Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1894, Page 14

14. OTHER CAPITALS They are leased to companies, who keep in good repair, and, in addition, must Pave all the streets through which tney run, and pay over to the city a portion of i THE NATIONAL GUARD Loe — bh ae the as ~ ives an in ie Oo! 000, ad . : .. How They Are Governed and How |= tree “portion of its streets kept in per-| Toca] Soldiers Want a First-Class The expenses which are borne by the They Are Regarded. RECCGNIZED AS NATIONAL CITIES Armory. prestige. German industries generally do not pay one-half the taxes American in- WHA MPSO' dustries do. And real estate owners in T MAJOR THO N SAYS, Washington pay three times as much as | they would in Berlin. A home in Berlin valued at $10,000, producing a rental of 3000, used for industrial purposes, will pay in state, municipal, income and all not over $0 per annum. Aided by the State in Maintaining Their Prestige. Matters of General and Personal Interest. Vien Vienna prcbably gets less help from the government than any of the European cap- THE PRIDE OF THE PEOPLE |itals, which probably arises from the dual nature of the empire, the Hungarian part Not being willing to have any of their funds go to Vienna, since Budapest is their chief city. Nearly all the government funds not needed for military purposes go to sup- port the church establishment, the govern ment spending annually nearly $100,000,000 for that purpose. Notwithstanding | th heavy drain the state has aided both Vien- na and Budapest in an indirect way, and the help has been of great advantage, AN EXCITING CONTEST ON HE RECENT AGI- tation of the question of the relations of the general govern- ment to the District of Columbia suggest an investigation of the municipal govern- | Earnest, wide-cwake National Guardsmen armory, in which the entire brigade could | find accommodations, such as this brigade ed States can there be found finer :nateriai out of which to make first-class soldiers of the unprofessional sort considered in the light of result men who in very peer ath ory — government Has located th e respects can be made more efficient — mrepe, | ties at the capitals, maintaining + month than a large propor: of with a view of com-/dents and % teachers in Vienn moot the regular army could in nearly all of the staies students and 61 teachers were ‘esas at Budapest. ‘This feature, as the relationship | f), ‘seen. heips the capitals they bear to the cen-| qucing people to setile in tiem. that th p tral authority. may have for their children, tre I shall, as far as the limits of this article the fac: offered by parison, and to ascer- Mfetime. Jerable attention has been paid to this e stion of armorie: commen wealths pended in and in some of th ms have been ex t lities qill perm: ost There are oniy six cit pr ng every munici; it, give a summary of the form of | fats ‘having snore than I nhabitants, | a suitable building in which to store its pal government existing in the lead-| ong put two witn more 20.0), Vien- property and attend to indoor training. In ing European capitals and the methods by! na has about 1, 11,000), Budapest con- me SG Ate end aes in’ BORIenee® tains about ernment technical which are Ioeated in V1 ment sends annuaily equal to about $6, fails to the shar courts are supported by seven hools, two ‘The govern- | ceeds 4 florins, | buildings ich |} than a single gee ade that incl vattered a which they are aided by the state or gen- eral government. A description of the government of Lon- @on within the limits of a n2wspaper article {= wellnigh impossible, since it has been de- scribed as so full of anomalies and distinc- tions that to find an Englishman who can ex- | Courts for fino plain it is exceptional, and to a foreigner it| municipality. T Presents a hopeless task. One noble lord is on | pentongnre ot prea jorins, about =e: coli! ~rian tapaeedarah bin much the elty is almost entirely relieved of xpensé of criminal prosecutior Earl Fortesque, speaking of the relation- | “*P®"S* npr sh patos eEeieee akeeciasa see a trade Italy is undoubtedly the aay <a fcountry in Europe, and th ——— Joes Gent — haps teenie wes | with a complacency «truly remarkat was, he said, “imperium in imperio; is sictlee ie Rot prudent, nor in conformity with the Sen-| Minifestations wf disccatent wholly meow. eral eS ee of hgeraltary tio = porate | patible with the Italian nature. ‘The city of bes a ee ee j fs allowed by the governme: towa, especially the capital of the Brit- bia Set ae of Taleo od ‘e * ine : ish _empire—the huge metropolis, far the! one tax jevied within Its Itni largest city in the world, with its vast pop-| “ ch of which? éx- not one of these to shelter more In this eky a the cost of over town, even the most very far inferior 9 the commonest armories foynd in states a nod nount of interest by the authorities in the force from 1. in time of trouble so much will be Among those who would like to see armory in this city is Maj. Thompsen, who commands the en- ps. Says the major: 1 as one meihol to hard timgs to pro- of public baliding: building m eed- the D.C. 1k has been prof » the present cred with the erection is there one such ed th could be so elty's “t offices, a p |share must be considerable, since the | for the Distr uce Of ntorage ulation of more than four million souls, |. cunt gathered from that source in ‘nm! for public records until the t erec- qrowded round the seat of the imperial 1eg-| snonnted to $102,000.00. Home, while not | ti buildings for the: islature and the imperial government as if | the jargest city In Italy, is undoubtedly the | purposes. It must not be forgotten that there were nothing very special or excep- | richest. j the old armory, now app! the tional in its character or circumstances and Paris. | fish commissi ted and used as a requirements; as if it could be safely dealt} Paris is said to be the most beautiful eap-| District ar appropriation for with on the same principles as other great so by the very itb-| as passed by the towns in the kingdom; as if it ought to be | eral policy of the French government. Paris | wpproved March constituted into a county, or city, like any | is the pride of the French nation, us Wash- | “the care and other, differing from the rest in litt'e else| ington should be of the ‘ms and ac- . a «| ee o United States, required than in its size. It would, indeed, be not | ‘The most liberal conces: granted | Ba re veltuiteare ana aullty Of enly ungracious, but futile and unreason-| the city by the gove t and the people | strict of Columbi:, the eare and pres- able. Thesystem of local government in| cheerfully acquiesce, since they know ation of anilitary trophies and for the London is extremely complicated. burden would be too gre The inhabitant of a borough lives in a} pality. First the octr four-fold area—namely, in the borough, in| city, the amount in 18s) being over the parish, in a union, aad in a county—| (0,006 francs, equal to & 1,000, Besides Bone of which is coterminus, unless by ac-| this the xovernment grants abou and pay rates to all of them, viz., the local | d model arms. t on the x is given to th vait of newly Mars | entire tiseal yea | for peacerul purposes it is better to leave it so, us ptobably by this time, like the an- | are asking themselves why the District | treops have not been provided with an | deserves to have. Nowhere in ali the Unit-| s every arm of the sery-| > aiford room | board, the vestry, the union, the burial board, the quarter session, the school board and the highway district. Happily the rates are gathered by collectors, since if he had to form one of a line, as I have seen around Collector Davis’ office, he would spend a large part of his life paying taxes. Su- preme over all is the local government board, the president of which is a member of the cabinet. Then comes the county ounty council, the members of which elect the aldermen and the aldermen elect the lord mayor. The council cannot build a main sewer. That is done by government, and each town, suburb or borough, through which it passes, pays a fixed amount for the use of it. This is necessary, since the towns so closely join each other, that the sewers are of great capacity, and run for twenty miles or more before they find a _ Suitable outlet. How London’s Expenses Are Borne. in England and France the injustice of compelling “the inhabitants of the capital, where the seat of government is located, to bear its entire expense, is clearly recog- nized, and substantial aid given. To ascer- tain the full amount of the cost of govern- ing the city of London is difficult. The di- vision of the expense between the munici- pality and the government is so interwoven as to make separation well nigh impossible. We may, however, reach an approximate idea of the amount by stating the several | things which are cared for by the state and | paid for out of che national treasury. The Metropolitan police supported by the gov- ermment musters 15,035 officers and men, and is divided into twenty-two divisions, of which one division does duty on the river ‘Thames, and five divisions care for the dock yards; the pay of the six divisions thus as- signed being paid out of the appropriation forthe navy. The chief receives the sum of $10,500 per annum, more than the general commanding the United States army, and @s much as the Chief Justice of the Su- preme Court of the United States. He has several assistants, two of whom receive 36,000 apiece; the men receive about $300 per annum. There are fifteen police court stations supported by the government. The lord mayor holds court in one. The judges | im each of the others receive about $7,500 per annum. The fire brigade is largely sup- ported by the state, and cost, in 1892, £155, “9, equal to about $750,v0U, ‘of which @mount the insurance companies contrib- uted £32,063. There are a great many fine parks in London, some kept by the city and others by the state. The Royal Park cost £00,643. The government collects from the | people a tax known as the local rate (a/ jarge part of which goes to London). In| “92 it amounted to £7,507,565, nearly $40,- 000,000. ‘The cost of governing the city of | London ts about £38,000,000 a year. Of this | amount the government subvention, as it is called, amounted to about $9,000,000, al- though the British government does not = oot Rahn jand in London, as is e case wi e federal government in Washington. Se Bert ‘The government of Berlin ts simple and direct in all its parts and illustrates in the highest sense the intelligence of the people. The first leading principle is the formation of @ permanent court of aldermen apart from the town courcil. Now, this court of aldermen may consist of any number of men, just as the council may determine, Nearly one-half are paid members of the court and the others are unpaid, the law re- quiring the greater number to be unpaid members; and in the present court the un- paid members have two majority, there be- ing fifteen paid to seventeen unpaid. Their functions are very important and their pow- er great. The paid members consist of the heads of departments, who give their whole time to their duties; the unpaid members are generally wealthy citizens who are e pected to give their time to the public, but, of course, are not held to strict account like the paid members. The paid members are elected by the town council for twelve years and resemble in their duties our collector, assessor, auditor, building inspector, health officer, attorney, plumbing inspector, super- intendent of sewers, &c. The unpaid alder- men have their duties apportioned in the same way, and to an outsider their business | seems to be to see that the paid fellow does his duty. The court of aldermen is presided | ver by a mayor (oberpurgermeister), who is | thosen by the council for a term of twelve ears, but his selection must be approved by the emperor. | He is paid about $7,500 a year, and 1s an | wficer of great power and dignity. Ail yower of appointment is exercisei by own council, which consists of 125 mer vers, elected by the electors. Let us tow the state assists the mun‘cipa First, the government has given to wie sity a magnificent park of 600 acres (Thier- arten), which is said to be worth abvut 5,000,000. Further, the government rt mins for Berlin he whole ex he public fu! round h that the 1 gove | by twenty-eight, but Ives agaia t pays over 5,000,000 francs us its s maintaining the city police, a large 7 of the cost of the fire brigud: francs due from the state In virt agreement made as fur buck compilation made in 1894 it w of 193,500,000 franc 3,000,000 was obtai. The discrep: . able willingness of the F glorify the capi settle there. were built by the state, under Baron Hansmann, who did for the city of Pari Shepherd undertook for \ 1852 the work of remodeiing Ps gun. half of which was to be borne by the In 1854 the Rue de Rivoli and the vards de Sebastopol and Strasburg were opened right through the most populous and busy quarter of Paris, cost of $20,000,000, the state to bear one- third, but as the surplus mater!al and plots of ground sold for $5,000,000 the city es- caped by paying $4,000,000. When in 1855 it was proposed to borrow $12,000,000 it w carried almost unanimously. When in IS7 projects of improvements in the way ot widening streets, erecting great and various enterprises to i prove and beautify the city were proposed the state at once agreed to bear one-third of the expense, only stipulating that its share should not be greater than the third. The work cost $88,000,000. At this the gov- ernment Kicked, and paid $10,100,000. Paris there were in 1% 1,629 between two and six six and thirteen year: tendance in the schoo 38 pupils of every grade. and for each child the state allows $4. so it may be readily seen that Paris in all her splendor is not the creati of the people of Paris, but reflects the power and prestige of the government of France. All the magnificent parks, for which Paris is famous, were established and beautitied under Baron Hansmann, and the government bore a large part of the expense. The further I pursue my in- vestigation the more [ am convinced of the correctness of my statement that Wash- ington is not specially favored through its relations with the general government. DANIEL MURRAY, => } if buildings IT WAS A CLOSE GAME, Ives Defeats Slosson at Chicago by 600 to 562. The last game but one of the billiard tournament at Chicago was witnessed by a meager audience last night. As on Thurs- day evening, many visiting New York- ers were present out of compliment to George Slosson, whose turn it was again to meet the young Na- poleon of the billiard world. After winning the bank the “Student” led off with a miss, while Ives picked up nineteen and went out on a cross-table shot. In the next round it was one apiece, and in the next it was only a triffe better. It was a decid- edly ragged opening, but after Ives Lad gathered in fourteen on the fourth inning, missing on a wild two-cushion com the “Student” began to play billiacis, seor- ing thirty-nine and thirty-eight in succes- rin between, twelve in the seventh round, brinsin: innings up to an even 100, and then r on a masse. Ives could not coral more than eight, while in the eighth rounl he picked up seven to Slosson’s five, and missel on a short draw that might have beer made by the veriest amateur. When it came his turn for the tenth inning Ives began to show his form. The spheres favored him, returning to the corner time and again after the longest shots, aad one after an- other was placed to his credit, until he had gathered in 124, the best run so far cf the night, and which put him seventy-six in the lead. He failed on a short cushion, but Slosson could only pick up five and Ives a single one. Two goose eggs represent the eleventh in- ning. Slosson started out well in the twelfth, and might have made a big run had he put a little more force into a cross- table shot, falling short but a hai breadth. After collecting fifty-nine. majority by means of the limited an Ives fell short under just such an exa ating miss as had his opponent a mo: before, and the audience sent up a sy thizing sigh. For the next few innings both men played badly, although Ives gained sligh on the man "from Manhattan. In th> twenty- fourth inning, when Slosson’s score stood at 456, Ives ted him on the ‘rcy-first shot, and the house, which had by tnis time fair- ly filled up with sporting m. nd people from the theaters, ally. The three hours, Ives, 485; Slus- son, 456, with Ives still playing. Ives kept pegging away until he had bag- ged a total of 104, when the balls scattered and he went out on a bank, having reached and passed his opponent by sixty-thr-e. In the twenty-ninth inning Sisson ceeded in reducing the balance against ook a and won by a score of 600 to S82. tee lead May Not Be Enough for Both. tpparent cx twenty- ive Perlin ha t down a vast sy om & wamways belonging to the city From Puck. First Lawyer—“What do you think of tax? the inheritance nt to knoy In case of a disputed will, does the government expect to come in be- fore the lawyers?” {| wh | | at an estimated | Well, there's one thing | n ancient and fi th on tructed on a national imaging tion ‘Homer’ as to é not | approved models. | guardsman but take fig will court uh hole guard could be in- spected and mustered, engine with pon- ‘con trains, artillery, cavalry and all else. rifle gallery at is im the stles in the for a D.C. N. G. armory; ‘immediately availa- nd agitate an appropriation for ble General orders : orable discharge of two officers: Capt. Allen B. Raymond, com- |pany €, fourth battalion, and First Lieut. Leonard C. Wood, quartermaster, third battalion. 31, the dishonorable discharges of the fol- | lowing named enlisted men were revoked: Corporal Alexander Mason, company D, separate battalion, Private Clarence company C, second battalion, ucker, jr., company yn Vi says that the following- dishonorably discharged from the National Guard during the same quarter: ames W. Barnes, private, company B, battalion; William A. Boyd, private, irst battalion; James R. Clark, cornpany A. ond battalion; Ed- . private, company B,’fitth n; Daniel F. Green, pany b, engineer corps; John Hammond, vate, company R, fifth battalion; George H private, company B, fifth battal- Hunter, sergeant, company A, ulion; Austin J. Jarboe, private, H, first battalion; Abbott E. Jones, second battalion; Fred ton; second company private, company Knowles, private, company BP, fifth bat- talion; A. B. Marburg, private, company |A, second battalion; J. F. Meunster, private, jcompany A,second battalion; John R. Nalls, company A, second battalion; Clar- en Proctor, private, company A, second battalion; Dennis P. Quill, private, com- pany B, fifth batalion; George W. Schulze, private, company B, fifth batalion; John M. Smott, private, company A, first batalion. Among the Engineers. As indicative of the interest felt by offi- cers of the regular army in the progress of the National Guard, Lieut. Col. William R. King, commanding the United States engineer battalion at Willets Point, N. Y., bas furnished to the library of the engi- neer corps, D. C. N. G., a beautiful and instructive series of photographs {llustrat- ing the actual practice of the construction of military and pontoon bridges, and also the effects of high explosives. As far as privat nishing him with a set of photographs showing field-day work of the D. C. engi- neer corps. Captain W. H. Ireland of company B, engineer corps, with his company, during last autumn carried on quite an extensive field practice in the sending of messages by the use of the heliograph, the United States signal service kindly loaning for awhile a set of instruments for such pur- pose, The tireless captain will never rest until he can steal the light of the sun with a set he can claim as his own. e A homing pigeon loft is being bullt at corps headquarters under the direction of Surgeon Munson. The corps now has a number of experts in “homers,” of whom Samuel Wallace of company B has even a national reputation. Gallery Practice Next Week. During the coming week rifle practice in the brigade gallery is to be conducted in accordance with the following schedule: Monday—Company B, third battalion. ‘Tuesday—Company C, fourth battalion. Wednesday—Company D, sixth battalion. ‘Thursd: Company D, second battalion. Friday—Companies A and B, fifth bat- talion. Lerten B, first separate bat- talion. Notes, The rifle gallery will be open every day, except Sunday, from 3 to 6 o'clock p.m., for voluntary practice. Ammunition will be furnished on the payment of 1 cent for each round. An inspector of rifle practice will be in attendance, and, on request, will certify scores to the captains of companies to be credited as part of the required prac- tice. On Tuesday evening next the Richard Brinsley Sheridan Dramatic Company, which is under the wings, so to speak, of the fifth battalion and Phil Kearny Camp of Sons of Veterans, will give its second dramatic entertainment at National Rities’ Hall. The company is in many respects a remarkable one, the program is excep- tionally good, and a large audience 1s con- fidently expected. Company C, fifth battalion, has elected as captain, First Lieut. Guy E. Jenkins, who has rendered the battalion such excel- lent service as adjutant. The promotion ts regarded as being one of the most mert- torious in the history of the battalion. Lieut. Shilling, company B, second bat- talion,is stirring things up in his command. | He is ridding the company of a great deal of thoroughly useless material, and on n center of the! First a ball or conereted | Paragraph V of the same order states | that during the quarter ending December | named eniisted men, eighteen in all, were | private, com- | possible a return has been made by fur-/ | solid foundation proposes to build up an organization of which no one need be ashamed. West Vigiria National Guardsmen are very much interested in a case that is soon to come up in the state courts. A few days since W. Bradford Hiteshaw, a member of company E, first regiment, state national guard, was arrested on a warrant charg- ing him with being delinquent to the extent of $3U in fines for being absent from the state encampment last summer. The case is a test one, as about thirty members of the guard failed to attend the en- campment, and have refused to pay the fines, as provided in the military law of the state. Hiteshaw* was almost immediately released on a writ of habeas corpus grant- ed by Judge Jackson, and the constitution- ality of the law will be tested. Cc. L. Himebaugh has resigned his posi- tion as acting first Neutenant and inspector of rifle practice for the provisional battal- jor. consisting of the first and second sep- | arate companies and light battery A. Lieut. | Himebaugh is on duty for the pension office in Indiana and has been absent on leave {tor the past three months. He will prob- | ably be succeeded by a member of the first separate company (troop A). A communication received from Gen. B. W. Spencer states that the medals won by the brigade team when they captured the interstate trophy of the National Rifle As- sociation are now being made by Tiffany, und will be forwarded in a Kite while. AS #oon as these decorations come the brigade team will be assembled some fine afternoon Jand, with the trophies they won at Sea | Girt, will be photographed. | BE: | Interest in the forthcoming match be- , tween teams of ten from the + nd the engineer corps is incres nd by the evening of the : quite 2vth in- stant— the competition will take place \- eltem: promises fo be at fever ‘heat A record score of not less than out Of a possible Suu is confidently looked ‘or. > BALL Gossip, BASED | Efforts of the ‘enms io Strengthen Themselves, ‘ ! jare hopeful Manaxer Barnie [lend hr If Kiehardson is secured it | proba) fer mg | Danny be secured h f will ould would be pk ‘dat |short. With an jd composed of Bil | brown, PteiYer, Richardson and and | with TWitcheil, Tom Brown and | O'Rourke in the outfield the Colonels ought ‘tim jcertainiy be in the hunt this s | ST guess,” remarked Pre get banny at she the people how . “if we We will be able to show infield can ' the be he doesn't 1 | to the bat. ‘Pr the worst kind of foolishness, ‘The ideal ball player is a ma who is weil up in ev the game, not ore who on ne long suit, and Is otherwise ne Danny is a fast {man all rowna, the player we | want.” At will be remembered that Barnie was the one Who inauced Richardson to ieave New York. has rod, he's just ial dispateh trom Bo ton ad clap, W lor Snort pwp Long, was nt tor nor Cle ew ieré ror ton catcher, who | tor ma A friend of M |taxen, m tne > hacenaing hun }for as a mater task sinary ou une! snarts of atte imperturbahie ton to busme: npted ridicu 2 and mance py and strict atten- because the iocal | management ed for signing | broken-aown ha of strengtnening | the nife, as was being done in all otner cities. ‘Ihe only excuse oifered for ar. [Schmelz is that he cannot do worse than | has been done before. Manager Irwin a scheme to reduce weight in ball players, which he proposes | to iry on the members of the Philadeiphia | team. He ts going to put in sweat boxes at the grounds. The boxes will be heated by steam, and will be low enough to allow a |man’s head to project wnen m a situng | position, thus aveiing the injurious effect | or breathing the foul air of the sweat box. A man to rub the players down after their sweat will be engaged, and in this way it fis hoped to get the heavy-weight members of the team into something like condition by the opening of the season. These vapor baths are highly commended by Trainer who introduced them at the university with markedly beneficial effects upon the foot ball candidates, When the official averages for were issued there were only tweive players in th: league who had averages better than 300, jana the highest notch was just 35 points above the figure. This year President Young than sixty-four players who are in that class, while twenty-one of them have pass- ed the "02 high mark of 325, which was | shared by both Childs and Dan Brouthers. ‘The following stern League contracts have been appreved With Binghamton—-C. L. Tierney, M. s. Roads, C. J. Conley, William O’Brien, Frank Long, D. Sweeny. With Buffalo—Frank J. Boyd, Patrick J. Muinall, A. Weddige, W. J. Clymer, W. L. Hoffer, With Springfield—Phillip Nadeau, T. J. Sheehan. Thanks to his wife's prudence, Bennett, the catcher, has saved about $20,000. He still suffers great pain, but his friends state that there are no longer any symptoms of a fatal termination resulting from the great shock caused by the amputation of both |legs. His wife is helping care for him. John Clarkson, the Cleveland pitcher, is also with him. They had planned an ex- tensive hunting trip and would have started in a few days. Bennett can scarcely speak of his great misfortune without weeping | bitterly. George Haddock yesterday accepted the terms offered by Manager Irwin, and Will wear a Philadelphia uniform next season. ——___+ e+ ____ TOO BRUTAL FOR ENGLAND. Foot Ball in America Made More Dan- gerous Than Abroad. It appears to be the fact that the foot ball mania in the states is even more ar- dent than it is here, says the Manchester Guardian. University matches, like that between Yale and Princeton, are played in New York, and the gate money at the last match amounted to $50,000. The brutal vio- lence with which it is played in the states cannot justly be laid at the door of Rugby. ‘The Americans have spoiled and brutalized the Rugby game by a change which would make an old Rugbeian exclaim with horror —this is the “interference principle” or the “flying wedge.” Mr. Walter Camp, the great American authority on the game,will explain. “When,” he says, ‘‘a half dozen good, solid fellows get in motion, and concentrate their force and weight, running at full speed, against one, two, or three men who are able to get under but partial headway, and who are obliged also to look for the man with the ball coming behind this mass, the shock is pretty severe, and, repeatedly practiced, will use up even the stoutest and pluckiest.” In other words, says the Guardian, every one of these good, solid ruffians is “off- side,” and is violating the vital and all-im- portant rule of Rugby foot ball. The pre- eminent beauty of the Rugby game is the half back play, and this infernal invention of the “flying wedge’’ must go far to crip- ple and destroy it. The game thus becomes incomparably more dangerous and brutal than with us. It is the affair of American athletes, and no doubt the reforming party will prevail. All that Englishmen are con- cerned to insist upon is that the present American game is not foot ball as we know it in this country. — see A Counter Fad. From Puck. Primus—‘‘We hear much about the ab- surdities of fashion; but most fashions have some basis in reason.” Secundus (sarcastically)—‘What, may I ask, is the philosophy of carrying our canes upside down?” Primus—"That's easy. It's to break dudes of the habit of sucking them.” | Coast a disposition to pr | who was put off a way train at ever THE EVENING STAR; SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. RAILWAY TRAMPS The Western Article is Different From His Eastern Namesake. TROUBLE THEY GIVE RAILWAY TRAINS Some Interesting Experiences on a Trip Across the Plains, NERVE AND PERSISTENCY |‘ HE CALIFORNIA newspapers say that the Southern Pacific railway managers have resolved on more | vigorous measures to rid their road of the tramp nuisance. I do not wonder at it. The railway tramps of the far west are a class by themselves. on one of the Pacitic | ing, it is safe to say, one-half as many tramps as paying passengers. Going over the Siskiyou mountains a few years ,ago our train stopped four times within a dis- | tance of twenty miles to “comb out’ the tramps. They were under the cars, on top of the cars, hanging to the platforms, rid- ing on the cow catcher--everywhere, in short, where human fingers could close a grip. They were more decently clad aund better looking, as a rule, than the tramps We see in the east. 1 ¥ told by an ex- periencea ri road man that most of these fellows are mechanics and laborers of re- spectable untecedents who have diifted westward in search of work, spent their money und been compelled to resort to this ragged-edge sort of life in order to | make t home again. Some of quire a habit of tramp- taste for it, ady "0 that they are ua- | employment, bat others place Ul they titted fe s steal rides from place to strike a job, then settle down and become reputable newly and tiled Well-to-do ct communities ens. In the of the other into one’s neigh- not encouraged, and the man bor's past f | Who begins as a ride stealer does not have to live down his record, as he would at this end of the country. A member of gress from a western state, who has made something of a national reputation for himself, once told me in confidence that ws a young man he was a champion tramp and train nuisance. One Tram: I remember of * Persisteney. fellow, I saw in Oregon, sta | tion between Roseburg and Salem, but Who aiways contrived to get aboard within a minute or so after his expulsion. He was | bound to go to Salem, and frankly said as much to the f train hand who tackled him, and he accomplished his pur ‘pose. Hav- 1 have seen a train) ~ coast railroads carty- | { Ceres Flour lakes “Tore”? Bread, “Lighter” Bread, “Whiter” Bread, © i 1 ORB® che beight or) aC Elves aoapie room for the “Sweeter”? Bread, tng “ot clothing. "The five" small “Healthier” Bread, “Better” Bread THAN ANY OTHER FLOUR. some one has missed for the want of a little . andl an opportunity like i itis shoud ‘aot be pat Vhetber ! you buy. tate ore a. come over and 'W.B. Williams, Furniture, Carpets, &e., 7th & D Sts. N.W. ‘ We guarantee everything we sell to be as repre- | sent “if you see It in our ad. it's sv." Johnson Luttrell, 713 Market Space. Only 35¢. a lb. “Matchless Creamers” tere eteee tees Commanding Bargains. RESULT IN —from business a8 soon as we can sell our stock of Flue Shoes. Every single pair tas been marked down to close. NECESSITY COMPELS us to wine the biggest Shoe bargains of your life. $1.50 Children's School Shoes, to close, 0 Misses’ School Shoes, to close, 2,000 yards of odds and ends of Dress Goods, Wiit Bryan ot the Pennsylvania University, | has figured it out that there are no less | | ing formerly worked on a railread, he knew all the ticks of the trad | he erawled in ra car | trucks. When overed there he walked of as if sat . only train and crawl in again on the other side, He was next caughi riding on the roof. , + Then he climbed up the rear of the tender and stretched. himself out so that he looked j ike a log of wood. Discovered there, he secreted himself under the step of the lo- comotive eab, and, when the train was on a | sti up-grade, so that it could not very | well be stopped, he mounted to the cab} | and impudently offered his services to the {engineer as assistant fireman. Next he | tried the trucks once more, and so on. A Lenp From the Train, The manner of his final leave-taking was | startling. Having been discovered on the roof of the first car just as we were draw- ing near Salem, he was chased by one of the angry trainmen down the roofs of the | cars to the rear end, skipping from car to | car like a monkey. At the tail of the train | he horrified his pursuer by taking a flying leap from the roof down into a gully at the side of the track. The trainmen signaled | the conductor, the engine sounded “down | brakes!" and in a few minutes we were | backing to the scene of the perilous exploit. | The courts of Oregon at that time were, dealing very seriously with accidents on } | railways, and even tramps, were considered | | as having rights that must not be arifed | | with, so the idea was to pick up the jumper ! and carry his corpse to the undertakér'’s in Salem or his broken bones to the nearest | hospital. The conductor, brakemen and all | hands, except. the engineer and fireman, | jumped off and hastened to the rear of the | train, peering into the gully as they ap- | proached it, to get a first glimpse of the | victim, Fancy their mortification at espy- | ing him presently seated on a grassy bank and engaged in lighting his pipe, with the to go around the caimness of a householder by his own fire- | side. | “Anything the matter?” he called out, | with a chuckle R you in his voice. hurt?” shouted the ead mp. “Who said he was goin’ ter hurt me? . Sent the Train Ahead. The conductor sputtered out some phrases | with which I shall not decorate this page | and the whole crestfallen crew started to return to the train. Once more the trathp’s | spirit of impudence overcame him. He was perched high enough on the bank to be in full view of the engine. The train's crew, on the contrary, were crossing a depres- sion where they were hidden. He sprang |to his feet, and, calling his old knowledge of railroading to his aid, waved his arms | in the air with the signal meaning: “Go ahead!” The engineer, mistaking him for a trainman, sounded his whistle in response and the train started. Then the tramp | threw himself down on the ground and roared with merriment as he watched the crew scramble over ecch other in trying to catch the platform of the hindmost car, while the mystified and alarmed pass: gers poked their heads out of the windo' no cne understanding the situation well enough to pull the bell cord. The first member of the crew who climbed aboard, of course, brought the- train to a stand- sull again and enabled his companions to re-embark with more dignity. I recall another incident In my western travels, in which tremps played a most creditable part. Two of them had been put off a Denver and Rio Grande train a |few miles east of Salida, Col., and had seated themselves urder a tree to escape a jrain which had begun to fall, when a! clcudburst—one of those dreaded visitants | which are not infrequent in that region— deluged the hillside a few yards away, scooping out a trough and burying the railway track several feet deep under earth, gravel and small boulders. Both Were Warned. From the windows of our train, which had crossed the great divide on its way eastward that morning, we had seen the pecullar cloud formatiox strike the side of the mountain and disappear among the trees, but nobody suspected its effects. As the road had a single track, we waited at jtrain to pass us on the siding, and then, concluding that it had been detained at the next station beyond, our conductor | ventured to move us cautiously forward, whistling sharply all the while. Suddenly a man was observed on the track a short distance ahead of us, energetically waving his coat as a signal to stop. On halting our engineer learned from him that he was one of the tramps just mentioned, and that his | comparion had gone eastward while he went westward to warn approaching trains of their danger. He was taken abourd the engine and we went slowly ahead to the scene of the washout. Here we found that, tharks to the intelligence of our tramp's comrade, the west-bcund train had been stopped and sent back for a carload of shovels, picks and men. In a little while laborers, train hands and passengers were all merrily at work digging out the track. The. other train then backed up to the nearest siding and we went on our way re- Joicing, not, however, till we had lined the pockets of our protectcrs with plenty of cash and they had been taken aboard with the promise of a free ride as far as | they wanted to go. L. Salida several hovrs for the west-bound |* “Fhilips’”" Ladies’ Slippers, to 3G and 38 Inches wide, comprising gouds valued close, $148 and $1.20. frog: 2c. te SG, per yard, marked to close, Ze, Not cue, but a hundred other bar - lustead of Ste. for the choice of a lot of calas- come early Monday Morning. abd Fancy Dress Goods that were S0c. and W. 3. DALTON & CO.. a yard. Fa instead of $1 a yard for Imported Novelty —— . ‘Suitings. = Black Goods. instead of Suc. a yard for 38-inch All-wool Henriettas or Serges. Gli. instead of T5c. a yard for 40-inch Pure Wool Hindoo Serges. fSe. instead of $1 a yard for 46-inch Henriettas, Whipcords, Bengalines, Serges, &e. Flannel Waists. ‘ instead of $1 for Boys’ All-wool Blue Shirt Valsts. $1 instead of $1.50 for Bors’ Best Quality Fla hel Shirt Wests, in blue, browa and gray, size: 4 to 14 years, Umbrellas (At lower prices than similar goods have ever been offered under any circumstances. SSe. instead of $1 for 26-inch English Gloria Umbrellas, warranted to wear. $1 instead of $1.25 for 26-inch Silk Serge Um- brellas. $1.25 instead of $1.50 for 26 or 28-inch Silk Serge Umbrellas. $1.68 instead of $2 for 26-inch Silk Gloria Um- | brellas, in navy or black. Finer grades at equally reduced prices. Fur Sets FOR CHILDREN AT SACRIFICE PRICES. $1.75 instead of $2.50 for White Angora or Thibet Sets. $2.75 instead of $4 for White Angora or Tuibet Fur Sets. And our entire stock of Dry Goods, Cloaks, &., at cost, and in many instances less thaa cost. Johnson Luttrell, , 73 Market Space. “Equitable”’ Credit System offers. It's an installment plan—but bas been purged of all the bugbears. We give you the Furniture, Carpets, Draperies and Stoves you select—when you select them—sell them to you at cash ptices—and wait to get our pay 1m weekly or monthly driblets. 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