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The technical question Of the effect
Of existing civil service laws and regi-
lations upon the quality Of the Fire De
paTtment's personnel NAV well he left
TO the decision Of facts. when they are
exhibited. Fire Chief CRoKFR's opin-
IONS will be not the less valuable and
interesting because his own career in
the department affords one 81 the most
striking Illustrations Of the general
merit 81 q system in which appointment
and promotion depend on efficiency and
not on patronage. He Is at tn. same
time a leading civil service reformer
himself. Tor who has ever done more
To eliminate politics from the business
81 putting ont fires
The other matters involved in the
Washington street fire investigated
administrative friction. alleged rivalries
for Office. cabal and personal contro-
verSy. come under the jurisdiction %
Mayor GAyNoR and he is perfectly able
10 take care 81 them as they develop
The main thing Is that incident al ques-
tons Of policy or personality. such as
are suggested above. will not shake he
confidence Of the people Of New York
IN the splendid organization upon which
they depend for the safety Of their lives
and property against fire. The de-
partment a. ~ j. today owes more than
print can tell t"the single minded efforts
of the born firehGhter who entered the
ranks twenty-slx wears ago and bv
force ~ his own abilities made his wav
to the post h. has now held for eleven
vears Fire Chief CROKER - an exam
pie Of natural selection and earned pro-
motion Of which the city il proud He
il and has been for years an uncommon
piece 81 good fortune for New York
His career has been marked with more
controversies than We can remember
nr care to remember but he II still at
HE job. maintaining discipline improv-
ing methods. and most important put
ing ont fires with a mastery Of science
that - not only aci:Cal but strategic
The people believe in him. and 1t NAV
not be inp-5 ,lnent tai remark that the
practical business 0f Sstingrishment IL
done az the scene Of confagration. not
AZ a department desk
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hand. No one should be selected who
has not had experience and won profess
sional distinction by active participa-
ton in the great constitutional strug-
gles % the present period. II is impcs-
sihle that any man pas, middle life
should ascend the bench and imn.S,ii-
atelv famlliarize his mind with the hun
dreSis of rases which have been decided
by the supreme Court in the century
and a quarter 81 it's existence Consti-
tutional lawyers cannot be made over
night
These considerations may prompt
the President tn deliberation before
accepting the idea that the Governor
Of this State ~ the one man predcs-
tined 10 ~ Chief Justice Of the SUI
preme Court No enc can question
the integrity the untlr,ng industry and
the fine ANALYTICAL power OF Governor
HUGHFs These NAV have justified his
selection In a subordinate position on
the supreme bench. but il does not fol-
low that the President should place AZ
the head nf the American Judiciary a
lawyer who, As far a. we know. never
argued case m the supreme Court NJ
the United States and who IN any event
has never been identified with anr I'M
poTtant Cass which involved questions
Of constitutional lAN Mr. HrGHrs'S
reputation has been won as a forceful
Executive. a jealous refoTmer and an
untiring and very capable inquisitor.
The~e are excellent and much needed
qualities but are not necessarily quail
hcauons for So exalted position as
chief Justice Of the United States.
Among the great constitutional law
ven Of the country there are a number
whose qualifications and fitness no one
~ any party would question. The
President il to he congratulated that in
meeting his heavy responsibility there
are men Of the type from which an ade-
quate selection can be made. and the
country can congratulate itself tina, the
appointing power Il in the hands II one
who b~forr he became President had
won an enviable reputation a. a jurist
~ probuy and independence and who
therefore cannot underestimate the i'm
portance Of appointing ~ successor to
MARSHALL. TANEY. WAITE and FULLER
a Judge whose selection will commend
itself 10 every reasonable man and he
justified in the coming years by work
worthy Of the exalted position.
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Ii. attention which Missouri ~ giving
10 It's new plan 81 restocking the state
with game birds j. an instanre of tho
birds has aroused IN the West The
States where game birds were but
short time ago most plentiful and where
the slaug III er 81 them was most remorse-
less are now making the greatest effort
TO bring them back to the fields and
woods The present appeal for their
preservation II on a broader scale than il
has ever been before. for " IL made not
only to the sportsmen but to the farm
ers. whose fields have suffered from the
absence al the insect killers which they
themselves have had large part IN
destroying
nder the new law Missouri j. "a have
an appropriation Of ,2Un OO for the car
rying out 81 its plans during the next
two years These plans include the es-
adjustment Of a game bird farm. and
alro the distribution 81 the birds through
out the State. In adopting this course
the State il following the system that has
already been used with considerable sue
cess in both Indiana and Illinois The
bird farms Of Illinois especially have be-
come 80 well known as TO serve as mod
ola for smilar establishments through
out the country. The state game farm
that was started about wear ago in
Shcrhurne, y. Y. was patterned after
the one in Illinois. and the superintend-
ent. Harry 7. Rooms. received his
training at tho latter place.
Although the idea 81 the State distri-
button Of birds did not originate in Indi-
ana, the system has been carried To such
a high degree Of success there on account
of peculiar local conditions that It ia gen
orally spoken Of n the Indiana idea.
The young birds. bred at the State
farms we're aent To the southern part of
the state. where the game warden had
investigated conditions and where the
farmers had given their word that they
would bc protected and looked after. 4
great deal II the land an which the birds
were liberated WIS rough and wOod,d
and not under cultivation, So that they
were comparatively undi-turlcd. while
the farmers and the farmers families
felt an interest in them that secured
them from the cncroachment- NJ hunt.
erS. Under these conditions the birds
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RUssO-yAPANEsE BARGAIN.
frame ana Rate Deal for the Manehar,a,
Railroad.

WASHINGTON, July n The text a. ne
new Russo-JapAnese treaty was tra-L
mittsd to the State Department to-+sV
by the Russian and japanese emga-- 90.
in this city. The treaty was sigu.i ....
Monday at st Petersburg 10y Mr. lsvo., %.
Minister % Foreign Affairs Of R4--
and Baron Motono, Japane~e Amha--..
dor az ST Petersburg Ii il d..si 60
To maintain the status quo betwe..'. ..-
two Governments in ManChuria AMI f.-..
vides q trafic agreement betwe-r 20
nsse-EastsTn Railway. a Russia ...-.
Germ. and the SoIth Manchurian Ra -...s
a japanese road The text 81 the asfs...
ment will be made public simultanen. -
IN every important capital Ut the v.-.i
on Wednesday morning
The negotiations for the new rr...a-.
ton had been in progress az ~ Peters.
burg for many months and the pre-
nary exchanges had been made h...r.
Secretary Of state Knox submitted -
the Powers his lschems for the u-.--,r.
ration OF Manchurian railways 81
knoxs proposal was promptly REJECTED
by both japan and Russia Will ....
convention will have the effect OF ur.r..
ing Japan and Russia into closer r,'lar =
upon Oriental questions the treaty -
not. a. has been suggested IN some quar-
tiers. resulted directly from Nerrssfarv
knoxs intervention in MAnchuria ur
the contrary Russia and Japan hav. -.-.-r
proceeding along common lines ever
since the RussO-Japanese war NJ
knoxs proposal however. NAV have
precipitated the conclusion Of the nas
agreement
The new convention consists Of a d.rI,.
ration OF the intention Of Japan and Rr..,ia
to maintain jointly the existing ~'arI.
in Manchuria in regard to territorial and
administrative interests They Will ale,
coordinate their railroad interests IN Man.
churia. The document includes a d..
tailed traffic agreement hstween 'ra
Russian and Japanese railroad interests
designed to regulate the direction and
division % traffic between Yladiyostas
and Dalny Mutually advantaRauus
through rates are established IN.
traffic agreement is for the purpose o,
enabling the railroads 20 devslop ~.
territory more completely and proftahlv
The effect Of the convention. II Is sAIi
~ To bring Japan and Russia into Clo-.nr
accord ON all commercial and political
questions arising N Manchuria
The officers OF the far Fast division II
the State Department will make study
OF the text Of the new agreement 20 a.
certain what its effect will be on American
political and commercial interests m Man.
churia and also Ia determine whether ~
not it will affect the open door policy
The result Of their estigaiion Will n,
he known !or several weeks
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body NAV be SURE. JupsoS HARMON
knew knowing It. how did Ne order
his guings and ComInc,.
This most indsCreet Of men. lcnor-
ing the possibility OF escaping rrspon-
sibllity, actually went at once tn the
scene II the lynchinS. impellei thereto
by a curious thing called sense Of duty,
made personal examination nj the sur
roundings of the crime, himself interro-
gated with care the chief actors whose
testimony was available, and immedi-
ately assumed. with every appearance
Of willingness. the full burden If his
Office lie returned to his home prumls-
ing that II Just cause for Furnishing any
man on account It the lynching were
found he would personally do all that lay
IN his power tn bring that man 10 jus
tiCe Investigation and possible s,Is-
pension await the Mayor and the sheriff =,
and the ringleaders Of the mob ner-
Vouslv look forward to the activities II
the crime detecting agents Of III" state.
All this because Governor HARMON has
not seen liz tn subordinate his duty as
Executive Of the state 10 the eNicenCieS
of his political ambitions He j. bound
by the course he has adopted to ahront
and antagonIZe important interests. the
liquor question j. ~ the bottom of the
he - sure 70 lose some
votes Nc,w outstanding this certain
Of HIS acts he goes ahead,
seemingly unmindful Of his future and
intent only on the prosaic performance
Of ms duty AZ he sees H.
What ais Governor HARMON? Is he
mad or il it possible that he would not
sacrifice his conscience even 10 gain
strength Does he actually believe that
the law should he enforced, obeyed and
respected, and that public officers owe
more TO their oath~ Of Office than 10 the
possibilities Of the future
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have increased very rapidly and have
already shown their value ~ insect de-
stroyers. II h to the interest 81 the
farmers that the warden attributes the
success in establishing the bini-, for
until their friendship was won the little
creatures were the prey ot every one.
This u the cardinal principle of The Indi-
ana idea, and II the game warCiens can
succeed in establishing it in Missouri
there seems little reason To doubt that
the propagation Of game birds IN that
state through distribution 20 the farm
erS will h. a suC,ess.
Apparently there Is in the West a
desire tn propagate n great variety 81
game birds Al the farm in this State
attention has been given almost entirely
to the English pheasant. on acCoun, Of
its adaptabiliiy 20 the climate and it's
value A. a game bird, "a well a. an in
seC' DESTROYER. The first allotment Of
birds In Missouri. however, consisted,
besides the English. OF many other high
class pheasants. such as Chinese. ring
neck. gold. silver, Lady Amherst and
Hungarian. Many Of these were tried
some time ago in Kansas, but not with
the sGccess that had been hoIed for.
The japanese pheasants have been tired
with varying degrees Of success in Wash
ington and Oregon, and il Is said that
they will also be introduced into Colo
RADIO. Another bird which the wsrdens
hone to establish in the Ozarks Is the
Wild turkey from northern Mexico. An
effort to transplant this big bird has
been made in several Western States.
but so far |, has not been successful
The interest taken all over the West in
the effort To give the country back its
bird population is 30 general and 50 well
organized that il indicates there will
never again be a wanton destruction Of
game birds. The sportsmen Of the f,I-
ure will once more have good shooting
while the farmer will have restored To
him the valuable services Of great army
Of feathered insect destroyers.
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Luarheoa Tor the s.d.ntar,

To rHg EpIroR ~ rHE SUN -.sr' BsloW rive
the menu Of actual luncheon rendered TO q
downtown business man by his employees on nj.
birthday. believe that the secret Of this CASTRO
monte outrage lies In the fart that the clerk dele
gated 20 order the luncheon had made but poor
breakfast and thought ~ necessary 20 stimulate
he Imagination with hiEhbAn or two. rhe COZ
sequence was that he lost the power OF con-eeu
tive thought and considered with . watering
mouth each Item By itself
Dry Martial Co-ktAn
PURGE OF peas DeNiiled Lobster
Trnierioiu OF Pork. Apple sauce
chateau IAntte
Roast Young Coos. stuffed
SAiAd Macedonia Cabinet Pudding
Cheese. Camembert
Demitasse with brandy tIdueur.
VIVA, do you think Of that condemnation In
be >et before a party of .edentary gentlemen,
Relieve me. ~ would have choked newxboy
NV NoRE. July ~. OxE DAT Iosr
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INGERS0LL ON WHISkEY.
TIE Chapter and yerse for His Dtthyranab
on some Forty Year Odd.

To rHE EpIroR OF THE srS-SU: u.
Irving Stockwell falls into unintentionAl
error when he writes: There Is no well
known eulozium OF whtskey IN any OF the
late aRno-tic's compositions or writings.
RsginninE at the bottom Of paEe 9t7 OF Vol
ume VII Of the Dresden edition Of Colonel
lnRrrsolls works l. the following
end you some Of the most weadeT:ai =ssskey
that ever drove the skeleton from feasN or
~ In I'D Landscapes IN the brain Of man. IL i
the mingled souls OF wheat and corn. In " you
wtn ind the sunshine and the shadow that chased
each other the blowY acids the breath OF
June. the carol Of the aTk. the dcSs OF night the
wealth OF summer and Autumn's rch con tent
81 golden with imprisoned hight. Dftnk u and
on wi hear the voices OF men and maidens sing
ing the Harvest Home mingled With the laughter
OF children. Drink Il and YOU Will feet within
your blood the stArlt dAwnS the dreamy. taury
dusks Of many perfect days. foE forty year.
this liquid JOY has been within the happy staves
Of OAK, longing 10 touch the lips Of man.
The Colonel. I have been told. once sent
to a sick friend a bottle OF the best whi-ksy
that money could buy. With Il went
note containing this fanciful tribute To iu
quality Ia after years Rev. Or. Buckley
in a religious controversy with the aRnostic
took him 20 task for his praise OF rum.
InRer-oll with his customary boldne-s
printed in his reply the eulogy have quoted
and added
reauote this for the reason that Or. BuSkiey,
Who Is not very accurate made some mistakes
In his version. Now In order 10 show the depth
OF degrade ton 10 which have sunk In this diTee
Ton will confe>s that also wrote euogy Of
tobacco and here IL L.
Then follows the eulosium upon tobacco
to which Mr.. Stockwell alludes. The only
Temperance lecture ever delivered by
Colonel Ingersoll IL contained in his open
ing In the Mum trial. Z doubt II it, equal
can be found In the literature Of the world.
PITrsFtELD. Mass. July 10. n.
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G4RFIELDS PLATFORM.
Tells ohio Republicans what the Progress
slSes sta nd For.

CLEVELAND. July II james Gar
field. Secretary OF the Interior IN RJo-a-
velt's Cabinet. tonight sounded the key
note % the progressive Republican move.
ment declared its platform and tired
the first gun in his campaign for IN. Cow
ernorship
His speech was the feature Of the Re-
publican banquet at the Hotel Euclid, at.
tended by SO progressives ard many
regular Republicans
Congressman Paul Rowland in a speech
declared he would refIss. to vote for the
reelection u Cannon to the Spaaksr-h.a
even II he had 10 remain away from b"
Republican caucus,
The progressive movement u hgr'
for the preservation Of s.lf Rovsrnmer'
and political liberty Mr. Garfield said
IL ~ said 10y some that the progressiV-
movement means the destruction Of the
Republican party The very opposite
IL true. IN" Republican party was born
Of the progressive spirit that impelled
men to Civ. their lives that human liberty
might be restored and disunion prevented
Its great victories have bsen won
because u was Progressive. Its greai
policies have had TO do with the onward
movement In all fields 81 political and
human activities Its failures and ms.
takes have been counted only when the
Progressive spirit has been forgotten
when the interests o. the many have
been subservient TO the profits Of the
few
Instead Of destroying the Republican
party the progressive movement to-day
means renewed life. renewed viRor and
greater opportunities for promoting IN.
public welfare
MIR Garfield then set forth the pro-
gressive platform which will he urged
upon the Republican State convention
IL declares for control Of all corpora.
tions, publicity Of campaI IN expenses.
workrnen's compensation act, siren hen.
ing Of child labor laws reform Of the
Judiciary. State control OF water power
and the abolition Of direct taxation for
State eNpeu1sg
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Advice to an Unsucce.sfuI Prophet

Whether he chooses "a take advan-
tage 81 IL or not, the Hon WILLIAM
JENNINGS BRYAN now has the oppor-
tunIty tn observe the methods Of a
really effective prophet He has been
a prophe, himself in the past but only
spasmodioally. every four years ia fact,
and then only for a few months BE-
tween elections i've ha- had to content
himself with the Chautauqua circuit and
weekly newspaper 81 more ar le-s
humorous insigniticance. What does IL
profit postulant for immortality 10 br a
focus Of rapture six months in every four
years and money gribb~r the rest II
the time,
Mr. BRYAN has only 10 turn his eyes
Ia Sycamore Hill IN order Ia se,' how
It il done by an acknowledged master
No Delphi or Dodona ever drew such
pilgrims from far and near. pilgrims
~ numerous so receptive. 80 reverent
They arrive in vast and eager swarms
pay tribute 10 the oracle and then dis
perse all wreath,Ni IN smiles or limping
with deiection. Ia make way FOR other
swarms a. eNpectant or a. apprehensive
but always submissive and ievout
Bon. Son ~ Battle TON CARTER the
lean and long drawn ont roINDEXTFR
from the golden coast a statesman who
should be sitting NJ the feet 81 BRYAN II
a community ~ ideas in freak phllOsO-
phy counts for anything the name Of
the pilgrims - legion. They come like
the hosts NJ Asia, from the chieftains all
cleaning in purple and gold to the camp
followers in sandal shoon with scallop
shell. and they come one and all in humil-
ity and submission They scatter sub~s'-
quently, some with their faces turned To
the central blue and shining with a great
light Of expected fairness. Others bowed in
disappointment and still smarting under
admoni,ion. but all 81 them IN perfect
and unquestioning order
Mr. Bryan ought Ia make a note of u.
He can't afford TO waste his time chew
ing straw and watching the si0o calf al
play B.sld'-s the calf ~ grown mp BY
now and Is either believing red eyed and
throwing dust upon it, back or for We
do not know the details lowing gently
With her clover breath Will" the milk
maid strips her II the garnerrd cream.
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DiLzELL RECOI NJ GOES on.
Congressman Decides To- Take Chances
with Alleged Frauds.

PITTsBUR0. July 1.-THE Allegheny
county commissioners to-day decided 10
grant the plea OF mr. Robert J Black TO
open the ballot boxes and recount the
b allots cast for the Republican NOMINEE
for Congress in the Thirtieth district
The attorneys for Congressman John
Dalz.ll agreed tn the recount after failing
TO have DIR. Black put himself on record
that he would abide by the new count
and would not he a candidate against
Congressman Dalzell in case the vote
proves favorable TO Dalzell
Black said he would have agreed 10
support the ticket two weeks ago whsn
he first demanded a recount Of the entire
ballot, but since then he has become
satisfied the ballot boxes have been
tampered with
The recount was started this afternoon
A nu mber Of boxes had already b..an
counted when stopped by Judge Cohen
on the plea Of Dalzell's attorneys
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Liked lsls sip % Teddy.

To THE EDIToR or THE SuS-Sir Rob
ert g. Ingersoll did write a euloxium OF
Nhiskey. and in an article for an evening
newspaper Of this city many years ago he
quoted hts euloRium Of whtskey and face
tiously said that he had been wicked enough
to write u, In the same article Colonel
Ingersoll quoted hts eulogium OF tobacco.
II il true that this great man denounced
alcoholic drinking 70 excess, but IL l. also
true that he liked HE toddy occasionally,
and Il Colonel lngersoll were alive he would
not deny Il but manfully admit II. He saw
humor In an occasional swallow OF the
most wonderful whi-key that ever drove the
skeleton from the feast or painted land
scapes IN the brain OF man. 10 quote his own
words NEWsPAFHh Man.
NV lORK. judy IL
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CRUISER s0I iDRON.
Orders Creating the urn Di, rsisn ~ ~"
Atlantic fleet.

WAsHISoToS. July ~ Acting :" -'-
tary Of the Navy winthrop issued ou'.-'
to-day creating the fifth division 0i ''
Atlantic fleet. To b. composed ~ '.'
armorcd cruisers TenneS-e,' Washing
North arolina and Montana. Thcs" ,rui--
ers are now returning To Hampton kHH''
from Buenos Ayrcs, where they att .."i
tho centennial celebration ~ the ArE.''
tine Republic They arp scheduled
reach Hampton Roads about july
Pacific coast, will b. brought aI....
South America Ia tho Atlantic u.r'I
within the next few months 10 lD.. 90
squadron The new Cfth division "a.
take part In the European cruise neat l,.-.'
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PRESBYTERIaN MERGERIaLID.
Court tphoids Combination of Z. =. 4
Church with Cumberland

LITTLE Rock. Ark July ~ In i~
cision handed down 10y the State supreme
Court here to-day it WAS held that a."
union between the Presbyterian Church 4
United States of America and the cum.
beTland Presbyterian Church IN 1873 "a.
valid and that the Presbyterian Church
L. y. A. succeeds 10 the tight and rr a
II all the property held by the t..wI.r-
land Presbyterian body
The CoLrt declares that when th, !.
eral assembly Of the Cumh-rland C'ur.. s
voted to unite with the Northern Pre-. g..
terians AZ TO faith this action trin-' 'r-..
the right Of property as well lUI- a
cision differs from that Of IN. court
the churches united on a common 'H...
but retained their identity az To proi.H'.v
rights
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The Dose for Malaria.

To rHg EDITOR ~ Tar Sr'N-SU The dose
for malaria l. the one glass 10 Shieh the three are
reduced by cooking ~ "Brooklyn- would liz.
further Information 10 regard to malaria or any
Of tho evns TO which flesh II heir Samantha
would be plcAsed 20 furnish It.
The patient can tell when 70 di<conti,u. the
treatment 10 the lemon cure by burdens being
lighter. and the sun shining brigh ter Too Lonx
will. II followed. cause indigestion
NV NoBE July H. SAMANTHA Sutra