Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-20
SIDELIGHTS OF new YORK

New YORK CITY, N. Y.

the State Board Of Charities the imm-
grafton problem and immigration evils
! are prominent subjects. Wife and child
| desertion and il,egitimacy is alarmingly
| in the increase, according to the report
which is compiled by the secretary, Ho-
mer Folks former Commissioner of
| Charities.
This problem touches us deeply"
says the report. I'm no other country is
commitment OF children so easy. TO our
foreign brother ii appears quite as a
custom of the. country The institution
appeals to him as sort of superior or
der OF public school, where his children
not only acquire the language, but are
Sheltered fed and clothed at no ex-
pensc TO him. His sense OF the paternal
reiaton steadily decreases rs the city
fathers assume his responsibilities.
lie SOON learns that TO render him
self invisible for the time being greatly
facilitates the business. and nothing is
easier for man, who finds himself with
an uncomfortable number of children for
his wages and house room. to step aside
until the city has relieved him of his
burden or a goody proportion of it,
Reducing the rate of mortality among
the 100 to 200 infants who are abandoned
annually ia the streets from $50 per
cent. III 1880 to IoI per cent. during last
year the institution has plan OF plac-
ing the little waits Immediately with
mothers who have recently lost a child.
The high death rate was that of the III
fant up to the age OF ; years, and the
association feels chat the success of It's
plans warrants lis continuance.
In the last half year this system has
reduced the death rate to so per cent,
About onc-half OF the applications are
rejected, as the homes and persons are
rigidly investigated.
In Portland, Maine Mayor Jamc' 7.
Baxter denounced the Tip to WATERS
As an insult to citizenship, representing
social distinction between the glvcr and
he receiver, and advised student walters
% resent such an insult at all times.
But in New York, contrasting i'll about
he proportion uf black and white, Jas.
Farrell. a cafe waiter at I2I University
oacc. was held by Magistrate Rreen
;or taking a compulsory tip from Miss
Violet Monroe.
one "H''''" 'n'' "'', ,, ," ",
y" l,'',''''"'' Oh ''PP''E r".n''' =. ~. y,
handed an explanation. She, fright
med. offered him dime, all the change
She had Then, she testified
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1rcw Linn Weldon, yonth-rcncwng
ioctor declare, that beauty is skinned
lccp. According to Mrs. Ware, W no
has caused the doctors arrest and de-
;enion IN the Tomb, ON the charge OF
obtaining money under false lrctcnScS,
she went to him to have some wrinkles
;emoycd, but instead ot removing the
and turned her into genuine fright"
She paid him 5000 for the cure that
didn't cure She alleges Several pa
tents were iound in Weldeu's sanatOri-
I'M, one awaiting an oocration to move
hcr ear, hack
Soporifc hospitality is what led to
The arrest oi Frederick +. Carlton, IoS
c,,is .,r,o, p.o.,,.,,., ,oo;,,, v,ho,,
Hnnr, u c,,br,L .t;si r,,ch;nst
complaint of receiving 500 by fraud
The money was paid to Carlton, it is
alleged. on a fictitious real estate deal.
Carlton Piled Schwab with whisky, he
said. that made him sleepy and offered
him filled pipe which he animated
contained some drug to steal his senses
Now Coroner Flahcrtv ha, started an
investigation into the death, of two of
Carlton wives in 10 months, both caused
apparently bv tetanu,. In each case
Carlton collected considerable amount
in life insurance.
Norman Flammer, John Smith. Oscar
Garrison and James ChlIdSworth. the sec
ond named a Ilie-Saver' WGrc drowned
,. ~. Dh;' a., H. ,,l ~ ,r;nn .ora ,nnn
Elammer who rould unt swim and had
naddlcd out hcvond his denth The cx-
r;tercnt had hardly ab1ted when Ca
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