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The Coconino sun., 1899-04-22
THE coCoNINo SUN.

The Tucson base ball club has sent challenge to the Phoenix team, and all organizations ip the territory.
 Admiral Dewey professes to know absolutely nothing about politics. The intelligence of the country will hardly agree with him on this point, since no man could possibly hold things level at Manila as long as he has with out being first-class politician.
 An enterprising editor of an ex. change says that he has been inter- viewing the inhabitants of his town and finds the successful business men were thrashed when young by their parents. while of the thirty street loaf CTS that were disgrace to the town, twenty-seven had been mama's darl- ings and the other three had been r..lsed by their grandmothers.
 Presidents Contemplated Trip.
 President Mckinley hopes to make an extended journey through the north. west during the present summer, visiting all the states north of Neb- raska and Wyoming, and spending a week or more in the Yellowstone park. He has never been in that part of the country, and has great interest in its developments. He will go AS far west as Puget sound, taking the Northern Pacific road out and returning by the Great Northern.
 If nothing occurs to prevent he will leave Washington about the 18th of July, to be absent five or six weeks. He will visit in Milwaukee and one or two other points in Wisconsin; St. Paul, Minneapolis, Fargo, Bismark, Helena, Butte, Great Falls, Spokane Falls, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and several other cities en route.
 AIGER need not get mad about it.
The Coconino sun., 1899-04-22

ALGER need not get mad about 1t. No one can accuse him about thinking of resigning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-16

dwelling and they were the admiration # their
time.
Even to-day, battered they have been by
being put to commercial uses. these old houses
show plainly what they must have been in that
when fashion paraded in lower Broadway
and Barclay-st. was we'll uptown for residential
purposes. The lots. in the first place. are broad
and deep. on them the modern builder would
have no trouble in placing two dwellings side
by side. as many New York houses go. These
lots are each of 81 feet front and $50 feet deep,
with the exception Of the lot the corner Of
Whtehall-st, its building fronting White
hail. which measured four feet in front and
twenty three in the rear. Spencer Trask, in his
monograph. has traced out the ownership Of
each Of these houses. and presents a highly in
teresting tabulated statement. mentioning some
Of the owners down to the present day.
1t should be said by way Of preface to this,
that the stephen Whitney mentioned was one OF
the wealthy merchants Of his day. He enter
tanned lavishly in this Bowling Green home he
had purchased Ton the State-st. corner, and
made an impression that does not escape men
ton in any Of the social annals of that time
He and his family now lie buried in Greenwood
Cemetery. in a tomb 50 magnificent and notable
that the guides always point it out, and it is to
be found. mentioned in detail. in all the de-
scriptions Of Greenwood.
The Whitney house. from the point Of view OF
society and az to it's interior fittings. was the
most remarkable in all this row. The house on
the other corner. Lot No g, is almost equally
noted from having been lived in by the Wilmer
dings The property. II appears from the rec
ords was not transferred to them until 1910 but
tradition says the family lived there at much
earlier date.
PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THE SOIL
These lots that the city had made such profit
upon quickly became speculatons on the part OF
the original buyers John Hone" Mr.. Trash
says. was the only original owner who retained
his lot more than a year or so. He sold 1t IN
1860 to w b. Cooper in whose family it still re-
mains"
The statement mentioned follows:
Lot No. | northwest corner)-Deeded to
Noah Brown; 1923 to 1861. owned by Stephen
whitney: 1883 To present, owned by United
States Trust Company.
Lot No. 2-Deeded to Abijah Weston; 1884 to
1881 owned by Elisha Riggs 1887 to present,
owned by J. l.. Cadwalader.
Lot No 3-Deeded to Ebert Anderson 1871
to 1929. owned by Samuel Ward. jr.: 1929 ia
1853, owned by Andrew Foster; 1874 to present
owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt ct al.
Lot No. 4-Deeded to Ebert Anderson; 1923
to 1920 owned by Herman lie Roy; 1929 to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-16

THEN BY THE STATE AND THE CITY-SOID
FOR FASHIONABLE RESIDENCES
Mushroom Row." according to an old tradi-
oon. in the early thirties, steamship Row"
~-day These the titles that have been be-
ssowed upon the seven parcels OF land-six
swelling houses of the old time and the end OF a
building facing In whitehall stat the end of
broadway, fronting upon the little park Of
Bowling Green Almost alone as landmarks of
the New-YOrk of three-quarters of a century
ago. they now have their days numbered For
decade past there have been rumors as to their
destruction. But now their lease of life is timed
IL not to the hour, almost to the month With
her passing will vanish practically the last
architectural memory of NewYork before 1925
The houses Of nearly the same era M in the
region of Hudson. Varick and Laight SITS where
snoe was ST. Johns Park are not nearly 80 good
examples Of old house architecture. and were
probably all built some years later
And yet certain poetic justice will be accom-
plished The modern city in its habitual for
setfulness Of the far distant past probably
does not recall that where these dwellings now
stand was a century ago the site of Govern
ment House Built in 1890 on part Of the land
occupied by the old fort, and burned down in
iolo Government House had been designed for
the use Of Washington. Philadelphia being
made the National seat Of Government the
building passed into the hands Of the State
was lived in by Governors Clinton and JAY and
In lSl3 was sold to the city, the latter cor
poration having paid some $5000O disposng of
II speedily. and cut up into seven lots dhs was
Just after the destructive fire. at a good profit
The point Of chief historic interest however is
thai at one time Government House probably
portion of IT'D was used as a custom house
Thus the National Government, after ninety
years. returns to its previous place of business.
From a very lare book Of letters, written
In 1193 by Governor Drayton Of Carolina"
Spencer Trask. in his monograph on Bowling
Green" in the Half Moon Series, takes this in
fresting description of Government House.
THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE
The Government House is two stories high.
Projecting before ii is a portcO, covered by a
pediment, upon which is superbly carved in
hasso relieve the arms OF the State supported by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-16

49,. owned by Lewis
Curtis; 1862 to pres
ent. owned by A.
Hemenway ct al.
trustees. etc.
Lot No. 5.-Deeded
to James Byers: 1898
to 1883, owned by
Ferdinand Suydam 1T
al, trustees. etc; 1883
TO present. owned by
Theodore Chichester.
Lot No. G.-Deeded
to Peter Remsen;
1910 to 1880. owned
by w. r.. Wilmerding;
1871 to pres n I.
owned by Herman
Won Post.
Lot No. I north
east cOrner).-Deeded
to John Hone: 1860
to present. owned by
w. Il. Cooper and
family.
The ancient Custom
House is to stay.
Long the old Mer-
chants Exchange Of
New York. an q in
many ways one Of the
m Ost distinguished
buildings downtown
certainly unique in
its architecture 1T
would seem apprO-
pirate and fitting to
have its piles of stone
remain. There is lit,
tie of real history tc
the old building. and
no romance. Its dingy
corridors and grim
rOtunda have nothing
at all To tell. The one
interesting tradition
that hangs about it is
that the gray granite
columns that hold up
the roof Of the facade
were imported from
Great Britain for that
especial purpose and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-16

justice anu Liberty as
large as life. The arms
and figures are white.
placed in a blue field,
and the pediment is
supported by four
white pillars Of the
Ionic order. which are
the height Of both
stories.
L" Steamship or
Mushroom " r o W.
whichever il be, can
III be afforded TO the
march Of improve
ment nevertheless. 1t
Is the sole tie Of to-
day to the period
when Bowling Green
was the most select
and fashionable part
Of the city. At No. l
Broadway (the pres
ent w a s h n & on
Building. the pioneer
sky scraper in this
part of New-York)
stood the Kennedy
house, remaining I'M
til 1882. a fine old
mansion that, after 1t
had ceased to be a
private residence. be-
ca m e a school for
girls. and later the
Washington Inn No.
5 Broadway was the
Cregier property (the
FIRST lot granted on
Broadway. W h e r e
before the Revolution
there was erected the
Kings Arms Tavern.
aft,rward 3 u n Is y
Coffee House. and stiu
Later the Atlantic
Garden. At No. y
Broadway Benedict
Arnold lived after his
&o,cbarv and III was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-16

In the garden Of this house thal "e "1S t,acL
captured by Sergeant Champ Inc .1no ron
49,. honses in Revolutionary times ran
down TO the river. ~ ,.,o-o
w tho neriod the Bowling Green houses were
,,,,, New-York had changed Under peace
,,,,h nrosnerous merchants and good trade. II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-16

given In them too fine scale for that
period TO be neglected. Except for such broad.
country manor house style mansions as the Ken
nedy. these Bowling Green houses were the finest
in the city Practically they were the fore
runners. the first really excellent eN'mples, OF
the typical New-York three story and basement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-16

The tradition Is that 1t was the new rich" OF
that day that took possession OF the bowling
Green houses. An era or wealth hao JUST
dawned The historic Dutch and Engllsh OF OLD
families, together with the handful OF Huguenots
in York witnessed the crowding up OF
those who had lately made money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-16

had grown from loosely jointed market town
into a little city. Greenwich st. had been cut
through the gardens mentioned and had been
built upon The fashion Of the town was cus-
tered at the lower end of Broadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-16
IT BOBS AROUND.

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
She doesn't seem to know her own nina
That's because she can't locate IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-16

landed at the foot of Wall-st.. and were dragged
up to the building by relays of oxen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-16
OLD MUSHROOM ROW"
INTERESTING HISTORY OF THE NEW
CUSTOM HOUSE SITE

ONCE BEFORE OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THEN BY THE STATE AND THE CITY-SOLD
FOR FASHIONABLE RESIDENCES
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-21
LAST DAY FOR PAYING TAXES
some Were Too Late Unless Today Is
Included

Every Sunday morning the postoffice
IS open for one and a half hours, but
some viii come too late. Il is their full
intention to get their mail but they
reach the office after the window is
closed against further delivery Of mail
And the same may lie seen in connection
with tax paying. Taxes paid before the
2lst of December have rebated per cent
Of the second half; but if not paid before
that the first half IS subject to a penalty
OF 3 per cent. So it is the interest of
the tax payer to pay. before December p.
Last evening at 3 o'clock when the treas
urer's office closed there. were men wait
ing like the belated men al the post
office, to pay taxes. They were just too
late.
They were too late unless by slight
strain in construction Mr.. Lloyd holds
that taxes may be paid today and the
penalty saved. It is not unlikely this
may be done, though no one is author
lied officially to say so. This would meet
with general approval But there is no
way to know whether one may pay his
taxes today but by going to the treas
urer's office and offering to pay his tax
The amount of taxes paid in November
exceeded the amount paid in November
lS9s by $4,000. The tax paid for Deem
Der will be far higher than December Of
last year but Just how much can only
ae Appropriated for the books are not
balanced so the matter can be arrived at
definitely without considerable difficulty.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-21
HAVE NOT AGREED
Evidence Which Puzzles Law
yerS as Well as Jury.
EIGHTEEN HOURS WRANGLE
Ooran Trial Will Likely be a
Disagreement

The jury in the Doran shortage case
retired to deliberate upon their verdict
at 1O:l5 yesterday morning and at late
hour last night they had not agreed upon
a verdict. Just what the verdict will be
no one may safely guess. Whether the
| difficulty is the amount of the recovery
or a difference Of opinion as to whether
there is or is not a shortage, is matter
Of surmise pure and simple. The jury IS
guarded in their secrecy by Special
Baihff B. V Donnelley. Just what the
| individual jurors have said and are say
ing may serve for speculation, but our
curiosity will not be satisfied in this re-
spect for the deliberations Of a jury are
secret.
The case puzzles the best posted men
connected with it. One Of the best in
formed lawyers representing the defense
who has gone studiously and intelligenuy
over both the law and the evidence, said
last night that he could not make up his
mind if there was a shortage; and if
there were, ne could not say within a
thousand dollars what it is. Items turn
ed in as cash items, such as unpaid war
rants, charged as cash when they are
not, and whether the proper deductions
have been made when they are cancelled
seems to be a question to puzzle the
brightest intellect connected with the
case.
1t seems the evidence, the actual dis
closure Of the books, puts many in the
state Of mind with Hamlet, for it is this
that puzzles the will. At late hour last
night the sleepy, worried and confused
jurors were talking law and figures try
ing to get common starting point. This
jury will hardly ever agree, unless after
fruitless effort they just return a Scotch
verdict-a shortage, but not proved 1t
is not a safe thing to guess on verdict
of a jury, but the indications point to-
the conclusion that this jury can not all
be brought to believe there was a short
age in the first term Of Mr. Doran, for
which the bondsmen are responsible, and
that therefore the verdict will be for the
defendant or no verdict at ell.
Mr. Patterson is certain there is a
shortage, Dut IL Is contended that even
If he is right the shortage is but few
hundred dollars at most It is contended
that the cash was increased by unpaid
warrants and should have been dlmin-
ished when the warrants were paid If
this had been done the defense argues
it would show little or no shortage. Thus
the great legal battle is likely to prove
drawn one and must be fought over.
The Youths Companion Calendar for
1900 Is unique in form and beautiful in de-
sign. The oval counterpiece, in dainty
colors and enclosed in a border of en-
bOssed gold and flowers, represents "A
Dream of Summer and is supported on
either side by an admirably executed
figure piece in delicate tints. The whole
IS delightful in sentiment and in general
effect
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-21
ALMA CHAUTAUQUA
VIII Hold Its Next Meeting Wit
Mrs. Geo T.. Campbell.

Alma Chautauqua viii hold its regular
meeting Monday evening. January / az
the home OF Mrs. George Z. Campbell,
North s.. Francis street Mrs. J. G.
Dorsey. leader The following program
viii be rendered:
Chautauqua Song No 70.
The Chief Events in Washington's Ad-
ministrJtion-AIr GeorEe +. Campbell
Report on Famous Historic Bells-AIiss
y. J.. Johnson.
Roll Cau-QIotad'ns on Holidays.
Quiz on Expansion Arttcle-AIiss Nc
Clees.
Reading from Mountain Passes Of the
Cumberiaud"-Dr Slutz.
Chief Events In Adams Administra-
tioE-Mrs. Albert A Parker.
Review OF Article Inner Lie Of Phil
lips Brooks'--Nrs Scott
Gloria Patri
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-21
NEW NIGHT TRAIN
Leaves Wichita on Santa Fe
at $50 for Kansas City.
PRECtDFS REGULAR TRAIN
From the South and Has a
Pullman Car Attached.

Last night a new Santa Fe train left
Wichita for Kansas City, and its depar-
ture reveals wonderful condition Of af-
fairs.
The north-bound passenger from Okla
homa reaches Wichita at $50 in the even
ing, and leaves here a few minutes later
Tor the east At 500 the new train with
q Pullman attached leaves for Kansas
City directly in front of the train from
Oklahoma, which also carries a sleeper.
The new train with the sleeper attach
ed pushes right through to Kansas City,
arriving there at 6:SO the following morn
ing The Pullman is sidetracked until
7:3O.
The reason for the new train was the
imperative necessity Of removing some Of
the burden which the north-bound train
from Oklahoma has received here and
east of here. That Oklahoma train is
very long and heavy one, and so great
has been the traffic and express Of all
kinds lately that a new train had to be
provided When the train arrived from
the south already heavily laden the
amount Of express and baggage here de-
layed It.
The train consequently had all it could
manage comfortably when it reached
Wichita, was in fact completed, and
every pound Of freight or express and
every passenger added was a hindrance.
The new train was designed TO relieve
this burden. The amount of express mat
ter which leaves Wichita nightly IS some
thing enormous. This will now all be
carried by the first train out The Pull
man sleeper attached to the train and the
coaches will carry the passengers be
tween here and Kansas City, and the
other train which is full every night
when 1t arrives here from the south. win
find the field practically clear between
here and Kansas City, and viii Zoe able
TO make time. This is in effect two sec
tons of single train. The nOrth-b bound
train practically divides into two trains
here for the run to Kansas City.
Mr.. Delaney and his assistants only re-
ceived notification of the new train yes
terday morning. It left on its first run
last evening. Travel on the Santa Fe
continues heavy and as the holiday sea-
son approaches has become something
without precedent on this part Of the
system
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-21
JOHNNY RFIFFS SALARY
Wichita Boy Gets $4,000 Year for
Riding Horses

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Johnny Reiff, the peer of the midget
jockeys Of the world, has set a new
standard for the boys who ride the bang
tails. Little johnny, who has made a
larger fortune before he is Is years OF
age than many men accumulate in a
lifetime, is going to educate himself. He
wants to be not only a smart jockey, but
smart man, and in this shows a dis
position which does not characterize the
great majority Of boys who make money
by riding on the race track.
"Reif has been riding on the English
tracks for the firm of Duke & Wlshard at
stipulated salary of $4,000 year. His
success during the season just closed
was so remarkable that he achieved
great popularity and became as conspic-
uOus in England as Tod Sloan did when
he first entered upon his career across
the water Attentions from royalty did
not turn the little lads head. and last
week ne entered an English school. With
a chance OF returning to America and
making plenty of money on the winter
tracks, he has done more than other
jockeys in preferring TO cultivate his
mind. When he left his home in Wich-
ita- Kan, two years ago, rather against
his own wishes and without having had
the advantages of more than a few win
tiers in the public schools, he was as ig-
norant Of the ways and tricks Of jock
eys as he was lacking in education. He
went because his brother, Lester Reiff,
who had already won fame and fortune
on the race track, wanted him to make
the same attempt Being a born jockey,
ne soon became the equal Of his brother.
He weighs siXty-five pounds and can ride
a horse that many a stronger boy would
be unable to handle.
"Nine-tenths of the boys who ride race
horses have no schooling. Their career
begins usually when they are tots
around the stable They learn to exer-
else horses and later to ride them in
races. If they are in the least success
full 1t means money to both them and
their parents, and they stay until ruled
off the track or become incapacitated.
Although money is the attraction
which keeps jockeys in the business. few
OF them, unless they are in almost direct
care Of their parents or because they
mature early in life, save money from
their large incomes. Often parents whose
share Of the worlds wealth is small see
a chance 10 live comfortably on the in
come mere boy can make on the turf,
and they encourage their boys TO ride.
The Reif boys seem to he blessed with
different influence. Lester Reif educat-
ed himself in New York while resting
winters when other boys were riding on
southern tracks. He Is now the owner
OF some oil wells in Pennsylvania and
has an interest IN some Of the Duke *
Wisharl tn0roughbreds"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-21
IN DEFENSE OF JEWS
Dr. Hirsh Lectured at Auditorium
Inst NIGHT.

DR.. Z. G. Hirsch, the most noted rabbi
IN Chicago, If not in this country, lee
tured last evening at the Auditorium on
the Jewish race. Or. Hirsch is an elO-
ouent speaker and has a remarkable
flow Of language, He holds the attention
Of his audience, and his lecture was thor
oughly appreciated last evening.
He devoted much OF his time 70 explod-
ing the time-worn allegations against
the Jews, and explaining who and what
they We're He compared the Hebrew
race with the Sphinx of Egypt While
nations rose and fell, dynastes changed
and centuries of time passed. the He
brew race still endured and watched the
progress Of the world
The Jew he said, Is now the center Of
interest in the world. They are made
so by the wave of antj-Semiticism which
IS sweeping over continental Europe In
many Of the principal countries of the
world the Jews are being prosecuted as
they were during the feudal ages. Eng
land. he said. was the only European
country which was free from the fauad-
cism. The eastern states Of America. he
claimed, prosecuted the Jew in a social
way. He scornfUIly asked If a woman
who could trace her ancestry 10 the time
Of Jesus of Nazareth was not the eQua,
by birth and breeding of a woman who
could only trace her ancestry back two
generation to a flsh peddler or an In
dian trader.
The jew. he claimed. at all times has
been a mystery, and u=s oeen the inno-
cent victim of persecution. He quickly
exploded The fiction that one reason Of
the Jews persecution was that they We're
aristocrsuc. exclusive and proud u their
untainted blood which led them 20 scorn
admiXture with other races, this being
asserted as causing enmity ana resulting
in persecution. He claimed that tho Jews
frequently married out Of the faith and
that this was proved by the fact that
the Jews resembled the people or the
country in which they lived.
He refuted the idea that the Jew was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-21
" orIed 90 a Finish.

Some fellow without the tear % God ~
man canVassed the city "a short tlule since
with "a bottle OF ink and a directory
scheme. He would take an order Tor an
advertisement for - cents. payable In adj
vance, ana give The advertiser little
bottle Of ink. labeled Eagle Black lak.
He represented that the ink was made
by an emDioye OF Che Eagle office and
that The directory was being printed at
the Eagle Office He had q list of i've or
six hundred names, which he flashed
around. but was careful that they did n1t
examine them closely Well in few
hours The black in the bottle settled,
leaving clear water. and telephone mes
sages are coming into This Office inQgiriag
about the directory and roasting the man
in the Office fer his co0r ink.