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him subject 70 the laws Of supply and demand
for VIVA, he was compelled 10 buyf"
A worry loose notion OF the property
rights Of railroad companies seems 70
prevails Mr. SiCCALLs ~cloar common
sense upon what the can't OF the day calls
public utilities Is refreshing:
Thsro can BE- no fair doubt that railroads built
and paid for by private capital become private
property. The fact that che capital Invested BY
private individuals In q railroad Il employed 10
serving tho public does not a. al make the ran.
road public property Theateu, warehouses and
many other forms OF properly serve the public
and are subject 70 regulation but they remain pTvats
property. II The builder Of railroad acts - the
mere delegate and trustee Of the Government 70
exercise q governmental function and expends he
money for that purpose, then the expenditures
which he made In thAi capacity Would become
a public indebtedness upon any honest phncipisi
but the contention only Coes 20 fat - 70 give the
Government the fruits. but not BY any means 70
require IL 70 pay the bills
As TO the right Of eminent domain,
which Is assumed by some easy public
moralists as giving a color Of public
property TO railroads, Mr.. MCCALL Is
equally clear:
The STATE grants the night Of eminent domain
70 . railroad corporation II the corporation h
unable 70 obtain is night Of WAY By purohAss nom
the owner then. under the night Of eminent do
main. the land " taken. and the corporation pays
what a oour and jury may dS'srmins. which =
usually much In sIoeas OF the value Of the land.
But what Is taken Il not q fee. but the perpetual
subsection Of the land 10 an easement or use for
railroad purposes. Private capital pays for the
rght 70 use the land In psrpetuity or 90 long - u
may be required for railroad purposes. Surely
the state b not 70 be permitted. without oompsns
satiOn. to appropriate 70 hssh this uss Of the land
for which private capital has paid. any more than
lt 70 be permitted 70 Spproprats 70 itself the uss
Of the ties the STEEL the bridges and the labor en-
ployed In construction, all paid for By private
capital
To all the sentimental statesmen and
hysterical amateur economists who rage
against railroads, the views Of this in
dependent Massachusetts, man should be
profitable for reproof and instruction.
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An Honorable Distinction,

Not even the strong political influences
that packed the State Bar Association in
his behalf last winter we're sufficient To
prevent the unanimous condemnation
of Supreme Court Justice WARREN B.
HOOKER by the Assembly Judiciary
Committee.
That committee laid aside partizan-
ship to Judge the evidence against him,
and made it's report on the facts as they
we're brought out before it. The mem
bers Of the committee put citizenship
above personal inclination and party
pleasure, and stood throughout their
deliberations for the purity OF the bench
and the honor Of the judicial department
Of the State Government.
In the record Of a legislative session
that includes not few black chapters
this conduct Of the Assembly Judiciary
Committee stands out with brilliant dis
tinction. The problems il had to solve
we're new, for, happily, HcoKER's case
IN the first one of its kind to arise. The
accused was not poor, nor friendless, nor
without resources. In the effort to pro-
tect him from the consequences OF his
misdeeds no influence, political or social,
that might affect his Investigators was
neglected. Against all such pressure the
members OF the committee were proof.
They performed their duty with unpar-
titan dignity and disinterestedness
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Fs,,snden a Gutter 2

Outside the boundaries Of Connecticut
the Hon. SAMUEL FEssENDKN's fame
resta- principally on his never to be for
gotten exclamation, GOD Almighty hates
q quitterl' II was addressed 70 JOSEPH
H. MANLEY Of Maine, and was provoked
by Mr.. MANIKI's admission, in 1898,
that New England's candidate for the
Republican nomination for President,
THOMAS BRACKET REED OF the Pine
Tree State, had no chance Of success.
Both Mr. REID and Mr., MAN1EH are
dead, but Mr.. FEssENpEN still hourishes
in the land Of the living, and Last fall
he expected TO succeed Gen. JoE HAwLBT
in the United States Senate.
Ex-Governor MORGAN G. BULKELET got
the job that Mr.. FEssENDEE coveted
then. When the death Of oRvILLB H.
PIATr caused another vacancy in tho
Senate Mr.. FEssENDEN became a can
didate to succeed him; but now he has
withdrawn from the contest. No reasons
for his withdrawal are given by him,
and in some quarters there Is q DISPOSE
ton to accuse him Of the heinous sin
Of quitting.
Is FEssENDEN a gutter? We refuse
10 believe il. What he condemned 80
vigorously in MANLEY he would not
permit himself TO do. Rather, Mr..
FEssRNDEN has withdrawn for strategic
purposes, to consolidate the anti-Bulkeley
forces and defeat the Hon. GEoRoR
l.. MCLEAN. Senator BULKELEY'S can
didate for the vacant seat. He has
executed a bold and original move
ment, giving opportunity for him to
Law trap into which the Buckley forces
will walk ali innocent and unprepared.
II at the moment he is derided and
jeered, his hour Of victory will come
and his enemies will regret the short sight
that led them to premature rejoicing.
SAM FEssENDEN has not quit. He
will not earn the reprosch he once put
on JOE MANLET.
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part Of the rock that built up Christmas
Island? The problem was worth inves-
tlgating.
IL was not long before another vessel
on a. Ssiantihc mission wss-seRt~toSthe
Indian Ocean, and at the request OF Sir
JOHN murray she was ordered to stop
at Christmas Island and collect speci-
mems illustrating its geology Tor every
twenty feet Of altitude from sea level
TO the summit OF the island. The speci-
mems were 10 bo sent to him for his ex-
animation.
The results fulfilled the most sanguine
expectations OF the man OF science. There
was no longer any doubt Of the existence
Of a thick bed Of phosphate on the Island .
But 10 ascertain all the conditions and
the prospects OF mining with proht Sir
JOIN made a journey to 1t, He found
that the mineral offered q promising
commercial possibility; that there was
good anchorage on one side Of the island,
and that by building q wharf with a
second story, on which trucks could be
run out, vessels might be loaded easily
and oheaply.
A company was organized with the
necessary capital, Parliament made q
concession giving the company the right
10 work the phosphate for a series OF
years, and development was begun. 1t
has been . most profitable venture and
the best Of 1t is that it has placed Sir
JOIN MURRAY, who, like most scientific
men, had no superhuity Of this worlds
goods, In very comfortable ciroum-
gtances for the rest Of his life.
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Romance Of Christmas Island.

Christmas Island Is a speck Of land,
shaped like a dumbbeh, rising steeply
from the Indian Ocean 100 miles south Of
Java. No ono is known ever 10 have
landed on It previous to 1887. II was
thought Of only az a little rock, without
good anchorage, not worth examining
while large regions were still white on
the maps.
But to-day some fifty men are living
on Christmas Island, and now and then
we see a paragraph in the trade jour
mails telling Of the increasing quantity
Of phosphate that II IL shipping. Last
year, for example, as We are told/by one
Of these authorities, the island shipped
II ,757 tons Of phosphate, and new meth
DDS Of loading vessels were introduced,
something like those by which iron ore
ia poured into the holds Of Lake Superior
steamers. The phosphate is tipped from
high pier into the ship, The last vessel
10 sail loaded in day with 800 tons
It was deep sea research that pointed
TO Christmas Island as a source Of wealth,
and the real facts in the case have only
recently been told.
About ten years ago a British naval
vessel started for the Indian Ocean TO
examine part Of It's sea floor. lts main
work was q long distance from Christmas
Island, but Sir JOHN MURRAY, the great
Scottish oceanographer, In mapping out
the project, happened to think Of an area
around Christmas Island where no in
yestiRations had been made. He sug-
gested that the vessel diverge from its
course TO make soundings and collect
samples from the ocean bed in the neigh
borhood Of Christmas Island.
The work was thoroughly done, and In
due time a list Of soundings and speci-
mems OF tho mud and bits Of rock
dredged from the bottom were delivered
at Sir JoHN's laboratory near Edin-
burgh. In the collection was fragment
Of rock which he could not identity on
casual inspection, and Il excited his
curiosity. He made an analysis Of the
fragment and found that IL was phos-
phate.
There could be little doubt that IL
came from some land mass; but where
was its place Of originl It was far from
any land Of important sire, and Christ
mas Island was the only land anywhere
near it. Could Il have been dropped
from a passing vessel, or Was Il really .
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A souA Sea church Collection.
Prom ~ London CIobs

A bon has reached the British and Foreign Bible
Socisty't Bible House In London from BugOtu.
Solomon IsiAndS, containing specimens Of some
OF thu items contributed by the natives 70 the col
lection made on Bible Sunday AZ the AelAnesiAn
Mission Church The contents include some strings
Of beads. porpoise teeth and Grmlets which are
recognized coin Of the realm. One string Of rcd
beada. measuring the length Of the arms Al fun
strstoh. equals two shinnTr four similar lengths
Of Whits beAds are equal 70 one shilling; teu poF-
poke tssth represent GhillnG while each Of the
white rings for wearing on the arms arr OF the value
Of one chilling. Among the othef artioles-whioh
are used for bATttT-are some pieces Of tortoiae
ahei IN the rough. bamboo boz such A. 4 used 70
oAFTy lime for bstsl chewing, me atrinG bag, and
q pisoo Of the native cloth IN which the Bugotu
women wrap their babies 70 keep them from the
inseota Similar articles In the collection were sold
IN the nearest MARKET, and raised altogether ftt
ios- which hAs been duly RENTED 70 the Bible
Houna.
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TIE PERSIAN GULF.
Significance Of Recent News From Arabia
and AfghAnlstan.


To rHE RpiToR or TIE sUN-ST; 1t IL
not necessary to read between the llnes OF
the news from Arabia and AfEhanistan 70 see
that q very serious crisis In the Affairs OF those
countries Is at hand. For the situation IN
Arabia with It's contingent consequences the
Turks have nobody but themselves 70 blame.
Had the sultan Abdul HAmid ii. been ami
mated by a apirit Of justice toward his Chris
tian subjects. or even Of common humanity
he would have hsd the whole power OF the
empire to draw upon to defend his authority
at the point where its extinction carries with
Il the total loss Of his right 10 rule
IL IL not necessary 70 Teoepitulate the cir
cumstences Of the situation. az they sh Ssin
change In the f1ndGm entd condit Ions OF the
MussulmAn world viii have on the tens OF
millions Of the adherents Of Mohamme ca un-
II may be serious or the reverse. according
70 the spirit prevailing smong the iesoeIs IN
WHAT that is P there O Z no present means OF
WHY WIKI Afehanistan tb. case is different: 1t
IA plain from the reports Of the results OF the
British rlsSion 70 Kabul that returned TO
India the other day that they are entirely
negative; and the tone In which the Iinles %
AfghanistSn is slficient TO prepare one for
come very decided action on the part Of Great
sSn a. 70 sy R S1snI rSeEsd as Il Is H% VIII
internal strife and bu,heted by Japan IN Man
churiA besides beinR 2 hampered In its finances,
< % r. iSds 0 WEST sq 3Ss B4h e
nent really fears is a too strong and indie
pendent Afghanistan on the edge Of it, great
Indian husaulmAn provinces. that may pc
move @oVem t snt IN western Asia under some more
capable and Etatesmanlike head than the
What The British plans are will require q
little timo 70 develop. but the conditions could
hardly be more favorable Tor their execution
With her teeth liked in Manchuria, Russia il
n no sopditoH 70 gpds eT. Gas cfP oPs1 and
IN the British Government has made up itss
mind that the moment e oPportuns 70 enc
the independence o. AfEhhnistan enc re eg ,Se
Brlthh Indian empire. the thing can and VIII
The Amir car no LONGER play the card bis bis
one OF other OF his two great neighbors;
Russian alliance would be Of little advantage
ct the present moment TO HabibuIlah KHAN,
army under Lord Kitchener alone. How
ever gallant q defense he might make the
ultimate result can hardly be IN doubt,
AZ the same time. the victory might De
one; and. owing 20 the revolution In Asian
politics ii would involve, could easily become
the starting point Of new continental Eu-
Of Asia By one or two PowCys, In the same
way that seems likely In Africa.
A. change Of conditions In Arabia ana
between the Jaws Of the nutoracker: and the
Russian dream OF q Judgment on the Arabian
Sea. and the German Of commercial eIpan-
sion 20 the Persian Gull. would S9me 70 an
a British monopoly and the long contem,
plated all British railway from the shores Of
The Leysnt e Calcutta through British teri, teTTd
become an accomplished fact. PERA.
NEW YORK. May T.
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The Situation in the Far East.

Although nearly a month has elapsed
since the Russian feet under Vice-Ad-
miral RoJEsTvBNsKY crossed the Indian
Ocean and entered the Strait of Malacca,
Il still fingers of the coast of French
Indo-China, having been sighted on May
/ some forty miles north OF Kamranh
Bay. During the same period the
whereabouts Of the Japanese feet under
Admiral TOGO has been unknown.
Moreover, since the early part OF April
no definite news has been received
from Manchuria concerning the con-
certed movement Of the Japanese armies
against Kirin. What is the probable ex-
PLANTATION Of this apparent inactivity?
Az for RoJEsTvENsKY, there are at
least three reasons for his protracted
stay in the South China Sea BY It he
has rendered possible the strengthening
Of his feet by the supplemental squad =
ron under Rear Admiral NIEBoGAToFR
which some days ago was sighted near
the northwestern entrance Of the Strait
Of Malacoa. The rImor that junction
has already been effected Is uncon-
firmed, but we may now expect at any
hour TO hear Of NIEBoGAToFP's arrival
In Kamranh Bay, where golfers and
supply ships await him. II will then, Of
course, be optional with RoJEsTvENsKY
either 70 proceed with the consolidated
sauadrons, his own cruisers rate Of
speed being accommodated 10 that Of
the slow moving coast defense vessels
in NIEBodAToFF's commend, or 10 leave
these 10 protect the Golfers and the
bulk Of the transports while his own
feet goes forward reinforced with the
single battleship and the torpedo boat
destroyers belonging 20 the supple
mental squadron. If, on his way north
ward, the Russian Vice-Admiral could
be Joined by the cruiser Askold, which
for months has been interned at Shang-
hal, but Of late has been reported 10
be preparing 10 leave port, and also
by the three cruisers supposed 20 be at
Vladivostok, but concerning which no
Trustworthy news has been received
for weeks, his force would be on paper
10 greatly superior 10 Tooo's that the
latter, who has no reserve 20 fall baok
upon, might deem it ineIpedient 10 risk
q battle.
II is equally plain that by tarTyinR
in the neighborhood Of Indo-China, and
thus tempting his opponent 70 attack
him In the South China Sea, the Russian
YlOs-Adm4nAl n beaten. could find in
French harborS q refuge FOR his flying
or disabled ships. He knows that the
fugitives would meet with more cordial
reception at Saigon than at Manila OF
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RAILWAY CONGRESS- TO-DAY.
interesting American EXHIBIT Prepared q
Entertaln the FerclEn Delegates.

EntortaIn the ForeIEn Delegates.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-ThO opening Of the
International Railway -Congress and Of The
American Railway Appliance Exhibit Win
take place tomorrow at noon. The ex-
ercisos incident 10 the opening Of the oon-
greas will be held la the ballroom Of the
new willard Hotel, and the exhibit will be
opened on the Monument grounds,
Several temporary buildings have been
erected about 200 yards north Of the Wash
inRton Monument, and the appearance is
that Of . worlds fair In miniature. The
American and foreign delegates 10 tho
congress are already here in large num-
bsrs, and more will arrive tomorrow be-
fore the hour Of opening, The exercises In
oidont to the opening OF tho railway exhibit
viii bo Witnessed by = distinguished COM
pany. All the foreign delegates TO the
international Railway Congress have been
invited, for Il IL for heir benefit that this
American exhibit is given.
One Of the most Interesting features OF
the exhibit will take place tomorrow night
With the assistance Of the officials Of the
Naval Observatory, time signal viii be
flashed at mid mig ut around the world, and
its progress win be watched on a gigantic
map that has been made on the exhibition
grounds.
AZ iiaS tomorrow night the wires on all
telegraph lines throughout the world, In
the line OF communication, will be thrown
into a circuit and an operator at the Naval
Observatory will give the signal here at
midnight. As the signal reaches each Of
the cities shown on the map the red lamps
showing It's location will burn. II 10 ex-
pected that the circuit will be completed
within q very short time after the FIRST signal
a Hent here
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Tn. sympathetic Strike.

Some 5000 Chicago garment workers
have been on strike for some weeks.
The teamsters' organization 'butted in :
and tried to induce the national whole
sale tailors' association 70 submit the
controversy between it and the garment
workers TO arbitration. The good offices
Of the philanthropic teamsters were not
accepted. Therefore these altruists went
on strike.
With no grievance Of their own, with
no complaint Of their own as to hours
or wages, they began the war. which is
spreading. The picket with his black
jack or his pistol, the boycott, the in
timidation Of employers and non-union
employees, the ENHANCEMENT Of many
innocent persons in a quarrel not their
own, the private and public moon
venience, loss and danger; It is the old
story and will have the old ending.
As a class the labor union leaders Of
Chicago seem to be spelling for fight,
On the other hand, employers and the
public generally seem 20 have reached
about the limit of their patience. Is
business TO be at the mercy Of a small
section Of the community? Has any
body except a labor unionist the right
TO life, liberty and the pursuit Of happi-
ness, even without the protection of a
union card7
The Hon. EDWARD F. DUNE, Mayor
Of Chicago, will give his measure this
week. Municipal control Of public hos
Utilities is his present problem.
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sUYT1uD. Conn. May /.
ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN.
The Great Territories which CanHdA 10
OrEaniZing A. Provinces.

FrosR q spsfeA bp Ne Hon. p, 4. Laurence N pt
Dominion House Of CommoHt.
We are Informed that each OF these provinces
IN comprise no less an area than 1900 square
miles The mind OF man almost fails 70 grasp the
siRninoAnce. the vastneSs, the Ercatness OF the
nrures We can only family do 20 BY com
pSrtson and may be permitted 70 say that each
Of these provinces will be nearly six times a. large
A the great state Of New York. with is population
OF seven and a quarter Millions each Of them viii
be Eve times a. great In point OF area a. the large
STATE Of Illinois. with ~ population Of hve millions;
each viii be six times ~ large a. the lArre state
Of Pennsylvania. with . population OF 6iI and .
half millions: each Of them viii be seven times -
iKrrs a. the state OF Indiana with tts population Of
two and q half mIllona.
In point OF fact each Of them Is larger In area
than the states OF Massachusetts,, New York, Ih'
NOS. Iowa Maine, Michigan, Delaware. New Jersey,
ali combined together. Each Of them IL twice a.
lArre a. England, wales, Scotland and Ireland
with their immense population Of forty two million
peopIe: each OF them s much greater than the
German Empire In Europe, with H. population Of
afty-sl1 and three quarter millions: each OF them
a much greater than the Republic OF France In
Europe, with is population OF thirty nine millions.
By simple comparison Of that kind We are en-
Abled 70 realize the immensely Of the heritage whit oh
we as Canadians have In our great Northwest
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Hongkong or In Chinese port. Ever
since RoJEsrvENsKY put In at Jibutil'
many months ago France has con-
stiued the duties Of q neutral In way
Of Which The Toxic G5Tefnmenr not
unreasonably complains This consider
a,ion would Of itself suffice TO account
for the Russian commanders desire 10
bring about, II possible, a trial OF strength
In French rather than I'm Chinese or
japanese waters. Still another object
was likely 70 be obtained by RoJEsT-
yENsKY's prolonged halt in the South
China Sea. Although the Russian VICE
Admiral Is no longer within the three
mile limit, he Is so near 1t that he can
send dispatches ashore in a launch
and place himself, in Geographic COM
munication with the 81. Petersburg
Admiralty and with Russian agents
all over the world. The longer he re-
tains such a position the better chance
he has Of learning the exact whereabouts
OF his opponent. He needs such knowl-
edge in order TO shape his own future
course. II, as many believe, Todo's
feet is now cruising Of the southern
coast Of Formosa, with a view Of COM
handing both the northern exits from
the South China Sea, RoJEsTvENsKY,
once apprised Of the fact. might 60 back
upon his track and enter the Pacific
by one Of the passages traversing the
Malay Archipelago and then mako for
vladivostok by following a course con-
siderably east Of the Philippines and Of
the Liu-kiu Islands. II, on the other
hand, the japanese Admiral, instead
Of cruising of Formosa, is awaiting at
Nagasaki the approach Of his Russian
enemy, It is Of vital moment TO the latter
10 ascertain that fact before he decides
upon a plan Of operation.
II Is not easy to conjecture what has
caused the postponement Of the envel-
oping movements understood TO have
been begun many weeks ago by the four
armies under Marshal 0YAAlA. The
delay can hardly be ascribed to the con-
dition Of the roads. for this must have
been foreseen when it was announced
at the Japanese headquarters that Kirin
would be occupied on April 10. The fact
that part Of Gen. LINIEvITCH's left wing
has advanced to a point considerably
southeast OF Kirin and occupied a place
supposed TO be in the possession Of the
enemy Is hardly concilable with the
assumption that the Japanese eastern
army was on the eve Of Interposing be-
tween Kirin and Vladivostok. 1t may
be that, in pursuance Of orders from
Toxic, the execution OF OYAMA's pro-
gram was deferred whom RoJEsTvEN-
sKY's arrival in Far Eastern waters was
made known, lest ToGo's feet should
suffer an unexpected reverse and be
unable to protect the lines Of communica-
ton between the Asiatic mainland and
the Island Empire. It should be remem-
bered that the food obtainable in Central
Manchuria was consumed long ago by
the belligerents, and that OYAMA's huge
army. estimated to exceed four hundred
thousand men, has to depend upon sup
plies brought from Japan. II those sup
plies were cut of, even for "a week, OYAMA
would have to fall back toward his bases
in Corea and on the Manchurian sea
coast.