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PoIEoN was unable to effect, combina-
ton between France, Austria and Italy,
would, If it were backed by England, be
recognized at the present time as much
more than match for coalition OF
Germany and Russia. The events Of the
war in the Far East have completely dis
illusonized military experts as to the
value Of Russia's fighting power on sea
or land. Even Turkey, feeble as she is,
would not now hesitate to grapple with
a country which thus far has shown
itself unable to cope with the Japanese.
Scarcely any competent observer of
the deplorable inefficiency exhibited in
the management of Russia's resources
can doubt that in a European war her
army would be worsted even by that of
Austria, which, though smaller, is admir-
ably organized, equipped and trained
No friend of liberty and progress will
deny that it is well for Europe that the
bubble of Russian prestige should have
been pricked. The discovery that the
Muscovite colossus, which so long has
been dreaded as the indestructible prop
of reaction, has feet of clay and is by no
means an object of terror can hardly fail
to have important international conse-
quences and should naturally lead to a
new alignment of the European Powers.
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Cana da's Duty on Rails.

Canada's imposition of duty Of 81
a ton on steel rails can be regarded only
in the light of an interesting experiment
whereof the outcome will have an i'm
portant influence on her national policy.
An issue is involved which must be de-
termined by actual experience.
About year ago the Dominion Par
lament passed provisional measure
under which, certain specified conditions
being complied with. an Order in Coun-
Gil should extend to Canadian manu-
facturers OF steel rails a protection Of
81 ton. Such order was not to be issued
until some Canadian mill should be the
actual producer Of rails OF an officially
approved quality and in sufficient guam
tity to meet the reasonable demands Of
the market. Compliance with these
terms was a possibility with two Cana
dian enterprises, the Dominion Iron and
Steel Company at Sydney and the works
at sault Ste. Marie. AT that time the
Sydney company hoped TO have its rail
mill in operation at an early day, and
the 500 company was on the verge of
bankruptcy. The Sydney company was
also in serious condition financially.
Its stock had fallen to a fraction Of its
earlier quotations Millions OF dollars
had been invested in these enterprises,
and their fate hung almost entirely on
Government assistance in the form Of
tariffs and bounties. Without the as
surance Of such protection, it was vir-
tually impossible to obtain money for
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MAKING PANAMA HEALTHY.
Army Doctor Back From the Canal Zone
Tells OF what Has Been Done.

Major William c. Gorgas, of the medical
department Of the United States Army,
who has been in charge Of the sanitation
of the Panama Canal Zone, returned yester-
day on the Seguranca from Colon.
The mosquito breeding grounds In the
Canal Zone, he says, don't compare with
New Jerseys for quantity of output, and
since it has been established that yellow
fever is the product Of a particular kind Of
mosquito the eradication OF the disease
has been made comparatively simple.
The first real work in this direction has
been accomplished. and the Isthmus - now
cans and is ready for the digging job to
begin In earnest.
One Of the first things the sanitary officers
did when they. went down to the Canal
Zone six months ago was to establish
quarantine at both ends Of the strip to
prevent the introduction OF yellow jack
or bubonic plague. There were then soma
cases of the latter In Colon. but every one
coming from an infected port was held up
eight days. and the disease was practically
stamped out.
Then they got after yellow fever. Practi-
cally the same methods were followed az
in Havana. All cisterns and water barrels
were ordered covered. Sewers were in
troduced in the towns and stagnant pools
drained. Swamps close enough to habita-
tions to be dangerous were washed out
for filing in with the material dug from
the canal bed. The work has already borne
fruit.
In two years Major Gorgas predicts,
yellow jack will be practically unknown
in the zone.
Americans are standing the climate very
WELL he says, and so are the Jamaicans, who
compose nine-tenths Of the canal laborers
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PHILIPPINE ARMY NEEDS.
Gen. Carter Urges the Necessity OF Fer
manent Garrisons at the Seaperts.

~, .. A.. m. NH ,oo,a, ra
WARRINGTON Aug. 3i'-the aiiiu"i 10
port Of Brig -Gen. William II. Carter, com
mandinp the Denartrnent OF the Visayas,
n,';,,,,n;no T.,ands nnntains m number of
fhhipp'iie inienu'' ai - tho
important recommendations as .no
definite military policy Of the United States
which he thinks should be pursued In the
orchinelaoo- Gen. Carter saws:
,r, -. =. ,,,,dsd for
Inc numoer OF troops 10 DO pIoV SaN.I,.,,
In the Islands. and their permanent uis'irou
tion. should be definitely determinea. fro-
vision should be made. too. for hoidins inc
important cities OF the archipelago; the con-
troll of Manila and the principal seaport cities
will always insure the control OF the islands.
No insurreo,ion ~ Invasion can ultimately
he SUCCESSFUL II deprived of these places.
Their occupancy seems TO be military neces.
sitv and II remains only to select sites and
dstsrnin. ,hs oharacter and strength of per-
nauant rarrisons Other stations may we'll
be continued for the present us temporary
or shelter posts. but attention should be con-
slant directed toward permans"'s Oh '0'a-
This involves at once a consideration OF
the total force TO be maintained in this depart
Strategic points Only in this way. can the
comparatively heavy loss incident to .So
pendtures based on the exped1ency OF inc
moment be avoided. Temporary construc-
ton and makeshfts OF every. kind only serve
TO develop and confirm In the minds Of the
FjliDinOs the idea that the AmerlCaib w NV
intend to hold the islands permanently. ,
According TO Gen. Carter's idea, the
Ultimate independence of the Philippines
/. th;no tna ran'nte IN he discussed. and
!. u''ins 20 I'm lie ,,;eSv ;s the view of
~ can De saio .hat uis t,o" ,.rai
the military authorltles In eeIierM. ;,,
Gen. Carter severely scores me exist
ing order which forbids the employment
OF the army except on the appucatioh Vi
the Civil Governor OF province. ne cioes
a number OF instances where Premedi.a ae
attacks. resulting IN tns ihu 1 E;,;,,;,n nal
ean souiei Sno,> m.a and savs that,
contents ana uespeIaoos, aN to Irnitad
owing 10 the prtsenu oIuois' ~. ,..,nt
States troops could innict no punoi..
He says that this illustrates the extremely
islands. and adds;
'"'' "iN ' 1900.
am Of the opinion that it = OF no bsn ,ei,I
to the good people OF these islands ann WI, WI
delay their ultimate Approximation. the
evil element is allowed to threaten, harass
or openly attack American soldiers witnout
immediate action by the commanding onlcer
nearest to the place where the offence y COM
mitted Division general orders forbid even
self-defence from threatened attack; 1t must
be in actual jeopardy of life by firing or at
lacking with boios
II Is a matter Of public knowledge that
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To THE EDITOR or THE SuS--sfr: Up here 10
putnam county President Roosevelt Is going 10
lose quite few votes owing 10 the cutting on OF
part Of the Peekskill rural postal delivery. mum
Der O. ' When the route was started those on the
abandoned portion Of the route paid nE for the
prescribed letterbox. had their names put on In
black letters and nailed them 10 the necessary cedar
posts and put them up In the road and enjoyed the
rural free delivery for quite some time. when II was
abandoned without provocaaon or warning.
Assem- blyman Jaycox NOV Shenb and Con-
gresham Ketchau,, both good Republicans, were
10 have Il restored. but nothing was done In the
matter. and their influence waned In this section,
and Il seems certain now that unless Fourth Assls
tan, Postmaster General Bnstow does something
Alton b. Parker viii have some votes In Putnam
county that he, would not get otherwise, because
every time we look at our empty letterboxes We
feel we were buneoed and all that Is left for us TO
do IA 10 hold the Government, responsible and that
is Roosevelt. WILLIAM Meade,
PEKKsEILL Aug, -.
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Persons who write letters to newspapers
to set one another right in regard to matters
of history should be quite sure before they
begin that these are not also matters OF
record The second of the two correspon
dents who wrote to The Sun about The
Original Wagnerite" was nearer to the truth
than the first, but neither Of them was fully
acquainted with facts which could easily
have been asoertalned from books well
known to all music lovers.
The original Wagnerite in this country
was surely the good CARL BBRGMANN. Here
is his record: The first performance Of
Wagner music on record in this country
was that OF finale from 'Tannhauser' by
the Germania Orchestra under BERoMANN
in 1852. On Oct. %, 1883, In Boston the same
orchestra under the same conductor gave
the .Tannhauser" overture for the first time
in America. On Dec. 8 they gave in Boston
the first "Wagner night" in this land Of the
free. As only 'Rienzi, '1The Flying Dutch
man." -Tannhauser" and "Lohengrin" had
at that time been performed. the programme
did not probe far into the music Of the
future"
On April ri. 1855, the Philharmonic So
ciety played the "Tannhauser" overture
for the first time in New York. The con-
duotor was BKRaMANN. The music drama
-Tannhauser' was first performed in Amer
lea at the Stadt Theatre in the Bowery on
April 4, 1859. The conductor was CARL
BERGMAN. and the production was the
result OF three years Of earnest effort on his
part. "Lohengrin' was performed for the
first time in this country at the Stadt Thea
tire on April 8, 1871. The conductor was
ADOLF NEUENpoRFF. That was the advent
Of Mr.. NEuENDoRFF in the Wagnerian
ranks here. He was a good man and true,
but the father OF Magnetism in America
WAS BER0MANN.
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The HLabor Vote"

That frolicsome old myth the Labor
Vote is on deck again. just before the
primary elections the word was passed
around that in It's efforts to defeat the
Hon. P. HENRY McCARREN In Kings
county Tammany Hall was to have the
united support of the Labor Vote, be-
cause a corporation in which Mr.. NC
CARREN is said to be interested once en-
ployed some non-union workingmen'
The primary fight being finished, it APP
pears that Mr.. McCARREN not only was
victorious, but actually displaced his en-
emies in two Assembly districts, in spite
of the alleged Labor Vote.
Now the word has gone out that be-
cause the Hon. AUGUST BELMONT is a
supporter of the Hon. ALTON BROOKS
PARKER in the contest for the Presidency
the Democratic party is to be threatened
with the loss of some hundreds OF thou
sands of the Labor Vote unless its leaders
compel one of the corporations in which
Mr.. BELMONT owns an interest to sur
render to the demands that its en-
ployees have made upon it.
With the illuminating experience OF
Senator McCARREN in Kings county as
a guide for their eyes the Democratic
national committee and the Demo-
cratic State committee and all other
committees ought to be able to assess
the Labor Vote at its true value.
1t is a myth, flourishing on credulity
and fear; and for its complete exposure
all that is required is the application Of
little firmness and common sense.
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Hill and Park err.

This is the most interesting statement
in the speech delivered yesterday by the
Hon. DAVID b. HILL at the Broome
county fair:
We have an ideal candidate for President In
the person OF Judge ALTON B. PARKER. He needs
no Introduction to the people Of this State who
know him well. He did not seek the nomination.
hut accepted 1t at great personal sacrifice and as
duty which he believed he owed his country and
his party"
BY whom was the nomination of Judge
PARKER sought, if it was unsought by
Judge PARKER? The preliminary cam
paign for the nomination was certainly
conducted with intention; likewise with
some degree of political artfulness.
From whom, then, was the nominal
ton accepted at great personal sacrifice,
az a duty which the candidate believed
he owed his country and his party?
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SLOCUM RELIEF REPORT.
Mayors Committee Tells what II DID With
the alaA, 600 1t Had to Spend.

Mayor McClellan's Slocum relief committe,
OF which Herman Ridder was chairman,
sent yesterday to the Mayor its report,
The committee had at its disposal Sl24 ,2oe 90
This summary OF the work is given:
Number OF families aided by the COM
MUM Number OF persons lost in these 4s7 families.
Number Of persons buried by tho COM
mttee. 705. ,
Total cost of burials. ssi .27o.se.
Families in which medical attendance
"a Cost OK medical attendance. DC. q .1stl7
Families given temporary aid, iss.
EIpended for temporary aid. y ,042S.
Extended for transportation. $i2S
Expended for reimbursement OF losses.
appropriated for future needs in OF families.
vi .ypenses Cooper Union memorial meet
Total operating expenses. 1,oo2.
For wages, $605 s3.
For other expenses, e456.I.
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MARY ALMAROLTA'S WILL.
Most Of Her Property Left to Her Two
Adopted white Sons.

WASHINGTON, Aug sl.-The Will OF Mary
Almaro ola, the reputed rich Warrington
negress who adopted two white boys, one
OF whom is Lewis Alexander, New York
electrician, was fled for probate to-day.
As was expected, she leaves all OF her
property, with the exception Of few hun
bred dollars, to the adopted sons, the other
Of whom is Joseph Alexander Of this city.
To her adopted daughter Lottie she left Is.
The will says that she had no black relatives.
Most Of the estate consists Of a square Of
ground in Washington , embracing more re-
tied up In litigation. A contest Is expected
to be made By the children Of Mary Alma
rolia's stepsister. who live in Baltimore.
Lewis Alexander, who claims that he Y the
Southerner, has not taken any legal action
TO carry out his expressed intention to assert
his rights to name and fortune.
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end will be reached FOR many days was neces.
ssry TO keep four laborers constantly patrong the
driveway with pals, picking up these dangerous
pebbles"
II Mr.. PALLAs doesn't take care he
may be sued for trespass for invading
some antipodean gravel bed. There are
CONSERVATION and 'astonishment' and
surprise" In Mr.. PALLAs's report, and
it may be complimented as the most
amusing piece of light literature Mayor
McCLELIAN's newspaper has ever
printed.
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DRUNKENNESS IN THE ARMY.
Gen. Grant Says It's Due 10 the Abolition
OF the Ianteen-SIu IN rdhouses Full.

OF the -Guardh0usee Full.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. - Brig. Gen.
Frederick d. Grant, commanding the De-
partment Of the Lakes, in his annual report
made public to-day. gives further authority
for the statement that the abolition Of the
army canteen has greatly increased in
temperance among enlisted men of the
army. In discussing assertions and other
offences against the army regulations.
Gen. Grant aays:
The guardhouses m this department have
been absolutely inadequate as an adjunct
70 the administration OF military Justice
number of cases. amounting. almost to
} aiil deliveries ay not from the fact q its
imperative that the guardhous be. cleared
e ss that T9ad repas a
There have been seventy-four escapes from
this department. and i is my belief. from
the present system almost any prisoner who
desires i, may. by watching his opportunity.
In urging his recommendation that the
Government secure a central position for
the confinement of general prisoners, Gen.
Grant adds:
Considering that z soldier contemplating
be provided With good food and bed and a, given
labor that he has some chance Of undeserved
clemency on account OF the crowded oondi-
tion in post gusrdhouses. and that II he tire
Of prison, an effort to escape is almost sure
to be successful, 1t is evident that the condi-
tions are not, we'll adapted to serve as q whole
who contemplates taking the step.
The War Department has also received
the annual reports Of Brig. Gen. Frank D:
Baldwin, commanding the Department Of
the Colorado, and Brig. Gen. Jeese M. Les.
commanding the Department Of Texas.
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A Call for VerincatIon.

To IRE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir; II
might be a good thing for the Democratic
party IN Judge Parker would take the same
pains to verify the alleged statement Of Mr..
Hill that he will retire from political life
after Jan. a. Mr.. Sheehan took to verify the
authenticity OF the telegram sent by Judge
Parker to him at ST. Louis. and publish the
result,
do mot understand that Mr.. Hin has put
his stipulation into writing. LAWYER.
NEW YORK. Aug. 81.
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THE PRESIDENTS.
An Able but Not wholly Successful a.
tempt to Mako History by EplEram.

An Ado DuG NOt WuO1y DuCCoSSH0 NAUs
tempt to Mako History by Eplgrsm.
To TIE EDITOR OF THE sUH-Sw: How
does this summing up OF the oharsotsriEttos
and life work Of the Presidents OF tho United
States strike you?
1. wAsHuoroH. HIS greatness made him ga.
de. and his eent'ouess made his people great
.. JOIN AnAhs. 1nuuisitve a. pstr.ot - =
politician queruloua
3 JxYrznsoN. A political ocean which, wasA.
ing different shores. v called b. different Names
=. MADISON. Mentally man. tempersnentany
. woman.
5, Mosnon. Approprasine contemporaries -
propdsted BY postenty.
). Q. ApAln. Lowry in grsssnsss, be seosms
great In lowiiness.
7. AxpRsw JACKSON. In stature stsse.naa;
In statue tslwayO soldier.
8. VAN BuBsS. native LnipuaAa. though BON
on the Hudson.
Q. W. II. HA1anoS Saved from Gshonor b.
that which he had throughout life honorshiy
10 Tr1ss. Appointed. dissppotnuas. a,..s.
pointed
II. polx. His nttleness was forgotten In the
great achievement Of his Administrator.
II. TAYLOR. First. tho white House-shsn tAs
white Horses but not onoe the White Feather.
Is. Ful.Aon1 He did less than whss was 81.
peeted OF him. but not ,ess than what should have
bean expected.
IA pnRcz He hold tho 1aacs. but his Secretary
OF war was PfcSloont-
Is BUCHANAN. Eelipsing hh predecessor. ~
was collapsed BY his saooossor.
TO- LINCOLN. Nov Abideth thnse tarse-ehs
Proclamation OF Emancipation. the GottyS6ure
address and the Second Inaugural address. and
the greatest OF these - Who may Determine
that7
II. JoHEsoN. What rroverent critic Of no
Southern bourgeois was u who said that he Wa
"a representative Of tho poor white traah Of the
South"f
IS. GRANT In the scales OF ths destiniss the
pine on Mount MoGrceor WIN weigh morn hesSfly
than the apple tree st Appomattcx.
10. HAYES. BE administered rightly and right.
eousiy the once he was wrunsfuny required -
occupy.
20. oAayruD. Death nxsd his tame.
81. CLEVELAND. Gratifying his politioal oppe,
nents, he seldom failed 70 dssppotnt his political
sdhe rents.
p. HARRnoN. A really great man. VINO unfer.
tunatey, however, kept his Affection In cold stor.
age.
rs CLEVELAND. Ins PED. he ruined his parry
but saved his country.
"a. McKnukr. a political and social solvsat
who absorbed and was absorbed BY whatsoever he
touched; and yet ioveer spirit never passed nom
earth than when he died.
IS. ROOSEVELT. Always dc lighted. but seldom,
II ever delighting.
WAsHIs9ToE. DC, Aug. 30, C~HG
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BIG TELESCOPE FOR HARVARD.
sixty.lncfa RefiectinS Instrument Bought
for Observatory.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Aug 3i.--Direotor r.
c. Pickering OF the Harvard Observatory
announces the acquisition by that institu-
ton OF a sixty-inch rejecting telescope,
the largest instrument Of ita kind In the
A. Common Of England and has been idle
for several years. An attempt was made TO
purchase the instrument several years ago,
but the means Of the observatory would
not permit. In 1902 an anonymous gift Of
the urgent needs of the institution have
been supplied, and with residue the sixty
inch reflector was purchased under CON-
ditions that make the late owners large
contributors to the cost
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OUR PARLIAMENTARY VISITORS.
Plans for spending the $4,000 Appro.
prfated for Their Entertainment.

WARRINGTON, Aug 3l.-Arrangements are
being perfected at the Treasury Depart
ment to entertain the members OF the
Interparliamentary Union for the Promo
ton OF International Arbitration on the
occasion Of their visit to this country.
These delegates, who come primarily to
attend the st. Louis exposition, are Mem
bers OF Parliaments or other national legis-
lative bodies Of the countries which they
represent, and there are about 800 visitors
In all.
The delegates will visit the West Point
Military Academy next Tuesday, going
on a revenue cutter and a naval vessel
and returning to New York the same day.
They will be entertained at luncheon at
West Point. Congress appropriated $4,000
for the entertainment of these visitors.
They will start from New York on their
tour of the West on Wednesday or Thurs
day OF next week.
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MoR0sINI GIFT TO THE PARK.
Bankers Daughter Presents Mountain
Eve and Three Lambs.

EW6 Huu T1rc6 LAmD1
Miss Morosini, the daughter Of Giovanni
P. Morosini, the banker. has presented
to Park Commissioner Pallas q Swiss
mountain eve and it's three lambs.
They are the first Of the kind to be e1hib-
tied in Central Park, and, 50 far az Director
Smith of the menaGerie knows, there are
no others Of the kind In this country except
those owned by MIR. Morosini The wool
lie Of dark brown color. With white On The
head. The sheep roam on ths hiShess
mountain ranges Of Switzerland.
The animals were put In q stall IN the deer.
house. yesterday.
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A Gold Plated Standard.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS--Sir: Does the
Democratic party believe in the gold standard
or in a gold plated standard that might wear
on q. r. u.
NEW YORK. Aug. 81.
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