Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-06

as seen IN the GREAT Amertoan /
Metropolis from nay 20 nay.
Rushing the GROWER on Sunday is a
method Of irrigation solemnly tabooed by
saloon keepers in the canning sections OF
New York. The thirsty need not suffer II
they but turn their tanks to the bar.
Where the family and p hankers
for 'the suds' on the cooperative plan, q
receptacle other than the can must be
provided to secure a fiji. The week day
can must not be worked on Sunday. That's
the day off. An inventive genius, how
ever. has come to the relief OF the scrup-
ulous saloon keeper and the family Sun
day thirst. He has put on the market a
curved can holding a quart which is hung
the seam of the coat sleeve inside the
garment under the arm. 1t fits close to
the body, and Its presence Inc be de-
tected by the passerby. The lid prevents
any beer being spilled in transit. When a
man with one Of these patent GROWERS Is
going back home with his load the only
outward indication of II is a little sagging
Of the shoulder seams of his coat Fas-
tidious people obviate this by getting
two cans-one thus balances the other.
While this device is particularly popular
in the crowded parts Of town, especially
up and down the big East Side, It is over
on the West Side, from, say. Seventy-sec-
ond street up along Broadway and Am
sterdam avenue, that this concealed can
has its warmest welcome. A great many
economical people who like draught beer
live in handsome apartment houses up that
way. Never before have they dared to try
to pass elevator and hall boys with a pail
full. The custom has been to get II In
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Even this has been regarded with covert
scorn by the colored servltors. Now the
palace dweilers'' pass to and fro in the
marble and onyx entrance halls with empty
hands, but with quarts OF beer concealed
beneath their coats.
General Jeremiah II. Gilman, u. S.. A.,
retired, who was credited with having or
dered the first rifle shot fired in the civil
war, is dead at the Oriental hotel, Man
haitian beach, after an illness Of two
months. He was aged 70. President Lin
coin appointed Captain Gilman chief Of
the United States artillery of the Army Of
the Cumberland, with which he took part
in most of the leading battles Of the war.
At the battle of Pittsburg Landing he was
wound in the leg and breveted major and
afterward colonel. When the war was over
Colonel Gilman was appointed assistant
commissary general at Washington and
served for many years until he was retired
under the age limit November Ii, 1896.
This is a curious discovery made at New
York-that the states tax in transfers of
stock has become imperative through a
biunder In the codification Of the state
Ia uyu Tho Nauy Vail fauioIot,,vn In TOO6
enacted a law taxing transfers Of corporate
stock at 2 cents per 800 Of par value. Then
in 1905 the legislature apparently made the
tax 2 cents per share, whatever the par
value, which would make the revenue yield
larger. The statue of 1906 was declared
constitutional by the state court Of appeals,
and that Of 1906 unconstitutional; neverthe-
less the codiflcation board, h work
was duly enacted by the last legislature,
included the unconstitutional instead of
the constitutional statute, and under the in
valid statute the state has collected some s.,
700, 900 in taxes since February II last. There
seems to be no question whatever about
the invalidity Of further effort on the part
of the state to collect the tax, and the
only question is whether the money which
has been invalidly collected can be recov-
- oPPCoAS NilaN NAO biulAhC was OAlig
recently discovered by the governors Of the
New York stock exchange, who are still
considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of announcing
that the tax need no longer be paid. Evil
IDENTIFY an extra session OF the New York
legislature to correct the blunder is in
speedy order.
In the course Of the annual houseciean.
ing in the offices of the department OF
finance of New York City. several old docu,
ments have been found in the real estate
bureau which are interesting. Some OF
them date back into the seventeenth cen.
fury and cover acreage rights in the old
city of Broocklein and maritime rights on
the Hudson and East rivers. A few OF
them are:
A document of George II to christopher
Blundell, dated November 20, 1859, leasing
for ninety-nine years certain properties
located at Battery park. This lease was
transferred by Christopher Blundell "a
Thomas Smith November 1, 1887. This was
assigned and sold to the mayor, aldermen
and commonalty of the city of New York
by Thomas Smith in 1872.
A deed OF the people of the state Of New
York to the mayor, aldermen and com
monalty within the city of New York for
the right and title to the lands covered
with water along the westerly shore OF
the North or Hudson river, adjoining city
lands and running 400 feet into the said
river from Bestaver's KilletJe, or river,
to the distance of four miles to the north
along the easterly shore of the said North
or Hudson river, and also all the land COW
cred with water along the westerly shore
Of the East river contiguous and adjoin-
ing the lands of the mayor, aldermen and
commonalty, at and from low water mark
and extending 400 feet into the said river
or sound from the north side of Corlear'f
Hook, at the northerly boundary covered
with water, whereof the said mayor, alder.
men and commonalty are now seized tc
the distance Of two miles to the north
along the westerly shore Of said river OF
sound. This deed Is dated December &c
1907 signed by Daniel d. Tompkins, gov.
ernor of the state.
PERSONAL NOTES.