The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-15
NOTES or GOTHAM.

New York. June 14.-With 10000 SOL
dlers manning every inch of the coast
defense of this port. Gotham is today
practically held under armed rule
while it's whole force of regulars plays
war with several regiments of coast
artillery from the militia. Tons of
costly ammunition are each hour be
ing volleyed from the mighty cannon
upon which Uncle Sam has staked the
safety of this city. From the batter
les of Wadsworth Hamilton, Totten
and Schuyler the foremost fortresses
of this harbor, hroadsides are being
belched in Il constant campaign to
stand off whole squadrons of imagi-
nary invaders. Side by side in the
trenches, the boys OF the volunteer
service are laborng with grzzled
regulars. while the officers of all
branches are plotting together their
intricate plans of coast warfare.
Never has New York seen a stronger
showing of it's defending forces, and
no one is grudging them one hour of
their military occupation.
Famine Feared.
Starvation and sickness are today
threatening to sweep the poorer
quarters of this town. where every
form of meat has now jumped some
10 cents a pound in price since the
first of the year. In this week alone
the prices of the retail butchers We're
raised from 10 to Is per cent. while
the meat men promise further adj
r,hr
ton, lamb pork. poultry and chicken
have been advanced from / cent to
5 cents a pound, and no one can see
any hope of future recession in these
starvation prices To the poor of the
east side and the uptown tenement
districts these prices are proved to
to be prohibitive. Meat once Il week,
meat once a month or no meat at all
are the rules which are today being
adopted by the worried housewives Of
the tenements who are struggling to
bring their children through the siege
of summer. Every one blames every
one else for the sadly soaring meat
prices, and no one can locate the re-
sponsbility for what may prove a
fatal condition here.
Bineham's Blow.
Sensations such as have rarely been
revealed to this town arc promised
before the present inquiry Of the
mayor into the methods Of Bingham's
bluecoats is finally disposed of. While
the police commissioners enemies,
both in the force and out of it, are
today rushing to help beat down his
n fn in hn al
Ian has ordained, it is more than like
ly that later developments may make
them turn tail and run to tower.
Friends of the police head are whis-
pering that he has trump cards which
will startle and shock the whole ,om-
munity when he is pushed to lay
them down. Bingham has hal plenty
of time and opportunity to learn the
secrets of this town, and no one
would be surprised if his final defense
should imnlicate in most unpleasant
ways many a man who has neretofare
eacaped the slightest suspieion.
Fast Finish.
With a thousand men working day
and night on the finishing touches OF
it's gigantic structure, Manhattan
bridge has today been promised to the
public before the leaves begin to fall.
In this fourth bridge to span the East
river, Gotham is now receiving the
most remarkable case of prompt
bridge building on record. Months be-
fore the contract date. and only a
year after the first work was begun
on it's suspension, this third largest
structure of it's kind In the world is to
be finished and ready for the public.
1t has taken the labor of 800 men each
day since the bridge was begun to
bring about this unusual result, and
never has day gone by without at
least this number OF faithful workers
on the job. New York is proud of her
new bridge, and it's speedy opening
will mean great good each day to
hundreds of thousands Of the people
across the water.
Astors Alter.
No charge in The Fifth avenue