Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-11-24
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
New York Is in one Of her recurrent
"spasms o. reform" Bishop Potters
stinSiug letter to Mayor Van Wyck
voice, the aroused moral sense OF the
community and has even penetrated
the hides OF the political and official
pachyiermH who are responsible for
the shocking condition OF things
which the bishop so forCihly depicts.
Croker has turned rcformcr and left
behind him as he sailed away from
his realm Tor season Of recupera-
tion five Tammany crusaders against
viCC--thC hugcst Joke of the season!
Tho mayor. the police commissioners
and Chief Dcvcry, under whose ad-
minstratiCn Ut the laws the need OF n
crusade has increased with frightful
rapidNv and in spite of constant pro-
tcsts every day since they took office,
are an suan> My No"ifclous in their
profession of a desire to cooperate"
in the work of reform.
The unSavOry couuitiuu of Now
Iork'S water supply during the last
10 days has led to an unusually ac-
tive demand for mineral waters. Ono
illustration of this was seen on Sun
day. when one of the largest drug
stores in the city was entirely out
Of a ccrtnin kind of mineral water by
10 n. In past years the flavor or
the Croton water has perhaps never
been so bad as during the last week.
An ndeniahle taste of NeGCtabic mat
ter has always To be expected at Ger.
tain Seasons; but the curious ele-
ments responsible for the present
taste were ncVCr noticed before. Tho
taste of the .Icw York water Just
now seems to ihtcludc any possibility
of its being caused merely by vege'
table substances. Whatever the
CarsSs Of the CrOton waters present
condition may be, the manufacturers
ci mineral waters have evident rca'
son to bc well satisfied, for their bust.
ness has known an unprecedented
boom.
The building in West Fortieth
street now occupied by st. lgnatinss
church, but to be given up when the
church's new home further uptown Is
completed has been used for some
very varied purposes. 1t was for
while Protestant place OF worship,
later it was turned over to the Uni
versalists and it was for time used
for the meetings of religious bodies
with even less formal doctrinai chaf.
acter. After the late DR.. Ferdinand
Ever has his quarrel with the congre-
CATION of Christ church, which de-
clincd to follow hin. in his ritualistc
progress. the hall was for the first
time used as an Episcopal church.
Dr. EwCr's parish was not in all par
tculars successful. and after his sud
den death in the pulpit OF MONTREAL
church, about II years ago, the fl'
ture of the parish was FOR time Ill
doubt Father Arthur Rich"y was
then called from Chicago, where in
spite of constant differences with his
bishop he had succeeded in estah'
fishing a hourishing parish. ne was
equally successful here. His tireless
energy and uncompromisng attitude
won respect for him even from those
in the church who differed with MIN,
and his congl egation is now to have
a new church better adapted to us
uses than the Fortieth street build
ing was at any time.
The fraudulent divorce lawyer fer
whom the police are seeking and VINO
used the names of Royal and Maison
demonstrated csain the cas-" with
which person may conceal MS
identity in the busiest part Of New
York. This man used either name,
as it suited his convenience, and re-
ceived mail directed to both Mason
and Royal without exciting suspicion.
Had his office been on quiet side
street ht- neighhors would nave
talked about him. A man whose
Office is in n big. downtown Broad
way building may be As isolated as
he chooses without attracting snspl-
cion. Merely as precaution this
man Maison was entered i'll the dlrec-
tory as living at a good Fifth avonu"
address. If any one suspected ms
standing and looked him up in the di-
rectory the apparent fact that he
lived on Fifth avenue would seem to
establish him. Two years ago whcn
the police in England and on the
continent were seal ching everywhere
for an American bunco steerer tne
man in question was mixing with the
crowds in this city apparently certain
that no one would recognize him. His
experience in dodging the police had
been world wide, and to man 10
whom he disclosed his identity In con
fidence he asserted that the very best
places of concea;mcnt were in the
largest centres of population and In
the busiest streets of them. The
lawyer of two names, and possibly
more. took almost no precautions
against inquisitive neighbors who
might be tempted to inquire about
his identity. He knew that the mer
in the offices around him were so oc
cuped during business hours tha
they hardly gave him thought.
ENIcUpRROcEER