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Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26

~ n her twenty-one years Of existence
Miss Lberty-better known as The
Lady of the Bay-has welcomed more
foreigners to these shores than any OF
her sisters, or her cousins, or her aunts
or, in fact, any Of her sex; for be 1t re
nnembered it is she who, with beacon
head aloft, lights the way for every in
coming ship that threads her way through
the Narrows to the Upper Bay, and finally
into North or East River, before touching
at Ellis Island, where every immigrant
must pass muster before being allowed TO
set foot on the shores of that land tales
Of which are synonymous with riches far
beyond the grasp Of the immigrant mind,
and Of freedom itself.
And what an epoch It IL is In the
lives OF the millions OF immigrants who
have hocked to these hospitable shores
when they gain their first glimpse or
that strikingly majestic figure known
as the Statue Of Liberty, as she stands
sentinel-llke at the very front door OF
New York! Imperious Of pose, The Lady
Of the Bay Is sllhouetted against the
most wonderful skyline In the world, and
It is this background which nrst appeals
to the immigrant, who then and there
realizes that all he has heard OF the
vastness of New rk is here before his
very eyes. A vast majority Of the lin
migrants-who, like cattle, are herdod
into the steerages OF the big trsus-At-
lantic iners-are disposed 10 believe
that. with the first glimpse Of New
York, their troubles then and there end,
and the New World stretches away be-
fore them, theirs to conquer, or, at
least, holding a place therein for them
where a handsome living can be wrested
from those who were here born, or from
those who preceded them In the steer
age Of other ships. How little they real
lie all the hsartaches, disappointments
and hours Of burning anguish they must
endure before they have been freed from
the hot and stuffy immigrant pens, filled
with strange faces and even stranger
and sterner oficials, whose duty it Is to
see that each and every new conner has
entered port ia strict accordance with
the laws which govern the advent Of
aliena here.
Each immigrant, before epnbarking for
America, undergoes a more Or less rigid
examination at the port Of embarkation
In the fatherland. He is supposed to be
free from any Infection; his eyesight and
bearing examined, and he must be in
possession OF sufficient funds TO preclude
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26

teenth street. with the Capitol Mt its
apex and the monument bisecting Its
base. The project is favored by a great
majority OF the members OF Congress,
and has already been afirmatively re-
ported upon by committees of both
branches. so that 1t is practically certain
that an effective bill for the acquisition
Of the property and the prosecution of
the work win pass at the next session.
The plan contemplates the conversion
Of the triangular space in question into
an ornamental park. with boulevards.
pathways, statuary. fountains and flower
beds. The outer edges-particuarlg
Pennsylvania ayenue--will be lined with
imposing public buildings. and the area
as n whole, with its splendid vista through
the central boulevard from the monument
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26

IL FTER a century Of somewhat slug
gish progress, Washington is burst
B ing into the full splendor of which
its founder dreamed, with what appear
ed to be extravagant optimism. Beauti-
full she has always been. but only in re-
cent years has the federal city taken on
the dignity and grandeur that were an
ticipated in the original design. During
the first half-century of its existence the
people and their representatives displayed
no interest In the capital. and even re-
Rarded its permanency as questionable.
After the Civil War we began to look
upon this national center as a common
heritage and the everlasting focal point
Of our unity. But the spirit of pride and
the sense of possession then aroused grew
but slowly. Our legislators neglected the
needs OF the city and left the burden
IT improvement to the residents. and
they, contracting heavy debt in doing
so. contrived, at least, to keep Washing
ton in the procession OF municipal prog
ress. With the passage of time a proper
sentiment has developed, and now there
Is evidenced in our most distant states
something of the feeling that prompted
the proud boast, "Civis Romanum sunni
of the dweller In the outlying province Of
the great Roman Empire.
In response to this change In the atti-
inde OF the public, Congress has, in late
years. evinced an unwonted interest in
the affairs of our national municipality,
and has projected works which, in the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26
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work upon themselves, and the chance for
a white-slave traffic again springing up Is
most remote.
The most familiar groups on the island
are formed by families eating the DOL
lar Dinner" Sometimes the top Of
trunk or big clothes basket serves as
a table. More frequently the meal Ii
eaten tableless The dinner ID put up
In a pasteboard box and is sold by the
caterer of the island. There is enough
solid food in each box for about four or
binary persons, but the frugal immigrant
unaccustomed to feasts, except on GER
tain holidays, usually makes 1t serve Tor
eight, Some of. the immigrants going
long distances buy several boxes to eat
on the way. Those whose destinations
ore nearby, only one, which they eat on
the Island pending the departure OF the
ferry-bost.
The influx Of girls and young women
has been remarkable for this period OF
the year. Many go into domestic sery-
ice and many come to meet their sweet
hearts, who have preceded them by
many months and have got togetner
enough household goods to warrant set
ting a date for the wedding.
All records have been broken this year
by the unprecedented rush OF aliens from
fha mort OF New 4 OTK TO tuoSe Oh buo
other side of the Atlantic. Always at
Christmas the steerages Of the outgoing
ships are filled with foreigners who. hav-
ing saved up few hundred dollars here
as result OF their frugality, return to
the old country, there to purchase
little strip of land and settle down for
life This year every outgoing steamship
has been laden to her full capacity and
thousands were left on the piers. The
steerage accommodations of the Cunard
liners are booked solid until next Au-
gust, officials of that company recently
asserting that the rush of foreigners from
America eclipses anything within their
experience. The recent financial panic
struck terror to the hearts of the foreign
laborer, especially the Italians, and in
consequence the bookings for italian ports
are far heavier than those for other
points
Yet this mad rush eastward from here
acts In no wise as a deterrent upon those
on the other side who seek to make their
fortunes here, as each incoming ship Is
loaded to the gunwale with its heteroge-
neous mass sof humanity which surges
from the steerage TO the shores of the
island, and there, for the first time, set
foot on the soil which they have long
learned to regard as "the Land Of the
Free"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26

In its magnitude and so revolving in de-
tall that sweeping laws were speedily en-
acted, which soon put a check to the
practice. Then, there were bands OF
men and women who, by some nefarious
means, gained access to the emigrant
pens and by holding out prospects of Inn
mediate and lucrative employment to the
most comely among the young women,
took them from the island and immedi-
ately imprisoned them in dens OF vice. In
Philadelphia aloGe thousands of these
young women were released from tneir
bondage about three years ago, when tne
Law and Order Society. under the IN
trepid leadership of Clarence Gibboney'
stepped in and raided hundreds OF brotn,
els which housed these ignorant anu
basely betrayed Young emigrants. Ihe
tales of brutality that they told of IN tne
police courts and the indignlties to whlcn
they had been subjected beggared de-
scripton. Now the man or woman WIZ
meets a young and lone girl at Eins ~
land has to be accompanied BY creuen-
tails as to his or her responsibility ana
respectabiity before the person soughe
is allowed TO depart from the pen. me
missionary societies, spurred on BY ne
revelations made at Philadelphia, nave
now taken this important branch OF the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26

nnal test when it has been found that
they possess clean bill OF health. an
other corps OF examiners go through the
pen and the emigrants are made 10 come
forward and register. Their papers must
correspond in every detail with the en-
try on the ships manifest. and 1t is here
that their tickets are again examined.
The emigrant holding a ticket for San
Francisco, or some intermediate point,
must give some lucid explanation as to
why he desires TO go there. II he has
friends there to meet him. he is not al
allowed TO leave the pen until those
friends have been communicated with.
and some word received from them in
turn. Those whose papers, explanations
and funds are intact, are placed in charge
of an Inspector and boarding a barge
they are transported to the railroad sta
ton from which they start on their over
land voyage.
The West still claims the majority Of
these aliens and several trains are re-
quired to transport the westward bound
emigrants following the arrival Of each
ship.
Many heartrending tales are heard at
the island, and many bitter tears are
shed before hnal release is accomplished
or else a return to the old country has
been enforced Young, buxo4, bright
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26

ington. and that sum represents 3 per
cent. on the amount for which the prop
erty needed for the improvement under
consideration can probably be acquired
The erection of public buildings Oh the
south side Of the Avenue will surely
stimulate private improvements along
the opposite line and the street will
eventually become the most handsome
thoroughfare on earth. Commencing with
the New Willard. there will be sue
cession Of hne hotels to accommodate
the rapidly increasing transient traffic.
Newspapers, railroads, insurance COM
panies and retail merchants will erect
buildings in keeping with the surround
lngs and IN harmony with one another.
number of grand public buildings are
In course of construction and many more
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-26

TO the Capitol, will present more at
city at present in existence can boast. The
scheme is not one Of mere establishment,
though II could not have been better de-
signed had it been such. As a pure busi-
ness proposition 1t commends Itself
strongly 10 Congress. The government
has. since its first days in Washington,
been embarrassed for lack OF adequate
quarters for the transaction OF Its ex-
ecutiye business. and the pressure has
constantly been growing greater. Not
only is serious loss of time and incon-
venience accustomed by the scattering of
the various Offices but the system of
leasing has entaied unwarrnnted ex-
travaganee. Last year the government
paid $275.000 rent in the city of Wash
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

and the messenger kids are wondering
when the businss is going to get good.
We'll, the comp reduced expenses with
out cuttin' salaries of the kids what orig
mate the income" said No. 10, a coming
Napoleon OF finance.
'"The report says, regardless Of the OPP
orators strikin', the company saves 81 ,3O2,-
sS1 this year, and that's going some. There
amt many busine houses what saved
81 100000 in operating expenses. There
amt a cigar store or penny arcade In
Omaha what's done that we'll"
Another thing which made the messengers
pick up a little when they got the report
is that Paul Morton. Nebraskan and friend
of President Roosevelt. had been elected
a director in the company.
Paul used to be a messenger boy his
SELF, said No. %. They tell me the old
man used to make the kids carry milk
and do the chores up in Wisconsin and
down at Arbor Lodge. Paul Morton under
stands. Something better may come to the
kid what hustles and works at night"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
E PAGE--sB

ham is on the left Of Justice Brewer As
sociate Justice McKenna has his seat next
to Mr.. White. On the left of Mr.. Peckham
is Associate Justice William r. Day. The
youngest man on the bench, and last after
Mr.. Holmes, Is Associate Justice William
H. Moody, who is only 90.
Chief Justice Fuller will celebrate shortly
the twentieth anniversary of his confirma-
don by the senate to his present office.
His nomination was submitted by President
Cleveland on April 80. 1888. 1t was con-
firmed on July 20 following. Before his
appointment Mr.. Fuller had led a varied
and successful legal, journalistic and po-
litical career. He was born in Augusta,
Me, on February IL, 1888; was graduated
from Bowdoin college In 1858, and, two
years later, after attending a course of
lectures at Harvard Law school, he was
admitted to the bar. He practiced law and
journalism in Augusta. became president
OF the common council and served as city
solicitor. He removed to Chicago Ia 1855.
practiced law, was a member of the state
constitutional convention and a member
Of the state legislature. He was elected a
delegate to the democratic national con-
v~entions Of 1854, 1872. 1876 and 1880 Mr..
Fuller has made an admirable chief justice,
New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
TRAVELLING MEN ARE BUSY
More Trade Tourists in West Than
This Time Last Year.
HOTELS NOTE THE DIFFERENCE
Activity of Commercial Missionaries
Gives Evidence. of the High
Tone in All Lines OF
Business.

With one exception Omaha hotel men are
agreed that the number Of commercial tray
elers now on the road is as large as last
year. This condition did not obtain last
spring. but has recently come to pass in
spite of the fact that a presidential election
is held to be something OF a deterrent to
business.
Inasmuch as one hotel manager declared
that the number of statesmen on the road
is larger even than last fall the exception
noted above may be held to be balanced by
this other declaration. The last few days
Of the week ending Saturday show an av-
erage Of no less than 800 emisssries Of
wholesalers and manufacturers registered
at Omaha hotels. All lines are represented
in fairly even proportions, though local con-
ditions at home bring about occasional
cross currents in this respect.
For instance, the end of the week saw
more than the usual number Of coal men
here. Inquiry developed the fact that the
Chicago market for anthracite has slumped
badly the last two weeks, probably on ac-
count of the weather. Inasmuch as local
sales have been large. representatives OF
Chicago houses forthwith packed their grips
and made for this city to catch II possible
a few OF the crumbs falling from this com
mercial banquet table.
Aside from men who carry trunks of
samples many other travelling agents are
now out. OF these there is a host, but
noteworthy for numbers at present are the
itinerant railway passenger and freight
agents, always eager to divert to their par
tieular channel some Of the golden stream
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
BRANDEIS

anthemums, which later in the season will
be selling for 81 a dozen.
After the inspection Of the flower field
the custom is to drive q half mile further
on through the fields to Carr's pond. the
lake.. as they call it in that vicinity, just
across the West Greenwich line, and view
the beautiful sheet of water from which
the greater part Of the water supply for
the Pawtucket valley villagers IL drawn
1t is not to be imagined for q minutA
however. that the king Of the dahlias' and
one might say emperor OF the asters, Is an
unsophisticated recluse. Bless you, no. He
was judge at the flower show at m
temple, in Boston, recently; ne has ex-
hibited at all the big shows IN New Eng
land for years; he has been smiled on by
more women than there are blossoms In
his flower farm and he is in constant com
munication with all the leading dahlia and
aster experts in Great Britain and France.
He hires the work done on the remainder
of his farm and devotes himself to the
flower section, which has made him and
his farm and that part of his town famous
the country over.--New York Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
MESSENGERS UP IN THE AIR
Western Union Kids Oppose Turning
In Tips to Save Company,
DON'T CARE IF GOULD DOES LOSE
MercurieS Get Wise to the Annual Re-
port showing. Loss to Corpora
tiOn of Four Million
Dollars. :

There is no joy among the messenger
boys. They have got wise to the report
OF the Western Union and learned that
the corporation lost ~si,27i,oOo last year, re-
gardless of economies.
The report is just out. No. 80 had one
Saturday morning and Shove it to the
fellers on the bench. 1t said the com.
pany decreased $4,274,19 in one year be.
cause of the t~elegraphers' strike and a lit.
tie business depression that even the mes
senger boys have noticed.
swell have TO turn in de tips" said
Thirty. "The company's people is VI
against de real ting and de time has come
for us to stand up and turn in the tips
dey amounts to more than the charges"
But No. q was wise. He said some.
thing about the company having a surplus
of S14. 1913, S56. and did not see why, anyone
should be scared over a little decrease In
gross receipts. Twenty-seven refused tC
turn in tip money.
Now, the comp is up hard" said Thirty
You can tell that, cause the comp coulC
not pay cash dividends, but adopted the
'spedient of issuing 81, 447, 100 OF scrip-du,
bills, as II was. Then the comp dug vi
a little coin It had planted and paid 4
cash dividend Of 1 per. but l per is awfu
low, Sons loan agents get 10 per pei
month and the street cars advertise houses
which pay s per cent per year"
The hoppers have discovered a big Loss
to them, however, and generally oppos,
turnin' in tips. The annual report show,
the number OF messages decreased IL, 4Ss,,
600. on almost every message de wise
messenger kid got a tip. With l2.OOO,OO
messages unsent, 100000 tips were shorf
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

all-of these representative zoophilists re-
gard with complacence and even with de-
light the destruction of other animal life
for far less worthy purposes. The killing
Of the harmless and happy denizens OF
field, forest and water for the sake Of
sport Is not to be forbidden. 1t is all
right to pull fish from the water, even 70
you do not need them for food. and to
shoot birds, and TO see deer and rabbits
pursued and killed by dogs. But to kill a
creature just to end a life OF suffering to
itself and of offense to the community, or
for the sake Of securing a great boon for
humanity, is shocking.
1t is not easy to determine TO Just what
extent animal life is to be regarded as
sacred. The moral and religious philoso-
piles of the world have differed greatly
on that point. Prof. Darwin and others
would have us believe that vegetable life
also is endowed with perceptive senses and
perhaps with the consciousness Of suffer
ing. The infliction of needless pain upon
animals is obviously to be condemned. So
is the useless destruction Of animal life,
just for the qualification OF a lust for
slaughter-New York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
THE MIDWESTLTFE

The election will soon be over and
whether Taft or Bryan is successful,
The Midwest Life will continue Issuing
policies with liberal provisions and at low
premium rates. Life insurance Is not a
luxury. it's a necessity. Wherever ~elvilza-
ton extends there life insurance flourish es.
Life insurance serves a variety of use
full purposes. but It's chief province is to
give financial support 20 the widow and her
children otter death Of the bread winner.
As long as he lives he expects to be able to
support mis- family by means OF his earn
ingS; but when he dies these earnings are
cut off.
BY taking a policy In The Midwest Life
a man finds solace In the thought hat liv-
ing or dead his family is provided for.
Every policy Is protected by a deposit with
the Auditor Of Public Accounts OF first
mortgages on Nebraska lands. Home OF
flee 1907 20" Street Lincoln. Omaha
Agency. Room al Board Of Trade Building.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
ROCK ISLANDS, FLORAL KING
A wilderness Made to Bloom with
Millions of Asters and
DahliRs.

William Henry Tarbox Of Tarbox's Ledge,
near Shippeetown, in the town Of Easl
Greenwich, is one Of the best known grow
ers of dahlias and asters IN New England,
II not in the United States. His sobriuuet,
The Dahlia King is a not undeserved
title, and the fact that persons from all
over the state make annual pilgrimages,
Drawing the bad roads and the
Of a jolting, dusty ride over the steepest,
rockiest and most tortuous OF rural roads
TO reach his farm and feast their eyes on
the thousands of blossoms blooming on his
acre Of flowers, is applicable only because
so great a display of the biggest and best
and latest designs from art and natures
aster and dahlia factory can be seen there
and nowhere else in these parts.
After a ride of five miles from east Green
wich village, which seems at least twice
the distance, or a shorter. rougher drive
from Crompton, in the valley of the Paw
tuxet, one reaches the clearing on the hill
top. in the center of which is the fine old
farm house. which is the palace of the
dahlia king, although not the place in
which he holds his court.
The court. as is fitting, is held about an
eighth of a mile from the palace, in the
NOAhCi VI a AHOahONf NhNIt llONl tate IN
the summer until the middle Of the fall
his subjects, the dahlias, thousands OF
them. attend in court dress, the green
plants topped by blossoms in which every
tint, shade and color and combination of
rints and colors OF which natures dye
house is capable are reproduced. Beside
them the court guards. the asters in blue
and white and purple, pink and lavender,
stand in serTied ranks bowling in the wind
their obeisance to their royal master OF
nodding welcomes and adieus to his guests.
1t is a pretty sight at this season. the cor
ner Of the meadow, where II was estimated
a few days ago that fully 10000 asters
were in blossom, and perhaps 1900 flowers
on the dahlia plants, which occupy about
half the plot set apart for the flowers thai
have made Mr.. Tarbox and his farm ia.
nous the country over.
Every Sunday the farm is the Mecca fol
hundreds OF visitors, who go In carriages
in automobiles, on bicycles and on foot &c
see the myriad plants in bloom and to &c
away laden with huge bouquets OF the
gorgeous fan flowers borne by the dahlia
plants or astsrs that when grown by the
dahlia king are as big almost as The chrys-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
SPIRIT OF THE BEAST
Killing of Harmless Denisens of
wood and Field FOrcibly
Denounced.

One ofethe curiosities Of popular passions
is to be perceived In the attitude of many
well-meaning persons toward animal life
"the spirit Of the beast hat goeth down.
ward to the earth" They appear to regard
such life, especially in its canine and feline
forme. as sacrosanct. In their sight IL is a
cruel thing to kill, mercifully and expedk
tiously, the vagrant creatures which prowl
about our streets.
Even though the cats be half starved and
the dogs NANCY and crippled, ana all Of
them homeless and the prey of mischievous
boys. their right to live must be respected.
AS for using any animal for the surgical
researches and experiments which have so
enormously alleyiated human Ills and which
are still so essential 20 the effective prog
ress Of therapeutic science-that is an
a~bomination in their eyes.
At the same lime some-of course. not