The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-28
new YORK CITY GOSSIP
MERCHANTS PAY BLACKMAIL OR
CLEAR SIDEWALK
EducatiOnaIists Visiting Southern
SchOOIs-Vanderbilt Director in
New International Bank Miss
Morton Not Duchess-JeweIed
Bible.

Morton Not a Duchess-JeweIed
Bible.
NEW YORK, April 27-Charges that
| inspectors of the bureau of membranes
are Systematically levying blackmail upon
merchants by means of the ordinance
| forbidding obstruction of the sidewalks
have been filed with Mayor Low and Bor-
| ough President Cantor. Evidence of a
strong nature in one case has been given
by the Merchants association to Mr. Can
tor, who, for the past week, has been
| personally making an investigation which
is not yet completed.
| In the course Of his inquiry Mr. Cantor
| discovered evidences that men not con-
nected with the bureau had been i'm
personating the inspectors and demanding
blackmail, and, as a result of this dis
! covery two men were arrested by the po-
| lice of the Leonard street station
In all cases orders to remove obstruc-
! tons from sidewalks We're given verbally
instead of in writing, as the law re
| quires so that evidence sufficient for the
framing of criminal complaint could
| not easily be found. When reports Of
| the continuance Of the practice, which
! prevailed during the last few years, were
| received by the Merchants association,
| the matter was referred to Mayor Low,
| who told d. Leroy Dresser, it's president,
| that he would accept the cooperation
| of the association in breaking up the
! practice.
Educators Visit South.
| AS the guests of Robert G. Ogden. a
| director of the General Education board,
about eighty men and women interested
| in Southern education left for a tour of
| two weeks, during which time Southern
schools and Institutions will be visited
The first day of the trip was spent at
| boswell, Va; Wednesday was given up
| to old Point Comfort, Va, and on Thurs
day the anniversary at Hampton was
| celebrated
! Passing through Danville, Va, and Lulu,
| Ga, a stop of three days will be made
/ at Athens, Ca. The rest of the, itinerary
includes stops at Calhoun, Montgomery
and Auburn, Ala; Tuskegee, Booker T.
| Washington's school. Chattanooga, Knox
| vile, Tenn, and Christiansburg, Licking
| ton and Luray, Va. The last stop will
| be at Gettysburg
! Alfred Vanderbilt Is Director.
| Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt has been
| elected a director Of the new international
| Banking Corporation, which is to collect
| the United States indemnity from China.
! The company has already established
branch in China, and will also establish
| branches in the Philippines
Title of Miss MOrtOns Husband.
People are asking by what Fight ex-
| Gov. Mortons French son-fn-law, Count
Bosom de Talleyrand Perigord, has as
| sumed the title of Duke of Valencay,
which he now bears on his visiting cards
! and which he uses in sending notices of
his social movements to the various news
papers,
| Young Bosons father, who is completely
imbecilG and declared by the courts to
! be demented, is Duke Of Talleyrand, of
| Perigord, of Valencay and Sagan, the
| first three of them French dukedoms and
! the latter German dignity, all of which
| ne inherited from his father a few years
| ago.
! AT his death these four titles, which
| are the exclusive and inalienable property
| of the chief Of the Talleyrand family.
| will pass to his eldest son, Hellie, now
| known as the Prince de Sagan, whose
relations with his mother and his younger
| brother, Bosom, are most strange, and
| whose disputes have frequently Of late
| been aired in the courts
A French nobleman cannot confer any
/ one of his titles as a gift upon any one
| or his sons during his lifetime If sane
and still less has he the right to give ia
! a younger son what belongs by right of
! inheritance to the elder 1t has been
| alleged that the possession of the chateau
of Valencay carried with it the title. OF
duke. But this is an error, for there is
| no French chateau that carries with II
any title, ducal or otherwise
Under the circumstances young Count
Boson's action in styling himself Duke OF
| Valencay must be regarded as not 1usti-
| fed, either by law or by usage and II
seems pity that so sensible and nice q
! girl as Helen Morton should be compelled
| by her husbands foolishness to adorr
| herself with borrowed pIumes.
JeweIed Medieval RihIe
r. s. Morgan, nephew Of T. Pierpont
| Morgan. and member of the banking
mouse of J. g. Morgan & Co., London
correspondent of the Morgan banking
! dlaeVal Bible Of such rare worth that
the parchment was held by the customs
authorities and sent to the appraisers
Stores 1ra :; TOT E valuation. It's approximate
- D Morgan's home is in St Johns
| Wood. London, but he is a frequent
traveller by the White Star line, and
| was here only two months ago. Like his
uncle, he is fond of collecting rare works
| of art and ancient volumes. Unable to
| declare the value Of the Bible on the
steamer Mr.. Morgan was taken before
/ Deputy Collector Williams
| The manuscript yellow with age, was
written by monks of the eighth century
| in monastery in Italy.
The Bible is very thick and large The
embellishments consist of a beautiful il
Illuminated text and many-cOlored precious
! stones set in the covers
! At the head of each CHAPTER in each
book the caption is an Illuminated head
line; The colors retain a remarkable
freshness.
The stones with which the parchment
| is studded are garnets. sapphires. emer-
| aids and diamonds. 1t was principally
| on account of the value of these stones
that the manuscript was sent to the pub
lie stores for appraisement.
More American Invasion.
The palace of the sultan of Linga.
| which potentate holds sway over small
| be equipped with complete electric light
/ plant Of Yankee manufacture
! TWO New York firms will supply the
/ equipment which was ordered through
! ali American electrical engineering and
| contracting firm in Singapore.
Iloflo, Philippine Islands, is to have an
| up-to-date American electrical plant for
railway and lighting use. A. Burling-
! hame Johnson, formerly United States
| consul at Annoy. China, is primarily in
| terestcd in the plan.
AT electric railway system is to be
| constructed between Iloilo, Jaro and
4 MOlo. The road will be about ten miles
| in length and viii open up a rich and
| popular section of the country.
| Several interesting orders have been
| placed within the last few days on be-
| half Of British and other foreign gov
| errments.
A Bridgeton IN j. firm has secured a
| large order for special machinery for
! dian government has ordered a 400-ton
| coming press for the Calcutta mint, and
| to the Peruvian government is to be
| Shirped an outfit of presses. rolling mill