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rnd-,ve which we reproduce for its picturesque
and dainty attractiveness: MI. liun'' never
leaned much toward the styles OF franz 'S 'car,d
struck unite the note which Howard ana Cnu,
well have struck in their addition 10 'nS "a g,
Renaissance at Fifth-ave ana foi, s,, ~ their
which Carrere & Hastings nave STRUCK ~ 80 or
house for Mr. Sloane There is an element VI a.
tistic vigor In both these buildings which p'.s
them In the forefront OF recent arcni'eI ,s ,id
New-York The Sloane house rears i, go
the DWELLINGS of the uptown region me nso1,
fact i'm the development of our art Worn ~ a.
almost surprises IN it's fresh magnifcence' III "'
naughty dignity. A., ohsarva-
The Sloane house has provoked tne otrictiv
tion-made the more opposite by the s'ii ~ ~
American ideas in the colonial houses acroSs ~. ~.
way-that it is not in exact harmony d., ire
genius OF this country Perhaps not put ,,h
beauty makes the objection seem ilttie ipo'i ,
n Is difficult To regard the facade Win III"
partially 1t is brilliant with pIiillahc! Dc Do,
threatens to carry the spectator OH MS iee'' :.
here it's true merits come to the surlace.I -
,vere merely brilliant the effect of stateness anu
splendor would pass. Since IL Is an vi sa
work of art. with monumental rig , a. 49,
it's massive basement and piliared SUITE, , en
first impression is only deepened by ciose
scrutiny and the house stays long IN tne HILL IN
DRY as an achievement of distinct noply. Ill, ns
relation OF the window openings IN the seoo u,
and third stories the half columns "nch VI
vide them the grouping Of them all with th.
simple basement. the treatment OF the rool an"
the carved details everywhere; the WORK 'ni US ~
out in short is unified in a manner Which ~
would be hard to praise too highly. IL Is an en-
counter with mansion like this, win HOUSE
like that on Riverside Drive which has peen as
cussed which pushes all the defects of the do
nestle architecture uptown FAR INTO the pacn-
ground One thinks of the bad slde OF 'hirsS
because it is unavoidable but nevltaply one
takes leave of the subject with confidence preo
of contact with beautiful things. we nave
touched upon some of the finest buildings re-
Gently erected in New-York. There are others
of interest and the outlook is favorable TO lne
erection of more There are larger areas walt
ing to be improved moreover than IS commonly
supposed Building lots are parcelled OUT III
small dimensions ii is rue, and we illustrate
one house on East Seyenty-hi st-st., Just Oh
Fifth-ave. as a really rare example OF that sort
Of design which has been more adapted To clues
with plenty Of room than to our own mario"
limits But there still several miles We
should say OF excellent building sites in the up
per part Of the city. 1t is comforting TO reaHe
In a survey Of what exists at present that while
the speculative builder may be planning some
Of his houses and apartments abomnably'
there are architects at work who are balancing
his misdeeds with such work as that or Mr.. Dun
can ON Riverside Drive or Messrs Carrere and
Hastings on East Seventy secOnd-st
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BEAUTIFUL FACADES.

fie north Of Fifty-ninth-st on both sides OF Ceh-
trail Park but particularly to the west OF the
latter There the builder wreaks himself upon
the land with an energy that is starting Inc
rambler goes through a street, we VIII say from
Ansterdam-ave. TO the river in the month Of
Nav Vacant lots meet his gaze. a few houses
are not merely finished but occupied. lew
more are going up. The whole aspect OF the
thoroughfa- &c seems to promise no special chanse
inside of another year at least TWO mohths
later q stroll along the same street almost takes
the breath away The houses that looked as
though the entire summer would have been re-
CURED for their completion are now sleek from
cellar to cornice. and people are living in them.
The vacant lots are covered with other dwellings,
which seem on the verge of being handed over 10
other people vto will live in them before the
winter really sets in. Altogether the buildings
have risen like magic The city we repeat, be-
gins to take on the atmosphere of mushroom
growth
What does II al mean? 1t is more mysterious
than IT might seem at first sight 1t is mysterious
because through the miles of streets already
filed or rapidly filling with new houses and
apartments the signs "To Let and For sale
are as familiar as the lampposts, in fact, they
occur more frequently If these signs were only
affixed to the very houses they would he
easier understand. Bul lneN are ulSlidN tu
upon scores and scores Of houses only a few
years old which it is hard to imagine being
abandoned simply so that the owner might move
into newer building What is the matter?
Why are so many new houses being built when
SO many others are being sold? Is the demand
one that will not be satisfied with anything that
has been lived in before? or is ii all great
speculation in which the builders are content to
spend money in a time Of retrcnchment-when
people are drifting from houses and apartments
into hotels-because they, the builders, believe
that the time is coming when hotels will go out
Of fashion as completely they have come In,
and families will want again TO live WITHIN tnelr
own walls? Questions like these rise constantly
TO the lips and more on the West Side than on the
East Fifth-ave. and its neighborhood are still
conspicuous for a larger number OF vast man
sions than can be found elsewhere in the city.
There the speculative builder has had much to
10 but not half so much as along West End
ave. Riverside Drive and the streets that join
those Two thoroughfares. And how he is labor
ing in his chosen province. Land is costly but
ne does not mind that He goes on building just
the same Apparently. though there are not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27

refreshing to such decorative expedients. DIS
OF cleverness and good taste which count for IN
dividuality and style. Take the huge apart
ment-house on the corner of West End-ave anu
Eighty -frst-st with its court on the street side
a while ago such court would have peeh
simply an indentation, 80 to speak In the sur
face of the building Now the improved condi-
ton OF architectural taste makes ii mpOsslple
to take this colorless way out of the difhculty.
kind Of screen is erected of tall columns sur
mounted by n coping which binds the two SIDES
of the court together. 1t is reproduced in one
of our sketches 10 show, our reference to the
window on Seventy seventh-st. has shown, the
impulse toward artistic invention which has
taken the place Of that feeling which left
dwelling as characterless a wooden shed.
Into the possession of strongly marked char
actcr-and character worth havng-the archi-
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that while it f. litue miracle of artistic skill
and human intelligence. it gains no more than
could be gained everywhere if the designer only
had some true sense Of what he ought to do for
his client. As rule the architect and builder
fall upon the latter with the solemnest assur-
ances that the conditions Of the city make it
impossible to light a house WELL or to light II at
all except in the front and back. Unless You
have a corner lot. they assert. you are helpless
This is nonsense. The house mentioned above
conclusivey proves. for it is in the middle Of the
block. just where we have been told so often that
no house could be lighted from the side. The
architects Of this particular building answered
that absurd objection by the simple expedient of
cutting off five OF six feet Of their twenty-five
foot lot beginning at the back of the front
rooms and leaving that space a kind Of court
for the rest Of the house. thus securing an album
dance Of light and air for every room. from top
IN bottoIn "Oh yes" the reader might be for
given for observing. and by doing that they
narrowed the house by SO much leaving only
little rooms between the court and the staircase
on the other side Of the house" Beautiful,-ony
tho staircase isn't on the other side Of the house
II il in the middle between the front and back
rooms and Is SO discrceiy planned that ii seems
TO take up no space whatever Of any conse-
a,Ience Now as has been said. this particular
nlan wouId never have been made the unique
thing II Is II the designers had not been true
masters of their art But the basis Of their PLAN
a common-sense distribution OF the land. is as
simple as can be- and is open 10 any body In
spite Of that fact everybody seems to prefer the
old style of plan, with it's Zimmerman darkness
everywhere save in the front or back II cent
~ NJ. ex-
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eliminating use Of new materials here than there
has been in the West. The "brownstone 'front.'
has died hard. and that fact has reacted upon
the architects who have used other stones. They
have gone To work cautiously. with one eye on
the long-established type and to go to work
cautiously is always to help ones taste little.
East and west. on both sides OF the Park. We
have been using light bricks and light stones to
an extent that has suddenly transformed the
whole city i'm its regions of dwelling houses. on
the West Side which has changed most, there
are blocks and blocks of houses in freestone
which makes the streets three times as
clean and as ''livable" l.. they ever did before.
Along Riverside Drive the old brown dullness
has almost disappeared. there many new
houses in lighter hues. both Of stone and brick.
With our climate. so sunny and clear in spite of
its vagarieS the yellow and gray and red and
tawny fronts become warmer and warmer, the
houses look ever much more like homes than
they used to. and in many cases too The use OF
certain stones and terra Gotta has chimed in
with a new taste for decoration. The windows
and doors take on all sorts Of attractive cary
ings and moudngs. Canddy. no severe judge
of the new architecture can say that the stand
ard Of carving ~ as yet very high, but at it's
best II is beautiful and at its worst ii Is far
agreeable than was once the case ON West
Seventy -seventh-st.. just one door from West
End-ave there Is n house with facade 50 plain
as 10 be almost bald. But on the second story.
in the centre of the house window has been
framed I'm "A terra Gotta decoration modelled In
device is striking enough for whoever cares for
that kind Of thing To make a special journey To
Seventy -seventh-st 1t IS not extraordinary. But
Il is good and besides IL IS after our
off, iIn
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lecture uptown is growing more and more
Within very short time indeed within not
more than "A wear or So some Of the most dis
tingulshed and picturesque houses in this coun-
try have been erected in NewYork. not always
on particularly great scale, some OF them
being comparatively inexpensive edifices. but Ill
of them designs with artistic vitality in them.
\ few of these houses are shown In our Illus
tratiOns Let the reader consider the difference
between the typical dwelling which has afiiic ted
us :, long and that striking building which has
been erected Riverside Drive near Ninety
frst-st. What Is its style? That would be hard
to say 1t is nondescrpt as any Of its pred
ecessors But the thing is original: IL is done
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great majority of the houses one new house in
the eighties designed by one Of the youngest
but strongest firms in the city. illustrates
rational and even inspired conception Of the
manner in which dwelling should be illumi-
mated 10y direct light and ventilated by direct
air But that is q shining exception and stands
out like d miracle amid the hundreds and
thousands of houses which have been erected in
the upper part Of the city during the last ten
years. The odd thing about this house, too, is
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designed 10y Mckim. Mead & White; and with
those examples Just set forth II Is likely that
the colonial idea will be pretty widely adopted
rha French idea illustrated by Mr.. Sloane's
house is perhaps the newest to have been pro
tected into our architecture II follows the
Renaissance enthusiasm which mas long been
familiar here, II follows the latter however,
luckily not as one IA -hion follows another but
with "A certain fresh strength due to the ardor
with which certain architects have felt It's IN
sniration and have cultivated the latter As yet
n * comparatively unknown here. French ideas,
when they have been used at all. have been
more in the vein Of that little house on West
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27
PART iii.
TEN PAGES.
ARCHITECTURE UPTOWN.
STROLL AMONG THE NEW DWELLING
HOUSES IN THE CITY.

-ur RAPID WORK or THE RUILDER-GossIp
ABOUT APARTMENTS RENTS AND THE
LIGHTING OF DwELLINGs-THE FAULTS
OF The MOrERN HOME-sOME
BEAUTIFUL FACADES.
No good New-Yorker likes to think of his city
As a mushroom growth. We leave that sort Of
thing for the West. he declares and indeed
there is no use ia denying that he is right. But
II would not be unfair to say Of certain portions
OF the city that they are mushroom growths. that
they have developed so rapidly as to make even
Chicago seem slow. Those parts Of New-York
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enough wealthy people to go round, though 30
many costly houses remain unoccupled or ior
sale. he has his market and sells at enormous
figures. II Is impossible to buy even the smallest
OF the innum erable small houses uptown Tor less
than $4,000 or $1,000 Rents are high very
nigh. and 10 live in the big observation-disclosures
which have sprung up in such great numbers OF
hte years one requires. almost as large an in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-19
ANCHORIA'S ACCIDENT.
Breaks Thrust Shaft While at Sea.
Repairs Made After Brief Delay.

New York, Nov. 1S.--The Anchor line
steamer Anchoria Captain Wilson, ar
rived tonight from Glasgow and Mo-
vile, with 126 cabin and fiftytwo steer
age passengers. Captain Wilson says
that Sunday at GA o'clock in the eve
ming the engines stopped and an eX-
animation showed that the thrust shaft
was broken. The vessel was then 1874
miles east of Sandy Hook, sOundings
We're taken, finding 81 fathOms of wat
er and the anchor was dropped and
she soon rode smoothly. The weather
being excellent throughout the deten-
tion. The cargo and part of the ball
asst was broken out, and when the
break was uncovered. the thrust shaft
was seen to be broken through. Luck
lily a duplicate length of shafting was
on board. and all hands turned to help
the chief engineer, Anthony Thompson.
In taking out the broken part and
boiling in the new one.
A record was made on the job, as the
total delay from the time of the stop
ping to the starting Of the vessel was
only SO hours and twenty minutes.
During this time the vessel was lying
quietly at anchor. The passengers were
not alarmed. as the weather continued
fine and there was every indication
that the repairs would be completed
quickly. The vessel is in as good con-
dition as ever, and will require no ad-
ditiOnal repairs.
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DEATH OF E. W. CURRY.
The Direct Result Of His Initiation
Into n Lodge Of EIks.

Des Moines, Ia. Nov. 1S.-E. w. Cur.
ry, chairman of the Democratic state
committee. died this morning in his
room at the Hotel Savoy. His death
was the direct result of injuries re-
ceived by being admitted into a Des
Moines lodge of Elks about two months
ago. AS part of the ceremony he was
blindfolded and placed in a chair with
an iron seat. Then a lighted lamp un-
der the seat, with the expectation when
it got too hot he would get up. But he
sat still until he was badly burned. His
trousers were burned away and the
flesh fearfully scorched. He was put
in new clothes and did not realize at
the time that the injuries were serious.
In few days blood poison set in and
he grew worse steadily. 1t was his de-
sire that the real cause of his injuries
should not be made public, and an
other cause was assigned for the ILL
ness, the truth only becoming public to-
day. An evening paper published
highly sensational story that the in
juries We're caused by placing him. in
the process of the initiation ceremony,
in an electrical chair and turning on a
current which burned him badly, but
this is denied by the Elks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-19
QUINN WILL MANAGE MAHER,
The Next Fight Will BE with Steve
O'DOnneII on Christmas.

Pittsburg. Nov. 1S-John ]. Quinn.
manager for Peter Maher. arrived in
Pittsburg from New York today. He
said that there was no truth in the
report that he void not manage the
1rishman. He said that Buck" Con-
molly would act as Maher's backer and
that he, Quinn, would manage Peters
fighting affairs for the present at least.
Maher received $1,000 for his share Of
the fight with Choynski. and Connolly
and Quinn a similar amount to be di-
vided between them Choknski and
"Parson" Davies received $1,100 each
as their share Of the reseipts. The ex-
penses of all the parties concerned were
paid. Quinn stated that Maher's next
fight would be with Steve O'Donncll on
Christmas afternoon at Warren Lewis
Greater New York club. Coney Island.
Maher will rest for a while, but will be
prepared to challenge the winner of the
Corbett Fitzsimmons fight for the
championship.
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TELEGRAPH TICKS.

The gunboat Yorktown, which Is max
ing tour of Chinest ports, has sailed
from Wuhn for Chin Kiang.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Wyatt. Of Per-
ry, o. r.. shot and killed his wife, whom
he says he mistOOk for robber.
John Dodge and his wife. under arrest
at Ukiah, Col, for the murder of ranch
man A. ii. Mudget, have confessed their
guilt.
American miners in Alaska are vigor-
ously protesting against the collection Of
taxes by British agents in disputed Alas
kan territory,
The state department has been notified
that King Oscar has had erected mOnu-
ment to the memory of Mr.. and Mrs. D..
ID. ioumans, American tourists, who are
accidentally killed in Sweden.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-19
ASSEMBLY Of KNIGHTS.
The Question Of n Free Silver Plank
Is Discussed.

Rochester. N. Y, Nov 1S.-The dele
gates to the general assembly of the
knights of Labor, gave up the morning
session to a discussion of the recon-
mendations embodied in the reports of
the general officers and the committee
on the state of order. No action was
taken. The question of inserting In the
preamble free silver plank, as recon-
mended in the report of General Master
Workman Sovereign, is the most seri-
Gus question that the assembly has yet
to settle. Since 1889 the general assem-
blies have simply endorsed free silver.
and it has never been made a part of
the preamble.
The question was discussed at great
length today, each delegate taking part
in the debate. No action was taken.
The question of establishing a de-
gree in the order known as minute men
was also discussed. The convention
will not adjourn until tomorrow night.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-19
PROTECTING CLIENTS.
Judge Brubakcr Reprimands Officials
Who Charge Illegal Fees.

Lancaster. Pa, Nov. 1S.-Judge Bru-
baker today suspended the contirma-
tion of all accounts filed to this term
of court in the register of wills office
because Illegal fees We're charged. The
court said it depended upon attorneys
to see that only legal fees were charged
and If they failed to thus protect their
clients the court will not confirm ac-
counts until the charges are itemized
and legal. The attorneys know full
well, the judge continued, what are
legal fees, and there is no reason Tor
their consenting to have Illegal fees
charged the clients. The remarks of
the judge caused a sensation.
Three years ago Judge Brubaker took
a similar stand, and until recently legal
fees only We're charged.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-19
PREFERS AMERICAN PRODUCT.
Illinois Steel Company Buying Man.
gauese in Colorado.

Denver, Nov. 1S.-The Illinois Steel
works have ordered 10000 tons of man
ganese to be sent from Leadville. Colo.
as fast as the mineral can be mined.
This is said to be the first Of series
of large orders consequent on the re-
cent visit of President Gage to Colo
RADIO and the result of experiments with
the local product, which is claimed to
be preferable to that of foreign coun-
tries.
The amount of money involved in the
deal Is from 5000 900 to $2,OO0,C0O and
is of intense significance to the ship
ping Industries, for without manganese
the quantity of profitable ballast will
be materially reduced for vessels
bound to American ports.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-19
MEETING OF PARDON BOARD.
Application Of David WOrden, Of
LackaWanna, Is Refused.

Harrisburg, Pa, Nov. 1S.-The board
of pardOns heard argument in several
cases today and recommended pardons
in the following cases: lsadore Wolf
Montour county, burning building with
intent to defraud an insurance COM
pany; c. a. Sabinbe, Adams county, as
sault and battery; Newton Mix, Cam
eron county. assault with intent to kill;
John Mahutchko, Schuylkill county,
perjury.
These applications wer refused:
Charles B. Cullen. Philadelphia. lar
ceny: David Warden. Lackawanna
county, manslaughter; Catharine
Hawk. Allegheny county, larceny.
Among the cases continued or held
under advisement were the following:
Nicholas Walther. Philadelphia, aggra-
waited assault and battery; Frank Baer,
Westmoreland county. arson; Frank
Martin Thompson, Philadelphia, rob-
berry: Lucy Il. Fitzsimmons, Allegheny
county, murder.
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Steam ship Arrivals.

New York. Nov. S.-Arrived Kensir.a
ton, from Antwerp: Anchoria, from Glis-
gov and Moville. Sailed: New York, for
Southampton; Majestic. for Liverpool;
Friesland, from Antwerp. Arrived out /:
st. Paul, at Southampton: Trave, at
Southampton State of California, at
Glasgow Sailed for New York: Amster-
dam, from Rotterdam. Sighted: WILLIE
had, from New York for Bremen, passed,
Prawle Point. Pennsylvania, from Ant
werp, passed Dover NOV. 10. Arrived
out: Aral, at Hull (Nov. 10; Waesland,
at Liverpool NOV. 1S,. Sailed: Pennland
from Liverpool. Arrived: Lain, from
Bremen and Southampton.
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last years wages Of ~ per cent. Af-
ter some little argument the meeting
adjourned until tomorrow. The manu-
facturers say they don't care II their
factories are not started until next
February. The workers are apparent
ly determined to hold out for what they
ask. 1t is believed an agreement will
be reached at tomorrow's meeting and
about all the factories will be running
i'm about ten days hence
Simon Burns was reelected presi-
dent of the Window Glass Workers as
sociation and Joseph Cray treasurer
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-19
STATE PARAGRAPHS.

For the third time in five weeks burglars
broke into the house of David Gibson,
at Lancaster.
Disheartencd over domestic troubles
Isaac Levan committed suicide by inhal-
ing gas in a Reading hotel.
A young feminine shoplifter was detect.
ed stealing the costliest pipe in ii. II.
Dashs cigar store. Bethlehem.
The unknown man who drowned him
self at Easton has been identified as
Frank O. Dengler. Of Fullerton, who was
out of work
A sentence of five years imprisore,ent
was imposed upon Adams Express Agent
James VI. Robinson, at Lancaster. for
stealing packages containing $500 con-
signed to his care on a train.