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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16

II IS regrettabe that Mr.. Quggs bill, intro
duccd last February. providing for the creation
of an Art Commission. did not become law
for although the duties of the proposed COM
mission were limited In their scope TO the CAPT.
tol and Congressional Library buildings, II
,vould have been step in the direction Of
saving the Nation the disgrace Of having the
CAPITOL and the Library numbered with more
bad and mediocre stuff.
The intentions of the early American states
men in planning for the decorations Of the Capt.
tol were excellent. but they were badly advised
and as result lot Of Indifferent foreign
artists we're turned loose in the Capitol. who
covered the walls with horrible frescoes. cul-
minating with the impossible work on the dome
done by one Brumdi who is also responsible
for the alleged picture in the hall of the House
Of REPRESENTATIVES washington Resgnng His
Commission" So bad was this early work that
the artists and art-loving people of the country
met together and prepared memorial, which
they presented to Congress, condemning the
work in the Capitol and protesting against the
continuance of the methods then I'm vogue Of
awarding the contracts for works of art. Among
the signers of this memorial were Bierstadt.
Elliott Clifford II. *. Brown and Durand In
answer to this memorial Congress appointed
committee to report on the eXpedlency or grant
ing the petition of the memorialists The report
Of this committee resulted In Congress authoriz-
ing the President to appoint an Art commits
sion to be made up Of three prominent artists.
TO examine and report on a system of decorating
and embellishing the public buildings and
grounds The President appointed Henry Is.
Brown. the sculptor; James r. Lambden. one OF
the portrait painters of the last generation, and
John F. Kcnsett. the weknown landscape
painter.
This commission, which promised so we'll was
short lived and accomplished nothing. That
they were handicapped By higher authority. with
which they were in continual conflict was the
reason its members gave for reaching no results
The popula" verdict was that they were artists
and not practical men: that they complained
and found fault with everything without sug-
costing a remedy. and that they were con-
stantly disturbing element. The commission
did recommend the placing Of some statuary
and the hanging of pictures I'm the corridors
and halls OF Congress at an estimated cost or
S1G6 300 but their recommendations were ig-
nored and when their terms Of service expired
the commission died
There are wiseacrcs who believe that Mr..
Ouigg's proposed commission would meet with
the same fate. and they cite in support Of their
belief the constantly occurring incidents Of art
ISIS being overruled by laymen in the work,
architectural and decorative. on the public
buildings and monuments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16
SENT TO THE CORONER.

william Wright. Of No. 262ia West Thlrty-fourth-
ST the driver Of the cab horse which knocked down
and ran over DIN 7. Warner the sculptor, on inc
nigh, Of July 2l was arraigned In Yorkville Court
Yesterday morning on a technical charge OF homi-
eide Mr. Warner died on Friday night wright
since the accident mas been ont under $500 bail ana
on the death Of Warner was reauesied by sergeant
Dillon Of the Park police. and Magistrate kudncn
Yesterday morning sent him TO the Coroner MI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16
KILLED BY 4 FiLL FROM 4 VAST.

William Phillips. stevedore foreman. fell from
rho noainmas, TO the deck Of steamer Genelg at
rior "a Is East River Yesterday morning and
killed He was ff;y-two years old. and lived at No
S23 Fourteenth-st. South Brooklyn. lie was IN the
ennloy Of Sinclair & Smith. % No. - South-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16
REAL ESTATE SIFFERS ALSO.
The MARKET DULLER THAN AT ANY TIME
THIS YEAR-HOT WEATHER THE CAUSE
IN PART.


IN PART.
The last week in real estate was the dullest OF
the year The aggregate OF the transactions by pri-
vate contract reported by brokers was only sSO.cN
The hot spell was undoubtedly responsible IN con-
siderable degree for the poor showing. The sales OF
the wee included the following;
SALES IN THE WEEK.
G. A Bowman sold for John Parr. at private
terms the property known as the Guaranty Storage
Warehouses; consisting of lots Nos 81 and Sl3 West
Forty-hrst-st.. covered by history buildings.
Harris Sokolski & Son sold for Nicholas Schroeder
the southeast Of Cherry and Oliver SITS. four
story tenement. with stores lot l6Sx42; also for
Israel d. Goodman to Nicholas Schneider, No. ~
Catherine-st.. tive-story double tenement with
stores. 25.lxl14 All on private terms.
Isaac V Brokaw purchased Of William F Coch-
ran the four-story ana basement brownstOne DWELL
ing on the south side OF West Forty fourth-st.. be-
ginning POO feet OF Fifth-ave. on lot 2JXlOO ;
feet for S3OO This property stands next west Of
the site of Louis Sherry's coming apartment hotel
aud restaurant. which will be erected by Mr..
James }. Frawley and Robinson J. Rooney sold to
Peter Kramer the property on the west side Of
Madison-ave.. 7i3 feet north OF One-hundred-and-
brtck d%elng ON lot 9xs' feet 1T 10 i3 fa y
Forty-hfth-st He Is the purchaser of the hathouse
Mrs r. r Townsend exchanged with Mr.. Coll
ner 10 2Ss Blcecker-st, plot 2>xsO with improve
Hagan & Campbell have sold for John Bannen at
about $4,000 Nos Lea and ,46 Park-aye, and No
- East Onc-hundrcd-a nd-hfth-st.. three hve-sory
double flats. each 2jXlO0, to Mrs Katherine J..
Hooks. who gave in part payment ten lots at Rail
rcad-ave and One-hundred- -forty-sxth-st. at
$1,000
Mrs Elisa G. Halves has sold to IIeilner Wolf
the four-sOry dwelling. altered into store, at No
Is East Sevenecnth-si lot 25X92 feet, for about
10000
The Frank l.. Fisher Company sold for James B
Gile TO a Mr.. Alexander No. 300 West one-hundred-
and fourth-st. n three-story brCwnstone private
dwelling on lot l7x55xi00 private terms.
CONVEYANCES AND MORTGAGES.
Following is the record of convey tnces. mortgages
and buildings projected In New ork the last week
compared with the corresponding week in 1885
tONNFYANTES
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16
Hotel Chatham,
Paris.

,nusuallv disagreeable encounter with the
statesman from the prairies. Mr.. Reed SAID medl-
tatively:
Il am told that at the saloons downtown rom
and Jerry mix and make an agreeable cOmbina-
ton but they will never combine in Congress-
no never"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16

Warner was member Of the Century Club. the As,
ISOLATION OF American Artists and the National
AcoH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16
TWO PLAYS THIS WEEK.
AN INVASION OF THE SWAY OF hOOr
GARDEN AND CONTINUOUS
VAUDEVILLE.

This week will see the first ripple In the sea OK
roof garden and continuous vaudeville Inc re,
vival OF a comedy that met success last season anu
the initial production Of nclodrama VIII p'opnesS
the near awakening Of the legitimate Drama O'o
of the roof gardens confident OF cool f.
Tomorrow evening transfer Its entertainments iIi
the music hall below The other lofty resorts Will
give their programmes az usual
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16
foreign Escorts.


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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16

Roster & Ral Will open their music hall foi the
season to morrow evening. This early reopenhs II
made necessary by the nature of tho turns Oh
seVera! of the performers. In case warm weather
should continue Mr. Bal j. confident Of being able
10 cool the hall by means of pumping iresh hi
from the roof through iced pipes me prog "h'nV
IL headed bv Za.o d wire performer and dancer,
who comes from London. Others in the bill VIII
he: The Flylng Jordan. Clara Wieland. an i.nHH"l
singing souirette who has been heard in TINS clt)
before: Jean Clermont and his trained animHl
and O'l}rien and IaVei The Hungarian 5aid VIII
continue to give promenade concerts on the TOOL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16

The following story was told Of Speaker Reed
at the headquarters of the Congressional Cam
paign Committee recently: The big man from
Maine was not fond Of "sockless" Jerry Simp-
SON when that gentleman was in Congress. This
worthy indeed. was a constant irritation to him.
a hair shirt a hempen cord about his waist
but unlike the Church fathers. the car did not
bear his infiction patiently one day after an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16

Proctor's Twenty-third Street Theatre Is cool
and inviting these hot days. and the b! for this
week is diversified. Il includes Mile Oceana, an
European equbrst VIII II. Sloane and William
Curlev Florence Wocott. recently Of Rob Roy
George r. Bremen and Henrietta Wheeler in 1.-THE
Wrong Overcoat" Norman "thc man frog; Short
end Edwards Ted SimOnds. parodist; Dawson and
Farland. 'whirlwind dan, rs Kit Roster. Juggie-
on the wire: H. Fingleton, Mile. Naaska. Eella
Sacha, Annie Leslie and Kitty Clark. songs and
dances and the Fabiana sisters, who sing duets
in nine different languages The Sunday concer'.
from 2:30 to II r. m. introduces Lillian KENNEDY.
l.eola Mitchell, "the living doll" and others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16

The Standard Theatre will be reopened OF August
q as a vaudeville house. Among the performers
already engaged are Loie Fuller, Tim Murphy.
Frederick Hallen and Mone Fue". John w. Ran
sone Lulu and Mabel Nichols Pearl Andrews.
Strk and Zeno. Stewart, the male Patti; Ielma
Ravlston Belle Black, Hodge and Launchmere.
Frank Whitman Roberts, the equilbrist Nina
Diva Cohen the boy soprano" and Mile. Alma.
The theatre has been refurnished and entirely
new roof has been put upon the building
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16

The Academy Of Music opens for the fall and
winter next Thursday evening. when the melo
drama Under the Polar Star" will be produced
for the first time Some sensational features are
promised and the players engaged include w. II.
Thomson Francis Carlisle, Cuyler Hastings, Leo
Detrichsten Neil Warner. Charles Kent Grace
Henderson. Bijou Fernandez and Alice Gilbert
The first production ~ the season nj the Four
teenth Street Theatre will he n melodrama called
when London Sleeps" Perdta Hudspitf Nill
play the part OF the necessary heroine, and it rs
announced that she will perform the soul-stirrng
feat Of escaping from burning building on 4
telegraph wire, carrying her "Chee-ild' In her
arms.
f. II. Sothern's forthcoming production at ;he
Lyceum Theatre Of r. y Stephens's romantic
drama. AN Enemy TO the King" will call for the
full strength OF his supporting company 1t Is n
play Of the sixteenth century. and will be mounted
accuracy of detail in costumes. scenery and prop
critics.
The preparations :or the production OF THE
Caliph" the opera in which jefferson De
Angels will make his first appearance star
at the Broadway Theatre. on Thursday. Septem-
Der g. are already far advanced The opera will he
PRODUCED under the direction OF Richard Barker
Plans are already far advanced for the produc-
ton Of Edward Harrigans threc-act play
called Marty Malone" at the Biou Theatre
August 81. Among the features promised are new
songs by Dave Breham. Some OF the players
gagged besides Mr.. Harrigan himself, are Harry
rogers Dan coyer. Charles Sturgess Dave
Braham 1r Edward Mack Charles Coffey. Cath
crime Lewis Maggie Fielding. Pauline Train and
Kittie Rampone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16

Procior's Pleasure Palace offers another entirely
rev programme this week The Dillon Brothers sing
their brisk parody songs, Ben f. Grnnele and
Charles Fostclle offer mosaic of buresque foolery
and eccentric dancing. James Richmond Genroy dis
penses droery Of his own connection. and Louise
Monfrose formerly OF the BLACK Crook" offers
character monologue. WdikOwski. the Russian I'M
tatOr mmics many birds and beasts. Mason ANA
Healy. May Wentworth, Grace Sherwood. May Low
ington and Valley Egar Edward b. and ROla W hie.
boxers and bag-punchers: Herbert and kea, ne
elastic demons and the Misses Melrose and FL
mar. in character changes. make mp the balance OF
the bill Among the entertainers for this afternoon
and evening Joe Flynn. VIII II. Sloane ana
Evans and NdOcq.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16

The audiences al the Grand Central Palace ROOF
Garden continue TO increase. AMI seem p,eased
with the entertainment. Kiralfy's ballet vii this
week continue 70 be the leading feature OF the bill
along with Nine Piarka's performance with her
trained lions. The four lion cubs are not the ieas'
interesting things 10 be seen on the roof; This Is
Nine Pianka's last week a. the Grand Central
Palace Roof Garden, The performers who VII
supplement this week he TWO features already
mentioned Les Voueeres. Misses Freddie Hulk
and Maud Gilbert. Warshauer and Mignon. Nc Bride
and Goodrich and Max Nickel the drum major
marvel Meyer Cohen md Proto. TUESDAY night
will he Australian harves festiva, the Garden
since Il Is The anniversary OF the birth Of Francis
Joseph. Emperor Of Austria. The usual concert VIII
be given tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16

At Terrace Garden tomorrow evening and the
rest of the week Der Polengraf" Ohe Polish Count
Will be presented for the ,'rst times in this country
1t Is the musical effort OF Louis Roth composer
of some prominence the other side. where the
is said to have met considerable success.
Der Polengraf" Is said TO be well worth hearin,-
All the principals of the Conried-Ferenczy con-
pany will be in the cast. The opera Will be staged
under the personal supervision OF Heinrich tonrieC.
Of the Irving Place Theatre. The company has been
actively rehea rising for two Weeks.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-09-18
REACHING 4 CLIMAX.
SPANISH CRUELTY 70
AMERICANS IN CUBA.
A Newspaper Correspondent
IS Hacked co Pieces and his Pass
port Destroyed by Span
ish Troops.

The State Department is
manitesting an active interest IN
the reported hacking to pieces
by Spaniards i'll Cuba Of Charles
Gown, an American newspaper
correspondent, and Consul Gen~
eraI Lee has demanded a full re>
port on the affair from Captain
General Weyler, If the Span
iards are unable to refute the
strong affdavits already i'll pos
session of this Government, an
apology and indemnity will be
pere1nptorily called for. The
State Department is informed
that Gown, who had his Ameri>
can passport and carried no arms,
had lost his way and was captur-
ed July 9th last by the Spanish
Colonel Ochoa, who had him
bound to a tree and hacked to
pieces with machetes. Consul
General Lee will press the mat
ter to a conclusion as promptly
as possible
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-09-18
NOW, WHOSE cow IS THIS?
SWALLOWED Up IN y CREVICE,
OWNER BURIES HER FOR DEAD
AND ANOTHER MAN DIGS
HER Up ALIVE.

A peculiar lawsuit was CONS
menced on Saturday night by
Thomas GOvier, Of Parsons, Pa,
against Frank HUM, of Miners
Mills, Pa, to recover a COW.
Govier owned a good COW,
which he priced very highly. On
Monday night, as the COW was
returning from pasture the earth
suddenly opened aud swallowed
her, and as the top soil filled up
the hole, the animal sank about
ten fee, beneath the surface, be-
ing completely covered with soil
except her head.
Govier found the COW as de-
scribed. He concluded that she
was badly injured and not worth
digging out, 50 he covered her
head with clay and left he1 sup
posedly TO her eternal rest
Later Oh young man named
Frank Huhn, from Miners Mill,
happened 10 come along, and,
hearing the COW "nooing," pro-
cceded to investigate. The
creature had succeeded in half
uncovering her head and was
breathing with difficulty HUM
procu1ed a pick and shovel and
released the animal from her
tomb. Then he examine her
carefully and discovered that a
broken horn was the only injury
sustained.
Huhn took the COW home,
cared for her attentively and re-
parded her as his own. Govier
| heard of it and went to see the
COW, and on learning that she
was not permanently injured,
demanded her return to him.
Huhn refused, upon the ground
that Govier had not only aban-
doned the COW, but had consi2n-
ed he1 to die by suffocation.
Govier then went before a JUS
tice of the Peace and commenced
legal proceedings for the recovery
of his COW.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-09-18
"; q ns1otn Engine sSuns
Away.

While a through east bound
freight, drawn by engine No.
1000, was coming down the sew
enteen-lnile grade OH the Balti>
more & Ohio Railroad near Cum
berland, Nd, last Thursday night
the mammoth engine, weighing
eighty FIVE tons, which had lust
been put into the service for
drawing heavy trains up the
mountain, ran away, the brake
having refused to act
The train tore down the grade
at trightful rate and. struck d
curve a. Empire Mine, near
Bloomington, Nd. Here one Of
the rails was torn loose and the
engine left the track, and, after
ploughing the cross ties for
several hundred yards, was
thrown across both tracks, but
was not upset.
Twenty trc1ght cars loaded
with coal, flour and Lumber were
piled upon each other and a
number ground almost to splin
dcrs. Flour was scattered about
knee deep.
Both tracks were completely
! blocked and the wreck was at a
| pOllt where a track could not be
laid around it, so all east bound
passenger trains had to be baCk>
ed and brought east by way OF
Pittsburg. All west bound trains
were sent over the Pittsbure
division. The Wreckage was
cleared the next day.
No trainmen We're hurt, but {
well-dressed stranger named
John Negley, who was stealing (
ride OH the tram, was killed
He was taken to Piedmont, anc
upon examination gold Watc1
and S34 i'll money was found OF
his person. Three tranps Wh'
were thought to be under tn
wreck escaped in safety.
The wreck was one of the mos
costly experienced by the com
pany in many years. This is th
second mishap since the mann
| moth new engines have been pu
on, and it is claimed they ar
too heavy for the track.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-09-18
$1,000 IF TWINS ARE BORN.
AGENCY PROJECTED FOR y pECU
LIAR INSURANCE SOCIETY.

Efforts are being made to es>
tablish a New York agency for
the Loan, Guarantee and Trust
Society, which, among other
things, issues policies upon the
contingent birth of twins. The
premium is $50 and if the event
happens the policy holder re-
covers 81 900 upon the presenta-
ton OF the proper proof. The
appellant must be sOlemnly
sworn and declare that he is not
a twin and has never been such.
He must answer inquiries as to
whether or not his great-grand~
mother, his paternal grandfather
and his great uncle ever were
twins or the fathers or mothers
of the same. If the family has
been a populous one the higher
the rate of insurance will be.
The $50 pertains only to ordinary
cases and is purely basis of ne
ootiation. The twin table, it IS
said, runs something like this:
Great-grandmother, a twin,
$2o: grandfather, a twin, s27;
yourself, a twin, $50; yourself,
triplets, SIS; yourself, quacru-
plets, $67.S5.
The last question is practically
prohibitive. Proof of the neces
sity of granting the $1,000 may
be made as soon as the children
are officially registered and bap-
tized. Agents of the company
who adjust the claims have, 1t Is
said, gained such expertness that
they can tell by the general ap~
pearance of worry and solicitude
on the face Of parent that birth
has come to his household IN q
double guise.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-09-18
Strange Scene at a Funeral.

At Buffalo Baptist Church, ten
miles southwest of Huntington,
W. Va, on Sunday, the funeral
exercises of Mrs. Marion Newman
were conducted. Immediately
after the ceremony Mr.. Newman
and Miss Malinda Daniels, a
cousin of NewmaD's dead wife,
stepped forward, handed a license
to the minister and requested to
be married. The marriage GER
emony was performed, much to
the astonisllment Of the mourn>
ers of the dead woman. The
affair is causing much comment
All parties connected are well
known in that section.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-09-18
Goodby, Sir!

GoOdby, Mister Summertime
Take dc shortest way;
Only fault We fin wild you---
Make too long stay.
OATS dc song.
You stay TOO long.
But Mister Winters comm strong
Goodbv, Mister Summertime
Pack yo' t'iugs en- start!
Only heart dat break fer you
Is dc watermelon heart,
Hcah dat song?
You stay TO long
But Mister Winters comm strong
Goodby Mister Summertime
Peaches mighty sweet,
But tatcrpouc is comm on,
En- juicy possum meat
Heah dat song
You stay too long
But Mister Winters comm strong.
Il. l.. Stanton.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-09-18
HAD MONEY To BljHH
so HIS WIFE LIGHTED A FIRE
WITH SI2, 900 IN BILLS.
HAD NO FAITH IN BANKS
Placed his Money in Stove For
Safe Keeping.

Peter Warner, a well to-do
farmer living near Niles, Mich,
lost considerable money recently
by the failure Of a bank there.
y few weeks ago he disposed of
some real estate for ST., 900.
The money, which was i'll bills,
Warner placed for safe keeping
III stove. Tuesday night his
wife built a fire there and the
bills we're destroyed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-09-18
THE POPULAR GIRL

Does not snub her juniors.
Does not baCkbitc her associ-
atcs.
Docs not indulge i'll cheap
Cynicism.
Does not discourse il fro;hy
style.
Does not dress to outshinc her
sisters.
Does not converse i'll pcdagog-
iC vein.
Does not aim to have a world
worn air.
Does not tell either girls or
men of her prowess as "scalp~
cr.
Does not try to be the most
conspicuous feature in the land
sCape.
Does not seek to be witty at
the expense Of other people S
leellngS.
Does not make such a fetch of
frankness as to be rude and tact
less.
Does not dress so badly that
she brings the blush of mortified
vanity to her escorts check.
Does not hide her light under
a bushel and refuse to contribute
her share toward the general en-
tertainment.
Does not ever fail in gencros
ity of word and deed and fails as
seldom as possible i'll generosity
of thought.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-09-18
UnHucky hiriee7.

To those vino believe in the
fatality of the number thirteen,
says the Chicago News, some
points about the American silver
quarter will sound gloomy if
they are burdened with many of
these coins. On the quarter
eagles are thirteen stars. thirteen
letters, il the scroll the eagle
holds i'll its claws, thirteen tea-
theirs III the eagles wing, tl1ir
teen feathers in the tail, thirteen
parallel lines Oh the shield,
thirteen horizontal stripes,
thirteen arrow heads, and
thirteen letters III the words
"quarter dollar