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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26
Sunday Baseball.

1t is not likely that Commissioner
McADoo regards Sunday baseball con-
tests to which an admssi on fee is charged
as particularly demoralizing to the COM
munity or seriously detrimental to the
public welfare, but he is entirely right
in directing the police to stop such games.
As the law now stands they are pro-
hbited by the statute, and it is the Com
missioners duty to enforce the statute,
regardless Of its wisdom or foolishness.
BY refusing to enforce one section of the
Penal Code the Commissioner would
open the door for countless police
irregularities.
One Of the causes Of the department
tai decentralization that Commissioner
MCADoo found when he entered office
was tho too common practise Of allow
ing policemen to set themselves up as
courts and permitting them to construe
the laws passed by the Legislature.
Some they enforced. Others they neg
leoted to enforce, and generally they
substituted their own judgment and
opinion OF right, wrong or expediency
for the expressed will Of the lawmaking
power. Probably no better method of
encouraging blackmail could be devised
than this.
If public sentiment is not opposed to
professional baseball on Sundays the
law can be amended to provide for it.,
under proper supervision. While the
law reads as it does to-day the police
have but one legitimate course open to
them. 1t is tho one they are following.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26
The Old Story.

His hair was red. his stature short,
Ills frccklcs far from dim:
The neighbours all remarked Good landl
What could she see In him.
Yet this Is how II came about
she went to Cupld's snop
Aud told exactly what she wished
Without . single stop:
n man Of fully six feet two.
with heir OF raven wave.
A noble brow, q Samson's strength.
Tine bravcst OF the brave"
The graceless clerk then shook his head
As every salesman should.
An out OF that, he said. but here
10 something just as good"
The little chap was sent next day;
The ncighbors cry with vim:
Nov what on Garth DO you suppose
- ever NV N hini.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26
Government by Bogus Directors.

1t is plain enough to see from the report
OF Superintendent HENDRICKS that the
Equitable insurance company has come
to its present condition because the leg
islative department Of the corporation,
which is its large board of directors, has
never adequately exercised the powers
imposed on it by the laws Of New York.
Those directors have not borne and dis
charged the duties they assumed. Those
trustees have been faithless to their
trusts.
Probably they felt they had been &C.
lected by the real owner and manager Of
the corporation and owed no obligations
elsewhere. They recognized no other
responsibility. They did not see any
policyholder In any other light than
as buyer OF a policy and payer Of a
premium, nor any share owner excepting
Mr.. HYDE They regarded him as en-
bodying in his person the corporation.
the share owners, the policy owners and
the whole outfit Self-respeoting men
who appreciated the gravity Of the obli-
cations assumed would not have con-
sented thus to act as the mere agents OF
Mr.. HYDE and his lawyers, even although
he and they had selected the former to
be directors. They should not have
permitted the legislative power OF the
corporation to be subservient to the ex-
ecutive power or to any one man; even IL
he owned majority Of the shares Of the
corporation.
The history Of the Equitable company,
as traced by Superintendent HENDRICKS,
throws lurid light on the present man
agement OF too many railways and on
the advice given to President ROOSEVELT
by green geese. here and there, to tho
effect that the executive branch Of the
Government of the United States is su-
perior to the legislative branch and to
the judicial branch, either one alone or
both combined.
That which the New York Insurance
Superintendent has said OF the owner
ship of shares qualifying a director APP
plies with equal force to share ownership
In railways, where the directors are only
bogus owners and have never really put a
dollar Of money into the enterprise. They
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26
The Testimonial to DR.. Depew.

We have received number Of letters
from disinterested persons who express
their unbounded admiration OF the man
ner in which Underwater CHAUNcEY NJ.
DEpEw has performed his special duty
In the Equitable organization. This
special duty, as most people now know
was TO see that the other high officials
were not underpaid.
The testimony Of Mr.. VALENTINE p.
SNYDER at the State Insurance Super
intendents hearing exhibits Mr.. DEPEW's
devotion to this duty in an almost heroic
light. Mr.. SNYDER was at one time MIR.
DEPRw's coworker in the cause OF salary
reform. He bears witness very gener-
ously to the immense superiority Of Mr..
DEpRw's zeal and efficiency in their COM
mon labors. When SNYDER was willing
to grant an increase of $4,000 a year to
young Mr.. HYDE only, DR.. DEPEw, by
what seems to have been one Of the neat
est little Christmas season tricks outside
Of CHARLES DICKENS. procured Mr..
SNYDEB's signature to document which
carried, unknown to SNYDER, similar
increase OF $4,000 to Mr.. ALEXANDER.
Now, HYDE was bachelor, and ALEX
AMBER q man with large family; the
good DR.. DEPEw knew it, il SNYDER
didn't, and acted accordingly. How
he must have enjoyed bis own Christ
mas dinner, two or three days later!
How he must have chuckled over the
goose and gravy when he thought Of the
grateful Joy Of all the ALExANDERsl
We Judge from the tone Of some Of our
correspondents remarks that the policy
holders OF the Equitable are contem-
plating q tribute or token which shall
signify their gratitude to the Hon.
CHAUNcEY NJ. DEPEw for his successful
efforts during the past five years in
preserving them from the huniliating
consciousness that they were being
served by inadequately remunerated e1-
ecutive officers.
What form the testimonial shall take
It is not for us to say. But in view OF the
fact that DR.. DEPEw's usefulness in this
direction Is about at an end 80 far as con-
Germs the Equitable. whence the Dickens
spirit and the Dickens days have de-
parted, we fear forever, might it not be
a graceful thing for the policyholders
to certify him over. with handsomely
engrossed resolutions, to some other
great society or company where there
Is field for his special genius for salary
reform? There must be many such cor
porations where the high officials are
receiving less than 100000 year, to the
chagrin of their policyholders or stock
holders.
DR.. DEPEws own terms are moderate
only $4,000 year in the case Of the
plethoric Equitable. He is in the SUI
perb bloom OF health, energy and be-
nevolence. There is not a haggard
line upon his bland and benign counte-
nance, not facial or aryngeal muscle
that is not perfectly well fabricated.
What single faculty Of this great under
writer and salary reformer has time i'm
paired, unless, indeed. it Is the unim-
portant sense Of humor?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26
Last Of Gregory XvI.,s Bishops.

From the London DaRv Chronicle.
Pope Gregory tn" Sixteenth died on June /. ls4e
nearly sixty years ago. and II would seem impossi
bic that a Bishop appointed BY hin could be s,l
alive and In harness. But TO morrow DR.. Daniel
Murphy, Archbishop Of Hobart, Tasmania, the
last prelate Of Pope Gregory's creation, enters on
his ninety .nrst year. He WAS born In Cork while
the battle OF Waterloo WAS being fought WA con :
secrated an In5ian Bishop In isto. and translated
20 Hobart In 1885. He Is the sole survivor of the
council OF 1851 that proclaimed the dogma OF the
Immaculate Conception, and he was also member
OF the Vatican council OF 1870. which made papai
infslibnity IN article of faith.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26
snobb,shness and Pronunciation.

To THE Ep1roR OF THE suN-Sn; Tho
pronunciation OF any language is purely ar
bitrary. and those who set the fashion are
the cultured or refined. Now. II the English
aristooraey choose to alter the pronuncia-
ton Of hunting" to "huntin' or Shooting
to "shootin'. have they not perfect right
to do SOP Anyhow. criticizing them only
makes them laugh. FOR they say. and truly:
and 'shootin' too" F. NJ.
NEW YORK Juno a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26
Tho Eastern and tho western speech.

To THE EpIroR OF THE SUN-Sir: hal
the pleasure Of residing In New York city for
many years until recently. but never noticed
the strange and peculiar faults OF speech
When hill-bllies from the West begin to
criticize the speech OF the Easterners It's
time for silence.
i have heard many patois and LIMOGES. but
these Western dialects taken from the mig
ger. and other ignorant sources. have them
all faded" E. F. GALE.
INDlANAPoLIs, June a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26

While BOWEN IL dismissed. LOOMS receives what
Is tantamount to a sharp rcpri nand.-Nep Odeans
Times Democrat
Accompanied by the unprecedented
honor OF appointment az Special Ambassa-
dor Of the United States near the corpse OF
JOHN PAUL JONES.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26
The Point Of View.

Johnny-Pa. whats luck!
pa-lts what happens to you. When II happens
to me, It Is the natural result OF brains.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26
A Public Benefactor.

Hew4tt-I see that . clergyman got four years for
running Away with Z member Of his choir.
Jewett-Thats too bad: q man who does any.
thing 20 brock up church choir y . public bene.
nnotoy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26
Sharp BoyS Inference.

From the London Daav Nsus.
The boy had 10 descrbc our Lords nrs, miracle
The turning OF water Into wine. he wrote. was the
nrst miracle. and II happened At Cana. Then he
added: And after that everybody went TO Cana
for WATER
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26
Hopelessly Rural.

Nrs Knieker-Are they countrined In their WAYS,
Nrs. Bocker-Yes. indeed, they have never beca
n an automobile accident,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26

Nine years moro Of HOOKER?
Not nine weeks or nine months, but nine
years?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-26
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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-07-13
A Modest PkIIanthropixt.

Scroggins. the millionaire stage driv-
CT who POUNDS 4 university in John Url
Lloyd's story "Scroggins.' says. when
be gives the money for the school: Il
wants 1t 10 be remembered that |
amt a dom this fer glory. There amt
no glory ter me in nothin' bat drlyin'
the gulch stagecoach. | don't want no
name of Scroggins. neither, stuc,; Oh 10
this hill university. l amt a-givil' thli
money fer sech an object as that.
Scrogyins amt pincied no widders nor
orphans an he hain't broke up no
mans business fer ter git rich. lie
amt ashamed Of nothin' he hes done
an thar amt no reason ter give this
money in order ter stop people tall,n'
bout his meanness. or ter buy his way
inter heaven. I'm goin' back ter stage.
c~oachin'."
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-07-13
S.alca Applause.

A rector living In Ireland had an IN
plea santness wiki The Ieasa-t y in re
carl to the payment Of title. All !;
happened thereafter that when he o.
any Of his family appeared abroad
they were received with cries OF Ma
deg. Mad Cog and other Shouts e1usl-
ly emphatic and unpleasant. TIE dean
and bis family We're als3 ssluted in
like anae. because they lnc.stei up.
on visiting the prescribed citizen, anl
this gave rise enc day u q curious Incl
dent.
Anstey. 4 poet popular in Duoii;
ana well known thee a. TIE trans
l,t0r Of Goethe's Faust" drove from
Limerick to Dublin In tie 4 OF TIE
dean to MAKE the latter a shors visl..
The usual shouting followed. bu.. beil'
slightly Ceaf. the poet heart oa,y he
cries and not the words of threa caia;
and abuse. At dinner he said 10 hi
host, with n beamiag couEtenanee:
Mr.. Dean. l never knew | WAS 81
we'll known down here. Fame surrey
travels farther than we thini. las
sure you that nearly the whole waJ
from Limerick | was loudly cheereI
by the people"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-07-13

/ TIE EHHGLAT. WIN A. 1Z1+z1LE FTff-
ME- sI..Is-s, DEIrPLD 10 T-s-Iooe.
mined 10 60 CIT 70 Cresscl.;l. he Al
loEs had z handsome eorllry home Oh
Tie sharc CT tie lsae. Il Aus cniy ten
niles from Tie c.tg. an Holland knew
tha1 lie coI;d make t III N automobile
quicker tan i,c could telephone 10 tic
station FIVE niles beyond ANA have po-
lice help set.
A tweasy-fouT horsepower touring
car vas IN tire stable az tic rear Of TIE
house. with tie tenss al filed III an
ticipation OF an eas'y ril in lie rlozn-
ing. Ee wa glad NOW ti,at be had
seen 20 it th1t tie car was ready 10
60 OFT.
In legs than five Minutes he lad
Gc1rc1 frrs. 4 leather cap and ;3g-
giles AMI was tearing along The bonie-
ward as rapidly rs lie CARED. Two
miles out the city line wa passed, and
he threw the lever over TO the highest
notch and with n tremendous squirt
the big car shot ahead.
II was known that Mr. Allen fire.
quently kept large sums Of money in
the house, aad the discharged coach
man must have known that there was
money in the safe that night. The do
mestics were OFT Of the way; It would
be an easy matter to one familiar With
the house 10 force an entrance and
oyerporer the weak girl.
Under his breath he prayed that he
might not be too late, but his fears
had hold OF him, and In spite of the
rapid rush through the colo night the
persplration stood out upon his fore
head.
He had hoped to see her at the
organs party that evening. and 1t was
the announcement that she would not
be there that had led him to call up
Enid on his carly return from the
dinner which had preceded the dance.
He thought as he rushed along that
he would have asked her to be his
wife that evening. Now he wondered
If he would find her lying mortally
wounded upon the floor. Had she shot
the burglar she would have answered.
The shot must have been meant for
her.
In less than twenty minutes he had
covered the ten miles and stepped The
car before the big gates of the park
IN which the Allen honsc SAT. i
would be better. he argued, to ga,''
access TO the house quietly. posslh'
the assassia had not yet left the plac,
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-07-13
BY
DISTANCE
By JAMES Ho1A2D
c~ss5vsshf. i'cs. D ?. C. E.ss=tuf

$50. you see, some n had TO stay At
hou.c," cane tie voice ove- the w.re.
@and | telephoncd Gert.e Bryan til; J
would not cou until tomorrow"
I'm sorry." answered Gerald IIol
Ind. There WAS something p~arslea
Inrly wanted II say 10 w."
.weil:' prorosiag'y.
Cannot | come outf"
"No," This with 4 little shrek. 81.
would not be proper. You see. | an
entirely Glone."
Even the servants gone OUT" be de-
maBded.
Enid Allen gave a little laugh. Il
forgot to tell you The cook L the
first girl went on strike this afternoon.
Trey thought could not get along
without them. and l let them So, just
to show them that I could. Then the
~coachuan got drunk. and l had to dis
miss him"
WHY can't you go 70 Mrs. Carriers
for the night:. be suggested.
There's an awful lot Of money in the
safe" she answered. I've got 10 stay
here and look after 1t. You see. father
will need X tomorrow and won't have
tine to draw it when be gets back
here"
Have you cry means of p-otee-
tlcn:' he asked.
I've got that revolver ! rsel In
camp last summer" she iaigkea. II
guess l can Use that II burglars cone
I'm glad Of that" he began. but
I wish
There an over the wire 4 success
sion Of Wild shricks. the sound Of A
heavy fall. q shot. more sh-leks. a sec
end crash and then silence.
Frantically he shouted into the trans
snitfcr. but 10 answer cane. nor eoCld
be hear a sound He dashed the re-
ccirer rpoa tie hook and rushed across
the rcoul. tearing Of the house coat he
Ind hoon wearing over his evening
clothcs.
Evoa IN H. te-r9r en1 Lespa'r his
mind bod ccte1 criek'--. end lie deter
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-07-13
The Greenland birch.

The midget of the whole tree family
Is the Greenland birch. 1t IL q perfect
tree in every sense of that term ana
lives its allotted number of years (fron
rs to 1907 just as other species Of the
great birch family do. although It's
height under the most favorable condi-
tons seldom exceeds ten inches. Whole
bluffs Of TIE east and southeast coast
of Greenland arc covered with "thlck-
eta" Of this dim!nutive species of woody
plant, and in many places where tie
soil Is uncommonly poor and frozen
from eight to ten months a year a "for-
est" Of these trees viii flourish for half
a century without growing to Il height
exceeding four inches.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-07-13

II would take some time to force open
the safe.
There were lights Ia several OF the
rooms downstairs. and at the rear be
found a door unlocked and softly en-
tered. The telephone, he knew. was
in the hall on the second heor. and
thither he directed his steps, but a.
he passed the library be saw through
the open door q man STOPPING over the
safe. apparently az work on the COM
binadon.
Before be could make a spring us
figure started up. and Gerald foun
himself looking down the barrel of :
dainty revolver-tEe ve-y weapon h
remembered having seen Enid nsa IL
rrnne before IN camp at Iuala1 I
land. the one size had t3ll HIN 81
would use FOR her protection. III.
man mrst have taken II from Ler hoaf
Unminiful o. the consequences. L
made Il leap and caught at the han
holding the weapon.
There was a fash, a report and 4
Eight blow on the arm. Then came !
singing sensation in the right arm
and Just as the blood running dow.
the sleeve redeemed the hand the bur
clar. with an entirely feminine shrek.
drcpDed TO the floor.
The soft hat fell of. and great mass
es of dark brown hair. released from
confinement. framed Ends face. There
was water and spirits on the table.
and. hastily tying his handke-chiez
about bis arm. Gerald kac,t beside ~"
!lrp figure and forced some brandy
between her el;nched liDs.
II a moment shc opened her eye
regarding h.ra ereamily. What A.
you doing kare:' she asked. Thea. a.
il all came back to her. Have | killes
yor"
lust a little FISH wornd." he sad
~rcassu-.ngly. "Ifs nothing serlo-s.
BET how do you cone TO be IN this
grise? thought they had Killed you
1T was a morse." she confesses
shaEeeacedly. Il was talking 10 yor
ana n great big mouse ran across tie
floor toward me. l threw the telephone
book at it and broke 4 vase. but ii only
ran toward me. | jumped on a chair
and fred ny revolver at 1t. | was 60
scared | did not know what l was do
ing"
"gut the. crash RICH afterwariT' he
asked.
II fell of the Chair and struck M
Lead against 4 corner. Il stunned ne
for awhile. ard when / could get back
TO Tire telephone you had gone"
"But how about the clothes:"
"vhy. l thorcat there might be men
hanging around. 50 | PIT on fathers
old coat and hat a1i went oct On tlie
porch 50 that If tl.ere were burglars
about tho would th.rl. 1t WAS a maa.'
S,e orercd the coat to show re
daf-ty house gown beneath. and in
spite Of ihe hrrr.ng OF his arm he had
10 smile. .'T1en ron csme In and MS
took RE for 4 burgis-?" lie lar-hei.
."That cap locked Ike a mask" she
said de~fensivcly.
81 never thorcht Of that" he ey-
cleiraed. and you had your coat collar
turned " 90 that II looked like q dis
guisc. Well. you've oartured re. al
though I'm 70 burglar. and you've got
to keep nc now"
SIZE looked terte-iv m from ii" an
she was dressing. Forever" sire whls-
pe-ed.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-07-13
Biusilie Celebrities.

ANY celebrities in your town.
asked THE visitor.
well. we've got a good snake Lar. a
cozcn or more fish liars that are purity
good in their line an 4 man who never
predicted the failure of the fruit crop"
That all:'
NO; thar's one chap in town who
claims lie never told a lie-the biggest
La of 'em ailr'-Atlanta Constitution.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-07-13
Mr.. BoWser
vs.. PoetrD
He Is Admitted to the Burns
Club and Attempts to Write
Some Verses.
Ills u THROWS HIM
Takes a Chopper When Mrs. B. Cni-
else, What He Is Pleased 10
Cal Poetic License"
fcopyright. 1905. by R. q. Mcciure.l

Copyright. 1905. by r. q. Mcclure.l
% a EHES the Bowserss had fin
MAJ ished dinner the other
evening Mr.. Bowser light.
ed his cigar. smiled ania-
bly, on the cat. swejed out his chest
and remarked - Mrs. Bowser:
II had forgotten to say that | have
: been elected a member Of the Burns
club
rs that the club that makes the JON
ATTAIN Burns cigarettes! innocenty
qaericd Mrs. Bowser In reply.
lie looked Of her In indignation for a
minute aaj then said:
: Il suppose you can't help it, and
therefore | cant hold It up against
ron. II you knew half as much about
poetry as ron do about bargain sales
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-07-13

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