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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27
Mr.. wURsTER's ACTIVE CANVASS.
HIS POPULARITY AMONG THE FACTORY EN-
PIOYEs-THE FIGHT N THE WITH
SENATE DISTRICT


SENATE DISTRICT.
Frederick W. wurster. the Republican candidate
for Mayor Of Brooklyn. Is winning praise from his
friends on account OF the energetic campaign work
he Is doing \ good deai expected Of him. but
he is doing even than the Republican man
ayers had a right 10 expect. lie is doing great
deal Of personal work In the factories IN the East
ern District and South Brooklyn. on Friday he
visited seven % the largest factories In Williams
bury In six OF them the machinery stopped
on the floor whore he wished to NEE, the en-
Moves The proprietors made little speeches IN
PRODUCING Mr. Wurster. one establishment was
an ink factory and when Mr.. Wurster emerged his
hands were black and there was "smooch' across
his Jaw. bu, four Democrats pledged their support
a, the polls and Mr. Wurster felt good over It all
day He shook hands with over $500 men. He
makes personal visit 10 the factories every day.
and then speaks briefly az four or 1--WE meetings at
night
Ex-NavaI officer wills. in speaking of Mr. wur-
ster's canvass yesterday said: He has far ex-
ceeded my expectations as drawing candidate.
He is extremely popular and IS enthusiastically re-
ceived wherever he goes. There is, IN my mind,
only a question OF majority. and yet | should APP
peal TO avery Republican 10 register and to vote
one ~ the hottest fights OF the campaign Is being
conducted IN the With Senate District. where ex-
Senator Patrick II. McCarren a Ring Democrat;
John H. sheidt a Reform Democrat, and Assembly
man Frank F. schulz the kepunHcan candidate,
working ike beavers. Inc ulHlIlNt u nOIUhly
Democratic by a small margin: but George ".
owens carried IT in 1898 b. 49, and Governor Morton
last year had 1000 plurality. The only chance Nc
arren has OF winning Is thr lugh the generosity OF
Republican friends OF Mr. Sheidt, the Shepardite.
The latter H. asking for complimentary votes
from Republicans He ought not To get one A
United States senatorship may be decided by the
election Of "A Democrat In the With. Mr.. Schulz
is working effectively. and Is regarded as likely
winner
Mayor scheren's attention was drawn day or
two ago 10 the nightly repeated statements OF
Democratic campaign speakers charging that there
has heen a disregard OF educational interests, and
thousands Of children are deprived OF school priv
iieges because OF money diverted TO other uses.
statement: we supplied plenty OF money for erect
Ing new schoo houses and buying new sites erect
buildings 10 meet all demands. and there f. no rea-
son why provision should not be- made for the in
creased demand for next year. so mat for the
cry OF no accommodations for scool children will
be stopped.
II desire to say. and that most emphaica!y, that
our administration has provided the money and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27
4 POLICE SHIKEUP AT HAND
TRANSFERS LIKELY TO BE ANNOUNCED TO- NOR
ROW OR TUESDAY.

TRANSFERS LIKELY TO BE ANNOUNCED TO- MON.
ROW OR TUESDAY.
Arrangements for the extensive shakeup Of the
police force which the Commissioners have been
planning for several weeks. nearly complete
yesterday and there is TO believe that the
transfers will be ordered tomorrow or next day
The changes might have been made las, week but
II thought best TO wait until after the last day
OF registration in order that policeman might
be prevented from registering.
Acting Chief Conlin has prepared a List OF about
200 patrolmen who will be shifted around. At lest
four captains will be transferred from their pres
ent commands 10 other precincts. and several act
Ing captains will be relieved OF their commands.
and several roundsmen may be remanded 70 patrol
duty. one OF the commanding officers who will
be transferred is Captain John Delaney OF the
Charles-st. station. He will be sent uptown. The
patrolmen slated FOR transfer are men who have
become lax In the performance OF their duties. and
not doing what Ia expected OF them. Acting
Chief Conlin has had his attention called from time
to time 20 men Of this sort in almost every pre-
cinct They will all be changed around so a. to
take them away from the influences which tend to
make them lax. The captains on the list will b
transferred fer cause II Is probable that the
changes will be announced on Tuesday.
The Police Commissioners yesterday contrad.cteo
a report that they intended 10 appoint over 1Wo
special policemen for duty AT the polling places %
Election Day rhev said 1here was no appropyia-
ton FOR the paw 81 special policemen and they hA1
no authority TO appoint such oficsrs sxcsnt WttAeue
pay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27
HE ACCUSES An OLD ACCOMPLISH

-,,. .,,r-sr OF A c-o1NTERFETrER MAY LEAD
TO THE DETECTION OF MI
Hancock y Y. oct 20 'Spe''ai' me - ~
- - % -. Frederick Hartwell. on a charge OF
oo,,r.a-eei,ing is leading interesting develop
mems and promises 10 reveal the IDENTITY Of me
murderer OF a Scranton policeman several Se"'S
ago Stanley Bags United states S n5ilrs west
80 ~ ,iliage For month or TWO before ~
wells arrest business men in Ha h Ee ub and
Srsnuabsnna and other places on Inc -, -. -
cow ne delaware Valley. were cheated Win H., 10
;ereit silver Detective Bags Vas Ii.a Ia. Hart
Hancock and he discovered accldehtdIls ma '
VEL and others were the guilty persons; 49,. ,.as
A companion o. Hartwel, named ~ o.. rsssing
counTerfe,f money Kent has charged "Jndd Woi
colt an old accomplce. win inc ~ ~, ~, ,nves-
scro,ton policeman His story IS now pens NV -,
tgs.ed Tolcot was. last heard from in the OIL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27

THE WORK TO GO AHEAD REGARDLESS
OF QUARRELs OVER THE ROOSTER.
4 CONTINGENCY IN WHICH THERE WOULD BE NO
OFFICIAL BALLOTS FOR Use on
ELECTION DA'

OFFICIAL BALLOTS FOR Use on
ELECTION DAY.
G. p Kelso the manager for the printing house
OF Martin B Brown in Park Place. went 10 Police
HEADQUARTERS yesterday afternoon with proof
sheet Of the official ballot which s TO be used at
the election in this city November D. The Com
nissloners approved the form Of the ballot as II APP
peared on the proof-sheet and Mr.. kelso went pack
10 the printing-house and ordered the work o.:
printing the 100000 ballots 10 be begun imme-
diately He said to a Tribune reporter:
at was absolutely necessary to have the work OF
printing the ballots begun to-day and the work
will have to be continued day and night until Fri
day in order that may complete II in the time
required by law. The ballots must be printed BY
Friday and il would be absolutely impossible TO do
the work II We waited until after the decision or
Judge Beach about the State Democracy rooster
What will happen II the Judge decides that the
State Democracy is not entitled to have a separate
column?
II cant answer that The Judge has 10 hear the
argument the Good Government ticket on Mon
day and h. may not give his decision as 10 the
right Of that ticket 70 have separate column uhtI
late the week after the ballots have been print
ed Il the Judge should decide that the state De
mocracy and Good Government tickets are not en-
titled 10 separate columns with circles. IL would be
too late then to have other ballots printed The
Police Commissioners might appeal from the de
cision Of Judge Beach and the ballots already
printed would have TO be used unless there were an
Injunction to prevent their In such case there
would be no official ballots for the election In this
The ballots as they are being printed by the orde>
ticket. with the rooster at the top. in the third
column. following the regular Democratic column
The Good Government ticket occupies the eighth
column. after the Peoples ticket
The tickets having full columns will therefore be
Democratic. State Democracy. Democratic Party
Reform Organization. Prohibition Socialist Labor
lowed by two columns for independent nomina tons
and blank column, making eleven columns in all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27
A GOOD CANDIDATE IN THE NTH.
JOHN D. BLACKBURN WOULD MAKE AN EXCEL
LENT MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY

LENT MEMbLK OF ASSEMBLl.
The Republicans OF the IXth the Old XllIth) AS
semby District for the first time In many years
are thoroughly united and are making vigorous
canvass throughout the district. The candidate for
member OF Assembly. John d. Blackburn, was
unanimously chosen by the convention, and his
nomination has met universal satisfaction. Mr.
blackburn has never been a candidate for pubic
office never held a political office. and this nom
nation came to him unsolicited He is descended
from sturdy New-England and Pennsylvania peo-
pie who figured prominently in the early history
OF country. He IS thirty-two years Old. bright.
to represent the interests Of the city in ne AS
semblv After being graduated from a business
@ )llege In Pittsburg Penn. he became connected
with the Baltimore and Onto Railroad.
II the people of the I%th Assembly District de-
sire to be represented by a man OF unquestonabe
integrity and OF stern loyalty 10 principle. they
will cast their ballots for John ID. Blackburn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27

e. e. L,ode n E A.: Walker. the Rev p r. OHare,
Pra., w. McWilliams. II. +. Talmage. Joseph H.
uarSi;D arM YIN X James. Lester w Beasley. Robert
a araihs Richard seckerson Frederick Gilbart.
ingerso,iS no. 'on William T. Crouch William H.
t ta ~ Matthews W b. Dayton Luther II. Pot
Stenh""n,s a; Bardwell. Z: p Bancroft. Clarence
S S,rSe; A p strout John II. Berresford. II. c.
w {. Fillmore secretary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27

why does not the Board OF Education build the
schoolhouses? The responsibility lies with them,
and not with the Mayor. who has absolutely no
control over the proceedings of the Beard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27
MR. scHAR,rAN rAvoRs wuRsrER.

NO DANGER OF HIS COMING OUT FOR GRoUT."
II. b. Scharman. the Eastern District brewer.
who. according TO number OF Jealous Democratic
papers had come out for Grout." was yesterday
asked II it was not that In conversation with
mis- intimate friends he had said he favored the
election OF Frederick W Wurster the Republican
candidate. Mr. Scharman replied. after a moments
hesitation: Yes thar Is true. Whenever the ques-
ton Of Mr.. Wurster's candidacy came up In the
circle OF my friends, | have never made any bones
OF the high esteem in which hold Mr.. Wurster;
have known him personally for twenty years, and
have always looked upon him OF our best
men deserving the utmost confidence OF his fellow
offf1
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-14
J)dy(S Of @e feds.
by "A Naturalist Abroad.

scouring-rush has survived, so far, by
fitness.
Nature always cuts her coat strictly &C
cordlng to her cloth, and so the rush has
become modified to an extent that enables
1t to survive under its present hard cond1-
tons. It's branches have grown thread
like, as branches and leaves of vegetation
always do when the food supply becomes
scarce. This in order that greater abb
sorbing surface may be exposed to the air.
The outer walls of its hollow stem contain
two rows of minute tubes that enable the
plant to suck up moisture from the earth,
and the sheath of toothlike leaves also
gathers its modicum of plant food from
the air 1t takes all these forces and agen-
cies Just to keep the plant alive through
It's brief season, and for all its fierce strug-
gle for existence, one still wonders why it
lives. The "sweet uses of adversely" have
done their worst for it, and it lives; but
what would the giant rush that begot it
think, had it consciousness, of the life of
this thing in my hand?
There is another interesting parallel to
what has taken place in the case of the
scouring-rush. 1t is interesting because
we can trace the whole process in the
course of a few hours journey.
The birch is one of the most magnificent
trees of Norway. Tall, symmetrical, with
a silvery sheen of graceful foliage, it is, on
the plains and uplands OF It's native coun-
try, thing of beauty and use. 1t is avery
persistent type, and we may follow the
tree, growing smaller as it ascends, clear to
the limit of perpetual snow. Here the
climbing mountain sheep and goats find
for heritage, for brief three months OF the
year, a short, two-leafed plant, about an
inch high. The country people call it dog
ear. 1t is the Norway birch, making a
game struggle for existence against condi-
tions so hard as to make existence all but
impossible.
But transplant the dog-ear to the lower
ranges and it begins process of regenera
ton. 1t starts again on the way to be-
come tree. For the scouring-rush there
is no renewal of life. 1t is dying, as die
some races, feeble, degenerate, a WORKOUT
stock. One cannot but admit, contemplate
ing it, the pitiless force of the sentence
pronounced upon the puny survival, at
amt no good"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-14

Here where little spring issues from
the ground and seeps away over bed Of
stones, overgrown with brakes and vetches,
and tangle of wild blackberry l have
come upon dense growth of the securing
rush. 1t is quaint vegetation, looking
Tor all the world like a miniature pine
forest. The rushes spring up first like
little brown spikes, thrusting their heads
above the ground. They grow rapidly and
presently unfurl their tiny verticillate
branches to the breeze as proudly as any
tree might do. Here is a tiny spike just
pushing through the SOIL 1onder the
giant of the lilliputian forest towers, fully
half foot high
Securing weed" says my neighbor the
farmer, contemptuously, as stand watch
ing them. "They amt no good. Some
call 'em horsetail."
In fact the queer little spikes have a
number of names-candle-rush, securing
rush, horsetail, are some of these. They
have, moreover, their own particular ap-
pellation, equisetum. l have gathered a
number of the little trees and brought
them into my study. They are not very
pretty, and as my neighbor said, they are
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-14
TWIRLED TWENTY -FOUR HOURS,
How an Australian Athlete Kept His
Clubs Swinging.

1t is to be hoped that the summit of the
inane, as distinguished from the perilous.
in public performances has been reached
by Tom Burrows, the all-round champion
athlete of Australia, who has just accom-
plished the maddening feat of twirling a
pair of Indian clubs for twenty-four hours
without intermission, even for feeding pur-
poses, says the London Daily Graphic We
will not stop to inquire how far the inter-
ests of the proprietors of the various meat
extracts on which this pseudo athlete was
nourished may have been served.
1t is conceivable that even in these DAYS
of rapid communication the ability to run
very long distances or perform other feats
requiring great strength and endurance
might be intrinsically useful, and in any
event the training would be valuable; but,
graceful and invigorating though Indian
club exercise is, such display as this is
not only outside the domain of real sport,
but appeals to the merest faulty on the
part of such as pay their shillings to see it,
a quality only one degree removed from
that love of dangerous exhibitions which
affords the most lucrative support to GER
tain "gate" shows.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-14

TRICALLY-Much interest has been aroused
by a recent newspaper article on the use of
the electric lamps in carriages, and many
inquiries have been made as to whether
there is any particular difficulty in putting
the electric light into ordinary carriages,
whether the cost of doing so is small or
great, and whether the lamps can be oper
ated and kept in order by any one unac-
quainted with electricity. A great deal OF
experimental work in carriage lighting has
been done in Europe, and a marked i'm
petus has been given to its adoption by the
enthusiasm of the Emperor of Germany
who, besides approaching the practical
value of well-illuminated vehicle, believes
that the identifying of a city is materially
promoted by incr easing the brightness and
cheerfulness of its streets. BY his order
all the court carriages of Berlin have been
lit by electricity. In addition to the Ian
terms, which throw light in front of the
horses and the lamp which shines III the
inner roof of the carriage, small colored
lamps are placed all over the harness,
which looks as if it were studded with fire.
flies as the carriage moves along. Such a
plant costs paratively little and can be
easily installed, and in its operation and
care the observance of only few simple
rules is necessary. One accumulation,
weighing two pounds, is allowed for each
lamp. The accumulators are carried in
the boot under the seat of the eoachman,
who makes the necessary connections. An
eight-cell storage battery, for an ordinary
family carriage, is contained in a box eight
inches long, four inches wide ana seven
inches deep. This supplies current enough
to keep the lamp lighted for eighteen hours.
The cost of recharging varies from 50 cents
to 81. SO that the electric light costs no
more than oil lamps.
HEAT Distribution FROM ELECTRIC CEN
TRIAL STATIoNs.-There is little doubt that
before long we shall be able to regulate the
temperature of our houses, according to
the season of the year, by means of cleo
trio heating or electric refrigeration from
the electric central station. In the mean
time an ingenious system of utilizing the
waste steam of central stations for heating
dwellings, Office buildings, etc., has been
successfully put into operation. The plan
requires either that the engines shall be in
operation at all times or that live steam be
admitted from the boilers into the dis
tribution mains when the engines are shut
down. The plan adopted is to store the
heat of the exhaust steam by causing it to
raise the temperature of the water in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-14

About noon of a spring day in 1855 the
Office of the Chicago Tribune was invaded
by a singular apparition. The editorial es-
tablishment consisted at that time of sin
gle, long room on the third floor of the
"Evans Block" building called after DR..
Evans, who also gave his name to the now
famous town of Evanston. 1t stood on a
part of the ground now covered by the sky
scraping Ashland block, and from the edi-
torial windows 1.-THE force looked out upon
the quagmire called Clark street, wherein,
as a frequent diversion from their labors,
they might see a hapless wagon sunk hub
deep in the mud, over which the driver
facetious in misfortune, had set the legend:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-14
THEOREMS TOO ABsTRUSE.
Gene Fields Cuffs Failed to Solve
GeometricaI Problems.

"Gene Field has young son, very
bright lad, who is going to college outside
of Chicago said friend of the Western
humorist. mot long since the boy came
home on visit and friend of his father
asked him, in the latters presence how he
was getting along with his studies.
Very WE'LL replied young Field, in
everything except mathematics. Geom-
etry is too abstruse for me, and my stand
ing in it is so low that am almost at the
foot of the class
Twas the same thing with me, spoke
up Field pere. 4 never could get along in
geometry. Tried to beat the professor by
writing out the theorems on my cuffs. It
was good scheme for everyday recita-
tons, but it wouldn't work when examina-
ton time came, for they insisted on exam
lining me in the nude. Washington
Star.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-14

WHAT THE YOUNG ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
HAS TO ExPECT.-F. H. Ford puts forward
in an electrical journal strong disclaimer
of the statement which has been made in
a daily paper, that ''for the average young
man the field of electrical engineering
offers more promises of success than law,
authorship, the grocery business or knife
grinding" Mr.. Ford says that serious
harm is being done in the continual hold
ing up of the profession of the electrical
engineer as one offering almost unlimited
possibilities in the matter of salaries and
demand for men. The closing of many
large works, owing to financial trouble or
patent litigation has thrown large num-
Der of men of both experience and ability
on the market, and the supply of engi-
neers is in excess of the demand. The
struggle for place which has naturally fol-
lowed has forced down wages so low that
the average engineer cannot command a
better salary than the head bookkeeper of
a large wholesale concern. The young
man who chooses electrical engineering as
a profession must be prepared to work
hard and long, and for wages which would
ordinarily be considered inadequate for the
work done.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-14
VALLEY-ROAD CARS.
They Will Be Built in California-The
Bakers and Furniture Workers
BoycOtts.

The action of the Trade Council in criti-
cizing certain business interests of this city
led to inquiries in regard to the matters
discussed. w. b. Storey, chief engineer of
the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley
Railroad, said the directors of the road had
not been negotiating with firms in the East
for the purpose of having the cars for the
new road manufactured there. He said
the company had decided to give every
factory in this State that had ever manu-
featured cars, or that would undertake
their manufacture, the first chance 10 build
the cars.
William Ruisinger, the present proprie-
tor of the Log Cabin Bakery, said: II am
at loss to understand why the Labor
Council has declared boycott against my
place of business. l only acquired the
business a short time ago, having pur-
chased it from Ward Bros. last Monday.
There was boycott declared against Ward
Bros. a short time before the business
changed hands, but it was supposed by me,
when | took possession, that the boycott
had been declared off. Why it has been
renewed | am unable to state"
G. II. Fuller of the g. III. Fuller Desk
Company when spoken to in regard to
working his men ten hours day without
extra pay said:
Eyes, sir; | have been working my men
ten hours day for the last seven months,
and shall continue to do so. When | am
forced to work my men under the direc-
ton of the Trades Council | shall discon-
tlnue my business. | have been engaged
in the manufacture of mantels since last
April, and in that time have sold in the
neighborhood of 1000, and if it had been ne
cessary for me to comply strictly with the
nine-hour custom, it would have been i'm
possible for me to have successfully com
peted with the East, where the wage rate
is much lower, and where, in some fac
tories, it is required of the employees to
work as long as eleven and twelve hours. y