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The Last OF the Beachcomber King
doms.

King GEORGE Of Tonga has registered
an objection TO being annexed to tho
British Empire Not that he objects to
annexation, for he recognizes that the
ultimate end of small kings is to be an
nexed by some British gunboat, but he
prefers to be annexed to tho colony
of New Zealand rather than to the British
Crown.
Tonga is the last survivor Of the beach
comber Kingdoms of the South Sea- USE
less empires, forever entailing annoy
anoe on more important States. That IL
has existed so long is not due TO the pres
ent monarch, young and feeble admin
istrator. 1t is due TO the fact that the
first King Of Tonga, GEORGE TUBoU,
who held the throne for the most i'm
portant part OF the nineteenth century,
was a man, a worthy representative Of
the great fighting chiefs and sage adj
ministrators who built up the Pacific
kingdoms Associated with him was
another man, the Rev. SHIRLEY WALpE-
MAR BAKER, missionary and agent Of
civilization. These two great men gave
TO Tonga sufficient inertia TO last thus
long in the reign OF weak and dissolute
monarch. Through the imperfect ex-
ecution OF a most i'll advised treaty
Tonga was for many years a sort Of
American Alsatia. American offenders
in the kingdom were subject to trial only
by American Consuls. But there were no
American Consuls, therefore every wise
offender against Tongan law claimed
TO be American; and Americans who
absconded thither were safe from every
manner of writ. This condition, Of later
years amounting TO great disgrace,
was not remedied until Mr.. CLEvELAND's
second administration, when on the
representation Of the consular officer in
Samoa the kingdom of Tonga was added
to his jurisdiction with judicial and dip
lomatio functions.
The appearance Of New Zealand in
this complaint Of King GEORGE is no new
thing. During all the most aggravated
troubles in Samoa New Zealand came TO
the front periodically n the effort TO an
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His own.

or The eight members Of Mr. MchIN-
IEY's Cabinet who were in Office wheD
MIR ROOSEVELT took the oath az Presl-
dent, Sept. IA, 1901, only three, JOHN HAY
ETHAN ALLEN HITCHCocK and JAMES
WILSON, still sit in the seats Of counsel.
Mr.. HAYS consent 10 remain Secretary
Of state for four years more was great
satisfaction 10 the people and will con-
time TO be great strength to the Adj
ministraton.
,lr. WILSON has been the busiest Score,
tary Of Agriculture that ever dispensed
the Government blessing to tho speeders
Of the plough He is supposed TO DO
cold with them.
Mr.. HITCHCoCK is nm honest out
spokcn. rather reppery gentleman, whose
public life recalls Gen BRACES epigram
on GROVER CLEVELAND; and a Secretary
CT the Interior can make enemies faster
THAI. ANYBODY else in the world.
One efficient administrator, wise dd-
visor and confidential friend returns To
the Cabinet. The Hon. GEORGE BRUCE
CoRTRLYou. tho first Secretary OF Com
nerce and Labor, will succeed the Hon.
RoBERr ,loHH WYNNR "a Postmaster
General. We believe that he can manage
TINT laundering big establishment, the
Post Office Department, "a skilfully,
noiselessly and successfully as he man
aged Mr.. RoosEyELTs campaign.
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4 Tcst OF Moral Courage

We are sorry TO have to withdraw part
Of the praise bestowed upon the Hon.
jim SHERMAN Of the Tapeworm Club
and the Twenty district for moral
courage under hard conditions.
1t will be remembered that when the
pro moter Of the 100000 constructive
mileage grab made his great speech last
week upon that paramount issue he
boldly declared:
Neither on this proposition nor on any other
which l have ever offered or ever shall offer in
this House am afraid TO stand upon my feet and
say that am In favor OF II; and to say IT in few
words, as always do"
And again:
Il never had any doubt. and have none now,
about our moral right to draw this money
Mr.. SHERMAN voted last week as he
talked He voted for the constructive
mileage grab and intrepdly put his name
on record. 1t was not his fault that the
constituencies raid on the Treasury was
defeated by the Senate.
An examination of the Record for
Jan. 20 and 30, 1904, when the same propo-
sition was before the House, fails TO dis
close the distinguished Tapewormer in
the same fearless attitude The con-
structive mileage grab had been put in
the Urgent Deficiency bill. The question
was discussed, the Hon. JIM SHERMAN
not participating. Mr.. UNDERWOOD Of
Alabama moved to strike out the dis
honest appropriation A vote was taken
by tellers. The moral difficulty was
even greater than it was last week, for
Congress elections we're then approach
ing, and the statesman who voted for
such a stark naked steal did so at his
personal risk. The motion to strike out
the constructive mileage, therefore, pre-
vailed by vote Of ayes 1917, noes none.
Nobody dared then to go on record for
the constructive mileage grab.
Where was Congressman SHERMAN that
day. with his Interchangeable convictions
about his legal and moral right TO draw
this money? Was he among the l67 or
among the O?
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To appreciate the scale of the opera
tions which began sone ten days ago,
and which evidently have been aimed at
the development Of the Russian army, it
Is needful to recall such information az
has been forthcoming concerning the
magnitude of the forces engaged.
For obvious reasons no official state
mcnt has been published at Toxic or ST
Petersburg concerning the number of
soldiers assembled in the neighborhood
Of Mukden, that is to say, in the tract
stretching along or north of the Sha
River from the Lao River on the west
10 Sing-king-Ting on the east, distance
Of at least eighty miles. Just before
the present movement began we were
told on L. Jflicial but seemingly good
authority that if all of the soldiers for
warded TO Gen KURoPATKIN were alive
and fit for duty-with the exception Of
those known to have been killed and dis
abled in the two preceding battles at
Liaoyang and the Sha River-he ought
to have at his disposal $50 600 men. The
estimate made no allowance for the
appalling deficiencies Of the Russian
sanitary and medical departments, and
il would surprise no one TO learn that
when the last week Of February opened
KURoPATK1N' effective force was smaller
10y a third than the number named.
The same authority computed that at
the date when Port Arthur was sur
rendered Marshal OYAMA had under his
command 275,OOO regular soldiers ready
for action, to which were to DO added ut
least 1900 reservists. II II be true that
when Port Arthur fell the besiegers num-
hered 100000, Gen. Noel should have
since been able, while leaving adequate
garnsons in the captured naval fortress
and at Dalny, 10 strengthen the main
japanese army with some "a, 900 Veterans
il should follow that OYAMA's total force
when the present operations commenced
exceeded 100000, in which event the
japanese probably possessed decided
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mex Samoa, while the home Government
was doing it's best TO keep ia hands OF
This behavior Of mere colony proved
fairly incomprehensiblc TO German adj
ministrators. But though New Zealand
failed of securing Samoa it has annexed
Rarotonga, Niue and several other
islands, and ia exercising a protoctorate
over them that is about the nearest APP
proach TO good government that the
South Sea has ever known.
One contributory cause for the gen.
eral inclination of Polynesiuns to come
under New Zealand rather than Crown
rule is the general knowledge OF the high
position in public life attained in New
Zealand by Maori chiefs, men who repre-
sent the highest development Of the race
which peoples the scattered nrchipela-
goes of the Pacific
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New Face, in the Senate.

In the Senate OF the Fifty-ninth Con-
gress, which meets in special session
to-day, there are nine members who
have never sat in that body before, one
who returns TO it after an absence Of
four years, and two vacancies. OF the
incoming members five have served in
the House OF Representatives, and four
have had no legislative experience OF
any kind although one OF them has been
Governor Of his State. In two States
Missouri and Delaware-the Legisla-
lures have not elected successors to the
outgoing Senator'S Until the end Of one
or both Of these deadlocks the number OF
members in the Senate will be eighty
eight out Of possible ninety.
California has retired THOMAS r. BARD
and elected 10 succeed him FRANK p.
FLINT Of Los Angeles. Senator FLINT
is ~ years old and lawyer. Upon his
election he pledged him to retire
from the employment Of all the corpora
tions by which he had been retained, and
announced that during his term his law
partner would accept no business from
railway or other similar companies.
Senator FLINT has declared his sympa-
thy with President RoosEvRLT's policy
Of increasing the powers OF the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. Among his
rivals for the Senatorship was GEORGE
A. KNIGHT, who, on behalf of California,
seconded Mr.. RoosEvRLT's nomination
in the Chicago convention, and whose
voice was 80 strong that tho listeners in
the galleries requested him to speak
a little lower, although the other ora
tors had been inaudible beyond the
delegates seats.
Indiana now promotes Representative
JAMES A. HRMENwAY to succeed Vice
President CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS.
Mr.. HEMENwAY was chairman OF the
Appropriations Committee Of the House
in the Fifty-eighth Congress He has
been member Of Congress since 1895,
and in the last campaign was elected to
the House for another term. His term
as Senator will expire in 1902 the year
in which the man whom he now succeeds
hopes to be inaugurated as President
Of the United States.
The State OF Nebraska has chosen
Representative ELMER JACOB BURKErr,
who has been a member Of the House
since 1884, 10 take the seat vacated by
Senator CHARLES HENRY DIETRICH. who
retires under cloud after four years
service. Mr.. BURKETT, if not so promi-
nent in the House as Mr.. HEMENwAY,
has n clean record, and is known as a
hardworlsing legislator.
From Washington comes SAMCEL H.
PILES. Kentuckian by birth, lawyer by
profession. and well known within his
State, il not outside of it, 10 fill the place
OF ADDISON G. FOSTER. In the State of
Washington the election of Mr.. PILES
was regarded as a defeat for +. II. HARRI-
MAN, whose candidate was CHARLES B.
SWEENEY of Spokane.
The Hon. GEORGE SUTHERLAND Of
Utah succeeds Senator THOMAS KEARNs.
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They tell me that the .cienccs
Progressing are by leaps and bounds.
That every srason notes advance
Zach time Il mAkcs It's oosnic rounds.
They tell me that the trolley car
WIN sirapess be ere March is done.
But what / m anxious most 10 see.
strapped or unsuapped, 5 a hogiess one.
They tel me that the rubber cored
Golf spherold simply beats them an
II may be so: but, cored or not,
What want IS a loseless ball.
They say umbrellas, nowadays.
Arc foldablc TO pocket sire
Perhaps. but one that's BORROWERS
Is what I'd learn lolargey prize
They say the FATS IN Harlem wlits
Have all improvements known 10 man.
Maybe; but I'd prefer to live
In one built on The rentlcss plan.
They tell me any one can play
Pianos IS they now arc made.
Why is # that they don't oontrive
To make them soundless when they're PLAYED,
They tell me desiccAied fruit
Tastes fresh though plucked from can or bo..
But what I'm avid most 20 pick
is shares o. desiccatcd stocks
They say that wlntcr nov is past,
mat coWslps bloom and robins sing
But what I'd most appreciate
Would be quiet, rhymelcss spring
AAuEIcH NORM.
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Governors Born In ISIS.

From me Springfield RepuNtt'7
With The death OF Mr. Boutwell, passes ne '''' oI
the seven Governors OF Massachusetts who "fT'
born In 1878 They were, william C.aca. 9-l ~
Milford March O.: John Albion Andrew. born ~
WlndhAm. Ne, May 81: Henry Joseph ra-l'i
born at Dorchester. June u. Alc1auder itn 30
Rice, born at Newton. Aug On. Thomas A.'A
born az Cambridge. y. Y, sept. =. ans Ifflt
min Franklin Butler. born at ucr-frt ~ 3d.
Nov. 6. is Mr. Boutwell, was bonn o. 'afF'
II will be seen that only February, ar- -''
October and December OF 1915 failed 60 a..1
70 a Massachusetts, Governor. tic otLer s.,rn ea'a
WELDED one
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improvements" at Old st. Patrick',.

To THE EpIToR OF THE Sun Sir: In his
comment on my protest against the vandHl-
ism that would destroy old st. Pntrcks
churchyard in Mott street. stephen j. Han
nigan says that misunderstood the nature
and the scope OF the work proposed and by
Implication also that l can't tell the difror-
ence between taking away and augmcntIng
II l misunderstood what The SrN printed
about the scheme there Is not much chance
OF misunderstanding q statement find in tho
Cothohc Neus OF Feb. lS-a good orthodox
Church organ that gets its information
straight under the heading Of Improve
ments at old st Patrick's
In this It isstated that the Improvements
which are being planned for the centennial
celebration Of tho parish. four years hence.
include the building OF a structure In TIE
open space in front OF the church and vault
for tho dead. and the clearing Of the grounds
entirely. In the same publication in Sep
tember. 1902, there was printed an article
with the title Memorial 20 Pioneer Catholic
which outlined practically the same scheme
that is now put forward.
All this seems specifically clear and den.
mite THAT there Is no chance 20 misunderstood
II. 1t is designed 70 destroy the oldest tltha-
lio cemetery in all New York state. ami ore
Of the oldest In the whole country. ono wh p
has. according TO the Official records, been
the burial place of 81. 1873 of the pioneer tattu-
lies OF this community. many OF them TIE
most noted men and women OF the last cen
fury,
This afternoon to be sure. took loos NJ
the old chilrchyard TO SEQ this terrible ,rur.-
bling away OF the tombstOncs that Mr. iiaul.-
Kan mentions a the chief Incentive ~ tHe
contemplated Improvements But failed
20 find It, In the north side Of the chDn..
yard there are perhaps half a dozen req
sandstone slabs that show the effects az f'e
weather. Tho majority OF the others. beng
OF granite and marble, are in fair coua., "'.
quite as sound ms those 10 be found ln lrtlV
or any of the other old graycyards
NEW YORK. March ,. A O'RoRhE.
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There are go 900 dwelling houses in the
FIVE boroughs of the city Of New York, a
dwelling house being officially described
as a place in which one or more persons
regularly sleep and which has accommoda-
tons for their residence. After New York
in size OF population comes Chicago, but
not in the number OF dwellings. Chicago
has 100. 600 dwellings; Philadelphia, less
populous city. has 2i5 900, nearly as many
as New York.
There are 5000 dwelling houses in tho
city OF st. Louis. 50 900 In Baltimore, 60 900
in Boston, 5000 in New Orleans, 50 900 in
Detroit. 80. 900 in San Francisco, 20 900 in
Washington, IS 900 in Milwaukee,, $1,000 in
Newark, 5000 in Buffalo, 5000 in Cleve-
land IS 900 in Louisville, 40 900 in Cincinnati,
10 900 in Minneapolis 10000 in Pittsburg
and Is, 900 in New Haven.
The city OF London has 400, 600 hoIAes
which Is more than double the number in
New York, though the population of London
Is less than double that OF this city. Paris
has 100, 900 houses, less than half the number
in New York, though Paris has population
OF 2.5Oo.OoO while the population OF New
York is 1000, 900 greater. London has, on
an average seven residents TO each house;
Paris has twenty-five and New York has
between ten and eleven. New York Is
more thickly populated than London and
less thiclIly populated than Paris, IL the
number Of residents OF a house be accepted
az the measure of the density of population.
Among American cities Philadelphia IL the
most sparsely populated and Boston the
most thlckly settled.
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Mr. ROOSEVELT walked 10 tho central chair ana
sat down In H. lie lifted his coat tails as ne did To-
The nscs from Washington.
Some authorities hold that a gentlemen
should be unconscious OF his apparel. and
should not, by word or deed. betray any
anxiety as TO whether it becomes wrinkled,
creased, or mussed But frook coat with
disordered tails is unpleasant to look at,
and most mon are as careful not TO sit on
the tails as Mr. RoosEvEiTis. He did what
majority Of his fellows citizens would
do under similar circumstances.
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Andrew johnson, work Bench

Aihsni correspondence Nashville H4H7f-
a. Anderson. tailor In this place 10 u'r -''-E
one OF the most historic tailor benches in Naharia'
II not In America. 1t is bench used hy tlirtv
Johnson when he was young man and worked n
this county for Mr. Sloss, who In that day was or
OF the leading tallors. Andy came here Hs i1af.
neyman and spent some time woTslug n. hf
Sloss and the old tailor bench he used ST. rp10 ''
been preserved until this day. 1t was discovered
In the country many years ago by the lac 'la'
r. n. Mason. who bought 1; as n relic and hos Er1'
It IN his home until the recent nro DESTROYED '7r
tailor shop OF Mr.. Anderson, when he was ;'a4oTr1
the use OF the table by MessTs, Greer aal hae'
Mason. sons OF the late Capt h. Is. Mason ali e
has II now In bis shop.
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TO TIE EDITOR or The sUS-sir' In 1879. In
the ven swift current OF rapid Of the Yellow
stone River. near Clarks Fork. Mon. while ASKING
with Erasshoppers, caught on each Of two hooks
on the same throw two nsh. ono OF these WAS
Rocky Mountain trout and he other was ordinary
sucker, such a. ! had often hooked IN Harrison
county, Ind. Roth these nsh ROSE 70 ihe bait. and
have never forgotten my asfonishmcnt when {
found the gamer lsh The same sucker which ] had
known the most sluggish OF all nsh In the little
mesnderinE brooks which had previously known
as It's habitat. ARMY.
PHnApKLFHA March l.
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Racial Niokname..

To The EDITOR OF THE sr-S-.sir. In N. Syrian
quarter Syrian Turk, or any person from ASIA
Moor. is called a ~spooter.- Throughout New
YORK. at least an italian Is called "dAEo" or a
guinea I've heard irshuca referred 20 as
"harps- on the East side Jews are called geese
by their gentle fellow citizens. 7 suppose there
arc many other racial nicknAnes similar 10 these
What are they Can't We have a count OF these
nlcknsmesl Who gets thcm up' Why are they
applied JouN II. SrKvESE.
NEW YORK, March :.
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To THE EDITOR or THg Sun SIR f- corr
spondent OF yesterday is quite rlgAi Ia sa '.'
the police do not know where the Asia' '.'''
asked three OF them. Including r
None OF them had ever heard OF o.. 7f.o
were stationed only few blocks away
NEW YORK March J.
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nnchelor,, Retort 70 pa K.ntnnl,r o,rl ;,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-lSir. Kentucky is
famed for us beautiful women. but Judging from
the class OF men that a Kentucky Girl" has man.
aged 70 attract. there must be exceptions 10 the
rule there as elsewhere. BACHELOR M ~
NEW YORK March l.
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Laurence c7rrssp0udsHcr Topeka Cl-.
Miss Alkaline Homer. clerk OF ffr f.rr
who IS 10 be married 20 william pI'--
clerk In the Legislature, denies taht sHr
her husband dcpaiy clcrs 90 tff c0l'
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From me- ST. L0u.f G.0tc ntr
Uncle Sam is dealing with two krts NJ
the Indian TERRITORY tho real lndlsa.
the Fast, and the picture indian, 4ia D 49,
West
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The burden Bearer.

Fnther-Yes. Johnny. the camel Is called the
ship OF the Desert.
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Published hy The sun Printing ana Puhu'ning
A.socla,lon at l7O Nassau street. In the Borough
OF Manhattan. New York
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~ ntr iriends rho flror m Thh riinh't'pi' Io'
,,,,o, ,,b IN mace ejeefrd articr, returned, they
,,i,,t IN an cases srud STAN ps Tor mat purpose
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Knioker-I An a self-mAds man.
BcoEer-How did you manage TO keep the M.
nicipal Ar Committee out OF the !obi
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subscription, by Mall. Postpaid.

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Arizona republican., 1905-05-20
SCIENTIFIC FLOOD STUDIES
AnOthe CT Interesting Branch of Hydro
 graphic Engineering.

MT. E. C. Murphy of Washington, D. C., spent yesterday here and will re- turn again in two or three days, for longer stay. MT. Murphy is an as- sociate member of the American so- ciety of civil engineers and is con- nected with the reclamation service, his special work being flood studies under the direction of the photographic branch of the service.
 The Photographic branch issues an nually bulletin or pamphlet known in the service as a paper. devoted to the recapitulatiOn of the floods that have occurred during the year all over the country. While these papers are pri- marily for the use of the engineers of the government, they are free as pos sible from technicalities known only to the engineer, so that they are in measure publications of more than passing interest to the general read CT who cares to be well informed. They are numbered in the order of their is- sue, numbers 95 and 96 being issued in 1903. The reports for 1904 are now in press and MT. Murphy and others are engaged in preparing the data for the 1905 report.
 These reports tell where all the large floods of the year have occurred, their total volume, the origin, whether rain or some other cause, the daily rate of extraordinary stream flows, the maxi mum flow, the amount of damage done if any together with descriptions of the drainage basins and much other infor- nation of desirable character. MT. Murphy has been in Arizona
 some little time having visited the up per Gila, the Roosevelt basin and other places and is now noting conditions in these parts. He learned yesterday for ! the first time of the pranks of the fes- tive Cave Creek which may form a small chapter of his next publication and he will probably also size up the Buckeye country before leaving for | good.
Arizona republican., 1905-05-20
WYOMING FLOODS.
Water Everywhere Where None Had
 Been For Years.

Cheyenne, WIO., May 19-The sreams of Wyoming are carrying a larger vol uTne of water down into Missouri, Platte, Laramie, Big Horn, Shoshone. Greybui and other waterways than at any time in the recollection of the ear Hest pioneers. Every stream almost is out of it's banks, while dry creeks and canyons that have not contained water for many years are torrents.
 Many bridges have been carried out and most of the lords are unsafe. Some of the stock has been lost and the hay meadows have been damaged. Two lives have been lost on account of high water. Rains fall almost every day on the watersheds and there ap- pears to be nc immediate prospect of material decrease in the flow of the streams