The sun., 1899-05-08
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The little restaurant at 368 Pearl street.
which has been known TO every policeman on
the force for the aat dozen years. was closed
several days ngo and Mrs. Amelia westphal.
who owned It. and who was generally known
MS the Sporting Duchess" SAYS that II her
horses had run differently and II the men who
borrowed money from her would repay Il sine
might still DO running her restaurant. Her
neinhbors recall the first year that the Sport.
ing Duchess ran her own horses and Irophesy
that she will again be buying diamonds. Mrs.
Nestphal had made and saved money In her
restaurant. when twelve years ago she began
plungnE On the race track She backed her
horses with large amounts and 50 successfully
that the hookmakcrs were hard hit. She was
Q conspicuous figure at the tracks and during
that down In Pearl street II was believed that
she never could spend It all. Her restaurant
and policemen, and the latter found her al-
ways ready to advance money to them. When
Of this money which she had loaned to rolice-
men and she frequently visited Police Head
uuarteEs to enlist the aid Of tho Gommission;;
from her father her passion for betting on
horse races and she expects TO recover her
losses ut the tracE.
John Bonner. the newspaper writer. whose
death in Son Francisco was announced sew
oral days ago. Is remembered by tho older
Wall street men rs one OF the many Napoeons
of finance who gave the Street a shock and
disappeared. Bonner was socially n very
charming fellow" said man who knew him.
''and his success when he gave UP newspaper
work and started brokerage firm was i'm
mediate. He joined several well known clubs.
bought n big place on Staten Island and be:
came known as liberal patron OF music and
art Jay Gould had large dealings with his
firm and for time no mans credit was better
in the street than:Bonner,,s. Everything that
trlNagunt gupSspy to his fortune HIS
career iJlustrated the possiblIIties OF Wall
spsE OF he The od and ID BroteT
citation and appropriated it to tho uses OF his
own. business; One Monday, in December.
to Canada and Investigation showed that he had
rehypothecated about S2.0OQ,OoO Of securities
assets and since then from time to time his
old friends have heard from him in various
parts of the country. Since Bonner disap
each run thei- courae In the Street in much
the same style. and in each case it has seemed
to me that the man was to q large extent the
victim OF circumstances.
Perhaps from the fact that people who
patronize nickel.in-the-sl machines are oc-
casionalliy swindled by them because their
machinery is ou: Of order Il man who has in
vented scheme to beat the machines is
reddlinE 1t around town with out any fear OF
being turned over to the police as n thief. He
Is h% ana o. ba
with suuare cut out OF the centre. He OK
plains that this square was cut ont to reduce
guarantee goes with each sale that these
pieces Of steel will work any nickel In the slot
machine in the market
One Of the episodes connected with the de-
parturesof the large ocean 'steamersi 10 anus
ing I" observers and must be embarrassing at
times to persons who are actively concerned in
it, The flowers sent to the passengers are so
numerous now that messengers from the large
shops carry the boxes down and stand guard
over them In the saloon until they are deliv-
cred to their rightful owners Persons unfa-
milar with ocean travel and expecting trib-
utes from their friends are likely to inquire OF
the uniformed messengers whether or not
there are flowers for them. As this cannot be
transacted without consil lerahIe publicity the
result is embarrassing when nothing ts forth
coming. One woman on steamer sailing on
Saturday was evidently certain that some body
had sent her bouquet so she made her way
piles of boxes and gave her name carefully TO
every one OF them. But there were no noweis
forthcoming, in spite of her diligence The
gruups watching her were amused by the per
sistence with which she had given her name to
all the messengers and she observed the at:en-
than one Of extreme disappointment. Others
are likely ofeel sheepish when their search
has not been he dsny OF %
an unusual waste oi money and the tradition
will probably die out in spite OF its pIeseH .
popularity. Somo OF the steamship lines have
made rules requiring that the flowers be
thrown out before a certain hour on the day
the ship sails / ong before that time they
have ceased to interest any body. as the only
attention they attract is during the first few
moments after the arrival OF the possess urS at
the steamer.
Miss Suzanne Adams Is said to be seriously
III in London. and ALTHOUGH: Of her appear
ances for the time being has been abandoned.
She was to have sung at Covent Garden with
the opera company engaged by Maurice Grau.
Miss Adams is said to have heen taken III on
the steamer. She sailed from New York or
the Campania with her husband. Leo Stern. on
April %. They were married last October
after long and romantic couTtship, which
was very strenuously opposed by Miss Adams'S $
family. Miss Adams Is under contract to
Maurice Grau for the next four years. so her
career ia practically settled for that length Of
time Susan Strong. another American girl
has been engaged by Maurice Grau for the
London season. 1t will Ue remembered that
she sang hero several years ago with the
went to London. Miss Strong Is the fortunate
protes ssional career will not be a necessity to
her. II was plain on her first appearances
here that she was In need Of greater prspara-
ton She wisely retired from the stage for
two years. devoted her time to study and will
show the evidences Of her further preparation
naxt month in London In the Wagner per-
fhrmHnres