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the community but in the nature Of
things they are able to cover only q
small part Of the city. Many infrao-
tions Of the fire. building and health
regulations as well as breaches Of the
statutes are not known to them. Some
of these are brought to the attention Oi
the municipal officers whose duty 1t L
to correct them by Inspector ANoNY-
NOUS, as the citizens who want to see an
Improvement made but do not wish
TO be on record as complaining Of II
may be called. The routine reports OF
the city departments bear frequent
4 testimony to the activity Of Inspector
ANONYMOUS. The latest records OF the
Fire Department.. contain among many
others these entries;
Prom Anonymous:
p" Concerning obstructed nre escapes at prem.
Lees West Ninety sixth street. To TeneHen,
House Department
Concerning storage of excelsior on third and
fourth floors Of stable First avenue. To Inspector
Of ombusiihies
Relative 70 defective due at premises Eas
Forty-hfth street To Fire Marshal a..
Relative 70 manufacture of coaches in base.
rnent OF premises Essex street:
Reporting no nre csc ,pes on front or rear OF
premises East 10th stre't;
Complaining Of lacj OF light In Railways OF
premises Third street. To Tenement House De.
pertinent
Relative TO sale. without permit, Of oils. &C..
at hardware store. westchester avenue To In
spector of CombustIbies.
u Relative 70 door leading 10 yard Kept locked
Al premises Madison street. To Tenement House
Department"
4 Each of these complaints is sent to the
department or bureau having jurisdiC-
ton over the matter in which II has its
cause. Investigation often .discloses
nothing in violation of the laws, and
many of Inspector ANoNYMoUs's COM
rnunications are found to be inspired by
spite toward the owner OF the premises
or his agents. The unpopularity of a
janitor, the discourtesy Of rent col
lector, many times brings to the door
the Fire Marshal, the Inspector of Com
bustibles or the Tenement House In
spector. Some of the nameless volun-
teers have a wide field
| From Anonymous:
Complaining of lack OF water supply. prem
iscs Delanccy street. OF kerosene oil In lamps OF
Railways. premises East 10 tn street, aud of 'sck
Il ot light In Railways, premises Yves, Forty sixth
street. To Tenement House Department
| Concerning dangerous conditions. premises
East Forty FIRST street and East sixty tn street.
and of rags and rubbish in cellar and boxes In
yard of premises. Park avenue. To Fire Mar
shall"
Such wholesale complaints are not
the rule. Usually it is evident that
tenants form the larger number of
these shrinking reformers.
Heart OF America Is appreciated. Boston Iferid.
The Liver OF America. rather. and a
triHe sluggish
;; Little Portugal, Ike powerful England,
has her little wars. but what a tax they
must he npon the resources Of the older
colonizing power in the Far Fast. Macao
was acquired by Portugal in 15Si. long
before any other Eiropean nation OBJ
tanned foot of land.in China Portugal
and China ars at odds about port duties
and police power OF the island OF Macao.
but IL is on Timor in the Maiay6n arciii=
pelago that Portugal has to make real
war against rebels and assert her au-
thority. VI is an Indian mutiny In rninia-
tlfe All the troops are out TO subdue
the I.amakito and Batugedo tribes. of
which few of us-this TO save everybody's
face have ever heard. The Governors
force Of cavalry and infantry has heen
routed. and the native insurgents are
said to be marching on Dilli. the capital.
settlers have been slaughtered and their
houses burned.
To Captain ERNEsTo pR vAscoNcELLos
we are indebted for facts about remote
Timor, The average geographer could
not furnish them, Three hundred miles
long. the greater and eastern part OF the
island. which produces coffee. cocoa, nut
meg, sandalwood and petroleum. belongs
to Portugal by treaty with the Dutch.
who control the lesser western part. The
interior is mountainous, and there the
hostiles lurk, Dill. port OF entry and cap
ital is built on marsh, and as many as
$50 ships enter it to trade annually. The
natives are pagans ruled over by rajahs
and dattoes, whose vassalage is loose.
The population Of Portuguese Timor 10
SOC, 900, fringe Of whites on the coast,
and inland black, bronze and yellow, q
mixed race excessively fierce and trucu-
lent. The brave little Governor has only
S2s men (2l2 natives, to keep order. to
police Dill and compose his infantry, cav
airy and artillery forces. There may be
siege Of Dill as there was Of Lucknow.
unless he obtains reenforcemente from
Macao.
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