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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-09
QUIET AT THESCITY POLLS.
EXCELLENT WORK DONE BY MCUL-
LAGH'S DEPUTIES.

NEARLY TWO HUNDRED ARRESTS MADE But
BEYOND A FEW INDIVIDUAL BOUTS AT FISH
CUFFS NO SERIOUS DIsORDER-POLlCE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-09
RONFIREs AS USUAL.

The police made their annual Election Day state
ment early Yesterday morning. to the effect that
bonhres would be vigorously suppressed, and. as
usual, the rule was broken with cheerful unanimity
all over The city East Side. West Side Greenwich
Village Harlem in every election district OF New
York almost in every street, children were allowed
to build piles of wood and set fire 10 them. with the
usual danger to themselves and to their surround
ings.
The biggest bonfire OF all was built at Amster-
dam-ave. and Sixty -ninth-st This really too
enormous a structure for the police TO overlook II
was twenty-five feet high and consisted Of barres
and boxes When the pile was soaked In tar and
kerosene and set on fire most people in the neigh
borhood thought that the whole block was ablaze.
The culprits were Thomas Clark, sixteen years old
OF No. Isl West End.ave; John Francs. sixteen
years old of No 23i Amsterda m-ave. Alfred
Rogers. fourteen years old. OF No. 209 West Sixty
ninth-st: John Eischrack, eighteen years old. Of
No Isl West End-ave.. and John Folsom. eighteen
wears old Of No. 3l6 West Sixty-ninth-st. Police
man Donohue and three other officers OF the West
Sixty -eighth-st. station put out the fire and ar
rested the boys
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-09
FLATS ~ LAWRENCE, l.. l.. BURNED.
THE LOSS AT THE MAcKAY FIRE IN MINEoI.A
NOT so LARGE AS AT FIRST REPORTED

THE LOSS AT THE MAcKAY FIRE IN MINEoLA
NOT so LARGE AS AT FIRST REPORTED
-Four flats In Lawrence, owned by Louis Raisis
were burned carly yesterday There were two
stores the ground floor Of each house The Far
Rockiway Fire Department answered the alarm
but owing - the distance Of the fire from the vii
lage IL nearly an hour before the firernen got
to work. Then they were handicapped by the loss
81 water.
The losses will to about $1,000 The
cause of the fire. which started In the rear OF a
bdrber-sh shop. Is unknown.
force OF employees worked all day yesterday
Fighting things in tho house OF Clarence H
Mackay which was dam aged by Are on Monday
night The costly furniture and fittings taken out
N hurry during the fire placed In TEN.
porary places OF safety. ara an inventory was
taken. The loss will not be as heavy as was at
nrst thought The greatest loss would have fo.
lowed the destruction OF the furniture. bu. through
the efforts OF Mr.. Mackays guests and the hremen
from Mneoia the greater bulk % the costly
articles saved.
II was estimated yesterday that the loss would
come under $4,000. Mr MackGy YESTERDAY sent his
thanks Ia the volunteer nrsmen of Mneoa and
Westbury for their services. and II Is said he IN
tends 10 express his appreciation In substantial
manner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-09
Ay EXPENSIVE LUXURY.

From The New Orleans TimesD Democrat.
a few days after the place surrendered I
went into d small shop 10 get some tobacco.
The proprietor was fat little chap. all bows
and smiles.
Got any 'baccy?" asked
ST. senior" he said. Yes sare; YER fine to-
bac. Hot time In re oil town to night. senior"
! took paper OF fine cut and the fat rascal
charged me 81. When ! made a modest kick at
such highway robbery he bumped up his shout
ders and spread out his hands.
We'll. senior" he said. you mus remember
those Names"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-09
SOLDIERS COULD NOT VOTE
MEMBERS OF THE FOURTEENTH REGIMENT DIS
FRANCHIsED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT
REGISTERED IN BROOKLYN

II is known that large number ee the members
Of the l4th Regiment were disfranchsed yesterday
because they had neglected to register from their
own homes. The men, regiment, registered
from their camp in Admission. Ala. and many OF
them believed that this would be the only regis
tra,ion necessary. AS the regiment was mustered
out on November !. the soldiers could not vote as
n regiment Many Of the soldiers whose votes
were refused at the polls because they had not
registered civilians asked advice OF Justice
Gaynor He told them that nothing could be done
their VOTES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-09
IN MADISON SQUARE PARK.
THE PEOPLE CHEER FHEMsELvEs HoARsE-
THE PLACE BLACK WITH sIGHTsEERs.


II would have been difficult TO determine last
night which were responsible for the greatest
amount Of noise In Madison Square Park-the en-
thusiastc thousands who cheered themselves
hoarse the pedlers of tin horns. the brass bani
or the men who kept the air luiid with rcckets'
bombs and roman candles. For many hours me
neigh borhood looked as though vast confiagTa-
ton was in progress and he sharp screen OF the
rockets and boom OF the fireworks must nave
brought back memories of Cuba TO the unllorWeu
mon who were scattered through the crowds.
The streets and park were almost impassao''
but despite the pushing ard tugging the peop'e
kent their tempers and there was II lie or no "l"
order Of any marked character The gdtherlhb
WAS a motley one and contained all OF ne e'e-
,nentc which combine TO make the average crown
in New-York Men in dress suits and women III
handsome gowns were jostled ana pushed along %
pedlers of souvenir buttons and tin horns ana
boys and men of every class
OF course the bulletin boards were the prlhc'pdi
noints on which all eyes were fixed ana the trans
narenccs Of the candidates were received win al
ternate groans Kisses and cheers. There was one
picture mat received cheers, ana n"tiiHe "ut
rbeors Every time II appeared on the screen n
ehout went I'D that sweed and echoed and reVer,
herafod II the picture of Admlral I"Wes .iu
the shout with which II was received Hllsnt i "a.
been heard in far-of Mania-!f Manila were just
a little less far =, - ..o,.o, ,;,h
Colonel Roosevelts portrait was received Win
similar enthusiasm. and one young woman was
heard TO eXcaim: There's Teddy-oiess ms ueti,
good heart He's Just the sweetest thing in the
world And the crowd seemed TO think so too
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-09
Wedding
Silver
GORHAM MFG. co.
SiIverSmithS
Broadway & 10Th Street
q Maiden Lane

the returns They were buet!ned In the library,
on the second floor There were no prominent POI
iiclans present. all being at the ffh Avenue hotel
or other headquarters II said early In the
evening that Roosevelt had carried the day, ana
later his plurality figured TO be between ooVVD
and 40 900 The enthusiasm increased as ii became
more and more evident that Roosevelt had won
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-09

AT THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB.
There was not a very large crowd at the Union
League Club. IN Ftfth-ave.. last night TO receive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-09
DID NOT KNOW HE WAS NOMINATED
ROBERTSON FAILED TO LEARN THAT HE WAS A
CANDIDATE UNTIL HE HAD VOTED.

After John F. Robertson. bookbinder. the free
silver candidate for the Assembly in the With Dis
trict OF Kings County. who lives at No. 6l Bed
ford-ave had cast his ballot yesterday for Edward
Rudolph tr. the Democratic candidate, he discov-
cred that he was running for the same office. Mr..
Robertson had also interested his friends In Mr..
Rudolph's behalf before he discovered his mistake.
He was the candidate for the same ofice last year
on the free-s.lver ticket. and was not informed
that he had been nominated for the office again
this year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13
A Russian Miracle,

An iconoclast at a Russian convent
has been hoist with his own petard in
significant way. An Internal machine
was set near a picture Of the Virgin
Mary, in a convent at Kursk, the pic
ture having a reputation for working
miraculous cures. The machine explod
ed in due time and wrecked the sur
roundings, demOlishing a cast iron
screen round the picture, damaging
doors and breaking down a wall, but
the picture itself escaped -unhurt If
there ever was any doubt among the
faithful at the Snamenski convent as to
the wonder working properties Of their
holy picture it Will be dispelled by this.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13
ANIMALS UNDERGROUND.
Burrowing as 1t Is Performed by Various
Species of Mammals.


Ventilation, or rather the want of it,
must be difficulty in the underground
life of almost all mammals. The rabbit
and the rat secure current of aid by
forming a bolt hole in connection with
their system Of passages, but the fox,
the badger and many Of the field voles
Tnd mice seem Indifferent to any such
precaution. Thass is no doubt that
whatever gave the first impulse TO bur-
row, many animals look upon this, to
US most unpleasant exertion, as form
Of actual amusement. 1t also confers
right of property.
Prairie dogs constantly set to work TO
dig holes merely for the love Of the
thing. If they cannot have a suitable
place to exercise their talent in, they
will gnaw into boxes or chests of draw
ers, and there burrow, TO the great det-
riment of the clothes therein contained.
In an inclosed prairie dog "town" they
have been known to mine until the su-
perincumbent earth collapsed and buried
the greater number. A young prairie
dog, let loose in small, gravel floored
house, instantly dug hole large enough
to sit in, turned round in it and bit the
first person who attempted to touch
him. Property gave him courage, for
before he had been as meek as a mouse.
1t is noticeable that the two weakest
and least numerous of our mice, the
dormouse and the harvest mouse, do not
burrOw, but make nests, and that these
do not multiply or maintain their num-
bers, like the burrowing mice and voles.
But the fact that there are members Of
very closely allied species, some Of
which do burrow, while others do not,
seems to indicate that the habit is an
acquired one
In this connection it is worth noting
that many animals which do not bur-
row at other times form burrows in
which to conceal and protect their
young, or, if they do burrow, make a
different kind of more elaborate char
acter. Among these nursery burrows
are those of the dog, the fox and sand
martin, the kingfsher and the shell
drake. Foxhound litters never do so
we'll as when the mother is allowed to
make a burrow on the sunny side of a
straw stack. In time she will work this
five or six feet into the stack and keep
the puppies at the far end, while she
lies in the entrance. Vixens either dig
or appropriate a clean burrow for their
cubs, which is natural habit, or, at
any rate, one acquired previously to the
use of earth by adult foxes.-London
Spectator.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13
Thrifty George Curzon.

The Hon. George Curzon, who mar
ried beautiful Miss Letter, is decidedly
canny. He recently rented a country
mansion furnished, but without the
family plate, and so was compelled to
provide candlesticks for the house. He
tried to exact from the landlord S agent
a pledge that at the expiration of the
lease he would take these candlesticks
off his hands at two-thirds OF what they
cost. The agent demurred at first, but
when he discovered that they were 10
in number, of japanned tin and cost 40
cents each, he solemnly agreed to pay
81 for the lot when Curzon leaves.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13

ed oa-a meyning papfTrg aarge city
wereldetailed ohe day 70 calf'dpon the
resident Chinamen and interview"
them respecting some immigration
measure then pending IN congress- One
Of the two reporters was a beginner,
and the other, an experienced man,
naturally assumed the management OF
the assignment.
Billings" he said after they had
invaded several laundries without any
important result, "here is a tea store. I
wish you would go in and talk with
the proprietor. Iwant to know what he
thinks about Cinnamon voting. I'll go
on and pull off an interview with the
man who runs this cigar shop next
door. Remember to use the very sim
plest English at your command.
The young reporter went inside the
tea store, took out his notebook, and
thus addressed the proprietor, who hap
pened to be alone at the moment:
"John, how? Me-me-Telegraph,
Johnl Newspape-savvy, John? News
pape-print things Un'stan? Me want
huOW w udG OOItu luluk dDOQG Oulud-
man vote, see? What John think-Chi-
naman-vote-aIl same lIelican man?
Savvy, John? Vote? What Think"
The Chinaman listened to him with
profound gravity until he had finished
and replied:
1.-The question of granting the right
of suffrage to Chinese citizens who have
come to the United States with the
avowed intention Of making this coun-
try their permanent home is one that
has occupied the attention Of thoughtful
men Of all parties for years. and it may
become in time one Of paramount impOr-
tance. At present, however, it seems to
me there is no exigency requiring an
expression Of opinion from me upon this
subject. You will please excuse me" "
The young reporter went outside and
leaned against a IamppOst to rest and
recover from a sudden faintness that
had taken possession Of him. His COM
rade had purpOsely "steered him
against" one Of the best educated Chi
namen in the United States,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13
Reading at Breakfast.

Reading at breakfast Is fatal to sOCia-'
bility. In breakfasting alone it is per-
missible, but not IN company Leigh
Hunt wrote in The Indicator: "When
we lived alone, we could not help read
ing at meals, and it is certainly d deli
ciOus thing to resume an entertaining
book at a particularly interesting pas
sage with a hot cup Of tea at ones ell
bow and q piece of buttered toast in
ones hand. The first look at the page,
accompanied by a COeXistent bite of the
toast, comes under the head Of intensi-
ties A book at breakfast is no cOmpli-
ment to the cook, but newspaper is
an insult. On the other hand, a news
paper at breakfast is a benefit to the
doctor, for it is when one is put off
ones guard by the struggle with the
folds and the search for items of inter
est that the way IS made easy for the
approach of dyspepsia.
In the old days Of The Spectator and
Tattler, when papers were of a reason
able size and repOseful to boot, they did
no harm. NOw-weIl, now the largest
circulation in the world may produce
the poorest digestion. 1t has been re-
marked (by a cOllector) that the only
literature suitable at breakfast is book
sellers catalogues, but since catalogues
lead always to kilograms or envy this is
doubtful. The line should probably be
drawn at private letters. CornhiII Mag
aZine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13
MYSTIFYING A CONDUCTOR.
The Determined Woman Wanted Him to
Find Her Nephew.


Find Her Nephew.
She had look of determination in
her face as she stood on the corner of
Main and Court streets in Auburn and
signaled for an electric Car.
The car stopped and the woman ad-
vanced to the steps,
"Where be you goin?" said she.
"Figure s, said the conductor.
"Ehw
"Figure s"
"Ate what?' said she. "Who said
anything about eatin? Be you goin past
my nephew James Strout's house?'
Dunno" said the conductor. "All
aboard
"You hol' On, young man," said the
woman. Don't you get excited. Don't
you know Jim Strout? He lives on Ru-
raj avenue, and he's expectin me today"
eve go College street." said the con-
ductor.
In the meantiRe the motorman was
stamping on the gong and passengers
were getting interested.
"All aboard" was the courteous sug-
gestiOn of the conductor. IF you are
going with me, madam, get aboard. We
don't keep directory and we don't sell
stamps, and am not acquainted with
James Strout of Rural avenue, but If
you want to ride around the figure s,
all aboard. "
"WelI, 1 neverl' said the woman.
"Well, young man, there's one thing
you kin do. You can hold your horses
till l git my gripsack.
And they did, and the conductor
helped her aboard with it, and on Col
lege street, near Skinner, she saw a
family in team, and she gave a yell
that shut off the electricity quicker than
a cat catches rat.
1t was her nephew.
Such are the tender ministrations of
fate that watch over resolute women
Lewiston Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13
Responsibility Defined.

British respectability has been defined
in London police court by prisoner
charged with begging, and the defni-
tion seems to have been accepted by the
magistrate, for he discharged her. She
said: "I'm a respectable woman, a tai
loress. Why, l make trousers for Mr..
Newton-Mr. Newton, the magistrate,
mean. If I'm respectable enough to
make a magistrates trousers, I'm good
enough for anything"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13
ENGLAND'S PREMIER.
WHAT 1T MEANS TO BE THE BRITISH
PRIME MINISTER.

Nowhere Else In the World Is There Any
Position at Once So Powerful and So
AnomaIous-The Office Is without Legal
Foundation.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13

During about 700 years the Latin
language was the language of court,
camp and polite society from the river
Tweed, in Scotland. to the Euphrates,
IN Asia, and from the Crimea or Cher
sonese, in the Black sea, to the pillars
of Hercules, at the western extremity
of the Mediterranean.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13
Maternal Trials.

"Edie," cried the mother from the
hall below, whats all that noise up
stairs? It's shocking"
'Oh, it's these two dolls Of mine,
mamma. I'm going to put them right
TO bed and see if we can't have little
naaca- Detroit Free Press
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13

The only soap which the Hindoos of
the orthodox type employ is made en-
tirely of vegetable products. But soap
is little used in India, being almost an
unknown luxury with the natives.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13
REPORTER AND CHlNAMAN.

The Newspaper Man Was Very Tired
When the Oriental Finished.
Numberless are the tricks which
newspaper reporters play upon one an
other TO relieve the somber grind" of
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-13
Still In the Lead.

SIS it true, auntie, that you have re-
fused Blakem every year for the last 20
years."
"Yes, my dear.
"Do you mind telling me why?"
"Not at all. The first time refused
him told him that he was not good
enough for me, and I'm not the woman
to admit that he has grown better any
faster than l have Detroit Free
Press.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
TWENTY THOUSAND IN NAVY.
Enlisted Force VIII De Maintained Mt
This Strcngtb-DuriHg War
1t Reached $4,000.

The enlisted force of the navy is to bs
maintained to the full strength secured
during the war, and as fast as vacancies
occur through discharge and expiration
of enlistment period they will be flied
by other seamen. The highest number
of men enrolled in the navy reached
$4,000, including about 1000 naval mill
tia, all of which have been mustered
out and returned TO their states.
Reduced to 10000, there is every in
dication that it will soon be less unless
enlistments are made to make up-the
deficiency. To keep the strength ap-
proXimateiy up 10 10000 enlistments
have been directed to begin again at re-
cfuitirg stations, and so anxious are
hundreds of welI-equipped men to join
the navy that no difficulty will be eX-
perienced in soon having the quota
filed. 80
Several of the iackies on ships of Ad-
miral Dewey's fleet have served over
their enlistment time. and will be sent
home on the first available steamer, IN
less they wisE to reenlist. To make
good the vacancies, draft of men will
be made from the east coast, so that
the full complement for the ships may
be maintained to the limit. ft !.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
REVENUE RECEIPTS RISE.
The City of Chicago Is Paying Over
100000 a Month In the New
War Taxes.

comparison of the receipts of the
Internal revenue office for the first two
months of the present fiscal year with
those of the corresponding period of
last year shows that Chicago is contrib
uting over $S00,CG0 Il month more to
the support of the government than it
would were the war revenue meas
Tre rot in effect. The total receipts
of the internal revenue office from the
sale CT revenue stamps during tie
month of August aggregated $1,138,-
CG4.48. For the month Of July the sale
Of stamps reached 81 t.653, ,981.11. This
makes a total for the two months Of
July and August, which are the first in
the fiscal year, CT So. 792. .0i5.59.
The sale of stamps at Chicago for the
month CT July, 1897 nettc0 the govern
ment $325.215.98. and for August Of the
same year 1886, ,S28.T6. This makes TO-
tai for The two months Of 81 ,122 ,044.74.
The result shows an increase in the rev.
enue receipts for the first two months
of this year of 1910, ,0Q0.e5, which in
crease, it is asserted, is the direct result
of the war revenue measure.
Internal Revenue Collector F. +.
Coyne estimates that receipts of the
Chicago office will aggregate for the
year from the sale Of stamps SIG, ,000,
coo. which will be an increase of SIS, ,o00,-
OC0 over the preceding YEAR.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-22
TURRkT GUNS.
New Mechanism to De Employed in
Them-Improved Breech Screw
VIII pe Used.

New and improved mechanism is to
be used by the United States navy
upon all the large turret' guns from
three TO eight-inch caliber inclusive.
The improvement which is to be made
in these guns relates entirely to the
breech screw or plug. The breech
screw is one of the most important
parts cf q large breech-loading gun
Ii is briefly the part of tie gun which
is placed directly behind the projec-
tile. For some years ordnance eX-
perts have been attempting 10 devise
means to shorten the length of this
screw, but until recently without sue
cess.
Axel Welin, a Swede, has, however,
solved the problem. When the breech
screw is placed in position behind the
shell it is given half turn to hold it
IL the gun. Owing to the mechanism
of the gun it has been impossible TO
thread more than one-half CT The
screw. This difficulty the Swedish IN
ventor has overcome. He hes. devised =
breech screw which can be threaded
tkree-fourths of its length. Ecrcc
there can be corresponding shorten
irg in. the length of the screw.
The purchase by the ordnance bu-
reau of the navy department of the
right to manufacture these improve
ments was one Of the largest Of its
kind ever made by the United States.
The agreement made with the firm of
Vickers Sons & Maxim provides that
100000 be paid by the United States
government for the right given it.
On the signing of the contract S1S0,G00
will be paid in cash and on the delivery
CT each four sets OF drawings 5000
additional until the entire sum of
100000 is paid. p.