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New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
M FOR THE BUSY MAN

haiieo at once u he would accent
eAact requirements OF an Eastern "e rairs n.
auu 10 the strength Of the ticka, w. fno Eoaa
dir irDahhs could be renamed ua-. errszd.rs
remain III ONCE. Senator Knox :, - wiling !,
10 diioeher man who has rernovsd "sylVarsa
coi'Siuelatlon. senator DoIliver os ref -.-Sef tru,
re'ary CoFteiyou. Of New YORK. ma, aoe s.,.
as ths strongest men from the rs-ns.. ~ ssasa.t
'neS represent But New York haz 60. secssoa,
ana IS hhely to fritter away ba- aspiras,,
S.Oi "e'"eeh eX-Lieutenant Csovs-~ Csel oy ca.
oohsIessihah sherman, J. sIoat - "oodsz.
Woodford and Dr. Seth Low Nfe~ Gsrs-s
also divided. Governor Guild ana lsstts
mond both seeking the plaoA C,.- s.-Ni rays Ha~
Ex-Governor Murphy are the New -. ..o' Fort ~
uoned' and there are other s,a,s. .'ey men rs
irorn- one OF the national cornrnt,.. - Jet hsa
caso mas proposed the following adrs--e1 -.sa N c.
I'LL the place: aaVertiser.es. :.
WANTED
one nTst class candidate for tbo ~,
I t 20 Us 's enough 70 serve as Presi5ess iesies-r,
u not t1o ambitious. to be corta-. ~ X lesiaS
put PRESIDE over the Senate r lt % DO notss.
me -IiSsiSSlppl. who has aIy-s,-s IRON vasf ).
poncies preferred Good --SDortsd Il,
lutely essential. Address tbs q spel binder -.
Coliseum. Chicago i'ePHohcan parfv -
N B--No gentleman with veal III
apply. ''- weak labor record -,
NO one Is going 10 the Chicazo co-
airship that trip being deferred ,,r,1 '-'n n a
assemolage Of politicians but soma a. D'-7 n1ss
are Journeying 70 the convention ct,, Osesai.s
die. and there will be much riding s-,-, e1''ao-
In the Intervals Of the sessions IN tLa Onsas,
vehicles- Speaker Cannon. who sa+ -. "1Sess
nome 1rom Washington BY autonobHs -. -. ~
the ualn after crossing the AIegbants, .
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
AN AUTOMATIC MONEY AssoRTER.

machine has just been invented in Prague for
asserting coins The inventor claims that IL Will
assort metal CONS which have been thrown to-
gether regardless of their denominations. placing
each denomination in a separate basket. The Vari-
Gus coins are thrown ndiscriminate1y into a fun
mel at top of the machine and from the tunnel
they slide downward. alighting on a spiral track
This track has protecting edge or raised ooroer
containing Sits corresponding to the various sizes
of the coins AS the coins of various denominations
glide downward to the track, through some Pc
culiar mechanism of the machine they pass through
the Sits corresponding to their various sizes. en-
erng their respective baskets at the bottom OF the
machine. 1t is said that several firms handing
large amounts of coin daily have tried the machine
with satisfactory results. >,
The same principle is not unknown In tlorlda
and California, where it is adopted for sizing
oranges.-Harper's Weekly
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.

rs all but the shouting at the Repuoi1can
convention in Chicago?
Well the shouting is partly for the result OF
the contests seats determined by the natlona
committee ia such TO assure the necessary num-
her of votes to nominate Secretary Taft The dele
gates from all parts of the country assembling
at the convention city, and inspiring scene will
be presented in the Coliseum when they are called
to order and addressed by Senator Burrows. of
Michigan who will outline the work done by the
Republican party plea for It's continuance in
power This will be the fourteenth Republican Ma
tona Convention. the first having been held in 1856,
when General John C. Fremont, with the cry
Free soil free men and Fremont the key
note of the campaign. was put in the field TO be
defeated Seven times the Republicans have nomi-
mated in Chicago. The Coliseum. where the action
of the convention will place, will hold twelve
thousand persons. and will be well filled as II
was when Mr.. Roosevelt spoke there in the cam
paign of 1900 The body will be called TO order
by Harry S. New, chairman Of the national COM
have fairly conducted. and that there has been
riding roughshod over any one in the seating
OF delegates There talk at stage Of the
proceedings OF carrying the contests into the con-
vention itself instead OF letting the committee
idea was abandoned The main planks OF the plat
FORM as outlined in conferences OF leaders in
Washington will doubtless be included in the
declarations which the committee to be intrusted
with drafting will embody in the document.
which will be a direct appeal, aside from
the personality of the candidates, to the OF
the country II Will point with pride the achieve
ments of the past an earnest for tbs future OF
the partv in its control of national affairs
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
Constant Reader Tells What tie
1f;.sed in Last Weeks Papers.

.,1bes had his way with the
Legislature In the matter OF ,he aii'r - 49,
rambling bills did he?' ouerieo 'ie '
meeting the Constant ReaoeI, .-..a-,, sss-
.eyes" was the reply. The extraoruii."iy =
It,. 80 .ha senators and Assemblymen bore Ihs
fr,,t for which IL was called and ended In tlne io
those legislators who are deiesa'eS " w = .tat-.
convention 10 ioin their fellow deiesates y" - -
way to the Windy City on the lahe D :. .
ont bs n,rnose the Governor had 10 sec'ie '
,tandance of , sick man. have another man post
none his wedding three times and secure an e
ton to fill 4 vacancy in oroer 20 o"'h'i '0 r.15
vote necessary Had any one OF these 'iee
+bere would have been defeat in the senate io' l'e
,.. g. ,,-bicb Governor Hughes has devoted so
,,cb time and attention He brought II before tlc
LEGISLATURE in his message at the opehnis VI '''
session and pushed ii as mucn as posSlO's
the defeat which befen the measure IN 'ile oeiS
at the regular session by reason OF the iacN u {
-;rr,e ,.ote E,ut undiscoura ged. he began an ap-
neal tn the people presenting his views III iiiHf
counties Strengthening the weak hIeeu ~
ring I'D his supporters to rene"eo eIloi %. "
canpaign to elect Senator IN tne s'th Di'itN
Ali a vacancy caused by death ne TOOK an ac'''7
nart and his s1,pporters won Then came the oper-
alton for appendicitis on Senator foelheI' "'
disabled him for many days. and up 10 almost t',
very end it was feared that he would not De ape
10 give his vote But rising from sick Deo ana N
a doctors care. he tourneyed to the capital anu
was found in his seat when needed NO wonder
the Governor said that he displayed the same sor'
of courage as that shown on the battleheid ana III
leading forlorn hopes. Should Senator roeiAeI @ oS
his life for his effort he would surely re entl'ied
IN : n,artvr's monument The Governor has Won
great moral triumph for the people OF the state
who believe that laws should be just and without
discrimination and that what is prohioited IN one
place should not be permitted in another- NO" II
will be seen whether racing live without pool
selling and whether the fostering of the breed II
horses is possible without advenitious aid In gam
bling The plans the racetracks for the summer
will be carried out in all probability, but tes'
may come in the early autumn. and. II rot tnen IN
the son beginning next wear. New York now.
like Ohio Missouri New Jersey and the District OF
Columbia, prohibits racetrack gambling louisiana
will probably do the same. and proft1ng by this
human weakness will be ended practically IN all
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
A NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE

The most important Occurrence -.
aoroad "aS me meeting OF King Edward - rr7 80
brlt7Hh- emperor of India. and his nsnL "a a'
Nlcholas. Emperor Of All the Rrssias - :. NH'
How important IL was the future aIona ...ea- '<'a-
out, following the recent manifestations, - NV
between France and England. carsr..I = Ut
change Of visits by their respective - -s''
prospect Of an Anglo-Franco- -Russo su,,-..a .
great mat Kaiser Wilhelm sounds an slz-, 50
ems new triple alliance of Germany Aps--,.-,
ItaIy' and the mailed fst may be invoked -
EDWARD seems destined 70 go down In his.,- :
the peacemaker Of Europe. unless som. - -. .
tions ensue as the outcome Of his efforts bs,,,,s
is succeeded by the new King. AIhe-- ..,-1
likely TO be styled. The Kaiser mas nae a.
from his horse with a hairbreadtb escsna = -
President Roosevelt but there has bssn =, -
the family. as the Kaiserin fell again tbi, -.
This is the fourth fail she has had in ssv., -
and she may be compelled TO give IN t,ti,, -.
door exercise in the vigorous fashion 40 -.
she Is fond The Russian troops have bsl.ss :. -.
borders Of Persia. Mulai HaAg the woulss. ~
tan Of Morocco, has returned to Fec. Tss -s-
snip Lusitania has beaten the record of ths Vr-.
tania for the long passage by seven .miuursx o#
GERS have started from tlis port for Housrs,
where Francis G. Bailey is in custody for svsrsl,
to bring him back 10 this country to nav the ~.
atty Of his misdeeds. Ex-Governor and ex-Ssns..
David B. Hill has started on his first TIN sbrosa
at the age of sixty-fve. Another New YORK Dsal
Hill. Dr. David Jayne. has Just gone from Tss
Hague to Berlin 10 represent this governnsu-
officially He IS seven years younger than David
Bennett Hill. to whom he claims no relationship
and 10 whose politics he Is steadfastly ouoozd
DR.. Hill was honored by an invitation 10 dine srf
sleep at the palace by Queen Wilhelmina Nsrs
his departure from Holland. All the potas- rs-
his reception AT the German court has suEdsi
and he is expected 10 settle naturally in the pas
vacated by Ambassador Tower, whose Frsnra
name Of CharIemagne might have been supposed
to have n1ilitated against him In Germany
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
rur eREAT UNKNOWN

Who is the greatest man who hsi table and csn,
The question around & dnei onward There SsT sr
w. Who dumped for Julius C.esas. ssid snasss
NaPoeon @ ons Shi9kas Of rh% s5aiSfi d not S sfs
speare and somebody else, W. NJ At intervals. srsss
ms,t ns az Of 1 the Peops who did Hos Easily s
said Eschyus But ATis5GII'9 9aswsemSlage sna
not particularly schola.,S ~ Aristotle S S IRON
ssfic eVotees could qu9ssda since they s
him. had read nm; nm, "r"robabIy. the % sss un-
man OF all ages is pegSlIiis o. snapshot az az one
noticed Gnrecognzed while %S we hack sGsS saS oat
terview all the little men o,,gh TO- US to o..rt.ss,
that we may safely praise nm
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
BLUE BOOKS.

Blue Books" nave existed for only about a
century. Before 1900 everything which would now
be issued as Parliamentary paper Of which blue
cept an occasional broadside either published in
The London Gazette or entombed after many many
months in the Journals of both houses. In 1906,
however. many reports were collected from the
Journals, and also the archives of public depart
ments. and published in fifteen tones, which as
they available only for members and peers,
very They contain many curious docu-
ments. including the secret reports the East
India Company. the Hudson Bay Company. SNUG
Cling the Invention of the lifeboat. the discovery
of vaccine and other interesting matter.
The regular publication of Parliamentary papers
began at the same time volumes being Suf-
icent contain all the bills and papers of 1901.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

but none sold to the public until M 1888 AS ,be
contrast g years issue, including those or ti1'
Lords forms at the present time. when bound
about hundred and thirty volumes. ana GO COIL n
plete set OF which there are only three or tour N
England is library in itself of some ten thousann
volumes The circulation of blue books Is very
large every member of both houses being entitled
to receive free copies of everything published ana
every public department receives tneIn
required or not To this must be added forarles'
newspapers, institutions and few prlEdte SUI SUI
scrbers But nine-tenths of the issue fnd tneir
way to the waste paper dealer. for there are proo
ably than dozen sets bound every year
in the whole word.-Dundee Advertiser.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
LACK OF MONEY.

Commissioner Henry Smith of Manhattan and
Richmond said in regard to these recommends
sioas:
III is easy for outsiders TO make criticisms arH
suggestions when they don't know difficulties
and lack of resources. do not believe in having
private residences in our parks and would tear
shem all down to-nBorTow If l had the necessary
funds 1 am sick of asking the Board of Estimate
for money. People don't know troubles
Here is this model drinking fountain like they
have in Prospect Park-the boys in Central Park
lam nails into the holes and l guess Wen have
10 invent a twisted pipe they can't stop up
an investigating the alleged low rentals There is
G. pumping station Riverside Park, and / am
having value CT the privilege assessed and
have changed the lease from yearly TO
snouthly basis be able 10 raise the rent
.f II appears right do While there is
money available for a public yacht house, what
would he the sense Of debarring private clubs
from the enjoyment OF the river front? Moreover
ahe spaces occupied by boat houses and clubs
along Riverside Park inaccessible and useless
90 the general public on account Of the lack Of
bridges across the railroad tracks. As for the
West End Hotel ] do not approve of sleeping
quarters being maintained there. The park is
solace for q summer / shall certainly break
she lease of the hotel if the proprietor does no.
comply with of his which called
On him 10 spend $1,000 in repairs My architect has
only been able 10 discover improvements worth
one-half Of that sum. If there also police
dogs living in the park. gave them no permit
We have only watchrnan at Fort Washington.
Shall j eject the canine tenantsE Say do you
want me 10 get into trouble with General Bing-
ham,"
Controller Metz remarked tersely: NO. there is
no money for the Park Department TO tear down
houses There IS enough money for schools.
] have raised rents property within my
sur4sdiction Anyhow, the city is not run by us
lut by q lot Of real estate sharks. Everything is
wrong The laws ought TO be changed We ought
not 10 acquire property until it is actually needed
for park other purposes. Now we get possession
in adv Of
cornpels me 10 get revenues out Of them although
1he properties are Immediately condemned for
violations by the Health Department L have no
staff TO collect the rent from a lot OF tenements;
i must let the rent privilege TO some man for A
thousand dollars or So and he collect good
Zeal where couldn't get a cent.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
OLD BUILDINGS A PROBLEM.

Michael J. Kennedy. Park Commissioner OF
7BrookIyn and Queens. said:
MY general policy. the City Club letter
xfates is TO do away with III buildings that do
m, serve The public need. Several of the private
.,o,,ees mentioned have been removed for some
,in,. No hotels arc allowed. and it Is under
.,atennent that ! have had sold destroyed above
an ner cent Of the useless buildings since 1893 The
aable showing twenty eight buildings in 1903 with
q rental Of 81 A6 and thirteen buildings last seaT.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

Washington Park. told the reporter hard luck
story about the lean pickngs for six years. ana
how the hotel staff came near starving to deatn
last winter. hut they hoped to do good business
with the completion of the Riverside Drive exten-
sion and might be able to make up for the leah
years w L. B. G. Allen retired business man
and tenant of SIS month residence IN Fort
Washington Park said that life on city property
was not wholly ideal. Besides the $40 he had
spent in lieu of rent last year for repairs ne had
paid out the sum of 81 100 for the same purpose.
These were the first repairs in twelve years Inc
house next door was also in bad shape. Once the
roof blew off
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
TO RID PARKS OF
PRIVATE TENANTS
COMMISSIONERS WILLING
TO ACT.
Agree scith City Clubs Recommenda-
tions. but Sag They're Hompered
by Lack of Money.

New York's parks will not he occupied much
longer by private residences. boarding houses'
chicken and clubs of politicai faNorlues' nc
cording 10 the statements of the various park COM
rnissioners made last week TO a Tribune reporter
The commissioners profess themselves TO be IN
thorough accord with the spirit of recent letter
of the City Club and Metropolitan Parks AsSocla-
tion addressed 10 them. which denounces the
licensed poachnE on public preserves by horoe OF
,ettv erafters They would be glad to reform con-
dtions Immediately. and say that they are DONG
all that is possible in view Of a lack OF funds and
,f rental contracts not Yet expired. The agitation
Of 2 wear ago in which The Tribune took part, has
resulted in the abrogation or non-renewal Of sew
rsl contracts letting of other contracts through
public bidding and in other cases an outright rals
ing Of the rent. new policy Of the parks Tor the
reopie which strange 10 some former TAM
MANY commissioners. seems TO have been estao-
Eshed.
Abuses still exist. especially in Fort WASHINGTON
and Pelham Bay parks Big houses. with stables
and garages, occupied by private persons at a low
rental. stand in the midst of city property lh9l
cost s. oNo 600 or $4,000 Geo and the tenants obtain
the effect Of living their own country estates
There are numerous private clubs which have tres
pass signs TO away visitors from the puoHc
land There are also disfigUring little shanties and
r1,;oss br,idincs Hotels supposed provide the
ravfarer with modest priced food, and nothing else,
charge s. 80 for steak and offer accommodations by
:he week like regular summer resort caraVansarles
They perhaps advertise the advantages of living in
a city park and being near TO business. Mean
while one OF the hozelkeepers calculates that the
city owe him twenty wears rent in lieu Of repairs
Il might well city pay this tenant cash
fer the full OF his claim lest the compound
interest al the end Of twenty years should make him
the owner Of +he park. The tenant Of private
residence IN Fort Washington Park advanced the
theory 10 the writer that his moderate rental was
rarv justified by the internal bowling of the police
dogs in a nearby mansion II appeared that the
police dogs which are being trained 10 hunt crim-
ins1s are also Crafters. for they have taken pos
session Of 2 neat Colonial dwelling without ask
ing leave Of Park Commissioner Smith. The Com
missioner rather surprised to learn that dogs
as wen as men were poaching the city preserve.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
MANY PRIVATE CLUBS.

The City Club letter states that there are in the
parks Of Manhattan and Richmond fourteen private
clubs Two hotels and six residences: in the parks
Of The Bronx ffCElrJeen private clubs. eight hotels
ano Ten residences and in those of Kings and
Queens one private club and twelve residences.
Pelham Bay Park which has I156 acres and cost
s. 30 0OA has ten residential estates Of which
was until lately operated as stock farm. Two
other lessees are charged with pasturng five COWS
on Father Knicscrbeker's grass while others raise
chickens or keep a boarding house for dogs There
are five roadhouses- summer hotels or boarding
houses. A good part OF the public shore line is
usurped by half dozen private clubs, some of
which maintain trespass signs. 1t is alleged that
number Of buildings although city land. do not
belong the city The policy Of Commissioner
Kennedy Of Brooklyn and Queens in getting rid of
private residences is commended, while the state
rnent Is made 7hat five houses in the $4,000 ooo
Forest Park in Queens at average of Sc 30
a month. against SIS month obtained for houses
just outside the park boundaries.
In Manhattan ons-third of Fort Washington
Park whose forty acres cost $4,000. is fenced
of into private leaseholds. The four better resi-
dences described as ~small villas rent at uni
form figure of SO monthly. which is an increase
Of S25 since last years ventilation Of park abuses
one tenant obtained A years free rent claim
for repairs. The West End Hotel. lordly struct-
1lre is supposed pay per cent Of receipts As
rent but the lessee's repair claim has been esti-
mated TO make the city his debtor for the next
Two decades The waterfront Of Riverside Park
IS in part taken up by boat and bathing houses
and private yacht clubs. These pay from SIS 20
500 a year. Recommendations made TO the Board
of Park Commissioners were that all privately
owned buildings should be removed from public
land, the Of buildings for hotel or lodging
purposes forbidden. all buildings leased private
residences destroyed, sold for removal con-
Verred TO public charitable service. and the
renewal existing privileges TO clubs and the like
be denied In place Of private club houses il was
recommended that there should be public shelter
and locker houses for the patrons of various
sports on The self-sUppmtng principle Of the mu-
ricipal golf and boat houses in certain parks, and
also public yacht and boat houses Pelham
shnac Enad and RiEsrside
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
SECOND PLACE ON TICKET.

Has there been any decision to the running
mate of Mr.. Taft?''
No. that will be left TO the convention to de
eide. If 1t unaded. but if there is any proba-
bility of difficulty doubtless decision will be
cured without having to resort to lot. The names
of nearly dozen under less
favorable consideration. but several seeking TO
eliminate themselves. while others will be out OF
the running despite all the efforts OF themselves
and their friends. Governor Hughes could be
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
HOTELKEEPER'S PLANT.

Deputy Corporation Counsel Sterling thought 1t
would he saving of graft and trouble if the city
would burn up all buildings that came into its
possession In the of the watershed build
ing is often condemned sold for removal and
shifted inst outside the city boundary. where its
menace TO the water supply compels a second con-
dernnation and sale,
Mr. Koch lessee of the West End Hotel in Fort
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-11
As TO The SEWER
81 Louis Engineer Called Into Con
sultation by Mayor 70 Advise
On Complications.

Engineer Phillips of ST. Louis, who
damned the new sewer system for
afro about th.oc years ago. came
lCvp Yesterday by invitation of
Mayor Parsons. 10 pass Judgment On
tbs situation lt Tuirtieth street
where as has been stated e7o feet ol
fhc sewer has been laid at too SHARP
a grade and must he lowered 10 i-
stated that Nr Phillips ia of thr
opinion that the sewer can bo iuV.
erag without serious injury Go &c. hr
-uspondiug it from a strong frauc
work oyorground while the earth d.
removed underneath and then let
ting 70 down carefully to its nrv bed
about Is inches below iis pre- nj
level a. The upper eud. The question
OF who must DO this. the city or the
contractor seems TO Dee iu the sam.
state as Tenth street. Il matter of
proceeding iu court Nr PhiHrs
vi1l probably advise with the Board
OF Local Improvements TODAY
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-11

give the ST Louis mat artist an inter
esting run He has been dubbed by
sporting writer's as Young Hack be.
cause he SO closely resembles the
Russian Lion in size. Coburn is ore
of the best wrestlers in the country
and has defeated Al Alderman and
figured in some of the most sensation.
al wrestles of The past year
The main event between Mccarthy
and Eizeua Is Of more than ordinary
interest since both are local fayorites
Mccarthy since he came here several
weeks ago and won a decisive battle
from Jimmy Rice has made many
friends in Cairo and many admire his
quick and game work In the ring
Nizcna will be remembered as a pa
gilist Of some note who formerly re
sided in Mound City. He has been in
Georgia for thc past year and has fg.
ured in several Of the best bouts seen
IN the south This eason.