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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
NEW ENGLAND HUNTING
Decline an Use of Hounds-The
NerC-Hampshire Method.

Bangor. Me. Oct 81 (speciaD.-The practical
hunters Of Maine-the men who follow the chase
for profit rather than for pleasure-are asking
# the breed of the New-England foxhounds
has degenerated.
The modern hound they claim, is a fine ana
most intelligent animal. one which has Keen
scent and great perseverance, but owing to us
long legs and great speed it drives us game
away in a. straight line. unless one is mouhueO
on horseback there is no hope OF capturing the
fox
The hound OF the older days was snort lesseu'
deep chested and wide footed. capable OF follow
,ne the track all day and all night without tir-
In and so moderate in its pace that 1t never
caused the fox to seek another county for saIety
pscause the hounds of earlier times were SLOW
tho foxes ran in circles or ellipses, making II
easy for men who knew the lay OF the Iahu u
cut across lots and head off Reynard WIN
charge of double shot.
! The impeachment which hunters bring againSl
the modern hound is that 1t has Deen oieN Ito'-
tho English standard for so long that eAcep
FOR hunting clubs and for gentlemen rloe'S' "ilo
sseL exercise rather than pelts. 1t mas ceaseu ~
be useful in the field. -
while admitting that the modern uos Is i,io'
in+all,xent and more beautiful than any VIM.
80 before the claim is that 1t has ceased
"a fulhI the duties that are expected iro"l on
bornds which are kept by men who are com
80 - combine profit with pleasure in thelF
p,,1tt,o Tha new dog is spectacular and pct
lrasnne while the old dog is more than home
" and serviceable.
There are no statistics to show the decline OF
.-,,,,.,ru with hounds in Eastern Name
$50, every, fact available indicates that the
sn,,,sr off has been very rapid. Twenty years
80 -. .ho oountrv towns surrounding Bangor
nearly every farmer kept one or more 1oA-
bounds while In every neghborhoo9 there was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
39A9D PLAYING scURvy TRICKS UPON UNCLE SAM.

more than five per cent OF the original con-
tracts must be passed upon by the Sinking
Fund Commission. of which the Mayor is
a member. Under Mayor Mcclellan however,
whatever Mr. Featherson has done seems to
have been stamped plainly with the seal of
Charles F. Murphy that it has been approved.
In simply registering an 20. K" on Commits
sioner Featherson's acts the Sinking Fund Com
mission under the present administration has
become an automaton. It has worked so me-
chemically. for example. that it did not even no.
tice the extra mud contracts given arbitrarily
to Spearin. Controller Grout who is also a
member of the Sinking Fund Commission did
not the mud either, although he brides him
self on his ability to detect wrong. The other
members of the present Commission with the
exception of one, are colleagues Of Murphy and
do his bidding. They are Patrick Keenan, the
City Chamberlain, and John T. Mccall chair
man OF the finance committee of the Board Of
Aldermen. The only other member is Charles
V. Fornes, president OF the Board Of Alder
men. who does not profess to detect anything.
If Tammany elects its present ticket the Sink
ing Fund Commission will be still more com
pletely in the grip OF the Dirt Trust" In
stead OF Mr.. Grout there will be Herman A.
Metz, a McCarren man now in close alliance
with Murphy and instead of the docie Fornes
Patrick E. MCGOWAN will hold sway, and Nc
GoWan IS MurphyS very creature. Mayor Nc
Clellan would succeed himself. and II judged
by his past he would let Murphy dock COM
missioner run things to suit the boss And
should Mcclellan quit to for Governor, as
is the present plan. MCGOWAN would take his
place. and another Murphy puppet would sue
coed MCGOWAN president of the Tammany
Board Of Aldermen. The Commission. Of course
would still contain a Murphy chamberlain and
a Murphy president of the aldernanic finance
committee
The only salvation of the city therefore
against the avarice of the dirt Trust and the
other Tammany contractors who seem to regard
the water front their own personal property
is the election of anti-Tammany ticket
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York it must be evident that within the next
ten or fifteen years this part of the city VIII
be entirely rebuilt. Those who do this work
must have their material hauled on the most
economic lines If this is TO be brought from I"
great distance it will increase the cost OF oullu
ings and impair the facilities of construction
which will result in a burdensome rental IL no
nubIic piers are to be granted IN TINS section
serious embarrassment to building operations
will ensue Such hindrance would burden the
progress of the city in the heart OF It's busiest
commercial section"
Vet in snitA Of such arguments the Dock Com
missioner granted only one pier for pubic use
,eor the business centre This is just south OF
war-st. and will afford inlet for hardly
more than half the business which would nat
urally come thither.
An instance of how the Dock Commissioner
lets out additional contracts without bidding
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line Of Kingsway. 1t is evident that with rfgor-
supervision of designs and with the ex-
clusion of structures which do not conform with
the lines of dignified architecture the thorough
fare will become in time of the handsomest
in London. In this way it is expected that the
cost of this enterprise. which has been heavy
in the first instance. will ultimately be reduced
below S5,000O00. The name Of the crescent has
marked q reversiOn to the traditional name of
Drury Lane, which Aldwych; and that long
rambling street. where the famous theatre has
commanded popularity for generations gives
local color to the broad section through which
Kingsway passes to High Holborn Duels have
been fought in this street over actresses spurs
and gaming debts; the best known among the
fashionable coffee houses WINS was between
Drury Lane and Covent Garden Nell Gwynne
tossed her pretty head at the window OF her
lodgings; poets lived in the dngy houses; actors
had their liquor there after the play; Chatterton
strolled through the stuTy little street while he
was starving for Bread Hogarth sketched the
saunterers and the mob, and DeQulncey pulled
down his curtain and described with passionate
ardor the revelS of opium eating.
The selection of names for the two thorough
fares has been arranged by the London County
Council with sound judgment in accordance with
precedent. Royal names have ordinarily been
preferred when conspicuous London improve
ments have been ordered. is shown by the
principal Stuart thoroughfare, Great Queen ST.
which crosses Kingsway, well as by many
modern undertakings. such as Queen Victoria
ST., Victoria-st in Westminster, and the Vic
toria and Albert embellishments. King Edward
Whist was happily rejected as too big mouth
full for the most loyal subject and Kings
way substituted for 1t as a more euphonious
and convenient compliment TO the sovereign
Aldwych. with its direct appeal to antiquity
and characteristic local color, has also been
wisely accepted in preference to Gladstone
Crescent. BeacOnsield Parade, or any other
name OF distinctly political significance. The
improvements committee OF the Council have
secured the condemnation OF property and
cleared the ground for new streets and build
ing sites. They have been subjected TO cap
tious criticism for allowing large masses of
French Renaissance to come into sharp con-
trast with the Strand front of Somerset House
and the two island churches but these struct-
ures lose their value when an open minded
spectator approaches Aldwych from Charing
Cross. The Strand has been greatly improved
by the new theatres and restaurants: and II the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
The DIRT TRUST.
Continued from first page.

statement is made plain by walk along the
downtown waterfront. One may go all the way
along the Hudson River from 19th-st. to the
Battery and pass only one public pier, which is
at Cana-st.. and even this is Of little use for
landing cargoes because it is used almost ex-
Clusively for city dump. Continuing the walk
up the East River one will not And another pier
until Wall-st. is reached. The next one is not
to be found until one reaches Market-st on the
lower East Side When the Dock Department
some time ago threatened TO lease the old public
pier south of Wall-st. to private interests the
Maritime Association Of New-York. in a vehe
ment protest showed how the rent Of buildings
would be increased thereby in the downtown
district It said in an appeal to Commissioner
Featherson:
The greater distance which it would be neces-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22

of Stuart London since it named after
Queen Henrietta Maria. Eastward there is
passage into the upper quarter of Llncoln Inn
Fields which were laid out before the reign or
Charles l. Lower down there is another en-
trance into the Fields by a triple archway and
a broader passage has been forced above the
Bear Yard on the edge of the abandoned Clare
Market. The sites of Sardinia We're. Stanhope
ard other squaid streets are passed before Aid
wych is reached, midway between Drury Lane
and Hougkton-st. The oldtme saunterer by
this time needs to rub his eyes and try to guess
where he is One curve of the broad crescent
sweeps over the sites of New Inn and Clements
Inn where hopeful literary genius once wrote
all night by the light OF a taloW dip ana
solaced itself in the morning with a sausage
purchased In the stalls of Glare Market and
fried in chambers. Mr.. Hall Game will tell the
story If anybody asks for il in America for he
is not ashamed to recall the days when ne was
unknown and very poor. Wych-st, where there
were picturesque rows Of bookstalls, winch lit
erary idlers never succeeded in passing without
rummaging among the shelves. has vanished
The old Globe Theatre and the Theatre Comique
have also gone and opposite the Kingsway not
one stone remains to mark the site of the Olym-
pie itself decrepit trespasser on the preserves
OF ancient Drury House, where Izaak Walton
and DR.. Dome were entertained and where the
glasses used TO clnk when You meaner
beauties of the night" was sung. broad
island cleared for business sites now separates
Kingsway from DR.. Johnson's church. in front
of which a new and rather spirited statue of
Gladstone is to stand. The spre and the pic
turesque facade OF the Law Courts the only
familiar landmarks
on the westward curve of Aldwych the public
houses dark alleys and Shiny slums have dis
appeared and new order OF progress has been
established. On the inner side two theatres with
a large handsome hotel between them fill the
space between Drury Lane and Catherine-st
and further on is the site of the new offices OF
1.-THE Morning POST at the entrance from the
Strand and Wellington-st. Opposite, the
outer rim OF the island, the new Gaiety Theatre
and restaurant respondent in the fun glitter
OF French Renaissance: and down the Strand
ir line with the Kingsway is Gibbs beautiful
church. st. Mary lie Strand a brilliant exception
to the usual order of ecclesiastical ugliness in
Queen Anne's reign. Altogether an excellent
beginning has been made in the architectural
decoration of Aldwych, and while there has not
been an active demand for building sites on the
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sary to haul freight if public piers cannot be
had in this downtown section would multiply 'he
present cost of carriage to those who are COM
PEELED to use public piers For example 70 cart
a thousand bricks from the vicinity or P1er .
cat Coenties Slip to the neighborhood or wall
st. costs so cents; whereas if brought from ABOVE
20th-st. the cost would be 81 DO The IKE IN
crease would be put on the carriage of coal. The
present cost OF carting oil barrel is 10 cents
which would be increased to 50 cents barrel
If brought from shipping piers above 2Oth-st-
The largest users of coal are in the downtown
section.
I'm view of the rapid growth of lower New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
HARD ON REAL SETTLERS.

The Injustice resulting from the acqulsltloH
of large tracts OF land by cattle ana luliiOe.
companies is grave. One or TWO Ilou'
acres or more fenced and devoted to grazing OF
1,,n,baring operatfons renders the region almost
untenable to the genuine settler he Is ue
nrived Of rleighbors, roads, school-ln a "olu'
~ all those advantages which community
would afford him, and all too OFTEN ne slcAen'
of his isolated position and finally sells ms
homestead to the company which has aireauy
ACQUIRED a monopoly of his surroundings. Ana
all this IS in addition 10 the Illustration or the
y1,r7,ose of the government in granting lana 10
settlers on such easy terms. the settlement "
the area by small home owners me g co
landed companies which already monopoize so
great a portion of what were Originally pup.iIc
lands not only constitute an fnpassaDle oatlIeF
10 the advance of civilization ana lhe ueNotop
rnent of the country, but they have IN many
Instances become q menace to law anu oloeI'
ruling the country about them WIN an mn a..
hand prostituting its courts and destroying lIS
liberties in a most handed manner, So tnaI
peacea BILE settlers gladly embrace lhe nrst op-
portunity TO escape from their Oanelul iiu
once in a while the Land Office makes mis-.
takes in its first impressions OF the VahdIty VI
claims This was the case with certain Claims
recently forwarded for final approval by mem
bers of the Heros family in the southwest Inc
father, since deceased, had perlecteu q hoiie
stead entry and the Land Office was called upon
to approve the claims of two of his minor emil
dren The case was Immediately assumed 10
he
n~ints hut further investigation proved that as
sumption to he unwarranted
II was found that under the law even minor
could become the legal head of a family by
adopting a child In this instance there was a
large family and the parents We're extremely
poor The oldest had adopted a younger
brother and as the head of q. family, had taken
M a claim on his own account. While the OLDEST
daughter had adopted younger sister and mad
taken up another. Final decision In TINS IN
stance has not been reached. but everything
points to the validity of the claims and their
ratification by the Land Office.
The publication Of such facts as are herein set
forth have caused radical demands for revision
Of the land laws. but comparatively few OF these
demands have been tempered with wisdom or
Justice For instance. it has been demanded that
the communication clause of the Homestead act be
entirely repealed. whereas this would work
grave injustice TO many people. Fourteen
months is however, too short a period and this
should be extended to twenty or twenty-five, SO
that the genuineness of the efforts at "culttva-
ton may be accurately gagged. The most I'M
portant reform needed is a. classification of the
lands and authority conferred on the govern
r1ent to reject any entry except such as was
suitable to the land in question. Thus desert
land claims could not be entered timber
lands homestead entries could not be entered on
lands best suited to timber claims. etc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
suberuges Employed by Willy Persons Secure Free Land in
the West Without Becoming Genuine Settlers.

so that contractor really gets big job at
high figure, is afforded by the St George Ferry
terminal job. George B. Spearin obtained
contract last May for the terminal work at 81
George for $510294, a figure much below the
bids of his competitors. According TO the esu-
mate of Dock Department officials the contract
called for dredging out the slips to the extent
OF 1000 cubic yards Of mud This was maze
necessary because Of the greater depth Of the
new ferry boats After the contractor had
worked while he reported that more mud
would have to be dredged out than the 1000
cubic yards estimated by the department ex-
perts. Accordingly without asking for bids
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22

oeso. ,oo,,rters in preventing these frauds Is
~ ,oosarass of the law and the fact that the
s,oor,,,,ar+ has never classified its lands as DO
the railroads and all other institutions WHICH
do business on business principles.
A special effort is also being MADE 10 COMP ~
settlers to appear on certain specified days DC,
fore special land agents to make ther o raa,a
proofs If this can be done the h,sHu ~ in
can in advance send its agents quletly ~ 80
yesffgate the character OF cultivation or9fect
formed by those persons who seek 10 ,p peI look
their titles and where everything Goes $50 lU, tbey
right 10 cross-examine the entrymeh "heli 80
make their afidavits Under existing nts
the court officers who receive the nna Of pfV the
antrVmen or of the fraudulent companies WIZ
g sani-irsr ,,ltirnate nossession of the land.
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washington. Oct. 21-The ingenuity ana au-
oacity Of the men who have been ana sun al :
.pvared in dervauding the United States out or
,,,,h,ic lands sre eoualled only by the absolute
eo,sc,ancelessness of this class Of swindlers.
-7,-err nossfble device is resorted to by the men
who have sought to acquire illegal title to the
,rbl,r domain. and even the startling examples
of a United States Senator sentenced to penl-
,a,t,ar, tern, and numerous Land kings" strug-
CLING in the tolls Of the law have not apparently
served to diminish the attempts TO perpetrate
similar frauds.
An instance of this character which mas just
come to light was found in Idaho. single
contractor had erected, on the order OF la"0
coupanv. thirty-four cabins on many home
stead entries-'one hundred and sixties they
are called in the Land Ofice-had furnished
them with the usual meagre furniture OF the
genuine cabin. had actually built fires in the
little sheet iron stoves in order that the caplhs
might appear TO have been occupied, and had
hung from the rafters of each a fragment or a
Fitch of bacon On each lone hundred and
sixty' about a quarter Of an acre had been
actually titled and planted to potatoes. The
entries were made in the name of thirty-four
individuals. the work done by the contractor
was performed the following summer. and when
The legal fourteen months had expired the al
legged settlers appeared before a United states
commissioner. each made affidavit that he had
lived on and cultivated his claim for fourteen
months, paid down the nominal price of 81 %
sn acre prescribed by law, where the commute
ton clause Of the Homestead act is awaited of,
and final proof having thus been made title
was granted, subject to final ratification by the
oar w.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
DETECTED IN TIME.

Still another instance has recently come to
light, where and his wife both school
teachers, have taken up a homestead valuable
for its timber. They have erected a little
shack and spent their vacations Oh the claim
cuitfvating It to the extent of small Kitchen
garden. The fraudulent character OF their
residence" was detected just in time to prevent
their securing title.
Ordinary claims can be entered only where
the government has caused a survey to be made
and the Department of the Interior has sought
TO preserve certain forest tracts by refusing to
survey them, but even in these cases have the
purposes Of the government been circumvented
by the ingenuity Of the swindlers. Under the
law placer claim can be entered. forty acres
in extent. even on land which has not been sur
veyed, and land thieves have resoTted 10 such
claims "a numerous instances TO acquire pos
session of the valuable timber. In some in
stances band OF men will locate" as many
six hundred acres under placer claims, and
they have even been known to salt the land
in order to deceive the agent sent TO inVesti-
gate the character Of their mining operations.
As soon as their claims are passed they denude
them of the timber. worth from $50 to S100 an
acre, and then move on 20 begin operations else
where under new names and under the super
vision of other land agents.
The great difficulty which the General Land
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the Commissioner authorized Spearin to dredge
out 5000 more cubic yards at the old rate or
So a cubic yard. A little later spearin said
he would have to dredge out still more, and
the Commissioner told him to go ahead and
take out $4,000 additional cubic yards also at
So a yard. This increased Mr.. Spearin's bill
against the city to the extent of $4,000. The
only explanation which the secretary OF the
Dock Department gave to show why the de-
partment experts made an estimate of 1000
cubic yards Of mud. whereas in fact there
We're $4,000 to be removed, was
1T may be that the mud sloughed back into
the hole after it was dredged out"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
A MARROW SHAVE.

II was just here that something aroused the
suspicion of the special agent charged with
passing on the claims and he began an in
vestigation. which revealed the fact that no one
OF the claimants had ever resided on the LAND,
that the cabins and the cultivation had all been
performed by a single contractor. acting under
orders from a large land company, and that each
of the fictitious settlers was under contract to
sell his homestead the title was
perfected to the land company for nominal
sum. Had the scheme worked in this instance,
as it doubtless has in numerous others, the land
company would have acquired a tract of $40
acres at a cost Of a little less than 5000, and
this tract would have been worth at the least
calculation $4,000. would probably have yielded
double treble that in timber. ard then
the deuuded land would have been left in the
hands of the land company TO be sold as OPP
portunity offered for grazing purposes.
Another fertile source Of fraud is the provision
of the land law which entities soldiers or
soldiers widows to deduct from the five years
necessary to a free homestead entry the term
of army service of such soldier. For instance,
q land or cattle company desiring TO secure title
10 a large tract will scour the country for in
digent widows of old soldiers. When a sufficient
company has been gathered together each will
be located" q homestead entry. These
women are generally ignorant of the character
of the transaction in which they are asked 10
participate. They are only informed that they
can secure their living and from $50 to SIS in
cash by living for six months each year in Il
little cabin which viii be furnished them with
out expense. If soldier has served throughout
the war, four years. his widow prove up
after one years residence on the claim, and this
year is apocryphal for in practice, it is re-
duce to six months generally the summer sea-
When the time comes to prove up the
s. rl,a
United States Court. and there told to swear
to certain papers. which she does without in
quiring to their contents. As soon as her title
is approved in Washington she deeds the land
TO the company which employed her receives
her bonus and disappears.