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New-York tribune., 1901-03-26
5nrroaates Nonres.

JOSEPH P. WESSMAN.-In pursuance of an
- order Of Hon Abner C. Thomas a Surrogate Of IN.
County Of hereby given 10 ali per-
having claims against Joseph P Wessman late Of
County OF New York, deceased. the same
vouchers thereof, TO the subscriber
Of her attorneys: Messrs Russell & Percy 729.
az Street. in the City Of New York on or
25th day Of April
New York, October 22nd. 1900
CLARA X. WESSMAN Administrative
Russell & Percy Attorneys for Administrative No &c
Nassau Street New York City:
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New Yors-Nationu Wall Paper Company. Plaintiff
against Meyer l. Sire and others. Defendants IN pur
susnce Of judgment Of foreclosure and sale. duly
made and entered in the above entitled action bear
date the 29Jh OF April 1895 the Undersigned
the Referee said Judgment named will sell at public
auction. the New York Real Estate Salesroon1. No
Ill Broadway. the Borough Of Manhattan. City OF
New 18th day OF April. 1901, u o'clock
that day. by Bryan L. Kennedy * Co. Aus
premises directed by said Judgment be
sold. and therein described follows: All those
land. Buildings thereon erected.
lying and being in the j Ward OF the City OF
New York County and State OF New York and bounded
and described follows Beginning at the Northeast
OF Broadway and Forty-arst Street; running
thence Eas5erIy along the northery side Of Fortysr
hundred and thirteen feet and four inches;
thence running Norehery az right angles 70 For,yarss
Sixtythree feet and three inches thence West
ery and parallel with Fortyhrst Street Thtrty-thre-
feet four inches thence Southerly Eighteen
inches measured line right angles Forty-rsr
point FortytOur feet Ten inches northery
Forty-rst Street; Westerly and parallel
Forty-frst Street along independent wall Ninety
inches the eaSJerly side OF Broadway:
thence Southery along easJeriy Broadway
Forty-six four and One-half inches point
place OF beginning: the said dimensions
less.
Dated New York March 25th 1901.
ALFRED r. PAGE, Referee.
GAYLEY, BACCCS & FLEMING, Plaintiffs Attorneys
Sc Wall Street. Borough OF Manhattan York City.
The following is diagram of the property be sold:
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fourth above described parce property is
bered West Street and is shown the fol-
lowing diagram.
Dated. New York March IL 1901
UNITED STATES MORTGAGE, AND TRUST COMPANY.
Trustee
West 57th Street. No. s44
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Teutonic April 2 Oceanic. April -. NJ
For passage freight and general information apply
WHITE STAR LINE
Pier as. North River. Once. Broadway. N Y
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La Guayra. Puerto Cabello. Curacao and Mara
caibo via Curacao-Calling also az San Juan. r r.
From Roberts Pier. Brooklyn.
: 6 PHILADELPHIA. -Sa aturday. April 3.
s. s CARACAS. Saturday. April 20.
These vessels have superior accommodations for
sengers.
BOUETON. BLISS & DAII-ETT.
Gene From
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OLD DOEl0RIlOM l1Rl[Es
DAILY SERVICE.
For Old Comfort. Norfolk. Portsmouth. Pinners
Point Newport News Va. connecting for Petersburg
Richmond, Virginia Beach. Washington D. c.. and entire
South and West.
28 North River. foot Of Beach St. EVERY WEEK
DAY AT P II -
II p WALKER. Traffic Manager.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-04

The worst coward is the coward
that lies. he Numbered once from the
bench
As the hunter Of John Doe. Judge Je-
rome alternately worked with his
friends and auarreled with them He
threw OF his judicial robes and went
hunting for gamblers. big and little,
armed with dynamite and a revolver.
This Is not dignihed-in a judge"
said decorous members Of the Citizens
unions.
I'm no dress suit reformer." retorted
the doughty Judge.
Opinions differed as to the efficacy Of
the jerome raids Friends of the Judge
point to things which they say are
practical results-the conviction of
Wardman Bissert, the indictment of
Giennon and Devery; tie election Of
Low aud Jerome.
Works Like a Machine.
Like Roosevelt. Jerome has brought
a poor physique Up TO the point where
1t works like a machine OF iron. Small,
slender, but wiry, the district attorney
elect can work sixteen hours a day and
thrive on il. He broke an records as a
camDaiEner with total of eighty-five
speeches delivered at the rate of six
each evening Through it all his face
never lost its ruddy color and his gray
ewes blazed behind his speCtacles as
steadily as on the day he began.
The morning after election he was up
at O'Clock, dOnniDg a white sweater
and starting out for a five-mile walk
at his country place, Lakeside. Conn.
judge Jerome is q steady reader, es-
pecially of books on sociological topics
He belongs to a few clubs. but is not
seen at them often.
For recreation he works as an anna
teur in machine shop in his home at
Washington Heights or az Lakeside. for
he has a work room at each place. He
turns golf balls as neatly as a cabinet
maker. and often volunteers his serv-
ices as carpenter TO the summer colony.
He has a lathe in his assortment Of
tools which he calls a souvenir Of the
Jerome raids.
While the raiding Of pool rooms by
the Judge was at its height last spring,
he noticed a particularly fine machine
in little shop that he passed on his
way downtown.
What's the price2" he inquired
The proprietor named a very low
sum.
well. I think I can afford to buy it
then" said the delighted judge. How
does 1t happen to be so cheap
En- to tell the truth. said the shop
keeper. THE owner of that lathe had il
made TO turn roulette wheels with But
since this Judge Jerome got busy he
has decided not 90 make any more for
a while"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-04
MERIT SYSTEM TO PREVAIL IN THE
MAKING OF FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS

The merit system of making appoint
ments is in its essence as democratic and
American as the common school system
itself 1t simply means that in clerical
and other positions where the duties are
entirely nOn-political, all applicants
should have a fair field and no favor,
each standing on his merits as he is able
to show them by practical test. Written
competitive examinations offer the only
available means in many cases for APP
plying this system. In other cases, as
where labOrers are employed, a system
of registration undoubtedly can be widely
extended. There are, of course, places
where the written competitive examina-
ton cannot be applied, and others where
1t offers by no means an ideal solution.
but where, under existing political cOndi-
lions. it is though an imperfect means.
yet the best present means of getting sat
lstactOry results.
Wherever the conditions have permitted
the application OF the merit system in
its fullest and widest sense. the gain
to the government has been immense.
The navy yards and postal service illus
trate, probably better than any other
branches of the government, the great
gain in economy, efficiency and honesty
due to the enforcement of this principle.
Extend Classified Service.
recommend the passage of a law
which VIII extend the CLASSIFIED service
to sthe District of Columbia, or will at
least enable the president thus to ex-
tend it. In my judgment al laws pro-
viding for the temporary employment of
clerks should hereafter contain a pro-
vision that they be selected under the
civil service law
1t is important to have this system OBJ
tain at home. but IL is even more i'm
pOrtant to have 1t applied rigidly in our
insular possessions. Not an Office should
be filled i'm the Philippines or Porto Rico
with any regard 10 the mans par
tisan affiliations or services, with
any regard to the political, social,
OF personal influence which ne may
have at his command; in short, heed
should be paid to absolutely nothing save
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-04

Many OF the essentials Of success are
already recognized by the general
boar d. which, as the central Office of a
growing stan, IS moving steadily to-
ward proper war efficiency and a
proper efficiency Of the whole navy,
under the secretary. This general
board, by fostering the creation Of a
general STAFF, is providing for the Off
cial and then the general recognition
o. our altered conditions as q nation
and Of the true meaning Of a great war
fl-et which meaning is. first, the best
u.sl, and, second, the best ships.
The naval militia forces are state
organizations, and are trained for coast
service, and in event Of war they viii
constitute the inner line of defense.
they should receive hearty encourage
lienJ from the general government
But in addition we should at once
provide for a national naval reserve,
o. sauized and trained under the diree-
ton o. the navy department, and sub
jet 10 the call Of the chief executive
whenever war becomes imminent 1t
should be a real auxiliary to the naval
SeagOing peace esta bIishment, and Of
fer material TO be drawn on at once
for manning our ships in time Of war.
q should b. composed of graduates Of
the Naval academy, graduates OF the
naval militia, officers and crews of
coast line steamers, longshore schoOn-
crs, fishing vessels and steam yachts,
together with the coast population
about such centers as life saving sta
tions and light houses.
The American people must either
build and maintain an adequate navy
or else make up their minds definitely
70 accept a secondary position in inter-
national affairs. not merely in political.
but in commercial, matters. 1t has
been well said that there is no surer
way Of counting national disaster than
to be -Opulent, aggressive and un-
armed
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postal revenue of Sill. 63i. 1s3. II the pound
rate of postage. which produces the large
loss thus entailed. and which was fixed
by the congress with the purpose of en-
eOuraging the dissemination of public inn
formation. were limited To Tie legitimate
newspapers and periodicals actually CON
templated by the law. no just exception
could be taken. That expense would be the
recognized and accepted cost of liberal
public policy deliberately adopted for "A
Justihabie end. But much OF the matter
which enjoys the privileged rate is wholly
outside of the intent of the law, and has
secured admission only through an evas-
ion of its requirements or through lax
construction The proportion of such
wrongly included matter is estimated By
postal experts to be Gne-haH of the
whole volume of second class mail If It
be only One-third or oue-quarter, the
magnitude @. the burden Is apparent The
pOstOniCe department has now under
taken to remove the abuses 50 far as Is
possible by stricter application of the
law; and II should be sustained IN its
effort.
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the mans own character and capacity
and the needs Of the service.
The administration of these Islands
should be as wholly free from the sus-
piciOn of partisan politics as the admin
istratiOn OF the army and navy. Ali that
we ask from the public servant in the
Philippines or Porto Rico is that he re-
fleet honor on his country by the way
in which he makes that country's rule a
benefit to the peoples who have come
under it. This is all that we should ask.
and We cannot afford TO be content with
less.
The merit system is simply one method
of securing honest and efficient admins
long run the sole justification of any type
of government lies in its proving itself
both honest and efficient.
Reorganization of Consular Service.
The consular service is now organized
under the provisions of a law passed III
1856, which is entirely inadequate to eX-
listing conditions. The interest shown
by so many commercial bodies through
out the country is the REORGANIZATION of
the service is heartily commended to your
attention. Several bills providing for
new consular service have in recent years
been submitted to the congress. They are
based upon the Just principle that ap-
pointments to the service should be made
only after practical test of the apph-
cants fitness, that promotions should be
governed by trustw0rthiness, adaptability
and the zeal in the performance of duty,
and that the tenure Of Office should be
unaffected by partisan considerations.
The guardianship and fostering of our
rapidly expanding foreign commerce. the
protection Of American citizens resOrting
to foreign countries in lawful pursuit OF
their affairs. and the maintenance of the
dignity of the nation abroad, combine
to make it essential that our cOnsuls
should be men of character. knowledge
and enterprise. It is true that the ser
vice is now, in the main, efficient, but a
standard of excellence cannot be perma-
nently maintained until the principles set
forth in the bills heretofore submitted to
the congress on this subject are enacted
into law.
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out the training of those citizens who
have already had experience under arms,
and especially for the selection in ad-
vance Of the officers of any force which
may be raised; for careful selection or
the kind necessary is impossible after
the outbreak of war
That the army IS not at all mere in
strument of destruction has been shown
during the last three years In the
Philippines. Cuba and Porto Rico it has
most potent implement for the upbuiiding
Of peaceful civilization.
Praise for Veteran Soldiers.
No other citizens deserve 50 we'll of the
republic as the veterans, the survivors
of those who saved the UP.an. They did
the one deed which, if left undOne would
have meant that all else in our history
went for nothing. But Tor their stead
fast proWess in the greatest crisis OF our
history. ali our annals would be mean
inEless, and our great experiment n
popular freedom and government a
gloomy failure. Moreover. they not only
left US a united nation. but they left US
also as a heritage the memory of the
mighty deeds by which the nation was
kept united. We are now indeed one
nation, one in fact as well as IN name,
we are united in our devotion to the flag
which is the symbol Of national great
ness and unity; and the very complete
ness of our Union enables US all, In every
part of the country, to glory in the valor
shown alike by the sons of the north and
the sons of the south in the times that
tried men S souls.
The men who. in the last three years,
have done so well in the East and the
West Indies and on the mainland OF
Asia have shown that this remembrance
is not lost. In any serious crisis the
United States must rely for the great
mass of its fighting men upon the vOlun-
teer sOldiery who do not make perma-
nent profession OF the military career,
and whenever such a crisis arises the
deathless memories of the civil war will
give to Americans the Eft to lofty pur-
pose which comes to those whose fathers
have stood valiantly in the forefront Of
the battle.
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ment of the service The number of rural
routes now in operation is 6009, practical
" ali established within three years, and
there are 600Q applications awaiting
action. 1t is expected that the number IN
operation at the close OF the current
fiscal year viii reach $500. The mail wiz
then be daily carried TO the doors OF
$4,000 of our people who have hereto
fore been dependent upon distant offices.
and One-third of all thar portion of the
country which IS adasted TO il viii be
covered by this kind or service.
Abuses of the Service.
The fun measure Of postal progress
which might be realized has long been
hampered and 0bstructed by the heavy
burden imposed on the government
through the intrenched and well under
stood abuses which have grown up in con-
nectiOn with seC0nd-class mail matter.
The extent of this burden appears when
1t Is stated that while the secOud-Class
matter makes nearly three-ffths of the
weight of all the mail, 81 paid for the last
fiscal year only s.. 2g4. AS OF the aggregate
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PERsONALITY oF 80 CzAR.
He Is a Hard Worker and Dislikes
Luxury.

He Is Hard Worker and Dislike5
Luxury.
(Francis Won Witteks Correspondence i'm
Chicago Record-HeratdJ
Nicholas II has the greatest antipa-
thy to every form of luxury. and more
particularly at the table. His meals
are restricted to a very few dishes and
are attended by very few guests. Like
all busy men, he eats with feverish
haste. He finds IL impossible to con-
ceal the boredom inflicted upon him
by long official banquets ON the other
hand, he jests and laughs freely when
at his ease among his intimate assOci-
ates. His contempt for etiquette is
manifest in all his habits. While his
father, Alexander III, was accustomed
to drive through St. Petersburg in
brilliant and snowy equipage. the pres
ent car usually drives in a simple open
carriage. He has suppressed the cor
don of cavalry which used to keep the
streets clear for his father and often
the police are unaware OF the route he
intends to take.
Russian peasants frequently travel
hundreds of versts with their petitions,
confident that the sovereign will per-
sOnally consider their cases and have
addressed to him and notes the answers
to be given on the margin in red pen
Gil He never fOrgives those who at
tempt to deceive him or give him false
Information. Both he and the czarina
are extremely popular throughout Rus
sta. They are like two comrades, mel
Their trying to exercise control over the
other.
1t is said in St. Petersburg that such
a happy married pair were never be
fore seen on the Russian throne When
they drive out together they are al
ways observed to be in animated con-
versatiOn, frequently laughing and
smiling. They Intentionally avoid put
ting on I'd proper expression The
car remarked one day. Il am a Rus
sian just like my subjects, a saying
which made an. excellent impression
upon the people.
The young sovereign frequently re-
mains at his desk tin a late hour ana
sometimes receives his ministers or ad-
visers after midnight, his consort sit
ting by him at her embroidery or nee
dlewOrk When a stranger appears at
the door she bundles her work together
and prepares 10 leave. till the car says,
But no. Lasha, remain here, you do
not disturb US in the least" The ear
ina then silently resumes her seat and
goes on with her work.
1t is not perhaps known to all the
world that the correspondence between
Nicholas IL and the German emperor,
which on important occasions is car
ried on between the two s0vereigns. is
in the English language. For instance,
the kilograms respecting the appoint
ment of Count Won Waldersee Is COM
mander-in-chief Of the international
forces were written by both emperors
in English. The relationship of the
two monarchs with the English court is
not the sole explanation Of this curious
departure from the custom i'm dipio-
matte and princely circles to employ
the French language for such interna-
tiCnaI communications.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-04
WILLIAM TRAvERs JEROME.
Pen Picture of Tammany's Persist
ent Foe.

zen picture OF Idmmdny EeISlSL-
ent Foe.
New York World)
Every important political campaign
discovers new men. William Travers
Jerome. district attorney elect, was the
discovery of the political fight which
resulted so disastrOusly for Tammany
on last Tuesday.
Before the campaign began, Judge Je-
rome was a justice of special sessions.
He had a reputation as a hunter of
John Doe for the past nine months.
He was a lawyer favorably known Tor
the intense earnestness he put into the
cases of his clients.
As a platform orator, a campaigner
and hustler for votes he had his name
TO make. He made it.
Larry Jerome as he might have
been if he had taken life seriously"
"A chip Of the old block" said New
Workers. whose memories went back
twenty years as they heard Judge Je-
rome speak. Politics and good fellow
shin run in the Jerome blood.
Witty Larry Jerome.
Larry Jerome. wit and bon vivant,
father of William Travers Jerome,
was a politician as well as the most
York clubdOm. He served as alderman
in New York during the days when
Boss Tweed ruled supreme. He was
Democrat but he fought Tweed with
all the skill of his nimble wit and all
the power that a man of affairs can
command in politics.
Larry Jerome will always sit up
nights to plan a practical joke or to
set a train of powder under Bill
Tweed's choice plans" Florence, the
actor. once said of him.
Mrs. Cornwallis-West.
The most distinguished politician be-
longing to the family of the fighting
Judge. and certainly as picturesque as
the William Travers Jerome himself, is
Mrs. Corvallis West, formerly Lady
Randolph Churchill
Lady Randolph, as she is stilI called,
is a cousin Of Judge Jerome. To the
dashing popular qualities OF the men
of the Jerome family she adds an ir-
resistible feminine charm Gladstone,
who had many a hard tilt with Lord
Randolph Churchill, said to Lady Ran
dolph that she could gain more votes
than any campaign orator in England.
William Travers Jerome inherited the
qualities of the mixer" the politician
and the fluent talker. He was also
born with the tenacious qualities of
the fighter.
Il am here to fight" he announced
in one Of his campaign speeches.
If he had been gifted with speech
forty-two years ago, he might have
said this upon his coming into the
world.
The Judge Christened.
Like Roosevelt. to whom ne is most
frequently compared, Jerome was d
puny child and had literally TO fight
his way through the ills of childhood.
On the day that he was born, April
is. 1853. Larry Jerome was dining at
DelmOnico's with William b. Travers,
his crOny. A messenger handed Law
renee Jerome a note. He glanced at
it and poured out a glass of wine.
ITS a boy. Billy" ne said.
"Wh- wh-what's his n-name2" slut
tered Travers. whose stammering was
as famous and as funny as Jerome's
Jokes.
William Travers Jerome" said the
father. and the two friends elinked
glasses in honor of the little fellow who
had just arrived at the old Jerome man
Sion, at 80 West Nineteenth street
William TraveFs grew from a puny
baby tc boy too delicate to meet the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-04
eeorge sand,g IL Work.

tLOuuOu Morning EoSl-l
1t is not generally known that George
Sand. the novelist, began life as an
artist. of small account certainly, yet
collectors nowadays give more for her
trifies than for the labOred master
pieces of Meissonier. Her first es-
saws were decorating wooden snuff
boxes and cases, but. coming to Paris
in 1881 she started painting flowers,
birds and other lady artist subjects.
All the time she had been writing tic-
ton. and she took a novel TO Balzac.
who. after reading it, advised her to
stick to ner brush and paint. George
was a woman Of courage, however,
and she showed her MS. to DelatOuche,
who liked the story so much that he
gave her a post on the Figaro, where
her literary efforts first appeared. Rose
ct Blanche" was written i'm conjunction
with Jules Sand. Later came In
diana" from her own pen, appearing
above the nom de gueTre which was at
one time so well known. French critics
now ask whether George sand is dead
in the present day, ana declare that she
is only remembered for her love ad-
ventures with Chopin and De Musset.
Be that as it may, a provincial acad-
envy has just placed plaque 10 her
memory in GargileSse.