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New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
FLORIDA'S HOTEL POPULATION.
The State Was Not Quick to Realize, as
Now, Its Great Advantages

From The Jacksonville Times Union
One of the least populoqs among the older STATES 76
lem of government almost unique In that u con
tains within itself population important oy conn
is much alien in training. thought and haoitS OF
life The man interests and feeling olnd MN
his ancestry to the Norman Conquest. and who
rules his pa trimOnial by right or deed from
the sword hand dead five hundred years ago, the
French nobleman passes him the time of day and
German may give him personal recoIIeeu0nS GU , o.
whom Popultsts have taught MIN 70 Iock upon - -
a natural enemy. may chuck his baby under the
chin. and the Republican leader in the Senate " 10
has helped 70 give MIN an appropriation Io5
neighboring harbor. may fish with him all day
These pass and repass as the seasons come and go.
but need not look upon them as mere strangers
The Floridian gives to these great conmuniSts
within our own the safety and confidence OF as
sured law and order; from the visitors may
learn the cosmopolitaniSrn that to others can ONLY
come as the best fruit of long travel and they
are or should be the embodiment of a market
brought to our own doors-a blessing FOR wAich tns
nation has gone to the PhilIppines ana VIII again.
perhaps, send it's army to invade Asia
There a time when we We're taught the
hotels took nothing from US and left nothing with
us-which condition, when true was our fault and
our loss Usually the capital invested in them IL
not FIordian at first, because we had 1t not
neither the men the money needed.
But IL becomes Floridian of ueceSsity-it helps
us pay taxes. makes dead communities live. II
the investor TO view the land OF promise. and II
makes us friends who stand In the courts where
power resides. The town that has no hotel IeeIs @
many who have them feel IL necessary to arouse
antagonisms and make a division OF interests
and goes but brings friends for the winter W no
remain friends during the summer as Thousand
experiences have proved Wnen our ooaruS OF
trade seek capital for local enterprises or ask
the attention OF administration politically Op-
noInts where these touch we stand together. and
a better understandNS will always help both
longer lives for his little neishoorhood
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
extra appropriation will be mace by the city for It's

Some small up-State county that has no ols'ihc
tive or pec,lar method Of keeping RECORDS can se'
a good set of books for little or nothing III Dioo-
lvn These ponderous volumes. when are no" "a"
ING I'M valuable room In the cellar or the court
honse cost the city several thousand doilars' put
for nearly ten years they have been Whlte ele-
phant and if some should make way win tneih
ro,,o dark night il would be great relief TO the
keeper of the building and to Register Neal VINO
might be supposed to have some authority over
them but denies it The books were specially
printed and bound in the of Register Ihnmas
Kenna Cs92-94. When Register Harman came liieo
office he changed the existing system or recoldllS
and discarded the set books. which had not been
used as being unsuited to the new system; ne ne
hooks were relegated to the cellar OF the Hlli OF
Records where. forgotten, they collected dust; ou.,
barring little yellowness on the covers tney are
practically undamaged When the cellar Was @hs
Cleared out preparatory to the alterations IN me
Hail of Records the volumes brought to light
and then taken the courthouse cellar An efIort
WAS made to get some official to dispose OF thern
but ne one would admit any authority over them:
Register Neal says: L have decided that nave
no jurisdiction the books and guess II up 70
the Supreme Court TO order some ollciai ~ sen
henn
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH.

That people, like things are mot always "hat
they seem" was illustrated last week III 'ile
offices of the Board of Health, In Chnton-sI
grave smooth shaven man, dressed IN pla0h =
coat black tie and silk hat-entered the ONCE Vi
the secretary Of the department Dozens OF men
similarly clad and suitably grave visit the f1eal'h
DEPARTMENT every day. They are undertaherS
whose business brings them there ana 'ne Ni'i.Ol
seemed in no essential respect different from the
others without giving his name. the stranger
announced his business. He had been commls-
stoned he said by actor who was out OF the
CITY to see about the removal Of a booy from
Greenwood to the west. The necessary appLca-
ton was made out, when the clerk suddenly looked
up and said to the applicant: - -,
srYou are the undertaken in this case. or course:
A sad sort of q smile came over the grave
features of the stranger. as he reolleo; -
well no: / am not undertaken. althouSH my
calling may sometimes be placed IN lhe saIie @
category. I am professional comedian, anu NY
name is Ezra Kendall" -
The clerk gasped for breath. and had not OFT re.
gained his conposure when the actor. a sao Slniie
stiIl on his lips passed out the door
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

SAYS he succeeded I'm getting the balance. Wher
Captain Gardiner heard of McKays visits he asked
him about the matter. and induced him to make
an affidavit to the allegations he had made against
the officer Acting Inspector Campbell accordingly
preferred charges against Cohen.
Cohen at one time travelling salesman and
afterward Alabama land boomer. When
he appointed on the police force several years
ago he sent to Canarsie, and later was trans
ferred to Manhattan. There he got married ana
went on his honeymoon without leave of absence.
Chief Devery fined him five days pay. Cohen re-
marked. on leaving the courtroom:
''If was Pat or a Mike l would not have been
fined"
When Devery told of this remark Cohen was
sent to patrol the streets of Tottenyille, Staten
Island. He obtained a transfer to BrownsV1ile a
year ago.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

The Brooklyn Institute Museum will exhibit to-
day its first acquisition from the Woodward Memo
rial Fund for the purchase OF American pictures
The painting is the which received the Inness
gold medal at the recent exhibition of the Academy
of Design. 1t is the Gray Morning by Leonard
Ochtman. The dimensions 40 by 80 inches
Colonel Robert 3. Woodward. Of Brooklyn. gave
to the Brooklyn Institute Museum some time ago
$50 600 of which $3.50 be placed interest
and the fncome TO be devoted the purchase of
American paintings. The income from the remain
ing sum was be devoted TO the purchase Of
works of art
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

fvnp dose of this poison for five cents and become
dead drunk for 10 cents on tne s1ae 10 he S done To
counteract the influence Of such tranc: ,,,,,.s
DR. Hills has in view as an addition to Plymouth
Church many at.racuve 1ba vnnog men of the
lower Brooklyn district from the low DIVES 10 pe
found along the waterfront, ana even nearer 'he
Borough Hall
PeopIe who believe that the traditions OF ot-
Valentine have largely passed away VIII De aston
;shed TO learn that about four hundred thousaho
valentines had been received at the Brooklyn post
Office up to O'Clock yesterday afternoon and that
Postmaster Roberts had to put on 100 extra car
rers in order TO clear up the congestion that tne
missives had caused in the office Estimating them
at 10 cents EACH which is extremely low when one
considers that many of the valentines were of the
ella borate kind that are in boxes, the tributes
of affection passing through the Brooklyn once
Yesterday cost $4,000. Walter r. Smith, superin-
tendent of mails says that the St Valentines Day
mail this year much larger than a year ago
and he is at a loss to account for the sudden in
crease in the popularity OF the valentine
Deputy Fire Commissioner Laimbeer has warmed
the hearts of the Brooklyn fremen by plans that
he has perfected for giving them hot drinks at big
fires There is building in local shop what
IS TO be known as the coffee wagon" This will
be fitted with large patent tanks, which keep
LIQUIDS hot for The wagon will be placed in
some convenient engine house, and will go out TO
all alarm lres in COLI weather. bearing hot cheer
and renewed strength 10 the fremen. Large coffee
boilers such as used In big restaurants will
kept filled with boiling water and coffee enough
tn fill the wagon tanks be made on short no.
tice Deputy Commissioner Eaimbeer is paying for
the coffee wagon out Of his own pocket but the
fremen talking of starting fund to maintain
IL The Deputy CommisS6 hopes that some
day the necessity of such adjunct TO the de-
partment viii be % gensralV recognized thai an
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

most advantageous forms of athletics for the Ma
tional Guard; Only officers whose CON eoiiindiiuS S'
members of the association can compete
Ex-colonel Harry w Michel of the 14th Regi-
ment will review his old command on Saturday
evening February 2S Sergeant E. Steffens. OF
Company E. has been elected second lieutenant
Lieutenant John T. Griffin. of Company b, VINO
was recently fined 800 by court martial. Is not
allowed drill with his company. having oeen
detailed for duty I'm the Quartermasters Depart
ment of the regiment He has appealed to n1gner
headquarters against the detail, and has asked 10
be placed on duty in his company
Major General Roe will review the 18th Regiment
on Thursday evening, February IS
Second Lieutenant j. D. Brane. jr.. Company A.
9Th Regiment has been elected first lieutenant
He served in the eth Volunteers In the war with
Spain as a corporal and sergeant. The regiment
will parade for drill Friday, preparatory to a
review to be held probably the latter part OF the
present month Colonel Morris has appointed
Lieutenant James ]. Walsh. of Company A, bat
talon adjutant. He has been member OF the
With Snai1 Served in the volunteer regiment as a
sergeant first sergeant and first lieutenant
Captaiu J. T. Ashley Of Company G. 18th Regi-
ment has been nominated fer the vacant major
ship In that command. Ar election is expected to
be held next Tuesday
In Company G. of the fsd Regiment, Second
Lieutenant D. B. BIanton is the candidate for
first lieutenant and First Sergeant W E. Beattie
is the candidate for second lieutenant when that
office becomes vacant by the promotion or Lieu
tenant Blanton.
Sergeant David s. Brown of Company B. I'D
Regiment son of former Colonel David 5. Brown.
has been unanimously elected second lieutenant IN
place of Lieutenant Wolff. promoted Lieutenant
Brown is an old member OF the company ana
spanish- American War veteran Major Bennett
s Beach surgeon, who has completed ten years
and iS one Of
known medical officers in the Guard, has decided
to resign much to the regret of the regiment. and
efforts are making get the major TO reconsider
his determination A set OF resolutions has been
prepared signed by every officer In the regiment.
EXPRESSING regret at his intended Withdrawal
Company G has won the Brown trophy. for rapid
fire against all the other teams of ten men IN the
regiment The shoot for the officers trophy VIII
begin the last week of this month Cor,pany ri
will hold It's annual dinner on February ~
Members of the 18th Regiment intend to take a
prominent part In the coming tournament OF the
Military Athletic League. Company will put a
wall scaling team In the field to rect all comers
which is now being instructed by Mr.. Clark. the
athletic Instructor of the regiment
| Company C. of the eth Regiment. will hold an
election next Wednesday night for first iieuten-
ant I'm place OF Branard. deceased Second Lieu
| tenant N. Eugel Is expected to Dc the choice OF
tina company
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
MRS. sIeeET DIES FROM BURNS.

Mrs Ann Bigget elshty-one years old. who lived
alone In the room on the second floor OF No.
IA Cariton-aSe.. Brooklyn, died yesterday morning
at the Cumberland-st. Hospital from the effects OF
burns received by the explosion of oil lamp
N her apartment on Friday night At the time
OF the accident Mrs. Kate Fitzgerald. wife OF
John Fitzgerald, gunnery sergeant at the marine
barracks who lives the second floor. heard the
explosion ana ran to Mrs. Biggets room. She
found Mrs Bigget speechiess, but not unconscious.
and holding or to the sink in her room She threw
a piesa of carpet over her
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
MISS MURRAY, TEACHER, WINS CASE

Miss Florence L. Murray. a teacher in Public
School No. 2S Herkimer-st. and Ralph-ave.
Brooklyn, discharged from custody yester-
day by Magistrate Manner in the Gates-ave court
and cleared Of the charge of beating pupil Philip
Schmidt. Magistrate Manner said it was not
charged or shown that the teacher deliberately
struck the bows head against the wall, and that
II his head really in contact with the wall
II was accidental, and therefore the teacher had
no intention causing any such injury Intent to
do wrong the first and essential element IN
assault remarked the magistrate.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
CALL FOR DR.. VANCE.

A call has been received by the Rev. Dr. Alex
ander Vance, rector of st. Michaefs Protestant
Episcopal Church. In High-st. BrookIyn' from 'ne
vestry of Grace Church. Sandusky. OHIO. TO become
rector of that parish Dr. Vance was Formerly
assistant rector of the Church of the Holy Irln-
ity and from there was called 10 ST Mlchaei
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
PICTURE EXHIBITION CLOSES.
MANY Attended That at the Union League
Club in Brooklyn.

The annual loan exhibition of pictures Of the
Irnion League Club which closed last night was
one of the most successful ever held there the
committee aimed only American artists rep
resented but of the III works shown there were
a few good examples of foreign artists work. The
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
Drunk for five cents.

Dead drunk for 10 cents.
This was sign which the Rev. DR.. Newell
Dwight Hills, pastor OF Plymouth Church. saw
posted outside of low groggery on the East Side
not long ago. He spoke of il in his sermon last
Sunday depicting the depths OF depravity to which
men could sink in this city Think of the invita-
ton to crime contained in that sisn!' he said
Inside the shop probably was barrel containing
ffo gallons of bad whskey. in the bottom sedi-
rtenf of arsenic. of copperas and of logwood, and
the rest rain water. And could get a stupe-
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.

CAPTAIN Louis Wendell of the 1st Battery has de-
cided to hold a review and dance at the arnlory
on or about March Ii. This will. it is expected, be
the last social event of the battery in the old
ermorv as the new armory will be ready for the
battery in few weeks.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
THE HUMBLE CONSUMER.

From Puck
She-Have YOU ordered the coale =,
He-My dear. have begged. entreated aud SuppI--
Gated the dealer TO send some. In times hke 49,
Z wouldn't think or oxdAr,nS Y
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
Low Priced Ribbons
That Will Cost More Later.

We can't keep the prices down right along
~ the cost of raw silk keeps jumping higher'
rs ii promises Foresighted women VIII i iooh
ahead a bit and save now. We hao TO looN ~
ahead q long way we should never nave
had these fine and up to date Ribbons Tor SO
little now.
Here is a new pattern for which we nave
the exclusive Brooklyn distribution:
inch wide jacquard woven block pattern. some Spil
coIors. some with white block m cooreo srouIIo
or vice versa; you'll find many uses tor II a' tac ac
price. - -'--
o. ,o, ,,,a. aoube satin Liberty Ribbons. of a
superior quality; nine best coiors anu o'A'A Iac
white; 25c. quality for =,
,n ;,cb sa+In tafeta Ribbons soft and lustrous Al
wanted colors and black and white - i'o
sL inch wide taffeta mousselne Riooons IN m cen
5irTerent colorngs plain and Eace; TINS is ne az
cented millinery Ribbon OF the season; you II a .S-
70 nav 39c for quality later; to-norro" a'''S
Main floor. centre. East Building
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

Miss Grace Chauncey. daughter OF MI anu -li =
,,,al C,bsuncey whose engagement to Woodward
Baboock of Manhattan, announced last fall'
will receive with aunt, Miss Chauncey OF -.
lzO Joralemon-sJ-. at tea announces ps '0 ~
for the afternoon of February L.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

Colonel Jarvis of the Sth Regiment has decided
m celebrate Washington's Birthday by a review al
the armory on the evening of February q by Ad-
iutant General Henry
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

Mrs Edward C. Dickson gave vaienune luicl- @
eon Yesterday at her home, No Spencer Place.
tn honor Of Miss Ethel L. Siede' whose eHsae
-. = cso-qa w Person was recently an
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

Miss Kate I. Hodges, daughter OF Alfred hooses'
gave a large reception at her home NO 4So Do1 p
60 = .ro.5av .fternoon Miss Hodges
xvss assisted in receiving by Miss Juiiette oen-
hack Miss Amelia B. HolleIback- Miss bhzaoe'"
T. butcher Miss Lillian r. Main and MISS thIa-
beth T NcKeen. The rooms were oecorateu VIZ"
,,,rk roses The reception was followed by supper
lI.-h .tn -aceJx-nr narrv which served al d
th, toh SecnTated with pink roses and St Valentine
cav
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

The National Guard Association of New-fork IS
to offer s75 and s5 the two best essays ON the
most advantageous forms of athletics for the Ma
tjonaI Guard ONLY officers whose commands are
members of the association compete.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

Announcement is made of the engagement Oh
Ar,se Marian Brown daughter of Mrs Samuel
Rrovn of Lefferts Place. and Chester A Go"oes-
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

The tbird OF the Sagam re dances was hela on
Wednesday evening in the Pouch Gallery Tie
committee IN charge comprised Frederick J. Huti'
Valentine G. Bradell and Carroll H Dunnine' as
sisted by the floor committee, a. WoodcoGk HoNe'
Ilovd E. Appleton, John T Macdonald, CharIes H.
Valentine and Alfred Maeen.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

Among the patronesses of the concert OF tno
.,.cke- Glurnna. at the Brooklyn Academy OF MUSIC
on March g. are Mrs ]. Douglas Adam -Hrs 'uildh
n r-.,-cbEd Mrs Horace c. Du VAL Mrs Camoen
y y pGIs NJ Frederic w Hinrichs, Mrs w w
S5aodrich Mrs J. Rogers Maxwell MIS-. 141iDerS erS
I woodruff Mrs. Lowell NJ Palnner, MIS- A~O
Barr and Mrs Herbert L. Pratt
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

The second of the Ballard Glee C1uo concef'
dances viii take place at the Pouch Gaiers on
Thursday.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

Announcement is made of the engagement OF MIS-
.1sree-et Low White. daughter of Mr. and Mrs
william A. White. of Columbia Heights. and Fran
els NJ Wild of Boston
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

The ve6djns of Miss Jessie E Morse. daughter OF
NJ and Mrs Edward p. Morse. and john t. can't
well took place Wednesday evening al INC
home of the brides parents, No 200 Eighth-aVe.
A. Ernest w Chadwick acted as matron OF
honor The bridesmaids We're Mrs bronson ! ~ -,
FlIxtou and Miss Ethel L. Schron Inc pesl niti a,
was Frederick Rose The usheis were Ciaooe ~
Becker and Roy p. Morse
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

AT the Bachelors and Spinsters' Ball on Iuesoa
evening in the Pouch Gallery. in Clinton-ave., Il
large ballroom was transformed into bower
southern sr1ax and pink roses. The Walls we
a mass OF palms and foliage tied with PINK sat
ribbon bows The reception room was decorate
with white azaleas and white roses Among u
natronesses were Mrs. Charles s. Adams. MrS- =
win p Benson. Mrs. z. Rodney tiske MRS Ins. ~ !
i i Exin-ston. Mrs Henry c. Van Ciea4 ana MI
I hester /. Richards
Bisbee daily review., 1903-10-22

Wound Proves Fstsi. Victim Dying Fror. No.nds infii:t.d-Two Mex cans Arrested fer eeins imriicstcc in the Deed.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-10-22
BRILLIANT RECORD OF A NEWS ..,t: PAPER MAN. -.

The success which has attended Wif- liam F. Curtis, the famous correspond ent. of The Chicago Record-Herald. is rarely attained by newspaper W iters
 Beginning his career in Chicago in 1872 as reporter, he rapi,'ly rose 10 he position of managing editor. He resigned that position on receiving a government appointment as secretary of the South American commission. MT Curtis travelled extensively in Cen tral and South America while in this position, producing several popular rolumes as the result of his literary 'abors. Afterward cooperating with Secretary of State James G. Blaine,
 Mir. Curtis organized the work of the
 ,ureau of American republics, with
 he result that he was placed in charge of that organization, and at the Worlds Columbian Exposition he dis
 tinguished himself by his labors as the executive head of the Latin-American department. As correspondent If The Chicago Record-Heraldl, MT. Cur, ttis' travels have carried him into ev- cry sectiOl or the Unlted states as we'll as into all quarters of the globe.
 His China and Japan letters were pub lished in book form likewise his let ters from England. Germany and France, as well as those written dur ing his travels in Mexico and South America s ss-'-tt
 No newspaper correspondent pos sessed the facility shown hr Mir. Cur lis in writing on any of. the diversified subjects embraced in his correspond- e1ce and making it luminous. Nor is any correspondent followed so, close ly year after year by the thousands Of readers of The Chicago Record Herald. On his recent trip to the Holy, Land Gf. C.. ,.- -OstSiS nave DeSG read more closely than ever before, and his descriptions of that interesting section of the globe as it appears today have been quoted everywhere ,,
 A daily letter from MT. Curtis ap- pears in The Chicago Record-Herald.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-10-22
DREW KNIVES
 IN A FIGHT
TWO MExICANS ENGAGE IN AN IMBROGlIO AT THE o. X. SA- LOON, BUT ARE PREVENT ED FROM VIOLENCE
 BY TIMELY INTER
 FERENCE.

Two Mexicans engaged in a fist fight at the O. K. Saloon on O. K. Street last night shortly before 10 o'clock. 1nd wound up the fracas by drawing the ever ready knife. They were sep 4,ated by Baptiste Caretto before they succeeded in doing any damage, how sVe-, and placed under arrest by Con s able Casad.
 5 Both of the men had been drinking and appeared quarrelsome for some tire before actual hostilities com menced. They had been fighting bet 2 few moments. when suddenly both drew their knives. and would have brought about serious. if not fatal, re- suits had not Caretto interfered, knocking one: of the participants to the floor with chair and securing his knife. '...., -.-5. .s. "A.
 The kni.e taken from this one was a common, small pocket clasp knife. while the blade in the hands of the other man. was a long dagger. ana lHi iG515aYe caused a fatality had it's aN-isS seen permi,ted,to use it.
 BG'h were immediately taken before Justice Brown and arraigned on a charge or being drunk and disturbing the peace. They were sentenced to ten days each on the chain gang. --
Bisbee daily review., 1903-10-22
coRoNERs' JOBS
Now Secure, as the Foot Ball Season
 Is Open.

Annapolis, Oct. 21.-In a football game this afternoon between the Navy and Baltimore Medical College teams, Robert E, Levin, of 'P1ainfield, N. H.. a second-year class man of Baltimore Medical College, was killed. The op- posing teams had swayed back and forth over the field about evenly matched. They had just lined up for another effort. when Levin, right ejisrd fsr Baa,imore Mcdics. fell to the ground. His limbs immediately became rigid. He was carried from the field, and five minutes later he was pronounced dead by the attend ing physician, Dr. Henning. of Balti- more. The cause of death Is given out as cardiac syBcopa.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-10-22
LADIES' AID SOCIETY.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Pres 'byterian Church, in conjunction with the Sunday school and the junior c'eTscs cf ,sy--:a7'J.--7 .-'.' ---'t7 ~ v : director, will give picnic Saturday, October 24, at Manzanita fats. Pa rents are requested, as far as possible, to accompany their children. All are requested to.meet at the church at 20 a. m, Saturday with. lunches.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-10-22

What does it cost, do you think, to moneyhack Schilling s Best? @e
 Ask your grocer; he knows