Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-11
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RIppIes on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.

RippIos on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.
During the great reform campaign last
fall Judge Jerome, as q candidate for dis
trict attorney, outran and outtalked his
associates on the ticket. His assaults upon
Tammany and the hosts of evil were con-
tlnuous, fervid, frothy and generally furious.
He proved a distinct success as q candidate,
both for his pyrotechnio oratory and the
unrivaled activity of his press bureau. But
times have changed and Jerome lie jogging
along with the procession. The burdens Of
ofice and the grave responsibilities" OF the
Job weigh so heavily upon him that he has
grown morose and painfully mute. His
press bureau Is hushed and nary a word
comes from his inner consciousness" to
cheer friends or paralyze the foe. The
change is the marvel OF the town. A re-
porter sought to pump him recently. This
was the result:
"what about the Burns case he was
asked.
Nothing to say"
"And about the grand Jury and the wisker
case?"
mot a word"
"And about excise7"
I'm not talking"
what about your not talking?"
I'm not saying q word"
"Why not2'
nv changed my mind"
The collection of Chinese porcelains
formed by the late James A. Garfield, dis
tinctly the finest collection in the world.
has been sold by Mr.. Garheld's estate. The
pnrnhaear fd sha Arm ~ nnvoan nFOQ Of
New York and London.
In the sale Of this unapnroachable collec-
tion to a firm Of dealers the Metropolitan
Museum of Art has lost the possession
which a It distinction among the
museums Of the nations. The collection
has been on exhibition at the Metropolitan
museum for the past few years, and when,
after the death OF Mr.. Garfield, II was
learned that he had not made definite dis
position of his ceramics It was hoped that
the collection would find a permanent place
in the gallery to which he had loaned It.
The purchase price was above $500, 900.
Exact figures were not obtainable. but 1t IL
believed by persons who have good informa-
tion that the sum paid was $500 900.
Following the example OF the Pennsylvania
| railroad the Metropolitan Street railroad
has established q pension system which
will go into effect July 1. This is said to
be the first pension system ever established
by a street railroad company. 1t provides
for voluntary and involuntary retirement of
| all employees between the ages OF So and 20
years who have been continuously In serv-
ice for twenty-five years. Those whose en-
ployment has been for thirty-nve years or
more will receive 40 per cent Of the average
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thirty years service will carry a pension of
30 per cent and twenty-five years Of 25 per
cent. The fund will be supplied by the
company. The employees themselves will
not be asked to contribute to it. The PEN
sion plan is the scheme Of President H. H.
Vreeland.
The New York Herald says the Cunard
Steamship company has decided to build q
pair Of ocean greyhounds that for size
and speed will wrest from the Hamburg line
the Iaurels 1t has held for FIVE years past.
The new ships will be over 700 feet long
and will be driven by engines OF $4,000
horse power. The greatest engine power
ever placed In a thing afoat is the 3 5000
horse power OF the Hamburg American
steamship Deutschland. That has given the
German-built racer the as yet unmatched
average speed on a transatlantic journey OF
1903 knots an hour. 1t Is easily conceiv-
able that an additional IS 1000 horse power
can bring che speed OF an Atlantic courser
up to rs knots.
How much over 700 feet in length the
ships will be Is not stated, but unless the
overall length Of the projected craft ex'
ceeds 704 feet they will not surpass Oceanic
of the White Star line. But with q speed
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greatly surpass 1t in fast going. the White
Star liner, in fact, having little pretensionl
in the way Of speed, being primarily in