The evening world. Newspaper, October 18, 1906, Page 16

+. estcourt in this State should ex-| “_commilies, through Mr. Hughes, its! The Evening Daily LEER Ee aT ——~ sas ‘ 18, 19062. “Published by tho Press Publishing 'Oo., “No. § to 61 Park Row, Now York. Entered at the Poat-OMice at New York Second-Cinss Mall Matter. NO. 16,494. iF WE Da RUN OVER HiM WE WALL 200GE LiABurry gy SSEADING THAT We ARE A Finy ? SOND ORS: HEARST 15 | ( wituie i VELLY FINE BoSs! TION. By its decision in the 80-cent “gas case the, Court of Appeals de- nies the claim that any law which diminishes profits of''a public ser-) is presumptively It is indeed time that the high-| press the public opinion against the} ‘chaims made by the attorneys for the corporate m« Mes of, this | city, and (which have found support} in the decisions: of.justices of the lower. court in their favor. -Since-a-similar-procedure both | In legislation and in_ the litigation| wwhich would follow would be néc- | essary in the regulation of the busi. | ness. and the reduction of — the} charges: of other local monopolies, | it is well to summarize the succes- Sive steps of the gas matter The_Legislature if 1905 ap-| pointed a-j gating com-| mittee-to consider the questions aris- | ing from the existence of the mon-} opoly of light and power by the} Consolidated. Gas Compgay. This Runt over THAT LITTLE FELLOW, CHARLIE! Magazine; Yhursday, October Monopoly I.odge Campaign Auto. FELLOW ciTizens, ALTHOUGH 1 01D SAY Last YEAR THAT MY_COMPANION ON MY RIGHT OUGHT.TO BE IN SING BING AND WAS THE WORST CRIMINAL OF THEM ALL, I ASIC You To FOLLOW HIM BECAUSE. THIS , YEAR HE 1S FOR ME! maiear® MURPH IS THE FINEST! CHAUFFEUR WE EVER HAD S counsel, thoroughly went into the| history of the monopoly, its capital ‘of 80-<ent gas, issuing an ordér to that effect. This action was dupli-% -in_effect, and the case_has begun its slow gas, subject tothe -Consolidated—Gas “Company's Trust ares —profits-ate sd Big Wind, {n_ NEW YORK THROUGH ——— © ¥ Irvin §. Cobb Lhe Lament of the Thunder Lizard. d feces {3 a lot of sad politics in the stretch of {sl- and lying between Macomb's Dam Bridge and the other Bridge which 80 many Brooityn people call by the same name, merely leaving off tho “Macomb's” part. And one of the saddest sights‘in all that political panorama ts the dead volcano who still thinks he might spout. é —Hoe-nrhpunds—freely-in_cortaln hotel lobliles; also he “{e-ofton seen about campalen headquarters until some- body hands him a camphor-ball and tells him to hurry right home and hide in ‘the cedar chest before the moths get him. He §s getting on in years now—hlal pollshed gourd of thought might well bo the last masterpiece that the now obsolety dodo-bird achteved before she quit laying egss forever, bit his thirst fs still just as long as the length of his thorax and It southern con-@ nectfons. Ils only excuse for living {s the hope of a glorious resurrectlon— hh return fo those halcyon days of politics when money didn't do all the} talking. z : g : History tenches vs that thera was a time {n our political fe when thé voico canried some distance. If a man had been porn in the year of th Al County, Ark, and_ralsed on the Soynd, he was naturally) {7 qualified for honors, As a means unto the end of landing in the Unltedy States Senate a silvery tengue had a friendly understanding with -the- Standant Oll skinhed to a core. i Tay i NCOP Reig N-5+)-8 ae ¢ Goon! WeE'kix MAKE Tov GOVERNOR + fzation, the cost of producing gas corporations consolidated were prohibited by their charters from con | Doesn’tt bh UR club ts going to hav O don’t mind: my going? “Why, certainly not,’ do you ask mm __ "Why do T ask yout" erted Air. Can a merried man comb his hair mission? ~~ that several of the franchises had | expired, and that others had been forfeited by failure to comply with their restrictions. That left_the monopoly without-any tégat-exist— ence, i The investigation also disclosed | Successive’ stock waterings, and a j Teal investmentiof about $40,000,- The cost of producing and Sarr. never be abolished as long as mar “Now, you are going ta com Jarr. “What have I done that you s humor’ on ine? But I want to say to 3 spoken one truo word, Str. Jarr, and that 1 and slayery are the same thing! Women worked, cruclly trowted, unpaid slaves! I'm recognize It!’ "The women have ng for theln, UAvIng al} thes ; 000, distributing gas was fourd to be 43 j cents per 1,000 feet. The Com-) ae = mittee “reported—-that —75— cents a4 1,000 feet would‘ repay the cost of manufacture, allow for maintenance anireplacement of plant, and would gi iberal_profit on the actual. investment. The bill to carry these recommendations into effect was defeated in the Senate of 1905 by a combination of Republican and Democratic, Senators under the Jeadership of Senator McCarren, of Brooklyn. __ A,bill was passed to create a State Gas and Electricity Commission. This CSinmission conducted its own investigation and reported in favor it ensy enc Jarr, Gevit, working for them, ston!" “Yes, they do!” sneered Mrs. enough to ask my opinion bow about going cut to * nast: chance tm follow It up wit! $s OMe di your" sald Mr, Jarr, ; i tes ‘sult me, and tnsult-mo-cruelly!" rejoined Mrs. Jorr. Tget from you every hour-ot my |ifet What do you, fr. cou ave out nignt-atter night, emoking and arinking an HCHO at uaveahamed orsmHowamonlaiyounike ed tateals ould you Tike tt {fT tett- you ht and stayed out't camo home Intoxicated and ha been to tell ¥ ire #0 8n: Jarr. cated by the Legislature of 1906 passing an 80-cent gas bill, which the Governor signed, | ‘The Consolidatsd Gas’ Company at once went to the United States Circuit Court’ and secured an injunction restraining the State and city Officials from enforcing the 80 cént gas law. This injunction is now c c journey in the Federal courts, | avhich-several years hence will result-in a decision by the United States Supreme Court. | Meanwhile the Consolidated Gas ‘Company sought to "compel rs! nh things; why xious—to do 6 pn seventeen ' Odd Facts. Pec, MIENK,—the molo- ekg was theefirst man to drive a golf bull across the Victor o dunng-the rece als elms consumers to pay $1 for gas, thereby wholly disregarding the law of he British Association to South QE'AT LEAST G MONT s a y a ¢ law of this | of the | OLo! Tie Agi State. Many consumers refused, whereupon the Consolidated Gas Com-| A!s> Eee e tae : THROWN poNkey Milan pany began to cut off their gas. An injunction was sought by consumer in the State Supreme Court to ‘prevent this. His application was denied, The Appellate Division reversed the Special Term Justice, andthe Court of Appeals now sustains the reversal and tphoktstie = Sumer's right to an injunction, See As the decisions now stand, every consumer has a gas! tmperlal crown Is vale | R ued at $6,000. : newspaper An. Yann: screcnna words Col., pirat a right {6 80 cent ing the va thim-te ver Sf atabing. cents additional should the United States Court decide in its favor. 79) over Denver, 12) miles @Way-———- | cen Snrvsate, the world-re Las taken his inatrum It has been “Great—go: Tthrout frst nsktns per “Talk about human. slavery being abo! ages take plac: * sald) Mrs. 'T Ike to see you belng con t anything. You wouldn't have asked me now yy smoker-only. that you thought {t would be w splendid) h the Insults you have just heaped on mv FS don't y and electricity, the selling pric and the profits, : Meee : VT VW : NA It was proved that the monopoly itself was unlawful In that thi I H E JAR R FAM ILY oA ke solidation._It_was ‘also undisputed gextra: Mr, Jarr Goes toa ‘Smoker.’ Final Edition; No, He } a smoker to-night, You) chitdren, tha asked Mr, Jarr, replied Mrs, Jarr; “why that marriage) 4 sia ves—o allowed to put bis nose out of doors without first coming and asking permls- “And that's a'l| care about my feel n company ch things? 7 Leal houra andswhen youvasked: to see you sink yat-notl derata snarled | we By Roy L. McCardell Why don't you go ahead and do Jarr. "You're always saying such things, use I have too much respect for myse'f_and too much-respect’for my why 1 Mrs. Jarr. “Perhaps I would sult you better if I wr one of, that Tite tho kind of women men seen: to care for these da (and here Mrs: Jarr commenced to weep), “Rut 1 "Bec n't. Mr. Jarr, [ and, Ike all men when they are corners’, Mr. Jarr y out by n violent burst of temper. he exclaimed, ping up and down and pulling at hia such 8 woman? I don't know what you want to 3 like me to t cringing around you Ike a poodite his family {fT did! But I won't! I'm golng to stand up.for my rights. t-you forget tt!" “I won't haye any opr You won't lot me forget It," repited Mra |Jarr, “if standing up for your rights means making me miscrable and unhappy! t to break his w at Jehosahapha man ever » I suppose y there'd be pi Heri | 4! Rome poor] Fetes wept-wome-more; site| {Who's trying to make-you miserable and unhappy?” asked Mr. Jarr, seeing, | “AN Lasked you waa !f you cared | flenplte trie brave attes Ukr ait was tort, if I<went to the club to a smoker, and now the first thing I know you are weep- ing and accusing me of being a murderer!”* “Why should you ask me if you wanted to go out?" sobbed Mrs. Jarr. “You don't care to stay home of an evening with me, and rou know 1t!"* “Why, that's what T asked you!" sald Mr, Jarr. “I don't want to go to the |blooming old siioker. I'd sooner stay home-end talk with you! All I care for lik my home, even if you don't bniteve tt! “ t mind me," sald Mra. Jarr. "Go to the club.” stay home and keep company with you Just ike I used to when yo were cou So saying he te jhe was poker Dan [the childre:’s an unsel ¢ a book and lay down on the lounge, and In five minutes Mrs. Jarr_so staying home n » man {t's Edward Jarr." to herself, as mhe sat nearby darning d keeping me company? If there ever How ITS A HUH! GUESS WE KNOW TER SMOKE ALLRIGHT! A FAKE ABOUT yole Bal HO, 6 6.9 a ac MERCY! THESE CIGARS ARE FIERCE. HEY Hust ~ GEE! Fino HERE'S Some { CO DAD'S Sot CIGAR Wer TRY "Ent Y 2 Stop Laughing! male, wth suite] was merion n-Trust, the —Telephone—Trust every other-trust whosz wat : dent ipon disput question of, whether or_not th s Trustin th will of the peopl Letters from the People, CROAKIN' OH! TAAMAN! A Ribbon Problem. The Evening ¥ Ye on. odd feet rid: BRAHAM ath Bag DAMA! AMAL I'm SMOKIN MAKIN YER sick l! Des WELL WE LEARN Some THIN'EVERY, DAYITOTHINK THAT I GOTA DAD WOT SMOKES APIECE O ROPE rhe DAT! CEE! Wasn't 17 FIERCE? DO AIN'T AFRAID O! NOTHIN BUT THAT CABBAGE JUST PUT IT ALL. | OVER HIM! WELL WILLIE JONES Wont NEVER GE No TOBBACO FIENDI!! und one of the greatest sit record of his man has mu: | thrown inte A Real Marriage Lottery. : about October, a marriage aguadle girls -and—young—men. written on slips of papsr—and Rumal country, tn Indi The names of all the mar O want to get married ar rthen pots, Irom tt tHY year in ¢t Jottery in held Mf the circle w arat work. Ax to ff : x been f lishwoman’’ docs grisp th PVANGATy OM IBS © and ary fed Ji méial [othor by the local wine anan.’ This almply: dstormines the fact that the Rumat thon at ail. Tho t f of ‘Tha Exenine ining also Chomscal compounda for thelr’ pre: Hone) the boxes ave lisinl Naa venmel out and le ready to be m and the youth whose name {¥ Ket husbands x0 1 ts sat o labelled and dated, One isil ve opened fifty yelra from now and the other at! drawn agalnst ters thereby obtuins a letter of introduction, with authority to oF 0 get rid of t the end of a century. them, BLU GRADY, make love {mmediately, with what ardor and success, he Ja capable of. ¥ talk 7 wemant?-repled“ Mr, Jarr.“‘You- kidw I don't want You to do such LOE RTS: eiseenneaes |) j Thy do Fou do them, then?’ asked Mrs. Jarr. they are drawn against one an- | _the ttle red schoolhouse. The one who spoke the best plece got the copy of the Boy's Own Mirthday Gift Book from bis kind teacher, - A really superior orator made a nolse like running the scales when he ‘heaved forth a word of eight syllables, such as incomprehensibility. Fre- | quently fn the peroration-hé contd hold high © until the skingles warped. Whereupon the delegntes would buret into uncontrollable applause and {nominate kim for governor. It was before the use of eloctricity becal common—elocution was the motive power of the age. ‘But alas! geology proves that the glacial period came along and put vocal _Bronicsaurus out-of business In the Era of Polltical Cold Feet f— | the thunder-Hzard turned to a fossil. When cash registers, coln carriers land the checking system got popular fn politics and a convention got to jTesenzbling the bookkeeping department of a notions store,.the human geyser that had. been throw!lug lava, pumfce and hot rocks—and making money aut of {t—became an extinct geyser. He's been an ex ever since, ! | There ts no longer ‘any pronounced cal! for the veteran with the ‘Twas- ; Midnight-tn-INs-Grarded-Tent ‘style of delivery. The ‘seat of modern atesmanship has moved from the tonsils to the lower right hand pocket of the trousérs. 7 But at this season of the year as-the mute Demosthenes fs permitting: | potent arguments {n the Inrger denominations to exude from himself and’) jthe eloquence of the case-note ts heard {n the land, dear old Col. Thunder | Lizard crawls out of his niche in the everlasting granites and gees about, | making mili, bleating sounds tn the trustthat thera will_again bea call for gifted conversatlonalists, who survived the Crime of Seventy-three. THE FUNNY PART: There {s a funny part, but he doesn't see it. Betty Vincent's .2 w# —.# Advice to Lovers.!- and I'm to be married | Do you think I will be Poasman-r3 much siderthan: No Beau at Twenty-one. you. teat} nit ttor chance» of hap- © were younger, who canes marry hin had a beau? mn admit. she is noc She Is Too Old for Him. very com(ly, but) Dear netty don't you think! [AM « man twent the Lond should of age, and am tn lov hare entowe who-tu-te: girl fri \ whom haye beaux I-say from the bottom of my. heart, |!" “Dim so awfully bnélys* MIREAM. a Th 7 tho-courmer: ' i = = girl Is too old for you, } Benge. ito realize {14 come Interested in some y wenty-on' the beaux will eurely cofne, along. 2 A Vacation Romance, . She Loves a Manager. es Tear Tatty | Dear ete | AM a young lady of twenty sy pers es And || SeqVenten Kago-K-was introduced in n whom I judge to: ation. @ Ko lo the same pla twice _my_age. He « fay and as he lives there Ualwayemet, | was Jove at first sight with him and] jim, Ie always treats ma tnely: whens) isince Lhave known bim I have learned | ever I ace him and takes me out often. to love him and I have-given up all} 1 gemtiamen—tor—nim: neparnted-a-greatloal,-as he jg a treatrical mam Hew torte trerks +H#e-aileantod me to would like to know, Betty, now ; Domctind-ont e lores-me without ayy } ig —bim-—Jle-has never spoken of-to 7 TNE eae Hut ove | ried and with him, I would not Gtitimetksiaavenlen marry hin before Tie went away, am my | much—too early to— think —eerloualy _o | parcuts obj but they have given | love. By Walter A. Sinclair. (itshop “Fallows ways man's grudness depends on hin dlet.—News Item.) | Cupid's Cook Book. | Wi H, spare \the rod and spoll thé child," once ran the aged lesson; They never zald you'd spoil him with too much delicatessen, The cream-pufl paves the downward path, 'tls terriblo and flckle, re doughnuts, cakes and ples, likewise the wicked ptekie, bvis of our mosern times are centred In bum diet— At teuxt the Bishop sayy it's #o, gid who will dare deny tt?) i ~ ‘Tis hard reforming huoles erbes, whose table d‘hotes are rummy. o'nuke a hubby love ker wifle must reform his tummy f With milk and brown bread, butter pure and meat that's lean and tender. For fat of stringy braady of food domesiic fights engender, To rule a hustind thoroughly cach little wife is able, (‘The Bishop says, If witle only sets a proper table, {pan Cupid, dope a cook-bo0k out, avolding every horror, TAndas w chef.we know that you wil! beat out Mrs. Rorer, | prescribe the food that keeps us good and you'll accomplish wonders, Divorces will no longer vex when gone aro- cooking biunders. Let ‘awyers scowl and growl and howl as business gocs ker-funtmix, j And Wives will rule thelr husyands, not through hearts, but through th stomachs,