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Morals and Law OF the Panama Business.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-!Sir: Mr.. Dos Passos
assumes that the American people are concerned
regarding the Presidents refusal to deal directly
and at once with Nicaragua after the non action
OF Colombia In relation to the canal: but there Is
no evidence OF IT, There Isn't much distinction
between Law and good morals. hence In both may
be found answer TO his Inquiry why we didn't
60 10 Nicaragua. The Spooner act authorized the
construction OF the canal across the lsthmus OF
Panama II permitted within a reasonable time. with
Nicaragua as last resort. Colombia withheld
It's permission. Panama revoited rcgaincd Its
sovereign powers and was at once recognized by all
nations. thereby acquiring the right to make
:reatics In morals is the necessity for the canal:
In law, tho treaty rights. What constitutes "rca-
sonablc time Is to be determined by attendant
circumstances and while lawyers toy With constl-
tutonai questions the courts cvadc their consd
Grafton upon any preteAt. ID. NJ
NFW YORK Oct. 20.
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Tho Baltic Fleet.

To THE EDITOR oP THE SUS-.sir: Nothing
short of the surrender to England OF the entire
Russian Baltic feet should be the penalty exActed
for the foul work OF Saturday night In the North
Sea. The cowardly proceeding OF the feet with
out attempting 10 rescue Its victims stamps Its
leaders as pirates, enemies to the human race.
II IA unsafe 70 allow such maraudcrs TO roam the
seas. Our turn may come next. The whole world
cries out against such outragcs.
England will never have better chance 10 cripple
her old enemy and thereby bencnt mankind,
Robbers and murderers on land are arrested and
placed where they do no more harm. Such
should be the rule at well. YoNKERs
YoNKRBs Oct, 2S
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CORNELIUS VAN CoTT's best qualities fur
nished the opportunities for the persistent
and relentless attacks that were made upon
him. His loyalty to his friends and po-
litical associates led him into situations in
which a more cautious, more calculating
and more selfish man would never have
allowed himself to be involved His mis-
takes originated in motives at once credit
able to himself and attractive to those who
knew him. He had good red blood in his
veins, and his death makes hole in the
Republican party of New York county that
cannot be readily filed
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PRINCE FUSHIMPS VISIT.
Preparations for His Entertainment In
Washington and Elsewhere.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.-Preliminary ar
rangements have been made for the re-
ception and entertainment Of Prince Fush-
imi, brother Of the Emperor Of Japan. who
Is expected to arrive at SaniFrancisco on
Nov. "A. Minister Takahira' visited Az
sistant Secretary PIERCE at the State De
partment to-day and went over the pre-
iiminary plans for the Princes entertain
ment.
Prince Fushimi will come direct to Wash
ington to present to the President letter
from the Emperor and will remain here
ington in his official status and will be
accorded the honors due to his high rank.
After a visit to the larger eastern cities.
Prince Fushimi will spend some time at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, where
ne will again be officially entertained as
the brother Of the Emperor. Among other
places In hisitinerary, II is proposed that he
shall visit West Point Military Academy.
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The Furnaccyille Fertilizer.

The industrious Investigators of the
Department of Agriculture at Washing
ton ought to turn their attention to the
possibilities of rock and hard pan as en-
richers of poor soil and aids to success
full and lucrative farming
That is to say, to the Furnaceville
brand of rock and hard pan.
This brand possesses special qualities.
Never was there such glorious crop of
corn and potatoes as that. which has
derived its nutriment from the dump
heaps representing the memorable ac-
tvity Of the Hartman concern at 81 a
cubic yard for excavation on the canal
near Albion.
There is reason to believe that If the
United States Government should pro-
cure somo OF the Harriman-dug rock
and haEa pan of the Furnaceville variety
IN xJx<e1eszss s,sass. y-y,sase~-srsaS,ss,ys-
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The Appeal for Higgins.
From he Amsterdam Sentinel

From The Amsierdam Sentinel
Over his own signature Governor hair-
man Odell Ia engaged in flooding the State
with letters to Republicans who nave eN-
pressed themselves as proposing to vote the
Democratic State ticket. One Republican,
who received one OF these letters, has nov
favored the Governor with reply, neither
has he any intention OF doing so. Since re-
oeIvlng this letter he says he Is more strongly
convinced than ever that Higgins Is Odeli
man from head to foot and therefore un-
worthy the support Of any and every Repuoiitt
can In the State who believes In honest polit
tics and honest State officials.
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One of the insoluble mysteries Of New
York's municipal life is the amazing dis
fgurement of the City Hall that is INDUCED
in whenever occasion offers. That re-
spectacle structure is made foridly hideous
each time particularly large number Of
citizens is expected to congregate in its
neighborhood. To-day it looks like pop
corn booth at a country fair. Our beauti-
full flag can never be quite spoiled by tuck
ing and crtmping, and the decorative in
tention is praiseworthy; but the actual
result is-as usual
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and spread the same where II is most
needed, the desert places Of the West
would become as green as the gardens
Of plenty,
Advice TO farmers: Remember Fur
naceville; get your fertilizers Of the Har-
riman Iron Company, and bless HIddINs
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Finely Illustrated articles on the wheat harvest
and on cotton In The Worlds work for November
show that Thanksgiving h at hand. Submarines
and the ornamenthton OF business buildings are
treated also In illustrated papers Among other
articles arc one comparing German and American
worl,ngr cas- lives and several on Japanese and
RusSisa topics As usual. We have some good,
large Portraits, including SIR william Ramsay,
Dr Oslrr and I.a.cado Hearn.
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take tho oath or osths rendered him his vote shall
be accepted"
While the Grocery remains in business,
no citizen can be sure he will not be
challenged when he goes to vote, but
every qualified elector is protected in
his right Of suffrage by the law, which
even the Governor-C Chairman of the State
cannot obscure or nullify.
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ODELLYSM.
THE Black River Graft.

FTOm INC BuWdIO CUuVWF'.
While "Odelllsm" was economizing by re-
duolng the diet OF the sick lunatics In tho
state hospitals by half an egg day, twenty
men were drawing pay as employees on
little section OF the Black River Canal where
they did absolutely no work for the state, as
the canal was not navigable. was neFlectoa
and practically abandoned.
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Where's Ktpliugc

To THK EDITOR or THE Sus-,Sir: Only he who
wrote The Man Who Was" could do Justice to the
latest Russian tail twisting OF tho British IAon.
Asares.S:&S, abhor Cromwell but were q c'rom
well on top In England to day that Baltic Meet
would have been already rounded up. and wha,
was left OF IL shephcrdcd back to the Doeger Dans
There. naked and In chains tho surviving Russian
oIicers would be solemnly knouted 10 death and
then hung by the heels 10 their own yardarms
NEW YORK. Oct. 20 MADRAssI.
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A Pennsylvania View.

From he Pittsburo Dispatch.
Those New Workers who are getting up
a howl over Odellism and graft in the State
government must be emotional people. Now.
in Pennsylvania, we never get at all worked
I'D over little things like that.
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Amenities Of Foo tball.

From the Boston Record.
As the elusive indian quarter back. Libby was
brought 20 earth after q long run In Saturdays
game an exhiarated individual In front OF me
yelled out XIII him. kill him. his father chased me-
three days across the plains"
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4 wish

How smooth would be existence.
How little would sumo.
II men would take umbrellas
As seldom as advice,
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Knicker-Jones sho, his guide In mistake for a
deer
Bscker-vondcr " the Car wouldn't like TO
make him an admiral.
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The Second Battle.

STATEN ISLAND. Oct. 20.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-17
Belgrdde's Secret Passage.

In demolishing the palace at Belgrade,
where the murder Of King Alexander
and Queen Draga took place, the work
men came acros a secret stairway built
in the walls and communicating with
tunnel of great length leading. to a re-
mote spot outside the city precincts.
Inquiries have developed that King
Milan had caused this secret staircase
and subway to be constructed years
ago to provide him with means of es-
cape in the event of a military revolt,
such as that which brought the reign
Of his ill-fated son to so tragic a close,
but that just two months before the as
sassination Of Alexander the latter.
convinced that he had nothing to fear
and looking upon the tunnel as afford
ing opportunities to thieves and burg
lars to rob the palace unperceived.
caused the opening IN the wall to the
secret staircase and also the entrance
to the tunnel in the basement to be
bricked up. This was done so quietly
that not one Of those members Of the
royal household who took part IN the
massacre of the King and Queen were
aware OF the existence Of the subway.
BY having it bricked up the unfortu-
nate Alexander shut off what would
otherwise have proved road TO safety.
since IL he could have secured access
to the tunnel he would, with Queen
Draga, have been able to reach the riv-
ers edge and probably transportation
across the stream to the Hungarian
bank, on the other side thereof. before
the assailants had realized the direction
in which he had flown. No trace win
soon be left OF the palace where the
crime took place. Its site viii have
been converted into a garden before the
return to the capital Of the new King.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-17
RIVER IMPROVEMENT.

" HERE to be a feeling the Sacramento
above Knights Landing, that the committee that
has taken charge of the flood problem is informed
as only branch of it. and that the lower
reaches of the river Probably citizen of California
and engineer in the country has knowledge of
the and valley than General Green OF Colusa 1t
is his opinion that the study the various
watersheds from which four separate floods come. all
to be combined below the confluence of the American
River One of these originates the region north of
the confluence of the Feather, another in drainage
that combines in the Feather, and third in
the wide watershed of the American. From the
west side fourth food comes through Cache
and Putah creeks, that is gathered from an ex-
tensve watershed The of these foods the
height from which they precipated, and their effect
when combined to be important elements in the
problem If the study be entirely confined to the lower
reaches and relief by spng these combined foods
into the San Joaquin, IT appears that the data will be
insufficient for entire solution.
The engineers will have the benefit of the experience
and conclusions of Eads. Williams and many men emf
nent their profession. who in past years made
study situation. and their report will
quite fully the scientific part of the problem leav
TO others. When that branch of it comes into focus
the fact that all the land be reclaimed in private
ownership will present difficult question. If the land
will not stand the imposition of a sufficient to
paw the enormous of the work. test will be made
of the policy of improving private property at public
pense 1t is to- anagonize any proposition that we
suggest this only prepare the interested parties
for the work they must do to make their
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-17
He Got His.
fagazine.

According to Lippincott's Magazine,
Edwin E. Lee OF Baltimore, manager
Of a wickerware house. Is fiend after
coupon collecting.
He had been collecting all kinds Of
tags and coupons bearing premiums
for some time, when he one day no.
ticed an advertisement Of a New Jersey
firm that upon receipt Of fifteen Of their
tags they would forward one chance OF
a series Of prizes. the first prize being
horse and a runabout.
Mr.. Lee began industriousIy to get all
the tags he could find until he had the
requisite number. which he forwarded.
A few days later he was notified that
he had won the first prize Immediate
ly following this letter came a tiny
rocking horse
He sat down and wrote a sarcastic
letter to the firm:
Il beg to acknowledge receipt OF the
horse" he wrote. but you failed to in
close the runabout"
In an early mall he received this let
ter:
Dear Sir-We have your letter ac-
knowledging receipt OF the horse As
for the runabout, go chase yourself.
Yours truly, @"
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-17
THE NEGRO POPULATION.

recently published extract from the last census
Census Bureau has transmitted the Department of
Commerce and Labor compendium of facts upon Ne
groes in the United States" This volume compris;ne
three hundred pages of tables, statistics and
ment, contains practically all that there is movable
about the present condition of the black race in this
countryits numbers. educational status and economic
condition. Many the theories concerning the ne
that will be upset by the facts herein set forth
The negro population is not migratory one The
show that of the nine and one6fth mill
ion residing within the confines of continental United
States, Alaska. Hawaii and Porto Rico nearly nine
tenths still below Mason and Dixon's line Along
the lower Mississippi aluval region. where the colored
population has always been the most dense the prenon
derance of the black the white remains practically
unchanged Issaquena County, Mississippi, with its pro
portion Of fifteen negroes to white person. is the
blacklist spot the topography of the South The
of the negro population of the United States has
moved but 40 miles since I7oo-from Dnwidde County
Virginia, its present point, De Kalb County, North
western Alabama.
From purely economic standpoint the ratio of in
between the negro and the white population IN
the South probably has greater significance than anv
other fact of the returns. Despite prevalent
impression that the negroes rapidly displacng the
whites in the Black belt through more prolific rate
of BIRTH the tables in this compendium Of census stats
tics indicate that since IS4o the of increase amon0
the has steadily declined until in the period Of
forty years preceding the last taking, the in
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-17
THE CALIFORNIA REDWOOD PARK.

HE excursion to the State Redwood Park in the
Big Basin successfully carried out by the State
4 Board of Trade, is the first toward bringing
that interesting region before the public. The tract
owned by the State has in it about 400 acres, mostly
primeva forest of majestic character 1t is
genuine forest in which the redwood predomnaes, but
the tan oak Douglass spruce myrtle, madrone
and live oak also abound giving great and interesting
variety to the place The redwoods very large
celed in height and diameter of their columns only by
their relatives the big of the Sierras They
are the striking features of the park while the other
trees with their variety of foliage gentle the and
give indescrbable grace. 1t the Judgment OF
the excursioniss that the State had driven good bar
gain in the purchase and that San Francisco has very
vital interest in that forest.
If the proposition recede the Yosemite Valley pre-
vail the money now appropriated by the State may
we'll be diverted enargng this State Redwood Park
1t accessible excellent stage road, but is
deficient in radatng roads and trails its whole
When it may be reached easily and quickly it is
bound become known the greatest forest park in
the world AS scenic of the State it is invaluable
the State Board of Trade has the credit of making
the first effort to bring it notice. In little while
it will be standard trip from this city and other
of population Thousands of tourists will
to it. the story of its wonders and beauties will
be spread abroad
1t is watered by clear and beautiful streams aboundng
trout, aud is pentully supplied with deer mountain
lions and other wild animals and birds. The predatory
carnivora will ultimately be exterminated, but the deer
probably reenforced by herd of elk, will always be
an interesting part of its sights The park is capable of
enlargement to twice its present and this should be
provided for by the Legislature.
No Californian this impressive forest without
raised pride in the natural capacities of his State
without swearing allegiance to the policy of developing
this great forest and preserving it for all time
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-17
TALK or THE TOWN
AND E9Rffe OF RHE
TIN1EnG ~
Diplomatic.

His name Is not Pat, but he Is given
that nickname by all the passengers
On the owl car of which he is con-
ductor. The name Is not misapp1ed'
for Pat is Irish from the soles of his
feet to the top of his iron gray head
AS a usual thing Pats passengers wear
a smile. for he is continually making
remarks that fairly reek with humor.
They are always witty. and Pats rich
brogue but makes them the funnier,
Pat has one Observation-Disclosures
street. He cannot for the life of him
pronounce the strange name as his
passengers do. He knows II, and will
not try, his one attempt having taught
him a lesson.
He tried it one night when first
he took the late run and the roar of
laughter that greeted the attempt told
him he had made a mistake. Ever
since then his life has been made
burden, as he carries almost the same
crowd every night. Many and varied
are the attempts made by the pas
sengers to get Pat to try to call out
"Devisadero street." but all they get is
a wide grin and a twinkle from Pats
merry blue eyes.
Recently one Of the regular pasSen-
gers got on the car at Powell street
He settled himself in a corner Of the
car and closed his eyes. He aroused
Just as the car was turning from
O'Farrell street into Devisadero and
peered out into the darkness. The car
was going at such a rapid rate that
he could not locate himself so he
turned to Pat and said: What street
is this?"
Pat looked at him and smiled. So
did all the passengers. Then Pat
reached up and gave the bell cord
vigorous pull. AS the car stopped his
grin became almost a laugh. and lean
ing over toward the passenger he said:
It's the strate where you get Off"
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MEN amalMAd1EERS'N
THE TONES lie WORLD
A6OkEE@g5s-

have you any fixed hours OF work. 2"
II begin about H." Mason replied.
after coming in from morning ride
and then work on very often till 4 or
in the afternoon, avoiding going out
10 lunch. But / have not any def
mite hours of work or course. when
one is writing a book one keeps going
at IT until 1t is finished. 1 work lit
tie more, perhaps. when L am in the
country than In town. because then l
take a spell at night, too"
You do not believe in waiting for
Inspiration ?"
NO. When you have got the whole
thing ia your head you must sit down
and 20 on writing steadily day after
day until you get it done. especially II
YOU are SLOW worker / rather
shrink from using terms like inspira-
ton. But call IL what you viii, It's
not much use without a habit Of
work"
Mason. by the way. is now correct
ing the proof sheets OF his new noval.
The Triners." which after serial pub
lication is to make its appearance in
volume form early in the fall.
HAYDEN CHURCH.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-17

cause Of the cost Of the fence. but
because OF the value Of the square
inches the posts and Iiclkets would con-
sumo. If a border is desired around a
field. 1t is customary to plant mulberry
trees. The total area of ground in
Japan thus devoted to the silk-worm
tree. which otherwise would be taken
up with fences, amounts to about
hundred and ninety thousand acres
This has no reference to the mulberry
farms and groves, the area for which
is over three times as much. The fact
that a japanese farmer Is forced To
figure on the amount OF ground a
fence-post would occupy. and the In
teresting fact that the Government. IN
It's statistical enumerations. has had
the areas covered by individual null
berry trees on farm boundaries care
fully computed. demonstrates the great
value Of arabic land.-Booklovers
Ma agazine.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-17
Nihilisur and Var.


The ASA ssination OF Minister Won
Plehwe. following so closely on the
heels of that of General Bobrikofr. re-
calls the days of the great Terrorist
conspiracy which eliminated in the
assassination OF Alexander II There
is an evident relation between war and
revolution in Russia Immediately
after the Napoleonic wars which had
a profound effect on the life OF Rus
sia, involving as they did not only the
invasion. the burning OF the hremltn
and Moscow. and the calamitous re-
treat of the French army, but the re-
turn tide. which carried the COssacks
to the banks of the Seine, came a
revolutionary period in Russia. which
illuminated in the December outbreak
so vividIv indicated IN TOlstofs great
novel. War and Peace" In the same
wav the Crimean war was followed
almost without interval by a period of
moral and social revolution, the most
remarkable event OF which was the
emancipation Of the serfs in 1851. two
wears before Lincoln's famous urocla-
nation. But the freeing OF the serfs
was only one among many reforms
which broke up the old order and in
troduced the new. The whole field OF
education was similarly affected. the
doors of the schools and colleges being
thrown open TO classes that had never
hitherto profited by them. and even
tually to the sons of the emancipatsd
serfs. The education of women also
entered on a new and more liberal
phase than ever before in the Russian
empire and the new woman made her
appearance in the land OF the Cars
Harper's Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-17
Retrospect.
April day. can I forget

An April day, can I forget
When Rose and together
Searched for the first violet
That braved the chilly weather.
1 wove a hllet for her head
And kissed her lips Of crimson.
Until she slapped my face and saidi
Now you just stop. Jack Simpson"
Since then. alas, the years have flown.
And Rose has wed a farmer.
She wears an old red cotton gown.
And six kids call her "mommer."
I met her only yesterday;
She talked Of Aunt Elizer,"
And what would be the price OF hay
Perhaps fate was the wiser.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-17
Distinctly the Lesser Hall.

In any Swedish restaurant OF the
old fashioned sort a woman's meal
can be had for much less than the
charge for what would be served TO a
man. The theory IS that woman Is
physically unable TO eat so much as
a man.
In travelling a husband and wife
are charged at hotels as one and a
half persons. On any railroad train
their fare is for one and a half per-
sons.
Sweden. therefore. II the one re-
naming spot where no trace OF fiction
turks in that antfquated epithet OF
''the better half" It Is even said that
in Sweden woman Is happy 70 count
at all.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-17

startling discovery has been made that schemers in
New York engaged in traffic of fraudulent natura
zaon and that probably between twenty thousand
and thirty thousand in the metropolis have
right vote. The inquiry should be prosecuted with
vgor until foreigner entitled to his is
depored and the rascals that have committed this ggan
tic fraud upon the Government in prison The Amer
franchise is held lightly by those who have
right to exercise for the American people to
template with indifference any such outrage this upon
the privilege.