The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-18
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week OF september II Ai.A1S 16b. In the same
period the estimated cost Of new buildings in Brook
lyn was s7s5, $50. and In the two borouEhs Of Queens
and Richmond ga. 1so. At the time Of the CONSOLE
daton Of Brooklyn and other boroughs into New
York II was said generally that one effect Of the
change would be TO stimulate building In the newly
added territory and to curtall building operations in
the old city. The effect appears to have been eE-
actly the reverse. Consolidation has neither I'm
creased the amount OF building in other boroughs
nor diminished IL in Manhattan and the Bronx.
The representative OF the Thirty third district in
the State Senate last year and at the two preceding
sessions OF the Legislature was walter L. Brown Of
oneonta, in otsego county. elected in 1895. The
district IL made up Of the two counties OF 0tseRo.
which gave last year . Republican majority Of /. 900,
and Herkimsr. which gave last year = Republican
majority Of only 400 in consequence Of factional diff
ferences among the Republicans which. while leav-
ing the Democratic vote unimpaired. cut down the
Republican vote by 1900. At the recent convention
held in Richneld Springs the Republicans Of otseeo
had = candidate in A. Kellogg of Oneonta. but the
nomination went to James d. Feeter of Little Falls.
in Herkimer. 1t was in Little Falls that the Repub-
hean factional troubles last year started. and the
nomination of Mr.. Feeter is expected to increase
greatly the Republican lead in Herktmer while re-
tanning it in Otsego. Tho Thirty third Ia one of the
sure Republican districts Of the State this year.
Gen. James B. Weaver Of Iowa is again in the Geld
OF candidates for once, this time As the fusion Dem
ocratic and Populist nominee for Congress in the Sixth
Iowa district. he ran for President Of the United
States on the Greenback ticket In 1880. and has
been = candidate for sundry ohiees aince. He was
one Of the Populist electors at large on the Bryan
ticket in 1895. The Republicans have rcnominated
Col. Lacey Of Oakaloosa, who has been . member of
four previous Congresses, but whose plurality in
1895 was 30 small as to put the district into the doubt
full column. Gen. Weaver ran against Lacey in 1898
and was beaten by 800 votes. At the succeeding
election Col. Lacey was defeated. Iowa elects State
officers, but not . Governor, this year.
The term OF the Labor Commissioner in charge of
the collation. OF the statistics OF labor. John 7. Nc
Donough OF Albany. expires in April, 1899. Tho
duties of this ofhcial include the collection. assort-
ment and publication in annual reports TO the Legin-
lature of statistical details in relation to all depart
ments OF labor in the state, especially in relation to
the Commercial. industrial, social and sanitary
condition of workingmen and to the productive in
dustries of the State" He may subpoena witnesses.
take and hear testimony, take or cause to be taken
dispositions and administer oaths and collect his sal
ary, $4,000 q year. paid by the State. Under Mr..
McDonough's administration there has been .
marked improvement in the accuracy and complete
ness Of the labor statistics officially collected.
PnladeiphlA elects this year In additon TO judges
= Distrtct-Attorney. Comptroller. Recorder Of Deeds.
Coroner, Clerk of Quarter Sessions. Congressmen.
Representatives In Harrisburg in all districts. and
State Senators in the even-numbered districts.
At the Democratic June primaries, from the dele
gates elected at which the repret ontatves of the
party at the Syracuse Convention we're chosen, the
following city Assembly districts cast less than 900
votes: The Fourth. s32; Fifth, 7s4; Tenth, Sal;
Fifteenth. s97; Sixteenth. so7; Nineteenth. SAG:
Tweuty-tourth, cal; Twenty-hfth. 5e4; Twenty
sixth. 6T2; Twenty-seventh. $50; Twenty-ninth, s21.
In all the other districts OF town more than 1000
votes were cast. In the Eighteenth district the
number was 1.aoo. In the Thirty fourth the vote
was 2 400, and in the Thirty fifth 5. 100.
In the city Of Cincinnati there is no nonsense about
the budget or the use OF any superhuous phrases.
The chief municipal departments are four in num-
Der, the " Watch" {" Fire. 80" Hospital. and F" Light
For the watch" or Police Department. $685. 900 is
required this year; for the Fire Department., S4+o.-
900; for the Hospital Department, $11s. 900. and for
the Light Department. 1886. 600. This year. it Sp-
pears. Cincinnati has less money to devote to munich
pal purposes than it had n year ago. but nevertheless
it is threatened with an increase of expenditure Of
500, ooo.
The determination Of the Gold Democrats Of Mas
sachusetts TO disband may be opportune. but It is q
disbandrlent in the State where the Gold Democrats
are best organized.
1t will interest sanguine aspirants for public en-
ployment through the agency of civil service compe-
tftions to know that the local Civil Service Board has
recently completed. after careful scrutiny and
thorough examination. an eligible list OF male bath
attendants. The two candidates receiving the high
est percentage are veterans OF the civil war, and
there are no public baths or paid bath attendants in
the winter months IN New York. There will be an
other examination next spring.
The effort made in the last Legislature by Assembly
man Reddington, one OF the annexed district men,
bers. to secure an additional Alderman within that
territory failed. notwithstanding the fact that the
annexed district seems clearly entitled to such addi-
tional representation. not only on account of the ex-
tent of its population, but also on account OF The Al
dermAnic business which 1t furnishes. The Thirty
fourth and Thirty. nth Assembly districts combined
cast last year 81 1000 votes. In the district
represented by the President Of the Board of
Aldermen. Mr.. Woods. the total vote was s,Ioo.
In the district from which the City Clerk. Mr..
scully. halls, the vote was 5000, and in
the Second Assembly district. within the boundaries
OF which the Aldermen hold their sessions, the vote
was 900. These three districts cast together Al
600 votes and have three Aldermen. The two an
neIed districts cast 81. 900 votes and have only two
ALDERMEN M. heuulnBton . OIL proposed the e8-
tAbliHhment Of another Aldermanio district in the
territory beyond the Harlem. which furnishes 3 very
considerable share of tho business coming before
the Aldermen in consequence Of the rapid material
Development in that part of upper New York.
A Dog Deserter Returns After the Armis-
tiee.
From tie 81. LoutI GlObe. Democrat.
Maybe you remember, Harry. Troop KS
shepherd dog? Well. people who saw us drill
at the horse show last fall do. for the dog took
part in the drill and created quite q small sem
sation by the way he obeyed the commands
given the men. Harry went to Tampa and
from there 10 Santiago with the men. He stayed
with the troop after we landed until the day we
got in the fight or San Juan Hill. Then he dis
appeared. Three hours after we had been en-
gagged one OF the wounded men from X saw the
dog back in the creek, lying in the water. where
he was protected By a high bank. Overhead the
bullets were whistling. and every time a shell
or shrapnel came whistling and kissing by he
crouched lower in the water. Next day. when
the fighting was over. he came back on the fir
ing line within an hour after the flag ot.truce
the face of the enemy | don't know IL. When