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The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-26

NEW YORK, Sept. 24--An Albany
snecial to the World says: Before tie
municipal board of assess ors at City
hall yesterday ar.neaI ed u man no
with difficulty concealed his agitail2n,
who spoke in low Vat'a He was
Parker Corning, son of lie lat2 Lfas'
FMS Corning, who was once king OF the
iron industry in Northern New York.
Parker Corning had come to adjust,
in some way, a tax imposed by the
hoard of $S1 1000 worth of Albany CITY
National bank stock, which, it was sup
nosed he owned, free and lnencum-
bered.
.I am ready to make affidavit said
Mr. Corning, that I do not possess
holdings to that amount'-the asses
sors looked at him II speechless amaze
ment-"it will be simply imposslple
for me- to paw tax upon any such
amount"
blank on which to "swear off, the
+ax was handed to Mr.. Corning. lie
filled it in; he went away. HIS o" II
handwriting, his own figures -proVea
that instead of holding 964 SHARES Ol
the stock of the bank OF when ms
father was once the president ana the
nron the remnant of Erastus Corning
estate owes SIPS, 900 to various creditors
s12 100000 GONE IN TWENTY-FIVE
YEARS.
So in twenty-five years $4,000, ,oOC
have disappeared; the money poured
out by the great Albany and RenSse-
laer Iron and Steel company, the
money coined by the Albany bank the
money bequeathed to Erastus Cofni"s
bv his father late in the '7os.
From a pinnacle Of wealth the o:of-
ming family has fallen to what ,a"s
must consider poverty.
The old Erastus Corning, dying, lei
large holdings of bank stock in Albany
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sage underneath, or else going up to
the street and crossing over.
The cars which run through the tun-
mel are ordinary trolley-cars, but, like
many which traverse other routes in
the city, they are all controlled by one
corporation, the West End Street Rail-
way company to which, by the way
the subway has been leased by the
Transit commissioners. This fact par
TALLY explains some of the precautions
taken at the stations. There one buys
a ticket before boarding car, or get
ting a chance to do so, and the con-
ductor on the car collects the tickets.
Exit from the station platforms is ef-
fected through .turnstiles, which allow
a person to, pass in only one direction.
Broad, easy stairs lead down from
the street to the underground stations.
There are seldom more than thirty
steps in a flight. There are two hlghts
for the north-bound tracks, and two
for the south-bound. The head OF each
staircase is inclosed by a neat one
story. glass-roofed granite building.
Glazed white brick and plenty OF white
paint impart tc the station interiors
fresh and CHEEKY appearance Al
present the only stations in use under-
ground are at the corner OF BoylStoh
and fremont streets, ana at fark
street A temporary loop at the latler
point permits the north-oouna cars 70
return without switching. When the
subway is completed, however, there
will he other stations at Scollay square,
Adams square and Haymarket square
ONLY an engineer can begin to unoer-
stand the difficulties of an undertak-
ing like this. Countless sewers, water
pipes, gaspipes and telephone wire con
duits have been laid close to the route
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track. One runs westward under
Boylston street Mall for about 900 feet,
and then ascends an incline through
an open cut for 31S feet. The terminal
station for this branch is situated In
the Public gardens. The other branch
reaches away to the southwark, and,
on nearing the junction of Shawmut
avenue and fremont street, forks. 4
separate tWo-track incline leads up
into each of those streets.
Including the inclines, the subway
has a total length Of about a mile and
a half, and will contain about five
miles of track. At present the branches
from the corner of Boylston and Tre
mont streets and the main line up to
Park street are in operation. great
deal of work has already been done on
the northern portion of the route, and
1t is hoped that everything will be fin
ished within the next eight months.
Ground was broken for the subway in
April, 1895, twenty-nine months ago.
The depth of this underground pas
sageway is IA feet. The width is "a
feet for two tracks and 4S feet for
four. At intervals of six feet along the
sides steel posts are set up on good
foundations, and from the tops of these
on one side there reach across to the
tops of those on the other steel roof
beams. Where there are four tracks
there is a central line Of posts in the
tunnel, in addition to those along the
sides. From one cross beam to the
next there extends an arch of mason
ry. These successive arches, forming
the roof, are covered with concrete, and
the same material fills the space be-
tween the posts along the Sides A
waterproof backing of asphalt assists
in excluding from the subway water
that might otherwise leak in from the
soil. The masonry floor is followed,
like an inverted arch, and along it's
central line there runs a drain. At in
tervals the drain discharges into pit,
from which, whenever the water rises
to certain level the contents are with
drawn by automatically controlled
electric pumps.
Ventilation is effected by huge ro-
tary fans, established in masonry
chambers at three or four points along
the line. The air is sucked out of the
subway, and forced upward through
the openings to the level of the street.
Hundreds of incandescent electric
lamps and scores of arc lights are dis
posed advantageously along the in
terror. AS electricity is also employed
for the propulsion of the cars which
use the subway, there is no smoke to
accumulate on the ceilings. and no
foul gases to offend the olfactory
nerves There is no reason why the
place should not remain clean, sweet
and bright for years.
At the underground stations, of
course, the subway is broadened A
high wire fence runs lengthwise in the
middle, separating the two north
bound tracks from the two southbound.
The tracks of each pair are divided
by what engineers call an island plat
FORM say thirty feet wide. and 800
or 400 feet long. Access can be had
to one low flight of stairs and through
a narrow but brightly Illuminated pas
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Over the doorway hung 4 g1lTny leg
end: "a vendre, 5000 francs. Sarah
bought the ruins forthwith, and set
about making two or three rooms just
habitable, for 1t was her idea to live
the veritable life Of the hermit, aid
she had no wish to reproduce the
gIories of her hotel in the Boulevard
Pereire in this wild spot But 1 am
afraid she did not get on as she would
have wished with the simple fisher folk.
She offered TO buy them splendid
craft to replace the -amshackle ar
rangement that they used; but they
declined and crossed themselves in
awe; for was she not play actress"
and an "accursed" according to their
simple notions? At any rate, today
Sarah has modernized the Fort des
Poulains, and there poor Alexaudre
Dumas passed some of the happiest
hours of his declining days, and there
Victorien Sardou, Coppee ..nd The most
famous artists of the Parisian stage
foregather when Sarah gives the sign
that she is hermit once more. The
fishing is excellent, and Sarah dotes en-
fishing; the shooting is abundant, and
Sarah can shoulder gun, and fer
dreaming and thinking she says there
is no place like it.
Eugene w. Presby's new comedy. "a
Virginia Courtship." was produced In
San Francisco last Monday night by
w. H. Crane for the first time on any
stage. The comedy is in three acts.
and, being set in the early portion or
the century, presents opportunity 1or
handsome and picturesque costuming,
which the producer was careful to take
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appearance in a new play, and particularly
g. romantic drama, is one which his many
admirers will be Pleased to hear. Like most
actors who for the past few years nave ue-
voted themselves almost entirely to Snakes
pearian roles, ne has realized that the legiti,
mate is losing ground in the estimation OF
the majority of theater-goers "lskander,
his new play is by w D. EATON. Tb rne Piss Pias
of Prince ISLANDER" and the author has
also derived large source of information
from Dr. James NJ Lrd9T %ayde n9omses oaPsaa
picturesque and elaborate mounting for MS
new play.
The dramatic artists of Greece have been
reduced by the war to very wretched con-
dition. Since the declaration of host1atles
| theatrical performances have been prohlpiteo.
| A petition has now been made to the govern
! ment to permit the performance of tragedies.
! Comedies and farces are felt to be inappro-
| pirate to the time of disaster. The president
| the most lively sympathy with the actors,
| declined to grant their request, on the
| ground that the soldiers who have under
| gone so many sufferings In the field of battle
might be indignant if theatrical representa-
tions were renewed.
Nance O'Neil who was seen here last
season with Mckee Rankin, has made a
| success as Leah in Leah, the Forsaken, IN
| the Murray Hill theater. New York, and the
demand for seats is now so great that Man
i
| traction for another week. There is no mis-
| taking the hit made by Miss O'Neil as the
| Jewish maiden, says the New York Herald
| II Is genuine and at every performance she
| ia repeatedly called after the curse scene. 1t
| Is quite apparent that the Murray Hill
Theater Stock company has come to stay
..Tbe Wizard of the Nile has scored a gen.
uine hit at the Shaftesbury theater in London.
| The London Times. which Is generally very
| conservative in matters theatrical, declares
| that its success is deserved, and praises the
book and music in the highest terms. h. e..
| Chamberlyn the manager Of the London pro-
| duction writes Kirke La Shelle that the
| opera will be given a long run In the English
metropolis and will then be sent on tour.
Mrs Minnie Maddern Fiske will begin her
seasons tour with Tess Of the d'Urberv1lles
| next month While confning herself to Tess
| for the present she has other plays under
| consideration for the future. Tess having
been drawn from a famous novel, 1t Is per-
| haps natural that she should look to another
| famous work for fiction for her new character.
| Accordingly, she is having Thackeray's Van
| ity Fx.(' dramatized, with view OIL appear
| ing az Becky Sharp.
| Mrs Fiske is said to be reverent follower
| after Duse, and 1t is noted that she has ar
| ranged for a play laid in the Italian quarter
| of New York. 1t will be called Little Italy, "
| and aims at a realistic portrayal OF life In
! that part of the city. An Italian version Of
| it will it is said, be brought out by Duse in
| dramatizer Of ''Tess," and, indeed, small
army of other playwrights, are said to be at
| work for Mrs Fiske. Can this account for
| the present dearth Of dramatic novelties!
| Has the lady attempted corner Of the
| dramatic market?
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Underground
J Travel.

The subway of street cars in Boston,
a part of which has just been opened
for service, is an enterprise of more
than local interest, says the New York
Tribune The necessity for some relief
to the crowded thoroughfares above
it can best be appreciated, OF course
by Bostonians; but the modern Athens
is by no means the only city In this
country which is beset with problems
of the same character.
Those who are familiar with the
Law of the land in Boston remember
that fremont street runs In general
north-and-south direction and forms
the eastern boundary of the Common.
It is intersected by Boylston street,
which constitutes the southern bound
ary of that historic park. On the
Boylston and fremont street cages
of the Common there is broad prone
made. known as the Mall. The main
part of the subway, which is wloe
enough to accommodate four tracks
passes under the fremont street Mail
and. after passing under Park street,
which lies along the northern size OF
the Common, extends (or. Will e1teno'
when completely to scollay square
thence eastward to Adams square
and. finally, up northward again to
Haymarket square. This terminus Is
close to the great union railway STA
| ton at the North end.
From the corner of fremont ana
Boylston streets there are two exten-
sions. wide enough for only a double
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-26
CPENT ees TX, What It. E1astns n;a ;n Corn
~ Twelve Millions Xxx Twenty-Five Years

ing wife knows how to entertain. Their
fine house on State street was the CEN
ter of the capitals social gayety, ana
there were received the highest person.
ages of the country.
He kept an army of servants His
euuipages were spendtd. He and MS
wife were as we'll known in New YORK
society as at their home. He belonged
to the New York clubs.
To his wife, whom he loved dearly, he
made splendid presents. For example: !:
For her he paid &c. 500 for few yards
of lace that the Empress Eugene once
owned.
1t is almost impossible to indicate the
various streams that drained this ocean
of s12. .O00. .OO0 Erastus Corning would
give a friend $4,000 to start business,
and if the business did not prosper
would give him $50,000 more to bolster
it.
Do not misunderstood. Lavish as he
was. he was a good man, an honorable
man and a religious man. Besldes, ne
was immensely charitable. In more
than one sense the right hand OF Eras-
tus Corning did not know what his le1t
hand was doing.
Suffering APPEALED TO HIM.
Suffering. want, misery always ap-
pealed to him and were always an
swered by him. He gave tens OF thou-
sands to people who needed and VINO
now bless his memory.
He was member of the All Saints
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral in Al
bany, and he saw that the churcn
Golfers never were empty. BlsnoE
| Doane could tell much or the sulefiils n
| that Erastus Corning's generosity re-
He loved thoroughbred horses and
cattle. He owned a model farm at Ken
wood, two miles from here. His trot,
ting horses were famous Throughout
the state, and at the state and county
fairs he usually came off with the mons
share of blue ribbons, medals ano
premiums for his well-bred Jersey cat
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tie. But even from his farm he derived
no income. eo,,,, or
Dr Webb sells his hackneys; former
Gov. Morton sends to market the hll!h
from his dairy farm and the eggs MS
ane noultrv Law. Not a cent did Eras-
tus Corning derive from his farm. Even
the vegetables he raised cost him ten
times more than if he had bought them
in open market. co ono
600 was expended on that tarn, an anu
what was produced there? Ihat Sz'ooo'-
OO6 fertilized kenwood.
F,rastus Corning loved dogs, TOO, anu
it saws a great deal for him that dogs
loved him. He imported immensely
valuable dogs, paid fancy prices 1or
them-and gave them away
LOVER OF FLOWERS, TOO.
He loved flowers, too That taste ne
Inherited from his father. His not
houses were filled with the daintlest
and most beautiful the rarest, the
costliest orchards, gathered from all
parts of the world.
II is really fact that his money
went everywhere. Now he gave to the
| st. Agnes school, now to the lslaho
Park Racing association, now TO
cathedral. the next moment to beggar
in rags. oo
Erastus Corning died on Aug. 20 last,
irtestate. His son Parker was appoint
ed administrator of his estate; of an
| estate that did not exist. Just before
Mr.. Corning's death his splendid house
on State street was sold to hotel COM
pany for 100000. When the payments
were made Mr. Corning received sly
900; those who held mortgages on tne
house S5O.O00. Directly the house was
sold he retired to his farm and there he
remained in seclusion until death came
Thus can $12.ooo,OOO be easily spent
| in twenty-five years
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advantage of. The story of the play
is one in which love and intrigue are
salient features. A peppery old ma
jor, whose illustrious ancestor was one
of the first settlers in the colony OF
Virginia, quarrels with his neighbor, a
French widow. The latter has a
daughter, the former son, who plight
their troth, and, after many vicissi-
tudes, the widow and major adjust
her cap at the gallant old soldier.
Judging from the reception accorded
to both play and author, its success
is already assured. Some Of the
scenes were heartily appreciated and
vigorously applauded:
"Toole, the famous comedian" says
J. E. Dodson, "in whose company
made my first appearance, used to say
to me: don't use much makeup, my
boy. It's a mistake. Always let them
see your face They like it. That is
his method, but 1 have always felt tnat
he was wrong, and that, II an actor
can realize the character to the eyes
of the audience, half the battle is won
OF course, 1 have seen very clever &C
tors who could make up strlklngiy
and who failed to suggest the part pc
low the surface. They were the mers
outside, and failed completely to real
ize the inner part of the role"
Otis Skinner produced his new romantic
comedy prince Rudolph" at the Graho an =
opera house. in Chicago, last Weeh. ,o;,e
play is prettily mounted, the costumes Delne
especially handsome and effective. Tne story
which is a free adaptation OF one OF ROPER,
Louis Stevenson's earlier works, is well lolu
with situations and climaxes hlgniy uIa, IA
matte Mr.. Skinner scored success IN tne
title role and the supporting company shareo
the honorS.
Thomas W. Ksene is an adj, advocate .nd OF the ni
nonsense uttered about them. says MT
Keene. 1.-The present ones are the real palmy
days of the play acting fraternity Com. Com.
pared with the American stage OF forty years
ago, the stage Of today is better OF IN every
way. More care is given to rehearsals. De-
tails are more closely looked after, Proper
environment is not neglected as 1t used &c
be. So, all together, the patrons OF tne
theater get more for their money than theil
forefathers did,
During James O'Neill's first season II
Monte Cristo'' an old and well-known actor
who was member of his company died sud
was wired over the country, Mr.. O'NeilI was was
handed $1.25 collect message: James
O'Neill, Opera House, Detroit-HaYe Jus
learned that - died last Monday Wiliint
In the roles and have necessary costumes
Answer, quick" The name signed to the mes
| sage was that of very bad actor, VINO, IT Il
| safe to say, had never drawn regular salar:
| in his line. Mr.. O'Neill replied. collect
| of course: 'Your telegram received and con
| tents noted admire your courage. l woul'
| not be willing to take his place for twice tha
| salary.
| The announcement Of Frederick Warde'
|
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PROF. G. NORRIS,

Phrenologist and Physiognomist. New
Pictures and Lectures every evening. Men,
women and children examined free in public
at the close of each lecture.
Private examinations each day at the Hall
from 1890 to IL p M, except Lecture hours,
which are from to 10 p m Oral, 80 cents;
with chart, 81, $1.5O and $500.
Psychological Examinations,
setting forth all the Strong and Weak points
of character and disposition. showing clear
ly in each case what to cultivate and what
to retain,
Will Aid Young Men and Women
Just starting in life, who are full of zeal,
strength and courage, in selecting Proper
Pursuits, in which their abilities can be
used to the best advantage, thus securing
the best results of their efforts, and gaining
honor and happiness.
Young Ladies' and Gentlemen of
Wealth and Leisure
will find Phrenology an Infallible guide TO
the proper use Of their best powers.
Parents Will Be Shown How
to understand and train turbulent, wayward
and selfish children and how to bring their
moral and intellectual powers into the asr
cendant also how to deal with the delicate,
tender and precocious so as
To Secure the Best Results.
These examinations are given verbally
and in Charts with all the candor and faith
fulness of confidential communications.
In every examination the quality or the
brain the strength of the constitution, the
disposition natural tendencies and capabill-
ties will be described
Also a full description of the complexion,
TEMPERAMENT height, weight, features OF
face and shape OF head of the lady or gen.
tleman best adapted In marriage TO tne per-
son examined.
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and some of these have been pareo
during the progress of the necessary
excavation. When their position was
of a higher level than the roof OF the
future subway it was not necessary 10
do more than to protect them care
frllv for the time. But If they were
lower than the roof, and higher than
the floor. the situation was more
serious. Two great water MANS one
thirty inches in diameter and the other
forty inches across, were encountered
at that very inconvenient lever. II oe-
came necessary to construct slphohS,
bending down under the subway ana
nm again on the ether side, in order 10
adjust these conflicts of interest. For
the happy solution of all these dill
critics great credit is due to the city
commission intrusted with the work,
to their chief engineer, and, in some
measure. to the engineers Of the west
End company.
An incidental but important feature
of the plan of construction is the
avoidance of grade crossings. In the
four-track passageway the Boylston
street cars have the two inside tracks,
and the fremont street and ShaWmut
avenue cars use the two outer ones In
common. Accordingly, at the south
eastern corner of the Common, the
westermost track (southbound) is car
ried down under the two central ones
by q special one-track tunnel which
soon emerges with another one-track
tunnel carrying the up-track. At
point still further south similar plan
is pursued In the separating Of the
ShaWmut avenue and fremont street
cars.
Furniture Coverings.
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NEW YORK Sept. 2S.-There will shortly /.
be launched from the Aver shipyardds pyad rha az
Inner Nyack boat of marvellous speed. Inc
designer Of this boat is Charles D. M9sRsl Ma
brougbt bro prominently before the public by the tn
of the Edeh hos which now ne aeat but
In the Viper, which is the name OF , tne new h,S
nautical flyer Mr.. Mosher has put dofSn Ineris nis
hest efforts and brought to bear the 1dis expe5i,
ence gained from the defects of the world WORLDS 5
fastest boats. The utmost secrecy SURROUNDS
las eonstruction of the Viper. Her general
is known and very Ts Sut the
ohonica1 details are a great mystery. callea
on Mr. Mosher and brought every anosGea IN adNanee
description, but he declined to do So M saglmg Snaf
that wlsnin INN ser trial trip. and then and not
til would the n6Ne1aS dsaS fe Pe sate maee that pOh
snand which the Viper is almost certain 70
attain is close to As miles an noa But
as as ii the Vipera lines are known to be Vastly Teat
different, the result by the cIs way ot This won
deTfuI deS u speed is not unlikely when the per-
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THE cENruRY's NJ ARINE MARVEL.

formance of other boats built by the >. same am 9
designer is known. In the illustration on TINS
mage is shown the Ellide, owned by E. Bur
CESS Warren, of Philadelphia, which mas low low
ured mile on the Hudson in one minute ana
thirty-fve seconds, and hopes to do 1t IN iess
This record eclpses that of the Turolnia,
which is the fastest boat in England. IL is
shown in the illustration beneath the Elilae
The Turbinia is propelled by the turbine
motor which does away with theaa piston Sa TT2 T0d
binia is a long. rkish-looking craft, being
similar in dimsps9ns to stGlass sbaWn Bptlbe p fbe
Illustration, is Englands fastest, torpedo 69as 5
flyer Her speed, however, has been excellea sALs
by the Admiral Porter, our own marine Ryer
The odd shaped boat in the lower part OF the
Illustration was built by F. J. L. Lowe, and
nineteen models were made before the. final
one was adopted. 1t is at present undergo der ..
ing repairs in New York shipyard, and Is
expected when finished to come up to the
performance of the Ellide. There is the great
est interest in marine circles and among
wealthy owners of fast yachts regarding the
Viper. which could her speed be maintained
would cross the Atlantic in less than three
days.