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property now held in New York by re-
.ligious denominations for ecclesiastical
and charitable purposes, and therefore
exempted from taxation, the twenty or
more millions vested in these two cor
porations is small. The aggregate Of
these exemptions in 1904 is reported by
the Federation of Churches to be Of the
enormous amount of $216 1914 ,l05, or
this sum Sll4,97O2j0 is Protestant,
$5j ,5s2 ,085 Roman Catholic and $l3,-
APO, $50 Jewish. The remainder is d.
vided among outside denominations and
various charitable and educational in
stitutions The Roman Catholic ex-
emption is greater than that Of any sin
gle Protestant denomination. though
that of the Episcopal Church is only
about two million dollars less. The lar
gest Protestant exemptions, together
with the number of the communicates of
each church. are.
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must needs suffer tremendous losses,
and in the most fortunate event it will
be but the fragment of an army that will
manage to reach Lake Baikal or Nladi-
vostok AS regards, indeed, the last
named haven of refuge, it was reported
some time ago that sixth Japanese army
had been got together in Corea, and was
marching in a northeasterly direction
for the purpose Of investing Vladivostok
on the land side. II this report Is well
founded, the fugitive remnant OF LIME
vITCH's force. even if it broke through
the fifth Japanese army, and il 1t turned
eastward, might still be intercepted.
There Is European Power which has
almost AZ much at stake as has Russia
itself on the outcome of the final battle
which seems impending in Manohuria.
Should the army under LIN1EvITcH by
chance be triumphant, France would
feel that its quick return to the Vistula
might go far to reestablish the balance
of power in Europe. II, asseems more
probable, it should be extinguished as a
military factor, French statesmen would
recognize that in placing any further
reliance on Russian cooperation they
would be leaning on a broken reed.
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The Invitation to Chicago.

Mayor DUNE Of Chicago ia anxious
to have the Japanese and Russian pleni-
potentiarfes meet in his city. The
climate, as described by Mayor DUNE,
is particularly salubrious in August and
September, the accommodations for
peace ENJOYS are ample and luxurious.
and the invitation has the Endorsement
of commercial organization whose
members control properties in which
81, 900 900 900 is invested
These, however, are but a few OF the
arguments put forward to induce the
Mikado and the Car to settle their
differences by proxy in Chicago. Yet
the principal argument has not been ad-
vanced in public 30 far. 1t is that in
Chicago the peace ENJOYS would see
daily and with their own eyes all the
horrors of war. The contest between
the Transfers Union on the one hand
and mere American citizens on the other
for possession Of the streets of the city
is as truly war as anything that is hap
pening in Manchuria. Its dead are
as dead as those who went down in the
Corean Strait. So far, it is true, it is
undeveloped on it's naval or marine
side, but the water front of the city and
the adjacent lake may be involved at
any time.
War may be studied more easily and
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The SpeCial Session.

Had Governor HIGGINS been able 70
obtain the resignation Of WARREN b,
HOOKER from the Supreme Court of
the State. the call for the special session
of the Legislature which meets on
Wednesday would not have been issued
The Governor did not consider the re-
fusal OF the Legislature to redeem his
pledges to repeal the tax on savings
bank SURPRISES or the failure of the
eighty cent gas measure as matters OF
sufficient moment to justify the sum-
moning Of the Assemblymen and Sena-
tors to Albany again. 1t is we'll known
that Governor HIGGINS hoped that
Justice HOOKER would render special
session unnecessary by resigning vol
unfairly from the bench. The Cover
nor's reasons for cherishing this hope
may be found in Section of Article
Nv. of the State Constitution, a part Of
which reads thus:
AT extraordinary sess,ons no subject shall ne
acted upon except such as the Governor may
reoonmend for consideration
Upon the Governor rests the whole
responsibility of deciding what questions
shall be acted upon by the Legislature
In its special session. He must decide
whether another effort shall be made
to pass the eighty cent gas bill; whether,
after the contemptuous manner in which
his wishes were disregarded last winter,
he shall make another effort to have
the savings bank tax repealed, and
whether amendments to the insurance
law shall be adopted. These are few
of the serious questions that Mr. HIGGINS
must determine. The situation is diff
cult for him, and the responsibility is in
dividual and indivisible
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ADVICE TO RUSSIA AND TO JAPAN
Preferred by = Somewhat Cynical Wall
Street Philosopher.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sr: know
OF no better way for great mind to got great
advice 10 the attention of Russia and japan
than through THE Sun.
To the Car
Stop playing into the hands OF Germany.
England and Austria. by ending war that
can only bring you further weakness and
modification. Make secret and immediate
terms with Japan which will leave you free
TO assemble troops IN Eur99e an Russia sic, and
with Russia is something more than an e1-
pensve luxury.
and Japan fuss alons to the edisSation Of The
nations and the fattery Of tho American
people. but have your private UNDERSTANDING
plain that loyalty to an ally forced you to
defer the settlement of your Eastern DIM
culties. Bide your time and yon will see some
the United States burn. its Fingers also. or
else in your next struggle with the East you
VIII haIc the back,ns and s"HHpoHrt Of What
world. We will all see little clearer then.
To Japan,
GO easy, Young man. Remember that when
all Is said and done you are sort OF Booker
Washington among nations.
We admire. you and pat you on the hack
quite broadminded in so dol ng But YOU
must not be too independent. lest YOU forfeit
oMI patronag and then where would you be !
Oriental mind about us and our patronage
It is. perhaps. well VIC do not know
Bear in mind that any amount OF cash in :
demnity. recognized sphere of iniluence or Of
territory is. in Importance. a mere haRa =
telle in comparison with what you have al
ready gained. You have proved to the world
both white and yellow. that you are fighters
without peers. No further victories over
Russia could possibly equal those which our
ina glnations picture YOU capable Of Nobody
vii! heedle ssly tread on the tails Of your coat.
and YOU have nothing to gain by prolongng
the war.
What ia your ultimate purpose none Of us
Foreigners knows. and doubt II you your
selves know as clearly az your grandchildren
will. But unless civilization can teach you
its wea knesscs and vices we'll its strcn q tn
there will be hot time in this world a gem
Grafton or two hence CAssANpRA.
NALL STREET June 10
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MAKING MANILA A CHIEF PORT
Gen. Corbin BOSsinE tho Scheme TO Pro-
vide Modern DOrkins Facilities.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June ls-Maj or
Gen Corbin, now in Manila in command of
the division of the Philippines, has accepted
from Governor General Wright the chair
manship of the committee appointed to
investigate the harbor conditions of Manila
and to promote plan for improvement
In writing to San Francisco friends he saws:
Manila should be the distributing center
for the Asatio coast from Singapore to
Manchuria if sufficient encouragement is
given to commercial interests. Manila
will soon he provided with mode IN docks
for the economical handling of cargo, and
it will be the only city along the China coast
possessing such facilities.
AT Shanghai, Hongkong and Singapore
cargoes from large stea mers have to be
lighcred at heavy expense. With new
docks at Manila, ships can go alongside
same facility they can at San Francisco
New York or Liverpool There should also
be bonded warehouses, where merchants
could keep goods until ready to reship them
10 Asiatio poytA'
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EPISCOPAL ORDINATIONS.
Ten Made DeacOns and SIX Raised to thf
Priesthood at the Cathedral.

The Trinity Episcopal ordinations were
held Yesterday morning in the crypt Of
the Cathedral of st. John the Divine. Bishop
Coadjutor David H. Greer officiated All
told there were sixteen ordinations, ten
being to the diaconate and the remainder
to the priesthood The class was one of the
largest ever entering the Episcopal ministry
from this diocese.
Dean MILFORD l.. Robbins of the General
Seminary preached the sermon. 1t fol-
lowed Immediately upon the entering
procession.
Here are the names OF those made dea
cons: r. c. Knox. F. A. Coleman, A. ).
Winslow. H. E. Ford, James Bancroft.
F.. W. Hall, G. D. Hadley, c. McGay, +, +,
Toll and NJ B. Stewart.
These deacons were advanced to The
priesthood: The Revs Albert R, Parker,
assistant In st. Georges Church: John \,
Wade, a chaplain Of the City Mission So
ciety at work in the Tombs prison: George
H. H. Butler at St. Mary's. Sherwood
Park; Alleyne c. Howell, curate in s..
Johns parish. Yonkers; William A Braith-
waite Of Astoria, and Eugene n, Curtis a
curate attached to ST. James's parish,
Seventy-first street and Madison avenue.
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SECOND OF TWIN OWLS DIES,
Grief for Lost Mate the Cause. SAYS Young
Mr.. Hlilebrand.

Bismarck and Won Moltke, the twin
screech owls that used to make fun for the
patrons Of Hillebrand's restaurant, at Pearl
and Lafayette streets, will be seen there
no more. They had perch in the window
On the Lafayette street side, and they were
inscparahle, except when they were f,ying
around the cafe after sunset. They pre-
served their archaeological traditions by
sticking 10 nocturnal habits, which other
owls that patronized the cafe helped them
observe.
The separation Of the twins was due 20
a fondness Of one of the human owls for
one of the birds. Nobody knows whether
it was Bismarck or Won Moltke, because
nobody could tell one from the other. They
were caught on Memorial Day up on ths
elder Hillebrand's farm in Orange county,
and at first they wanted to live on diet O.
milk. Their nocturnal habits and the fire.
quent appearance in the cafe OF foamng
schooners Of German beer got them into
habits that would not be approved 10y
the temperance owls OF Orange coun to.
They also developed fancy for fr ank-
furters, sauerkraut and hasenpfeffer.
Sometimes when the very early in the
German dispute Bismarck and Won Moltkn
would startle everybody by screeches that
sounded like "On to Paris, and everybody
would thereupon sing "Die Wacht an
Rhein" and make an effort to GET home
The customer who acquired fondness
for Bismarck Tor Won Moltke) took him home
n1arok Tor Won Moltke) refused even to
drown bis sorrow in drink and would not
even look at hasenpfeffer. He began to
fade and on Saturday night he died,
young Mr.. Hillebrand says, Of broken
heart.
terday, and the patrons were discussing
the project of putting up monu ment to
him, but they were deferred by the reflection
that they did not know whether he was
Bismarck or Won Motke.
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EXEMPT From Taxation.

In New York there are two Church cor
porations which together hold landed
property of value of more than twenty
million dollars. They are the Collegiate
Dutch Reformed Church and the Trinity
Church Corporation. both Of these have
lately issued year books" but we find
in them no statements Of their income
from real estate holdings and of its spc-
cific expenditure,
The Dutch Collegiate Church, founded
In 1928, was the first ecclesiastical organ
izaton in New York and since that time
it has had at its head thirty-one minis
tiers, of whom the Rev. DR.. DAVID JAMES
BrRREII., pastor of the Collegiate Church
at Twenty-ninth street and Fifth avenue,
Is the last in succession. Besides this
central house of worship there are in
the corporate Collegiate system six
others, and the aggregate number of
their communicates is 3,775, out of n
total Reformed Dutch Church member
ship in the city Of PAPA, as computed
last year by the Federation of Churches
The estimated value of the landed prop
Slly VI lN' Noi.tSIdtt Is al
least So, 10000
The Trinity Corporations real estate
holdings are estimated to be Of value
Of ISIS, 100000. The number of commune
cants in the various churches and chapels
Of Trinity parish is given rs 7,4ls out
of total Episcopal membership in the
town of s9,s49 in 1904.
The aggregation of so great an amount
of property in the hands of religious
corporations excited much popular mis-
giving in the past. For example, in m
opinion sustaining the title of Trinity
Church, delivered in ls47, Vice Chancel-
Tor SANFORD said:
hearty dislike TO clothing any eleemosynary
Institution with either grea, power or extensive
patronage, and settled conviction that the pos
session By a single religious corporation OF such
overgrown estates as the In cont rove rsy, and
the analogous Instance OF the Collegiate Dutch
Church, IS ptrnicious 20 the cause OF Chris,,,nI,y
have disposed Inc 10 give earnest scrutiny to
the defense In this But the law on these
claims Is well settled. and " must be sustained In
favor OF religious corporations as well as private
individuals"
Relatively to the whole amount of
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The width Of New,psp.r Columns.

To THE EDITOR OF THx Sus--.Str' In your edition
OF June Is YOU reprint a short paragraph from tho
Louisville Erfninc Post asking attention IN tho
mere question Of phrascoogy. Curiousy enough,
the important part of the Item entirely escapes
attention.
Tho width o'the newspaper column is important.
because on the width Of the column largely depends
the legbiity Of the matter You will agree with
me that a series OF very long lines of very small
type are lcgibe.
II is equally true that series OF very short lines
OF the same type are illegbc. When Will somc g.
body sufficiently appreciate the importance OF
egibihty 10 discover the exact length of line which
gives the maximum legibiity In each size of type
Is there, or is there not a good reason for the
present average newspaper column width1 Most
papers are about two inchcsJ
II anybody for example, wanted TO read the Nep
York Tribune would he, with Its wide columns.
md 1t easier 10 read than THB SUN. Here Is a
question which vitality affects every man every
day. and yet nobody has taken the trouble to work
II out. INGALLS, KIMBALL.
NBw YORK. juno IL.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sr: In the
news dispatches published to-day Vice.
President Fairbanks is reported "a giving Ut.
terance. at Iowa City. Ia. to the following
sentiment:
The sub!imcN courage and the most brilllan,
craftsmanship the world ever saw IL depleted In
two lives. one the martyred Mckinley. dead. the
other the sp!end Roosevelt. living.
An interesting example OF the exaggerated
Al statement or better of the statement ex-
aggerated for effect The position that Mr..
Mckinley rightfully occupies among our
national martyr heroes requires no such
perfervld utterance in its support. Nor
does Mr.. Roosevelt's position.
The Vice-Presdent needs to read history
that OF his own country among others and
TO restrain his enthusiasm reasonably. If he
does not want TO make himself and to n
cert ain extent his subjects, ridiculous.
NEWARK. n. j.. June Is. c.. B.
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Elk SCARED BY BIG BUFFALO.
Antics OF Black Diamond Set the Gentle
Animals Next Door All a-Tremble.

Black Diamond, the big bison in the
Central Park menagerie caused such a
fright to the herd Of elk that they had to
be taken from their old enclosure and put
In one further away from the buffaloes.
The big bull buffalo and two heifers were
shifted several days ago from the small en-
closure near the monkey house to the large
range next to the elk. 1t took a few DAYS
for them to get used to their new quarters,
which were separated from the elk paddock
by an iron fence.
Then Black Diamond began to cut up.
He's giant in size compared to the wapti,
and being in the prime Of life possesses
great strength. In his old quarters he had
no room to exercise and his only amuse-
ment was to batter down the side of his
shelter house. He has lots Of room in his
new home and he acted as though he were
out on the Western plains.
When he first beloved the elk looked
through the fence at their new neighbor
in surprise, They were not accustomed
to such noise, Then the bison began his
capera. He would start on wild run for
the length Of the paddock and il looked As
though he was going right through the
fence. But ne would stop in time, whirl
about and 60 back, Sometimes he would
paw the earth until the dust flew. shake
his head and with a loud below run toward
The deer seemed to think the devil or
some such monster was after them. With
a frightened -Houf! houf!" they made
dash Tor their shelter house and there was
a great scram bling as the herd Of eleven
tried to squeeze through the door ina bunch
Even after they got into the building they
did not recover from their fright. Occasion
ally one would venture out to the corner
of the house and take look at their strange
neighbor.
Black Diamond was still enjoying him
self in racing up and down and believing
his satisfaction, The elk scout would then
60 back and report that the enemy was
still prowling about,
Tlis thing kept up for two days and dur
ing that time the deer were voluntary
prisoners Director Smith decided that
something should he done to relieve their
fears. He had them shifted to the paddock
occupied by the nvlGhaus and had the latter
put next to the buffalo.
The nylghaus are less sensitive and they
seemed moro amused than frightened at
Black Diamonds antics.
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QUALIFIED AS R4BBIS.
Jewish Theological Seminary Holds Its
Graduating Exercises.

The graduating exercises of the Jewish
Theological Seminary Of America, on We-'
123d street near Broadway, were held yes
terday afternoon. Marvin Nathan of But
falo. Cornell graduate, and Bernard {.
Fhrenreich of Philadelphia a graduate 81
the College Of the City of New York, wore
qualified as rabbits. The degree Of u. n.
was conferred on the Rev. Bernard Felser-
thai Of Chicago. the oldest rabbi in thI'
country.
DR.. Solomon Schcchter. president, said
In his address to the graduates:
Il have always pleaded for a sound secn-
lar education for the Jewish minister fa
is to be pitied who neglects Runyan, Mil
and Tennyson. These authors deri ted their
inspiration from source considered hythoW
"a cred and sublime. The fact remalrs, how
ever, that the influence of our literature S.
more calculated to reconcile the reaG"'
Will, Christianity than to awaken his low"
for judaism
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It will be seen from this table that Il

It will be seen from this table that the
amount Of the tax exemption is not
commensurate with the numerical
strength of these different denomina-
tons The growth of the Jewish COM
muntv is indicated by the circumstance
that its exemption, sl3. APO, $50, is greater
than that of any Protestant denomina-
ton, with the exception of the Episcopal
and resbvterian only. The Roman Cath
Ollie exemption. 500 $50 o65, is smaller than
the Protestant relatively to the numerical
strength of the two in the population OF
New York. Finally, the total amount Of
the tax exemption is equal to about s54
per head of the population Of the town.
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Commissioner McApoo Is seeking to
devise plan under which the streets may
be cleared OF unfortunate women, while
at the same time no respectable woman
shall be in danger Of interference from the
police. The problem L. most difficult
one Perhaps Mr.. McADoo can learn some-
thing Of interest by obtaining the confidence
OF the professional bondsmen who flourish
near the police stations where most OF this
GLASS Of offenders are looked up.
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more comfortably in Chicago than in
Asia The observer may surround him
self with all the comforts Of home while
watching it. Unquestonably, the study
OF conditions in Chicago would inspire
in the breasts OF the ENJOYS fervent
desire for the establishment OF peace
throughout the world
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To THE EDITOR or TIRE SrS-.Str: | would like
to coll the attention of those Int rested In the sixty
sixth street twesu entrance 10 Central Park to a
number OF men that from time 10 time stir IN tho
earth little and then rest for several hours.
n Is positively funny. one does not have 10 pay
taxes. DusTT SHoRs.
NEW YORK, June 10.
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Organizing the Belgian Cath olics.

Archbishop Farley has brought the Rev.
Cyril A. Burrick of OGdenshurg, to tins
city to organize the Belgian Catholic
Father Burrick has already begun Ina
bring all the Belgians OF the upper Ea-'
Side into one parish.
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The discussion OF project to divide Penn

The discussion OF a project to divide PENN
sylvania 30 that Pittsburg and Philadelphia
shall be the chief cities in two new States
appears to have been discouraged by the
stirring events in Philadelphia.
No State has been divided since the adj
mission of West Virginia in 1888. though the
terms under which Texas was admitted
provide for its subdivision into four States.
and there Is no constitutional objection
to the subdivision of any other State.
The project Of subdividing Pennsylvania
ia not the first Of the kind The plan OF
separating New York by dividing the metro
politan from the upstate districts had been
recommended in a message to the Board OF
Aldermen by the Mayor more than forty
years ago. One objection then found was
that geographically there was no natural
dividing line The States chief river. the
Hudson could not serve as such, because
it runs longitudinally. There are no noun
tains to form such a boundary divisioni
The Hudson River counties not in the
metropolitan district have a closer rela-
ton with New York city than with other
counties.
The conditions in Pennsylvania are diner
ent. The eastern and western parts are
separated by the Aleghanies. The pro-
posed new State would have in Pittsburg
a city of great and growing Importance,
and the western counties have population
large enough to fulfil Congressional re-
quirements for the admission Of new
State. There is. however. no probability
that the idea OF western Pennsylvania
will be carried into effect
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Bishop Greer at Blackwcll's Island.

Bishop Greer confirmed thirteen mcr
and nine women in the Chapel of the Goo0
Shepherd on Blackwell's Island yes,crda'
afternoon. Many Of them where takcn
to the chapel in wheel chairs, and none
was under fifty years of age,
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From the Richmond Mtssourfan.
II Is said that Please Wilson Is one Of the mos,
polite men In Bethany.
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VERONA. n. D.. June ls.-The Cedar
Grove gregational Church has extendcI
a call to the Rev. p. d. Macintosh of Me-,
York and he has accepted.
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Picked q Loser.

Kncker-Why did Jones spank his little boy
Bocker-The child innocently asked him TO play
horse.