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The Army at San Francisco.

For it's work in San Francisco the
regular army deserves unstinted praise.
This applies to all its branches, from
headquarters in Washington to the man
with the gun on patrol and relief duty
in the streets Of the ruined city. 1t
applies to the directing heads and to the
executing hands. The system introduced
by the establishment Of the Staff Corps
has demonstrated its efficiency in time
of appalling disaster, and has thereby
shown something of what it would do
in the event Of need for a sudden mobi-
lization Of an army for Use in the field.
The tireless activity of the Secretary OF
War has not surpassed the alert energy OF
Chief of Staff BELL and Chief Quarter
master HUMPHREY. The machinery OF
army administration was set in motion
for the relief Of San Francisco at the
moment of evident need, and it has
moved without a hitch or a break.
General FUNSTON, at his end Of the
line, has commanded the hearty APP
proval Of the country. He took his
orders from the situation without wait
ing for them to come from headquar-
ters. He and his assistants, DEvoL,
K%RAUTHoFF, and all the rest of them,
have faced their work night and day
with answering fidelity and tireless
energy. Only those who have seen the
same kind Of work on a smaller scale
can appreciate the performance Of the
men Of the ranks, the long hours Of patrol
in the smoke and heat of a burning city,
the strain of effort t. control with pa
thence and gentleness a panic stricken
multitude, to repress disorder and to
protect property from the devices Of
miscreants.
The Staff Corps has made good, and
the army has won fresh laurels. The
country is proud of its officers, and no
less proud of its men.
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Mr.. Tillman Turns His Back on Them

1t lis satisfactory to know that the
muck rakers' have fallen under the
scorn Of Senator TILLMAN. The i'm
preston that he took them seriously
seemed to be justified by his assimilation
Of the worst things said about the Re-
publican party and his reproduction OF
them on the stump in language and with
gestures that caused horripilation among
hts hearers. When not under the i'm
proving influence Of the Senate MIR.
TILLMAN has sometimes let himself go
and torn reason as well as passion to
tatters. The ghost of a speech at the
stock yards still walks the corridors OF
memory, and we have to fight against
an uneasy feeling that if Mr.. TILLMAN
could unbosom himself in some neck Of
the woods when reporters were not
present the old Adam in him might break
loose scandalously.
But 1t is evident from a little passage
In the Senate with Mr.. LODGE that Mr..
TILLMAN would not soil his pitchfork
with a muck raker, and that his gorge
would rise at the thought of being taken
for one. The Senator had convinced
his friend LODGE that the author Of a
sensational article on campaign contri-
buttons had been Endorsed by some
eminent letter writers when this oolloquy
ensued:
sMr. T~11LMAN-very naturally the Senator
wanted TO know whether I was quoting an anony-
nous somebody here
NJ LoDoE-Oh, no.
MIR. T~nlMAN-Some Of the muck rakerS,' for
instance.
"Mr. LoDor-of course. some OF the muck rak-
ers' things have been read here.
N TnLMAN-Not by me, that l know OF. I
have been bit that way. but not of late years.
Confession and repentance, and a
resolve to sin no more. Mr.. TILLMAN's
language is homely, but his meaning is
clear. Muck raker must be added to
the list Of terms classified as 4unparlia-
mentary" when Mr.. T1LLMAN sees con-
tumely in it.
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some instances. Thus the burning OF
Rome in A. D. "a lasted for eight days
and destroyed f~ve-sevenths Of the city.
In the great fire Of London Qe66), on the
other hand, the flames swept over only 438
acres. The Chicago fire OF 1871 covered
a superficies OF 2,124 acres. There seems
TO be no doubt that more people have
been rendered homeless in San Fran
cisco than have ever before been de-
prived of shelter by a conflagration, with
the possible exception of the burning OF
Rome, which has been imputed to NERO.
1t was estimated in 1871 that the number
Of persons made homeless by the Chicago
fire did not exceed a hundred thousand.
Even if we make some deductions from
current rough calculations, we may prob
ably take for granted that at least twice
as many persons have lost their homes
in San Francisco.
AS for the value Of the property de-
stroyed, no data handed down concern
ing other earthquakes or con~fiagrations
approximate the figures tentatively put
forward for San Francisco. The total
value of the buildings burned in the
great fire Of London-most OF them
were small wooden houses-fell short of
$54, 900, o0o., The loss incurred by the
burning Of Moscow in 1872 has been
placed at $3.50, O00, 900. The value Of the
buildings blown up or set on fire In Paris
by Communist incendiaries In May, 1871,
is set at $3.50, 600, 900. The loss caused by
the Chicago fire In 1871 has been esti-
mated at $195 ,000, 900.
None of these figures are comparable
with those indicated by the San Fran
cisco catastrophe, which from a pecuni-
airy point Of view seems to have been the
most destructive known to history. The
total assessed valuation Of taxable prop
erty in that city, real and personal, was
a little more than 1924 900, 900, whioh
was presumed to be about 10 per cent.
of the actual value. II half Of the actual
aggregate value has been annihilated
the loss would be about $975, 600, 900.
OF course, a large fraction OF this loss
will be made good by insurance COM
panies, American and foreign. To what
extent, however, the companies will be
liable will not be exactly known for some
time, inasmuch as many Of the local
records and policies may have been
destroyed, and as, by the terms Of their
contracts, fire insurance companies are
not responsible for damages due solely
to earthquakes or for the burning of
the wreck Of a building thrown do wn
by an earthquake. On the other hand
it appears that, by a California statute,
they are liable in the case of buildings
destroyed by dynamite for the purpose
Of preventing the spread Of a oonia-
grafton.
1t will probably turn out that the net
sum paid by the insurance companies
will not fall much short Of $50, 900 900;
it may considerably exceed that amount.
In any vent, the net loss to the property
owners of San Francisco can scarcely fall
below two hundred millions Of dollars.
Under the circumstances it is fortunate
that the prospective relief funds are also
of unprecedented proportions. A long
time passed before the Chicago relief
funds exceeded four million dollars.
Within four days a larger sum had beer
promised to San Francisco.
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encroachments on the stream possible,
unless the river is taken under the pro-
lection of the nation. To ruin Niagara
means dollars for them, and dollars are
what they are after.
Niagara is a national possession, the
property Of a continent, given by nature
into the hands of two peoples to protect
and maintain for the benefit of the world.
If there have been honest doubts of the
right of the United States to do its share
of saving the Falls, Mr.. GRIdGs's argu-
ment should dispel them. The United
States Government has a legal right to
perform Its moral duty, to restrain the
hand of commercial vandalism, to save
the Falls in all their splendor for the
generations to come.
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Two e%minently respectable persons who
celebrated q visit to the Garden Of the Gods
and to the Cave Of the Winds at Manitou
by smashing Off pieces Of the scenery to
carry home as souvenirs" have been ar
rested and locked up in Colorado Springs
to await the action Of the Federal authori-
ties. The Government has a ~praiseworthy
habit Of prosecuting such offenders en-
Enthusiastically, and making them pay dear
for their ignorant vandalism. II the two
now under arrest are convicted Of defacing
the places they visited they will lose the
relics they have accumulated, leave souve-
Mira in the shape Of fines in the national
strong box, and perhaps go to jail.
To Jail they should 60, and all like them.
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Federal Power at Niagara Falls.

If there has existed any doubt as to
the legal authority of the Federal Gov
eminent to arrest the despoliation Of
Niagara Falls, the exhaustive argyll
ment made Saturday before the House
Committee on Rivers and Harbors by
ex-Attorney-Genera JOHN w, GRIGGs
must have resolved it and swept it away.
Mr.. GRIGGs discussed the powers Of the
Government over navigable streams
and over waterways forming permanent
boundary lines, and showed that the
United States and Canada are entitled
to absolute control Of the stream, re-
CARELESS of the authority Of other politi-
cal corporations and the rights of pri-
vate individuals.
The right Of the Federal Government
to control and preserve Niagara has been
questioned only by the interested cor
porations which contemplate with salts
faction the destru elton of the Falls when
they figure up the profits to be derived
from its waters. These corporations
have found it comparatively easy to
obtain franchises from New York State
in the past, and their managers ellie
that the present public keenness for the
preservation of the Falls will subside in
time, with 6he result Of making further
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Measuring the Catastrophe.

For an appreciation Of the magnitude
of the disaster caused by the seismic
disturbance and ensuing fire at San Fran
cisco, it may be helpful to recall the facts
relating to some other notable earth
uuakes and conflagrations. Some of
the most remarkable fires in the worlds
history have not been caused by frac-
lures or movements Of the earth's crust,
but, on the other hand, earthquakes
have almost always been followed by
fires, even in times when fagots were
exclusively relied upon for heating and
tsllow or wax for lighting purposes.
San Francisco's wreck should be COM
pared with other examples, first, Of the
havoc wrought by earthquake, and
secondly, of the devastation caused by
fire. The number of lives lost in San
Francisco has not yet been definitely
computed, and may never be known
exactly. If it shall fall short of a thou
sand it will seem small indeed by the
side of the multitude-35 ,00O-who were
victims of the earthquake which on No.
vember !, 1755, left Lisbon a heap of
ruins. Relatively great must also be
the aggregate loss Of human lives from
the same cause in Japan, where, accord
ing to Professor MILNE, the highest au-
thority on the subject, there is at least
one earthquake daily. As regards the
area laid waste by fire in San Francisco,
this seems to have been exceeded in
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mpaign und
Mr.. su':sr Of NcW York IN the House OF Representa-.

Mt. Sul:er OF NeS York IN the House OF Representa-.
fires.
In connection with this national publicity bill
II Is interesting to consider the amounts OF money
contributed and expended In Presidential cam
paigns In the past by the campaign committees
OF the two great parties. Prior 10 1850. so far as
| have been able 10 GscCrtan-and | have given
the matter very careful invcstigation-no national
committee In any Presidential contest expended
much more than $4,000, except. perhaps. in the
campaign OF 1882, when Jackson triumphed over
the corruption fund and the Vaccinations OF the
Bank Of the United States,
However, | want to read 10 the House from q
statement which has been carefully compiled by
very competent and experienced men showing
the expenditures OF the Republican and Demo.
cratic national committees In every Presidential
contest from 1880 TO 1901. or course. do not de-
clare that the statcmen OF expenditures which
l am about TO read Is absolutely accurate, but |
do say-and a careful investigation. in my opinion,
will subs,antlatc it-that these expenditures are
approximately correct!
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Studying the Man Halter.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir; The notice Of
the marriage OF the president OF the Man Haters'
Club appears with greater regularity in the papers
than anything else We read of. except possibly the
loss Of an actresses diamonds, the divorce OF a society
woman or the sensational announcement OF a
doctor who has an improved patent on nature for
creating human life, all OF which are regarded by
the wise and the cynical as decrepit but stlll avail.
able means OF advertising.
Members of the Man Haters' Club practically ad.
vertise the fact that in sentimental matters they
have few illusions left. II this is so. how is IL that
so many OF them marry, the officers Of the club first
OF ALI Is the title man hater. as the cynical have
heretofore Observed q term used for man hunter
and useful for the reason that IL piques Interest in
commonplace people alive to the benefits OF adver.
tislngi STILL A hHMBRR OF THE CLUB.
NEW YORK, April IS.
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BALTIMORE, April Fl.
Japanese Sanitation for the Concentration
Camps.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I would
call attention to the regulation OF the camps
organized by the STAFF for the housing OF the
refugees from San Francisco. How we
failed on this line during the Spanish war,
losing as many, If not more, from disease as
from battle. Is well known: also. how the
Japanese succeeded in saving many hves by
their strict detail in enforcing sanitary meas
ures. There will be many among the refu-
gees who know nothing OF sanitary science,
and It Is for those who do know TO protect
the ignorant from the results OF their igno-
rance, which may breed O pestilence. thu
adding another horror to the woes OF the
already afflicted city.
If 1t could be possible to arrange to have
some competent Japanese officer to super
wise these camps, l think we might feel sure
1t would be effectively done. Please. In the
name Of humanity, help to sound this note
Of warning. bAR1TAs.
RowAYToN, Conn. April 81.
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To THE EDIToR OF THE SuN-Sir' I hope
you will collect the Suns stories Of Fallen
Frisco into book form. They are superb.
Evelyn, Pepys and Defoe rolled into one
couldn't surpass them. The City That Was"
In to-day's sun is a gen
am sending a Sun to En- gland every day
now. o'G.
NEW YORK. April 81.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: We are
accustomed to finding In INF Sun the best
written account of whatever topic holds public
interest. but frequently you print articles Of
such literary merit and human interest as to
make one regret that the newspaper mans
best efforts are writ in water" Your article
"The City That Was" in this mornings Sun
may stand as a model OF reporting In its super
lative form. 1t Is written con amore, nay. more,
from the heart. and 1t presents the spirit and
essence of the city that was" as no other
article which has come to my attention has
been able to do.
Permit me to present both to THE Sun and
to the unnamed writer my respectful salu-
tations and compliments. JOHN w. BARNEY.
JERSEY CITY. April 81.
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been converted into rich farms as fertile
and productive as the best land in the
world.
1t may be estimated that the sewage
products of New York city so utilized
for a single year would be worth hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
If this method were applied to all the
sewage systems of the thickly settled
communities in the United States it
would not only decrease the death rate
by preventing the pollution of the water
supply, but would double the agricultural
wealth OF these sections.
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sAN 1Ne ]
One who A~ttrihG3es ne CkIAEity to Divine
wrath.

To THE EDrroR or THE SUN-Sir: At the
last great Methodiat missionary meeting in
Cleveland | dropped In one day as a spectator:
Delegates were present from all parts OF
the world.
Toward the end Of the day q gentleman
from California got up and said. with all the
emotion Of a John Wesley: Brethren. send
missionaries to San Francisco. II things
continue to go on there as they have been. |
feel that God Almighty Is going to visit our
beloved city with som awful calamity.
The speaker sat down with tears In his eyes.
His speech made very little impression at
the time. and there was no response. In the
light Of recent events it was prophecy.
San Francisco has been purified by IRE
and water. but she will rise from the ashes
grander than ever before. like the South's
great metropolis. beautiful Baltimore
LOUIS GREEN MuNFoRp.
BALTIMORE. April II.
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The Dungeons OF Naples.
From the London Globe

While working under the street level OF the Arch
OF Alfonso d'Aragona the workmen came upon a
sort OF cellar which opened out into a series OF small
chambers opening out on to ga lleries. All were
strongly built OF stone, and In the dim light the
explorers were for a long time Mt a loss how TO ex.
plain the mystery. II was revealed at last BY the
aid OF candles. which exhibited on the walls rude
drawings and despalHng invocations for divine
ald-evidcntly from men In prison. some doomed
to death and Others TO hopeless confinement. Chance
had brought TO the light OF day those abodes of
horror and misery, the underg round dungeons Of
the old kingdom OF Naples,
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Disaster, the II liner.

Though pioneers have passed away,
And gone the Forty. miner.
To found a ialrer city yet
There comes a greater Miner,
Amid the terror and the smoke
When earth Itself was rtven,
Within the very souls OF men
His piercing shafts were driven.
lie found the veins OF courage there
updaunted. undespairing:
Tit nuggets OF ~self-SacriHce,
The gold OF finest daring.
As deeper stlll his Level sank
Uncovered TO his blasting
The mother lode OF sympathy.
World wide and nch and lasting.
so shall q de8thless city ise
In Beauty's fullest measure,
EnTiching poor humanity
Beyond al earthly treasure.
SLkNpAWaK RuAoK
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Jordan Water for Sale.
From he London Tribune.

A company has been started at Berlin. called the
Jordan Water Market, with the object OF selling
Jordan water for purposes of baptism. The pros.
pectus, which Is issued mainly TO pastors and sex.
tons, describes the labor and expense to which
the company Is put in order 70 despatch caravans
10 ana from the banks OF the River Jordan. The
price per bottle OF water is is marks and every
pastor who sells a bottle Of 1t is entitled to four
marks discount, General Indignation is felt al
the company OF pastors and others who have started
she business. and efforts are being made to stop
a.. traPAn
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Was any
thing ever written, In the English language
which so we'll expresses it as William Edward
Henley's "Inviotus"?
Out of the night that covers me.
Black as the pit from pole TO POLE
thank whatever God there be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch Of ci circumstance
have not WINGED or cried Aloud
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody but unbowed.
Beyond this place OF wrath and fears
Looms but the horror OF the shade.
And yet the menace of the year,
Finds and shall md me unafrald.
II matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishment the scrolla
am the master Of my fate.
Am the captain OF my soul.
This little poem has cheered and uplifted
many and seems peculiarly applicable now.
NEW YORK, April 81. CHARLES II. ScHoTT.
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Triumph of the Anti-OMerites.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: II looks as
II the osler theory was again all wrong.
Whom do we hnd the victors in the great billiard
matchf Why. the very oldest men that took part
In II, Slosson and Schseier are tied for first place.
Thus once more have age and experience triumphed
over you'n ana .nT1penehco' g. D, j.
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THE INDEPENDE Mt JUDGE.
Theodore RooseveIt's At titude Toward
the Judiciary in 1898.

Theodore Rooseyelt's AT titude Toward
the Judiciary in 1898.
Col. Roosevelt at Cooper linton. October 20. 1893.
Il ask that you strike down those who sought TO
degrade Justice DAILY because he would not pay
heed to the political dictator Of the moment. . .
/ ask in this election that you stand by us for civic
honesty in the State: that you stand by us for tho
indep Evidence and the purity Of the Judiciary"
Col. Roo.srst at Cooper Union. Nopenber 1, 1898.
II am glad my party had the wisdom and the
integrity TO renominate Justice DAILY. II there 10
any branch of the government where partisan
politics should play q secondary part II Is in the
Judiciary, and I am proud that our party. at the re-
quest OF the Bar Association. renominated a man
who has been on the bench for twenty eight years,
q man with q spotless career, and one who recog-
nized nothing but his oath OF ofhoe in the perform
anoe OF his duty. Our opponents, speaking through
their authorized master. Mr.. Croker. refused to
renominate him. Whyl Because as q Judge he
refused. ~forsooth. to recognize Tammany Hall"
Col. Rooseref at Freeporf, L. L., November 2, 1898.
Il Wish he mi Van Wyckl would tell US whether
he approves OF his masters attempt to degrade
his former colleague. Judge DAILY, because Judge
DAILY had not sufficiently considered Tammany
Hail."
Col. RooSepdt I Flushing, Z. L.. Nortmbsr 2, 1893,
III Mr.. Van Wyck only wishes TO discuss State
issues why does he not touch on the most i'm
portant OF all State Issues, the Independence and
uprghtness OF the judiciary Why does he not
say whether or not he approves OF Mr.. Croker's
conduct In turning down Judge DAILY, Mr.. Van
Wyck's colleague on the bench, because Judge
DAILY was fearless and upright. and would not bow
the knee TO Baal7 Does he approve OF refusing TO
advance Judges to high once because they decline
to recognize their obligation TO Tammany Hallf"
"Hc tries 10 strike down an honest Judge because
that Judge is not a cnnglng sycophant."
"Mr. Croker Is striving 10 render the Judges HE
equally servile tools. . . . II the police force
and the Judiciary. the Executive at Albany ana the
Executive at New York all become his supple kneed
servants his power will be supreme. and we win
have no single way OF making effective protest
against any extreme OF corruption or lawlessness."
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II the campaign fund estimates which
Congressman SULzER puts into the Con-
gressionul Record are accurate, at every
Presidential election for half a century past
the candidate who reached the White House
has been that candidate whose managers
raised the more money.
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Attributed to Too Much Electricity.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: The
present year seems destined to be the most
phenomenal ever known. The world Is using
too much electricity. Compensation Is a
law Of Nature. We have to pay for all we
get-"quid pro quo; causa enectum aeouat. y
said the ancient Romans. DAGdErr.
PORTLAND, Me, April II.
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To THE EDITOR OF The SUS-Sfr: America Is
not 40 much earth and air and water as an idea,
aud the paramount requisite TO Americanlsm Is
the living up 10 that idea. A man might have
citizenship papers, but that would not make him
an American In spirit. True Americans have Il
on the inside. GEORGE FRNTRICK.
ALBANY, April -
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Tho Watchword,

~
GIVE Of your mass OF gold,
Send to the PROSTATE West
Some Of that wealth untold
Digged from her virgin breast.
Givei
Dis OF your meagre store,
Send from your cupboard bare
Out TO the wasted shore.
II but a pittance share.
Givei
Give OF your brother heart
Quick OF Its golden glow.
Let the love cargo start
Out TO the neld OF woe.
Givei
Civ Of your health and strength,
Give of your helping hand.
over Its breadth n length
vying with all the land.
Givei
Give OF the healing light
Quick TO the souls that grope;
Send TO the hearts alright
Messages filled with Hope.
Givei
JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.