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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-30
Marion. Q. June I. 1908.

D.: =. Co., Chicago, Ill.
1entIemen:I am so grateful for having
FOUND a cure in your d. d. ID. Remedy. Thar I
!sei IL my duty TO write you about my case so
snat YOU can tell other sufferers about IL, for I
for me. ""
MY occupation as gardener keeps me exposed
~ tnc weatner q great deal and conseauentlv
my skin disease would effect me n oreat deal
For twenty-two years have been i'm torture from
severe case or eczema and often / have had to
stop my work in the garden and 20 in o,1t If tbo
sun, for 1t seems when l got heated the eczeme
tched and burned me as though / were afre
iour ID. ID. ID. was recommended to me nv Mr.
.locken. who has agency for our city' and
nough l had no faith In 1t because everything
use failed. L decided to give IL o trial at least. /
unered no longer. for DsD. d. gave me reliefat
ince and l was glad to keep on using it.
IL seems impossible that q case of SO MANY
ears standing should be cured in three months.
nut Vouch that II did in my case. cannot
raise or 1t too highly.
Yours respectfully,
AUGUST G. EHRHARDT.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-30
cs ess
At the shubet Theatres in New

At the Shubet Theatres in New
York.
The Princess is closed for the sea-
son.
The Casino will be reopened in
August, the initial attraction being,
THE Earl and the Girl
The Lyric has been unaffected by
hot weather and is filled every night
with persons who enjoy 'Fantana."
The 200th performance of this piece
on Broadway is screduled for July
D, when copies of the song hit, Just
MY Style" bearing photographs and
autographs of the company, will be
given as souvenirs, Matinees We'd
nesday popular prices), Saturdays
Lanl July 4.
Persons who complain of the in
creased cost of theatre-going, recall
ling the time when no one ever
thought of paying two dollars eahc
for orchestra chairs, are not prone
to reflect that the expense of main
tanning play-houses and productions
has gone up in direct proportion. Il
is no longer possible for a manager
to take on tour a musical comedy
company of twenty people, and the
money spent in running a show
calculated to attract favorable at
tention in these %extravagant days is
nothing less than amazing. George
Henry Payne, writing in the New
York Evening Telegram, estimates
the weekly expenditure on Fan
tana," the big operate hit at the
Lyric Theatre, at $500. These
arare his figures: Rent of
theatre, light, heat, attend
ants, stage hands orchestra
etc $4,000
Toward paying original cost
of production ........ 1000
Salaries of company 1000
Billing and newspaper adver-
Using ................. $50
photographs and expenses of
press department ........ 300
Royalties and other expenses. $50
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IN, Protest Of New York City.

p Somewhat as the EsCh-Townsend bill
was damned through the House OF Rep
entatives, without consideration and
against the expressed convictions OF
many Of the men who voted for II, the
Mortgage Tax bill has been jammed
through the Legislature. The mass meet
ing tonight in the Murray Hill Lyceum
will be vain so far as influencing the will
pi the Boss is concerned. Equally vain
will be the written protests addressed
to Governor HIGGINs. Yet the meeting
s. worth holding, and the moro persons
Fdvis,ng the Governor OF their opposi-
Iidn the better.
n Only three Republican Assemblymen
from this city had political sense enough
60 vote against a measure so destructive
20 the Republican party Of New YORK
Only these three Republican Assembly
non had courage enough 10 prefer the
interests Of their constituents to the
command Of the Boss Against their will
rhd with a full perception Of the economic
rnd political consequences, all the other
Republican members Of the New York
delegation consented to this tax on
thrift.
The city Of New York is tired OF
teing bed. II she is powerless to make
effective resistance against this latest
ISOLATION, at least she can show her
resentment Of it. That she can make
effective at the polls, when the time
comes. The spoken and written re-
monstrances are not superfiuous She
must give notice to her enemies that she
is resolved TO defend herself They will
find her memory longer and her patience
shorter than her fleecers think.
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Well Deserved Promotions.

1t is reported in army circles in Wash
ington that Major-Gen. JOHN c. BATES
will be appointed Assistant Chief Of STAFF,
to succeed Gen GILLESPIE, when the
latter retires in June. II is also reported
that Gen. BATES will succeed Gen. CHAP
FEB as Chief OF STAFF in April, 1908.
Gen. BATES is better known in the
army than he is outside IT, No man in
the service is more highly esteemed,
and there is no other whose promotion
would give such genuine satisfaction
TO his equals in rank and TO his subor-
dinAtes also He is man Of sterling
personal qualities and a soldier trained
by forty-four years Of service. He en-
tered the Regular army a. q Lieutenant
in the Eleventh Infantry in 1881, serving
with the Army Of the Potomac and on
the stah Of Gen. MEADE. He saw thirty
years OF service on the frontier and held
brigade and division commands in Cuba
and the Philippines. He is the type OF
man whom his country should delight
to honor, and for whom no military
honor is too great. The only cause for
regret is that his term Of service as Chief
Of STAFF must be brief
Another commendable promotion is
reported in the case Of Brig. Gen RAN
DALI, who is to be made a Major-General
on the retirement OF Gen. GILLESPIE.
He was one Of the fnst 10 respond to
President LIHCoLN's call, enlisting a. a
private in the Fourth Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry in April 1851 He
received a commission as Second Lieu
tenant in October Of that year, becoming
later Lieutenant Colonel Of the Four
teenth New York Artillery. He was
brevetted for gaIlantry at Antietam,
and again at Petersburg, and in Indian
warfare in Arizona. He was assigned
70 the command Of picked detachment
sent TO Alaska in 1897. and was thus de-
prived Of an opportunity for service in
the Spanish War. He ia now
in command Of the Department Of Luzon.
He retires next October, when he reaches
the age limit
i is said that the vacancy caused by
Gen. RANDALL's promotion will be filled
by Col. ARTHUR L. WAGNER, who will be
assigned to the charge Of the Army War
College in place Of Gen. BLISS, who goes
to the Philippines. No better appoint
ment could be made for that post than
this West Pointer Of the class OF rs, who
has made himself a recognized authority
on army organization and tactics,
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tance to Russia Of preventing the corrob-
GRAFTON and perpetuation Of that alliance
between England and Japan which IL
now regarded both in London and in
Toxic as the pivot Of the world policies
OF the parties to the covenant. II for
that combination could be substituted
league between Japan and Russia, the
latter Power might reasonably hope to
retain VladivostOk and the North Man
churia railway connecting that port with
the Siberian line but, above all, she could
rely upon having a free hand to deal with
England in Persia, Afghanistan and
India
How Germany would profit by becom-
ing party to such league is manifest.
In the Far East she would no longer
be tranmelled by the fear Of Japanese
opposition to the extension OF her sphere
Of influence over the province Of Shan
tung and TO the ultimate substitution OF
German for British ascendancy in the
basin Of the Yangtsekiang. In Europe
the coalition with Russia would enable
Germany to treat the French military
power az negligible quantity and to
take immediate steps toward the anneGa-
ton OF Holland and Of the Dutch colonial
empire Such an achievement would
alone suffice to give WILLIAM II. an
illustrious place in the list Of Prussian
sovereigns.
To Japan, on the contrary, the pro-
posal imputed to Prince HENRY OF Prussia
would not be sufficiently tempting. Ow-
ing to her insular position her statesmen
are alive to the necessity Of maintaining
uninterrupted sea communication with
the Asiatic mainland until Corea and
at least a part of Manchuria shall have
been thoroughly absorbed. An alliance
with Russia and Germany could not
assure to Japan the maintenance Of such
communication. The control Of the
sea in the Far East could be secured at
any time by the combined fleets OF Great
Britain and France; probably, indeed,
by the navy of Great Britain alone.
Then, again, Japan could look for no
pecuniary assistance from German and
Russian allies. All the surplus money
at GermAnys disposal would be needed
for Russia so long as the latter Power
should be viewed with disapproval by
the bankers of Paris, London and New
York. On the other hand Japan. which
is OF all the great Powers the poorest,
possesses in England a friend Of UNI
limited pecuniary resources. In a word,
with England's feet and Englahd's
treasure at her command, Japan knows
that neither Germany nor Russia, nor
both together, could thwart the fulfil
ment Of her destiny.
The question whether an alliance with
Great Britain or with Russia would be the
more expedient for Japan was carefully
examined from every point Of view by
the Mikado's advisers during the inter-
val between the retrooession Of the Lao
tung peninsula and the outbreak Of the
present war The decision was in favor
Of England, and we believe it to be ir-
revocable.
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not JEFFERSON had heard Of graft, 90
the word IL now used, may be doubtful.
Probably Il cannot be applied, for eX-
ample, TO the understanding between
JEFFERSON and HAMILTON by which the
Federal capital was placed where it is,
At any rate. nobody has ever suspected
graft" to be a political principle Of JEF-
PERSON or ROOSEVELT, any more than
modern trusts.
THE revival Of Democracy and then
mo surrender sound well, but revival
implies a restoration OF lost political
principles and an accurate exhibition
OF them. Senator CARMACK has had
much to do in the Senate with modern
treaties, and should be able TO speak
effectively OF the relation between the
political principles applied by JEFFERSON
to JAYS treaty and the Louisiana treaty
and the political principles applied to
recent treaties.
Il is TO be regretted that no one is to
speak Of the navy and it's present needs,
by way Of a comparison between the
political principles applied to them by
JEFFERSON and GALLATIN in their day,
in connection with precedent reduction
OF the then national debt, low taxation
and economical expenditure, and the
political principles advocated by Mr..
ROOSEVELT. What is it fancied that JEF-
PERSON would do and say Of the navy.
were he President now, after his expert
ence Of the wrong and insult heaped on
him and his country by CANNING and
the British?
Judge PARKER and Judge HRRRICK are
lawyers who should be, as disciples Of
JEFFERSON, quite competent to explain
and expound his theories Of the inter
probation and construction Of the Con-
stitution, Of the arguments in that re-
gard used by him in denunciation Of
the Federalist Alien and Sedition laws,
and the application Of those arguments
TO pending issues.
From the Mayor may be confidently
expected grace and charm when he dis
courses Of THE Democracy OF Greater
New York
But the chief work and the critical
work Of the disciples Of JEFFERSON will
be an exhibition Of his political principles,
pertinent in our day, proven by some
thing on record as said, written or done
by him; and Of the difference between
them and those now professed and urged
or applied by President ROOSEVELT.
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GRO. CONCERN UNDERTBE BAN.
Fraud Order Issued Against the New York
Mercantile Company.


WARRINGTON, April 6.-Despite repre-
sensations in its attractive literature that
might lead II to pose as public benefactor
the New York Mercantile Company, s7S
and SIS Broadway New York, was put out
Of business by a fraud order issued by the
Post ofice Department to-day. In the
opinion Of the Attorney General for the
Department, based upon the report OF in
spectors, the Mercantile Company's repre-
sensations were q trihe too strong.
The company advertised that it would
sell for 81 cash plans Of new business
that would yield such dazzling, profits as
1900 per cent. and hold out unlimited OPP
portunities, The secret OF the new business
was only recently discovered said the CIR
culars. Inventors were promised that they
could easily make from $50 TO 500 weekly
on a capital Of IS after purchasing the plans
for 81. No experience was required ana
there would be no travelling and no can
wasting Profits Of $500 week we're not
impossible, IL was represented, and man
Of average intelligence ought 70 be able 70
amass from so, 900 TO $50, 900 in five years.
"We established this business Nov. 49,
1904 said one Of the oompany's circulars,
@and our immediate profits were immense
The money simply swamped US. II came
in a steady stream from all parts OF the
United States and even from Canada and
Mexico. It's the surest kind OF sure
thing
anthropio enterprise did not appeal decided
to recommend that the steady stream OF
money should be cut on when they found
that the company, in response 10 the dollars
that poured in from willing investors sent
only circular setting forth a petty scheme
for the sale OF articles for the toilet, de-
by means Of an endless chain system OF
Croiars.
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van o. , Won CortI.na, eolt.r.

To rHE RpTToA or THE SUE-.Sr' The Tolf
season Is approaching, Those fortunate MORALS
whose names are enrolled In the membership Of
some exclusive country club are happy In the
prospect OF SUMMER with their favoriW game.
But how differently fares II with those who de-
pend for their game on our public links 81 Van
Coulandt PARK
Year AfteT year we read In the papers Of the I'm %
provemenn promised 70 the putting greens and the
course generally. But our elated spirits sink TO
Abysmal depths when we sally forth only 10 md,
lust a. for yetu past, that we are expected 70 put
on greens where apparently potatoes were dug the
week before such s golf 81 Van Cortlandt.
o that our city could "Anord" 10 employ some
one versed In Fot essentials TO look Aftef this truly
beautiful counsel With what ltle labor, II only
rightly directed the green's could be made a. other
greensl But 90 LONG a. the employees think more
al looking for the elusive but remuntntivs lost ball
than they do Of their work. just 90 long will the
public have no better course than II has tn day.
INV YoRU, Apnl a. DiaoUsIHD noiSIh.
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ALLEGED Cruelty TO Zoo Animal,

To rHH EpIroR or THE SuS-.ST: let me interest
your good hear In the cause OF suffering animal
kind Yesterday visited the Bronx PARK Zoolog
teal Gardens and saw a sight which know would
be a. dspleatinE 70 Americans a. II was 20 me. an
EnglshmAn. In the afternoon, when m" SnimAls
we're Elven their feed, ] happened TO b" At the
wolves cage. Closn by IA the EsqulmAu dos Bridge,
Weighing about 100 pounds which was leader OF
the elsigh dogs In the PeAry Arctic expedition.
Gagged With him was liule foI looking kind Of
beast weighing about 30 pounds. OF russell color
and brush entirely Ia Reynards style. When the
food was thrown into the cage. 10 each his portion
the dog Bridge pounced not only on his own but
on that Of the smaller animal which was too fear.
some and nervous 20 Asser Ne rights. The keeper,
good fellow. saw this, entered the cage aud did his
boat 70 beat Bridge on when be- left tho cage, how
ever. bridge ANNEXED the other portion and de
vouTed both.
II was really pitful 10 see the little animals evl.
dent hunger and his attempts TO find bite OF food
on the bare stones OF his cage Why the little brute
should be Gagged with selfish big bully like Bridge
itu hand 70 see. I would as soon think OF psnnlng
an Ardennes boar and a guinea pig together
Please notice this for the animals sake
INV YoEE, April Q. EHuLIsHAAN.
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Russia. Japan and Germany.

We printed yesterday an interesting
telegram from st. Petersburg 10 the
effect that Prince HENRY of Prussia, who
en- April arrived at the palace Of Tsars-
koe-Selo, brought proposal that the
German Emperor should arrange peace
upon the basis Of a triple alliance Of
Germany, Russia and Japan. II is
probable enough that the report. which
is said 20 be current in military circles,
will be officially denied, but il is obvious
that both Russia and Germany would
have much to gain by the acceptance Of
such proposal Which way Japans
interest would point is, however, a diff
ferent question.
So far az Russia is concerned the out
come Of the present war seems TO have
proved conclusively that she is incapaci-
tated by distance, il not by administra-
tive ineficiency, for fighting Japan sue
oessfully either by land or sea, at the east
en end Of Asia Unless, therefore, Rus
Eia can enter upon a species Of partner
ship with the Island Empire she must
renOunce the hope, cherished by her
since the Crimean War shut her out
from the Mediterranean. Of securing an
ioefree port on the Pacific. She can
not even count upon retaining Vladivos-
tok, which is blocked with ice during
the winter months. Walled on from the
Pacific, the glacierlke drift Of Russia's
vast population toward the sea, which
during the last half century has pro-
ceeded eastwardly, would have to resume
It's original southwark movement toward
the Bosporus and the Persian Gulf
Such a change Of objective would, Of
course. involve the abandonment Of the
recent programme for sggrandizement
at the cost Of China and reversion TO
the former plans for the gradual absorp-
ton Of Turkey and British India Even
here Russia's craving for access TO the
sch might encounter insuperable obstruc-
ton were an offensive and defensive
alliance contracted between Great Britain
and Japan, for the Mikado could power
fully help in the defence Of India, and
England, relieved from pressure in Asia,
could devote all Of her energies 70 avert
ing Russia acquisition Of the Bosphonls
and the DarClanelles, in which task she
could probably count on the cooperation
Of Austria and France, and perhaps even
upon that Of Germany, for all three Of
the Powers last named have reversionary
clAims On parts OF the Ottoman domin-
ions. In fine, the Cars advisers, II far
sighted must recognize the vital impor-
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WILCOX DEFENDS HIS BILL.
says It VIII Get the City Out Of the Grip Of
the AEphalt Trnst-Reply 70 White.

says II viii Get the City Out OF the Grip Of
the Asphalt Trust-Reply 10 White.
Postmaster Wilcox made a statement
yesterday In regard to the attack In the
State Senate on Wednesday on the Fits-
gerald amendment to the city Charter
providing that patent pavement companies
may have equal chances with competitors
in bidding for city contracts. The amend
ment was drawn originally by Postmaster
Wilcox when he was Park Commissioner.
In a speech against the bill on Wednes-
day Senator White, chairman Of the Cities
Committee said he deemed the bill a per-
nicious measure and Mr.. Wilcox, in a letter
written TO him asking for a report on It, had
failed to set forth any good reasons IN its
favor.
L note that Senator White does not give
any reason why he deems this bill per-
nicious measure, said Mr.. WILCOX yester-
day, and il would be interesting 10 hear
from him what he regards a. especially
pernicious about Il. Al present this city y
In the grasp Of the asphalt trust, and It
doesn't make any difference how meritorious
a patent pavement may be, or how cheaply
il can be laid, under present rulings OF the
court It Ia impossible for this city to avail
itself Of the use Of such a pavement. II
Senator White believes the provision now
governing New York city to be good, why
does he not introduce a bill applying these
lofty principles TO Syracuse or any Of the
other cities Of the Slater
In his opinion, Mr.. Wilcox said, the terms
Of the bin we're in every way meritorious
and would bear the fullest investigation.
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a place in which to rest a while, prepar-
ing to plunge again into the struggle
for culture and the intellectual ferment
Of the women's clubs. The sooner we
get away from the hard and fast idea OF
home the better for the world.
Exactly. The club is the clubwomans
home; and the sooner people stop vast
ing time on schemes to make home at
tractlve the better for culture and in
telleCtual ferment. A proverb, which
had the nap worn of long ago in Lobster
dom, AYERS that there's no place like
home when all the other places are
closed" The lady Of the house at
her club; the ladies below stairs at their
clubs, and papa at his club, if he can
stand the expense.
No sooner is the club proved to be
the destroyer Of the home than Mrs
ELAuNA SPRINGER lays all the trouble
ON dogs. Another economist guesses
Capitalization OF capital Non nostrum
tdntds componere lites, It's not for Mere
Man to butt in when these high themes
are pondered; but "the Capitalization
Of capital seems the most ingenious
guess. The Capitalization Of capital
and the distribution of cigarettes make
countless thousands mourn.
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The Decision Is with Congress.

There il some criticism Of the appoint
ment Of Gen. PETER CoNOvER HAMS to
the reorganized Panama Commission, on
the ground that this eminent engineer
u strongly opposed to the idea Of sea
level canal; il being at the same time
assumed that the policy of the Admins
tration Ia to dig such a canal.
We suppose that the minds Of the
President, the Secretary OF War, the
Chief Engineer Of the canal and the sew
eral members OF the recognized COM
mission, and all others connected with
The great work, are yet open on the ques-
ton Of a lock or a lockless canal. The
present law does not authorize the cost
Ner enterprise. II it should be decided
10 dig at once to tide level, additional
legislation will be required. In order
that Congress may vote intelligently
on this question, when the same is
reached in due time, the reasons for and
against an abandonment of the original
plans will doubtless be presented in re-
rOrts both from the commission Of which
Mr.. SHoNTs is the chairman, and from
the advisory board consisting Of six
American engineers and three distin-
guished foreigners, French, German and
English respectively.
But the final decision is with Congress,
which makes the canal law and appro-
PIRATES the canal money.
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PANAMA CANAL COMPETENCE.
Plans Of Reorganization 90 Outlined by
the President 20 he Discussed.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-An important
conference on Panama Canal affairs will he
held in Secretary Taft's office next week,
probably on Monday between Secretary
Taft, Mr.. shonts, newly appointed head Of
the commission; Gov. Magoon, who Is to
succeed Gov. Davis in charge Of the Canal
Zone, and Chief Engineer John F. Wallace,
who has arrived in New York from the
Isthmus and who will come 20 Washington
after a brief visit In Ohio. The general
plans Of reorganization as outlined by the
President In his executive order Of Monday
will be discussed and definite conclusions
reached az to the best method for putting
the new plan and system into operation.
Mr. Wallace, who has been In charge OF
the engineering forces on the lsthmus
IL expected TO bring much information
which will be utilized In making the arrange
ments for the speedy conclusion OF the
new plans and for the transfer OF the com-
MISSIONS headquarters from Washington
10 the lsthmus.
It was announced to-day that Alfred
Noble chief consulting engineer OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad, has been selected
to be member OF the advisory board OF
engineers, who will meet some time this
summer to look over the figures and data
which have been gathered to Determine
whethera sea level canal IL the most
practicable. Mr.. Noble Ia the third 70 be
named as member Of the board, which
Is TO consist Of nine members, including the
three foreigners, one each from Germany,
France and England.