The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-30
THE WEEK In
i ...EEM YORK.

Ew York. July 1.-.Durtng the
INV coolest nights ct winter, when
I'M the thermometer IL below zero
M and the eiees sw.ris wildly
N " around corners and piles the
snow I'd high In the empty
hecrvxyx. In the hottest nights Of mid
mUmxr, when the air il % thick with
kea4 that the atmosphere In like hot soup.
- the asphalt streets give back the
W1smfk they have retained from the suns
ags, during stcrm and calm. wet or dry,
every night OF the year upon the stroke
q twelve long line Of men can be seen
vnastug before a certain bakery on Broad
uay where IL IL the custom TO give away
- stale bread after midnight II In the
eely bakery in the city full az poor and
tungry sonis ttas takes tie trouble 10 por-
ton out its lsft-over stock. Every
night these poor creatures. In various
as&ss ~ poverty. wait Ia a long. patient,
pAthetjc line that reaeles sometimes an
lxr ~ block and half. for their surn
q get . piece Of stale bread. Carriages
seIl BY taxing the rich people hons from
grand eanauets. and the passing street
Oss are crowded with ,heates-goers re-
turning from late suppsrs There = never
any scene Of rushing or crowdsng, those
who ara too far Down the isEs when the
lpo< shuts ard all has besn distributed. 60
without protest. and wait hungry, no
esubf. 0utn the next night. II ID 20 ia
msIsar sight 10 New Workers. that II
orcss.sns no comment. but To the new
conner Il b pathetic sight indeed
NJ oW that the hot weather has settled
~ on New York the pleasure steamers
are much In evidence. Going across the
Sound or Up the river. one sees all sorts
ard kinds Of craft pressed into tho service
Of the public. Steamers beicning smoke
and music. trimmed with fiass and ban
ners and crowded 10 suHocatlon: yachts
old seows even. or fat. tuuhie~decked
dAt-hottomed ferry gay with bunting and
crowded with holiday makers, rolls bland
" In tho wake OF a busy little tug like
large anaiabIe drunken man being steer
"a home by an angry wife: hanging on
behind for atl tie world Ike foddliug
baby Is u little boat at The end Of rope,
where a man sits in readiness 10 rescue
any Of the passengers from a watery grave
Music blares eut across the water and the
people can be seen dancing on the open
decks. The hard and bitter winters OF this
part OF the world shut the poorer people
In like prisoners during half the year: IL
b only in summer that they can come
out and enjoy Themselves
Chief OF Police Murphy. Of Jersey City.
suggests n new ncheme for amusing
the public at no extra expense,
The open-air concerts In Van Worst
park have been such success that
% suggests resesysng a certain asphalt
street for dancing one or two nights in
the week II Is "a reasonable plan enough.
ard any scheme that successfully supplies
Innocent amusement for the poor Is worthy
OF all encouragement. however imprac-
ficab,e 1t may seem at first
oo0
LITTLE knowledge is dangerous
thing" Is an old adage that Is being
exempiffled lately I'm the use OF the x-rays
BY inexperienced surgeons In various hos
pstais OF New York city. One child, whose
lee was broken and successfully set. sui
fsrrd from the burning Of the x-rays that
had been used 10 find the fracture Blood
poisoning set In and the child died So
many cases have been reported OF serious
after effects from the nnskilful use OF
this new discovery that Il IL hoped that X
rays will be discontinued In the hospitals
until they are better understood
THE war correspondents are ssill COM
planning about the censorship. and
the president is In a delicate position. II
hc allows freedom 10 the reporters the
war news may be used In Political meas
nras against him. IL he restricts /, the
public VIII object We imagine, in our In
nocenoe. that We know what Il going on
Tor instance. but the art Of diplomacy
has been used SO adroitly that few of the
American papers understand what has
Happened IN the reTots parts OF fho world
BIZ the New York Life which Il pretty
vide awake, said on July !. apropos OF
The situation In Samoa:
In the case 81 Chief Justice Chambers.
the International commission has brought
IN verdict OF not guilty, but don't do /,
again The chief Justices return ticket
Should have been attached ia the decision -
That this was indeed the case can be
read In this notice from the Morning sun
OF July ~:
schiss Justice Chambers will take a
lssse of absence on July ~ Ills return
&c Sau1ost Is regarded as improbable"
it Is sad that soma wealthy Americans
IN samea are advising and helping Ma
ssafa 10 send for Mr. Sanier. tho best
lA*yer liz New Zealand. 20 cana 20 the
Islands and plead the Kings case against
TIRE decision 81 the peace commissioners
The German FIRM 81 Aria- Il wealthy ana
influential corporation. has already en-
CARED the services IT Judge ] II Multi
san. ~ Kentucky u press sts claims for
manages 70 property nv .hs American
~arshsps against the United States gov
eminent, and Judge Cooper. for many years
essef magistrate IN tbs municipality az
Apsa, has been engaged BY the Americans
whose property was destroyed - take their
eases Ia hand The trouble has net ended
ih saSnoa- Apfapos of this subject.
saAaa tok1 Is golag the round Of the news
fapers
knock IS heard al Ohivion'~ door
Who e thsfsF TIVE little kfnss who are
lost IN the shuttle
. d
HERE Il some anxiety exnrsSsns
whether the committee that has the
reception ~ Admiral Dewey Ia hand wiG
be ready ny the time that hero returns
" woald Ne Impossible q ask him. A man
Nhc keeps appointments. wsflike az ether
wszs, nn The minute. ~ "ptease watt OUT
s8a ehife we prepared f6s hsz coming
that hsppsned 20 sne French hsro who
f1tpFnet EeNantty Tran Affsea. covered
VIII glory, Ills first wish pas 10 40 e.
siS Family, hus hs ns;ive village vas not
Prepared - weic0Ene hlB properly. and
se ~ss lisssleFed - wsst e few days which
Re al. ktcklng ais hsvss II dreary hatcs
n felsfuml while the little team frantic
s1s fut 40 arches ard wrote welcoming
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