Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14

LONbON SE11unNh1 NV LIE
characters of that story were everywhere
and Fagin and his pickpockets were
abroad. There are no more expert thieves
in the world than here, and ! saw a good
specimen of their work as l stood against
the wall. Two men lost their watches in
side Of two minutes. The first was an old
fellow with his wife. As the thief rushed
away the good woman shed tears, saying:
Eyes, they've stolen my husbands watch
The other was a dude in a tall hat, who,
like myself, was out to see the fun. One
thief knocked off the hat, another pushed
the dude and a third grabbed at his watch
chain and took his gold repeater before he
could turn around. I buttoned my coat up
tightly and pushed my way through to one
Of the policemen, telling him of the pick
pockets. He replied:
Yes, this is the pickpockets' harvest.
There will be hundreds OF watches stolen
tonight and we cannot prevent it. You had
better keep off the side streets. There Is
such a Jam here that we cannot watch the
alleys which lead off the Strand. The girls
will entice men into the dark places, when
their pals will knock them down and rob
them. The work is done in a minute and
the thieves get away"
In the next days paper l saw the report
Of a number of robberies of this kind, one
man being knocked down and killed by the
roughs.
And still London has Is 1000 policemen.
and they are, I believe, about the best
police in the world. The city is so great.
however, that they cannot take care OF 1t
all, although they do 80 very we'll In ordi-
nary times.
The police are under the control Of the
home secretary and their jurisdiction ex-
tends in every direction within fifteen
miles Of ChaIing Cross. Three hundred OF
them are mounted and a large part Of their
business is chasing bicycle riders and
bicycle thieves.
The police dress in blue with black he'll
NETS. They are not allowed to carry piss
tolls and their sole weapons are short
clubs.
They are far more polite than our police
men, and this Notwithstanding they DO not
receive nalf the pay. The ordinary police
man gets from $3.50 to $500 a year, and a
sergeant receives from 1856 to $7s5. In ad-
dition to this they are furnished with
clothing or money in lieu thereof.
But | must not forget the American in
vasion. Take a look at London's mighty
paunch and see how It may be filled with
American eatables. There are 5000 .00C
mouths in the city itself; every one OF
these has to be hlled three times a day
and already many are nlled by US. In
deed. It has been rightly said that Eng
land is almost Spoon-ted by the United
States. II her outside supplies were shut
of she could not live for more than sir
months. We annually send her more thar
8 1000. 900 pounds OF beef, 80. 900, 900 pounds
Of bacon. IS, 900, 900 pounds OF cheese, more
than O.OOO. 600 bushels OF wheat and NOR,
than 100. 900, 900 bushels OF barley.
The city has the greatest markets OF tbs
world. Take. for instance, the Copen'
hagen Fields cattle markets near I~slinKton
one OF the scenes Of John 0ilpln's ride
They cover thirty acres and handle Abou.
100000 cattle a year. -Four THOUSAND
beeves and ~ 900 sheep are on the average
sold there every market day and the plac'
has accommodation for 10000 cattle an'
IS 900 sheep.
another great market for cattle 10 tina
OF S%milhheld. on the site where Blood.
Queen Mary burnt the sanity John Roger
at the stake. The place has a bloody his
tory and Il is bloody today. for II Is on
n the chief meat markets Of London. !
is filled with American beef, which Is her