The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-22
MOURNED AT THE zoo.
New Works Educated Ornng-OutnnE
Dies From Typhoid

NEW YORK. oct Almost &c much
as though he had been human being
the attendants AZ the New York ZooIogi-
cal Park mourn the death Of the educated
orang-outaue. Raiah- Tie died on Sunday
az p. n. Fourteen hours before this his
cage mate. Brunei had died.
I;aJah was a native OF Boruao. lie was
three years old and was nearly the size
of q child ~ that age. He came into the
possession Of the Geological Park about
seven months ago having been bought
from an animal dealer for 800 Brunei
was Of the same age and cost the same
amount Of money. r. /. Ditnars. the as
sistant curator, noticed evidences Of con-
siderable Intelligence ia Rajah. and be-
gar to teach him O. do tricks In short
time Rajah learned 20 perform lnteTIi-
gently on the trapeze and tho horizontal
Dar and 10 obey spoken commands. Hav-
ing in mind the advanced state II davel-
opm-at of Crowley the chim1auzee.
which delighted SO many IN Central Park
few years ago. Mr.. Ditmars ana the
Keep OF the monkey house. NJ Muusie de-
Clusa 60 carry the education Of the. animal
luIll-F The work was not difficult for
the nTauE-outaUg See med willing 10 learn
Tie vas taught 10 wear the clothing Of a
human Hr!uE ana 10 eat with fork and
spoon and 10 use = knife. sitting at a
table and covering his knee with a nap
kin.
A short time ago small tricvcro was
bought and Rahjah was patiently taught
TO ride tle was almost ready 20 per
form IN public when he was taken sick
few days before his Illness Mr. Dit
mars placed roller skates on the orauE-
outings feet and began % teach him 10
glide about on the small wheels Rafeh
took as kindly 20 this as ne had To the
other tricks that he had learned and Nr.
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zoo would soon see a monkey skating on
a floor
Two weeks ago Raian and Brunei were
taken sick iu the night BY the next
morning they were 500 I'D that DIT Miller
was called TO prescribe for them After
few DAYS DR.. Miller called I'm c1usuTta-
t0u DR. Gilbert Van Der SmiSs-n. "a -st-
criraTiau. The animals showed symptoms
Of dy5a EMERY and typhoid fever They
mOaUeI and cried softly with pain and
looked tD their Keepers Tor assistance.
Toward the end Raiah seemed To- know
that Do WAS diving AR Ditw8Te was
with him on Sunday afternoon. talking
90 him when RHiah raised his head.
caught Nr IitWars Ly the alsey. of his
coat gave one Eroau. and dropped back
dead Tho bodies of the two apes will Doe
sent 10 the Museum Of Natural History
90 De- mounted
Raiah was a special attraction for -is-
ltors 20 the geological Park iu SeHtem-
Der about 100000 persons visited the
grounds. and 10 is estimated that at
least uiuD-tsuths- of fhan1 went TO see
Eahiah perform his tricks. An autopsy
was held ON the bodies yesterday NE DR.
Hari,s Brooks of Bellevue Hospital. and
fl was round that the apes had died from
septic uiCvrative d-se-tery- Eaiah was
worth. Mr. DifmaTs estimates. 8 .nHI.
Sally and Sultan. the remaining oraug-
OutaU-S. We're duWUcgEt yesterday. They
sat il thDir cage with their arms around
each other. and refused food. Their
health is good. however and Mr. Dit
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pace OF El54h His education viii be