'lHlTZER A"TlCKED I . l _ I o Theodore Roosevelt’s Strong State- ments About the Editor. HE DOES NOT MINCE WORDS. New York Police Commissioner Excoriatel l‘he “’orld’s Proprietor and Sup- ' plies Figures In Support of His Assertions. NEW YORK, March 19. - President Roosevelt of the police board today gave out the following statement on behalf Of the. board. It was previously submitted by him at the board meeting, discussed and adopted as an expression of the opin- ion of the board of police commissioners. The article has created a great sensation. It is as follows: To the Board of Police Commissioners: It is always a question how far it is necessary to go in answering a man who is a convicted liar. For the same reason it is a little difficult to decide whether it is necessary to take notice of any state- ment Whatever appearing in Mr. Pulitzer’s paper. the New York World. It is possi- ble, however, that there are a few people who are misled by its noisy and circum— \ ‘ RR": THEODORE ROOSEVELT. stantial mendacity, and because of this it is worth while once for all to expose it. It would be quite impossible to catalogue and refute every false statement The World makes, because that would need the daily publication of a sheet very nearly as large as The World itself, and most of its slanders are made so loosely that they can only be met by a general denial. But on Jan. 20 The World was sufficiently un- wary to commit itself to a definite state- ment. It gave, with date and place, what it called “a talogue of the principal highway robberies and burglaries of the preceding 50 days, ” so as to prove that crime was increasing in this city and the police were inefficient. It enumerated 45 .cases in all. In four The World’s state- :ments were true. The remaining cases 1can best be disposed of by arranging them in parallel columns, one containing The World’s statement, and the other the act ual facts of the case. Of course where the fcriminal was either immediately arrested or else driven off so quickly that the stolen property was forthwith recovered the fact redounds to the credit of the police depart- ment. (Here follows the list referred to, which is of purely local interest.) “’ithering Sarcasm. It thus appears that of the 45 highway robberies, burglaries, etc., reported by The World for the 50 days, just 4 were genu- ine; in other words, the World’s statement contained a little less than 9 per cent of truth; asomewhat unusually large per- centage of truth for The World, as most of 1 accounts of burglaries, robberies and t e like do not even have this slender foundation in fact. Mr. Pulitzer’s paper (lees not even do well its own disreputable business. There is always a risk, where the reporters of a l 'fap'éi' are paid to lie, whenever the editors of‘ the paper think that falsehoods still serve their purpose better than truth, that they will finally grow to think it easier to invent untruths out of the whole cloth rather than to try to find out a few facts on which to base their superstructure of falsehood. A careful examination and tabulation of the number of felonies committed and the number of felons arrested during the time specified, as compared with“ the cor- responding period for the previous year, show the following results: From Dec. 1, 1894, until Jan. ,‘20, $95, under the old '. It? \\ ‘ Wt” ‘ , ”a, v.;\ u \I/llg 71/! '11: / ' ’4 .1.- .".""."// ¢////://7 4 ' . “g // (14* JOSEPH PULITZER. administration of the police department, 1,083 felonies were reported as committed in New York, and 782 felons were arrest- ed. From Dec. 1, 1895, until Jan. 20, 1896, under the present board, 911 felonies were reported‘and 847 felons arrested. In other words, under the present ad- ministration for the very 50 days covered by The World’s article, the number of fel- onies committed diminished by 16 per cent, and the number of felons arrested increased by 15 per cent. It would be im- possible to desire a more striking proof of the increasedefiiciency of the police. Blighting Contempt. ,1. This efficiency has been attained in spite of the industrious service rendered to the criminal classes by The World [in its efforts to persuade all of its readers who - are crooks to take up their abode in New York. ‘Unquestionably these efforts have had a certain effect. The World has an extensive circulation among the criminal classes, and some of them have been influ- enced by its falsehoods, so that it has ren- . dared a little more difficult the task of the police in preserving order and protecting life and property. The board, however, has always counted upon the hostility of the criminal and semicriminal classes and *Adveri-ise in the GAZETTE. ' I ’1‘ apolog‘sts, whether in the newspapers or elsewhere, and, in spite of this hostility. it has not only introduced the principles of honest administration into the depart- ment, but has warred more successfully against criminals than has ever previously been the case. On one other occasion Mr. Pulitzer’s paper committed itself to important state— ments which were easy of certification. This was in an article which covered its first and second pages on Dec. 16. This article contained pictures as well as a written account of 26 “great criminals who are now at large in this city.” The editorial article which accompanied it was headed “A Paradise For Crooks” and spoke of it as “a particularized and au- thenticated account of the appearance in our streets of various notorious profes- sional crooks” ranging from sneak thieves to burglars. Of these “26 notorious pro- fessional crooks,” whose pictures The World gave as being at that moment at large in the city of New York, 8were dead, 1 was dying, 7 Were in jail in Eu- rope, 3 had reformed and were leading reputable lives, and of the remaining 7 not a single one, so far as could be found out, was in New York. In its issue of Jan. 20 The World’s story did contain a 9 per cent alloy of truth, thus debasing the pure metal Of its falsehoods to 91 per cent. In the statement of Dec. 16 the truth, if' present, was so small as not to be calcu- lable, and to be indicated only by what chemists call “a trace.” Quoted Application. In a city of 2,000,000 people there will always be crime, and under any adminis- tration there will occasionally occur strik- ing murders or burglaries. The present administration has not done away with crime, for that is impossible; but it has reduced it, and has warred upon it more honestly and more efiectively than ever before, and the police force is now more efficient than it has ever been in its previ- ous history. In making any extended comment, or indeed any comment,‘whether extended or not. on Mr. Pulitzer and his paper, the New York World, one involuntarily calls to mind Macauley’s essay on the Memoirs of Barere. One paragraph of this essay runs in part as follows: “In him the qualities which are the proper objects of hatred, and the qualities which are the proper objects of contempt preserve an exquisite and absolute har- mony. As soon as he ceases to write trifles he begins to write lies; and such lies! A man who has never been in the tropics does not know what a thunderstorm means; a man who has never looked on Niagara his but a faint idea Of a cataract, and he who has not read Barere’s Mc- moirs may be said not to know what it is to lie.” Of course when Macauley wrote thus of Barere’s pro-eminence in his class Mr. Pulitzer had not been born. Macauley closes his essay with the re- mark: “We have now gibbeted the car- rion, and from its eminence of infamy it will not be easily taken down.” We shall not hereafter take the trouble to deny any unsupported statement what‘ ever that may appear in The World. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President. Defense Appropriations. CHICAGO, March 19.—The trade and labor assembly has rejected a resolution condemning the Lodge bill appropriating $88,000,000 for coast defenses for army purposes. A compromise resolution was adopted, favoring coast defenses, but con» damning an increase of the army. Sup- porters of the compromise argued that coast defense building would provide work for idle men. Opposition to Strawboard Trust. FORT WAYNE, March 19.—The Ohio and Indiana Butter and Egg Shippers’ as- sociation met here today. Resolutions were adopted indorsing the project of the Iowa association to organize a strawbcard manufacturing company to furnish fillers for the produce trade at reasonable figures. The Test of the Massachusetts. NEW CASTLE, Del., March 19.—The United States battleship Massachusetts, which left the Cramp shipyard for her builder’s trial off Cape May, anchored off this place. Today she weighed anchor and started. She.will probably make her trial trip over the Cramp course tomorrow. A Blow at Thieving Pawnbrokers. ALBANY, March 19.—In the senate this morning there was reported favorably the bill of Senator Pavey to prohibit the charges of storage by pawubrokers or loan associations having similar powers as those of pawnbrokers. A violation of the act is made a misdemeanor. Collapse of a Strike. PITTSBURG, March 19.—The boat calk- ers’ strike, which was inaugurated eight weeks ago, for an advance of 50 cents per day in wages and uniform hours. has been declared off and the strikers will return to work at the old wages. About 500 men were affected. Burglar-s Loot a Postofiicc. PLYMOUTH, Mass, March 19.——The safe in the postofiice at North Plymouth was blown Open and about $300 in stamps and cash was secured. Dynamite was used, and the shock of the explosion wrecked the office, breaking windows and furni- ture. Disturbances at Beirut. PARIS, March 19.—Dispatches from Cairo today say that serious disturbances are taking place daily at Beirut and that 15,000 armed Christians have paraded the streets warning the Moslems to be ready to protect themselves against aggression. Alleged Fraudulent Use of Mails. NEW ORLEANS, March 19.—O. G. Ap- pleby, alias Stanley Francis, was arrested by postoflice inspectors on a charge of us. ing the mails for fraudulent purposes. The writer claimed to have inside infor- mation from owners concerning racing. Distinguished liIen Arrive. NEW YORK, passengers who arrived today per Atlas line steamer Allegheny, from Kingston, Was Bishop Littlejohn of Garden City, N. Y.; also ‘Henry James of the British civil service, on route for London. The Rebellion In Northwestern China. LONDON, March 19.—A Singapore dis- patch toThe Times says that the Chinese government is making no headway against the Mohammedan rebellion in the north western provinces. For Supervision of Street Railways. DES Mounts, March 19.-——The. house committee on railroads has recommended for passage the bill placing street railways under the supervision of the railroad com- Inlssioners. New York Centred Dividend. NEW YORK, March 19.—-The directors of the New York Central railroad have declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent. , Advertise in the Gsznrru. March 19. —Among the . ' I'll hev ter be an 01’ maid. WARDROBE OF A MONKEY. His OWner, a Rich New Yorker, Has Him Fitted Out by Poole. ‘ One of the Union club men owns a. long-bearded, White-faced Japanese monkey, whose proud distinction is that he is the best-groomed and best- dressed monkey in all the world. His name is Brummel, and the expenses of his wardrobe form an important item in- this gentleman’s household accounts. lVith all the rest of us, Brummel de- scended from his ancestors. That. is all anybody knows of his past. It was in London recently that the owner conceived the idea. of providing his monkey with decent clothes. Man, he argued, owed a certain debt of grat- itude to dead monkeys, which they could repay in no better fashion than by showing a decent courtesy to living ones.‘ And. to this forcible reasoning Brummel owes his wardrobe. ' His master sent to Poole. ' Mr. Poole is the most fashionable—which means the most expensive—tailor in Londan, and therefore in the world. One has to be introduced before Poole will make clothes for one. This was the talk: “You make children’s clothes?” “NO,” replied Mr. Poole. l ‘ “Won’t you make an exception to your rule, in this particular case?” “-I’m sorry,” answered the tailor, “but we haven’t got a man in the place Svho can make a decent suit. for a boy." “To be fair with you,” was the hesi- tating reply, “it—it isn’t a boy." “Oh,” said Mr. Poole. “Yes,” the ambassador went on, “it. isn3t a boy—it"s a monkey.” Mr. I‘oole drew himself to his full height, and w1th considerable hauteur replied: . “That’s different. I thought it was; a boy. Will you bring the monkey here, or shall I measure him at his rooms ‘2” “I guess. you’d better send to his rooms,” was the reply; "he‘s not accus- ' tomed to tailor shops." 4);, “What kind of a suit do you want “Oh, I want. several suits. A whole wardrobe, in fact. Brummel needs a dress suit, an ordinary everyday suit. a golf suit, a. dressing gown, pajamas and a. bath robe.” “How about a. watch and chain?“ asked the great London tailor, with a rare burst of British humor. “To tell you the truth,” was the re- ply, “he had a little silver watch Once, but he couldn’t digest it. and it required two doctors to get it out.” Mr. Poole sent. Dent, the famous Dent, his head cutter, to measure Brum- mel, and within two v'celis the monkey had the neatest little wardrobe that ever mortal monkey possessed? His dress suit is made of costliest broadcloth, faced with satin, and stitched throughout with silk. I-Iis walking costume is of heavy English tweed, and when you see Brummel with his cap perched jauntily upon his head and a walking stick in one hand you have a vivid impression of having seen something like it. before—probably upon a transatlantic liner. ' His pajamas are of the lightest, finest Chinese silk, and the monkey has be- come so accustomed to them that he refuses to go to sleep without them. T he bathrobe, which is of some fleecy material, soft to the touch, pleased Brummel so much that he actually learned to take a bath every morning for the pleasure of feeling it upon his back. Of course, Brummel has a valet to look after him, and you may depend upon it that his valet earns his wages. There is no monotony in his life.‘ His first task in the morning is to run to Brummel’s little bed and see if Brum- mel is still alive. With Brummel’s in- ordinate fondness for eating every- thing that shines, from hand-mirrors to silver hair-brushes, this is always problematical. The owner, however, is very fond of the little fellow, and spares neither trouble nor expense to make him comfortable. Taken all in all, the clothes for this monkey cost as much, suit for suit, as the clothes his master wears. No man we meet on Broadway wears fluid. or more expensive garments. In fact, one can’t buy finer. Mr. Vanderbilt‘s dress coat costs just as much as this. monkey’s, no more and no less. Brummel’s ,osition in life is trul ' .5 enviable. He has all that he requires and has no responsibilities—N. Y. World. A Muscular Maiden. “'est Virginia, the mountain state, is full of interesting characters. Back of the rather aristocratic littletown of Phillippi are IUSIDGRSES not yet dis- turbed by the onward march of civili zat-ion. A well—known politician was canvassing through that section for votes, when he came to a cabin where a young woman was holding a man on the ground by his ears. “Done got enough?” she asked. “I give up,” he said. 'Then the girl released the man. who went away looking very much abashcd. “What’s the trouble?” in- quired the politician. “Thar wa’nt no trouble,” replied the girl. . “He juss axed me tea‘ marry ’im an’ I’ve allus said I wouldn't marry any man I could whop. IKinder looks like I couldn’t fin’ one. I’ve tried mos’ of ’em ’round hyar an’ none of ’em ain’t any good. I tol’ ’im all about it an’ I didn’t want fer whop this an much, buthe jess went down soon as I tackled ’im. I reckon I kain’t abide havin’ no man that ain’t mo’ of a. man than me.”——Washington Star. Pictured Rocks. On the base of a cliff of granite and marble, running about two miles along the shore of Lake Massanog, in Canada, and rising in places to a height of 300 feet, an interesting series of picto- graphs has recently been discoverer]. These picture-writings extend at inter— vals along the entire length of the wall of cliffs, but are nowhere more than six feet above the water of the lake. They probably represent highly inter- esting events in the career of the people whose artist-historians placed them there.—-Youth’s Companion. Advertise in the GAznrrr. . NOTHING Hn*nvnxrneoAZETTng ? .Tllll nous SUCCEEDS LI KE SUCCESS. \ ‘flflfl so, suscsss. wnaour rim KNOWLEDGE , s‘or‘now TO no 1r ” i., . New YOrK Office. 442 BroadWay. Our Spring Opening of DRESS GOODS, SILKS,.’VIAISTS and SEPARATE SKIRTS was a complete Success. No need of going outside of your own city to shop. Here is a comparison of low York prices. LOOK at our names Goons. 56 Inch Black Sicilian, N. Y. price, $52 00, our price, 3|,50. ~ 54 Inch Brown and C ray Mohair, N. Y. price, 5"2 50, our price. $2.00, 38 Inch Novelties, N. Y. price 500, our price, 390- 52 Inch Matelaise, in Navy. B SI.25. 52 Inch Mohair Diagonals, N. Y. price, $1 00, our price, 15c. 36 Inch Crepons, N. Y. prica,.69c, our p’ice, 50c ’ - 43 Inch Black Henrietta; the finest; N. Y. p‘rice, $1 00, our price, 151;. 36 Inch all wool Serge, N. 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