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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07

e o GREAT is the demand for ground
~ space in New York that CTS build
ings some of them quite modern, were
lazod during the past twelve months
10 make way for skyscrapers. The
structures destroyed cost fully $i2.-
100000, yet the Compcnsatous for this
destruction Of property are as remark.
able as the story of the losses, Col.
loctors of fine decorations find treas
ues In the dismautled buildings,
which are preserved in newer and
finer dwellings churches and public
Institutions The property destroyed
is replaced by modern cdifiCes worth
at least eight times what the old
buildings cost. Adopting the records
for the last year as basis 1t will be
seen that nearly two structures fell
prey to the wreckers every day in the
year. or the 6lS the section north and
west Of Central Park contributed the
most The rise of the great apartment
houses IN upper Manhattan meant the
sacrifice OF hundreds of dwellings. A
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07

tiOn Of taxes and are retired on oct. b.
1t was declared that such is the de
mand for money in Wan street that
the city has been able to dispose OF
only a modest quantity OF these desir
able investments. That the city may
have to increase the rate Of interest
I'm order to provide the money for its
running expenses is said :, be not
unlikely.
A serious phase Of the situation IS
acknowledged 10 be the tremendous
demands to be made upon the city
treasury TO pay for the Sl6l,OOO,OOO
water system Bills for this improve
mcnt have scarcely begun to come in
yet. Authority % spend $25,OOO,O00
has been given the water supply board
ana contracts for $G4OO,00 have been
lcf. The contract for the Ashokan
reservoir, amounting to sll,OOO.O0O
more win be- let next week This will
make $I70000OO for which bonds will
have 10 be sold city officials certain.
Is have a good time ahead.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07
MANY BUILDINGS RAZED
TO MAKE WAYFOR OTHERS

roW of them were old country resi-
deuccs but the majority belonged to
the newer growth of the last 10 or Is
years Tho destruction every year Of
buildings costing $l2,o00,000 seems to
be heavy sacrifice for even a great
city like New York to make to prog
ross. As a matter Of fact the loss
is insignificant when compared with
the Tremendous gain The $4,000
600 worth of demolished structures
are replaced with buildings worth
$lO0,O0OO 600 Fully 250,000 tons Of
structural steel were put into the new
buildings erected in this city last year
This does not mean much to the lay
man until he realizes that if put to
gethcr the steel would build 100 large
office buildings in the financial diet,
rIct six great bridges spanning the
East river in lower Manhattan and
five stations like the Pennsylvania ter.
minal The steel costs $40 ton,
Therefore New York pays $l7,5OOOOO
a year for structural steel alone,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07
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MOT content with furnishing summer
IN Fairgrounds and outdoor gym.
pasmms for the zccds Of school chill.
dren, who otherwise would have to re.
sort TO the streets for their past
times, the New York board Of cduca.
ton has established kindergartens
for mothers This IS the ver> latest
and newest wrinkle In the educational
line The board Of education has
come to the conclusion that the train.
ing of children must begin with the
mothers. and part Of is summer work
Is directed to the training Of the wom
en- or thc cat sida ana other crowded
portions III ne creator city Ot All
tao proare iyc steps AIKEN by he
,hao, authorities In this city the now
.gra OF Kindergarten ia one Of the
most ramarkab'c and interesting
Tlat II will b. fraHfm ihcro is al
tea4y every reason u Ueueye Prt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07

and poultry, and in the more thickly
inhabited regions probably does as
much damage as the golden eagle
The golden eagle, say the experts, has
been known to attack calves and colts
and to have carried away from one
range in the west in a single year
more than 400 lambs.
The report OF the survey divides
the hawk and owl families into four
general species as follows: Species
wholly beneficial; those chiefly bene.
fetal; those in which beneficial and
harmful qualities about balance; harm,
full species. Some of these birds may
be good citizens in one locality and
extremely undesirable citizens" in an.
other
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07
ST. GAUDENS' COINS NOT
CONVENIENT FOR HANDLING

where the bas reliefs in the middle
are higher than the rim. a pile OF
the st. Gaudens coins would topple
over.
1t was St Gaudens idea which
found especial favor with President
Roosevelt. to return to the classical
style OF coinage Ancient coins are
mostly remarkable for strange pro,
jections Of the sculptured form
The designs made by st. Gaudens
have been pronounced extremely beau.
tiful The American Numlsmatic so.
ciety has urgently advocated a more
artistic scheme Of coinage than that
which has been in use in the United
states for half a century or more
s. Gaulens. under the provisions OF
the act 81 congress authorizing the
new coinage. retained the chief zen.
egal characteristics Of the old pieces
bu, gave them Ii addition a. artistic
realization.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07

NEW designs for coins which were
~ TO have been minted in Philadel-
phia which Augustus St Gaudens, the
qguished sculptor, made shortly
his death, have been found un,
suitable in their present shape for
execution with the machinery in use
at the mint Hence, contrary to a
current report, the government has
not accepted any Of them The gen.
eral approval which was expressed by
the president is not conclusive in an
official sense. The law requires that
they shall be accepted by the secTe.
tary of the treasury and the director
Of the mint before being adopted
The projection OF the sculptures
upon the coins is too high for con
vsnieno-- Of handling at banks or
other large business establishments
Coins cannot be well STACKED unless
one viii lie perfectly Fat and snug
upon another, and this i Impossible
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07
SCHOOL BOARD TO TRAIN
WOMEN OF THE EAST SIDE

mariIy il Is just a summer kinder.
gartcu %ith a maternal annex No
boys older than six years are admit
ted They are sent to the other play
grounds conducted by the board OF
education. No girls above the kinder
gartcn age are permitted to attend IN
less they bring babies with them.
Thus It can be seen that baby Is a
rcgula ticket Of admission The pur
pose Of this kindergarten course is to
instruct both the mothers and the III.
tie mothers" In the proper care and
the bringing MP Of children And ba
bies constitute The material by watch
me object lessons are furnished The
mothcr. are instructed Ia the care
f.ndjnl and dressinG OF the httIe ones,
and when a practical point ueeds i.
I,.tgaIion real Ae and Kicking
1aby ~ provided fOr tie s2rposa q
I uousts4uoA
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07
SENATE "THIRSTS" COST
SIG APIECE LAST YEAR
III AsHINGTON. - Senators are al

VIZ ASHINGTON. - Senators are a
W thirsty lot The report Of Charles
G. Bennett, secretary Of the United
States senate, shows that during the
last fiscal year that august body con-
sumed $50 cases Of mineral watar,
costing $4,504.70. Then there was
S2025S7 for carbonized mineral water,
and $31897 for lemons and sugar for
the famous senate lemonade, making
total Of $6,S4954 for drinkables, and
not drop Of anything hard" as far
as the official list shows. Since there
are 80 senators, the per capita con-
sumption is about SIC. 1t should be
remembered also that while there
are some senators who drink a great
deal Of mineral waters there are also
some who drink very little, and there
is much curiosity here as to who drank
the most last year.
But why in the name of all that is
unparliamentary did any senator
need a skirt trunk" costing $26.70?
The Official list OF expenditures makes
no explanation of this interesting item.
Another peculiar item is that of eos
metique, Al cents" and it is thought
this may have been incurred about
the same time as the skirt trunk.
An echo Of the good old days when
the senators received free Transports.
tiOn from the railroads and
were thus enabled to pocket the
90 cents a mile allowed by the
government is contained in the item
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07
THE BIOLOGICAL BUREAU
DEFENDS HAWKS and OWLS

4 DEFENSE OF hawks and owls is
"a entered into by the biological sur
vey in a recent report from that bu-
Teau. 1t is declared that both Of these
bird families have been condemned by
the farmers of the country without
discrimination because some Of their
species are destroyers Of valuable
things Mitigating circumstances are
found for some otherwise harmless
birds because of lack of proper food
in the country where they live.
Incidentally, tales OF eagles carry.
Ing off children are declared to have
little foundation in fact" but the bald
eagle, the emblem Of the United
States, is, nevertheless, said to be
unfortunately fond OF lambs, pigs
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07

or first has his big sand pump dip in
to jamaica bay near by and suck up
thousands of gallons OF sand and
water each hour
Tons of earth are spread over each
block The sand then is permitted to
drain until 1t is comparatively dry,
when sedge is placed on it to prevent
it from blowing away After this
earth mingled with fertilizer is placed
on the scdgo and seeded to grass.
Already several blocks are green.
Streets and avenues have been laid
out throughout the property and trees
have been planted Buyers are taking
up the lots rapidly some, indeed in
blocks that still are under water
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07

4 MUSING answers are pouring in at
~ the post office department from
government employees replying to .
dozen questions, including one as to
their marital relations"
One veteran says his marital con-
dition Is very "timid." Another man,
who is younger, gives the reply that
his married life Is hell" Still others
think the question should bring forth
a story Of their domestic woes and
pour out their souls. One said his re-
lations were "all right, but my wife is
dead" Another said they were very
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07
AMUSING ANSWERS BY
UNCLE SANS EMPLOYEES

good; my wife is at the point ST
death" Yet another insists that his
marital condition is very good. since
he has been a widower for ten years
One woman announces that her sex
is woman" another says 1t is "femi
nine," another says lady while a
minister who holds the onerous post
Of postmaster says his sex is "Presby
terrain"
A man from Alaska says his color
is pink" another says he has "au
burn hair and blue eyes" while still
more say Caucasian"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07

Pass cases, $3.50" There are $ss
worth Of feather busters on the
list, but it is promised that this Will
not occur again, and 1t Is realized
that more effective weapons are re-
quired in strife with the president.
For sponges the senate made the mod
est outlay Of $51021, according to pub
lished figures.
For the large number Of baldheads
in the senate a remarkable quantity
Of preparations for the hair was used
Here are some Of the entries: Bay
rum, s3025; witch hazel, $14; hair
tonic, s32.57; brilliantine. s1.2O.
1t is easy to guess that all these
articles are utilized by the senators
and their families, but 1t is puzzling
to understand who makes way with
the hundreds of bushels and pounds
Of oats, f1aXseed meal, bran meal, rock
salt, etc, and they certainly do not
eat axle grease, soap, rosin, tar, spool
cotton, cheese cloth, pumice stone,
Georgia pine, screen hinges, brass
tacks, wire head nails, monkey
wrenches and paste filters, nor is 1t
reasonable to suppose that these sol
ons drink mustang liniment, petro-
leum, turpentine, arnica, mahogany
varnish, and lot Of other stuff that
is bought in wholesale lots. These
probably were bought for the horses
that are used to draw the senate
mail wagons and for the vehicles
themselves.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07
BUY VILLAGE LOTS STILL
HIDDEN BY THE WAVES

NEW GORk.-The demand for home
~ sites in the suburbs of New York
city is promoting the reclamation of
thousands Of acres of land in parts
of Long Island which have been moth
ing but sloughs for generations
Indeed, in some places, land has
been built right out of the water At
Arvoine, for instance, realty com.
pany Is doing a work that is as in
teresting to the summer visitors as
the building Of a skyscraper in New
York is to a rustic.
The land is at a point where a
creek came in and has an area of five
thousand city lots, or more than a
hundred square blocks The contract
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07
LEADS WAR ON MOORS

Gen Georges Picquart, minister of war for
France, is one of the busiest men in public life to.
day Besides the ordinary duties of his depart
ment he had good deal to do with the enforce
ment of the laws against the Catholic church an
enforcement which has on many occasions noccs
STATED the use Of the military and now he has
charge Of the campaign against Morocco, for un-
less the Moors make complete surrender it Is
likely to be as big a campaign rs that Of Lord
Woseley in Egypt But If there is any man In
France who knows the difficulty OF the task 1t Is
Picquart for he was at the head OF the secret in
telligence department of the French army for
years and has spent much time in Africa. IT
was to Africa he was sent TO get him out Of the
way when he was preparing the evidence to
100 Lnlt. r.--L- anann.naL for the cnrrmr~ mlLl
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07
LABOR COMMISSIONER

DR. Charles P. Nein United States commits,
sioner Of labor, who recently tried to effect set
Element of the telegraph operators strike, has
been in the thick of every labor fight but he is
far from being the stormy petrol which that state
ment would seem to indicate, for his constant
endcavor has been to restore harmony. He has
been fairly successful, too, for he took a con
spicuous part in the settlement of the great coal
strike Of 1902 a strike that caused untold misery
and discomfort among the people of the United
States and he has aided in settling up numerous
smaller strikes since then. He attended the coal
miners convention at Scranton, Pa, in 1906 as
the personal representative of President Roosc.
vclt and was instrumental in preventing another
and similar strike He recorder Of the arbi-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07
TO WRITE WAR HISTORY

Rear Admiral French Z. Chadwick Who since
his retirement from the United states nav 20
months ago has been collecting material IN
Spain for a history Of the Spani5hAmercan war
and the causes that led up to H. has returned 70
the United States to begin his work he was
captain OF the armored cruiser New YORK, Ad
miral Simpsons flagship at tne battle OF san.
tiago the only occasion In which the AtIahuc
squadron engaged in battle, and he was uhioT'
tunate enough to be miles away at the tune az
miral Sampson had gone down the coast on ON.
cial business when he received the signal that the
bottled up Spanish fleet was coming out mo
New York put about and raced back to the scene
Of action with dense volumes Of smoke pouring
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT
INVENTED 'IMMUNITY BATH"

John StoCker Miller had gained substantial
fame long before he attracted national attention
as the lawyer who procured freedom for the pack,
ers under his now celebrated immunity bath
plea before Judge j. Otis Humphrey His reten-
ton by the Standard Oil company as the cor
poratlon representative in the case in which the
Indiana child of the parent concern has been
found guilty of receiving concessions from the
Chicago & Alton railroad is but one Of many
evidences that Mr.. Miller is regarded as one OF
the leading corporation attorneys in Chicago II
not in the country
Mr. Miller Is man Of wide range of e1peA,
enCe for during his career he has been not only
a professor of Greek, Latin and mathematics, but
H. Cd &c ION nf NhirarN and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07

has hOnod Cagoa with the presidency of the Union League
club which poams his class Chicago citizen
Born louisville " May "a S he attended school and academy
university ~ In 1869
Ogdensbug In 1870
The three professor mathematics and later OF
the practice Of law and member OF the firm of Peek MIL
Peck Merritt
he able
what he will receive
its behalf
guessed guesses retaining
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07

engagement But the Spanish ships the other and before
Yorkco Of he Spanish ships tne
roe a Of metal
thanked for his services
extraordinary Of service aa nasal
his conduct at Ianger where hc went
a am American squadron the release o Perafds m
Kasul The Eaid Mclean
ADMIRAL ChaluIc. o when he "a on Neas
admiral t
i tle aulor Of eyelaI naval SUBJECTS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-07

tration commission In
Upton Snclairs
the horrible disclosures concerning the
President Roosevelt to
description the exceed
ook the
Nel student of labor problems and has
of Officials OF u
He appointed commissioner OF
by January native OF Illinois
Ind at the
the
University Chicago and
philosophy
as u professor
and held present time
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-03-30
INJUNCTION IS DISSOLVED
GREAT NORTHERN ROAD MAY
ISSUE SIXTY MILLIONS AD-
DlTiONAL STOCK.

st. Paul, March 29.-The- Minnesota
supreme court has reversed the order
of Judge Hallam of the Ramsey county
district court forbidding the Great
Northern to carry out it's proposed
issue of $6O,OOO,0O0 of new capital
stock. The court says the sole ques-
tion is on that section of the law at
tempting to delegate to the railroad
and warehouse commission the power
to grant permission to railroads the
right to issue additional stock. This
section is held to be unconstitutional.
The supreme court also affirmed the
decision of Judge Bum Of the Ramsey
county district court in the so-called
Appleby will case, in which DR.. T. E..
V. Appleby sought to break the will OF
his wife. The opinion of the supreme
court was written by Judge Brown.
Judge Jaggard dissented from the
opinion of the majority of the court,
holding that the ante-nuptial agree
ment was void. DR.. Appleby receives
by the decision $4,000 year, as
fixed by the ante-nuptial agreement,
the great part of the estate going 70
constitute the Wilder charity for the
worthy poor of st. Paul.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-03-30
SAILORS RAISE ROUGH HOUSE
Put Crew to Rout and Take Charge Of
Steamer.

Put Crew to Rout and Take Charge Of
Steamer.
Norfolk, Va, March 29.-One hun
dred sailors from the United States
battleship Connecticut, lying in Hamp-
ton Roads, while en- route from Will
loughby Spit to Fort Monroe on the
Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction
company's steamer Ocean View, with
out apparent cause took charge of the
steamer and put the crew completely
to rout~ The sailors broke out win
dow lights, broke down doors,
smashed the glass in the frames con-
tanning the boats government IL
censes, drove the cooks from the gal
ley, poured out all provisions aboard
the steamer, dumped on deck the fire
in the kitchen stove, turned steam on
the fire eXtinguisher in the lamproom
and did other damage.
The officers and crew were power
iess and the sailors. as soon as the
steamer landed at Fort Monroe,
jumped to the pier and hurried
aboard the battleship Connecticut.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-03-30
TOWN Is UNDER FIRE
NlcARAeUAN GUNBoAT SAID TO
BE BoMBARDlNG PRINCIPAL
PORT OF HONDURAS.
IN EFFORT TO END H0STILlTIES
SECRETARY ROOT IN CONFER
ENcE WITH CENTRAL AMER
lcAN MINISTERS.
IN EFFORT To END HOsTILlTIEs

Washington, March 29.-The state
department has received dispatch
from United States Minister Merry, at
San Jose, Costa Rica, announcing that
Honduras, is being bombarded. Anna
pala is the chief Honduran port on
the Pacific side and President Bonilla
of Honduras is reported to have fed
to that port, which was formerly one
of his strongholds. Some time ago it
was reported that Nicaragua had sent
a gunboat to storm Amapala.
Senor Creel the Mexican ambassa-
dor, and Secretary Root had long
conference concerning the provisional
government in Honduras and Secre-
tary Root also conferred with Mr..
Corea, the Nicaraguan minister; Mr..
Calvo, the Costa Rican minister, and
Mr.. Toledo, the Guatemalan minister.
Mexico and the United States have
not yet decided upon what course
they shall follow to insure peace in
Central America, but it is not likely
that these two republics will recog-
nize the provisional government in
Honduras until they have consulted
the wishes of all the Central Amer
lean republics.
Several of the Central American
ministers received dispatches con-
cerninp the new HOnduran provisional
government. AS yet no president has
been selected and affairs are in charge
of a iunta
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-03-30
CONTINUE PREPARATIONS
FOR BIG STRIKE.
IGNORE MOVE OF THE MANAGERS
LATTER PROPOSE TO ASK FOR
ARBITRATION UNDER ACT
CT CONGRESS.

Chicago, March 29.-The represen"
tors employed on Western roads de-
cided at a conference that they will
ignore the proposition of the general
managers looking to arbitration Ha-
der the Erdman act and voted to per.
sist in their preparations for stFtka.
They declare that a walkout Is ina
minent unless the managers make
some further concessions.
The subcommittee of the Brother"
hood of Railway Trainmen and the
Order of Railway Conductors held a
spirited meeting to discuss the move
for arbitration made by tho man.
ayers After a heated argument 1t
was decided to persist in the regular
procedure already outlined in arrang'
ing for a strike. 1t was the unant
nous vote of the meeting that no at
tention should be paid to the arbltra'
tion proposition as at present made by
the general managers.
P. II. Morrissey, grand master of
the Brotherhood of Trainmen, said
after the meeting that Seth Low, the
chairman of the conciliatory commit
tee of the National Civic Federation,
had communicated with him regarding
the issues of the conference with the
general managers. There was moth
ing in this direction, Mr.. Morrissey
said, that could be done Immediately.
Further meetings Of the men viii
be held. 49, "sssss"sr '-".- ''~aN s1s"'17's'4sl
At the headquarters of the general
managers it was announced after the
decision of the men had become
known that no action was at present
contemplated by the railroads. 1t
was declared that the proposition re-
garding arbitration would not come
from the general managers but from
Chairman Knapp of the interstate
commerce commission, or from the
United States labor commission. The
future policy of the railroads win de-
pend, it was declared, upon the reply
made by the trainmen and conductors
to the propositions that are expected
to emanate from Washington.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-03-30
TEGUciGALPA ABANDONED.
Honduran Forces Flee Eron the CAP.
Eal City.

Washington, March 29-The state
department has received the following
cablegram frorm Philip r. Brown,
secretary of the American legation at
Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras.
"TegucigalDa was abandoned early
yesterday precipitately. 1t was occn-
pied last night by Nicaraguans and
Honduran revolutionary forces. / as
sumed charge in the interval with the
other consuls and preserved order.
The Bonillan government no longer
exists"