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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30
CITY TAX RECORDS FALSIFED.
BRONX OFFICE HANDY FOR REAL
ESTATE SWINDLERS.

Detectives Looking for Two Cerks-Metz
SAYS That Back Taxes Against Prop
erty Were Erased Pending Sales and
Put Back After Sales We're Made.
On Comptroller Mets's complaint the Dis
trict Attorneys detectives are looking for
two clerks who until q few days ago were
at work In the Bronx office Of the Bureau
for the Collection OF Assessments and Ar
rears, and who are wanted to explain false
entries which rave been found In the books
OF the Office.
Mr.. Nets said yesterday that il had been
discovered that some Of the employees Of the
onace had been working In lea que apparently
with land companies and property owners.
Just before the sale of many pieces Of prop
erty on which there were arrears Of taxes
the books were altered 70 show that the back
taxes had been paid, and after the sale these
entries were erased. Mr.. Metz said that the
inference was that clerks had been bribed
20 tamper with the books. He explained
also that while the books were In the charge
Of one responsible official 1t had been learned
that some Of the clerks had been In the habit
Of going to the Office at night on the plea
hat they had to finish some uncompleted
work. and " Is supposed hat IL was at
these times that the suspected employees
got access 20 the books.
When the experts Of the Finance Depart
ment began an examination OF the books
a clerk named Hugh McMenamin sent IN
his resignation. but the Comptroller refused
20 accept IL and informed McMenamin that
the facts had been sent to the District
Attorney. Mr.. Jerome's men have since
been unable to find McMenamin and also
another clerk who bad disappeared and
who was under suspension under the nomi-
nal charge Of being absent without leave.
The name Of this man Mr.. Metz would not
make known yesterday nor would he give
out the names Of the property owners who
are suspected of having brought about
a classification OF the books. To make public
these names at this time, the Comptroller
explained, would interfere with the prose-
cution.
I'VE are having great trouble in getting
all the evidence we need" Mr.. Metz said.
up there in that Office in The Bronx there
are several Liars and short emo men
who might assist US II they would. Even
the man who ia in charge of the building
at night Processes to he unable 10 remember
the names Of the clerks who were in tie
habit OF going TO the Office at night"
This instance OF irregularities in the
Bureau for the Collection Of Assessments
and Arrears coming on the heels of the
resignation Of Collector Edward A. Slattery
Of the mia bureau has determined
the Comptroller to make a thorough inves-
tlgation OF the Brooklyp and Queens offices.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30
MISS BOGERT A SUICIDE.
EngiewOOd woman Apparently Jumped
From a Fort Lee FerrybOat.
Sell The
Finest Teas


Miss Carrie Bogert, who lived with her
father and a housekeeper at 70 Tenahy
road, Englewood, N. j., disappeared on
Friday. 1t was believed yesterday that
she had jumped into the Hudson River
from the Fort Lee ferryboat Edgewater.
A long black cloak and a squirrel boa
we're found carefully laid across the railing
on the forward part of the boat on is s
O'Clock trip Friday afternoon. A deck
hand turned the property 20 Capt.
Flanagan and said that 10 one had been
seen to jump overheard. The captain
took the articles to the West l25th street
police station and left them there.
h relatives of the missing woman
learned yesterday tina the cloak and boa
were those she had worn when she left
home Friday afternoon, saying she was
going for a walk.
When she did not return for supper
her father. Jacob, and tho housekeeper
thought she had gone TO the home OF her
brother-in-law, Charles Chamberlain, who
lives at so John street. At s O'Clock they
began 70 feel worried and went to Cham
berlain' 3 residence. She had not been there.
The father and brother-in-l law spent
most OF the night in visiting the homes
OF relatives. They got nc word OF her.
The h~ousekeeper went TO her room yes
terday and found a note in which she de-
claTed her intention of forgetting her
troubles in the Hudson River. r
Miss BoRert was 40 years old and up 70
last JULY was in charge Of the registered
letter department Of the Englewood post
office. She became 80 nervous that she
wac obliged 10 remain at home and 20
under medical treatment. DIR. Curry, who
was trea ting her for nervous trouble, said
yesterday that he thought her mind wa
affected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30
PHONE RECORDS BROKEN.
New York at the Head OF Inc List in mo
Number OF Subscribers.

New York city leads the world in many
enterprises, but few folks realize how far
we are ahead Of Europe in the matter of
telephones, " said an officer Of the telephone
yesterday. we ave just been
compiling a few figures on the subject and
find that within a radius Of about thirty
five miles from the City Hall there are
ose. 900 phones In service Although com
plete statistics are understandable, a CON-
parison shows that New York has more
telephones thar London n the ten other
largest cities in Great Britain combined;
not only more than Paris, but more than
all the telephones in France, Belgium,
Holland and Switzerland combined; more
telephones than are to be FOUND in the
twenty largest cities in Germany"
The gain for the territory In and near
New York for the year was $1,000 tele-
phones-nearly 200 a day-a gain in one
year Of more subscribers than there are
In many OF the largest cities in the world.
The telephone directory has now become
90 large that one edition fills a train Of
twenty-five freight cars.
Six new exchanges Rector, fremont,
Worth. Beekman, Stuyvesant and Audu-
bon) have been established this year. and
the Columbus and ~Seventy-nirtn street
exchanges have been enlarged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30
SEEING
Three siummors with . Chivalrous Spirit
Butt Into Lots OF Trouble.

-" w vs.
Three men who had apparently dined
we'll got out of a cab in Chatham Square
early yesterday morning and started in
to see the after midnight sights of China
town. One of the many guides who
hang about the quarter soon had the party
in tow.
We've just run down for q little fun,
old man" said one of the men familisrly
to the guide. studying types. don't you
know Take US where we can see some
good specimens
How about Sootty Lavelle's ohu chu
parlors for a starter asked the guide,
who explained that Scotty's place got its
name because in the long ago when 1t was
started the seats we're arranged like those
In a railroad train.
Sounds good; let's try it. said the man.
The three at once got into the spirit OF the
place and we're fast making friends with
several Of the boys and girls by buying
literally.
As they were drinking a man began to
abuse a woman about some money she
handed to him.
This here don't go, Liz, he said. How
in hell can l live on two or three dollar a
day. You got to hustle harder, l tell you"
The woman cried and the man promptly
hnOChSO OeT OOWu.
Damn il III stand for that, " said one Of
the three summers. You boys are not
going to stand for such brutality are your
They aid they guessed not and went
to the woman's rescue. She turned on
them like a cat. Who asked them to come
to her assistance, she wanted to know. .
Il guess Liz Callahan kin take care OF
herself. Take that she shrieked, clawing
four finger nail burrows down the face OF
Rescuer No. 1.
Beat their nuts of, Billy" called several
Of the other patrons, resentful at such I'M
heard OF interference.
The gang with one mind attacked the
three strangers. knocking them down and
kicking them. One OF the three managed
to get out and call a policeman. The re-
serves answered a riot call and smashed
in the place. They found the two men
lying on the floor unconscious and bleeding,
their clothes almost torn Oh, with one OF
the gang STOPPING over them and going
through their pockets.
The gang fought hard to get away, but
seven were corralled. DR.. Bryant OF Hudson
street hospital spent an our sewing up
scalp wounds on the injured men and max;
ing an effort to restore their faces to normal
condition. They were then locked up,
charged with i~ntoxication. They gave
their names as Herbert Gardner, 80 years
old, and John Sumner. SO years old, n
said they were employed as statesmen by
and lived at the Hotel Imperial. They
declined to say who the third member OF
the party was.
Between them they had nearly $500.
Let me congratulate o on your lucky
escape from possible murder and certain
job" said Magistrate Crane in discharge
them yesterday morning in the Tombs
police court. He also discharged the other
prisoners for lack OF evidence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30
GOMPERS WORKING AGAINST cru
Sends a Secret Circular to the Local Unions
Interested.

A number Of the officers OF unions In the
Central Federated Union were worked up
yesterday over a secret circular which has
been sent by President Gompers Of the
American Federation of Labor to the pres
idents Of national and internstional unions
whose locals have delegates 10 the Central
Federated Union.
The circular calls attention to the fact that
the C.. +. u. must come 10 a final vote to-
day on the ultimatum of the Minneapolis
convention of the A. F. of l.. giving IL 10
January 1 TO reinstate certain unions and
20 expel others, the alternative being the
revocation Of the &. F. u. charter and the
forming of a new Central Labor Union.
1t is pointed out in the circular that Vice
President 0'Connell and Secretary Morri-
son OF the American Federation Of Labor
appeared before the c. F. U. and fully OK
planned the decision, from which there Is
no appeal. The circular saws:
1t devolves upon the executive officers Of
the international unions TO do their share
OF their duty in the premises and ] therefore
write that you communicate with the local
unions in the city Of New York that they
may understand how imperative II is that
they not only have their delegates in attend
ancs at the meeting OF December 80. but
that very urgent advice be given by you to
them in order that the duty may be properly
and promptly performed.
OF course you will understand the mad
visibility OF any reference to this letter
being made in the communications which
you may address to the local unions Of your
city.
may add. as you will know. that IL is the
purpose Of your local union in New York
city, your international union. AZ well as the
American Federation of Labor itself. TO
render any assistance we possibly can 20
protect workmen who may be engaged In a
dispute. 70 aid them in any way within our
power, but the internattonal unions cannot
have their member in New York city or else
where subj cot 30 be ordered on strike unless
me authority Is given by the International
unions.
Vice-President O'Connell and Secretary
Morrison OF the American Federation OF
Labor have also issued a circular to the
local unions In reply 70 the Actors National
Protective Union which holds that the rules
of trade unionism made it the duty OF
the stage hands and musicians to strike at
the Metropolitan Opera House. 1t Gays
that III question 10 the obeying OF the
rules of the A. +. of l.. and not sympathy
with the Actors' Protective Union
President Henry De Veaux OF the Actors
National Protective Union said yesterday
that as the president Of a national union
Gompers should have sent him one Of the
circulars but failed to do1so. He will raise
that point before the Central Federated
Union,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30
scRANTON,S TYPHOID EPIDEMIC.
FIFTY New Cases Yesterday Makea Total OF
DI-HOspitals Crowded.

SCRANTON, Pa. Dec. 2s.-Fifty new cases
Of typhoid fever were reported to the Bureau
of Health for the t~wenty-four hours ending
noon to-day, making a total Of 75l for the
month and Of 791 for the five weeks the
disease has been epidemic
The official record OF deaths shows 81.
The State Hospital, with eighty-four cases
in its wards, to-day gave notice that II is
overcrowded and can receive no additional
patients. The Moses Taylor Hospital has
thirty-eight, the Hahnemann thirty-four
and the Westside twenty. with at least nifty
cases in three private hospitals. More than
a hundred trained nurses independent OF the
hospital forces are on duty in the city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30
Old HutCh's Partner Dies at Poor Farm.

SPOKANE, Wash, Dec. 2s.-George II.
Leonard, who was once a partner of Hutchin-
con in the Chicago wheat pit and was as
sociated with him in the famous wheat corner
in the oerly sos, died at the county poorfarm
on Thursday. A. the time Of the famous
wheat corner Leonard was rated . multi
millionaire,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-30

the same direction through their labor
bureaus. Aside from national and state
bureaus, many societies have been form
ed to prevent the violation of child
ated and very efficient. Boston has,
perhaps, the best in this country. Still
these societies, on the whole, are not
as numerous or as effective as those
for the prevention of cruelty to ami
mails. Even in cities the size of Man
kato, it is surprising how generally
tieularly as to employing or allowing
minors to be. when intoXicants are sold,
and in violation of the tobacco laws.
1t needs no argument to show the
evil tendency of the violation of these
restrictive laws. and the bad effect of
the employment of children upon the
these laws are most lax and most loose
ly enforced is in communities and call
ings where the children come most in
contact with the low and vicious. Pro-
family and many forms of vice are thus
ingrafted upon the susceptible lives of
the children. Also, of course, the child
is denied schooling and all the advan-
tages which go to lay the foundations
of good citizenship.
Upon investigation, it has been gen
orally conceded that the absence or vio-
lation of these restrictive laws, tend to
produce generation of physical and
moral weaklings. | shall quote from a
high English authority on this phase of
the subject. In magazine article, Sir
John DEEMS says: "In the silent revo-
luton that followed the abolishing of
the corn laws, agriculture, which had
been the backbone of English character
and English strength, withered away.
Vast areas devoted to the growing of
wheat became hunting fields. The stout
yeomanry, their country's pride, ceased
to exist. England turned from agricul-
ture to manufacturing; the country and
the country town and the village began
to dry up and steady stream of in
digent men and women poured into the
great cities"
The blow that the wise men had fore
seen fell with the Boer war. In a day.
as it seemed, the nation awoke to the
fact that its physical vigor was Slapped.
1t has no material for soldiers The
percentage of reflections at the enlist
ment stations appalled, every reflective
mind. The standards were lowered. the
tests were made easy; the reflections
continued to be most alarming. Regi-
ments were patched together of boys
and anemic youths. They were food for
hospitals, not for powder. Once H.
South Africa enteric swept them Off like
flies; they were only the shells of men.
There Were other things equally DISTURB
ing. Men gathered from the dis; !, ,tches
that, us a matter of fact, the war was
fought on the British side by the col
onies. Irish and Scotch There have
been hints of worse revelations Lon
don newspaper asserted chat of 900
men examined n Manchester, nearly
10000 were rejected.
And the English people had always
trusted so implicitly in their traditional
physical stamina And meantime, Il
change, tremendous, but mnoted, had
gone on in the habits and stamina and
physical type of that class OF men that
must ever make the rank and file of
armies Tie men that faced the Malta
koff and stormed Sebastopol were no
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-15

Engineer Stevens declaration in favor of a lock canal at Panama is without qualification or limitation, says the New York Post. A lock ca nal in seven or eight years or sea level one not for fifteen or eighteen: an expenditure $135. 100000 greater in one case than in the other; and then as ciincher, that the Chagres River cannot be so confined as to make a sea level canal safe. For year Mir Stevens has been compelled to study the canal problem in all it's phases. He knows more about It both theore- tically and practically than any other man. His future reputation is at stake. The explicitness of his testi- mony thus goes far toward kicking the wavering balance in favor of the lock level.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-15

The result of recent examina tons made in England by various sanitary authorities make it quite clear that the British have no reason 10 discrim- mate against American meat because of allegations against American pack CTS. Nearly all of the large cities in England show. according to the re- ports of sanitary officers. that she work done in canning factories and in other such places. in the language of one of the reports. '-couId not be worse" These reports are signed by prominent public analysts fin whom the British people have every conf dence. and they show a condition of things much worse than was charged at one time against the Chicago can neries. Dr F. Cooper. a well known medical expert Tn London and q mem her of parliament. states the case in these words: The public has no con ceptiOn of the filthy eon.iitions pre- vailing in most of the English sIaugh- terinz houses. especially the small private ones. Most e< the small in Enxiand gre also luteIy without inspection vhstever.. the butchers may kiH when they Ike and under whatever co1ditEons thev please The places literally reek vifh
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-15
The C,ar as An Athlete.

The Car Is below the medium height and. although he does not look it. he is something of an athle,e- Tn a walk he can easly outiistance the average man. Peiesfrianisrn ss fin fact. the exercise that appeals to him most He can go miles and miles without requiring a rest but now adays he fndnIges in but few rambles-
 He tloes not fesr death for himself. Isut he Iesieves that God inreutled him fo rule. and therefore ne avoids un- necessary risks. The tales that are cir~ulafsf periodically to the enect that he tremhIrs for his safety throughout the Iivelonr dsy gre ss un- true as they are absurd
 Ntrholas IT Is also . f.ir car. when he was over In this ~o1ntry some rearS sxo he patrOuIs~d the Thames frr-quensIy. cosnx down Co . certain Ipafhou~e unattendrd sni hiring . single ~~ulIer hy the nour- Nov sni again he eytiss He finds n plezs- urp En ponzp snd csrrr.ony srd verr h~ ire fa euusu't hts own vfsh~s be woubd esseSrfuIly vacafe ths 1fsse to omefrgw.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-15

The world is more honest than 1t once was, but there are still men in 1t who have not risen to the higher level. but take advantage of the new assumption that men generally are worthy of confidence. It is a public calamity when such men rise to places in which they can exercise their inn morality upon the property of their fellowmen. It becomes disastrous business to. those who are associated with them in any way. In the case of the Real Estate Trust company of Philadelphia. says an exchange, .he question has been whether the loss should be borne by the thousands of depositors. or by the handful of direc- tors. From the first there was a good degree of confidence that the direc- tors could not and would not allow the blow to fall upon those who had entrusted their money to them: and this confidence has been justified by the result. After prolonged and trou- bled deliberations the board have re- solved to put up the money needed to cover the losses, and to reopen the Trust. They expect that some of their creditors. as in similar cases. will ac- cept preferred stock to the amount of their losses, and the rest they will pay in full.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-15
WALTZ AND TwO-sTEP TO GO.
Dancing Masters Decide to Re-En.
 throne the Courtly Minuet.

The modern waltz and two-step must go. Their places shall be filled by the courtly dances of the olden Gays Such is the edict of the Ameri- can society of professors of dancing now in session fin the Hotel Majestic. The handwriting-or, rather. foot writing-on the wall says that the dreamy gyrations of the waltz must be modified to meet conditions of to- day: conditions which require re- turn to the methods of our forefa- thers. when grace and sprightly man. ners on a ballroom floor were quali- ties to he admired. and the harum- scarum hop. skip and jump of the wild two-step was a thing unknown.
 It has been coming for long time. says the august assemblage of sixty now in convention. From Main to California they have come to urge the reform idea. The Gavotte Majestic by George Wilson of Portland. Me. Is the embodiment of the new thought in terpsichoreau art. The touching of the finger tips. the courtier's bow and the stately step make an attractive figure which does not reply on the bear-like embrace as its central idea.
 Henry Doring of Troy has invented the opera waltz for consideration. 1t is intended to wean dancers gradually from the round figures. Ii combines several steps of the mlnuet with the waltz of modern society.
 An encore waltz suggested by Os- kar Duenweg. of Terra Haute. Ind. Is another favorite with the convention. Its inventor claims for it combina- ton of balance. glide and waltz move ment quite in keeping with the ideas of the dancing renaissance.
 "we do not claim a revolution In dancing" said Henry ]. Kramer of Los Angeles. There is nothing new under the sun. you know. We simply wish to revive the graceful figures Of centuries gone and put them in new dress. Dancing has always been A favorite diversion of society. 1t teaches grace and correct department Little by little the qundrille. Virginia reel and sclIotfische have been ahar- donel on dancing programs- With their reptrsion dancing has fallen In popular favor. It Is just as pleasant A recreation as ever and the demand Ia for A return to the old system We are furnishing up the old ideas and hruDe again to make dancing a neces- xary art to every young man and wo- man of social preiensions.'