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Petty Tyranny in the Catski!s.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: had the
most pleasant anticipations OF a weeks en-
joyment in the country when we went UP the
river to our summer home fortnight ago. At
the turn OF the road which always reveals our
promised land the cottage in its frame OF
fruit trees and BACKGROUND Of forest filed
the view-the same old peaceful haven OF
rest. But We had no sooner entered the gate
than We found the premises occupied. We
were mere intruders retaining the privilege
Of paying taxes but deprived of inalenable
rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
Where the grape trellis ends under the
veranda roof robin family had built their
nest. which was tenanted by three feathcrless
youngsters. The parents receiFd us with
protests and the father seemed to me very
unmannerly, for he scolded us with his mouth
full He had arrived. just as We entered the
door, with an instalrnent Of the evening meal
for his brood
than humorous of the person who SAID he
had no use for birds except when served hot ;
and ! tried to share the kindly feeling Of my
with unobtruslve interest aud sSmIihl hctic
consideration. But 1t was soon apparent that
my relations with thi. NOOK in the mountains
had changed. / was Invested Of personal
liberty and the right OF Tree speech on my
own premises.
less and heavy step | was likely to hear; "Oh
grandpa, you have. frightened tbs, mother
robin oI the nest" If there is snSyhig ; TX, l.s
vista before, NE Of, the winding road and he
great hills beyond but whichever | sitdlcd
guiltily into my favorite seat. the parent birds
being of forasing, whJn or two of the pipe
was sure to bring then, back to the stone
wall, which was The pulpit from which they
preached at me. There was nothing TO do but
retreat around the corner or, watch the serv-
ing of dinner from behind a, tree, Why
should smoke on the veranda when the
garden the chicken run and the pasture We're
open to me?
such appetites ! never saw before. The
little birds were all bill and stomach. Their
parents were oyerworked from dawn ill
DARK. and it is only truth to say tina, they pro,
vidci at least Hftv or sixty meals day,
thought II vas something abnormal I'LL |
read in a Government pamphlet that robins
have been seen TO bring food 10 thoir little
ones 10 tines in day We fathers may
thank our stars that We do not have TO cater 10
such gcurmands
A. last accounts the youngsters; had done
FIJI Justice to their viands and had left the
nest 10 be gin life for themselves My family
hopes the parent birds will raise another
brood on the veranda this summer and see
vision OF my pipe and myself RELOCATED in
August 10 the back part OF the homestead.
NEW YORK June 10 AUDUBON.
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To THY rDrroR oY THR SyS-Str: There Is an
admitted scarcity OF policemen In tho outlying
parts OF the city. dependence on pa,ro!mcn Is
tho r'ilc, except where mounted men arc provided.
/, has seemed TO mo that considerable degree
~ protection against crime might be insured by
having some policemen travel In wagons Instead
OF going on foot. FOR example, II two men go In
n wagon they can traverse region swiftly and
cover more Y round than man on foot.
Policemen say that a crook watches their move.
ments, and that man doing his duty faithfully
can be calculated upon with more certainty Than
= ioafcr. The crook cannot calculate on the latter.
Two men In wagon, moving swiftly through a
stree, or avenue and weaving In and out Of the inter
scCting streets. and coming and going without
any settled plaE or order, would not give much
time for the crook to operate, and certainly would
no, give him anything 10 base calculation on as
to when an ofTlcer would appear.
\ crook would not begin to operate II he could
not be sure in his own mind that he would have a
certain amour, ~ time for his work. This he Is
able to do, say 'he police. when pa,rolman
patrols his beat faithfully, But II could no, so
easily he done II there was no possible means OF
calculation when an o1Ncer might surprise crook
doing his evil Norh, T.. II. ID.
NEW YORK, Jurc 10.
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The Task Before Mr.. Cleveland.
From the United States Inrestor.

From, the United States Inrestor
No one who knows Mr.. Cleveland coulo
have looked for any other declaration from
him, and no one need look for any compro-
mise on his part with schemes that do not
accord the polcyholders absolute equity. To
him the law continues to represent living
force, however old fashioned 1t may have
become ia certain financial circles, and his
Interpretation Of the law is moreover dictated
by the true spirit and not the mere letter dis
torted by sophistical arguments OF PAID az
torneys so incompatible Is the position OF
Mr.. Cleveland with that hitherto occupied by
the managers Of the Equitable that their
working side by side is scarcely conceivable
nor can the further use of the FUNDS OF the
society in the personal enterprises OF those
actually or nominally at the helm be recon
ciled. by any respectable REASONING WIN h's
announced principles.
To him. therefore, must policyhoders and
the public look for the reformation OF the
Vicious system. 1t will however, require the
exercise Of all of his powers, and particularly
OF that for which he particularly stands in the
public unfinchinG integrity, LOT
he will have to contend with forces thar nave
hitherto overcome some of the strongest
men of the country.
He must be given the moral support OF
every man who wishes to see clean and honest
administration of trust funds reestaDilsheo
His task will not be merely to regenerate the
Equitable, but to force regeneration OF all
the life insurance companies that have been
pursuing methods simllnr to those condemned
by the Frick committee.
Indeed the effect of his work. than which
no greater could come to any man who mas
the interest of his fellow men at heart. Will. II
it be completely done. be felt in other financial
institutions as well.
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NEW YORK CLUB PREVAILS.
Roby Sub.Lease Bought At Price Said
to he $4,000.

The New York Club believes that It has
seen the end of the obstacles which stood II
the way of beginning the building of It's new
house at 20 West Fortieth street. Last
Friday the last of the contracts for the de-
livery OF title were signed and the club
will acquire title before July1 This state
ment means that the E. Willard Roby lease
has been acquired by the club.
Mr.. Roby, who Is lawyer and NOM
Der of the Union Club, rented apartments
at 20 West Fortieth street about year ago.
Under the terms OF his lease. which ran
for three years, he was to pay gradually
increasing yearly rental amounting alto
gether to about s., 900 for the three yeare-
The New York Club acquired the brown
stone houses at IS and 20 West Fortieth
street and the only obstacle in the way OF
the acquisition of ~ was the Roby lease
on one set Of apartments In the house, Tho
other tenants gave up their leases readily.
When Mr.. Lawrence OF H. H. Cammann
d Co., who had charge OF the clubs real
estate business, went to Mr.. Roby the first
time he came away with the feeling that
MIR. Roby as Union Club man was only
too glad to help the New York Clubs com
mittee in any way that was possible. Mr..
Lawrence reported to his clients that no
thought Mr.. Roby would ask no more IMAM
that the New York Club should pay him
for the expenditures he had made In I'M
proving his apartment and his moving ex,
penses or about 81 900 in all second
call and other calls, however, proved that
this was misunderstanding OF Mr.. Roby's
frame of mind. Before a thorough going
real proposition was put into cold business
words the amount which Mr.. Roby Thought
he ought to get was $4,000. The club
and the owners of the property offered him
$500 1t is understood that the amount
finally paid to Mr.. Roby for the cancellation
Of his lease was $40 900.
1t was said yesterday for Mr.. Roby that
when he leased his apartments he had in
mind the fact that the adjoining buildings
we're the subject of speculation, and he felt
that the holders of subordinate leases in
the neghborhood must necessarily have
a quite disproportionate chance for profit
in case Of general sale. Mr.. Roby Is quoted
az saying that he did not know and could
not have known that the New York Club
was after the property.
Mr.. Lawrence, Henry Deepard, the score
tary Of the New York Club, and George p.
Sheldon, the president, declined to say
anything about the matter yesterday e1-
cept that they we're glad that the way was
cleared for the beginning of the new house.
The new club will be eight stories high and
will have forty apartments, as against
twenty apartments in the present building
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81 900 900 for the aid Of the railway line to
Santiago. A bunch OF lobbyists, some
Americans and some Cubans. is working
to secure an increase In the tariff on rice,
by which the sale Of the American product
would be increased by largely increasing
the cost Of living for every peasant and
working man on the island. American
usurers, speculating in claims. are meeting
with only too much success in efforts to
secure the passage Of bill providing for
a new national loan Of see, ooO,o 600 at per
cent interest for further payment to the
soldiers Of the instruction. This Is what
Cuba's Congress is doing and has been doing
for long time
Meanwhile the larger and more serious
matters OF government are neglected. The
budget has not bsen acted on and public
works are blocked for need of funds Taxes
are increasing. and the annual expenditure
is only little short Of what it was in Span
ish days. Tomas Estrada Palma has hith-
erto been regarded as an honest and sin
cere, though somewhat weak, man. I'm
less, az President of Cuba, he sets his face
more sternly than he now does against the
influences which are making strongly for
disaster to his country he may expect to
go down in history not only as weak, but
as wicked, as one who might have done
much for his country but who let his OPP
portunities go by while he played politics
and for political reasons approved meas
ures which as an honest man he could
only condemn
Cuba is entering a critical period in her
career and its outcome will be Of only less
- thn
United States than to the Cubans them
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MORE WOOD PAIEMENTS.
President Ahcarn Decides to Lfy Them
In Ten Downtown Streetx

Borough President Ahean Las decided
to lay the wood block pavement not only
on lower Broadway, but on ten other down
town streets. Bids were advertised for
Yesterday. The ten streets are Chambers,
from Broadway to West street; Barclay
and Vesey, each the entire length; Liberty,
from Broadway to West street; D:ano.
from Broadway to West street; Rfat",
from Centre to West street Greenwich.
from Battery place to Dey street, Jefferson
street from East Broadway to Henry stree;
East Broadway. from Chatham sqrar.a 20
Grand street, West Tenth street, .rcn
Hudson to West street.
Mr.. Ahcarn said yeste rday tSat -Toodra
pavements were preferable to asD-a't in
the business sections because Of the less n
ing of the noise Of traffic He said ESQ
than asphalt, they were more durable c7d
more easily repaired.
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To THE EDITOR OF THR SrN-Sir: The Ind ignant
comment OF your CORES pendent In to days Issue
on the dog episode In 81, Pauls churchyard Is Just
and Timely.
frothing mouth is not tho sign OF rabies with
dogs, but Is incident 10 ntS. which come from
natural causes tho majority of young dogs
have one TO three hts during tho Nrst two
years OF their lives. unless prevented by careful
dieting II is u dubious reflection on New York,
as city where dogs are so numerous as pets. that
domestic animal In sickness should be treated
with such barharous lack of common sense II
men Frustrated By heat, or children with cholera
morbus dubbed over the head, the howl raised
would be heard around the globe.
No doubt the policeman thought In good faith
that h was doing his duty. and II seems unfOrtu
ate that he classed himself among those who arc
ever ready, with or whou, to cry Mad ,g!"
NEW YORK, June II. PRYcE.
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The ScaSOers.

Sailing to-day for Cherbourg, Plymouth
and Bremen by the North German Lloyd
steamship Grosser Kurfuerst
Mr.. and Mrs X. Ross Appleton. Leo lien
Berghol2 American Consul General at Bey-
rout; MIR. and Mira. Ernest +. Lorillard, MIR
and Mrs Howard W.. lippincott, Prof. David
Magic and Dr. +. {. Mtelmann, German Vice
Consul at Chicago.
Arrivals by the Atlantic transport liner
Minnetonka from London:
Murray =. Brush, j. e. Clark, Or. Rybert r.
Hampton, II; W: Jasper. Prof John S. Smook.
and tharles III. Wright
Aboard the Red Star liner Kroonland,
from Antwerp, were:
Frank Billings, olive X. Brooks. Walter
Chiuendcn, Peter Gilsey, Dudley II all, Capt.
Luckhurst and Julius Il. Wakefield.
Arriving by the French liner La Rretagne
from Havre. were:
Leon iirsh, Mr. and Mrs. Landfeau de
Medrine, A. o. NORM. Mrs. Florence de Vest
felt and Rene WE'LL
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STEAM NAVIGATION CENTENARY.
Mayor Appoints a Committee a Eleven
TO Prepare Preliminary F1anA

Mayor Mcclellan has appointed cum
mittee of citizens to prepare preliminary.
plans for celebrating in this city in 1907
the centenary of steam navigation Tho
Board of Trade and Transportatios re-
quested the Mayor to appoint COMMITTEES
of 100, but Mr.. Mcclellan told the board
that this would commit the city to an ex-
penditure which might amount to 81 ,OCo
or more.
In letter sent yesterday to the Board OF
Trade the Mayor explained that it would be
fitting to Lave the question ofexpenditure
to the next administration and added:
In order. however. TO facilitate the thought
full and timely consideration of your proposal
! shall invite the following named gentle
men to form n committee for that purpose,
and request them to report their recorninen-
dations on the subject TO the Mayor In Jan
uary. 1905 ,
Oscar Straus. William McCarroll. Adam
Vanderbilt Frank $. Gardner, Thomas Clyde.
Herman Metz, Arthur English. James n;
Kennedy. Gustav Schwab. Hugh Kelly and
James A. Wright.
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A Labor Decision.

The Court of Appeals Of this State, on
the opinion of Judge O'BRIEN, speaking
for united court, has just handed down
a decision declaring unconstitutional
labor legislation passed in the interests
of certain organizations of plumbers
and attempted to be sustained under
cloak Of the police power.
The case is that of ROBERT SCHNAIER,
appellant, against the Navarro Hotel
and Improvement Company, respondent.
The plaintiff sued to recover for services
performed by his assignors, firm of
plumbers in this city. The defendant
eet up as defense statute laws of
1895, Chapter 500 which provides that
in New York city it shall not be lawful
for any person or copartnership to en-
gage in or carry on the trade, business or
calling of employing or master plumber
unless the name and address of such
person and of each and every mem
Der of such copartnership shall have
been registered "a above provided.
The further provision is that every
employing or master plumber shall be
ISRlSltIeu Outc Ntdl DuJ III olQtl W NC
registered he must hold certificate of
competency from the local examining
board Of plumbers.
This statute proved to he a successful
defense both in the trial court and in
the Appellate Division Of this depart
ment. The facts, briefly, were that one
member of the firm was duly licensed
plumber; the other partner, who did
the office work and the bookkeeping,
was, Of course unable to meet the re-
Quirements of the law, being the finan-
cier and not the plumber of the firm
The Court Of Appeals, in language that
admits of no misinterpretation, unani-
mously overrules the inferior tribunals
and holds such legislation as this to be
in restraint of trade. The following
extracts are taken from the vigorous
opinion of Judge O'BRIEN:
The hight to follow any lawful pursuit is one
of the nallenable rights OF citizen Of the United
states. and law which prevents or binders man
from going into partnership with another for the
purpose OF carrying on the trade. business or calling
OF employing or master plumber infrrges his ma,
ural rights as secured by the Constitution. There
Is no more sacred right OF citizenship than the right
10 pursue unmoested q lawful employment in a
lawful manner. II is nothing more less than the
sacred right Of labor, All laws therefore. which
impair or Tammel these rights which limit one In
: his choice OF trade or profession. connne him
10 work live In specified locality. exclude hin,
from his house or restrain his otherwise lawful
movements, are intrngemen,s upon his funda
mental rights OF liberty. which are under constilu
tonal protection.
= The common business and calings of life, the
ordinary trades and pursus which are innocen,
! N themselves and tivs been followed In all COM
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Luke Digs and the Church.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN--Str: Permit me- to
correct statement that appeared In your valuable
morning Issue OF June H. In regard to Luke DlggS,
hr Dlggs was never Inside OF the doors of our
meeting room at any OF our services at any time to
my personal knowing We have been In the same
building since May. 1898, and 10 the date OF his
sickness have never seen him. nor has he ever
contributed one cent TO the support and aid OF our
Christian work.
As his mother. have known her from my youth,
and In my early days she was a noted woman, but
| have never seen her within our doors
Rev. r. r. WILSON. Pastor.
NEW YoRR, June IL.
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NEW ITALIAN CONSUL.
Count Mlsslglla Takes one, D!ncs by
Fellow COuntrymcn.

Count Raybaudi Massigiia, the newly
Amounted Consu-Goneral of Italy in thi,
city, assumed active charge yesterday
of his new post.
Count Massiglia has been in the Italian
dplomatic and consular service for thirty
years His previous mission was in Siam.
He was )nsul at Philadelphia eleven years
ago.
Baron G,Istavo Tosti who has been act
ing Consul General, has been transferred
to Boston.
Some Of their compatriots entertained
the retiring official and the newcomer
at dinner last night at Brighton Beach.
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Sir Edward Cigars Visit.

Sir EDWARD ELGAR comes at a time
when it is all but impossible for him to
observe anything of the musical life of
America He will not even have the
opportunity to hear any OF his own
compositions performed. and it rarely
happens that such an honor is neglected
by any nation which a prominent figure
in music decides to visit. He comes to
this country only TO receive a degree
from Yale.
Sir EDWARD ELGAR is the most eminent
among English composers of the day
and he deserves even greater distinction
than the rather equivocal compliment
suggested by such description. He is
one of the most notable of contemporary
composers; that he is an Englishman
makes him a more interesting figure
in the world of music than he might
otherwise be.
England is the home of the oratorio
its fullest flower, and there it is cher
ished to-day as it is nowhere else. As an
Englishman he has composed oratorios,
but they are different from the other
productions of this kind most popular in
England, in that they are the work Of n
Roman Catholic who has endeavored to
put into his music an expression of his
beliefs. 1t was through ono of these
religious works that his reputation as
a composer was suddenly made after
he had labored for many years in OBJ
security.
Although New York is to do nothing
to honor Sir EDWARD now it began to
sing his compositions two years ago, and
since that time nine of his chorals have
been given; so he cannot but understand
that he has been appreciated here. In
deed, it is likely that his oratorios have
been sung more frequently in New York
than in London. The United States is not
the only country to appreciate his music.
Already his name is well known in France
and Germany.
Perhaps If Sir EDWARD were an cxeci-
tive musician, conductor or a pianist,
Is we'll "a composer, he would have
chosen some other time of the year to
como to New York. He is a musician,
but not performer; so he is content to
come in the summer season for the schol-
astic honor of university degree as the
sole reward for his journey.
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Deficit and Department Estimates.

The latest figures from the Treasury
failed to Justify Secretary SHAws cheer
full premonition that the deficit would
begin to melt away with the warm
weather. The Secretary is tempera-
mentally capable Of hoping on against
the thermometer and all the rules OF
arithmetic combined, but his optimism
does not really help matters. The excess
of Government expenditures over Gov
eminent receipts for this fiscal year is
likely to be more than $50 900 900.
This Government is blessed with
revenue of between five and six hundred
million dollars from customs and internal
taxes alone. Its inability to keep its
regular administrative expenses, in
time of peace with all the world, within
the figures of the vast total of its regular
income threatens to become chronic.
There has been already much talk Of new
tax legislation at the next session of
Congress. Secretary TAFT stated the
alternative very squarely weeks ago.
President ROOSEVELT and President
MCKINLEY before him have repeatedly
called the attention of Congress to the
need of restraint in the voting of the
miscellaneous appropriations.
That the trouble is not entirely with
Congress is shown by the subjoined
table, comparing the total of the Depart
ment estimates with the total OF the APP
preparations actually voted during the
past seven years:
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may enjoy suoh qualification as they oan
get from hor victory, FOR the weather was
generally light and the valhalla was her
only competitor. In the other class, COM
posed Of vessels having soil power only, the
susannAh, an English yacht built for
German, Was the winner. The Hildegarde,
Fleur dc Lys, and Endymion, American
did not make good showing in the absence
Of the ocean gales to which they lately be-
came accustomed
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1t thus appears that during those seven
years the Department estimates nave
always exceeded the actual approprla-
tions, by amounts ranging from more
than 81, 600, 900 for the fiscal year 1904 up
to $40 900 900 for the fiscal year 1900. The
average annual excess of estimates over
appropriations for the seven years is
more than $40 100000,
1t would seem that the Executive De-
partments themselves can do something
toward the extinguishment Of the deficit.
If Congress always takes more econom-
ical view of the public needs than the
Departments, the Departments have
only to moderate their demands and the
thing is done. The deficiency disap-
pears like the mist of the morning.
Is not the subject of the framing of the
estimates worthy Of the most serious at
tention by the committee of Department
officers which President ROOSEVELT has
appointed to ascertain ways and means
OF making the Federal Government bet
ter and more economical?
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FOUR INSPECTORS TO-DAY.
Advisory Committee to Look Over the Four
Eligible Police Captains. First.

Commissioner McAdoo ammo unced yes
to-day that he would appoint four in
spectos to-day. Before the appointments
are made the Commissioners advisory
c. Elmittee Ct citizens will hold a meeting,
and the eight men wh:se names are first
looked over by the committee.
After that the citizens and the Commits
sic ner will get together and decide on tho
four. Some CT the candidates ware re-
ported to be little nervous at the prospect
f having 70 appear before the citizens com
mittee. The meeting is at 3 O'Clock.