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New-York tribune., 1909-11-05
COURTS MOVE OUT
CRACK IN BUILDING
UORRIES JUDGES.
General Scamper for Offices
Clogs Lasc's Machinery
Experts Differ on Cause.

1t may stand nifty years and il may
not stand fifty minutes" was the opin-
ion Edward s. Murphy. Buildings Super
intendent. gave District Attorney Jerome
and committee Of judges on the Crii,i-
ma Courts Building yesterday.
The foundation Of the building rests
on sand, and the blasting for the sub
way and the suction of the pumps used
IA the construction of the subway have
shifted the sand. This has caused the
foundation 20 settle. but the building is
safe" That was the opinion Of Henry
scarschmidt. the surviving member Of
the firm Of architects that designed the
building.
The subway has not damaged the
building. The foundations are bad" So
said Henry h. Seaman. chief engineer of
the Public Service Commission
Il telephoned District Attorney Jerome.
and he said that he was not afraid: he
would stay" said Controller Metz
Nevertheless. Mr.. Jerome closed his Office
his more important papers carried away.
and made arrangements for new quar-
ters I'm the Merchants Association Build
ing. at No. 66 Lafayette street.
Mayor Mcclellan made a limited per-
sonal inspection, and had nothing to say
The general result was that the GRIM
iral branch Of the city's government and
judicial system was in almost as much
or a muddle yesterday as We're the opin-
ions on the condition OF the Criminal
Courts Building. The building was
Closed and every one ordered out. while
the police stopped all traffic and kept the
streets clear for several blocks The
District Attorneys Office was the last TO
close The courts and the coroners wer.
gone several hours before. the coroners
going first, on Wednesday night. But
Coroner Hamburger said yesterday that
the coron"rs were willing 10 go back and
risk their lives in the line OF duty.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05
JUDGES OUT HUNTING

Judges Muiqueen. Grain and RosalsSxv
went 10 th- City Court Building and
consulted with the judges. getting ner-
mission to use some of the roor,s for
"eneral Sessions. Parts /. and 2 will
s' IN the city court- The library on the
Top moor or The building will be used for
TWO OF the grand juries. Judges Swan.
Grain and Malone will sit in General
Sessions on Monday. and they will al
ternate with the other judges of General
sessions In order 10 keep the work OF
All the parts in progress. As the space
l. limited and the courts will be so
crowded, only the prisoners held in the
Tombs without bail will be brought to
triaL There are about one hundred and
twenty-seven Of these.
The Supreme Court made arrange
ments TO give room in the State Courts
building TO The Criminal Branch of the
Supreme Court and the Special Term OF
the Supreme Court hearing the Ice
Trust case. These courts will sit again
CT Monday. The Tombs police court
will sit i'm Jefferson Market court All
the prisoners for the Tonbs court were
taken 10 jefferson Market yesterday.
I and this arrangement will continue.
The District Attorneys office has
made arrangements for quarters in the
Merchants Association Building The
ooroners are at Police Headquarters. in
Mulberry street where they went on
"Wednesday night.
The Sinking Fund Commission will
meet Immediately after the meeting Of
the Board Of Estimate to-day to author
iZe the moving of the courts. Money
will have 10 he provided for moving and
rentals. There will be no rent for the
1lst Regiment Armory. but a force of
men will have 10 be provided 10 keep the
building clean, and the lighting will have
Ia be paid for. No arrangements have
been made Yet for moving the court
records
The commission will also have to des-
ignate the fist Regiment Armory and the
Tombs as places for holding court. II
is believed that this will make binding
the acts OF the court performed yester-
Gay.
In order TO facilitate the bailing Of pris-
oners taken TO the Tombs. the bail de-
partment OF the District Attorneys. office
has been moved to the Tombs. Judges
Rosalsky AMI Mulqueen have arranged
with Warden Flynn for the use of his
room as an office for signing bail bonds.
There was good deal OF anxiety in
regard 10 the safety of the subway. when
the court building was closed. II was
feared that an accident 10 the building
would mean serious injury TO the SUBJ
way. and that ii might have 10 be closed
I'm part, I'm order TO save the building.
subway officials and the Public Service
Commission said yesterday that The tube
was in no d. niger.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05
A SHOW OF ACTIVITY.

AFTER every one had been turned into
The streets there was a general attempt
70 straighten out affairs. Inspectors
from the Buildings Department came
down with little pocket guidebooks Of the
building and began 20 measure aroun5
with tape lines and poke sticks into the
cracks in the walls. They made a -ood
show of activity. and Il looked as IN, Ugh
the department was on the Job. But the
inspectors said that they could not tell
ANYTHING
Meanwhile. Justice Giegerich. OF IN.
Supreme Court, was in conference with
the Mayor. while the General Sessions
judges and the District Attorney vvere
holding an Indignation meeting in Judge
Posters chambers in the Criminal Courts
Building. Superintendent Murphy came
down and offered feeble explanations.
Mayor Mcclellan. Police Commissioner
Baker. President MCGOWAN af the Board
of Aldermen and Controller Metz held n
consultation. John Cloughen. Commits
sioner Of Public Works. and John r..
Voorhis. Superintendent OF Public Build
ings and Offices. went. up and looked over
the building
The afternoon was pretty well gone
and the muddle seemed 10 be getting
worse instead Of better. when some one
saw a light and affairs began TO clear
up. Controller Metz sent for his auto
mobile and whisked a committee Of
Judges about the city i'm search Of
quarters for the courts. AT about the
same time something that looked like
business began TO be done about finding
out what was the matter with the build
ting.
The gas, water and electric lights were
turned off, and a force from the gas COM
pany dug up the streets and put a cap
over the gas main. 30 that there could
be no explosion Of gas in case the build
ing did topple over. The elevators were
closed down and the Water Department
shut off the water The shutting off Of
the water iLcluded the high pressure
service, tags showing that the service
was cut OFF being put on the nigh press
ure hydrants around the building.
Soon after the gas cOmpany's men
started 20 dig up the streets men from
the Buildings Department began eXca-
waiting beside the piers al the four ,or-
ners Of the building. COMMISSIONS
Cloughen. who VS. in charge of this
work. said that the men were going 10
dig down 90 the foundation and see what
was the condition OF the spiles He said
that they would work day and night. and
IL was hoped 10 have the foundation un-
covered by 10 O'Clock this morning. when
a board OF survey would be on hand 10
make an examination.
BOARD OF EXPERTS NAMED
Superintendent Murphy said later that
ne had appointed a board Of experts. who
would make a report tomorrow r rn-
ing. He said the board would consist
of one member 20 be appointed by the
American Institute OF Architects. one
representative Of the Controller nd
James Wiskerman. from :he Buildings
Department.
Controller Metz said yesterday after
room that he had not appointed his mem
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
OLDEST LAND IN THE WORLD
According to Scientists Our Earth
Had Its Origin in the Lauren
tian Highlands.

Stretching across Canada, north OF
the st. Lawrence, and ending in the
regions about the source of the Mis-
s1ssippi, is range of low granite hills
called the Laurentian highlands. These
hills are really mountains that are al
most worn out, for they are the old
est land in America, and, according
to Agassiz, the oldest in the world.
In the days when there was nothing
but water on the face of the globe,
these mountains came up-a long is
land of primitive rock with universal
ocean chatting against its shores. None
Of the other continents had put in
their appearance at the time America
was thus looking up. The United
States began to come to light by the
gradual uplifting of this land to the
north and the appearance of the tops
of the Alleghenies which were next
in order. Later the Rockies started
up. The United States grew south
ward from Wisconsin and westward
from the Blue Ridge. An early view
of the country would have showed a
large island which is now northern
Wisconsin, and a long thin tongue Of
this primitive rock sticking down from
Canada into Minnesota, and these two
growing states looking out over the
waters at the mere beginnings Of
mountain ranges east and west. They
were waiting for the rest of the Unit
ed States to appear.-The Atlantic.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01

Another Operation Avoided.
Chicago, ll.-"I want women to
know what that wonderful medicine,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, has done for me. Two of the
best doctors in Chicago said I would
die if I did not have an operation, and
I never thought of seeing well day
again. I hada small tumor and female
troubles SO that I suffered day and
night. A friend recommended Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it made me a well woman."-Mrs.
ALvENA SPERLNG, II Langdon St,
Chicago, Ill.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms of
female ills, including displacements,
Inflammation, fbroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, ndnervous prostration. ItcOsts
but a trifle to try it, and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
INDIA COTTON MERCHANTS

5000 000 900 yards valued at than 400000000!
confront the ordinary jubilant statstician with
the cold analysis of abroad the rejonder
is apt to be that after ALL America for has
had favorable balance of trade In recent opti-
misc review of Americas foreign commerce it is set
forth with much citation that the of exports
imports in the past fiscal year amounted in value to
$446000000. But to get those figures had to count
in $1,000 worth of cotton shipped abroad and
reveals export trade considerably less than
import and manufactured cotton is sold abroad
through enterprise the part of America, but is
rather traffic resulting from neglect of oppor
tunity there is nothing in the totals of foreign
traffic to warrant the complacency of statesmen.
There a time when Yankee packets carried
American wares around the world, but have aban-
doned ships and they have all but vanished from the
The federal hand has been busy building break
waters scoopng out harbors and deepening waterways
Now cutting channel through the hemisphere.
Conscious of strength and in the of bewi
dering achievements at home find it difficult to
realize that dominion pauses at the shores of
The decline of merchant marine from the days
of achievements is not the result of any
crease in national vigor. The energy and genius Of
the American people have simply been withdrawn from
the We have expended ingenuity and strength
and riches in exploiting the continent least
northern and western part OF it, with the result that
have developed between the great the most
successful industrial nation the world has known
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
CAMEL CARAVAN LOAOED WITH
COITON GOODS EWROQTE EOR XBE

requires no salesman or advertising to make cot
popular in all industrial centers from Manchester
o Milan, and eastward to Japan. If we did not have
plank afoat could sell cotton to the world.
America is not serious competitor for trade oversee
In all the annals of national pride and deuson there
has been greater folly than the present popular be-
lief in the United States that have engineered
commercial invasion abroad. The trading nations must
have cotton and while upward of 100 tariff walls
fence them of in their rivalry they all fear America
and carefully put cotton the free list
There has been notable increase in the bulk of
our foreign commerce. but we have merely kept pace
with the whole worlds advance. In fact is the prog
in purchasing of foreign nations that has
made possible heavy exports of materials We
have been boastng of outborne that enriched
rivals far more than they did America. When
cite the totals of foreign trade without exam
lining the of that traffic blind ourselves to
the magnificent field awaiting American enterprise
abroad.
The rivalry for foreign markets. the improvements
in the facilities for reaching them and cotton's
contribution to merchandise have revoutionized
the worlds trade that the commerce of former CEN
turtles is Insignificant in comparison The foreign traf
fc of of the leading industrial nations to-day ex
ceeds in volume and value the total foreign of
countries combined hundred years ago! The annual
external trade of diminutive country the
Netherlands exceeds the billion-dolar And this
astounding increase in the trade of nations creating
tualy earth, is due in large the vol
of cotton manufacture and the worldwide sale Of
cotton goods We fail to keep in mind that in that
world traffic America does not share We have been
boasting of bulk-boastng while have been
sending to industrial Europe the supply without
which it could not compete with America for year.
Gladstone estimated that the wealth accumulated by
the nations during the first SO of the nineteenth
century equaed all that had been stored up by mankind
in the preceding 1900 years. and that their multiplying
fortunes between 1850 and 1870 duplicated the record
of the foregoing fifty So that in those 70 the
of the worlds wealth exceeded by 100 per cent
the piedup Of all lands in all the preceding
centuries since the birth Of Christ And the
lions since 1870 are literally beyond compute
Such world with its consuming power is the market
that cononts America the country that alone
the commodity indispensable to the nations. Thus
we have neglected our stewardship. During the last
fiscal year we sold to the old world only little over
100000 of finished cotton goods Our best
toner in that part of the world the United King
dom, which bought from $1S53984 worth But while
growing foolishly proud that, England was
selling 1892 worth of cotton goods spun
material The itemized columns placed side by SIDE
reproach to resourcefu America. Here is the record
preserved by our bureau of statistics:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01

Bits of skin of famous racehorses
Of the past are very much priced by
superstitious jockeys, who would as
soon think of riding without a saddle
as without this peculiar talisman. If
a bit of skin cannot be obtained the
jockey contents himself with a few
of the hairs out of famous race
horses tail.
One well-known jockey was in the
habit-and so far as the writer is
aware he continues the habit to-day
Of carrying small prayer book Ia
his riding jacket. Quite romantic
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01

story is attached to this mascot It
was sent to the jockey by an old lady
who. requiring a certain sum of money
to aid her daughter and not knowing
where to get 1t, had the idea of back
ing the horse ridden by this jockey.
She got friend to make the bet,
and, the horse winning, she obtained
all the money she required. Two or
three cays later the jockey received
the little prayer book, with note ex-
planning the circumstances and saying
it was the old lady's first and last bet.
She would never forget the Jockey,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01

and asked him to accept the prayer
book as an emblem of good luck.
And" said the jockey some time ago,
Il firmly believe it has been my good
talisman, for l have been wonderfully
successful sincA I received it."-Tit-
Bits
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
JOCKEYS AND ODD MASCOTS

for sixpence and regard the animal
as an emblem of good luck. I have
christened it Arranmore, and it will
accompany me wherever may be
riding"
Plant is by no means the only
jockey who is superstitious. AS a
matter of fact, most jockeys carry
talismans in one form or another.
These range from bits of straw and
horseskin, acquired in some curious
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01

manner, to jeweled whips and dia.
mond pins presented by owners.
A certain Newmarket stable appren-
tice who has ridden several winners
this year never rides without holding
in his mouth piece Of straw, about
three inches long, which he found
while in the stable one day on the
back of the first horse he was asked
to ride in a race. For some unac-
countable reason he regarded the
piece Of straw as an omen Of good
luck, more particularly after he won
that first race.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01

An analysis Of this trade in cotton goods reveals that
of exports than 100000 worth consists of
unbleached cloths while of our imports more than
$2200000 worth consists Of finer fabrics including
broideres, laces and curtains Altogether the figures
with October 1908 worth of the output of
cotton mills the nations sold to almost 100 per
cent more than sold to them.
1t is grotesque and almost unbelievable item in
the of this age that resourceul nation like
America the producer of the worlds cotton should buy
back dollars worth of cotton goods for every dol
lars worth it ships abroad.
When competitors buy from eight nine mil
lion bales of manufactured cotton it is mark of
their enterprise not of The greater part of
foreign is the result of suction from abroad
of propulsion from America The need of the nations
is cotton and they send their ships to
we were aborignes and raised cotton could sell it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01

dUVIC0 VI d IIIOuU 1
procured Doan's Kidney Pills and
began using them. This remedy helped
me at once, strengthened my kidneys
and corrected the disordered condi-
ton"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
AGE of Trees.

The pine reaches a maximum age
of 700 years; the silver fir, AIS; the
larch, 275; the red beech, 245; the as
pen, 210: the birch, 200; the ash, TO:
the elder, las, and the elm, 100
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
One Boy Carries Piebald Rat and An
other q Prayer Book in Riding
Jacket.

"I knew 1 should ride winner this
afternoon" said ]. Plant, the we'll
known jockey, after he had steered
Arranmore, an outsider, first past the
winning post in the race for the Great
Tom Plate at Lincoln few days ago.
Il bought a piebald rat this morning
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
His Proper Sphere.

Prince Bismarck was once pressed
by certain American official to rec
ommend his son for a diplomatic
place. "He is very remarkable fell
low" said the proud father; "he
speaks seven languages" Indeed"
said Bismarck, who did not hold q
very high opinion of linguistic acquire
ments; what wonderful head wait
er he would make!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
Like Their Famous Namesakes.

Like neir Famous NdmcSdkSS.
An upper Harlem man named his
twin sons Theodore Roosevelt and
William Taft, says the New York
Sun. A friend asked him the other
day how they were getting along.
"Famously," was the answer. will
liam digs steadily into his breakfast
bowl while Theodore yells and pounds
him over the head with spoon"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01

with a disordered
condition of the kid
neys, some backache
and irregular pass
ages of secretions. At
times I was obliged
to get up out of bed
at night, and the
urine was unnatural
in appearance. On the
n dxyioo - n fria-J r
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
The Aid of Fashion.

Ella-What would you do if you 40
tually found man under your bed?
Stella-I'd drop my hat on him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
DOCTOR
ADVISED
OPERATION
CuredbyLydiaE. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Paw Paw, Mich.

~ = -
bly, from female ills,
including infam-
nation and cOnges.
ton, for several
years. My doctor
said there was no
hope for me but an
operation. I began
taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
I can now say I am
q well woman"
EMMA DRAPER.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01

DR.. Pierces Pleasant Pellets regulate and invie.
crate stomach, liver and bowels Sugar-coated,
tiny granules. Easy to take as candy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
A GREAT ANNOYANCE.
Kidney Disease Shows Many Painful
and Unpleasant Symptoms.

George S. Crowell, 1109 Broadway,
Helena, Mont, says: 81 was troubled
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01

No man can pray right while hs
lives wrong.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01


significance in the fact that alien
nations that never saw a cotton plant
have long since entered the Kingdom
of Cotton and now divide dominion
among themselves, excluding the
United States-the country in which
the cotton is grown.
The reign of cotton is forever. AS
long as the race survives cotton
goods will be worn in multiplying
forms, but the countries that now sell
the finished products of cotton to the
world have no assurance of perma-
hence in that trade. Americas ulti-
mate control in the cotton world is
inevitable. Our manifest destiny as
a world trader in cotton goods looms
as a menace across the horizon of
European states. Americas future
In this fabric has awakened the
statesmen of all countries save our
own. The wealth and progress of
the United States are enduringly in
terwoVen with the coming civilization
OF all cotton-consuming continents
The home for the dynasty of cotton
is in the land of Dixie, not in London
and Liverpool.
Knowing our latent power, we can
afford to look candidly at some con-
temporary facts. They are not fiat
tering to our national pride. They
reveal a world of opportunity passed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
l:)NV.

N ALL discussions regard;
ing cotton two facts are
paramount; first, that cot
ton controls the world;
and second that the ma
tons that reap a prodigal
harvest from the sale of
cotton goods depend upon
America for the raw sup-
ply.
The American people
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-01
Total ..$23,165,392

Such is the inglorious story of our traffic
with our greatest European customer And
England is adding to it's cotton spindles at
the rate of more than 100000 every 80 days!
In the last II months this increase in the
United Kingdom was 2,765,OOO. And every
new mill and every new spindle in England
is erected with the confidence that the raw
cotton can be obtained from the American
planter at prices which beggar him.
King Cotton on a British Throne.
Cotton is the worlds king but it sits or
British throne!
Last year we exported little over 200,-
100000 yards of piece goods, valued at $751;
1000, but at the same time the United
Kingdom was selling abroad more than
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-29
MORTALITY NOTES

The funeral of Isaiah P. Will
son. the aged war veteran who
died Christmas morning at the
family residence, SIS South
street, was held this afternoon
from the Hoska chapel. =.
Charles Moore Furber, aged So
years, died yesterday at his home,
COG South Thirty-fifth street. Be-
sides his widow he leaves \
daughter, Mrs. Harry Phelps, of
this city. The funeral will be
held tomorrow at 2 p. m. from
the Buckley G King chapel.
The funeral of Mrs. Sophia
Carlson, who died Monday OF
heart disease. will be held tomor-
row afternoon from the Swedish
Mission tabernacle.
The body of Mrs. Emma Ba!-
lard of Spanaway, who died at
Pasadena, Cal, on Dec. %, arrfy.
ed here today. The funeral will.
be held Friday afternoon at
O'Clock from the Spanaway resi-
dence.
Mrs. Caren Utegard, aged ~.
died last night at the family resi-
dence, 1928 South Madison. She
leaves a large family.