Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06
,RouND ABOUT NEW York.
nipples on the Current Of Life In the
MetrOnOlIa

on the Current OF Life In the
Metropolis.
The report OF the Board Of Health for
1902 present interesting facts and com
p~arisons respecting the vital statistics OF
York City. During the year the
death rate was 1874 per 1000, considerably
the lowest ever reported, and n decrease Of
per 1000 from the rate for 1901. The
Board OF Health figures that this was a
saving Of 4,619 lives in the year.
Regarding consumption, which Is classi-
fed as an infectious disease. the president
of the Board of Health. DR.. Lederle says
optimistically that the control Of the
white plague, and It's ultimate eradication"
is being brought about by the scientific
measures which in 1902 reduced the number
of deaths by $50 from the total OF the pre-
ceding year. In smallpox, too. there was
a decrease, the number Of deaths being
100 less thar in 1901. In typhoid, how
ever, there was a slight increase. There
were 4,907 more births and 1858 more
marriages in 1902 than there were In the
year previous.
The young people OF Braoklyn broke all
borough records in marriages. 9,014 couples
being united in the twelve months ending
last week. This was an increase over
1901 of III marriages. Tn total number OF
births was %, 507 and the deaths 22,Sl5. The
death rate was the lowest in fifteen years,
and for the FIRST time in ten years the
births outnumbered the deaths.
Promotion to be a full engineer is the re-
ward given Assistant Engineer Henri Pom
mier OF the steamship la Champagne. who
risked his life to save a comrade and then
-zo-an4,I rareIhIo fp4,try 20 the vaadal nv
hanging head down in the steamers fun
mel, above the roaring furnace and fixing
a roken damper. A gresser who had been
ordered to open the big damper which had
become clogged in the funnel was overcome
by the gas and lost consciousness. Pom
mier, seeing him from the deck in immi-
nent peril Of tumbling town the funnel into
the fire below, climbed to his assistance
and brought him to the deck, where he was
revived. Pommier then returned to the fun
mel and, fastening a wet sponge to his nose,
permitted a comrade to hold him by the
ankles, head down, and with the ship toss
ing like a cork and the fierce flames
straight below him, he fixed the damper
and was pulled out. He has been pro-
NOTED to be a full engineer.
Raines law hotels, the establishment Of
which was effected against vigorous pro-
test, do not seem to have proved profitable
in Greater New York. The report for the
past year Of the State Excise department
shows that while in June l. 1900, there
we're 3,574 such hotels in Manhattan, Brook
Ign and the Bronx, the lumber today is
only 2,Os6-a reduction OF 1,4ss, or more
than 43 per cent.
The total receipts from the liquor tax
Iour a., fha efafo for thu daHnl war; andtnR
September 80. 1909, we're s12,511, 1858, ar in
crease of $48, 694 over the preceding year.
The convictions for violation Of the law in
Manhattan and the Bronx have increased
from eight in November, 1898, to S15 in
November, 1902.
"Did you heard about dot choke which
we're played on Waldbauer, der baker?'
asked the standard bearer OF the Kuene-
kamp Pinochle club, quoted by the Sun,
dot is funny" he continued. "A man
What he don't know before comes on his
bakery Saturday afternoon and orders
twenty-five New Years pies. Der baker
don't got none cooked. but tells dot felleI
to pay a small deposit und he will make
der pies cooked on order by s o'clock.
DER man pays SO cents down. und der
comes later on my saloon und / don't know
him, too. He told me he would like to have
ten bottles Of vine on trust till s o'clock
When 1 said l didn't know him he asked
me do l know der baker, Waldbauer.
"'Sure,' l said. I just see der baker 81
on der udder side Of der street"
80 dat strange man he shouted. Hey
Mr.. Waldbauer. will you have dem twenty,
FIVE for me by 8 o'clock?' Der baker shouted
back: Yes, l have der whole twenty-five
for you by s o'clock. sharp Dot strange
man den yelled back, Give twenty to Mr.
Kuenekamp,' und Waldbauer shouted al
right, / will give him twenty
"Of course l believed dey we're friends unC
dey we're talking about some money vhlcl
der baker mebbc owed dat man, SO / said
Take along dot bottled vine. stranger, unC
l will get dot money from W%aldbauer.' 81
der stranger took der vine.
'Yust between s O'Clock Mr.. WaldbauerI
boy brings me twenty New Years pies
und / give dem out to eat to my customers
because / believe dey were a New Year
present from der baker. UNI When ! asl
Waldbauer for der bottle vim money h
asked me for der pie money. cause he TIM
dot strange man we're a friend from me
Dots a good yum on der baker. amt it,"
Real estate assessments in New Yorl
City, according to the tax commissioners
nave been increased nearly $500, 0Oo, 00
under the new system Of taxation adopted
by the fusion administration. In last year
assessment real estate was valued at abou
So $50, 900, 900. and this year the assessment
will reach a total of 81, $50, 0OO. 900.
While this tremendous increase In real es
tate valuations is being effected, the ad'
ministration also is increasing by $4,000,
900, 900 the tentative assessments" on per
sonal property. By these increases the tai
commissioners believe the city tax rate foi
the current year can be cut In half. In
stead of continuing the present rate OF S2.2
a tax rate of SLIP in predicted.
A crowd gathered at Third avenue ant
Fifty-seoond street one day last week Il
IL. - ,hot annaarad IN ha an Intoxicated