THE OHEGON DAILY" JOTJTtNAI PORTLAND, . THURSDAY EVENHTO, AUGUST 6, .1903.
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M?5. RUSSELL SAGE ON SPECULATION
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i Nearly one-half of the hops rained In the United States In 1902 were pro
duced In Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the western part of the state being
the home of the industry. The total hop crop of the United States last year was
about 175,000 bales, Oregon producing 85,000. California 20,000, Washington 80,000
and New York 20,000. The quality of the hops raised In the Willamette Valley Is
unsurpassed. From the O. R. & N.'s Book, "Oregon. Washington and Idaho."
SOME HAPPENINGS.
The happenings In Portland are adding to
her renown. There's Seattle who Is going
' to build our flreboat. We give the Job to
Seattle because our shlp-bullders are too
busy to bother about steel plants. This
gives us the opportunity to be magnanimous
and help along a struggling neighbor. She
ought now to reciprocate. If she will send
us down a few of her surplus policemen and
a small section of her city government that
ha is not using, we'll call It square. Or If
- she will do the handsome thing, she might
- tear ai few leaves out of her swollen dl
. rectory that she won't miss and send them to
us for use In our suburbs. Our police cojild
put them to some use In finding the victims
.' of our hold-ups.
Then there are our hold-ups themselves
that distinguish our fair city. For skill in
eluding capture, we will back them agalnat
" any crop of criminals In the United States,
. ably assisted as they are by a police force
unexampled In that tine by arty similar "body
extant" Portland's criminals do her proud
and must eventually spread her famo
through the length and breadth of hobo-land.
And then there Is our Sheriff, He has a
system that will doubtless attract the atten
. tlon of criminologists everywhere for Its
simplicity and ultimate effectiveness. He is
arresting the populace in blocks of five and
"sweating" them. It la easy to see that
finally he will get the right men. It Is a
favorite system of logic and Is called the
, process of exclusion. By discovering who
are Innocent, he Is bound to arrive in time at
the guilty. By a series of alibis carefully
demonstrated, he must -gradually approach
the people who can't establish alibis, and
the thing is done. The Sheriff Is applying
the rigid principles of geometry to his In
vestigation, and will inevitably find a quin
tette that differs from criminals by less than
any assignable quantity, and the problem Is
solved. Quod erat demonstrandum. A few
damage suits may Btrew his mathematical
path, but what is a law auit compared with
the Intense satisfaction of an alibi?
Another thing that Is worthy of note, we
can sport the rottenest bridge timbers of anj
other city, with the least mortality. That
only two persons are killed In our bridge
casualty out of possible hundreds, shows
with what- nicety we can calculate the
chances of rotten wood. It is an engineering j
feat of no mean skill that can let 150 people
into the water so opportunely as to save
them nearly nil. At the same time It Is e
most Inexpensive method of testing timbers,
with the additional advantage of an object
lesson to people who are so careless as to
trust themselves on the public bridges.
The list might be extended, but these few
instances are enough to demonstrate the
eminence of our city. It may be after a
while that we shall be monotonously well
governed, that we shall arrive at the com
monplace level of building our own flreboats;
that we shall descend to the tiresome same
ness of a good police administration, and
Jose the refreshing sensation of nightly rob
beries and midnight assassinations; that
some insipid snerirr will arise given to
catching criminals instead of mere Innocent
men; that we may be able to walk the
bridges without the thrill of danger and of
daring. All this may overtake us in time,
but let us enjoy the good times while they
last!
requisite for being Sheriff is a pull sufficient
to obtain the nomination, and a reputation
passable enough to escape defeat at the polls.
The duties of the Sheriff are auch as any
man of ordinary Intelligence can easily dis
charge. The salary of the office Is $4,500, In
Itself an extravagant price to pay for the
services rendered.
But the salary Is but a part of the Sheriffs
actual compensation The "side graft," as It
is termed, has at times far exceeded the
salary. For years the county has been
heavily mulcted In the matter of feeding
prisoners in the county Jail, and the Sheriff
has made several thousand dollars annually
out of the contract.
Something more than a year ago the Tax
payers' League called attention to tho
Sheriff's practice of habitually overcharging,
non-resident taxpayers, In collecting their
taxes, and to the fact that these overcharges
were not paid over to the County Treasurer.
The obvious Inference was that the "money
went Into, the pocket of the Sheriff or tome
of his deputies.
It is Indisputable that the Sheriff collected
fees" from the county to which he had no
legal claim.
Many reports have been current of abuses
in the Internal administration of Sheriff
Frazier's office, and of the employment of
deputies upon the Sheriff's private business
Only a few weeks ago The Journal exposed
the systematic grafting that was practised
in connection with the transporting of Insane
patients to Salem.
The latest development is the discovery
that prisoners were in a number of cases re
leased from the county Jail before their
terms had expired, and without the payment
to the county of a compensating portion of
their fines. If the fines were paid to the
Sheriff, he failed to turn them in to the
County Treasurer. If they were not paid,
he was grossly violating the law and his
oath of office, In freeing the prisoners before
they had served their time. Either alterna
tlve is equally discreditable to Sheriff
Frazier. ,
The full extent of the mismanagement of
this department may never be known, but
enough has transpired already to show the
imperative need of a most searching investi
gation.
Mrs. Russell Sage, whose husband Is said to control more ready money than any
other man on earth, has burst Into print to give her Impressions of the flurry In the
stock exchange: .
"If all that one hears about Wall .street Is true." says she, "It seems, to ma that
It is more like an Insane asylum than a 'place where men congregate to carry on holi
ness In a peaceful, law-abiding manner. Soma years ago curiosity led ma to visit the
stock exchange to see whether It really was a menagerie of bulls and bears. My curiosity
was satisfied. When I heard of the excitement down there the other day, I tried to per
suade my husband to stay away, but' he would mix In the fray, as ha calls it. X have
been trying to persuade him that he has worked long and hard enough to spend the re
mainder of his years In peace. But he has been at It so constantly that business has
become a necessity with him. He seems to care for no other sort of recreation. Wa
have enough to live on comfortably for the balance of our lives and nobody should
need any more than that."
Here are some other things she said: '
"Money Is to me only a means to an end, and I believe that when a person has ac
cumulated enough to be comfortable on he should ceasa piling up more.
"Most of the so-called ruinous extravagance of women la practiced by those who are
trying to buy their way Into society. They are very foolish women, and should he
blushed for.
"One of the greatest banes of our American women Is this falling under the blandish
ments of titled, fortune-hunting foreigners. Some men of title make good husbands.
The majority dd riot, according to record.
"My remedy for this social disease Is for our American girls to postpone their
marrlages-'until they reach years of discretion, and then when they are convinced
that there Is genuine affection go to the altar.
"This display of luxury on the part of the rich before the eyes of the poor Is a sin
and should be punishable by some law. It Is. the cause of more unhapplness and more di
vorces than any other thing In modern civilisation.
"Love in a cottage la quite romantic, but human nature Is alike the world over and
will not be denied. Some women will always be envious of their more fortunate sisters.
A man should be pretty well fixed financially before he Is married If he would live happily
In New York."
Governor Cummins of Iowa put the case
very clearly when he told a convention of
bankers that It is the greatest fallacy of
the age to assume "that because we are
prosperous under certain laws, those laws
will keep us prosperous."
The information that Sheriff Storey is go
ing on a two weeks' hunting trip Is certainly
welcome. His unsuccessful chase after the
three prisoners who recently broke Jail sug
gests that he needs more practice In hunting.
Andrew Carnegie's gift of $2,500,000 in
steel trust securities to his native town in
Scotland would have looked a good deal
bigger before the crash in Wall street.
WHERE GRAFT WAS
EASY.
There Is every reason to expect some ex
traordinary revelations when the expert now
at work at the county, building completes his
investigation of the Sheriffs office for the
Six years from 1896 to 1902. Enough has
already come to light to indicate that the
department was conducted with very little
regard for the rights ef the public and for
the purpose of making as much money as
possible out of It for the Sheriff. Indeed, it
was largely due to the .persistent rumors of
mismanagement in this department that the
Investigation of county affairs was begun.
The Sheriff is the most highly paid of all
the county officials, despite the fact that the
Office requires no unusual qualifications and
Ho prof eatlonal traJolng. . 'None but an expe
rienced, lawyer may be County Judge, only a
CcHor can be Comity Physician, but the only
It becomes increasingly apparent that
Multnomah County has had more different
ways of losing money than any mere busi
ness man ever dreamed of. ,
Sheriff Storey's talents as' a sleuth will
be very useful on his bear-hunting trip.
And If he gets a bear, he won't be bothered
by alibis or damage suits. :..,
If a private citizen burned up his money
as Multnomah County has been doing, the
courts would appoint a guardian of his estate.
Prize puzzle Can anybody tell why W. A.
Storey was elected Sheriff of Multnomah
County ? - -
r.ra . fr
it's a dull day in Portland when no holdup
is recorded. Business In this line was never
better.
OUGHT TO BE NOISY.
The Arkansas Gazette announces the en
gagement of Miss Lulu Sasnback and John
Loud, both of i Yell County. The question Is
what will the harvest be? Mount Morris
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4 TRIAL8 AND TRIUMPHS OF A WIDOW.
In view of the treatment Mrs. Cushman K. Davis has received from Washington so
ciety, it Is little wonder that she quietly Ignored It altogether, when she wedded Hunter
Doll, of Knoxvllle, Tenn.
In defiance of all social usages the wives of the, other senators refused to call upon
her. Her husband did everything he could for her In the social battle In the way of
providing her with handsome equipages and aJl the dress a woman could desire, but he
hated society himself and would stay at home smoking Innumerable cigars while his wife
was fighting her way into society.
The battle came to a head at a reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Wanamaker. When.
she entered the drawing room she found herself confronted by the coldest of cold stares.
Mr. and Mrs. Wanamaker happened to be In the next room at the time, and there was no
one to give her the slightest recognition. Her confidence deserted her and she faltered
and looked as If she were about to faint. v
Just then First Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson entered with' his wife, and
seeing the state of affairs, he greeted Mrs. Davis warmly and led her into the room where
the Wanamakers were, and presented her to them.
Another attempt was made to snub Mrs. Da via when the Senator was appointed on
the Paris peace commission. The other Senators' wives threatened to stay at home if she
went, but Mrs. Davis was determined to go anyway, and the others climbed down rather
than miss the opportunity to visit the French capital. Of course, there was no absurd
prejudice against Mrs. Davis in Paris and she made a big hit there. But as soon as she
was left a widow, Washington society ignored her once more, and although a number of
personal friends stood by her, she got no furthef recognition from society.
Intensely fond of children, Mrs. Davis devoted much of her leisure time to making
the little ones happy. She took a number of the young folk on a trip on the Potomac and
Hunter Doll happened along Just In time, she asked him to go with them and aid her.
He did so willingly, and was so attentive to the children that he won the heart of their
guardian.
CURIOUS FACTS.
So much has been said of the "teeming millions" of China that the official census re
cently published by the imperial treasury department of China is of no little interest, since
it furnishes a method of determining Just how many "teeming millions" there are. It
appears that the celestial empire contains 426,000,000 Inhabitants, and that China proper
the 18 provinces contains 407,000,000. The number of inhabitants per square kilometer
varies from 201 In Honan to 32 in Kansu and Is on the average 103 in the 18 provinces.
In Mongolia the number is .7, in Manchuria 9, In Tibet 6 and In Turkestan .8. For com
parison It may be recalled that Germany has 105 Inhabitants per "square kilometer,
Belgium 220 and the United Kingdom 130.
One in every 36 of the males over 15 years of age in Great Britain is a seaman in the
mercantile marine or a fisherman. That by no means represents the proportion of Britons
who go to sea In ships. For the current year the total number of officers and men,
active service ratings provided by the estimates of the royal navy, la 127,000, being an
increase 'of 4,600 over the previous year. Taking the two totals this means that one in
about every 20 Britons Is a sailor, which is an enormously larger percentage than that
which any other nation can boast, even with the conscription which supplies the seamen
of several continental countries.
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The agricultural authorities at Barbadoes have been carrying out investigations to
ascertain the effect produced by falls of volcanic dust on Insect pests and other parasites
of the field. The first examination was made after the fall on October 16 last year to
study the results. Taken on the whole, the dust appeared to have exercised but little
effect, most of the Insects having hidden themselves during 'the actual fall. Observations
on the following day showed that the greater number of Insects had escaped unharmed.
Two-winged flies suffered severely, there being a notable absence of them after the
dust. Wild bees suffered in the same way. Other groups practically escaped, so that the
dust had little if any effect' on the pests. Chicago Daily News.
'-'Many Easterners arc arriving in this city
daily for the purpose of Investing their sur
plus savings in Oregon s varied . resources.
Every day a large number are added to the
list already here and Portland's name in the
East is now becoming a household word.
' w. A. Lusader, editor and proprietor of
the Herald, Bloomlngton, III, Is among those
who recently arrived, "I am in the city,'
ha says', "for the purpose of looking up soma
of the wonderful Oregon mines and timber I
have heard so much of In my Eastern home.
"The corn crop and oat crop In Illinois this
year will be a fair one and business in tha
entire corn belt Is good. Tha weather has
been cold for some time but for the past few
weeks we have had a steady downpour , of
rain. - -
Mr. Lusader Is stopping at the Hotel Im
perlal and Is accompanied by his wife. He
will remain In Portland about a week. Mean
while he Is being piloted around tha town by
a former townsman of his. George H.
Hutcbln, now a resident of Portland.
"William Blackman, Washington Stats
Labor Commissioner," said F. L. Armstrong,
a traveling salesman who has Just returned
from a trip to Seattle, "Is a gubernatorial
possibility. He is a son-in-law of tha lata
Governor John R, Rogers, and It is believed
that his candidacy Is groomed by Henry J.
Snlvely of North Yakima, who was Governor
Rogers' closest political friend, and by all
odds tha shrewdest Democratic politician In
the state.
. "Tha fact that Mr. Blackman Is holding
office under the Republican state administra
tion will probably keep him from mixing
actively in the fight, and in no event would
he be a candidate against Governor Mc
Bride; but should the railroads control the
Republican party, and turn down Governor
McBride, the biggest kind of a Blackman
boom would probably be sprung. In that
event, Mr. Blackman would divide the sup
port of organised labor, for he is president
of the State Federation of Labor, and a
unionist of many years' standing."
H. L. Slsler, general agent for the North
western Lines, is an enthusiast when it
comes to praising the Walla Walla Valley.
"Every time I go to Walla Walla," said Mr.
Slsler, I fall more and more In love with the
place. It is more like the older towns of the
East and Middle West than any other city
in the West. Besides that it is the richest
spot in the Northwest.
"Why, they are selling wheat land there
for $300 an acre. It la evidently worth It,
too. H. McArtbur, manager of the Blalock
Fruit Farm at Walla Walla told ma last
week when I was up there that he sold $18-
000 worth of alfalfa from the ranch last
season. He showed me a stack of the hay
containing 300 tons, which he said waa worth
$7.60 per ton as it stood."
As an especial mark of favor to people who
may call when he does not happen to be
about the building and also for the sake of
economy, Sheriff Storey has instituted a new
rule under which those who wish to seei
prisoners at-the county Jail may have that
privilege twice si week on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. ' The rule was put In effect yes
terday afternoon when avlsltor,. armed with
a permit from, tha United ; States Marshal,
called to see tha Indian murdered Wlnnlsh.lt (.
Tha' Sheriff who waa conversing with four of
his deputies and who seemed to be In' an
unusually Jocular mood, declined to recognise
the permit on tha ground that his subordi
nates wera worn out by fatigue Incurred by
traversing tha distance between .the office
and the Jail. About the courthouse the real
reason' was supposed to be that the Sheriff
feared the wear and tear on tha atone steps
would be an expense to the county, -and on
tha ground of economy he did not wish any
heavy traveling over them. Tha steps wer
built a few years ago, succeeding a set thai
was put in place along in tha '70's. - , .
Reports from Cloud Cap Inn, on the snow
Una of ML Hood, ,800 feet above .the sea,
stata that tha Cascades are very popular
this summer with Eastern tourists and Fort
landers. R. M. Hall, advertising agent for
tha Oregon Railroad A Navigation Company.
who has Just returned from a trip to Mount
Hood, declares that this popular summer re
sort Is one of the most charming spots Jn tha
Northwest 1
The weather during my stay at Cloud
Cap Inn." ha said, "was very pleasant. In
my party wera Mrs. kail Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Craig, Photographer George Welster and
Mrs. Chesny, of Fargo, N. D., and thr
Hood River people. Wa made the trl
through the Hood River Valley to the snow
Una In an old-fashioned stage coach. Tha
visit was more a business trip than one of
pleasure, as we desired to acquaint ourselves
of the place. Some excellent views of the let
fields were secured." 9 .
Mr. Hall said that a great many new
homes were going up in the Hood River
country and that the orchards were all
looking fine, -.
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"Joe" is only a bootblack In an Alder street
barber shop at the present time, but he was
once one of Uncle Sam's sable defenders and
carried his musket with the Twenty-fourth
foot As "Joe" puts a gloss a trifle darker
than his own smoky countenance, on the
shoes of his customers, he sometimes spins
yarns of the time when he hunted the
"Hombres" pn their native rice paddles.
"Did ah ever tell yo' 'bout d' time ah was
shot at by bofe sides?" queried Joe, and tak
ing It for granted that the man In the chair
had not, he continued:
A detachment of 16 of us boys, act In' as
mounted ln-fan-tree wus scoutln' one day
when a big band of Hombres jumped us. D
lootenant sent me hout t' roun up d' bosses
and fust thing ah knowed ah wus between
two fires. Ah guess our boys thought one
nigger was try In' to desert and hit kept me
busy dodging bofe sides. Ah would keep my
eye peeled and when ah seen a flash ah
would drop flat. Well some how or other
Joe managed toe keep from gettln' hit but It
took a whole lot of 'pfng-pongln befo' ah
could wiggle outer range. Shlnln' shoes Is
good enough fo' me now days."
THAT "CORNUCOPIA.'
A DREAM STUDY OF ITALY.
They are a most musical race the Italians are; and they supply the world with some
of the finest singers at the highest rates payable. As Is seen by the grand operas, when
ever anything serious happens among the Italians they sing about It to each other. A man
tells his troubles to his grandmother in a beautiful melody, accompanied by a large
orchestra. This is the way much of the conversation is replaced. A soldier comes back
from the war. He finds that his sweetheart has, during his absence, married another
man. So they sing a duet together.
One of the centers of Italy Is Rome. It is called the Eternal City, and was built for
Hall Caine for the purpose of his novel. Rome is the seat of the Vatican, which con
tains the pope and other treasures of art and antiquity. It must be a beautiful sight to
behold the brigands in their picturesque costumes as they are camping about the Vatican,
where they pitch their tents and He in wait for the pilgrims to the Holy City. Bernard G.
Richards In The Reader.
SUBMARINE DISPUTE.
The cable message met a whale
As through the briny deep it whirled,
"Don't bother me," the message said,
. "I'm on my way around the world." ,
"Don't anger me," the whale replied,
"I'm in the best of fighting trim.
Old Jonah once got gay like you
I didn't do a thing to him!"
Milwaukee Seitinel.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
A man considers that he goes up in the world when his friends go down.
When a girl thinks how worldly she would be If some married man fell in love with
her In spite of her coldness, she cannot look at herself in the mirror without blushing.
The smart man is not the one who keep out of trouble, but who gets out.
Every time a woman tells a funny story the man who Invented it turns over in his
grave.
If a woman can't And anything else to brag about her husband she will tell how
dignified he was when his landlord Insulted him. New York Press.
COST OF FAL8E NOSES.
People sometimes lose their noses by disease or by accidents, and some have lost them
In war. For noseless persons the most appropriate organs are said to be made of wax,
and the best ones cost about $175, though a really good one can be got for $75. A nose
made of paper mache may be bought for $5. Noses made of this material are enameled
and are deceptive, and for a poor man they are said to answer all the purposes that are
required. Waxen and paper noses are, in case of disease, preferable to ihose made by
the planting of the flesh on the diseased part, for several cases have been Known where tha
transplanting of the flesh, on theaose has todassered men's, Uyes London Tit-Bit1,
To the Editor of Tha Journal De
spite the characteristic display of evil
temper and discourtesy In the expressions of
the Oregonian concerning the Morrison street
bridge accident, It must be admitted that
there Is force and wisdom in its argument
that the people had no business collecting in
such numbers on a Portland bridge they
have had warnings they must not take It
for granted that a bridge In Portland will
sustain as many people as can stand upon It.
They should exercise a little forethought and
a private discretion in the matter and hasten
across without stopping In a place contigu
ous to other people. Neither need they ex
pect a police guard on the occasion of a
crowd to count the people and draw a rope
when the limit Is reached of that number
which a Portland bridge Is calculated to sup
port.
The "cornucopias" supplied by that class
(of whom the editor of the Oregonian ap
pears to be one) which assumes special
claims and attitudes as alone enjoying the
privilege of paying taxes, have other de
mands upon their contents, than attention, to
the mishaps of parasites who misapprehend
the relative duties of citizen and government;
and stop In numbers upon the bridges built
by these tongue lashing "taxpayers".
That there i a wrong somewhere is be
yond dispute, and these "parasites" should
consider themselves lucky, If, instead of col
lecting damages, they get off without paying
the county damages sufficient to reconstruct
the sidewalk and bridge section damaged by
their folly and temerity in trusting to any
thing constructed by our local government
performing Us customary functions. On the
street, they should, look out for fenderless
streetcars, and highwaymen; In the hotels
for thieves and confidence men, In their
homes and places of business for burglars
and murderers. At the breakfast table they
must prepare their consciences for the
vitriolic censure of the Oregonian and on the
bridges must not expect Immunity from
those exasperating laws that respect not
the plans nor predatory wants of any clique
or party or administration though It be com
posed of the . most meritorious people" on
earth. .
When the graft Is in such needs, common
citizens must not expect benefits from the
"cornucopia" for any damages or , physical
hurt, real or alleged. The indignation of the
graft that such is or may be claimed Is
natural if nothing else. I, suggest that
names be taken as far as possible of all peo
ple collected on the broken section of bridge
and that suit be instituted against them or
their heirs, for actual damages to the bridge, I ;
as well as to the feelings, temper and fears,
of those individuals claiming special priv
ileges In the "cornucopia of the public
funds." A CITIZEN.
BEER IN NEW FORM.
The latest necessary article of diet to be
reduced to convenient tabloid form Is beer.
The wandering Briton may henceforth be ac
companied by his beloved home beer to, all
parts of the earth.
A means has been devised of reducing and
preserving malt as a tabloid Jelly. All the
traveler has to do is to add water to dissolve
the Jelly as one would a soup preparation,
and there Is the beer, fresh as from an Eng
lish Inn.
A half-pint bottle filled with the Jelly Is
sufficient to make p. gallon of ale, and It Is
claimed that the beer is Immeasurably su
perior to that brewed from sea-borne malt,
which loses much of Its freshness In transit.
Io sort of temperature Ufects the bee
tabloid, and for colonial use the new co:
pany Is able to save one-half the cost of pro
ductlon to consumers, London Graphic.
WOULDN'T 8URPRISE HIM.
A traveling man boarded the train at
Mexico early one morning, en route to Jef
ferson City, only a few hours run, and com
plained about the slow time the train was
making. With a look that would crack ice
the conductor said: "You had better get off
and walk if the speed of this train does not
suit you. The traveling man said he would
but his folks didn't expect him uptll train
time. Kansas City Star.
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TACKLING TOUGH MEAT NOW.
The lambs having been shorn and quar
tered In Wall street, nothing now remains
for slaughter save aged rams and black
sheep. Pittsburg Dispatch.
An American 'woman who met Whistler,
the artist, a year or two ago, was amased
at the brilliancy of his wit and. the orig
inality of his character. "He was like no
other human being I ever knew," she says,
"a creature of moods and eulgrams, but al
together delightful. After an hour's chat
with him I felt as If I had been conversing;
with a flash of lightning."
. George J. Gould's marble and bronze
court and electrlo fountain at Georgian court,
in Lakewood, have excited the emulation of
royalty. The King of Slam has requested
the firm which furnished them to give an e-
tlmate on similar work Ave times as large
for the courtyard of his palace. 1 The prob
able figures will ba about $200,000. V
President Smith of Trinity College, New
Haven, will retire next year as head, of the
institution and will rer' ? a life pension of
$3,000 a year thereaftf
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