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cHrNA,s SHIFT az OUR TREATY.


Minister Conser Thinks tho Move Sho~s
Hostility.
WASHINGTON, June iH.-Nr. Conser.
the United States Minister ct Pekia has
reported to the State Department the action
Of Chang Chih Tung, head Of the Chinese
Foreign ONCE, In directing that the ne
gotiation OF commercial treaty between
China and the United States, which has been
taking place at Shanghai. be transferred
to Pekin. Mr.. Conger regards this transfer
"A Objectionable and attributes 1t to an anti
foreign feeling on the part OF Chang Chin
Tlng his supposed object being to directly
supervise the work OF the Chinese negotia-
tors to prevent any liberal concessions to the
United States.
This information as to Chang Chin Tung's
attitude surprises the State Department;
as he has been regarded as .pro-!oreigI and
a friend Of this country. Before deciding
whether to object to the proposed transfer
Secretary Hay will secure more detailed
information from Mr.. Conger. The Chinete
negotiators are. Sheng, former Director OF
Posts and Tclegraphs and WI Iing-tanf..
former Minister to Washington, oovn Oh
whom hold liberal views.
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WATER FOR WEST POINTERS.
Better system Needcd-Ha ztns Has Prac-
ticaiiy Dtaa ppeared.

WASHINGTON. June l8.-In the annual
report to the Secretary Of War the Board
Of Visitors to the Military Academy at
West Point says that hazing has practically
disappeared only one or two cases OF mild
character having occurred recently, and
the general discipline is excellent.
The board thinks that the Academy
needs better water facilities, the recent
drought having demonstrated the danger
in this connection, and recommends that
the appropriation Ct 100000 for improving
the supply be increased
The plans Of the Secretary Of War for
other improvements are approved.
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PRICE or SECURITIES.

Railroad "hares Anectcd by Industrial
PrOpcrtiss and Real state Activity.
To THE EDITOR OF The SrN-sir: Your
interesting financial article OF this morning
suggests n question.
Among the undoubted causes for the lower
ng Of railroad securities Ia the fact that in
vcstors have been unwilling to take n return
of only per cent. in railroads, when by rea-
son of our intense commercial, industrial
cent, Elsewhere. Viii not, therefore, any
relaxation In this competitive demand
for money automatically enhance the value
than counterbalance any halt In the increase
Of railroad earnings which may take place?
NEW YORK, June Is. Z. W. l.
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A Clergyman as a Correspondent.

The appearance OF a prominent Epsco-
pal clergyman of New York as a core
spondent in divorce case will be an I'M
fortunate incident at u time when the
Church of which he is minister is unit
ing with other Churches in protest against
the divorce evil and in demand for
the more vigilant protection of the mar
riage relation as a religious duty.
In saying this We do not assume that
the clergyman is guilty of the offence
charged against him His church YES
try and his congregation express abso-
lutte confidence that he will come out I'm
scathed from the trial, and no facts of
his previous history have been pre-
scented to indicate that he is man of
whom the unclerical behavior of which
he is accused might have been expected.
So far from that, he is the rector of
one of the largest and most prosperous
Episcopal churches in New York, is re-
spected and beloved by his congregation
and is the chaplain Of a great university
always jealous of its good name. 1t is
true that as the chaplain of National
Guard regiment in the war with Spain he
was subjected to much criticism by mem
bers of the regiment, but the facts that he
has since retained the regard and conf
dence Of his church ard that he remains
as chaplain of Columbia University, and
thus is held up by it before the students
as an eXemplar of the virtues of Chris
tian manhood must be taken as indi-
cations that those institutions are con-
WINGED that the injurious allegations
concerning his conduct as a chaplain
in Cuba were without foundation.
The mere circumstance thar a clergy
man is made correspondent in divorce
case which will be, undoubtedly, a very
conspicuous subject of public interest
will tend, however, to give turn to the
discussion of the divorce question by his
Church which will crafty censors of
religion and afford encouragement to
the advocates Of divorce. These people
will say that If the clergy render them
selves liable to charges of violating the
theory OF the sanctity OF marriage held
by their Church and must go through the
ordeal Of public and civil trial to test
the truth of the allegations it is demon
strated that efficient protection of tat
sanciity lies in the law Of tho State and
not in the Church
The masking Of a clergyman = core
apoadelt in divorce caqo w.l,ch win
n"c.nanl universal attention, if it is
"icd, is therefore, as ne have said. L
"e"y unfortunate iacid>nt at this time,
when 50 great Efforts are made to bring
together Protestant Churches in de-
nunciation of the divorce laws of all the
States of the Union except two. Where
would be the protection Of the sanctity
OF marriage against outrageous assault.
critics of the Church might ask, if it was
not furnished by the civil law and by the
treatment of matrimony as civil con-
tract' If it is proved that the Church
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E4TE FOR ALTON 8. PARKER.
Tennessee Senator SAYS the Judge Could
He Nominated Now.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. June 16.-United
States Senator W. B. Bate in an interview.
after announcing his candidacy for re-
election. said to-day,
Il think the national Democratic outlook
is very bright. but l disagree with some
of the lead RS who ara hunting for candi-
dates for the Presidency this early am
in favor Of letting the question OF choosing
a candidate rest until We see what the situ-
situation now stands. have no doubt tina:
Judge Alton E. Parker would be nominated
IL a vote were taken to-day He is con-
Quoting hins If very nodesty and with
propritty. think. and The course for him
is to avoid pubiic att 'ntion as much as
possible until the campaign
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We'll. William Shakespeare Devrry
|. gr".i, 10 ne thrt every
Time you o?cn up >odr MI;
A, the lower trout cGi and then shut
II up again. YOU crop . golden coin
OF L !Gl. III ana STAMP another Keep on jawtn
HI, were with you, liver, lungs
And E.dney >. heart and sou Though all the tongues
OF all INC ParRhurs,' In the big town wag, II only
shows
That though fluent, they're about
Nowhere when IL comes TO handin' out Knockout
In the old English, boiled down 70 date.
say Bill, we'd Ike 10 see you and the late
Mr. Chaucer Ben JonSon In the ring without
gloves. Anyhow
Keen goin'. Bill. II you're not elected Mayor we
allow
You could write dictionary that would sell
IAkc-Gee
4 BUO.
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sidewalk oburuc,,on on broadway.

To1HE EDITOR or THE SrN-!Sir: Yes. 1t Is abou,
time that com plants were made against the loahne
crowds Of cloak aud sui, makers who block trafnc
and MI the corners from iinth 10 Fourteenth street
on Broadway. Insulting passershy and Injuring the
trade Of retail dealers along the west side OF Broad.
way,
Where Is the Police Department. This Ia the
question.
Repeated complaints TO Headquarters fail to give
relief, as have reason 10 know. SUFFERER.
NEW YORK. June l5
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Quite the most remarkable feature OF M.
RoosEvELr's reply 10 the Jewish delegation
asking that this Governm ont should speak
to Russia about Eishinetf was the story
of the Jewish policeman who educated h'
Younger brothers and sisters and got hero
two or three of his kinsiolk from Russia and
provided homes for them out Of his salary.
1t would not be easy to find more remark
able case of thrift.
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The Railroads In 1902.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion's report, just issued, OF general rail-
way statistics for the year ended June
30, 1902, is important as being an offlclai
summary of the results of one OF the
most prosperous years OF railway busi-
ness in the history of the country. Its
immediate interest is, of course, some
what diminished by the fact that the
figures given are already virtually COM
mon property and that they refer to con-
ditions as they existed twelve months
ago. The central fact in the statement
is the showing of net increase Of $751;
002, 1853 in railway earnings over those OF
the year ended June 30, 1901. While
statistics for the current year are not, OF
course, fully available, it is reasonably
certain from the data already furnished
BY private and unofficial but authorize
tive sources that net earnings in the coun-
try for the year ending June 3d. 1903,
will be increased over those OF the pre-
vious year by less than $loOoo,ooo.
The causes Of the comparatively I'm
favorable showing that will be made of
the railway business of the present year
in the next report Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission may in general be
attributed to increased railway operating
expenses. These expenses are Of two
kinds, one, operating expenses proper,
that is, the cost of the operation and
maintenance pure and simple Of railroad
property, and the other, expenditures
for permanent Improvements and new
construction. The great coal strike dur
ing the year necessitated large reduc-
ton in railway earnings. The chief
item Of decrease, however, was that due
to the higher cost of all materials used
for railway purposes and to the very
large increases in the wages of employ
ees. Whether the year 1904 will or will
not witness an Improvement in this re-
spect as regards the sum total of rail-
way net earnings is, of course, the great
question that now confronts the railway
world
The hope has been hitherto that this
increase in operating expenses would be
made up by an increase OF general bus!-
ness and by the higher freight tariffs
which in very many instances, at least,
the railway vs. have been enabled to charge.
No one can predict what the quantity of
railway business will be in the coming
year, but up TO the present time the hope
of the railway manag gers that they will
be able to keep up their net earnings to
the high standards Of preceding years by
the imposition of higher charges for car
rying freight seems not to have been
realized. 1t is probable, however, that
railway improvements will not be
planned as extensively in the coming
year as they were in the present one.
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The Hair 81 the Old American stock

OF the many abeurdities of which the
Indian Bureau, that always well-meanng
bunger has been guilty under various
administra tions, the most absurd is the
order, sprung from the great brain OF
JONES, the present Commissioner of
Indian Affairs. that the Indians should
have their hair cut 1t is vain to try to
penetrate the psychology of JONES. He
must have reasoned that he would get
nearer to the Indian mind by the alb
session of the Indian locks. JONES had
no more right to denude those aboriginal
heads than the Secretary Of the Interior
has to command that JoNEs's hyacinuhine
curls shall feel the BARRIERS shear. 1t
would be difficult to take more irritat-
ing mode OF injuring Indian dignity. But
we will not be severe with JONES. He
wanted to civilize his copper-colored
brethren. The people in Mineral Point,
Wis, the proud and happy home of
JONES, don't wear their hair long. He
intended to make the Indians look re-
spectacle and like folks So there
was some compulsory hair cutting; and
then arose such mingled guffsw and
howl from the country that the work
Of cropping Indian polls was given up.
In his Out West Mr.. CHARLES F..
LuMMIs writes of those admirable old
settlers the Moquis, the Quaker In
dams" as he calls them, the Hopi-tu
shin-u-mu, the People Of Peace, as they
call themselves To any man who has
even a slight knowledge Of these peace
full, industrious farmers, dwelling quietly
in their stone and adobe houses on their
immemorial cliffs; making their beauti-
full and artistic robes and blankets and
baskets handing down from generation
to generation their unwritten literature,
thor history law and poetry, and their
religion, so rich in rite and consecrating
with its sanctions and its ceremonies
every act and occupation of their simple
lves-to anybody who knows even a
little of these old Americans, one lock of
their heads IS more precious than all the
rafting noodles of all the Indian Commits
sicners, Indian agents and Indian con-
MIR. LuMMIs is an enthusiast, but he
hardly goes beyond the facts when he
writes that the Moquis are far more
law-ab;ding and far more religious than
any American community whatever.
That In, always been the trouble with
the People Of pe1oe; they have been too
pe',ol'tc. The have Locked sail &c
n *, onn"es son bitter.
Accordi1,: to M. Ll-MAlTs, the Hon
CHARLES u. BURTON, Superintendent
and Distressing agent for the Moquis
and Navajos, stat ioned at Keom's Canon
Ariz, showed unusual zeal in enforcing
the hair-cutting uksse:
HIS bcpistolcG Nayajos surrounding n Moqu
village. hc.ding the men into a council chamber
under threat OF shooting, and there handling them
holding them and forcbly shcarinc them as the!
were many sheep: aud sometimes leaving tn,
scar OF the shears on their ncsh."
Mr.. LUMMIs charges that Mr.. BURTON
suppressed the order which prac-
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Deduction.

De style What makes you think he never owned
an automobile
Gunhusta-Why, thu people say he led wreck
less" Ntc.
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This time Two years ago Shamrock I. WAS beating
Shamroch II consistently hy about i've minutes
OF 30 IN thirty miles. and yet Shamrock II was as
nrany as possible II match for Coumhia IN
new challcrget s al The very Least lively" minutes
IA ,ter than Shamrock I over n thirty mile course,
and tI i~iisnce's pet weather she u NOR" hea'l!
thirty minutes faster. Therefore Il arcrls to us
that Judging from these early trials. Shamrocs
III. is anything between I'VE ard fitcen minutes
faster than Reliance. wtthou; time allowance -
ior Yachting World
All that figures can do for Shamrock Ill
seems to be done here. On paper the Cup
IL as good Us half seas over toward its birth
place. And it may be all true, 1.-THE won
derful stories about Shamrock I. being
better than Shamrock H. are true.
Not for the world would We throw drop
of cold spray on the warm and hopeful
heart that now sends its third 9o-foot"r
In quest OF the blue ribbon of the sea.
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2 -fs -RbrS-Suc No ~. near Grand Rotci, arc
K!osG- No TO- boulevard deS Capucrca
Evening journal., 1903-02-20
COAL. Commission
FRAMING ITS REPORT
Members Begin the Work OF
Formulating Their Find
ings in Washington

Washington. Feb. 20.-The anthra-
cite coal strike commission met here
yesterday afternoon to begin the work
of formulating their conclusions and
framing their report All the mem
bers of the commission were present.
The session was devoted to a discus
sion of preliminary details. such as the
hours of meeting and matters of pro-
cedure. The sessions are likely to
continue for a considerable period. al
though all Of the commissioners state
that it is impossible to say even ap-
proximately how long it will take to
frame the award.
The members of the commission say
that no two members of the body have
yet gotten together in a discussion of
the forthcoming award and that no
outline of the probable verdict can be
accurately made at this time The
meeting was held in an Office adidn-
ing the hearing room of the inter
state commerce commission. and, as
will be the case in all the subsequent
sessions, was secret
Evening journal., 1903-02-20
NUGGETS OF NEWS

Brigadier General NJ. c. Foote. re-
Gently confirmed, was retired yester-
day.
General Chahee and staff arrived at
Hampton, Va, yesterday and inspected
Fort Monroe.
James B. Colgate of New York, has
given 500. 900 to Colgate University.
Hamilton, n. Y, as an addition to its
endowment fund
The Togopah. New. Athletic Club
has offered a purse of s25,OOO for n
finish fight between Jeffries and Jim
Corbett.
William T. Moehan, of Philadelphia
gave an illustrated lecture on fish
culture to the Pennsylvania legislature
last night.
Secretary Moody has ordered the
trial by court martial Of Lieutenant
Chester Wells. charged with neglect
in the l0sa of the naval tug Leydan
on The south coast OF Block Island.
Janua, O.
Evening journal., 1903-02-20
STEAMER SINKS SCHOONER
Vessels collided In Terrific Gale off
Little Egg Harbor.

Atlantic City, Feb. 20.-ln the midst
of terrific gale off the coast yester-
day morning the Clyde limo steamer
|Goldshoro collided with tho four-mast-
ed schonocr Hargraves off the Little
Egg Harbor life saving station. The
latter sank in a short time and her
crew was rescued by the seamen of
the other vessel only with the great
est difficulty.
Once outside the Capes early yes
terday the Goldsboro was tossed about
numerically by the bowling winds
and angry seas, which lashed her sides
and swept over her decks. When she
came of Brigantine the Hargraves
hove in sight. She, too. was drift
ing about at the mercy of the waves.
The Goldsboro bore down upon her,
and despite the herculean efforts Of
her crew, the collision could not be
averted. The steamer struck the
schooner squarely in the middle, and
a great hole was stove in her side.
She filled rapidly, and the efforts of
the crew at the pumps proved unavail-
ing TO save her.
Evening journal., 1903-02-20
EXTRA SESSION
IS THREATENED
resident Roosevelt Will Re
convene Senate Unless
Treaties Are Ratified
STATEHOOD BILL is IN THE WAY

Washington, Feb. 20. - President
Roosevelt will call an extraordinary
session Of the senate of the 5sth CON
sress, unless both the Panama Canal
flnd the Cuban reciprocity treaties are
.'atihed at the present session. The
president made this declaration of his
Intention to several senator's yester-
giay, and he made it as emphatically
.ind as unequivocaly as he was capable
{ bf making it.
IL Is deemed likely by officials OF the
administration and by many senator's
. .hat both treaties will be ratified be
FORE March 4, but the necessity for
heir early ratification is regarded by
ne president as so urgent that in the
.event of the failure of either one or
IDoth at the present session he will
issue Immediately his call for an ex-
ira session.
1t Is said that there are grave rea-
sons of state why both treaties should
pc ratified as soon as possible. These
pave induced TIE president to make
the announcement to senators of his
determination.
Notwithstanding this announce
|ment by Mr. Roosevelt dilatory tao
|tics were begun in the senate yester-
pay afternoon. whom it met in execu-
|tive session to consider the Panama
Canal treaty, and 1t was evident that
|there was a movement among the
Friends of the statehood bill to couple
|the fortune Of that measure with those
|of the canal treaty and make the rati-
|iication of the one depend upon the
passage of the other. Many Of the
statehood advocates on both sides Of
the chamber say they will not allow
Senator Morgan to be forced by test
of physical endurance to complete his
speech in opposition to the treaty be-
fore he is willing to conclude of his
own accord.
Senator Quay has Joined Senator
Morgan in flibustering against the
Panama Canal treaty. This is not be-
cause he opposes the treaty. but be-
cause he wants a vote on the state
hood bill Mr.. Quay claims that he
was induced to give time for the con-
sideration of the treaty under a mis-.
apprehension that there was urgent
need for the immediate ratification of
the agreement with Colombia.
The senate took a recess last even
Ing shortly before 6 o'clock and recon
vened at o'clock. Senator Nor
gan continued his enaacb until -
o'clock, when the senate took a recess
until today.
Just before the close of the session
Senator Cullom sought unanimous
consent to fix time for a vote to-
morrow, but Senator Morgan object
ed. Senator Quay also said that he
would object unless an agreement to
vote on the statehood bill also could
be obtained
Evening journal., 1903-02-20
HOUSE PASSES NAVAL BILL

Provides For Three New BattleshIps,
One Cruiser, Three Training Ships.
Washington. Feb. 20.--At the end of
a protracted session the house yester-
day passed the naval appropriation
bill A great many amendments we're
offered to the provisions relating to
the Increase Of the personnel and tho
authorization of new ships TO be
built. The most important amendment
adopted was one to authorize the sec
rotary Of the navy in his discretion to
purchase or contract for submarine
torpedo boats after investigation OF
their merits, and approprlates $780,
600 for that purpose. The amendment
was in the language Of bill intro
duced By Mr. Hill, OF Connecticut. and
IL was stated on the floor that il had
the support Of all the members of the
naval committee It was adopted
practically without debate. The words
authorizing the construction Of the
new ships "by contract We're stricken
out
As passed. the bill provides for three
new battleships. one armored cruiser
two steel training ships and one wood
en- brig for training purposes. in ad-
dition to the submarine boats discre-
tionarily authorized.
Evening journal., 1903-02-20
FOR THE souru.

Southern Railway. Express 6.4G D. m.
daily. sleepers 10 Charleston, Port Tampa,
Augusta, Memphis and New Orleans; 81
p. m. daily, sleeper TO New Orleans, Ma.
con, Memphis. Nashville, via Ashevilie
ana Hot Springs. THE Southern's Palm
Limited" 1856 p. m. week days Pullman
Drawng-room and Compartment Sleeping
cars, Observation and Dining Cars to st.
Augusune; Pullman Drawing room Sleep
ing Car 70 Augusta (via Aiken)
Atlantic Coast Anc.-Express Il o.
noon daily. sleopcrs 10 Charleston. Jack
sonvlle, Macon, rhomasvllle and Port
Tampa; 1855 n. m. daily. sleeper 10
Richmond and Jacksonville. Tlorida Spe-
clal, 5.N p. m. week days. Pullman
Drawing room and Compartment Sleeping
Cars Observation and Dining Cars to sd.
Augustine.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.-s.ii D.
m. daily, dining car and sleepers 10 Gin.
cinnau.
Seaboard Air line Railway. Mail 4.3O a.
m. daily. sleepers to New Orleans anf
Jasksonville. Express SIS p. m. week
days, sleeper to Atlanta, "Seaboard Flor
Ida Limited" 400 p. m. daily. Pullman
Drawing-room and Compartment slcepinl
Cars, Observation and Dining Cars to St
Augustine.
Evening journal., 1903-02-20
TRAIN ROLLED DOWN BANK
Passengers On Montreal Express Had
Marvellous Escape From Death.

Toronto, Ont, Feb. 2O.-The Mon
treal express on the Grand Trunk Rail-
way consisting Of a baggage car, ex-
press, day coach. sleeper and two Pull
mans. was cerailed at Whitby juno
tion yesterday. All the cars left the
rails and rolled down a 25-foot embank-
ment. hurting the passengers about as
they turned over There was no ditch
to cause a piling of the cars at the
bottom of the bank, and to this is
due the marvellous escape Of the pas
sengers. No one was killed, though
over 20 suffered more or less severe in
juries. Several Americans were On the
train, going through to the west The
injured were brought on to Toronto.