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and brick and iron. IL was Duiit Mter
designs by the distinguished architect
RICHARD UpJoHN, and In 1870, when II
was dedicated, and even on Tuesday
when II was destroyed by fire, 1t was
one OF the most costly, imposing and
solidly constructed church edlflces In
New York and in the whole country.
Moreover, 1t was built to replace church
edifice OF the same parish at the corner
of Broadway and Houston street which
had been burned down. While st.
Thomas's was still on that site 1t was a
large, very rich and fashionable parish,
and when its vestry bought the site at
Fifty-third street and Fifth avenue
1t spared no expense in erecting and
adjoining the building now destroyed.
In Fifth avenue it grew rapidly and
greatly in wealth and was In the receipt
of one OF the largest incomes OF any
church In town. Its pew rents alone
are reported to have been nearly $4,000
a year at the time Of the fire.
This church. therefore, was amply
able to provide every precaution posi-
BILE against fire. Moreover, 1t was the
receptacle Of priceless works OF art by
LA FARCE and SAINT-GAUDENs. In which
the parish took high and reasonable pride
and whose preservation by any available
means offered by science and invention
was a duty it owed to civilization; YET
in less than an hour after the fro was
discovered the whole was destroyed, a.
If the church had been built Of infiam'
mable materials selected to invite such
destruction.
st. Thomas's, too, was in a district
Of the town in which fires are relatively
infrequent, so that rates OF insurance
there are low. About it are many blocks
Of private dwellings, apartment houses
hotels and clubs, in which the liability
of fire would seem to be far greater, bu,
they are saved while it goes.
What is the meaning Of this2 Why
Is it that churches are 80 liable to de-
struction by fire that between sever
hundred and eight hundred Of them are
burned annually? 1t would seem that
"house of Cop should receive specia
care to protect it from such destruction
that 1t would be kept peculiar in ite
exemption from liability to fire.
Happily, the burning Of st. Thomas's
took place at time Of the day when II
was empty and at q time Of the veal
when its fashionable congregation is Out
of town. Suppose the flames had burst
out so generally when it was crowded
with men and women and children, how
awful the catastrophe would have been
As it Is there is only material loss
which the rich congregation Is abund'
antly able to bear, and an even stateliel
edifce will arise on the site Of the build.
ing destroyed. Then, after having lost
two church structures by fire, the parish
may heed the repeated admonitions and
introduce system Of precautions which
will justify people in feeling secure
against destruction by fire when they 60
tn church.
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Tho Peaco Fleet In Being.

sixty-one yearz ago Commodore JOHN
G. STEVENS ON his schooner Gimcrack
led the first squadron Of tho New York
Yacht Club on q cruise to Newport.
There were seven vessels in the feet,
and the largest was a small boat COM
pared with yachts Of the present day.
The club had been organized only a
few days when it started on that cruise
Now it is the largest yachting organiza-
ton in the world, and Commodore
FREDERICK G. BOURNE on his flagship
Colonia will this week lead a fleet Of
about $50 vessels Of all sorts and sizes
through Long Island Sound to Newport
and than around the Cape to Marblehead,
where the New York yachtsmen are to
be entertained by the Eastern Yacht
Club Of that place.
The annual cruise Of the New Workers
Is not junket, but week or ten days
of strenuous work. The racing yachts
have been keyed up to the highest pitch,
and in the contests that have been ar
ranged their owners will drive them fol
all they are worth in their efforts to
win the trophies that havebeen offered
Some sixty boats have entered these
races, which will be held each day; and
the other vessels in the big peace squad
ron will follow. so that those on board
can witness the sport. Apart from its
racing features, the cruise always at.
tracts considerable attention because OF
the brilliant spectacle presented by the
squadron as it passes from one port to
another and while it lies at anchor in the
various harbors visited.
Yachting is a healthy sport and re-
markably free from professionalism
Its patrons race for sports sake only
A true yachtsman is always content
to win a small trophy, even II it cost
thousands Of dollars to got his vesse
in shape. Yachting gives employment
to thousands of men as sailors, as ship.
builders and as sailmakers and riggen
and in the study OF the models of the
racing boats naval architects and en-.
gineers are better able to develop the
big steamers and sailing craft that carry
the worlds commerce.
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Another Foolish Strike.

The Association OF Bridge and Struo-
tural Ironworkers in ordering strike
which may affect $1,000 to 10000 wage
earners in. different parts Of the United
States and work serious injury TO many
interests throughout wide area prob
ably thinks that such a course will be
an object lesson to the country as a
display of the power of organized labor.
On the contrary, it will be only another
display of a foolish and shortsighted
policy which is vastly greater menace
to the stability Of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor than is the new order
of the Industrial Workers Of the World,
which just now is causing Mr.. GoMPERs
to roar and gnash his teeth.
Labor unionism cannot yet boast OF
a national solidarity which will lead
men in Ohio and Kansas and California
to quit their jobs with Joy and gladness
because the New Haven branch Of their
organization has grievance. Nor will
organized labor secure to itself the sup
port Of the public II areas in which no
offense has been committed are made
to suffer because labor has a grievance
at some point one or two thousand
miles away. If the people Of Oshkosh or
Ell Paso or Richmond are waiting for
the American Bridge Company, against
whom the strike is ordered, to fill it's
contract for bridge or steel building,
g suspension Of that work because of
trouble in Connecticut will not tend to
warm their hearts to the cause Of or
ganized labor.
We repeat the advice which we have
given heretofore to labor leaders. They
should for a time suspend their dis
turbing activities and devote a few
weeks to the consideration Of policies
framed on wiser and larger lines than
those now so frequently employed. 1t is
well known that there are many lines
of industry in which national strike
could for a time paralyze the activity
of the country. That fact needs no prac-
teal demonstration. But such dem
onstration, or any approach to it, would
mean ruin and death to unionism.
The success Of organized labor depends
absolutely on public approval. The
strike reported as having been ordered
this week is not likely to be highly
commended.
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Ramshaokle Railroad Terminals.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-St-: Reading your
editorial Of this morning in which you comment
the possibility Of disaster and loss Of life the
fre In nobokcn had occurred between the hours Of
and I. at which time thousands Of commuters use
tho railroad terminals going 70 their homes II
occurred 10 me what an awful disaster there would
be should such hrc occur in the Erie terminal at
Jersey City. This terminal Is such another relic
Of cruder days. and one of the existing speci.
mems" Of which you write.
Commuters are probably hardened 70 the de-
fects and possible danger there. but using this
terminal on rare OCCASIONS only Is struck with tho
mean. squald and ramshAckle anair. Truly.
much should be done. and that quickly. toward re-
placing such terminals the Erie with modern
nrcproof constructions. LoUpAD,
NEW YORK. Aug. Q.
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On tho 1919.
From As Kscanse Courssr.

FfNN W hsUdnSf C0uf".
Mrs. W. A. Barr waa b passenger on tho lob
train for Eeponsot this morning.
Miss Jennie Tbbctts returned to Neponset on
the 1919 train this morning.
Mrs. Fred Warner and son Harold. who have
been Waiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.. Walter
Martin. returned 10 Scranton. Pa. on tho 1913
train this morning.
Miss Belle Thompson. after spending short
time visiting friends In Gladstone. returned on the
l0ie train this morning.
Miss Lulu Drury was passenger on the 1913
train this morning for Chicago.
Mrs. d. x. Reinhart left this morning on the 1919
train for her home In Burton. Ind.
Nontx Roth was . passenger on the 1913 train
this morning for short business visit at Neponset.
Rev. Ario Brown, who has been here since yes
terday. returned to Atkinson on the 1919 train this
nnrnin1.
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Now York and the Peace Envoys.

To THE EDITOR OF THI SUN-Str: would II NOT
be eminenty hitting and proper for this great city
TO offer the peace ENJOYS from Japan and Russia
some appropriate hospitality on their return 70
our city!
Until they had been ofhcially received By the
President and formally introduced 10 one another
It WAS perhaps correct for our oniciAls not To
recognize formally their presence In our town.
But in view OF their great mission. whatever It's
outcome may be. and In appreciation of tho OK.
allied position of each individual ofhcial taking
part in the negotiations At Portsmouth. We should
not lot this opportunity pass, lest forget what
It IL 70 be "a citizen of no moan city"
ELLA HAgfINos.
President Womens Peace Circle.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.
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i. Nero Man q Good Bargain Hunter,

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir: writer In
your paper registers his belief that there are hun
dreds OF men who do not buy their own stockings
collars gloves and shirts. and asks: why mott
Who should. can and knows how TO buy most ski
fully and economically Why man usuall%
'eets stuck when no buys 'spcciallties' Ike
cigars. whisky and stocks"
II 10 an actual fact" that the male creature Is
neither . wise shopper nor a successful purchAter
of ties and the other half dorcn things that 90
toward finishing man. Buy them himself Not
II he 10 wise. Money wasted. time wasted and
feeling OF dissatisfaction with ones environment
follow an excursion BY mere man Into the houses
Of bargains. NJ B. LONG.
TAoY. Aug. 9.
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Concerning Mr.. Stewart Of Iowa.

To THE EpIroR OF THE SUS-Sir: Your
correspondent MIR. Acuha makes a remark
able error In his letter Of this date on Porto
Rican affairs In speaking OF the recent Attor-
ney General Of the island. Mr.. Stewart. he
says that private reasons barred
the lowan from being indicted into his
office"
Within twenty-four hour, Of his arrival
In the executive council, and gave tho deci;
ding vots in favor Of Secretary Posts 80 called
had not been received as Attorney General.
NEW YORK, Aug. 0. E. G. III.
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Parrot Reform.

To TIE EDITOR OF THR SuN-Sfr: Say, why
doesn't Andrew Carnegie devote the rest Of his
energies and fortune 70 the complete extermina
ton Of parrots from the face Of the earth1
II he won't do It. why should not The SON use
its influence against tho importation Of these In
oorrigible reprobatesf
There has been no bird introduced 70 our civiii
sat,on with such despicsbly shaped nose, or which
uniformly walks upside down on the ceiling of Its
parior or uttcrs such inarticulate rawlings.
Its Wanted beauty Of plumsge be-anything you
wish.
Death 10 t. SInHPL1ss.
NEW YoAk, Aug. 10.
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Eavno wINs1.ow 10 dead set against the -pater-
nallsm OF the United States Government In hold :
Ing the malls and stopping the business OF frauds
who use the malls for their buslness.-Boston Ad-
certtser
Mr.. WINsLow's heart Is too tender for
this rude world. He should dwell forever
in a bower Of bliss and forever read aloud
the early plays OF MAETERLINcK, his master
and his god-or does he still worship AoUI-
NALpo?
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Nov It Is the "a gtime goes way back and sits
down, yes7-Ths Hon. JOHNNY HAND. Chloaoos
famous band leader.
When Chicago said Il will have classical
music whether like It or not ragtime
was doomed. We can remember when
Signor HAND wept over the ravages Of rag
time and the depression Of popular taste.
But he fought ragtime. He attuned the
ears OF the people to nobler music. He
conquered, and Chicago owes him debt
incalculable.
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RACE Discrimination by the Polio. ALLEGED.

Race Determination by the Police ALLEGED.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sir: II ia pecu-
liar fact that every time we have trouble In the
negro quarters OF this city II is mostly negroes
that are arrested, punished and beaten by the po'
lice. while white rowdies start the nights and keep
up the trouble.
Decent people are getting tired OF this onesidc!
AFFAIR, and the police should understand they are
not hired TO make . personal matter OF any dis
order in this city or show their anmosl;y against
any class race. T.. ).
NEW YoRK, Aug. 0.
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Tho Hon. CT suLLowAY, tho Tsllest Man
in the World, was at the Portsmouth
reception to tho peace envoys. By his side
even tho gigantic Mr.. W1rrE was as . wart
to Ossa. There never was but one other
man Of an altitude approaching Mr.. Sui
LowAY's. That was the Hon. CYCLONE
DAVIS Of Texas. But he never held up
his head after the Crime Of 1873, and that
stoop took him out Of the running.
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Some Reoeat wsatAs

some H0o00t WeAt1er.
Geo whiEi
VIVA, vlle weather this Id
Druggy
And muggy.
And not at al huggy:
Wetty
And sweaty.
And not At all pretty:
Soaky
And poky.
And not at all joky;
Cloudy
And dowdy.
And not at all proudly:
Sticky
And slcky.
And not at allsnckey;
Murky
And irky.
And not al all worky:
Haky
And lazy,
And no, AZ ali sasy:
Gloomy
And rhcumy.
And not at all boomy:
Fund
And humid
Aud not At all bloomid:
Clsmmy
And danny.
And not n all ha,my:
Dirty
And hurry,
And not at ali dirty:
Weary
And leary.
And not at all choery:
Mopy
And dopy.
And not at Ill hopy;
Hotty
And rotty.
II makes us all dotty-
Obi say.
Appropr late language has gone astray.
Won't somebody wiring out the weather
And hang II up In the sky,
Where the cool northwestern breesss
May blow II nice and dryf
". J. L,
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Encum bering Duties.


To the voters OF Leslie county: ] am candidate
for county attorney, subject to the action OF the
Republican primary 70 be held Sept. s, 1905. !
cordially ask the support Of all citizens and elected
will discharge the duties encountered on me TO
the best advantage OF the county and citizens 10
the best Of my ability. J. B. MNIARp.
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would certainly b more exposed 70 10 ray ray.
ages, Tor unless tho lsthmus can % DE-
unlnhabitable for the StsSowsna Iosc'css
there ls grave danger that all ships usns
the Panama Canal would aid 10 spiesahs
this terrible nialady. ASi""""'
NRw York Aug, A,
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Reconstruction RECORD" and Ito super
fully Of black voters, tho Southern Re-
pub.'77.i party 10 In position to grow
to get Its natural share Of the white vote,
to drive the Democrats from their warm
corners in the public offices. white
supremacy" is assured. The cry that 1t
Is threatened, and that therefore the
Democrats must continue to rule, will
soon become as ludicrous and impotent
as the old Republican scarecrow OF the
Bloody Shirt southerners know per-
fectly we'll that the so called Democratic
party Of the South Is held together by
compulsion. It is artificial And now
Southerners are able to follow their own
political inclinations. to choose the ma
tional policies that most appeal to them
or that are most beneficial to Southern
interests, and to feel that tho State adj
ministrations may be entrusted TO COM
potent Republican hands.
The Roanoke correspondent OF tho
Richmond Times Despatch noticed that
the brother in black was conspicuous
by his absence He speaks OF the
improved and really oreditable appear
ance Of tho convention as body and OF
the individual membership. He adj
mits that Republicans all over the State
are taking much more earnest interest
in this State convention than In any the
party has held since 1871, and that the
better element is in control.
This extract from the speech made by
the Hon. j. L. GLEAvEs, the temporary
chairman, is especially interesting in
view Of the great color issue or dead
issue:
IN tho contest for Governor four years ago.
when the smoke Of battle lifted II was discovered
that the great white section OF Virginia, the Shensn-
doah Valley, the southwest and the Blue Ridge
counties. had given Major JOHN HAMPTON Hoon
. majority, while II remained for the black belt.
where the negroes are a. thick a. leaves In VAL
lombrosa.' 70 give Mr.. MONTAGUE the majority BY
which he was declared elected. The amusing fea-
ture of II was that the sole issus upon which his
canvass was conducted was damn the Niger
And o. too. with the Representatives In the Leeis-
laturo. Tho Republican Representatives arc from
the white counties, while you could not imagine
. greater curiosity than Republican In the Legis-
lsture - the representative Of . negro county
Tho somewhat heated competition be-
tween Senator MARTIN and Governor
MONTAGUE for the formers job; the ri
valries Of candidates for the Democratic
nomination for Governor, and the injec-
ton Of the temperance question into
the canvass have made some Virginia
Republicans unusually hopeful. IRE
spective Of those hopes, which are per-
hape Elusive, the condition OF the Vir-
ginia Republican party seems stronger
and brighter than it has been for many
years; and there are plenty Of Virginia
Democrats who will not be grieved
thereby.
Mathematically considered, the Repub-
lican situation looks less than roseate.
MoNTAaUE's majority in 1901 was $4,000
odd. But, according to Mr.. GLRAvEs,
prominent Democrats Of Virginia de-
clared that HooE was elected by nearly
1000 majority The fraud, il fraud
there was, seems to have been excessive.
At any rate, there is no excuse for fraud
at tho Virginia elections any more.
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Tho Bud.

Kn,cker-Last year couldn't call on her because
she wasn't out.
Bocker--And now you can't call on her because
she isn't In
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publication vtsh to haze rejected articles rurneo' my
aus IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.
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How Much Would lie Pleasant

From The LfSSVlle Lt0M.
In taking up goat on the square last evening
Constable Ballet was butted more than was pleas.
ant.
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awful work OF the yellow fever germ.
Messrs. Marchoux and Simond now propose
to render persons immune by the injection Of
the serum OF yellow fever convalescent,
The immunity accorded, however. is OF a
limited nature; twenty-six days Is about
the time that the effects Of this serum are
felt, and the same must be said OF vaccine
although there Is great hope that before
long tho influence Of the latter will be rem
dered more lasting or even permanent.
In tho meantime the best remedy will be
the destruction Of the Steoomvid and its
larve. This is done by draining swamps,
stagnant pools OF water and other breeding
places Of the insect and where this course
Is impossible Of adoption. by covering the
water with generous layer Of mineral OIL
These methods were used by Messrs Marc
and Simond at Dakar, with the result that
the disease was confined to the initial case
although former outbreaks had as q rule
been most violent.
Col. GorRas. chief sanitary officer Of the
Isthman Canal Commission at Panama,
employs similar methods, and with them
in the case Of Havana succeeded in clearing
that place. 30 far his efforts on the 18TH
mus have been less successful, but there 10
every reason to think that before long yellow
fever will be extinct even at Colon and Pan.
ANA, places where II has reigned In terror for
more than two hundred years.
More than that. Messrs. Marohoux and
Simond are convinced that with their method
OF serum Injection and vaccination perfected,
and proper attention paid to the Steoon vio
fasciota. yellow fever should become extinct
on this planet. These men advise that all
nations should come to a Joint agreement on
this question. Indeed. some such arrange
ment will have to be made. The conditions
affecting this disease are so peculiar that
with one port, anywhere. still infected and
10 IA al In H.
arises that yellow fever may become more
general than II now Ia. Ports and cities
with climate favorable 10 the generation
and transmission OF the yellow fever mcrobe
New-York tribune., 1905-07-09
TARRYTOWN.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Gould sailed last week
for Liverpool. They will spend the summer abroad
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. MiiIard have been Wis
iting friends at Stamford Conn.
MIR and Mrs. F. NJ. Buck left here last week TO
spend the summer at Riverside. n. Y.
DR.. and Mrs. II. S, Waterbury have gone to
Long Lake West. in The Adirondacks.
Miss Edith Deuel. has returned from Ocean Grove
and gone TO Saratoga for the summer
There was large gathering at Pocantco Hills
Monday evening. when the village flag was raised
The pole was given by John D. Rockefeller and
the flag presented by Mrs. David NJ Milton
go into camp al Paradox Lake. in the AdirOndacks
Superintendent B. NJ. Hawks says that If the
Town Board will give William Rockefeller permis-
sion he will this fall sprinkle Broadway from the
cemetery gate north with oil as an experiment. Mr.
Hawks says that the oil not only lays the dust but
il preserves the roadway and holds il solid Ine
Town Board no doubt will grant the petition of MIR
Rockefeller.
The marriage OF Miss Caroline Reid of New
York. and James 5 Purdy, of TarrytOwn, eele-
brated ST. Thomas's Church New-York last
honeymoon at Asbury Park.
The Tarrytown Tally-ho Company, which oper-
ates an automobile line in Broadway TO Hastings
has resumed business again. The big cars were not
geared TO climb hills. and they We're soon put out
OF commission They were returned the factory
and are now running satisfactorily.
Professor l. W. Craig has been attending the
Teachers Convention at Ocean Grove.
Professor j. V. Sturgis, formerly principal The
Washington Irving High School, left here last week
accepted place head OF the GeneseO Normal
School.