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.

An inquisitive defender OF New York's
canine population has appealed to the
lender mercies OF the Health Depart
ntent on behalf of several dear little and
big dogs in an apar;mcnt-house on West
Eighty-eighth street.
To ten. Emmons Clark. Secretary Health De-
partment.
SIR. VIII you kindly inform me whether the sani-
tary code contains any section which forb!ts the
maintaining Of pet dogs In apartment houses II
the dogs are kept ordinarily quiet?
The owner OF this house, 2Ol West Eighty-cighth
street, has seen ut recently to order every. or-
cupant possessing q pet dog to exclude 1t from
the premises, The darling little creatures In ON
humane treatment At the hands o! our cruel land.
lord. What. II yon please, is the Law governing
he maLnnlining Of dogs In living, orartmm'nts'
eel West Eichty-eIsh,h street.
The health officials can only aid IF.
w. T." by telling whoever he or She may
be that If an animal, be 1t either an in
tclligent pet dog or a pestifcrous little
cur, becomes n nuisance II must be 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.
There ore more thar half a dozen dogs
In the house in question. By their eX-
have acquired the good will and admira-
ton of every one in the house and In the
neighborhood save the janitor and the
owner Of the building. The latter are
alphabetically dog-hatcrs.
There are several dogs In the lot under
condemnation that would probably have
won ribbons or honorable mention at the
dog show had they been on exhibition.
One is Spot, a conch dog, the property of
the veteran fireman, Robert Geddis, of a
hook II ladder company in Eighty-sec-
says, part with Spot for a farm. He is
a veteran fire dog and has seen service.
On Spots back Is n big scar, which he
received early New Years morning at
dred and Twenty-fifth street, when Mrs.
Ahlbergh, with an infant in her arms.
jumped out Of the window. The babe
was killed and the mother dice soon
after.
4, hot brick fell on Spot at that fre
nearly cost the dog his life.
fireman to safety from n building choked
up with smoke. and he IL a great hero
about the Eighty = second street fire.
house.
There is another noble brute in this lot
of condemned dogs. He is n setter. q
big, beautiful, white animal. with red
spots on his silky coat as large as two
He Is ,Theo, the ne. saver He earned
that title one night in November, 1892.
A fire broke out in the Eighty-eighth
street house. Theo lived with his mas,
Clerk Kipp, 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 every floor. barking and howl
ing as never dog did before. Everybody
was aroused and got to the street In
81 fety. This Is why Theo Is a favorite
and why his friends will not part with
him.
under the cdict. Poor little black-and-
tan Gyp. Mrs. De Castro's darling, Is
now on the high seas bound for Rio
de Janeiro to JON the disturbance there.
His mistress sent hin away to avoid a
worse ate, and happily she could do so
for II relative sailed for there recently.