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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22
The New Battleships.

The decision of the Secretary Of the
Navy to approve the plans for the two
l3,OOO-ton battleships prepared by
majority of quorum of the Naval Board
on Construction was doubtless unavoid-
able, owing to the limitation upon the
size of the vessels placed by the act OF
Congress authorizing their construc-
ton.
Congress- provided for two first-class
battleships, carrying the heaviest armor
and most powerful ordnance for vessels
of their class, upon trial displacement
of not more than $4,000 tons, and to have
the highest practicable speed and great
radius Of action This provision was crit
icised at the time as requiring distinct
retrogression from the l5,OO0-tOn vessels
of the Georgia class and authorizing
battleships of much less tonnage than
any built during the previous six years,
Over the question OF interpreting this
provision has come a struggle in the
Board on Construction, settled by Mr..
MooDY's Alexandrian decision, which
cuts but does not unite the knot.
Four naval officers constitute the
board: Rear Admirals O'NEILL, Chief
Of the Bureau of Ordnance; BRADFORD,
Chief of the Bureau Of Construction;
MELVILLE, Chief Of the Bureau Of Engi-
neering, and BowLEs, Chief of the Bureau
Of Construction. In the absence on duty
Of Admiral BRADFORD, the board voted to
approve plans for vessels of $4,000 tons,
with trial speed of from 1917 to II knots
and a coal capacity of 1850 tons. Ad-
miral MELVILLE, while signing the report
of the board, appended a note to the
effect that the proposed vessels, though
efficient, would be better if they had
more speed, and ending: The displace-
ment being limited to $4,000 tons makes
it difficult, if not impossible, to produce a
thoroughly satisfactory and up-to-date
battleship.'
The report being submitted TO Admiral
BRADFORD, he dissented. pointing out
that Admiral MELVILLE in effect dis
sented likewise, thus dividing the board
equally. His reasons for not agreeing
were; That the proposed vessels would
destroy the homogeneity of battleship
squadron, being of less speed and coal
capacity than any recent vessels Of the
class, and that they did not reach the
effectiveness of the Maine, laid down
in 1893, of 500 tons less displacement, but
Of greater speed and coal capacity. In
spite Of this weighty opposition, Mr..
MOODY has accepted the report and the
vessels will be built on the boards plans
The question evidently comes to this:
Shall the vessels authorized and limited
by Congress be better on the defensive
or on the oifensive' The board, sup
ported by the Secretary of the Navy,
decides that their defensive powers shall
be considered first. 1t hardly needs to be
pointed out that heretofore the Ameri-
can Navy has depended on it's powers of
offence az the best means of defence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22
DIR. A. T.. BALLARD FOR WOMAN.
bishop j. n. Fitzgerald. Too. FayOrs Equal
Rights for That Sex.

OCEAN GROVE. n. j., July al The
Women's Suffrage Association has gained
an important ally. 1t became known
to-day that Bishop j. N. Fitzgerald, presi-
dent, and DR.. A. E. Ballard. vice-president,
of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Associa-
ton, are open advocates Of equal suffrage
and that other members OF the associa-
ton are in sympathy with the movement.
DR.. Ballard to-day signed his name as
the first charter member OF the Ocean
Grove and Asbury Park Political Equality
Club. "My wife will join, too he seid,
and she did. So did twenty-five other
women
The convention ended tonight.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22
Uncle GREEN BuTrERY OF Tennessee is

Uncle GREEN BUTTERY OF Tennessee is
gone. He was "a. He had twenty-five
children. Of whom fifteen are living. His
grandchildren and great-grandchildren are
hundred strong. II is good to learn from
a despatch to the Ncsh,ils American that
while the Buttery family circle Is large it
is composed Of splendid citizsnship.' Uncle
GREEN BUTTERY set tho example Of splen-
did citizenship. He was Roosevelt Demo-
crat, we believe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22

Since the return Of tho men who con-
stituted the American team in the inter-
national automobile cup race, some new
light has been thrown upon the conditions
experienced by them IN that contest, The
facts should serve to lessen the feeling Of
dissatisfaction which naturally arose from
the defeat Of the Americans
1t appears from statement made by a
member Of this party that the poor showing
OF the American cars was not due to any
mechanical fault in their construction, as
was surmised by many who read the cabled
reports Of the race, but rather to the wretch
eddy poor quality of the gasolene which
had to be used In operating them. This
gasolene, said to have been refined from
Russian crude oil, was the best 10 be had in
Ireland, and there was no time to obtain
a supply elsewhere II proved to be Of a
quality grossly inferior to the American
product and totally unfit for the purpose,
AS the gasolene was forced by gravity
from the supply tank to the carburetor,
says the authority in question, the paraf-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22

The new rubber tree said to have been
discovered by a Liverpool Arm which does
largo trade with west and southwest
Africa" is needed. This oblate spheroid
will be revolving on rubber axis II the
modern improvements continue. The new
rubber plant grows underground pre-
sumably downward. and probably will be
found in English West Africa 1t would
be an experiment worth making to graft
1t ON the giraffe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22
MRS. H.H. BROwNEA CENTENARTAN
Her Father Gave His Name TO smiehtewn.
Lone Island.

Mrs. Hannah II, Browne celebrated her
one -hundredth birthday at her home. $40
Decatur street. Brooklyn, on Tuesday.
She was born in Smithtown, l.. l., which
was named for her father. She was mar
ried twice and has four children living, the
youngest being a son In his sixtieth year
She Il in comparatively good health, al
though her memory has been falling for
over q year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22

From time to time news about the st.
Louis Exposition Is allowed to escape from
the secrecy with which that coming show
10 generally surrounded. A late item 10 to
the effect that the exposition police, the
jefferson Guard, will be recruited prefer
ably from honorably discharged soldiers
Of the army. Lieut.-Col. GOODWIN. Ninth
Cavalry, IL to be in charge Of the Guard.
and applications for appointment should
be addressed to him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22
FIFTY Years OF Foreign Commerce.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: From
s4oe, 900. 900 Of foreign commerce in 1853 to
81, 445, eiO, AT In 1903, more than five-fold in
crease in Atty years is marvellous record
for any country. and particularly 30 for
country which began with practically nothing
only l?7 years ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22

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ROStaRe W kOroHh couhtLVS ""NVe'
THE SUN, New York City.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-13
TIN TRADE PROSPERING
CHAMBERhAIN'S STATEMENTS RE-
sENTED BY BRITISH EXPERTS,
Who Say the Great Industry of Swan
sea Is Not Languishing-The
Output increasing.

LONDON, Oct. 12-Mr. Chamberlain is
Birmingham, and is not engaged to speak
for another fortnight. He will utilize the
interval to elaborate his scheme and pre-
pare a reply to the objections raised by his
opponents. Meanwhile the fiscal campaign
is being vigorously pursued in the country.
Speeches will be delivered daily by political
leaders, particularly of the Liberal party.
Mr.. Chamberlains reference to the condi-
ton Of the tin-plate industry has been
strongly criticised, the experts pointing out
that, though the trade with the United
States has decreased, there is a great in
crease in the number of mills working in
Great Britain, and the trade is fiourishng.
Sir John ]. jenkins, former Liberal Union
ist member of Parliament for Carmarthen,
and chairman of the Swansea Metal Ex-
change, speaking before the Swansea Har-
Dor Trust tonight, said that the alarmist
reports as to the condition of the tin trade
were unwarranted. The first nine months
OF the present year, compared with two
years ago, showed an increase of $4,000 tons
No tin-plate bars had been imported since
early in 1901, proving that Wales was able
to compete satisfactorily with the world
and was able to supply bars at a rate which
gave an encouragement to American dump
ing
Sir Henry Fowler, Liberal. addressed a
big and enthusiastic meeting tonight In ST.
Andrews Hall, Glasgow, where Mr.. Cham
berlain began his fiscal campaign. He ridi-
culed Mr.. Chamberlain contention of de-
clining trade, and asserted that the colonies
need no bride to keep within the empire.
He had no tears to waste on the iron and
tin-plate trades. he said. Where one door
was shut on a British industry another was
opened. The country was well able TO hold
its own in the present commercial struggle.
Austen Chamberlain, the new chancellor
of the exchequer, replying to a vote of con-
gratulations at Acock's Green, Worcester
shire, his parliamentary constituency, to-
night, announced the the government
would not dissolve until the lessons of the
South African war commission report had
been applied and the War Office reorgan-
lied.
The foregoing interesting announcement
confirms the general impression that it is
the governments intention to meet Parlia-
ment and proceed with business, leaving
the fiscal problem alone as far as any at
tempt at legislation is concerned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-13
FIGHT in NEUVA VISCAYA
FILIPINO CONsTABULARY ATTACKED
BY 500 HEAD-HUNTERs.
Many WOunded-Efght Ladrones
to BE Hanged.

MANILA. Oct. 12-Lieut Velasquez and
thirty men OF the constabulary were at
tackled recently by 500 head hunters Of
Nueva Viscaya and lost two men, after
killing ffty-three and wounding large
numbers of the head hunters. The enemy
were armed with rifles and bolos. The
constabulary under command of Velasquez
are reported to be suffering from disease
similar to cholera.
Eight ladrones have just been SEN
fenced here to be hanged and two to
twenty-five years Imprisonment by Judge
Sweeney. These men were captured in
Bulucan and other provinces of Luzon adj
jacent to Manila. A second body of Ia
drones are in the Island OF Panay, where
they have attacked the town of 1bejay and
killed thirteen of the inhabitants. There is
only small police force there.
AS result of the investigation of Gus
toms Collector Shuster, Governor Taft has
made a requisition upon the Chinese au-
thorities at Shanghai for the extradition of
w. d. Ballantine. inspector of customs, ar
rested there yesterday, for alleged compiled
ty in the conspiracy for the issuance of
what are suspected to be fraudulent GER
tificates. An officer will leave for Shanghai
tomorrow to bring the prisoner back here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-13
FOR KOONSMAN'S MURDER
NATHAN RANKIN on TRIAL IN La
PORTE CIRCUIT COURT.
Three witnesses Testify Against the
Accomplish OF Mallory and Boone
-3ther Trials I'm Indiana.
eeial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special 70 the Indianapolis journal.
LAPORTE, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE trial of
Nathan Rankin, graduate of the Engle-
wood, H., High School, and a sketch artist
of considerable ability, for the murder of
Groceryman John M. Koonsman, at South
Bend last December. was begun this morn
ing in the Laporte Circuit Court, Judge j.
c. Richter presiding. Nearly the entire day
was consumed in securing jury.
Before adjournment three witnesses had
been examined-Mrs. Staples and Mrs
Burlin, who were outside the store when
the attempted robbery and murder took
place and who saw the three men
and heard the reports of the revolver
but could not identify the men. and William
Grimes. proprietor of neighboring meat
market who saw three strangers peering
into his place of business several times
that evening.
At the previous trials Rankin gave evil
dence for the State which secured the con-
victiOn of his companions, Melvin Boone
who died in prison, and Josephus Mallory,
now serving a life sentence, and his lawyers
say il was with the understanding that he
was 10 be leniently dealt with, but Pros
ecutOr Clark declares no promise was made
Rankin and that he will ask for the infiic-
ton OF the death penalty. Rankin will go
on the stand in his own behalf and the be-
for the State the jury will convict him of
manslaughteT only. Rankin was really but
an accomplish Mallory having planned the
robbery and Boone having fired the fatal
shots. Mallory will not testify against
Rankin, as he hopes to get a new trial from
the Supreme Court and fears that he might
injure his own case by being a witness
against his partner in crime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-13
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

NO DECISION-The Alaskan boundary
arbitration commissioners met in secret ses-
sion at London Monday to consider their
verdict No decision was reached.
DUEL WITH PIsToLS.-A duel with pis-
tolls was fought on the parade ground at
Schellerhau Sunday between Lieutenant
Schriener, of the Fifty-seventh German In
fantry, and lieutenant of the reserves.
Rauchfleisch. One OF the combatants was
dangerously wounded.
KILLED BY AN AUTOMOBILE.-Pro
Sonnenberg, the most noted appendicitis
specialist in Germany, while aHtomobil1ng
in Thuringia with his wife, son and two
daughters, ran into party out walking and
killed the daughter OF a local magnate, Herr
ROediger. Mrs. Sonnenberg was seriously
hurt
ROYAL. HONEYMOON TRIP.-Prince
and Princess Andrew OF Greece, who were
married at Darmstadt Oct. Z are now at
Heiligenberg Castle, near Jugenheim. They
start next week automobiling TO Athens,
I'm the machine given TO him by the Car
The Prince and Princess will go leisureiy
through Austria, Herzegovina, Montenegro
and Macedonia and will be followed by an
automobile with their baggage and servants
The wedding presents are valued at Sl,0OO,-
600. The Cars gifts in jewels amounted TO
sl25.ooO.
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED-As result
OF the collision at Bilbao Sunday be-
tween Socialists engaged in a demonstration
ard a body of clericals seven persons were
killed and thirty-three were wounded, some
of the latter being MORALLY injured, includ-
ing the manager of the Pueblo, a news
paper. Among the wounded are Superior
Lewis Dautier, OF the Christian Brothers
Schools, Revolvers were fired from the
Catholic Club and from the windows of the
Church of ST. Nicholas. The vicar of that
chruch was arrested on the charge or shoot
ing several Socialists and a number OF other
priests were arrested, charged with 1nsti-
eating riots. During the fighting the anti
clericals threw a priest into the river.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-13
WAKES. UP.LAST KILLED
HE WAS THE FIRST IN A ROW, THE
FIRST TO GO ASLEEP,
And the First to Meet Death in a
Murderous ARRAY, in Which
Seven Indians Were Slain.

BROWNING, Mont, Oct. 12-Seven peo-
pie have been killed and two wounded dur
ing a drunken row on the Blackfoot In
dian reservation, Montana. The dead are:
Wakes-Up-Last, wife and three children;
Mrs. Susan Bigroad and Mrs. Little Plume.
The wounded are: Alice Bigroad, shot in
the leg, will recover, and J. Littleplum,
throat and arm cut, recovery doubtful.
number of Indians secured quantity
OF whisky Sunday night and started on a
big spree. In some manner Wakes-Up-Last
became engaged in a row with the rest of
the party. During the alteration one In
dian was slightly wounded. Wakes-Up-
Last shortly afterward went to bed. Later
in the night friends of the wounded man
determined to kill wakes-Up-Last, although
it is by no means known that he was the
wounded Indians assailant. Wakes-Up-
Last was shot through the head while he
was in the bed. His wife woke up and
started to run from the house with her
youngest child, when the Indians rushed at
her and. placing a revolver against the
child's head, fired, killing mother and
child with one shot.
The other two children were shot through
the head Susan Bigroad was shot through
the head. Mrs. Little Plume's throat was
cut from ear to ear. Four arrests have been
made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-13
ALLEGED BOODLING.
Report OF Committee on the Scan
daI at Kansas City, Kan.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. Eat a meet
ing Of the Mercantile Club in Kansas City,
Kan, tonight the committee appointed TO
investigate the alleged boodling of mem
bers Of the School Board of that city sub
mitted a report, recommending that a
grand jury be called to probe the alleged
School Board scandal. The report of the
committee gives in detail the history of
the various transactions which form the
basis for the charges against certain men,
bers of the School Board, including a writ
ten statement from Professor Sawten. of
EmpOria, Kan, who charges that he was
asked to pay $500 for the position of pfin-
cipal of the high school in Kansas City,
Kan, with the understanding that the sal
airy attached TO the position was to be
raised from $3.50 to 81, 500 a year The re-
port tells of the purchase of site for the
Bancroft school, for which the Board of
Education paid 81 900. when the owner was
willing to sell for $500. This was done, the
report alleges, by having an agent of the
School Board secure an option on the prop
erty and sell it to the School Board at the
advanced price. The report contains an
alleged admission OF contractor hired to
clean the Easements OF SchoolhOuses after
the June flood, that he charged an exor-
bitant price for the work and that men,
Der of the School Board was his partner
iD the deal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-13
THE PRACTICAL JOKER.
Pains Taken by This Person to Pro i.
duce an Effect.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
1.-The practical joker is an ingenious fell
low" said gentleman at a prominent club
a few evenings ago. And if YOU will an
alyze his product, follow the lines of con-
struction closely, you will discover art, if
not genius, in some of the laughable things
he furnishes the world. He is usually a
man in whose composition there is a streak
of comedy that gushes on most any oc-
casion / once knew a fellow who perpe-
trated a joke at friends funeral, but I
have in mind a young man who was an
adept in the construction of fun. Ere
quently he has started large communities
to laughing over some trivial matter that
any schoolboy might have thought of, and
yet his jokes were always referred to as
successful. This young man, Lovick p
Miles, is now practicing law at Ft. Smith,
Ark. He was at one time a prominent
Washington correspondent for several
Southern dailies, and had the distinction
of being sent for once by our lamented late
President, Mr.. Mckinley who desired to
discuss the reconcentrado camps in Cuba
with him. Miles is q natural comedian
Some of his jokes are unique. 1 have in
mind one that was positively vexing to the
victim and yet 1t yielded so much fun that
every person who had fallen into the snare
took delight In getting even on some
friend. The joke was very simple, and
yet it spread through several cities in
remarkably short time. All of the humor
came from the expression of the victims
face while the joker was getting in his
work. At the time 1 speak of the book
Trilby' was the literary rage. Miles called
q friend of his aside, offering a very neat
apology to several companions. For a few
minutes he talked earnestly to his friend
His face wore an extremely grave and Sc
rious expression. He informed his friend
that he desired to ask him a question and
wished "a candid, honest reply. 1t was
very important, he said, In fact a matter
in which the public was largely interested
and also involved the regulations of several
people. He demanded the utmost secrecy
of the victim before propounding the ques-
ton which would reveal the whole matter
1t was intensely funny to note the express
sion of deep interest and concern that would
show on the victims face One shadow
would chase another across the counte-
nance, dark suspicious would fit through
| the mind; the person addressed would feel
| a strange Importance thrill him, being thus
| made privy to such an important secret
After pledges and inquiring anxious
| glances from the victim, Miles would lean
| over and whisper in his ear This was
| done to accentuate the secrecy Of the COM
munication. The question propounded was
| this: Have you read 'Trilby?"' A BUSH
ness man, hurrying to keep some business
| engagement, who lost five minutes in this
manner, would swear by the yard But this
| only made the joke all the more valuable,
and Ii became endemic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-13
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE.
Reason Why Our Mother Tongue
Should be Called English.

toronto star.
Somebody has been writing to the New
York Sun to protest against its being called
the English language any longer. This man
seems to think that the Americans have
more right to it than the people who saw it
first. Granting for a moment the absurd
premise that the Americans and the Eng
glish are two different peoples, it may not
be out of place to mention one two rea-
sons why the language should continue to
be called after the English.
The chief one is that the English made
the language. Chaucer rescued it from a
weller of French and Saxon, and gave it
form. Spenser wrote his Faerie Queen in it.
These pioneers Of English are still studied
and admired in American universities.
Shakespeare made use of il to produce the
greatest dramas in the world. AS late as
the end of the nineteenth century there was
a great theatrical manager in New York
perhaps the greatest-who presented
Shakspearean plays, in English at that, and
at great profit to American audiences.
This seems to indicate that Americans still
take an antiquarian interest in the lam
guage. Milton, If we remember rightly,
found it good enough to employ in Para
disc Lost" and a few other metrical trifies
He also wrote prose masterpiece in it,
the Areopagitica, the Freedom of the Press,
on which the United States has acted, al
though the essay was couched in a foreign
language.
There. are people, even in New York. who
contend TO this day that Milton couldn' [
have done better If he had known Ameri-
can. Coming down TO the eighteenth CEN
tury, great mob of more or less distin-
guished htterateurs could find no more
suitable vehicle than English. They did
fairly we'll in ii, although, of course, it has
not the resources Of the real Fourth of
July American Goldsmith struggIed with
1t long enough to create a few things that
still charm the heart and please the fancy.
Dick Steele and Joseph Addison showed
what the essayist could do with il when he
tried hard. Lawrence Sterne managed to fit
his Irish humor into IL, and cracked Jokes
without drifting into slang.
Pitt, Fox. Burke, Sheridan delivered fam
Gus orations in it, some of which pleaded
for those very Americans who are now
regulating the brave old language. Dean
mands uoon i which it could not fulall. AT