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New-York tribune., 1909-02-14

Stripes flung out over the doorway and oy pass
buttoned uniforms swinging IN the breeze from o't-
door racks while the steps are arranged brown
cannon OF ancient Spain brass cannon that the
Hessians brought with them, and SIDE by SIDE with
these weapons OF ages ago, slender baTre!ed rapid
fire gun of this wears make. on can hardly wedge
your way through the doorway for the Ju1nble OF
saddles and boots and spurs and ships co1npasses,
old scales, spurs ancient armor, picks, ShONelS,
seXtants and battered guns, and you must be care
ul overhead for the rafters strung with saddles
and field glasses in leather cases, swords, rifles,
buffalo robes automobile coats, tur coats and army
blankets
In dim office hidden by stacked implements OF
war ard navigation. is Westminster Abbey himself
The big od-fa-hioned desk at which ne SITS IS piled
with mass of crafty associated articles 50 that
there is Just foot square vacant on the desk before
him on which he may write letter or sign a check
ON the floor and at his back other piles OF ancient
weapons Indian blankets Moorish daggers, and
boxes of soap. And if you had time 10 ascend the
I,tchblack. rickety stairways. You would md the
floors above devoted to the storing OF thousands OF
uniforms bags of coffee, casks Ct WOlasSeS with the
top loft used drying ground tor tobacco More
over. If quaint Westminster Abbey blue eyes
kindle kindly toward you, he may escort you TO
walled section Of the OF the rst floor. open the
door OF the outwardly shabby partition, and sud
denly show you INTO a room that mas walls d-aped
red velvet where, by the tOuch OF an eectr1c put
ton are revealed under softly falling lights pictures,
ebony framed and glass ncased 20 make you fairly
gasp in aStOnishment as you recognize them N
dubitablv to he the haudICraft OF RubenS, COTot.
Detaile Ratfaell. and other painters OF high rank
These are not the only places by any means where
SenOr Don Herredla might go 10 order arms, out
they the largest and best known. In smaller lots
they are 10 be purchased a dozen rooEerles along
South-et. But the business done there Is lnSlgnl-
caut and usually the sales made through " est
minister Abbey. When he gets order for arms,
he takes up a pad q telegraph blank, and quite as
a general might call upon his supply stations, sends
word The little dealers who put him in control OF
arms and ammunition aggregat1ng tens OF thou
sands.
1t is not 20 be understood by any means that Ban
herman and Abbey DO business only with reyolu-
f,ffa he
nent Of contracts for armament and ordnance made
with established South American Governments. he
New-York tribune., 1909-02-14
Deceivine Customs Officials

IN the lofts OF the commission house the inlple
l. ments for deadly dressed n the dIsgulses
by which II Is expected the customs o-rclal5 vii te
deceived into allowing the cargo 70 leave 0rt- Such
merchants have a force OF experts. aCheTs and car
penters usually wholly loyal 70 their employer IL
terests and not amenable to bribes by the Govern
Inent spes-
Rifles are taken out of their coffin shaped cases
and packed in triangular boxes and marked
Scythes Cement" and " Beans are favorlte
aliases under which cartridges are -hippc-. in az
ranging them TO go forth as cement. barrel IS en-
ployed Or the bottom IS placed aver Of asbestos
Then the obIong cartridge boxes are n-ced 1nSlCe,
and over all IS a six-inch layer Of cement When
the top of the barrel IS taped and nailed toWci me
deception Is aided by the eXuding Of the still soft
cement through the small cracks between me StaVes
In bags OF gunnySack the cartridges are sometimes
packed loosely and then they are called beans
One seizure IS on record OF square boxes which 1e
cause of their great weight and their contradictory
labels Breakfast food. came under the strongest
kind OF suspicion Cartridge cartons are about IHe
size and shape OF packages OF breakfast food baI
this deadly diet intended Tor the consumption o ne
Haytian army did not leave port Ordnance IieesS
as thew are swung up and lowered into ships Ho-cS
almost invariably have their huge wooden eases
marked Agricultural Implements or -tSrieui-
tural Machinery.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-14
Getting Out to Sea

soon as the war material has been disguised and
n falsely labeled the merchant has It transferred
70 a storage warehouse. The wharves of the Brook
Ivr and Erie Basin shores are the storage places
mostly used for they are near the tramp steamships
10 be chartered carry the arms to the seat OF W
Norwegian and Swedish vessels favOrItes IN the
game though revOlutiOnIstS have not heSItated -
ship war supplies by we'll known passenger lines 70
some large port from which the stuff has been trans
ferred IN slOOps 70 landings agreed upon by the
ernissarv and his fellow COnspiTatOrS at home Pe9
t1re Yachts. being quite free from Government II
speCtion as to their cargOeS sailing between loe
ports are now and then used get the ulateIlA
out of New York Harbor. the yachts meeting steam
ships that have cast anchor IN quiet Florida water
But if the revolution Is commanding a supply %
of cartridges and boxed rifles and uniforms anu
swords and artillery and other goods form a ea,so
sufficiently big the charter1ng OF an eI'l0
steamship
The penalty for steamship caught N the act %
filibustering in New York HarbOr IS a heavy one
It calls for the absolute revocation OF her Incense II
all American ports. Fines and Imprisonment llay
be meted out TO her captain But while the ID" ~ =
severe legal proof of its violation IS d1fcuII 20
cure The ships officers always plead efiecIlvJ
that they thought the cargo was exactly Wrat II W.
represented to be by the labels on the boxes an @
barrels and cases; the storage warehouse PropllIs
has the same explanation; and the coIhiIi9oe :
merchant has many ways OF establishing teCIII -
defense SenOr Don Herredia the proof Oh I-s II.
ownership of the materials established, IS alone -
imminent danger of the handouts. But IN ms c1s
imprisonment rarely follows; for none OF those w.
whom he has done business viii be ANXIOUS 10 IuI i
CosfzaSd page 10
New-York tribune., 1909-02-14
Sad Tale of a Cargo

lust here there comes 70 mind he Si little tale Of
y a South American revolutionary agent "no tooA
residence in a big New York hotel aui met there
charming young man who talked easily ~ MS gree.
wealth The agent cOnfded 20 his new trend ne
object OF his visit 20 this country and he you-@
millionaire laughed any fears he might have TT
its complete success In fact, The young man san
he had influence that would make -he matter sac
and easy.
You say YOU have twenty-five thousand do1-S
to spend Turn II over 20 me- and J. see that leI
get all the barrels OF cement down - YOUR coui--
that you need. OF course, You need NOT turn --
money over TO me until the stuff 5 safely aoe~.'
the ship" -.
Gratefully the Latin American accepted so la.
and unsefsh an offer In due time cE5 larrt-S -l
cement were put aboard. and added 70 --S
twenty-five thousand dollars ne gave MS .'trr WEI.
many warm expressions OF gratitude on the part e
the emissary. But expressions were many le--Ss'
warmer when at the headquarters OF the reE9-"-
-ionarv general down in South America the &C.
rIlert barrels were opened and found 70 DC ieCei-
t4cles OF perfectly honest character, III tl- lHet
contained nothing but cement from top 10 bottom
| got the tale myself from the lips of the man "13
had turned the trick-a swindler OF Interrat-o--i
UOtOrIetV
New-York tribune., 1909-02-14

canteens. one hundred thousand belts, FIVE hundred
thousand cartridge boxes twenty million cartridges
fifty thousand strrups, one hundred and nifty thou
sa nd g,lnstocks one hundred and seventy-tve thou
sand new uniforms that were made obsolete by new
regulations n the army
The show place IS at sol Broadway, and every
thing ever known in deadly weapons fashioned by
human hands IS probably to be found there-cer-
tainly the collection ranges from prlmlt1Ve stone
clubs and archaic blundeTbusses to the latest pro
duCtiOnS /. MauseTS RemingtOnS, SprlngheldS and
Mannlichers. while modern shells for fiteen-Inch
guns and rapid FIRE machine cartridges are med IN
cases along the walls and stacked on the Hoor
nearby are ancient arCheTs' bows. battleaNes. and
medieval jousting lances. The list OF all the u
usual tn ngs the FIVE floors contain covers every
thing from Revolutionary and Civil War uniforms
20 present day khaki from signal lights OF old
frgates the great brass lanterns OF to-day. from
the ancient candle lighted compass to the electric
lighted compass, and would tax pages ot space.
The Arsenal on the Hudson
VET this is only the sample house Upthe Hudson
L of Newburgh. with its foundation at the base OF
the Storm King that marks the northern entrance 10
the Highlands stands building III the design OF
huge sixteenth century castle with enbattiemehted
and tower. From the tower staff tes always
the Star Spangled banner and this with the little
watchmans house the smooth lawns and the
ornamental caunons and mounded cannonballs dis
played, gives the place the aspect OF a fort. As
matter OF fact II contains more war materials than
any fortress in the country, and more than most
United States a-SenaS The reserve supply there Is
never allowed TO fall below that which would be
necessary put fully equipped army OF nifty thou
sand in the field.
The third building controlled by the Bannermans
IS gloomy, old red brick, wide windowed store
house in South Brooklyn, the wharves, where
there are to be found tethcred tramp steamships ot
the worlds trade. Here are stored the ponderous
articles of warfare and their carriages and
the implements for engineering corps, And here also
was conducted until short time ago plant tor the
manufacture of field guns. Cannon still mounted
and targeted in the cellar. Around the building IS
nclosed yard where ordnance IS stored 1t carries
all the suggestion OF stage setting for deep and
dark COnspraCIes.
OF the hundreds Of thousands of articles of war in
store each is precisely docketed and numbered The
New-York tribune., 1909-02-14

about for such an aI1v in vain The Ike Of him 70
be found frequently visiting the Spanish restaurants
quite numerous in the vicinity OF Bowling Green.
the captains or mates Of tropical steamships may
pass tip to the merchant OF standing II the country
Of the eIaissary and introduction follows at the
Maritime Exchange
New-York tribune., 1909-02-14

of his order-and has he the cash: If he hasnt the
cash he needn't come round. Nor will they do
more than merely sell him the goods. He must ar
range himself for taking them away They will
simply push the stuff out of the doors and then
turn their backs.
A native ally in the shape of a commission mer-
chant who has lofts connected with his Offices now
becomes necessity to the emissary. Naturally the
South American agents keep a close watch on the
back doors of Bannerman and Abbey. But II the
cartridge boxes and cases of rifles and bales of uni
forms and other goods openly transferred TO the
warehouse of a commission merchant who IS a
citizen OF the United States there IS nothing that
the agent do but step aside and watch the per
fOTmanCe.
Not every commission merchant IS TO be counted
upon to join IN a revolutiOnist conspiracy; but II
his cash roll is thick the little senOr will not cast
New-York tribune., 1909-02-14
At Westminster Abbey's

WESTMINSTER ABBEY, on the other hand
w moves in perfect jungle OF curiosities in his
strange shop. Whereas at Bannerman's Senor Her
redia would find in charge a brisk young Princeton
graduate of the house the other resort for the
purchase of war materials he would meet Westmin-
ster Abbey a personality as odd as his
On narrow Pearl-st ever darkened by the gaunt,
iron structure of the elevated railway it winds
toward old Coenties Slip the little senor would yet
have little difficulty in finding the fve-storied ware
house of Westminster Abbey. Flanked by other old
gray buildings with modest office window fronts the
war store asserts itself flamboyanty by Stars and
New-York tribune., 1909-02-14

business with revolutionistS IS
more or less OF a side line
However, Senor Don Her
redia must not come with the
open declaration that he
wants war materials for 4
revolution. If he did that, they
would probably murmur that
they were sorry he had spoken
in such fashion and show
him the door. On the other
hand, however, they viii en-
barrass him with no curious
questions as TO what he wants
all the deadly stuff for. They
,I-icb merely rp l-uoyy ? he size
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-10

here 4 few days ago of John j. Clark,
Jr. who was once one of the leading
figures In the gay life of the tender
ioin. clarkS father established and
for many years ran one of the earliest
and most notorious of the eitys all
night restaurants. He accumulated an
immense fortune in the years when his
resort was the Mecca of the eity's fast
life. but after the PaEkhurst crusade
and the LeNow investigation he was
forced to close up and his wealth.
which ran into the millions. was swept
away from him az the race track and
in Wall street speculation. Hu ended
his career rs he had begun il. as an
oyster opener at a coney Island chow
der stand. Meanwhile. his son and
daughter, who had become acquainted
to the sort of life that eddied around
their fathers glittering establishment.
Were following i'm the footsteps of most
Of the associates whom they had met
there. Two years ago the daughter
ended her life in spectacular man
ncr by leaping from the lofty siaduct
OF the elevated railroad. The son.
whose reckless spending earned him
the title Of the Prince of the Ten
derioin" in his days of affluenee. find
ing himself friendless and helpless.
with his money all gone. blew out his
brains this week in cheap lodging
house. Doubtless many such TRACE
dies caaid be traced to "Clark's's and
its hedizened habitues If all of its I'M
savory records could be gathered,
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grees and the graduate will be put
him in all the details Of the janitorial
profession. from repairing broken
elevator 10 plugging a leas in kitchen
boiler. one feature of the new school
which viii be Il most grateful innoya
ton to New Workers is that in which
janitorial etiquette is In be taught To
the destruction of the hoary janitor
joke. The organizers of the new school.
believing that one of the chief reaui-
sites of the nrssent-day janitor is the
tuae on his part toward his tenants,
have decided Ia include in the enrrlcu-
lum course in good manners Some
Of the things Ia be taught in this con-
nection will. it is thought. go Il long
way toward bringing about more
friendly relations between janitor and
tenant. especially on A frosty morn
ing when the inhabitants nf the upper
floors find that the steam heat has
been turned off, After having received
his diploma. the janitor or the future
Will have many more accomplishments
of the kind that are sure To be aaprs-
ciatea b. tenants in trouble. He Will.
In fact, be more or less of jaek-af-
ali~traaes. and, if all that Is promised
is carried out by the educators, he
will be altogether "A desirable man To
have about the house
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less than 5000, 900, 0a0 will be spent in
the country at large for the edifica-
ton of children next December. The
manufacture nj toys Is one infant" in
dustru for which protection does not
seem to be- needful, according To the
latest reports since the Santa Claus
industry has been largely product
of the last decade, The growth Of
the production of toys i'm the United
States has been rapid in recent years.
the value Of the manufactures elassed
us toys and games" being reported at
$500. 900 in 1850. s3,75o.onn in 1890.
s4,n00,ana in 1900 and sS,5a0.0oo in
1905, the amount of capital employed
increasing from Il little less than ST.
0on 900 in 1850 To nearly s5,oeo,ouo in
1906, the number of factories from LOG
in 1880 to 16l in 1905. the number of
persons employed from little over
1000 i'm 1850 10 more than 1000 in
1905. and the wages paid from $780,
200 in 1880 tn more than si.5oa.o 900 in
1865. American toys are, ii would
seem. especially popular among those
of English birth or ancestry, since Of
the s7aa, 600 worth nj toys exported in
1908, sa3i. ono worth Went To the United
Kingdom, $4,000 worth to Canada
aud S10.pao worth To Australia and
New Zealand. making more than half
the total exports of tops tn the United
Kingdom. and her two principal col
anies. Canada and British Australasia
The next largest expectations We're:
To Germany $4,000: tn Cuba. $4,000:
To the Philippine islands, sa6,aea. to
France ss4.eee. and IL Japan. $4,000.
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napkin and hair ribbon. will be per-
mitted TO escape from the Enclosure
and pitter-patter silently off down the
streak" Careful training has taught
them how To wall loudly when lost"
and by the time some rigid New Eng
land spinster has wrapped them in
shawls or busters and led or carried
them back To the box office of the
Igorrote village. a good-sfzed crowd is
sure To be In her wake. and. of course,
the crowd then falls an easy prey to
the honeyed eloquence of the barker.
And 81 IL goes. The visitor. male
or female, who can wear a Crouch and
yet travel the entire distance Of the
Pay streak is immune To that lighter
vein Of comedy which runs through
every strata Of humanity
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have assembled in New York's streets
in connection with the spectacies of
the past two weeks has been the dis
tribntion of cases requiring medical
attendance. On the days of the great
parades there was an epidemic of
fainting cases at certain points along
the line of march. This in itself was
not remarkable considering the density
of the crowds. The surprising element
was that while some of the emergency
stations We're almost overwhelmed
with cases of this sort. others, at
points equally crowded, received
scarcely any Calls for assistance. At
one relief station 80 eases of faintins
We're handled on one day, while ut
others there We're no cases at all
arising from this cause. The heaviest
part of the work fell upon Flower hos
pital, since the greater part of the
line of march lay in its district. The
physician in charge explained the APP
parentls mysterious epidemic of lost
consciousness by pointing out that it
vas largely sympathetic. Ii one
woman tainted In any part of the
crowd n number OF others surrounding
her We're certain to go down rs Il re-
suit of the sight. One of the things
of which New Workers had greatest
cause To be proud in connection with
their big celebration was the smooth
ness and rapidity with which all cases
requiring medical attention were han
died by the hospital authorities and
the physicians in charge.
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NOTES or GOTHAM.

New York, Oct. 9.-No city ever has
INDUCED In hoiidaying on such an elab-
crate scale as has New York during
the past week In celebrating the mem
Org of Hudson and Fulton The DAYS
OF the four great Darades have been
practically holidays and during the
remainder ri the week il has been diff
ficuit for tn. average man to pay much
attention IT, business, so great have
been the demands Of hospitality and
the attractions of the various public
and private entertainments that have
occupied every moment of the time
In addition To the expenses of the vari-
Gus public committees in charge Of diff
ferent features of the celebration
which have amounted to more than
S1.oo0.1o0. it Is estimated that the ex-
penditures of private citizens for
bunting, flags and ether decorations
have been at least $3.50, 900. with $780,
900 added for the cost Of Illuminating
private edifices. Probably $4,000. 900 or
more has been expended for seats on
grandstands. In windows overlooking
thu parades and on excursion boats for
the naval spectacle. II Is impossible.
To estimate the amount paid out to
railroads. hotels. restaurants and shops
on account of the celebration. but s2O,-
100000 would be a conservative esti-
mate. The theatsrs and other places
Of amusement have reaped golden
harvest. running into the millions.
while the item of private entertain
ments. dinners, balls, motor parties
and similar events represent an equal
expense. When to this is added the
expenditure Of the national government
and foreign nations In securing the
attendance of the huge fleet of war
ships. ii will be seen that the outlay
i'm connection with the celebration
cannot have been less than 100000
and may easily have been almost twice
that figure. Such an unconsidered
item as the firing OF salutes from the
various ships of the fleets Is said To
have represented an expense of $780,
900 or more.
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Although the annual arrival of Santa
tanI. New York is already planning
Ii spend some sI0.oaa. 400 ON toys for
the coming Christmas, This. Of course,
is only one item. ana. taking everything
into account, il i estimated that not
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Juvenile Come-cns.

The Ignrrate village. a native Philip
pine show. Is one of the most meri-
tnrions and instructive attractions in
the fair grounds. But it's hackers be-
iievs. too. that advertising pays. So
at frequent intervals tiny lgorrnte
girls. or 1 or years of age only,
and clad simply in the conventional
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If anyone We're disposed to preach
sermon on the blight that follows
the possession of ill-gotten wealth. he
would find a good text in the suicide
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-10

That New York may soon become a
City of sishtiess people is the most
striking fact in the remarkable report.
the first OF its kind, just complied by
the tenement house department. Ac-
cording to this report. which reveals
IL condition undreamed OF heretofore,
there are In this city no less than
l02.sss tenement buildings. housing s..
1T5.345 persons. The report shows
that there are 1oi.117 rooms which
are used for living purposes without
single window. These rooms house
more than quarter of a million peo-
pie, the great majority nf whom. es-
pecially among the women. never see
THE light of day, except on rare and
brief occasions. A. result of this
living in darkness. local experts assert
that the effect will be similar To that
produced i'm the fish living in the wa
tiers of the famous Mammoth cave in
Kentucky. which. never being exposed
Ia the light, have as a result entirely
lost their organ of sight. That the
effect of similar conditions in the case
of human beings would be practically
the same lis the assertion which has
ltI III TIE III n SiShtitSs .NS"
York. unless these conditions are
promptly relieved. 1t is not stretch
of the imagination, indeed. to picture
New York af the future as inhabited
by a race of sightiess cave dwellers,
since In aa.o43 of the cits's 1o2.sss
tenements families live in the basement
or sub basement. More than one
fourth of the tenements covered by the
report. in which 10 per cent of the
city's population lives. are of old con-
struction. with dark halls. numbering.
In addition To the lol.li7 rooms en-
tirely unlit by daylight, .63.ooa add
ditionaf rooms insufficiently lighted
Three quarters OF the entire cits's
population Is housed in the buildings
covered by the report, which covers all
kinds housing two or more families.