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Throwing Away 500. OOO, 900.

one or the relics OF the reign OF
political insanity in the past decade
which remain ms monuments to the
madness of reformatory zeal that az
fiicted Congress is the process OF phys.
lcal valuation in which the railroads
OF the country are engaged. The In
terstate Commerce Commission has
charge Of the work under a special
statute directing that 1t he done, but
The principal burden and the bulk OF
the cost fall on the railroads.
An elaborate account Of what all
this means in the case Of one railroad
system has just been prepared by the
New Haven. In reading il one gets
a very vivid idea Of the reckless ease
with which Legislatures generally and
Congress In particular vote away
other peoples money, and the intoler.
able readiness with which laws have
been passed to add to the troubles aS
we'll AZ the expenses of the common
carriers Of the country.
Just to make the required sea rche,
OF town and county records Of titles
to property in four States. some Of
them going back eigh,y.fve years,
the New Haven has had twelve EN-.
ployees at work for some time past
There are now III employees in the
valuation department which the rail,
road has had to create to comply
I'm the orders Of the Interstate Com,
merce Commission, and before valua.
ton Is completed the force will be in,
creased to about l25.
As at present estimated, it will
cost the New Haven about S5nO.OOt
for valuing itself, but there is room
for expansion In this item. All tn,
figures originally arrived at by the
Government have had to 10 revise,
upward more than once as To the az
p"nliture involved. Al first the Gov
crnment's share was put at S2.5OO.RN
for all the railroads in the country
The latest calculation on behalf OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission
places the sun as high as $2O,OOO,O O(
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WHAT IS A SNEER?
Mr.. Rossltcr johnson sewers the Oral
From the Enacted.

To u EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: In
my last communication to Thu SUN, ac-
cording to the print. I declared that
those capped and gowned ladies were
in the court room to sheer at the men
who were being naturalizcd and the
reader would understand this as sheer
ing orally, which of course was not
true, What I wrote was that they
went there to enact "A sheer ana
that - exactly VIVA they did do. Their
silent argument. put into plain, blunt
English. was simply this: Look at our
caps and gowns and thus see how in.
telligcnt AID learned w are. Then loon
~ those men and sec how ignorant
they are. Then acknowledge the injus-
tico OF giving the vote to them ana
Withholding II from us
Passing over the fallacy OF assum-
ing that the vote Is or ever can he
based on learning, let me say thet !
have doubts about the alleged igno-
rance of those men. The fact that they
have. left their native land, forsWorn
allegiance to H.. come thousands or
miles To- our country and sworn allie
glance to our Government. while they
cast M their lot with us, proves "A very
considerable degree of intelligence.
energy and .ntorprisp. Indeed, an
inclined to think that they, fleeing
from despotism, have an even keener
appreciation OF the blessings Of Ameri-
can liberty than l., who am native here
and have, been put through n COLLEGE.
| am never offended by the foreign ac-
cent IN their speech.
Your fair correspondent 'she says ]
must not speak uf her as young, but |
trust may call her fair) processes to
dispose M my argument for stability
by calling IL ";he cave mans bludgeon"
We'll. why not sheer at the policeman
with his nightstck az a cave man
with his bludgeon? should he and MS
bludgeon be abolished?
Less than ever, while this hamboyant
campaign for woman suffrage is pro-
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greatest obstacles to the conquest OF
the entire country.

kTtdtebt OUttdCIeS W INV CNuiuuVSt VI
the entire country.
BoTHA's campaign has been through.
ont one Of many difficulties and con
siderable ha rdship. AT the outset the
strength Of the foe, which was he
lieved to be not much more than 1900.
was underestimate. on account Of
its failure in suppresslng rebellion
among the natives OF the Interior.
The country. however. was well pro-
tected against an invader. Every
thing had been done with Teutonlc
efficiency and t~horoughness.
The country has been described as
IAN armed camp" II was cut by
roads built for their strategic
value than for their usefulness to the
settlers. and the railway was a belt
line over which interior posts could
be expeditiously supplied from the
bases on the coast. The frontier was
lined with blockhouses and forts con.
nected by a perfect system Of tele-
graph and wireless communication.
Nature had furnished a strong de.
fence In the great, hot, sandy desert
plains along the en- stern border. In
crossing this waterless barren BoTHA
proved his superiority as n leader as
much as he did In defeating his en-
envy upon his own soil.
His success reduces a country of
almost 325.UOo square miles. the larg.
est colony under German rule. while
II has considerable valuable farming
land. the Germans had appn rently
paid less attention TO developing its
resources than to improving its mill.
tary defcnces. Should the British
retain this colony as their own they
must put into effect "A system similar
to that which they employed in their
South African colonies In order to
bring II M To the same standard "
productiveness. The reward thar the
Union of South Africa Is most likely
to consider commensurate with Gen
eral BoTHA's victory will he the pos
session Of the Atlantic ports on the
German Southwest African coast.
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LEGISLATORS AND PRISON.
Frs.
G%ouyerneur Morris's Tobacco Rcs0lu-
ton and what Prompted II.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: The
newspapers contain dispatches nearly
every day with relation to the affairs
Of the State prison at Os.ininC and
the efforts OF Warden osborne to M
prove the condition of the inmates.
Those who know about the physical
condition OF the buildings at Sing Sing
prison are agreed that the state needs
II new building, which should he con-
structed in "A healthtul location and
with proper sanitation.
And yet, while We lament over our
present shortcomings, II We recall the
condition Of our prisons in his state
in the past II IL easy To see that We
have improved very much compared
to the way IN which our ancestors
treated those unhappy enough 10 be
confined a century ago.
In III the first State Assembly was
held in the court room of the old court
house in Kingston, which was at that
time the state capital, The prisoners
were confined in the jail on the first
floor. below the court room The vi
vacious Gouverneur Morris, who was one
of the subcommittee Of three to pro-
duce the frs, Constitution Of the state.
on March Is offered the following
preamble and resolution
whereas from the past want 81 care
In the prisoners now confined In the San,
immediately underneath the convention
Chambcr the same IL supposed 70 have
become unwholesomc, and very npuseous
and disngreeable efruvia arise, which
may endanger the health of the member
Of this convention, therefore Resolved,
Tha, for the preservation Of their health.
the members Of this convention he at
liberty, at their pleasure, 20 smoke in the
.-,Aa,st,p thtfhIaT WItlp tho IItnsa -
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for the Government and perhaps twice
as much for the railroads. In other
words, the money TO he paid out In
this undertaking may reach or even
exceed $4,000, 900.
There Is no reason why any Of this
expense should he harged to the com
mon carriers. In fairness the Gov
eminent should foot the bill itself.
The railroads never asked for u val
uation. II was saddlcd upon them
by crank theorists who thought that
through II some basis could bc cstab-
lished for a mechanical regulation Of
freight and passenger rates.
The worst Of 1t all Is that as nearly
as reflective intelligence can deter.
mine the $8O.OOO.UW more or less will
he practically thrown away except
for the academic interest which will
attach to discovery and proof as to
just what II has cost to give the conn
try the great transportation S,stein
which II possesses and what. In ar-
cordance with any just methods Of
computation. the railroads are worth.
That the valuation will ever serve
any useful purpose In the regulation
Of the rates Of the railroads under
private ownership has never been
demonstrated.
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The Unluckiness and the Fridayness
Of Friday.
\ correspondent. whose intelligence
liz attested by the act, writes 10 Tnf
SrN for illumination

\ correspondent. whose intelligence
liz attested by the act. writes Ia Tnf
SrN for illumination
"To THE EDITOR OF THE srN--Sir: I
lose two days OF my vacation because
one member OF our automobile touring
party has a superstition against setting
out on Friday and another will not
begin anything on saturday. So al
though ] locked my desk Thursday night
| shall not be able TO begin the business
OF vacation till sunday. Is there any
explanation in reason for these Friday
and Saturday superstitions?
"PEREGRINr IN \ PICKLE.
"rAssAIc, y. J., July o."
Superstitions crushed to earth will
rise again. The belief In an inau.
spicious Friday is more or less con
ventional; the Saturday ban is prob
ably Il personal. private f~oolishneSS.
We shall not veX our already suiii-
GENTLY harassed friend with any juice
less metaphysical comment. hut will
simply suggest TO him that when the
ears are swimming In sunshine. with
motors running true. he pass on Ia his
friends this proposition II an in
ternational legislature were Ia shift
the calendar three days in either ~
rection So that next Friday would he
called Tuesday or Monday. would tn"
fortunes Of adventurers still be- ad-
verSely affected on every seventh day
after the last Friday Of the old re
gime. under the new name of the day.
or would the ''jinx" shift its malcti
cent operations To the new Friday:
Or II ~ ame were to he given to
Friday and Saturday. such as Jo-
selhusday or Bryanday. would the
batfled imp of perverSfty he forced
Into permanent retirement;
We congratulate our friend on his
good fortune in having in his party
III entertainer of Puritanic sabbath
day scruples. Like most OF the trou.
bles OF men, this might easily have
been worse.
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The Silence Of Three Professors.

Three professors In three Of the
great universities Of the country.
Harvard, Cornell and Chicago. knew
from the moment the daily papers
brought them the news of the cold
blooded attempt III Mr.. MoRGAN's life
that the aSsassin's name was not
HoLT but MUENTER. and that he had
long been a fugitive from justice
charged with wife murder under
peculiarly revolving circumstances.
The deplorable feature of this
revelation is that it is post mortem.
All three OF the learned gentlemen
maintained a profound silence on the
subject until the murderer had been
permitted To- commit suicide in the
Long Island Jail where he was con
fined. Their testimony ut this late
day Is merely interesting ms n docu-
ment in c~riminology, whereas had ii
been Immediately available II might
have been Of very great value. 1t
might even. for instance. have had
effect in influencing the Jail %authori-
ties to restrain MUENTER's repeated
suicidal experiments before their
successful elimination. thus perhaps
opening the way 10 discovery of ac-
completes whose existence the mans
astounding in amaSsing large
and widely distributed stores OF
dynamite 80 strongly suggests. TO
say the least, the failure of these
three important witnesses To come
forward AT once Is r~egrettable.
There has been such prodigal pro-
~fcssorial utterance latterly of things
that with personal advantage In in
dividual instances and To the unqlles.
tionable benefit of the learned guild
generally might have been left I'M
said that the selection of the par
ticular time in question rs an occa-
sion for ~taclturnity is all the more
ineNplicable. At all events, no less
than three university professors seem
pretty clearly to have been actually
lI'llN wv III INV WI ~
%loquncity: In itself II sufficiently re-
markable circumstance.
SO far as Professor HUGo MrEN.
sTrRRERG of Harvard Is concerned, he
merely now says that he knew FRANK
IIoIT and ERlcH MutNTER were one
and the same person Ms 500 Ms he
saw their pictures in the newspapers
hut in the cases Of Professors GiouiI
and RENNEr. both recently of the Cor,
nell corps of instructors, lluiT wa,
known to he MvENTtR both lcfor,
and after the fact of his attack on
Mr.. MORGAN. Both these gcntlcmci
have issued statements to the effect
that as long = rs last winter they
knew tn" man incorporating under
the name Of lloIT was the Cambridge
criminal under indictment for SLOWLY
poisoning his wife to death, And botf
these learned instructors of youth
saw their way In morals and in theil
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Suicide Is Confession. Rut l. II Pun
ishmentc

To THE EDITOR ~ THE SuN-Sir. I
nave read with some interest your edl-
tuIlal article In to-day's e. entitled
Justice Thwarted by Gross Official
De- ELECTION
To my mind the ending OF Holt's
life was "A most satisfactory punish
ment for the crime he committed What
moment Is it whether he died 10y his own
act or by the machinery employed by
the state To- carry out sentences Of
death? lie attempted to take the life
OF u most important citizen, and had
he succeeded the loss to the country
would have been ext 'mrly great. In
his defence Insanity might, have been
pleaded, and with sufficient money to
back him Holt might in due time have
been allowed to 20 free.
In "A fHmOu case now on trial we
are seeing justice unthwartcd in it's
cOursC, All. perhaps, To the benefit OF
the newspapers.
The authorities Of Nassau county are
not to he blamed or Censurcd other
authorities in similar positions should
follow their example.
4 %wuuld-br mur,l' ror is not a honeNt
to society, If he i'll only end his own
life he should he encouragcd 50 to do.
ltoRFRr FENToN.
AIuANy JulN
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PROOFS OF MIDDIES
THEFTS REVEALED
But Annapolis lnuuircr> Fail
to Bring Ont Who stole
Examination Paper,
NEAR END OF TESTINONT

ANNAPOLIS. July o-Tnr,, ,t.o,r,,
to enter the department NJ moderr Ian.
guages at the Naval Academy and t,Ls
copies of the examinations ONO nj,
which at least was probably s,occ.,
full, were related to the court ~ I'm.
quiry to-day by Instructor uli,o, rryt
olive, and three other teachers .r ,u.
modern language department ,u.. o,
conditions relating to the prcpl~,,on
and care Of examination paper. 100 Tie
department. but ippnc was ah'c io H,r
fix upon the person responsible lr
sending the papers 20 mi%dshipner
The department had probably n,er
entered, MIR. Oiivci said, on MAY lo
II and IL. The cvidoncc. ind. cate. i.,,
the papers were received los Nu..r.
man Moss prior to Ire last named Ir,
II developed through Nj Dli,.'s .,,,
mOny that all of the drawers .n 'H.
department. could he opened with ,e
same key. and that when ou MAY 10
the thefts were suspected tine utp.,
were moved from one drawer ~ an.
other.
Prof. Olivct said that on May 40 Pro.
Fernendez noticed that IN, top sheet o.
the rhle of examination papcys had
been moved. on Nav ~. he -aIu more
was additional cvidefce that 81. ,nor,
had been made to reach the paper,
Other instructors ~ the department:
OF modern languages WIN were .Aaps.
med to-day were Mcssrs. 60 ton. Na-te.
and l.acdlle. \ouo WAS abb. Zoo ste
any Information pointing To- IN. a-'.a
sender OF the papers to Md>r. pmla
Moss, though they testified that tie l.,.
pers were uNtoubtedl. stolen from
their department.
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Instructor Cotton testified tE,,
courses OF study and examinations were
getting easier all the time ard that Of.
Gals had directed a lowering II The
passing mark, as In other departments
Instructor Lacalle said "a mIdshipnan
had let slip his knowledge of the fact
that IA previous examination for the
fourth class had been made out by
asking him If he did thiuk the second
examination was harder thar the frs.
He reported the incident to the head
of the department.
Drs. Field and Mccormick. medical
directors, were called In r"frrcuI 10
testimony that the restricted milship-
men "a been treated harshiy. par.
tiCularly Midshipman l., +. Wess, n. who
had unusual trouble with a broken arm
pr. Field testified that the healing 4
VESSELS arm was delayed 10y the lat.
ter's failure to keep II still aud other
wise carry out directions. and ttai NE
was in shape TO be quartcred ON the
Reina Mercedes on June ~. when he
was ordered there. provided hc WIS not
required to sleep in "A hdmmoek. Nc
said that arrangements had been mad,
to obtain him "A bed.
Or. Mccormick said that Tn" quar-.
ters of the midshipmen ON the R.,"t
Mercedes We're large enough. sauiIar, H
every particular and well lighted aad
ventilated.
Midshipmen e, e. Nickery and u =
Grimm, Jr. of the last graduating elias.
testified that they had suh,'... #
mounts of advance Information ou
modern language examinations, .- ..
the majority of their clasSmates
cry said that he had sent a nuiu'.' u'
fourth class men to Mldshipmau ~
for help in modern Language, b., aISe
he considered him the midshirmgr rn.
qualihed ana willing to help other.
The court Will make an riif"' .'
close the testimony tomorrow art NO
or three days viii probably b, devote.
To arguments.
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AID FOR BLINDED SOLDIERS
Committee Organized ~ Well
known New lorLers.

For the purpose of giving 'r s'
aid to the thousands OF soldiers $751;.
have lost their eyes.rh' boz the wrr
number Of we'll known New Na..r-
have organized the Committee for Ne
Blinded in Battle Joseph II g.. t'a
az the head OF the tNeyut.vc n,rr0. 'er
Bishop David II Greer, honorary "'f
man John H. Finley, chulrulu Ms
Peter Cooper Hewitt secretary. N--
II. +, Rogers, assistant seyr'','N Hu.
william Forbes Morgan, Ir treasE-,f
other members are Mss Il'g U
Bourne. Senator Thomas T. GORE, ~.
Winifrci Ilo,'. Herbert H. St'r. re
William II. Taft aud Arthur " Dbl"
y general committee IN process a. ''-
nation includes pr. william NJ 'r.~-
venor, willard V. King, .Ndo'ua l'A
sohn. Henry Phipps, Jacob n N'r
Isaac y Seligmau and Louis We.
There are already more than.
blind soldiers in Paris aloge. .,.n. q
to a cable message received frrH N--
Minifred Holt, who il now 90 E 20
Miss Holt is the secretary of tie N'N
York Association for the Blind
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MANY PRIESTS TRANSFERRED.
Changes Announced by Bishop We
DOnnell Of Brooklyn.

Bishop Charles l.. Mcuuurst' ~
Brooklyn announced yesterday a., go.
lowing appointments and trt'-t..- '.
cleXgNmen in his diocese
The Very Rev. James f '.rf-
II. H., pastor Of our Lady of ~,.
Corona, to he pastor Of - M'ft ~'
Of the Sea, ia court street, n-t .
largest parishes IN BronklNu n' 'r
James Higgins Of ST. Joseph -. 49,.
To our Lady of sorrows. 'uru..
Rev. John - lyl" of -. IH'' .. .
ohoguc. to IT JOscph'S, BthN'.'
Rev. Joseph MclHughllu 80
island to -. IatrichS tui. .Ine'
Rcv. James Calvin, first ats'~'u..
Matthew'S, tn Fishers Island d..
The Rev Martin Peg u.r ".
IuuoeoutS, BroukiNu. e" OHr lau..
rows, Corona IN" Rev Nll',n'
~. Augustiuc's to lioly ln.o.
Ecv. Cornelius lUmN of 'Nf..
AuElstiuc'S, Brooklyn a., l,.
Mcconnell, newly ordained foo
uf Good touusrl and TIE li'
Cottcue, newly ordained lu H'.
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There appears to he some mistake
about the high cos Of living in Buenos
Ayres. The United states CONNER
cial attache there In one OF the last
m reports attempts to cor
rec this false impression. One can
live quite comfortably there at a good
hotel from $3.50 to $3.50. A dinner.
he adds, "is seldom arranged for less
than $3.50 to 81 a plate" Thus
are many travellers tales regarding
that South American city disproved.
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tn rrE EptroH OF THE SrN-SW. one
stauza of something | picked up con
vlcts Nuuii'f ~ srIrjtlcSs cuwardlre, and
from his own feeble lcmoustrancc with
friends WHO We're for his good and feared
his flt1,r'S Sp'it might lu the son
hodrlN harm. Whether tho conviction
he founded on q 'a'r Inference YOU VII
perhaps ho the Judge
Your llsm'ct showed q 'raNcn NIght.
IIis craven ,ou1u.j trrt, mo.
said Nc, "l"l make aud hrss the fight
~ ghost Of him chat lots me
CHESTER, July I. J A. N.
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General BOtha's Campaign.

The success of General LOUIS
RoTHA. the commander of the British
forces in South Africa, was not I'M.
expected, After his capture In May
Of Windhoek, the seal Of government
Of German Southwest Africa. and Of
the railway and military roads Of
that district, he had overcome the
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concept Of good citizenship to remain
silent on the subject.
Whether future reflection will lead
them to the conclusion that present
silence on their peculiar ethical
standards might have been more adj
visable than the past silence which
let loose on society n murderer like
MrENTER may be left to conjecture.
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TENT SERVICES SUCCESSFUL
Sneakers tu-.aur"' 49,
Week on II. Johns rr""ud'

Although tho :, Vices .N DO
dral, iuaueuri;yi uu tur o
rttrtIra, Of - John i.r |..
Tuesday evening. form Cd .''
Tor the ~EpisJop,' CNUy.1 pm
through tn" cooperation N' o.,
.s,Ic committee their Success
assucrd.
The preaCh. o auu.u."'I
week are ON Sun lay. "
Tuesday nights, the I;'N
Walsh Of - MlrN'~ o.
Haven on W~cducsdI, l.eN'
pr. II. T. N,chuls Of lioi, T.
lem on Thursday, tire |,.
llowes Of -. lIuk"'e liu-n'
FrlItN the Rev, pr lam
CHRIST church, Nnuk,r~ 1"H
service, heCjrnirG at =
conducted all ueNt wc,N hy p.
". q. W, Anthony ut = w.
Chapel, Trinity parish
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Agricultural Notc.

First Farmcr-what do you do with the
waste?
second Farmer-Waal, you've got either
to keep pigs or summer boarders.
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There were more suicides in New
Jersey during the month ending June 10
last than in any month for the last
three years-TTcrtoH despatch.
And not a mosquito In sight: only
birds and sunshine and the season at
the beaches just beginning.
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~ euv friends uho tdror as irih mann.
scripfs and Illustrations for publication IRISH
10 hare rejected articles refnlled they must
IN oil cases send stamps for that purpose.
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Tells public how 20 handle bombs
Heddhnc.
BETTER tell the public to leave them
alone.
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y report from Athens says that
General LEHMAN o SANDERS was shot
by Turkish soldiers. How they could
be so severe on a soldier who has
done SO much for them is a mystery
that is still further ~deepened when
one considers the bland and OK eyed
expression he carries and his beam
ing smile when he talks OF Germany's
disinterestedness in Ottoman affairs.
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Readers OF THE suS leaving town for the
summer months can have the. dnlly anu
sunday and evening editions delivered 10
them In any part Of this country or Eu-
rope on tho terms stated above, Addresses
neWsdealer or directly ~ Publication Of
nee. telephone 2200 Beekman.
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ALBANy, July 4,
Prcraution for the Animals Comfort.

Mrs, Knicker-Whn takes care NJ the
cat white YOU ara away?
Mrs Bockcr-Ive asked the burglars to
feed II.
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London once. Emnsham House. ! Arun-
del street. strand.
Paris ONCE. 8 Rus de la Michodiere' ON
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
washington once. Hibbs building
Brooklyn once. los Livingston street