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tion to east and west bound traffic for q quarter
of q century. which accounts for the overcrowd-
ing Of Madison and Fifth avenues. The fault
was with the Commissioners appointed under
the law OF 1872, chapter 7o2. who ought to
have sunk the bed OF tho New York and Harlem
Railroad. which has four tracks beneath the
surface OF the street. at least two feet below its
present level.
The city authorities made a strons fight at
that time to compel the railroad company to
place their tracks lower, as it was pointed ont
that in the depression north OF Scventy.fourth
street the avenue would be practically ruined
for purposes OF traffic The city's efforts were
without success, and when it came to paving
the avenue the steep grades were made even
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worse than necessary by covering the tunnel
roof with an unnec essary amount OF dirt and
adding on top OF that thick granite blocks.
Commissions Of Public Works Coils has re-
Gently devised = scheme TO remove this hummock
from the centre of the avenue and reduce the
grades at the intersections with the lateral
streets. This has been done with the approval
of the Mayor and several men interested in east
side improvements. The work is now under
way and will be completed within sixty days.
Il will convert m unused street 100 feet wide
street 10 Einety.sixth street with asphalt. and
the pretty small parks in the centre which
screen the railway tunnel will give it a most at
tractive appearance, making II a grand bou.e-
ward.
The contract for the work was let to the
warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving Company which
began operations at tifty-sixth street. which 10
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COL. SMITHS UPTOWN TOUR.
No Yiuds the AnueEsd District Poiioe1sn In
Good SHAPE.

Col smith. the newly appointed Police Com
missioner. made a tour Of inspection north Of
the Harlem River yesterday afternoon. In
spcctor McCullagh. who IS familiar with the dis
trIct, went vita him to see that he did not get
lost, They stopped at tho Alexander, avenue
station aud found Capt. Brennan on duty and
When thew reached Morris mia Court and found
il adjourned. The court. squad, which, was
to cogrt and stood on the steps 10 see the Com.
Missioner go BY. IL headed for the horrisania
police station, at Tooth street, and the reserves
we've called out for him 70 Inspect.
This duty performed To the satisfaction OF all
concerned. the Commissioners visited the stables
vel sfIgded with everything except the sad
dies. wnlch he thought were heavier and more
cumbersome than need BE- A The fremont
serseant Mccarthy. and wss driven from there
Scfoss country othe High Bridge station. where
be finished his selt'impossd task Tor the day.
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DIHIR.

.-knniveuaTy requiem mas for the rrrosO
Of the soul Of the late Maurice Ahsrn. ST. Francis
Xavier's Church. Saturday, Aug. 81, NsA. n.
Relatives and friends invited.
ClNNINGs.-on Aug. 10, Annie Maria Byrue. wife
orJamcs Il. Cummings.
Funeral Saturday, Aug. 81. at 1890 4. VI. from hes
residence. ala East ith St, thence TO 81. Anne's
Church. on East i2th st, where a solemn high
MAS OF requiem will DO offered for the repose Of
her soul. Interment in Calvary. '
CURLES.-The solemn MAS OF tho months mind
for the late Rev. John ". Curlsy viii be celebrated
ct the Church OF Sc. NichAsl's. 9th Nv. and sgd at.
tomorrow. Saturday. morainE At half pAAt 10.
Tho reverend clerEy and MS friends are rcapsct
fully Invited To be present.
TERGUsOA. Entered into rest at Centre Mortch~a.
LII. Aug. ~. 1897, James A. Ferguson. In the
18th year OF his GGe.
Funeral Serv!ess 3 ?. N. saturday. at St. PAul's
Church. corne r Clinton and CsrroiIsI, Brooklyn.
Intsrment private In Greenwood.
Eu- on "Wednesday. Aus. ia. Peter Cal
lAgher. = native OF county Sligo, Ireland, In she
s7th year OF his age.
Funeral from his late residence. Ras Grand Av- As
toria. Long Island city. on Saturday. Aug. 81, ~
GRIFFIN on wednesday. AUG. Is. a. Ksnnsbunk-
port, Ne, Charles H, Grimm OF this city, late OF
the firm Of TNl!ushsst 4 Grimm.
FGaera! at the Episcopal church. woburn. Nus. on
Friday, AnE. go, At noon,
GNIN.-At Prescott. ArtI, on Aug 10 Of typhoid
fever. william ? beloved son OF Julia /. and the
late samuel Gwyn Of Brooklyn, aged AZ.
WELSH. AT Aorristown. y. J., Joseph H.. beloved
son OF Patrick v, ADD Mary C. Welsh.
Funeral services saturday morning At $50 O'Clock.
a Churh Of the AAsum ptlon. Friends and class
mates invited to ATTEND.
catered into rest on Aug IL. william R.
YounE. sou OF william aud Elizabeth =. Young. AZ
their residence. aiO IenoT Ay.
Sotiee VI funeral here after. EaAton. Pa, papers
please copy,
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PARK RECLAIMED.
VAST IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE
THERE Won.

Ger. Coils HayIuG That Hitherto Inpnss,bie
Theroughrare Regarded ana P~avrd-iner
tire NeiRnOFphosis n VIII Tie = Brauti-
Tal ~ Well NJ = Very Useful boulevard.
Every person who has had occasion to drive
on Park avenue north OF Fitty.siSth street has
found himself compelled to leave he street and
seek some parallel roadway in consequence Of
the steep slope from the small rtrks in the cen
tire OF the street to the curb. In many places
there is an elevation Of two feet in the centre
above the level at the sidewalk. This rendered
this great avenue SO useless for vchicular travel
that for twenty years grass has been growing
in the roadway. In addition to This. this abnor.
mai elevation has formed a ridge along the en-
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that the whole train can be pumped out. when
~ will rise 10 the surface and proceed 10 harboF,
like q tugboat and q tow OF baTges.
The Argouaut IL to be capable Of going down
and looking for sunken passenger liners like the
Elbe and tho Drummond Castle, and probably
what II left OF the Salier. lie in waters which
are not too deep for this wreckor. The density
OF water at the depths In which they now arc,
from $50 10 900 feet, cannot be reached by a
man. Ono Of the principal objects Of the boat
Will Be the rescuing Of drowned persons from
the interior OF sunken shi1S.
The craft is to be 30 feet long. q feet wide. and
will have a displacement of - tons. When
necessity calls for IL, the vessel can DO trans
ported to the great lakes on a HAT car or taken
across the seas on the deck of n steamer. II may
be possible for this craft to find some OF the IA.
nous treasure ships which lie at the bottom OF
the seas. They include the Orient, sunk oy Mel.
son at the battle of the. Nile with 800 600
aboard: the Latunc, sunk In the Zuydcr Zco
with $1,000 QUO in her hold; the De Brake,
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CHIEF MoURSs PADDr,s LOSS.
The Greyhound was the Eirst to See That HIS
YTtend. the Eire Engine Horse. Was Dying.

The Greyhound was the FIRST to See That HIS
Yrtend. the Eire Engine Horse. Was Dying.
Paddy. the FIRE horse, is dead. For fourteen
years he helped drag the big truck of Hook and
Ladder Company Il, whose house is at 100 East
l25th street. II not the oldest horse In the de-
partment. he was one ottho Oldest. He was 20
years old, and had been in the Fire Department
since he was &. There Is great mourning for
him in the house of the company. and the head
mourner Is Chief. a splendid greyhound, who.
since his puppyhood. has been Paddy's partic-
ular chum.
When Chief was brought to the truck house
about six years ago, he Numbered. puppy.lIke.
into Paddy'a stall. to the distress OF tho men.
who expected to SEQ him kicked or tramplei.
Tho big horse only put his head down inqGir-
inRly. and Chief licked his nose In token OF good
fello " ship. From that time the two were fast
friends. Chief took up his quarters in Paddy's
stall, sleeping on the straw in a corner. When
an alarm rang ne bounded out, barking impn-
tiently. to hurry tho horses up. and as the big
truck went rolling down the street the gray.
hound capered along in front OF Chief. who was
middle horse. voicing his glee with all the power
of his throat. Except in case OF IRE, however.
he was a quiet and GigHided animal. who COM
per,ed himself as one who realizes what is duo
About / O'clock yesterday morning Chief
lifted IN his voice In lamentation. The men
swore Because they didn't like 10 have their
rect disturbed in that manner. Some Of them
yelled at Chief and told him TO be quiet. but he
only clAmored the louder,
"Somobody 20 down there" said Capt. Ter
neny al last, and see what's wrong. That dog
Isn't carrying on that way for fun"
One OF the men went 10 Ptddy stall and saw
At once that there was res son in Chief actions.
The big horse was very sick and his friend had
been calling for help. DR.. Meyers, the depart
ment's veterinary sgFSeon vas sent for and
would die, The horse became weaker and
weaksr. and hnG!fy fo!i d1wn; chist stayed
fulIy until the end. which wAA about 7 O'Clock.
Then il vas with great difficulty that the men
got him out OF The stall
II was SAID at the truck house yesterday that
Paddy was one OF the most powerful and intel.
ligent horses in the department, and ia spite OF
his age was always brisk anu willing. They say
that Chief has probably gone 10 his last hre, too,
for he would never go except with his friend
and when Paddy was on the reserve list Chief
would stay In the stall rather than go out when
! his chum had to stay In. Thers 10 talk OF giving
the horse a ceremonial burial, with Chief as
principal mOurner.
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HE SAW SAroLEos,s FUNERAL.

CaDG Francis Martin. Formerly OF the Rsve-
nue Marine Service. Il OF Year, ola.
The Oldest retired officer in the United States
is Capt Francis Martin OF the revenue marine
service He lives In Detroit, Mich. but every
summer he visits Staten Island. where he gen
orally spends q month or two He was born in
the city Of New York in June, 1900. He carries
his 81 years comfortably. and loves 10 talk Of old
times and of his travels.
He saw the funeral Of Napoleon I. at Sc.
Helena. where his vessel. the Vigilant. put In
for water. The shore was guarded by soldiers
and nobody was allowed 10 land until the cere-
monies were over. According to the old Cap
tain. the whole affair was marked by extreme
simplicity. The comm. upon which the sword
and hat of tho Emperor were placed, was carried
to the grave BY marines, A few brief prayers
Then the crew Of the vigilAnt were permitted
to land and get their supply OF water.
Capt. Martin Is fond OF reading poetry. His
%favorite author Is Byron, and he can quote him
extensively. He believes that the sea air in the
summer. time prolongs his life. and he selects
the south shore Of Staten Island for his stopping
plAce.
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HAD 4 FIT; WASN'T DRUNK.
4 WOman's Arrest for Intoxication Due TO an
Ambulance Surgeons Mistake.

Ambulance surEeon's Mistake.
raigned in the jefferson Market Police Court
yesterday on a charge Of intoxtcation, carried a
l5-months-old baby boy In her arms. That Mrs.
Dell was compelled to spend Wednesday night
with her baby in a cell In Mercer street station
is all, sed to be due to the stupidity or careless
ness OF DR.. Denauly. one OF the 81. Vinccnt's
Hospital ambulance surgeons. Tho woman,
when in a Third avenue car on Wednesday
night. apparently had a 1T. She was taken
from the car 10 u drug store near Ninth street.
and either the druggist or "A bystander forced =
few drops OF whiskey between her clinched
teeth.
ton. attracted by the crowd, had In the mean
time sent a call for an ambulance 10 St. Vim
cents Hospital. DR.. D~cnauly. the surgeon.
when he reached the wOTnan's side, sinellct Of
her breath. still redolent OF tho whlskey that
hid been forced down her throat but a minute
before. !,
he jLmp'd on tho ambulance and drove away.
Mr.. Dell had In the meantime partly recovered.
nut she was too III and drKed 70 give any con.
nected account Of herself. and there remained
nothing for Policeman shelter to do but to take
her 10 the station house. where she and the
baby were locked up.
trate Simms when the womsn was arraignei
Yesterday. She denied having been intoxicated.
and her sister. who lives with her: presented \
letter to the Magistrate signed by DE-. leo h; I.
H.hhe NJ 235 East sixth street, In which the
writer set forth that he had attended Mrs. Dell
professionally for some time and that she had
been = sufferer from epileI1 y for years' lie sold
woman. This statement was also corrohorated
by the sister.
Somebody has made a serious blunder here,
weeping woman. You are honorably dis
charged"
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cHIADREx TAGGED n SHIPPED.
Three Little Immigrants Como Hero TO Join
Their PaIhers.

Three little children. with tags telling their
names and destinations, landed At the Barge
Office yesterday. Fernandina and Jacob Nor.
genstein. aged g and : years respectively. ar.
rived on the neutrality-suspicious. line. They
are going TO ~ Ludlow street. Their father
sent for them, and. according 20 a Barge Ohice
interpreter. their mother was forced. under tho
Russian law, to let them go. She will Join them
later.
Maria Nogg, 4 years old, who came on the
steamship Lain. was tagged 10 her father at
Bedford station, this state. The Interpreter
said that Nlogg and MS wife had sepA rated. and
that he had come to New York several years
ago. He heard that she had married again and
he sent for tho little girl. The mother Was
quite willing to give her up.
The Storage stewartess took care OF Marin on
the voyage. and a conductor OF an Immigrant
train will see her 10 her fathers home.
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the ends OF the ways Two tugs broke nine
u.ne.lnch manila hawsers like wrapping cord
trying % foat her OF. but did not succeed. and
It's not believed she will be fosted until her two
ton detachable iron keel has been let 20 and her
water tanks pumped ont. Then 1t Is expectcd she
vii, bob ~ on an even keel The detachable
kee!ls intended to be let 60 in case the boat
should fail to rise after a dive to the bottom,
and there is little doubt that it will prove ef-
tec,ive, as her buoyancy will be so balanced that
the release OF the two tons weight will send her
rapidly TO the surface.
The boat was christened Arsouaut by Miss
Miriam Lake, q granddaughter OF Mr.. Lake. the
inventor Of the boat. she smashed q bottle OF
champagne against the side Of the novel craft
as it started on its way. A great crowd OF peo-
ME witnessed the launching.
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ARooNAuT AT WORK ON A WRECK.

lost OF Delaware Bay with Spanish bullion. and
the ship Golden Gate, which went down on Cape
Hattsras while returning from California in the
ftties loaded with gold. Official statistics show
that 1000 vessels are sunk annually. the YES
sells and cargoes being valued at 500, 600, o
The Atlantic and Pacific coasts are strewn with
old and new wrecks, many laden with valuable
cargoee.
The lake boat can run down the beaches, which
drop six feet in n mile, and travel out a hundred
miles under the sea. some sunken. ships arc
preserved for years. as was illustrated when an
old warship OF the fifteenth or sixteenth CEN
fury was found OF the coast OF Spain. Divers
brought up arms OF the time Of CASTLE and Ara
dinand. When the cargo OF the sunken .passen-
ger liner Oregon was. recovered even bicycles
and silks remained undamaged. A box OF wine,
which was recovered after lying at the bottom
OF the sea for ifty years, brought SIS . bottle.
The ArSonNut will mako her trial trip during
the next few weeks. Probably the first weasel
the inventor will try to nnd will be the New
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LOCOMOTIVE DIVING BOAT.
A Us SUBMARINE CRAFr
LAUNCHED IN BALTIMORE

I-tsuaea t. Rou AIosE the Bottoua er the
ocean or Rivers In a. EFFORT 70 Explore
sunhen Crau-Divers step Out OF u late
the Wster-It salts on the ssrtaee AIso.
BALTIMORE. Md. Aug. l9.-The submarine
boat invented By simon Lake was launched at
the Columbian lron Works to-day. She slid
down the ways all RICH: when the chocks wero
Knocked out and the "strinGers" lawn asunder,
hut when she reached the water she took a sud-
den dip by the stern and stuck her stern wheel.
which IL to act as n guide and rudder. hard and
,Ast in the mud. with her bows still resting on
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society Function. In port.

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. lO.-"E.ast Bourne
Lodge" was the scene OF a dinner dance this
evening. given by Mrs. \. Case Garfield. There
were about sixty guests at dinner. which wac
served at five tables. The dance was attended
by a large number OF the cottaEers Other social
events to-day were u musicale this afternoon By
Niss Leary, a reception on the steam yacht May
bv Mrs; SD. Fell. iuncheons BY Mrs. Z. 3. LUIS
low aGd Mas Var Aien. and dinners tonight by
Mrs. u. ii. Warren. Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock.
Mrs, c, y. Roach. MTs. Elisha DYER. Jr, and an
evening entertainment a. Mrs. II. l.. WillouSh'
by'4 house,
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Il.y.ar.ola s,r win . Mani. Tor nl,l.r.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, Aug. 19.-The case OF Lena
BorSessffsky. the ll-yeAr-old daughter OF Polish
parents in Thisc city, Is attracting the attention
OF the medical profession. She has a mania for
biting persons. and without proyocation has
bitten her baby brother Charles. six months Old.
In as many as . dozen places. Other members
ady. Seigh6ofs are afraid that she may do
serious harm, and viii ask the authorities to
interfere.
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eaHa. Richardson Iaaic,ra for LABEL.

IL aRdeT Richardson. a writer for . dramatic
mi sporting new,pGrer. was indicted D. tho
Grand Jury yesterday for cr!minAlly ~lIoeIlins
Weber 4 Fields. the theatrical. managers,
Richardson is under bail. and an be arrAigned
70 plead 70 the indictment % Monday.
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BIG TORI.
John HOsehin Catches Ons IN Green River.
n.y., that weighs as PoHads-

BROWNSVILLE. KY, Aug. 10. John Houchin.
while fishing near lock 5 on Green River yester-
day, got a bite and thought he had a pike. He
gave the nsh lots OF line and after ten minutes
attempted TO land him. but the hsh pulled him
into the river. Houchin managed to got ashore
aud he fell back into the water. After a desper-
ate struggle lasting more than an hour.
Houchin landed his hsh, which proved 10 be a
channel cat. II weighed l1s pounds. Houchln
cut IL INTO steaks and sold them for 80 o
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View uoa, Ns..ea Ar,.r Mayor Strong.

New honors have leon conferred on Mayor
Strong. and a vessel now plying In the waters Of
the harl or bears the name. VIM. l. Strong"
IL 10 the new boat OF tho Department of Correc-
ton, and has been In commission n week or two.
Commissioner Wright OF tho department pre-
seated . Handsome photograph Of The bOaI 70
the Mayor yesterdays
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MARRIED..

n 4 NsBROJGH-CHAPNAN.-On Aug. 10. 1897.
at The Burlington. 10 West soth st., New York.
by the Rev. Lester Bradner. Jr.. Henry Clay Hans-
bronEh n North Dakota and Mary Berri Chapman
of Washington, D. c,
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SIS Lain, Pohie, Bremen Aug. 10 and southamptca
1lth.
IS seryia. Watt, Liverpool Aug. 10 and ouesue
town llth.
Sc Island. skjodt, Copenhagen Aug. s.
SIS Prussia. schmidt. Hamburn Aug. 4.
So Brooklyn City. Watkins. Bristol.
SIS Aladdin. sch]ott, Colombo.
SIS Saginaw. johnson. santo Domingo
IS FL Sol. Mason, New Orleans.
Ifor later arriva ais s,s First Parcel
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MARINE ISTELLIGEN oR

MINIATURE ALNASAc-rHTH DAT.
Sun rises &c. 8 Is sun sets -. o ie Moon rts-s. 10 -
HiaH wArER-rHrs DAT.
sandy Hook .lo oS Gov. Isl'd. l2 IS He'll Gate . Q 20
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Business Hotties.

Long Reach Hotel. Long beach. L. J.
Finest beach and bathing on the coast, always cool.
Will remain open until sept II.
A. r. DICK, Lessee and Proprietor.
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Sc aermunic, from New York. at Queenstown.
Sc Saale. from New York, at Bremen
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Sc Majestic. from Queenstown for New York.
Sc Rotterdam. from Cherbourg for New York.
Sa KAiser Wilhelm H.. from Genoa for New YORK.
IS Massachusetts. from London for New York.
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SAILED n DOMESTIC PORTS.
SIS FL Mar. from New Orleans for New York.
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going women OF that city are divided In their
opinions As TO the wisdom OF a resolution passed
by the City Council forbiddIng the wearing of
high hats In the theatre. Strangely enough, tho
married women generally approve It and tho
young unmarried women are opposed to what
they are pleased to call such interference"
and they declare that they will brave the law
and appear In the theatre with the highest hats
that fashion will permit. New York managers
have discovered that It takes about three years
to bring about a hat reform. and their audiences
now are willing to bear witness that the result
IS worth the trouble. 1t was the exception
rather than tho rule TO ind women sitting near
the front In tho orchestra chairs wearing
high hats In tho first-class theatres. II
but / Would ike to saSsesr .n m
men who propose TO build new theatres that
they plan some sort OF a cloak room for women
them. II 10 extremely awkward TO hold a hat
on your knees all during a performance and then
The difference in the appearances OF an average
theatre audience now and one four or hve years
sgo Is very m ARK x as fa y a., as the wearing OF hats
Of Atlanta do object q. the interference OF tho
City Council now, L viii pay the city fathers 10
aid Il tt.e bachelors OF thar town can't persuade
the chief opponents OF the new law that they
look better without than with. hats, they have
something to learn from the bachelors Of New
York.
"It the limitations OF appleiack are perfected
just q little bit more" said a man who has
dealt in this once popular drink. the real ar
ticle will cease to be a source OF revenue to
New Jersey and New York farmers. have
now an imitation that only an expert could tell
from the real article. This has hurt the apple
Jack men seriously. For instance. only one of
y. Y. viii! start up this fall. Sussex
county, y. j., has also been hurt oy The
imitation article, There was n time when
large quantities OF appleiack were sold in lnis
city. but the demand has fallen on each year
my opinion that this fne old Jersey staple has
been libelled by people VIII knew nothing about
IL. and abused By people who knew IL too well"