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The sun., 1903-08-10
RAILROAD HONDURAS SEIZED


DR. Angel U2arte, ex-Secretary of Sta,n
OF Honduras who arrived here lasr Friday
said yesterday, at the Hotel Victoria, ,hn,
his mission to this country was to pIaro
before the State Department the case of
the Honduras Government in its dispu.
with the Honduras Syndicate, Of which
Senator Depew, Henry L. Sprague and
other prominent New Workers Nre directo or-
Honduras recently seized the railroad
operated by the syndicate DR. Ugar,n
made known yesterday that this seizure
had been made the subject of a protest
from Secretary HAY TO the Government
OF Honduras through the United States
Minister.
DIR. L CARTE is also o open Offices here 70,
the registration of Honduran bonds. tho
proceeds OF which were used to build the
railroad
According to Dr. rgarte. the American
syndicate twice violated the terms of tho
contract by which it leased the railroad
from the Government
"The trouble grew" he said "out Of tho
failure Of the syndicate to build bridge
over the tlna River, connecting the ffty.
three miles of road on the one side and
five miles on the oth her. The time for the
commencement of this work expired wear
ago last June. TO show our magnanimi,y
we gave the syndicate an extension Of A
year. They again failed to comply with
the contract, whercupon We, according 10
law seized the road, which the Govern
ment is now operating.
ut is important that it he underst ood
that the Honduras Syndicate never owned
the road, as has been supposed, II was
only leased to them
AN offer has been made for the lease
by another concern. hut We would prefer
an American company. A German com
pany would like 10 establish a German
colony, which We disapprove Of We will
welcome immigrants who come snglv, hu,
we are opposedto wholesale immigration
DR.. Cgare announced yesterday tina,
CoTdoya n@Ia Gombia has nGiporatv IGip gron,n TaNa%
as Consul-Gcncral AT this city
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ment he has fair chance Of retaining O
majority in the House OF Commons
against Protectionists and Liberals COM
bined, should such an incongruous coall-
tion be arrayed against him, as it was
against Sir ROBERT PEEL.
The second course open to Mr.. BALI
FOUR, after frank avowal of his conver-
sion to Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN's views, Ii to
cling to office until he is driven from it
by vote of censure or by defeat on some
Cabinet question. That would be an
ignominiOus descent from power.
more dignified and courageous expedl-
ent would be to dissolve Parliament
forthwith and boldly appeal to the
constituencies on the preferential tarltl
issue. On that issue, however, MIR. BAL
FOUR would almost certainly be beaten
for he would be confronted not only
by the Liberals, but by two-thirds OF
the present Cabinet and, it is rumored,
by the disapproval of Lord SALISBURY
himself.
Ill t'le hdluie VI ''hhH' WV
of a Government could not for any con-
S derable period evade taking sides with
reference to proposals SO revolutionary
az those put forward by Mr.. CHAMBER
LAIN. The conclusion said to have been
reached by the permanent officials OF
the Treasury and Board of Trade will
merely hasten decision which could
not have been long delayed.
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MIR. Theodore Roosevelt. 4.

II the President Of the United States
were to announce his determination to
ask Congress to repeal that part OF the
law creating the Department OF Com
merce which since it's enactment has
been felt to be 80 serious a menace to
industrial capital, he would change the
whole complexion OF that which now
causes him such deep concern.
1t should be distinctly understood that
Mr.. ROOSEVELT is not insensible to ex-
sting conditions. He recognizes them
and he regrets them. He does not now
think that disturbances IN Wall Street
and disturbances Of the general publlc
confidence are one and the same thing
He dscriminateS between the clamor
of the New York Stock Exchange ana
the senstiyeness of the country's capi-
tal He distinguishes the effect from the
cause
Mr.. ROOSEVELT has done great many
things that were not perhaps wise, not
perhaps dictated by business teaching
and experience, and which have proved
to be fraught with grave consequences
which he was not able to foresee. Is it
too much to say that in his case, as in the
case of so many great figures in history,
one timely, mastery and beneficent
stroke Of policy would obliterate the
memory and effect of all that had gone
before il?
WM any frank and honest mind dvow
that thereby Mr.. ROOSEVELT woud, in any
wise, prejudice that ambition ubich is
nearest to his hedrts
The sun., 1903-08-10

The Farmers Anti-Automobile League
is the name of businesslike association
recently formed in Illinois for the purpose
Of waging relentless war on scorching
automobilists The members Of this league
will be required to pay monthly dues regu-
larly, and the money thus raised Is to be
used in prosecuting the offenders. The
leagues membership embraces three vii
lagos in the territory just west OF Evanston,
but applications for admission will be re-
ceived from any part of the State.
Evidence that there is no lack Of determi-
nation among the men who compose this
association is afforded by the following
statement made by one of its officers:
I'VE have decided that this scOrching business
must stop. We don't want to yet into trouble. out
we are going to use force II necessary. carry a
shotgun mys self and know Of Others that do.
The other day the same man came whizzng by me
twice The nrst time I steered my team out OF
the way In time but the second time didnt hurry
much. | guess he thought was gong 10 give
him the whole road. but he m,scalcuated ana mad
to take 10 the ditch guess he would sell MS
automobile pretty cheap now
While the reckless motorists" in the
northeastern part Of Illinois may fare worse
hereafter than their brothers nearer the
Atlantic coast, the latter are likely, also,
to find some "hard sleddng' In Ham
monton, n. j., a town situated on the high
way between Philadelphia and Atlantic
City, it is reported that an organization
has been formed under the name of the
Whiteclps, whose object will be to inter
cept automobilsts who violate the Speed
Inv. The Whiteoaps have installed tele-
phones one mile and quarter apart IN the
houses of the fire companies Of Hammon-
ton. When motor vehicle passes one OF
these houses it's number is reported to the
telephone station down the road If less
than a given time is occupied by vehicle
between the two stations, ropes will be
stretched across the street and the operator
will be arrested.
There may be difference of opinion as to
the desirabity of adopting the foregoing
measures and others Of similar nature to
discourage daredevil driving, but al good
citizens are agreed that scorching must
be stopped
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Great News for SociolOglsts.

In spite of the statutes, ordinances,
and regulations devised by Legislatures
Aldermen and Departments to regulate
human affairs, and in the face OF the
teachings OF sociology, a considerable
portion of the inhabitants OF New YORK
has succeeded up to the present in con-
ducting it's personal affairs in its own
way. This deplorable condition has
not failed to attract the attention OF
advanced philosophers and sociologlsts'
1t has caused them much pain. There
fore, they will rejoice that one OF their
number has devised plan which, when
it is put in operation, will bring the
personal affairs Of large part of the
population under the most approved
sociological control
Mr.. JAMES b. REYNOLDS is the states
man-sociologist who is the author OF
the latest plan for uplifting the masses.
His is name held in high esteem where
ever sociology is revered. His was the
plan to curb the notorious crimes of
those incorrigible misdemeanants the
dealers in old books. by license and tag.
He is the man who introduced the Hon.
SETH Low to the pushcart pedlers.
His name is written high in the temple
of sociological fame.
Mr. REYNOLDS, seeing the reckless man
ner in which the public has persisted in
conducting it's personal affairs in its own
manner, and understanding the hideous-
ness of such n thing, has decided that the
antors of New York shall be made the
agents of the improvement OF the race.
Az a large majority of New Workers.
are dwellers in tenement houses of one
class or another, the comprehensive
ness of the plan is apparent. Mr.,
REYNOLDS sees it; and all that remains
is for the Legislature to pass a bill,
which Mr.. REYNOLDS and his friends
will prepare, providing the machinery
for executing the plan.
The draft of the bill is now in prepara-
tion, and it contains this clause:
THAT janltor or housekerper OF a tenement
house or aathouse be required not only to look
after the material welfare OF the house, but also
be Interested In the moral and physical welfare
OF It's Inhabitants"
There may be jantors who will re-
gard such an obligation as rather large
order; but the bill will provide for
licensing and tagging all janitors, under
Mr. REYNoLDs's supervision, so that
no unworthes will be on the list Of
physical and moral custodians.
The future of tenement dwellers,
instructed and protected morally and
physically by jantors selected on socio-
logical lines by the Hon JAMES b.
REYNOLDS, s bright indeed; but what
ia to become of the unfortunates, few
in number, comparatively, but in the
main dangerously careless Of the neces-
sity of sociological oversight, who dwell
In private residences?
This is the fatal weakness OF the pro-
posed measure. II grants class privi-
leges to the tenement dwellers. For
this reason it is class legislation that
Mr. REYNOLDS proposes Unless the bill
is amended so as to include people who
do not live in tenements, the courts
migm declare it unconstitutional.
The sun., 1903-08-10
ROY BUILDS 4 STEAMBOAT.
Fifteen-Year-Oid webb Davis Has Made
One Big Enough to Carry Passengers.

MADISON, n j., Aug. 9-Webb Davis,
is years old, and nephew of James A
Webb, has just completed little steam
boat, which can be seen almost daily rum
ming on the Passsic River. The boat and
it's entire fittings were made by the boy
in his own workshop and he is now engaged
in constructing a new boiler. with which
he expects to get moro speed out Of the
boat.
1t was not built by rule Of thumb. but from
scale drawings 1nd specifications carefully
worked out by the young mechanic. The
first run to Sterling was complete suc-
cess and he surprised many of the farmers
who had never expected to see steam
boat capable Of carrying passengers on
the stream.
Several months ago the boy appeared
on the streets In an automobile OF his own
manufacture He spends most Of his time
in his workshop, which has been fitted UP
with a good deal Of expensive machinery
The lad is a student at Stevens Institute at
HobOAen.
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FOur-Ieayed ShamrOCks.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Sir, My lunch
hour and the locality OF my daily labors do not
permit me to visit the ever charming Aquarium,
where some day, some holiday, perhaps. | may
meet the genius who, In your Sunday columns.
amuSes and inStructS us about green morayS.
angel fishes. DC. so that after my 'hasty plate OF
SOUP" wander past the pleasing howerbeds in
the City Hall Park which look TO day as II they'd
look exceedingly beautiful after few warm days
to supplement the rainy weather which has nour-
lshed the plants while delaying their bloom. In
the small lcavcd clover which forms the bulk OF
the turf surrounding these beds have diligently
sought for four cavcd shamrock and have never
yet found one, In my own little suburban farm
| caught with my eye. very casually and without
looking for them. and speedily gathered three In
about three and a quarter minutes.
Docs nature rebel against Oilclal surroundings
and refuse gentle omens OF good luck TO politicians
The actual Irish shamrock grows freely In Borough
Park now. and has for many years been found in
Cndcr Park, COiIcyvlllc. South Brooklyn. which
is the nearest point In this region to the Ould
Dart and has always until lately. been as purely
Irsh as Cork. The Swedes own the locality now
NEw YORK. Aug. q. w. GOLD.
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December the bonds had dropped to 2s1a'
A committee for the National company,
with William F. Harrity as its chairman,
was also organized.
But the bubble had burst. The Audit
Company Of New York was called upon to
investigate the financial condition OF the
companies, and a receiver was appointed.
The millions invested bya conflding public
had vanished The gigantic combination
in which well-known Philadelphia finan-
ciers had been the organizing and control
ling agents, and Of which the present Police
Commissioner of New York was the presi-
dent, collapsed completely. The Biddle
committee began what appeared to be a
genuine work of investigation, and, in asso-
citation with the Harrity committee con-
sdered ways and means Of dragging some
thing out of the wreck.
The sun., 1903-08-10
Gen. Miles ON August q, 1903

We earnestly hope 10 is true that Secre.
tary Roof did what he could do to break
the effect Of the official treatment Of
Lieut.. Gen. MILES on the occasion Of his
retirement, by sending to that veteran
a personal message Of good will anc
appreciation.
Otherwise, the incident will have tc
stand ON the historical record In unre.
lieved brutality.
For any attempt now to correct this
monstrous error Of injustice by tardy
utterance of official recognition Of Gen
MIIEs's long and illustrious military
career will be so obviously undertaken
under duress Of public opinion that il
must serve to emphasize rather thar
mitigate the original impression.
The sun., 1903-08-10
Justice In yermilion County.

At Danville, ILL.,, on the night of July
25, a mob hanged, shot and burned a
negro. Early the next morning the
same mob broke into the county Jail
and beat a negro to death with sledge-
hammers. Sheriff WHITLoCK of YER
million fired into the mob, and did his
best to defend his negro prisoner. The
mob would have killed him if it could.
Is the courage of Vermilion county
concentrated in its Sheriff? The Jail
is guarded by militia company, which
was st oned the other day by a mob. The
Grand Jury is in session. What has it
done to show that law must reign and
lawlcssness be punished in Vermlion
county? 1t has returned indictments
against twelve men charged with taking
part in the riots. These twelve men are
indicted for "injuring public jail, y
that is, for misdemeanor Even il they
are convicted, they will not have to 20
to the penitentiary.
This is only the beginning of the Grand
Jurys work. 1t may still find indict-
ments for the participants in the crimes
of July 25 and July 20. This first batch
of VcrmiliOn indictments has the air of
a CHASTITY joke,
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Tho Art Of Tumbling Downstairs.

Mr.. BRYAN's temperate and polished
criticism of Mr.. CLEVELAND is not ap-
preciated even by stanch and long-for-
bearing Bryanites. They can forbear
no longer. From two judge all. The
Virginidn Pilot advises Mr.. BRYAN that
he is rapidly and successfully commit
ting political hari-kari, to the glee and
gloat of his dearest political enemies, !"
and it sprinkles him with this odorous
comparison:
The Democratic camp has had enough trouble
without being aflicted with raging THRRsITBs
who cannot distinguish between the advantage OF
securing party harmony and the selfsatisfaction
of aggravsting old wounds and enmlties"
Bless thee APOLLO, god of the silver
bow; thou art translated!
And here is the Atlanta Constitution,
making this impertinent and impossible
request of the oracle OF Fairview:
-There Is one supreme debt that MI BRYAN owes
10 the Democratic party and which he should be
generous and humble enough to pay in full. He
should either talk sense when he talks poltcs-0r
quiet down and go home!"
Not even one part of sense to sixteen
of Organism will satisfy this implacable
censor. Talk sense or shut upl And
MIR. BRYAN can do neither In the name
ofhumanity, in the name of fparamountcy,
in the name of peerlessness, in the name
of the toilng masses and the bleeding
brow Of labor, we protest against this
cruelty.
The sun., 1903-08-10

Cathay, have risen. They have turned the
savagery of youth to an aesthetic and
patriotic purpose. In squads OF five or
ten, axe bearing, hammer-bearing, they ap-.
peared in the streets last week, and smashed
and burned several hundred advertising
signs, nailed by certain vandals to elms and
places of historical interest.
The signs had been put up without legal
permission. The children were carrying
out the law, not breaking it. And the
Salem newspapers are the proper vehicle
OF Salem advertising
These Salem sign smashers were just as
public spirited as, and decidedly more altru-
istic than, the Boston boys OF the Revolu-
ton who vindcated their right to coast
on the Common.
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From The PnladeI pnia Erentnc bulletin Of Aug. s..

From the PhLdde phid EreninG Bulletin Of Au0.5
Sunny Italy seemed far away to Angelo Ricardo
and PaSQualc Ticce to day when Magistrate 'Bren
in the Twenty third and Brown streets station fined
them $40 and costs each for malicious mischief in
Paramount Park
Often, 10 the testimony ran. the tail marble
statues OF celebrities that dot the drivcways In the
park are the targets for missiles from small boys.
but seldom from men. The monument OF II. II.
Houston. on Lincoln Drive, the only carving In the
park with glasses, proves especially inviting
Yesterday Ricardo and Ticee left their home on
Penn street. Germantown. and strolcd through
the park, When they reached the monument they
seemed unable TO resist Its attract tons. and picking
stones from the driveway. began test OF accurate
throwing Soon one end OF the glasses on the face
was knocked loose and the statue chppcd.
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The Foremost Living American soldiers.

To The EDITOR OF The SUN-SIR: In
your issue Of Aug. you pay deserved
tribute to the military vaor of Lieut. Cen
Miles You go on TO say that Gen Miles
has had more experience OF war than any
othcr soldier of his high rank now living.
Lieut. Gen. John NJ Schoheld. I. S. A.. ia
now living. and so is Lieut.-Gen. james
Longstrcet, c. ). A,
Their experience of war is not exceeded
by that of any living man in this. or in any
country, and very much Of their experience
was gained while they were exercising very
high command. EDWARD $. HOLDEN.
WFsT POINT. Aus. Q.
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The young women Of DR.. HARPER's Uni

The young women Of DR. HARpER's Uni
versity of Chicago have fresh grievance,
They have borne meekly such nicknames
as Midway girls and -co-eds,' but they
blench at the word ~segs." seq con-
notates the segregation, in recitation hours,
of the women Of the two lower classes from
the trousered students. In a letter to the
Chicago editors the woman students say
that they prefer the less Objectionable,
though unadmirable, term co-eds." Seq"
is not pretty; and. no doubt, the "segs' are.
Coed" will never be hanged for its beauty.
1t is choice Of evils.
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New Hospital on tho Upper East Side.

The Sydenham Society has founded a
hospital and dspensary at A7 East listh
street at which the poor may receive free
treatment. The dispensary Ia situated
on the lower floors and on the upper floors
there are twenty beds and an operating
room. Drs. Salo Cohn, r. Cronson, }
Goldstein, H. Jarecky, h. Kunitzer, ).
Levin, l.. Lchtschein, =: Mark and IL.
Marcus have volunteered their services
to the institution.
The sun., 1903-08-10
Tho Latest Aspects Of MIR. Chamb err
lain's scheme.

It may have been noticed that Premier
BALFoUR in the House OF Commons and
the Duke of DEvoNsHIRE in the House Of
Lords, replying to questions concerning
the position which the Government in
tended to take with reference to the pro-
posal of preferential tariff, said in sub
stance that the members OF the Cabinet
had agreed TO differ, pending the COM
pletion of an inquiry into the fiscal, in
dustrial and commercial effects Of the
scheme
In view Of the importance of the sub
ject il was at first presumed that the
investigation would be delegated to a
Royal Commission, but it now turns out
that an inquiry by the permanent Of
ticials Of the Treasury and the Board of
Trade was what the leaders of the Gov
ernment had in mind. According to the
London Daily Mail the inquiry has been
finished, and the outcome is unanimous
report against the adoption of the pro-
posal to tax food products imported
from foreign countries in order to admit
similar commodities from the colonies
duty free.
That such a conclusion would be
reached was expected, for the perma-
nent officials of the Treasury at all events
whatever might be thought of the
Board of Trade-would naturally share
the views known to be held by all the
living Chancellors of the Exchequer,
including the three Unionists, Lord
GoscHEN, Sir MICHAEL HIcKs-BEACH
and Mr.. RITCHIE.
The inquiry having been completed,
what will Mr.. BALFoUR do? Having no
longer any pretext for suspension of
Judgment, he must, apparently, avow
himself in favor of Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN &
policy, or else proclaim himself against
it. II he choose the latter course, he
can no doubt continue to govern, for il
is most improbable that any important
member of the Cabinet except Mr.. CHAM
BERLAN would then resign. In that
event the project Of preferential tariff
would be relegated to the limbo of dead
causes and the member for West Bir-
mingham, who seemed but yesterday ia
be the foremost man in England, would
find himself reduced to a state of impo-
tent isolation, politician without a
party. He would have played for a
great stake and lost
suppose 1t to be true, however, that
Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN has made a convert
OF the Premier, and that, when pressed
to the wall Mr. BALFoUR will confess the
truth, In that case, three courses will
be open to him. He can resign; where
upon the sovereign will either send for
the Duke Of DEvoNsHIRE or for rep
resentative of the Liberal party 1t is
more probable that the Duke will be in
vited to form Cabinet, inasmuch as
during 'he lifetime of the present Parlia
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BOSTON, Mass, Aug. &.
enator Burtons Idea Of tho Ancient EGyp-
tians.

From fhs Chicago Times.
United States Senator Is not expected 10 know
everything, but he ought to know that the ancient
Egyptians were not negrOes and that the daughter
OF tho priest OF INDIAN. whom Moses married, was
not negrcss, Senator Burton of Kansas evI
IDENTITY does not, for he would not Intentionally
mislead the people OF Moline before whom he dis
Cussed the negro question with Senator Tiuman.
There were negroes In Egypt thousands OF years
ago. bus they were slaves. The Egyptians them
selves. the ancestors OF tho present Inhabitants of
the country, were not blacks. The mummies, the
statues the pictures In the tombs and the lang uag'
prove that they were not
The sun., 1903-08-10
BLUE HERON CAUGHT IN JERSEY.
Stray Bird Hurt and Far From Home
Died Soon After Capture.

Francis Williams Of Nutley. N. j.. capt
lred blue heron on the banks Of TIE
Kingsand mill pond one day last week.
The bird stood feet inches high and its
wings spread 0 feet inches. 1t had evi-
IDENTIFY been injured In an encounter with
some other bird or animal, as it's efforts to
escape we're feeble. Williams tried to saw"
the herons life as It is rare bird In these
parts, but it died soon after capture