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not well known-is carefully looked
up. 1t often happens that an impor-
tant arrest has been made without
the officer knowing it. For this rea-
son each prisoner has a personal rec
ord which is kept by the Central de-
tectives. Every known criminal has
his photograph in the ''rogues' gal
lery," which now contains a collection
of about 5000. If man or woman is
arrested, and it is their first offense,
and that offense is serious, his or her
picture is taken and added to the gal
lery. Then the Bertillon system of
measurements is employed, and this,
with the record and the photogra phs,
makes it pretty difficult matter for
criminal to escape Identification.
Sometimes an important arrest is
overlooked by the police. and the pris-
oner is allowed to go. and afterwards
it is learned, too late, that he was
the very man wanted. This has hap
pened in the case of new criminals.
1t happened in the case of Schnaubelt,
the man who doubtless threw the IA
tai bomb in the Haymarket massacre
of police during the riots of the an
archists. He was questioned and al
lowed to depart in peace, before it
was ascertained that he was the man
most wanted of all. His comrades
met death on the gallows. but Schnau-
belt was free, and his whereabouts
unto this day is a mystery.
This mistake taught the police a les
son. and since then everyone taken
to the Central is closely scrutinized
and his history carefully inquired into.
If the arrested man is not wanted in
Chicago the officers look up the rec
ords in other cities. In the event of
a criminal of Importance being want
ed in any town the chief of police or
the sheriff or other officers issue a cir
cular giving a picture and a descrip-
ton of the man or woman whose ar.
rest is desired.
looked for some exciting incident
that night 1 remained at the Central
station. But there was none. The
poor fellows that Nere taken in had
hang-dog faces-the faces of men who
see naught but despair in life. They
submitted passively. They heard the
cruel bolts CRATE on the closed cell
doors that shut them out from the
world of light and love-
FREDERICK BOYD STEVENSON.
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them TOT one year. II, AT the eXplf4-
ton of that time, they are still un-
claimed. they are sold at auction.
The old saying that there is honor
among thieves has long since been ex-
ploded. A case In point occurred re-
Gently at the Harrison street station,
where the officer in charge neglected
to search prisoner. He was put in
cell with two boys who happened
to be expert pickpockets. and while
their ceilmate slept they went through
his pockets and stole considerable
sum of money. The boys were released
first in the morning-they had simply
gone to the station for shelter-and
when the man awoke he found they
had taken everything he had.
The night 1 stayed at the lookup
there were % men booked" which
Sergt. Kuebler says is about the av-
erage. They were mostly confidence
them had been arrested on suspicion.
and had the charge of ''disorderly" en-
tered against their names. This is a
precaution taken by the police for self
protection. for in case the justice re-
leases them in the morning, which he
must do if there is no serious charge
against them, they cannot come back
at the city for false arrest. 1t is not
often, however, that the criminal vol
unfairly resorts to the law. He is gen
orally only too we'll pleased to get
his release to worry about the manner
of his arrest. 1t is the usual custom
of the Central station men to arrest
known crooks on sight. whether they
are doing anything or not. The JUS
tees, who are at times little inclined
to oppose police methods. generally
object to this, and ask the officer why
he doesn't wait till the suspects" do
something. The police, however, de-
fend themselves by asserting that a
criminal is always committing some
crime, and that it. is safe to take him
in on this theory whenever he is found.
They say that by doing this they often
make important arrests before crime
that has already been committed has
been reported to them.
After the prisoner that has been
taken to the Central station has been
locked in his cell. his record-if he IL
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out to be petty thief or is only drunk
he is at once sent to the Harrison
street station, which is about a mile
away. All sick cases are sent to the
county hospital. No criminal ranks
in the ''profession" who is not lodged
in the Central station. A tyro's ambi-
cerated there. But it is mostly the
hardened "old-timer" who is pushed
down the iron-railed stairs that lead
from the Washington street court to
the basement.
I spent night not long ago in this
Central station that l might study
the criminal classes Of the city and
note the methods of the police de-
partment in handling them. With
out exception each prisoner that
was brought in while l was there
seemed hardened beyond redemption.
In the eyes was the look of lowness
and cunning. The features were
pinched and bore the unmistakable
air of the hunted man. Experience
had taught the futility of offering re-
sistance. The police are not any too
gentle in handling criminals. By this
i 90 not mcau tudS TIC OhCCAS "a &
cruel, but they claim that severity is
the only way in which this desperate
class of men can be controlled.
When a prisoner is brought down
the line," as they say in police YER
nacular. the officer making the arrest
touches the electric button at the
basement door. The desk sergeant
opens the door Immediately. The
prisoner. unless it happens to be his
first offense. steps up to the desk
without being ordered to do SO. emp
ties his pockets of every article. and
SAYS: I'm clean" To make sure, the
sergeant makes a personal search. but
Elm nearly every instance he finds that
the arrested man has told the truth
The search ended, the prisoner is
"booked'-his name, residence and
tie name Of the officer making the ar
rest put down-and then he is locked
in a cell. He is given a receipt for
everything that is taken from him.
and the articles are put in an envelope.
sealed and placed carefully away un-
ill the owner calls for them. 1t some
times. in fact, quite frequently hap
pens that the articles are never called
for, and. in that event they are given
In charge of the custodian who keeps
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DON'TS FOR DAIRYMEN.

Don't keep cream after it is ripe, but
chu-n at Cnce.
Don't mix sour and sweet cream;
keep it separate until al is ripe.
Don't exercise your COWS by send
ing the dog to bring them from pas
ture.
Don't try to work the buttermilk out.
of the butter; wash it out while in the
granular stage.
Don't think that because cow is a
good locker she is good COW; the re-
verse is Invariably true. - Michigan
Farmer. CO
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communities in this regard are in a
way to be slowly, if not always surely,
carried out. Massachusetts, first set the
example. and to-day has in the neigh
borhood of 1900 miles of road under
supervision of the state highway COM
missioners.. New York and Pennsyl-
vania have some good roads-and 9TH
ers like that described by the college
professor in his lecture, when he said:
'The going got so bad that even a mule
couldn't get along, so 1 went around"
The accompanying photograph shows
as fine a stretch of macadam as any,
one could wish for. 1t is one of sew
eral such along the Susquehanna and
the blue Juniata, in the beautiful Key
stone state.-Leslie's Weekly.
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CHICAGO CRIMINALS.
How They Are "Handled'' by the
Police Department.
Incidents Of = Night Spent 1t Central
Station, the Most Important
Prison Of the City The
Basement Cells.
Especial Chicago letter.


Under the detectives room In the
city hail is prison as damp, as
gloomy, as foreboding as any dun
geon pictured by the pen of Dumas
or Hugo. 1t is known as the Cen
trail station, and its seven cells
have confined some of the world most
daring criminals. Minnie Daley, the
notorious female pickpocket, whose
death was recently announced in the
papers, has been booked there and
transferred to other stations, for only
men are locked behind the walls of
the modern Bastile. Emma Weir's
desperate gang of male thieves have
been detained there. Phil, alias Joe,
alias Giott, alias Grienier Green, the
handsome and daring swindler, who
has just been sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary, and who defrauded his part
ner, Edward Trask, now serving a
term in Joliet, out of $4SO.OOO
worth of real estate in Chicago.
passed many dismal nights there.
There have been crooks known
to every chief of police in the
country, confidence men from over the
seas. blackmailers and bank burglars.
fashionable forgers and low bar-room
murderers-men representing every
grade of crime in the calendar-whose
names have been registered on the
arrest book of the desk sergeant.
The Central station is the most i'm
Portant prison in the CITY,. 1t is Off
cered by over 100 men. The flower
of the detective force is there-the
men who travel in citizens clothes
and work up all the big cases. There
oil the notorious criminals and 'sus-
poets" are taken. If one of the Central
police brings in q, prisoner who turns
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DELIGHTFUL ROADS.
The East Seems Now Fully Alive to
the Importance of Well-COn-
structed Highway.

Great Britain and continental Europe
are the wheelman's paradise, because
there good highways are an established
factor of civilization, and not a recent
and sudden demand. In this country
16 states have since 1892 passed laws
for the betterment of their roads, and
everywhere the good intentions of the
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1t is proposed in Nosth Carolina THAT
harrow tires be taxed on heavy We
hicles, one-and-a-quarter inch to pay
four dollars annually. and the amount
to be decreased down to fve-inch,
which should pay so cents, while six
inch and wider ones would not be taxed
at all.
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Cushioned Railway Coaches.

Pneumatic. cushions of rectangular
form are placed beneath the floor, seats
and seat backs of new English rail-
way carriage to lessen the shocks and
jars of the road. the frames supporting
the seats being loosely mounted to
have free movements on the cushions.
IN. Y. Sun.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24

New York lnnumerablc articles even the names
Of which arc not known to the public at large
The principal commodities however when
find their way into these huge storage places
wheat, coffee cotton. tea, sugar. jute. ma
Mia, hemp, sisa hemp, all sorts OF WOOL baies
Of hair. cork wood. purnce stone. oils. goldfish.
lime Juice, syrup-in short, ali of the staples OF
ordinary trade and consumption.
The length OF time goods remain In the ware
house depends largely upon the general state OF
trade and market conditions. During the t'ine
they In storage the warohouseman Ia re
sponsiAc FOR any and ali store damage. mat L.
any damage which may result TO the goods from
roof leakage similar causes The fire insur-
ance is ordinarily carried by the owners OK the
goods. and the warchouseman ts not then re-
sponsible for damage by fire. While there ~
no definite law as to responsibility for goods
stolen. It is the policy OF the warehousernen TO
reimburse owners for such losses under or
binary conditions. There are number OF large
warehouses located in New-York others Ia
Brooklyn Jersey City. Weehawken and Staten
Island. The aggregate of their business is ehor-
NOUS Some figures to the capacity OF sew
eral Of the principal concerns will illustrate the
| size Of the warehouse business.
The Terminal Warehouse Company has two
large modern storage pants oH ""'e' ''''N -
New York City, and operates also the Mes, Side
| Stores In Weehawken. Its largest plant Is
| known as the Central Stores. occupying space
| of 700 by 200 feet at the foot OF West Twenty
seventh and West Twenty eighth sts- and North
| River One Of these warehouses, 6OoOVo CUBIC
| feet IL devoted to cold storage. The company
| has its own steam lighters and trucks Speciai
cold rooms are provided for the storage az skins'
| furs. rugs carpets and rugs and wooen gar
| ments in trunks and hampers The West Shore
| Stores, belonging to the same company, are 10
| Gated in Weehawken. and are devoted mainly
| to storing -four.
| The Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Com
| pany control the water front from above the
Brooklyn Bridge to the Erie Basin. This Is the
largest warehouse company in the country. They
have 265 brick warehouses. with floor space
Of $3.50, 900 square feet Water front. 1850
| feet or two and three quarter miles. Bulk
| heads % 913 fret or four and nineteenth miles.
They have thirty-hve covered piers, area ]. lo9.
| sos square feet. having a berth length OF SIX
| and three quarter miles In other words, trey
could accommodate continuous line OF vessels
| more than six miles in length They have also
| nine open piers, with berth length Of two and
| one-twentieth miles and storage yards with an
area OF LA. $50 square feet equal to aoou
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24

and in 1872 The quarters having become 100
small. thu. Exchange removed to the handsome
rev structure Nos / and Hanover Square
Its present home is the cCmmodious ami hand-
some building on Hanover Square and WililaW
and Beaver SITS. -...
The Exchange was begun with 100 chartered
members, who each paid an initiation zee OF
$500. The fee was raised TO 500 in July. lo'''
and a year later to 50 900. At present the zee -
$1,000 and the Exchange has Il melnpeis'''P "a
45i .
The subjoined figures will give an idea or the
volume of business transacted. In ISL W 10
III bales: 1872 95. 100; lS93-9l, u.s.
!S9l-9J. 3O3,23i, and for the year Iooo- Vo'
:}01 9l2 bales. - hon,
The operations of the Inspection bureau show
that from May /, 1891, to April 80 1919 III
elusive there have been inspected and GER
tificates issued for so i3i bales during the same
period there were withdrawn 100 lNi pales oi
cer.ca led cotton. Leaving certiiIcates outsea'iu
ING on April 80 1898. for 81, l93 bales OF cotton,
The reclamatiOns the bureau have am pun.su
to $3.50 i6 and the balance on hanu !" nv
Guarantee Fund is SiV.i9S Ii, as against $f''-
W;1 - last year. , a..
Tho following are the present officers OF eAs
Exchange:
Presdent-William Y. King.
Observation-Disclosures NJ. Robinson
Treasurer-Walter T. Miller.
Secretary-John l.. Billiard.
Mana rors-Wilam Tubbs Eustratius a.
Fachri. Karl Meissner, Robert IL. Kou ,a,r',
Ceoree + Jones William Ray James r. MauiS' ;
Sigulund NJ Lehman, Hermann Hagedoih Joi'"
y DAYTON Frederick Van Ripper. Isaac b. froe
ligh George W. Baily, Frank G Spech al"
Robert T. McDougall.
Observation-Disclosures r. POWERS
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forty acres In addition. they have sixteen
Grain elevators with capacity OF iVtl.U
bushels a day and a storage capacity OF ZV'NVv,-
OOD bushels Of grain. The title to the property
If the company has been guaranteed at ~
100000 and i'm addition to its properly IL mas
4 working cash capital Of SJOO,oOO. surplus
Of S,pnUVD is to he added at the rate OF not less
than 100000 n year.
The independent stores. also located in Brook-
lvn have nineteen brick warehouses, with
floor space Of 10000 feet and berth room Oh
1000 feet. They have two covered piers, one Ol
which is said 10 be the largest In New fork
Harhor 1t Is 100 feet long by oto feet Wlue,
In addition the conSrn has also n large amount
Of bukhca1 and open pier room me ware
houses are equipped with electric Ilsht ana
pow cr and have electric freight elevators WITH
a capacity of four tons
In addition to these warehouses. there are d
number of Others in and about the city with
floor space ranging from 3ooVD TO 'oo'"" leet
There are also many other smaller warehouses
devoted to the needs of special lines OF business
with all the facilities required for sale Storing
and efficient handling Of goods
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24
WAREHOUSE AND WHARFAGE COM.
PANIES.
KEEN COMPETITION IN AN INDUSTRY
WHICH IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
TO COMMERCE AND TRADE

TO COMMERCE. AND TRADE
The necessity for large and safe storage places
for goods Of every description gives to tho ware
house business in commercial centre like New
York great importance The fact also that
large quantities Of goods must be safely housed
for indefinite periods makes extraordinary de-
mands, which only be met by the expendi-
ture and investment OF an enormous amount Of
capital These investments represented in
large areas CT land leased bought, and extern
sive buildings covering many miles of territory
In and around the city. II the warehouses Of
New-York could be placed side by side they
would make quite a little city In themselves.
There is doubt that far capacity Is
concerned warehouse facilities are ample
enough for all present demands. and also to
meet all future contingencies that are likely to
arise, a fact which has its demonstration in the
keen competition which exists in the business.
In the course of their regular business the ware
housemen are called upon to store almost every
commodity under the sun. and the products OF
all lands and climes fish to their nets.
There are to-day lying in the warehouses OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24

painting; BuHoh. painting and repairs; Arnster-
dam, docking. furnishing new shafts boring
out stern bearing and repairs to propeller; Ably
dos. docking and repairs to machinery: Alta
and Beilawock. docking and painting; ship Dali
cairnie. docking and repairs to rudder: United
States transport Relief. examination Of hull and
painting.
Another frrn on the East River. Manhattan
does tremo ndous amount OF work on iron and
steel steamships. 1t has filed large con-
tracts Tor Government transports and general
work Of every kind
This 1t must be remembered simply represents
The work In progress at writing by one or two
firms, and by no means represents the full vol
ume OF business under way in the various docks.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is, Of course, devoted
TO the work on Government vessels On No
vember there in the yards and vicinity
between thirty and forty warships of various
types under repair or waiting to receive atten-
ton
The various shpb1dng and docking con-
Germs which do their business through New York
have the advantages OF superior docking facili-
ties; the docks fitted with electric lights.
derTcks and all Of the requirements for promp:
and efficient work
The lengthenng and repairing Of vessels are
made specialties by q number OF the firms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24
NETWORK COTTON EXCHANGE.
A HANDSOME BUILDING IN THE HEART or
TIE WALL. STREET DISTRICT.

The New-York Cotton Exchange was or
ganized in August 1870, the first election being
held on the 18th of that month. From "A modest
beginning the institution has taken suDstah-
tial and important position in New-Yorks imam
cial world In September. 1870, the Exchange
WAS housed in few small rooms in NO. lfo
PearI-st. It's development was rapid however
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-04-14

and that their lives would be in
danger if they remained in Cuba
after the message recommending
intervention was made public. AS
impatient as congress has been to
take the action that will result in
the end of Spanish control of Gu
ba, it had no objection to the post
ponement when it was made &C.
quainted with the reason for the
delay. Nothing can possibly be
of greater Importance than the
preservation Of the lives of Amer
lean citizens. Nothing will be lost
by the postponement. On the
contrary, it will enable the admin
istration to make the naval and
military demonstration, which is
to follow the action of congress on
the presidents message, more for
midable, and to make the first
blow, if it comes to blows, more
disastrous to the Spanish.
Meanwhile, there is o possibility
that Spain may make the sending
of the message to congress unne-
cessary by humbly backing down
and meeting every demand that
President Mckinley has made
concerning Cuba, including the
withdrawal of It's soldiers and it's
flag from Cuba. This possibility,
however, would not have resulted
IN the posrponement Of the mess
age, as the president is too we'll &C.
quainted with Spanish trickery to
accept any promises contingent up
on further diplomatic negotiations
in answer to the ultinatum which
was unsatisfactory answered by
Spain LIST week. The position of
this government has been fully
stated to Spain and will not be
changed in the slightest degree.
That was made plain to represen!
tatives of European nations when
they sounded this government to
ascertain how an offer to mediate
would be received; and further
they were told in the plainest of
English that this government was
fully determined to ma ntain its
position by force, if necessary.
since then they have been bring
ing pressure to bear on Spain to
compel it to comply with our -
The Pope has ne,t~ direc&r ;
ly attempted to influence this gov
and his attempt to ar
range truce between the Spanish
and the Cuban insurgents has
been production of more harm
than good to Spain, because it has
been perfectly plain from the first
that his ocject was to save Spain
from the wrath Of this country.
Spain can give up Cuba peaeably
f it will, but it has got to give it
up. That is as certain as any
thing can be.
The following statement by
Assistant Secretary Vanderbilt, Of
he Treasury, is especially interest
ng at this time; when war
zones new Influences operate upon
he public revenues. The first
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-04-14

It seems very strange that some
editors so suddenly have a change
of opinion of their bretheren, and
as soon as the latter do not coin
eide with them in their opinion
of a candidate they are termed
''sore heads" or some other similar
name, and the one using these
epithets thinks their mature judg-
ment far superior to their breth-
ern when in reality they are very
obtuce.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-04-14

boom of cannon is call for in
creased resources, and is likely to
be followed by sharp decrease in
ordinary receipts. Fortunately at
no time since the civil was has the
u. :. Treasury occupied so strong
a position as it does now, with the
exception possibly Of the surplus
days f 1850. The circulation
sta tement just issued shows that
we have the Ell ormus stock of gold
III the country, almost $4,000,
600. Of this amount the U. S.
TIT asury holds $l75,OOO,0O0. We
are $75,000,000 above the tradi-
tional reserve maintained for re-
demption of U. S. notes, and the
reserve is increasing 100000 a
day. But, Notwithstanding the
strong financial position Of the
government, and Of the moneyed
institutions of the country, there
would, in any sort of conflict, soon
b, necessity for additional
revenues. This has given grave
concern to those charged with the
administ' alton Of the finances of
The government. PROFESSIONALLY
if war should come, our frsu VIC
tory should be the placing of the
National Treasury upon war
basis" Mr.. Vanderbilt points out
numerous ways by which our
revenues could be speedily in.
creased, but that is matter to be
determined by Congress alone.
General SchoffeId made a strong
argument before the house COM
mittee on Militia Affairs in Favor
OF the Volunteer Reserve bill,
which he said would, when put
into effect, give the q. S. govern
ment an army of 100000 trained
men who could be called out to
meet any emergency. Although
1t is too late for the idea to be uti
zed in the present emergency, it
is being we'll received in Congress,
and the bill will doubtless. in time
become a law. Although on the
retired list, General Schofeld is at
the War department every day,
giving Gen. Alger the benefit of
his extensive knowledge and ex-
perience. -. ..>.:.. !