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eoCLrSEY BIGELow AND FREDERICK REMINGTON.
And still one might travel all over Russia
and hardly know that the police exists Out
side ofcomplyiug with the passport regulations
which are attended to by the managers Of the
hotels. You do not meet the police more here
than In any other European city. and / have
not found them as offensive In their bearing
the police Of New York and London. had no
trouble with them on the frontier. have car
ried nv camera with me and have taken photo
graphs of them on foot and on horseback. /
have through them resisted the extortions of
the drOschsky or cab drivers. and have gotten
Information from them just as | would from a
policeman on street corner in America /
have found them just ss polite in south Russia
and IN the villages along the NOlgs as have in
the large cities. and AIN convinced
that the traveller who minds his
own business and goes about il without fear
may travel just easily here in any part of
Europe In fact, the only trouble / have had
with the police during NV three months here
was In connection with Mr.. Frederick Reming-
ton, the famous artist. who. in company
with Mr.. Poultney BiSelow. made q very short
visit 10 Russia and left in haste j came with
Mr.. Remington aud NJ. Blgelow Oh the same
ship from New ork 10 Hamburg. I lived in
the same hotel with them at 81. Petersburg
and said goodbye to them when they left. /
took a photograph OF them in the steamer
Sormannia. on which we crossed. and | think
their fears Of Russian imprisonment had more
foundation in their minds than any basis in
fact
Mr.. Remington and myself, while out riding
one day behind fast droschsky horse ran a
Tsce with q military official and this official was
sngered nj our presumption. Ii was on the
fashionable drive which goes from 81. Peters
burg TO the islands of the Neva- The military
man had better horse than had and he
succeeded in passing Us. shortly after this we
came 10 q bridge. in the center of which was a
Policeman The official got there first and he
said q word to the policeman as he passed and
when we came up the policeman told us we
must go back TO the city. We protested. but
We could not talk Russian and our droschsky
driver WAS forced to turn around and we drove
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its enemies are

Inc z-VVO poLcenhen Oh ~ PETERSBURG wear
uniforms. There are tens of thousands of
other men employed by the police who dress
in citizens Clothes and every house in st.
Petersburg has its police agent and spy. Many
of the people here live in flats and the man
who takes care of the fiat is known as the dvor-
mix and he is responsible to the police for the
people within it. He reports upon their doings;
he sees that their passports are correct and he
keeps the police informed as to what goes on in
his house. and it is almost impossible to have
secret meeting in Russia without 1t being re-
ported by one of these men. These dvorniks
have sort of trades union among themselves
and they are governed by a chief. and this chief
is a member of the police and is to a certain
EXTENT. responsible for the actions of the
dvorniks. 1t is necessary for every house
holder to have one of these men and often there
are several of them in single fiat. They
have control of the sanitary arrangements of the
houses as well as the political aud criminal
arrangements. They are expected by the
police to see that the streets in front of their
houses are swept and watered twice a dAv. and
st. Petersburg has as well-kept streets as any
city IN the world. he dvnorniks are response
BILE for any dirt or filth inside the house, and
the man who does not keep his house clean i'll
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st. Petersburg can be arrested. If the police
see business man whose shop is not properly
cared for they order him to clean it. If he
does not do so he may receive an order to close
up his establishment for u certain number Of
months, and he has to do it. 1t is the same
with theaters. One here in St Petersburg
had not as many exits rs the police considered
necessary. The manager was PLAYING big en-
gagement when he received an order from the
police to remedy this defect and make the house
safe. He paid no attention to it and went on
with his show. The result was that a few DAYS
later his theater was closed by the order Of the
police and what he might have repaired at the
loss Of q few nights of acting cost him many
thousands of dollars. 1t is the same with the
smallest matters. There is law here that the
barber shops must bring a clean piece of soap
and clean brush to every man they shave, and
the barber who would do otherwise would be
arrested. The result is that the order at st.
Petersburg is very good indeed, and though
there Is much drunkenness among the people
there are few b5awls and practically no riots.
PASSPORTS.
The passport bureaus all under the police.
Every man and every woman in Russia must
have passport and il they move from one
place to another or from one house to another
this passport must be vised by the police. ia
husband goes out Of the country and wishes
his wife to follow him he must arrange SO that
abe can get passport from the police and this
viii be granted her only on the application of
her husband and will not be given without his
permission. Every large hotel of Russia has its
passport bureau and you hand in your passport
the moment you arrive and the hotel keeper
has il vised for you and gives it back to YOU
within an hour or SO. In leaving the hotel you
will not need to have it again vised without YOU
are going out Of the country, but the landlord
always asks you where you are going and the
moment you leave word is sent to the police as
to the date of your departure and the place of
your destination. Landlords are COM
PEELED to attend to such matters and
they are fined if they do not
send in the passports promptly. 1 have heard
OF the necessity Of one always having pass
port with him, and since have been in Russia
have carried mine constantly in my left breast
pocket. have never had il called for, how
ever, but 1t is, am told. necessary if one would
get checks cashed at the banks or letters at the
post Office. The policemen Of Russia are not
very well paid and salaries are very low
throughput the Russian empire. 1t is the same
with the soldiers. The car has something like
q million men In his army, but these do not re-
ceive - mnch as postage stampa day for their
work, and the ordinary policeman only gets sl2
a month. The chief of the police districts here
receives only q, $50 a year, and in the interior
policemen often receive no more than a. so q
month and pay their own expenses.
TO ASSIST THE AuTHonIrrxs.
Every man In Russia b expected 10 help the
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A BAND OF COssACKs.

residence here in st. Petersburg and pension
of 81 500 a year. The present chief of police is
q ierce-looking man OF about forty, who is o
more pompous man than Gresser was and who
does matters in a business way. chatted with
him in German for some time the other day and
found him a very intelligent though somewhat
secretive official.
PERSONAL SAFETY.
A man life is as safe in st. Petersburg as IL
is in New York. and there is less vice and crime
here than there rs in the average American city
There Is policeman on every block both day
and night. anc there is always policeman in
the center of every street crossing The laws
Of the road are such that though a man may
drive at the rate Of twelve miles an hour down
the Nevsky prospect and though the people
always drive at break-nec pace You never see
collisions. There are few burglaries and few
murders here, and there are less arrests than in
London. The police force of st. Petersburg
consists of two thousand men. The city is d.
vided mp into forty-two police districts and each
district has police station, with which is con-
nected q sort of police court. In each one of
these stations records are kept of all the citi-
zens Of the district, and these records are
classified So that the police can tell in mo-
ment the history and standing of any man in
the district. These records are made on papers
of different coiors, and those who are suspected
Of political offenses have papers of n sepa-
rate color from those suspected of crime
and dangerous characters have their
police biographies written on paper
OF still different color. In every one of these
police stations and in the police stations all
over the empire are kept lists of men who are
TO be arrested wherever thev are found. and Of
men who are considered dangerous to the gov
eminent Similar lists are sent to the agents of
Russia in the different capitals of the world.
and by reports from these police agents the
government knows as far as possible just where
Il enamips
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CAME TO RUSSIA
fully armed for contact
with the police. Ihave
letters from MIR. Byrnes,
the superintendent Of
the police Of New York
city. recommending me
TO the protection and
confidence of the police
men of Russia. i have
confidential notes of in
PRODUCTION from the
head of our secret
aarurro ~ tla Tra.aurv
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back home Whether the official was one Of,
Tia police or whether ne was a scent general
do not know. At any rate he was big enough
and small enough to take this petty revenge
and We had TO submit
MILITARY AND POLICE.
The military and the police work together in
Russia and the chief Of police call in the
Cossacks to help him. The chief Of the third
section here is practically the governor Of the
city. He can try suspected persons when il is
necessary In secret, and about q. 900 men were
30 10 said. banished from the capital every year
during the reign Of Gen Gresser dresser
vas the most famous chief OF police the car
has bad for years. He was . general Of the
army when he discovered plot to asssssinate
ne ear and his services in this were so great
thAt The car made him the chief Of the third
ssstion. He gave him . present Of 81, 900,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-05
POOL ROOM WIRES.
The Fascination and Temptation
That Surrounds a Racing Circuit.
E X P ERTS AT THE KEY.
How Telegraphers Bet on Sure Things and
Lose-A Neat Trick That Worked to Per-
fection-The Fatal Termination of . Wire
Tapping Plot.

HE MOST FASCIN-
ating feature Of a tel
cgraph operators in
teresting work is the
transmitting and re-
ceiying of racing re-
ports. Reports and
quotations from the
stock exchanges. If
course, furnish a small
ripple Of excitement
and interest, but the
telegrapher is fully
n N-0ra sha% - AL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-05
DROP NAIL AT HOME.
Turning Out Private Post Boxes by
Thousands Daily for Everybody.
STAMPS AND ENVELOPES

the Business-How the Boxes Will BE Dis
tributed All Over the Union-An the Con-
veniences of q Post ONCE At Home-The
Plan in Rural Districts,
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Fair Inconnciast.

FfIfOUnfIAst.
From the Pitfsburg Bulletin.
Rose (rapturouslyl Just listen 20 ,hess
dear words: You are the only woman ever
loved" -
Lily danguidly They appear in large
letters. underscored?"
Rose surprised Yea
Iny-"Then IL is true,''
Rose-'What is true?"
LIy-"That he writes those dear words 90
frequently. and to 80 many girls, that he had
them cut on a rubber stamp.
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Another Convert.
From Life.

Jimmy, wot's an anarchist?''
"A anarchist is Teller wot takes wot's your'n
an keeps wot isn't hs'n: accordin' to them II I
was ter take ev'ry apple an peach from that
stand yonder it'd be all right, cause that Eye
Italian can't eat EN-, an I'd have perfect right
to emf
Jimmy, let's be anarchistsr'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-05
FOR NERVOUSNESS

Use h0rsf0ro's Acid PhooDh01os
Dr. W C. Hanscom. MinneapOaiA MIMI, anyn II
used IN case OF acute rheumatism during con-
yeiescence; the particular symptoms wished 10
relieve were sieeplessness and nervopaneas. and
he results were ~ deG1ytQn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-05
wO THOUSAND LET

sSk uoACS - ony VIA cS
turned out by a factory
at Norristown, Pa. 4,
which begins December
10 manufacture those
articles for the private
use of househoIders all
over the Union. They
are designed for at
tachment to the doors
Of dwellings and other
buildings, being Of the
patterns selected by the
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Written for The Evening Star.
The Ties That Bind.
An Oscar Wylde,

The Ties That Bind.
An Oscar Wylde.
Vain Fashions child.
youth with usual manner mild,
Stands painting now as red and hot
As Plutos fire--his future lot
His hair Is bristling like the quilts
or porcupines-whilec coolest chills
Are playing "tag' adown his back,
And all the air around Is black.
His collar won't stay down behind,
All owing to one Of those "ties that bind.
Awoman fair
Beyond compare
Wears to the ball q costume rare,
OF satin fine and golden lace,
With three yards train that sweeps the place.
Her partner man of bearing grave,
Gone of thOseFrenchmen who sayssbelaye'y,
Dodges nimbly the dangerous snare,
TIL all at once, his feet In air,
He's prone upon the floor, resigned
Caught In one of those "ties that bindi,
!, A maiden true
Appeals to you
whether she's doomed her lot to rue,
Shes bound 80 fast by silken bands
Both head and heart, and feet and hands,
That only you, sweetheart, can break
The brave strong cords you helped to make.
You hold the ends-if any try
To pull them way and you comply
Forever loosed from you they'll be
Tho unto death they shall bind me.
EMILE ]. WHITE.
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RUSSIA'S POLICEMEN.
Queer Facts About the Greatest De-
tective Service of the World.
POLICE OF ST. PETERSBURG.
Police Stations and Their Queer Rec
is-soIdiers who Receive Less Than Two
It's n Day-Their Sanitary Poiice-Pass-
q and Passport Bureaus.

Al Corresponaence Of The Evening star
ST. PETERsBuRa, October 5. Is
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''Is there any one here that has been mixed
up in wire-tspping case?' inquired one of the
group.
Il was the innocent cause Of one material
izing," replied an operator hailing from New
Orleans. II don't know whether any Of YOU
have heard this story before, but if YOU have
and it's old stop me. At NV boarding houss
in New Orleans were several racing men and
gamblers. You know it is pretty hard 70 steer
clear OF this class in the crescent city. One
day during conversation at the dinner table
over racing and racing tracks unfoided
scheme Of my own Of how . wire could BE-
tapped and the pool rooms easily svindIsd II
was the now simple one Of locating the noe
wire on certain pole or route, mounting .
pole TO The cSoas arms in an obscure locally,
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CALLING rHx rAxx.

'Thsn came ths startling part Of our expert
snce. We could plainly hear the soundsr tick
on Badge. first At the quarter; King Thooas,
second; Aeld strung out While Bob called out
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and with q relay so1nder instrument and
ground wire cut In on the wire and send out
what news or horses il was desired
.'one man eyed me rather sharply Nc I was
telling the story IS II reading INV character.
Immediately after the conclusion OF the meal
he hailed me in the hallway and with the offer
OF cigar invited me 20 his room. There he
tempted me with all manner of offers TO put
my ideas into practical effect. but as was am
bilious and hoped 20 stay in the telegraph busi-
ness as livelihood refused all his Offers.
when he saw l was obdurate he changed his
tactics, and with a laugh slapped me on the
back and said he was pleased 20 know an honest
man. as he Was q bookmaker and desired TO
know what chance he had sgainsta wire Taper
He then left the room, saying he would speak a
good word for me to the superintendent as to
my honesty, but l laughed this of, rs could
read in his face that he was disappointed in my
refusal to 60 into the scheme.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-16
GENERAL FAMILY ROW,
In Which Thomas Hayes Got Two
Rsps on His Skull.
CALLAHAN ON THE WAR PATH.
A Wholesale Row In n Crary street House
Results In Indiscriminate Hacking OF
Eyes and n Good Many Cuts ana
Bruises for the Participants.

James Callahan, a badly used-up speci-
men OF the human race, appeared before
the sixth district court this morning
charged with an assault on Carrie Brown.
Callahan was quite shaky and wore
beautiful pair of black eyes as the re-
suit of his little 'toot." lie pleaded
guilty aud was fined $50 and costs.
During Capt. Costine's graphic recital
of the events leading up TO the assault.
the following facts were CLEANED Cal
laban and his wife were entertaining
friends last evening" the visitors being
man named Thomas Hayes, Carrie Brown
and her father, William Brown. Dur
ing the evening several in the party be
came intoxicated, and the gathering
finally developed into grand row. All
hands jolned in, and for a time made
Rome, or South Providence. howl. The
excitement grew more and more intense,
and the fight was progressing smoothly,
when Hayes cried out that he had been
struck on the head with an axe.
A short recess was taken TO look after
Uayes' wounds and an examination
showed that he had sustained two bad
gashes on his head, both several inches
i'm length. The blood flowed profusely
down his neck and for time Hayes IN
sisted that he was dead, but without
avail as he still lives although trihe
stiff and sore after the melee. Mrs. Cal
lah IN banged right and left without par
tiality and was presented with two very
highly colored dark, maroon eyes. Brown
was also given pair of ''mouses" so AS
not To be ''out OF the game" aad then the
reception was brought TO close.
Just as the visitors were leaving the
Callahan domicile little Carrie Brown
made a remark to Callahan which aroused
his ire instantly and he Immediately
jumped for the girl and commenced to
punch her in the face.
The police were notified and Sergt.
Mowry and Officers Smith, Allen and
Campbell went TO the house and arrested
Callahan for assaultiug the girl Hayes
would not prefer charges against anyone.
Mrs. Callahan was arrested, fined 81
aud costs for drunkenness aud her hus-
band was also fined - and costs for the
same Cffsnse
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-16
THE FINANCIAL NEWS.

Tha ,narleet opened very irregular,
,hont half the active stocks mp aud halt
down. hut inwscarcely any case over y
away. ID. G. + was Is up ana very ac'
tive. ~ ..n,o.d
freioht agents sav the mevement OF
wheat. corn aud oats has fallen OIL every
NJ here hut they look for new corn 10 De-
qin moving this year in December.
The Northern Pacific September net
increase was Sl24.32l. and the surplus
after charges was SAP OH, an increase OIL
S5933' 81, p.,aioo,
Philadelphia special SAYS the Readlng
Company will soon Issue 100000 general
mortgage fours o rv IN purse ltselI ior
like amount OF rell estate mortgages
paii of Yesterday.
A Boston special says the General Eiec-
tive Compan, y circular onerlhg the ~
600 600 gold p"r cent bonds at par TO
common stockh / ers of record Nov. - Is
issu Il. Fifty shares of common stock give
a r,g,t 10 make "A subscription, and rights
are assiQnaOle. Transfer books clo 20
from Nov. "a To Dec. I, both days lnciu-
siye. Payment at par and accrued IN
ferest will be $500.97 per bond, Dec. To-
and S5n3 13 January, 1898. There is ad-
iustment Of interest on prepayment Us.
A Philadelphia special says ~ Is now
nositiyely known that the Reading has
iipwards of 500, 600 tons OF coal unsoid
above ground. Fully L2OOOOO tons are
held IN the East, and the west
ern stocks are aJ least '1o'Voo a
and perhaps 100000 tons. 1t is feared
these stocks will prove burden when
lake navigation closes, as the companies
that are now shipping west Will throw
the tonnage into the New York market
Boston special says President McLsod,
Vice President Jones and other oflicers OF
the Boston and Maine Railroad, lett Tor
ri Y.
over the Eastern division. Ihey
will spend the balauce OF the
week inspecting the other DIVISIONS lt
ia yery possible that some changes In
some of the executive departments may
be decided upon az next wednesday,
meeting OF the directors.
IL the New York Journal OF Finance ~
to be believed the owners of the New
York and New England railroad stock
have struck a snag in their endeavor TO
persuade Mr. Parsons and his friends TO
withdraw from the active manageme nt
of the road. 1t was stated by gentle
man conspicuously identlfed with the
Heading interest in New England that
the only way left now to the real owners
OF the property, TO obtain the control OF
its affairs they are entitled TO, would be
through the courts, and that an appilca-
tion for receiver for tue road would be
made within a short while IN order TO as
sert their rights. This step mas been ren,
dered necessary by the determination of
the Parsons people to retain their posi-,
tion in direct opposition TO Mr.. Mcleod
and his associates, who now hold com
plete control of the property.
NEW YORK. Nov. l6-The London mar
ket opened higher, but now prices are
about H higher.
Mr.. Clevelapd's speech last night at
the Chamber of Commerce dinner did OF
betray mis- fnture policy.
New England employees are beginnin G
TO resist economies.
The exchange market keeps very firm.