Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-20
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
nipples in the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.

Ripple In the Current of Life I'm the
Metropolis.
Onncial and social circles of Gotham, as
we'll as much Of the population in general,
are in a state OF nervous exhilaration, in
creasing as the hour of Prince Henry's ar
rival approaches. The great function on
the program, aside from the free-for-all
welcome, is operas night Of royalty. Stand
ing room at that show costs s., and opera
seats, par value, $50, are now quoted in
the market at $50 bid. One proud owner
of two seats says that he wouldn't part
with them for $500. Prince Henry's re-
ception will be a series of official and So
cial functions that will engage the interest
of public and society for nearly a week.
People from the provinces which
means the rest OF the United States, de-
string to get into the royal crush in New
York, may do so with a reasonable degree
Of safety. The postofice inspectors have
captured the king Of green goods men and
there is little likelihood that he will re-
sumo business for months to come, IL at
all. He has aliases to burn, but his last
known name is John Jordon, a regular
jayjay among jays. The game he worked
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doing away with "steerers' and come
ons." 1t consisted simply Of a liberal use
Of circulars explaining the business and a
generous distribution Of genuine 81 bills.
From those who received the circulars
and samples a certain percentage fell into
the trap and sent on money orders for not
less than $50. In return they expected to
receive a bundle of the supposed spurious
money and got nothing. From the pile OF
letters which the postofhce inspector has
collected addressed to Jordon It is evident
that the business is profitable. The in
spector managed to intercept 200 or 300 OF
these letters, each containing not less
than $50.
Fifteen hundred east side peddlers and
pushcart men marched to the city hall one
day last week and then sent q delegation
Of their leaders to Mayor Low to com.
plain Of their treatment by the police. They
had been driven of the street and had been
told that it was by order Of the mayor.
The mayor was astonished. He had given
no such order. I'VE are law-abiding citi-
zens." said the spokesman of the delega-
ton, "but the trouble is that few of us
understand the regulations. When Presi-
dent Roosevelt was president I walked
arm-in-arm with him through the streets
of the east side. He investigated the
grievances OF the peddlers and arranged
matters so we had no further trouble. All
we ask OF you, Mr.. Mayor, is to give us
your good will and enable us to make a
living once more" Mayor Low looked at
the crowd of patient men standing out
side, most OF whom understood little or
no English, but all of whom had found
their means of livelihood taken from
them, and he promised to investigate the
whole matter and see what could be done.
For six months past, relates the Even
ing Post, a large room in a Broadway
ofice building has been tenanted under
peculiar conditions. 1t is on the fifth floor
and its sole occupant is a huge phono-
graph. From 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. every week
day this photograph grinds on; not the
usual assortment Of tunes, but one only, a
dirge. some one enters the room In the
morning to start the machine and again
at night to stop it. The door is open all
day and the instrument is SO placed that
it sends the waves OF sound directly across
the hallway. Many persons whose business
has occasioned calls in the building have
wondered at the waste of sound and space
and have learned that 1t was simply to
crafty the old desire to get even"
For years the tenants Of that building