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Arizona republican., 1907-02-04
l2 ACRES OF OFFICES
 IN NEW SkYSCRAPERS
Largest Office Building in the World About to Go Up h Nss. Y7rk.

New York Feb. 3.-FOundations are being laid for what will be the largest and most costly office building in the warld-a thirty-two story sEyscraper providing twelve acres Of 0dice space. It is being erected by the City Invest ing company at the corner or Broad way and Cortlaudt street and will be ready for occupancy early in 1908. Site and structure will represent an out lay of 8L0.00o.V00.
 Massive size and imposing in design. the new building will be a notable de- parture from the usual style Of sky scraper. The architectural treatment leaves a deep recess in the face of tHe building thus separating it into two wings. each of which rises to a height of twenty-five stories. The main struc- ture. thirty-two stories high. with its ornate gables. will be a picturesque ornament to the sky line.
 The feature of the interior will be an arcade extending 3G4 feet through the entire length of the building. The arcade will be g feet wide and 20 feet high. with a vaulted ceiling elabor- ately designed in frescoes- At each end will be arched passages leading to the
Arizona republican., 1907-02-04
THE DISTRIBUTION
 OF MANUFACTURES
They Constitute Forty-one Per Cent Of the Exports of This Country to All Parts Of the World.

Washington. Feb. 3.-EXpOrts oi
 manufactures in the year just ended
 aggregated 719 million dollars and formed 41 per cent of the total exports. These figures, just announced by the bureau Of statistics of the department of commerce and labor, relate to the
 calendar year 1906. A detailed and thorough analysis of the exports of
 manufactures to each country and grand division of the world, and the
 share which manufactures form of the
 total exports to each country and grand
 division. for the fiscal year 1906. shows
 that in the distribution by countries and grand divisions the percentage
 which manufactures form of the ex-
 ports Of course varies greatly, their proportion being naturally much small CT in the exports to Europe. the great manufacturing section Of the world. It is interesting. however. to find that even in the exports to Europe manu- factures formed in the fiscal year 1906 26.1S per cent of the total; to North America. 61.S3 per cent; to Africa, 65.64 per cent: to Asia, 14.9S per cent to Oceania. S4.74 per cent; and to South America, S6.O6 per cent. Con- sidering the principal countries. of the total exports Of domestic products 10 Argentina 9S6 per cent was manu- factures: of those to China, 96 per cent: to Australia, SS.7 per cent; to Brazil. S3.2 per cent; to Mexico, 1O.4 per cent; to Canada, 61.9 Der cent; to Cuba. 55.2 per cent; and even in the exports to the United Kingdom and Germany the share which manufactures formed of the total was over 23 per cent in each case.
Arizona republican., 1907-02-04

No woman has perfect control over her curiosity if she can see a messen- ger boy leave telegram next door and not immediately discover that she must go over to borrow some butter.- Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1907-02-04
FOR OVER SIXTY TEARS.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup nas been used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums. allays all pain, cures wind collie. and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea- Twenty-Five cents 6 bottle
Arizona republican., 1907-02-04

One way not to entertain a man Is to try to interest him in bric-a- -brac.- AtchisOn Globe.
Arizona republican., 1907-02-04

What is your attention on this .n- come tax proposition2" Simply this: Give the income and l care not who tries to collect the tax."-BaItimore American.
Arizona republican., 1907-02-04

Willie-Pa, is the Sphinx a woman '?
 Papa-Impossible, my son. Think of the secret it keeps and the way it holds its tongue
 Mama-That's awful old, Jacob.
 Papa-Yes, my dear Four thousand years. at least. That's what makes it so standardization Plain Dealer
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30
THAT TEXAS PUMPKIN CROP.

The Texas pumpkin crop this fall is good
one all over the state. "The Austin Statesman
makes this important announcement with edI-
torial glee and finds serious encouragement
therein.
What comfort lies n that rOtund vegetable
even in a cline where there is no frost to settle
on it and the shock is ont of date! Blessed
be the Lone Star citizen who plicks ThanksgiY-
ing joy from his own pumpkin vine and watches
the golden king of all pies ripen on his own
hearthstCne,
Only Yesterday Texas was IN trouble. There
was no ray Of light in all her sonbre atmosphere
The trusts roamed over her broad plains with
all the rampant abandon OF her native steers
and her harassed legislators worked overtime
corraling roping and branding them. But The
Statesman" has discovered a rift in the clouds.
The light of better day is breaking The
pumpkin crop has come to the rescue
What satisfaction this announcement Of
THE Statesman must bring to the drummer
from the North who must needs be stranded IN
Texas this winter. His hotel may lack many
comforts There may be Il scarcity Of beef on
his table and extra charge for sugar The
oil in his lamp may lack the Standard lustre.
But thank heaven. he can partake TO repletion
of the paStried fruit of the pumpkin vine and
then sink peacefully 10 rest beneath his nine
foot bed sheets ard enjoy again the Nightmares
that mother used to make.
Only one dread need haunt the Texan Will
there be organized n Pumpkin Trust? If SO.
what part of the genial vegetable will constitute
its tangible assets? We advise THE States
man To keep Il sharp lookout on the movements
of Senator Bailey.
But, be all that as it may, the Lone Star State
can light its happy homes with jacllanterns and
let the Oil Trust 30 hayg.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30
PREVENTING WAR.

II is curious that the fars gbtet and practical
minded diplomats at The Hague have not con-
sidered the feasibility Of preventing bloody con-
fict by the homeopathic method. There have
been doubts expressed in high quarters about
the value Of homeopathy as treatment for
bacterial diseases; but nobody has ever chal-
lenged its efficacy in eXterminating bugs OF
the mental variety. Biting children are most
quickly cured by being bitten; why then not
try subduin; the love of battle by giving the
lustful warriors taste Of warfare? The Ger
man Emperor has apparently felt the force Of
this question. The siege operations his army
has been carrying in the vicinity Of Posen
seem TO have been calculated not only to give
the troops their needed exercise. but still more
10 impress upon the overvaliant Pan-Germanists
and other kGmpfuStige the Earsher side of bat
tie 1t has often been said by competent OBJ
servers that the very rigor of European, and
especially German, military tactics and training
is creating Il strong sentiment against war. And
the reports from the scene Of mock battle at
Posen certainly confirm this opinion.
Thousands of soldiers made forced marches
oy day and by night under heavy equipment, and
on scant rations, too, at times. AS hundreds of
men are urged to the point of utter exhaustion
in the ordinary mannuvres Of the army, it is
not unfair TO suppose that thousands ut the
battle of Posen We're taxed TO the utmost and
for the nonce wrathfully cursed the law and
the men that brought them into the imperial
ranks During the conflict Posen city of
about one hundred thousand inhabitants,
placed under siege in the most realistic manner.
A censorship was established on all kilograms,
all traffic on the streets and all communication
with the outside world We're totally suspended,
all the Posenites were subjected to military
government, and even the Kaiser's alde-de-camp
and chief of the military cabinet could not f0rca
himself past the sentries, although recognized
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30
pTHTTC TiREETS

The attitude Of the city government toward
the thousands cf street pe1llers is not only one
OF the most inconsistent and unfair among all
the numerous absurdities palmed off by Tam
many under the mocking name of public policy,
Ut is also the most startling reveation-we
might almost say c0nfeSsion-of Tammanys
dependence upon petty but organized graft. The
hardest plight Of the pedlers, summed up last
Saturday by Jacob II. Schiff and his friends,
points with no uncertainty 10 those who cause it.
The situation is simply this: The authorities
will not build public markets. nor will they
make IL possible for private investors 10 supply
the need by passing ordinance making street
peddling misdemeanor. Clearly, pedlers can
not be persuaded 10 rent stalls SO long their
competitors are permitted 10 catch customers
from the curb Hence, without 4 rigidly en-,
forced law against pushcarts not even philan-
tbropist could he tempted 10 spend money on
market
But why are the city fathers loath 10 solve a
Situation which is absurd as il Is unbearable?
Simply because the dwarf politicians OF the
gang want 20 retain their present absolute
oontrol over the eight or nine thousand pedlers.
lie. the pedlers use the streets. and then every
corTl-r saloonkeeper can favor two or three poor
fellows by guaranteeing them a stretch of free
curb in retura for money, votes and influence,
whe every policeman can ruin their microscopic
business If they fail 10 deliver the goods" Mr..
Joseph y Marcus, one of tie men who stand
ready 20 build series OF markets If the city
makes such action possible. declared the other
day taat K now costs a man more than Sf0O a
year 10 pesidle. counting his fines license and
graft Suppose only one-tiird this sum goes
into private pockets, you still have an explana-
ton Of Tammany's willingness TO be ainusingly
absurd and grossly needless of the general well
fare in arguments and policy.
While the would-be market builders ask a
strict pushcart ordinance in the interests of the
oppressed aawkers, they are not likely to win
Their battle unless tie general public can he
aroused to light for its own right 10 its thorough
fares Pushcarts have usurped nearly all the
downtown streets of Manhattan. so that Iegiti-
mate traffic moves perhaps % per cent more
slowly than it might If the curbs were not lined
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30
PERSONAL.

Professor George p. Baker. OF the department
of English Harvard University, has been ap-
pointed lecturer at the University of Paris and
other French universities for the 1so70S This
is the lectureship maintained by James Hazen
Hyde, which, for the three years it has been
in force has been filed by Harvard professors.
first by Professor Barrett Wendell. of the English
department.: the second year by Professor George
Santayana. of the department OF philosophy. and
last year by Professor =. c. Coolidge. of the de-
partment of history.
DR.. Esther POhl has been elected city health ott-
of Portland Ore. She will receive salary OF
5000 year. She the first woman to enter the
Oregon Medical College. and since being graduated
has taken postgraduate courses IN Baltimore ana
New York. She has also taken q degree in the
Vienna University.
Mrs. Augusta Hale Clifford. sister Of Senator Hale.
of Maine. has gone abroad to gather material for
history of Russia
Princess Clementine Of Belgium, youngest daush-
ter OF Leopold. is credited with having the most
wonderful collection of dolls in the world Among
them specimens from Babylon. bone dolls from
Greenland. a wooden one from Peru, a paper doll
from India, Greek dolls with WardroDeS, even dolls
houses, with furniture and dishes in them
The Rev. Frederick J. Kinsnan. professor OF &c
clesiastical history the General Theological Sem
mary, New York. has been elected vice-rector OF
ST. Paul's School. Concord, y. H Mr. kinSnnan IS
an aumnus and former master OF the school
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30
THE CAPE CRISIS.

The governmental crisis which has iust Oc-
CURED at Cape Town and which has resulted
in m appeal 10 the country is one of the most
important in the history OF Cape Colony, and
may prove to he epOch-making for the whole
of South Africa The elections viii be held for
the Council IN November and for the Assembly
in February. and the new Parliament viii as
semble at the end of March; and then shall
know whether DR.. Jameson's tenure of office as
Prime Minister is TO be continued or he is to be
replaced by an Afrikander and the Cap- IS to
join the Transvaal and Orangia under Dutch
control.
The crisis was brought about by deadlock
between the TWO houses. DR.. jameson had 4
narrow majority in the lower house or Assem-
bly,. and the Afrikander opposition had one IN
the upper house, or Council. and this latter re-
fused 10 permit the enactment of measures de-
sired by the government even TO vote tha
necessary appropriations for carrying on the
government In that emergency three courses
were open TO the Prime Minister. One was 10
introduce q constitutional amendment which
would prevent such a deadlock; but there
would be no chance of its passing the Council.
Another was 10 resign; but that would seem
like running away from the question The third
was to dissolve Parliament and appeal TO the
country on tho constitutional issue; and that,
with his characteristic frankncss and courage,
Dr. Jameson decided to do.
The real question before the country is not,
however. the constitutional one raised by the
deadlock between the two houses, but that OF
Progressive or Bond, of British Dutch, con
troll. The Afrikanders confessedly provoked
the conflict at this time because they deemed
the moment opportune for carrying the country.
DR. Jameson. with his studied generosity toward
his political opponents. has rcfrained from max
ing Il redistribution of seats although the exist
ing apportonment notorously gives the Dutch
q great and undue advantage He has, more
over. extended full amnesty to thousands of
voters who Mt the last election We're diSfran-
chiscd because of their dislOyal conduct in the
Boer war-all OF whom will now presumably
vote against him.
If the Cape is carried by tho Afrikanders. as
Orangia is certain to be at its coming election,
there viii then be something much like Dutch
South Africa. only Natal ana Rhodesia renfain-
ing under British control. That would not
mean, of course, any dminution Of loyalty to
the British Empire. The Cape Afrikanders
were loyal enough when Cecil Rhodes was their
leader and with General Botha and his Boer
supporters voting to give the biggest diamond
in the world to King Edward 1t would be un-
gracious to associate ideas OF tiislOyalty with
the Transvaal. But between British and Dutch
policies for the political, social and Industrial
DEVELOPMENT of the colonies there is radical
difference and 1t will matter much to the en-
pire which Of them shall prevail.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30

nv them rs the master of ceremonies. To cap
the climax of realism many heavy siege guns
and batteries of field artillery fired live pro
iectiles at the Notifications Of the besieged
town OF course. all living creatures were care
fully removed from range, and the fortifications
boubarded were temporary ones; but thousands
of Germans had the opportunity to see with
their own eyes the devastation wrought by mod
crn gunnery.
The cannv Kaiser administered only hOmOo-
r,atbic doses of his remedy. He kept
Posen in a state of total siege only few hours,
50 that business interests were not harmed; and
none of the troops suffered serious and pro-
Ionged priyatiOns. But q ten-hour war drama,
if well played. be quite as impressive as a
week of tagging hostilities in actual warfare.
It is safe tU say that there are to-day several
thousand loyal subjects of the War Lord who
are much less enthusiastic advocates OF violent
expansion than they were week ago. If the
Hague conference would only relent moment
in its stern allopathy and recommend the per-
formance of an almost painfully realistic war
drama once a year in every bellicose country,
the dove Of peace might begin laying eggs again.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30
WORSE THAN FOLLY.

The death of Of the contestants in the
twenty-four hour automobile race at the Morris
Park track has again brought vividly before the
public mind the criminality of holding contests
of this class on circular courses constructed pri-
marily for horse racing. So many drivers were
killed in track races two years ago that many
of the largest manufacturers refused TO continue
to enter cars and risk the lives and limbs of
employees As result track racing practi-
cally given up all over the United States.
This year. however. with no Vanderbilt cup race
on the programme there has been a much to he
deplored revival of the pernicious circular track
racing. To date half dozen drivers have been
killed, over score of valuable machines have
been demolished and the lives Of tens Of thou
sands of spectators at the various track meets
have been recklessly endangered. For it must
be remembered that at all track auto races the
spectators press close to the track, and when
huge racing car throws tire it usually plunges
into the rail. Albert \. Pope several years ago
entered his cars in numerous track contests. At
ST. Louis. however. several Of his employees were
killed. Colonel Pope at once withdrew all his
cars from this class Of racing and has never
since consented to take part in it.
The tracks in this country which are ar pres
ent used for auto racing altogether unfit for
it. They are dirt tracks, without asphalt f0un-
dation, and the turns. which generally sharp,
are not properly banked for cars to round at
mle-a-minute gait. 1t is on the turns that most
of the accidents occur rs the sl;ddng cars tear
up the track and 1t soon becomes like freshly
ploughed ground A concrete or asphalt sub
surface would improve the tracks somewhat, as
would proper banking at the turns, but even
with these changes the sport would remain
needlessly dangerous and one which ought in the
interests of humanity to- he abolished. Leading
manufacturers are of the opinion that it does
the motor car industry more harm than good
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30
MILITARY ATPSHIPS

The Count Won Zeppelin deserves congratula-
tionS upon his recent aeronautic triumph. For
years he has been trying TO develop an air
ship which might be useful TO an army in war
Some of his earlier attempts were attended with
failures which We're the more mortifying be-
cause they were witnessed by such distinguished
friends the King Of WUrtemburg He has
persisted in his experiments, however. until
he Is able TO manmuvre easily and to enjoy tie
honor of keeping aloft for more than four
hours thus establishing a new record in the his
tory of drigible balloons.
Though in its general design Won ZeppeIin's
airship resembles that with which Santos-Du-
mont won the Deutsch prize, it is original in
certain details The gas reservoir is divided into
many compartments, in order that punctrre by
an enemys shot may prove comparatively
harmless, and it is composed of aluminium. Be
sides it is of unequalled size It will hold six
or seven times as much as the gas bag Of Well
mans America. Buoyancy depends. of course
on number of things-the load to be carried
the thoroughness with which leakage has been
prevented and the kind of gas used for inf1a-
ton, as well as the capacity of the reservoir
but Won Zeppelin's success was In a measure
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30

due to the largeness Of the craft with Which,
it was achieved.
How close an imitation of the airship which
has behaved so creditably over Lake constance
1vould be desirable in military service is n nice
question The facility with which. when not III
use an object of that class could be transported
by wagon train, railroad or ship must be CON
sdered It does not seem feasible to prepare 'lh
aluminium gas bag in any way for packing Will
out impairing its airtightness. Indeed, Won Yep
pelin may not have foreseen the necessity lor
such an expedient. After all, perhaps olleu
silk. goldbeater's skin or some equally flexible
material would be preferable to even so pliaole
y metal as aluminium.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30
HUGHES AS OHIO SEES HIM.

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Governor Hughes has no popular qualities 1e-
marks The Indianapolis News Tie Is not I'M
puIsive or magnetic and Of course. is withou. any
OF the arts of the demagogue" But IL begins to
look if there is Il popular clement in the ldc Of
such qualities in 4 strong man.
There can he doubt that Hughes IS sincere
reformer His work in the insurance inVeStiSlton
first revealed his integrity and sense Of public le-
sponsibity In spite of his supposed lack Of per
sonal charm a guberuatoriaI Canditate he
proved to be the strongest man on the ticket His
sterunesS and integrity found response the
hearts of New Workers that politicians had not
forcsaen. His record as Governor has SHOWN him
10 be in line with the present irresistible demand
for Il more rigid morality III politics and business
The impression is growing that he is the sort cf
reforner who represents The dominant tendency III
American life.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30
Il musementS.

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AIHANRRA-2-S- -S-NauoeViHe
kSToR-s.I ia Yankee Tourist
ASCO-s-15-Tfe Rose OF the Rancho
13IJoI--As sl5-The Master Builder
l2F.Ar-EY'S-s :I5-Dion O'Ilare
ADsEAT-S:15-Efogers Brothers IN fdhAiiia
q RTwEREON-s.f5-The pairyElaics
JAIY-S-S- -20-The Great Divide
DEwEg-2-s-Naudevilie
EDEN MCSEE-The World in Wax
EMPIRES -20--MV Wife.
s5ARRTCK-s:2o-Nhen knights were SoN-
GOTH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
rsACKETT-S :15-The Struggle EveriastlnP-
HANMERSTEIS -2.15-S :15-NauceFllle
TIPPODRONE-e-S-N Neptunes Daughter ana fioileeE
Days.
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KER-s-15-The hVanse4IsN
IIBFRTT-S- -15-Loa from Berlin
!. r.YCFE-N-s:2o-Ths Thief
TsDIs0N SQUARE GARDEN-S-Electricsl Show
NATESTlC-S.1 S.1S-Anna karenna
NEW AMSTERDAM-s:15- 15-The Rounc "
NEW YOFRF-2--s .:s0-Advsnced Naudevll!e- =
SANOY-s -Is-The Man Of the Hour
WAI.i.a CB' 'S-S:G5-The Hurdy Gurdy GIL
wE-ST ESD-e-Faust
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30

with carts forcing large vehicles to pass in single
file and in opposite directions by relays Figure
out what this reduction in speed means every
year in extra expense of carriage, in delay and III
accidents; then decide whether or not the pedler
is petty nuisance, and let the authorities know
what you think Perhaps. by the combined ef-
forts Of the oppressed pedlers and the public
they oppress perforce, some sachems may be con
vinced of the wisdom of either erecting PUBLIC
markets or allowing private ones.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30
TENuREs HoF SCOTCH LAND OWNERS.
From Tjt-Bits.

From
Sir George Clerk is in residence PenicuiE,
House. Edinburgh. As is the wont OF Scotch barO-
nets. he married the daughter of another baro-iet-
on curious tenure. This obses him 70 stand at
the bend Of road near his house lnd blow three
blasts horn if the sovereign visits Edinburgh.
And there other land owners with similar rights
or obligations. Major HousOn- CrautIrd holds the
lands of Eraehead the understanding that II tie
King should happen to CramOnd Brig. IT the
gates Of his residence, he presents him with sill
basin filled with water in which 10 wash his
hands. Then, should the sovereign chance to visit
HOpctoun House. Lord LinlithGow orders that the
chains which stretch across the prilcIp1l avenue
should be lowered that his ajeSty may Grive
up the central approach.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-30
LONG DISTANCE COMPRESSED AIR.

New York correspondence PittsbuTg Dispatch
An example of how big construction company
economies its various Jobs is afforded by pres
ent operations by the concern building the Belmont
tunnel under the East River 1T 42d street, which
also is doing section of the sixth avenue
tunnel. At the foot of 42d street the company has
compressed air plant. Instead Of erecting another
plant for its Sixth avenue contract. ran line or
pipe along AID street to the subway at Park avenue,
where connection made with line used by
the company when it helping 20 build the sub
up again and the pipe carried 1n the elevated
structure down TO 18th street, where the company
men working Thus the air that drives
the drills deep underground at 18th originates
the foot of East 42d street, almost Two miles
away.