Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-06
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples on the Current of Life in tn,
Metropolis.

Ripples on the Current of Life I'm the
Metropolis.
A railroad man employed on one Of the
roads converging at the metropolis found a
1000 bill on the company's premises and,
being an honest man, turned 1t over TO one
Of the officers. The strange fact was duly
recorded by the newspapers. A large num-
Der Of persons Immediately went through
their pockets and discovered their pile
short that identical bill, and set up a roar
for 1t. One by one their claims were put
in. Each was turned down soon after he
turned up. The stories did not assume an
air Of such exactnees as would justify the
company in handing over the cash. The
matter was finally simmered down to three
men, each Of whom made out a good case
on the face Of 1t. But complications have
arisen. One of these three has a creditor
who did not know that he was the owner
Of so much money. The creditor has there
fore attached the bill, and the custodian Is
farther of than ever from being rid of his
responsibility.
The top notch in Immigration" says the
New York correspondent Of the P~ittsburg
Dispatch, Twas reached Thursday, when
10, 900 immigrants arrived at Ellis Island.
It is estimated by the authorities that the
first week Of April will be a record-break-
ing week, 1t being calculated from reports
already received Of steamers bound for this
port that more thai $4,000 immigrants will
land in that time. The cause Of the enor-
nous increase is believed to be the in
creased demand for labor in the huge con-
struction enterprises that are under way
in this country, or which will be started
soon, such as the Pennsylvania railroad
tunnel, the subway and other tunnel work,
in and near New York: the building of the
state canal, the building OF the wabash
bridge and other giant undertakings at
Pittsburg, and the work OF constructing
the Panama canal, which the immigrants
from southern. Italy seem to be antiei-
pating with keenest interest. There were
many Scandinavians in recent shiploads OF
immigrants, though the greatest number
were Italians. The Scandinavians were APP
p~arently of a better class of people than
the ordinary run of immigrants. Many of
them wore silk hats and had bullying purses
when they gathered in the big hall at
Ellis Island, where their examination was
held. Many Of them brought large families.
The children are for the most part we'll
dressed, and showed plainly that their
parents were we'll able to care for them
The Order Of Acorns, the organization Of
newspaper men which did such valiant work
for the fusion ticket at the last mayoralty
election, has now declared war on the Gas
trust. The multitudes that crossed City
Hall park one morning last week saw In
front of the site Of the demolished hall of
records a booth that had sprung up in the
night with 3 placard across 1t inviting all
gas consumers to enter and sign a me-
mortal to the legislature to promptly pass
the municipal electric lighting bill. No
document was ever more cheerfully signed.
Thousands, at the risk of being late at
their work, stopped long enough to afix
their names TO 1t.
One OF the REVEALS of the old fashions
noticed in New York Is the tendency Of
business men to carry canes. OF course,
there are many men who always take a
cane with them when they go out, and
actors and poets would no more 30 on
Broadway without a cane than without
a hat. But 1t is only of late that many
| hustling men OF AFFAIRS downstairs have
| been noticed with canes in their hands or
hung over their arms, while sitting in
restaurants or of1ces, or scurrying along
Broadway and Wall street. A cane is a
/ useful thing under some circumstances, Out
whether it expedites business as a rule is
an open question.
The Amen Corner dinner at the Fifth
Avenue hotel, April II, is going to be a
stunning affair. Plat and Depew, Black.
sheehan, German Of Maryland, Mayor Low,
District Attorney Jerome, Rev. DR.. Bur-
relI, Senators Foraker and Hanna, Arch
bishop ireland. Chief Justice Parker. Gen
eral Chaffee, Controller Grout, r. Fulton
Cutting, Secretaries Shaw and Cortelyou.
Rabbi Silverman and Attorney General Cum
neen are to be present. Speeches are to b"
limited to ten minutes. and the gavel vii.
90 down promptly every time.
The Empire building. where the United
States Steel corporations ofices are To-
Gated, is to have hve additional stories.
This will make It the tallest building in the
world, not even excepting the Park Row
building, which has twenty-nine floors, in
Guiding those OF the towers. With the
addition the Empire win be $50 feet high,
and a man jumping from the room north
ward would descend 100 feet before striking
the tall spire OF Old Trinity church across
the way.