East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-06
Interesting Letter From
New York City

New York. April 5.-New York has
never witnessed such a building
boom as is now in progress. There
are not so many office buildings go
/ ing up as there were a few months
ago, but the building of houses, espe-
cially in Brooklyn and outlying sec
tions that can or will be reached easily
when the numerous transportation
facilities now planned are provided, is
tremendous. Last year. up to this
time, buildings of an aggregate value
of $10,000,00O had been planned in
Manhattan and the Bronx. During |
the corresponding period of this year
the total is $23,500,0OO. In building |
operations last year was the big |
gest Brooklyn had ever known, the |
estimated cost of new buildings for |
the first 10 weeks being $500, 900. |
The corresponding figures of this
year show the tremendous total of
$7.OOO,OOO.
In addition to private building, !
municipal improvements are being |
carried out on a large scale, and with
the tunnels being built by the Penn
sylvania railroad, the Blackwel's
Island and the Manhattan bridges,
the vast scheme of the Rapid Transit
commission and other corporate un
dertakngs. it seems that no active
man out of a job will have an excuse
for not working.
No Law to Fit the Case.
\ young man living lin Brooklyn is
seeking to have his legal status as a
child fixed definitely. Recently he
consulted lawyer and asked him to
begin action with the above object in
view. He was advised that there was
no law that covered his case. which
is one of the strangest ever brought
to the lawyers notice.
The young man, who is 20 years old
lived for 25 years in the belief that
his mother was his sister, and that her
parents were logically his parents
AS a matter of fact, he is the son
of man who for many years was
i prominent in Brooklyn politics and
held a number of offices 80 years
ago. The deceit was practiced on him
at the request of his father, and 1t
was only when the latter died that the
, young man learned of his real status.
VIII Collect Big Fee.
Former Secretary of the Treasury
John G. Carlisle has had much diff
Guilty in collecting one of the large
fees earned by him since coming to
this city. In the case in which he
was engaged to test the constitution
ality of the law relating to duties on
goods imported from Porto Rico and
of the law under which duties were
levied on goods entering Porto Rico
from other parts of the United States
+ it was only after a long legal battle
that the appellate division of the su-
preme court gave Mr.. Carlisle a YER
dict for $23,549. His original bill was
$4,000. His clients had refused to
pay the fee, claiming 1t was excessive.
Will Recognize Osteopaths.
Osteopaths are now in a fair way
to win their fight for recognition as
! regular practitioners The judiciary
, committee of the state senate has re-
ported the Davis bill providing for an
examination of students of the science
of osteopathy by state board of ex-
aminers. three-years' course is
prescribed. The bill has been amend
ed so that osteopathic practitioners
cannot hold office as medical exam
iners or sign death certificates.
The bill was opposed by regular
physicians at the hearings given, but
their opposition was not nearly so Wig
: orOus as it has been for the past
3 years
: Death of Colonel LatimeF.
s. There has just passed away at his
: home in the Bronx Lieutenant Colonel
a A. E. Latimer, U. S. A, retired, once
e a roommate of General Phil Sheridan
I, and well known as a brave Indian
fighter.
/, Colonel Latimer was born in South
: Carolina, and while attending the
it United States military academy at
It West Point was a classmate of Cen
: eral Sheridan. Although a Southern
er, he Joined the Union army and
= served through the Civil war. In the
n first battle of Bull Run his company
g by heroic fighting, helped to save
n Burnside's battery from capture
h After the Civil war he served as ma
jor of the Fourth cavalry, and took
d part in some of the leading expedi-
: tions against the Indians of the North
d west.