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New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

landscape painter. and both Mr. Brown and Mr.
Lam6den had attained fame in their professions.
1t would have been difficult at that time select
suited to the duties laid out for them
whose opinion would have greater weight. The
commission accepted the trust eonided them
in June following their appointment to begin their
labors.
More than year-thirteen months to be exact
spent by this commission in investigating what
had already been done and in celebrating on a
plan of their The result of all this work
a brief and unsatisfactory report devoted prin-
cipaily to condennning what had already been done
The great questions they should have considered
entirely overlooked. and the suggestions they
made concerned matters of miner Importance The
commission found badly ventilated. poorly light
ed and unhealthy Senate Chamber and Hall Of
Representatives other public buildings needed
overhauling and the introduction of modern ap.
pliances; the parks were neglected: but instead OF
working on these problems; the members snaried
at the work that had already been done and asked
for money TO buy more pictures and statuary- Con-
gress Justly indignant The report fell short
of its object that action taken regarding IT.
The commission it created was ignored by Con-
gress and the result of their aborS was laid away
in a grave deep that few know of its resting
place Since the death of the first commission at
tennis have been made again and again to have
another appointed. but without success until the
last Congress when the District Affairs Committee
provided for the present board whose report prom
Uses to give a impetus to improvements at the
capital
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

time the need for it has been distressingly
urgent. The structure planned by the en-
gineers OF the Water Board of the city Of Brook
lyn, and the contract for the work awarded
to Edward Free who completed the -undertak-
ing in 1898. His name and that date set in
the facing of the north embankment in white
stone letters that may be read a quarter of
mile away.
The reservoir constructed for Brooklyn
with a view 10 storing some OF the water from
the ponds and the five driven well stations east
of Miburn. II has interior of more
than ten acres. and its capacity is sufficient for
a weeks supply for the whole Of Brooklyn. The
floor. which is only a little lower than the nat
ural surface OF the ground, is OF sand and
gravel. and is now overgrown with wild grasses
and weeds Just what the designer contem-
plated in the construction of storage reservoir
in the sand at point where there no
conduit capacity either for supply or distribu-
ton is not clearly indicated by the nature
Of his undertaking the taxpayers would like
to have II. The plan has covered the en-
gineer who devised il with glory. There were
many experienced contractors who from the
first looked upon the scheme a measure OF
folly that would come to naught Mr.. Freel.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
PRESIDENTS FACES on STAMPS.
LIKELIHOOD OF M-KINLEYs EARLY AP-
PEARANCE.
From The Houston Chronicle.

From The Houston Chronicle
McKinIey's likeness will undoubtedly appear upon
of the postage stamps of the United states.
The Postoffice Department now contemplates bring
probabv 9Fi an next spring and is not unlikely that the
face Of President Mckinley will appear upon one OF
been in use eleven years since 1890 and it is deemed
proper oy the tnat the oo SCI oe
and of the Posto5ce Department and the new series
Since the establishment of the postal system OF
the United States it has been the rule of the depart
that the face of no living man shall appear
upon postage stamps and matter how popular
the personaee this has been disregarded-
Now that ME McKnley s has passed from this , life
postal emissions of the government. That his face
prominent one has already been proposed to the
Third Assistant Postmaster General who is directly
The denominations Of stamps most largely s used
cent The five-cent is used quantities. but
a large part for foreign postage 1t would be a
Mckinley will adorn the one two cent postage
}R N faa t9e Of ffT re sfG NJ ey P9St
of Franklin. which has had place upon the one
that franklin in turn would suDersede Daniel
webster. who has had a place upon the ten cent
While the Presidents of the United States have
5a S ef hG nd navy yef ssy s
Statesmen. OF the dead Presidents the faces OF
Lincoln. Grant and Garfield have had places
IGNORED were both Adamses Monroe Van Buren,
William Henry Harrison. Tyler Polk Fillmore
Pierce.
Reniannin Harrison. As the last named has been
dead but a comparatively brief time and no changes
in postage stamps have occurred since his death
his name should really not appear among those
who have not been deemed worthy Of honor at the
hands of the Postofice Department.
There have been numer9gs changes in the ProSley
upon stamps during the fifty years since the first
reaI O stamps was issued by the
government. Presidents have been shifted here
and there at the convenience of the department..
have been dropped altogether but there Is enc
old patriot who has held his place through tnicE-
and thin from the beginning OF the postal services
down 10 this day-Benjarfn Franklin George wash
ington follows. very close second he having LOST
his place upon the threeCent stamp tthen the Sane
as our two-cent stamp of to-day in 1853, for a
period of year. very primitive appearing =
locomotive and train OF cars occupying the centrdf
norton of the three-cent stamp However IN ina {
series washington's profile appeared upon the six
cent stamp
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
conduit capacity whio> ine supply in the greater
Hampstead storage reservoir is unnecessarily
depleted
HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY.

WOES OF A TAMMANY CANDIDATE WHO COULD
NOT CHOOSE THE ONE HE WANTED.
The private secretary is a somewhat recent
development in Tammany's scheme for robbins
the taxpayer when it is in power. Not long ago
there were not more than two three such
Cfficial positions the citys payroll. Now
every head of a department has one and some
times two. This graft became so popular that
each Tammany candidate for office the recent
election expected to have a private secre-
tary also. These fellows had to be paid out Of
the candidates campaign fund, and lucky was
the candidate who was allowed to select his own
secretary. Generally the choice made for
him by the leader of the district. Naturally
enough, many of these private secretaries re-
garded their jobs as ''puddings" which would
vanish after election and they not in
clined to work any harder for their salaries than
they could help.
ludicrous instance of this came out at 'the
club few nights before election. when a voter
upbraided Tammany candidate for giving pub
licity a request which the voter had conveyed
to the candidate in a letter in which he par
ticulary abjured him to keep the matter secret
whether he could grant the request not.
1T did not leak out through me-. protested
the candidate earnestly. You see. my dear fel-
low he is reported to have said you made the
fatal mistake Of marking your letter private
and personal OF course, my private secretary
opened it. He always does. In future if YOU
marks 1t at all to distinguish it from my
ordinary mail. My private secretary never
opens letters like that. He leaves all those for
me to open myself
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

when the project now under consideration to
irrfgate the plains between Medicine Hut and
Calgary by streams from the Rocky Mountains
is consummate1 the present industry of cattle
raising will give way to agriculture on the most
modern and approved principles. The rich ag-
ricultural country between Calgary and Ed
monton has recently been opened by rail. and is
being rapidly settled. largely by Americans.
The numerous beautiful resorts Of the Cana
dian Rockies are also popular with Americans,
especially the great army Of sufferers from
hay fever who find this region absolute cure,
while at the time it offers many attrac-
tions 10 those who seek noble scenery and pure
bracing air. Banf Hot Springs is the best
known Of these resorts. The region has been
set apart by the Dominion Government as a
national park but, fortunately. nothing has yet
been done TO artfcialize and spoil it It lies in
a picturesque valley through which the Bow
River takes its devious course and ii is sur
rounded by of the noblest peaks of the
Rockies, most Of them crowned with perpetual
snow. One two of these peaks be reached
on horseback, while the others offer no serious
difficulties TO even the amateur mountain
climber. Should he desire fame there are nu-
merous peaks all through this region as yet un-
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apout to build railroad from Fermie to point
IN Montana in order to utilize this coal On his
railroads. and his Pacific steamship line. The
kcotenay gold. silver. lead and copper mines in
the boundary region have already yielded large
pTohts. though operations have been impeded
oy the Rossland strike which has fortunately
just been settled. More capital, however, is
needed for prospecting and the building of
smelters and railroads to inaccessible rich
mines now valueless because of the impossible
lty OF hauiing the ores to market and though
the people naturally prefer that Canadian
Enghsh capital should be employed, American
money is welcomed. There is, in fact, preju-
dice whatever against Americans in British Co
lumbla On the other hand it is freely admit
1ed that American capitalists have done much
TO develop the mines by risking their money in
expensive prospecting. from which English and
Canadian capitalists would have shrunk. Amer
lcan mining experts. too are thought highly OF,
ana, indeed, are considered far more practical
than some Of the experts sent from England.
A number of fourishing and progressive
towns have sprung up in the Kootenay region
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

summer, the partial failure of crops in some
districts and the increased demand have
nothing to do with the case. Vegetables are
dumped into the river by the cartload they say
on Saturday nights, not only to make room for
Mondays supply. but to keep up prices. This
practice the vegetable market sharps say, has
carried the price of some vegetables beyond the
poor mans limit and has made fresh vegeta bes
a luxury in cheap boarding houses. Dealers in
vegetables say that there is no truth in the
story, and that nothing is thrown away that can
De sold. The prices of vegetables have been high,
not because of the destruction of the stocks re-
ceived from the country, but because the crops
have been short.
There is something, however in the report
that uptown dealers do not get the Saturday
left over stock But this is not because the
stock is destroyed but because boarding house
and hotel keepers take advantage of the oppor-
tunty to buy at reduced prices. They go to the
fruit and vegetable places when the days de-
liveries have been made, and carry away bar
gains in baskets express wagons and some
times trucks Many of the vegetable dealers
have room to store stock over Sunday, and sell
only such vegetables would be unmarketabie
the following Monday. These houses offer
fewer bargains than the stand dealers, but
none of the dealers destroy vegetables except
by command of the Health Department.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
WEST OF WINNIPEG
. COUNTRY OF GREAT AGRICULTURAL
AND MINERAL RESOURCES-ITS CHIEF
TowN-BEAUTY OF SCENE AND
HEALTHFUL CLIMATE

-ancouver, B. c., Nov. tSpeciaD.-The ter
..,-v living between Winnipeg and Vancouver
.-.-s many rich prizes to the prospective home
uAr The great stretch of prairie land west
:, Uinnipeg is largely devoted to the raising
:, cattle Calgary is the metropolis of this
-.nee country but the ranges further east
rnd Medicine Hut, even better adapted
<o- cattle as they furnish grazing through most
= -be winter The cattle industry of these
,,i,s has assumed large proportions, and the
oats are not only certain but great Much OF
.ss soil is fertile, and 1t needs only irrigation
-u-n II into a prosperous agricultural country.
-. grin Of territory between Winnipeg and
-,oi,s is IN fact, of the best wheat
-. IN the whole of Canada. The famous
s,.,,.oha No / hard is found here in perfec-
, and most of the farmers prosperous.
liz -oanv Of them wealthy. Near Brandon
-. &c an extensive experimental farm main
80 ny the government. whose accomplished
,.e-intendent Mr.. Bedford, is doing valua bic
Il, " the cross-fertilization of fruits. vegeta-
,,o. o,5 cereals. With a view to producing varie-
= suitable 10 the climate. At this farm and
e,.o a- the experimental farm at Indian Head.
. .ssinihoia no efforts are spared in blazing
-. ,arh for the practical farmer with the aid
:. The most approved agricultural science. and
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however undertook the task of building the
storage reservoir the water department had
planned, and finished it not far from the time
required in his contract 1t cost 81 100000. and
when it done just what had been foreseen
by many laymen and not considered by the
Department of Water Supply happened. The
water out through the dry sand floor al
most fast it could be pumped in. 1t satu-
rated the vein of gravel beneath, and ran into
Rockville Centre cellars until the pumps were
stopped. and there many claims for dam
ages against the city the only tangible result
of the enormous expenditure.
Mr.. FreeI was anathematize without stint.
until he showed that the reservoir had been con-
structed in accordance with the plans and spec
ifications. and then the department dropped the
subject for a time. In due course, however an
appropriation of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars asked for to concrete the sides and
bottom that the great basin would hold
water. The money not forthcoming. and
the grass, weeds and hares TO the re-
gion were left for eight years in possession or
the monument to a 81, 100000 blunder. A short
time ago an appropriation of 100000 au-
thcrized to make the reservoir watertight. The
engineers have since announced that premi-
nary stopping up of the crevices and chinks In
the stone facing of the embankments is essen
tial to the efficiency of the contemplated I'M
provement and that this preparatory work VIII
cost about $4,000. They have set at work a
small force, which they say will be increased as
soon as the necessary material is on the ground,
and they expect to award the contract for the
lining of the reservoir with concrete at some in
definite time in the future, when the walls have
been repaired
Meanwhile the work of laying the new con-
duit from the Millburn pumping station to
Snrins Creek is In progress, and the construc-
tion of a new gatehouse at the west end OF the
reservoir is well advanced. The conduit to the
reservoir and some distance toward the dis
tributing reservoirs has been completed. and tne
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
TEMPERATURE AND BUTTERFLIES.
rom The London Globe.

From The London Globe.
NJ. Standfuss, of Zurich, has taken up the OLD
experiments Of Weissmann the variations IN
butterflies produced by temperature acting on the
chrysalis He finds that the chrysads. according
to the temperature to which they are exposed, have
given birth to butterflies not OF the kind they are
derived FROM but kinds belonging to countries far
from Zurich. Thus, pup8 of the Vanessa urtfca,
which is common in Switzerland. when kept at a
temperature OF four to six degrees centisrade pro
duced the Vanessa poIaris. a species proper to
Lapland. Others of the same sort, kept at 3! 70
80 degrees centigrade, produced the ichnusa founo
only in Sardinia and Corsica still higher tenn
perature produced ichnusoides. found sometimes IN
temperate regions during hot summers: Otner
chrysalids gave birth to entirely new species The
general result is that cold heat produces butter
flies found in cold hot countries
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
TO FINISH "FREEL'S FOLLY"
THE BIG NEW STORAGE RESERVOIR OF
BROOKLYNS WATER SUPPLY TO
BE MADE OF USE.

Half dozen employees of the Department CT
Water Supply engaged in patching the
chinks and crevices in the stone facing Of the
embankment of the Freel reservoir, of the
Brooklyn water system midway between Rock
vile Centre and Baldwns, Long Island 1t Is
announced that after $4,000 worth of such
patching this monument TO somebody's blunder-
ing will be ready to receive the floor Of concrete
for which appropriation has been voted,
after delay that is scarcely less than astound-
ing This enormous inciosure has stood idle
and worthless almost eight years. during which
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
He SAID "CUNNEL," OF COURSE.

From The Chicago Tribune
Colonel Hankthunder-It's funny how you Nav
then people say idear Theahs no an IN
idea" a.,
Nortberner-That cuts figure There's no r.
In .C,olonel" and yet all call Ii ''Curnel
Colonel Hankthunder-No sub! BY Jawge, 1
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
WHY VEGETABLES CONE HIGH.

NONE FIT TO USE ARE THROWN AWAY. NoTwITH-
STANDING FOOLISH REPORTS.
The high price OF vegetables has been account
ed for by some people who think that the dry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-21
EMPoRIA sINGERs.
A Chorus Will Attend the Interstate
Musical Festival

Emporia. Kan, March FL Emporia' S
chorus to attend the interstate musical
festival to be held in Kansas City May il
and IS is in active training UpIer the di-
rection of Prof. d. o. Jones and gives
promise of sustaining its old time reputa-
ton, when 1t carried off first prize at the
Hutchinson jubilee twice and then went
to OttaWa's musical festival and captured
the first prize of $500. Indeed, it has near
" all its old time leading voices, with
many additional new ones. Some of the
members have national regulations.
Among the most prominent solo singers
who are in the chorus may be mentioned
SOpranos-M Emma Dent Jones, Mrs
Charles Haines and Misses Martha Nc
Cabe, Alma R. Finley and Lovera Stotlef
Altos-A1isses -Aehsah Harris, Georgia
McGahey and Jennie Thomas.
Tenors-Ed N Strong, Ed Lewis, z. NJ.
Wagner. J. E. Evans, J. A Adams and
J. F. Kenny.
Bassos-Frank o'FJeiI, A B. Powell, ].
2. Lewis, A. A. Garlick, J. T. Burton. Fl.
3. Thomas and J. c. Burnett
The officers of the Choral society are:
DR. E. w. Wagner, president; A. A. Gar
lick, vice president; Mrs. Charles Harris,
secretary; J. 7. Burton, treasurer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-21
LABOR TEMPLE Ar PITTsBURG.
Crawford County Unions Will Build a
Home of Their Own.

Pittsburg, Kan, March 2.-The labor
unions of Crawford county contemplate
building a labor temple in this city this
summer A lot has been secured Oh
Broadway and the building will be 60x150
feet and three stories high. fhe total
cost of the structure will be $4,000
and when completed it viii be one Of
the handsomest public buildings in the
state.
The basement will have swimming
pool of six feet Of water and win be
equipped with trapeze and all other
equipments for athletic training: also
billiard parlors and pool room. The sec
ond floor will have three association
rooms, the partitions being made of
steel rolling curtains SO that when oc-
CASTOR requires the whole floor can be
made into one large assembly room. The
third floor will have a number of rooms.
the largest one to be used as a court of
arbitration, where differences can be dis
oussed in privacy
There are eight members of the trades
unions in the vicinity of Pittsburg and
each local organization is to share its
part of the expense by assessing its
members. The plan has been considered
for. some time and its success is assured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-21
His Younger Brother WIN Ride
His Fast Ones.
STABLE OF TEN COLTS
Shipped to Washington For the
Bennings Meet.
Little Prize Fighter Expects to
Quit the Ring.

New York March 2l.-Terry AfcGovern
is after other honors than those pugilistic-
He is the possessor Of a stable Of good
thorouglabreds that were put on edge by
Trainer Eddie Hughes at Sheepshead Bay
track. Hughes developed some good ones,
such as Sadducee and Jack Point When
he shipped a stable OF ten horses TO Wash
ington for the Bennings meeting. 1t came
out that Terry McGovern was the owner
and his brother Phil one Of the stable
Jockeys Phil is ~ years old and a
midget His first mount in any race will
be on Lady Padden, entered for the IIsJ
event al Bennings- He has been eNsrcls-
ing horses for two years under Frank Nc
Cabe's tuition.
Terry McGovern's string includes Isia.
Tim D.. Sig Resented Kerry Lady. VIII
liam II. Joe McGovern aud Lou House
man. His racing cOlOrS are red jacket,
green sleeves and green cap Terry was
at Sheepshead when the horses were ship
ped and rode Lou HOuseTnan to the cars.
He was a little nervous. When asked
whether he invested his purses won at
fights in the stable he said;
mo. / bought the horses with money ]
won playing the races"
Sam Harris his manager, corrobOrates
this, and says Terry Is one of the lucklest
bettOrS he ever knew 1t was only last
year that McGovern started playing the
ponies"
Harris bought the first horse. Isia. In
partnership with friend Then Terry
got the fever and they turned things over
to him. McGovern expects great things
Of the two Falcaner colts. Lou Housemaa
and Joe MC(aDNeFn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-21
AGGRESSIVE STRIKERS.
They Are Making Much Trouble For
the Authorities at Marseilles.

Marseilles. March 21-The situation
here is very disquieting, owing to the
/ increasing aggressive attitude Of the
strikers During the disorders today the
panic spread to the townspeople and
stores, restaurants and cafes, which l.ur-
riedly closed. The Rue de la Clam
berie ard the other leading thorough
fares Of the city were deserted 1t was
feared that the mob, which was charged
by mounted gendarmes and hussars,
would resort to piliage.
"A crowd numbering 1000 burst through
a Gordon Of infantry along the dock
side The cavalry charged and drove
the strikers back A VOlley Of stones
was then thrown IN all directions, and a
bfigadier, two gendarmes, a hussar and
several irfantrymen We're injured. One
gen6arne was stunned, thrown from his
horse and trampled upon by the cav
airy he was removed to a hospital,
where he lies in a critical condition.
The soldiers We're greatly exasperated,
but the officers succeeded in controlling
them.
The strikers are irritated at the refusal
Of the premier, NJ Waideck- Rousseau, to
receive the socialistic mayor Of Mar
SeiiieS, NJ. fIaSSlefes, who sought to Oh
tain government pressure TO force the
masters to negotiate, the masters hav-
ing declined to do SO en- the ground that
the strike was unjustifable and a
breach Of a previous agreement.
a. Flassieres threatens that the So
cialists viii make reprisals for the in
suits from the government, and he
points out that he stood aloof from the
pTC-Kruger demonstration at a moment
when, as he puts it, by entering Mr..
Krugeg's carriage he might have won a
popular triumph.
Two hundred women, several with
babes in arms. participated in today's
demonstration. in spite of the rain.
With the exception Of the socialist or
gans the press shows little sympathy
with the strikers. The public generally
recognizes that the strike has already
done an immense amount Of injury and
may completely ruin the port The gov
rrnment is in an embarrassing position
especially NJ Millerand, the minister at
commerce. IS the socialists demand that
the government should intervene in ia
vOr Of the strikers and are discounted
at the employment Of troops On the
other hand, the government is urged to
take vigorous measures to secure the
freedom Of labor, especially in view of