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Mayor HAYES Of Baltimore. past fifty
and a confirmed bachelor has promised
TO get married II he In reelected and can
get q girl TO have him. An uncondi-
tional promise would be more effective
with the Baltimore voters. They cannot
put their trust in bachelor candidates who
promise TO reform. The present Governor
and Lieutenant Governor Of Kansas are
signal and shameless instances Of tho
perfidy OF unhltched politicians who pre-
tend TO want TO do better. With almost
all the holy vows OF heaven they promised
to marry IL they were elected. They were
elected. and ever since they have continued
to he contumacious and unrepentanf oeii-
hates. Such examples throw suspicion
upon Mayor HAfEss sinoerity. Now 10
the time for him 10 subscribe To the mar
rage register.
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Four Western Municipal Elections.

There will be municipal elections next
month in four important Western cities,
Chicago. Cincinnati, st. Louis and Cleve-
land. In Chicago, Cincinnati and Cleve-
land the election will be for Mayor. In
st. Louis the voting will be for members
Of the Municipal Assembly.
The Democrats in Chicago have re-
nominated for a fourth term Mayor
CARTER H. HARRISON, and the Repub-
licans have put In nomination against
him GRAEME STEWART, who is the ILL
nois member Of the Republican National
Committee. Mr.. HARRISON was renom-
mated with unanhnity; Mr.. STEWART
was chosen after bitter and protraoted
primary fight waged against his nomi-
nation by supporters Of j. NJ. HARLAN.
q son Of Justice HARLAN.
In Cincinnati the political conditions
OF Chicago are exactly reversed, for the
Republicans have renominated their
present Mayor, JULIUS FLEIscHMANN,
and the Democrats have set up against
him MELVILLE E. INGALLS,, president
Of the Big Four railway system. who
has also the support Of the Citizens
organization Of Cincinnati in the move
ment to dblodge the Republican or
ganization from control. Mr.. FLEIscH-
MANN bears the same relation to the
Republican organization in Cincinnati as
Mr.. HARRISON does to the Democratic
organization in Chicago.
In Cleveland, where for some years a
factiond controversy between Republi-
cans has contributed greatly to the pros
perity Of their Democratic opponents,
party nomination In the interest Of
harmony has been made. HARVEY
GoULDER is the Republican candidate,
running against Tom L. JOHNSON, single
tar and municipal ownership reformer,
renominated by the Democrats.
In st. Louis the chief political impor-
lance Of the April contest turns on
local legislative control, preceding the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. an event
of overshsdowing local importance.
The three States in which these four
municipal elections take place have
collectively sixty-eight Electoral votes.
All three are OF political importance
and have long been the favorite States
for the holding Of national conventions.
The results OF these elections. il de-
cisively In favor Of either party. may
not be without some significance in ma
tional politics.
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TEE END or THE MERRrMAc.
why the Confederates Destroyed Her-ne
Story OF an Eye-wi ness.
From tie Troy Times


In q communication recently published
In THE Sun. and republished yesterday In
the Troy Times William L. Stone OF Mount
Vernon. ~ Y. In the Interest OF the truth
Of history" says In regard to the DESTRUCTION
OF the Msrrimac at Hampton Roads In the
spring Of 1862:
second. the Merrlmac was no, sunk by the Mont
tor. but. being driven into the Roads BY that vessel
was subsequently blown up. either BY the Con
federascs or ourselves, this being Sill q mooted
point. So much for history.
II one who was present on that memorable
occasion may venture TO speak on this
-mooted point, the writer. who was an oficer
attached TO the United states ship susaue-
tssS ran .. at feen9T S II he
Merrimac as they fell, begs to say that the
GsrIimac was not driven into the hosas
Merrimac was DESTROYED BY. the Conf ederatss.
There was no question about that at the
time Of the sSng IN mos siry;n nS
events OF the period.
The facts are that a movement. by land
Gn fsG he Of
on ssd been u 6sr sSs
CrCed m tSs svS SS Of NoroR AND
~ r.d h and tSs v
Hampton Roads, where her .offioers.and, crew
destroyed her. The Monitor was all the
did not drive the Merrimac into the Roads
The Federal vessels, which were all lying With
anchors buoyed slipped their cables and
way for Norfolk, The Susquehanna was
the second vessel in the line. The frs,.
but tho Susouehanna struck upon a pile
obstruotion, which. fortunately. she passed
over, and proceeded with the first vessel
and shortly reached Norfolk. where 1t the
navy yard the fire was still raeing furiouGy.
So much for the "mooted point!
TROY March 10. d. NJ GREENE.
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s<ss s,.ssssss = - 40 49, sss.ss 1850 ss-sss
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POLITICAL NOTES.


alien who has declared one year before the date
of election his purpose 10 become . citizen Is quail
| ned for suffrage. Under this provision person
not eftlsen Of the United states may be voter.
Maine continues 70 be prohibition State" In
which the agitation for prohibition Is carried on
vigorously. The Prohibition vote of Maine IN
1890 vas 1.S00.
During the last Ave years no practical headwsy
has been made In securing q comprehensive sys-
sem Of street names In the borough Of The Bronx.
There arc many duplicate names OF streets In that
territory, where the rapid growth In population
and tho Increase In the number Of new streets make
some carly action desirable
Deno,rs,ic primaries In Chicago, unlike those
held BY Republicans who had two rival candidates
for the Mayoralty nomination. stewart and Harlan.
we're entirely Harmonious except In one ward OF
the city, the Twenty -nrst. where the opponeats
Of Mayor Harrison. led by r. r. Burke. opposed
The Palmer ticket won 81 the primaries BY ma
jority Of i.s3s.
The Constitution OF Florida provides that cleo
tions By the Legislature shall be and cleo
tons by the people shall be by ballot. Up 10 few
years ago voting In Kentucky was done BY the
syo po<s method. each man declaring his choice
and the abuses Incident 10 Il brought about Its
lucky may be better understood from the nct
tia, many of the voters were armed.
Adrian c. Anson. for many years hrst basem an
ana csntain Of the cbicaro baseball club, has been
a candidate for Treasurer on the Democratic ticket
In Chicago and has been carrying on for some
80 . vs.orou. contest To secure the nomination
Despite Chicagos pride In Its former popular base
In .,,,s. Mt Arson more generally known A,
nv ana IN srcure the nom nation a, the re
cant couyent,ou. IL went to Ernest Hummel The
once of City Treasurer In Chicago Is lucrative.
~, -
Ine No.s 1872 sx,,, ....,..s 80 80
Soc.ans's 0onsnus W .. - .s"s,. " ~. ~,
OF taer snm unon u ~ - ~ so , VIZ -
reooss OF 49, ~. ",, -, 60. 49,,
hss hsNsoUN ossn VIZ 49, .no. 49,
o. mssncS n wnrn "ssn -, ,a sU'e's
ere nuwcfous. ana the ccs' oe"oenr psNy nss
pseves ~oN se" IN sss
Fsershs- Ine organ OF ene 'oc'ss IT,, pW
nasss N eoese'seaces po'nAps. WIS ovions"r
and uctfui aiunon 70 ns opponen
me vefuest aheetcoN w'u 'A.e p.n m hs ~.
oefn'An pe.soe' spve."s ~ '"e s " 'e
mans who think he Vatesiand me huo OF the whole
vsrid. tAsy win msrh behind Erfns green hss'
because they are OF thaf color themselves In
set thsy WIN be Labelled 90 that the general public
may nshe no mistake tn disttn gushing them. mus
-Hoee Hsr grsensss guys nit eis bunch
On April B there VIII Be aeivi service examination.
comprehensive and com p~,nive. under authority
az ths MunLcipAi owl Service Commission. for the
post % saee boy. The CON pensston OF this
pessases. When oAcisly ehosea from out Of the
number o. approsnts whose papers must be- 90
Ore not lister than Friday. April ntP NJ. win he
40 year On the day rrccsdtrs. >prii >. there
v,n - - skAsninss,ea for sympssiie Instructor.
psrssns faaiAss With oshsthsnios. hygiene. CON.
psrsuvs sAsssuy ssd the streets Of New YORK
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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The increase In green coffee Ia most en-
couraging as Q beginning toward the day
when our colonies will produce the S71 .000.-
900 worth Of coffee we are yearly obliged
to buy.
Our purchases from Hawaii fell Oh from
S9.577 ,sse. prior corresponding period, to
S7.o77, i5s. a shrinkage Of 81 300 .8Ss. all Of
which was In sugar. This Ii partly Offset
by Porto Rico's increase Of to24.47e In the
same commodity.
Alaska continues to do we'll. Besides
the So.s1l .ois In merchandise. this produc-
tive Territory also sent US 0.72o, los worth
Of gold and S7s,<iS OF silver. In salmon
alone. Alaska sent Us - $1,000. 10 Il not
time We began to give moro attention to
Alaska. It's progress and It's needs. than
hithertof A. Gov. Brady says In his isoc
report. who viii fight for Alaskaf'
Taking broad visw Of our entire colonial
situation. one IL forced to the conclusion
that the tropical products Of the Philip
pines, Porto Rico and Hawaii and the Ash.
furs. gold, coal and minerals Of Alaska
have fallen TO the American nation just
when needed to help meet it's rapidly and
largely increasing consumption Of every
thing, and the wants OF the colonies will
help keep our factories busy.
WALTER J. BALLARD.
SCHENECTADY. N. ". March ~.
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our COLONIAL BUSINESS.

N0teW0Fthy IIlustrai0as Of tn6 Frtn'
cipie more Lands, More Trade"
To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-S1: The
vital point Of interest to US In connection
with our non-oontiguous territories 10 to
what extent such acquisitions increase
our trade, not only In sales to those terri
tories. but In necessary purchases from
them. Following this thought, the sub
joined figures Of such trade. both ways,
for the seven months ending Jan. 81. 1908.
are Of interest:
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DID the state Ever Bay an ALLEGED Hydro
phoAia Carer

TO TEE Eprroa or THE Sux-si,: Forty years
ago. a. Stuyvesant. N. ". there was . Dr. COW
who claimed 70 have sold q sure cure for hydro
phobia To our state authorities OF Albany for 1900
Ny father had this formula aud gave II to me-
have not seen u In many yeaFa. hut remember
that knuckie bone OF calf must b burned and re-
duced 70 powder. and image Of copper mixed With
this &C. Dr. Gov or Cough was thought 10 have
cured q number Of cases Of rsbid dog bite In Co.
lumbia county. The Secretary Of state ought TO
have the formula II state money was ever paid
TOR Il. T. NJ b.
NEW yoRH. March II.
The Transactions Of the New York State
Medical Association" for 1891 contained
paper By DR.. Henry d. Didama Of Syracuse
In which there il the following reference to the
state purchase Of an ALLEGED remedy for
hydrophobia:
In the good old days when wisdom and economy
prevailed the Legislature OF the Stats of New York
paid o. 900 for remedy for hydrophob,a OF which
the infalrble efioscy was sttested by overwhelm-
ing evidence. The remedy for hydro
phobia bought by our sapent legislators was
never used after is composition was made public.
although u contained. among other potent In
gredients calcincd oyster shells, the marrow OF
hor's Jaw and verdisrs obtained by soaking In
vinegar q penny Of the reign OF blessed Queen
Anne.
A statement from the present .sioia Gus
todian of the States own hydrophobia cure
would Be Of interest to the medical profession
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The decreases explain themselves our
short crops. the senseless coal strike and
the heavy home demand for iron and steel
manufactures. The point Of encourage
ment is the many lines Of our manufactures
In which increases are shown above. And
many more smaller increases could also
have been shown did space permit. The
Philippines are stssdily improving market
for our manufactures. In time that demand
viii repay w for all our efforts to make .
careless people self-supporting.
In the case Of Porto Rico our sales In
creased by Si.os2 LOT. distributed all along
the line. Our purchases increased $l.+oe,-
$50, made up chiefly Of:
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-25
RAIN OR SNOW TONIGHT
Colder Saturday; Fresh to Brisk Vari
able Winds, Mostly Northerlv.

snow and colder tonight and Saturday:
fresh to brisk variable winds, mostly north
ery.
For Virginia, rain in southeast, rain OF
snow in northern and western portions to-
night and Saturday; colder; varia Bile winds
becoming northerly and fresh to brisk
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 10; year ago, 49, -
Weather conditions ana general forecast
There will be rain or STOW tonight and
Saturday in New England and the middle
Atlantic states and snow. in the greater por-
ton of the lake region. There will be rain
tonight IN the south Atlantic. states, fol
lowed by fair weather, except in eastern
Florida. There will also be snow tonight
in the upper Ohio valley, In the west the
weather will be generally fair,
There Will be a cold wave Saturday in the
lake region, the upper Ohio valley in :erio,
New York and Pennsylvania, except in the
southeast portion 1t will be much colder
Saturday throughout the eastern half OF
the country and colder iii the Missouri val
ley and the middle and southern Stones In
the upper lake region and upper Mississippj
valley cold weather will continue.
On the middle Atlantic coast winds will
be fresh to brisk and variable ION the south
Atlantic coast fresh to brisk southwest to
northwest, and on the east gulf coast fresh
west to north.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh to brisk southerly
winds with rain to the Grand Banks.
Records for Tyenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-feur hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a, 4 pm, 40; &
pm, Al; II midnight, AZ. December 25 4
am, AZ; am, 40.
Maximum, AZ, at IL midnight, December
"a; minimum, 40, at a. m, December %
ACKNOWLEDGMENT "a pm, 1886; s
pm, 1891; II midnight 29.S5. December
20, am, 1916; am, 29.71.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 6:1J am. and 6:34 o M
high tide, 1904 am.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:54 am and 7:2
pm; high tide, 1916 am. and 1916 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7,20 am; sun sets, 4:39
pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises 7:21 am.
Moon sets, hip pm
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eX-
tnguishing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
forty five minutes before sunrise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-25
DREYFUs GETS THE VERDICT.
Another Step Taken at Paris Toward
indicating the Captain.

A cablegram from Paris last night says:
Capt. Dreyfus, accused of treason to his
country, degraded. dismissed from the
French army and most bitterly punished,
will have another trial, this time by a
civilian tribunal.
AS the result of the eXaminat ton of all the
evidence submitted to the two courts-mar-
tial which have already passed on the ques-
ton of Dreyfus' guilt. as we'll as upon the
petition of Dreyfus for a new trial, and the
additional facts brought to light by Gen.
Andre, minister of war, the commission on
revision, representing the court of casa
ton, has reached a decision in favor of the
revision of the case by the criminal branch
of the court of cessation.
The court will assemble next month and
Dreyfus will then have full opportunity to
make a complete exposition of the wrongs
he has suffered. The former captain as a
result of this new trial. expects to obtain a
full and complete vindication, followed by
restoration to his rank in the army.
Dreyfus received the news of the decision
of the commission through personal friends,
who extended to him their earnest congrat-
ulations on his victory.
The few persons who We're at the minis
try of justice say the members of the re-
vision commission were apparently glad
that they had completed their task. There
bers of the commission. One member as
serted that upon the facts presented as the
result of the investigation made by Capt.
large, an officer of the staff of War Minis
ter Andre. another revision of the case was
made possible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-25
DISTRICT NAVAL BATTALION.
misunderstanding Regarding the Posi-
ton Of the Army General STAFF.

The position taken by the general staff
naval battalion of the District National
Guard has been misrepresented In recent
publications. Instead of holding that the
battalion is not a part of the organized
militia of the United States within the
meaning of the Dick militia bill, the gen.
eral staff took an exactly different view
The action of the general staff was based
on recent opinions of the controller of the
treasury and of the judge advocate general
of the army.
The controller held that the naval bat
from the naval militia of the various states
and that to all intents and purposes it was
a part of the organized militia OF the
United States. In that view Of the case
the controller decided that as a part of the
National Guard of the District the bat
talon is entitled TO supplies of clothing
from the army. Similarly in August last
Acting Judge Advocate General Porter gave
an opinion that under the acts Of March l,
militia of the District and the act Of May
IL, 1895, relating to the naval battalion of
the District militia the battalion was en-
titled to be furnished with the necessary
subsistence stores from the stores and sup
plies of the army.
In view, however, of the apparent incon-
gruity of the case, the general staff has
suggested the desirability of legislation to
provide for the equipment Of the naval bat
is done the Naval Battalion will continue
to receive it's equipments from the army as
an integral part of the organized militia Of
the District