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of the number of vehicles plying to and
fro on New York streets. According to the
bureau of licenses, 100 are hcehseu'
They are subdvided, in round figures INTO
10000 public trucks, LOCO dirt carts Garry
ing ashes and other refuse, ItVo express
wagons, 700 peddling wagons o,ooo push
carts 30 of the antlquated oth aNeliuS
stages 800 junk carts and 5000 coaches ana
cabs. - ,
It is surprising to find that there are only
G5 hand-organs. operated IN almost ete tS
case by Italians. In London there mus ps
literally thousands, for one is to De ioulu
OF almost every street corner, and certainly
in every slum quarter, where the chlluieli
danca rnerriIy to its strans-the sole pleas
ure in many cases, of their gray HVes.
Figures Tell the Story.
Pint the figures of the bureau of licenses
onIv renresent, that portion of New YORK
vehicles which operate for puphc hie'
Only those vehicles require licenses. Irol-
lev cars, tradesmen's wagons ana carts'
contractors stock. private carriages anu
vehicles owned by the street cleaning ue
partment and other city departments -dii
these require no licenses.
ON a conservative estimate-made by d
man Who has for years studied the traffic
conditions obtaining in the metropolis
thew are at least five times as numerous DIS
the public conveyances. oo ooo
This gives a grand total of over 133,Ooo
of Manhattan. 1t is possible that there are
two or three times many. If process
sion of them were formed, allowing thirty
feet for each horse and vehicle 1t would De
755 miles long.
one department store in New York keeps
756 wagons, push carts and other vehicles
to carry goods to its customers, and 1t is
not one of the three or four largest stores
either.
1.-THE largest stores said the head of the
stables of the store in question, keep any
where from 1000 to 1.30o vehicles each II
the stables of all the department stores OF
New York were Jumped together l believe
they would make good-sized town, even
though a great economy of space has been
effected in recent years by replacing many
thousands of horses with automobiles.
Through the department stores of New
York alone you have a greater volume of
traffic than that OF many towns which con-
slider themselves important places. And
the curious thing about 1t is that there is
hardly ever accident Of any description
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nounced He settled my business in an
easy casual way smoked, and talked OF
things of mutual interest, and finally asked
me the way to certain house IN the pa
zaar ] walked out with him and pointed
il to him and then we parted. When L got
home / saw my servant looking very curl
ously at me, and asked him what was
wrong. and he in turn asked me II L was
sick as he had seen me walk out or the
house talking to dim air and also gestlcu-
lating.
well. 1 threatened and swore, but the
boy stuck to it that no one had either en-
tered the house or left 1t with me- lie
declared that as ! had walked UP the street
two other men also had observed my curl
Gus manner though l was indeed con-
yersing with some friend Not wishing to
have a reputation for foollshness up there;
had to drop the matter. The next time L
saw Mahommed and questioned him he de-
clared laughingly that l must have oeea
asleep and dreamed the whole business. Tor
he certainly had not been in khelat within
the last twenty years! That's gospel. boys.
though l still believe there was string
somewhere"
Great Lord. Give the man some more
rum and then pass it over here do YOU
stand for that yarn, maJor?
No sir; you can't drag me inr'
"All right; go ahead, Billy; only, tell us
about time when you were sober-drunks
don't count"
VERY well, Mac; I'll talk down to your
level. A few years ago we were having a
whole bagful of trouble with the hill pee
pie. as you probably remember, the Brah-
mis- being particularly active. OF all the
hold bad ScalaWagS that ever rushed a
raid. they're the worst! know EN- well.
because l was up north there trying TO
straighten things up. OF course, you know
our policy is conciliatory rather than re-
formatory; that is, / give 'em knife TO
cut your throat on provision that they don't
cut NINE had almost unlimited credit from
Calcutta, but at the end of six months
had to give it UP and skedaddle. They had
made seventeen different agreements re-
garding boundaries, which were solemnly
signed, sealed and delivered at Calcutta,
and seventeen times they deliberately
broke every article in each of those agree
ments and finally, finding they had got
about all 1 had to give, some six hundred
iangling, rafting, daredevils of horsemen
formed an escort and rushed me down
within easy ride of Quota. There we halt
ed, and they rode rings around their leader.
LEAK Abdar Khan, and me, yelling and
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AMONG THE BOSN|ANS
An Amusing People Who Are
Quite Unknown.
LIKE THEIR OLD WAYS
WATCH THE TRAINS SPEED BY
UNMOVED.
fheir Oriental Ways Are Very Dear to
Them and They Hate 20 Give
Up Customs.
LIKE THEIR OLD WAYS

Written for The Evening Star by Julian Miller.
Austria-ITungary is talking again about
putting more railroads into Bosnia. Bosnia
doesn [ care.
The Bosnian prefers to plod over the Kali
dermas, which pretty word describes long
lines of deep holes ana high boulders, opti-
unsteady supposed to form a road in this
interesting land.
Bosnia used to he wallcful enough. A
quarter of a century ago it occupied as
much space regularly in the news as the
other Balkan states do today. In those
days trouble in the Balkans was not
complete without massacre OF Il revolution
in Bosnia.
Sometimes it was at the expense of the
Christians; sometimes the Turks paid the
fiddler. The bill was always large and red
After Bosnia was turned over to Austria
Hungary it became iuglorousiy quiet: and
today it is PROBABLY mentioned less in the
worlds history than most native states of
interior Africa.
If Bosnia is ever shaken out of its Rip
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ness part of Manhattan is as uncommon as
al honest man in politics. The danger 10
life and limb is too great"
Another prominent officials of the New
York police force said that what struck him
most forcibly about the street traffic was
the cool courage of drivers OF vehicles.
Are Brave Men, Too.
"Giv%the devil his due" he said. Il know
many drivers are reckless and apparently
thoughtess of human life. but on the whole
they are the bravest men I know. y dozen
times q day, at the least. their nerve has
to stand a supreme test. and failures tc
meet the test are rare. indeed 1t may be
another vehicle darting across their bows
at right angles from a side street, a horse
slipping on an ice-covered hill or a little
child standing dazed in the middle of the
road right under the hoofs of the horses.
but whatever il is the driver never seems to
be at loss
THE bravest deed 1 ever saw WAS at
Herald Square about a year ago. An am
bulance automobile was hurrylng = Il call
along 9th avenue. A little girl ran across
the street and stopped, beWildered, in front
of the automobile. One side of thn thor
oughfare was blocked by trolley cars and
other vehicles; on the other side. one Of th9
pillars of the elevated railway blocked the
way. The driver of the automobile graSpcd
the situation in a flash. 1t was impossible
to stop. Either he must run over The child
or he must swerve full tilt into the big irLn
pillar wreck his automobile. and probably
lose his life. Without hesitating a second,
he chose the latter alternative. The child
escaped unhurt but he had his arm broken
and sustained several other injuries, rs did
also the doctor riding on the ambulance. If
ever a man delibera tely chose death rather
than fail in his duty, that driver did 81, ana
he is only a type Of the drivers OF New
York city Ninety per cent of them would
have acted in the same way if they had
been in his place.
To the Londoner in New York a markedly
noticeable feature of the traffic of the
busiest of all cities is the genial good humor
with which it is conducted by pedestrians
and drivers alike. This is in decided contrast
to the spirit which prevails in his own town
He is Answered Back.
The cockney cabby is famous for his
mastery of sarcastic profanity, but he is
quite the best-tempered person you are
likely to meet with on London's streets
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through this traffic. Not one of the vehicles
under my charge has had a mishap during
the past four months. and / believe the
other stores have equally clean sheets.
The Smaller Places.
Besides the department stores, there are
thousands of smaller retail establishments
keeping anywhere from one to hundred
vehicles. Then there is the vast specialized
traffic of the dry goods district the whole
sale grocery district, and the iron and steel
wholesale district and many other whole
sale centers In each of those districts
street after street may be seen chock full
of wagons and carts bearing the products
of the particular line of industry with
which the district deals. That is a sight
which cannot be equaled in London or any
other city of the old world.
Taking it all round said veteran
police captain who has served in nearly
every part of New York, Il think 1t IS SAFE
to say that somewhere between a hair
million and a million wheels revolVe over
the streets of Manhattan every day.
1T is marvellous that there are not more
accidents, for New Workers are fonder
than any other people 1 know of taking
chances in the midst of the whirl of traffic
l. Is impossible to control them as pedes-
TRANS are controlled in London, when
crossing the street. The Londoner is meek
and we'll disciplined in the presence of au-
thorty, but the New Yorker delights in
defying it on general principles. If
policeman holds up his hand to warn him
that it is dangerous to cross the street at
the moment that is an excellent reason 10
a New Yorker for immediate crossing
There is the same trouble with the drivers
o. vehicles but in a lesser degree, for we
hold the whip hand of the law over them
as we cannot hold it over the pedestrians.
New York's the Worst.
Asked whether he thought that New
Yorll's streets were more crowded with
traffic than those of London, the police
captain replied:
Undoubtedly they are. I know London
well, and there are only a few streets there
which are as much crowded, and as con-
stantly crowded, as practically the whole
OF the business section of Manhattan.
There is one conclusive proof of the truth
OF this assertion. Thousands of cychsts
are to be seen all over London. Even N
the busiest thoroughfares, such as Fleet
street, they ride about by scores in the
thick of the traffic. a cyciist in the ousl-
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volleying their jazails. while Izak solemnly
presented me with the magnificent Baluchi
mare which l was striding together with
her trappings, in memory of my pleasant
little visit and invited me most cordially
to return and visit them again-when the
British Raj had some more wealth they
wished to bestow on their very loving
friends, the Brahms.
Il saw Izak doing police duty around
Quota three months later. with his
Brahms careering about and choking
off all the other HilGmen lie grinned
broadly when l expressed my surprise al
his occupation, and Struggling his shoulders
said it was the will of the just Lord, Yah
Mahommed
Well, you knew what they've done,
Mac-given us the finest service imagin
able for nearly ten years, just because
your 'doddering old Mussulman' held up his
finger And mind you, l wasn't the only
one who'd had a shot at EN-. Fredericks
had been up there, and Campbell, and
they'd been badly fooled as L.
"Oh. l give up! Hey, boy, brandy panee
lao! l suppose he can also shoot and Kill
pig in the same almighty stylei"
"All right Mac. If he's coming up 10
Bettiah you'll have a chance to test his
mettle. Oh. by the way. when are your
friends coming?"
Tomorrow, I hope. I'm going IN to Sc
gowlie to meet the train. anyhow
More chaps coming for a look at the
Lalkura ?" asked Bewloe.
castically They're modest andll be SAT-
isfied with pig. though / hope to show EN-
a tiger or two to keep up our reputation.
I've counted you in for a gun. old man, if
they scare anything up"
And then Harris yawned, and the little
party separated and strolled off to their
various quarters.
And while they slept from north and
south and east and west the pilgrims came,
crowding the trains to suffocation. and his
highness of Bettiah pressed with his
guests, among whom were Loda and Yah
Mahommed, besides a dozen government
wallahs, both men and women.
And by another route came Nicholas and
Meredith. And Nicholas explained TO his
friend the peculiar situation in Nepaul as
he saw it. much to his friends edifcation.
and also to that of Abdulla, who sat among
the baggage and listened to the discourse
with a grave and interested expression %
his ccuntenance.
Go be continued Monday.)
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"Well I'll be DID, En- man, and here
I've bet 30 rupees with that silly fool Bar
clay that the thing dies of dry rot! Oh
we'll pshaw! l don't believe it yet! Who
is this doddering old Mussulman, anyway?
I've heard of him as crack-a-jack of some
sort. of course, but 1 didn't know he trot-
ted in harness with rajahs and things.
Call Harris. There he is, saving day
day to Mrs. Kitty. Hey, Billy! Come over
here and foregather with the rum!
Saw old man, Mac here has been referring
to a certain Mohammetan we know as
.doddering old Mussulman. l don't want
already. Go on, Billy: drink and spout!'
"Who dy mean? Not the Wandering
Jew?"
Exactly"
"Why. what's he been up to now?'
Coming up to Bettiah in a couple of
days"
WHAT"
Sure enough; stopping with his high
ness
.'Well well, we'll! The hoary old pirate!
Why major, if that's quite correct, there $
going to be a lively time away over those
old cocoanut trees and l never tumbied to
it! Cad, what an ass l ami
'.Say major, kindly stick the neck of
that bottle in his mouth; perhaps it'll make
him a little more lucid. I'm not big enough
I'd do it myself This from mckenzie
in a very aggrieved tone.
well you. know. Mac. old Mahommed' s
an awfully hard kind of a chap to talk
lucidly about anyway. He plays off his
own bat all the time. and you never know
what he's been up to till you see the score
card All 1 know. from actual experience.
is that he is a kind of middle man between
the empire and the buffer states. hap
pened to be mixed up in one or two deals
myself and SO came in touch with him
What? Is he straight? Oh, don't know:
he's an oriental. and l suppose they've all
got twist; but If he amt straight he's
clever enough to make up for it, for he
certainly is "A very wonderful man. He
seems to be acquainted with every language
under the sun--yes. and every philosophy
He's in with the priests. too, and I have
heard that he is learned in Yog-Vidya, and
can travel about in his astral This may
sound like awful josh, but once, when
was UP in Khelat and much in need Of
some practical advice, the old gentlema n
walked in on me. 1 was so delighted to
see a man with brains that I forgot to in
quire how he came without being an
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The common remark of the pedestrian is.

The common remark of the pedestrian il.
100 the ell are yer a-shovin' OFF,
The driver pursues his way along a sui
phurous streak of profanity, which he d.
reefs at the heads of the innumerable peo-
pie who get In his way. Generally speak
ing, he is swearing from morning till night
in the regular course of his business. 1t il
vicious swearing, too-the kind that fire.
ouently ends in a fight and call for the
hospital ambulance.
Even the most genial-tempered London
ers seem to catch the infection of ill-humor
in the street. They may be as patient as
Job at home, but they snarl like jackals
over a bone IL somebody pushes against
them in the crowd at the railway station.
"If Londoners had to crowd together as
people. do in New York" said an English
visitor not long ago. they would probably
begin TO massacre one another.
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metal work in the typical Bosnian wheeled
vehicle. The parts are made of heavy
timhers held together with wooden lemons
and with withes of willow woven back and
forth like basket work. The wheels are
heWn out with sharp axe, the favorite,
and almost the only tool of the Bosnian
carpenter. The tongue is immensely long
and sticks out in front OF the oxen or the
horse like spear.
Wicked the roads are as a whole,
Austria has built some fine ones where
wheeled traffic would be comfortable.
but the Bosnian has not adapted himself
to them He will take the traveller by
preference through the old trails.
1t IS more than twenty-five years now
since the Turkish occupation, and the
enterprising and wide-awake Austrian and
Magyar are clamoring at the doors of the
Bosnian with their goods.
Railroads Are There
They have pushed more than seven hun
DIRE miles of railroad into his land. They
tearing open new and old highways.
But the Bosnian ploughs in sight of rail-
road trains with a wooden plough made by
his ancestors. In sight of freight cars and
railroad stations full of modern supplies,
he plods over his red roads with his feet
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Truth Pops Up.

From the Chicago News
That is a curious looking cane, major. -
said the visitor. "A memento of the war
of the rebellion, l SUPPOSE"
Yes. replied the old veteran. 1T was
mace from the hollow log l occupied at the
famous battle of Bull Run"
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fully crowbait-like and wonderfully strong.
The deterioration of the roads under the
Turk practically wiped wheeled traffic out
of existence. There are wagons in Bosnia,
but they are not triumphal chariots. A
wagon is a good deal of n white elephant
in most districts. and the traveller who has
ever tried to negotiate mountain pass in
one will never use another.
Must Stay at Home.
A Bosnian wagon would be a rare and
valuable addition to modern museum, if
it could possibly be transported out OF the
country. 1t can't. It would surely get
stuck in the blood-red mud, or sink in the
coal-black bog, or fall down slippery
mountain. or sink in a torrental river be-
fore it reached seaport.
1t is based on the ancient As.atic form
of oX-cart. There is hardly 4 piece Of
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van Wrinkle sleep under the shadow of its
Dinaric Alp wall. now is the time; for the
new Banus. who has been named to govern
Croatia. Slavonica and Dalmatia. which
squeeze Bosnia between them, is lineaI de-
Scendant of the old Bosnian kings. His
name is Theodor, Count Pejacsevich Won
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-09-09
ENTIRE ARMY REACHES THE MAN.
CHURIAN CAPITAL AFTER
A WEARY MARCH.
JAPS NAY PUSH ON TO THE NORTH
LIES ABOUT FORTY MILES
ABOVE MUkDEN.
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS.

The meager news which the day has
brought from the front indicates that
there has been a cessation of actual
fighting. Kuropatliin reports that his
whole army is now at Mukden and
that he did not lose single gun il
his retreat Kuyoki's army is on his
east flank and that of Oku on his left
flank and st. Petersburg officials sur
mise that pig battle may be fought
ii the Japanese continue 10 press Oh
Mukdea. Should this movement north
ward on kurokis part continue it is
regarded in St Petersburg as probable
that kuropatkin will be compelled tc
race him for Telling pass, a strategic
Losition forty miles north of Mukden
There is nothing in the dispatches
however, to indicate with any degrees
OF eltainty whether the two armies
Will he forced 10 again engage at Muk
den or whether the huSslans VIII CON
tinue 10 tail back on IlennS pass.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-09-09
PARKER GREETs EDITORS.
Party Of Two Hundred Call on Demo
cratic Candidate.

Esopus, N. ", Sept. 9.-Editors of
upward of 200 of the Democratic news
papers, representing various parts of
the country, came to RosemOunt dur
ing the day to visit Judge Parker.
They were received by the candidate
and the visit was made the occasion
of the first political speech he has
made in many years, barring only that
In which, on Aug. 10, he accepted the
nomination.
The greeting of the editors to the
candidate was delivered by Charles
w Knapp, editor of the st. Louis Re
public.
Judge Parker spoke at some length
in reply to Mr.. Knapp. The candidate
was greeted with cheers and his speech
was applauded throughout.
After the speaking was over Judge
Parker and the members of his family
greeted all the guests at an informal
reception held on the yeranda The
entire delegation and other visitors
then proceeded to the boat, where
luncheon was served.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-09-09
thtAT BATTLE Is IMMINENT
JAPANESE ARMIES ADVANCING
ON TWO SIDES OF kURO-
PATklN'S FORCE.

st. Petersburg. Sept. "a dispatch
from General kuropatkin reports that
General kuroki's army is about TWEEN
ty-seven miles eastward OF the rail-
road and that General Oku's army is
twenty miles west of the railroad.
The general staff expects that big
battle will be fought.
General kuropatkin's report an
nouncing that the whole OF his army
had arrived at Mukden and was TAX
ing up positions around the city and
adding that. the army had not lost a
gun during the retreat relieved the
public anxiety and put an end to the
LiafIy alarmist reports which had been
cum ent here.
rlom the generals report it seems
eyiaent that kuropatkin is tentatively
preparing To meet the Japanese again
should t1eld Marshal Oyama continue
IL pi ess northward Nothing more
important than rear guard actions
Lial Aea the march to Mukden. The
region south or that city is now clear
or Russians. 1t is evident, however,
that kuropatkin is taking precautions
To prevent the Japanese from creeping
around his ianKs, as he reports that
the Japanese cavalry Is actively scout
ing wide on his TANKS. The Japanese
are reported to be moving up about
thirty miles on either side OF the rail
road, with the view to surrounding
Muaden, but whether hurorathin Will
a1Iept an engagement OF continue
Lorthward will probably depend nj the
uecisiye moment upon the temper and
conaition OF his troops, who aoabtess
haze been much shaaen b. tie ioag
light and the hardships attendant aloii
rh.a ratroat
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-09-09
TREASURY DEPARTMENT BEGINS
SENDING CHECKS TO MEN
OF DEWEY'S FLEET.
CASES IN COURT FOR SEVERAL YEARS
PARTICIPANTS THE BATTLE OF
MANILA BAY Will DIVIDE
OVER $4,000.

Washington, Sept. 9.-The treasury
department has begun sending checks
to the officers and men of Admiral
Deweys fleet i'm payment for the
awards of prize money made for the
victory of the American feet at Ma
Mia bay. The first checks went out
during the day and the others will fol-
low as fast as the auditor for the navy
department certifies them to the war
rant division Of the treasury. 1t is ex-
pected that all Of the 1000 officers and
men who were in the battle of Manila
bay will get their checks within six or
seven weeks. Among the checks SO
far sent out are those of Admiral
Dewey, Captain Lamberton and Mrs.
Harriet Gridley, wife of Captain Grid
ley. The check to Admiral Dewey is
for S1S,516. The next largest sum was
to Mrs. Gridley, whose husband COM
manded the largest ship in the battle
the Olympia This is for S9,413. The
pay is in proportion to the size ana
armament of the ships that took part
in the engagement.
The total amount to be divided is
1870 1886 and as rule the officers and
men will receive sums amounting 10
about three months pay in proportion
to their regular salaries. This was
increased as to some of the command
ing officers. The smallest amount to
any number of the crew is 500. This
is to be paid to men who received am
nual compensations of $3.50.
The adjudication of the cases has
been hanging in the courts and in the
treasury department for some time.