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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
THE LOCOMOTIVE nv CHINA.
Recent Progress and Trilimphs Of Hallway
fnyineerln; In the Middle Kingdom.

To THE EDITOR or THE Sun Sir: The
railway from Pekin 10 Hankow on the Yang
tsekiang which is about $50 miles In length.
10 now nearly completed. 1t Is possible TO
make the journey at present. but with nome
little delay owing to changes on some OF the
unfinished sections on which only construc-
ton trains are being run. The great bridge
that spans the Hoaugho Ia nearly finished.
1t CROSSES that river near Kaifongfu and -
more tina tw o miles IN len 9Th. with iOo spans.
The construction OF this bridge has been a
great feat OF engineering. the depth OF the
main current OF the Hoansho being thirty
three feet. with more than forty 10 time Of flood.
The river has no rock bottom. and the foun-
dstons for the piers OF the bridge had to be
made by driving screw piles down below the
soour Of the bed 1t Is now possible to make
the Journey fIoIu Pskin TO Hankow in six or
seven days but when the bridge IL oom-
pleted aud through trains are running the
Jos miles south Of f Petin "a Harrow gage
SS to so the so S1 ,a
Of tho roadway out OF about 40 miles have
airesdy been made. South Of the Hoangho
four months surveying and laying out the
Inc that 10 to eonnest Kaifonkfu. the capital
Th sanf 1he ch1t town 81 tne
China. Other branch lines east and west are
being surveyed for mining and other pur..
pVses. one OF the pIinclpal lines pel1H that
which Will eventually connect KaifonHn
through Tsinanfu. ia ,.shapgtung with the
German settlement at Kiaochau.
For soIne time back the British Govern
ment has had officers Of the Royal Engineers
looking Into the practioahiity OF railway
ssonmuniestion With the rich PROVINCE. OF
helie we'd thar feasible route has been found,
It. ~, ia s We thought that the French railway
ing completion, will eventually be prolonged
Into szeohuan in order 10 tap some OF the re-
soHrces Of the Weather province. where the
soil Ia 80 fertile that 1t is sustaining in some
parts more than / 200 inhabitants to the square
mile With the aid Of very primitive but
effective system OF irrigation, Among the
laborers employed Oh tie French Hanoi.
lunnanfu railway were q large number OF
ltslisns. Many Of these were 40 pleased
With the country that on the completion OF
Their contracts they desired TO settle In the
{ hinese territory, The Chinese authorities:
however. grew alarmed at the prospect. and
took measures which. while permitting indi-
viduaB to engage In trade or agriculture. ,
would prevent the formation OF foreign com
fhnnities or colonies likely 10 be the canss Of
future political complications f.
Nhw YORK, May 22.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
CITY HAIL GOSPEL SERVICE.
Crowd Listens 10 Preaching and singing
from the Steps OF the building.


Attracted by the playing OF a cornet and
the singing OF a group Of evangelists stand
ing on the steps of the City Hall, a crowd
Of several hundred persons gathered in less
than five minutes at noon yesterday and
before the service was ended the plaza in
front of the building was SO packed that it
was almos: impossible to pass through the
park. The service was part OF the gospel
campaign which has been started by the
Protestant churches of this city. In the
crowd was every type of man and woman,
but MIXED as the congregation was, when
the Rev. DR.. John f. Carson OF Brooklyn
asked those Of his hearers who believed in
the power of Jesus Christ to save to raise
their hats ii seemed that every mans
head was bare, while scores Of women hel
up their hands.
Besides Dr. Carson those who made adj
dresses were the Rev. DR.. &, L.. (ioodell of
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church and
the Rev. j, r. Ely, the leader Of the move
ment In his address Dr. Gcodell said
This movement is designed to bring the
churches and the people together. We are
working to reach the seething, s,rging
masses Of the city. We thought it appro-
pirate to hold the FIRST OF our meetings
here and we thank the Mayor and the city
officials for making this meeting possible
Out from this building comes the life cur
rent OF the city and il we can touch it we
will thank God. In this building some
men have honored and some shamed the
city. but when the men who ruled here were
guided by Christian principles the city
never suffered"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
Asphalt and Common Honesty.

On the ono hand it is reported that the
decision of the Venezuela court in the
case of the New York and Bermudez
Asphalt Company ia final, leaving the
Administration no alternative save big
stick proceedings il the Administration
is convinced that there has been denial
OF justice to American citizens by Presl-
dent CAsTRO's Government.
On the other hand, it IL reported from
Caracas that the New York aud Ber-
mudez Asphalt Company will appeal
from the decision rendered on Saturday
Last and said to be adverse to the inter-
ests Of the company.
IL there ia to be AL appeal, il Is mani
fest that the resources Of the judicial
establishment in Venezuela have not
yet been exhausted 1t is Likewise OBJ
vious that the same reasons for restraint
and moderation AT Washington which
have existed up to the present time are
still In force. pending decision by the
ultimate Venezuelan tribunal.
The representatives Of the aphalt in
terests. among whom Mr.. JOHN BAs-
SE1'r MOORE. formerly Assistant Secre-
tary OF State. Is conspicuous. are desir-
Gus OF impressing the Administration
and the public with the idea that the
whole proceeding in the Venezuelan
courts has been travesty VI justice.
That may be. The time to consider
that question is after the local courts
have got through with the business No
ultimatum need be launched and no
wership nnleashed just at present.
Meanwhile, 1t is proper to say i'll Il
spirit Of candor tina, whether the whole
proceeding in the Venezuelan courts
has been travesty Of Justice or not, an
impression prevails here at home that
much Of the history Of the Asphalt Trust.
this persistent appellant for national sup
port by big stick and ultima,um and bat
tleship. has been travesty Of common
honesty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
TO RESTORE 4 FAMOUS CHTRCH.
Holy Trinity on Brooklyn Heights 10 he
Made New OutSitle al q Cost Of &lOk 900.

Owing to the disintegraton Of the brown
stone with which Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church. at Clinton and Montague streets.
Brooklyn, is built, it has been decided to
completely restore the exterior by sub
shutting more enduring stones in place
Of the decaying material and to rebuild all
the pinnacles with new stone and reset the
ornaments on the spire.
The original design is to be carried out
in the restoration. George W, Post Sons.
the architects. who have charge of the
plans, estimate the cost of the proposed
improvements at Sos 900. in addition to
$40 900 already spent on the spire. At the
services on Sunday the Rev John Howard
Melish made a statement signed by him
self and the vestrymen in reference to the
necessity for the restoration OF the edifice
and in response to his appeal pledges Of
SO, $50 were received on condition that the
full amount required would he subscribed
This Ia part Of the statement Of the rector
and vestrymen to the congregation: "1hi.
church imposes upon us a trust not only to
Our own parish. but in a large sense 10
Brooklyn and the entire city. There is in
Greater New iork-we might even say in
the United States-no more beautiful edi
flee; there are few, IL any. as beautiful
1t Ia q noble example of Gothic archtec tur"
of the most dignified and religious type
Its designs both interior and exterior
are exquisite in general form and proportion
and in detail.
Minard Fofever was the architect under
whose direction Holy Trinity was built.
about sixty years ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
"Bad" Games Of City Children.

The superintendent OF the Chicago
Jewish Training School has been watch
ing the play Of the children of his city
with disturbed and troubled mind. He
finds that the youngsters initiate in
miniature the sensational happenings
OF the day, Some are criminals, others
policemen, others judges, and, in certain
cases. the games do not end until the
criminal has been properly gbbeted
in accordance with the judges" sen
tence. The observer Of these Chicago
infantile sports calls this fair example
OF tho play in large city" and con-
trasts it with the games PLAYED by coun-
try children. to the huge advantage of
the latter
But wherein do the games Of the coun-
try boys and girls differ from those
played in city streets? The favorite
games in some rural communities are
those in which "robber bands" are pur-
sued and captured by hardy plains
men," with subsequent trials. imprison-
ments and hangings In other sections
to play pirate" and indulge in deeds of
blood is the staple pastime Of all healthy
children. In such games the raids and
pursuits Of the good and bad heroes of
boyhoods fancy have been known to
cover a whole summer and some of the
encounters were by no means bloodless.
Hanging the horse thief" has furnished
amusement in many pasture lot. and
the capture Of rading Highlander
and his clansmen has called for the en-
ploymen' Of much youthful strategy.
Robbery, battle, murder the incidents
OF outdoor games. in city and country,
are likely to be pretty much the same.
The city youth may not have quite SO
extensive field for his operations, and
because Of his environment his games
may have modernity and timely in
terest lacking in the case of the farm
bred boys. These are superficial differ
ences, Of no account At bottom the |
games are the same, and precious little
harm can be traced to them, in Chicago
Or elsewhere. Leave the children alone
and they will play their own games. No
one Of their elders is needed to tell them
how to supply imagination or to devise
improvements. Boys and girls are play
ng criminal" and magistrate" Just as
hey always have and are suffering no
particular injury from it. The greatest
LANCER that threatens them is that some
person may attempt to
,hange their habits and set them at play
hey don't like.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
Unity OF National Sentim emit,

! Celebrations OF the Confederate Deco
ration Day and preparations for the cele-
braton OF like memorial to the dead
OF the Union army. to be held on the sOth
OF this month, indicate impress!vely
the Tightening Of the bonds Of sentiment
between North and South
On the 10th Of May. incident to the
celebration OF the Confederate Memo
rial Day, there was laid at Chester in
South Carolina the cornerstone Of q
monument to the Confederate dead to
be erected by y chapter Of the Daughters
Of the Confederacy. The able address
OF dedication was made by the Hon.
WILLIAM H. BRAwLEY. q distinguished
native Of South Carolina. and Judge
Of the United States District Court Of the
South Carolina district. Judge Draw
LEY, after showing that the civil war was
due to an irrepressibls and inevitable
cashing between the political principles
OF nationdlism and Of State sovereignty,
explained that his obligations to the
Federal Government, whose commission
he bears. would have prevented his TAX
ing 80 prominent part in the observ-
ances II the time had not come when that
critical period Of our history could be
treated judicially without fear Of re-
opening old wounds or provoking re-
sentiment by celebrating the memories
of Southern heroes.
1T is to the everlasting glory Of the
American people. said Judge BRA Wiley,
that within half a century Of the close
Of the most bitter and deadly contest
they are more united than ever before.
nearer 10 that perfect Union designed
by the fathers; and then he ven,nred
on his prediction:
There are doubtless those now ll>ius who VIII
Sc tle statue Of Gen. LIE facing ,he grea: an,ayon
Isl whom he met on so many neds OF deadly strife
and looking calmly across the Potomac on his old
home a. Arlington. where rest the nations dead
last Sunday survivors of the Union
army joined in services held by the New
York Camp OF the Confederate Veterans
over the Confederate dead, and Gen,
GEORGE b, LorD. Union veteran, gave
utterance in New York to sentiment
closely akin to that expressed by Judge
BRAwLEY in South Carolina:
Gen. LEE was an brave a man as ever ga, ON y. |
horse fou.re no, wanting in heroes. Hut th-yate |
'Gr A. well. since we are oil one now"
The same sentiment was emphasized
oy Mr.. JAMES EDWARD GRAYBILL, a Con-
'ederate veteran, thus;
" look forward 10 the time. and It is no, tard
AMI. when we snail have but one Memorial Day
or the Blue and the Gray. when we shan strev
lowers over our heroes together as becomes Amer,
bur,ine the last relic Of strife with the flowers
re place the graves OF the Union and Cont-drr.
Re dead"
This unity Of feeling will doubtless find
urther expression at the services at
iRANT's tomb on our Northern Decora-
ion Day, a week hence, when Senator
BLACKBURN Of Kentucky, and OF distn-
.lished record in the Confederate army,
will be foremost among the speakers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
END or THE OLD HECkER MILL.
Nine Story Building ~ Pike and Cherry
streets DelnY Torn Down.

The Old Croton Touring mill at Pike and
Cherry streets built sixty-two years ago
by George V. Hecker, and rebuilt after the
big fire OF 1881, IL being torn down to make
room for the terminal of the new Manhattan
Bridge. The big mill full nine stories high.
dwarfed the tenements and warehouses
OF the old days and became a we'll known
landmark OF the East Side. In us day it
has seen many changes in that district.
and yesterday when the old walls were COM
ing down 1t was hard to find any one in the
neighborhood who could remember mill and
miller In their prime. The original building
was l20 by 70 feet and built entirely OF
brick. 1t employed 800 hands and turned
out 900 barrels Of -four day.
On the morning OF July 81. 1881, the old
mill caught fire and gave the Fire Depart
ment one Of the hardest fights in it's history.
Alarm after alarm was sent In until 30 many
engines were called to the spot that lower
tected, The fire spread to neighborng
tenements and to the coffee and spice mills
OF Sanger d Fisher. Explosion followed
explosion, and the sparks threatened the
ress OF the flames was finally checked by
the arrival of the tireboat Havemeyer,
whose powerful salt water streams dis
counted all the efforts of the engines on shore.
The fire was not entirely extinguished for
four days. and the estimated loss was nearly
half million dollars
The mill was rebuilt at once and en-
larged SO that the building now being torn
down extended from Cherry to Water street
and half u block west. The rebuilt mill
employed about 800 men and hsd a capacity
OF ], 200 barrels H day. 1t was very care
fully constructed by day labor, and it's tim
bers are to-day as sound as the day they
were laid. Much Of the material OF the
mill is being taken to Brownsville, where
being built there. All the old machinery
has passed the useful stage and is to be
broken up and sold for junk
On March 3 Valentine Graf, 90 years
old. over half of whose life had been passed
and crushed to death. The
next day the wheels were stopped forever.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
A veteran and Famou, Navigator OH Tran,
atlantic RecordS

To THE EDlroH or rHK SuN str As reader
OF your paper for the last hal: ccniury, and know
ing your love OF justice and fair p.ay. wish ,o,.
would publish this letter
The YACHT fndl mon. now In lhr race arru.. the
Atlantic, claims 10 have msdc the shortest rccor,!
across the Atlantic TO the Needles for which mos
OF the Journals of the day give her credit To this.
as captain OF the Henrietta and IN Justice TO her.
! take exception. for the following reason: As the
Endymon had 10 competitors she had no Judge,
appointed by the club 10 lake he, time No record
can be claimed by any racer unless she Is really
timed as above.
In the race between the h-nrlrtta Vcsta and
fire'w'ng there was on board a Judge on each
Narht from the competing yachts. The gentlemen
were appointed bv the New York NacM, club to see
that all conditions OF the race were roinplird with
The starter was member OF the Cub and was
appointed for that purpose
The time or our arrival at the Needles was taken
by the Judges on board Thus claim ina, the
Henrietta hoids the oficia record. taken b. the
judges appointed for that purpose. for the shortest
time between Sandy Hook and the Needles
BRookIYk. May % = S.Nrr,s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23

tionally high, is now the smallest in the
world. Still another result is the por-
tentous increase OF disease and pauper-
ism. Theoretically, these Affections
should have been allevated by tho
dwindling OF the population. Such is not
the case. because the loss was one Of
! quality as well as quantity. SO alarming
| has been the increase Of tuberculosis
that in 1903 this malady carried of IL, 40
persons. Cancer too is spreading. and
in the year named claimed 3,O4S victims
more than ever before. Pauperism has
become 30 common that out OF every
100 persons in Ireland 1 is an inmate
Of workhouse, while out OF every A
l needs help from the rates in order to
keep the breath in his body There Is
hardly anything for a poor Irishman to
do except to till the soil, and the resultant
glut. OF agricultural labor has reduced
wages to point far below that at which
they stand in Great Britain.
What fiscal concessions are made BY
Britain, the mighty and prosperous pre-
dominant partner. = to dependent people
depleted in numbers financially strait
ened and physically weakened? Lord
DuNRAvEN replies by pointing Ms to
fiscal system which he describes as a
"grotesaue anachronism and by which,
as Royal Commission has acknowl-
edged. Ireland is overtaxed annually
to the extent Of Sl3, 800 900; in return for
which abe gets an administration wholly
unsuited to her needs and outrageously
extravagant. Lord DUSRAvBN proves
that Ireland pays $3.50 900 annually more
for her local government machinery
than does Scotland; $1,000 900 more for
her judicial system. and s., 900 900 more
for her police, Indeed, the cost OF the
police TO every man, woman or child ia
Ireland amounts on an average TO 81 so
per head
In the face OF such admissions by the
large body Of Irish landowners orga-
nized by Lord DuNRAvEN, 1t will prove
for Mr.. BALFoUR to convince
British voters that Ireland has no griev-
GUS wrongs that need to be redressed
by the devolution Of large measure Of
autonomy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
IF RUSSIA WINS THE FIGHT.
speculation About Her Future Jnfuence
In Word Politics.

- rHE EDITOR OF The Sun Sir. Permit
~, n' !" Draw your attention to what appears
60 'o W oe weak argument OF the London
rt ,""' as given in your London letter
"o spectator. commenting upon the present
u,opean situation. speaks OF the balance or
pom'r oe'ng destroyed by Rissia's "momen-
an,;., H'ndrawal from the field Of European
politics." and further expresses anxiety a. to
Shat The German Emperor will do now that
drawn"
Hilt mo to suggest that the Spectator
~ s'Ws somewhat alarmist when 1t speaks
y, 'ho checks upon the German Emperor's
,.oe aeton ~ being withdrawn. The Infer
.noe OF course. Is that Russia 10 tnnpotent for
.ne moment In European affairs. and that
sherelore tho German Emperor could with
IMMUNITY so far as Russia Ia concerned -
MAKE an unprovoked attack upon France
anu an invasion Of French territory. Moth
ing GOULD be further from the truth.
Hussla VIII either win tho gods forbid
she S So1jmng sea fight Or lose IT, II she wins
e per- cea aEe resaned at ons biSM
surely not be slow In asserting herself in
me european concert.
MmGally have TO stop lghtin 3 on land and sea
Ter Peace ss Sr st.yn
her the result Dpp be % ss@s a.
,,eeards her power In the European arena.
ior the following reasons:
J., Russia. win or lose In the East, will have
, wv one burning thirst: TO regain her
iiost prestige In the West; for Western opinion
y, OF course. Tar more valuable. far more
uear 70 her than that Of the Orient. Nothing
oould 80 swiftly retrieve said prestige a.
suocesslui European war. Therefore. any
ri or! unlty i0r european war with power
H we sna Sesishy France as an ally would b
A. first and superficial sight Russia 10 not
regarded as o most Tor nidable anita gonlst
at present In the field This, Of course, Is Q
gross error. for the reason that Russia hight
ing upon her German and Austrian frontiers
- lar different proposition from Russia
IRhuhs upon her Manohurtan frontier. The
uilHeuitieH Cf Transport Of len and munitions
6c.. which have 90 hampered Russia at pres-
snt. would then disappear In an instant.
Furthermore. Russia's gold reserve being
intact. and back Of that her bo,lndlsaa natural
resources enabling her TO fght Q war on q
paper currency OF domestic issue As safely
e. uld the North In the late war between the
states she would be entirely independent OF
IoSns from Berlin bankers ~ pinch.
80 troops or Officers have ever fought
,hs, IN more dssnersts and sustained yelor
Germany, aud Austria, could. put only ANA
teurs so TO speak, In the field, men who have
never smelled powder. Russia could put half
a nillion Veterans who had crossed bayonets
with the Japanese.
think | have said enough TO prove my
contention that, SO far a. European affairs
are concerned. Russia Is far indeed from
oeinR dead Que. JAMES BLACK.
NARso Va. May a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
What Is the use OF being vorried hac.uu.

What is the use Of being worried because
there are a few days Of dulness in the iron
market when the railroads are buying cars
freight cars rather than passenger cars
right and left? Last weeks orders included
100 freight carr for the Ala bama and South
ern (again the prosperous new South J; for the
Mobile and Ohio $40 box cars of o. 600 pounds
capacity each, and 500 fiat cars for the Chi
cago and Northwestern. The Illinois Central
is building 37s coal cars at its own shops.
The Reading company that wsex ordered 20
freight locomotives and II switching loco
motives.
These are only the big orders. The
smaller orders are also large in the sRere-
gate. Unless good business was on hand
and in sight, these orders would not be
given. That point is proved by the fact that
in April the gross earnings Of sixty-four
railroads aggregated SSe,S7I, 7pe, an in
crease Of a, 4ss ,oee. or sic per cent.
This increased business Is not being done