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Two Errors Corrected.

To THE EDITOR or TEE SUN-Sty, In a recent
article in TIE SUN an account was given OF the
victory at Henley OF the Columbia four. way back
In the '70s, saying tuthfully that II was the only
time that the Americans had won a. Henley. The
article proceeds. however. In rather . lachrymose
way TO deplore the fact that only two OF the oars
men who won that victory, Ridabock and Goodwin.
had escaped the ravAGes OF time The fact 10
that the four oars that won that race are hanging
in one OF the rooms at Columbia and one % marked
sage" and the other Boyd" and the men who
pulled the oars are In New York to-day. very much
alive. In fact. Boyd ls none other than Charles s.
Boyd. who was superintendent OF Public Works
Of New York state under the administration Of
Governor Odell. The rowing at Columbia Of that
period had many potent influences for In the crew
OF that time. that also won the four cared event at
Philadelphia. and OF which Boyd. sage and Good
win were members odell was substitute. and II Is
universally known that II was aud lang syne that
made Boyd SupeTin tendent OF p blic Works.
Another instance happened recently when TIE
SUN noted the revival OF Forbidden Fruit" which
the article went on 10 say was nrst produced in
this country by Robson and Crane. The fact 10
that Robson and Cranes production was years
after the original play had been forgotten. For
hidden Fruit" was nrst brought out at Wallack's
old theatre about 1874 with Harry Montague
and Harry Beckett In the principal roles. It GER
tainly seems that the vogue Of Forbidden Fruit
never fails. for not only is Il appearing In New York
for the third time. but the great London success
this summer. called The Spring Chicken" s moth
ing moro or less than q degenerate production OF
Forbidden Fruit" with the principal musical mum
Der consisting OF an old song that Theo made
famous in tho riotous days OF French opera boune.
"Pi Quit" also found In Paris this summer that
the same old -Pi Quit was being resurreeted and
worked overtime. BAcK NUNBER.
zAcATscAs, Mexico. September 7.
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In the PhrenOIogist's Hands.

Professor WILLIAM WARBURToN TED
FORD, an illustrious Democratic phre-
nologist Of Cincinnati, took advantage
of Mr.. BRYAN's visit to that town this
week t read the great circumnavigator's
head. After humping its many and sail
ent bumps Professor TEDFoRD said.
He has the large head. is creative. idealistIc.-
The large head" is carefully TO be dis
tinguished from the big head, attribu-
ted to Mr.. BRYAN by the Hon. ROGER c.
SULLIVAN Of Illinois and others; and
from the great head" shown by the
Nebraska jefferson when he interested
himself in certain testamentary dis
positions, and by his career as a lecturer
and an editor. This practical side Of him
balances efficiently the idealistic bumps
mapped by Professor TEDFoRD.
At the word creative though, the
memory kicks. What has Mr.. BRYAN
ever created? He is selective, assimils-
tive, absorbent, a temperament feminine
and secondary. Why, even his most
famous phrase had to. be returned to
SAM MCCALL Of Massachusetts,.
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oDvLL AND RE REPUBLI0ANs,

vvbon BENJAMIN B. OdeIl, Jr.; was Cover
nor OF the state he had many grievances.
hut none was 90 pronounced a. his feeling
AGAINST Republicans who presumed to
criticize him personally or his acts a. a
Republican Governor.
Time out Of mind he would scoot from
Albany to the Fifth Avenue Hotel TO enter
his protest and make vehement remon-
STRANGE against any Republican who had
the hardihood to c~ritlcise him or his adj
ministration. He was not only sensitive
hut was anEered from head to foot over
the criticisms Of Republicans. He would
mound the desk in Republican State head
ouarters and declare in all sorts OF voices.
oil expressing anger:
Il am a Republican Governor and no
Republican should C~ountenance attacks
upon me. No Republican should give
aid or comfort to any man who attacks
q Republican Governor.
ReoubHcans who recall Odell's mon
strous fits of anger on these occasions
wanted to know yesterday how Benjamin
p. Odell. Jr., chairman Of the Republican
State COMMITTEES, reconciled his attitude
and remarks of those days with his words
and conduct Of the last two years since
President Roosevelt refused TO invite MIN
TO the White House or to Oyster Bay, and
since Gov. Higgins began to understand
that he was tied to a body OF pohtlcai
death. Mr.. Odell as chairman OF the Re
publican State committee in numerous
authorized interviews has bitterly assailed
President Roosevelt, has sneered at the
Presidents administrative acts, and by
his criticisms has endeavored TO give aid
and comfort to President Rooscveit's critics.
Mr.. Odell, a. Republican State chairman;
has Iust as frequently hurled his sneering
criticisms at Gov. Higgins. at
one time that Gov. Higgins is such a chump
that he hasn't the brains to raise the neces-
sarv revenue with which to run the affairs
OF the State" Then, according to Mr..
Odeu, Republican State chairman he.
Odel, owned Gov. Higgins body, boots
and breeches," and then, too, according
to Mr.. OdeIl, Republican State chairman
Gov. Higgins sis a little man. and so on
and so on. Mr.. Odell, Republican state
chairman, in all Of his n crlti-
cisms has attempted TO humiliate a hepub-
lican President and a Republican Governor.
No Republican, il was asserted yesterday,
from the organization OF the party hftv
wears ago, in any State OF the Union, has
INDUCED 80 f~iagrantly, 60 openly, in bitter
personal criticisms of a Republican Presl-
dent and a Republican Governor.
While Mr.. OdeIl's conduct as Republican
State chairman has been the antitheeIs OF
his whining complaints against criticism
when he was Governor OF the state, the
comfort TO Republicans has been. In the
Judgment Of many, that Mr.. Odells critl-
cisms OF a Republican President and a
Republican Governor have been accepted
by Republican voters "a the very highest
oommendation that either President Roose-
welt or Gov. Higgins co I'D have.
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FEAR or H~YDROPHOBTA.
How WIN Power Saved the Victim or .
DoG's Bite From Collapse.

To THE EDITOR or The SuN-Sr: Your
editorial entitled "Hydrophobta- In III SUN
OF September II recalls to my mind an cpl
sode of my childhood. I had been bitten IN
the thumb by a Spitz dog. and the worry
and fear which the thing occasicned was
enough to bring on almost any kind OF CON
niption nts." II was several years before l
was able to dispei from my mind the dread
that 1 might be taken down with the terrible
m alsdy Of hydrophobia.
The suffering I passed through during that
period it 10 hard to describe. frequently
drank water to see II I could still do so with
out spasms. Several times I actually seemed
to choke. I never said a word about my
ceiling to any one. as feared that II l told
about it the dreaded phantom might mate
r~ialize. lost flesh and my appetite failed
After several years. and by exerttng All my
will power. 1 overcame the Iear' 30 Chat IL
did not Affect me any more.
Many years afterward ! met q friend a
grown man, who was In the same state. Inc
recital to him OF my own experience seemed
to reassure him very much. l wonder WhaC
bearing our experience may have on the
Christian Science Idea that Il 10 rear that
brings on disease?
am not a believer In Christian Science, as
there Is much In its doctrines. which l CANT
fully comprehend. but your editorial and my
own experience. taken, IN connectlon wLth
has Recently been going on in your columns
have suRgestcd this letter.
There does seem TO be much In the thou 2 mt
that God ia all In all, " and that the ful OBJ
session Of this thought drives out fear and ali
there are. as claimed BY christian Scientists.
EMILE PIcKHARDr.
IsLINoToN, Mass. September 10.
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USEFULNESS OF THE CORNCOB.
Secretary Wilson says q Ton OF Ccbs VIII
Produce Eleven Gallons OF Alcohol.

Secretary Wilson say q Ton OF CObs VIII
Produce Eleven Gallons OF Alcohol.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Thames Wilson.
Secretary Of Agriculture, a the official
announcement to-day that the corncob
has a useful and profitable mission to per-
form in American industrial life. The
Secretary has been experimenting at a
distilling factory near Hoopeston. H..
and has discovered that corncobs can be
converted into alcohol in sufficient quanti-
ties to justify the erection OF a distilltng
plant in connection with the cannery."
= Simple methods Of fermentation were
employed in securing the alcohol from the
cobs," says the Secretary, -and eleven
gallons to tho ton Of green cobs was pro;
duced. Atthis rate, the experts have figured
out that over a million gallons OF alcohol
could have been distilled from the corn
cobs and cornstalks produced in the corn
crop of 1905 in Iowa alone. Put to use a.
a motor power. that amount OF alcohol
would be capable Of propelling a car seating
20 people at a speed of IS miles an hour for
that the danger Of trolley lines in the down
town thoroughfares Of the large cities may
lead to the substitution of alcohol for cleo
tricity as a motive power.
1T had been a generally accepted theory
with the Department hat sweet corn stalks
would produce a larger percentage OF alcohol
than the common field corn, but the ex-
periments at Hoopeston did not prove
this to be the case. From the experiments
10 is estimated that the cost of production
will not exceed three cents per gallon. Not
only would this by-product be Of value in
itself, but il is predicted that the result Of
its manufacture would be to decrease the
price OF canned corn and better the quality.
or give the consumer more corn and less
chicken feed"
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PROSPERITY IN THE WEST.
Secretary Pardce Of The New York Central
Reports on Conditions.

Dwight W. Pardee. secretary Of the New
York Central and OF it's subsidiary CON-
panies, has just returned from a trip to the
West, which included Minneapolis and
points west to Portland. From there he
went to San Francisco and was in the other
more imp ortant cities Of California, return
ing by way Of the Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific to Chicago and New York.
With the exception Of San Francisco, con-
ditions everywhere he found to be phenom-
enally prosperous.
He says: people in the East cannot
realize the enormous business that is being
done in the West unless they actually see 1t.
All lines OF business are active, with, OF
course. the crops az the basis.
The railroads are having all they car
do to handle their traffic. l can't see
readily how the Northern Pacific, and for
that matter most of the other Western
roads, could do much more business than
they are doing with their present facilities.
In many instances people are unable TO
md storage room Immediately for grain.
Why. on certain parts Of the Southern
Pacific i saw grain warehouses which were
so thoroughly filed that the grain had 20
be piled up in sacks outside.
Even in San Francisco there u great
enthusiasm and optimism. The WORK OF
clearing away the debris is proceeding. but
it is a task that will Continue for months
yet. Up to the time l left San Francisco
there had not been much building other
than. that OF a temporary character.
the relief measures in San Francisco
nave now ceased and, as living expenses
nave increased to a great extent since H.
earthquake, a good deal of suffering
caused IN some Instances" =
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remamt Gamma.

To TIE EDITOR or TEN SUE--Sir; The Increased
use OF cement in all forms OF engineering and build
ing construction IL enormous hence the interest
In tho discussion In The SUN as 70 the better form
of use OF concrete In other than ordinary foundA
ton work. Engineers and manufacturers Of Gem
ent. particularly. are deeply interested In the
production OF a high grade OF material, and the
strict maintenance OF a constant standard or uni
formity in product and adaptation, such % II Ia the
province OF the engineer to determine. for It's vari.
Gus ADD Increasing modes Of use.
One suggestion as 20 its use which may be new
Is It's substitution In various means and forms
OF construction for the ordinary comm or casket,
non -preserVAtive and unsanitary, and so re-
pugnant TO many for the disposal OF our dead.
I could enlarge upon this idea, believing II TO be
both practicable and desirable. but submit Il for
consideration TO TIE SUNS free parliament.
NEW YORK, September II. o Y. CULTER.
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RussIA's Shame.

To THE Error or TIE SuN-SI: In the
name OF humanity. cannot something be done
TO stop this daily numbering Of the Jews by
the Christians in Russia? II the absence OF
an ikon from the doorpost is such an incen-
tive to Christian ~ferocity would It not be wise
for the Jews TO exhibit the emblem until
such a time a. the growth OF ration slism shall
deprive Christianity Of it's fanes?
Such a course would NJ doubt do violence
to the Jewish conscience. but It would pre-
vent many children and mothers from being
mercilessly manned. tortured or starved.
In the name OF humanity, cannot som thing
be done? Will nothing touch the Christian
heart? r. J. IRWIN.
LINcoLS. Neb. September II.
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Pretty women o ram America in New York.

To TER EDITION or TEE SUN-Sr: The per-
fectly beautiful, essy. breezy wAy-eKcuse the
adtectives. but they are all necessaU-in which
traveller was good enough 10 strike" New York
after . siK weeks tour somewhere In the West, Is
just as funny as are his remarks on our pretty
women.
Hes a WesterneT. That is clear from his choice
vernacular. "shucks." bunch clean out Of sig ut "
Naturally. he saw everything double. forgot that
New York Is cosmopolitan. and actually saw.
though he did not know IL, In his peregrinGtton
from soma ferry or other TO Fifty fourth street,
women who were not New Workers at all. but rep
resentatives OF his own native Kentucky or wherever
he halls from. That's all. OBSERVER.
NEW BRIoHToN. s. l.. September 10.
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me Labor Vote Not Deliverable.

Us President SAMUEL GoMPERs leading
tho hosts of labor in this campaign, or is
Commissioner of immigration SARGENT
the man? Mr.. SARGENT was president Of
do Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
befOre he accepted Federal Office, and he
sAill considers himself an authority on
lsbor matters. There has been an i'm
Msssion-and the Hon. JAMES NJ. GRIGGs,
chairman of the Democratic Congress
oommittee, shares it-that President Com
rKRs was not satisfied with the record
cf.the Republican party in Congress as a
champion Of organized labor and would
lose no sleep il it we're to meet with
'dsfsat at the November election.
Commissioner SARGENT, however. is
.racting" for Republican success at the
polls, and believes that labor has nothing
tosexpect from the party with which the
sanguine GRIGGs is associated. The
Republican party" says Mr.. SARGENT,
sbas always been foremost in enacting
legislation for the benefit of the laboring
man, and the men will remember that
when they vote on election day" The
Commissioner SAYS that as "a labor man"
be hopes the Republicans will retain con-
trDl of the House.
Such sentiments have not been uttered
: by President GoMPERs since he launched
the American Federation of Labor into
politics. and his activity on the Demo-
cratic side in districts represented by
eminent Republicans indicates that Com
s~nissioner SARGENT's advice to labor men
20 stand by the Republican party was
not inspired by the militant GoMPERs.
But it is not surprising that two such
authorities on the interests Of organized
labor should disagree regarding a ques-
ton OF political expedienCy, because the
came irreconcilable differences occur
among the privates in the ranks of or
ganized labor. The official proclama-
ton Of President GoMPERs that the
American Federation has gone into
politics to elect a Congress friendly to
lnbop will not consolidate the cohorts of
lRbor, nor will the leaflets of his literary
bureau, nor his exhortations on the
stump, nor anything that he may say or
do, The units of labor are human and
vii be swayed by p~artisanship, sympa-
thy and self-interest, as they always
have been, and as other voters are. No
man can deliver the labor vote, not even
the boss of the American Federation.
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Rarharons CivnIxation.

To TEE EDITOR or TIE - What q bar.
barous condition Of civilization 10 presented 10 us
IN the report on the nrst page Of your paper this
morning Of the method employed to Brighten Char
lotte Kelly into q confession OF quit of the murder
OF Mrs. Lewis'
Is It not better to run the chance that the real
criminal escape than that one innocent person
should be made to suner. perhaps 10 the extent OF
permanent mental injury? The very fact that In
murder cases persons perhaps innocent are exposed
to the world as suspects should insure them Of
more than average consideration in the hands OF
those who necessarily are vested with extraordl-
nary powers.
II Is . disgrace to our boosted civilization that
those powers are 50 oHten shs mcfully abused,
NEW YORK. September Il. P K. s.
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AFTER DUELL'S PLACE.
Frederick ]. Allen and Wendell p. StaTord
Under Confederation

Republicans brought word from Oyster
Bay yesterday that President Roosevelt "a
considering the appointment Of an assistant
judge OF h Court Of Appeals for the Dis
trict OF Columbia in place OF Charles II.
DUEL. resigned. Frederick I. Allen Of
Auburn. N. Y, COmmissi oner of Patents,
is a candidate for the place. There is i
coincidence here for the reason that Mr..
Duell himself was, under President McKin-
ley, Commissioner Of Patents.
COMMISSIONS Allen il 4 well known
Republican and married a daughter Of
Gov. William II. Seward, who was Presi-
dent Lincoln's Secretary OF state. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, however, II was learnei
from the Oyster Bay pilgrims, Ia consider
ing the Availability OF promoting Judge
Wendell p. Stafford to the place. Judge
Stanord AZ present Ia an associate Justice
Of the supreme Court for the District ~
Columbia. II was said, though, that Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt may not make his seIertion
Tor a month or more.
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United States Marines Landed In
Havana.


Havana.
The landing in Havana on Thursday
afternoon from the protected cruiser
Dsaver of a body Of United States ma
Eines was ~variously interpreted by the
residents of the city, but the precise sig
nihcance is now unmistakable in view Of
the peremptory order received from
Washington late on the evening of the
same day that almost the whole of the
force return Immediately to the vessel,
only a small guard being left at the
United States Legation. That Presi-
dent ROOSEVELT has any immediate
intention Of interfering for the purpose
ofsprotecting President PALMA or sus
tanning his Administration has been dis
olaimed officially, and it has been an
nounced by the Navy Department that
the services of the few marines left in
Havana are to be utilized only in the
event of disorders within the city threat
ming the lives and property Of American
citizens.
The landing seems to have taken place
after a conference between President
PALMA, Charge d'Afaires SLEEPER and
Commander CoLwELL Of the Denver.
We are told that to Mr.. SLEEPER's ques-
ton whether he considered his Govern
I1ent able, unaided, to protect American
interests in Havana PALMA would only
saw that he hoped to do so and suggested
"a a measure of p%recaution and for the
better conservation Of order that ma
rines should be landed. PALMA must
Nave known that il his suggestion should
rs adopted the inference would every
where be drawn that his Administration
kas not only the moral but the military
airport of this Government. Such a
misconstruction of Mr.. RoOsEvELr's in
kentions has happily been averted by the
summary reversal of the orders issued by
Commander CoLwELL. Nobody disputes
that il would be the right and duty Of
Commander CoLwELL to interpose for the
~protection Of the lives and property Of
american residents in Havana if these
we're actually menaced; but no such
n can exist unless President PALMA
and his Cabinet have been guilty of gross
IT.
nrevarication in their repeated asser-
tlons that they have Havana under per-
E&ct control and that the instruction is
a the verge of collapse. Although it Ia
Extremely difficult to obtain Trustworthy
news from the intssior Of the island there
aeens TO be no doubt that the insurrec-
hon h spreading rapidly in the prov
ipces q Havana and Santa Clara, while
General Pho GUERRA, who according
"a loffcIS1 reports was beaten badly a
sev days 30, is now admitted TO be NOV
ing eastwar at the head OF a large and
Increasing fGce, with a view of COM
bihing with oNer rebel commanders in
an attack upol the capital. Whether
any plantations ,elonging to American
citizens have beeAas yet injured seri-
elsly by the insurgats is uncertain, our
sole authority for limiting to them such
Misconduct being a barge emanating
Gtofn oinclal sources nuy loss has been