Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-11-10
IN LIGHTER VEIN
ABOUT GOTHAM
A Newsy Ola Podrida in Which Sense
and Nonsense Both Find a Place

lhOeOus' OF hamburg, proved to be
one OF the most friendly fish the
captain had ever seen, as il swan
close to the ship for a very distance.
seeming to feel that as both the ship
and itself were oil carriers, they
We're, to some extent, akin. It was
very sizable whale too, the cap
tain states, and, according to the
veracious mate its back was eight
feet across, and so high out of the
water that it looked like the deck
of "a submarine craft. The cooks
boy was explaining that from time to
time the whale lifted its head out
of the water and cast longing eyes
into the galley but the mate reproyed
him for departing from the strict
lines of truth.
Portrait No. 9632 has been re-
moved from the Rogues Gallery in
the Tombs. for the crunky fat faced
little original is gone beyond ar
rest. He is dead in the morgue with
a tiny puncture In his breast. a
wound that did not look big enough
to injure a decent sized house fly.
No. 9632 was Joe Morello, black
handler of some years standing. and
he has been killed by the members
of his own gang in the crook OF Null
berry street. in fight over the GUS
todianship of an imported girl chat
tel. Joe was finished with what Is
known as a "Hamstriger," needle
fourteen inches long with wooden
haft. Frank Bonano, of Detective
Officer Petrosinis stan OF Italian de-
tectives. saw a row in that part OF
little Sicily that shoves solid
elbow into the ribs of Chinatown.
When he came up to have a look on.
and see fair play. he saw three men
running away. and his old friend
Morello lying on the street with the
long. thin. shining weapon on the
street beside him. A post mortem
examination showed that No. s632
was cleverely polished on, his heart
having been pierced through almost
vertically.
As the charm OF New York life
both TO citizens and strangers, Is its
cosmopolitanism. the plan 10 estab-
lish a French theatre here deserves
all possible encouragement In mat
ters gastronomic one can have a
meal cooked and served in the man.
ner of London or Berlin, Paris or
Marsellles. Milan or Budapest so II
should be IN matter Of art. Already
Il is possible 10 enjoy excellent Of
ferlngs in German, Yiddish, Chinese
and Italian and surely there should
be enough Franeo-Amercans and
French speaking Americans TO make
the French theater a permanent sue
cess. In such a venture artists who
demand excessive salaries viii not
be needed as Paris holds an array
of talent in its smaller theaters and
face ohantants so there is no rea-
son why Il should not prosper while
adding both variety and spice 70
New York's amusements.
A wave of anarchy is at present
sweeping over New York and the po-
lice are active. Emma Goldman, the
erstwhile companion Of the Anar-
chist Gorky. failing TO recruit the
more staId mass OF people In the
anarchist ranks. has succeeded in en-
listing a number Of school children
all in short dresses. Who can now
say that the New York police are not
active. after the daring raid, at ex'
treme risk 10 their own lives they
have made. While the anarchists
were in session at the Manhattan
Ivceum the police swooped down on
them. with the result. that lot o'
silly girls none over ls years OF age
were locked up in police sells as com
mon criminals. II transpired tha'
two OF the girls were students OF the
normal college. The magistrate q
man. Of sense. ordered the immedi'
ate release Of the girls and they iei'
court having evidently enjoyed the
joke. =,
A negro cook named Oscar one Of
the best know loobygows OF Cnina-
town Is no more. A few night age
he tumbled from the hre escape on
I the fourth floor Of Peii street 20
the Sidewalk In front Of Niger Nike
salters place and his body was taken
to the morgue right away oscar :.
his fail landed amongst ero~o % ..
eelestiAls. who squealing ana WIN
a,,ng aues. scampered In all oiree'