The morning call., 1894-08-30
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

y. P. Taylor, travelling auditor for the Lake
Erie and Western Railroad, who was at the
Occidental yesterday, tells of peculiar boy
colt organized against that road in the town OF
Albany, Ind. East Albany is a new addition to
the town. located a mile from the original
place. with a creek between the two Ii is al
legged that the railroad company is financially
interested In the new town, and recently a new
depot was erected there. IL was believed that
trains would stop at both stations until a short
time ago when the Albany agent took his
ticket-stsmper and other trfnkets leaving the
Albany depot empty, and went to the new town
IN The country. Now the passengers are car
ried right past their homes one mile across The
creek and dumped of IN the woods. The
people have established hack line 10 Mundie,
about eight miles distant, which connects with
another road, and they have made the Pan.
handle Railroad tempting offer TO build 10
their town. Meanwhile every man. woman and
child stands pledged not TO patronize the local
road.
c. Fl. Knox, president OF the New York City
Board of Education, is at the Palace He saws
there are 3l2 separate schools in that city, be-
sides two colleges which are supported by the
municipal COVE rnment. Last year the operat-
Ing expenses were over S4.5OO,O0O besides
S2,OOO,OOO spenJ In the construction OF new
buildings. There are between $4,000 and
10000 teachers employed, ana politics cut no
figure in their appointment, as each one is
compelled to pass rigid examination before
they can even formally apply for a position In
the board there are twenty.one members all
appointed by the Mayor and all OF whom serve
without pay. MIR. Knox says there are day.
night and evening schools supported and that
the Kindergarten system was introduced during
the past year with decided success. The train
log ship ST. Mays is also supported by the city
al a cost Of about $50, 900 a year, and has just
returned from years cruise in foreign waters.
The silver partyites are quite confident that
they will carry the State of Nevada at The
coming fall election aud General q. c. POwn-
ing OF Reno, who is al the Palace. says that
although The Republican and Democratic par
ties will both have tickets in the field, they
will not make much OF showing. The general
| also says that there Is a mistaken impression
| abroad TO lie effect that the Silver and Popu-
| list parties are one and the same. lie says
! that the two parties entirely distinct
although they harmonic on several landing
questions. number of constitutional amend
ments are TO be submitted in Nevada in NOvem-
Der. which 1t is thought will be adopted, and
which Will have the effect OF consolidating or
| abolishng most OF the State Offices that stem
being taken with view TO reducing the ex-
| penses OF government There Will be no Sena-
torial election in the next Nevada Legislature
| Governor w. y. McC0nnell or Idaho Is at the
Grand. He is accompanied by his daughter
who Is his private secretary. and VINO has been
in poor health for some time. They came by
the water route from Portland. and Miss Nc
Cornell VIII remain here for some time The
Governor says that extensive irrigation projects
| are under way in Idaho, and that the farmers
are settling upon the land which is being I'M
proved. There Is strong feeling In Idaho, he
says. in favor OF railroad TO this city, the peo-
pie believing that IL would be mutually bene.
fetal, as IL would not only afford them a new
point Of trade but would cause capital from
this city TO be invested in their mines. The
new tariff bill, the Governor says, will be dIsas-
trous TO Idaho's sheep interests, and he believes
over 81, 100000 Will be Withdrawn from that
| business this year.
Charles w. Kohlsaat, late commissioner from
| Mexico 10 the Worlds Fair, and who was fol-
a long time prominent member OF the New
York Stock Exchange, has located in this city.
| He Is the cousin OF the former proprietor of she
Chicago Inter Ocean ana who recently pur-
chased the New York Times.
George Hayi0rd who represented the strikers
in san Jose during the recent troubles In that
city, was admitted 10 practice in the United
States District Court yesterday.