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THE HILLEGA FAMILY.
Ne nescendant OF the First Treasurer Of
the United states Now Living.

To THE EDIroR OF The SUN-Sir: In a
despatch from Allentown. Pa. published
in THE Sen on July 81 Henry lille gas Of that
city is enormously spoken OF as a descendant
Of Michael Hillegas. the first Treasurer Of
the United States. whose portrait appears on
the new ten dollar gold certificates.
Michael Hillegas had but two sons, Sam
uel and Henry. who reached their majority.
Henry died in 1898. unmarried. Samuel had
three sons. Joseph, William and Michael.
Joseph and william married, but died with
out issue. Michael died unmarried. There
can be no descendants OF the Treasurer now
living. The father Of Treasurer Hillegas,
who lived In Philadelphia and died there in
l749. was also named Michael; so 1t is possi-
BILE that Mr.. Hillegas Of Allentown Is de-
scended from one of the brothers OF the
Treasurer. or from one Of HIS uncles.
For confirmation Of my statement I beg to
refer you TO pages !, 8. IS and 80 OF Michael
Hillegas and His bescenda nts," published
In 1891 b. Mrs. Emma st. Clair Whitney, a
copy Of which may be found in the Aston
Library. See also Memoir Of the First
Treasurer Of the United States" by the Rev.
Michael Reed Minnich. Philadelphia, 1905.
On page II Mr.. MinDich says:
John Frederick Hiuegss. the progenitor Of the
Montgomery county branch OF the family and
probably OF ell who bear the name n America al
this time 1905, was born In Alsace. November "a.
1885.
FRANCIS n. WHITNEY.
NEW YORK. July 81,
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Special Agent Clark OF the Bureau OF ManuSac.
lures says that the hrst shipment OF Manila hemp
was made 20 the United States In 1924. IL is the
most valuable cordage nbre In the world. and has
been an important article of commerce for more
than a century. American houses established IN
Manila were the pioneers In the Manila export
hemp trade. and for fifty years controlled the trade.
II is therefore largely owing TO American enter.
prise that Manila hemp Is an article OF world com.
merce to-day. Manila hemp cannot. apparently.
be successfully grown In any other part Of the
world. tits mainly raised on the islands OF LuEon.
Samar. Leyte and Mindanso. The province OF
Albsy In Luzon usually produces more than one
fourth OF the islands total crop.
The present process OF stripping hemp Is verv
crude and unsatisfactory. and Americans are eos
gagged in inventing q machine 10 do the work. N
soon as such a machine is perfected production
will enormously increase. Hemp growing Is 70
munerative. and there are now many Americans
engaged In the business, principally on the island
OF Mindanao.
Manila hemp exports for 1908 calendar yeas
amounted 10 i02, $50 tons, valued at $40, 81. ss.. q
which Ss,ss3 tons, worth sii. i55. $50. came TO tho
United States. Great Britain was the next largest
customer
The Philippines at present hav. q monopoly q
Manila hemp,
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FORT WASHINGTON PARK.
Admirer Declares IL IL ShamefulIy
Neglected by the Department.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUS-Siy: I desire
to call your attention 10 another case Of park
neglect.
Fort Washington Park lies between River
side Drive and the Hudson River and ex-
tends about ten or eleven blocks south from
islst street. II Is a beautiful park. The main
walk is uncovered by lofty trees: across
the bridge spanning the Hudson River rail
road track is oee Of the finest views obtain
able of the Hudson: the vast expanse Of water
In frinRed on the west as far as the eve can
reach by the towering Palisades, and on a
fine day or moonlight night the scene Is one
OF the grandest around New York.
Washington Point attracts nearly all the
visitors to the park. The point 10 a piece Of
lowland which juts out into the river and
commands a splendid view up and down
for several miles,
Such a place merits some care from the
Park Department. 1t is disgustingly evil
dent. however. that no attention whatever
is paid TO IL. for the paths and the grass,
are Uttered with all sorts Of rubbish. and no
steps whatever are taken to provide accom-
modations for the comfort OF visitors. The
result Is that what nature has made a beauti-
full resort IL by reason Of the neglect Of the
Park Department "A dirty looking and NAL
odorous place.
4 little Sun light on this subject will do a
public service for the residents Of
WASHINGTON HHIGHrs.
NEW YORK. July 81.
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VENEZUELA'S CREDITORS.
A vigorous Restatement ny Former Minis
tor BOWen,

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menus Ior the paSmeh, . snn "..rIs. nj
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SCORCHERS
A Great Revolution Against the Automobile
Coming Unless They Reform.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: ! enjoy
sytomobiline az a sane speed. as do thousands
Of other people. and l have never had an acct
dent. Therefore | have a right to sound the
warning that unless srorchers stop their
devilish work laws excluding automobiles
from the highways will be inevitable. Those
who do not use automobiles hate them. and
they outvote us 100 TO 1. They comprise
farmers. horsemen and the masses Of pc
.destrians.
II the soorchers do not reform such a revo-
luton will take place against the tyrant auto
mobile that the American Revolution. caused
by such a trivial thing as a tea tax In Boston
Harbor. will be thrown into the shade. We
are right now up against a proposition 10
elect a Legislature and Governor on the solo
issue Of safety OF highways and exclusion
of automobiles" Societies are now secretly
being formed In New Jersey for this purpose.
] know. for | have been asked 20 Join one.
The other. day was going quietly twelve
miles an hour in my automobile when an
enormous touring car running on the wrong
side OF the road sixty miles an hour narrowly
missed hitting me head on. I would have
been knocked into Kingdom come with my
guests. and the scorcher and his friends would
probably. have been ditched and some, Of
them perhaps killed. Let US beware OF what
10 coming unless scorohing lie stopped.
EAroNrowN, N. j., July 81. G. d. l..
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The Alabama Senators.

Whatever misgivings as regards the
United States Senate may be enter
tanned in certain patriotic quarters, we
think we can offer words of comfort and
reassurance touching the successors to
the Alabama Senators recently deceased.
II NAV be true that Mr.. MoRGAN's vacant
place is difficult to fill. He was a man
Of rare attainments. a scholar of wide
learning and a statesman equipped by
knowledge and experience far beyond the
ommon Perhaps it is within bounds 10
say that the Hon. JOHN II. BANKHEAD
does not expect and will not. try to be
another Morgan. Nevertheless he pos
sesses marked ability, is safe, sound,
conservative and courageous, and we
are much mistaken if the country may
not dismiss anything and everything in
the nature of apprehension regarding
him. 1t is expected by those who know
Mr.. BANKHEAD best that he will be found
always on the side Of law, order, the
Constitution and republican ideals and
institutions.
In the case of the Hon. JOSEPH F..
JOHNSTON, who will succeed Mr.. Nor
CANS former colleague, the lamented
PETTUs. the disparity is much less obvi-
ous. There is no reason to suppose that
JOHNSTON will in any important respect
fall short of the standard established by
his venerable predecessor. We might
venture the opinion, indeed, that on
NAM counts he will prove himself at
least the equal Of that distinguished
gentleman. JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON is one
Of the South's really big men. 1t is not
only that he played a mans part in the
civil war and rendered invaluable service
n he dark and bitter days of recon-
str,ct.on; he was one of the most potent
pioneers of that army of regeneration
and material Mobilization whose victories
are now visible in every nook and corner
Of the section. He not only preached, he
practised effort. devotion and s~elf-sacri-
fcing industry. Moreover, he illustrated
through his own brilliant career the
nobility of work and the rewards of
intelligent and concerted application.
Senator JOHNSTON of Alabama is a
man TO be reckoned with by even the
most experienced and powerful MEM
bers Of the body he is about to enter.
He is a man of character, Of force, Of
education, of high breeding.
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Kaiser and Gar.

II is settled that the Emperor WILLIAM
II. and the Car NICHOLAS III. will have a
personal interview during the present
month. That affairs of state are TO be
discussed is evident from the fact that
Chancellor Won BCLow and the Russian
Minister for Foreign Affairs will accom-
pany their respective masters. BY a
process of elimination it should be posi-
BILE to forecast the sIbject of the con-
ference.
A revival of the "Drei Kaiser Bund,"
which BISMARCK brought about after
the Peace of Frankfort was concluded
in 1871, and which lasted for a while,
is of course impossible. From such a
copartnership Germany is debarred by
the ties which she contracted when she
formed the Triple Alliance. On the other
hand gratitude, whether we define il as
a lively sense Of past favors or of favors
10 come, would hold back Russia from
accepting any obligations TO which her
French ally would be likely to object.
The FraLco-R German combination
which il iSG5 deprived Japan of the
Liaotung peninsula, with the result that
the territory presently passed to Russia,
cannot be renewed to-day, because both
Russia and France have signed treaties
with the Toxic Government whereby the
integrity of the respective possessions Of
the parties in the Far East is guaranteed.
Will the interview Of the Car and the
Kaiser be concerned with their prospec-
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Mr.. Bryan Views with Alarm.

The seml-franti agitation for some
other candidate than WILLIAM j.
BRYAN. as the Hon. HARVEY c. CAREER
Of Ohio calls the movement in the Demo-
cratic party to save il from it's quad
rennial defeat, seems TO be viewed by
Mr.. BRYAN himself as a well directed
and dangerous demonstration to get rid
Of him.
A week age Mr.. BRYAN, whose proud
boast it used to be hat he was nothing
if not consistent, arbitrarily abandoned
his issue Of Government ownership, cut
the initiative and referendum dead, and
announced, without indicating the para
mountcy of n one of them, that the
Democratic party would go before the
country oil three issues, the trusts, the
tariff and the railroads. Government
ownership" said Mr.. BRYAN, realizing
that he had been playing with dynamite,
lis not an immediate issue; and he
executed a complete rightabout when
he asserted that regulation cannot
be sufficiently tried within the next
year" Coming from a man who had
persisrently said that the railroad rat
law was a failure, although he presented
no evidence in support of the opinion,
this admission that the law must have
a fair trial was highly significant of an
apprehension in Mr.. BRYAN'S mind that
his radical views on the railroad issue
were alternating Democrats of influence
in the nation and inJuring him a a re-
ceptive candidate waiting upon the will
Of the people.
Mr.. BRYAN's change of front, and par
ticularly his conversion to tariff revision
as a living issue, denoted a feeling akin
to panic in a mind always alert to discern
any change in the barometer of his politi-
cal fortunes. The agitation for another
candidate, far from being semi-frantic,
was growing formidable and must be
reckoned with. The carefully prepared
statement in the Commoner was a bid
by Mr.. BRYAN for the nomination which
had slipped from his grasp. II was
time TO be safe and sane and he adapted
himself to the emergency.
How badly Mr.. BRYAN wa frightened
by the "semi-frantic agitation" to set
him aside the editorial announcement did
not disclose. 1t now appears in an in
spired and authorized interview given
out by Chairman CARRIER Of the Demo-
cratic State executive committee in
Ohio, who is fresh from a closet confer
ence with Mr.. BRYAN at the Miami VAL
ley Chautauqua Assembly. This is the
message which Chairman CARRIER brings
from the man who hitherto has played
a waiting game:
" While no action looking TO tb- selection OF
delegates TO the next national Democratic con-
vention will be taken In Ohio this year, It Is proper
TO say to the Democracy OF the State that Mr.. BRYAN
will not decline the nomination II rendered when
the convention meets
The significance Of the incident is that
the "semi-frantic agitation" has scored
heavily and Mr.. BRYAN has lost faith in
his star.
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Outrage at the Panathenaic Festival.

Outrage at the Panathenatc Festival.
1t was the most triumphant day of a
week of triumph. 1t was New England
Day We brush away the policeman
at a railroad terminal who says that it
looks to him"-the fat cynic-"like a
frost. The folks coming out of the sta
ton are mostly people from the suburbs"
The prose writers OF the Transcript may
talk of Suburban Day" Our happier
eyes are with the poet of the Boston
Herald, who sings Of "a great pageant
of "the plaudits of thousands" Of the
martial stride Of the host of marchers."
II was a glorious day, even if we do re-
gret a little that Nonaptum Tub won
the playout; we had thought the palm
lay between the White Angel OF Salem
and the Alabama Coon Of Stoughton.
Il was an ever memorable day, even if
the suburban ladies in mortar boards
who were trying to make a little some
thing for charity by the sale of genuine
brown bread and baked beans found that
a perverse generation howled for "hot
dogs" 1t was a day of gladness, even if
LlC tcIuOLduc was Dllll dIlu ECdIl eIT ecu
lacked the jingle of the cowbells."
The avaricious imitation bins and
button men, the souvenir sellers, the
gentlemen with faces like a ham and
little hats Of red felt with an elastic
under the chin or those made Of highly
colored tissue paper in sailor shape"
all these merchants of luxury Jared i'll.
Most Of them came from this town and
were well and fifty punished for their
voluntary desertion of it. Boston. sub
urban Boston at least, is not wasting
money on frivolities from New York.
If five cent whips sold like hot cakes"
it was because the children woro out
by hundreds of thousands to zee Vice
President FAIRBANKS. who greeted them
aff~ectioaatsly and gave - many of them
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MACON IN CUBA.

WASHINGTON. Aug. The Havana cigar
makers and their friends. TO q number est"
mated at from twenty to thirty thousand,
celebrated the termination Of the long strike
by a huge demonstration In honor Of Gov
ernor Magoon. No claim 10 made that
the Governor settled the dispute. On the
contrary. he very wisely declined TO use
his power or In any way become a party
TO an affair which was beyond his proper
jurisdiction so long as there was no breach
Of the peace. no public disturbance.
h notable feature OF the occasion APP
pears in the fact that it is really the first
time in the history Of the country that the
working people have in that manner ex-
pressed their approval OF the conduct Of
an official. The point IN that when COM
mittees from the strikers approached the
Governor to ask his Intervention he re-
ceived them with courtesy. listened to them
with patience and sympathy and gave
them such advice as he could. The demon
s~tration was largely a recognition of a
new experience. As stated by the spokes-
mar Of the paraders. the working people
OF Cuba AVE never before been able to go
to the palace for fear Of being kicked out
Of it, while now they oan go with the ex-
peotation OF obtaining justice. In appre-
citation of this experience more than twenty
thousand people marched through the
streets of Havana while the air was rent
with their -vivss" for the American Gov
ernor. The public ebullitions known in
Cuba as -d~emostraciones" are Of frequent
and exceedingly easy organization. but the
present occasion and it's cause appear to
be entirely novel in the history of Cuban
parades. The incident will doubtless he re-
m~embered, n Governor Magoon is TO be
congratulated for the impression he has
made n the lesson he has taught.
In connection with the matter il may be
said that the results Of the p~rotracted
strike are likely to ave a larger signif-
canoe than that of an increase in the wages
OF the cigarmakers. IL is undoubtedly a
long step in the direction Of the establish
men Of the American monetary standard
in Cuba. Under the present arrangement
there is an ~aggravating and ~inconvenient
tumble of American and Spanish money
with a ~fiuctuating exchange between them.
IL would be a great convenience and an
economy for all, with the exception Of the
numerous -cambios" or exchanges, whose
business would be destroyed. il Cubs were
to adopt the American system and provide
herself with dollars and cents Of a value
corresponding TO ours. Whether they
were called dollars and cents or pesos and
centavos, dimes or reales, quarters or
pesetas is a minor matter.
Another result of the strike is a strong
probability that the price of Havana cigars
will he somewhat increased.
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British PeeraEe and OrnithoIosy.

FToW us LOHu0H DdHV CFupHc.
Baron Peckover. one of the new peers, who has
decided to Incorporate the woodpecker In his
srmoral bearings. adds another 20 the long list OF
members OF the upper house who have laid ornith
ology under tribute In the composition of their
family escutcheons.
The Earl OF Leicester. for Instance. and Lord
Rosmead have introduced the ostrich. Lord AM
herst OF Hackney the heron; the Earl OF Stair tho
stork. and Lord Tenterden and Lord Ashbourno the
pelicsn-the last named In her picty on q bank
of reeds proper" The Cornish enough figures in
the latter having also an agile, preying on a par.
fridge. and a falcon. The swan is IN those OF Lord
Halsbury. Lord Balfour OF Burlcigh and Earl
Beauchamp: Lord Brassey has tho maiiard, Lord
Ashton the eagle. and Viscount combermere the
falcon,
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Futile Effort OF the Rum Power 20 Discredis
the Buttermilk Boom.


To TIE EDIroR or TN Sus-Sfr, I was very
much interested In your reply 20 the inquiry OF
Mr.. BEDFORD OF Lynchburg. Va, in regard to the
Fairbanks cocktail, but shall have TO take exception
70 the calculation showing an annual saving OF
SCI 90 by using buttermilk In place OF beer. !
think the statistician overlooked the important
factor OF rise In price due 10 the popularizing OF
the beverage by the second In command"
Yesterday ! drifted into the only real hotel In
Brooklyn, situated In tbs heart OF the Newspaper
district, for lunch. Desiring some refreshment
that would cheer but not inebriste. my eye caught
the item on the bill of fare: "ButtermiIk. 10 cents"
This ! duly ordered.
On receiving my check I found myself charged
"Buttermilk, 20 cents" expostulated with tho
waiter. who consulted with the head waiter. The
latter informed me that notu1thstanding my plain
buttermilk order | had been served with a double
glass, tall and cold" and was Therefore "stung-
20 cents. "a
Explanation sG!Ncient. / had evidently been
served with the real Charley cocktail" Now,
this tall and cold" glass contained something less
than a pint. making the price OF a quart approx
mately 10 cents. three quarts 81 20. and a year Of
quarts Sass. or a saving In favor OF beer ss2s. 50.
These ngures might be modified somewhat BY
buying in bulk. but who can associate bulk with
the real Charley, :. A. W,
BRooKLYN. July ~.
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To rHE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str Provided the
Rev. DIR. Aked has been correctly reported OF late
by the press. the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church will
indeed fail In It's duty and will lose the respect OF
many In this community II IL does not formally
rebuke him for grossly insulting ana holding up
20 public ridicule one OF It's oldest and most prom
inent parishioners. The doctor should be COM
PEELED to make public retrsction and apology DO
fore he Is allowed to again occupy It's pulpit.
II Is OF course doubtful n q man who has used
his tongue so freely during his summer vacation
realizes the full extentof his indiscretions OF speech,
but his church should realize II and should insist
on his making proper amends. JOHN F. BAXTER.
NEW YORK. August I.