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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-21
THE TICKET BROKERAGE ABUSE.


The action Of two of the conspicuous New
York theatres IN refusing any regular allot'
ments Of tickets to spectators or agencies is
a helpful step toward the abatement Of a street
nuisance and the redressing Of q public grtev-
ance. Mayor Mcclellan recently promised to
do what he could to suppress the annoyance
Of solicitation at the theatre entrances. but his
efforts must, Of course, be confined to discl-
plining individual offenders and cannot strike
at the root Of the present vicious system. The
real reform must come from the theatre man
ayers themselves, for If they care 10 rid them
selves and the public Of Intermediates they
can quickly drive the speculate tors out Of busl-
ness. If there is no bond OF interest between
the theatres and the sidewalk operators the
liberation Of street brokerage is difficult TO
plain. The spectators create no additional
business, for the patrons who buy from them
go actually to the theatres and would make
their purchases at the Box Offices If they could;
and brokers. even ct the excessive advances they
demand. could not carry on their business very
long if they had to bear the actual loss on
the tickets they failed to sell. The only con-
clusion to be drawn is that there is a work
Ing arrangement between the box office and
the outside operator by which profits and losses
are apportioned
An informant Of The Tribune applied recently
at the box Office Of a prominent theatre for
seats for a performance the next evening. The
orchestra. he was told, was sold out But
within earshot OF the ticket seller was a spec
ulator with bunch Of forty or 1fty orchestra
seat tickets which he offered at an advance
OF 80 cents each. If the theatre in question got
no profit from the double transaction 1t merely
annoyed its patrons and caused them money
loss by allowing large blocks Of the best seats
to be withdrawn from public sale II II did
profit by the operation it was practically re-
pudiating its published scale of prices and prac-
Using a deception on theatregoers. If prices
have to be raised it would be more satisfactory
on all grounds to raise them openly and do
away with the profits of the mlddlemen
As we have frequently said the hotel agen-
cies fulfil an Ineligible function for they sup.
ply seats to visitors who are glad to pay some
thing additional for the sake of getting accom-
modatiOns on short notice. But 1t is burden
some discrimination against the New York pub
lie, which after ALL supports the theatres year
in and year out, that practically all the desir-
able seats in most houses go to the hotel agen.
cies from the first night of the season TO the
last night. There should be q fairer dlstribu.
ton between the two publics, and If q resident
thearegoer Is willing to buy a seat ten DAYS
or two weeks In advance he should not he
forced to take a sixteenth row place. or else paw
premium, merely because the first fifteen rows
are reserved for middlemen who may not be
able 20 dispose Of them up to the very night Of
the performance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-21
zHrrAnErPRrrs TRACTION Troubles.

Philadelphia, IKE every other big city In the
country. has its traction problem, only the
situation there is more serious and more acute
than On any other American city. II Is Pc
GUITAR situation and full Of warning A similar
condition might develop In almost any other
city II its traction company carried as far as
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company has
done the imprudence which. 20 some degree
prevails among traction companies generally
There is no cry in Philadelphia for municipal
ownership, no agitation for lower fares There
has been no determined fight against the trac-
ton company such as has been carried on In
Chicago end Cleveland. where new franchises
were persistently refused 20 the street railway
companies. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company has received all Of the franchises 1t
wants and received them free. even in these
davs when there is elsewhere general oppOsi-
ton 60 such municipal generosity. 1t is the
RAPID Transit Company which Is crying out 70
be saved from the results of SITS own methods.
II needs succor.
How great this need Is may be appreciated
from the words Of Mr.. George 81. Earle. jr., OF
me board Of directors Of the Rapid Transit
Company. He says that TO bring the system
UP 20 the city's needs slO000O00. perhaps even
S2ooo0,OOO, must be spent each year. 'For
Gods sake" he exclaims give somebody
ecredit 70 supply your needs because 1--WE years
''going 70 be terrible IL things stand still be
'eause OF this agitation" He advocates a plan
by which the city should lend its credit TO the
transit company, being represented on It's
hoard Of directors ana sharing in its profits.
In this way it is thought the company might
be enabled 20 carry out the needed improve
ments which it has undertaken.
The explanation OF how the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company came 10 find itself In
its present straits without the hostility OF local
administrations, such as explains the troubles
OF the Chicago and Cleveland street railway
companies, is the old familiar one Of "stoek
watering" Usually the public is the chief suf-
ferer from this device Of ''high finance" to earn
in0rdinate profits with inadequate facilities.
The people OF Philadelphia suffered ia this way.
lis streetears are described as antiquated and
slow. ane the transfer system as limited But,
observe, the people have not been the only suf-
feleTs. The Rapid Transit Company has so
exhausted it's credit that II Is unable 10 make
TIE extensions OF its system which it needs and
which TIE city needs. II it suTrenders or is
deprived of the valuable franchises which II
las faiiss % carry ont. II opens Tie field to a
rival,
Mp. George ~. A0lais. a banker Of Pbiladel-
ph:e, has presented lgnres 70 sl:ow that there
ts s7G7D9oc1 O. Eaicr IN ! total Capitalization
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-21

Senator Whyte eloquently revives the Fed
eralist-Republcan controversy Of more than a
century ago over the Interpretation Of the Con-
sttution and the powers Of the central govern
ment. denounces again the "centralizing and
aristocratic scheme OF Alexander Hamilton"
and insists that our government is a "confed-
"erated republic. established by the people Of tho
Estates, and not by the aggregated people OF the
United States" Yet the Constitution begins
with these words: I'VE. the people Of the United
States do ordain and establish this Con-
"stitution for the United States Of America"
Can it be that by people of the United States
was meant not the people OF the United states7
There was a former Senator OF similar name
from a nelghboring state-White Of Delaware
who held the same views which Senator Whyte
processes. He thought it was hostile 70 the wish
OF the great masses OF the people that the pow
ers Of the general government should be ex-
tended so as to sanction the purchase OF Loufsi-
ana, believed that IL would be impossible 70 in
corporate that territory into the Union save by
altering the Constitution. and predicted that
such incorporation would prove the greatest
curse that could befaH this country. Thu re-
newal OF the controversies OF a century ago pro-
vokes wonder IL the present opponents Of the
national principle win prove more effective and
successful than did their futile predecessors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-21
BRYAN AND PEACE.
FrOm No Washlngton Stnr.

from The Washington Star.
Mr. Bryan. who IS now leoturing in California,
VIII visit New England IN April and confer Witb
his political friends in that quarter From there
ne VIII go 70 The Hague and talk peace for All
nlahhlna. Ihls IS good arrangement. He will
learn OF many OF the horrors OF after meeting
george Fred Williams who Is in battle array
against the trusts and the Hearst outfit But he
fore asking the outside world to disarm should not
MIR. Bryan induce Mr.. Williams to disarn? Dis
erming. like charity, should begin az home How
can Mr. Bryan consistently denOunce battIeshiDs OF
the DreadnOught pattern and guns OF the thirfeen-
Inch size abroad when he knows that Mr.. williams
armed with a thirteen-inch tongue Is ralcing the
Hearstites In New England fore and att in lis be-
half? - - ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-21
THRIFTY SOLDIERS.
Troln the seattls Tlnles.

1&SAA TAG SEATTLE Alllea
The American soldier Is not highly paid vet he
10 a thrifty chap. Last year 5l,2SS enlisted man
saved and nd deposited with the paymasters depart
nent sl.tsox[s his Is very respectable sum. and
the enlisted men for that period. Had every en-
listed man made deposit tho average saving for
tha year would have been 81 50, but that n the
least interesting feature Of tho system
The figures show that the soldier can deDosIt
under me law OF iS2 only sums of i've dollars and
year show that the saving habit Is continuous with
many enlisted men. ~A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-21

The State Forester Of Connecticut is giving
the people OF that state lesson which should
prove of great value. Two years ago the state
purchased tract Of land in the town OF Union
II cost So 70 an acre, and now has been planted
in white pine seedlings at a cost OF So 90 an
acre. II is estimated that in forty or fifty years
this win return net result OF per cent COM
pound interest The forester intends TO have at
least one thousand acres OF forest reserve In
each county These win return good profit to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-21
cEYLoN PEARL PROFITS.
From Ths Hartford couran,.

FTola Ihs Hartford Courant.
The Ceylon pearl fishery was leased a wear azo
70 q limited company for twenty years. az an an-
nual rental or Slu3,SS3 the company coyenanting 70
expend from $1,000 TO $4,000 year on Improve
fnents under government supervision and 10 nav
the cost of governmental protection. In some re-
cent year, presumably 1906. but the date has been
edited out OF the consular report, as usual the
fishery is said 10 have yielded profit OF Ss0l So
- = '~7~~-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-21

This city maintains its standing as centre
Of higher education It's two chief universities
rank in numbers. respectively. third and ninth
among those Of the United States and one OF it's
law schools ranks largest OF all II to these In
stitutions add the various smaller colleges.
professional and technical schools. etc. we have
an aggregate Of academic activity doubtless far
exceeding that in any other city OF this oon-
tinent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-21

An association has been organized In the Dis
trict of Columbia for the purpose OF preserving
the birthplace Of Francis Scott Key-an old
building IN Georgetown on the bank of the Po-
tomao River. This is a better way OF nerpetuat-
ing Keys fame than the contemporaneous effort
OF certain high school educators to modernize
his poetry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-21

BECAUSE of the shortage in the American pea
nut crop It is proposed 70 import that national
necessity Of circus life from foreign shores
Talk about carrying Goals to Newcastle, when
goobers are carried to Virginia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-21

the state and teach the people how 70 use their
poor lands advantageously.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
WOMAN THE MUTILATOR
She Gets Six Months for Vandalism
in the Picture Gallery of the
Louvre at Paris.

Paris, Oct. valentine Cotrel, a
woman of Rouen, has been sentenced
to six months Imprisonment for mu-
tilating Jean Auguste Ingres' picture
"Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel" at
the Louvre. This was the third in
stance of vandalism in the Louvre
within two months When Mile. Cotrel
was arraigned she said that her pur-
pose in cutting the picture was that
she might be taken into custody and
thus draw attention to the homeless
and their miserable condition.
The woman said: ct is wicked to
see such fortunes representeed by dead
things when so many poor beggars are
dying Of hunger, although anxious 70
work"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
NINE MONTHS ON A CRUISE
Party of Friends of Financier Are to
Take a Voyage Around
the World.

New York, Oct. 4.-Fifteen friends
Of Robert M. Thompson, financier, re-
tired naval officer and lawyer, are to
be his guests on one of the most re-
markahle yacht cruises on record. The
yacht upon which they will voyage
around the world is the S,0O0-ton
steamer Mineola. The journey will oc-
cupy nine months, and the estimated
expense of the entertainment is half a
million dollars. Among those invited
by Colonel Thompson to be his guests
arc Lord RrasZy and Admiral Sir Chas.
Reresford. Admiral Beresford, has ac-
copied the, Invitation conditionally, ii
is said, the condition being that he
succeed in being temporarily relieved
Of command of the British Mediterran-
can squadron. .,.
The Mineola will arrive here tomor-
row and will Immediately be turned
into a yacht. Among the. changes will
be the making of a ball room 100 feet
long and as wide as the ship. Besides
the ball room, which is to be finished
in white and gold, the plans call for
fifteen state apartments in styles Of
Louis XIV and George III periods, each
to have a sitting room and bath room
attached
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

But in industry there has not
as yet been the governmental growth
necessary in order to meet the tremen-
dous changes brought ABOUT in indus
trial conditions by steam and cleo
tricity. It is not il accordance with
our principles that literally despotic
power should be put into the hands Of
a few men in the affairs Of the in
dustrial world"
He said that these industrial prob
lens We're not present when the con
stitution was founded. but that ther
were anticipated and that wise fore
thought of the fathers put into the con-
stitution the Interstate commerce
clause for he very emergency which
has arisen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
TO FEED EVANS FLEET
Six Million Pounds of Two Dozen Are
ticIes To Be Bought by che -
Government.

washington, Oct. 4. = Elaborate
preparations are being made at the
navy department for food supplies for
the vessels Of Admiral Evans battle
ship feet on its voyage TO the Pacific
coast. Soon after the determin ton
was reached to dispatch the fleet on
It's long cruise the bureau OF sup
plies and accounts began preparing
advertisements for bids tofurnish food
supplies. and these were accompanied
by schedules indicating just what is
wanted.
These advertisements and schedules
were sent to large dealers throughout
the country, and their proposals have
just been opened. The amount needed
apprOximates 100000 pounds, made
up of two dozen articles of food, be-
sides quantities of fruit extracts, eggs
and table delicacies, to be delivered at
the Brooklyn navy yard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Dentist to an Elephant.

Cohn, a cross elephant in the royal
zoo at Munich, Germany, has just been
treated for an liberated tusk by a
woman dentist, DR.. Gretchen Birker,
who learned her business in the United
States. Four hundred men dentists
refused the task before she accepted
it. Cohn had to have his ivory molar
sawed off, the nerve channel burned
out and then drilled and filled, the
work being completed by very orna-
mental gold cap. Although he was
shackIed for the operation, in the ex-
cess of his pain poor Cohn unintention-
ally gave the dentist black eye, but
on the whole he seemed to understand
she was trying to help him and was
apparently grateful for her services,
which is more than many higher ami
mails are when in the hands of tooth
expert.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
City Property For Sale

Owing to failing health and being
unable to manage it to advantage
hereafter.
hereby offer for sale the follow
ing described property situated in
the city of Lancaster, Wisconsin:
Block Of Schmitt's addition.
Assessment block 65.
Assessment block Ga.
Six lots IN block of Schmitt's adj
dition.
About 160acres known as assess
ment block tx"
This property, about % acres in
all, is situated so that it can be oc-
cupied as single tract or it can be.
sub-divided to suit purchasers.
Much of this property is suitable
for residence purposes.
The ice pondsIand ice houses are
situated upon it and so arranged
that ice can be housed at cost Of
only five cents per 'cwt. The ice
ponds are filed by springs.
A reasonable downspayment will
be required, balance on time to suit
purchaser.
Call upon or address
ANTON SCHMITT,
Lancaster. Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

Germany has many interesting vom-
en-. and one of them is DR.. Anita Augs-
purg. She is the head Of the move
ment for the political enfranchisement
of women in the kaiseT's empire and
edits a monthly paper devoted to that
cause. She was born in a small town
in Hanover and was successfully a
successful artist, teacher and photOg-
rapher. Through a lucky windfall in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
The Wonderful Mrs. Brown.

Mrs. A. e. Brown, burnt money ex-
pert for the United States treasury,
has proved a good angel to thousands
who had money damaged by the recent
fire and earthquake disaster in San
Francisco. When the work of clean
ing out the ruins began many who had
bank notes slowed in supposedly safe
places found only fragments, which
they were advised to send to Wash
ington for Identification and redemp-
ton. The condition Of the money was
in some cases so bad that its owners
despaired of success, but in numerous
instances they were most agreeably
surprised to receive the full value Of
their funds. Money that had been kept
in safe was only baked and it's iden-
tifcation was a comparatively easy
matter. Mrs. Brown has been in the
treasury service for twenty years. and
her skill in recognizing the denomina-
ton Of the most charrad or water
soaked bills is said to be almost
magical
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
REFERS TO HIS ANCESTRY
Half Southern, Half Northern and
s'Middling Good Western" Man.


Half Southern, Half Northern and
s'Middling Good Western" Man.
Tie referred to the fact thathis moth
err was a southern woman, making him
half southerner and half northerner,
and-"I also want you to know that |
consider myself a middling good west
ern man. He spoke approvingly OF
the presence of the children. Il be-
lieve in the babies," he said; 1T is a
good stock, and l want it kept up
The president added considerably to
his prepared speech on the necessity
for a strong navy, dwelling especial
IL on the unwisdom of boasting with
out being prepared for the emergency
that boasting may prove.
'"The stronger the navy" he said
"the kinder the feeling of other ma
tons towards us; a strong navy is
procative of peace In the course OF
his speech he declared that he had no
patience with people who lay all the
evils of the day at the door Of the poll
ticians, because, he said, the politicians
will dowhatever the people make them
do or will let them do, hence the re
sponsibility is with the people. after
ALL
Referring to the administration pol
icy as to the trusts he said: Il think
that the excellent people who have
complained of our policy as hurting
business have shown much the same
shirt as the child who regards the
dentist and not the liberated tooth as
4l,n rnnl cn11rcn Of his WOE"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
HITS ONE AT PEssIMIsM
His IdeaIsNatiOn-New Naval Policy
The Industrial Problem.

Inc knuuSLPEaI EGOD1GlAls
Referring to the present events the
president said: Friends, there is ev-
erv reason why we should fight what
ever is evil in the present. But there
is also every reason why we should
feel a sturdy and confident hope for
the future"
Then he gave his idea of what ma
tion should be-'of course, the type OF
man whom we respect, whom we are
proud of if he is 4 l1insman. whom we
are clad to have as n friend and neigh
bor is the man who is no milKsop'
who Is not afraid. who viii MOI tole4-
atc Inor hesitate to resent insult q
injury. but who himself never ni1ct5
insult or injury, is kindly, good-naf-
rred. thoughtful Of others rights" The
same rule he said applied rs to ma
tons.
He explained TO his hearers for the
first time the meaning o. in voyag,
to the Paciiic--of the batteships. sly
ing-"This year I AIN La. py 10 say
we shall begin . course which / hope
will be steadily followed hereafter
that. namely. Of keeping tho battleshiI
feet alternately fl the Pacific and il
the atlantic"
The latter half Of BIS speech was
devoted entirely to the Industrial prob
lem = the regulation Of large enter
prises, and he said that--"Politcally
we can be said substantially TO have
worked out our Democratic ideals
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
ON THE BROAD MISSISSIPPI
Preside Mt Sees Places Seen by His
Great Uncle 100 Years Ago.

Great Uncle 100 Years Ago.
New Madrid, Mo-, Oct. 4. - The
president spent the entire afternoon IN
a leasure run down the Mississippi
river from Cairo to New Madrid. His
beat, the Mississippi, slowed up, but
the delay was very brief The city is
place of history, and not the least
interesting feature of it's history is
found in the association with it of the
name of Nicholas Roosevelt, a great
uncle of the president, who stopped
here in 1911, when he brought down
the first steamboat that ever ran on
the waters of the either the Mississippi
or the Ohio rivers.
It was here that the elder Roosevelt
turned up the Mississippi instead OF
down, it is related this change was
influenced by the great New Madrid
earthquake which occurred at this
time. These facts have been recited
many times to the president since he
began hiStour of the river, and he has
never failed to manifest interest iii
them. The presidential boat did not
land owing to his desire not to vary
his programme. The run down tie riv-
er was devoid Of interest for the most
part
The president lunched aboard the
Colonel Mackenzie. with the inland
waterways commission. The low river
banks We're at places fringed with peo-
pie, but they were generally too far
removed from the boats to permit any
demonstration except the waving Of
baOdIynrchiafS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

Cont. from 1st page, 2nd Column.
are decked with their beautiful
colors. The nuts are here and the
woods are full Of people gathering
them, and you can hear the squirrels
chattering and barking as they are
storing a supply away for their
winter use.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Irish are the
proud parents of baby boy, born
last Sunday. The first in the family.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
A Woman Mine Promoter.

The west offers many opportunities to
the shrewd business woman. Mrs. 4.
II. Briggs of Pittsburg recently accom-
plished the merging Of the properties of
the Eldorado Mining company of Ne
vada. and through the transaction ac-
0uired an interest in the concern that
will make her and her daughter inde-
pendent for life. Mrs. Briggs is the
widow of physician, and being left
with insufficient means took up the
study of mining. In Tittsburg she is
regarded as an authority on the sub
iect
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Learning to Sugar Coat Facts.

The school authorities in London
have come to the sensible conclusion
that if facts are put into an interesting
form children Will remember them
much better. Miss Marie Shedlock,
who is said to have n talent for making
the dullest fact attractive. has been
engaged to deliver a course of lectures
TO the teachers on THE Art of Story
Telling" with a view to improving
their style in narration.
MARCIA WILLIS CAMPBELL.