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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-07-28
CAUGHT THE RoBBER
Man WAC Stole $5O,O00 Mail Pouch Is
Now in Tolls

Kansas City, July 2s-At 6 O'Clock
this morning the government secret
service landed the $4,000 mail pouch
thief.
The attraction of old hauuts and old
friends, these and a scar on the bridge
of his noce, which he habltua;!y COW
cred with his cap, led to the capture
of the robber. He is Charles Savage
negro, and he was caught in lodg-
ing house on East Twenty-first street.
Four postoffice inspectors who had
been following him for several nights
made the arrest. The money which
Savage stole has not been recovered
The postoffice police believe it is hid
den in this city.
Ever since the postoff1ce inspectors
had learned that Savage, an ex-con-
vict had been spending money lavish
ly in Denver. they have tracked him
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-07-28
HORsEMEN INDICTED

New York, July 28-Thirty-six men
were indicted by the Kings county
grand jury today o ncharges of 'vio-
lating the antt-gambling laws at the
race tracks. Those indicted include
some of the most prominent men who
formerly occupied stools in the betting
ring.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-07-28

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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-07-28
THE WEATHER

NORTH DAKOTA-SHOWERs
COOLER TONIGHT. WEDNE.
FAIR AND COOLER.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
\ NEW PASTOR.

The selection of Rev. oscar Edward Mauor 10 m the celebrated pulpit of Center church, which SO many grca, minds have graccd, and the lattcr's ac- ccptance of that call comes as good news. MT Maurer is young man, fun of force and vigor, and to him we ex- tend every wish of success in it's fullest meaning. Particularly pleasing is the fact that he has always shown himself vitally interested in civic affairs else where and lt is to be hoped he win show the same cnthuslasms in New Haven, It would be q high ambition indeed, for him to strive to take the place of the late lamcnted Dr. Haynes in this regard There is plenty of op- portunity for cfectua work of this kind in this city. Those ot our cities can count themselves exceedingly for tunato which can remember among their civic workers such men as was pr. Haynes OF such us is Dr Potter of Hartford The pastoratc of New Ha- ven, always united will receive note worthy addition in the person of Mr. Maurer
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
Tho tlrotltprs Inf.

If the eight years of Mr. Tart in the White House, which now seem almost decrccd, should prove an era of good feeling" no III effects need result from his having brother in the senate In our history brothers have often held prominent positions in our public life al the same time, and occasionally 4 father and son, and this need be re- garded as no highly exceptional circum stance. IT, however. trouble should break out between the senate and the executive. such as several administra e tions have unhapplly witnessed, Mir. Charles F. Taft would have to be gifted with tact far beyond tho ordinary nor las not to occasionally put his foot
 in H. Presidents relatives hold a pe- cular status, socially politically and functionally in our political system The public lncines to critical atti- tude toward thom. more Is expected of them through Influence than they can usually accomplish. and their position Is ordinarily difficult The senate would never need to resort tn methods of taking down the presidents brother such as tho boys at West Point used to apply to the bearer of any famous name that came among them. But the prevailing interest could In countless little ways, if any friction developed annoy the new senator. II would he interesting to see how this experiment works out.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
RosToN'S MUNICIPAL PLANS.

It remains to be seen whether the city of Boston Is to enjoy the credit of having worked out another useful chapter in the history of municipal buildings It's more thoughtful citiz- ems are certain that the present sys- tenn of local government is unsatlsfac- I'tory, and in common with thoughtful citizens everywhere arc considering how return may be had to more sim pie tools, tools that will perform the business needed to be done in q busi- nessIle spirit, and avoid the political complication which have no logical place in municipal organization,
 The Economic club of Boston ap- pointed sometime ago q committee of five to investigate the subject and re- port if possible some definite plan, which could be subjected to the legis- lature. and the people who are to he governed under it The commission split by vote of four to one, the yen- erable president of Harvard university accepting the minority responsibility. The Eliot plan practically revives the old New England town government minus such details as have been found to be obsolete and plus such as would be made necessary for clerical hire He would substitute for the mayor and a court of common council a commission of five of which the mayor would be the | head To this commission would be entrusted the task of governing the city The four other members of the committee agreed to the commission of five but wish to add an advisory board of l5O, chosen from fifty precincts into which the city would be divided, party lines to be eliminated
 The striking feature of the report is it's indirect condemnation of the muui- | cipal organization as il exists both in Boston and in New Haven By seeking a new organization, the committed agrees that the prevailing methods of local government are bad The choice, therefore, Is between the severe Eliot plan and that which seeks at the same time to introduce a popular assembly which shall be advisory in character | Even should the choice be made of tho latter, fl would still be a victory for tn, general Eliot principle. It would rocog
 nlze what MT Eliot has in mind, th, cumbersomcnes of municipal govern. ment as t has been developed More than likely after a trial it would re. suit in the adoption. of the Eliot plan for since the purpose of local govern. ment is business and not politics. thai which produces that result will ulti
 matcly triumph,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
THE CONNECTICUT Jyprc,,u,

It is difficult to account for the per sistent gossip which is heard on every side with reference to the appoint ments to be made to the supreme and superior courts of Connecticut by the incoming administration It is said that the governor-elcct has al- ready had applications for the bench made to him bv the score though there will be only five vacancies dur Ing his term of office.
 The average citizen will feel bit disturbed by this threatened raid of the judgseships, If 1t occurs. as he should already be disturbed by the as- sumption on the part of the ambitious lawyers that there Is to be a snake up in the bench as it is at present consti- tuted. It has come to be taken for granted that efficient service on the bench is a guarantee of continued ser vice; that the day has passed when political considerations enter. into it's organization The judges whose terms will expire during the next state ad- ministraton are Samuel O, Prentice of the supreme court, George W. Wheeler. Ralph Wheeler E. R Gagcr and William S. Case of the superior court There has been no complaint made of the service these gentlemen have given, which In turn has lcl to the popular conclusion that they would be rcappointed and not to be turned adrift to work up new anl doubtful practice
 It is to be sincerely hoped that among the first acts Of the now ad- mlnistration will be the reappoint- ment of these upright judges, in order that the uneasy feeling which Is being fostered In every section of the state with regard to the reorganization of the bench, already splendidly organ2- ed, may be allayed. If, then, there are vacancies to be filed, they will have to be created by the legislature, recognizing the need, if the need act ually exists, for additional judges The suggestion that Connecticut suf- fers from too few judges, as q consc- quence of which the business of the courts is delayed and injustice done complaining citizens, was made two or four years ago, and the conclusion was reached by the judiciary committed that the state did not SO much need addItional judges as some lawyers needed employment by the state. Thus the movement to further increase tac cost Of the judiciary was killed.
 It would he a lamcntable thing which we do not anticipate, if the l large service done the state of Con nectlcut by former Judge Luzon B. Morris, in taking the bench out of politics, was either undermined CT overthrown A more crcditabe thing would he to take both the city and borough courts out of practical polit. ics, where they now are
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
Little Cipic Sermons, No. 25. One Reason Why City Governments
 Are Bad.

nNE reason why municipal government is bad is O that, unlike business, it does not develop ex- perts. There is no career in it. If man makes reputation as health commissioner in Koch ester, park commissioner in Hartford, fire commis sioner in Philadelphia public works commissioner in Cleveland why should not New York claim his serv- ices if it could attract them That would be using business methods" It would be doing, moreover, what foreign cities do where the science of city gov ernment is better developed than in this country It IS time for the public to think how it shall get the service of experienced who have demonstrated their ca pacity for the duties to which they called as heads of it's departments, and how it shall retain them At present every who appointed to one of these i'm portant offices experiment, and most of them are failures What would happen to the United States Steel corporation if it changed the heads of all its de partmens every two three years and when it made new appointments chose men who had experience in the steel trade but successful dealers in liquors or underwear New York Tribune.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
WATERS AND FORESTS.

Were some one to attempt to reckon in terms Of dollars and cents the exact value of yesterdays rain storm, he would meet with surprising figures, When 1t is realized that Waterbury had not more than very few days water supply, because Of the long draught this section of the country has experienced the importance Of the downfall in this state at once be- comes apparent, yet many other com munitics in Connecticut than Water bury have also been put to 1t for wa ter. New Haven has, as is usually the case, been the exception in this re- gard, but that Is only our local good fortune And what has been true in this regard in Connecticut has been throughout the greater part of the country, TO say that yesterdays rain will prove to be worth million dol- lars seems like remarkable state ment, yet many times that amount would be nearer the truth.
 This will be "conseryation week" in Washington, There will gather to- day at the capital city the many nota- bles who compose the recently formed national conservation commission among its most prominent members being Andrew Carnegie, James ]. Hill and the governors of the various states most of whom will be present This afternoon in the Belasco theater President Roosevelt and President elect Taft will be among the speakers to the commission. In the days which follow the various subjects will be taken up one by one, namely Lands" Minerals" Water" and Forests. At these sessions few incidents could be taken up by these able minds with more profitable discussion than such ralnstorm as that of yesterday In this section. The nter-rclationship be- | tween all of the four general topics before the commission is close one. but between no two of them Is 1t more vital than between waters and for- ests.
 It Is recognized fact that no wa | tershed can be as effectual as that over which the trees grow prolitically. Indeed watershed without trees Is no watershed at all. As our cities grow and their demands for water in- crease, the average amount of rain which falls each year is not at all in- creased. It remains about stationary. To get more water 1t will help If the watersheds can be extended, but that is an expensive process entailing the purchase of vast stretches of land and the exclusion from them of every sort of undertaking which might in any way pollutc the water. The forests must be kept up if only for the sake of our water supply. This may best he done by the federal government and the commission, which will meet in Washington to-day, bringing the authorities to a realization of this l fnp
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
\ Traffic Suyrcs,ion,

To the Editor of thc Kick Column:
 Frcm time to time | have noticed divers clfusIons on your editorial page, some of them letters from correspond cnts in the Kick column, on the trouble some question of the Edgewood avenue trolley line Being one of those who suffer | have been interested. AS vet no one. believe has hit upon just the right solution of inc matter TO talk of running the long two truck cars on the line Is beside the question, for the trolley company has no more of these cars to run on the line. even if Il wanted io, TO run more of the short cars. perhaps on slx-mlnute schedule, would help, but that would be quite Inn - possible on the present single tracks, and to double the tracks along certain portions of the line Is impractical
 believe | have solution which gets out of both of these difficulties. and would make lt possible to run "bob-tail" ears on q six minute sche- dulo, Instead of running the tracks as at present through Howe street to  Tidgewood and then out, run them right out Elm street which is wider, all thc way to Orchard street. where they might be turned south through orchard to Edgewood, meeting the old tracks on that street where they arc now dou- hlc, 1 believe the consent necessary shoOld be readily obtained Certainly such a line on Elm street would be un- objectionable, On the other hand, a better trolley service out through that section ought 10 matcWnally result in an advance in prices
 Have any of my noighbors in thi, section anything to say as tu this prop. o9ton?
 SHERMAN AVENI'E
 New Haven, Dec. G, lG0S
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
City Noises.

ltjoStun liefAIu,l
 New York's first antInolse ordinance city railroads and street railways, pro hlbiting the operation of defective roll ing stock and the use of tracks and other structures that arc in such condi- ton ls to cause unnecessary racket Some day, perhaps, It's provisions will be extended so as to Include ordinary vehicles. Is there anything noisier ol more nerve racking that tho average tlp-csu proceeding through the streets over stone pavement? Hardly.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

Nothing can better Illustrate the way in which China is awakening to western ambitions and western en- thusiasms than the way in which China's young men are yearuing to know more of western education The Chinese government is now planning to send as many as 5000 Chinese students to this country to study. Eighty per cent of them will study manual arts and 20 per cent will take up law and government. Nothing can bring China
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
GOOD NIGHT. SWEETHEART.

Good night Sweetheart! o may the
 night
 Bring all the blessings night can
 bear May soft-eyed sleep with fingers light Knit up your travelled sleeve of care; And as she knits beside your bed May slumber elves in silent flight Wait peaceful dreams about your head Good night, Sweetheart good night Good night, Sweetheart! Though lost
 10 sight
 Your grace will finger in my heart: TO keep for aye fond memories bright Love never needs Che llmner's art, A nd now upon the slumber sea While floating in vour bark of white An pearhcart, dream one dream oi
 me.
 Good night Sweetheart good night
 Boston Transcript
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
MuzxlinG the Kaiser.

I0pTINBNNTd NtpUbTlVaN,I
 They may muzzle the kaiser al ono point but he breaks out at another No more newspaper interviews with his majesty can be had, yet the roya announcement of the early publication Of his majcsty's diary during the first twenty years of his reign shows tha William Is stIll to be seriously reckon. cd with. II the diary Is to be printed in an ureXpurgated form tgere may ht another crisis In Germany,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
stntc Finances.
tNew London Day

' lNTTW v
 The discussion oi the finances oi the state comes at an opportune time. The members of the next general assembly will have time to digest the facts be- fore they gather al Hartford to make appropriation and II ought 10 be req sonable conclusion that they would hoar In mind the experience of the past year in providing for future outlays and prepare to cut the garment as nearly the size of the cloth as they can
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
KICK COLUMN.

under the above heading Che Jour- nal-CoutIcr will bc pleased 10 publish to write it. Address your letter 10 "The Editor of the Kick Column, Jour- nnl-Courier New Haven, Conn" Write briefly and to the point and always send Spur right name md nhdrrs-, without which no letter can be pub lished,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

and the United states too near together in the years just before us It will be to our great advantage if we can be counted among China's true friends when the time of the great awakening there comes as lt is sure to do.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
The Better Why.

INISOnIH oenIIneTl
 Another conference between railway managers and railway operatives has ended in New Haven In a satisfactory agreement The old way was to strike and f0reVer be enemies, hold up trans. portaton, inconvenience the public and cause loss of earnings to both en- ployer and employed, The new way Is better
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
Fro or Con. .lncle Joer"

lNeW Brllhln Hecurn,)
 loc Cannon Is confident of being re- elected speaker. He seems to think mat II will be wei nigh unanimous for him. Wouldn't II be Interesting to watch how the Connecticut congress- men shall vote? If uncle Joe did all the nasty things to Mir, Lilley that he was accused of doing. the Connecticut delegation should he to q man against him. Everybody Is convcrsant with the I.illey mems argument during the recent campaign. They claimed that th, speaker was nutrageously unfair In the appointment of the committee on investigation of the submarine a'- legations
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

German antiquarian has found doe uments showing that in ancient Baby lon i.1j0 years ago, the sums due to doctors for treatment were exactly prescribed by law, The varied accord ing to the social position Of the pa tents,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

Charles w. Morse Is credited with saving that if he had to choose between spending fifteen years in France and if. teen In jail he would prefer jail,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

tlaytians now expect peace, SD the reports go. In consequence we sup pose Nord Alexis stock suddenly takes n rise again,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

It Is to the honor of the Swedes that the fact of woman working for her living in no way lowers her social position. Many professional ladies are the daughters of court o,scials and are received and welcomed in the court circle
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

The French are losing their interest in billiards. In S9i taxes were paid on 90, 000 billiard tables, while the mum bpr last year was only 1o,00O,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
ON LIEE's SUNNY SIDE.

DO you believe in the literal ideas of future punishment?" Not for my self answered Mir sirius Barker. But | favor fl for lot of people ! know -- Washington star,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

Hollow copper rods havc been fonnt to be the best lightning rods,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

"Footballw growled the angry father, "Ugh" "But surely" said hIs friend, "your son won high honors in football at his college?' He dld' assented the father, First he was a quarterback--
 Yes" Then a halfback- Yes,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

tweuty-tnreo living members, lf the re- gently published catalogue is author ity
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

Condemned to death, a prisoner in Greece is kept In confinement for two ycars before the sentence Is carried out.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

England eats between SOOoo and io,ooo tortoscs every year,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

A gypsy, upon release from iaiL met A friend, "What were you In for?' asked the friend "T found a horse Found a horse? Nonsense They wouldn't Jug you for finding a horse. "Wcll. you sec, found him before tho owner lost him" "-.Evcrybody's Maga. zine,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
OUR CONIr,NpORAn
OnIy 'rwcnty-three Left.

tllartford CourHnt)
 The death of Sherman W. kucyals Of New York; reported elsewhere. re- duccs the famous Yale class of 1853 to
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

"What ought a man lo do for bad coldY asked the doctors acquaintance, stopping him in the street 'llc should never" said inc physician hastily. stand on the cold street consulting a doctor but call during his office hours. '
 New York Herald.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

Probably 1t Is because Pullman sleep. CTS go from one state to another ana hence may be casscd under inter state traffic that pr Harvey w. Wiley, chief chemist of the agricultural de- partmcnt feels that it may be within the province of the federal government to analy2e and condemn samples of putrid air taken from these sleepers, where it has been broathed for hours by sleeping passengers He intends to sec if conditions cannot be changed, he says and we certainly wish him suc- cess in his undertaking
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

Hairrosser Cwhlle giving lady 2 vigorous shampoo Will you have any
 thing on your head when [ have finish cd madam? Madam-5-lm sure don'i know. was in hopes you would leave enough hair tO pin my hat lo.--Judge.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

lt is said that President-elect Will liam Howard Taft is looking about for secretary of state Hc should turn his eyes New Havenward where lies in stately beauty the home of Professor Theodore Woolsey, q man fitted to bear the burdens of that responsible office.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

He said of safety razors "I'd like to rise and state I've used one for a year or more And they arc simply greatw His listener looked upon his face To see if twas as stated And found it was II looked to him Like ll was slmplygrated,
 Houston Post.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

Then fulback-' "Yes And noy-- what Is he now?' Now" roared the father hes e hunehback -St. Louis Times
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

The call is out dt comes from the home of the Elks) for Santa Claus let
 ters again. There are few more pleasing charities the year round than this one, yet it certainly is fact that great numbers of these letters are not from destitute children There should be a sharp eye out for letters from those who shoud not be subjects for chnrltN.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

Prosideut-cleet Taft has written to Mike Mullen one of the republican political bosses of Cincinnati request ing that the name Taft De not at- tached to the park in that city which has heretofore been known as mwood
 and which is located near the Taft home. Mir Taft evidently does not de
 sire his memory to remain as an empty name attached to parks, tohaceos, ba- bies, and pups, but rather desires to he known to postcrity as president whc made 2 model executiye ln every MaN