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The Honorable Record OF Major
Runcie.

The last Army List and Directory OF the
Officers of the Army of the United States
was officially issued from Washington
less than twenty days ago. Among a
great many other honorable and honored
names, these appear therein:
Commander In Chief - THEODORE ROOSEVELT
President.
Secretary OF War-ELIHu ROOT.
Woop. LEONARD. BrgadIcr General Manila. p l.
RuNcIE. JAMES H.. First Lieutenant retired 81
Cuba street Havana. Cuba.
The last named two officers stand
equally before the military law in regard
to amenablity to its provisions and to
the Department discipline.
Mr.. RUNCGE is practising law in Hav-
ana, where he has represented and yet
represents large corporation interests
as their counsel and attorney. Profess
sionally socially, and in every other
respect his standing in the community is
excellent. He is not a discharged en-
ployee of the former Military Govern
ment of Cuba. He is not seeking public
ity for any charge or complaint OF his
own against any person. He is not try
ing to push himself into notice or to pull
anybody down. He is not man with
a grievance, unless it be that the recol-
lection Of supposed betrayal of friend
ship keeps sore one spot in his heart
The title of Major, by which MIR. RUN
Gle is commonly known designates his
rank in the Volunteer service, which he
entered like many other retired officers Of
the Regular establishment, when the war
broke out with Spain. He is graduate
of West Point His military record is
here briefly set forth:
Cadet, United States Military Academy. 1875.
Second Lieutenant, Fifth United states Cavalry.
1879
First Lieutenant. First United States Artillery.
1885
Retired for disability in line of duty. March 22
1894
Major, First Ohio Cavalry. May s-oct. 25, ls9s.
We call the attention of all students Of
Gen. LEONARD WOODS career and all
regular or volunteer custodians of his
honor to the foregoing facts-particu-
larly and for good reasons commencing
the same to the consideration of our
neighbor the Nen York Tribune.
"All that we care for, said the Tribune
on May 8. 1903, is to find somebody who
is responsible for the charge
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these colts must reckon with Meltonian,
the giant son of Melton; with Grey Friar.
the delicately moulded son Of st. George;
with Mizzen and Lord Of the Vale.
Furthermore, the champions Of the
West have not yet thrown their gauntlets
into the arena Yet untried Is the PROV
ess of those in the speed Of whose hoof-
beats lies the honor of the prairies and
the bluegrass meadowsand the unsalted
seas. What OF Savable, winner OF last
years Futurity, and the sturdy Dick
Welles and the lordly High Chancellor?
After some days. the American Derby
will have been run, and then we shall
know something of the fettle Of the West.
After that, in the mellow midsummer
the East and the West will meet at Sara
toga and the battle royal will begin.
Then we shall know better which is
the best Of tho best. Until then, let
judgment on the three-year-old cham.
pion Of the turf be suspended.
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FOraker's Year Also.

The good humor, unconventional dl-
rectness and busnesslike tone of Sena-
tor FoRAKER's speech as permanent
chairman of the Ohio convention indicate
a confident and happy mind
Whoever paints in the future the pan
Drama of Ohio politics will dwell long
over the artistic opportunity when the
historic scene at Columbus on June A.
1903, affords. The senior Senator occu-
pies the centre of the tablcau with his
handsome, gracious presence. benev-
oently pointing to Brother HANNA, who
stands just a trihe to the left.
1t is presentation ceremony that the
picture records. The platter is this time
in the hand of the senior Senator, and the
junior Senator is the recipient. 1t ls
FORAKER, not HANNA, who is doing the
assigning. In a most courteous ana
cordial manner, without trace OF Jeal-
ousy, or political apprehension, or doubt
of the assured security of his own posi-
tion, Senator FORAKER designates Sena-
tor HANNA to the enthusiastic delegates
as one who is entitled to be reelected
not only this year but every six years as
long as he lives and wants the Office,
This is HANNA's year, says For
AKER, generously.
1t is likewise FoRAKER's year in
peculiar and important sense. He has
struck while the iron is hot, and knows
It, He has mounted the bronco at the
right moment, and has kept his seat. Mr..
FORAKER is now an undoubtedly con-
temporaneous statesman.
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COFFEY DEMOCRATS FOR FUSION
Continue Hostile Both to Tammany and
to NliiOughby street.

The Brooklyn Democracy. which was
organized by ex-senator Michael j. Coffey
when he was bounced from the regular
organization for alleged disloyalty few
years ago. and which gave substantial
aid to the fusion cause in the last Mayoraty
campaign, will support it again In the APP
preaching campaign. Last night the
Executive Committee Of the Coffeyites
held it's first meeting in several months i'll
its headquarters in the Temple Bar building
and unequivocally declared its continued
hostility to the Tammany and Willoughby
Street machines, and likewise strongly
indorsed the present administration,
Tax Commissioner Rufus Scott presided,
and among those present We're ex-senator
Coffey, ex-Magistrate Walter L. Durack,
Warden Patrick Hayes of the Kings County
Penitentiary, ex-Supervisor Thomas Nolan,
Fred Runme and Michael Kennedy.
There was unanimous sentiment in
favor of active cooperation with all the
other antiTammany and Willoughby
Street bodies in the next campaign, and
committees were appointed to see that
good organizations were effected in each
elect ion dist rict
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An Ecclesiastical Trust Proposed.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: A few
years ago the Gear Of the Russas proposed
a conference Of nations for the purpose Of
disarmament and the establishment OF q
mode of International arbitration. The re-
suit OF that conference.-the establishment or
the peace tribunal or court OF arbitration, at
The Hague. was one of the most notable dtpo-
matte achievements of the age. Following this
precedent the various ecclesiastical bodies
should unite in a general conference to effect,
II possible, a di isarmament of the churches
and the establishment Of onI tribunal, aor, Wltn I'm
versies and administer instice to heretics
While the churches are tightinG each other
over foolish and immaterial doctrinal points
the cause OF Christ suffers, rs the welfare
Of nation must suffer when its people are
engaged in .clvil war, The, enereies and re-;
sources Of 1he churches should % be r,ins MmtrS 70
vided in a disGraceful warfare. --,,.
teal trust close, rock ribbed corporation
to manage the RELIGIOUS matters on a business
and economical basis, and do away with de-
a trust. no doubt, would dispens" with The
services OF many ministers but il might
improve the eloenGy Of t99se rStspea be-, wee
churches. refer to the editorial in fuE SyN
Of May so The PresbS ,elan ra B"se nessls ~
fS.rsn cited dfEs from 9r tSc M in dcna
cia,ion of the Pope, in which he was formerly
referred % to Ga as the anti-Christ. that mar, Of
pcliter language, in the new ontcssi9n. as
one who occuries n place declared 70 he =
Christ" No gentleman, especially IN
purely impersonal matter. would use sn',.
language in denouncing rival-or an encnE
even in the free and exciting arena Of nolltits'
That article arrays Catholics and t'rosnt-
terians in hostile ranks an attitude ssVrrr!ai
the most beautiful and touchnr illustration
OF brotherlv love and forgiveness In the IN
mortal declarations: Father, ior2ive thenn..
for tho know not what they do and, TO ne
pnri'ont maletactor: To-day shalt thou
be with nie in paradise" ,
GroRGH A. PFNHAM
NEW YopE Nav ri
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NICARAGUA LEVIES WAR TAX.
Makes the ReyOlutiOnists Pay the Cost OF
Suppressing the Revolution.

WASHINGTON. June 5.-The Government
OF Nicaragua, according to advices received
at the State Department to-day. has di
rected that three-fifths Of q war tax, to
pay the expenses of the recent revolution.
shall be raised in Grenada. the principal
total tax is 500 900 pesos, and is to be used
in paying the loyal troops
which was begun on March 20, has been
-entirely suffocated.' The explanation Of
the failure of tho Government quickly to
suppress tho uprising is that the revolu-
tionists seized the only two steamers on
Lake Nicaragua and could not be controlled
there until the Government sent a small
gunboat to the lake from the Pacific Ocean.
using specially constructed railway car
to transport it.
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The Progress of Devery

The unselfish friends Of the Hon. PUMP
DEvERY continue their efforts to ex-
press the still inarticulate meaning of his
boom. Thursday night the Hon. JOHN B,
McGoLDRICK, lost light of Tammany,
made beautiful presentation speech
in the Devery temple over an Eighth
avenue saloon. An American in Mexico
has given to Mr., DEvERY cane, said
to have been cut from the tree under
which MAMMALIAN was executed The
stick, carved horribly with horrible gods,
HUITzILopoCHTLI, for example, deter
mined divinity who ate up" victims
by the thousands, bolted them, though
not exactly as the dauntless DEvERY has
bolted Tammany. The Mexicans got
their liberty there (at Queretaro), said
Mr.. MCGoLDRlCK; Mr.. DEvERY is to
give liberty to New York.
The Hon. FRANK FARRELL, who is
not to be confused with the Tammany
grandee of that name, put forward this
Interpretation of the Devery movement:
MIR. DEvBRY is the man who Is going to get
elected and put Quletus on trusts"
Now Mr.. DEvERY is not going to inter-
fere with Mr.. ROOSEVELT 3 task of put
ting a quietus on trusts, and he is not to
be the liberator Of New York What he
is trying to do and what his friends are
generously encouraging him to do is to
increase the per capity circulation of
DEvERY's money, BIG BILLS wad, in
the Ninth Assembly district and else
where. Mr.. DEvERY's supporters mean
to liberate all of his money that he can
be induced to part with and to put a
ouietus on big slice OF his bank ac-
count.
The enthusiasm for Mr.. DEvERY is due
solely to his supposed willingness to
loosen up; and he is the only man in
New York who isn't on Such is the
lamentable result of progressive megalo-
mania.
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NJ. Rostand Drinks the Nectar.

The characterization of NJ. EDMOND
RosTAND at the Mazarin Palace, Thurs
day, was a well-graced ceremony, ac-
companied with the dignity and effective
dramatic representation that are char
acteristic of French pageants, If there
were an American Academy an i1stitu-
ton the mere dream of which has stirred
so many symposiums and voting
contests in the United States, would
the taking of new member into its au-
gust penetrelia raise such curiosity and
expectation as the initiation of NJ
itosTAND caused in Paris? Some 5000
persons were eager to see the show and
only 1,5OO could be admitted If Mr.
HAML1N GARLAND or the Chevalier Full
LER were to be invested with the Academ-
ician's togs here in Manhattan, would the
spectators be hawking tickets at con-
siderable advance over the boX-office
rates? If there was bal! game on the
same day, there might be no wild throng
at the American Academy.
The hired cab in which NJ. RosTAND
was driven to the scene of his apotheosis
may be regarded as an American, at
least republican, means of transporta-
ton. There should be some sort of
chariot, cdrpentum or quadrigd, bright
with green and gold, to bear the lmmor-
tai to his hour of nectar and ambrosia;
or he should glide along the Seine in a
galley or a gondola. But even the
Olympians may feel the pinch OF mod
ernity and the essening rate Of interest;
and the MERCURY Of the young century
may sell his winged sandals to the Louvre
and hire bicycle.
A fine figure this handsome RosTAND
must have been in his brilliant uniform,
flashing light from his poetic eyes and
nimbus and his gilt-hilted sword. 1t
was universally acknowledged. says
THE SUNS cable despatch, that he was
the best-dressed Academician on rec
ord, and that is saying good deal. A
poet should have touch of dandyism.
His form extern should mirror his in
ward illumination. We like to think of
Sir WALTER RALEIGH or Sir PHILIP
SIDNEY in the splendid and elaborate
costume of an Elizabethan courtier, silk
and velvet and gold spangled with
jewels, his lovelock in orderly disorder
and a rose on his ear. There were walk
ing poems in those days and life was
a masque. No shabby, dirty, foxed old
VERLAINEs for us! The poet and dramat-
ist should look his part.
Notice the big Spanish cloak on NJ.
RosTAND's shoulders, From him We
may expect plays of the cloak and sword,
passion and romance, flourish, the fire
and madness lingering in Castilian veins
and pens; wit, eloquence and poesy.
There was one strange passage in NJ
RosTAND's speech:
One does no, write plays for those unhappy
persons who remember the authors name when
hero comes upon the stage"
Is this gibe, an unworthy gibe, at
the Chicago SHAKESPEARE? When CYR-
ANo DE BERGERAc came upon the stage,
the greater than great GROSS, GROSS the
huge, remembered the authors name
and sued accordingly. Is there no
Academy for GROSS? Are there no gar
lands for that head bowed with thought
and with sorrow for the ingratitude of
rivals whom it inspires without their
Lpou,;nv
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THE GOSPEL FOR KENTUCKY.
Band OF College Preachers to Invade
Rreathtt County,

LEXINGTON, Ky, June 5.,-Within the
next few days Breathitt county, the scene
Of Kentucky feud, murder and strife. will
be invaded by band of twenty-five young
preachers, who will spend the summer
months in an earnest effort to evangelizs
the people and end the feudal feeling.
This religious army will be in charge
Of the Rev. Barclay Meador Of this city,
assisted by the Revs Van Wrinkle and
Douthilt Of Kentucky University, and the
entire body will be composed OF students
Of this institution.
The main purpose of the pilgrimage
is to preach to the people wherever an
opportunity presents itself and by instill-
ing Christian principles into their hearts
inossb,e nf feda au murder
Country schoolhouses. cross roads gro-
Gerry stores and tents will be employed
for meeting places.
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Three-Year.Old Turf Idols.

The turf sharps have found new
idol in Africander. the three-year- old son
of Star Ruby and Afric Queen. After he
had taken up ia pounds on Monday, run
mile and quarter in 2O5 As and won
the race easily, the idol worshippers OF
the turf promptly made levy on all the
adjcctives of superlative degree that
happened to be handy, and sounded the
praises of the new wonder They did
the same thing after Irish Lad had won
the Brooklyn Handicap, race Of the
same distance.
Both performances were excellent for
three-year-olds at this season of the
year We have no quarrel with the
partisans of either horse. More power
to their lungs and vocabulary! But in
the interest of the conservation of en-
ergy. we want to remind the enthusia sts,
professional and amateur, who find profit
or loss in going to the races that even
our matchless English tongue has it's
limits, that the season is yet young
and that the heated term is coming on,
when even the adjective factory may get
apoplexy if overworked.
Moreover, ono swallow doesn't make a
summer, and the premier thoroughbred
of the year, for any particular age, is not
determined by the result of one race.
Irish Lad performed handsomely in the
Brooklyn Handicap. Africander was a
good horse and fast one on Monday;
but, speaking in the supcrlative, who
but a superatve ass would now say
which is tho better colt Of tho twog Then,
too. it must bc remembered that both
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of parishes and various Church agencies,
weary their people with opportunities
The rector Of great city parish must
be man Of affairs. In the election OF
Bishop it has come to this, that the
chief consideration is that OF executive
ability" Numberless and incessant calls
for money irritate paris hioners
The remedy for these really glaring
evils suggested by Mr.. SIMPSON is based
on the theory that the organized Church. {.
Of which the minister is the creation and
servant, is bound to make certain and ade-
quate provision for his support. what
right, he asks, has even the Church OF
GOD to accept the whole service OF a
mans life and make no provision for his
support?' His plan is for the General
Convention to create a permanent board
to be incorporated and of legal status,
to hold and administer a slstentatlon
fund made up from three sources: First,
special gifts for its endowment; second,
by the transference to it OF funds for
certain general Church purposes al
ready established in different dioceses,
and, last, by the assessment OF the in
dividual communicates Of the Church
"in an equitable and uniform due The
amount of this assessment suggested
by him is SO cents month. He estimates
that this sustcntation fund could be
made so large as to yield an income suf-
ficient to pay stipends of $4,000 year to
the eighty-one Bishops and Of $500 to
4,04l clergymen of the Episcopal Church
Any parish, however, would be free to
supplement this stipend to its own clerfy
to any extent it desired.
Such an assessment, Mr.. SIMPSON
argues, would be in strict conformity
with the method of raising money Tor
the Church under the Old dDispensation-
by tithes-and the practice of early Chris
tians. Besides, as a business method
whereby the Church makes a reasonable
demand on her people for that which they
manifestly owe her, it would command
respect from practical mon, and " the
more truly businesslike the Church's
methods the better for the Christian
religion" The assessment plan, also,
in the religious bodies where it has been
applied, has already worked satisfac-
torily and successfully. 1t is method
frequently used by the Roman Catholic
Church. The Episcopal Church in Ire
land assesses its parishes according to
the number of communicates in each. In
Scotland the non-established United
PRESBYTERIAN Church paws its ministers
an average of 81 200 year Such an as
sessment is working successfully among
the Mormons and the Seventh Day Ad-
ventists, the members paying one-tenth
of their incomes, and numerous orders
and societies of one sort or another are
collecting such assessments habitually.
1t is a very interesting project and
practically is far more important than
the project to change the name Of the
Episcopal Church, over which there is
now so much agitation.
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what BrouEht whiskey to the Dinner Table

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-.Sir' The great
goddess Fashion is who has Introduced the notion
OF "whskcy at the dinner table" How did she
MANAGE II, ! will tell YOU
Ten years or so ago. worthy but quite old lady
"ober dar" who had taken port, sherry. DC, mod p.
erately. at her meals up to that time was told by
her medical man that she must give up these and
take TO wc.d diluted whiskcy. Whether he pre-.
scr,bed Scotch or Irish Is not 10 the purposc-thc
lady chcse the former: and one day in came her
SON rather a rackct,y fellow. who was given to
mixed drinks while he was at luncheon. why,
mother what have you got thcre'" said he, find
Ing her in the act OF lllng UP her tumber with It's
three fingers at the bottom MY dear. II is Scotch
whlskey: Sir tells me 10 drink II with plenty OF
water for lunch and dinner and | Ike u. Try H. "
Which he did, and liked II. too. And the story
went the round OF the clubs IN st. James street and
Pail Mall for tho mother and son happened Ia be
her Gracious Majesty md his Royal Hlghncss
and the g!ldeG youth who loll in the windows OF
those palaces. thc high preSts OF the ,ddcSs
and devoted themselves 10 Scotch cold without "
and have kept Ia that religious Observance ever
And so. when your gilded youth OF Fifth avenue
went over from time to time to Pail Mall TO set
their watches. they returned TO tell their not so
heavily gilt followers what was the rev fashion
in drinks and they ell with one accord shouted out
the good old u, & : for Scotch. cold without but
introduced "wh!skey a. the dinner ta,ic." And
The great goddess Fashion wnhed at the nea rest
Bishop ara said she would tnEc wine with him
ard IL all helps TO make very tired this
Bosro y. Mass. May ~. ANCIENT BRIroN
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Real Panamas Arc Always Correct.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS--ST: Last
summer, when the gentle public was en-
Enthusiastically spending its hsrd-earned money
for expensive Panama hats. the extrava Ga nee
was condoned. because the hat dealers assured
each and every buyer that he was getting
a hat that would last him lifetime. This as
surance was received in a spirit Of not entire
trusting confidence, but it was thought that
the style would likely prevail through at least
another summer.
Now we are informed that Panamas are no
longer the correct summer headwear, and are
cordially invited to return to the stiff, ugly.
and uncomfortable sailor" straw
II is several kinds of roast" and would
be glad OF your opinion. j. H. G.
BROOKLYN, June L.
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REINS IN WOODRUFF's HANDS.
He'll Keep Them, Too. He Says, and Yield
His Place to None.

Ex-Lieut. Gov. Timothy l.. Woodruff
visited Brooklyn yesterday and emphatically
contradicted the rumors that he was con-
templatng surrender OF the control of
the Republican organization, which he
wrested from the grip Of ex-senator Jacob
Worth six years ago.
For more than two hours Mr.. Woodruff
occupied the chair of state in Republican
headquarters in Joralemon street and re-
ceived the homage of most of the district
leaders and discussed with them the dis
position of all the little pieces of official
patronage belonging to the organization
In this as in other matters affecting the
interests of the party, there was apparently
no disposition to question Mr.. Woodr,lf's s
iudPment.
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pr. Mse,ll and tho nody Of Richard Smith.

To THE EDITION or rRr SIS-.S,r' Kindly pc, uut
me TO make few remarks in your paper IN regardto
the conduct Of The Rev, Dr Magil OF Hobokcn y d.
The reverend doctor forgot his teaching, OF the love
OF God when refused 10 allow the corr cs of chn rd
Smith be taken into his church re-, crcnd ,c,oy
should not bear malcc toward either the living or
deed. lie should have consoied the rarcn,s Of Tho
deceased. In place OF making the burden q their
sorrows greater. at least Sucn are the teach ngs of
Christ. II Sc in the extreme an unchrt,,,sn nk
act for Of the teachers Of tho Word OF God nd
unmaniy for any man, 10 refuse The wishes OF pa
pec!ally when 'hey could so easily have bccu
granted. TAG dIcior acted far from being a good
SimG rttan In this case.
Perhgp' the doctor Is ed to the belief ,h,,
God In his infinite wisdom gave him control OF liz
church built By the people. He should join he coal
trust and help out the president OF that concern
No wonder there are SO many people who ~ use 10
listen TO the teachings OF Christ when there ,c me
OF his character IN The pulpit Tar better wtuId II
be II We had ~ 'iur,hca than to keep .u,h ~ I'll
the hcau OF mem. c. kLopuekY.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. Juns4.
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The Umpires Rubaiyat.
From The Mnudukee Sentinel.

From he WHWdukte .Srniintl,
A hook Of rules, frown upon my brow
An indicator. o good eye and thou
Beside me, shrleking Lobster thou art rant,-
Oh this, methlnks, were agony ~now.
Strange, Is II not, that whtn Cell asi-kc
| rouse In every breast sincere dislike,
Yet n call that self same curve o ball
Am abused by Tom and Dick and Nike.
What boots II though player be tagged out
Beyond the Slig ghtest shadow OF a doubt,
The very instant that wave my hand
From stand and bcachers comes threatening
shout.
] sometimes think that when my race Is run
When Three strikes have been called, and, all un.
done.
hear ST. Peter read his no, act
I'll kick on his decision. Just for nun