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CHTNESE PIRArEs.
me IaesrrisIble Disciples a. Captain Kidd
on west River.

From ths San Francisco Call.
Lieut.. W. r. Henderson Of the United Statns
Navy, who arrived here last evening on the
army transport Thomas, has been chasing
pirates In Asiatlc waters. He was In
Of the Runboat CaIlao, stationed In the West
River, and brings with him from the Orient a
wholesome respect for the Chinese pirate.
On July ~ Chinese pirates attacked the
British steamer Sainam on the West River.
about $50 miles from Hongkong. Amon1
those killed was DR.. Mcdonald. q British
medical missionary.
Lieut.. Henderson chased those pirates with
the CaIlao. He was on board the ssfnam
coon after the attack and says that the
methods In hat case are typical OF the up to
date piEtaIlsd pirats.
The pirates boarded the Salnanl nc Ona ~
her ports OF call as passengers. IL developed
later that zach was armed with a modern
revolver and well supplied with ammunition.
The pirates distributed themselves about the
vessel and when the time came made short
work Of the Sainam's crew. Capt Joscelyn.
master OF the vessel. was "a and es-
capped further harm by dropping 10 the deck
and pretending to be dead. The mates were
killed and some members or the Chinese crew
who offered resistance were murdered. The
chief engineer escaped by crawling under the
boiler, where he was 40 badly burned that
he was in the hospital at Hongkong for many
days a~fterward. DR.. Mcdonald. who was a
passenger, demonstrated with the pirate&
Inc was shot through the head, dying
Instantly.
When everybody belonging to the steamer
had been murdered or rendered hos dn
combat the Chinese hoisted a signal, In
response TO which a large junk came along
side. Into this junk the pirates loaded every
thing on the Sainam that was loose or could
b detached. They stripped the cabin. even
to the carret. and removed every bit OF coal
from the steamers bunkers All the brass
work that could be unscrewed or broken of
was taken. and even the dead and wounded
were robbed Of whatever the pirates deemed
worth while. e.
we found that junk a few days later
said Lieut.. Henderson. There were three
old Cinnamon on board. They knew moth
ing. The junk had been moored there, they
said, for months and months. It was always
there. We searched the craft. but found
nothing and did not expect to.
1T Is hard to believe II In these DAYS. but
there, on the West River. piracy il flourish
ing as 10 never did on the Spanish Main.
These Chinese pirates are wonders. They
will steal anything, and manage to get away
with q vast amount Of valuable property
every month
W patrol the river in the cailao con-
stantly and the British have a Runboat on
the same service. but the pirates are the only
ones whose watchfulnes is rewarded.
"Once In a while the Chinese Government.
after an unusually daring attack. will pro-
claim the arrest and execution Of a pirate.
A. a matter Of course, however. these occa-
sIonal sacrifices to the demands of the Powers
for assistance in suppressing piracy are an
cient Chinese who would soon die anyhow. I
or natives whose absence from the earth ID
desirable TO the viceroy."
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Mr.. wILsHIRE's $1,000 rs UP.
Mr.. Bryan Has q Week In which 10 Arrange
a Debate.

To TIE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sty: Some
time ago you we're good enough TO publish
my challenge TO debate Mr. W. J. Bryan on
the subject of Socialism. wherein ! offered
to pay him 10000 as follows: 5000 on his
appearance on the platform and 5000 sddi-
tional n the audience should decide he won
the debate.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Bryan In his Madison
SQUARE speech has practically accepted my
challenge by declaring that the right method
TO meet Socialism Ia with argument and not
abuse. / feel 1t incumbent on me to make
good my offer.
have therefore deposited 5000 in the
Garfield National Bank. which will be turned
over TO Mr.. Bryan on the night OF the denate'
and enclose the certificate Of deposit, which
will be trusted under the conditions stated.
Please notify Mr.. Bryan OF my action. II a
formal acceptance Ia not received within.
say, one week from date. I shall regard hip
as having changed his mind about argument
being the best method to meet Socialism, and
consider il no longer necessary to keep the
IS, 900 on deposit. GAYLORD WILTSHIRE.
NEW YORK. September q.
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emergency syStsms will always be 70
garded by the public.
It is generally admitted among ply
sicians and educators that a long school
period puts too great a strain On a grow
ing child and on a conscientious instruc-
tor. Many German authorities agree
that four hours in the school building is
AZ much as the mind and body Of the nor
NAL child under fifteen can stand with
out injury. On the score Of time spent
under discipline, no objection car be
made to this proposed innovation, except
by those who look on the schools as in
situations TO relieve families Of the care
Of their children.
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Our Shrinking sales I'm the East.

Whether the loss is attributable to the
Chinese boycott or to the termination
OF the Russo-Japanese war, the United
States is losing trade in the Far East.
In the first seven months Of the calendar
year 1905 our sales to China, japan and
Hongkong were s7s,S2 $40. During the
first seven months Of the current year
the account was only S42, Asa 1888.
In a comparison Of the records for the
first seven months Of last year with those
Of this year it appears that our ship
ments to the Chinese Empire have fallen
from sS7, 1871 100 to s2O,e l2, IS1, and our
shipments to Japan from $50, 500, +os to
SIS, TIA, 728. Our seven months sales to
Corea and to Asiatic Russia, though
much smaller in their amount, show
large increase. To the former we sold
last year s234. 1875, and this year ss75, 23s.
To the latter we sold last year $2S4 ,Os3,
and this year 81 1917, 74i.
Analysing the shrinkage in the trade
Of China and Japan for this period on
the basis Of it's most important items, the
loss appears as follows:
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GLORIOUS M~uDDLETOWN.
An Orange County Mans spirited Protest
Against . Mistake OF the Types.

To THE EDITOR OF The sUN-Sir: I am
grieved full sore at your locating the meet
ing place of the Independence League Assem-
bly, convention Of the Second district OF
Orange county at -Middletown, N. j." Mid
dletown Is in New York, IN the ounty OF
Orange thereof, and a. the heart-the very
middle town-of the county. You shall not
move It over into New Jersey. corporation
ridden State. even to get II away from New
burgh and Boss Odell.
The Ramapo Mountains forbid; the War
wick Mountains. en- bloc. stand in stern re-
sistance: old Schunnemunk waves you back
Sugar Loaf growls at you; the S~hawangunks
cry out to you to desist.
No, sir. New Jersey can't have Middle
town. Not while the Otterkill drains the
Chester onion meadows. and ten miles further
down stream gives gracious water 70 Jesse
Bertholf's famous dairy OF Holsteins at
Campbell Hall; nor while the Waikiki re-
later turns the. wheels Of Representative
Bradley's knife factories at Walden: nor yet
while now the sweet. pure waters Of the
TO the glorious Orange county appleJack made
upon its banks.
Against the transportation Of Middletow1
to New Jersey ! protest. protest as a loyal
son Of a loyal County-a county patriotic In
the Revolution; loyal in the civil war. with
it's famous Orange Blossoms" shot to pieces
a dozen times and a. often recruited, and a
county ever loyal. even generous, to the city
Of New York. shipping Gd 10. by river barge
from N~swturEh Of its butter eggs and prime
In later days fairly pfpellning It's abundance
OF milk into the. city's sucking and expec-
ant mouths, which have GRATEFULLY TsSsiyed
with soul inspiring appejack, Quaned II fror4
the tall, bellIed goblet, with a dainty sprInk-
ling OF nutmeg over its fOaminS top:
BRooKLyN. September S,
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John Brown. pixies.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sfr: ! note in TINE
SUN OF September 2 that John Browns pike, "the
only one OF the kind in existence" has turned up
in your columns. I have two OF Browns pixies.
Of which he transported 900 TO Maple Swamp. or
Samples Manor. a few miles from my home, and
as they all were distributed As curlosities, probably
many could be found. one Of mine, without the
handle, was brought from the raid by the late naval
Pay Director Cunningham and presented TO me.
The other was discovered. complete. In a barn,
with the COlllnsville handle; the farmer said u
vas a 0sh gig or spear. A mason In my employ
secured Il for me and II Is In my library.
Lest some more history get astray, | may add
that Mr.. FeatherstOnhaugh OF Washington has an
almost perfect collection OF photographs OF John
Browns men. his sons and collateral people. \
smaller collection ] saw In a museum at Chicago.
About 1884. when engaged upon a romance on this
subject. l offered $500 for Browns Bible. marked
with passages against slavery and presented 10
the baker who prepared Browns meals, My oner
was refused upon the ground that the Billie was
the memorial link between the deceased baker and
his children. IL afterWaPd went to a Chicago col
leCtor.
The persons I inteTrogated at Chahestown a.
that time all bore testimony to the courage OF
Browns men. and the Hon. Daniel voorhees, did
the same for Captain Cook. whom he had abused
upon a plan which deceived Brown himself.
That Brown assasslnated some persons In Kan
sas Is now beyond controversy. lie was the last
OF the Bible men. except StDnewall jackson. who
wanted 10 take no prisoners. Browns Views fol
lowed all the preaching that the Lord commanded
certain men 10 destroy other kinds OF society. the
cause OF about all the religious wars. and still the
suspended cause. for no Church ever takes any
thing back but by evasion, The Old Testament
character OF Brown is what ns him for museums
instead ai imitation. like the spear which pierced
the Redeemer carried by the Crusader before
Antioch: yet there are plenty Of people left who
consider themselves the sole arbiters Of war. but
I think few OF them com prehend the laws OF equi-
llbrium. but regard the earth and mankind as pup
pets OF supreme personality. A. TOWNSEND.
OAKLAND. Md. September Q.
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Part Time Classes.

The efforts of the city TO prOvide school
accommodations for all applicants for
sittings have been continuous and
situation is practically as bad az it was
when Mayor Low took office. This year
about 2 10000 pupils will be put in part
time classes" when the school year be-
gins, and the most optimistic members
Of the Board of Education can see only
small chance Of a material reduction in
this number, even when the buildings
nearing completion are opened. In
deed, the constant increase and shifting
OF population make it impossible to
say when, IL ever, the school sittings
will be sufficient in number to supply
"a seat for every child"
Up to the present time the situation
caused by the demand for school ac-
commodations has been treated by the
authorities as a temporary emergency.
The public has learned to look on
~part time classes" as makeshifts, and
considerable undeserved Odium has at
tached to them. In a letter printed in
another part Of THE Sun to-day a public
school teacher makes a suggestion
that, on its face. offers a reasonable
and sensible method for the correction
of whatever faults the present system
perpetuates. II is that in school build
ings in districts where the necessity
exists for more room, two schools be
organized, each with q complete COM
plemept Of principal, teachers and at
tendants, one to be in session in the
mornings, the other in the afternoons.
The sessions of each school might be
four and a half or five hours length
without imposing undue hardship on
teachers or pupils, and these Organiza-
tions would not suffer from the disfsvor
with which pert time classes or other
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In justice to Mr.. FLETCHER ID. PROCTOR
and General PERCIvAL ". CLEMENT, re-
spectively Republican and Fusion candi-
dates for Governor Of Vermont in the re-
cent campaign, il is proper to say that the
report that each of them disbursed $3.50, 900
in Ems reflects upon their knowledge
Of the thrift and habits Of the people of the
Green Mountain State. Either or both Of
the gentlemen may run for Office again, and
when a Vermonter wants a mans money he
does not try to get it all at once.
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Bux.ards Aboy. Statesmen

Jackson (Miss) correspondence AHanfl Con atv,toH.
No less than a dozen buzzards have made their
happy home In the dome OF the Capitol bulldinS
and may be seen almost any hour OF the day circIlng
about the huge Eolden eagle or perched on Is out.
stretched wings.
investigation also shows that the birds have
adopted the dome as their roostlng place al night.
The penalty for killing a bukzard In MIssleslpDi
10 SIS and costs. with a jail sentence II the Magls-
trate cares to add to the punishment. This rem
den II impossible for the Capitol Commission 10
have the birds slaughtered. and II is certain that
they are not going to voluntarily surrender their
ahldInU nIaCe
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Monster Addre.s "a Lord Mun.r

In recognition OF the work done by Lord Miner
In British south Africa. a public address was pre-
sented 10 him on July 81 by the Duke OF Somcrset.
chairman Of the address committee. The docu-
meht bore 10000 signatures Of male citizens only.
embracing S9.i79 workingmen. $500 clerks, 90 n a
retail t~radesmen, 1885 professional men, se. aa
bankers, brokers. wholesale merchants. shlpown
ers. &c. 3j,72i landed proprietOrs and independent
gentlemen, S9.7S2 farmers, county and parish
officers, SC; i4.709 tradesmcn's employees. gb5
ministers OF religion and members Of learned
societies. $500 peers and county and munb.I Al
authorities,
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captain Amund,en a NOrwoxIa..

To the EDITOR or TIE SUN-SN, In a toa Ct to
the NOrthland among the articles In THE SUN o I
September S you hail Captain ROAD Amundsen OF
Northwest Passage fame 40 a woHhy brother OF
VAScO da Cana. Magellan and Cook. ANY country
would point with pride 10. 90 dIsting a son
and would not like TO Sec Itself robbed OF the honor
he rejects on II. BY a mistake you have done 40.
when you mention Amundsen the Dane.
Road Amundsen is q Norwegian, and 40 good A
one as hansen. HIS small vessel 10 Of Norway. and
90 are his hardy crew. THOMAS W. SCHRRIYER.
NEW YORK.. september 5,
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King Edwards Horse. IN K,n.,,,
From ~ kaNsls en- LlnrnLL

FFOm me NdHSis ChB journal.
King Edward OF England has ordered lis string
OF horses 10 appear az the royal $40" az Kansas
city next month. rhc string Is now ~ Canada.
Kansas City VIII be tho only ,ly ~ tho UnIrcd
States where they win sdau. Ot.Cr tilrs wanted
the strin Z, Lut King Edward all No" Nausas City
must t'ark a kanssn FOR .r-rng II she great
honor, II. \. Heath, editor o, - X naSrs farmer.
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Grar. OF Dan rice. rrIcE Hor.s


From ne Philadelphia Record.
Dan Rice. the veteran showmsn. owned a farm
at Glrard. Erie county. and there he spent IN,
greater part OF the winters. The old one ring be RI
he used stlll stands. with other buildings erected
under his supervision. over the remains Of NH
blind. snow white trick horss Excelsior. Rice buIil
a mhusoieum and placed statuar ~ az the foot Of In,
steps, TO day II stands IN the ga I'd. but few know
II maT&s the grave OF a horse.
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Cy WHhghn N mr. rrdspsndeai.

y WTTTVTW NJ NJ TTTFWVWTTWT,
Taking a birds eye view OF Canada. hayI,y
watched Il for the past seven years risc SIo,riv
iToin Its RiD Van Wini,le rest. I am convinced tin
the Domlnlon's day Is Just dawn ing and thAt within
twenty years there will be millions OF peoolr W,st
OF the Lakes; that Winnipeg will be the second N
not the nrst city In Canada. and that the big uues-
tons coming before Parliament will be sr,tlrd nm
there In the open where the warm chm vok q blow .
ING. In the West
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Taken az a whole, the immediate on
dition Of our sales to China and Japan
must be regarded as decidedly ~unsatis-
factory. We have done much better
nearer home. While our sales in the
East were shrinking $50, zoo. 900 in seven
months, our sales to our ~neighbors Of
the Western Hemisphere increased
&AI. OOO. OOO.
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r.hat th. old snidL,r rnt

Atlantic corrssp0rdsncs -. Ptui Yiopscr P.r'..
Henry Martin recently received a pension pay
nent Of seven cents, said 70 he toe sinallcfl pay.
ment on record. The original NiloSdntc was Tor
81, an Increase OF 81 a month, but after bis attorney
had been paid for securing the increase Martha
received q check for seven cents.
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Politician think our candidate will sWsep
everything before him.
wife X m-but DO you think he could do plain
cOOkiug'
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n our friends rho favor Us rRh mdHuScvtpfS ror
wuhsensson lrish 10 hare rsteoted articles returned hev
rsust IN al cases send stamps for that purpose.
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First Politician What do YOU think of the lssuess
second PolItlclAh-i'm not looking for them. I'm
after entrances on the ground hOor.
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sab .crlptIon. by Mail. Postpaid.

Published by The sun Printing and Publishing
Association at 40 Nassau street, In the Borough OF
Manhattan. New York,
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1906-08-09
By the Governor.
CONTINUED from first page)

of the land should be paid into the
School Fund.
On September 28th, 1880, the
United States granted to- the state
or Florida all of the swamp and
Cyerhowed lands within her
borders for the purpose of aiding
the said state in retaining them.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that the above
agreement constitutes a contract
between the state and the United
States, and that any legislation,
seeking to divert the fund from the
purposes of the contract is null
and void. The State of Florida
accepted the grant, create d
trustees, defined their duties, the
principal duty being the drainage
and reclamation Of the land; and
the Supreme Court of the State of
Florida, in the case of Trustees VS.:
Gleason, 10th, Florida, declared
that it was the duty of the trustees
to drain and reclaim the land.
Every Governor of Florida since
1880 has endeavored in one way or
another to carry out the above con
tract. An area of about four
million five hundred thousand
acres of land in the drainage
district has passed into the owner
ship of corporations and private
individuals. A very small portion
to the private individuals, probably
not onefortieth, The trustees
holding less than three million
acres in the district, have proceeded
to drain and reclaim the land with
the money in the fund that Under
the law cannot be used for any
other purpose, until the work Of
reclamation is complete. The
Legislature seeing that the four
and one-half million acres, owned
by corporations and individuals
would be benefited by the work
undertaken by the trustees, en-
acted a law creating a board of
drainage commissioners, and
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1906-08-09
AIDING, K1NNAN & MARVIN,
Governor Folk and Advertising.

Governor Joseph w. Folk, in address
ing the retail merchants of Mis- olii at
their convention in Jefferson City the
other day, spoke against the mail order
business and favored advertising in the
town papers, He said, in part
I'VE are proud of our splendid cities,
and we want them to increase in wealth
and population, and we also want our
country towns to grow. We wish the
city merchants to build up, but we also
desire the country merchant to prosper.
l do not believe in the mail order citi-
zen, If a Place is good enough for a
man to live in and to make his money
in, it is good enough for him to spend
his money.
No merchant can succeed without
advertising in one way or another
Patronize your home papers, build then.
up, and they will build the town up
and build you up increased trade anu
greater opportunities. Do not be afraid
that business is going to be Rurt by
the recent exposures OF wrongdoing in
the commercial world. No man who is
doing an honest business can be injured
by the light. All business will be bet
ter for the cleansing process it is going
through and for the stamping out Of
evil, American Press.
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1906-08-09

the part of the people of Florida
have been putting up all of the
money so far. They have built
one dredge and have her digging a
canal, and have nearly completed
another. Shall the corporations in
the drainage district reimburse the
trustees for thier portion of the
cost? Or shall they have their
land reclaimed free as well as given
to them as has been done in most
instances. / ask every citizen to
contribute at least a two cent
stamp, or other small contributions
to defray the expense of preparing
the data that / think every voter
should have, to enable him to
make up his mind how to vote on
the constitutional amendment,
which is proposed l think that it
will cost about 81, 500, made up as
follows: 100000 one cent stamps,
$1,000; preparing and printing
data, about $1,000; purchasing
and addressing envelopes, about
$500. To every one who con-
tributes more than so cents, l
promise to return to him his pro-
portion of whatever sum i'll excess
of that amount is contributed. l
have sent out about $4,000 docu-
ments already, and it has cost me
between 500 and $1,000.
N. b. BROWARD,
Governor.
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authorizing said commission to lay
out drainage district and to levy
an acreage tax not to exceed ten
cents per acre in any one year,
The trustees agreeing to put up as
much money per acre for the lands
in the fund, as would be assessed
against the lands owned by the
corporations and individuals. The
trustees and drainage commission
ers concluded that to properly
equip and proceed with the work
they should have about three
hundred and seventy-fve thousand
dollars, they therefore levied a
tax, not of ten cents an acre, but
of five cents an acre upon all of
the taxable lands; and concluded
to put up five cents an acre on all
of the lands in the fund that were
in the same district, which would
make up the sum. 1t was thought
that six dredges should 'be built,
and that sum would build them
and operate them for more than a
year; and after that, an assessment
of one and one-fourth cents per
acre would probably be sufficient
to operate the dredges, and that
the whole work of canceling and
placing the land in the reach of the
agriculturist would be finally COM
pleted. 1t is but fair that if A
and B own land in the same drain
age district, A owning three mil
lion and B owning four and one
half million acres, that each should
pay the same per acre.
MessrS. WEIGH a Wisner and
their associates thought so once,
the legislature thought so when it
enacted the law and the trustees
still think so, and deem it my
duty as Governor to say to you
that there is S225, 900 of a drain
age tax due, nineteen-twentieths
of it from nine corporations, who
paid little'or nothing for the land,
most of it being granted by the
state, and about one-fortieth has
been partly paid by the agricultur-
lists and other individuals in the
drainage district. The trustees on