Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-07-09


English taking >eN York from the
Dutch and the I.ts taking n from
the English IT'D. Americans don't
seem 10 figure u a. an And.
alas. this would -eem 10 be- pretty
near % the truit The figures show
that ~ the 900 900 Inhabitants Of
the Borough OF Manhattan Jess than
ID per cent arr native whites Of
american parenttgD.
Hospital Tor Animals
A palstial hospital for dumb ant
malls is 10 be- erected in this city by
ihe Women's League for Animals.
u will contain an operating room for
dogs. padded cells FOR horses with
blind siaggers. apartments for sick
cats, "a kitchen for preparing special
food for animal patients and q roof
garden " paddock where animals
recovering from ickness or opera
fions may have the benefit OF fresh
air and sunshine
subway Thief
The subway thief .s the latest adj
dilion 10 the lsl varieties of petty
crooks who make the biz town then
field OF operations lIc may BE-
properly styled the subway hat
thief ln that hs speciality is the
lifting of hats especially pauama,,
from the heads of uuuspectIuE pas
sougers He doe not operate boz 'te
trains, but on tho btIou platforms.
and steals the hats by reaching
through window into the car IH.t as
thc train Is gettug under way lodg-
Ink station.
Speaking OF thieves here's 1L1tI-
or one ON Tho excellent auth9..y
OF one lsidore RAIDER, {5,U0U.uuu is
a conservative estimate of the value
of goods stolen annually Goo recent
years by street thieves BOO Sew York.
llly knows whereof hc speaks,
tor he has been the king pin of 'ue
bunch that has done the most OF
This form of stealing Zoo addition
10 the operation of a fence he has
conducted school where young
BOYS we're tau-ht 90 steal from
trucks. piers and railroad depots
Recently he was caught with thu
goods" so he followed the prevail
.ug fashion of revealing all hc knew
| Of the system and the alleged con
police.
Thin Oflicc l,uilhing
An iron and glass building that is
soon 10 stick it, head up among the
skyscrapers IN lower Broadway will
have the dgtnction OF being Ameri-
ma th0unest office building II will
be- five feet wide by TOO feet deep,
INll contain three stores and sewer
~ cummolious offices The mild-
INK Will stand on the corner OF
broadway and Worth streets The
building site was reduced 10 its
present omaciatod dimensions
through the change made more than
forty years lgo in the property lines
ON Worth street. To the uninitiated u
would seem that, with structure
only five rect wide the builders
viii have 10 revert 10 the old custom
of having srairways ON the outside
The recent removal of the little
white cottage In which Edgar Allen
Poe wrote The Raven and where
/ ho spent tho greater part uf his
brief but happy married life. arous-
ed great interest. and boo many Boo.
stances strong criticism on the pa,
LOT admirers OF America s. poet and
| 0cuoulst The cottage stood on the
kiugsbridFD road ia the Borough Of
/ the Bronx and was removed from lnr
|orgiuaI site 20 new 'omia.iuu
prepared for 10 ia Poe plrh. distant
laboul tNu blocks The 1drh covers
about two blocks and the cottage was
placed lf the northern end. preser,-
ing u all the details It's appearance
on %, previous side
Higher DUTY On Gems
Fear on the part Of the biz New
York gem importers that they will
have TO pay a higher duty ON gems
under 90, new tariff rs caused them
90 rush in large quantities of dia-
mouds and other precious stones
since the provisions Of the bill have
become known. Under the present
tariff schedule the cut gems are
dutablo at lU per cent. and there is
no duty on rough product The Tn
dorNood bill provides for a duty OF
20 per cent on cut and 90 per cent
on uncut gems. The New York gem
merchants. working through their
association. are fighting for @ ret'n.
tiou Of their present schedule Mean
while thcy are bringing In unusually
large quantities OF the precious
stones IN order TO escape possible
payment Of the higher duties pro
posed.
Colonel Roosevelt has announced
his plans Tor The coming summer aud
lalI aud thereby sets at rest rumors
that no. intended 10 take an active
part in the approaching municipal
! campaign The schedule a. anuounc-
ed shows that he will DE away from
New York turing practically The
whole OF The campaign. Next week
the Colonel With his sons. Archie
and Quentin. viii start Tor a two
months camping trip in the Grand
Canyon ol Arizona. When he re-
turns be- viii spend a week at Oyster
Bay. but Dos time will be- taken up
lpreplring for the trip To the Ar
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