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The sun., 1906-12-05
Tucson the Oldest Town.
From the Los Angeles rnr.ss.

FTOFN Hb Los AHVttes vhSS.
Dr. Alexander Craig OF Tucson, Arlz, alleges
that that city is older than Sc. Augustine Fla BY
thirteen years. He says:
There can be no doubt that Tucson enjoys thu
distinction OF being the oldest city In the United
States When that intrepid Spaniard Melendes
discovered the coast OF Florida, planted the stand
ard Of his country and founded the city OF ST.
Augustine, In the year Of our Lord 1875 Tucson
was q struggling and growing pueblo and had been
for thirteen years. This is not according TO our
text books on geography, but II Is Just as much
fact for all of that and the proof of Il may be found
In q stained and tmeworn document OF Vellum
signed by their Catholic Majesties Ferdinand and
Isabella, and countersigned by the Viceroy OF
Mexico and Gen. Coronado. who In the early part
OF 1852 raised the nag Of Spain the little Indian
village OF Tuscon and laid the cornerstone OF the
nrst mission with his own hands This important
paper lost 70 the public until about twelve
years ago. when II was discovered by q mere acct
dent among the archives of the ancient Church Of
San Xavier. nine miles south OF Tucson. As q
matter of precaution II was forwarded 10 the IL
brary OF Washing ton. ID c.. where II now lies Thia
discovery gives the residents Of Tucson the rght
To claim that their city is the Oldest In the United
States"
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possible. until American conventional customs are
radically changed. she will bs ANNA srsUNsxx
In public and private life. She believes that We
are advancing rapidly 20 time when all women
who marry win retain their own names.'
Why not1 Most women Of the stage
and some women Of literature enjoy a
double personality in point Of names.
They are themselves, bearing their
name OF birth or fantasy. II married
they bear also the partnership name.
Often the latter is obscure and the for
mer well known. Why should such q
privilege, such an independence, be
denied to other women who want it?
To be sure, sentiment and family pride
may use the hyphen, and build bridge
between the unmarried and married
state and title, but even then preposter-
GUS trousered selhshness gets the better
end of the bargain. Miss OxENBRIDGE
becomes Mrs. OxENDRID0E-JIGGs. Be-
sides, this is combination, a name trust,
and not sympathetic TO the spirit Of the
age. No matter how old opinion may
torture mathematics, one plus one is not
one; it is two. Marriage is joint busi-
ness, in some respects; in others it is
several. Why should the man gobble
all the glory of it?
1t is a mistake to suppose that the
position of woman is immeasurably
superior to what it was In older times.
The ancient Egyptian husband, for in
stance, had to promise to obey his wife.
To this meek stage man must return.
Meanwhile, any reasonable assertion Of
separate personality on the part Of tho
wife should be welcomed. The fatuous
superior smile of man must fade.
For the benefit of hunkers we will say
that Miss STBUNsKY doesn't object to
being called Mrs. WILLIAM ENGLISH
WALLING "in conventional American
society or when introduced to stran-
gers" She is not radical.
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How antique" Oak Is Made.

From the Baltimore Sua.
you will have 70 go q long way" said an art
collector the other day, before you hnd a body
OF men more clever than those cabnetmakers who
produce goods TO satisfy the desire OF the public
for furniture made Of old and fancy woods. They
can transform whitewOod into all kinds of exotic
woods by means Of chemicals. and chemist would
be surprised II he were 20 have the run Of one OF
those factories for day.
The manufacture of antique oak 10 one of the
easiest of their processes. The boards mouldings,
panels or whatever pieces are required are made
of oak which has Just had time to dry suficiently
TO prevent excessive warping.
They are then placed IN . dark room on the
floor of which and quite close TO tho furniture 10
be aged are placed several bowls, plates aud so
forth Of liquid ammonia. The room is then her
meticslly closed up and the wood is left for month
OF 80. according TO the age which Is required The
Ooloration will extend 70 depth OF nearly a quar-
ter Of an inch II the room Is kept closed for few
months.
That is why there is so much old oak furniture
about. OF course little reflection would show
that could not be genuine--the forests of the
Middle Ages would not have furnished one half OF
n-but people do not always reflect"
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Of this amendment, which applies to
cases Of murder as well as cases Of rape
triable in the Federal courts; and it
seems hardly likely that Congress will
again change the law on this subject,
inasmuch as it still remains within the
power Of the jury to render a verdict
which will result in the inflictio1 of the
death penalty.
Notwithstanding the difficulty in
volved in any attempt to amend the
Federal Constitution, the President de-
clares that in his judgment the whole
question Of marriage and divorce should
be relegated to the authority Of the
national Congress. We cannot agree
with him in his assertion that the change
would be good from every standpoint =
AS was well pointed out by Chief Judge
CULLEN in an address last year before
the students Of the Brooklyn Law School,
a uniform divorce law would be uni
formly bad law, from the standpoint Of
New York; for whereas in this State
absolute divorce is now permitted
only on the ground Of infidelity, under
a uniform law such as would be enacted
by Congress at least half a dozen other
causes would be added. What is really
needed is not a general law providing
what shall be the causes for an absolute
divorce in all parts of the country but
the adoption by the several States of a
general rule which shall prohibit the
courts of the State from granting any
divorce except in cases where the de-
fendant is an actual resident of the State
or has been served with process within
the territorial limits Of that State.
With the exceptions to which we have
called attention, that portion of the
Presidents message which deals with
matters concerning the Judiciary Is sub
stantially sound and worthy of COM
mendation.
The sun., 1906-12-05

We have been informed promptly by no
more than thirty-seven discerning corre-
spondents that certain humorous remarks
on Ohio politics and Ohio politicians. which
a misconceived credit line and a typo
graphical complication in this newspaper
on Sunday last attributed to President
ELIOT OF Harvard University proceeded not
from him but from that gifted son Of Ohio
and Harvard the Hon. NICHOLAS LONG
WORTH. We believe it. IL would have
been as impossible for President ELIOT TO
produce the Longworth speech as for Mr..
LoNGwoRrH to utter the humorous remi-
niscences which President ELIOT addressed
at that same dinner to the Harvard crew
Of 1905; for example:
Il look back on my own experience In rowing
with real pleasure to-day. tits good many years
ago now that A0AssIz and rowed together in the
same boat remember his telling me In rather an
acute way that I'd better feather my oar little
more. Laughter He was quite right needed
that. l remember the man who rowed No. 4, as
We were coming back on our sixth mile In the sec
ond race In which l rowed. saying: Mr. ELIOT
i was a tutor then and he was an undergraduate
'Mr ELIOT don't row so hard. am getting tired. :
ILAughterl did not want TO stop rowing hard,
so I said to CAsPAR CRovNINsHIELD, who rowed
No. ?. on the tired mans side: 'CAsPAR, can't you
do stin moreH Yes said he. i cam and he
did. and did not have TO stop rowing hard"
Arcades dmbo, but talents differ and it is
q sin to mix the speakers up.
The sun., 1906-12-05
REAR END COLLISIONS.
Plans to Prevent Them-One with Edison's
ROytsh IndOFsement.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Way back
in tho early EOS the writer was q newsboy on the
Grand Trunk trains running between Detroit and
Toronto At the same time Tom Edison. the great
inventor. was in the same business and worked
tho train between Port Huron and Detroit He
edited and printed little newspaper In the bag
gage car of that train much to everybody's wonder
As could only sell on that train between Toronto
and PoTt Huron, We had many chats together
every other day.
one day came to a bad tail end wreck at .
way station near Detroit. and remarked 10 Tom
that II every passenger train had special car
attached to the last passenger car TO act as buffer
only. having a telescope arrangement. or stuffed
with some yielding material II would save many
lives ana much rolling stock.
Damn good idea" said Tom. but they won't
have that until they kill some president of q road,
you bet on that"
Now as that president has been killed. and a
good president, is IL not a good idea for some big
railroad try this suggestion and take the cream
Of the passenger traflc between say, New York and
Chlcago' Maybe 1t would save another president;
who knows c. r. RIrcHEL.
BRIpdEPoRr Conn. December ,.
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Continuing Business Under the Old
Name.

Chicago, with Morningside Heights
joint capital Of sociology, brings forth
the latest and best news in that all en-
folding science. ANNA STRUNsKY, "the
young Russian literary woman and
sociologist,' was married not long ago
to WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING, a Chicago
millionaire and sociologist Everybody
that is not millionaire is a socologist;
and some millionaires are sociologists.
Mrs. WALLING, TO speak of her conven-
tionally, has just notions Of the preser-
vation of the individuality. The name
is at least the token and symbol of
that individuality. Anciently person s
name was, as it is now among some
tribes, a sacred mystery, almost another
shadowy soul vital part of its possess
sor. 1t has degenerated. Not only are
names public property, but a woman
loses her family name when she marries.
The practice is a result and reminder Of
the theory of the inferiority of woman,
a theory stone dead among the civilized,
or lingering as a futile survival. Miss
ANNA STRUNsKY is not content TO have
her name merged in and swallowed by
the excellent name of Walling:
She Abhors tho idea of bondage and barter
conveyed IN the sppeiIstion Of Mn..' and as far %
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Two MIlI.ton,s for th. Police,

To THB EDITOR OF The SuN-SiT: have Just
read "Indinanrs" letter In tO-day's SUN about
This Too Active Police" ! would like to enter
protest against the too inactive police.
Last Saturday afternoon started out with my
two children TO do some shopping in the neig Dor
hood OF Seventy eighth aud Seventy ninth streets
and First avenue.
a crowd OF boys was carrying on a regular war
fare In the streets for couple OF hours. that It
was unsafe for any one 10 walk In them. These
young Towdies smashed windows In the neighbor
hood, hit paSsersbY with various missiles and hlI
absolute possession OF the streets
Where were the polics' For at least nve ours
IL was impossible TO ind policeman, althou:u sew
eral persons made diligent search TO locate me-
MoRE TEAM INDIoNA II.
NEW YeKK, December 2.
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RAILWAY PRoGRxss IN AFRICA.

Next to the Cape to Cairo line the most
important railroad now in construction IN
Africa Is that which will connect Lobito
Bay, on the Atlantic, with the mineral fields
OF Katanga In the southeast corner OF the
Congo State. 1t is being built by the Tam
ganyika Concessions, Limited, q British Conn.,
pany which holds a concession from tho
Congo Government OF an area in Katanga
1000 square miles in extent. or about one
thirteenth Of the entire domain Of the Free
State. The line will be 1, 100 miles In length.
the longest east and west road yet projected
In Africa. Fifty miles OF it have been COM
pleted from Lobito Bay, which affords
fine harbor a little north Of Benguella In
the Portuguese colony OF Angola. Many
hundreds Of men are now building the sec
ond section, 200 miles long. which will carry
the road through the mountains and up on
the inland plateau. Il will then follow
mainly the water parting between the Congo
and Zambesi river systems, a level region
Offering few engineering problems and not
a single important river to cross.
This large enterprise is eloquent testi-
mony to the faith Of its projectors in the
great value of the Katanga mining region.
This faith is based upon the results Of seven
ySaAn VI HiNoetABdtiOn WLnCu Abobohb
Williams and his force of mining engineers
have given to this region. In an inter-
view the other day Mr.. Williams said that
they had found a zone rich in copper ex-
tending almost 200 miles northwest and
southeast nearly to the frontier of Rhodesia.
They had marked about one hundred loca-
tions on this line which promised remarka-
bly, rich returns and his company intended
to begin operations on a large scale as soon
as their railroad should supply the essential
transportation. He had not found the gold
prospects promising but the amount Of iron Ia
enormous and coal has just been discovered.
though it is too early to say how important
it will be in the development Of Katanga.
This company, however, does not hold
nearly all the mining preserves Of that
region and pretty race is now In progress
to see who will be the first to reach it. The
Cape 10 Cairo railroad hopes to tap south
erD Katanga in a year or two and the Congo
State has 5000 men building the line around
the last rapids that impede steam trans
portation from the Congo mouth to this
territory. The Tanganyika Concessions
will, however, have the shortest route from
the sea to the mining districts.
The sun., 1906-12-05
As Viewed I'm Russia.

From the 81. Petersburg VisdOmosh
According to q communication from San
Francisco to THE sun Of New York. repre-
sentative Of the United States Government,
the causes OF the conflict between the city OF
San Francisco and the japanese has left
there for Washington and is expected to
present his report shortly
According to the correspondence Of THR
Sun, the administra alton Of the San Francisco
Board Of Education will under no crcum-
stances change it's decision. 1t finds it fitting
to indorse the action against the japanese
that has been taken not only in San Fran
cisco but all along the Pacific Coast. The
antipathy to Japanese felt along the western
coast constantly increases, and is now as
strong as the feeling against the Chinese
some years ago. at the time when Congress
passed the Chinese exclusion law.
The Metcalf investigation is considered
merely a move to pacfy the Japanese. and
not intended for any other practical purpose.
One Of the most conservative journals of San
Francisco has declared that Metcaf had no
proper authority to conduct the invest cation
OF the schools. The people of San Francisco
simply through courtesy to the President
have respected his action as II IL were legal
The California newspapers argue that no mat
ter what treaties may exist between Japan
and America the Administration Of ths
United States has no power to interfere In
the internal Affairs OF any State. and in par
ticular no power to interfere in questions OF
education. Taking the above into considera-
tion the Californisns hold that the Federal
Government has no legal power OF interfer-
ence in the present question.
The Board of Education, indeed. acts on the
very same principles as are followed in Japan.
There are in Japan special schools for immi-
grants only these scholars not being per-
mitted TO enter the regular public schools
attended by the japanese.
The sun., 1906-12-05
rHE JAPANESE QUESTION.
Tho Reserved Rights Of the States.

To TEE EpIroR OF The SUN-Sir: II those
who were able to keep such promise had not
made assurance that the Constitution woulu
be amended so as to reserve to the Statc-
the power (among others) to regulate their
school affairs. the Constitution as submitted
by the Congress to the states would have
been rejected. Article X. OF the Bill OF
Rights-as the FIRST ten Amendments were
generally called-promptly adopted by rhe
new Congress and ratified by the States. and
thereby becoming "as valid to all intents and
purposes as part OF this Constitution, de-
clares that "the powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution. nor pro-
hibited by il to the States are reserved TO the
States respectively or to the people,
In view Of the importan bearing thsss
reserved rights Of the States have on the
Japanese Calif ornia- Administrative mudd,a,
II is interesting to recall that in the constitu-
tional convention Mr.. Mason urged that
Bill OF Rights be Incorporated. saying 1t
would give great quiet to the people" and
that jefferson. then in Paris. wrote at once
upon receiving copy Of the Constitution
that IL should have included a Bill of Rights
The most effective opposition to ratifiya-
ton arose when this point was urged. Wash
inRton. seeing the danger, wrote: III the
Constitution Is our choice. constitutional
door is open for amendments, and they may
be adopted in a peaceful manner without
acted upon promptly by those who were
urging ratification. and ii was the assurance
that a Bill OF Rights would be incorporated
which killed the opposition plan for another
convention.
We are now daily reminded that Article 81.
declares that treaties made under the au-
thority of the United States shall be the su-
prenpe law of the land" But a treaty which
would in eff ect deprive States OF a constitu-
tionally guaranteed right would not be made
under authority" of the United States, be-
cause the Constitution nowhere gives TO the
Senate authority to amend or suspend any
part OF the Constitution. Article y. Of the
Amendments gives to California the power
to regulate her school Affairs. and for Federal
authority now to say that she shall not regu-
late her school affairs would be to disregard
a constitutional State power mot delegated
to the United States nor prohibited to the
States"
Has the argument that a power reserved
to the States by the Constitution may be taken
from the States by a treaty made by the
Senate yet enjoyed the approval of the United
States Supreme Court?
EDWARD W. TOWNSEND.
MoNTcLAIR. N. j.. December 3.
The sun., 1906-12-05
Holding Down . Claim in North Dakota.

Mtnot coTrssp 1ndenes DulufH Hsr5!s
Fred McNulty of this city had terrible r&p'r~
ence while holding down a claim which .' cas-
several miles east OF here. lie went 10 thr 'il''
Just before the dig blizzard OF last wee '-'
weather previously had L.en mild anb McN-Y
had no store Of fuel ia the shack. The storm va
so nerce that he could not make his way ho.r ~ pr
went 10 bed In order TO keep from frceL1E 20 seam
For three days the storm ragged. and Mo- N "'
covered up 10 his ears. without bite To va e OILY
a small quantity OF water. When at last fLe '''. %
subsidized he made his way 20 a neighboi'> II
distant. freezing his face and ears while eH f'D'
When hs finally reached Minot he was oon2'4. !
10 lake % his bed as result Of his expetenes
The sun., 1906-12-05

From Automoble Topics.

Whenever the Dowager Queen OF Italy drives
her new automobile II carries. mounted the
radiator small statuetts of her patron saint 81.
Christopher. 10 which Is attributed the fact that
up 20 the present the conveyance has escaped the
ordinary Ill luck such as "pannes" or accidents.
The talsman or charm is about nine inches In
height and Is OF massive silver. ON the front OF
tho automobile, Just above the water cooler, 8
small pedestal has been nXed. 10 which the agure
OF st. Christopher is attached when the Queen Is
driving. When her Majesty docs not use the auto
mobile the statuette Is carefully conveyed 10 her
residence. where It occupies place OF honor In one
OF the dwelling rooms.
The Queens new automobile. "Aqura H. by
name. Is richly atted up, and Cavallere Cotrioata,
one of the most skilful OF italian chauffeur gen
orally steers It on long journeys In addition 70
the chauffeur, two machlnsis ride In the a.i0-
mobile
The sun., 1906-12-05

The war against trusts is violent in Ken
lucky. Last week two tobacco houses
belonging 20 the tobacco trust in Prince
ton were burned by a mob. In Owensburg
Sunday night a farmers barn was burned
because he had refused TO join the Equity
Society, a farmers association or trust.
The little unpleasantness at Princeton is
attributed TO the Tobacco Growers Asso-
citation. Trust against trust. The growers
seem to regard their own trust as perfectly
innocent, whereas the trust that will not
pay them as much as they think they ought
10 get is an outlaw TO be burned.
The sun., 1906-12-05
IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES.
Delayed Municipal Reports.

Yesterdays City Record contained the
report Of the Department of Water Sup
ply, Gas and Electricity for the second
quarter of 1905, ending with June 80 of
that year. The date of transmission
given in the report is October T. 1906
indicating that while the department
took only three months and five days to
prepare its records for the Mayors in
formation, the Mayor and the authori-
ties in charge Of the City Record have
delayed the publication of the document
for fourteen months, lacking a day.
From this valuable compilation of
statistics the student of municipal affairs
learns that there was a break in the
4s inch water main in Park avenue on
Sunday, June II, 1905, and that 1T will
be necessary to thoroughly uncover and
expose the pipe in order to determine
the cause of the break, a full report on
which will be made as soon as the facts
are ascertained" The reader is lost in
wonder as to the date on which the full
report" was made, whether it has en-
livened the pages of the City Record yet,
and if not, when it may be expected.
Such delays as this rob the routine
reports of the departments of any value
to the public, To print a quarterly re-
port seventeen months old, eleven
months after the Commissioner whose
activities it records has retired from
office, is to play joke on the taxpayers.
II is of benefit to no one except the print
ers of the Citu Record.
The sun., 1906-12-05
Hu,r, Call for the Health Board.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: l live in ono
of the new up TO date two family houses. In 10
is person trying to be q musician. who pounds on
a plano at all hours OF the day and night. Sunday
is the only day have 20 visit my family and have
a few hours TO rest. but there is rest for me.
for this person thinks OF no one but hammers away
all day. up into the large hours OF the night until
we are either worn out or have headaches from tho
continual pounding.
do not like TO speak 10 these people. as II may
make bad feeling in tbs family What shall do to get
relief II only for the one day In the week-Sundayl
NEW YORK. Deoember9 READER.
The sun., 1906-12-05
RAILWAY Danger Signals.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-.sr: Another rear
end railroad disaster. caused howl The brake
man did not get far enough back In time 10 signal
the following train.
Why not set OF skyrocket or some such signal
which can be seen a long way ahead and around
curves. and a smoke signal for daylight, besides
sending back the brakeman A signal such as is
used by vessels at sea could be set on promptly
before a brakeman could get any great distance
from the train with his lantern or nag.
The idea could be applied to the elevated, sub
way and trolley. W. T. BRUNDAoE
WAsHISdroN December l.
The sun., 1906-12-05

have Just returned from trip TO Panama and
shall report 10 you at length later on the whole
subject OF the Panama Canal From the preliminary
message,
We believe that the Panama report at
length" on Mr.. RoosEvELT's visit to the
Canal Zone will have wide circulation and
be well thumbed and conned. Both the
subject and the precedent assure the sue
cess Of the publication.
The sun., 1906-12-05

At the dinner OF the Philadelphia 81.
Andrews Society the Hon. ANDREW CAR
NEoIE is on his feet. -To the Laird Of
Skyboo. yells some poet. The banqueters
leap up joyously at the toast. Not so
fast cries the master builder Of library
buildings and taxes -Skeeboo. II you
please" This anecdote teaches us the
necessity Of spelling reform.