, 1889-06-20
NEW YORK LETTER.
The Great FIood--The Stewart VIII. Etc

Sympathy of the sinceresS kind is
pouring out from the hearts of ON
people to tho survivors of the strick-
en- city of Johnstown and Conemaugh
Valley. And this sympathy, is be-
ing coined into gold at the rate OF
$4,000 an hour. Every one who is
able is sending his mite, and those
who are unable to contribute money
are expressing heartfelt sorrow in
words. The hundreds of thousands
of dollars that have already been
contributed to the citizens of New
York show their magnificent gener-
osity in most convincing manner,
and serve to display what is perhaps
their greatest characteristic. Let
other cities DO their utmost and let
the money ponr in from all quarters
of the globe. 1t is such things as
this terrible disaster at 1ohnstown
that brings ont to the best advantage
the traits of people and show the
truth of the adage, :'oRe touch of
nature makes the whole world kin"
Tho subject of the awful catastrophe
Is on everyones lips, the great dailies
are filed with il, and so oyefshad
owing is it that it is difficult to write
Of iaik ah9Ht anything else.
At. sTEwARFs AItIdQss.
So the fight over the millions of
dollars left by Mrs. i. Z. Stewart is
'-nAad at last, and the contestants
have decided to ar.,..
compromise. The wonder is that the
lawyers did net keep i up indefinite
ly. The first hearing in the case was
IN January, 1883, when one of the
lawyers, Mr.. Choate, sarcastically re-
marked that it would take about ten
days. It took him that length of
time to cross examine one witness,
and the Whole testimony TOOK over a
year, AIRS. Stewart died in October,
1885, leaving about SIC, 100000 to be
divided among her relatives and
Judge Hilton. The contest was not
begun until two years later and in it
were engaged some of the most prom
inent lawyers in the country. includ-
ing Joseph II. Choate, Roscoe Conk-
ling, ex Surrogate Rollins, Jndge
Gilbert and. Elihu Root. The fees
OF the lawyers. it is said. will amount
to ss01,0
A BABY SEA LION.
A sea hon Just few days old is
the great attraction at Central Park
now. He is the sscond seq lion horn
in New York City. He is the color
of Malteasc kitten, and his mother
carries him about By the nape of the
neck, much as cat carries q kitten.
He makes q sound which could not
be told from the bleating of a lamb.
The little animal is not yet able to
swim, and for t.o weeks his mother
will keep him on dry land. At the
end of that time she will carry him
into the tank of water ON her back.
He will live On milk diet till he 10
six months old, and then his mother
will wean him and he will subsist on
solid food such as bass and herring.
eRAsp LODGE F. &A.M.
The 10Sth Annual Communication
of the Grand Lodge OF Free and Ac-
cepted Masons was held here last
week. For the first time in its his
tory, the Grand Lodge, met il
building owned ibJ the fraternity,
and entirely free from debt or ems
eumbrance. For four years the Ia
l.or of clearing of the debt on the
Temple has absorbed the attention
of the fraternity, and the rejoicing at
its successful result is heartfelt. ES-
Grand Master Frank II. Lawrence.
who has held the exalted position
during all this time found the Grand
Lodge in debt. 100000 on the Tenn
pie. The reports IN the hands
of the Grand Secretary show
the fraternity IN the state to be in
excellent financial condition. One
hundred thousand dollars were ap-
proprieted for the proposed Masonic
Home to be built in Utica and John
w. Vrooman was elected Grand
Master.
PARK MUSEUM.
Mayor Grant has emphatically re-
fused to sanction an appropriation
of S450,000 to be used in the con-
struction of wing to the Museum
of Natural History in Central Park,
on the grounds that the museum is
closed on Sundays. The great ma
jority of our population approve OF
the mayors position in regard to this
question. Here we have several pub
lie institutions on public ground,
built and filed mainly by public
money, from which the public is ex-
cludsd on the most convenient visit
ing day in the week. The trustees
of these two park museums have
some absurd notions concerning this
question, and seem to think that the
museums were made for very Sc
lect few. If they are opened on
Sundays it will afford thousands of
working people an opportunity of
viewing the interesting and instruc-
tive collections and which they
would otherwise never see. Inyes-
tigation shows that New York is far
behind 10 these matters as nearly
every other great city, both in Eu-
rope and America, opens the doors
of it's museums On Sundays. A per
son who is unfamiliar with New.
York would naturally think it a pret-
ty dull place on Suhday-with stores
all closed, etc-but the case is just.
the opposite. Sunday finds the.
streets thronged with people, and in
many branches business is brisker
than on any other day of the week.
No one but the trustees seem to be in
favor of keeping the museum closed
on this day, and the agitation will
probably continue until the point is
gained.
THE GREAT WORLD BUILDING.
Work was begun this week on the
great World newspaper building on
the site OF French's hotel, near the
entrance of Brooklyn bridge. The
ground was bought by Mr.. Pulitzer
about year ago. With the intention
of going ahead with the building i'm
mediately. But the talk of taking
the property for an entrance to the
big bridge has delayed matters until
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