Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-05

ing him to finch ever so little at the mo-
ment OF the impact. Several OF the MEM
bers then tried their skill with the pistols,
which have a light steel shield i%nclosing
the hand and trigger guard, to protect the
hand from a hot coming toward the
shooter. 1t is the intention to Introduce
pool matches with dueling pistols loaded
with these wax bullets.
Thanks TO the personal instruction and
example Of Horace Fletcher, the worlds
master masticator, the chew-chew game is
epidemic in the Phipps model tenement in
East Thirty-first street. Mr.. Fletcher is
a millionaire several times over; he has
a palace in Venice, the beautiful and his
toric Palazzo Satanic, and in New York
the Waldorf had been his home until he
moved lately to the Phipps tenement,
where he permits himself the extravaganza
Of a five-room apartment. He Is there as
a missionary to spread his gospel of masti-
cation where it will do the most good.
What l want to reach is the children of
the poor he says in an interview in the
World.
The man Of m~illlons-the strong man who
at IS surpassed the best efforts of Yale's
athletes-who might be living in a palace,
has been spending his time in going to the
real tenements and preaching his gospel Of
mastication.
There is no reason why two people can
not live, and live we'll, on IS a week." he
says. "If they will learn how to get the
most out of the food which such an in
come will permit them to buy. Mastication
means the difference between starvation
and comfortable living for the great mass
of the people. If / can reach the real
tenement dwellers and show them how to
live, I shall consider this the most useful
winter OF my life"
Criminal statistics, compiled by Secretary
of State Koenig from the records of county
clerks throughout New York state for
submission to the legislature, show an in
crease during 1908 of 1872 convictions for
crimes over the figures for the preceding
year. The number in 1905 was 1884, as
against $3.50 in 1907. During the same
period there has been a noticeable falling
off in arrests and convictions for intoxica-
ton. In 1907 S,476 persons were sent to
prison for drunkenness. Last year II, 79
were imprisoned for that offense.
There were Its convictions for burglary
and 1,439 for larceny In the entire state
last year. This is 6N more burglaries and
sixty-four more larceny convictions than
the year before. Secretary Koenig blames
It on the hard times. OF the total number
of burglaries lis were reported from New
York, 274 from Brooklyn and 222 from Erie
county. Erie county shows 1,13S women
convicted OF crime. New York comes next
with $50; Monroe reports 306, and Kings
county (Brooklyn) only 233.
Nearly all trades and professions, from
actor to wrestler, are represented in the
convictions. The reports show that eleven
actors and two actresses were convicted.
There was an odd scene in the aldermanic
chamber at New Rochelle, which was used
as a court room Thursday Of last week,
when the center Of the room was trans
formed into a cockpit to show a jury how
a main which was raided by the police
was fought at a New Rochelle saloon.
Paul X. Kohn of Mount Vernon, agent
for the Society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals, was placed on trial on the
charge of being a spectator. The jury
brought in a verdict of guilty, and Kohn
was fined $50.
In order to demonstrate to the jurymen
how the fight between the birds was car
rled on, the cockpit captured at the raid
was set up In the middle of the court room.
Among the exhibits we're a number OF
spurs with which the fighters were loaded
twenty-five dress suit cases, in which the
birds were carried to New Rochelle to fight
for the championships of Westchestel
county; a dead bird, which was found ir
the blood-smeared pit, and a one-eyed cock
the champion Of Westchester county. were
also brought into the court room, and II
was the latter bird which killed the one
that was found dead.
During the trial the bird crowed Justify
and several times interrupted the proceed
ings.
New York City is now conducting a no
tel, one of the largest I'm the world. II cos