The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-24
ART CIRCLES ARE
DEEPL Y STIRRED

of the curb. About Is brokers, after
the close of business. adjourned to a
neighboring cafe and traded in 10000
shares of Nevada Goldfield, advancing
the price of 3-4 of point and spelling
the market for those brokers who
obeyed the law of the curb. When
the market opened next day many
brokers who had orders found that
they could not be executed, as the
price had been advanced. 1t was dis
covered that the guilty men were
among those who habitualy do bust
ness on the curb. who had agreed to an
increase upon the market price of the
closing of the curb market in Jersey
City. The 200 brokers who habitually
do business on the curb agreed that
in future they would not trade with
any man who violates the rules for
closing The Vigilance Committee
will furnish the names every day 10
the press, with a request that they
be published Other brokers upon
reading the list, will refuse to do any
business with the outlaws.
Street Robberies.
There is a decided increase in the
number of street robberies accom-
panied by violence. AS rule strong
police during the months of severe
winter than in the season of agree
able temperatures. Just now, per-
haps, there are as many hOld-ups as
there were in mid-winter, and the
holiness with which they operate is
pronounced. Among the long list or
crimes committed during each "a
hours, hold-ups take a prominent
place, numerically, as is shown by
the precinct returns every morning.
Many of the strong-arm men are
Poles, Italians and Hungarians, and
few are Americans. The methods
pursued are either intimidation and
simple robbery, of failing, that, such
smuggling as leaves their man uncon-
scious, If not dead, where he dropped.
When a hold-up is worked in the
densely peopled East Side districts
at night, as often happens, there is
little hope of finding the culprit- The
badger game" as we'll as straight
hold-up by women, are also increas-
ing.
inducements to Boarders.
Active work upon the excavation or
series of excavations, for the terminal
has left the north side of Thirty-third
street, between Seventh and Ninth
Avenues, in a somewhat stalled
shape. The houses are shOred up,
it is true, but no hemlOck scantling
is strong enough to shore up the
hopes of the boarding house keepers
who are affected. The natural result
is, that some of the houses in which
board and lodging may be had, which
have in front of them a fringe of
sidewalk, are offering unusual induce
ments to possible bOarderS. Con-
trary to custom, this SOlicitude is not
manifest only toward the Intending
boarder The ledger already in the
house has every detail of his comfort
carefully attended to. In some of
the houses breakfasts are served. in
Guiding the weekly charge for the Oc-
cupancy of the room, and this rate is
lower than in am Of the uneXcavated
sections of the west side. Moreover,
it is lower than the rate obtaining in
the same houses prior TO the great
change. One ledger in a shOred up
house could not understand how it
was that his la dry was never in
arrears. For time he did not in
quire too closely. In the end CuriOS-
ity won a victory over the better part
of valor. Mrs. PeachY he asked,
how Is it that my laundry bills are
always paid nowadays?" That's
easy she said. we give breakfast
and laundry with the room.
Miss Gould's Philanthropy.
Miss Helen NJ. Gould is the hitherto
unknown philanthroplst who pur-
chased 900 acres of land near
Greeley, Colo, at a cost of $3.50, 600
to be subdivided for houses for poor
persons from New York tenements
Another 100000 will be spent for
farm implements, seed and fencing.
Beneficiaries will be allowed to make
easy payments, if they are diligent.
but the ShiftleSs will be weeded out
There will be a corps of agricultural
and sanitary assistants. a. library
and reading room and pleasure
grounds There will be no require
ments as to religion. Dairying and
poultry raising will receive the most