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BUIL5lN0 LOAN CONVENTION.


Dupe. klburn Ur9eS w DSeosSS ~ 49,
70 Local Associations.
Tho annual convention Of the United
States League OF Cooperative 6avings ana
Building Loan Associations began ysster'
day In the Murray Hill Hotel. Corporation
Counsel John j. Delany welcomed the DELE
gates to this city on behalf OF Mayor MoClei.
Ian. and then A. L. Gutheil, president OF
the associations, made his annual address
He told Of tho growth Of building ana loan
association, and continued:
sWe stu have robbers In the country VINO
are living Oh our good name and dong
much harm. Tho moral u, stick to your
home institutions and givo . Wide berth,
whatever their promises. to any ooposrn
from abroad for, In nine cases out OF ton,
It is sure to prove . swindle. You may
think that you are not getting enough
interest ON your investment ip your homo
company ~ promised you in the other,
but you will win out moro surely IN toe
former
H. F. Csllarius Of Cincinnati, Ohio. go
Fs RID r ss *. ss:ss : ,s.d u ~
are now 500 $40, SIS, which Is 3 net tncrease
for the year OF SO, 1885, 7t. The total mem
bership u ,esl ,O48, net increase OF q JIG
Frederick D. Klbnrn. State Supertnten-
dent OF Banking, was invited to address
the delegates, and he gave an informal
talk. He said that building associations
to be successful must confine themselves
to local fields.
Il am happy to say said Supts Kilburn;
that In my Official capacity have gained
the enmity OF the so-called national bank-
ing associations. Mr.. Kifburn's COM
ments were received with hearty applause.
There was only one session q the con-
day. The delegates went to Coney Island
Yesterday afternoon. To-day they will
listen to committee reports and addresses
by the delegates. At the afternoon session
Addison B. Burk OF Philadelphia. VIII talk
After new officers are elected the con-
vention will adjourn until next year.
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R.fuss in the Boulevard,

To ru EDITOR OF The SUN-str: Herr arc
some of the things which you may nnd In the grass
plots In tho Boulevard, which formerly used 10
DO 20 beautiful and well kept:
fragments Of Iron castings. old brooms. white
wash buckets, broomstioks. pieces Of iron wire.
telephone wire. pastebosrd boxes. tin cans, old
rags asphalt refuse. whisky TASKS milk bottles
ali giving evidence Of having lain there for months.
Tnu plots At sixty NTH street and Seventy first
street are particularly bad.
In our big city government costing nearly .
hundred millions yearly. and With 90 many depart
ments covering almost all possible moods and uses.
Isn't there some one who can and will remedy such
Q state OF thingsf WEST SIDEI
NRw YORK, July ~
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The President and tho Miners.

The agreement which terminated the
anthracite coal strike Of 1902 expires on
April 1, 1905. At the annual meeting of
the United Mine Workers last January
plans were considered and movement
set on foot for general strike should the
terms to be demanded next April be
refused by the mine owners. For sew
eral weeks JOHN MITCHELL has been
busy organizing his forces, rounding up
the many operatives who have strayed
from their unions, and securing a de
Tense fund.- The agreements under
which bituminous mining is carried on
also expire on the first Of next April.
The leaders Of the bituminous miners
are likewise engaged in considering the
terms Of new agreements.
The news dispatches Of Monday an
nounoed that arrangements were being
made for a general strike by both
branches Of the industry within the next
two or three months, in order to fore
stall general lockout by the anthracite
operators. The dispatches OF Tuesday
contained somewhat indefinite denial
by JOHN MITCHELL of the reports of the
preceding day. While an extensive
strike next spring is possible, If not
probable, it is inconoeivable that either
miners or operators would assume re-
sponsibility for the precipitation of a
conflict during the life Of the agree
ments.
We are unable to accept the boastful
; declaration credited to 7. l.. LEWIS, the
vice-president of the United Mine Work.
ers, that the anthracite and the bitumi-
nous miners are to join hands in the
greatest strike the world has ever known,
to be called within two months. Such
q step would be suicidal.
The United Mine Workers, il they
could really unite, constitute monopoly
more dangerous to society than any
combination of capital now in the field.
II allwere to quit and stay out for year.
no imagination can conceive what would
happen. But, such course Il almost
beyond conception. It would be pre-
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ventable by the adoption Of the plan
followed In the recent teamsters' strike
in Chicago. Students Of industrial con-
fliots are generally agreed In a convio-
ton that strikes are exceedingly rare IN
which all or even majority Of the par
ticipants leave their work voluntarily or
willingly. BY full protection to all who
desire to work the public may be pro-
tected and basic principle OF industrial
freedom may be established. OF course
the tyranny Of q unionism which drives
O man from his work against his will y
as indefensible as the reduction OF MS
wages to starvation point by an over
greedy employer. 1t is merely ques-
ton OF being robbed by highwayman
or by pickpocket. :.
Since the conclusion Of the last anthra-
cite strike there has been wide change
IN public opinion regarding broken
agreements and the exactions OF labor
Unions. That experience did much TO
open the eyes Of the public to its real
position In Industrial conflicts. The
point has been emphasized by several
later experiences. An appeal to the
White House would encounter less pa
tience and less approval than II did
three years ago.
On Aug. 10 Mr.. ROOSEVELT is to ad-
dress meeting Of the mine workers at
Wilkesbarre He will doubtless urge
Cancellation and an amicable adjustment
of differences. On the of chance that
the reports Of contemplated strike for
this fall are not without foundation,
it might not be amiss for him to indicate
his personal and official opinion OF broken
agreements. In view Of the fact that II
a strike is ordered, whether this fall or
next spring, thousands will be forced
to participate in it against their will and
wish, Mr.. ROOSEVELT might remind his
Wilkesbarre audience Of what he said
in his message OF December, 1908: Every
man must be guaranteed his liberty and
his right to do as he likes with his prop
erty or his labor, SO long as he does not
infringe the rights Of Others
A serious disturbance In the coal re-
gions Is even more than probable. 1t
may come this year or it may come next
year. By his course in the earlier strng-
gle and by consenting to address the
miners Mr.. ROOSEVELT stands COM
mitted to its processes in way which
the public will watch with interest.
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cr.mp and Drownins-A Personal Experience.

To rHs EDITOR OF The SuN-Str: Mr.. Alex
snder MeIert writes 70 you. Monday. that there Is
no such thing as cramp q cause OF death 10 swim
mers Mr.. Menert has never learned tho simple
an OF drowning In one lesson To acquire rapidly.
as I did. he should follow my example and get
cramp.
I believed much IS does Mr.. Menert till ono day
At Far RockAway went swimming In tho inlet.
Suddenly, as was coming In from deep water.
q something smote mo in tho stomach. tied my
legs In q fancy parcel and knotted my arms with
Q nne assortment Of agonles.
Did turn on my backt DID hoatf Did keep
perfectly cool and kick vigorously till the cramp
vanished
! did not
iongleseed friend was near. He was standing
on bottom. On him cast look OF Wild appeal
and remarked:
-catch mel I ubbls oogly blub-blub" disap-
pearipe TO discuss oramp problems with McGinty.
Ny frtond happened 70 be prompt and scientific.
still live But no longer believe that cramps do
not interfere with the swimmer.
NEW YORK, July rs. JOHN n bHisToA
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New Haven Read omo,., Pens,oned.

New HAVEN, Conn. July 2s The New
Haven road officials gave it out tonight
that James H. States, general ticket agent
Of tho company, win be retired on q pension
on Aug. 1, after forty-three years service.
Tho position will be consolidated with that
Of general passenger agent and will be under
the SUP ervision Of r. G. Coley, assistant
general passenger agent OF the road
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CHARLES s. BURR DEAD.
Merchant Suocumbs to Apopiexy Induced,
II IL Supposed, by Pt0n aine Poison.

Merchant SuCCumbs to Ap0pieXy Induced,
It IL Sdpposed, BY Ptou aine Poison.
Charles 8. Burr, who, with bis brother,
Walter O. Burr, had been in control of the
straw goods importing house of j. s. Plum
mer 4 Co. OF 1850 Mercer street for several
years. died on Tuesday night Of apoplexy.
resulting, It is said, from ptomaine poison.
ing.
On the departure Of his wife, three daugh-
ters and two sons for their country home
at Range Lake, Me-, early In the summer, Mr..
Burr closed up his house at 100 New York ave-
nue.. Brook yn. and went to live at the Union
League Club. He had long been under
medical treatment for liver and heart trou-
bic. as we'll ss rheumatism. but during the
summer his health had improved and he
had made arrangements to start to Europe
on business trip next week.
On July 10 he accompanied few fellow
members Of the club in an automobile to
College Point on clambake excursion.
He partook heartily Of the CLANS and fish!
and seemed to have greatly enjoyed the
trip. The following day, however. he
became 30 i'll that he called on DR.. Nathan A.
Beers, Jr., Of 1855 Bedford avenue. ES
improved under the medicines prescribed,
but he had relapse on Sunday and paid
q second visit to DR.. Beers.
He collapsed In the doctors office and
was assisted back to the clubhouse. He
grew steadily worse and died in an apo
pletic fit about midnight on Tuesday. His
at the time OF his death, and the bod,
was removed to his brothers house at 1914
Abemarle road. F1atbush.
Mr.. Burr was born in Homer, N. Y, A.
years ago. He and bis brother each ma
ried daughter OF j. 8. Plummer and tn. v
inherited the business from their father-in-
law. He was member OF the Union League
Cub and the Crescent Athletic Club.
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Some Pertinent Questions.

Prior to his contemplated adjourn
ment to Japan, the land OF real estate In
vestments, MIR. EDWARD H. HARTMAN
has given to the public formal state
ment Of his relation to the affairs OF the
Equitable insurance company. 1t con-
tains this paragraph:
.Tnere u nothing in tho Union Pacific Preferred
Stock Syndicate that can DO criticized. An op.
portunity was svailed Of By Mr. Hrps to join my
self and associates In the acquisition OF Union
pacino preferred stock on favorable basis. There
was no pront or advantage TO any one member
of the syndicate over another, and neither the
EQUITABLE nor any Of It's allied companies or any
one else was ever requested to In any way old IN
financing the syndicate
Since Mr.. HARTMAN Is IN the MOOD
for explaining, will he have the goodness
before his departure to answer these
questions9
Does he assert, as he seems to, that
Mr.. HYpE's subscription was purely
personal, and had nothing to do what
ever with the Equitable? We do not
fail to observe that in this assertion
Mr.. HARTMAN is supported with great
emphasis and unmistakable technical
strength by his colleague and associate
Mr.. JACOB H. scH1FF. Nevertheless,
we reiterate our question.
Was not the stock issued In the name
OF young Mr.. HYDE for the reason that
II it were In the name Of the Equitable it
could not be sold and made what the
Stock Exchange calls good delivery"
without the formality Of formal vote
OF the board Of directors in authorization
Of said sale? Was it moi solely on this
account that it was made to stand in
Mr.. JAMES n. HYDE's name? And was
not this fact as well known to Mr.. HARR1-
MAN and to Mr.. ScHIFF as it was to Mr.
HYDE himself, and likewise to Mr.. JAMES
W. ALEXANDER?
What was the reason which actuated
Mr.. ScHIFF in refusing, when recently
requested by the new authority In the
Equitable to do so, to transfer the stock
80 standing in the name of Mr.. JAMES
H. HYDE to the Equitable. its actual
owner? Was it simply because the
members OF the syndicate had made
an agreement to hold the stock for five
yeas2 Was it on that technicality
alone that Mr.. ScH1FF based his refusal,
or was it for the wholly irrelevant reason
that to transfer the stock to its actual
owners, the Equitable, would be to give
the lie, formal and unequivocal, to Mr..
SCHITT's and Mr.. HARRIMAN's oft re-
peated statement that the Equitable
was never involved in the pool in Union
Pacific preferred?
IL It untrue that the money Of the
policyholders OF the Equitable was ever
used in a speculative agreement to tie up
the stock of the Union Pacific road, In
order to fortify MIR. EDWARD H. HARRI-
MAN In his control Of that property
Finally, is not the statement that
neither the Equitable nor any Of its
allied companies or any one else was
ever requested to in any way aid in
financing the syndicate'-is not this
statement deliberate and wilful false
hood?
May We absolve ourselves from the OBJ
legation of giving any greater credence to
any other statement in Mr.. HARTMAN 8
declaration than We find it possible to
accord to the one to which We have just
adverted2
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Fiction predominates In Seminars Aooastns
for August eight short stories accompanying N1s.
Wharton's serial novel. Among these arc . seA
Pennsylvania by Mr.. Nelson Lloyd. Mr.. Richard
Harding Davis tells about San Juan Hill. An
account Of baghis, son OF tag on ho8eback. q
played In Turkestan. and guess a Japan's de-
msnds are for the more serious minded. Mr..
Eden Phillpotts and others oonthbuts verse. and
remarkable outburss Of oolorsd illustrations VIII b
found n Ne 0unbee.
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Navy Department Closed Against Collectors.

Navy DEPARTMENT Cesod Against Collectors.
WASHINGTON, July 2e.-An order way
issued to-day BY Secretary Of the Navy
Bonaparte shutting the doors Of the Navy
Department against collectors who seek
to present bills to employees. While tho
Department will take no oognizlnce. &C.
cording to tho order, Of complaints against
employees, 1t will consider an employee
who fails, without justification, to pay
his debts as UNIT for the public service.
Tho order pertains only to civilian EN-
ployees, the navy regulations still govern
Ing the service.
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Ram and AhipHreeka.

10 rHn EpiToR OF TIE SUN-.Str: An old ship
captain. whose many successful voyages had given
him distinction In his calling. said 10 me long ago.
-You can lay It down ~ an almost invariabe rule
that rum the cause Of shipwreck."
10 Il not possible that this old shipmaster sug-
scsted potent cause Of at least some of the many
accidents" In our navyf MARINER.
NBw YORK. July %.
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Twenty-eisht Years On tho water Wagon.

IWentytlSHt H0HfS IN tu0 WSter WNBvH'
Fort WAYNE, Ind. July 2o.-Thomas
Mills died to-day. He was q unique char
aoter, who, after spending 5000 for drink,
signed pledge here on July s. 1877 and
remained total abstainer for the remainder
Of his life. He celebrated the event annually.
and every Sunday that he was able be at
tended religious services at the jail, Of which
be bad been an inmate on account Of his
drinking, and talked to the prisoners. sd-
monishing them to refrain from drink. In
banks and prominent in fnanc!a! circles.
presented handsome gold medal to Mills
10 mark the twenty-Aith anniversary OF
his signing the pledge.
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No RELIEF FOR KANE.
Former Sewer Commissioner's Claim Tor
Defending Himself Rejected.

Defending Himself Rejected.
Former Sewer Commissioner James Kane,
who Is one of Senator McCarren's chief
political lieutenanta In Brooklyn, has been
notified by the Board Of Estimate Of its re-
fush to reimburse him for the expenses he
entailed in defending his official reputation
In 1899, amounting to $500: Comptroller
Bird s. Coler held up the bills, Of the con,
clean the sewers In Brooklyn and had Kane
indicted for malfeasance.
Supreme Court Justice jerks sustained
the demurrer interposed by Kane. and the
ment ouashed Under a provision Of the
Charter. Kane applied to the Board Of Esti-
mate for reimbursement Of his expenses
in defending hi%se b1t that hody asns
Delany, decided against the payment Of the
claim. Mr.. Ksne may now sue for It's
recovery.
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WELFARE WORKERS.
CIVIC Federati on's Department Approves
Sending Men to Panama.

Sending Men 70 Panama.
Tho welfare department Of tho Ma
tional Civic Federation, which has It's head
quarters at ISL Fourth avenue, announced
yesterday that plans for extending its
scope had been discussed at a conference
Of welfare managers representing large
establishments In this and other cities.
This department was formed in order to
encourage the movement which has spread
through the large cities to provide for
pleasant and sanitary surroundings for
the workers In stores and factories. The
ing through the welfare department OF
W. E. C. Nazro and Edward A. Mohett to
Panama as welfare experts.
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pl.y.d : ,, e..as WIN tAs c.lItoralss

played . ~ gsns With tAs California
oricketsn. IN VI rs M
4 Ia isM steam of adslphisns played
fifteen games In England, Of which
they Won only two. Four games were
drawn, and there were nine defeats.
In the same year an English team won
Q game in New York and another IN
Philadelphia, and was defeated In one
game by tho Gentlemen Of Philadel-
phia. The following year the English
men made slmost 4 clean sweep OF their
games here, winning six, losing none
and drawing two. In 1900 Haverford
sent a team to play in England, which
won three games, lost four and drew
seven.
In 1901 an English team lost two games
end won two In America. Two years
later an American team, from Philadel-
phia, played In England with marked
success, winning seven out Of fifteen
games, losing six and drawing two.
They were defeated by Marylebone and
Cambridge; the game with Oxford was
unfinished on account Of rain. and ono
Of the teams they defeated was Kent
County, which later in tho year visited
this country and made clean sweep
in four games played. Last year Haver-
ford played fifteen games In England,
winning Ave and losing two, with eight
drawn matches.
or thirty-six games between Canada
and the United States We have won
moro than twenty, and several have
been drawn.
Not only is cricket too expensive a
game to be In the broad sense popular,
but by the ordinary American 1t Is voted
SLOW Even at that, however, our
record in international contests Is by
no means poor.
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Rejected.

Howel-HersS Just what you want In the way ~
. vacation place; the advertisement says: All VIC
comforts Of home.-
Pove.i-Thoss ars russ what I'm tD1ng to geS
sway from.
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An As,.tio Combiustiop Advised.

TO The EDITOR OF TEE SuN-Stv; ATeally clever
man might now get up great Asisuo combination.
Japan should quietly mako generous peace. Rus.
sia will DO . great Asiatio Power. and Turkey and
Persia would gladly join the combination and escape
the great Powers. Sc.
NEW YORK. July n,
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sxcsss1vs vSsisHr CHARGES,
lutegptats Commerce Cesnmission Hear,
~ Ohippers' Cempisints.

n0teSvSoW C0snmef0o COmmIeN0n Hears
f'f shippers Csmpiaints.
KANSAS CirY. NO.. July 2e,-The in.
quiry to DO conducted by the Interstate
Commercs Commission In Kansas City
was begun this morning In the Federal
Court. Francis NJ. Cockrell, a member
OF the commission, former United States
Senator from Missouri, was the only com.
missioner 10 arrive this morning. The
commission has been conducting an In.
quiry In st. Louis.
-The inquiry In Kansas City may last
two days,s said Commissioner Cockrell.
I'VE will first take up some cases which
wore already Get for hearing at this time
They are complaints OF shippers regarding
alleged excessive charges In freight rates.
Tho complaints Of the Southwestern fruit
dealers against the railroads will be heard
later
Ing. The first was complaint made by
J. W. Moran and ]. II. Moran. grain dealers
at Lamar, No., against the Missouri Pacific
Il aoas rsts: from lamar 70 Hope ena AK
The second case called this morning
was based on complaint made by W. H
Grace and W. Il. stator, produce and coal
dealers at Albany, Mo-, against the Bur-
lingtop Railroad on account Of alleged
greater charge for q short haul OF coal in
carload lots than the charge for long
haul. -''-
We will take up the first case, in which
Q shipper complains against the Missouri
Pacific, said Commissioner Cockrell Then
there followed some preliminary discussion
between Mr.. Robinson, appearing for the
Missouri Pacific. and j. b. McGivray, ap-
peaTinR for the complaining shippers Mr..
Robinson did not want to proceed with the
hearing unless Mr.. McGilvray would confne
his examination entirely within the COM
y,taint ''+ .'-.'' = go
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Jspans Pest Mortem Honors.

From M Jopon Weekly Mod.
About nfty -throe hundred officers and men WHO
have been killed since tho battle Of Liaoyang up
10 tho battle OF Nukdeu viii receive the Golden
Kite. This posthumous honor Is already sane
toned By the Emperor and will shortly be pup
lished BY tho orIraI 0asene.
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AN ANTI-STRIKE UNION.


EeOd1CA MeChanIcC AssOcISuoh TTyIH9
for DecoGniti0n.
The Electrical Mechanics Association
has sent circular letters to the members
Of the Electrical Contractors Association.
asking them TO employ it's members. The
association says 1t simply wants the same
opportunities a. other unions. without
discrimination. The bylaws Of the ElefL
tricai Mechanics Association annou nee
that one Of its objects Is to discourage any
attempt to dictate, interfere or coerce'
either on tho part Of the employer or en-
ployee. ga
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what u . "Hairlssssr''

To TIE EDITOR OF The SuN-Str: In certain
sections Of Cape Cod the tsrm -hairiegger" u ono
Of reprosch. man who calls another man q
-hairiegger" lays himself open 70 bodily injury.
What u the derivation OF the term. or why should
II carry with II 90 much rcproacht
TARPAULIM Cows, July Is. CAPE Cop
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From ths Stanford Intsrtor journal.
Joe Up,hegrove owner Of tho big ratlesuaks
that attracted much attention last week. took Il
70 the Cincinnati Geological Gardens and sold Il
70 the management for sSe. Mr.. Upthegrove
bought the snake from man u Highland named
Young for less than q. There's money In snakes.
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An E1psAsivs VacatioA.

"A weeks vacation means year added TO your
lifc."
at win have 70 mean moro than that, II I Am 10
live TO pay for IT.
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In the Dark Agos.

In the Dark Ages.
william the conqueror had Just started the Domes-
day Book.
And 70 shink.- 10 moaned. Il didn't charge
them cent 70 ct Ia IT,
Gazing u bis empty ooRsn. hs sighed for modern
lRnguVUnnA
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TIVE Surprising Revelations Of Humsa Mature.
From Harper's Wssklv.
What people will do to get their NAMES In print u
only loss surprising than what they win do to keep
their names out OF print.
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New Variety Of Hog.
Knickar-He who laughs last laughs best. ~
Bookcr-I know. but always dld hate The, "a
laugh. h0g.