davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07

Two weeks ago Lord CRoMER opened
for business the new railroad across the
Nubian desert between the Nile and the
Red Sea. 1t is $50 miles long and the
roadway cost about S., 100000. 1t has
been built in a little over two years.
Work was begun at the Red Sea in
August, 1908, and the first train passed
over the entire route last October.
Berber is the Nile terminus of the road,
though the tracks do not go directly
to that town, but strike the Wadi Halfa-
Khartum Railroad at the mouth OF the
Atbara Riyer, south of Berber, and trains
will be switched to this track. The
Red Sea terminus is the new town or
Port Sudan, thirty miles north of Suakin,
where there is a naturally good and
well protected harbor. The improve
ments at this port have made %astonish-
ing progress in the past year. Many
houses have been built for the whites,
a railroad station and a~ilighthouse have
been completed, 1000 laborers are at
work improving the port, and it is ex-
pected that the working force will be
increased to 5000 this summer.
Suakin, so long famous as the starting
point for between the Red
Sea and the Nile. isSbecoming a place
of little importance. British enterprises
have abandoned it tbecause it is I'M
healthful; the passage,through the coral
reefs to the open sea is dangerous, and
in other respects the place is inferior to
Port Sudan for commercial purposes.
The country through which the new
line passes can provide little traffic, as
nearly all of it is completely desert.
The purpose of the road Is to supply the
whole Anglo-Egyptian Sudan with a
short route to the ocean, where its COM
merce may have the advantage of cheap
freights. AT present, for example, ordi-
nary steam coal, sent'up the Nile from
Alexandria to Khartum. costs from Sis to
$50 a ton, but the rates blythe Red Sea
route will reduce the pricetto sos ton.
Thus the effect of the road will be
greatly to diminish the fcost of trans
porting commodities to {and from the
Anglo Egyptian Sudan. The Nile is a
costly highway for freight because of
the great length Of the route and the
several transshipments between land
and water. 1t is expected, therefore,
that the Berber and Red Sea Railroad
will largely promote the development
of the Sudan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
The SeaE0ers.

On the neutrality-suspicious. Line steamer
Deutschland, which arrived yesterday from
Mediterranean ports, were:
Charles Bruno. James Baird, c. II. Belden
Carl Christensen, DR.. M. s. Davis, John A.
Dix. George F. Dobson. C. l.. Carrier, MarouIs
Dusmet di Smours. David H.. Isnor. Emil
Gabler. Mrs. +. b. Noyes. w. H. Parsons.
Harry +. Plat and E. 8. Thomas.
On the Red Star Lie steamer Vader~
land, which arrived yesterday from Ant
werp, were:
DR., W. IL. Andrus, DR., II. B. Martin. yanoe
Thompson. Mrs. Nelly Brandes, Engle Cabot.
Mrs. Theresa Fuchs, Mrs. Rlfke Kaplan and
f., H.. Van Ieer.
On the passenger list of the White Star
Line steamer Teutonic, which sails TO-DAY
for Liverpool, are: ~
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Talleur Andrews. Mira
Marshall A. Bishop, William Jefferson. X. w.
Il. Meakin, o. u. 0ln. W. L. Parker. Miss
Queenie Pete. Mrs. Alberta Thatcher. s. ].
Whitley and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wright.
Aboard the Holland-America liner Rotter.
dam' which sails for Rotterdam to-day, are:
u b. Hartsinck. D. q. Hagerty and Howard
A. Patch.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
RELICS OF MRs. .
Belongings OF the veteran Actress 20 Bc
Sold at Auction.

Interesting possessions OF the late Mrs
Gilbert are on view at the Kuiclserbocker
Auction Rooms, where they are TO be sold
later In the week. Among the effects OF
the old actress are costumes, pictures,
books and many personal belongings. -.
Chief among these is the Bible presented
by the Ladies' Guild and Missionary Society
Of the church to which Mis-. Gilbert belonged
on the occasion Of the ACTRESSES eighty
third birthday in 1904, The actress carried
this Bible with her when she went on her
last tour. There Is telegram from Joseph
jefferson, sent in 1902, on her eighty-hrst
birthday, extolling the veteran ACTRESSES
character and her influence on the stage.
Equally personal Is a card from Lady Jeune
in London inviting Mrs. Gilbert to meet
the Duke and Duchess Of Teck.
There is also the typewriter copy OF ner
part in Granny" This is the play In which
she was acting at the time of her death IN
Chicago, and the part is the last she ever
learned.
some of the Fifth Avenue Theatre under
the management Of Augustin Daily .
others of the company in 1875 when ~ was
acting In Platt's Hall. There are photo.
graphs Of Mrs. Gilbert taken with some Of
ihOl dliu ilViiOBiOpho - oHAy
Adah Isaac Menken and other celebrities.
The costumes on view cover almost every
period of the ACTRESSES career. There u.s.
perfectly plain black silk skirt which tradi-
ton and Che auctioneer say she made With
her own hands in 1888 and never failed 10
wear at every first night afterward, 80
confident was she that it brought her luck.
Mrs. Gilbert was extremely. careful OF the
dresses she wore. and for that reason the
costumes are in perfect condition to-day
although most Of them are old fashioned.
There are the dresses she wore in "A Night
on" when she acted with James Lewis,
and the costumes for all the long series Of
German faroes produced at the theatre.
Then there are her Powered silk gowns
that were used in "The School for Scandal
and dresses from THE Tanning Of the
Shrew." In contrast to these souvenirs OF
her later career are the words and music
to the pieces in which she and her husband
used to appear when Mrs. Gilbert was only
a dancer. The character of these may be
gathered from the title Of one that lies on
the top Of the pile Of scores. 1t is called
The Invisible Prince"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07

the representative OF Portugal, who, as
having lived in Tangier four years.
spoke with some authority. MI. HENRY
WHITE, the head OF the American dele
cation, together with the representa-
tives of Austria and of several neutral
Powers, waived for the moment an
expression Of opinion.
On the other hand, Herr o RADIO
WITT, the chief Of the German delega-
ton, announced that he was unprepared
to assent to the Russian suggestion and
would require time to refer the matter
to his Government. He cOncurred in
affirming that in any event the police
force of Morocco must be organized by
the Sultan, but in the selection Of the
European officers who would drill and
command the soldiers Herr Won RADIO
WITTY maintained that all the Powers
represented at the conference should
participate. He did not recognize. any
superior qualification on the part OF
Frenchmen and Spaniards for that pur-
pose, and he seems to have paid no at
tention to the point made by Baron
BAOHERACHT that the inefficacy of col
leotive action by European Powers in
Morocco had been demonstrated by the
unfortunate experience of the Interna-
tional Sanitary Committee of Tangier.
1t looked for a moment like a dead
lock, but Marquis VENosTA, the leader
of the Italian delegation and the dean
of the diplomatists gathered at Alge-
ciras, although indicating a disposition
to regard with favor the Russian project,
recognized the reasonableness of the
German delegates desire to commune
cate with hisl Government, and accord
ingly moved THAT the discussion Of the
police matter(should be postponed until
Thursday, theNbank~ question being made
meanwhile a subject Of consideration.
Such being'the situation, it should not
be difficult for neutral Powers to suggest
a compromise which ought to be fairly
satisfactory to all concerned. OF the
sixteen or moreiEuropean officers to be
intrusted by the Sultan with the duty
of organizing and commanding a police
force a third might be Frenchmen athird
Spaniards and the remaining third be
subjects ofany'Power of which Germany
should approve. There, for example,
is her own,ally, Italy, which has, more
over, the recommendation of being a
Mediterranean country. In some such
way might@be obtained a guaranty Of
that "opentdoor" which, according to
the GermanSAmbassador at Washington,
Baron SPEdK Won STERNBURG, is all his
country desires to gain at Algeciras.
In view of'the fact that France, which
originally wanted the Sultan's police
officers to be exclusively Frenchmen, has
already agreed to the Russian sugges-
ton that half of them should be Span
iards, she might now be persuaded, one
would think, to go a little further and
sanction an additional safeguard of
Morooco's independence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
Rafnrms for Racing.

To THE EDITOR OF THE UN-Sir The present
agitation to enact legislation 10 prevent betting
ON races, while not likely TO be successful, is stnl TO
be reckoned with by those who really love a horse
race Coming events cast their shadows before.
II It is the desire OF those who control racing
in New York State 10 place 1t on the plane II once
called its own the way Is open. DO away with
the publication OF the list OF entries the day before
and let the onlcial programme be the sole source
of information. See TO It that this does not appear
before | o'clock.
This would enectually dispose OF the "%tipster."
who is the acknowledge ed bite NOR of racing. II
would also settle the poolroom question by making
poolrooms impossible. With these two evils clint.
mated racing would cease 10 be a trade and become,
as Il is entitled to be, the sport OF kings.
WHEELISo, W. Va, March 5. AN OLD SPORT.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
The Delivery Wagon at the stateI
Line,

M Line.
In Mr.. HACKETT's letter of specula-
ton about the source of the power
claimed for Congress to fix railroad rates
he asks this interesting question:
Suppose a grocery establishment in a city close
to the State. line sells It's goods TO customsrs across
the line and sends them over In Its own convey
ance. would Congress have the right In regulating
this transportation to say how much the estab-
lishment should charge for It's goods'"
In one sense the cases are not anal
ogous, as Mr.. HACKETT is careful to
point out. The railroad is a common
carrier, while the grocery's delivery cart
is not. But the constitutional provision
empowering Congress TO regulate COM
merce between the States says nothing
about common carriers. If the power
to fix railway rates is thence derived,
and if regulation includes the fixing OF
charges, would or would not the grocery
traffic in question, equally with the COM
mon carriers interstate business, fall
within the Federal Governments COM
prehensive power to regulate?
The illustration suggests some further
thoughts. Take the case OF the wagon
belonging, let us say, to an establish
ment in Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
and delivering the goods of that estab-
lishment to customers across the bridge
in Kittery, Maine. Suppose the propri-
etor Of this wagon, for the convenience
OF his customers and for profit to himself,
undertakes to deliver to them at a small
charge articles from other Portsmouth
-. shops, such as calicoes, shoes, garden
implements and salt fish.
When he has thus become a common
carrier does not the Federal power to
regulate clearly apply to this part of his
business and his charges for transporta-
ton? But here comes in discrimination
and the rebate. AS a common carrier
the Portsmouth groceryman is hauling
his own groceries free, or giving himself
IA rebate, discriminating against the salt
I fish or the disguised parcels of brewery
Maine customers.
Now, would the general power to
regulate interstate commerce not only
enable the Federal Government to fix
the rates for hauling these things from
New Hampshire into Maine, but also
warrant the Federal Government in
actually preventing the groceryman, as
a common carrier, from selling his OWL
groceries at the other end of the bridge,
if such a Measure were deemed neces-
sary for the successful assertion of the
power to stop discrimination?
The question may appear preposter-
Gus, but there are philosophers and
constitutionalists who think they detect
something very like that extreme prin-
ciple lurking in the background of the
Supreme Courts recent opinion in the
case of the coal carrying and coal sell
ing railroads.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
TO SIGN nth AVENUE BILL.
Mayor Will Probably Take That Course
Doubt as TO Benefits to City.

Doubt as TO Benefits TO City.
Mayor Mcclellan will probably sign the
bill which ostensibly calls for the removal
of the New York Central's railroad tracks
from Eleventh avenue, but in the minds
of some Of the higher officials of the city
there is some doubt whether the bill as
passed will result in doing away with the
tracks.
Senator Saxe's measure made it manda-
tory upon the company to depress it's
tracks, and the revised bill which was ulti-
mately adopted provided only that the
Rapid Transit Commission should begin
condemnation proceedings within a year
in case the company did not b gin putting
the tracks under ground; but the amended
bill leaves it optional with the commits
sion to drop the condemnation proceed
ings il it sees fit.
Mayor Mcclellan and Corporation Counsel
Delany had a long conference yesterday
concerning the bill, and while neither would
say anything for publication, it is under
stood that both are Of the opinion that the
bill is so drawn that the city is not likely
to benefit much by it.
As to the New York Central the bill per-
fects what is now a disputed and olouded
franchise and permits the company to Use
the proposed subway for passenger traffic
and does not require it to pay compensation
to the city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
Identifying the Police Boss.

The principal trouble with JAMES f.
MACK appears to have been an invincible
inability to identify the real boss of the
department in which he filled a subor-
dinate place, His testimony shows hat
he considered the Third Deputy Com
missioner to be fully as big a man as
the Commissioners himself. His retire.
ment from office proves that his opinion
on this subject was unsound.
Mr.. MACK's experience, unpleasant as
it has been for him, may prove a valua-
bic lesson to the men Of the department
and the public generally, 1t will teach
all who are interested that THEODORE
A. BINGHAM is in fact as we'll as in theory
the head of the Police Department.
There have been men who wore the
title and drew the salary Of his office
of whom this could not be said.
The former Third Deputy Commits
sioner of Police has not lived his official
life in vain, After him no one will be
in doubt about the ideptity Of the boss
at 800 Mulberry street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07

water Supply FIahs'
The new Board OF Water Supply appointed
Yesterday nine more engineers and assistant
engineers at salaries ranging from Sl,eoo
to 5000 a year. AZ the AlderTnen's meetinB
Yesterday Alderman Meyers introduced q
resolution requesting the Corporation U
eel to advise the Aldermen whether the
Water Supply Board was acting legally In
making Appointments and In fixing salaIleS
independently OF and without application
TO the Board Of Estimate and the Aldermen'
The resolution was adopted. .
The Water Supply Board was createo
under a special act passed at the last session
Of the Legislature. The measure proVlueu
that the Sle0, ooO,0 900 Of bonds to pay ior
the new water supply system should noo
be included in the city's debt limit IL
empowered the board to employ all the heip
IL needed. subject only to the restrictions OF
the civil service laws. 1t is under TINS acS
that the commission has gone ahead Win
the making Of appointments from eligible
lists without asking for the permission Oh
the Board of Estimate and the Aldermen
Its salary list is now some $3OO.O0O O year
The commissioner contend that they are
iustiled because there is a vast volume Oh
n~reliminary work to be lone In preparing
plans and specifications before actual work
on the new supply system can pc pegun.
that the formal consent OF the State water
Board will be given.
Mayor Mcclellan and the new board ara
working in accord.
aThe board the Mayor said yesterdayS
preliminary work, and to do that it is neces-
sary to nave an adequate engineering stan:
We are morally certain Of the consent q
the State body, and in view Of that faosi y
have been criticised for taking a mort
bund attitude, just as it is o being crit.
oised because 1t is moving quickly. Y
would seem that we are in b position OF
damned II we do and damned II we dont,
for doing something than be damned for
doing nothing"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
Germany's Attitude at AIgeciras.

Unusual interest attached TO the meet
ing of the Morocco Conference which
took place on March 5 at Algeciras,
1 because il was known that a concerted
4 attempt would be made to settle the
/ crucial question of the mode in which
! the Moroccan dominions are to be
noticed. It is taken for granted that if
this problem, which undoubtedly in
wolves the political future of northwest
Africa, can be solved it will be COM
paratively easy for the conference to
orpanize an international bank empow-
ared to regulate Morocco's financial
affairs.
What was unforeseen was the assump
tion of the function of propounding and
defending, the plan, believed to be &C.
ceptable to the French and Spanish
mexrlAers of the conference, by Russia's
REPRESENTATIVE, Baron BACHERACHT, who
has been the Cars Minister Resident
at Tangier since 1888, and who is now
the dean of the diplomatic corps sta
/ toned in that place. His exceptional
experience gave great weight to his
G"eClHTaIOD tHdl ttft OilN way vi VBdlliZ-
ing an efficient police was to intrust the
task to\France and Spain, because these
4 two countries alone were qualified by
geographical position and by the fact
| that French officers were accustomed to
IDEAL with Moors and Spanish officers to
Ideal with Riffians.
M. REVOLT, the senior'F renclrdelegate,
latter expressing his country's willing
hess to accept the Russian suggestion,
proceeded to explain that in his opinion
khe police force should consist of two
/ thousand Moors (who would no doubt be
Ahesignated by the SULTAN, who should
ne distributed in eight divisions, cor
f~tssponding to the eight seaports, each
= have four European non-commissioned
i~Lffcers and the whole force to be under
me command of sixteen French and
spanish commissioned officers, TO be
91Ahtected with the Sultan's assent. This
Ian was heartily Endorsed by the Span
IA and British delegates rs well as BE-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Your
correspondent predicts that the German
Emperor will annex the Netherlands In case
he fails in his designs on Morocco. The story
Is an old one. The average American will
first inquire how We like this country, then
ask when the Emperor is going to swallow
that little country Of yours" Any argument
against this viii fail. At the end of a fruit
less debate You are requested to wait and
see" More charitable persons tell us that
we are in the same position as the noble
Abdul Hamid. and are permitted to exist only
because the nations cannot agree on how
to divide our territory. That Holland itself
might have something TO say in the matter
does not seem to strike the average inquirer.
Let me assure YOU that the Dutch people
are not aware OF any such danger. The prob
lem ia considered in Europe in somewhat the
same light as the enlightened American and
Canadian consider the plans for the absorp-
ton of Canada by the United States.
Holland is not Morocco. 1t may be posi-
BILE for a foreign nation to settle down in n
country which is not civilized and which
cannot govern itself. but a country whic h
for many centuries has maintained the high
est standards in all branches of intellectual
and industrial activities can hardly be handled
in the same way as Uganda or Dahomey or
the Hawaiian Islands.
As to the idea that the German EMPEROR
will wait only for the death OF our gracious
Queen TO make his triumphal march into
Amsterdam, II may be well to point out that
in the course of human events his Imperial
Majesty will die a considerable number of
years before Queen Wilhelmina, who is many
wears his junior. What his son will do after
him, or whether he will exhibit the same
high qualities as his father, We cannot pre-
dict, but it is not very likely that Germanywill
be able to produce another ruler Of the same
genius as Wilhelm within another hundred
years.
As TO the idea that the German Empire W m
not consent to have a small, independent
n%eighbor, allow me to point out the fact that
the German Empire is exactly thirty-six Years,
old. and that the different parts OF the union
do not love each other 80 thoroughly that a
break between them is an mpossibility
Furthermore, there is n Socialistio party
rapidly growing. which does not seem tn
love anybody in particular. Germany NAV
be too busy in the near future looking after
internal affairs TO give much consideration
to foreign affairs.
Finally. as to the idea that the Queen NAV
be succeeded by u German Prince, 1t ia we'll
to remember that any such Primo would cease
TO be a German the moment he crossed the
frontier and would have to reno unce all his
rights to his German domains. v. DE H.
WASHINGTON. March 8. q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
RIVAL co.
Great Eastern Likely to Get Consent to
Lay Wires, and Litigation 10 Follow.

Great Eastern Likely to Get Consent 70
Lay Wires. Int Litigation 10 Follow.
Commissioners Ellison Of the Department
of Water Supply announced yesterday that
he had received the formal application OF
the Great Eastern Telephone Company for
permission to lay wires in this borough.
This company has acquired a franchise
granted by the Aldermen in 1888 to the
New York Electric Lines Company, and
contends that under this franchise it has
the right to operate a telephone service.
1t has offered to supply telephone services
at greatly reduced rates, and Mr.. Ellison
has been so impressed by the advantages
offered AND by the financial backing Of the
concern that he will probably give the
consent.
Then the courts will be appealed to, not
only by the city, but by the trade opponents
of the company. Comptroller Metz is OPP
posed to allowing the company to operate
unless it pays adequately for a franchise.
and will be cir: proceedings to test the valid
ity of the 'company's charter should it
proceed to lay Town lines under the streets.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07

a. W. E." whose letter to THE Sun on
rude public servants was published on
Monday last, is mistaken in supposing that
the tu quoque argument is valid. He says
Watch a subway crowd for a while during rush
hours and sec what certain OF It's components are
up TO before condemnlng the guard"
The difference is that the individuals
in the crowd have paid for the privilege
of elbowing their way-if they can-from
the jam on the platform into the jam on
the car; the guard is paid to be patient il
he must, helpful il he can, and polite under
all circumstan noes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
TO STOP AUTO SPEEDING.
Chatham. n. j., VIII Try What Virtue There
Is In Raised CrOSswalks.

ORANGE, n. j., March 6.-Chatham;
which has earned the name of the autoists'
Gehenna, has evolved a new scheme for
the regulation of automobile s~corohers.
Within a short time q number of neatly
painted signs bearing the legend. Warm
ing: Raised Crosswalks," will make their
appearance about the town. Broken
springs and racked machinery will await
the a~utoists who fail to heed the warning
along the Morristown turnpike. Work.
men will begin to place these raised walks
on the roads just as soon as the material
arrives.
The crosswalks will be constructed of
flagstones and cobblestsnes. They viii
be 80 sloped that horses, carriages and
automobiles travelling at a moderate pace
will not be disconnected, but an automobile
ira yelling at, say, forty miles an hour,
which strikes one of these "teasers' will
get a severe bump.