The evening world., 1894-02-28
TENANTS HOWL FOR CANNES.
Landlord Kohn Has No Regard
for the Feelings Of Either.
Owners Say "Dog-gone shame'' and
Appeal to the Health Board.

canine pOpuldtlOn mas Appealed 10 tne
tender mercies OF the Health Depart
ment on behalf OF several dear little and
big dogs in an apartment-house on West
Eighty-eighth street.
Not only have the health officials be-
come interested in the canine phase OF
the case, but in the Sanitary Bureau are
filed several complaints against the same
house. because of its poor sanitary con-
dition and improper ventilation.
The latter complaints, however, sink
into o~bscurity. when compared with the
more inomentous canine phase of the
case. as Is demonstrated by this letter,
received at the Health Department office
to-day, dated Feb. 26
To Gen. Emmons clark. Secretary Health De-
partment.
Sir. win YOU kindly inform me whether the SAM
tary code contains any section which torbids the
maintaining ~ pet dogs in apartment houses II
the dogs are kept ordinarily quiet?
The owner Of this house. 20l West Eighty-eighth
street. has seen At recently to order every oc-
cupant possessing a pet dog to exclude 1t from
house are intelligent dess and deserve more
humane treatment at the hands OF our cruel land
lord. What. II YOU please, Is tho law governing
he maintaining OF dogs In living apartments?
Respectfully, r. W. p.
POI West Eishty-eishth street.
The health officials can only aid "F.
w. r." by telling whoever he or she may
be that II an animal. be 1t either an in
telligent pet dog or a pestiferous little
cur. becomes a nuisance it must he put
away. and that the Health Department
has not the power to say whether or not
a landlord shall allow his tenants to
shelter a household of dogs beneath his
roof.
The above communication doesn't begin
TO express the degree of Commotion
which has been created by the edict OF
Mr.. kohn. the. owner, among the pos
SCISSORS Of ret dogs in the West Eighty
eighth street house. A reporter Of THE
Evening World" saw one of the tenants
at the health office this morning. He
IN the matter, but furnished the follow
ing facts
There are more than half 3 dozen dogs
ce ths nIvss good ,n 0b beba Vior s the 'n can,e ess
have ACQUIRED the good will and admira-
ton of every one in the house and In the
nelghborhood save the %janitor and the
emphaticallv dog-haters.
The greater number Of the canine
population in the West Eighty-eighth
street house have ladies' for owners.
Hence 1t Is no wonder that there was a
revolt when it was ordered that the dogs
must go.
There are several logs in the lot under
contemplation that would probably have
won ribbons or honorable mention at the
dog show had they been on exhibition.
the veteran fireman, Robert Geddis, of a
hook anu ladder company in Eighty-sec-
ond street. Mr.. Geddis would not. he
saws. part with Spot for a farm. He Is
a veteran fire dog and has seen service.
On Spots back is a big scar. which he
received early New Years morning at
drcd and Twenty-nfth street. when Mrs.
AhlberGh, with an infant in her arms.
jumped out of the window. The babe
was killed and the mother died soon
A hot brick fell on Spot at that fire
while he was with Fireman Geddis. 1t
nearly cost the dog his life.
ON the way to a fire the noble dog Is
always at the horses heads leading the
way, and not far from his masters
side. Wherever the latter goes so does
Spot. Whether the. gong in the engine
house sounds the test signal, or the pay
day signal. or the regular summons to
a fire, no matter how numerous the
Oldest fireman what each means. His
Intelligence Is wonderful.
His welcome bark has guided many a
up with smoke. and he is a great hero
about the Eighty second street fire
house.
There is another noble brute in this lot
Of condemned dogs. He Is a setter. q
big. beautiful, white animal. with red
spots on his silky coat as large as two
silver dollars.
He is Theo. the life saver. He earned
that title one night in November, 1892.
A fire broke out in the Eighty-eighth
street house sr, Theo lived nan NTH his HI E mas;
Clerk Kipr, of Police. Headquarters, on
the second floor. Mr.. Burdette was
awakened by Theo paving at his face.
The room was full OF smoke and so were
the halls.
When the dog got in the hallway he
ran up to everv floor. barking end howl
ing as never dog did before: Everybody
was aroused and got to the street in
safety. This is whv Theo Is n favorite
and why his friends will not part with
him.
Josephine Homgh will not give up. her
Beauty. a basket beagle. she says. for a
house and lot. Beauty is a pert little
thing. and a trine more of a f%avorite
with her mistress than any one else. But
Beauty had an awful experience several
months AGO. and in her way Is quite a
heroine. Mrs. Hough. one morning early,
saw a cruel dog-catcher almost snatch
with her to the pound. Entreaties
Later 81 was paid to release the basket
a carriage, And Vet MIR. Kohn would
part Mrs; Hough and Beauty;
toux's Snipsy. a fiery b~laCk-and-tan.
both with a history remarkable in dog
As vet only one net has heen banished
under the edict. Poor little hlack-and-
tan Gyp. Mrs. De Castro's darling. Is
now on the high seas bound for Rio
de Janciro to join the disturbance there.
worse ate. and happily she could do so,
for a relative sailed for there recently.
Very soon, II the edict is not counter
tenants and a fresh lot of plebeian dogs
in the Eighty-eighth street house. the
indignant occupaats say.
FOR H~ORSEWHIPPING a Girl