailing he. was sent
ashore TO help load lighter, after having
taken his blankets and heavy clothing on
board. That night the vessel sailed away 10
binding storm, leaving the miner to fight
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, asked to supply the necessary documents,
and, failing to do so, their case was dis
missed. The documents. which would have
been worth thousands. were tight in a dead
mans clutch far. of somewhere in the
depths Of the lasting SHOWS.
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SKELETON HAND HOLDS
KEY TO A FORTUNE.
Valuable Legal Documents Lost with
q Frozen Messenger, Who Perished
In the Wilderness of Alaska.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

fsSf CbLlC SFECIAD. ~
San Francisco. March 14-Gripped in the
neshless hand of dead man somewhere
In the showdown wilderness Of Alaska
there lies buried forever from human ken a
precious document which would have been
worth thousands in the United States Cir
cult Court Of Appeals. But human Justice
was forced to stop before the grim justice
Of nature, which had locked its secret fast
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MIR. L. S. Alden, formerly with the Ken
nard Carpet Co., is now Interested in the
Georgia Stimson Furniture and Carpet Co.,
61G-6ls Washington avenue where he would
be pleased to meet his friends.
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Spring
0YerCOatS
and Hats.

A Spring Overcoat is
an immediate necessity.