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draft the tclara tion of Independence and had then sot upon his feet to say that be approved the principles of the document as good political system the colonies then In revolt, he might by a treat stretch of prophecy have been called the Got. Cummins of his Sim. Xt was an evolution of this surprising lature that Gov, Ccm-mYns actually performed -without apparent Inconvenience In the presence cf the delegates to the Iowa Republican Con ventloa. He has proclaimed himself an i advocate of tariff reform and of the restraining of monopolistic combinations by removing- the duties that enable them to practice extortion. But when the con vention had nominated him for Governor It shoved under bis feet a platform pre' pared by that experienced compromiser.

(Senator Allison, which la hot a tariff reform platform. Is frankly a Dlhgley platform, and one which takes ell the life out of Gov. Ccvxms's tariff Thereupon the Governor In his speech to the convention accepted the as one upon which be could stand and 70rk for the promotion of his dead "Idea." The Governor la evidently too faint-hearted and complaisant to be the leader of a reform or the champion of a principle. The only honest words In the tariff plank of the platform are those which declare adherence to the policy of pro tection. The feeble generalities about adapting the tariff to changing times and reducing duties that are too high carries deceit In every line and a mean betrayal of hopes in every word.

A man of honest and courageous mind who Wished to write a tariff-reform plat-, form would not palter with the subject. He would declare at once the plain truth that the tariff bristles with abuses and extortions, with provisions that confer privileges upon individuals and distribute the money of the taxpayers la bounties io favored interests.1 Its would declare that the robber duties should be reduced. A hot at some dim, remote, unspecified time, but now, at the very next session of Congress. That is the kind of tariff reform Gov. Cummins has led the farmers of Iowa to believe that he favors.

cm wrin nnr xa inn tt na ha vor tariff reform at alL lie weakly yields to his party and permits the label of Dingleyism to be once more affixed to his candidacy. Congressman Lacet of the Sixth District. who declared in his speech to the convention: I km a Standpatter from StandpattersvUle," Is a vastly more respectable figure than the nerveless Governor, The trust tank is as false as the tariff planks It declares for control and regulation without a word about the removal of truM-breedIng duties. A convention of trust-makers would enthusiastically applaud that sentiment Regulation and control they can avoid in many Ways. They are not particularly afraid of that The simple proposition that the duties shall be struck off from articles manufactured by combinations which- have established a monopoly frightens them every time they hear It made, and to avert such a calamity they confidently rely ujfon the Allisons, the Bhaws, the Hannus, the Paynes, and other leaders of their party, not excepting the President himself.

There is no tnriff reform, nd tariff reduction, to be had ftom the Republican Party. The f.ordid covenant binds together fof mutual profit and advantage the protected manufacturers and the Republicans is inviolable, and it wtll continue in force and effect until the power to execute Its provisions is taken Ottt of Republican hands, COMMISSIONER LINDEJTTHaL'S PLAS. Readers of yesterday's Tusks who had been readers of previous Timssss tnust have been almost dismayed at the extension which has been given to Commissioner LixdknthaL's original propo-. sltlon to erect, on the site of the rape-sold headed by the actual Staats-Zeitung Building, a municipal "office of steei-framed construction, and as high as It must be. Now' that comparatively small scheme i taken on large dlmen-, The original nucleus, the "city's office building," has disappeared altogether.

It has been supplanUd by the scheme of clearing away the surface of the old City Hall Park and something more, condemning and clearing all the sites out to the western side ot Park Row. and making a huge municipal plaza of the lndosui e. It will hot do at all fo say. is yester day's Evening Post that Commissioner La.vosNTHAXi Is not an architect. and plan has therefore r.o architecture authority.

In the first an as athl- tecture goes among engineera He Is not cnly, "In a general way One of, the engineers who havo done, most to mitigate the discredit brought upon thoir profession by what tnust'be owned to be its habitual Ineptitude, at Jeast in this country, to the handling of architectural problems. Eminently he has done that ia his design for the North JUver Bridge, made when he was a private engineer. Equally he has done it in his irevision of tha actual designs for bridges across the East River, in every one of which revisions It Is evident that architectural considerations, that considerations of appearance and dignity, have played an Important part' Our esteemed evrnlng contemporary. even when sparring; for wind in search of an opinion about the semi-official plan for the expansion of City Hall lrk, and the bordering cf It 'with worthy edifices. should really not Iiave Intimated that Mr.

Lindknthal's plan is without expert architectural authority. His own architectural authority in as great as that of any member of his profession, If we did toot remember the works tf Mr. Botucit In architectural enilneering, we should say that It was gres.ter. but iiso, in this fcostlyand grandiose municipal project Commissioner ias the backing of. persons' whom it were even more obviously absurd to describe as architectural amateurs than to describe Mr.

LlNPEKTBAi. himself as an architectural amateur. His project is associated with the name of Mr. HoanbobtsL, as associated architect, and with the name of Mr. Post, as Consulting architect' These ara names adapted to paralyse those who do noi know, and to Impress those who do know.

In spits of them, ws the opinion, toot for the first time, thai the true interests of the city require, in the first place, the execution oi the original plan of the late J. R. Thomas. Mr. Thomas used to chuckle over the adoption of his plan for the Han of Records, saying, in his professional way, that it implied ten million dollarK worth of So, in fact it did.

The supplant ing of the Stewart Building, on the cor ner of Broadway, and of the building in termedlate between that at the hew Hall of Records, was';" manifest destiny," as also that the two newer buildings should, in general, follow the design of the new Hall of Records, now ap proaching completion. Suppose we all advocate that proposition, quite lrre spectlvely of any interest wn may have in Mr. LiNDKNTHAts ulterior considers tlons. That would be a great municipal improvement, and we should have plenty of time in which to consider the remain ing features of Mr. Linden-thai plan.

THE GLOVE C0NTILACT. Congressman LarrAUtH't explanation of the glove contract business may satisfy anindulgent Government it may sat isfy, him. It clearly does not satisfy the law, and will never be accepted even by a friendly public as a satisfactory vindl cation of Mr. Lrrr auhr. If transactions like that In which he admlU that he was engaged are permissible, lire innocent then, the Federal law forbidding mem bers of Congress to have any direct or Indirect Interest In Government contracts Is a nullity, since It may be continually and with impunity- evaded by.

such an arrangement as that made between Mr, Littauer's firm, Mr, LtON, and the Gov ernment in the case of th contract for the manufacture of gloves for the War Department In hla explanation Mr, Ljvtacer makes this statement, which is the gist and substance of his defense: I again reiterate that in toone of our transactions with Lyon had we any other interest direct or indirect except that of manufacturers selling goods directly to him. We had no interest In the Government con tracts which he received. We named our price to him. he accepted the contract from the Government at whatever price he 'desired to name, we sold and billed our goods to him, and received our pay from him and gave him credit for the goods billed him until paid. -But the documents and the testimony in the Lyoh bankruptcy proceedings are absolutely destructive of this explana tion.

There are letters and memoranda in exlBtence tn the handwriting ot Mr. LaTTAUiR, In be figures out the cost of glove1, states tha profit which his firm expects, and makes it clear that LiTTAVfyt Brothkiis were not selling gloves to Lyok at a fixed price, but expected to divide profits with him on sales to the Government In one case. Mr. Littau a wrl tes Divide profit over this figure, $1.53. One of the doc uments submitted la evidence is a letter in the handwriting -cf Representative Ljttalkr upon the stationery of the Committee on Manufactures, written to Mr.

E. It Lyon on Jan. 23, 1900, in which he states the cost of manufactur ing certain muskrat gauntlet gloves at I30.CS3.00, Including six months' interest He then" writes that receive" for 3,000 pairs of gloves aj t3 and pairs at 1.C3 the sum of showing a profit of $3,537.03, of which your share of one-half ecuala $1,708.52." This letter signed Lttta cir Brothers, the firm' riame. It bearj upon Its face evidence tht the contract with the War Department was for th Joint account of Lyon; and -LrrrAven BaormcRs. Other exhibit disclose William Littauer as the surety of Dyon in respect to the arti cles of agreement between Lyon and Col.

Furey. Deputy Quartermaster General of the Army at Philadelphia, A letter. to Mr. Lyon, dated May, ISOSani signed by Congressman contains this inquiry: Do you thlcic I advisable that T1TE NEW YOTlTv I should 1 on tx thaa the standard gaunt- to any otl lets?" I t. tr T.tTTA.cra i 1 1 as an ad r.

th profits to expected under the Govemmeiit contracts based upon hi cost of manufacture. They estimate contain feieated reference! to a division of these itoflts. They show, that Mr. ijTTAPiR'fj brother was surety, for LtON, and reveal the willingness or iir. ajt- TAuen him self to call upon the Quarter master Gei ieral of the Army in reference to the glov which he as a manufacturer was suppl ing to the War Department It is impoilble for Mr.

LaTTAUsa to con vines the public that he had no interest In a contract as to which he admits in his statennt thathls firm divided with the tltularf contractor L.ton the dlf fer- ence bet which he gauntlets, eated In fcen our cost and tht price at advised us he had sold th His firm was directly inter- buinlng a high price for the gloves soli to the War Department "We must add! that it will be the general Judgment khat It was an unlawful inter est The Kevlsed Statutes, SecUoa 3,730, are our wirrant for that opinion: No member of or delegate to Congress shall directly or indirectly, himself, or by any other Iperson In trust for him. or ror his use or benefit, or on his account, unfler-take, execute, hold, or enjoy. In whole or ia part any contract or agreement made or entered Into In behalf of the United states. or by any! officer or person authorised to make cot) racts on behalf of the United States. Every person who violates this section shl Ml be deemed guilty of a mis- and shall be fined 13,000.

If Conrt-essmaa'LiTT Acer's statement a must be held to exculpate him, then no Congressman could under this statute ever be brought before the House to an swer charges of having an interest in Governm'ifnt contracts In violation of law. TETAirck AITTITOXnr, AND FIRE WORKS. To-day la large volume of tardy Jfourth of July i archaaes will be made by fond parents, is perhaps not too late to advise thoe who are about to -honor the requlsitlo of the children in the mat ter of pr ivlalon for celebrating the National bir hday by creating a loud noise and a ba 1 mell." or who have already done so, to make a small purchase on their owi account which may come in handy before the day Is over. The State Board of Heat th has given notice that it has ef felted a general distribution of intltoxin for the treatment of I tetanus the tlctirtis of gunshot wounda and skin abrasion! caused by the lodgment of par ticles of rulminate in or under the cuti cle. A tittle of this preparation in the house wduld conduce to peace of mind on the parti of those who are attached to their children.

When tho doctor is called It may el ve a good deal Of valuable time If he finis a -supply of it on Dr. H.G. Wells, in a communication to Amerfcan Medicine, ventures the opln. ton thatl every case of wound due to a blank cartridge, however alight, should be considered dangerous and treated from thl start as if it were positively known hat tetanus bacilli were at the I bottom it the wound, it should be sur gically dleansed and all contused tissue, as well ks foreign bodies, should be re moved, tit a entire surface should be cau terixed, preferably with tho actual cautery, and It should then be packed in such a manner that no dead tissue can form in pockets, and that healing may take place from the bottom. The use of the tetanus antitoxin is recommended.

and the! physician who decides that this Is unnecessary takes large chances of having letanua to deal with as soon as it can devlelop Of cohrse, it would be much' better to guard dhlldren and fools against danger by cutting off the supply of noise-mak ing exnoslves. but that Is expecting too much. IPerhaps the most the average parent can do to safeguard his family circle 1 to Bkirmlsh around to-day for a supply tof tetanus antitoxin and keep it handy nntll called for. It is not very ex. pensivd and enough to go round would i be a good investment.

YACHTS AND RACING MACHINES. Bir tiiohas upton is reported to have declared that if he should fall in his present effort to lift the cup, he would come a 'ter it next time with a schooner. If tha be true, it would add a good yachtl: reason to the patriotic reasons we aire ady have for wishing that he shall not att Lin his goal with Shamrock III. The German Emperor, who has Jrt been repeating at Kiel the international love fekst which took place at Shooter's Island Iwhen his American schooner was launch has just been winning some races 1th her. He was polite enough to attribute his victory to the American naval.

mascots be had taken on board. But til) boat must have had something to do I with it We do notknow how credltaple have been the victories of Meteor IfflC for we do not know how good may hive been the company. But we do know jthat the victory was won by a yacht knd not by a raclnp machine. AS soon els it was won. the Kaiser did not have to begin considering whether he should break her up, or lay her up In case s4me future international challenger might bring her into use again, or In case she mjrht be needed as a trial horse for the future machine he might have to build In such an emergency.

He can go Lsallina In her, and treat her like a yacht and live the pleasure which the noble sport lf yachting la adapted to, Impart. Blow lr fast, and tof course she Is not slow, Except in comparison with racing machines which are not yachts, she Is a yachti Theieln she differs widely and for the better from the Shamrocks and Columbia nd Constitutions and Reliances. There they differ widely and for the worse! from all the previous contestants FRIDAY. herself down to the f.rt cl te tie slickers which havo cost so muui .1 I money ana aone so muta imim i 1 virinf of real I I yacnts. 11 is scarcely prtutui so worthless a boat Of a ichooner as can be made of an exaggerated sloop.

The schooner must be goodor something besides hunting cr defending the mug that was brought fcre fifty-two years The tig single sticker, as we see with increasing clearness, has to other function than thaj. When she has tried and won or tried and lost the scrap teap Is her immediate destination. Not course, thst the racing machines are not very Intelligently and. ingeniously specialised and differentiated. under the conditions according to which.

the races take place. But as we understand It the whole business Is up to the New York Yacht Club. If that body chose to maks a departure In its rules of measurement. It taight tremendously discourage the racing machine, and proportionately encourage the real yacht It seems that the present ought to a most congenlil opportunity for that organisation to show its power." A WILLmO DEPENDENT. The kind words ve were moved, to write when the rains descended and the floods came upon the Kaw Valley and the people of Kansas appealed to their neighbors for immediate help in relieving the suffering and destitute do not seem to have been warranted by subsequent happenings.

Among other things we expressed th belief that Kansas would not for a moment be willing to look to others for anything she could do or provide for her own people, and that as soon as the arencle" of self-help could I be set in motion they would be found equal to any demand which might be made upon them. Gov. Bailkt seems to have had as good an cplslon of the people of his own Stats as it gave us pleasure to express. As soon as possible he Called an extra A. I aession ot iegnaiauira a sw the situation, ani devise means for relieving the suffering in the flooded district It waa expected thati the Legis lature would make an emergency appropriation ot at least $300,000.

It passed a few local bills, authorizing counties to issue bonds to rebuild bridges, appropriated $12,090 to cover mileage and per diem expenses of the members, and ad- Journed, having done nothing to meet the 1 necessltles of the 10.000 people rendered homeless by the Inundation and left with nothing but the clothes they were wearing. s'. Comment on this incident would seem almost unnecessary. Kansas Is and al ways was a freak State. It claims to raise more cranks and lrrpoaslble people generally to the acre than any other Btate In the Union, and the claim la not disputed.

It may be counted on to do the unexpected whenever opportunity Is offered. When flood, or drought or grass hoppers, make It again necessary to pass the hat" it is ta bo hoped that the( satisfaction its legislators now de rive from the economy of willing dependence upon outside help in case of need will not be remembered to the disadvan tage of Its people. TOPICS OF TltE TIMXS. Comments curiously like out own In substance, though going much more Into detail, are made by The Ithaca Journal on the letter signed Justlcia," recently printed in Tri Times, which ascribed Cornell's rowing prowess to the alleged fact that her crews are composed ot boys whose muscles bav been hardened by manual labor, and explained the flocking together of Tale and Harvard as the result ot a disinclination to race with competitors of different Class. As to the first of these points The Journal says: "Cornell is fortunate, in having many self-supporting students.

It has its share of poor boys who have worked their way Into the university and are working their way through It Among them are some who have done and are doing manual labor. But it is a wull-known fact that such men rarely go Into athletics, particularly Into rowing. Thoy cannot spar the I time. They must etudv when they are not l.fcoHna- a 1,, laboring, and Cornell does -not offer pecuniary inducements for students to go into athletics." In considering th question of ciaaa im journal cnaracterues our I correspondent with somewhat unnecessary vehemence of epithet but It Is Just enough to proclaim the belief v.hat snobbishness Is not characteristic ot liny collegiate body as a whole. "Th crances are sood," it says, "that Yale, at least; has as many laboring students as bus Cornell, and that as large a percentage get on the crew.

It Is also certain that the Cornell eight Is in quite the same class, socially and financially, as Is the Yal eight We don't know about Harvard. Possibly It Is true that her poor rowing la due to tha Influence ot th smart set' This controversy has now departed far from the original Issue, which was ss to the peculiar ability of Mr. Court-mkt as a trainer of oarsmen, but It contin ues to be Interesting. Of course! The suit nf the New Haven Road against th Port Cheatar Electric Railway, having delayed the beginning of work on th proposed line for many months, was brushed aside a few days ago by th Court of Appeals, and credulous optimists In the trans-Harlem regions proceeded to Indulge In rejoicings over what they thought waa the prospect ot an almost immediate Improvement In suburban transportation facilities. however, the Appellate Division at Albany grants a new Injunction at th request ot the New York City and Westchester Railway Company, on grounds not touched by the previous case, and everything up in the air again, with nothing to inspire hope except a vague that there will be arguments on th matter soma time next.

Fall. Then, whatever way, the ease goes. It will be too late for underiaur.g construction work until Spring corses, and by that time, no doubt Some other corporation will discover new reasons for delay, Thus sre the Interests ot the existing roads, steam and electrle, carefully guarded- hlle the pcor public, with Its absurd yearning for cheaper fares, more numerous trains, and a wider choice of routes, can cultivate that admirable quality, Incidentally, we can alt wonder that the law, as administered. Is not the object of universal admiration, altd that now and then people substitute for It most reprehensible meth ods ot expressing their wills. Nobody la TnFF JULY pf country tl.rcvsh Wch the htl a to lu chance Las th.

slightent doubt as neceasltr. or that It would oien VP an 1 vk eratcly euetp boroes. tut mere is 1.1. tm (.1 Mr- 1 nothing ilolm tiothinr. that U.

s-xcect a pmttjr game between courts and the corporation lawyers. CoVc Ooeix sys that he has no eym- pithy, with the ingenious youth who caught so many dupes by paring them 10 per cent. a week out of their own money, and still leas with the effort now making to reward that youth with a pardon for telUng how he did It and who helped him. Prom this it Is concluded, somewhat hastily, we presume, that the eminent financier who ran the Franklin Syndicate untU It blew up under him will Lave to serve out the term In Jali to which he was sentenced. That would be satisfactory in some ways, but not tn alL To be sure.

himself de serves ho sympathy, and the Governor is very far from alone In withholding It from him. On the other hand, however, the rei- low, by refuting the nonsensical proverb about honor among thieves and betraying hi accomplices, has materially assisted the course of Justice, and Itj la probably wise so to treat him as to make It seem worth the while of other scoundrels to save fiem-sslves In the same manner. Ills mtive for areaklna was more or liss despicable, but that la only another reason why It wUl fca sar to set him free. Never again can he fool even the sort of people whom be fooled before, and there Is nt the slightest chance that any new gang of crlrolnalii wtll use him as a cat's-paw and figurehead. lie wlll therefore, be entirely liarmless, and.

as he was sobbed by the otber robbers of all kta bootv. hla DuaiahnMtnt is au-eaay fairly adequate. Moreover, Miller's victims are deserving of UlUe more symiwtby than himself, as they must all have been at least as knavish as they were stursd in their hope to get a lot for nothing. A feminine correspondent ol Harper WVl throws what Is. Of seems pe, lirtt on ta conseuuenciis to women of entering business life and competing there 1.111.

r.A In tha ordinary uusineaa tlons. They are, she declares, almort al ways bad la some degree, ana sne inue tells why: As the constant dropping of water wears away even a sion, .1 1 nt a. woman's native VUUUU USI awi aaaw aMvltislon makes Inroads upon, that certain dignity ot woraanhood which iiva tn rerara as Inviolate. Her man- nra ira unconsciously affected by this 1 wtth men under demo- crauo condlUons. Her almost Invariably V- n.tn 11 nnaltlnn Mnfllfta With her ai- iihnniiiuiu nnaitloa conflicts with her rMiiv aettled and conventional Ideas of her octal relatlonf with men, and the result is a confusion of Ideals which for a time at least upiiets her whole outlook upon uie.

Rha Ia made to understand at once that sne nut nnt exnect the manners of the draw ing room In business offices, and her lm- I mediate conclusion la, Are men manner, then, only for an This Is per haps the first blemish on her ideal 01 men. a. trivial one from the standpoint of ma turity, but Influential wltb the unsopnisu- catod girlish mind." fMlTjVtoi a 1 AvnaiaaatAii etr ft 1 A ITS ir I eTi rlCw this expression of opinion Is Its reference to th effect of service la a subordinate position. Snch. of cours.

I usually the woman's position In business, but haa anybody observed that few whose positions are not subordinate withstand the attrition of their work better and preserve their ideals longer! Every letter for publication should contain the written signature and correct address of the writer. No attention is paid to anonymous communications. BRONX TRANSIT PLAN. Editor of TU Xe Tor Tlnesr Permit me through your paper to express my unqualified approval of the proposed connection or the Rapid Transit 8ubway Company with the Manhattan Elevated -at the Junction of Westchester and Third Avenues, in the Borough of the Bronx. Th advantage of this connection is one of the greatest transit facilities that has ap peared la the Bronx for many a Today you have no rapid transit connection on the east side of the Bronx Park, and it costs at th present tim 1U cent by trolley from Manhattan Borough and cents by elevated and trolley.

'Many a poor family In Manhattan Borough with a large family of children would like to spend a day's outing in the park av. see the menagerie, but they can t'l afford to pay- 10 cents for the ride, and another advantage ha been overlooked, and that la you can rid either on th 1- will bo fewer stations on th rapid transit than on the elevated, ana it a person ae-stres to gi to Harlem from this section, he will have the advantase of the elevated. Mr Rrimont and th Rapid Transit Cora- deaerve the thauks of tha peo ple 01 tne uronx ror ma propowi connection, as It will open that section of the Bronx, whlcn nas oeen oeaa ror tarn of rapid transit. 1 was assured by the u-mi Tia nmH on laat Fri day that they would not abandon any of the present proposed rapid transit schemes If this connection Is made, as th rapid I street to Mronx Park Is fr I vated structure, they stated they could transit irom on nunurea ana x-uny-iimm rniriDlet th same In five months, and thereby give that section rapid transit a nnrm without waltlnc for the comr.letlott i th rapid transit road In the rest ot the city. Ail cltlxens of th Bronx without xcp- tion s-ould PPro-tm.

New York, Jun 80. 1903. NO HEARING FOR 13 PLAYS. To the Editor of Tht es Tork rimes: An article in your Sunday edition some weeks ago by your dramatic critld to the effect that -theatrical managers were bewailing th lack of good plays recalls an experience the writer has had that will either convince your crltlo that he was groasly tnlalnformd as to th true tacts or that theatrical managers as a class are willful perverters of the plain truth. I am an author, although I do not make my living by writing.

I have had a book published and have written short stories and ptry for th magazines and newspapers. Wishing to gain greater success la my literary efforts, I turned my attention to play writing, and. needless to say, th article In Thbj Times referred to fired me with great hopes ot achieving wonderful possibilities In the dramatic field. During, the last five months I have turned, out four plays, Two melodramas, one romantic drama, and a con-Jo opera. I do not of course say that thes plav or any one of them la worthy of a production, but the fact is that with on or two exceptions.

I have not bven able to secure even a reading. On presenting my plays to th managers and dramatic agencies th invariable answer was: "Sifry. have so many plays on hand at present will beia yeur or two before cut Coneulcr another manuscript." Asssmlne- that your crttto was well a war ot the- exlnttag conditions at th Ume.h wrote which. In all fairness to him, I honestly bellcv hi was and that manna-era re really on th lookout for good plays. iiow can iney anow tnr ar not rejecting a priceless dramatic by drnylng thcmaeivrs the opportunitythe coat to them being an hour or two of their time-by declining to read a new playt Ar trieatrlcal managers lmbud with th same clannlabnfaa an3 prejudice tn rrd to th numof an author as puhluLi-ra are? Or dwi the failure of ore play tr a new author prove such a bet nolr that they pr-fer to leen their risks by oieptlirf only tho play from authors Who hnv already nn success 1 If thla is not thu reason, what tn Hurely, when th tlm It -takes to Tead over a manuscript Is taken Into conaldera-tli wl-lshed against th ioemble dlacovry ot a rood play, the manaerers ar.

a wonderful! short-sighted lot of aneu. Or la It, St I i.nvf fioirr.hpre ruiJ. ir.i 1 ue't Urn ii2f a jroovi Xfor-i a l. tl out. aivl thoHo l.e -s blin.ny, end trums to luck anj lh pub.lc ifiB l.urj viii: wtioiever expianimon fn ror lf)ele condiuont ta ora inAtlo firmament, I for one an.wh"i!y un i .1 able to i plain.

Perhaps V'ur ilrsmatls rrltlfl mlil kln-lly vouchaaf his If tie ds, upon it, Ms wore wui eio-'erly rent! Vy me, but l-t hirn firt si-l-ir MroM-if that what 1 have stale! is truw to the letter, anl on which 1 will stake nay honor ari'l me affi davit. JA1IF.H M. Tarrytown. N. June a ljul.

VIEW OF A SOUTHERNER. To EdUor of Tin Xe Torh it ras with considerable interest that I read In your columns this morning the letter cf A Believer In Fr.tr Flay." JJe v-ry kindly Invites the opinion ot other readers upon the subject Of the Wilmington lynch ing. I cannot agree with him that there Is any similarity between this esse and the Klh-lneff massacre. The latter was the result of religious persecution, premeditated and carried out by a master hand. The former, perpetrated bra Godfearing and law- abiding community, rn its fnrmatlnn haa tha fjtt of a loathing horror at ait act which had oulrare American womanhood.

It wai not pr meditated In col blood by ealra. Judicial irmaa. tui waa the fermentation of the prUpal lo- eltncts in many. Tha man who rals in in cany history of theaa hIJeooe crtmr anut noctety says to hlmeif. retcn that he 1.

he stwuld have ln fair ehsnce by the mob." This well and truly said, but I Would that man ay this same thlnr had bla own wife- or daughter ben tha vlctlmT Would ha have artvised temperance and clemency for the brute? Avouid bi rnenis ana unowiu. xens, think you, rave stood calmly to aidet A thousand tlms I anawer no. You people ot tne isortn cannoi unorr atand this feeling; ontll you have lived In a town where soma similar outrage haa been enacted. It la impomine xor me 10 acrlbe In words tae fellnt that sirar.rV my senses even now a.t 1 uiina upon in im Wilmington trarely. I say, give the beggars their Juat re ward.

ran lea, 1 101 iw mc.i". Ci-rlty. but times come when even the law tnuit stand iialde, thtbaat who do net reenect the UndameDtal prtncipie or Ar- tcan chlvalr may n. and ti-rby lara a leaaon. A SOUTHERN LUt New YorK.

June ivn. Wants Clerical Union. To the Cditor 0 Th Xew Tor Hates: The proposition for an Insurance onion of clerical workers made through the col umns of yoor paper by Justitla Omnibus would surely meet with the approval of hundreds and perhaps thousands of men In thla eltv. If "Justitla Omnibus -will Klva aonia ciaea wnera rommuniwiwni could avnt to many would avail them- selves of the oi-rorrunlty THS DESK. New Tork, June 80, Uwi THE TTMES'S HEW BUHL ISO.

Frora Th Bavsaaak (Ga.) Preae. This new building might be called a monument to conservatism. Tsar New Yoar Tikis has always stood for all that, was clean and best in newspaper work. It has never shown a tendency to get tnto the saffron class. There has never been any desire either on the- part ot its owner or those connected with It to Join the procession of the yellows.

Even when tS tid or yellow JournaliKm waa at It mo fiaprs tnat nad been moving along steadily th quiet and effective Manner of well- to-do and well-manas-Kl concerns were IM to break away from th btaten path. Ths times continued on Its way, prtntlna; au the news fit to print and net worrying because ot tne Hysterical errorts or ctner papers to attract attmtioa to themselves. -TH rtl ss aaamsi fl Ii va ft A iA san4 'Tat "JWrrX1' prs hav com to see that there is sro thona; In publlahlnar ar journal for th print ing or in new inai aevaiopa ana noi manufactured to order for th purpoaa of serving It to credulous, patrous. From Th TJtlca Observer. Thsj Nxw Toaa.

Times prints to-day plctu. showing how its new horn will look th Uock bounded by Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and Forty-second and Forty-third Street. Keedleas to Bay, It will be th beat-equipped rewspaper ernca In thla country. If nt in the world. When It is finished.

Ths Times present build- in r. on Park Row. was at the tlm of Its erection the tloeat structure In It neigh borhood, ire new antiiina cromise to equal in arch'le-ruraj beauty anything to ba found in pew lora. Front Eyraeua TUcrara. Ths New York Times Is th latest of the New York newspapers to move uptown from Psrk Row.

where It has been published sme th paper was founded. Ths Times now building will ba a aky-scraper, adorned by a cam pan He after the Italian style, and will be a truly magnificent structure, worthy of th great ppe wnicn is to puuiisnea in it i TV 31 Th Scrantui tPeaa) Traik. Ths New Toaa: Times Is soon to occupy a magnificent building worthy of It. It will be a soaring suid substantial dsflca. tpylcal of th huh.

Ideal and solid worth ol to great Journal whose bom It wlu be. TVom The Brook! rn Staadara fnlcm. Th New Tonx Times's announcement of Its new building does not wind up with any attack upon an Iniquitous tariff. It Is evident that tt editorial department had imi a oar it compoeuou. From Th Rochester tJarsocrat and Chronicle.

Ths Times Is to be congratulated. It is in th forefront ot Journalism, And It Is to have horn worthy of tt distinguished merits and of tb progressiva ag Id which It ii prominent ngur. NUGGET8. i Narrow Escape. 8he Of course, bored tne awfully, but I don't think I showed it Every time I yawned 1 Juat hid It with mv hand.

11 Urylnr to be gallant! Really, I don't how a har.d so small could er hide er that la bewatly wrathar w'r having. Uut UT Philadelphia Praaa. Girl. MlsS Pet-Ma," beean Mr. Klo, If yo ininy ni vu can um aMurte tnat" I'm sorry, Mr.

Kloaa." th irl interrupt- a nwuiy, I'm ii impoaaiDia. i can nrnvr marry you. "What! Well. If that ain't lneratltud. lox ot candy laat wsai a nuaiiciiuiia rreia.

His Good Offices -If you don't mind." M.l th tenant timidly I'd Ilk th prtvlie(f of having in nuiuirn a i ana yui ma- Iran to tn nui.nina;. i Tht doean't seem ad. mltted th owner uf th flat of courso I can pro-nix anythlrr. tut 1 11 tit my Influence with the lanltue inJ aa It, It can be arrAng-trd. Chicae; pat.

Uninterrupted Chicago Bliss. "What of my future! askd the fair maid. You will never know what grief or sorrow Is," answered th fortune teilor. "And will marry!" queried the fair 11. Bur, replied th rtalnnery prophetess.

Four Chicago Newa Combination cf Discomforts. "I see that. those ProgreRalYa Mxlcsp get -th lateat weather report etfcrcnd across the envelopes of the iUer they "receive." Well, it must enoujh maka a man feel pesHlmlstlo to rt an atacij-M Continued rttlns and much wlta an unespctelly larg blU JnalU. Clev-bind Plain Dealer. THE INEVITABLE CONFLICT, B.

E. kiaee la Chicago ftr4 ir.rail tolls throuch gloomy, trying years. AnJ finally his head appears Abov th level of th thronft II tr-n th look of envy, hat A law men tibeering him along. With ehsnce o-d denied those Who toll bc'ow him etill he go Ahead to play hie hither prtl The burdens that they bar knows And sympathy Is la his heart A trsduat ci all th schools That tiUilng lada men tl.rcuxh, rules As miitfr wher served livfore And thn his men throw down their tooli. And he and they ar kin mora.

hath TO LtiuE Ercokline Hesltb Dcard tf Prpeccs to Destroy ths Intcts jJ by Cc-n-s. X'V'j 0 Jit Krm 7ivu July Board of IIelth, which Is exterrrlnaUre; raos 4ultos by met rs of oil, has Jatt recetei a corr.c.r-tion ealUng aitamlon to a tew tr the evil by means of sound. Ttematter hiia 3 Albert Nyhen of the UV-oratory, who has gerieral superSctr.Cer.' Of tha work of petrolialDg the catch bis.r.s and statnant spots throcshout tbe toru The foiiowiris: statement Is tnaJ reference to toe new proceas: rractLral anrllcatloa has fceo 9 new system s.nd tt has ben discovert -t a certain euaicti cote raid to a ttumher ot ihratlons per it the mosquito to exrl-nc -l romp! para'yalc, and rot ir.teiA.r.rti note tn lr.r or hurl tt from the cr w.t, t-i because of a trir. c.tri;ri..jn it 1: moButto'a ayt-nn. It it to riurif-a XinOcviallr.iriy tuwarJ it.e Whence the mujrtc "It tas r-a fo-md tb tr-Mfi UPpUcatlon ha been ty to a xreat rumhf ol jrr 1 the tarucuisr nma to la aervRiilvrly T.K! fid not was rroducen by trlcal Impula a mu.ira whereupon It wa notlc4 tnat vr-r quito In the room ha.i rlaheed h.an tha lnptrumr.t, and that tt.e win -t were opufrd ti rocm waa a-n Afaln the amplified note wa rKinci a Inatantly In a cloud the llfeleas, were prertpliaicsi asiuit the a 'para us while the 1cerorr- continue to productlr cf fod rj It Is carely likely that any cNai.se Ii method wut inaugural! ia ArowAe.

THE FOURTH AT THE CAPITAL Admiral Dewey to Take Part In Cere monies and tha French Ambassador to be tht Orator. WASHIXQTON. July z. For the t-1 time la the knowledge of th oldeat ir-habltanu of the "Ten MUes Equar I. Fourth of July Is to ce'etrated la 11 Vhlu House grourifla ard wlthla a feet of where for eight years Thomas J- ferson slept and at and moved among 1 rountrymea.

The place selected for exerciae la cot aa uaual. th WMl or th park back of the Executive Vi-. slon. but under the magsiruaat old tr-t front of the mansion, star rsnctflrar Avenue. Oea.

S. B- M. Toucg ta to I-Grand Marshal cf th ex-ca'on, nd at o'clova" th cltlfP-a of Wa'Mnston art gather In the grounds an1 luten to and tha reading of the of lndpenonce. Th Aiartne btaj wui give a prorsr--. ot martial music, and a a mark ot to th ererr-n Ambasaaaor.

M. iu-n wba win the rrtr.cial aSjrf. tUy th J.IaraeiiUJe." i-iral r--- wui inirwiuce roiri ci ir.e A-e-t- tion of Ind-r-enSerfc. which win be r-by Barry UuUley. A chorus cf children and another of atiuits -iU I urea or th ceietrauon.

in i.ne -tht re will a fin lplay of at th paa of th ablrrtin Th employes or tr.e iot I rnent hav decorated the lcten cf mens whit court of th ng try Sfid etfac for a tew hour trot th pen -ling lnr-stlratip! If i to a pstrtoUo address by Cr'- II'- i Castle, the Auditor of U.e teftrt-. ODELL AT WARSAW CEI.TEn. Governor ceaka en ths Arlvx- Toward Arbitration In Eettlerr.crt ef International Disputes. -WARSAW, K. July was th guest of honor At tils tovu's tennte.1 celebration to-day aad cAi -priaclpal address this morning.

r-- viewed the history thai tad It a tance Warsaw was Crst settled, ard tz'i: "When we measur th ag ot cur ernment by the span of yeara. when consider Its achlevsnts and wooirous growth, and compare it with clviUi-tlons. celebrattotjs such as this -rr stimulate patrlcUe impulses and brlrjg re-spect for a reopi who have made cf tt experiment ef democracy a Republic who Xoeltloa among the nations cf th wcrrld 1 moat commandlrig. Tbe history of cur common country Is the glory of all, end ts conspicuous part taken by the patriots cf our wa commonwealth ta tb great etrug. gl Which brougSt our TJn'oa tto extateno the especial pride ot the pecpl vt New Tork." Th Governor Pointed out that the wr to freedom had been hewn by Sh swori.

and Tet the tears of widows scd orr-ha. have saddened Iks victories ef ur arc. a Oat ot thla has grown th deeir wheccrc and Wherever leave ou-t! of Internalloral difference to relher than to th ciaah of artra and ajcg forces. America, the first toauvor lc new nrlnciDi of aettlinr IniernatK disputes, has rine further, pet hare. Un other nation is lius direction.

11 i vd th trlumchs of our Ooveraront ar. m-- an epo-h tn th world hitory of may feel lastly rroud. It is the cr est tribute which America has paid ta t- Cu or lvuiralion, In thla movement Oliver gtsl in Union has taktn a ire active pert tl- cur own. Jt commercial rewtiorie t- lha world bave crouxht us Into rio ti- and comraualcatloiv, and has community of tnterets amorg th and troducr tb wordi, cttaiin spirit of forbearance an amity which r-" eventually preveat a re--urtenc cf sticxl? earlier tim." uovemir enoca cia ajrea at He then was eaccrted to th Tnan 1' here a luncheon In hi boitc-r was er---Two htmdred rul of the city -nL Th day's ctoti I tvdd i eentenmai paraoe. wnicn was rvviewta i.

th Oovernor, at a clock. CONES OF DOG 8I2E OF HORSE. Screntlst Said to Havo Found Huj' Skeletons In Montana. HT. PAUU July x.

A from Viz Timber, says that wcr.cf ful dlecvvertes of tcttils and bonr cf LUtorie mn and animals are bv.rg rrt In th Ftah Creek country by Trot. t- I Farr and a prty ef students frcea fV.3- ton University. In th remains of a city belonging to 1 don Ag Pref. Tarr, It Is Said, bat th bones of anbaAl ef licmeo aU. various crude Instruments, mahy cf U' ornamented with gerce.

Near tke was found, corapletn. the altt cf a man declared to nine f-t Nearby was auoiher sktleion, aorc smaller. jrobnUy that a woman. -b-MeveJ to bav lhelorrd to a -f Ct ot a boree alrt wtr irrn. cvrdlng to tb Dig Timber fOn ANTI-CANAL CONVENTION Rochester1' Chamber cf Commerce a Cat! to Oppose Project r.OCHrSTKn.

X. July 1-Ths Ctr fc-r ef Comtoerce this city, being 7V to barge canal, has Issued a ca2 Stale Convention, to be held her In rocrcs th Chamber a 21 f'r purpose cf creating an t-x 1 mor eTfectlv manatetnent cf th wi- th The Ntw Terk Ptst Osrr ef of Huir.drT e-vl ail euborrt-nate throuwhout the ft', tr.gfit-.er bfrs and ltc.r la of Trad In aymi ait tn purport such a cvuvkuUvm, quested to send drlexatea. ReUer Asked for Tunntllnj Corrp; TRENTON. N. July was rr.ads to-lay tb apr.o:rtr.f racelver for tha HaJoa Tr rorrfny.

Th liaM-iiVe are eJ ar.d tre D'cta Tie tiwa la rctarx-iiJe li Jerny Cty.