davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25

Aside from the interesting event which this
spade records ii is of considerable interest in
itself, as in addition to the sterling silver en-
ployed in its construction it contains material
associated with the early history of the country
The handle Is composed Of wood taken from one
Of the thirteen gum trees planted in 1903 by
Alexander Hamilton Washington Heights, to
symbolic the thirteen original States
FROM THE OAK OF THE LAWRENCE
The grip part of the handle is composed
Of a piece of old oak taken from the
famous flagship Lawrence of Commodore
Perry's victorious fleet Lake Erie in the
battle of September 10, 1913. In addition
to the inscription, the decorations consist
OF representation of the coat of arms of
the city Of NewYork etched the front of the
blade and a fac-simile OF the coat of arms of
the State of NewYork on the reverse side
Vines of oak leaves symbolizing strength COM
plete the decorations on the handle and blade
After the spade work was over there was
bit Of scramble by those nearest the hole to
secure souvenirs. the Mayor had done Stones
and mould found their way into many silk lined
pockets, and women tied the precious but dirty
relics up in lace handkerchiefs. AS the Mayor
made his way hack to the City Hall some one
passed hand under his arm into his hat and
tried to grab a handful but the Mayor said:
Take your hand out OF that. You have no right
TO do that, sir" and guarded his treasure more
carefully thereafter
The decorations of the park have been de-
soribed previously in The Tribune. They
effective. but cheap. Flags the chief in
gredient. Poles covered with fiuted muslin rep
resented Gothic pillars The badges and official
programme, too, cheap things How the
COMMITTEES managed to spend $1,000 on the affair
10 q mystery. Controller Coler's badge collapsed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25

where the ceremony was going on, and again
and again the surging mob pushed the police
ahead, II advanced.
Again and again the police charged them and
thrust them back To the credit of the force be
it said they kept their tempers well and for
bore to their clubs. The ears of persistent
showers were boxed with the open hand in not
a few instances and some official fists
poked into ribs that were reluctant to obey the
order Back up!' but that was the only violence
witnessed.
go home. We fool, go home" said one big
buecoat to a short man with baby his
arms There is nothing you can see but the
trees and the sky and the back of the man in
front OF We. and even II We had an invitation to
a front seat, We can see men turning up the
earth in a trench any day in the streets in live
ler style than the little Mayor. and, faith. yen
see more OF 1t than ye want before the tunnel
is finishedr'
'I never Mayor do It," retorted the short
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25

while ne was trying to put 1T on his coa coat he
will probably examine the bills closely peioie io
passes them. ,.a..;,uy
The programme was carried OFT supsta,'itaiys
as announced except that it was started hdi,
an hour late, and no formal reception was neio
afterward by the CounCilmen and Aldermen
The weather most propitious clear III az
ing and not too cold to make standing III the
open air dangerous uncomfortable. Inc spec
tators took advantage of this. and those ANXIOUS
to secure good places began to arrive as carry
as o'clock
RECEPTION IN MAYORS OFFICE.
The invited guests began to arrive long be-
fore noon and informal reception was soon
under way In the Mayors office. Among those
who shook hands with Mr.. Van Wyck besides
the City Commissioners. the Rapid Transit Com
missoners and the members of Mr.. McDonalds
party were Judge Warren w. Foster. Seth Low,
Homer Lee Judge Morgan ]. O'Brien, William
Berri, Herbert F. Gunnison, ex-Sherln ram
sen, ex-Sherif Dunn, Secretary Willis Holly,
of the Park Board; Louis Windmuller
Register Fromme, Secretary Smith T.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25

which blinds to the danger Men and women
drift into ill-health in such a way. There is a
little feeling of oppression after eating. After a
time 1t passes away. Some day it returns and
brings another symptom - headache, perhaps
Something is done to relieve the headache, but
nothing to relieve the cause So one more victim
goes drifting onto the rocks of disease
Young women who are teaching or studying are
very apt to become victims of disease of the
stomach. They eat injudiciously in some cases,
and in general the brain is too occupied to allow
the stomach the blood necessary to carry on its
functions. Hence in time the organs of digestion
and nutrition are totally deranged and the young
graduate goes home chronic invalid.
The timely of DR.. Perce's Golden Medical
Discovery will avert such condition; the faithful
use Of il in chronic will effect complete cure
rI was troubled with very frequent headaches often
accom- panied by vomiting" writes Miss Mary Belle
Surinlertou OF San Diego. Duvai Co.. Texas. "Bowes
irregular aud my stomach and liver seemed connu-
ally of order Often could almost nothing and
sometimes absolutely nothing, for twentyour hours
time was entirely unfit for work, and my whole system
feared sick spell and very
much discouraged advised TO try DR. Perces Goiden
Medical Discovery and before finishing the third bottle
able undertake the duties OF public school life and
contracted 10 do So"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse the com.
Ciexiou and sweeten the breath.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25

probation Of the support and consideration we
have received from the Legislature OF the state,
from the civic authorities from the Appellate Di-
vision of the Supreme Court from the press or the
city, from our worthy and respected contractor and
lessee John b. Mcdonald. and from the prominent
and enterprisins firm Of bankers who his imam
cal agents, August Belmont & Co.
WHAT THE CONTROLLER SAID.
Controller Coler's speech the last on the
list. 1t short and to the point, and gave
the promoters of the Ramapo inquty a blow
straight from the shoulder. He said:
Gentlemen: We celebrate to-day something more
than the incident of breaking ground for a
great public Improvement We celebrate by this
ceremony the inauguration of new and important
policy in city government the policy of mum ipai
ownership and control of great public franchises
and utilities.
1 earnestly hope the memorial tablet to be here
placed commentaries not only the beginning OF
great and benefcent public enterprise, but marks
surely the end of reckless extravaganza in CIV
ing valuable privileges to private corporations in
stead OF making them permanent sources of in
TO the municipality this rapid transit road
will surely prove.
This ceremony marks the beginning of the end
OF long and hard struggle for rapid transit but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25
luILLER'.S PARTNERS IN EGYPT
SCHLESINGER, KORN AND MISS REED
OF THE FRANKLIN SYNDICATE, EN-
JOYING LIFE ON THE NILE.

Edward Schlesinger and IOhn P. Korn both
of whom We're connected with the Franklin
Syndicate, at No. IA FIoyd-st Brooklyn in
company with Miss Agatha Reed who had
charge of the typewriter girls in the syndicate
building, were all registered a the leading hotel
in Alexandria, Egypt. Wednesday OF last
week, and at the present time they are supposed
to be on the Nile. Their presence there will
doubtless account for part of the money which
disappeared when the syndicate went to smash
Miss Reeds name has not heretofore figured
prominently in connection with the defunes
syndicates affairs 1t is said that prior to going
to work for Miller and ScHlesinger she was for
eight years in the office of the late Colonel
Robert c. Ingersoll- As manager of the girls
she received $50 a week. and Miller since MS
Incarceration in Raymond Street Jail has told
enough about the operations of the syndicate
to make it reasonably certain that Miss Reed
would be a valuable witness if District ATTORNEY
Clarke could secure her services. IL was dis
covered yesterday that kOrn was one OF the
last 10 draw money from the syndicate. The
books show that on Friday. the day that Miller
and it is said that he had drawn 500 a week
on this deposit for four months
Miller's trial is set for Monday of next week
before Judge Hurd in the County Court in
Brooklyn Robert A Ammon. Aliller's counsel
said yesterday that he would be able TO prove
that Miller was the dupe of older and smarter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25
man, and he pushed solemnly forward again as
the policeman looked another way.
THE MAYOR DID 1T WE'LL.

man, and he pushed solemnly forward again as
soon as the policeman looked another way
THE MAYOR DID 1T WE'LL.
And the Mayor did it we'll. After the silver
spade, the gift of August Belmont had been
handed to him he leaned upon 1t in a familiar
way as If it was tool he often used. while he
added a few words to his speech about the good
the tunnel road would do the plain people. Then
he jumped into the hole in the pavement that
had been excavated with picks and rehlled with
nice, soft earth, and heaved up a good spadeful.
When he dumped it into his own shining silk
hat, which he had put down by the side Of the
hole his action was odd and unexpected that
1t raised loud laugh and some ironicaI cheers
The Mayor smiled with the consciousness that
he had done something smart, and, getting out
of the hole, handed the spade to Chairman
Wise, picked up his hat and held it against his
breast until the ceremony over.
President Orr handled the spade rather stifiy.
When it came to John b. McDonalds turn he
gave the tool an expert flourish and exclaimed
jokingly: ITO the manner BORN" reference to
his humble start in life, which was not lost on
those who heard 1t. Mr. Mcdonald took UP a
very small quantity OF earth, however and in
stead Of throwing it out boldly turned the
shovel upon 1t as he let 1t fall on the pave
ment beside the hole. This moved Chief En-
gineer Parsons to tell him that If his laborers
shirked work like that when the tunnel was
really begun there would be trouble This
caused another laugh.
After the ceremony the spade. which is a
highly ornamental and handsome piece of work
manship was returned to the makers Tiffany G.
Co, where IL will be exhibition There is a
report that it will be given to public mu-
scum for preservation. Fakirs sold thousands of
miniature tin limitations of 1t for souvenirs at
five cents each.
The inscription the blade of the silver
spade gives comprehensive explanation of
the purpose for which it made, and reads
s follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25

Lane, of the East River Bridge Commits
sion; Judge Fitzgerald, Police Commissioner
Sexton, General Roe, General Louis Fitzgerald
Corporation Counsel Whalen. John D. Grim
Minis. Silas b. butcher, eX-Judge Augustus Van
Wyck Randolph Guggenheimer and r. A c.
Smith.
At 11:45 o'clock delegation Of eight school
boys, all wearing particolored BOer and
to Mayor Van Wyck the representatives of
the schoolboys of Philadelphia. Mayor Van
Wyck received them politely and told them to
be patriotic. and say that Philadelphia was the
best city in the country. that their
tive place. The leader of the boys Thomas j.
Meeks. said to the Mayor:
us When we started for New-Yor came with
another view We are representatives Of the Pro
We came to New-York to interest the schoolboys
here, and also 70 ask you to recognize our en-
S beavers We did not expect to see the city so
ception as VIC know it is given.
Mayor Van Wyck would not commit himself
either in favor of against the Beers. He
thanked the boys for their coming and invited
them to witness the celebration from his office
windows.
The Aldermen and COuncmen. with the other
people in the Mayors room, made such a crush
that it almost impossible to move. Finally
Alderman Mccall shouted out that the Alder
men and Councilman would return to their re-
spective chambers, and passage made for
them by number of police. 1t then an
nounced that the Mayor and those who would
take part in the ceremony would leave the build
ing through the Mayors public room, and thence
through the hallway to the entrance of the City
Hail. The spectators in the hall consequently
crowded around that passage. But the Mayor
before any one was aware of the movement, had
started out of his private into the side hall
thus fooling the crowd. Mayor Van Wyck left
his room for the opening of the ceremonies at
1:25, twenty-five minutes after the time an
nounced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25
METROPOLITAN PROBING A RUUOP.
AUTHORSHIP OF THE REPORT ABOUT THE
ISSUE OF MORE STOCK UNKNOWN.

The authorship of the rumor aloat on Friday
that the Metropolitan Street Railway Company
was about to issue $4,000 900 additional stock is still
mystery which the Metropolitan interests are ex-
ceedingly DESTROYS of clearing up. The rumor
made its first appearance in print in Dow Jones
& Co.'S Wall Street Journal" and on inquiry as
to its origin De Lancey Nicon, of counsel for the
Metropolitan company, informed that the story
had come from the Boston News Bureau There
upon he sent to that bureau message demanding
its authority for the rumor, and yesterday he re-
ceived the following reply:
We sent Dow Jones & Co no such item Are
investigating basis for report
Mr.. NicoH was asked what the next step would
be- and he said that he proposed 10 probe the
matter to the bottom
Mr.. Dow, of the Dow. Jones & Co financial
agency. when told OF the telegram received nv Mr.
Nicoll from the Boston News Bureau would only
say that the Metropolitan had come TO him
from the Boston News Bureau. Whether it had
come from Boston, Philadelphia or the local
office, Mr. Dow declined TO say. The local Office
OF the Boston News Bureau is in the office of
Dow. Jones & Co. Later in the day c. w Barron
of the Boston News Bureau. put forth detailed
statement. in which he contradicted again. in ex-
plict terms. the assertion of Dow Jones & CO.
that they had received the item from his financial
bureau in Boston. This statement is In part as
follows:
The report of the that the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company to issue 81. OO6OO0 OF
to the BOSTON News Bureau from New-York and
was published as New-York report not as a
statement of fact, but statement OF rumor
Ii was not sent from the Boston News Bureau TO
Dow, Jones Co, or anybody else in New-York.
The Boston News Bureau has It's own offices in
Boston. Philadelphia and New-York. 1t furnishes
rs 6ostom ana Pnia reports to Dow Jones
has also large news gathering force of its own
days saeng Of t nanSs n eS5t Of its
tirely independent of New-York news service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25

Following close on the heels OF the symbolic
beginning of work the tunnel, which took
place in City Hall Park yesterday, an inartistic
but genuine start upon the vast undertaking
will be made in Beecker-st. at O'Clock to-mor-
row morning. The memorial tablet in City Hall
Park will be Immediately over one curve of the
tunnel when completed and the BIeecker-st
sewer will be under another part of the tunnel
At present this big sewer is right in the way Of
the projected road and In order to get it out of
the way It must be lowered
James Pilkington. 1t is announced has taken
the sub-contract from Mr.. Mcdonald TO do this
part of the work. and President Orr yesterday
issued the permit for tearing up the streets. If
Commissioner Heating intends to make an issue
over whose right it is to give such permits this
will afford him chance. Pilkington is a sewer
contractor of large experience He will lower the
Beecker-st. sewer from Elm-st. TO Greene-st
and he viii do 1t in a hurry. 1t is now about
fourteen feet below the surface He will put 1t
down twenty feet. This will bring it few feet
below the tracks. Work will probably begin at
Greene and Blocker SITS.
The length OF sewer to be lowered is 900 feet
and the contract price is about SO foot, or
$4,000 As there will be q great deal of this
Kind of work to be done. we'll as removing gas
and water mains. electric ducts, etc. and re-
placing them, it will be seen from Mr. Pilking-
toms price for 800 feet that McDonald's outlay
for this item alone will be a big one. Some of
the sewers which now drain into one river will
be made to drain into the other by the change
Considerable trouble is anticipated at the
Forty second-st section owing to the perfect
network of underground pipes of all kinds there
ana 10 the necessity or moving and replacing
them without interfering with the streetcar
tracks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25
THE NEIT CLASS At WEST POINT.
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION
TO THE MILITARY ACADEMY.


Washington. March "a (speciaD.-As result Of
the examinations just completed by Army boards
in various parts Of the country. the following
cessful candidates for cadetship at the Military
Academy will be admitted in June:
AIabama-GORDON ~ CATS. yerbeBs and sxa-
NARD P. OSWALD. Tuskegee.
Connecticut BTDD, Merdsn.
Ge9rgia-JoSEPH a. ATKINS Atlanta.
naa hosNRaPH R R4YE Salmon city rDuyp
B. GREGORY. Canton: RoBERT b PaRKER. RsSla-
son aaa EcMAp 2 M dF East s. Louis
ttSManGt1RALD b BEANT Charlton >,.,,
borne and ALERT y M& Se Esa "
ERIE NJ WILSON. Louisville.
URsA NJ bILLER Double Pipe '1f cTesk. SO" -.''
sIIIsfs saS nus F. GEHLE w -
Ally clinton GE6R5iE F 7 Wf5 Lowell and ED
2 MrlSnisan-G IFviNG J. PHnIPsoN, DOwasias 'na
Minnesota EDWARD 4 FINN. Cleveland. v,,,
u MKI us b HEWITT Kansas cry; f l
Mon s@ n lSS aI aP@ iEN Helena a'
d NsbraSlNa-RoI-Lo F. ANDERSON Neigh; ,Sy M
Neyada-IOHN ~ CAMERON. virsnta CITY. Al,
,,r MsT-Sersey@ ARIES RAMFoRD Trenton
York4WALTf.R II MARTIN. New -Yos 81; en-
IMENit4 j. r ftENSSWIG. Utica: AUGUSTUS D w.
North Carolina-JAIES T DORTCH Goldsb0GT1@, ,p,rs
S DoNAvIN Delaware: DAVID MC. MKA tlIsr NJ
FENTON. I0weIlvine: CLEMENT II. WRIGHT IAN
Observation-Disclosures SINGLES CoINln; Rle f =
J. NEWMAN. Kutstown; WILLIAM ii HAMn5TSSar-s
Iow3nda ROBERT = HARBQI-p ni,ls5iiTsS. ,ss ~
J. AMES, Cory, ALBERT A. NORRIS PhiTSe'prT ss1sr
South Carolina-ROBERT G. RICHARDSON .. SsaH
ton; TILLMAN NJ. BUNCH. Clark's Hiil' JosHfA
EARLE. GTeeuville. L
Tennessee-6EORGE W. WEST. Telfori' 'Oi'
KI[GMAN. Chattanooga. Dam
Texa<-J0HN q. GEORGE Ennis. JAMES n eHN
Cuero. MARTIN G. WISE. san Antonio. ,t,xp
Nirgina-RALPH DICKINSON Marian. Nl@iA9
ANDERSON Lexington
Washing tOn-CHA ARIES W. SWEENN. SpoSaee
Wisconsin, CHRISTOPHER JENSNOLD, Ia 1rrSTTI.N
At I-arge-CLIFFORD LEE CORBIN and Wiz
f MORRITT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25
LEGISLATION FOR ALASKA.

Washington. March 2i-In the Senate 'o-aa -.ss
effort was made by Mr. Carter 10 secure un@"'. 20.
consent for consideration OF the AlasASa 4
bill He made a strong appeal for tns .t<
the people of Alaska. He said he made TINS M
ment in order 10 shift the responsibility -
measure from his shoulders TO the SENATE ore
Mr. Cockreu objected 10 the arranseneD ,as
,oe.1 h, Mr. Carter but promised 10 assist - *
passage OF the measure when u Wa
Senate in proper way. ~, carter arg
Mr. CockreIl. the former gave NOTICE '""'
call up the matter again on Nohu1S-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25
A CELEBRATION SIXTY YEARS AGO.
COMPLETION OF THE CROTON AQUEDUCT
RECALLED BY TUNNEL CEREMONIES.

Nearly sixty years ago there celebrated In
this city the completion OF public work that was
just momentOus far the interests and
development of New-York were concerned as was
the beginning yesterday of the underground tunnel
which will solve. for some time to come at any
rate, the problem of rapid transit between the
higher and lower reaches of Manhattan.
In October. 1872, the building of the Croton Aque-
duct finished. 1t marked in that year the
triumph of a scheme which had been proposed as
early 1898. to supply the city with from
the river Bronx by an open canal to Harlem As
in the of the rapid transit tunnel. 1t required
long time for the project to take concrete form
but eventually the suggestion of successive com
missions embodied in general plan In 1855
the construction of the aqueduct begun, and
its completion in 1912 was marked by a celebration
The souvenir of the occasion was a history of the
aqueduct printed upon silk. 1t is reasonable 10
that few of them in existence. One
of them, however, is in the possession of
Homer Lee. and he intends present ii TO the
New-York Public Library when the new building
is built Although the alignment now seems some
IS admirably preserved and can be read distinctly
Surrounding the printed history is engraved the
arms of the city of New York showing in the
background the high bridge the Harlem, the
fountain the City Hall Park and the clock tower
the City Hall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25
ARMY APPROPRIATION BJJL RFaDy

Washington. March 24-The Army Appropriation
bill will be taken up by the House on Monday and
in anticipation of this the House Committees ON
Military Affairs revised the bill to-day making
some minor changes. the most important being an
increase OF 100000 In the money refunded 10 states
ser expenses socr~ssa In the war with SUaia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25
GRANT MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON. :,

Washington. March 2a-In the House - 90, ,opre-
McCleary. of Minnesota, called up the ma me-
prtat,ne 10000 TO secure plans for a sei.e wash
Ins,aI - TfIvsses 5 Grant TO be erected IN !.
Inotor Mr. McCleary paid a glowing sns Souts
Grant and appealed 10 members Nois - III -
TO unite In favor OF the measure
nasssd upaninlous6.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25
STOCKHOLDERS AS PARTY DEFENDANTS

Under Judge Lacombe's order filed yesterday In
the United States Circuit Court. w. H. Van Steen-
bergh John D. Crimmns and Samuel NJ Shafer
the committee representing the minority stock
holders in the Forty-second Street Manhattan
VILE and ST. Nicholas Avenue Railroad are made
a party defendant in the suit brought nv
Iorain Steel Company against the railroad corpora
ton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25
HUSHER TO BE EXTRaDITED

Washington March 2t-The State Department
to-day issued the necessary papers for the extra1
tion OF Nathan Musher. who has been arrested and
detained in London. Musher Is charged with
forging notes in New-York City and securing 500 GOO
them 20 '
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25
TO RETIRE ASSISTANT SURGEON JlRFIS

Washington. March "a (SpeciaD.-The Sena.. .ss,
day passed Senator Platts bill appointing !. ~
s. Jarvis late captain and assistant surgeon !"
Army. on the retired HIST and giving him tH0 ~
and pay of captain. The report states ss y
retirement account of his iheISess,oc
health and his Inability 10 stand an exatll-'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-25

1t is just
as easy to
drift into
danger as
to drive in
to ii. The
progress is
slower but :
the end is .
equally :
sure. 1t is
the GRADUAL
progress OF
J-fiuo