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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30

me. for 81 there is a drop Of peppermint around
I'm SURE to smell II, and dldn't smell a Whit.
II thanked her. and explained TO her that the
men really. did make the test. and that tho
proved tSas the plumbing was all rissht. She
thought that was very queer"
reporter. $500.
and 8 per cent net" was tho reply, "but II
owners allow their property TO go down and do
not keep things in repair and constantly putin
new conveniences. they, OF course, Will not pay.
had occasion to investigate many buildings
downtown recently, and l found that oven tho
tween Broomo street and Fourteenth paid not
over AZ por cent. so l consider fiat houses q
much Better investment. os courso, where the
scrapor pays, but where II isn't, even tho four
or fyo sioricd apartment houses pny well. Flats
vestmcnt were it not for that elass Of owners
who offer a month, ak weeks, or two months
rent free as m AZ Involvement to tenants; 4
will move out and leave your fiat empty rs soon
as some other landlord offers him something for
who manage to live about six months out Of
every year without. paying rent. Now, this has
got to come out q s9mobody'a pocket. Some
to move uptown. and Others osk, Then. why
are there SO many hundreds Of flats vacant In
a MSTlS%' is e'BBs sSaasss 9 fSo i nat Business TSif sadf In n ESo
lem has boon overdono. There aren't people
enough to occupy those already built, but for all
thhJ nov OiioS ~ .Roihb .up.VNSIy uhg. NbpE
tnlists do sometimes nut their money in some
thing which they know to be a bad investment
you may be sure.
ITO show, you how valuable ground is around
this neighborhood, some builders who nre
putting up an apartment house in ono Of tho
got their building one inch over on a
vacant lot next. Tho owner Of the lot had his
called to this fact by the superin-
tendent Of the building himself, who added,
What Is an inchf
What is an inch repeated the owner Of
the lot. An inch in NeW York city is moro
of the country, and / shall have my pay for 1t
Off my, ground, even IL they are already Eve
stories high
'Ho got over $3.50 for that one inch of ground
which ran back 100 feet. When ground Is
Waited ut that rate anybody can soc that ono
has to build in the Dir, so to speak, to mako
money on 1t.
Both tho flats and fiat jewellers, however, of
1893 are a great Improvement on the fats and
fiat dwellcrs of, say, even two or three years ago.
The best class OF fiat jewellers arc not generally
unreasonable in their demands and landlords
lose little by loss Of rent. And the modern fats
themselves, as ! said at the outset, arc models
OF beauty, comfort, and convenience
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30
SOME TIL ED ACTORS.
Two EnEIish Baronets and y French vIcomte
Who Won Fame ON tho staEe.

Two EnEiish Baronetn and . French vIcomte
Who Won Fame ON tho Stage.
1t seems really to be the fact that the Earl of
Rosslyn is the first British peer to 90 on the
stage as q professional actor, Having run
through his fortune In seven years in horse
racing and about every other interesting but
not always profitable amusement. and having
appeared recently as defendant In what we over
here call supplementary proceedings. tho Right
Honorable James Francis Harry 81. Clair
Erskine, fifth Earl of Rosslyn. decided to tempt
fortune again as an actor; 30 as Mr.. Stuart
Erskine no has just made his first appearance,
winning the applause OF both the judiclous and
ths rounding In ,y MT: Pinero's latest play.
Other Engllshmen Of title have been actors.
though. they have not been peers. Two actors.
still aliyc. have becn knighted-Henry Irving.
who has retired. But two other Engiishmen
had titles before they became actors, Sir William
wero known MS actors over here more widely
than IN their own country.
William Henry Don was born lin 1925, and
succeeded his father when only a year old as
seventh baronet. He entered tho army when a
boy. and in 1874 was extra aido'de.canip to the
Ho was promoted Lieutenant in the Fifth Ora
coon Guards In lS45. but retired in tho same
1877 a Mile. Lebrun, by whom he had a daugh.
ter. She died, and in 1857 Sir William married
Emily sa 1 an I act Iy,i; and by hor he had
ely for thS frs, time as Cousin yos in The
Letter he played Sir Charles Coidstream in
Used Up" He died Mt Hobart's Town. Tas-
MANIA on March 10. 1862. Lady Don made her
first appearance in This city IN 1867, on Feb: IS.
Kenilworth:. She died in 1875.
Sir Randall Roberts WAS a ~fayorite in Boston q
score Of years ago. He. his wife,. and some OF his
family used to play tho New England circuit in
tho smaller houses. They. played the Union
Square successes or plays Of similar character.
and seemed TO do fairly we'll, Sir Randall was
born In 1887, and succeeded his father in 1864
as fourth baronet; lie had, served in tho army
and had boon Major of tho London Irish Volun-
toer Corps. Some years ago he and HIS family
went home. and, they may be touring the prov.
inccs there to this day.
According to DIR; Doran, tho vicomte Clairval
de Passy. q. French nobleman, fell in love with
"Flenry's beautiful sister" and laid aside his
nobility to become an actor with her, and as the
NJ, and Nine. Sainville OF French dramatic his.
tory have, gone uown 20 p~oslerity the real vi
comic and Vicomtesse ClalrvRl. Nine. Patti, as
y well known. was for many years the wife Of
tho French Marquis de Caux; and Mime, Ristori
was Marchesa del Grille, wife of an Italian no.
bleman. But these two cases nre those of
actresses marrying titles, not OF titled persons
going on the stage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30
TOLD BY TIE 0LD CIRCUS MAN.
Tho big C;iraG''s UscruIness In Carrying n
Torch for the CnlIiope Player.

Tho bic GirSu'S CacTuineSs In Carrying q
Torch for the Caliiope Player.
I'm all night parades.'' said tho old circus
man, 81 We used 10 have n big oightecn.foot 81.
raffe carry n torch, and there wasn't anything
in the whole procession that attracted more
attention. We had a torch made specially for
him. with nm extra long handle with Il grip
piece aboN midway of its length which tho
or eight feet above the ~giraffe's head. so that he
carried the big torch about twenty-five feet
above tho ground. Tho lower end of the handle
was stcatied by means OF a strap made fast To 1t
and buckled around tho g%,rafTG's neck.
WE had at that time II steam cHlllopc, one Of
the first over carried In n circus. | dom know
but what y was the very first, and we used TO
side the calliope.. You've seen men and boys
marching ALONGSIDE the band Mt night carrying
torches for the musicians 10 see their notes by 7
Well. we had tho giraffe march beside the cal
In Order 20 make the cnllione ontht ut tho
giraffe We had n wagon built with n broad wheel
base, so that we could safely carry the plat form
that the calliope stood on up high; but it looked
the player. lecalsc that was The only way wo
could get the light up 10 him.
You know, the cllliope IN those days necd
TO get The people tremendous; the calliope itself
professor sitting mp there on tho platform play.
ing awry on The keyboard: with his gaze fSoi
onthe music in front of him and every now and
then turning over q leaf and then bouncing
timo. while all the while tho e rafo was march
ing solemnly alongside holding tho torch as
near as hc could 30 that the, professor could SEQ
10 inst 70 wild over II. AMI Tn not so certain
my self but what H. was the greatest thing we
ever taught the giraffe TO do
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30
Those rlnyruI west Iua,a seals.

The water in the pool containing the West
India seals. at the Aquarium, runs-off through a
pipe four or five inches in diameter. whose open
ing is in the floor of the pool. at one end, When
the valve below has been opened the seals take
smaller seal, particularly, hnds pleasure 10 this.
plugging up the opening with It's nose, " fairly
humps itself in It's efforts 70 do this, and Il
II comes up to breathe. and then down it goes
again, once more TO plug up tho pipe. Occasions
ing &C the other end OF the pool, in the same
mAnnCr.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12

published fac similes of the bordereau, they did not publish fac simile of the letter written by Dreyfus at Major Paty du Clam's dictation, "as it would have been too embarrassing" the wit ness implying that a comparison would have tended to show that Dreyfus was not the author of the bordereau.
 Colonel Picquart emphatically de- nied General PellieuX's statements that he had divulged an espionage affair to outsiders. He admitted sending an agent to Major Esterhazy's apart ments, but he pointed out that at the time Major Esterhazy's flat was ad- vertised to let, and his agent only brought him an unimportant letter, which, however, he reserved for com parison of handwriting. Colonel Pic quart added that he communicated his suspicious of the guilt of Major Ester haZy to his chiefs who never said they had additional evidence of the guilt of Dreyfus beyond what he himself knew
 M. LabOrie then questioned Colonel PicQuart regarding the secret docu- ment and the witness said: T know of the existence of a secret document, but l only saw it when General Pel- heux showed it to me" The witness could not give any further particulars on account of professional secrecy.
 The colonel was asked by M. Laborie If he saw the original bordereau, and admitted that did, but said he was chiefly acquainted with the photo graphic productions circulating at the war ministry. He also admitted hay ing seen the document in which fig ured the phrase this canaille" (rascaD which had been so much talked about in the French press.
 General PelIieux was recalled, and again denounced Colonel Picquart for searching Major Esterhazy's rooms, whereupon NJ. Laborie quickly retorted:
 But you, yourself, had Colonel Pic quarts room searched"
 At the conclusion of his evidence Colonel Picquart was given an enthusi- astic reception.
 M Zola's carriage, on leaving the Pa lais de Justice, was followed by a knot of people. shouting Death to Zola!" who could be heard through the car riage windows, exclaiming, "The cow ardsl"
 The police dispersed a thousand peo- pie who were burning Zola journals on the streets Many arrests were made. | but the persons arrested were quickly 1 liberated.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12
LOCAL OPTION
 VOTED DOWN Wheelmen Against the Proposition of Sun
 day Racing.
Important Amendments Made to the Constitution of the !
 National Organization.
A Provision Introduced to Compel Riders to Rest in Six-Day
 Continuous Contests.
spe,ial Dispatch to The Call.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11.-After three days of hard work, the National Assembly of the League of American Wheelmen tonight finally adjourned, after one of the most notable sessions ever held by that body. The all-important question of local option in the matter of Sunday racing was again defeated, an amend ment providing that State divisions bs granted the right to determine for themselves whether or not Sunday bi- cycle races should be permitted being voted down by but six votes.
 President Potter voted for the amendment. The divisions voting sol- idly in favor of the amendment were: District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois. Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts. Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina. Ohio, Tennessee and Colorado. The divisions unanimously against it were Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, South Caro- lima, South Dakota, Texas and Wis consin. Maryland cast one vote for, six against Michigan, 6 for and 2 against; New York, 62 for, 8 against; Pennsyl vania, for, 57 against; Rhode Island, 1 for, against.
 Thirty-two other amendments were disposed of during the day in various ways. Some were indefinitely post poned or withdrawn, while four were defeated. Among the more important of those adopted are the following:
 Article III of the constitution, new section inserted to read: No. 9-No professional shall be eligible to entry in any open race run under the rules of the League of American WheelmeE unless he is registered with the racing board"
 Article III, Section CD, substitute: Contestants at meets closed to a col lege or to any number of colleges form ing an intercollegiate meet, may for these meets be only governed by the amateur rules of the intercollegiate as- sociation of amateur athletes of Amer ica-''
 Article V, Section 8, was amended by striking out the word, "Wheelmen. Other amendments adopted provided for the payment of s2500 year as con- pensation to Chairman Mott of the Ma tionaI Racing Board, and declaring that hereafter no sanctions would be given for any six-day continuous race unless the riders be compelled to take at least two hours rest out of every twenty four.
 R. c. Botier of Milwaukee intro duced the following resolution, which was warmly indorsed by prominent men in the league, and finally adopted:
 Resolved, That the executive com mittee of the L. A. w. be instructed to investigate the feasibility of turning over to some other organization or body the control of racing, and to re- port it's results at the next national as- Sembly."
 This concluded the work of the as- sembly, which adjourned sine die.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12

cry indulged in by the others Willis retained his position through the eff forts of Carman, although Sheakley Frequently advised that he was of no use to him and a drawback to the work. He finally secured the right to discharge him.
 The whole business has been most disgraceful, said Governor Sheaklev. in speaking of the matter 'I have never been connected with anything that so disgusted me before in my life. l asked Carman why he should have brought such a worthless lot of men with him, and he replied that good men were too expensive We would have been far better off without them. They not only disgraced us and discredited us, but they robbed us One man has a beaver coat valued at $50, belong ing to Liebes & Co. of San Francisco. They have been telegraphing about it, but the fellow has gone off with it. There was nothing to do but close up the offices, since there was no possibil- ity of doing any good for our city. I have re-established the credit of the committee, and that is all I could hope to dO''
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12
WILL UNDERGO A
 SERIOUS OPERATION
Pozzi to Attempt to Relieve Sarah Bernhardt, Who Suffers From
 Internal Troubles.

PARIS, Feb. n.-Sarah Bernhardt is about to undergo serious operation. She will leave her residence in Boulevard Periere tomorrow for the Maison de Sante, where an operation will be per formed under the direction of Pozzi. For some time past the great actress has aeen suffering from internal pains. She felt them the first time when, in the last scene in Les Mauvais Bergers,' she had to fall full length. She was advised to take extreme care and avoid all fatigue, which she did, but the pains continIled during the forty performances of the piece. She consulted Pozzi, who diagnosed the case as one of serious internal trouble place in June. Bernhardt was about to start on a provincial tour, but she has cancelled her arrangements, owing to the pains becoming more severe, and the date of operation has been advanced.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12
The Santa Fe Tunnel at Johnsons Canyon
 Reopened.
Dozen Worknnen Said to Have Been Killed While Max
 ing Repairs.
Most Expensive Series of Disasters in the History of the
 Railway.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WILLIAMS, Ariz., Feb. 1.-The Johnsons Canyon tunnel, which has [ been the scene of series of costly dis asters to the Santa Fe Pacific road probably the most expensive in the history of the Santa Fe system-was re opened for the passage of trains yes terday, and there is now rush of traffic on the road. Almost a month has passed since the tunnel first caught fire. On Sunday, January Is, sparks from a passing engine ignited the woodwork of the structure, which burned fiercely and stubbornly, re- sisting all efforts to eXtinguish it. The available road forces were inn mediately called to the scene to clear the debris and begin the work of re- building.
 Then occurred the cave in, which caused the death of Bridge Superin- tendent c. R. Matthews and Roadmas- ter Lyons. The work progressed slowly with intermittent disasters in which many were injured at various times, and in which several unre- corded fatalities are alleged to have occurred.
 Although the public has knowledge of but three deaths, the workmen aver that if the list of the dead were known it would be swelled to at least a dozen. They say the men whose fate was thus concealed had no known ac- quaintances or friends, were perhaps Indians or MeXicans, and were carried away quietly so that the difficulty of securing recruits and of keeping those already employed at the hazardous task might be lessened.
 Just as everything was in readiness for the resumption of traffic, on the night of February 3, fire broke out afresh in the roof, and the troublesome tunnel was soon in as bad shape as before. Since then the engineers have had a new difficulty to contend with The fire worked insiduously into the limestone rock, causing it to crumble. Another danger to the workmen arose from the fumes of carbonic acid gas, which came from the smoldering lime stone. At first the gas was so power full that the men were almost immedi- ately overcome and were placed on f1ve-minute shifts until the rock be- came cooled. This was remedied by the use of a large air pump, which furnished pure air from the outside during the second reconstruction.
 The "hill which embraces the stretch of track on which the tunnel is located has come to be regarded as an ill-fated locality among railroad men, Within it are two long stretches of per cent grade. On the lower one an oil train exploded about a year ago, and on the upper one only three months ago a fatal disaster occurred, in which several of the crew were killed. Many minor mishaps have oc- cured on the "hill''
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12
Of Interest to the Coast.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Com mercial National Bank of Santa Monica with a capital of s50,000, has been author to commence business.
 F. A Buell. and wife left for home at Stockton, Cal, to-day.
 August Mackrodt of the Third Artillery Band at Angel Island, will be dismissed from the army.
 Pensions have been granted as follows: California-Original: Anil Wiley, Col den Gate, $6, Richard Butler, Vallejo, $S; Edwin Cotton, Clements, ss; Patrick Moore, Soldiers Home. Los Angeles, S6; Charles Otting, Yreka. SS.
 Oregon-Supp1ement Frederick A. Nourse. Salem. g.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12
IGNORES THE CASE
 OF PROFESSOR DUDLEY,

SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 1.-The Grand Jury finished it's labors to-day. Com mendation was made that the Supervise ors purchase rock which tramps should be made to break. Defects in the Court house building were discovered and the Supervisors recommended to have them repaired immediately. The county off, cials are praised, for, according to Ex pert Williams report, the books are in good condition, no error having been found No reference was made in the report to Professor Dudleys case, al-
 PALO ALTO, Feb. u.-Professor bud ley when interviewed on the report of the Grand Jury of Santa Cruz, declared his policy unrelenting. He will do all in his power to cause the punishment of the officers who arrested him without req son.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12
Nominations Confirmed.
WAsHINGToN. Feb. 11.-The Sen,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Senate to-day confirmed these nominations:
 N. D. Malcolm of San Jose, Cal, to be United States Commissioner in the Dis trict of Alaska.
 R. c. Parsons Jr. of Ohio, secretary of the embassy at Rome.
 w Smith of North Carolina, to be Min ister and Consul-General to Liberia.
 E. A. Hitchcock of Missouri, to be En- basSador to Russia.
 William McMicken of Olympia. Wash, to be Surveyor General of Washington.
 L. M. Berg of Texas, Consul at Nuevo Laredo, Mex.
 stmasters-Ca1ifornia: B. A. Clapp, AZusa; J. c. Boggs, Newcastle; c. D. Bonesteel, Ventura; M. A. Luce, San Diego; H. Jacoby, San Pedro; T. A. Nelson, Stockton.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12
THIS CITY HAS BEEN
 DISCARDED

Continued from First Page.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12
Will Sue ,Napa Asylum.

NAPA, Feb. 1.-The Board of Trustees ,f the Napa State Hospital met in regu- ar monthly session to-day Jacob Streb. B discharged employe. whose case was aid over from the last meeting, appeared with his attorney. His application for reinstatement being refused, Streb an- bounced his intention to immediately in- ltitute a suit for damages. The whole af- lair pertaining to discharges lately made from the institution will thus have a hearing.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12
STORMY SESSION
 OF REPUBLICANS
Fractional Fights Mark the Meeting of the League
 of Ohio.
Despite Opposition Greetings Are Sent to President Mckinley, Hanna
 and FOralxer
Special Dispatch to The Call.


 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 1.-The Ohio Republican League convention. which was held in this city to-day, was one of the stormiest in the history of the league. Aoout 2oO delegates, representing seventy two clubs, were in attendances
 The factional fighting which marked the late Senatorial contest cropped out There were strenuous efforts to restore harmony, both the retiring president and the presldent-elect advising the members oI the league to lay aside factional differ ences. Senator Foraker in his telegram to the league also made a plea for har- mony. The Foraker and Bushnell ele- ment were dominant in the convention. ana while they tried to keep factional diff ferences in the background, carried all their points. Trouble was started early In the proceedings
 Despite the opposition resolutions were adopted as follows:
 We send greeting to President Me kinley and Senators Hanna and Foraker and assure them of our heartiest sun- port"
 The sections objected to bv tho Mo kinley and Hanna adherents are as fol- lows:
 We indorse. the Cuban resolution fn- troduced and discussed February bv Senator Mason in the United States Sen ate, and hope that it will be promptly approved by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, passed by the Senate and ener- getically carried into effect by our hon pred President. and to the end that the Cuban independence may quickly become sn accomplished fact without being load sd down by iniquitous bondage.
 We cordially -indorse every department of our State administration, particularly that of our beloved, level-headed and efficient Governor, General Asa s. Bush nell.
 We indorse and approve the energetic and efficient efforts undertaken by Attor- bey-Geperal Monett and the State Senate to uncover and destroy unlawful and hurtful trust syndicates and combina- lions. We hope such effort will continue antil all such hurtful trusts and combin- ations are uncovered and destroyed and the General Assembly will supplement uch efforts by appropriate legislation'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-02-14

candidate, were nothing more than
an attempt to keep the democratic
post master of that town, in office.
the committee exonerated Represen-
tative Hooker and Mr.. Bemus, by
favorably reporting the nomination
of the latter to the Senate.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-02-14
YOUR EYES.
E. L. HUNT, The Optician,
Will be at the
CRYSTAL LAKE HOUSE,
DorkN, VIZ
Barton, V {.

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