East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-29
NEW YORK LETTER.

New York, Sept 29.-The fate Of
"Old lronsides," as the antiquated
| frigate Constitution has been called
| still hangs in thc balance. About a
week ago lie news was received from
Roston that the old ship was filling
with water and was doomed to speedy
| decay. This bit of news suggested to
Mr.. James Matthews, Brooklyn
merchant, the idea to make an effort
of saving the historic ship from the
| junk pile and at the same time, do
something that would carry his fame
far beyond the limits of Greater New
York. He sent a telegram to the sec
retary Of the navy, asking him to con-
slider an offer to buy the Constitution
through a fund to be raised by Brook
lyn school children. It was the idea
Of Mr.. Matthews to purchase the ven
cradle warship, bring it to Brooklyn
and preserve it in some suitable place
for future generations.
The matter has not yet been decid-
ed so far as the navy department is
concerned, but II is doubtful that Mr..
Matthews will succeed in carrying out
his plan. In the first place, the pat
riotic societies of Boston, which here
tofore had paid no particular attention
to the condition of the old frigate,
suddenly nave become interested in
It and intend to play the dog in the
manger. But, even If the people of
Sos;on should not raise any objections
tc the removal Of the Constitution.
there is little prospect that the ship
will ever be brought to New YORK.
The ship is in such bad condition
that it would he impossible to tow it
TO this city. 1t would founder before
1t had been towed a block
Amusing to Outsiders.
An amusing war is being waged just
now in Brooklyn. For a long time
there has been considerable rivalry
between the merchants and shop
keepers on the north and those on the
south side of Fulton street.
For several months the merchants
on the north side have had placards,
reading, This is the Bargain Side"
displayed in their windows. The mer-
chants on the south side hit upon an
ingenious plan to conteract this claim
of their rivals. They advertised that
every morning, between 9 and 10 the
Bargain Man" would walk up and
down on the Bargain Side of Fulton
Street" meaning in this case the
cfH II 10 %
ful of silver dollars, and every quarter
of an hour or half hour he would
turn around sharply and present a
dollar to the first person he finds be-
hind him, provided that person is not
boy.
The effect of that announcement
was magical. Thousands of people
thronged the south side of the street.
while the north side of the street was
deserted nearly all day. The police
reserves had to be called upon to pre-
vent the crowd from mobbing the
Bargain Man" II is expected that
the merchants of the other side will
send out man who will give away
81 bills.
Id1HidnN IdNoTS IT,
The statement of Charles F. Muir
ply, the leader of Tammany, that
Tammany Hall favored municipal
ownership. was really quite superflu-
Gus. There is nothing new in that.
Everybody knows that Tammany Hall
is in favor of any kind of ownership,
provided il is the owner.
Some foolish persons have asked,
why Tammany Hall has never made
an attempt to bring about municipal
ownership. How absurd! Does not
Tammany Hall own the town? Is
there anything in Greater New York
that Tammany does not own or con-
troll? From the lowest gambling
house. barrel house and den of ini-
guilty to the street railway and other
monopolies, everything is controlled
by Tammany Hail. Why should the
braves exert themselves to bring about
a condition which already exists?
The only difference it would make is
that now Tammany is robbing the
people indirectly. while under munic
ipal ownership it would do so directly.
The final result would remain un-
changed.
Gorilla Died on Shipboari.
The death on the high sea of the
female gorilla which was TO be placed
in the menagerie of the Bronx Zoo, is
"A severe loss TO New York. Had the
animal survived the violent attack of
sea sickness and perhaps, home sick
ness which caused its death, New York
would have had the distinction of be-
ing the only city in the world owning
A full-grown gorilla.
These monkeys are extremely rare,
and all previous attempts to acclimate
them in northern ATTITUDES have fail
I'd. Several specimens were brought
10 Europe, but did not live very long
The female gorilla which had been
Intended for the Bronx Zoo collection,
was insured for $500. 1t will be stuff |
I'd and exhibited in that form.
Crime on the Increase.
Notwithstanding the assertion of |
Commissioner McAdoo to the contra
y, the number of crimes of every |
xind seems to he on the Increase in /