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T IE SUN FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 1900 I1

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1cxUio ta foreign counlrl iM l-

Tiir Hi Sew York City

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A renter Sriiiidiil Tliun Cuba

A Biirelyns In the ynr 1W1S tlin stato-

of Cuhn win ft scandal riot to Ixi endured

by it cIvllUwil country In tlin position

occupied by the Stntof w aro tho-

exlstln rilntloim Ntwcpn tho Inlted-

Ktatoannd Puerto Itloo Bciindalousand un-

endurableTo tnl tlin llrst wo worn required to

Diftko war to end tlio second It IH netcanary to pits nn net of Congress waiving ormodifying tariff

Tho bent way of facing the now situationwould bo to abolish tho tariff between tho

United States nnd Puurto RIco entirely In

accordance with tho original rocomtnondo

tlon of tho President Hut n slmplo miHl-

lfloitlon would ho butter than what IH

Congress sullenly leaving outIn tho voId tho victim of wnr a

soldiers that refuses to tirIng In thoBounded from tho bnttlclleld through un-

willingness to diminish tho common shareBt tho mess table

The American Canal mid tho Mugwtirnp mini

Everybody understands clearly tho prin-

ciple on whlrh this Oovernmnnt wouldto Ionstruct nn American canal

across the Isthmus Tho motive of thin

entorprlsj would bo enlightened nationalpelfInterest Tho waterway would bo

Intended primarily for tho advantageof American oouimoreo and as a meansof defence whim we were nt wnr Itwould bo tho channel for our coastwlso-niarlue It would eonnoct our Atlan-

tic Hoaboard with our Pacific Realionrd-

anil hiring thousands of miles nearer toour Eastern nail Southern ports tho Islandpossession wo Imvo acquired In tho PaeilleOcean IiKIdentnlly It would benellt thi-

wholo world ant facilitate tho worldstime trafllc nnd thus promoto civilizationUo should nil ho Kind of that Hut tho-

cnnal would bo built paid for owned muttneed und absolutely controlled by thetlnltod Stales Oovernment which wouldHsaumo full responsibility for HH protectionnml defence along with full ownershipsunquestioned right to close tho gatewayngulnst any enemy attacking us

For such an American canal thin

peoples representatives In Congress wouldcheerfully two hundred millions ofdollars or llvo hundred million If neces-pary Thin Investment would bo goodwithout regard to tho question of dividendsfrom tolls Tho appropriation would bejustifiable antI lawful under section 8 ofartIcle I of the Constitution which em-

powers Congress to lay and collect taxes toprovide for the common defence mid gencm welfare o Ihf 1nittil Stales

Observe thin Italics The canal contem-

plated by Mr HAYS treaty Is nn enter-prise of a different sort Thnalleged Is not national solMntorestaltruistic concern for tho amity of nationsnnd the welfaro of tho whole world anti thopromotion of tho gennrnl Interest of com-

merce Irrespective of ling Vo nro Invitedto assume ns a high trustInnncliil burden of thin undertaking nUll In

addition to tho prlvllego of llgnrlng In arapacity analogous to that of the theatrical

angel wo are to become1 the janitorcaretaker nnd policeman In nominal chargeof nn international wnterwny Wo nro askedto ronouneo In advnncn nil military adMintages front the canal for which wo amto pay and to subunIt ourselves to theHipervltilng control of n syndicate offoreign powers not one of which will havecontributed nnn shilling orono frame or ononark or om ruble or ono urn but whosoduty It will bo to Join In coercing us In casethe emergencies of war ever tempt us to netfrom selfInterest Wo are urged to do thinbocauso such U Americas mission bocause wo am now great enough antIStrong enough to forego merely nationalconsiderations anti rich enough to atTend

to pay two hundred millions or HO for ncanal for tho common benefit of humanityfind then turn tho siiinn over to Interna-tional control nn a free gift from this nation-to all the world

That conception of nn Isthmian canal ap-

peals strongly to tho Imagination of thosn-wlio nro llrst nndAmericans secondly From a certain point-of view It Is n magnificent If somewhatvague Conception of national duty Wourn not surprised to notion that thin Hayrnunccfote canal Is already hailed as a-

Mugwump ennui by on of surviv-ing organs of Mugwump thought

hut the hundreds of million Whereinthe Constitution of thin Inltcil States Is thoclause warranting the appropriation byCongress of two hundred millions of dollarsfrom the NatlonnlTrensiiryties for tho navnl operations of foreignpowers anti the general welfare of thouworld commerce

lime Greatest Ocean DepthTho United States steamship Nero has

been making soundings between Minutiaemil Honolulu In time Inturcst of thin cableto connect our chief lslmid ports In tho-Iaclllc with this country fun Neroreports deepest ocean wiiitiilingsthnt have yet been recorded Tlinexact location of this deep 1st unit givenbut Iwtweon Guam nnd Manila a largo areahaw been illscovoiid wliern tho soundingsshowed Blili fathoms oilr 10 feet whichIs llO feet loss titan six statuto miles In

have found a depth of 1100 fathomslive hundred miles enst of Ounm All meus

ilcpthsuiid heightsaro referredto sell level nnd depth now reported Is

lr rH feet further below tho level nf thet cn than the xitinnilt nf Mount Everest tImehlglieht kmmii pint nf the world Is aboveIt The deepest Miuiilitig hitherto mnde inthin waters bntwceii iuaiii and Luzon was

1I7H feet t directly east of thinnorth cn of und not quite half wilyto tho Liidiiini s of which Islargest member

While our knowledge of oceanvery Incomplete wnimllng have Increasedla number rapidly within the past Ilfty

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n ceg ary In shallow waters todepths exactly and tho soundings along nil

shores vlslteil by vessel are numberedby hundreds of thousands HO

hlblnln many plioos to map the lOOfnthomlinn with a high dcgreo of accuracy

Deepsea art fur less numer-

ous but probably jnOOO havo INMII niadn-

In tin past ten years The records of theIlrltisli Admiralty how over 00 by-

Hrltlsh shlis nlonn In that time They areby far nunmrous In the North Attntie anti himthweM Piioltlc unit contourlines of tho ocean Ixittom may be drawn In-

thfmn regions with notch morn coiiHdiiicothan In any other part of tho sons

Tho who havo discoveredthis urea of greatest known depth havonamed It NeroH title Wo suggest that Itwould bo bettor to conform to usage andcall It the Nero Deep On tin Challengerehmts till tho areas depth exceeds

ilooi wore called nnd a-

distinctive was given to each Tilloceanograpliersofnllnatlons havo followed-

thlsexnmplo and of thesn deepsIncluding thn Intent discovery arms nowknown The only depth excmdlng 5000fathoms hitherto found Is within thoDeep in thn South 1uclllc northeast of Now

Zealand and east of till KormadecR whcrou bounding of flOOUO feet hits wen made

It Sir Alfred Mllncr Largely Charge-able With this South African WarA new view of the causes of thin calami

tons contest In South Africa Is presented In

an article contributed to thin rncan Hrvinr by Mr MoxTAiur

recently ConsiilCicneral of theIn London It Is admitted that such gen-

eral onuses as capitalism jingoism andvlndtctlvenofiH bad much to do with thoprovocation of tim conflict but Mr WHITE

contends thnt too little attention has beenpaid to tho mischievous consequences of

personal ruin In South Africa whichstrict 1807 lion been pursontlled In SirAiniED MnNrn tho BrItIsh High Commls-

aloner To nppreclatu tho grounds of tIllassertion wo hhould consider first thin

nature of thn dual functions entrusted toSir ALPJUI MILNFK and secondly thomanner In which he as compared with hula

predecessors has discharged themsupremo lopresicntntlve of thin BrItish

Empire In South Africa Is the socalled HighCommissioner who Is at thn snmotimeGovernor of time Cnpo Colony In dealingwith mattersthoHlghCom-nilssloner ns lovernor Is to netconstitutionally that Is to theadvice and consent of his colonial MinistersHis duties ns High Commissioner on theother hand embrnco the earn of Imperial in-

terests inlihodcsla and llngutolnnd as wellns thin conduct of negotiations with thogovernments of tho South African Itepublleand the Orange Free State In the

these latter functions ho would t otechnically correct In acting autocratically-and Ignoring the views timid ado of hiscolonial Ministers Whether he would bo

wise In acting In such a manner Is anothermatter Mr WIIITI points out that It Is

Impossible for the High Commissioner totiny step In regard to either

tutu Transvaal or thin Orange Free Statewithout such step having very marked

direct or Indirect results In the Cnpo Colonynnd Natal because tho samo racial pontl-

nicnt and the samo social conditions existIn the Puce State anti tho Transvaal as In

the Capo Colony anti NatalTho fntimnto connection of tho four coun-

tries just named by tho blood timid

kinship was recognized by Sir HKiurLKS-HoiiNKO who was High Commissionerfrom to and againto 1807 Thnt IB to say ho representedtho British Empire In South Africa duringtho llrbt Itoer wnr for Independence tumid

during tin crisis unused by tho Jamesonraid Hy working In harmony with tinMinisters of tin Cape Colony on strictlyconstitutional line ho succeeded In estab-lishing throughout his sphere of Inllucncoa saiin Imperialism on tho broad bask ofcolonial sentiment Ho rejected nil lucasof personal rule woe sternly Intolerant of

pooallcd Empire leagues anti ofnil the paraphernalia of a bustard imperial-Ism When ho left Town In

nt end of Ills first term of office thobreach between hutch anti English hind

been healed mutual confidence ohnrao-tcrlzod tho relation between treat Ilrltnlnand tho Boer republics A complete ehangoof was Inaugurated by successorSir Looir Lord a changewhich culminated departure InJameson rnld WIn Sit IIiirrrtaSON returned ns High CommissionerTown In 1805 the relations botween theSouth African republics and Great Ilrltnln hod bciomo unsatisfactory thin attitudeof tho Cape Dutch was otto of renewed vigllniuO ns to Imperial designs upon thoTransvaal mill tho racial cleavage through-out South Africa hind become very marked

Throughout that year ho was deceivednnd kept In Ignorance of tho proposalcoup detat In tho Transvaal and was con-

sequently powerless to avert the catastro-phe of tho thereafterhowever ho proceeded to 1rotorla dampedthe revolutionary movement In Johannes-burg and was tho only official who con-

vinced the Pretoria Government of his ownabsolute good faith In repudiating the notionof thin raiders On Jan hotelegraphed to CitAMiinitLAix I

take this early opportunity of testify-ing In tin strongest manner to thegroat moderation anti forUmrancn oftho loveintnent of thin South AfricanItepubllc under the exceptionally tryingcircumstances WHITE deems It safeto assert that If nny shred of Imperial dig-

nity nnd honor was nt that time preservedIn South Africa It was dun to the Integrityand lilglimliidoilncHsof Sir HEitrtLix lionINMJS Tlio latter continued to withstandMr CiiMliiriiUNrt efforts at Inopportuneinterference nnd wish to uso force as aremedy In South Africa hula healthbroke down completely and n visit toEngland In 1 MHI when bo was raised to thejMorngo as LorI HossinAD he retired fromolllee early in o

Sir AIFIIKD was then selected byMr CIIAMIIDHIAIS for thin Important oflloo-

of High CoinmisHloner The new nppolntoohad hail a brilliant university career atOxford and had served the staff of anInfluential newspaper but he first bocauiowell known as Mr ioscniNssoerotary andacquired distinction by thin ability withwhich dlseliHrged tb duties of Under-Secretary of Finance In Egypt We havehad occasion to notice tn Tun his Uiok-

Englninl In Egypt In sit forththn value of the lisonl nfl economicservices rondeied by Orvnl Britain tothe Inhabitants of thin Nile Valloy Mr-MnSTAiif Wintn points nit howeverthat while the Influence of British domina-tion has proved dlntitictly beneficent InEgypt thin administration of thntIs u military despotism tho principle utiJ

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I methods of which are Inapplicable to tholibertyloving descendants of thin Dutch In

South Africa Scarcely hind Sir ALKIIKD-

MIINKH reached Cape Town when adelivered by him foreshadowed tutu oxer-

olso of personal rulo as distinguished fromthe constitutional governorship of thoCapo That during a short visitto England In tho beginning of SirAMIIKII urged a policy of tune uponthe British Government Is fairly In-

ferabln from tho which ho pur-

sued on his return During absenceSir ItfTiKit Commander-InChief nt tlio Cape hod acted ns High-

Commlsiloiinr and hind worked harmoni-ously on constitutional linen with time Cnpo

Ministry headed by Mr SautKiNEii SirWIIMAM refused to receive a petition tothn Queen got up by tho South AfricanLengun at Johannesburg ho warnedImperial Government against accepting thostatements of that body and ho mado n

speech nt Grnlminstown In which he de-

clared that South x was In need ofrest and not of a surgical operation-

tpon Sir AniirD MIINLIIS return SirWIIMAM HtTLKUrt was rovursodA now pttltlim South AfricanLeague ostensibly containing lilOUD sig-

natures was unreservedly accepted by SirAFIIKII and forwarded to thin ImperialOovernment Sir WILLIAM BUTLEII wasrecalled and n surgical operation hasbeen sluco attempted in South Africa BB

tho outcomo of Sir AIFHEDS pulley Thofailure of tho Bloemfontnln confernncols-ascribed by Mr MONTAGU WHITE to Sir

nut to lila Inslstenco upon Irroduclblo-minlmums Compromise Is pronouncedtho essence of South African Polities withtho exception of tho highhanded annexa-tion In It haul characterized mull

transaction between tho Imperial Govern-

ment and the South African republics Blnco

On May r Sir AipHEnMn-XEII forwarded to the Colonial Omen adespatch In which he referred to helotsand festering sores antI expressed acraving for a strikingpenal poor During tho rest of thou

your just closed Sir Abrnru Is chargedwith a galling exercise of personal ruleHo Ignored tho colonial Ministers andtreated them ns traitors thin clergymenof the Dutch Keformed Ohurch and thnmajority of tho Capo Parliament whostrove for tho maintenance of peace suf-

fered thin same fate I am determined tobreak tho power of Afrlkandordoui ho

Informed thin delegate of thin Afrikanderswho were preponderant In tho Capo Pnrlfamint Ho Is further charged with sup-

pressing Information as to thin pacificendeavors of Ptesident STRYN of time OrangeFree State withIn cabling over In full theInflammatory resolutions of reactionaryassociations Finally when a section ofthe Cape people irged him tn petition QueenVHTOHIA to send onn of her characteristicconciliatory messages to the Capo DutchIt is reported that Sir AIFIIEI MIINEIIhaughtily refused concluding l y sayingthat tin loud iniidn up his uilnd that therewas not room enough for two white racesin South Africa

Such are the grounds on which Sir AiFlIrt MiiSKit Is accused by Mr MOXTUIU-

WIIITI of misusing n splendid opportunityfor doing beneficent Imperial work inSouth Africa Instead of employing lilagroat Influence to remove tho unrest ariddistrust caused by Mr CHAMIIEIIIAIX-Sdiplomacy after tho Jameson raid In-

stead of reactionary organizationslike thin South African League of whichMr KIIODES Is thin President arid insteadof Ignoring thin vindictive Incitements oflocal newspapers controlled by Mr KIIODJIS

Sir HrnrD Is charged with utilizing nil

these forces for the purpose of bringingntiout the present disastrous conflict InSouth Africa

Time to Itoduce TaxationTho Hon JEFJTISOX M LEVY has Intro-

duced a bill In thin House of Jtoprosontatlvesdesigned to reduce federal luxation totho amount of f 10000000 annually

Mr LEVY hind hotter lot thin taxes aloneThis country today has far too many needsto serve In thin public expendituresfor battleships and other things for It tothink of cutting down Its income

Marriage nml DivorceA special committee to draft a new cnnnn-

on marrlngo and divorce for the EpiscopalChurch Is holding sessions Inwas appointed by thin Oonoral Convention-of that Church amid Its report Is to bo madeto tIme next meeting of limit body ntFrancisco In October of next yearcunservallvo character of tho commltteo issuggested by thou circumstance thnt thellcv Dr Dix rector of Trinity Church Is

tho chairman Of tho wholn membershipof twelve onehalf art distinguished laymen Including much legal ability

Tim distinctively Catholic party In thoEpiscopal Church ns Is well known earn-estly advocates a canon which shall refuserecognition to divorce for arty fluke ontho ground of the sacramental character ofmarriage limit It Is not probable that thiscommittee will go to that extreme In thocanon It reports for such a propositionwould divide tho convention aunt provokeprolix debate which might leave behindneeds of discord for tlio rimroh run two

parties of Eplseopallnnlsin mire nowtlio Catholic or High Church liberalor Broad Church th old Iow Church or

Evangelicalparty having largely disap-

peared and on divorce they are likely tobo radically opposed as they nro In theirattitude toward sacerdotalism-

Tho Episcopal Church at present takesthin Protestant position toward divorce sofur as making marriage dlsFolubo thoughIt allows divorce for till Hlngle cause ofadultery only nnd remarriage to tho Inno-cent Thnt position Is likely toremain unaltered In thin canon though It Isobvious that a great nUll perhaps a major-ity party among the olorgy moro especial-ly Is becoming more and tutor convincedthnt the scandal cnned by time frequencyof divorces among Episcopalian of socialprominence onn only Iu removed effect-ually by making marrlagn IndlssoluliloHut Hint biieli a result would followthe absolute prohibition of divorce may

questionable since the divorces whichhave ecamtallznil the Church HI greatlyhave been obtained almost InvariablyIn dellancn of tlin present canon It Is con-

tended however Hint If the EpiscopalChurch should set Its face sternly againsttill divorce as Hie Itoimin Catholic Churchdoes It would make suHi breaking uwayfrom thin bonds so far disreput-able that the society o fashion In which Itsmembership holds doinlnanee wouldnot daroto oountennmn it Making mar-riage nn Indissoluble sacrament howeverwould bo a new and radical departure andno General Convention has yet venturedto take tho step

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the committee will guard marriage morestrictly on the ground that Inconsiderateentrance Into the sUite la a prolific causo ofmatrimonial trouble It may surround thoceremony with greater precautions antiImpose on tho clergy morn scrutiny of theapplicants This will bo well butt It Is ques-

tionable If all rights Involved In marriageproperty and other can ho sufficientlyprotected If tho civil law docs not requirethe contract tobeentcrcd Into before n civilofficer nnd to bo ns carefully recorded us-

a iced For thn protection of clergymenthemselves nuoh ft preliminary civil coremony would wem to desirable Tholawyers who minim on thin cotuniltlco forthe revision of thn Episcopal canon on thin

trtiject will be accordingly of great aenlHt-

anco to It Tho parties whoso Interests mire

concerned In a marrlagn urn not merelythin man and woman married and tho Churchwhich solemnizes tho ceremonythin social organization Itself Societyshould Insist on having a voice In the mat-

ter In view of tlin rights of children and ofproperty affected by tutu union

A New Temperance SchemeSince tho adoption In March of the

present Liquor Tax law of Now York therehas been n steady decrease of popularInterest In tIme agitation of thin Pro-

hibition party nml a marked Indiffer-

ence to thu appeals of Its loadersInterest In tho causo of temperance orIn projects undorlnken In behalf ofsobriety has not decreased but It has Leon

manifested through other agencies nnd thoradical Prohibitionists have been bestirringthemselves to discover a now method toattract people to their party At a meetingof Prohibitionists In Historical halt Brook-

lyn last Monday a now departure for tIme

temperance party hereabouts was mudoIn project of local option by wardson tho plan successfully adopted In aetnaother cities under selling Is

prohibited In a ward or township divisionby the vote of a majority of Its electorsIn Illinois local option Is a part of thogeneral law of thou State a vote maybo taken upon it not ns In NewYork at a request of time majority oftho voters In a town but In a politicaldivision of a town such ns a wardUnder this arrangement a section of NewYork or Brooklyn could through tho actsofIts voters adopt local option for ti sub-

division of tho city or borough when thoestablishment of a prohibition againstliquor selling In tho whole territory wouldbo hopeless

For two reasons however both uncon-

nected with thin ethics of prohibition theproposed Innovation of thin local Prohibi-

tionists does riot promise well In mostWestern cities where localized prohibi-

tion has been established within wardboundaries tho divisional linen of thesewards recently made fairly reflect thodistribution of population In Now Yorkand Brooklyn thin ward boundaries woreestablished many years ago nnd theseresidential wurds In which It any-where biieli a project of exclusion ofliquor saloons nnd liner shops should findfavor urn those which arc tIle largest In

urea and In populationThn other reason for believing thnt tho

plan of tho temperance agitators will fallis thn fact that Now York has now a pro-vision ns to time restriction of liquor sell-

ing which tills nil needful requirementsSection 8 of Article 17 of tho liquor lawprovides In till case of n proposed newsaloon that when the neatest entrance toIt is within two hundred tent measuredIn a straight hue of tho entrance to abuilding occupied exclusively ns a dwell-ing as a to of thetax certificate this written consent of theowners of nt least twothirds of tho totalnumber of buildings within two hun-dred feet must bo obtained Tho effect ofthis provision Is to apply the restrictionto immediate neighborhoods without thenecessity of any vote on tho question

The Hon EDWARD M SHEPAHD yearns-to bo tho Democratic PIIOBFKHO but most oftho pliieuejr spirit send regrets when bowaves his wand Ho cant collect the material-for tho Rrnnil transformation scene and har-mony tableau of which ho dreams

Tho horbes which haul belonged to thohate IlunEtsT lUiXNKR bravely held their own attime sale of yesterday The most 8on atlonnlof them all In her lay ami hence theInteresting when In the hands of thotioneer Hunol brought a t rlco fairly comniunsurate with her former greatness Fourtliou niiil dollars lor a brood maro was not somuch than younc flyer In tImfull flush of apparently nllsurpanslng speed

what u tremendous clmnco from theof pubes that prevailed n years

uso A stator of Mauil S for a thousand dollarsA stallion dam was Suno dam amidwhoso clros sire was Electioneer andwhose sires grand dunn wa Luln for IfKs

than four thousand dollars The hlahettprice of all was 0100 for Projrtell asum that twenty years ago Mrfur thin never famous And now forgotten Molsoy Tho entire lot of forty head broughtnit tohl IOM than the prIce of DexterTho cracks of 1000 nro worth loss money Intho market than were thin Lady PalmersLantern Flntbush Maids and Auburn Horseswith which Mr HOSNER started his stablenearly hilly years ago

Your Famn Is into of grass that comesami ROCS The greatest statesman In Dedham Mats the the Trust anilsupporter rampant of silver permlttoj himselfto bo In Chlcatto tho other day and what did

Hero M the tragedyTli r can t no illffertnllallon In the Trust

qucitlon MM O Fnei WILLIAMS

Curtain tails to mournful music

from H lltilallftUtDid you over see tho name a lobster Is born

with a kuil a lltli l aler the day It Ismarked ou body No show you

oneThe dealer took n live lobster out of a heap onthe

nami li Joe time dealer said after hohuh Inspected onu of tie lee Now can you

Tin Lustnmnr took lobster gingerly by thishnckni where it could not reach hhliund with lift Turning U on Itsso that th brown legs nt Its sldw flopped bankwart n sinwith htreak half an minInearly wit wn 4 n mi tho linililnnf timthigh In this streak like n mosaic worn horiL-

nclfMJ KSome lobsters mire named denier

until and stImuli John anti 1 oncecleu ly mile out tho namo Julia

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Further Illicuisetl by Intelligent Correc-puiiilenli

To TUB EDITOR or Tnr BusSiV Amongtill the criticisms upon the finding of tlin JuryIn the itollneux care nilmlrablc antI thought-ful though most of hnvn there arecertain points that lo lmviborn fully developed andan life nnd libertyof Hvury cltlrnn nro menaend by any falluro ofthe HyKtoni uf trial by jury 1 tog a little of yourvaluable spaco I Invltonttentlun to what1 coimlilur failure to ecnnecf thisthis with time crime of which hit I IH beenconvicted

This juryapparontly considered that the tes-

timony of time handiTrltlne oxp rt hand thewriting of tho soCAlleil K Non package nddrcnH-

iiiwn time ilofemlaiit Without dlscu sliuf thin

point whether this flailing N juntlflulilii or runt I

wish to call attontloii to that time prose-cution plainly fulled connect thluuiltli ess withthe bottle which contained tho fatal powdermind thus bottlo holder ami again failed to con-

nect these articles with defendant So faras my reading of iho testimony goesand1 have read till I could get on the subjectno i or oti liMtlflod that the bottle nailholder woro covored by rapcr on whichthIs ndilresH nppenroJ except Mr nrnUhthe person who by hi own admissionand thnfinding of tIme Coroners jur ndinliilttnrcJ thofatal doso to Mrs Adams No ntmaii wasculled to testify to having delivered thu puck

at tho club no employee of the dumb to tlns to Its receipt Apparently the first

known of title Address wn that It was on npaper In a waste basket In Mr Cornishs roomwhile the holder and bottle were on hula deskand tho only evidence of their evur having

together that before the juryof Mr Cornish to whom It was essential-

to show an Innocent possession of the poisonAenln what proof Is there In nny way con-

necting the defendant with thcso incriminatingarticles except thnt ot tho exports as to hula

having written the address on the paper saidby Mr Cornish to have been around tIme bottleanti the luckier He Is not shown to hun pur-

chased nny bromoseltzor nor to have ever hadnny bottles like tho ono tho poison was In In

his possession ho Is not proved to Imvo boughtany cyanide of mercury nor to have mndo anyarid Yocum tho friend of Mr Cornish Is

the only person who testified that It was nneasy substance to make Time bottle holder Is

a tangible piece of evidence It Is positivelyworn to as tho ono sold nt Hnrtileconsstore nail to whom Absolutely and defi-

nitely not to time defendant but to a manwhoso appearance dress mind manner wereso marked mud welt defined thnt he mightIt would seem be found If diligently lookedfor Until that unknown purchaser of tho hottic holder Is found and In some way connectedwith the defendant until It is more clearly es-

tablished than It now Is that the socalledpoison package wns received by Cornish

through thu nut that when ha mixedtho those for Adams tho contents of thobottle were In tho samo condition as when t

was received by him the bulk of tho people Inthe United States remembering the axiom oftho law that It Is bettor that ninetynine guiltymen should o cnno than that one Innocent manshould stiffer wilt not In spite of this testimonyof handwriting experts think that justicewas done when n finding of guilty was renderedIn this ease

I trust that these remarks will not bo misunderstood im Implying In any way a beliefthat the jury was other than time twelve Roodmen and true that are suppose to occupy thinjury box No ono doubts I think that It was agrief to them to tlnd ns they did They didwhat they deemed their duty and theso remarks are only meant to show that In thoopinion of many theIr wore erroneousand should be corrected tho action of timhigher court T

AununTi Me Feb H

To TUB EDITOR OF TUB SUN Sir I amsomewhat surprised nt what somo of yourcorrespondents represent to bo the opinion of tholegal profession upon the outcomu of tha Mo-

llneux trial To nn old lawyer like myself It Isnot surprising that lawyers differ on questionsof fact as buy notoriously do on attentions oflaw but that any ot them should reflect uponthe jurymen who brought In the verdict Is sur-prising Nor do I believe tin general ptiblle

all unanimous In bellovlne this verdict uponthe evidence aol the law as given by thin Courtshould have been one of acquittal Thin factthat there was hung jury was no doubtsurprIse to many for that seems to be ex-

pected when both the promention and time dofence are as ably conducted as In this trialMost people are like the heard yesterdayIn a street car who said she was shocked atthe verdict Not thnt she believed Mollnotu-lunocont for she did not but that any oimshould bo convicted on circumstantial evidenceof so grave n crime ns poisoning Hut shobelieved him guilty nil this same

That titers may have error of law In time

trial Is probable criminal or evencivil which necessarily takes ns long ns tho-Mollneux ease has lor errors of enumAnd If sumo ono error trove mifllelintIn time highest court to secure a reversal ot theease would not bo surprising Bun at leastuntil after the finally passed uponIt thin fair presumption Is that he has beencorrect in time decisive rulluirs

Legally tho only question left which Isdoubtful In my mind about tim Itecordorschief rulings Is that upon the matterof UnmetHut ho h dall the facts and heard n full dis-cussion of the law brarlng upon It antI for thopresent at least I think thin general publicbefore assuming tIme Recorder was wrong nmlthat the verdict was not justified should con-cede that the Court was lu a butter position to-

judgo the materiality of tho facts tool evidencethan outsiders

Whether the dofenco rustle n mlstnko In rest-ing the ease upon the evldenco adduced by thinprosecution Is hardly for an outsider to saybut ns I loire heard men not lawyers say thatcourse combined with the difficulty the prose-cution hall In getting omo evidence whichappeared wholly within thin power or Influoiicoof the defendant was very convincing to Un-common mind whether it ought to have hindany effect on the jury or not Tumncn arehuman nml circumstances not strictlylegitimate do sometimes affect them such nsthe nppenrnnco ot the defendant or of tho wit-nesses even at n truth

In my judgment both prosecution and defence were ably conducted and fromreading of this evldencn as printed In THE Srx

the charge nf the court I cannot but lietrial wax n fair one nnd thnt tho truth

was under the Court fairly established II-

NB YORK Feb 14

To THE KIMTOB or Tim Hex Mr Tin let r inyour r mtoiinil ini M they rrm to think theMillncnt Trnllrt writeR the iinn Ivi

itn n y A iiond onlirt Fxivpt one n aLitwho wait a Uwrrr like ritil Inn wont ntxolutr

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fected their vMunptt front county thinmorning l y making a hole ihriiiich it sand-stone with Tit men ore nil white Their

Ii e Ihsiillor churnil wnii grandlarceny John McMiinn luiriMiry IILevins grant larceny Tim wIn Inthis the crouint llnnrof Iho old

They evMnntlv hal nti ncmmpllcann ihooutside who furnished thorn with n curd ortnomof stove wood The three men Mimed rttire the sandstone xuill nnd whlln Itwits hot dalnd eild ItThis crumbled HatnNtnun tu sand nndsoon male n big enough

walk through

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of nf whMi we eat sootore all right too You wo dont llvn badlyThere Is n tre In bn ccnnllrocksnny nmnunt of sunkesscorpions llrnrds and black tints Thesiiants the boys clothes makothem dance nnd swenr Tomorrow will lioChristmas nnd we nre to haven bigroasted for dinner with lots of goats to I

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To TUB Tint HUNSir I submitan analysis of the Har Iauncefotu Nicaragua

Article I consists of ono paragraph or clausewherein Kniflund wives time United Stall prr-

nlnslon to stand building tImcanal Ac

Article i consists of eight paragraphs whereintlm United Slates bind theniHolvcs to maintainthn neutrality of the canal at mill limns

ArtIcle consists of one paragraph whereinthin lnItfxlHtiites and EnglandEuropean coercion of tho United Hiatus toguarantee this neutrality

ArtIcle 4 consists of one paragraph whereintim UniteJ States anti England agruo to do thothing Inn hurry

It will bumen from till that the treaty consIstM of eleven paragraphs or parts as follows

Onn part gives the UnlteJ States ponnlsslonto pay forth canal

Eight parts rcijulre the Unltod States toBuarantoo ueutrality at nil times

Otto part asks Hurope to make us stick to thobargain

Duo part promises not to think time

ov r too longWo wore by tin advocates of this con-

vention ihiit lo our Interests to liMo thisneutrality of time cnnal maintained at all timesand that we culned n victory In obtaining theassistance of Kurope In that direction Mr Hayevidently realized this In view of thou fact thatho took olulit of the eleven parts to bind our-selves to it Or after all was that part of thetreaty Loril 1nuncofotos Idea

Hurrah for American diplomacy 0 0 RNEW You Feb 14

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sus9ir Muchhuts been already said with entire justice of theabsurdity ot breaking down tho Isthmian barrlor that shields time UnitedStates from I ho onslaught of European fleets Intime of war

Hut thero Is another nearly as serious side totho tuestloii that seems to have escaped noticeThin primacy of tho American Union Is conceiled In this Western hcmlst hen mid the pro-tecting rmmtloof dootrlnofar shielded the coin naratlvolir powerless SouthAmerican republics front European spoliationOur assumption of primacy carries with It corre ponilng responsibility The Isthmian bar-rier Is a protection not solely lo tho coasts ofthis United States It Is pciunlly such to thowestern coasts of Mexico anti Houth America-

It Is claimed that the treaty should boamended 10 ns to deny passage to the warvessels rif a nation nt war with tho UnitedStates limit does that BO far enough Whatnbout the passage of war vessels of a nation orpower that picks a quarrel with MexicoCentral nnd South American republics Must

hold our strength In leash while thowarships of n truculent European powerpass through the canal on a mission ofcomiuest to the coasts of our sister re-publics Is It not clear that not onlyour own territory but that of all otherpeoples to the south of us are Interested Inthe privileges granted or denied to Europeanpowers In war It Is not patent thatthe canal should bo closed to the war vesselsof any power at war with any North and SouthAmerican republic Does not the Monroedoctrine nt least reijulru thlsthat we refrainfrom adding to thou facilities of a foreignpower for thus oppression of the republicssouth of us

From Cora Horn to Alaska an Immense coast-line stretches on time lee tide of hue westerncontinent Jho security of the peoplo on thatside of tho vast Pacific pool Is greatly enhancedby the that this navies of Europe mustround tim stormy Capo Horn If those naviesover hereafter have a mission of war la thePacific Ocean let them round tho Cape AS ourown Oregon was obllcod to do or BO aroundthe world by time existing Suez Canal routeHut let us not make any treaty that will permitthe passage ot any war vessels with hostilemission against any republic on this continentwhittier wo bo at peace or at war with thuspowers having hostile business with ourrecognized wards

I t no man flatter himself that the Monroedoctrine is riot yet to bo put to tha test Ourdiplomacy mndo mistakes enough In the de-

limitation nf the Maine boundary by which wewore excluded from our natural boundary onthe St Lawrence RIver mind In the Oregoncompromise by which Great Britain unjustlygained tier frontage on the 1nclflc Oceanwith time formidable fortifications at Esqulmalt AS the result to us

Hut flue crowning criminally stupid blunderof the closing century would be tho ratificationof tim Hayriiuncefote convention from time

consequences of which we might never escapesave through n long and doubtful struggle withthe powers ot Kurope Let no man deceive himself Once create a European concert as to sovastly Important a privilege as the passage ofEuropean war vessels nt nil times through theAmerican IMhmlun canal and Europe would

anti homely before consenting to itsabrogation

This Is no time for crimination It la onofor the sinking of partisanship and the marshalllnizof moan of nil parties ns Americans Intin face of nn appalling subtle menacingdanger to time national lifo and the develop-ment of the American people In peacefulsecurity on their own continent

OKUHOK V DITHBIDOKNEW YoitK Feb 14

To rita EDITOK OF THE SuxSir As a con-stant reader nf TIIK SUN anti an ardent nd-

mlrcr of Its sterling Americanism this strongarguments In Its editorial columns nealnst tho-Hay1auncefoti Treaty havo appealed to mensthey no doubt have to tho majority of Itsreader I hop that tho United States Senatewill not commit such a colossal blunder ns tnratify this salt of our nations birthright

Time excusn offered by thin supporters of thetreaty that the business folk cannot understand the wiles of diplomacy and therefore arenot eatable of judging what should bo tlio-iwllcy of our country Is as flimsy In tho eyesof tho thinking peoplo of this bustlIng age asthe worn out theory of time divine right ofkings

History has shown us tInt diplomacy whenshorn of Its glitter and palaver Is nothing butplain common senso arid business foresight

So thnn both the opponents nnd defendersof tIme treaty must admit that under Its termswo loire simply acquired

I Thn right to construct the NicaraguaCanal and pay for Its construction and mainte-nance out of our own rocket

The whichare the natural outcomeof such an Investment

II Tho right to tidies the canal to tIme extentof preventing petty depredations

On tIme other linnd we lose or fall to acquire1 TIme right to defend our property In ease of

war In which we are n partyHy Inviting the European nations to assist

us In keeping the canal neutral we relinquishthe Monroe doctrine

Atlhopnsint tlmo the United Slntss formsn compact mass easIly defended from attacknml by means of luatn nndthe Philippine bold thin kny to tin 1aellluIf war should the attacking Europiannation would to distance i di-elded dlsadvimtnce In attempting to wrest ourcolonies from Hi

Hut under thou llay1auncofote Treaty GreatHrltalu not the United Slatts would holdthe key to the hituatlon

Kingston In lamMcn and Ilcllzo in BritishHonduras mire r Hpectlvelyil7r nod 7f 0from San Juan ilcl NerO whIte our nearestseaport IVjueo In 1uerto Itleo Is127i milesaway Hies

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Should we nciulro otto of thus Galapagosgroup of Island we would still be 10115 nMfrom the canals IVielllu terminus HO that aJlrltlsh licet could leave Kingston for San Jutudill Nurte pa ihtough canal anti eitherhue

await oncoming of our war vessel In th1aclflo or eIto destroy our Una ol communica-tion with our Pacific possomloim

Further whan Heat Ilrltnln Insisted on In

eluding In thin HnyliiuniifotK Trnaty thoutrallty nuroomoiit govDrnlna time Snug

hoodwinked the Administrationeffectually n shndld time powers In in whensims nindo thnt agreement with thorn forthough Limo Suez Canal itself noulriU time

Hrltl h forts mud naval station nt ilbrnltarMalta Cyprus and Adou wiiailo to provnnt

accost to time Midlterrnnian and Red attic orucce sfullycombat th ifiiiyIleutii thereinThem urn no closed nt time termini of the

Nicaragua Canal to enublo us to offsetneutralityHut tho optimist nraiien Great llrltoln In-

terests nro with our own thu-

thero I no danger from that source Such talkIx Idle the fact that she l now engaged In ft

disgraceful attempt to stlllo the llttlo republicof South Africa and that our neighborCanadians are wllllnit uM lntnnts In suchtrite Is nrgumont ooough against herliberty timid justice

That such n condition of affairs would b-

nnullorated when In thin course of lioxC

quarter century our shltn will crowd hum Mimaspas whom Hrltnnnlii boastfully rules todaymind when our morchnnts compete with hints

for trade In thin very marts which site now comnietciiilly control must bo scouted

On Iho action of tho Senate depend the wel-

fare not only of the present Snerutlon but ot-

tho unborn millions ot AmericansHotter no canal titan ono whIch would b

Britains vantage ground In tlmo ofJAMBS W TEnnr-

NEWBUrou N Y Feb 14-

To THE EDITOR OF THE BUN Sin The WestU with you In your llehtagainst tho ratificationof the proposed canal treaty

Most ot our peoplo remember this ofBonator Caffory and comments as published Intho Oaiurrtiional Krfonl of Jnu 11 18J antibelieve that we havo thou option to declare theClnytonllulwor Treaty a nullity

Keep up tho fight aol lot uc own the canaland have absolute control in peace as well

or not mini canalOTTAWA Kun Fob ll AV A MADAIIM

THE TEXKMKX TIIO risE COXS Til VCIIOX-

Frnrtlrnl Suggestions Cnlltil Out by thaTenement HIIIIKB ExhIbItion

To THE FntTon or THE Bux 5ir Afterpaying a visit to the cocalled tenement houseexhibition the question presents Itself whetheror runt thus tenement house problem Is solvedInteresting tho exhibition Is lIfe In the tene-ments and lodglnc houses especially on theEast Side Is Illustrated models and photographs of now and old tenements In this timid

other cities photographs of modern nlrshaftaplans showing the evolution of the tenementInto the present doublodocker life of thatenants and In the tenements and what riotare here vividly put on view Men and women visitors prosperous appearing look tnamazement make serious remarks of sur-prise and wonderment flat dwellers whoseflats mire just ns dark arid ns unwholesome asthe tenements pass quietly by or talk charitySeventeenth ward landlords shako their headsand smile anti last but not least the plainordinary workman he who understands thetenement anti Its dwellers best who Is wllllnsto pay his way as ho goes who asks for nocharity or philanthropy critically examinesand has tho temerity to express doubts oven laregard to model tenements and the plans ex-

hibited for them because ho knows that thequestion Is not solved

When It cornea to a building on a lot say 751OU or more feet wide there is no necessity forany solution for the question Is solved by sim-ply copying somo of our office buildings orlarger apartment houses All that Is necessaryIs to adjust tenement house conilltlonstothembearing In mind the purposes mind surround-ings 01 course the same expensive materialscannot bo used but electric light elevatorsbaths Arc cnn b putt there Can such tene-ment be mats to pay for the sameprice that I paid for the lots in tlmono Instancewould In the outer Instance pay for thechcapcrtenement mind the lots on which they standAnother thing that the bulldors of moderntenements should hear In mind Is to avoidcheap looking affairs Even so clijver anarchitect a Mr Klagg falls to apprecIatethis point The designs which arc on exhibi-tion have for time most part a sort of factoryor povertylooking nppeaance In otherwords they suggest a suit of wholesalecharity affair The writer doesnt that theelevations should bo highly ornamented butdoes refer the architects to the photographsshown of tenement erected In FrankfortGermany liens Is simplicity coupled with de-sign there Is no excuse the expression souphouse look nbout them It might be said thatthere is nothing In this cry of appearance andphilanthropy but It Is to bo remembered thatIt Is not pleasant to the worklnemnn nndchildren to be told by thin nclKhlors that theydwell In charity halt The model tenementshould gr forth purely as n business venturebidding for tenants on Its own merits

Now I como to the most serious question ofnil namely the lot JtxluO In lossosslon of oneIndividual who wishes to Improve it NowhereIn the exhibition Is thorn anything coveringthis JlxlOO lot Mundlnc nil by Itself It neigh-bors Independent In the snmo way whichsolves problem Is there no solution T

Thero are some plans on exhibition recentones and some old ones by Mr Yare butt theseand others depend for their success on the faathatndjolnintr neIghbors with build likewise Itreally seems as It tho old tenement house manyexamples of which are still to bo found In theSeventeenth wiirdvfltli two families on eachfloor four room nplece with nn additionwherein could bi placed the socallod Improve-ments Is the most healthy tim lost ventilatedand the cleanest house of nil Scoffers maysneer and point to the now doubledeckersthou price of lots the waste of room nnd thelike These old houses are iilout fifty feetdeep and haven fortyfoot yard Hut they areeasily to bn preferred even with a rear houseattached to the illplanned doubledeckerSome of the modern higherpriced double flatsare no bettor than tho modern tenement

U tIme building question a question of lawShall the authorities be given power as Is thecase In somo European cities to nv what kindof n house Is to be erected onn certain lot analstreet how much lot spnro Is to remainwhether the space to be between thin housesIs to bo In the front sldo or rear whether acertain design Is suitable streetwhether thin courtyard In thin roar Is lobedevoid of nIl fences so ns to to treated ns acommon and numberless other matters thatwould take too long to recite

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