Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-27

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Meat prices have gone up and are still continuing their upward movement as If they in. tended to establish an altitude rec ord. The poor consumers of New York. with the emphasis on the poor win have the choice between bank ruptlng themselves to buy meat and pulling their belts tighter after hay ing stricken meat from their bill of fare. It is alleged that the higher prices of corn "compelleS the meat trust to raise the price of meat. as if the meat trust ever bothered about so trivial A thing as a sufficient req son for it's doings. Whatever the primary cause may be or may have been, the fact remains that the trust has given the jack-screw forcing up the prices another turn and the re- tailers, not to be outdone, gave the same screw not one but two or three turns. If the packers raise the price one cent a pound, the retailers prompt ly charge to the consumers from two to flve cents more per pound. Many people are of the opinion that 1t is about time to reopen the cold-storage investigation.
 Three New York detectives, attach. cd 10 some of the Broolyn police sta. tions. distinsuishedA themselves the other day by a clever piece of work. for which they deseffe considerable credit A physician, returning from a confinement case at nights was run down on his way home by "a speeding auto and killed. The auto, which car ried five men at the time, sped on after having run down the physician and was quickly lost in the darkness With practically no clue for a work ing basis the three detectives began their investigation and search for the machine and before twenty-four hours had passed they had not only found the machine but arrested every one Of the five men who had been in the machine that fateful night What made the achievement of the detec tives even more noteworthy was the fact that they found the machine and arrested the men in spite of the as sistance given to them by some eye witnesses, friends of the doctor who vas killed Two of them state posi- lively that they saw the license tae of the machine and could swear that tut lCtu6o 1iuIItDtI 0tIkIiiif0 AAt D6 ures and z. although they were no; sure which relative positions the fig ures occupied. AS a matter of fact the license number of the machine was 16,545, containing neither a O. ar
 New York City is seriously threat ened with a water famine and the an. thorities are considering the expedien, cy of reducing the pressure to dimin ish, as much as possible, the wasting of water. The citizens have been re quested to be economical in the use of water and to reduce the number oi their baths. There are some sections in the city where such a request would be entirely superious and -rhara nsa tho other hand an nrdai for bathing at any time would cause a riot It is not in those sections however, where any considerable amount of water is wasted.
 The police authorities of New YorB are confronted with a trunk mys tery'' which has some rather peculiar features. The other night a good sized trunk was found on the street at Fifteenth street and Fourth avenue When it was opened it was found tC contain four coats, 9 vests, II outing shirts, nightshirts, towels, 20 ties