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METCALF FAvORS BIG SHIPS.
As Secretary OG the Navy lie VIII BE IN
sympathy With the Administration Policy

As Secretary Of the Navy lie VIII BE IN
sympathy with the administration Policy
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Victor n. Met
calf. who will coon relinquish the Commercs
and Labor portfolio to become Secretary
OF the Navy, is in hearty sympathy with
the ADMINISTRATOR policy TO upbuild the
navy. Secretary Metcalf IL a believer in
big battlesbips. and thinks that special
attention should he given = the Develop
ment OF that arm Of the service In the
Fiftv-sixth Congress Mr.. Metcalf was a
member of the House Committee on Naval
Affairs and took a deep interest in the busi-
ness that came before that body. II was
on his motion that the House COMMITTEES
in the Congress named authorized two
b~attleships. Mr.. Metcalf made an argyll
ment at the time in favor Of more battle
ships in preference TO gunboats or otherr
vessels Of the smaller type. He proposed
three ba~ttleships, but a compromise was
elected on two.
The changes in the Department Of Com
merce and Labor, the Navy Department.
snd the Department Of Justice, incident
10 the retirement of Acknowledgement
Moody from the last named Department.
will in all probability take place s)on after
Congress meets. IL is the expectation,
unless there is a change Of programme
that the nomination OF Mr.. Moody TO be an
Associate Justice Of the United States SUI
preme Court, will be sent to the Senate a
day or so after Congress meets; Then Mr..
Bonaparte will move from the Navy 10 the
Department of Justice, and Mr.. Metcali
from Commerce and Labor to the Navy.
Oscar G. Straus of New York will assume
his duties as Secretary of Commerce and
Labor, coincident with the transfer OF Mr.
Metcalf.
Secretary Shaw will not retire from the
Treasury until early in March. Therefore
the other changes contemplated IN the
cabinet will not take place until that time.
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ChrIstIan Science Has Nothing I'm Common
with Mental Suggestion.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUS-SE: Under the
heading "IneXactness OF Medical Science"A CORE
spondeut puts Christian science AS a means OF heal
ing In the class with mental suggestion. That there
may be no misunderstanding respecting this point,
which Is regarded as one OF great importance by
Christian Scientists, permit me 10 explain that
Christian Science has nothing I'm common with
mental suggestion. The theory OF mental suGEes-
ton, as we understand II. Is that one human mind
10 able by its direct and conscious effort TO pro-
duce a desired effect upon another human mind,
and il rs believed by some that such mental effects
can he extended to bodily conditions as well.
Christian Science. both in nature and method,
Is entirely removed from this. The healing work
OF Christian Science Is accomplished by the action
OF that Mind OF Christ which long ago multiplied
Ioavcs for the needy, supplied health to the dis
eased and life to the dead. The Mind Identified
with that work Is not the mind OF man. but the
Mind OF God. II. CORNELL WILSON.
NHW YORK. October IS,
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The CITY Tuberculosis Hospital.

The site selected by the municipal
authorities for the proposed tuberculosis
hospital consists of 300 acres Of ground
in Otisville, a settlement iH the town of
Mount Hope, Orange county, seventy
seven miles from New York city on the
Erie Railroad. The land has an altitude
Of from / 300 to I,4OO feet, and the physi-
cal conditions are favorable to the scien-
tiic treatment of about 200 patients. 1t is
proposed to send to the institution TO be
built there incipient cases Of the disease,
and also to use it as a resort for cOnva
lescent patients from the hospitals.
Al the beginning SOS, 900 will be spent
for buildings, and this amount has
already been appropriated. The con-
struction and equipment of shacks for
patients will cost $50, 900, and the dining
room and kitchens will cost $4,000. A
barn for forty cows will cost $751; 600,
The power plant is to be built for $4,000;
the rest Of the appropriation will go for
dormitories, employees, rOadways, paths
and general improvements.
The appropriation for the hospital was
made in accordance withtherecommenda-
tons of the special committee that Sc
lected the site, which was also visited by
the Aldermen's Committee on Finance,
who heard Health Commissioner OAR
LhNGTON and President BRANNAN Of
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals in support
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There is some fun left in the world, and
a grateful ge~nuflexion must be made to
those glorious fellows Senior CRUsELLEs
and Senior BUENo. who are riding Of asses
from Madrid to Paris, displaying a banner
inscribed -Donkeys are better than auto
mobiles Thus they demonstrate that
the spirit of Don QUIxOTE still lives in
ancient Spain. 1t matters not that by this
diversion they can no more stop the prog
ress Of the automobile as a means Of loco
motion than the gaunt gentleman astride
Ro-inante who tilted at windmills could
restore chivalry to his degenerate times;
the point is that they make their protest
with an unconscious humor that is deli
cious. None but a Spaniard would have
thought Of "a iackass as an instrument to
combat the automobile.
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MINNESOTA 4 VERY FAST SNIP.
New BattIeshID Nearly q knOt Above Re-
auIrements Under Adverse Conditions

BosroN. Oct. 25.-With her forward
deck under water most Of the time, the
new battleship Minnesota went flying
over the course from Monsegan Island
Me-, to Cape Ann, to-day, on her four
hour endurance test.
Although the giant ship plorghed through
heavy seas into the teeth Of a stir souil
wind, she averaged 1881 knots an hour.
which il nearly a knot in excess of her
contract requirement.
It was a trying day, but the Minnesota
was more tina equal TO the task, and not
only were her builders delighted, but me
naval trial board we're loud in their praises.
No battleship in recent years has en-
countered such weather OH her trial TIP
and her builders are greatly pleased be-
cause she ex ceeded the speed Of the Loui,i-
ana, a sister ship, under such adverse con,
ditions. On the way down the Minnesota
developed %, 600 horsepower and her pro-
pellers averaged 122 90 revolutions a minute
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RAHwAr. y. j.. octGber IS.
Practical Advice 60 Flat DwslIers with small
Incomes.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Str; In response
IN Flat Dweller's" call on me for Information as
to where he can get Rloan OF IS, 0OO-the 5000 sug-
gested being In his estimation too SMALL should
like 10 inquire II he ever heard of a building assO-
citation. or any Of the real estate companies which
agree to sell lots and build houses for tenants at less
rates per month, rent and interest Included. than
city rent prcesH But let that part OF It go. Flat
Dweller " by his own admission puts himself In
the class Of people who will always be imprOvidcnt
and down at the heel. To begin with, he says that
a q. 800 cottage on a $500 lot. as I suggested. Is not
good enough for him. and he wants one % cost
5000. Now. what right has q man who can earn
only $50. the amount OF salary he says he receives,
TO demand a s.. 900 house to liVein: There are many
men In this broad land who have ten times Ss4O q
year who DO not live lr hOuses costing $1,000. Flat
DwelIer " very evidently belongs to the fOOlishly
ambitious kind Of poor people who want TO make
a show that cannot be made good. The sensible
and practical man with $50 a year should be con
tent will a house costing less than o.. 500. Again. he
wants a good lot. Of easy access to the city. He can
not get II for $500. OF course, but why should he be
asking 10 much and he only earning $40 a year.
Nhy doesn't he NJ his tastes and notions 10 his
salary, Doesn't he know that poor people must
have poor ways. When he has reached a point
OF capablIity greater than $40 a year will be
time enough for hin to begin TO pick and choose.
Just now he should accept the best that he
can afford and bide his time. Not a few OF
the men TO day living In palaces began life In
houses costing very much less than 800 and on
lots not Of easy access to the city. They were will
Inc 20 cough n until they were able to take 10 the
Smoo,h nlaces.
the trouble with the rreat majority OF our peo.
nile IL thai they have dollar ideas with dime incomes,
and no inclination or ability to make the larger
conform to the smaller. They think they are as
good as anybody else and that there Is no right or
Justice I'm one having so much and the other so
little. Yet the history Of the rise OF the American
neople viii show that those who are on top TO day
rot there by adapting themselves to their poor
b.glnnlnrs and bending every energy to lettering
them And they did it for themselves. They did
moi wait for somebody else TO give them a lift and
growl and Kick because somebody else was always
too husy lifting himself TO lift other people.
Homes are pretty much like everything else in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26

To TINE EDIroR oil THE SUN-SIF: Public
service" and the efficiency of government have
received another striking confirmation In the expe
rlence Of my own humble and obscure person.
In March. 1906, 1 bought a small DrOpeit In
brooklyn, entering the deed for record imme
dlately. A few months later I sold IL; aud as the
transaction was a small one | almost fOrgotIt
Last week ! received a somewhat formidable
looking envelope. and on opening II, 10! there was
my deed! IL had got through tho endless vista OF
dry homes. rot and dust at the registry bureau,
and reached me again. after only nineteen mOnthsi
And the time required To record II was Just two
hours. on a liberal allowance. q. !. u.
BROOkLYN, October IS,
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-SiT, Can you give
usuny idea as TO what Is the matter with the Erie
Railroad nowadays7 We commuters are an un
happy lot, but as long suffering q crowd as Is to be
found on this terrestrial sphere.
We arc tired OF growing about the miserable
rolling stock and accommodations, so we'll say no
more about that for the present, but OF late the
trains In the morning never catch the ferry they
are advertised for. Many OF US are now Obliged ia
leave two trains earlier 70 catch the tOat we used
TO get by the later train. and these delays seem TO
be growing worse and worse all the time.
NEW YORK, October IS. PABsAIC.
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am here In Indiana not as a candidate for once,
for have insisted that II Is too early to know who
ought to be nominated by either party, WILLIAM
j. BRYAN.
So far as the Democratic party il con-
cerned. it is much toe early to discuss the
matter; in this State that party has ceased
to exist; in Massachusetts it has been
Moranized; and as a national organization
il is Taggartized. No one. indeed, would
recognize it as the party Of JEFFERSON.
TILDEN and CLEVELAND.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26
nUnapprecIat,d virtue, Of DOG ash.

From the London Globe.
Notwithstanding It's change In name TO "nake"
the doghsh does not appear to have become a
popular article OF diet. and the DeVonshire usher
men. who sustain great damage to their nets through
its depredations. are still in a dlf1culty as to It's
destruction. An appeal 10 the Board Of Agriculture
and Fisheries has elected a report on the nsh from
DIR. Thorpe. one OF the OdiCiAls Of the board. who
refers 10 Il as a wholesome and highly nutritious
article of food. and as having besides a commercial
value. portions being utilized for certain manu-
featuring processes, such as leather dressing. The
nsh Itself might also, he says, be converted into
guano and oil. for both of which there Is a demand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-,ST. why are
women afraid OF MICE" The question Is certainly
one of absorbing interest, hut II can hardly be
called a social problem. Canadian" Is right.
This fear can be explained entirely by hcredity.
and can be seen TO this very day well developed In
some OF the lower animals.
For Instance. II Is a well known scientific fact that
even mighty elephants cover I'm abiect terror al
the very sight of a mouse. The explanation Is
that they are afraid OF the mice running up their
trunks. y. r.
BOSTON, October -.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26
Interior OF Custom House TO Re Finished
In Marble.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 25.-The interior oi
the New York Custom House will 10
finished in marble. After a conferenc ot
Assistant Secretary Edwards, Supervising
Architect Taylor, Architect Gilbert and me
contractors the Treasury officials decided
to award the contractor $500 ,04inl "'efr
the contract price to cover the addltloha5
cost Of twenty-eight extra items adder
to the original specifications Mos, ui ~
added cost covers the expense Of tho marble
finishing in the interior 10 take the pace
of cement called for in the specification.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26

Mrs. HOdgsOn Burnett In the Century MdOd=fns
for November begins q new novel. which. with nve
short stories and the continuation OF Mr.. Msson's
serial. makesa generous allowance OF hction. There
are unusually Interesting Illustrated articles on
Whistler. on Julia MsriOwe and on pearls. Mr..
T.. Warren continues his travels In central Asia.
prof. Scripture describes Kaiser WlIheIm's voice.
and a series Of papers on Jay Cooke and the finances
of the clvil war Is begun. Among the poetsls IT, Austin
Dobsou.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26
Cruiser Columbia 10 Relieve the Broo'l'n
az Havana

WAsHINGTON. Oct. 25.-The cruise I'-
lumbia has beer ordered to Havana "h"r9
she will relieve the cruiser Brooklyn rom
further duty. The Brooklyn viii rotr
home. When the Columbia arrive n
Havana and the Brooklyn leave th" / me-.
States will ave in Cuban waters the gi'!i-e'
Columbia, Des MOines. Tacoma and ''yr,
land. the destroyer Perry and the .lE
shin Celtic. The cruiser Denver sail0d rom
Havana for Norfolk yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26

Of the request for money, Planned in
harmony with the most scientific theories
in regard to the treatment Of tubercu-
lOsis, the institution should prove a model
of its kind, and the work done there
should increase largely the number of
cases treated successfully. -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26
The Lord Mayors COachman.
From the London Standard.

The Lord Mayors coachman Ia still the theme
OF the Paris papers. Nobody who has not seen
him can imagine him." says lie MattR. He Is as
round a. an las round as a ball. or rather,
as rOun as the earth Itself. RE Is rosy and chubby
OF face. and his body Is a formidable paradox. And
this astonishing man sits enthroned with a won
drous dignity midway between earth and sky. His
lip Is scornful. and he heeds not the remarks Of the
crowd. He sees or hears nothing but his horses"
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: Replying 10
-Flat Dweller' would say any honest man with
only 500 To $500 can Join a building and loan asso
citation and borrow without trouble the 5000 or
5000 needed. and pay II OF as he wishes at the rate
Of SIS or S27 a month or less. In fact II usually takes
ten 10 twelve years to do so.
As to location. he can nnd a thousand or more
In adjacent Jersey towns from $50 up.
ROBERT n. RIDDLE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26
saIt-Free Diet for EpIIeptIc..

From me Nep YORK Medical Journal.
The suppression OF alimentary salt In the diet
OF e~pIlepucs has a favorable effect on e~piIeptlc
seizures. inAsmuch as Il reduces their frequency
and their severity. IL Is OF the same value in the
treatment Of epilepsy as the strict observance Of
dIctetic and hygienlc rules. Both factors rom
blned aid considerably in reducing and controlling
the seizures,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26

The work Of reversing de-
cisions OF the Supreme Court Of the United
States requires a sympathetic majority on
that bench. The fact seems to be duly
appreciated in the highest quarter in WASH
ington. where all error is sifted and all truth
Droclaimed,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26

Every day swells the number Of old line
Democrats up the State who repudiate
HEARST and declare that for the first time
in their lives they will vote for a Republic
can. Outside Of the city there is no Demo-
cratic organization left. Tammany Hall
alone remains. and it loves HEARST no more
thar the Gagged tiger loves the Snowman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26
The High Dive Cure.

FTOm Inc -, Paul DfspI 'ch.
In Revere. Mimi. they take drunkaTds and give
them what Is locally called the high dive cure. 4"
by ducking them In a large tank OF water situated
In a convenient location IN town, 4 couple OF
dips Is all that has been required IN any case yet,
and one chronic offender from Walnut Grove VIII o
was Immersed one evening has peVer shown up In
Revere since.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26
The Case Of J~osephIne.

To THE EDITOR oY THE SUN-,Sir: II Is very far
from my purpose 10 misrepresent the doctrines OF
any religious community; but will your CORE
spondent r. X. s." inform your readers whether
the divorce OF the Empress Josephine. the lawful
wife OF Napoleon BOnapaTte, was sanctioned by
the Church or not. lean give many such Instances.
but this will sufnce. DoCroR or PHILOSOPHY.
BROoKLYN. october Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26
4 TyrOIese Skyscraper.

From Lr London Daily Graphite.
The tallest woman In the world Is said To be a
native OF the Tyrol who has Just arrived At Vienna.
Twenty seven years old. she Is I feet 5 inches high.
aud weighs 20 stone 10 pounds. She Is spare rather
than stout, hard OF feature and voice. and somewhAt
OF tho masculine type. Her father and mother are
not above ordinary stature.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26
Masterpiece. Of Peter PaILOo.

From ne Erentng Standard.
ON = post card OF the usual Size shown al the
bucharest Exhibition Is written the Bulgarian
Constitution in full. the opening speeches OF various
European Pariiaments and two poems by Rud.
yard Kipling -ie,O 90 words In all. The calllg raphist.
Peter PakOo OF SOFA. spent nine hours q day dur.
ing three months to ccompIis the feat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26

Knlcker-Are Sou going 70 vote for Hearst
JAnltOr-Naw wild his money an ambition he n
be amer hOldin' me job neAt.
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To the Rev. DR.. CHARLES HENRY PARK
HURST, general reformer. and Professor
BRANDER MATTHEWS. spelling reformer
See Proverbs, xvi, 81.
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MurPhy's judges.

Leonard A. Giegerich
sOha J. Brady.
Mitchell L. Erlanger.
NJ. Marley PiatEek.
Peter 4. Hendrlck.
Charles L. Guy.
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ReYINIAR the Legitimate.

Knicker-ShAkespeare Is no longer popular.
Boeker-why DOESN'T his press agent get some
body 20 mob odhelIoP
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Postal receipts for the entire country In 1905
fiscal year were sI67 yR32. 7s3. an increase over 1905
Of SIS. iOs 1873. the greatest in the history Of the
United States.
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Rnicker--Does he look out for number onSf
BOcAeT-N0. for twenty three.
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John W. Con-.
Samuel SeAburv.
John Ford.
Charles W. Dayton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-24
.KNEELS IN PRAYER;
GROUND TO PIECES.
Foot Wedged in Railroad Trestle,
,," Girl Meets Terrible
~. s.s-.v~szs,.-@as Death. - 49,. -,
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service = - ~ .:.r>: T 81
Wilmington, Del, Aug. 24.--Kneeling
in prayer, after she had struggled vain
Nv to free her foot from between the
ties of Baltimore & Ohio railroad tres
tie, Miss Linda Rothwell,. charming
young woman Of this city, was ground
to pieces by freight train. Her aunt,
Mrs. Richard Rothwen, and a young
cousin, Richard Rothwell, were with her
at the time and both were injured.
There was farmers. fair at the park
and hundreds of persons saw the trag-
edy, many women fainting. The party
was crossing trestle when a whistle
around bend in front Of them warned
them that a train was approaching.
: The engineer saw the girl on the
trestle and blew the whistle vigorously:
! He applied the airbrakes and reversed
the engine The drivewheels flew
around backward, sending up showers
of sparks that made the monster still
more fearful, but the heavy train be-
hind pushed it steadily on.
Nothing in the world could help Miss
Rothwell then. She had to die and she
knew it, Motioning her aunt and cousin
| to jump, she managed to kneel down on
| the trestle and folded her hands on her
| breast.
| Rcneath The trestle the crowd stood
petrifed with horror. There was nc
| final scream from, the victim. Only e
, crunching and a Earring of the loco,
motive. Half an hour after the acct
dent Miss Rothwell 8 heart was picked
up at the end Of the trestle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-24
FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST %; 1906. !.
PRESIDENT ADOPTS
REFORMED SPELLING

Oyster Bay Aug 2-President Roosevelt today announced
that he has adopted the Carnegie reformed spelling and that he
Instructed the public printer that all official documents from
the White House including presidents shall be printed
the of spelling reform
committee headed by Brande Matthew'S Of Columbia university
This committee has published list of 100 words which the
This list contains such words thru and
tho as the spelling for through and though
presidents official sanction Of this reform movement
regarded effective and peedest method Of inaugural
ing the new system of spelling thruout the country
Not only will the printed documents emanating from the
president utilize the reform spelling but his correspondence also
will be spelled in the style. =
AS spelling reform committee shall adopt reforms
they will be added to the presidents list and also to that of the
public printer. = >.#
TIE smped spengs adopted today by the president
those arranged June l8 last by the mpfed Spelling Board
list of words as follows: -G
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-24
RUINED BANKS CASH
SOUGHT By MAD MOB
Sixty Policemen Overwhelmed
I by Rush Of Chicago ..
Depositors. :. e.

Chicago, Aug. Sixty policemen
were overwhelmed today by mad rush
of men and women who were de-
termined to get the first money paid
out Of the vaults Of, the ruined Mil
waukee Avenue State bank. Receiver
Fetzer had made arrangements to pay
20 per cent to 5000 of the $4,000 de-
positors and everybody was anxious to
be among the 5000. >%
At daybreak the crowds began to
gather around the bank and by 8 am.
The policemen detailed at the bank
were unable to handle the crowd, the
greater tart Of which was unable to
understand the English language. Forty
more officers were finally sent to the
bank and even then order was restored
with difficulty. -. ~ n. .s:
It seemed impossible to make the de.
positors comprehend that altho = only
5000 were to be paid today, the: others
would be paid just as much within the
next few days. At one time the crowd
shouting in foreign tongues. s.-..-..
[ The receiver was all day paying the
5000 and will pay as many tomorrow
Stensland In london.
Special to The Journal. =. /; -. =
Madison, Wis, Aug. 2 24:-In a letter
dated Aug. Z, from london, Peer O.
Stromme, formerly a Chicago snewspa.
per man, who knew Stensland well, says
Stensland was in London several days
before Aug. 7, and that when he: went
to call on him at his lodgings, he found
he had gone to Flushing and the south
of Europe.
Stromme knew Stensland we'll and at
the time did not know of Stensland s
trouble. He says later that Stensland
Seory 50 that navf he play has to- india