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SOMETIMES. ^
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Across the fields of long ago i
He sometimes comes to me, j
A little lad with face aglow? !
The lad I used to be.
^
. And yet he smiles so wistfully,
Once he has crept within?
? I wonder he still hopes to see
The man 1 might nave been!
?Thomas S. Jones, Jr., in Aiaslee'a. c
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ENTHUSIASM j
FOE SCIENCE ;
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TO By MAX ADELER. TO J
Everybody has observed how an t
aeronaut, who goes frolicking around A
I? In Tirflflt claims to be the r
iu wile aa xil ** uuw w ? a
sause of science, seems to regard the v
v most appalling accidents to himself,
and the most fearful destruction of ^
Dther people's property, with the
game kind of delight that an ordinary
man would feel when he has a
fortune left to him. Professor Smart
Is that kind of an aerial navigator,
and he was telling me the other day
Df a 'delightful voyage he took a short t
time ago in his balloon. He said: J
We went up from Easton?Stone- \
man, Bob Tarr and myself?and it 2
. was the most magnificent trip I ever *
took. Perfectly splendid! We got *
tier full about 12 o'clock, and the 1
crowd held her down until we were *
ready, and then I gave the word, and
they let go, and we went a-booming 1
Into the air. One man got caught in *
& twist of the rope as she gave her *
Rrst snurt uDward. and it just 1
Blaramed him up against a fence as If
he'd been shot out of a howitzer. *
Smashed in three or four of his ribs, 1
I bolieve, and cracked his leg. Br.t 1
we went up just beautiful about 1500 ]
feet, and while we wero looking at "
ihe lovely scenery we ran into a cloud
and I told Bob to throw over some (
ballast. Ho heaved out a couple of 1
sandbags, and one of them accident- (
ally fell on Major Dick's hired girl, J
who was hanging clothes in the gar- J
$ en, and the other went sock into his 1
shimney and choked h^r up. He was
mad as the mischief about it when we 1
came down. No enthusiasm for 1
3cience. Some men don't care a cent '
whether the world progresses or not. 1
Well, sir, we shot up about 1000
* feet more, and then Stoneman
dropped the lunchbasket overboard
by accident, and we went vp about
four miles. Stoneman sot blue in the 1
race, Bob fainted, and I came near 5
being asphyxiated myself. A minute 1
more and we'd all 'a* beer dead men, 1
but I gave the valve a Jerk, and we
came down a-whooping. When the '
boys came to Bob said he was sick 1
and wanted to get out, a?:d as we 1
were only a little ways above ground !
t threw out ;.ay grapnel. That minute
a breeze struck her, and she went
jibout ninety miles an hour over some 3
man's garden, and the grapnel caught ''
In his grape arbor, snatched it up, 1
jmd pretty soon got it tangled in the '
weathercock on tho Baptist Church 3
f steeple. I cut the rope and left it 5
' there, and I understood afterward '
ihe deacons sued the owner because 1
, he wouldn't come and take It down. 1
Raised an awful fuss, and sent the ]
sheriff after me. Trying to make
scientific investigation seems like a !
crime, and me working like a horse ^
all the time to unfold the phenomena ]
Df nature! If they 'a' loved knowl- 1
Bdge more than ignorance, they '
Wouldn't 'a' cared if I'd ripped their ''
bid steeple off and rammed her down ,
like an extinguisher on top of some '
^ lactory chimney.
w So when we deposited the grape 1
jirhor we went up again a-kiting, and [
Bob got sicker, and said he must gat
out, and I rigged up another grapnc?
and threw It out We were just over
l farm near the river, ;xnd, as tho
wind was high, the grapnel tore 1
Ihrough two fences and broke them 1
* pp, snatched the robf off the barn, 1
ran against a sheep and ripped it in
half, and then, as nothing would hold '
her, wo swooped into the woods, 1
where we ran plump against a tree. <
Th:> hrnr/?hno QVinriorf Rtnnomnn't; <
face, nearly put out my left eye, and 1
kocked four teeth out of Bob's mouth. (
It was the most exciting voyage I J
jver took in my life, and I was just
beginning to take an interest in it? '
f lust getting warmed up and preparing
to take meteorological observa- 1
Uons, but Bob was so very anxious to 1
luit that 1 didn't like to refuse, al- 1
though I hated to give up and aban- *
Son my scientific investigations. (
So I threw out my coat and boots,
md made the other fellows do the
lame, and wo rose above the trees, I
md sailed along splendidly until we 1
L Itruck the river, when she suddenly !
r lodged down, and the edge of the car "
taught in the water, and the wind
look her, and we went scudding along
I * like lightning, nearly drowned.
Btoneman was washed overboard, 1
however, and that lightened her so '
?he went up again, and I was for
staying up, but Bob said he'd die if
tie didn't get out soon, and, besides,
he thought we ought to look after
Btoneman. But I said Stoneman was
probably drowned anyhow, so there
was no use in sacrificing our experi- 1
paV Qients for him, and I told Bob a man '
of his intelligence ought to be willing
' to put up with something for the sake ;
of science. And Bob said, as for
him, science be hanged; If I didn't
let him out he'd jump out. Ho was <
sick, you J now. The man was not
, himself or he'd never 'a' talked that
way about a voyage that was so full 1
of interest, and that was likely to re- 1
veal so many of the secrets of nature. J
But, to oblige him, I at last got her 1
down on the other side of the river.
*nd a farmer came up and held on to 1
the rope.
While we were talking to him, I
was just telling him that, as the gas
was coming out of the neck of the
balloon, maybe he'd better put out
hi3 cigar, when all of a sudden there '<
was a tcrrific bang; the gas exploded 1
and wrapped us in a sheet of flame, '<
and tho next minute some of the
neighbors picked up me and Bob, ?
burned the worst kind. Bob was
| ' Coasted nearly to a crisp. Exciting, :
^vasn't it? And they took him over i
to tbe house, where we found that i
they had fished out Stoneman and 1
jtvere rolling his body on a barrel to i
k get the water out of him. When he :
Igot over it they sent the invalid corps
?ack to town in a buggy?Bob groanIT
ing all the way, and me arguing with
P him to show that science reauires her
notaries to give up a little of their
jersonal comfort for the benefit it
loes the race, and Stoneman saying
le wished he was well enough to go
>ut and bang the inventor of balloons
vith a shotgun.
But I enjoyed the trip more than I
;xpect3d. So many exciting surprises,
mil itnnw. Ass soon as we eot home a
:ontable came and arrested me for
ihucking that ignorant opponent of
icientific inquiry up against the fence
md wrecking him. And when I was
et off on bail I began to build a new
jalloon. She's done now, and I'm
;oing to make an ascension on Thurslay.
Won't you go up with me?
The day's going to come when every>ody
will travel that way. It's the
nost exhilarating motion in the
vorld. Come on up and help me
nake scientific observations in the
lpper easterly current.
I didn't accept the professor's invitation.?New
York Weekly.
Newspapers as Educators
By C. D. PUGSLEY, of Harvard.
Considering how large a proporion
of the people the modern news>aper
reaches, and how effective an
igency it is in disseminating news 1
ind influencing public sentiment on
he issues of the day, has suggested |
,o me that the newspaper could be
nade one of the foremost educative
,'orces.
The education of the large pro
jortion 01 our popuiauou wuua ?n,u
;he public school, and very few have
he time or money to secure the advantages
of a higher education.
The newspaper. I believe, could
;asily organize an education depart- (
nent with connected articles of say
i column daily, in series, on ecolomics,
social ethics, biology, as- <
;ronomy and other subjects.
The opportunity for a liberal edu- !
:ation would thus be given to every !
eader of the newspaper, and instead i
)f the small minority who now at- I
:?.in a higher education at our col- i
eges the large majority of the peo- j
?le would be highly educated.
Here li*s a great mission for the
newspaper in giving to the whole
people the benefits of higher education
and broad culture and the en-ichment
of their lives which it
should mean.
Symbolisru of College Gowns.
It has been said that few people,
including many university men themselves,
havo any definite idea of the
moaning of the gowns worn by collegiate
students.
In America, university gowns exhibit
much variety, there being a
?reat difference in the various institutions;
but all over the country?in
fact, all over the English-speaking
world?certain distinctions hold.
The ordinary bachelor's gown, the
Elrst the student owns, is of unadorned
black with pointed sleeves,
md is ordinarily made of s?rge or
Dther simple black fabric. The
master's gown is like the student's
inasmuch as it is plain black; but
the sleeves are cut differently, being |
long pendants shaped not unlike fish
tails, and hanging from the elbows j
nearly to the bottom of the gown.
The master's gown may be made of
3ilk, as may also the bachelor's gown |
[f it is worn by a man of long acade- j
mic standing who has happened to I
receive no higher degre^; but the I
ordinary university man has no desire
to clad himself in silV. I
Most doctors' gowns, especially in !
England and Scotland, have hoods (
that give them certain distinctions ,
and differentiate, by differences of ;
;olor, the doctorate s. ? Harper's i
Weekly. '
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This Piano is a "
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ine activity oi piano manuiaciursrs
does not end with pianists, although
naturally the greatest part of
their energy and money is spent on'
them. They often subsidize tours
Df orchestras, of violinists, of 'cellists,
of conducting-composers and
composing-conductors, and few singers
of prominence start on a concert
tour without the comfortable knowledge
that a snug sum is to come from
the makers of the piano which is to
be used In the concerts. Violinists
especially are notoriously a "poor
business proposition." Very few of
them, however picturesque in appearance,
make money for those that
back their tours, and an explanation
of their Dersonal DrosDeritv is verv i
often found in the "underline" on
the program of the concerts where !
Lhey appear, to the effect that "The *
[jiano is a such and such," even when }
ao piano appears on the stage. And J
so it is with other instrumentalists. .
?Wm. E. Walter, In the Atlantic.
Strategical Uses of Tails.
Take another of our animals, a
fierce little weasel, clad in summer in
a. coat of brown, in winter turning
white, but alwavs with a jet black ]
tip to the tail. The ermine, as it is i
incorrectly called in its winter coat, '
has an easy time of it, sneaking on '
the mice and birds upon which it i '
preys, but when a hawk takes after i j
It in an open field in the sunlight, | \
or an owl in the moonlight, it would j i
have but short shrift with all ita , i
sinuous leaping, were it not that the i J
black tail-tip is so conspicuous that '
it constantly attracts the eye and '
allows the pure white of the body to
be confused with the spotless snow.
Even when we place a dead weasel
on the snow and look at it from a distance,
we realize how true this is,
and how valuable must be the pencil ]
tuft of black hair to this little ver- 1
ruin who spends his life in hunting 1
or being hunted.?C. William Beebe, I
;n the Outinr Magazine.
The Goat Conies First.
Switzerland is the only country in J
the world where the goat is placed ,
ahead of all other animals, and even
af human beings. If a boy plagues
<5 o-ao f Vio r n hr-- "RnoH nn/I can f -tn
? w V41AV1 HVUI, v\.
jail. If a person meets a goat on |
a. path and drives him aside, he can
be arrested. If a goat eaters the
rard of a person not his owner, and
is hit with a club or stone, the person
guilty of the offence must pay
thirty cents. If a raiiroad train sees
a goat on a track, the train must hall]
until the animal can bo coaxcd to re;
move himself. There's many a bo:!
in America who wishes he were ;J
goat in Switzerland.?Weekiy
aess.
BATTLESHIP FIEET H
HEMES M JflHEIRC,
Brazilians Extend a Warm Welcome
to Admiral Evans.
ONE-THIRD OF VOYAGE OVER
Cheers and Salutes For United States 1
Ships at Brazil's Capital?Fine
' Voyage Slightly Retarded by
; Wind and Sea and Poor Coal. ?
Rio Janeiro, Brazil.?The American
fleet of sixteen battleships entered
the port of Rio Janeiro at 3
o'clock p. m. after a passage from
Port of Spain, Trinidad, more than
3300 miles, unmarred by serious accident,
replete with interesting incidents
and ending with a royal welcome
from thousands that had gathered
to meet the visitors.
The fleet weighed anchor at 4 j
o'clock on the afternoon of December <
29 at Port of Spain, and exactly at 4
o'clock p. m. the vessels wero swing- 1
lng at their anchors in this beantiful <
harbor. All of the battleships are J
here. The fleet has now covered 1
about 4600 miles, about a third the i
distance of the voyage to San Fran- l
cisco. ; t
Early in the morning the crowds
began to gather in the streets of Rio c
Janeiro, and long before the signal i
flags were hoisted announcing the t
approach of the American ships thou- t
3ands of curious spectators had taken
up points of vantage on public build- t
ings and elevated quays. When the c
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I WHAT THE SUPPRESSIC
i IN .NEW YORK STA'
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.
' . Salaries and 1
" Fees (estimated).'
S 300 jockeys.... $1,000,000 C
J 200 trainers 800,000
? 600 employes of racing associa- I
J tions 1,000,000 I
? 1,000 bookmakers' clerks ...... 2,000,000 I
J 500 stable hands 500,000 I
J Estimated value of 3000 hori
? ' *
| STATISTICS OF NEW Z
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j
? Coney Island Jockey Club (Sheepshead Baj
| Westchester Racing Ass'n (Belmont Park)..
[ Brooklyn Jockey Club (Gravesend)
E Brighton Beach Racing Association
j Metropolitan Jockey Club (Jamaica)
? Queens County Jockey Club (Aqueduct).
J Saratoga Association
Empire City Racing Association (Yonkers)
| Buffalo Racing Association
fleet steamed into the harbor, under t
the splendid mountains that frame I
the bay, beautiful in the tropical sun, t
It was a specacle incomparable to the <
3ye. * The roadstead lay like a glitter-, t
lng mirror beneath.
Word that the fleot had passed t
Cape Frio, about forty-five miles out, 1
svas received at 8.30 o'clock, and im- i
mediately scores of tugs and other <
small craft, crowded with spectators, 1
Bet out to meet the visitors, and ac- 1
bompanied them to the anchorage, t
Outlined against the horizon the great i
battleshios, stretched out in one line, 1
came slowly through, the passage into t
the bay. The Connecticut, Rear-Adtniral
Evans' flagship, was in the lead, i
with the Brazilian cruisers, dressed 1
In gala attire, on either side. Passing t
the,fortresses, the Connecticut fired a
salute of twenty-one guns, which was {
responded to by the Brazilian warShips,
the German cruiser Bremen ]
and the shore guns. The yards and
lighting-tops were manned and cheers
upon cheers were given for the splendid
passage of the flagship and her i
Blsjev ships. i
' 'Ab s555*';a3 the anchorage' was t
made, the Brazilian Minister of Ma- *
rine, Admiral Alencar, the Captain of ?
the Port, the American Consul-Gen- 1
sral G. E.Anderson, the commandants 1
Df naval divisions and the civic au- 1
thorities went on board the Connecti- 1
cut and extended a hearty welcome I
to Rear-Admiral Evans, his officers t
and men. vlr---. <
Hundreds of launches, tugs and i
small boats circled about the battle- r
3hips until long after the sun had c
?one down. Not less than 15,000 to t
20,000 persons were aboard these
boats and more than 50,000 others 1
were gatnerea on snore to ceieDraie t
the coming of the fleet. At night t
tho city was beautifully illuminated, i
and it was made a gala occasion in 1
honor of the visitors. 1
All tho way down from Port of J
Spain the voyage was an enjoyable ?
sne and all on board the ships were (
well and seemingly happy.
To some extent the progress of the
fleet was hampered by the strong
currents and the swell, poor coal and j
minor derangements of the auxiliary
machinery of several of the ships. A
3tay at Rio de Janeiro of ten days is
planned.
UNEASINESS IN JAPASr. f ]
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Politicians Said to Bo Worried by (
Reported American Attitude. t
Tokio, Japan.?Incoming cable dis- c
patches, indicating an overwhelming
sentiment in America in favor of an i
exclusion bill, are causing much un- i
nwn r\ f oil r? Vi o rTrtf i
?dbllieb2> C'.LUUU^ icauciD ui an ouau^o *
[>i politics, who have repeatedly expressed
the conviction that the Americans
did not desire to discriminate
against Japanese and would accept
the attitude of the Japanese Govern- c
ment as evidence of its sincere desire (
not to embarrass the American Gov- 1
srnment and at the same time cave t
the self-esteem of the Japanese. ?
v.Greene
and Gaynor Committed.
The mandate of the Circuit Court
3f Appeals in the case of Greene and C
3aynor was made the order of the <
United States Court in Macon, Ga., 1
oy Judge Speer, and an order was c
:aken committing the two prisoners f
:o the Atlanta penitentiary for four
fears. ' . ,
Mercantile Purchases Revive. I
Merchandise stocks are not bur- t.
Jensome in any position, and there is f
nuch confidence in an early revival c
)f purchases by consumers. j i
Newsy Paragraphs.
'An extradition treaty between
Mexico and the Netherlands has been A
signed. t
Alarm is growing in England because
of the grave problems resulting p
from the immigration of Asiatics to I
ler white colonies. a
Balling as a cure in severe cases of
aurned persons was tried successfully c
it Roosevelt Hospital, New York t
3ity. r
Roulette is proving too slow for
visitors at Monte Carlo, and a com- S
mittee has been formed to provide d
more, lively amusements. ' s
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CHILDREN CRUSHED TO DEATH=
Sixteen Killed in Rush For Stair of
"? "1-11 rnnl onrl
IOWn Hall, DdlllDiey, biigiauu.
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Panic Occurred at a Cinematograph \
Show?Thirty or Forty Were
Hurt, Some Very Seriously.
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Barnsley, England.?Sixteen children
were trampled to death and
forty others, several of whom cannot
live, were injured in a mad rush for j
better seat3 at an afternoon entertainment
given at the public hall
aere.
^ There was a great crush to obtain
admittance to the entertainment, and
when the show opened every seat was
:aken and the gallery was packed
with children, who filled the aisles
ind were dangerously massed against
:he lower railing. With a view to relieving
this crowding in the gallery
;he attendants decided to transfer
some of the children to the body of
;he house, and one of the ushers
jailed out: "Some of you children
:ome down stairs."
"Immediately the rush started, and
within a few seconds hundreds of
children were being trampled under
foot. Even those who had seats in
the . gallery, doubtless being panicjtricken
by the screams and struggles
of the crowds fighting to reach
he staircases, joined in the stampede.
The cries of the injured and moans
>f ttje dying caused wild excitement
tmong those gathered in'the body of
he hall. Police and. ushers rushed
o the head of the staircases, which
vere strewn with dead and dying, and
vith desperate efforts managed to
irag scores of the struggling children
)N OF HORSE RACING |
EE WOULD MEAN. :
?
Salaries and ?
Fees (estimated). J
Jross receipts of tracks for a ?
year ?4,020,000 ?
Entrance fees for a year 2,000,000 *
*aid out in purses a season 2,500,000 ?
teceipts from bookmakers 500,000 +
],ive per cent, tax paid last year. 201,371
ses in training, $1,500,000. r
*
ltORK race TRACKS. v r
Estimated *' ?
Gross Estimated J
Receipts. Profits. .Valuation. *
r).. $850,000 $600,000 $4,000,000 I j
600,000 450;000 3,000,000 I
600,000 450,000 2,500,000 !
600,000 450,000 1,500,000
, 350,000 260,000 500,000 J
350,000 260,000 500,000
400,000 300,000 ' 500.000 I
i. 400,000 300,000 3,000,000 *
X 80,000 60,000 300,000 ?
;o the corridors below. A panic in
;he children in the lower part of
:he house wa3 narrowly averted, all
)f these eventually being taken to
the street in safety.
> When the reserve police arrived
:hey found the narrow stairway
jlocked with bodies, some of whom
were crushed almost beyond recognition.
Scores of children were forced
w thn nrOTsnrs frnm the rrowd be
lind them to scramble over those
hat had fallen, living and dead, and
nany of the injured children were
:ound later to be suffering from frac:ured
bones and severe lacerations.
Soon after the accident the ap)roaches
to the hall were crowded
with sobbing women seaching for
heir missing children.
SCORES OF MILL HANDS STARVE.
Famine Raging For Weeks Before
Substantial Citizens Hear of It.
Philadelphia.?Substantial citizens
n the Falls of Schuylkill precinct
iwoke tp the fact that for weeks
icore3 of hardworking employes of
he Dobson mills have been starving
imong them, so they took steps to reieve
conditions. First, however, the
'omiohort mon wnmpn and children
lad to appeal to the police for aid.
:t was through iha departmental re)ort
that the information reached the
he well-to-do residents in that part
)? the city^ Several dozen families
sought assistance from the police.
The close of the mills "for lack of
>rders" seven weeks ago threw 3200
;oiler3 out of work. <
One case was that of a widow with
Ive children, who for years had
sarned a scanty living for herself and
hem as a weaver.' Equally pathetic
vas that of an old woman and her
Ive grandchildren, all dependent on
ler. Tho section was visited, "with
i. view to giving assistance, by an
igeiit of the Society for Organized
Charity. ^
FREES SCHMITZ AND RUEF.
San Francisco Prosecution Will Has*
tea Other Suits Against Them.
San Francisco.?The District Court
)f Appeals set a3ide the judgment in
:he cass of former Mayor Eugene E.
Schmitz, convicted of extortion in the
French restaurant case. Abe Ruef
ilso benefits, for, according to the deiision,
ho pleaded guilty to an act
;hat was no offense against the laws
)f the State.
The news of t.he decision spread
apidly over the city, causing consterlation
in some quarters and delight
n others.
Army Short of Officers*
The first class at the Military Academy,
West Point, N. Y., will graduate
>n February 14. The army is short
)f officers, and the addition to the
ist resulting from an early gradua- |
.ion will help materially in filling
iome of the vacant assignments.
Mrs. Do Castro and Child Dead.
The wife of the American Consul^neral
in Rome, Italy, Hector Do
jastro, aiea irom au operation 101owlug
the birth of her child. The
:hild also died. Mrs. De Castro was
orty-two years old.
Chicago Losing Commerce.
Mayor Busss, of Chicago, has called i
he attention of the City Council to |
he fact that the city now ranks j
ourth in lake commerce, where it I
>nc* ranked first! and that its losses j
ncrease year by year.
About Noted People.
General Booth, of the Salvation
irmy, says Americans are more pious
hau the English.
Judge John W. Barr. the distin;uished
Kentucky jurist, died in
iOuisville, Ky., of pneumonia, at the
orck r\ f alttlifv-fwn
V/fc Wi^UV v.r w.
Count Quadt, once first secretary
if the German Embassy at Washing- ]
on. D. C., has been appointed Ger- ,
an Minister to Persia.
Senator Allison, chairman of the ;
Senate Appropriations Committee, in- j
lorses Mr. Cleveland's plan for pen- 1
ions for retired President ' ,
BROOKLYN JOYFUL
OVER ITS TUNNEL
Celebration of First Official Trip
Under the East River.
COST TEN MILLION DOLLARS
\ .
*"* _ i
New Subway Expected to Relieve the
Awful Bridge Crush ? Under
River Trip Mode in Four
Minutes.
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Brooklyn, N. Y.?Brooklyn's celebration
of the opening of the interborough
tunnel under the East River
from Bowling Green to Borough Hall
was the happiest day of merrymaking
the old city has ever had, not
even excepting the opening of the
Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1884.
With the arrival of a special tra'n
from Manhattan with a number of
city officials, headed by President McOowan.
of the Board of Aldermen,
and President Coler, of Brooklyn, the
bell in Eorough Hall began tolling
and thje crowd flocked from every;
quarter.
Flags were unfurled and streamers
sent from every window of the buildings
overlooking the square. Twenty,
thousand enthusiastic Brooklynitea
gathered at the foot of the broad
steps of Borough Hall, from which
speakers addressed the multitude.
The ceremonies of the formal open- \
ing began at 11.30 o'clock a. m., when ;
Borough President Coler and a dele- j
gation of the Brooklyn League took a J
special train to Manhattan. This was j
switched back at Wall Street. Presi- j
dent of the Board of Aldermen Mc- j
Gowan and others representing the I
city joined the party and became their j
guests at the great demonstration i
about the former City Hall of the j
late city of Brooklyn.\ x I
The exercises were opened by an j
Invocation by the Rev. Father Ed- |
ward McCarty and closed .with a bene- [
diction by the Rev. Dr. Nehemlah
Boynton. Borough President Coler introduced
the speakers, who were President
McGowan, St. Clair McKelway,
former Senator Stephen M. Griswold,
the Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman and
Frank Bailey, vice-president of the
Title Guarantee and Trust Company.
Following the speeches there was a
luncheon'at the Hamilton Club.
i -TJjat Brooklj^expects great things
of the' liew subway that binds it
closer to New York was shown by the
entnusiasm. nivery ousmeas nuuoe ut ;
importance and every public building !
in the borough was appropriately dec- j
orated for the occasion. The Brook- i
lyn Board of Real Estate Brokers, j
1000 strong, headed by a band, [
marched to the Borough Hall to show :
their interest in the enterprise.
It is estimated that the subway tunnel
can divert a maximum of 16,000 j
passengers an hour from the bridge j
route, which 54,000 now use in the
evening crush hour. Even if it di- J
verts only 10,000, it will materially
benefit the Brooklyn traveling public. !
Intolerable conditions on the bridge j
may soon be an unregretted memory. 1
The new tunnel cost $10,000,000, :
and is ninety-five feet below the bed |
of the river. * The distance from the ;
Bowling Green (Manhattan) station ,
to the Borough Hall (Brooklyn) sta- j
tion is one and six-tenths miles and
the length of the river tubes is one [
and a quarter miles. There are two
tubes in the tunnel, one for eastern '
travel and one for western travel.
^
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THEY TOOK $110,000,000 AWAY.
Figures on the Money Carried East in
the Steerages This Winter.
New York City.?According to the
North German Lloyd Line, which has j
made a careful computation based on 1
the figures of steamship agents, !
money changers and railroad men, j
more than $110,000,000 was taken j
out of tie United States by the immigrants
who returned to their native !
places last year. The estimate is that i
each of the 550,045 foreigners had J
about $200 with him. To get away |
this throng had to put up about $15,000^0
in railroad and steamship !
transportation and other charges. As
an offset to millions that departed it ]
Is noted that 1,364,688 .alieps. who
arrived last year broug&tVith them,'
according to the estimate of the ;
Commissioner-General of Immigra- j
tion, about $27,293,760. Much of ;
this, however, was furnished to the ,
immigrants by relatives or friends in
the United States.*
The impression among many of the
steamship agents is that the disturbed j
industrial conditions are aggravated 1
by the agitation incident to the com- !
ing Presidential election. Preceding i
a Presidential election more foreign- ;
ers usually return home than in other I
years.
RICH ENOUGH, SAYS BRYAN, j
Declares That He Has Acquired Indc- '
pendent Income For All Time.
Omaha, Neb.?"I know that some
people are giving much thought to ,
the money question, but that is not
worrying me much. The people of
this country have made it possible J
for me to acquire an independent in- t
come for all time to come, so I have
no worry on that score."
This remark was made by William i
Tam n-n Duvon + o nr ir/l /tinea r\9
UCUUJUgO JJI ;au tunui u IUO vfc
his address here before ,the Jackson- j
ian Club. This is Mr. -Bryan's first
statement as to the extent*of his own
finances.
' 1
Pearson Gets London Times.
The London Times has passed from
the control of the Walter family, !
which established and owned it for I
three generations. C. Arthur Pear- j
son, the journalistic magnate of
London, has secured the direction of <
the great newspaper.
To Treble Saloon Tax.
The commission to devise plans to
increase the revenue of Baltimore, :
Md., submitted its report, placing the
liquor license fee at $750. The pres- j
ent rate is $250.
The World of Sport.
Standardization of automobile bodies
is projected by automobile designers
and engineers.
The racing season of 1908 in Ken- ]
tucky will probably be curtailed to i
100 days or even less.
Frank Kitson, who was on the New
York American's payroll for a time, t
lias landed with Monte Cross' Kansas i
City Club.
James R. Keene's race horses won
$402,691 last year, according to the
records of various racing associations.
exceeding all previous turf
SvjULUiags in any country
Late NewSilP
BY WIRE: ihi
L
WASHINGTON.
'Attorney General Bonaparte di< p*
rected that suits be brought against
many railroads for violation of th<
Safety Appliance law.
The State Department denied ru?
mors of friction between Japan an<}
the United States regarding restrio
tion of emigration.
Figures made public by the Inter?
State Commerce Commission. Bhowed 1
that one trainman out of every on$
hundred and twenty-four employed
during the year 1907 was killed by BUI
accident. as
Secretary Metcalf signed the ordei pie
to put Surgeon Charles F. Stokes in bio
charge of the hospital ship Relief. tee
Senator Hansbrough, of North Da- vlr|
kota, has introduced a bill in the ,
Senate setting aside October. 12 as a
national holiday, "Discovery Day." of
Urgent improvements for Ellis Isl- ste
and- are needed, and to secure them wh
**** TJftnnoff nfforo/1 itl thfl . ,
xteyreaeiiuuLi?c ucuu&? v.? ?
House a bill for appropriations th
amounting to $560,000: 0j
W. E. Chancellor was dismissed ae inf
superintendent of schools by the ing
Board of Education for making alleged
statements derogatory to offl? av<
clals. j of
O we
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. ""1 ter
School boards of the cities of Por?
to Rico adopted resolutions looking tn(
to a large extension of the system pa
of instruction.
The Cuban masons resolved to re?. wa
(turn to work and submit their dis? 0jj
putes to arbitration. i
A large Increase of thq national fir<
guard of Hawaii Is urged by the War
Department in a communication to Pa
territorial officers. 72
There is little movement of Jap-. '
anese laborers from Hawaii to Van- to
couver, B. C. The sugar grinding
season has begun, and there is aD frc
abundance of employment.
Business men of Manila criticised ^
the appointment of Senor Oroneta to zr
the.Supreme Bench, which appoint*
ment gives the Filipinos the majority ,
In the highest court in the land.
Governor Carter, of Hawaii, asked La
In hia annual report that if exclusion at
be extended to all Asiatics the islands
be exempt. of
f> " 'Jk i&IF ? CO]
/ ^ DOMESTIC. cit
' Edwin Collier killed his blind son th;
and shot himself fatally on his wife's
grave at Ravenna, Ohio. es<
i Federal Judge Kohlsaat, at Chic? thi
ago, decided in favor of the Govern- ??
ment Its suit against Oberlin M. Car- be
ter for the recovery of securities val- on
(ued at upward of $400,000, part ol m<
Carter's loot on the Greene-Gaynoi
conspiracy. bu
Albert Moulton and his wife, both
over seventy-five years old, were
burned to death in their home af
Auburn, N. H. mi
Jumping from the dome of Frazel as
Hall at Kansas University, LawrenceJ
Urban Angney, a football star, com* q0
mitted suicide. 0j
The Cripple Creek Central Rallf T.
road Company passed dividends oq tei
both its common and preferred
stock; Co
A Federal jury at Omaha convicted gl<
Perry A. Yeast, a prominent cattle
raiser, of conspiring with soldiers* Fr
widows to obtain land fraudulently,1 Sil
' ' .Claiming that he had been shangi
haled at'.Norfolk and taken to Eu< en
rope,"Jpseph Miller, aged twenty-twoj va
r?&cfc*e*d New York City, having been
"aided by the American consul al taJ
Rotterdam. , er;
Dr. Rowe, of the University oj ?
Pennsylvania, in a speech at Anij
Arbor, Mich., voiced the opinion thaj Germany
had a hold on the SoutlJ
'American republics through its in<
tellectual influence. , ?5
- er
: At Amherst, Mass., Augustus Ar* pr
magnac. Ph. D., head of the depart- ca
,ment of modern languages at tn<
Massachusetts Agricultural College| bo
died suddenly from apoplexy -when pa
seated at his desk in a recitation
room. V ;
H. O. Havemeyer by the terms oi lie
his will left all to hi3 family. en
Charles Wadsworth Whitney, a pa
banker of New York City, committed en
suicide while suffering from insomnia
due to overwork. tei
The Eoston police arrested F. W
Elliott as an accessory to the murdei 01
of Mrs. Theodore S. Whitmore.
er
pepartment of Hygiene, to lool) j,0
especially after the health of school
children, was recommended to th<
Board of Education by Supt. Max st
well, of New York City.
' n"*'1.', Pr
-rvrvoT^TOV be
runaiun.
The Governor of the Gold Coasi ;v
Colony is returning from this countrj
with a new vaccine to check the ravages
of meningitis in Africa.
Fierce riots broke out in Berlii
when the Prussian Landtag rejected vl
the demand for manhood suffrage.
Rodolphe Lemieux, the delegate o! Cii
Canada to Japan, said that he be coi
lieved that his mission had been en- foi
tirely successful. inj
The rate of discount of the Banl bei
of Bengal, at Calcutta, was raised th<
from seven to eight per cent. wh
Rioters burned the Protestani ^
cbanel and school at Kia-Hsing-Fu no
China. '
The career of auto women cat Iay
drivers in Berlin was short lived, th< to
women proving inefficient and lack- ke?
ing in power of endurance.
Captain Deichoff. of the Russiar
navy, was among those awaiting th?
arrival of the American fleet at Ri( r
de Janeiro. the
The great work of constructing abl
the Guatemalan ocean to ocean rail anc
way has been carried to completior con
by American enterprise during wan the
and revolutions.
The American Embassy, at Constantinople,
has received from th?
Sultan three small siib carpets and I
one large wooden carpet from his prr han
vate factory at Hereke. They wer< the
presented by the Sultan to Presidenl dry
Roosevelt. thn
The"'Jfiommlttee of the Kilkenn3
Foxhoufids has decided to offer the <.
mastership of the pack to Mr. Isaac C
Bell, au'4\merican. 5
The O'kpanese presg has urged &Ias
pressure.to be brought upon Chins E
to compfll her to observe alleged obli- hes
gatlons vJiiich means subservience tc ^
Japan's aims. e3t2
The Belgian Government issued lt| 1
reply to the Congo State Commission, is
King Leopold is said to desire no per> wor
sonal profit from the donations re ^
served under the treaty, but threat an
ens to take his former place in th<
.Congo administration If the treaty ii the
not. ratified.. ' (
WW BUMPS
"FIBEPEOrSMKB
irteen-Story Parker Building in
New York Destroyed.
-?
RE ART TREASURES BURNED
e Fiercest Fire in Years?Three
Firemen Dead and Many Others
Injured?Many Daring Escapes
From Tenth Story.
'Jew Y?rkCity.?Flames consumed
its skeleton of iron and brick the
. qBOB
jposedly fireproof structure known
the Parker Building, which occus
the northwest segment of the
ck bound by Fourth avenue, Eighnth
and Nineteenth, streets and Irg
place. ~
rhe flames licked to the-bare bones
the thirteon-story structure. The
el girder3, with their facing of
ite stone on the Fourth avenue
e and brick on the other sides,
eatened to collapse, and because
this peril the police cleared buildis
which nestled beneath the burnr
ctriir?Miro nf Vinnrirf>d9 nf tftnailts.
The subway runs under Fourth
jnue, and because, of the menace
falling walls peremptory orders
re sent to the officials of the In'.-Met.
Railway to stop traffic In
3 subway immediately. In case of
i collapse of the building, Fire Dertment
officials said, it was practllly
certain that thousands of tons
masonry would crash into the suby.
The order to stop traffic waa
eyed.
Three lives were lost and scores o!
anion were injured.
The dead are: John Fallon, Fire
,trol 3; George O'Connor, Engine
; Thomas Phillips, Engine 72.
Seldom have New York firemen had
fight a more stubborn blaze. There
ire many thrilling rescues, and
>m time to time rumors went
ound that some of those fighting
3 flames had been killed by falling
bris. Many of those working in
b building when the fire started
ire ??*ed with difficulty.
The amount of damage done wa|
:imated by Fire Commlssionef _ - y:
ntry and Assistant Fire Chief Blnm
more than $6,000,000. They said.
it the disaster proved the inability
the New York FJre Department ta
pe successfully with fiames in thq ,
;y's skyscrapers at a greater heighi ,
in the eighth story.
Two gppre firemen had miraculous
jape's froEi death when the flbors on
9 fifth story fell, carrying debrii
wnward to the cellar and upon the'
ads of the men. fighting the flamei
the second story and In the base*
mt. - V,
The flames spread throughout thi
ildlng with amazing Rapidity, at
tcting 50,000 spectators. Fire
les were established early, and If
estimated that 20,000 persons were ,
issed In Union Square alone.
The tenants of the building werf
follows:
First floor?The Brunswlck-Balke<
]l%pder Company, manufacturer^
billiard tables and billiard balls!
Snyder Sons ft Co., fancy uphols<
Second floor?The Kuy .Scherei 1
impany, manufacturers of fine suri
:al Instruments.
Third floor?Sambaiac & Son.
ench and Venetian embroideries)
tver ft Co., steel engravers.
Fourth floor?Karaghensign, Ort
tal rugs, of Constantinople; stock
lued at close to $1,000,000.
Fifth floor?Encyclopedia Brit
jica; James Clark & Co., publish*
Sixth floor?The Detner Woollei
floor?Frederick W. Evera*
rnlture. /
Eighth floor?Falrchild ft Co., gold
ni and pins; Moses King, publish*
s; M. Goldberg, printer; John Finn,
inter; P. P. Caproni & Bro., an
sts. 1
Ninth flnnr?UV C. Heath, school
oks; the Judge Publishing Comny.
.
Tenth floor?Vacant.
Eleventh floor?Local branch Col?
ir's Weekly; Allan Stirling, civil
glneer; Cushing Engraving Com'
fiy, steel plates; Post & Co., print*
B: -VH
Twelfth floor?Sixteen small offlci
a"ants. On
the tenth floor was stored on<the
costliest art collections in th?
jrld?that of the late Henry Walt
s, president of the Atlantic Sea*
ard Line.
Mr. Walters, a Baltimore man, paid
50,000 duty to bring to the United
ates statuary, paintings and brlc-aac
valued at about $2,000,000. Thif
iceless collections seems to hav<
en loiauy aesirujeu. , u?r"
??" rv
COURT MOUSE BURNED.
ysou City Council Passes Curfew
L<aw to Keep Negroes Off Streets.
Asheville, N. C.?A fire at Bryson
;y, N. C., destroyed the count*
irt house and all the official record?
a period of fifty years. The burn;
of the court house follows a clash
tween the whites and negroes in '
> streets recently, in which five
ites were shotand seriously woundand
a number of others less seusly
hurt.
A special meeting of the Town
uncil has been held, and a curfew
ir for the negroes, requiring them
be in by 9 o'clock at night, has
?n passed.
Silver Recovering Rapidly.
rne recovery in tne price or silver
first of the year has been remarke.
Silver was quoted at fifty-eight
1 three-quarter cents an ounce,
ipared with fifty-two and a half at
beginning of the year.
Half of Louisiana "Dry."
following the lead of Georg/'a, Alalia
and Kentucky, almost half of
State of Louisiana has "gone
." Of forty-nine parishes twentyse
have voted for prohibition.
Women in the Day's News.
ihicago has a policewoman.
liss Abbie Lathrop, of Granby,
ss., runs a mouse farm.
Englishwomen lament the growing
itance of men to marry.
<ord Kelvin bequeathed his entire
Lte of $5,000,000 to his widow.
'o be silly, says an English writer,
the latest fad among London
nen.
Irs. Eddy has taken steps to found
institution with $1,000,000 en ment
for the purpose of helping
poor.