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FOR THE WOMFN INSPECTORS.
Delegation From This City Call on Secre.
tarv Shaw in Their Behalf

WASHINGTON May IA delegation
frora New York called on Secretary Shaw
this afternoon to talk with him about the
continuance of the women inspectors OF
immigration in service at the port OF New
York Several women inspectors were
temporarily employed this spring for the
purpose Of preventing the admission OF
alien women who came to this country for
immoral purposes The experiment was
not a success and the service was ordered
discontinued few days ago
The delegation which came to enter a
protest against the discontinuance OF the
staff of women inspectors was composed
of DR.. Josiah Strong. president Of the
American Institute of Social Service: Mrs.
Margaret Dye Ellis. superintendent of the
departme of Legislation of the Women
Christian Tempera nee Union; Miss Sadie
American of the Wonen's Municipal League
and the National Council Of Jewish Women.
and Miss Florence Kelly. Secretary Shaw
will not revoke bis order discontinuing the
women INSPECTORS.
The sun., 1903-05-23
Mr.. Roosevelt at His Apogee.

To-day is a notable date in the Presi-
dents itinerary because it marks his
farthest from the post of Executive duty.
his nearest to the North Pole. and the
turning point in the remarkable journey
which has tested his energies, physical
and mental, since he set forth from Wash
inRton about eight weeks ago After
leaving Seattle Mr. RoosEvELT's face
will be turned steadily toward the White
House and the comparative seclusion
which that mansion affords.
1t is too early to sum up the results of
the most extensive scheme Of travel
which any President of the United States
ever undertook while in Office. The
trouble is not over. nor are the wayside
delights exhausted. According to the
original schedule, which has been 80
conscientiously observed up to date, MIR.
ROOSEVELT has vet not less than thirty
ak cities to visit, and therefore not less
than thirty-six fiHt-class speeches to
make, without reckoning the incidental
stops and less elaborate communings
with the people along the route.
Few men now living are capable Of
extracting such continuous enjoyment
from q terrestrial progress 40 rapid and
ambitious. Probably even Mr. RoosE-
WELT would have wearied long ago Of the
everlasting chug-chug of the locomotive
ahead and the eternal plinkety-plink Of
the wheels over the rails beneath his pri-
vate car had he not been sustained not
only by phenomenal buoyancy of per-
sonal temperament but also by strong
sense of duty to the people whose Presi-
dent he is. 1t may be said truthfully
that he has neglected no opportunity
since April 1 to inform himself Of the
state of public opinion.
The scheduled date of the President 3
arrival in Washington is June 5, two
weeks from Yesterday. If present ar
rangements are carried out, after brief
sojourn OF three or four days at the
Executive Mansion Mr.. ROOSEVELT will
proceed in his private car to Cleveland,
Ohio, where the Hon. MARCUS AURELIUS
HANNA expects to entertain him socially.
This little supplementary trip has no pos
sible political significance; the State
Convention of the Ohio Republicans will
have been held and adjourned more than
a week before Mr.. ROOSEVELT next sees
Mr. HANNA.
For the remainder of the President s
journey of continental exploration, for
the special supplementary trip to visit
Mr.. HANNA's household and for all sub
sequent peregrinations by land or sea
to undertake, we wish him the same un-
common good luck, high spirits and i'm
munity from accident or serious annoy
ance as have happily attended his prodig.
ious wanderngs during the past eight
weeks.
The sun., 1903-05-23
Mr.. Devery.

If Tammany and Mr. CHARLES F.
MURPHY disregard BIG BILL DEvERY's
warning and nominate candidate for
Mayor who does not fit the ex-police-
mans measure Of u man of the people
the poor and the wise will call them bene-
factors. Philosophers, philanthropists,
phiologists, will reap harvest of edif-
cation and instruction from the oracle of
The Pump. The hungry and those that
thirst will be satisfied. Prosperity will
embrace the historic Ninth, and happi-
ness will he the lot Of the followers of
Mr.. DEvERY. In other words the obsti-
nate Tammany in precpitating Deverv
campaign will give to the town some
thing the like of which for life and color
it has never rejoced in.
Mr.. MURPHY is not without argument
for n bold defiance of the enemy on his
trail. The historic candidacy of Battle
axe PAT GLEASON for Mayor in 1897 only
needs little rubbing up to impress all
minds with the similarity Of it to the
threatened Pump movement.
GLEASON had been Mayor Of Long
Island City and politically intrenched
therein for years. In many ways he
resembled the DEvERY whom New York
has known for the last twelvemonth.
He was the favorite of the hard-shell
Democrats, because he was their friend
politically, socially and financially. The
children of the community fairly loved
him. Tho women found him always with
open purse and helping hand. In his
own home he was regarded az invincble.
To a great extent his following was a
personal one, under obligations to him
for tangible benefits received
When the regular nominations for
Mayor were made in 1897 GLEASON was
so incensed at the Tammany nominee
that he would not support him. In
stead. he announced that he was can
didate for Mayor circulated a nominat-
ing petition and got on the ballot. He
made vigorous campaign, speaking,
distributing literature, appealing to all
voters. In many ways he was as pict-
uresouo as DRyERY; blunt of speech,
uncducated but shrewd; dashing,
energetic, humorous man. whose meth
DDS and history appealed strongly TO the
popular imagination.
In the election OF that year 526558
votes were cast. VAN WYCK defeated
Low by plurality of So, ,457, and the total
vote polled by GLEASON was l,023. or
the Gleason vote, 5e7, or a little over so
per cent, came from his home. The
! to'r vote wolled in Queens borough was
The sun., 1903-05-23
SICKNESS At NAVY YARDS.
Another Case OF Meningitis From the
Receiving ship Minneapolis.

WAsHINGToN, May 22.-1'hc appearance
of another cese OF meningitis rmong the
enlisted men of the ncvy at the League
Island NCvy Yard, who We're Querered on
the receiving ship Minneapolis, he's charmed
the naval authorities. and to-day acting
Secretary of the Nevy Darling hfd con-
ference on the subject with the Department
bureau chiefs II was decided that the
Minneapolis should be placed out OF com
mission, orders to that effect being issued
Immediately, and her quarters thoroughly
overhauled and resrrenged The men will
continue to be quartered in tents ct the
League Island yard until some other qui,r-
ters can he provided for them.
On the recommends ton Of Rear Admiral
Tavlor, Chief OF the Bureau of Navigation,
acting Secretary Drrling issued orders
FOR the erection of temporary receiving
barracks at the Brooklyn and the Norfolk
navy yards There will be three buildings
at each yard capable OF accommodating
500 men, and the total estimated cost will
be 22OOOO This money will bc obtained
from the Department emergency fund.
The sun., 1903-05-23
,ep,,ent solely on decisions and Judge

pendent solely on decisions and judge
made law.
II an action for libel be now brought
against Governor PENNYPAcKER he Will
probably put in an answer. claiming
that the libel was published by him in
the discharge of his duties az the supreme
executive of the State, and in this way
it ia quite probable he may escape pun
ishment and liability for punitive dam
ages, which would doubtless be awarded
by an intelligent jury to punish him for
his vindictive attack on the man whom
he called an outcast.
On the other hand, it may be said that
in this particular instance in equity
there should be no Immunity extended
to the Governor, because the Consti-
tuition of Pennsylva MIA does not require
him to give any reason for approving
bill and makes it necessary for him to
state his views only when he fails to
approve it,
That Constitution says
Every bill which shall have passed both houses
shall be presented to the Governor; " he approve
he shall sign IT, but II he shah not approve he shall
return /, with his object Ions to the house In which
1t shall have originated. which house shall enter
the objections at large upon their Journal and
procccd to reconsider IT,"
So when Governor PENNYPACKER
signed this infamous law he was not
obliged to give any reason for his action,
and there was clearly no excuse for his
indulging in the malevolent message
in which he denounced Bishops and
newspapers in general. and some news
paper men in particular. Ii was case
of malicious action on the part OF the
Executive for which no excuse can be
given.
The sun., 1903-05-23
FRANCHISE TAX FIGHT,
Now the Corporations Interested WIN Go
to the I. n. Supreme Court

ALBANY, May g? The motion of thres
big New York city corporations. the Con-
soldated Gas Company the Brooklvn
City Railroad Company and the Coney
Island and Brooklya Railroad Company
made to the Court of Appeals for reargu.
ment Of the special franchise tax csscs.
was denied to-day by the court
As the result of the decision of he Court
OF Appeals at Albany yesterday denying
the motion for reargument for the special
franchise tax cases, the corporal ions in
terested will ask Chief Justice Alton
Parker Of the Court Of Appeals to sign
writ OF error taking the cases before the
United s ates Supreme Court The writ
law is unconstitutional in that it impairs
the obligations of contracts under which
the franchises were granted.
John j.. Wells of Sheehan & Collin, who
represent thirty Of the corporations in
,erested, said yesterday that the Court Of
Appeals decision was a foregone cOnclu-
sion for which the appellants were pre-
pared
"lf Judge Parker signs the writ Of error
s1id MIR. Wells, "the cases Will go on the
United States Supreme Court calendar
and will not come up for year unless he
calendar at our request as he has right TO
do
"In the meantime many of the corpora
,ions will pay the tax under the stipulation
in the law that the money shall be ret urncd
If the law is declared unconstitutional in
the highest courts. In that event the
amount will be returned with per cent
interest whereas If the tax money is with
held by the corporations the State may
collect with per cent. interest if the law
is declared valid.
-Thc time for paying the franchise tax
is up in July. and most of the corporations
will pay their taxes before July 1"
The sun., 1903-05-23
CITY LIGHTS COST roo MtCH,
Says Monroe, Stiil IIankeriDE After q Gas
Plant Advised Not 10 Paw.

Says Monroe, SIN IIankerinS After q Gas
Plant-AslviSed Not TO Pay.
Commissioner Monroe OF the Department
of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. whose
bill providing for the erection Of municipal
lighting plant was killed by the Legislature.
renewed his fight against the lighting
companies yesterday at the meeting OF the
Board of Estimate. II was plain this time
that the members of the board were not in
sympathy with him. Even the Mayor.
who was understood to favor the municipal
lighting idea, suggested to the Commits
sioner that the city's interests might be
better conserved by conciliating the light
ing companies rather than by antagonizing
them.
Col Monroe repeated the arguments
and figures he used in support OF his bill.
He asserted that the city is overcharged
for street lighting. and went on to say
that the city should not leave the control of
mantle gas lights to any monopoly. and
urged that new bids should be advertised
for The gas and electric lighting compa-
MES, he said, are controlled 10y the Con-
solidated Gas Company.
-Then how do you expect to gain any
thing by readvertisng" asked Comptroller
Grout
Commissioner Monroe replied that by
rejecting the old bids and calling for new
ones some advantages might follow. but
this did not appeal to the Comptroller.
You ought to go ahead he said to
Col. Monroe. land put in all the lights you
want. The companies are compelled 20
light the streets. II they charge more than
you think they ought, refuse to pay them
and let them go 10 the courts for their
remedy The companies have got TO light
the streets. If you are not Satisfied with
what they charge the city lot them sue
and then they will have to prove that their
charges are reasonable
But suppose they don't sue?' Col Mon
roc asked.
Then they won't get any money Comp
trollor Grout and Borough President Cantor
replied simultaneously. and the Board
laughed.
Accompanying Commissioner Monroe's
repor, was one from Cary T. Hutchinson
an expert engineer Mr.. Hutchinson COM
puted that to provide for 5000 arc lights.
the number now in rse and to light public
buildings, the cost Of municipal plant
would be &3.OOO,OOO For a 10000 arc light
plant the cost would bc 81 2Os 900.
After tho Mayor had suggested that a
conciliatory policy toward the companies
might be productive Of good results, the
whole matter was referred to a committee
consisting of the Mayor, the Comptroller
and President Fornes of the Aldermen.
The sun., 1903-05-23
REfORM SCHOOL ATTACKED.
l:rout's Investigator Says That a BrO0klyn n
Institution Is Badl! Managed.

When the Board OF Estimate took up
Yesterday an application from the trustees
Of the Brooklyn Disciplinary School for
an appropriation OF more than $500 COO for
new buildings, DR.. ID G. Potter the Comp
rollers examiner of charitable instit,l-
,ions, presented repor, in which he recon-
mended the discoutnuance of the school
II was asserted that the teachers Of the
siitution were not fitted for their work
that there was an overcrowdng OF dormi-
tories and that the health laws were violated
Supt. Farrell Of The school denied these
charges. He said that the institution was
we'll cared for IN every respect and was
ahead Of other similar institutions in eni-
cheney and sanitary conditions.
The Mayor said tina, in his opithon lie
conduc, Of the officers of tho institution
or its efficiency was not on trial and that
the only question seemed To be one OF policy
on the par, of the city. On motion Of he
Mayor il was decided to refer the whole
question 20 committee composed IL the
Mayor, the Comptroller and President
Fornes Of the Board Of Aldermen.
The sun., 1903-05-23

up and down railway line, first in front OF
local train and afterwsrd before an express
it gave pretty lifelike INIT alton OF chicken
on a country path securing along In front OF
a well-disposed pedestrian and clucking az
IL the end OF all things were at hand. IL
there is really any such thing as horse sense
1t ought to lead the animal to get out OF the
way of railroad train. The dog some
times chases a train and barks al II in the
vain hope OF frightening 1t away, but he
knows enough to get of the track. Proba-
bly, the defenders of the horse will say that,
Of the track, because that would be throw
ing the race.
The sun., 1903-05-23
Russian Jews and Money.

To THR EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir: When
the eGrly reports of the killing at Kish!nen
came TO light the Russian Minister, Count
Cassini. denied the same. Now. when the
facts cannot be hid. he makes the assertion
that il was caused by the Jews loaning money.
Having been secretary of small local COM
mttee to help refugees from Russia and other
Eastern countries for tho past ten years.
have still to nee a Russian jew with any kind
of wealth 4 great many are assisted from
Buffalo to Erie on the way West, and many
hundreds passed through this city. but never
one of means. Many are settled here. but all
nre hard " orking men who. think God, soon
appreciate the Government of the United
states In Russia Government official
blames them as being socialists. Now.
class which is one cannot be the other,
ERIE, Pa. May -. JUSTICE.
The sun., 1903-05-23
THE NEW ARMY RIFLE.
Further Tests Prove II 10 Be the Most
Effective Small Arm known.

WASHINGTON. May 22--Gen. Crozier.
Chief Of Ordnance. made public to-day the
complete report Of the officers who recently
tested the new experimental magazine
rife designed by the Ordnance Bureau.
In the opinion of ordnance experts this
rife exceeds In effectiveness and suitability
any other small arm known. Its mecha-
nism Is pronounced almost perfect and the
only question now to be determined IL
whether it can be used by both cavalry
and infantry. The cavalry has always
carried a shortened rife known "a a carbine;
the new arm IL two inches longer than
the carbine but six inches shorter than the
infantry arm.
Briefly, the experimental rifle tested
by the board uses a rimless cartridge, The
weight Of the bullet Is 220 grains, and that
OF the powder charge H.5 grains me
powder pressure is AZ GOO pounds per square
inch, and the muzzle velocity 2aO feet per
second
The gun may he used as singe-loader
with the magazine empty or charged at
one time with five cartridges by the use OF
clip II may be taken apart and put to-
eether without the use OF special tools,
and less skill to do so is required han with
test had barrel 80 inches long but this
was later shortened to "a inches which re-
duced the weight of the weapon to 81
pounds, as compared with 1917 pounds,
the weight of the gun now in Use. Some
of this reduction in weight is due to the
adoption of ramrod bayonet in place OF
the sword bayonet.
Tests with the new gun included firing
for rapidity with accuracy, rapidity at
will, penetration and endurance. Each OF
these tests resulted satisfactorily. The
conclusion reached was that when rapid
aim fire Is used the new rifle is superior in
raridity and accuracy to that now furnished
the army. The report says;
Notwithstanding the familiarity Of the
ma arksmen with the latter arm, the expert
mental rife exceeded it 9.3 per cent. in rapid,
ity. and 1919 per cent. in hits on the first trIal
OF the third and fourth trials showed that In
rnpIdity the new experimental rife exceeded
the service arm by ls.j per cent. and In hits
$40 per cent.
The sun., 1903-05-23
4 CRUISER SQIiDRON.
II Is to Act In Con junction with the
Battleship Squadron In the Far Fast.

WASHINGTON. May 22,-The cruisers Al
bany, Cincinnati and Raleigh sailed y"st"r-
day from Vllefranche for Port Said, nth'ir
way TO the Asiatic station, With the New
Orleans, sister of the Albany, they will
form cruiser squadron to act in coninnc-
ton with the battleship squadron o. Hear
ders for the formation Of this squadron
wero issued several months ago. and II is
declared at the Navy Department that they
have no connection with events in Man
churia or elsewhere in the Orient.
The cruiser San Francisco lief, Santiago,
Cuba Yesterday for Bermuda, on route
to the Mediterranean to Augment the Euro
pean squadron, which, by the detachment
of the Albany the Cincinnati and the Ra-
leigh, has been reduced 10 two ships; the
cruiser Chicago and the gLnhoa' Machlas,
The Chicago is TO br called hon" for re-,
pairs. She will be- replaced by the a.rlnor"d
cruiser Brooklyn, to which Rear Admiral
Cotton will transfer his flag
The sun., 1903-05-23
The Governor Misstates the Contents
of the GOOdsell.Bcdell Bill.

After viewing the Goodsell-Bedell bill
from all standpoints, Governor ODELL
signed it on Thursday and filed with it
characteristic memorandum. This bill
has been described accurately as a bill
to discourage provision for poor persons
suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
Governor ODELL says of the bill: 1t
seeks to prevent the erection Of such
hospitals without the consent of the
Board of Supervisors of the county or
the Town Board Of the town in which
the hospital is to be erected" The act
as approved, however, requires the con-
sent of both county and town. BY sub
stituting or in his memorandum for
the and in the bill the Governor re-
duoes the iniqnity of his bill more than
half. This substitution of "or" for
land may have been a slip Of the pen,
but here is a paragraph from his memo
randum that seems like deliberate
misstatement:
Under existing laws municipalities Of the first
class are not permitted to establish such hospitals
outside OF their own limits In cities or Incorporated
villages or in towns without the consent OF the
loo Board OF Health and the approval OF the State
Commissioner OF Health.
This bill substitutes for the state Commissioner
OF Health the local Board of Supervisors OF the
county and for the ocal Boo I'd OF Health the Town
Board thus making to the localities the same
home rule principles which are guaranteed 10 cities
OF all classes
There is no such provision in the bill.
II does not substitute one set Of consents
for another, nor does it repeal earlier pro-
visions Of the health law. In comment
ing on this memorandum the current
number of Charities says regarding this
paragraph:
In the particular case cited by the Governor ne
law adds requirements to others already existing;
but In other cases. as. for example. a hospital Of
fraternal order for It's own members. OF privately
endowed hospital. such Us Mr pHIPPs has given 10
Philadelphia. II interposcs obstacles where none
exist cd and where none is needed"
Either Governor ODELIi is grossly ig-
norant OF the provisions Of his own bill
or he has deliberately misrepresented
them,
The sun., 1903-05-23
JEW IMMyGRANTs INCREASING.
Arrivals OF the Last 10 Months Exceed
Arrivals OF the Previous II Months.

WASHINGTON. May 22.-Although no
official information has reached the 1mmi-
grafton Bureau In regard to possible rush
Of Jewish immigrants to this country as
result Of the outrages In Russia. 1t 10 De-
lieved that large number will arrive on our
shores within the next few weeks,
There has been large increase OF immi-
grafton OF Jews from the Russian Empire
during the last few months. In the hscal
year ended June 80. 1902, the number OF
Jews entering the United States from Russia
and Finland was 37.S48. In the first ten
months OF the current fiscal year the number
was 3s,sl4 There has also been great
increase in Jewish immigration from hou-
mania and Austria Hungary. Roumanlan
Jews to the number of 8,5s9 entered this
country in the fiscal year 1902, while the
number for the last ten months was 6osa
In the last fiscal year the number OF Jews
and the number from the same country
In the ten months ending April 30 last was
1888. The whole number OF Jews enter
ing the United States last year was 81 $685.
the number during the last ten months was
6i,sl6.
The records OF the Immigration Bureau
show that in the last four years "a per cent.
OF all the Jews coming to the United States.
from foreign countries were from Russia.
OF the remainder, rs per cent came from
Austria Hungary and 10 per cent. from
Roumania There was a great increase In
the arrivals OF Roumanian Jews imme-
diately after the outrages in Roumania last
year.
1t is shown by the immigration Bureau
that during the last four years 70 per cent.
OF all Hebrews entering the United States
had the State OF New York, and 10 per cent.
had Illinois. Pennsylvania and Massa-
chusetts as their final destinations. Those
States contain the largest cities in the
country.
One OF the officers Of the immigration
Bureau said to-day that exactly so per cent;
Of our immigrant Jews are women and
children, or are classed az persons without
occupation. OF the other alien races enter
ing the United States only 20 per cent.
are women and children, or are classed as
persons having no occupation. These
figures are taken to show the solidarity OF
the Jewish family life.
The records of the bureau show that the
largest number Of Jewish immigrants are
tailors. Shoemakers rank next numerically.
and watch and clock makers next. There
are fourteen times as many tailors among
Jewish immigrants as among the imml-
grants of other races, twelve times as many
shoemakers and twelve times az many
watch and clock makers