The sun., 1900-03-12
mr. 7OpICS tBVET IOWS.

! night. PTesdru' Ashbel T. fItch -ald thht h'
was something ~ a fisherman Mr. hlpurh
showed that ho was not lacking In the lmaEi'
nation which l. usually associated with hsh'hg'
His llSh Increased In size with each story nhtlI
! he dramatically closed with description oI
how ho played Iu eagle aud big tI"ut at the
same time. He had hooked the troul and then
the eagle -woupeI DOWN on II and ~ iI!rl lhe
front INTO the Hir After running oh' l.'n",Icrt
ol me- Nr, kl!buru sald. he lahd"I rom
th9 tout aud me eagle. Justice ! NAY Wh3i
( followed MIR kilburn. went him one better. and
IA" outIoOk Tor cot +. & Jamo~. Nno repre-
sented ~. .aNtcnre county ana Mho slpke
later, was duh 'nI, James. however. dldnt t
get discouraged He started IN WITH lale
about the n-h in California streams which
! swim back into tho boiling water %, the not
gey..ers, until they, ar" cooke hat was
with the statement that in british Coium-
bia where some Of tine streams hold I'm In
solution, the wise salmon can themselves:
lie couldn't vOuch Tor thCs" stories, hut Il" hAi
one that he knew all about because TIE, ~
rldent happened near Ogdunsbuig. ~ New
iork h;hcrman drorned repeater watch INTO
tho IT, Lawrence TWO years ago .ast SLmmrr
ne caught an unusually large H. ia and as hS
, landed II something inside the fish s'rdck hvr;
Ut course when he cut his ish open he iound
and keeping perfect time fhe passing OF the
food down the fshs throat had kept It wound
tIum day TO day. Nh kiburn remarked mat
he ddn't doubt It. but he looked sad
Since murderer Sharkey escaped from the
Tomhs, where he was awaiting execution Tor
murder he has been reported from almost
every civilized country Ia the world. The last
rumor about him is that hs is working rs a
guide IN southern Europe This is bascd on
the statement of al old acquaintance OF
Shaikoy. who alleges that he saw the escaped
murderer. but did not speak to HIM. There
is nothing improbable about the story.
but it lacks, yerlilcauon. sharkey escaped
from the Tombs dressed in noman :
him by his sweetheart. Maggie Jordan
who aitorwari married W. J. seaman. lt was
a dramatic ESCAPE and sharkey went to Cuha
and later TO Europe. Hardly wear has passed
since then without some story OF his wander
ings coming back TO this country, HIS death
has been described twice with many details
He has been pictured as a soldier OF fortuna
under many ilags, and there have been
rumors that he had -ei rned to New urk and
w9s living here IN disggisa There were
other escapes from the old Tombs Irlson but
none ot them us sensational as that ot Sharkey.
Shark"y still has strong friends in this city ani
i was said ;ast week that II he should return
to New York and be arrested there were
doubts as TO the death sentence being exc.
cuted. He was sentenced 10 be hanged and
hanging was abolished few years ago.
In the discussion Of Tenderoin dives which
has been renewed bv the receut activity o; the
police, considerable attention has been given
to restaurant run by a woman. and the COM
plants have come from class Of people who
frequent II because it Is supposed to be
Bohemian II cannot DO classed with the
other dives because it is merely restaurant.
but during the past two years II has become
notorious for the number OF assaults which
have occurred there For several wears the
pyce was favoritc resort of young college
men, particularly after football games. 80
many assault, 10y the bouncers were made on
this class ni patrons. however thai the place
young men took woman 10 this restaurant
for supper. None OF the party apparently
knew very much about rowd me rsGs ns anS
said 10 one OF her escorts, i cant stay In
such place as this Tho remark was over,
heard and i yn' the SGna for ,So s Ssnet, EHa
was roughly handled and was finally thrown
ont into the street. Her sab cape. her purse
and diamond ring were missing when she got
there. one OF her escorts was shocked down
by the bounCer and the other ran away and
sailed for Europe the next day. The Central
Oillce is now investigating this case
Job Hedges told a characteristic story about
Mayor Strong. whom he served as private
secretary. at dinner last week The Mayor
was not fond OF making after.dinner speeches
and he cheerfully igncd that duty to his
private secretary whenever ne could do il "on-
yeniently ON one occasion the Mayor called
his secretary IN his desk at o'clock in the
afternoon and said:
JOB are you prepared to 60 out 10 dinner
for me to.nighH'
Yes sir.
I want you TO 60 to this dinner and respond
This is rather short notice" said Mr.
Hedges. but eness can DO it il you will tell
mo what ~ say
How much salary do YOU got, job" asked
""FKe thousand q year, sir"
Good" said the Mayor. II you received
say You get the extra $1,000 year because
you are expected TO know what u say
The Bar Association seems to have found
itael, in something of a financial dilemma. from
which il expects to extrlcate itself AZ u meet
ing on Tuesday night. Tho expense Of sitting
charges which have been made agalnst various
LAWYERS in this city has cost the Bar .Associa-
ton $1,000 during tile past year Moreover.
formal complaints against members Of the bar
have been increasing and the Bar association
now finds that In order to pay the expenses OF
wedding out tho black sheep Il must Increase
its dues or II will have no money LETT TO buy
books The dues now are $40 a year for mem
bers in New York, and II is proposed to in
crease them TO 800.
On a Fifth avenue corner stands new
apartment house which has Just begun to re-
ceive guests and the impatient tenants are
moving in as rapidly "a the dampness dries
out Of the plaster. Their eagerness is cxcus-
able in view Of the time they have waited Tor
their rooms Two years ago the ground was
broken for thiS house and little later plans Of
the new building were nut before the public.
Within six months alterwart every apartment
in the hotel had been rented and since that
time the tenants have awaited with "A, much
composure ns possible the time when they
could move into their new homes, The de-
mand for new apartments in New York never
seem TO cease a. long as the hOus" possesses
in regard TO situation and character the quail
tias for which much il willingly paid hero
Hotels in upper llfth avenue which several
years ago were struggling along with moder-
ate patronage are how 80 much IN demand
that they are certain Of their regular pa
tronago. What gratihos IN" rroprietOrs most
is the increase OF summer guests, Formerly
they gave over their houses 10 emptiness in
summer. Now they are able to count on n cor
tain mum ber ot guests ~ all a'Ons, The de-
mand for apartments has increased this year
more rapidly than the supply and one eN-
pected feature Of this situation Is tho mainte-
nance Of high rents.