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The sun., 1903-12-25
A Statue Of Robert Emmst

To The EDITOR or TEE SuN--,Str: II inyolves
ap assumption Of patriotic iandeiity or CON sclous
neglect on the part Of Irishmcn thai the centenary
OF the martyrdom OF Robert Emmett should psss
without his name receiving some speclnc honor
At their hands.
In these times OF much letter writing and claim
making TO fame . century 10 q long probation
The man who survives tho test certainly deserves
. monument, That being tho CASE one cannot
help wondering why tho ir,shmen OF thls city DO
not get together and erect memorial statue Of tho
Irish patriot. One needs no drop OF Irish blood In
his veins 10 feed an elated reverence for the hero
ism and purity OF Enmets character. rrand ns
heaven and strong as death itself.
In the great galaxy OF the worlds martyr, 10
freedom Hmme, shines ba1lnr sun His msr-
ory is well beloved and honored by every lover OF
human hoertS' bu' mstertsi expr ession. . per.
manent pledge Of our gratitude and adm,r.,ic.
ieAnS demanded HSSRY L. GAvAK.
The sun., 1903-12-25
The Glory Of the Christian Year.

The production Of the musical drama
"Parsifal' at the Metropolitan Opera
House last night, sacrilegious as such
theatrical performance has seemed to
80 many of our correspondents, must
have stirred deeply religious emotions
in many of those who witnessed it.
looked at In that sense, "Parsifal' may
be said to have introduced fifty the
prime feast OF the Christian year.
This is q period when criticism, even
in schools of theology and from Chris
tian pulpits, is attacking the fundamental
dogmas Of Christianity, is relegating to
the domain of mere legend even the
event celebrated to-day by the Christian
world. A professor Of theology in Yale
University this very week discusses
ooidly and critically "the Gospel stories
Of the Virgin BIRTH and though he
comes to the conclusion that 1T is too
soon to say that collapse has befallen
them, he substantially sets them aside.
Moreover, this theologian. the Rev. DR..
BACON, is of an old Puritan stock, is
himself Congregational minister and
occupies at Yale the chair of New Testa-
nasnt criticism and exegesis.
Meanwhile, in spite of such theological
assaults. the sentiment which gives dis
tinction TO Christmas as the prime feast
Of tho Christian year was never stronger
than 1t is now.
A correspondent writes to us to-day
bewailing tho loss of actual faith in the
New Testament narratives which he
thinks he observes, and, in truth. is
Indicated strikingly in Dr. BACoN's
critical discussion Of the Incarnation.
He quotes texts of the Gospels and asks
il they are now believed and are made
rule of life. Who nowadays" he asks,
@pretepds to heed st. PAUL's words to
the Romans: If any man have not the
spirit of CHRIST he is none Of his'?" But
when, unless in the very early days of
Christianity, were they more needed
than at this very time?
The idealism Of Christianity still stirs
the religious emotions Of Christendom.
The Christmas feast was never more
generally and more exultingly observed
or with ceremony more splendid and
imposing Has the Incarnation passed
from the realm of faith into the region
Of poedcal vision? 1t may be, as con-
Germs many minds, yet the ideal Of the
Incarnation remains, and it is undying.
The sun., 1903-12-25

Mudug, which, it is just reported, has
been occupied by detachment OF his
camel cavalry. Another force OF the
British is at Bohotle, 100 miles west OF
the Mullah. Still further west are sew
eral thousands of Abyssinian soldiers,
guarding the frontier OF MENELIK's
large slice Of Somaliland. 1t is not yet
certain that MENELlK will take a more
active part in the campaign than to keep
the Mullah out OF his territory.
The Mullah cannot go north, for he
would march into the arms OF his enc
mics. 1t he tries to escape by sea he
may meet the British or Italian war
ships that are on the lookout for him.
The British are spreading their net
for him with hopes but no elation. Hadji
MoHAMMED BUI ABDULLAH, whom they
call the Mad Muliah simply because he
has preached a war of determination
against all whites, is very elusive sort
of person. LEoNTIEFF, the Russian ad-
wiser of MENELIK, says that the Mullah is
a remarkable soldier and is well supplied
with arms and ammunition. In the
campaigns OF 1901 and 1902 he was gen.
orally repulsed, but fed only to recruit
his forces and take the field again. He
has keen eye for the discovery OF small
detached bodies Of the enemy, whom he
may easily cut to pieces. He KNOWS
every well in the country, and the British
cannot guard them all. The coast is
well watched, but it remains to be seen
whether the British can keep their enemy
in the Nogal district, as they hope to DO,
till they can put an end to his trouble
some hostility.
The advantages of the British are that
the enemy is now inside their lines and
that they have better canels and camel
drivers than in the earlier campaigns.
They have also the dear-bought ex-
perience of two futile years Of fighting
and a Typographical knowledge of the
country that is by no means 30 rudi-
mentary as it was two years ago, and,
best OF all, they have an able leader in
the person of Major-Gen. Sir CHARLES
EGERroN, fresh from his triumph over
mountain tribes of India, who are no
less versed than the Mullah in the art
of dodging.
There seems to be a fair chance that
the British are entering, as they hope,
upon the last phase of their costly and
difficult warfare against the few Somali
tribes who have bound up their fortunes
with the fate of the Mad Mullah.
The sun., 1903-12-25
THE ASPHALT ASSESSMENT.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24.-Tbe story OF q
receivers assessment Of $4,000 900 FUR
nishes an excellent opportunity for q
narrowing tale Of wrecked fortunes and
ruined lives But there need be neither
sympathy for those Asphalt Trust people
upon whom this fearful blow is supposed
to fall nor anxiety on their account. WIN
the possible exception Of one or two OF the
less prominent offenders In this case, al
have hunted eover long ago. The ne
ceiver's club Is made Of pastebeaTd, and 1t
falls only on imaginary shoulders.
In all the long history Of financial bub-
bles, few have been more skufu]ly engn-
eered than was this same asphalt operation.
It's promoters picked up properties OF Little
value; Chen, o. one organization, sold them
to themselves, as another organization, at
vastly inflated prices. Then they piled on
more price and unloaded on the confding
lpublio. Then came market manipulation
md reorganization. For the lay mind
he whole affair Is financial jungle. with
Victims at every turn. But the promoters
ae not numbered among the victims. nor
ar, they in any likelihood OF being counted
aang the casualties.
TIE Asphalt Company of America was
incorporated under the laws of New er-
sey Il July, 1899. Its capital was SsO, 900 900,
in 6OSO0O shares of $50 each Upon or
ganizaion SSO.OOO,OO0 in per cent. gold
certificates was issued, 80 per share was
paid vi on the stock, and the unpaid 424,-
100000 the basis of the present alleged
indebtedness In September, 1900. an
| other rainbow organization proposed the
| acquisition Of the original trust, and the
National Asphalt Company was the on
spring of tae deal Gen. Francis v. Greene
became thepresident OF this organization in
February. pOl. The directorate included
a number q gentlemen OF high standing
in financial circles.
At that tine the Asphalt Company OF
America lost ts identity ss q commercial
organization. That, however, is about
the only really tangible feature in the pro-
| ceedings. just where financial response
bility for the unlaid stock went is as much
OF mystery as the location Of the tomb
Of Moses: mo nan knoweth 1t unto this
day Nominally. responsibility passed to
the new company. The 3SO,000,000 of stock
in the Asphalt Company Of America was
exchanged for boads in the National.
Within year the NRional collapsed. Again
| there was a reorganization, and all except
| few comparatively small holders signed
ten-year iron-clad and oopper-riyeted
release of all rights aid claims. and by go
doing placed themselve and their interests
| absolutely and irrevocsbly in the hands
OF the manipulators waose conduct had
let them into their difficulty.
The receivers suit for recovery Of the
,lnpaid $40 per share in tae Asphalt Com.
| pany of America IL doubtless a necessity
in the proceedings for settlement, but 1t
| is entirely safs to say that the promoters
and manipulators Of the organization, Gen
Francis v. Greene and his associates, are
in no immediate danger Of either bank.
ruptcy or beggary as a result IF it.
The sun., 1903-12-25
The Funeral Boycott.

The superintendent of the Chicago
police summoned to his council chamber
the secretary and the business agent Of
the striking liverymen and livery drivers
and delivered this homily:
This thing of picketng houses from which
funerals are to proceed is beyond federation in
a civilized community. Your zeal has carried
you too far. and such unheard Of thing as carry
ing labor troubles to the houses OF the dead will
not be allowed by the police. Under no circum-
stances will permit such plcketng. Law or no
law, picketing OF every kind around those houses
must stop III take my chances with the courts
II my conduct Is legally Questioned"
This officious and belated interfer-
enoe Of the superintendent of police
with the plan of campaign of the strikers
might well have been resented by them,
but they are in genial frame of mind.
Content with their last Sundays demon
stration against the open" hearse,
the open undertaker's wagon, the
open funeral and the open grave,
they are now willing to let the hearses
run This liberal concession should
be gratefully appreciated by the people
Of Chicago.
There is something that looks ex-
cessive and insincere in the indigna-
ton of the superintendent of police,
and Of divers other persons in Chicago
and elsewhere with the funeral boycott.
If the union has the right to prevent the
living from going to work, why should
it not have the right to prevent the dead
from going to their graves? In the way
of furnishing subjects for the funerals.
strikers and their pickets are very active.
While they merely attack the sanctity of
life, they are borne with patiently; yet
what howl there is when they attack
the -sanotity Of death.
They have the power of life and
death and exercise it. What is the use
Of kicking against facts?
The sun., 1903-12-25
A Gift to q Good Man.

The newly chosen Police Commits
sioner published yesterday prelimi-
nary statement of honest Intentions,
with this half promise OF further ex-
plantations to the public on or about the
fret OF January:
when assume the once viii probably have
something to say as to tho poll cy which will oharac
tsrise shs naw admins trauon.'
Don't! just take the oath Of Office,
20 to work and let the characteristics
Of the new administration do the talking
for themselves.
We send with our compliments and
best Christmas wishes this chunk of dis
interested advice to the Hon. WILLIAM
MCADoo, and more valuable mayit prove
to him than chiselled gold or faoetted
gems,
The sun., 1903-12-25
HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH.
4 Sensthis Programme for Its Improve.
msnt 10 He Proposed at Syracuse.


10 THE EDIToR oy 1nt SrN Sir. Tho
programme for the Convention OF Asso-
ciated Academic 9'rincipals of the State OF
New York to he held III Syracuse, Dec, 2s-3O.
Gontains one feature oi the greatest unpor-
tance to business men as we'll us to educators.
This il the report OF the sub-committee on
hish school English. This committee cons
eists Of Principal Thomss D. Lowell Of Mia CARA
Falls as chairman. Prof James Morgan Hart
Of Cornell University. Prof. Brainerd Kellogg
Of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Supt.
John Kennedy of Batavia, and the secretary,
Arthur Marvin. principal OF the Schenectady
High School.
There is no question that high school stu
dents graduating year after year exhibit
poor ability to express themselves IN correct
English. 1t is the experience OF lawyers,
merchants. manufacturers and other busi-
ness men that they must train these high
school products both young men and young
wo,nen to write correctly From a busi.
go ,,.,,. ,nint ~ ,,a,r aornathino 1. a,,
aess ,"sh iS'H. VI ~ 80, ~"
denuy wrong IN tho methoo oi schoo Ira'h-
in1 and II is earnestly hope d that this con-
yentjop will seriously consider this question
- Ena,,.h
VI rt rnseI. ,,a -, .,. s,,,o,or, =,
lprougn the kihaness oi the secretarF OF
the committee have seen copy OF the re-
port on Fin nRlish and have been greatly im-
p~ss.sd NV It, rsasnnah hdeness and simpiici,y,
The sun., 1903-12-25
The Third Campaign Against the
Mad Mullah.

The British will set their forces in
motion next week for the third campaign
against the Mad Mullah They enter
tain high hopes that they have him
cornered If the Mullsh is where the
British think he is, enemies surround him
On the north, west and south. and the
Indian Ocean is about sixty miles to the
east of his position.
He vas last reported to be at Adadero,
in the narrow coast strip known as
Italian Somsliland. about 1s5 miles south
Of tho Gulf of Alden. His camp was
pitched at one of the wells in the Nogal
Valley, which is merely the broad sur
face of the high sandy plateau between
two mountain ranges. His appearance
80 far north is doubtless due to the
climatic conditions which have recently
prevailed.
Most of the country is a sandy thirst
free from drought only during the rainy
months of October, November and De-
csmber, when grass covers the wide
spread wastes This is the time when
horses and eamels may Craze far and
wide, while for eight or nine months
their food fringes only the narrow river
valleys or the irrigated tracts around
the wells.
During the rainy season now closing,
however, the interior has been dry,
though the coasts have been abundantly
watered, Grass has completely failed
in some districts The Mullah has been
driven north and toward the coast by
the urgent need of fodder to put his live
stock into good trim for the campaign.
Next month the dry season begins.
Meanwhile the British have for months
been preparing for what they hope will
be the day Of triumph against their i'm
placable foe. They have brought from
India several fully equipped camel corps
and 2 large number of camels for trans
port purposes. In addition to their
own Indian and other troops, they have
enlisted many hundreds of recruits from
the north and northeast coast tribes,
who hate the Mullah and are famous for
their fighting qualities; and they have
been making forced marches through
the desert and moving their warships to
get on all sides Of him.
To-day they have a strong force at
the wells of Galadi, over 200 miles south
west OF the reported camp of the Mullah,
but less than 400 miles southwest of
The sun., 1903-12-25

The walking delegate Of Local 50 Of the
Bricklayers Union is a genius He called
a strike because the owner Of a piece Of
ground in The Bronx on which a building
is being built refused to pay him ts74.
which former owner Of the land is said
to have owed the walking delegates father
"for waiting time The police brutally
interfered; but nothing which they or the
courts can do can take away the glory Of
this fertile collector. He has int reduced the
hereditary principle into walking delegate
ship.
The sun., 1903-12-25
Two Judges and a Governor.

The Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS, Governor
of Arkansas, has been considered
somewhat rash, unadvised and sudden
man and statesman. Controversies have
seemed to breed around him; shindy-
cultures to permeate his system His
Bapt iet brethren have had to discipline
him. But politics are fierce in Arkan-
sas. He has charged his political enc
mics and rivals with stirring up his
church against him. And little Incl
dent which occurred at a political meet
ing in Hope, where the candidates for
Governor were speaking last Saturday,
convinces us that Governor DAVIS is OF
a prudent and cautious, not an igneos
and quick burning temperament. The
affidavit sworn to by the Hon. J. l. WHITE,
Sheriff of Hampstead county, Is trre-
sistible.
The Sheriff was at the Hope Opera
House and saw and heard the whole
performance. Governor DAVIS spoke
first. He called Judge WOOD "a traitor,
not in a technical, constitutional and
legal sense, but political and personal
one. Judge WOODS political plans and
ambitions happened to be in collision
with the Governors. Probably mis-
understanding the latters meaning,
Judge WooD came forward and inter-
jected the remark that the Governor
must not use such language. Resenting
this interjected rebuke, the Governor
made a masterly retreat to the line OF
his gold-headed cane. He picked up
that weapon, but Judge BoURIAND and
another man cut Off his communications
with Judge WOOD, who said:
VERY well. sir: viii see you later"
So the Governor went on with his
speech, perforated at his leisure and
then started to leave. Judge WOOD got
up and asked him to stay. The rest Of
the proceedings are best described in
the Sherifi's affidavit:
-The parties on tho stage began to mix around
! saw there was going to be trouble. and went as
quietly as could from the lower floor to the stage
/ saw Governor DAVIS Jerk his walking cane from
Senator T. c. JoBR. Then Judge WOOD made
toward him and showed Judge BoURLAND out OF
the way. BoURIANp then cnched Judge WooD
from behind and plnloned his arms In hts grasp
Mr.. WARD was also by the side OF Judge WOOD,
having hold OF his left arm. DAVIS then struck
Judge Woop over the head and shoulders of Mi
WARD, hitting Judge WOOD twice, once on the
head and once on the cheek. think he struck
three blows: but only two took effect, The blows
were all struck before could reach tho parties
About the time / arrived Judge WOOD made .
lunge freeing himself from BoURLAHD and WARD
and grabbed the stick from DAVIS and made at
him, and struck him one blow which DAVIS warded
OF with his arm. Governor DAVIS was being
pressed by Judge WOOD back behind the screen
when my deputy. A. d. MUNRO, grabbed Judge
WooD from behind and pulled him away from
DAVIS and prevented him from striking any more"
This is only ex parte testimony; but
in what an unexpected light does it
reveal the Governor of Arkansas. 1t
shows him strategist, an opportunist,
conservative, man who prefers safety
to brilliant charges. But the campaign
is not yet ended. Judge WooD has still
to see" the Governor later. '
Another Attack on the Independence
Of the Judiciary.
The sun., 1903-12-25

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. l have re-
Gently read, with reference to Mr. Buchanan, that
he was one OF the three American Ministers who
signed the document known as the 'Ostend Mani
festo' advising our Government to seize Cuba
by force II It could not be purchased from Spain
las nat burglary ever was committed" beg
to be Informed as TO who were the other Ministers:
to whom the document was addressed. and what
disposition. II any. was made OF IT,
The words quoted with reference to the mani
festo are followed without exclamation point.
BY the statement: "On his return he was nOmi
mated for the Presidency by the Democrats and
elected"
Can such things be
And overcome us like summers cloud.
without our special wonder"
WARRINGTON, Dec %, ]. II. b.
The two other ministers signing the Ostend
Manifesto or Circular-sO- called. although it
was actually forwarded from Aix-a -Chapelle
on Oct is. 1854, to the Government at Wash
ington--were John y. Mason, United States
Minister at Paris. and Pierre Soule. Minister
at Madrid. The letter was undoubtedly
addressed to MIR. Marcy. the Secretary Of
State. No action was taken by the Govern
ment at Washington on the advice Of the
three Ministers. and Mr. Soule resigned.
The incident was used in the campai gn ganst
Mr.. Buchanan when he was a candidate
for President in 1855
1he exact phraseoiogy OF the Manifesto =
two most important passages was this: Our
past history forbds that we should acquire
the Island OF Cuba without the consent of
Spain unless justified by the great law of
self-pr eservaton. After we shall
have offered Spain price for Cuba far beyond
its present value. and this shall have been
refused. it will then be time to consider the
question: Does Cuba in the possession of
Spain seriously endanger our internal peace
and the existence of our cherished Union
Should this question be answered in the af-
ffrmative then, by every law, human and
divine, We shall be justified in wrestling il
from Spain. II we possess the power.
The sun., 1903-12-25
TIE CominS % The ksatacky Stsrk
EK0Sa the ElonkH noff RsfnlA

despatch says tAlt over at Frsnkiin, Ind
Saturday q mild seufation vas csused when =
prominent young married couple Issued card
announcing that the stork would soon pay ,,sl,
70 thcii household. II hes since been learned
that the young women Of the society TO which
the young wife belonged while In college gave
an entertainment for tho beneat OF tho stork $
cargo whstevcr that might be. The ANNOUNCE
ment has been much discussed In domestic circles
and II has been generally agreed II is not such a
bad practice. after ali Other young husbands
OF the city have amounted that when the proper
ume comes they will follpw suit.
The sun., 1903-12-25
The Christmas Star.

Through all the starry spaces
The holy angels sing:
Joy TO earth's darkest planss-
The bells OF Christmas ring.
They ring In joyful numbers.
Peace and good will to men
Prom Him whose flrst earth .slumbers
We watched at Bethlehem.
Through all the after ages
Bright shines that heavenly glow;
Yet earth nils UP her pages
With war. and sin, and voc.
Look up, o earth held masses,
And see the light on high
Look up before II passes-
Tho star Ia going by,''
Before night closes DER us,
And earth grows dark again,
Join ye the angels chorus
Peace and good will to mem"
lock ELM. Wis. NISHTTE N. LovATAa.
The sun., 1903-12-25

Four articles OF unusual interest mark the Ceniury
Magazine for January. EkA Kswaguchi, the jap
anese Buddhist priest who recently visited Tibet
and Lhasa. makes known to w estemcrs what
he discovered. His photograph, taken by an
Oriental, Is remarkably hne, Maeteriinck talks
about Our Friend the Dog" and Nine. Curle about
"Radium and Radioactivity," while Mr. Sylvester
Baxter describes, with the aid OF many pictures,
Mrs. Gardner's Boston art palace Mr.. Jack Lon
don begins q promising serial story. The Sea
Wolf" There are short stories and other articles
In great variety.
The sun., 1903-12-25
Another Attack on the Independence
Of the Judiciary.

1t is announced, apparently upon
the authority of some of the Republican
leaders in Brooklyn, that the Legislature
will be asked at the approaching session
to turn ont the City Magistrates now
in Office in that borough and provide
for new appointments, by Congress dis
tricts, which will insure the selection Of
a larger number OF Republicans.
1t will be remembered that q scheme
designed to effect the same end failed
two years ago on account of the un-
constitutionality of the statute in which
it was embodied. The law was con-
demned as invalid in all the courts:
at Special Term, where the opinion was
written by Mr.. Justice MAREAN; In the
Appellate Division, where Judge Will
The sun., 1903-12-25
The Generosity Of the Ancients.

Ulysses had sent the TroianS the wooden co uInc
Il gave them that hObbyhorse, he said savagely
because they gave my little boy drum on Christ
mas"
Hereupon he e1ultcd to think that at last he
would have revenge for his sunerings.
The Queen OF Sheba had received King Solomon s
gifts.
NO" she wept Il didn't enjoy them one bit
He took the price tags of. and don know where
TO exchange them"
sobbng. she bewoilcd the stupidity Of the mas.
culine mind.
Mark Antony had Just made his cook the present
of a city.
II hoped" he faltered TO give something of
suiicent value to induce her TO stay after Christ
mas"
Counting IT well worth the cost he anxiousiy
awaited the result.
Hercules had Just received as a present the
shirt OF NeSsus
II know It will probably kill me II wear It,"
he remarked; but at any rate, II isn't one Of
Deianras necktiesi"
with a happy smile, he thereupon put on the
garment
The sun., 1903-12-25
her Qfs.

Her Qfts.
Her present TO him wss q kiss -.
With rapture all aslow:
And long II fingered on his lips
This time year sgp.
They married: but 4 christmas,i
No more he thanks his stars.
Her present fingers on his lips
But now II Is cigars.
McLANpevHoR WuAes