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The Inrratitude of Our Wards.

The wards Of the United States in Porto
Rico and the Philippines show no very
warm appreciation Of its efforts to gov
ern them wisely. Although the ninth
anniversary, or July rs. of the landing
Of American troops on the soil Of Porto
Rico was proclaimed a legal holiday and
the Government Offices were closed and
the national flag was flung TO the breeze,
the people obstinately refused to csle-
brate. Have we not done more for them
in nine years than the Spaniards thought
Of doing for them in three hundred
revived their industries, put money in
their purses, dressed the poorest Of them
in the garments Of civilization, con-
structed roads and public buildings for
them, and given them an admirable pub
lie school system? What more could we
do for their material welfare and for
their souls? Can it be that the mere
sentiment Of citizenship which we with
hold from them accounts for their sullen-
ness on the great anniversary and their
refusal to join the American officials in
enthusiastic salutation OF the flag? Il
may be so.
The Filipinos are also Indifferent. apa-
thetic. resentful; and what is the trouble
with them when the archipelago should
DO seething with interest and excitement
on the eve Of the first election OF dele
gates to a Philippine Congress? Less
than ten per cent. OF the voting popula-
ton has registered and the election
takes place to-day. The leaders Of the
different parties have utterly failed to
make the people realize what a boon
they would possess in representative gov
eminent. Have we not done more for
them in road building. school teaching
and modern improvements in nine years
than the Spaniards did for them in more
than three hundred years? 1t il true that
we discriminate against them to some ex-
tent by imposing duties on some OF their
products at the ports of the continental
United States, but they might make al
lowances for a country which refuses 20
amend the Dingley tariff law for the
benefit OF it's w citizens, and the Fill
pinos should understand that they are
not prepared for citizenship yet. It is
clear that the remote Filipinos are a SEN
timental people like the Porto Ricans,
and like them fail to appreciate the sac
rifces made for them.
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mlrable and effective because he had
eve been a personal friend OF tho
wronged officer, and Maitre LABOR. the
advocate who had 30 ably defended the
accused at Rennes, earnestly urged the
convicted man to adopt the latter alter
native, I. e., reject the offer OF pardon
and appeal forthwith TO the Court OF
Cessation. Their avowed object was by
that appeal TO establish once for all tho
supremacy OF civil over military tri-
bunals, a supremacy which the ring OF
Generals that had long controlled the
army vehemently had refused to recog-
nize. Neither LABoRI nor PIcoUARr
seems TO have been able to forgive
DREYFUs, because, worn out with years
Of misery, he at last decided to accept
a pardon. It is we'll known that he re-
manned in retirement until last year,
when a change in the political skies per-
mitted him to lay his case a second time
before the Court Of Cessation, which pro-
claimed him innocent on every charge.
Thereupon, rs justice and equity re-
quired, the Government replaced him In
IA tuhh vi f10JOi' dih ~ WINS tohNb
granted by onlookers that In the order
OF seniority he would in time become
Lieutenant Colonel. The expectation
was naturally fortified when his former
savior, who himself had been restored to
the army with the rank OF Brigadier-
General. became Minister Of War. But
it turns out that PrcoUART Is unwilling
to excuse his beneficiary for refusing to
follow his advice in 1899 and has persis-
tently passed him ove when promotions
have been made.
So far as n a Judge at this distance
it would have been worthier Of General
PIcoUART to have crowned with a final
act of justice the honorable and benig-
mani work for which he will long be re-
membered in French military annals.
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Major ALFRED DREYFUs, who is now
s~ojourning in Switzerland, has preferred
to General PIcoUART, Minister Of War, a
request that he may be retired on half
pay. The motive for the request is
understood to be chagrin at his failure
to receive promotion on the score Of
seniority to the rank OF Lieutenant
Colonel, which in due course would now
have been his had he not been the victim
OF what has been proved to have been
an infamous conspiracy on the part Of
certain military authorities, headed by
General MERCER. What is thought by
fair minded onlookes Of DREYFUs's
treatment at the hands of the War Office,
at present controlled by a mar sup
evident from a letter written by NJ. DE
PREssENsE. the president of the League
Of the Rights Of Man, who expresses re-
greet to Major DREYFUs that, in spite of
two military and two civil trials, he has
not succeeded in obtaining by way of
partial compensation for the torments
to which he was wickedly subjected a
right to be reinstated in the army with
the claim to advancement attaching to
length OF service.
How are We to account for the fact
that responsibility for the withholding of
promotion rests on General PIcoUART,
who when Lieutenant-Co Colonel did more
than any other man to bring about the
liberation of DREYFUs from Devils ISL
and and his ultimate acquittal OF the
crime with which he had been charged?
Il was PIcoUARr who as early as 1895
discovered EsTERHAzY to have been the
real author of the bordereau or memo
randum imputed to DREYFUs, and who
some two years later proved the incrim-
inatory document read by Minister
C~AvAIoNAc in the Chamber Of Deputies
to have been forged by Colonel HENRY,
who thereupon by suicide confessed the
truth Of the accusation. For these ser
vices to the cause of truth and justice
pIcoUARr, it Is well known, was de-
nounced and degraded by his military
superiors, but the evidence produced by
him caused the Court OF Cessation to
find EsTERHAzY guilty Of writing the
bordereau. to quash the judgment OF the
first military tribunal, and to order the
second court-martial Of DREYFUs. which
was held at Rennes in 1899. and which,
in fragrant defiance Of the testimony,
again proclaimed DREYFUs guilty of
treason. In that preposterous decision
race hatred was carried to the pitch Of
disqualification. In view of a perform
ancs which was regarded by all decent
men in France with contempt and wrath,
two courses were open to the victim OF
conspiracy. namely, to accept the par
don offered by the Government then in
power, together with its promise Of full
reinstatement in quieter times, or to
reject the pardon and appeal forthwith
to the Court OF Cessation against the
judgment of the Rennes court-martial
on the ground that the military judges
had paid no heed to the adjudication of
EsTERHAzY's guilt by the supreme civil
tribunal.
Both Colonel PIcoUARr, the one indom-
table champion of DREYFUs in the army,
whose championship was tho more sd-
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To m EDITOR Q
Another Hotel Enormity.

TO TEE EDIroR OF TIE suS-.str: have been
staying for q short time In q large hotel on the
upper "est sac. which ! nave heard described az
"snstocratio" Tho rooms run up into the twelve
hundreds. lam told hotel numbers in thls countrv
are IKE railway maps: you must nossbelieve Ali Won
see. There may be really perhaps only 600 rooms
IN this house. But. sir, I maintain that no British
notei OF nalt mat sxe would lack two OF the neces.
ssries OF Ife--Shakespear re and the Bible To-d.,
tS Sunday; ! want both, and cannot get themi
new lORk, July Is. HoNEsIcx BnrroS
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It has become known in Boston. so adj
dicted to the study Of antiquity, that Vice.
President FAIRBANKs's favorite classical
character was BRIAREUs. would that I had
a hundred hands"-such Ia Mr.. FAIRBANKs's
wish--so that l could shake with 40 many
more of my countrymen.' But he Is doing
And mixing admirably Al he Is, and il
he has not a hundred hands he has at least
a hundred hearts. every one of them beat
ing for every good. true and beautiful thing
worth a beat.
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To rHs EDITOR or TEE uS-st, Il nigh, be
added 70 your editorial notice Of 10 day about the
Beilorophon that the old Nile three DECKER wsa IN
1855 and for some years before ana after an.
Annapolis Of the Prtish navy. moored in Ports.
mouth haroor. Afhong other distin guished csdst.
we're the late Duke of Edinburgh and the MarouI.
OF ouoensberry. Inc great nstc reformer.
NEW Yoax, July q On
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In the last twenty years. 1887 TO 1907. our exports
of American fruits and nuts have increased SO
per cont, while our imports Of The same commodi.
ties only show an 80 per cent. Increase, according
to the records of the Bureau OF Statistics Of the
Department OF and Labor. In certain
articles, notably raisins. prunes and oranges, the
homo product has practically excluded that Of
foreign origin.
ThA comma IA tive hxnres ara.
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AZ happy solution
OF probleme we seek.
move 70 abolish
The days OF the week.
without any Monday
OF course II is seen
We'd all without labor
Be equally clean.
With Saturday banishod
And pay day wiped out.
Our wealth would be sdutl
Without any doubt.
without any Sunday
To preach what We should,
We'd all OF U sinners
Be equally good.
No more shall We hunger.
No more shall We sigh.
When each day ID no day
some sweet by and By.
MoLAmBunax wn
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The growth In importauons of fruits and nuts in
the last twenty years has been confined 10 Q few
lines IN which local production has not been sum.
ciens 70 meet home consumption. such 90 bananas.
nrs and other preserved fruits. walnuts. ooccanuts
and almonds. Nearly all. other articles OF this
group show decreased importstions during the
period under review. Here arc the chief imports
of each nscal year:
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Most of the bananas we eat come from Central
America tchieny Costa Rioa. Honduras and Pann nal.
about 5000 900 worth. while the British West Indie,
got t4ySO0. 900 OF our banana money ma Cuba about
sI,0oo000. Italy IL our almost exclusive source Of
supply for imported lemons. Most Of our currants
come from Greece. We used TO buy g. 600 200 worth
OF raisins yearly from Spain. but that item 10 down
10 less than 100000. Orange imports have fallen
from q 100000 TO 500. 600. Impo. .ed preserved
fruits reach us from Spain (~chienyp, Franc.
Cuba. Greece. Italy and Great Britain. We GET
our imported ngs chiefly from Turkey IN Aslat
grapes IRON Spain. walnuts from France. almonds
rom spain, italy and France, and cocosnuts from
colombia. cuoa. British West Indies ana Central
America.
American dried apples TO chiefly 20 German
and other European countries. ripe apples TO Crest
Britain and Germany. oranges mostly 70 Canada
pears to Great Britain. prunes To Germany, Great
Britain and Canada. raisins mostly TO Canada snd
Australia, preserved fruits TO Great Britain, aud
peanuts cbieny TO Canada and the Nethenands
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sTOUGHS or MORNINGSTDE.
a Park and an Avenue That Need PeI,ee
ProteCtioa.

To rnB EDITOR or TnB SUN-Str: In THp sur
Of July Is appeared the young Toughs Of Morning.
side Park In EvxSrNo SUN OF yesterday
and again in ru SUN OF 70 -day comes a veriacs.
tion Of Discouraged Residents statement
have lived In Nomingside avenue for sam.
years. but never before has the avenue been turnsd
over 10 the young hoodlums by the police. In
the days OF Devcry II was the most delightful real.
dence portion OF our city. To-day !, 10 a counter.
para OF Mulberry street.
One policeman out Of the 1000 10 patrol the syenu,
constantly. say from 4 70 10 p. NJ, would do won.
ders for common deeenoy. not 70 say law and order
but he must be an onfcef with eyes and ear, ,nd
rot afraid. One OF the -chumps" won't DO.
NEW Yonx. July IS. J. II. WrIsoS.
To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Jsiy: In the up,sv
part OF Manhattan Island. In the section known a.
Harlem. there 10 a beautiful little park called Mo,n-
ingside Park; facing the same for about haIf |,
mile Is Morningside avenue.
This once peasant section 10 now ertIr,iv in
the hands OF q lot OF young noodlums.
Crap shoottngl ball playing on the ~s,devsIks and
street. nlthy and shockingiy profane loud taIL are
their specialtleA No policeman Ia ever seen.
NEW hohA' July w. GOTHAM.
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Paris once. 81 Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily and
Sunday editions are on sale o. Kiosaue ~. near the
Grand Hotel; kiosoue n. Boulevard des capneines,
corner Place de l'opera, and Kiosque 10, Boulevard
des ILaliens. corner Rue Louis lie Grand.
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Published by the sun Printing ana Publishing
Association at 40 Nassau street. 70 the Borough OF
Manhattan. New York. President and Treasurer
Of the Association. William NJ. Lansn. i7o Nassau
street: SECRETARY OF the Association. FRANKLIN
Bartlett. 5 Nassau street.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
AMBULANCE sOLEMNLY CONSECRATED
Gift of Young East Side Women to Beth
Israel Hospital.

with beflttng solemnity and all the earnestness
that characterize persons engaged In lofty work.
an ambulance was consecrated Ito the service of
the Lord" last night in the audience hall of the
Beth-Israel Hospital jefferson and Cherry streets.
Possibly similar wagon ever started on its hui
name mission with many prayers and well
wishes as this ambulance, the loving gift 20 the
hospital of than seventy five young women.
who have been working for more than year TO
pay for il that it might minister to the poor Jews
of the thickly populated East Side
The ambulance was In the hospital last night in
all the glory of fresh paint. and before the
mony of conservation swathed i'll huge Amer
lean flags Preceding the removal of the flags
the shining vehicle there short speaking
programme. in which several persons interested in
the work of the institution told of the accomplish
ments of the hospital we'll it's pressine,
needs
In the absence of Joseph Fl. Cohen. president of
the board of directors OF the hospital. who is in
Europe, the first vice president. A r. Rothstein
presided at the exercises. Miss Bertha Diamond
president of the Ambulance Service Society pre-
sented the ambulance to the hospital ON behalf
OF the young persons who raised the money for IL
II was accepted by MIR. Rothstein on behalf of the
board of directors Then the ambulance. covered
with flags was rolled into the hall and unveiled
The Rev Dr. Joseph Silverman, rabbi of Temple
Emanu- FL pronounced the words of consecratjop
Following DIR. Sliverman came various spe4 kers
Judge Otto A Rosalsky. of General Sessions told
of the henefcent work of the orthodox institution
The ambulance cost $780, and IL is estimated that
TO maintain II will cost $500 year. The Amhu-
lance Society has volunteered TO raise the neces-
sary money for its maintenance.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
MAYOR VETOES TWO BILLS.
Thinks Measures Affecting Police and Fire
Departments Violate Home Rule.

Mayer Mcclellan vetoed two police and fire de-
partment bills yesterday. largely because he felt
they violated the principle OF home rule. In doing
he saved the medical officers Of the fire depart
ment from losing their rank as battalion chiefs.
The Mayor wrote that the dropping of the medi-
cal officers from the uniformed force of the fire
department would In his opinion be unjust. as
they met with many risks and entitled to
much consideration. He held that the provision Of
the bin for the raising of salaries of fourth
class hremen TO 5000 a year a violation Of
home rule, as the law gives the city discretionary
power over such salaries.
The police bill provided that matrons should serve
eight hours of duty and that they should
be required TO serve more than one tour in any
day only in case Of public emergency On this
measure the Mayor wrote that he possibilities
Of future attempts to regulate police hours by the
Legislature. Commissioner Bingham also opposed
the bill UNNECESSARY.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
AHEARN INQUIRY NEAR AN END.
Witnesses Tell of Queer Doings by the Bu-
reau of membranes.

According TO Commissioner Mitchell the Com
rnssioners Of Accounts VIII be through with the
Ahearn investigation by Friday night The super
intendent OF the Buildings Department the only
official whose bureau has not been reviewed. There
was trouble yesterday for Mr McEntegart. super
intendent Of the bureau of membranes. Various
witnesses testified to irregularities I'm the admins
traton OF the bureau and the origin of the charges
now pending against McEntegart explained
Alexander Lowande. who had an express booth,
testified that he Juror in the trial of a case
in which two detective sergeants Were defendants
for false arrest and that at the trial he was ap-
preached and asked to his influence for the
defendants. He refused and the day after the
policemen had been convicted his booth was re-
moved by order of the bureau of incumbrances
There were stories after luncheon of how some
complaints held up, including some which
bore certain names initials. Edward Brady a
clerk in the bureau said there was certain lax
ness In some cases OF complaints and his testimony
tended to show that complaints We're often pressed
only because the complainants kept on in their
efforts TO Obtain action. Adjournment was taken
Szti 1880 O'Clock tomorrow morning
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
BROADWAY RACE FOR DIAMOND RING
Owner and Agent Unexpectedly Meet, and
the Chase Is on.

Michael Hoppe went into jewery store at 1lth
street and Broadway AT noon yesterday. He took
one look at man who stood Mt the counter and
then turned and ran. He rushed down Broadway
with the man who had alarmed him in full pursuit
The chase led through Astor Place and down
Fourth avenue. with a crowd that grew every
rltnUte yelling stop thef,"
When Hoppe finally caught the original pur-
suer told the police that Hoppe had gone into the
jewelry store of HALEY & Co. In Maiden Lane n
week ago and got diamond ring which he was
either to seel on commission return. The pur-
suer was Mr. HALEY. and he said that his wife a
member Of tho firm. had sworn out a warrant for
Hopes arrest when ne did not appear with the
money or the ring. According To HALEY, Hoppe
went to the store and got the ring on his repre-
sentation that he had a customer for it, That was
the last any connected with the store heard OF
him until yesterday. He held I'm $500 hail in
the Tombs court for examination
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
LEMONADE CONFUSED GUY.
Witness in Trial of Dentist for Murder Says
Whiskey Had No Effect on Him.

The last juror for the trial Of Samuel S Guy. the
Far Rockaway dentist. for the murder of his wife.
accepted yesterday. and the trial began. While
eighteen witnesses were examined none told of the
actual shooting, Their aggregate testimony practi-
caly was that Guy had drunk whiskey all day. and
remained sober until he began drinking lemonade.
When court opened at Flushing of the wit
nesses present Mrs William T Bailey. OF
Bayswater. Her presence seemed equally pleasing
10 defence and prosecution, but neither would di-
vulRe what her testimony might be expected 10 be.
District Attorney Darrin. in addressing the jury,
said he would prove that while Guy seldom
drunk he n hard drinker and that he and his
wife continually quarrelling on the day of
the shooting he said Mrs. Guy threw her husband
down and walked him We will prove he
said. that the defendant fired repeatedly at his
wifes heart with deliberate and premedtated in
tent to kill her. He fred until he broke down her
guard and killed her
Mortimer A Harrison, n photographer: Frank
w Conklin. a city surveyor and Albert j. Bogart
architect. called 10 Identify pictures and
maps OF the Guy home. Then came fifteen saloon
keepers bartenders and others to testify 10 Guy
sCbriety. Tho prosecution succeeded in showing
that Guy sober long he drank nothing
but straight whiskey. but became confused when
he started drinking lemonade late In the afternoon
Albert F. Nasue. carpenter who Is distant
relative Mrs Guy testified that after Guy drank
lemonade the dentists speech became un-
steady and his walk eTratic.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
LAND CONVENTION MEETS
Secretary Garfield and Senators
Speak-N0 Partisan Politics.

Denver June lS-Governor Henry A BuchteI Of
Colorado called the Public Lands Convention to
order to-day. Senator Carter, of Montana
unanimously chosen temporary chairman. In
his address Senator Carter expressed the opinion
that the day Of the great open range was past. He
said that the federal government a land owner
had just as strong a right as private individuals
and stronger.
Continuing Senator Carter said that he had
asked delegate to serve committee and
he had refused saying he had cattle a public
forest range If he voted against the interests
OF the forestry bureau his cattle would be driven
from the reservation. Mr.. Carter said that If any
forest ranger should attempt to interfere with any
citizen account Of his of free speech. Mr.
Pnchot would dismiss him. Mr.. Pinchot, who was
the platform, enforced the statement Of the
Senator by nodding
Partisan politics must be barred from the CON
vention. Chairman Carter continued. He closed by
saying that whatever course may be determined
upon by the convention will become a law. If 4
The badge worn by the Colorado delegates was
designed furnish the keynote to the convention
1t is inscribed follows:
Public lands were intended for home builders.
We oppose interference by government bureaus
under autocratic rules and regulations.
Addresses were made this afternoon by James r.
Garfield, Secretary of the Interior: Richard a Bal
linger. Commissioner of the General Land once.
and Henry NJ. Teller. United States Senator from
Colorado DR.. J. NJ Wilson, of Wyoming.
made permanent chairman.
Secretary Garfield urged the convention in its
discussion of the present land laws-a criticism Of
which. he said. had been the cause of the calling
together of the conventonto confne its discussion
and not On any particular section of the country.
The public lands. he said, were not an asset of any
locality. II" wanted 20 get views OF the West and
he wanted tie West to get his views. lie welcomed
criticism wtiuA constructive. but he thought
that criticism that merely an attack without a
suggestion for Improvement. was worthless.
Mr. Rai.:nger confined his address to a history or
the land otlce and IFS duties. He explained at
length The present land laws and expressed the be
lief chat their opponents We're among those who
trying to traffic In titles and not settlers.
Senator Teller voiced the complaints of a ma
jority Of the convention He did not complain of
the laws. but said the officers disobeyed the laws.
Congress alone mad uuNer 10 pass on the disposing
OF coal lands. The policy in dealing with agr-
cultural lands should be get them into the
hands of those who would live on them. He OBJ
jected landoIGism either b. the rich or by the
government
DR.. Wilson, il taking the chair compared the
convention to a stockholders meeting. and the rep
resentatives of the government to the directors Of
a corporation. 1t the duty of the directors 70
take their orders from the stockholders he said.
and if they did not AT the next regular meeting the
directors would be removed.