Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-25

ton. The latest sensation has been
furnished by the Taxicab company aud
the end OF the disclosures Is not yet
in sight. 1t appears that the taxicab
company has been compelled, for bust
ness reasons mot only to pay black
mail to scores OF the big hotels, but
to give free taxi rides to hotel man
ayers, their families and friends, to
police officers aud their friends, to
aldermen, politicians and others, who
were in a position TO grant or refuse
favOrs to the company.
Safety raZOls are growing more pop.
ular than aver In this city since the
beginning OF the BARRIERS strike. The
strikers committed many acts Of vic.
leEce and destroyed the furniture and
fixtures in a number OF shops. This
naturally deferred many habitual pat.
rons from entering barber shops at
this time. They considered the risk
too great and preferred to shave them.
selves at their quiet homes rather
than run the risk OF having their
throat cut OF their skull fractured by
militant strikers.
Martin Montrose .Molenaor, who
caused some excitement in this city
in 1873 by claiming as his property
several large and valuable tracts OF
land in the Harlem and Kingsbridgc
Road section, has returned to New
York after many years in the west
and has established himself as Il
squatter upon part of the land claim
ed by him. The land in question was
only farm land and valued ut $4,000
when the grandfather OF the present
claimant died in 1872. Now it is esti-
mated to be worth between $500, OOO,-
600 and $500, 900, 900. When MoIena-
dor first asserted mis- claim he did
not have money enough to begin the
fight in the courts. Now, however,
the Molenaor Recovery Company has
been formed whic his issuing stock
and will furnish the funds required to
carry the fight for the property thru
the courts.
Saint Anthony Comstock, the self
constituted guardian of morality in art
has nee more distinguished himself
by preemptorily ordering the removal
the show window Of a reputable
dealer of a copy Of Paul Chabas's
painting, september Morn.
1t shows a wonderful amount
Of patience on the part of the people
that they put up so long with the
stupid notions and idiosyncracies OF
Apostle Of .Purity.' The
house involved in the present case is
one Of the most prominent in the
country and has it's reputation at
stake. 1t is to be hoped that 1t will
carry this matter to the courts to de.
once and for ever how far Mr..
may extend his arbitrary in
reference and meddlesomeness. He
should have been suppressed many
years ago. >'. @'E.
After pleading guilty 10 burglary in
first degree Elmer Schultz, a boy
fifteen, was sent to the House Of
for an indefinite period the
other day. In the course of the trial
it wal brought to light that the boy
had committed more than fifty sue.
burglaries in Richmond Bor.
ough, Brooklyn, Flushing, Lynbrook
and other places on Long Island dur.
ing the last few months. The Doy nd.
tina: II he could have continu.
ed his activity for another month he
would have been the owner of an auto.
mobile nand financially equipped to
take%a3trip' to Europe.
Suffering from toothache a little boy
Of about five years wandered away
from his home in the lower part of
in search of a dentist the
other evening after suppertime. A
few hours later the suffering young.
ster was picked up by a policeman at
a distance of more than two miles
from the boys home. The little fel.
low was neatly exhausted from his
long trip and still suffering agonies
II his tooth. The officer took the boy
10 the static nwhere the lieutenant in
pulled the offending tooth By
means of a string. The boy endured
the operation bravely and was then
taken to his parental home.
David Belasco. the noted playwright
and theatrical manager, and several
noted actors and actresses had a rath.
er unpleasant experience the other
day. They were descending on Mr..
Belosco's private elevator in the Be.
|scao Theatre building, from the top
floor to the main floor, when some.
hing went wrong with the mechanism
controlling the heavy iron doors. The
doris are operated by electricity and
are supposed to open by the pressing
Of a button when the floor of the lift
is wen with the sill Of the floor. For
three hours the party remained i'm,
prisoned in the cage until by hard1
work and the exercise OF considerable
ingenuity their release was effected.
This experience may supply Mr.. Bias,
m with q plof For a raw, plou !