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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
MAYOR YARNS DEPARTMENTS.
No More Evasion Of the Public Btdd'nS
Law by Emergency Orders.

MAYOR Low has sent to all the heads OF
departments letter warning them against
further violations Of the law which provides
that no contracts shall he let calling for an
expenditure of more than $1,000 without
public bidding. Some of the Commissioners
have been evading the spirit of this law
under the plea of emergency. A short
time ago Comptroller Grout made charges
against Fire Commissioner Sturgis Of
letting illegally contracts amounting to a
large amount of money but the Mayor
absoved the Commissioner In the course
Of his letter the Mayor said:
II has doubtless been the practice for many
wears in the administration of the city govern
ment to assume that Section Il0 of the Charter
might with propriety be very loosely inter
preted and in effect evaded. This was the
precise point at Issue in the Comptroll Ter s
criticisms of the Fire Department; and al
though | held that the Fire Commissioner
was not TO be seriously blamed for following
what he understood to be the long established
practice in his department. without notice
Of any change of attitude on the part OF the
Finance and Law departments. wish 1t to
be distinctly understood by all heads OF de-
partments that on the merits Of the question
am in entire sympathy with the Comptroller.
The open orders issued by the former Dock
Board show how readily the contrary system
lends itself to favoritism. to say the least.
The Mayor added. MY object in writing
this letter is to throw the weight of my
influence distinctly in favor of the position
taken by the Comptroller
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25

70 THE EDITOR OF The Sun sir read in your
paper of July % with much interest the article OF
Mr. Gustave Meyer Of Hobokcn. Mr.. Meyer makes
a wise suggestion as TO registration OF the exact
hour OF birth OF all persons but to competent as
trooger this Is not necessary as the sign OF tho
Zodiac rising az time of birth always describes the
personal appearance Of the native. This however
Is not enough, as the exact degree and minute Of
said sign Is required so as TO be correctly placed
on the cusp OF the first house. or ascendant This
can easily be found even II the person only knows
the year and day Of month he was born.
The sign ascending" says Raphael. gives a
mark scar OF mole the part Of the body ruled by
that sign the sign In which the lord of the hrst Is
will give another the sign on the cusp of the sixth
will give another. the sign occupied by the lord of
the sixth another and the sign in which the Moon
Is will give another; Uranus Saturn or Mars In
aspect 10 these lords the Moon will give another
on tho part OF the body ruled by the signs they in
n the sign or plan be masculine, II will be on the
right side: II feminine on the left: II the signs or
planets he above the earth then the blcmIsh Is on
the front part OF the body, but II under the earth
behind: If the planets be In the middle OF signs or
the middle OF sign occupy the cSp they will be on
the mifdlc Of the member and II In the latter part
OF tho signs on the lower part OF the member &c.
The color Of the molcs or spots can be compared by
referring to the colors ruled by the planets and
signs
Another way is to find oul from the party nqur
Ing AT what time hc met with an accident; time
of death Of father, mother or child: his marriage
or any principal event In his HE, and by referring
the same to the house which signifies such things
he can always get the correct sign and degree of
same on the cusp Of the ascendant.
might 20 on and Offer many other ways to aScer-
tain the hour OF birth.
am only Interested In aStrology A. pleasure
and not tor proft and II seems to me that people
who have adopted this science N a profession for
nront should have studied the groundwork and
landmarks OF the science, and not rush INTO prit
and expose their ignorance W +, DENMAS.
NEWARK y. H. july -
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TALL STACK TUMRLES
Close shave for the Brooklyn Ins,i,u,. ~.
Arts and Sciences

Pleasure drivers drew rein and an,
mobolists put on brakes for five minnie,
on the Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn n,
o'clock yesterday afternoon, to witnoo,
novel sight
From safe distance they saw bacl
the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science.
a huge iron smokestack 10 feet in circ,,,.
ference and l25 feet tall. swaying bao,
ward and forward in stiff westerly bree,.
as ii lowered high over the roof Of H.,
institute. If ii fell forward it would crnuD
the roof and tear through the buildi,.
between the chiseled inscriptions "Socra,oe,
and "Demosthenes," while il il fell to y.
east it would demolish the half-comnls,"ah
200 power house which the p. j CAM
company is building to supply hoat a"I
light to the new $780, 600 wing OF tho INV Nv
stitute. IT.
For fully five minutes the immense stao
swung to and fro, pendulum-like, and tbSSA
with last lurCh CONSIDERABLY umhai
to the west, into vacant land, doing wv
damage, except to itself, which il NatteroI
out for one-third Of it's length. wy"
The loss falls on the John Weldon Ripgir..
Company OF ~ Ninth street, Long I.IsMi
City, a score Of whose men were employnt
for week i'll putting the stack in positio,
They had just got it into place when tha
"deadman," or anchor--a big timber La,
sunk in the ground, to which the win.
guys were layed-broke in half AZ a hi,
knot in the wood, releasing the rigging mi
sending the ropes flying in snaTIs in al
directions.
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English and French Canadians.

TO The EDITOR OF The SrN-!Sr' In an
editorial to-day YOU speak of the difficulty
of aSsmilatng the Frcnch-Canadians with
the sturdy English stock Comparisons are
odons, but since one has been made, would
add a little TO make it more accurate What
ever is worth doing is worth doing well
The English Canadians of the more prolific
race are decreasing in numbers. The French
Canadians of the less prolific race are increas-
ing more rapidly than any others on this
hemisphere The English Canadians of the
larger race are becoming lighter and less
muscular The French-Canadians Of the
smaller race are growing larger and more
powerful The English Canadians. whose
fathers loved athletics. are becoming less
athletic The French Canadians. in whose
notherland athletics are almost unknown.
are athletes OF great ardor and ability. They
have adopted the dashng American game
of baseball leaving to the English the slower
and easer game OF cricket
The French Canadians would cast of the
chains that bind them to Europe, and so be-
come Americans. with an American destiny.
The English Canadians turn their backs
resoutely on America to fasten themselves
securely 10 England, while England at the
same time is strenuously cultivatng the
friendship Of the United states.
In the light of these facts, which race ia
sturder. which more in need OF assimilation
with Americans. and which better lifted TO
survive upon American soil?
DoUGLAsToN. l. l.. July %. I j REGAIN,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
4 CalumIY Hatchery in Cleveland.

Some maLious sower of strife among
brethren is krd at work in Cleveland
the joint capsl of the Hon. MARCUS
ALoNzo HANNAsnd the Hon TOM LoFTIN
JOHNSON Other7ise, special dispatches
would not be sen'out from that town to
newspapers of thin for the special pur-
pose of representa-. Mayor JOHNSON as
reaching a prehensb hand toward the
laurels of Senator HAMA. According to
these malignant teleghms, conferences
of Democrats have bon held in the
Mayors humble home o devise WAYS
of defeating the reelectitn of Senator
HANNA" 1t is the geneEl impression
that JOHNSON is after the Senatorship
himself JOHNSON is afte. HANNA's
scalp" and so on,
In the language of the Biographical
sketch of himself written by to Hon.
TON JOHNSON for Who's Who in AMER
ica, he is devoting his entire tile to
taxation questions and official duties. y
1t is his single ambition to serve he
IeOple Vi IleNcidIld ny sodhlle CO.
porations in which he has no interest an,
about which, accordingly, he is able tc
take high and disinterested view. They
wrong him who attribute to him hank
ering to be Senator in Congress, Gov
ernor of Ohio, or President. Time anc
time again he has proclaimed his passion
to stay where he is His modest wants
are all supplied He wishes to continue
to be Mayor of Cleveland 70 the gooc
that he can do,
Even if he wanted TO add himself anC
distinction to the Senate, he would bt
too magnanimous to seek to supplant ,
fellow-worker in the same great caus,
of humanity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
Eanadn East Versus Gambia Mesl

The recent development Of the Do
minion has given prominence to an issue
strongly resembling one with which the
United States was actively concerned not
many years ago. 1t relates to the SEEM
ing antagonism between the interests
Of manufacturing East and those Of an
agricultural West,
The question in Canada does not pre-
sent itself with the sharpness of the
American ISSUE. 1t never will so present
itself. This is not due to any essential
difference in conditions, but rather to the
fact that the Canadian question is strong
v influenced by the American experience
Tens of thousands OF Americans who
prospered in the Jnited States under the
american system have crossed to the
canadian Northwest, not TO get away
from that system, but because they PROS
pered under il. They have sold their
farms in the United States at long ad-
vance over the original cost, and, by
buying Canada's cheap lands, they hope
10 repeat in that country the process
and the profit.
In this expectation they are not likely
10 be disappointed They constitute a
very influential factor in the politics of
western Canada Even the immigrants
from England, who, with the Americans
form the great majority of the foreign
settlers in the new land, will lend them
selves readily to the adoption Of the
policy OF protect on. They know the
lnited States as country Of a protective
tariff, ard they note its enormous devel-
opmeRt. The ideas Of protection and
development are clearly associated in
their minds, and while some free trade
sentiment may linger, it will not prove
a serious obstacle 10 their conversion
particularly il they find prosperity in
their new homes under Canada present
system of moderate protection.
Eastern Canada lis developing rapidly
strong manufacturing interest. Its
magnitude is not exactly known. The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
NsVER RBCoGNIzBD THE UNION.
A statement That CIVIL service Commission
Had 10 Denied by President Proctor.

WASHINGTON, July 24.--The statement
made yesterday by J. l.. Feeney, former
president Of local Union No, 4, lnterna-
tional Brotherhood Of Bookbinders, that
the Civil Service Commission had recog-
nized the union in following its requests
with reference to the number Of years re-
quired for bookbinders' apprenticeship Is
fatty denied by President Proctor OF the
Board of Civil Service Commissioners
"The Civil Service Commission Mr.
Proctor said, always consults the heaus
OF the various offices regarding the rules
to be made for the appointment OF lts Gil
ployees and this custom was carried ouI
in the case OF appointees for the bindery
division of the Government Printing Of
Ace. The commission asked that Fuplo
Printer Palmer appoint board OF experts
from the different divisions of the OFFICE
to formulate srch rules and arrange the
scope of examinations to he held by the
comr..:s.,un' We did not care whether
it Was three years apprenticeship or four
years apprenticeship that should pe
quired in the qualification OF an applcah''
and when the board reported that the
longer term was desirable, we accepted
its recommendation rs the opinion OF eN-
peTts and acted upon il for the good OF the
public service OF course, II IL probaple
that every member Of that board was a
member Of the trades union, but the COLI COLI
mission did not accept the Suggestion
as coming in any way from the union
Mr.. Proctor also pointed TO the record
OF the hearing given by the Civil Service
Commission in 1893 when the question Oh
the classification of the Government PRINT
ing Office was under consideration, III the
course of which Mr.. Feeney, then secre-
tary of the local Bookbinders Union, re-
ferring to the proposition to place the
Office under civil service rules, had asked
the question:
would the union lose its power over the
men employed in the binderies?'
TO this MIR. Proctor replied:
Il think ii would in one sense. HE
civil service rules cannot recognize any
thing but the individual. The man who
passes the examination and who has served
his trade and is a skilled worker takes ms
chance for appointment with everybody
else
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
A Version Of Pope Leo Kills New Century
Poem,

From, the Cail,oiic world for 4ugUs,
The noble age that fostercd art Is dead
Who thirsts for poets fame let him In song
The ea6 OF life eAtol. the praises spread.
OF natures vast resources, MD so long
Thy crimes o age now gone, have filled INV soul
With deepest woe; I've tremDled and I've wept;
And as with backward glance read thy scroll
| see what evil tides have DER thee swept,
Which o thy deeds claims largest dole of tears;
Thy slaughtered dad or fall Of sceptcr'd kings
Or rampant vice, or dual war, with fears
Which 10 our HoItreSscd Vatican II brings
o Rome thou chlcrcSt city OF this earth.
That nc'er did shaclled hands In suppIianCc raise.
Lo long ancestral lines Of noblcst birth
Have bailcd thee 'PontnS throne since
Peters days
Woe 10 the state whose laws their God ignore
What honor and what trust IN man abide
His rights fall with his affairs Justice orr,
We weep rs wreck, the ruined Iah's beside,
Heed not tn mSenSats herd OF falsely wise,
That conscious OF their crime, With labor sore
Lead men 10 lift their earth dlmmcd eyes
Toward Natures soull"SN forms, and there adore.
or false philosophers the heartlcss throng
Scor our Immortal birth and teach, f0rS0olh,
That from like germs spring beast and man, and
Thee, Lord with empty dreams. replacing truth
How vile ALAS the scctnng noolS where pride
With fury impptcnt would lead our race
Attend and learn O man, Whntr'cr bctldc.
Gods laws endure IN every tliEr and place
us Christ alone IL NE and truth and way
That lrulrth ever upward toward the goat
The nretlng wears His voice alone obey,
III crowns with Youth renewed each 'lghu Gus
NOUl
III, spirit lately led The pOuS thrOpg
That locked as pilgrims filled with AVN aud love
To Nnecl where Peters aust mas slept so long
False. empty rites no more their hearts can move.
q Jesus Master Of our future dd! $.
pulc Thou lirS NurIng tides In coming years.
Compel rrhellDgS n'ludS 70 seek they ways
Nnd cleanse thcr past lS prnitcrtrl tears
Cast Wide abroad w" SEED " heavenly peace:
Quell umnlts, wars and wrath -hell'S ripple
brood.
Drive thcm to SulvhWrnuS dcpihS ard grant Ms ease
From fraud and wee aEd al 'hNt hNdcrS good
Nav kings. Thou leading, oC' their people hoId
Just away. and bend them 10 Thy law. for then
shall We stand aS one Sh, NHtrd WITH one told
Ouc faith untirg all tn" hearts of mcn
w course I'VE run OF ninety lcngihrning yrrrs.
RON The IN" g''' 'ro"n them Win "lticS'
bliss,
n hearkrn 10 THY leo : PRAYERS ard tcPrS
Lest useless they should prove. q grant him this,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25

Canadian Manufacturers Association 10
an organization which represents total
investment of about $500. 100000. 1t is
probable that this is less rather than
more than half of the entire Canadian
investment in manufacturing industries.
Large sums are now being added to this,
and many new and extensive enterprises
are projected. Already complaint is
heard that the younger people of the
country are leaving the farms and moving
to the cities to find employment in shops
and factories. Recently there has been
an active discussion in the Canadian Par
lament over the immigration question,
During the debate considerable stress
wSs laid upon the desirability Of spending
thsimmgration fund for the repatriation
OF SINE of the 100000 Canadians now in
the United States, rather than for the
bringing in Of Europeans. A considera-
BILE pain of that Canadian contingent left
their homes to go to American manu-
facturinecentres to find the field of labor
which, unSl recently, has not been open
to them in their own land, namely, shop
and mill wosl,.
- Canada Possibilities as manufacture
ling country am sufficient to render them
matter OF important concern in her
ntional life. ThSreal test of the strength
1.-THE manufacturing interests, as OPP
posd to the agricus ural, has not vet been
mad. but trial ofNe question is inevi-
table At some early dAy. While the issue
is not sactly new, theenormous changes
OF even the last five Nears present the
matter H. an entirely new light. Even
that shortleriod has show tremendous
increase moth lines.
No officialsgures are obAinable which
will show the,,xtent of this Acrease with
accuracy, but q rough estimate indi-
Gates that withhno more thahfve years
Canada's agricultural interests have in
creased more thansO per cent, Mile her
manufacturing inteests have moe than
doubled. Both have now assumd pro-
portions which intensity any rivasy for
political support whid may lie between
them, and some test other respective
political influence car 10 be long de-
layed. All indications pint clearly to
an approval Of protection If manufao-
uring interests, and a Neral acquE
essence in that policy by the agricultural
element. We're the Liberal now in
power, to attempt to put into fleet the
free trade principles for whid they
profess to stand, there is little shot of a
certainty that the effort would 'esult
in a general election in which hey
would be overwhelmingly defeated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
The Travelling Ruler Of Bulgaria.

There was nothing inherently improb-
able in the report from Belgrade that
Prince FERDINAND, with hisschildren and
his mother, the Princess CLEMENTINE OF
Coburg had fled from Bulgaria. II is
an event that might always be expected.
More than once before, FERDINAND s sud-
den departure at critical moments had
been described a. flight, but he has
always returned to resume a post which
on one occasion he described as mos
difficult.
At no time, however, have the affairs
of the Balkan States been more conf
plicated than at this moment, and those
of Bulgaria in particular The fact that
NJ. PETKoFF, the brother-ln-law OF the
late NJ. STAMBOULoFF, is at present
Prime Minister of Bulgaria sufficiently
indicates the situation. NJ. PETKoFF
NAV be described as the leader OF the
rabble of the capital, and on many occa-
sions in the past he was used by NJ.
STAMBoULoFF TO terrorize the Princess
CLEMENTINE and keep Prince FERDI-
NAND in order; for the Princess is, per-
haps, more of a ruler than her son. He
is both a commonplace and dangerous
intriguer and any plot against Prince
FERDINAND is as likely to be his work
rs that of another conspirator.
The impecunicsity of the Sultan Gov
emment renders the carrying out of any
measure of reform in Me disturbed Turk
ish provinces almost an impossibility.
Russo and Austria, acting in accord and
apparently as manufactures of Europe,
will nd allow the smaller Balkan States
to intervene on behalf Of their fellow
,countrynen still under Turkish rule,
'ut disorder in Bulgaria itself would alter
tie situation and compel immediate in
reference IN the part of some great
Porer.
The Power indicated is Russia, but it
Is doubtful if hlssia is DESTROYS of seeing
matteL brought to an issue in the Near
East lLt at the time when her interest s
IN the fa East absorb her attention.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
Women md The [ hIlrrh.

10 THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr' | was
glad to see your Washington correspond
ent's suggestion that women serve as vcstry-
men in the churches
II Is quite time that every woman enga ged
IN church work should take u stand against
the present unjust conditions Women M
the pews, do the church work and give and
raise II large part Of the money expended
under the auspices of the church. vet they are
permitted to hold no posts Of responsibility
in church councils or finances such i'm.
portant matters az change of name Of the
church are discussed and settled by the
men with an utter indifference to the
wishes of the greater body OF women COM
municants which is little short of sub
lime Let us suppose that for the space
Of one short yenr no woman would attend
service. do any church work. or contribute to
the church's support What, at the end OF that
time would he the condition Of the rector in
his study. the missionary In the field or the
Bishop enthronedf
MARGUERITE pr PoNr I,EF
FNsT GtOltF STR Mass ,lNly -
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WINNE OBJECTS TO tiRiOON
II Made the Acting Post rr.d:cnera,
Look Like Grover Gle, cIand.

WASHINGTON, July PA cartoon in ,
well-known humorous weekly in regard ia
the post Office investigation has been H.,
subject Of correspondence between Ac,in,r
Postmast er-General Wynne and Asst MT
Attorney General Robb, Mr. Wynne is no,
satisfied with the likeness Of himself, NOT
because it il uncomplimen airy, but. as hi,
friends explain, on the ground that il is
more like Grover Cleveland than Acting
Postmaster-General Wynne Nj Wynn,
does not object to being placed in the sam
class with Grover Cleveland, but he b..
lieves in man being his own self, no matter
what may happen. He to-day received the
following letter:
DEAR MIR. WYNNE: think you would b.
Just flied in suing - for libel In its full
page cartoon this week il has taken picture Of
Grover Cleveland and labelled IL Wynn
The provoCatiOn is great, the punishment
should be condign.
Mr. Wynne referred the letter to Assistant
Attorney General Robb, with the following
remark
My DEAR GEN. RoBB: viii you be nv
attorney in this suit?
Mr.. Robb replied
DEAR GEN: You don't need any attorney
ANY Jury will give you damages. RoBB