The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-01
DREEzYBUNCH Of
GOTHAM GOSSIP
NEW YORK suRP4ssEs ANY CITY
IN THE WoRLp WITH HER
GREAT SCHOOLS.
TWO MILES "A MINUTE
Is the Proposed Speed Of New Road
FEW Convictions For Murder
Other Short and interesting
Items.

| New York, Nov. 30.-With The sin
gle exception of Russia there is no
nation in the world whose standing
army equals IN numbers the army
made up of those who attend institu-
| six other cities in the United States
have a population equal to it for the
latest figures show that no less than
| G50000 pupils are enrolled at the va
rious schools OF the city. This total
is roughly equal TO the present popu-
lation Of St. Louis, Baltimore or Bcs-
ton 1t exceeds by more than 50..
600 the peace army Of Germany and
is two and one-half times as large as
that of Great Britain The total far
surpasses the school attendance for
any o'her city In the world Not even
London can compete with New York
in this respect. AT the public schools
the total regis ser Is 5S3 3S9 with a.
average attendance of more than half
a million. Aside from these there are
10000 high cchool pupils in Manhat-
tan and the Bronx and 1000 in Brook
lyn Then there are the pupils in pa
rochial schools, $1,000 in all. as well
as those receiving instruction in col
from private teachers decidedly
pleasing feature is found in the fact
that as the percentage of school A.
tendance increases, the number CT
those without instruction, either
Through truancy or any other cause,
steadily declines, the point now be
ing very nearly reached at which
there is universal education within
the official school ages in New York.
Few Convicted For Murder
With the Thaw trial looming close
ahead. the ubiquitous person who
backs his assertions with figures as
proof positive of the'r accuracy, has
been very busy with his pencil. AS
result he has discovered that recll
ano1 hs.s4.a-~,. il---.--c,e4 averages passed on
the records of the criminal courts of
the country and without reference
TO the merits of the case, the chances
that Thaw will be convicted Of murder
in the first degree are only six out of |
one hundred. In other words, out Of |
every one hundred persons against |
whom Il murder indictment is return
ed by the garnd jury, only six re-
ceovc The severest punishment of the |
law, While "a per cent manage 20 |
wriggle out of the clutches of the dis
trict attorneys office to greater or
less eXtnt Of the flfty-fve persons
indictedlfor murder in the first degree
since Jab1ary first only three convic.
tions hab been secured out of the 10
cases trtd-a showing over which
New GorA ca-1ot enthuse TO any great |
extent; 9pcc.ally since in Chicago
during thd same period 60 out of the
liz per ms indicted were found
guilty as parged-a record for con
victions OF better than so per cent.
or course New York takes a grain Of
comfort in The fact that her indict
ments were fnly half as many as Chi
cago S, out There the matter stops.
The tigures tould seem to show that
while twice Is many murders are
committed lnChicago as here about
nine times a many convictions are
secured in thu western cltv.
$4,000 br a New Flower.
Fifteen thosand dollars for new
nower-that the record over which
New York, alhys after the biggest or
the most extnsiye in any line. Is
proudly papit,ing at present. Accord.
ing TO report,a local fancier I'm the r
line of floral lauty has just acquired
a brand new lrnaticn q the lrning
ocst Of s15 000 This price. II is said
gives New fU the record for such
an expenditure At The time whcl
the famous La son pink became the 5
property of Tpmas ". Lawson. ir n
was claimed III it cost him $50 COS. /,
but those on he inside who we're Q
acquainted withhe deal say that the n
price was reallmot one.third Of this
amount. Previ6 to New York's re n
cord breaking rchases. the highest o
price ever paidor a carnation was n
probably the sh00 given I'D by a
Chicago firm foIhe now famous Fl. .t
aucee variety. sspiie the big price d
paid for il. hover. the Fiaucec was
aimo I q compile failure. as was the
Mckinley Which,reated furOre a
Few years ago. While little Is vet
known concerns the new sl5.010 IA
Winona. il is beyed that its valre p.
viii be found In 5 size rather than a,
in its color. sincerevious attempts to re
create pOpularityhrough the latter IN
have not been pacularlv successful al
The principal eft Of carnation hy- ar
bTidis,s at prese is for increased
size. and next to e chrysauthemurli
the carnation is ububtedly the most
wonderfully develd flower.