Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-19
Around New York
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The movement launched by Colonel Cody
and Rodman wanamaker to rear in New
Yory harbor a comemoration statue to
the American Indian has been cordially
received by the press, and gives promise
Of becoming a reality. The honor Of the
suggestion lie divided between Mr.. Wanna
maker and Colonel Cody and was put for
ward alta dinner given by the former in
honor OF Buffalo Bill. Among the guests
were General Nelson A. Miles. General
Leonard Wood. General Horace Porter
and Homer Davenport, all Of whom cor
daily endorsed the idea. Mr.. Wanamaker
has set out to emphasize the place of the
American Indian in history. He sent an
expedition into the northwest last year
which obtained photographs and data that
are 20 be presented to the Bureau OF Ethnol-
ogy in Washington and which portray In
dian life and legends as would again be
hardly POSSIBLE.
Colonel Cody's lifelong relations with the
Indians and his attachment for them made
a dinner seem a fitting expression of Mr..
Wanamaker's sympathy.
mir. wanamaker has not told me what
he Intends to do for the Indian" Colonel
Cody said. II know the value Of his ex-
petition. but I believe he has In mind
some further way of perpetuating the char
scter of the race. I have an idea that the
work now begun means a monument in the
harbor. as big as Liberty or bigger. OF an
Indian with hands extended In welcome"
Il share in Colonel Cody's admiration for
the Indian, and in his hope for such a
monument as he suggests" said General
Miles. "The Indians always kent treaties
and we always broke them. The early ex-
plorers kidnapped them. they were sold
into slavery in New England. they were
hunted like dogs in Connecticut. Acts of
atrocity marked white treatment OF them
wherever the whites went, in every terri
torisl expansion. New York harbor is the
fitting place to display to the world the
quality OF the welcome extended by the
natives to those who came here to build
for the republic we all enjoy"
General Porter approved the idea as
coming from a man who knew the indians
better, probably. than any one else living.
Homer Davenport spoke for 1t and paid
tribute to Indian character.
Rodrnan Wanamaker presented through
General Miles to Colonel Cody, in recosni-
ton OF his services In acquaint4ng civiliza-
cation with the life Of a vanishing race.
a testimonial finely engrossed on parch-
ment and containing some Of the finest
OF the photographs obtained by last years
expedition. The testimonial was bound in
buffalo hide, with silver illus
trative of the west.
HEALTH Commissioner Darlington esti-
mates that Greater NeM York had a pop
ulation of A422, SIS on January /, 1909. which
is an increase Of 1877. $50 during 1905; and
there were 4,18 more births. and s,1sa
fewer deaths in 1908 thar in 1907. The
records for the state also favor Increase.
still-and 1t is a notable fact-in the face
or these most remarkable figures OF in
crease, there were nearly thirty thousand
less people married in New York City dur
ing 1903 than In 1907, and nearly eighty
thousand less in the state, says Harper's
Weekly.
However, when 1t is remembered that
marriages In the state fell off over seven
per cent. in 1907, as compared with 1905.
the actual decrease Of 1905, considered In
relation to the general average of in
crease for past years, will be found really
much greater than shown by the bare
statistics of the annual state marriage
census. II Is not altogether a question
OF the decrease In marriages for last year
as compared with 1907. The extent of the
decrease is not wholly appreciated until IL
is understood what the real normal in
crease would have been, taking the per-
.~centage of increase in former years as a
basis of calculation.
The increase in marriages In Greater
New York for 1907 over 1905 was only five
per cent. Had the twelve-per-cent. in
crease of 1905 over 1905 been maintained
during 1907, there would have been an in
crease OF AsO2 marriages in that year.
instead of the 2.742 as credited. or a total
of 54,1S7 instead of 1885 marriages.
Customs officers seldom nave to pass
upon so many medals and decorations In
the baggage of an incoming traveller as
were found in a trunk belonging to
Colonel M. II. De Hora, president of a
mining company in Montana. who ar
rived on the New York of the American
Line. There we're two boxes of the deco
rations, which numbered about seventy
and included several conferred by South
American republics and gifts of sovereigns
and potentates all over the world.
Colonel De Hora has been a soldier OF
fortune and has been an adventurer in
many regions. He was born in what is
now Arizoni, fought Indians In the west,
was educated as a mining engineer, and in
the course of his career drifted To South
Africa, taking part in the Matabele re-
bellion.
During the Boer war, he says, he was
made chief OF police in Johannesburg. He
says he won the title of colonel there. and
that he is proud of being the only Amer
lean who ever rode at the head of British
troops during a parade in London.
A delicate woman, with a baby on her
arm and a little boy holding on to her
skirts, boarded a subway train az the
Brooklyn bridge one evening recently when
the uptown rush was at its height. There
were no seats vacant, and the woman bal
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