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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24

Within half an hour after tho death of
man. well known in Brooklyn politics,
rushed into Mr.. McCarrens Office and ex-
citedly exclaimed:
Senator. l want you TO let me have
Dowling's place"
why, certainly replied the dispenser
Of patronage. without the ghost OF smile
Il haven't the slightest objection If the I'M
dCrtaker hasn't"
And that was all the satisfaction the Ger
man got.
Senator McCarren was cautious in his
promises. and he always kept them-not
always the recipient OF the favor ex-
pected, however. \ young college man of
football build. anxious to enter politics,
went 10 the Senator and offered to work
through the campaign then pending If the
leader would promise him a job when 1t
was over. McCarren promised. After the
campaign was over the Young man ap-
peared for his reward, and was put TO work
with pick and shovel in an Italian street
construction gang.
II is related that shortly after passes on
The railroads were abolished some Brook
lyn politicians wishing b. &c 10 Buffalo
| learned that Mr. McCarren was going over
the line on the train they wished 10 take.
Instead Of buying tickets they boarded the
train, and when The conductor came along
referred him TO McCarren. The conductor
obeyed. and the Senator without murmur
paid the fares of the party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24
BLACK HAND "JESTS'
LOCAL ITALIANS IN
CONSTANT FEAR.
Take Precautions, Often I'm
aUailing, against Loss of
Life or Money.
By Cecil I. Dorian.

A young lawyer who is connected with
the italian Consulate here was asked il II
was true that his countrymen in New
York were every day in terror OF Black
Hand misdeeds.
They are" ne replied. without doubt.
Those jokers are always busy"
"Jollers?"
well. you see'-he laughed-"of course
1t is hard sort of humor on those who
get the letters. But l cannot help laugh
ing Italians come over here in groups
persons who have never known each other
here and start I'm business. One member
of the crowd will be successful and get
rich. The others are all jealous, and sew
eral Of them get together and write him
something TO scare him. demanding money
They sign 1t with some fearful name
'Mano Nera. usually-Black Hand"
He laughed again.
Simple folk, the Italians you know
That sort of signature frightens them more
than the threat itself Then the victim
goes around among his friends showing
them the letter ana asking their advice.
They solemnly advise him 10 pay what
the letter demands. And usually he does
very simple way of bringing about the
ideal state where the rich man divides
with his poorer neighbors"
but just think of the terror the victims
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24
A PRg-cHRIsrIAN ,.oFFIN.

A stone cist OF coffin. with human re-
mains, has been found in a sand hlllock
between Craigburn and Kilburn, near
Leadburn junction of the PEBBLES Rail
way geologist who has examined the
gravelly mound in which the cist was
found gives the opinion that the mound
is an arti"o Il one. probably a prehistoric
burying ground. and that in all likelihood
other collins will be found in the mound.
The coffin is five feet long. two feet broad
and the same In height The slabs form
ing the top are checked so as 10 NJ care
fully into the side slabs. The remains CON
sisted Of the bones of an adult, with the
lower law i'm a Temarka BILE state of preser-
walton, the teeth being perfect. The comm
was living north and south, probably d.
ing from the pre-Chrisian age.-London
Globe.
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imaginary. AoouId draw whimper from

imaginary. Acould draw a whimper from
him.
Once after a disastrous season OF betting
he had his Ocean Tide in the Great Filly
Stakes and invited all his friends down TO
Sheepshead Bay for a killing. So highly
did he regard the chances of his FLY that
he was said to have tapped" himself in
betting on her The stake was worth
about $1,000 to the winner, but the Senator
wanted TO make d big clean up and he
and his friends were said to have gone
down on her for 100000 at least The
owner of Ocean Tide stood on the lawn as
his flly and the swift Beldame fought it
down the stretch stride for stride. Every
body around McCarren was roofing his
horse home for dear life and as the
hooked-up pair Of flyers shot under the
wire they united in an ear splitting shout
Ocean Tide wins McCarren. cold as
If disinterested. said. Lets see the num-
bers go up In a few seconds there ap-
peaIed The bulletin board the num-
Der of August Belmont's lilly and under it
that of Ocean Tide. A roar of protest went
up from the press section and the whole
grandstand, and those near the finish line
were unanimous in insisting that the Nc
Carren entry had been i'm front by per-
cepuble nose, but that on no account had
l. been worse for her than a dead heat.
Yet the decision stood The red board
went up. McCarren said We'll. bows
they can the line better up there than
we can down here. That's what the Judges
are there for" He never turned a hair
But ten days later the sale OF McCarren's
stable of thoroughbreds was announced
He was "all in"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24
A REGULAR CHURcHGoER.

Patrick II. McCarren was not generally
known as a churchman. He never made
any particular pretence OF being a religious
man. Yet the Church OF ST. Vincent de
Paul. in North 5th street. had no more
regular communicate than he. Every Sun
day morning found him there when he
vas in town, and regularly as he at
tended church he would repair after serv-
ice TO the Seymour Club, the Democratic
organization of his district. and there
hold leyee of his followers. II was the
day for hearing and granting requests and
those Sunday gatherings were famous.
He visited the Democratic Club less reg
ularly. but often enough to keep his skilfu
fingers on all the parts of the machine he
controlled. Then, when consultations were
over, he would often retire to a side table
and sit for while alone. silently watch
ing those around him, his head bent down
and his keen eyes sweeping the room from
under his bent brows. A long, thin, black
cigar usually accompanied him, but seldom
did any one ever see him drink
These were some of the maxims of life
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24

BIZ P. c. PulFer.
CHATTER XIX.

CHAPTER XIV
WHEN Miss Dorothy Campbell. champion
woman golfer q Great Britain, came 70 this
country recently and won the American ma
tiona, tile. the Scotch girl was naturally
stovered with congratulations. Occasion
suv Miss Campbell would be asked to say
vrat 80 thought OF the links of the Merton
Crlcse, Club. the scene OF her latest tri-
Urrr While the foreign visitor spoke as
ri2s-v n the course as she could, il was
Gear that there were certain holes at Hav-
erford which Miss Campbell would be
Pleased 70 forget. Certainly, she had no de-
sire 70 take them with her
This last remark was suggested by the
recolsct'on n a paragraph which appeared
In metropolitan paper some hfteen years
age The enthusiastic Inough misguided
scribe in speaking Of new course that was
RI Be- laid out near New York, declared II
would he second TO none. as several OF
the Inks were 10 he brought over from
Scotland
Apropos q Merton. however. hole that
requires zeal OF playing and incidentally
cones in for no end Of adverse as well as
favorable criticism is the ninth. It is only
a matter OF 28O odd yards, and down hill
e. that. but the fsirway shelves away so
sharply 20 the left as 70 make it extremely
fact, nine out OF ten drives seem TO bring
W IN the road. which happens 20 he more
trying than the usual hazard OF this nature
because Of the stone curbs.
wi:h the men there is always a chance
~ driving the green. and when this is done
ire player may well breath more freely, al
though the green itself is one OF the most
deceptive 70 be found in 3 days walk, con-
forming as & does. TO the general slant
toward the road. Throughout the women's
Championship tournament the contestants,
who, OF course, fell considerably green
any" on their drives, were confronted with
the most trying kind Of an approach. The
only way 10 be certain OF holding the green.
provided the drive had been kept the
line, WIS 10 play well 70 the right and dan
gerously close TO a sand pit II the trap
was avoided and the ball got the desired
1kick." ~ would generally trickle down the
bank and stop reasonably close 10 the pin
HOLE sTUMPED MISS CAMPBELL.
The ether way Of getting home was 10
tism the approach hard up against the far
rank. trusting 10 an accommodating roll
hsck 20 the green, but this was only feast
Die when the drive had left the player
ever 10 the left rather near the road. Great
golfer she is Miss Campbell had poor
luck at this hole IN nearly every one OF her
Fousd1 during the championship week
Three puts were common there especially
when the approach put had 70 be made
from the high side, for the green was light
hing fast
good deal has been written about util-
King the wind, but IL would be difficult 10
attempt pulled ball At this hole even when
the wind happened 10 be from the left
Furthermore. such shots get little distance
ana they are only degree less unsatisfact-
hrV than the slice IN the wind. for the
reason that pulling is a Jess heinous fault
than slicing or heeling II mas long been
Ensted that a bail hit perfectly true in the
seztrs al tina club will pay little or no re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24

Heath the distinction OF being the finest test
of golf near the metropolis. has several
rather unusual holes. especially the short
ones. where absolute accuracy is demanded
from the tee.
"One OF the most sporting short holes on
a London course is at footing Bec-speak-
ing from memory l think ii is the eleventh.
II lies between two lines of high trees. and
there is nothing but rough country all the
way to the green. while on the right is
pond to catch sliced and fooled shot. The
green is on a terrace. at the foot of which
is a horrible bunker with high cliff
which traps many tee shot OF decent d.
rection but insufficient elevation. An easy
three II the first stroke be made correctly,
this hole can soon run the player into
double figures IL It be started badly"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24
N'CARREN THE MAN
lNFCDOTES OF DEAD
LEADERS, CAREER. {
Dcotion to His Mother a Con-
smcucus Trdit-His Sense
of Humor.

group Of Democratic politicians were
-,,hsred In the lobby OF the Hotel Bar
go on Election Night six years ago.
r,-,v returns showed that George b. Nc
,-,,nsn had been elected Mayor, and II
- AZ hour OF triumph for this group Of
-, returned once more 10 power after
-. ,.sn years OF the Low administration.
..,,r them was Patrick II. NcCarren,
g. MON the event held peculiar signif-
-. He had that fall overthrown Hugh
.r.r.urhlin. the cid boss OF Brooklyn.
- thst boroughs contribution 10 the
-S..o-y was g vindication OF his right to
rtifn.
well. boys" said one. we must make
,s,s an ELL night celebration. It's the oc-
esnon Of lifetime
AZ ths; moment Senator McCarren arose
ana huttoned his coat.
ssSot going TO leave Us, Pat!'' the others
demonstrated IN chorus
Yes" said the new ruler OF Brooklyn.
a faint suggestion OF tenderness appear
trF IN the face so often spoken of as
,.wooden." Y must go 10 see my mother
tonight. I've been so busy l haven't had
a chance 20 see her for three days. That
von'; do"
And any man who knew Pat McCarren
knows he meant what he said. Sentiment
.slFv and arectstion were offences never
lsis Ct the door OF the lean statesman"
ever BY his worst enemies Whatever his
Political foes may have found TO criticise.
h,s aged mother found him to the end a
tender and devoted son. II Is said that he
rsysr embarked on any enterprise without
first Eoing and talking Il all over with his
"ehisf legal adviser" as he whimscally
called his mother. Only once in his career
6ie he go away for any length of time
without bidding her goodby and telling
her where he was going. That exception
was when he was removed 10 the hospital
for The operation that ended in his death.
'Don.t tell my mother" he ordered the
doctor in charge Just say I was called
away suddenly on business.
"por'- tell her" he pleaded again, when
Re learned at last that he was dying The
shock would XIII her" ne ided.
The CAV before he was taken III his
mother had some beads blessed by her
priest and sent 10 him, and these he kept
with him 70 The last.
Or his intelligence no one who knew Nc
Csrren intimately had the remotest cues
ton L was perhaps best shown in The
accuracy Of his Judgment regarding the
erecf o. actl0nS or events upon the publS
mind As an illustration Of this accuracy
q forecast. McCarren told some friends in
Arrg a 1911 the two prominent candi-
dates before the convention will be Hears
and Jerome" Less than a month later h,
said: Jerome has lost his hold upon pub
lie confidence beyond recovery. 1t Will bt
either Hearst or dark horse
During all this tire. reports were con
trsntly il circulation that he Yves secretly
favorable 70 Hearst FOR Governor. He die
not deny them beyond the statement: -
have No candidate"
Il was Characteristic of McCarren thai
he seldom denied anything published con
corning him, and when At rare intervals
he did - Il was only in the briefest pos.
sihie lznEuaEe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24
Raj DETERMINATION.

Consul General John Edward Jones. AT
Winnipeg. reports that active measures
are being taken by the Manitoba govern
ment 10 rid the province of rats. which
made their appearance In the grain fields
and granaries last spring.
Through the cooperation OF the chem
istr of the Agricultural College IN Vim
nipcg a virus has been produced which, sit
is claimed, Is fatal 10 rats and easily COM
muniCable To others. As the rodents Whsn
discovered had already made their way
into the fields. this method OF Kidding the
country was deemed most efficaCtous Tbs
virus produces a fatal fever in the rodents.
which much resembles TYPHOID. IL was
found impraCticabie 20 distribute this virus
broadcast 10 farmers. so a supply has eeee
sent TO the secretaries Of the various nu-
inequalities together with Instructions tor
use.-Consular Report
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24

that Patrick H McCarren. racetrack man
and politician, laid down in recent speeches:
Hard work will never hurt you
Relaxation and amusement should be only
occasional.
The world has no use for dreamers.
Unless YOU accomplish something you will
be thrown into the useless pile.
Failures come from not knowing our
selves and in mstaking our life work.
About 90 per cent of the human family is
as similar as a brood of chickens
You will get the sort OF living you earn.
Do not act and talk so as to cause your
auditors to wish you dead.
II is your duty at all times to protect
woman under all circumstances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24
HIS SENSE OF HuMoR.

Mr.. McCsrren had g keen sense OF humor.
No man who can take the knocks which he
rad taken Is bereft Of It So that when. at
she end q his scorchinE indictment of the
Democratic candidate for Governor. ne
arose 70 move the adoption OF a formal
resolution Endorsing the platform and can
6icstes n the Buffalo convention, including
the nan - had just been shooting fun Of
holes the orators features relaxed in a
grir that was worth some suffering TO see.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24

and their women folk live In. man
who owns a house in the italian quarter
and who goes down to collect his rents
has to- prove beyond all doubt who ne is
before the doors will be opened to him
and the money handed out. A knock at
the door there may be the herald OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24
THAT HORRIBLE" BUNKER.

Facing the tee was an enormously high
sand bunker, in shape like a quarry, with
the difference that instead of stone the
face was OF soft fine sand that invariably
half buried the low hit ball. If one reject
I'D the mental picture OF disaster, the tee
shot was by no means difficult, the only
things 10 be striven for being fair length
and considerable elevation but the trouble
was that, in a nervous or imaginative play
er. the Rppartion OF that frowning bunker
always conjured up visions OF failure. with
the almost invariable result that the failure
raterialized. / am not going TO give ny
self away so far as to admit that l belong
TO the nervous class OF golfer, but / must
admit that the bunker at the old eighteenth
on the Rye course entrapped me more than
cnce On hot summers day 1t was hor-
rible experience The bali, embedded IN
the soft face OF the quarry was almost
impervious to the most lusty niblick shots,
the heat beat down from the sun overhead,
and beat up again from the sand underfoot'
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GOULD ONLY pEPORT Them.

Two brothers went back To Italy a short
time ago. They were escorted TO the ship
by bluecoats. who wished TO be sure they
went, In the short time that they were
here-less than three years-they killed
three people whose mangled bodies were
found in dark halls and areaways. The
police knew they had done this They
knew italians who could prove il under tho
law. Yet incredible as il seems. the only
thing that could be done with these MUIR
derers was TO make Italy take them back.
Their home records were sent for. and the
discovery that they had belonged to ths
VarsaIone brigandage i'm Palermo gave
reason for deporting them. ANY such Grim
inaIs on these sh 1res belonging to any
other race would have been sent after their
victims in short order by the electric chair
route
Most Of us have thought that the greater
part of this Black Hand business was
caused by some mysterious and picturesque
Italian thing called vendetta. But ven
delta does not mean money. and II -
money every time that the black palm
wishes TO he crossed with. The head nurss
at the Italian Hospital IN West HOuston
street spoke a short time ago Of the DIM
Guilty she had in getting the rent for sons
stores she owns in MacDougall street Shs
is new TO the Italian quarter, and said shs
was puzzled To know why II was that when
she went TO the back &c this saloon whsgs
her tenants lived she had TO knock and
knock and cali out who she was, and finally
be admitted slowly and under the careful
scrutiny of the whole family.
once. she said, when 1 went there IL
took the people an eternity 20 be persuaded
to let me in When they finally did so and
were sure OF me, they were very hOspitaele-
They apoloGized, and explained that they
had had all the coins OF weeks earnings
in piles on the table. counting II, befors
sending it 10 the bank. and that they wsrs
a little nervous about opening the door.
As a matter of fact. while those OF as
who are not Italians feel our lives and
property practically secure, our Italian fell
low citizens are praying for the preserva-
ton OF theirs. Hardly any OF them can
hope to keep the money they earn-an OF IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24

US by some unusual circumstance of triumph
or the reverse. Personally my own most
lasting recollection of this character is con-
nected with what used 10 be the eighteenth
hole at Rye in Sussex. II happened six
or seven years ago, and believe that the
sequence OF the holes has been materially
altered since then, so that the eighteenth
% to-day is different from what it was then
but I don't for a moment suppose that that
particular hole has been done away with
II was too sporting, in fendishly tantaliz-
ing manner, TO be "improveG' out of exist
eLce.
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p EN- GA. h + S;s'i F.i..
" EDEN PALACE. I"

pokes the key out underneath the door Il
it is he. he will know It is there. Ner-
she sets the lamp on table by the door
and retreats into a dark corner, with n
revolver. As he comes in the light falls
on his face. II by any remote chance tina
man should prove a stranger. who hAd
learned the password and all the signals.
she Is ready to take shot at him. A
nerve-wracking Homecoming. sure enough
And yet many women take similar precau-
tons before opening the door TO hortng
relatives
Not only women and superstitious rsn
are fighting terror-shadows. There Il n
successful milk dealer. a man Of Affairs.
one Signore Sirragusa, OF No. $50 East
18th street. On August q last one II
his trucks and a horse that belonged
with II, the whole valued at $3.50. disap-
peared. The next day he received a tells
phone message. The person at the other
end said he had the team and would return
it upon payment Of $500. The police found
out this much. but when they called and
offered help. Sirragusa told them that IL
they interfered he would lose his life as
we'll as his team. The police know that rs
got his team back at a. m. on Septem-
Der l. by paying 500. But they did not
learn this from Sirragusa, nor from any
other Italian.
1t is a battling situationl To think that
individuals can threaten. rob. murder and
do it all with impunity; that the police can
know it, but cannot prove it; that they
nave to stand around watching these merry
fellows with their smiles. light OF heart,
light OF foot and light OF hand as well.
going around terrorizing hundreds Of limo
cent personsl Somehow II does not sound
possible Yet it is possible. and seems 20
be easy. which is worse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24
TOUGH CASES.

Farmer Smallseed-Listen to this Elviry
This paper says that they have found
in italian prisons the petrified remains of
some of the prisoners.
His Wife-Do tell! Them mus be them
hardened criminals we hear about.-Har-
per's Weekly.