Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-09

The man thereupon got an attachment, and sent
deputy sheriff up TO Irvington The deputy made
a thorough investigation and found that every bit
of GouldS property, incu1ng furniture, farm i'm
PIGMENTS, live stock. house and ground, were In
Mrs. Gould's name. wonder If the great million
aire was afraid Of being cleaned out In some Of his
heavy nnanclal operations and decided to save his
wealth should keep his property in his
the greatest confidence In the world In Jay Gould
But, then again, that does not seem possible. All
household checks are made by Mrs. Could Jay
is pushing his yacht club with his accustomed
energy. Thirty-sx owners already members
OF IT, and the constitution, bylaws and flag have
been adopted. Gould has succeeded in having a
rear commodore, secretary and treasurer elected,
who are almost unknown In yachting circles
Hts club will have no standing among yachtsmen;
but 1t looks now as though 1t Will be success,
both in numbers and money. A club uniform has
been adopted. with seal, ellpt!cal In FORM hav-
ing ste1m yacht In the center and surrounded
by the WORDS american Yacht Club" Since the
first sixty applications for membership have been
acted upon forty new ones have been received.
% Rrann are San so as faa a
and Myron P. Bush. Gould Will, in time,
be elected commodore. He Is bashful
does or integral calculus, but hesitates to assume
the leadership OF his fleet 1t Is rumored that he
Is going upon the Rarttan canal to practice sea-
manship with his crew before taking command.
He has already made arrangements for presenting
"Gould cup" for fast races. He will enter the
contest himself, and there is earthly doubt but
he will sail for all he is worth. He Will win the
cup or blow up his yacht He is not the sort of a
man to waste such valuable trophy as the
could cup" on Uncle Rufus Hatch and Jesse
Grant
ACTORS QUARRELs
Since Osmond Tearle had hts hight with an
American in the Morton house some months ago
the papers have been waiting for another dispute
among English actors Walter Collier of the
Union Square theater, had fight with an actor,
named Arthur Forrest, few days ago, and the
papers jumped upon the incident with ayidfty
They knew that Collier was an American and at
once assumed that Forrest was an Engltshman
So the reports were written up in exactly the
same style as the dispute between Tearle and Alb
bott The belligerent temperament of English
morals drawn from the fight. The principal point
OF all the newspaper stories was, however. that
It was time that the tulldozing and clustering
English actors were suppressed. The truth OF the
matter Is that Arthur Forrest is Slmon-pure
American. II he has any foreign blood In him at
all IT comes from Germany five or six generations
back. The fighting around Union Square pro-
crosses with the season. The actors seem to be
IN constant wal, and as they become tired OF
going TO Law they resort to their lists Formerly
they appeared regularly at Jefferson Market
police court during the summer months and the
manner. But this Involved some costs and gave
no chance for personal violence. Actors are es-
sentialiy mimetic. II is probable that their con-
had its effect upon them and they are forced by
the nature OF their habits and profession to mimic
the lighters.
THE BARTH0L0I STATUE
fund langu1shes. At a meeting OF the committee
the other evening at the Union League club about
one-half OF quorum was present, and Gen. Stone,
who has charge OF the work ON Bedloe'S Island,
was obliged to read his report to corporaps guard
or half dozen reporters and three or four con-
scientf0uS committeeman imagine Gen. Stone
feels somewhat nervous over the state OF affairs
just now, for he has already awarded the contract
for removing The barracks behind the ramparts Of
Fort Wood, and has awarded another contract for
tearing down the buildings on Bedloe's Island.
Besides these, a third contract has been signed
for excavating the foundation OF the pedestal
The work is to be completed within thirty days.
good deal OF surprise Is expressed that the eX.
caVaton for the pedestal will be only seventeen
feet deep. since the East river bridge has been
built nothing short OF fifty feet seems anything
like respectable excavation. Seventeen feet
have an Immense base Nearly 5000 cubic yards
Of earth Will be removed for it. and 1t Will require
60O0 barrels OF cement The pedestal will be ready
about the fall Of 1854 when the first section OF
the Barthold1 statue is expected NJ. BarthOld1
will come over himself to superntend the erection
that time enough Of money viii De i6ed t
complete the PEDESTAL At present the indications
OF raising the requisite amount are decidedly slim.
tribute, and our wealthy men are holding back
strenuously: Despite the efforts OF the committee
and the urging OF the press, subscriptions COM
Ing Ia slowly and In very small amounts.
THE ENGLISH SWIMMERS.
Everybody who has achieved any sort of repu-
tatton in Europe comes to America sooner or later
The last arrivals Of note are the Beckwiths
brother and sister. They are the celebrated
swimmers from the Royal Aquarium In London,
and they have been more or less in the water ever
since they were fve years old. met Miss Beck.
with the other day. should Judge she was about
twenty years old and weighs one hundred and
bright eyes. light hair, and has q plump and
graceful figure. Her brother looks very much like
her. He Is Of chunky and enduring physique.
MISS BeckW1th has remained In the water for three
whole days and nights at times, and says she can
easily stay there for week II she could keep
awake. She floats without the least exerton. and
reads constantly, so as to keep from getting
droTsy. She says she never felt cold in the water
In her life: In the month Of July, three years
ago, Miss Beckw1th swan twenty miles In the
river Thames without assistance, In six hours and
twenty-five minutes. She and her brother expect
they return. The ambition of her life has been to
swim across the British channel, but her father
mas steadfsstly refused to allow her to make the
attempt She IS an uncommonly pretty little
woman, and Will have devastating effect upon
the dudes.
THE SUDDEN HEAT
The heat descended on New York so suddenly
that everybody was taken unawares. The pros
trations all over the city were numerous, and the
hospitals were filled On Wednesday the Their
mometer jumped from COO in the morning to 900
at p N. The people became desperate. The
lree baths were besieged. and many Of the resi-
ing into the river and swimming around the cool
waters that eDcircles the docks The ice COM
PanieS could not supply the demand. and the
manufacturers OF light undertaking were tested
to their fullest capacity. The awnings had not
been put up in the streets, and arrangements Tor
been Was the haa not Of
summer was felt with uncommon severity.
MISS KKLL0G0'S SUIT.
morning journal, recently started here, has
been Increasing In circulation by light and pithy
stories which did not always correspond with the
facts Tafs was q good scheme. People bought
ev1tc and o}nyn