Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-12


He sold eggs at the price OF SIS apiece
or $50 dozen and there seemed to be
considerable demand for these eggs.
These eggs come from a new breed of
chickens which noted fancier at
Lakewood is raising and are. at least
for the present, not intended for food
purposes.
Burglars entered the Office of a man.
ufacturing concern in Manhattan the
other night, removed a safe weighing
500 pounds from the building, carried
the heavy load to Long Island City.
blew il open In an open field and after
taking all the cash they could find, left
the shattered safe on a dump. The po-
lice did not know ANYTHING about the
burglary until the broken safe was
found by some boys who notified the
police department Now the autheri-
ties are looking for fingerprnts.
The police We're more fortunate,
however. in another case, when they
arrested five men and two young
women. who, it is charged have been
blowing open and robbing safes in the
Bronx for many months. Scores OF
safes in the Bronx We're robbed dur
ing the past month or two but the po-
lice authorities were unable to find any
trace of the burglars. The timely ar
rest Of one Of the members of the
gang upon another charge led to the
discovery of the rest of the gang and
eventually their arrest
The other day a little boy was run
over and killed by an automobile and
five women claimed the body as that
of their own offspring. 1t took sew
aral hours of search and investigation
to convince four of the mothers that
the dead boy was not theirs. Finally
there was only one claimant left and
as the child was proved To be hers.
the body WAS turned over to her.
Notwithstanding the high cost
of living, the womans suffrage
agitation and half dozen other
problems which greatly worry the
people of New York at the present
time. the holidays passed in which
might be called a blaze of glory
Christmas business VAS, perhaps, not
quite so good as it has been in some
years. but il gave no cause for serious
complaint. AS in former years, charity
was given full swing, and 1t is safe u
say that there were not many, even
among the poorest in the city who did
not in some small measure, at least
shade in the holiday cheer. The tend
ency to do away with all senseless
noisy and boisterous methods of cele-
bratng Christmas ana New Year
found expression in novel feature,
the public Christmas celebration on
Madison Square.
\ magnificent tree. more than 50
feet in height and straight as an arrow
had been brought down from the Adj
rondaeks, and set up IN Madison
Square. It's branches were decorated
with thousands of ineandeseent lights,
and from tile very top shone brightly
the star Of Bethlehem outlined in
electric lights on the evening before
Christmas thousands of people assent
bed in lhe square, and quietly, almost
reverentIy, listened to the singing OF
the assembled ehoirs and the playing
of bands. There We're manN policemen
present but they had little 10 do It
was the most orderly ana QuPt crown
which had probably ever eengregated
on Madison square. ON the evening
Of Christmas day the tree was again
lighted UP. but there was no pubic
celebrations New York's first public
Christmas tree and Christmas eelebfa-
ton proved a remarkable success. and
il is believed that IT viii become q pee
manent feature OF the city's holiday
season in the future.