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The Ocean Yacht Race.

The race of yachts across the western
ocean, which is to be started of Sandy
Hook on May 10, may or may not be the
beginning Of a new era in yachting in
this country, but it certainly is the out
come of the revival OF a healthy sporting
spirit. Those who have watched the
progress of yacht racing under the innu-
ence Of the Americas Cup races have
often shaken their heads sadly over the
development OF a type Of vessel properly
described az a mere racing machine.
The principal purpose Of this type seems
TO have been to defeat the racing rules,
or TO create yacht which on a minimum
Of measured water line should provide
a maximum Of sailing length and sail
carrying power. Huge overhangs ac-
complshed this end. and for the rest
lightness Of construction and enormous
sail plans made up the features of the
racing craft,
These giant single stickers we're OBJ
viousy unfit to hold the sea in all wealth
ers The purpose Of that clause in the
Americas Cup conditions which stipu-
lates that the challenger shall proceed
TO the point Of contest on her own bottom
has been defeated by permitting her to
tow across the sea. The founders Of the
prize plainly intended that the competi-
tons should be ssagoing yachts. The
refusal Of both contestants in the last
series TO gooutside ina fresh wind showed
that racing weather and cruising condi-
tons had become incompatible.
II the matter had gone no further
than this, perhaps there would have
been no ground for unfavorable COM
ment. But the style of designing for the
Americas Cup has affected the models
Of all yachts Cruisers in recent years
have displayed overgrown overhangs.
fragile frames, thin skins and sky scrap
ing spans. Only yachts intended for
ocean voyaging, such az the Endymion,
have shown the sturdy proportions which
were first outlined in the American
pilot boat and afterward reproduced by
GEORGE STEERS in the victorious and
ever memorable America.
The new interest in ocean yacht racing,
much of the credit for which is due to
Commodore TOD Of the Atlantic Yacht
Club and TO Sir THOMAS Upton has al
ready affected the designs Of outside
cruisers, and it will be happy result if
q new feet OF swift and powerful sea-
going yachts shall grow up to renew the
glories Of the days when the Henrietta,
Fleetwing, Dauntless and others set the
American yacht ensign swapping in
triumph in the winds Of foreign ports.
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what Does Il Near?

Section two Of the Agnew bill for the
establishment Of State Water Com
mission provides that no municipal
corporation or other civil division Of the
State shall have power to acquire any
new sources Of water supply until its
plans have been approved by the COM
mission established by the act.
No such prohi bition is laid upon pri-
vate corporations which now possess
power TO acquire water supply sources
by condemnation, or to which such
power may be given in the future.
Why are not all corporations, public
and private, to be put upon the same
plane before this commission?
In the chaos that reigns at Albany
this discrimination may be due TO an
oversight But Il may also be due TO
more Ramapo.
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Romans SUR AGAINST MY.LIFE
does the Company owe Ills Estate $780,
900, or Il the Estate Debtor?

QUO, or ~ the AetANe hNDNoFf
william p. Romans, az administrator OF
the estate Of the late Harry s. Romans,
Ia suing the Now York Life Insurance Com
pany for more than $500. 900, alleged TO be
due the estate on renewal commissions
under a contract made with Harry s..
Homans In 1874. In substance, the de-
Tense Of the Insurance company II that
there ls an Offset Of more than as30, 900, due
the company from Romans when no died
In Paris In 1880.
The case was up before Justice 0'GormAn
IA the Supreme Court yesterday morning
on a motion for a bill OF particulars de-
handed by Cary a Robinson Of counsel
for Humans, administrator. The insur-
anos company introduced an affidavit set
ting forth proceedings In a French court In
an accounting with the state Of Homans
Counsel for Romans, administrator, asked
that this French affidavit DO eliminated as
irrelevant. Justice O'GormRn reserved de-
cision.
Harry 8. Romans In 1874 was appointed
general director Of all the New York lAfe
Insurance Company's European agencies,
and In 1880 he made a contract with the
company under which he was TO receive
certain commissions and certain stipu-
lated amount for renewal commissions,
He died intestate nine years later, and the
$500 600 and more Is alleged to be due on
renewal commissions.
"The question at issue, said Sanford Rob
inson, counsel for the Romans estate, yes
terday, Is on the responsibility OF Romans
for expenses of conducting the oompany's
business In Europe. Under the terms OF
the contract the company was 20 bear these
expenses up 20 a certain fixed amount.
Now, as we maintain, the company charges
all the expenses against Romans. When
We were met with the answer that Homans,
when he died, was actually In debt 20 the
insurance company In the sum of over $780,
600, we naturally wanted TO know just what
the items were. So we asked for bill Of
Particular. We know nothing Of the pro-
oeedings Of the French court. They have
no bearing Whatsoever upon the case. The
suit In France was brought by Mrs. Homan ms
and was defended by the Romans children.
The court gave Ms. Romans her share In
the estate, but held that she had no interest
In the renewal commissions, and II is on the
renewal commissions that our present
claim against the insurance company Is
basal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-04
Pugi.ism 40 n Business

Out Of the Middle West comes the
announcement that Prof. JAMES J. JET
FRIES, the unchallenged champion heavy
weight pugilist Of the world, intends
TO quit the squared circle and the stage
to 90 into business in California. He
is moved 10 do this by family en-
treaties, and also by the fact that -pugi-
lism does not pay JEFFRIEs has not
a rival in pugilism to-day, and his fame
as a fighter has made his career on the
stage profitable. He Is one Of the few
prize fighters who have not been given
over TO dissipations widely known and
publicly acknowledged. II any man
could make the prize ring lead to wealth
the present champion should be able
10 do il.
No one knows how much money JOHN
L. SULLIVAN has received as a fighter,
actor and saloon keeper during the
forty-seven years Of his life. Every one
knows that he has spent it all and is a
poor man to-day. Had he husbanded
his receipts he might have had a COM
petence; had he attended strictly TO
his various liquor store enterprises he
might have become wealthy. Free with
his cash as with his strength, he never
saved, and has no nest egg now to pro-
vide for his old age
The same is true Of most Of the boxers
Of all times. Many men who won fame
in the ring prospered afterward in bust
nesses Of various kinds not connected
with the sport. Some turned gamblers,
some established gymnasiums, some
opened saloons None has found it
highly profitable TO follow tho game in
which he made his first start. Those
who have done so usually ended as in
structors, with fair, but by no means
large, incomes.
Champion JEFFRIEs may reap a for
tune in California. He would probably
never gain one on the lines he is follow
ing now. Pugilism is, as a business, one
TO be avoided by the young man anX-
lous to amass great, or even moderate,
wealth
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One Of the by-producis Of municipal
ownership" has come 10 those hardy mari
ners OF many storms and squalls the deck
hands Of the Staten Island ferryboats.
The city il about 10 undertake the operation
Of the ancient ferry connecting Richmond
borough with Manhattan. IL Is building
boats and providing terminals. There is
now in the service Of the ferry company a
force Of deckhands who will constitute
under municipal ownership a sort Of coast
guard, II confirmed In their positions by
the law providing that they shall be en-
rolled without civil service formalities.
These deckhands have no certain tenure
at present. They are hired M needed and
paid according 10 the services which they
render, these services being Of a perfume
tory character with none Of the perils Of
deep sea navigation and life before the mast.
Their chief duty IL 10 put in position the gang
plhnks and work the ropes and chains which
bold them 10 tbs bulkhsad They also
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-04

The audience that gathered In the Metro
politan Opera House on Tuesday afternoon
to say Rood-by 10 HELENA hoDJEsKA was
fortunate enough 10 see the distinguished
actress In two Ioes that show her az she
was In the plenitude Of her powers. Time
has been impotent 20 rob her art Of its magic
when she enacts LGdy Macbeth or Mary
Stuart. Her gait is a. queenly, her bearing
a. distinguished and her acting as free from
obvious elaboration and ahectation as II
ever was
What a possession the memory Of that
performance must forever be to those who
for the frst time witnessed her in SHAKE
sPEARE's tral edy. and then in the episodes
Of MARY Stuart No artist could wish
to leave in the minds Of her admirers a
lovelier monument than Nine. MoDJEsKA
built before their eyes at her last appear
ance in this city.
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THE JEWS or NEW YORK,
Their Remarkable Progress, Its Causes
and lis pOssIble Result.

To THE EpIroR oF THE SrN- Sir: In this
mornings STN in an editorial article headed
A Coming Jewish Celebration ! IND this
sentence: The progress Of the Jews in Amer
lea, and more especially ~ New York, In
every field NJ activity. is relatively greater
than that Of any other race.
That sentence suggests again question
that has often occurred to me. namely, What
will be the outcome Of il allY
The Jews are now 20 be met here In num-
bers on every hand not in the Ghetto alone.
by any sort Of mslns. but everywhere. and
in every field Of life. And, poor and rich
alike, they all have, to an intense degree.
the conuuerinr characteristics OF cOrCen-
uation and application Jewish children in
the schools apply themselves wonderfully,
and acquire knowledge and Jewish men,
almost without exception. follow their several
callings or professions. whatever these may
he. low OF high. with unfall!nG energy and
devotion They equip themselves for their
work. they work hard and they keep AT IL,
and there could be but one result following
such preparation and labor. It is undoubt
edly true that, to nuote again the sentence
from the editorial, ~the progress Of the Jews
In America and more especially IN New YORK,
IN every field OF activity, lsTelatvcly greater
than that Of any othe race"
And now / ask again the question, What
will be the outcome or u alf And ] nsk this
question Of course wholly without feeling
or prejudice, but purely In scienttc mood.
Mechanically. and in accordance with
the law Of the survival 81 the htteet. the time
must come when by virtue Of their Qualities
the Jews will dominate In New York. Win
Oh at time Gomez
i md a. intervals IN THE srv editorial
articles Of most fascinating interest concern
Inc New York and IL people and JIG moteCial
and social DEVELOPMENT. should be Rl9d 4
could find an answer, to the ,Gues ton which
Ihave here proDonnded, INV hoRKER.
NEW lOVK. MAY l.
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SEWER INSPECTOR BOUNCED.

Accused Of Allowing Contractors 10 over
ride the specifications.
President Martin W. Ettleton % the
Borough Of Brooklyn has summarily dis
missed Daniel j. McCauley, inspector Of
sewer construction. McCauley was the
supervisor Of the construction Of sewer In
Eighty-sixth street, between First and
Second avenues, and Mr.. Lttleton after an
Investigation discovered that the work had
been done in violation Of the specifications
of the contract and that a fraudul mt bill
Of IS, Oa2 so for concrete work had been paid.
II was shown that the merrst pretense
had been made in laying a concrete founda-
ton, although the contract called for IL.
Mr. Littleton a'Eo severely rebuked the en-
Rineer in charge Of the work and has given
the contractor two days 10 begin the workof
reconRtrlction.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-04
Chicano's Misfortune.

In Chicago those prime public utilities
the public highways have been wrested
from the control OF the municipality by
TN organization Of men which refuses
70 allow them 20 be used for the trans
action Of certain business except by its
own members. Citizens who do not
belong 10 this organization are forcibly
restrained from driving on what were
once public thoroughfares. II they at
tempt TO use the streets they are assailed
by the organizations men, beaten and
driven from their work. Their former
rights have been withdrawn by the or
ganizaVon which has succeeded the
municipality in possession.
Chicago last month voted for imme-
date municipal control Of the trans
pOrtation lines that traverse these same
streets, and Mayor EDWARD F. dunno
took Office promising to carry the wishes
Of the voters into effect. Since his
election he has pledged himself TO dill
genoe in the prosecution Of the trust
that has been laid upon him. He has
summoned from Glasgow, TO advise and
assist him, a street railway expert en-
ployed by that city. Day and night
the great work OF municipal ownership
Il pushed ahead. Mayor dunno Is
keeping his pledges.
hhaPHtOrtpns fog CHICAGO that the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-04
Why DO PRISONERS 60 FREEp
MIR. McAdOO Calls for Reports on Cases
Thrown Out I'm Police Courts.

MIR. McAdOo Calls for Reports on Cases
Thrown Out I'm Police Courts.
This general order will be sent to-day by
Police Commissioner McAdoo to all police
inspectors and captains:
In cnscs before courts Of the first instance
involving infractions of the Penal Code with
reference to poolrOoms, disorterly houses. so
Letting by women and tenement house Of
lenses, whore the defendants are not held
or have been acquitted. ard whore YOU deem
the case OF IMPORTANCE to the d'pHTtmcnt
and the ad mir istraton Of the law, send r.:
port 10 this Office OF the evidence submitted
on behalf OF the people the decision OF the
Magistrate and any remarks WHICH he ray
have made affecting the case or the conduct
ofthe police.
sIhave done this explained Mr.. McAdoo
because / want TO know just what has taken
place In the police courts when our prisoners
are discharged. There has been much said
fthe failure ofthe police to get good cases;
/ want to know if It Is all the fault Of the
police.
Acting Captain Eggers, who has made
30 many raids Of late has been sending in
such reports. l have big stack Of them.
They have been Of great assistance to me-
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Politics In Grs and Electricity.

The one man vino can await with per-
feet tranquility the fate Of the so-oalled
gas bills is the Mayor Of this metropo-
Lis. He shaped his course in the FIRST
place according 20 his honest notions oil
public duty. He was attacked on the
near side bv the more radical and noisier
wing Of his own party the Hearstltes'
On the Of side. the management OF the
Cdell State machine devised for his in
terment the Stevens committee and the
Stevens investigation. The Hearst plan
OF attack or rivalry has failed In the most
dismal manner imaginable. The he
publcln legislative campaign, conducted
Generously as to the inquiry, and pro-
ducing, thanks TO Mr.. HUGHES, a mass oil
corroborative Information Of the most
Illuminating quality, has proceeded on
it's harmonious and respectable course
IN TO the incident OF bolted Senate
caucus and a division Of Republican
forces on other lines than those suggested
by partizan interest or even the welfare
of the citizens. As for the Democrats in
the Senate, they are at the present
writing between the devil Of temptation
in the way Of opportunity for personal
craft and the deep sea Of political de-
s,nlction If they suffer their open palms
20 appear in the heighborhood OF the
smells of their honorable backs.
Yesterday the Assembly passed all
seven Of the gas bills, including the
State Commission bill, purely political
and mechanical attachment. II these
measures, or that essential part Of them
which really benefits the local consumer
and restricts too rapacious monopoly
get through the Senate to-day and &C
ouire Governor HIGGINs's signature,
the Mayor will have accomplished by a
rather roundabout process and by the
hands Of his enemies that which he
undertook 10 do, II tho bills fail he will
have done all that a man in his place
in the City Hall can do for his fellow clti-
zens in this respect.
Thus the hole contemplated from
all sides and at various Angles, appears
to be somewhat Of an 6Ininence, with
Mayor MCCLELLAN adjoining its summit, i
serene and with a good conscience.
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notify tsamsters TO turn TO the right. They
are never called upon TO notify passengers,
even the most mlsohievous or oonvivial, not
20 rock the boat.
But municipal Ownership on the approved
Socialist plan will put an end TO the pre-
oarious tenure Of these deckhands. They
are 10 be confirmed in their jobs 10 wear
uniforms; to be- exempt from removal eX-
cept under ohArges and after hearing
TO have brass buttons on their coats and
geld lace on their sleeves, and perhaps 70
be sure Of a pension on their retirement
from service on the Staten Island boats
All this is great luck for the deckhands
and swabbers Of the Staten Island ferry
feet. What corresponding benefits II will
bring 10 hart or workers who do the same
kind Of work on other ferryboats and on
harbor craft not operated by the city is
not yet apparent.
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SCHELLING-DRiPER.
Paderewski Unable to Attend the wedding
OF Ills Pupil.

OF Ills Pupil
Miss Lucie How Draper and Ernest Schcll-
ing Of Switzerland had a home wedding
yesterday AZ the residence Of tho brides
mother. Mrs. William =. Draper COS Fifth
avenue.
The 6ev. Newton Perkins, fecrctsry Of
the Church Building Fund, performed the
ceremony at 1890 O'Clock, and the bride was
given away by her mother, Mrs Draper.
There were 40 bridesmaids. and the bride
groom was attended by Casimir de Coppet
as best man. After the ceremony a bridal
breakfast was served. Tho guests Included
Prof. and Mrs. SchellinE and Mrs. Erwin of
Philadelphia, Nine PadereWski, MIR. and
Mrs. Horny S. Dimock the Rev. and MTs.
Perkins, Mr.. and Mrs. dOhn -. ArChbcld,
hrs. Isaac How, Miss Beatrice How. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Bliss. Miss Mildred Barnes.
Mr.. and Mrs, william =. Draper, Jr., and the
NCs-rs Bates OF Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. SChcliug will spend the SUM
m'r AZ Bar harbOr. where the Drapprs have
lad a cottage for many years AfterWatd
They VIII probably make short trip 20 Europe.
Mr. SChclliug is the son Of Prof. Felix SChell.
ing Of Philadelphia, and his brother Is pro-
lessor OF English literature ~ the 7 nivCr-
~ity Of Pennsylvania. Ne has made sew.
cral tours IN Europe. aud last season PLAYED
lu hIa'il: lie Is court pianist 20 the Duke
Of hccklenbuT g-Schwerin and has spent
much time at the dueal residence Of v ligTsd.
Cables were received CongratulatitE the
newly married couple from the Grand Duchess
Of ckleuhurC-SChwerin and Alma-Tadc1a
of london
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-04
c.ipping Home Rule In New York

The bill introduced in the Legislature
on Tuesday by Senator ARMSTRONG OF
Rochester, taking the power of appoint
ment Of the Commissioner Of Licenses
out Of the hands Of the Mayor and lodg-
ing il with the State Commissioner Of
labor, Is vicious in principle and should
never be allowed 70 become a law. Al
though the act as it now stands is Of
general nature, applying n all cities Of
the first and second class, in effect it is
essentially local, since the municipalities
have to pay all the expenses incurred
under its provisions. In this city the
cost Of maintaining the department is
approximately $40 600 a year. To take
the control Of the department away
from the Mayor would be a rank viola
ton Of the policy of home rule guaran-
teed by the Constitution Of 1894.
Although the bill is obviously aimed
at the present Commissioner Of Licenses,
FREDERICK l.. c. HEATING, ne seems TO
have committed no greater ofense than
that Of compelling a Republican district
leader TO obey the law. For this he is
20 be punished by removal from office
As far As can be ascertained, this is the
only motive that lies behind the bill,
unless It be 20 give the Odell faction a
little more patronage in this city.
The whole thing is a despicable piece
Of petty politics unworthy of the serious
attention Of the lawmakers at Albany.
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From ne Arizona RepUAiean.
The sherin Of Santa Cruz county, ArtI., has re.
celvtd the following letter from one Of his con
sutuenp
M, Charles Fouisr.
DEAR SIR: ] thought would write you a few
lines 10 ask you few words and don't want 70
do anything until hear from you. Ny stepfather
Is chuGsinE probably chasing OF cutsingl my
mother oil the time and she don't want him around
here any more and abe wants him TO leave but he
won't go. He Ia just chusSng her all the time and
once he was going TO hit her with a rock but made
him lay Il down. She is wishing all the time and
trying 10 do right with him and am going 10 stop
this ! am asking you what VIII do aud be sure
and tell me what n would shut shootl him !
think would be In the right because ] don't care
for him and II do XII him will show you that !
was right Well. ] will cote for this time BE
sure and write and tel me what TO do. So rood %
by. NoIrs Truly. TON PARKIE."
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FIGHTs TAX sCCcEssFrLLr.
The Metropolitan Need Not Pay on Ten
Million Assessment OF 1909.

The Metropolitan Need Not Pay on Ten
Million Assessment Of 1909.
Supreme Court Justice Bischof decided
yesterday that the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company need not pay the tax
on the assessment Of SlO13L95O, which
appears against IL on the tax rolls for the
wear 1897. The basis Of the decision is
that an investigation Of the company's
assets and Liabilities for that year shows
that the latter were considerably in excess
Of the former, and that there remained
nothing 10 tax.
The Tax Commissioners contended that
the value Of the leases held 10y the read
should be incorporated into the assets
and that the bonds Of subordinate oom-
panies should not he charged up as deduc-
tible liabilities. Referee Hamilton Odell
found that there was nothing on which
10 base n valuation Of the leases, and that
even allowing that some Of the bonds
we've not proper liabilities, enough q
them were TO wipe out any basis Tor an
pgsaggmpnt
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CONCESSIONS AT ELLIS ISLAND.
Bidders for the Feeding Contract and
Money Exchange Privilege.

Money Exchange Privilege.
WASHINGTON, May s.-The value Of the
concessions at Ellis Island was attested
to-day when bids we're opened by Com
missioner Of immigration Sargent for the
privilege Of feeding the immigrants and
conducting the money ex change. Sixteen
bids were received for each concession, ard
most Of the bidders had Representatives
here. There has never been such oompe-
tition for these contracts. The bids for the
feeding privilege averaged a few cents less
per day than the present ooncessionaires,
Hudgins & Dumas, are permitted TO charge.
Commissioner Sargent left to-day for New
Orleans, and the contracts will not be let
until his return, next week.
The bidders for the feeding contract
were: Henry Bale, John Blau, Emil Sch wab.
Rehr q Brodt, Hortz 4 Newhurg, Henry
Molthan, Jr., Nugent & Tohey, William
Kaiser A Co., Hudgins 4 Dumas, Moore
Van Holland Company, r.. II. Elfers, Hill a
Roach, Joe Kray, Frankel a Melville and l.
Mass. KTay and Frankel a Melville were
disqualified, az they had not enclosed GER
tilted checks on a national bank with their
bids
The bidders for the money exchange
privilege were: NJ. M. Dolphin, Italian
American Trust Company, 2. kiss. Bou-
american Express GGOmRsnv' w Henry
Machol, F. H. Ainsworth, c. Schumacher
a Co., c, Cont, Post h Flagg, Peter
Mcdonald, l. W. Simmons and L. J.
Dewitt.