Evening star., 1901-12-13
New System to Be Inaugurated Re-
garding' Railway Passes.
REPORT ON BRAIN OF GzOLGOSz
The Passing Of McGurk's Suicide
Hall on the Powery.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

1t is SAID IN the railway trade regarding
the present exchange pass abolition scheme
that the large systems will issue passes
good on all their lines. At present each of
the constituent lines issues its own passes.
Under the new arrangement, however, the
Pennsylvania would issue blanket passes
covering the Pennsylvania railroad in all
it's divisions. On the Vanderbilt system a
single pass would cover the New York Gen.
tral, Lake Shore, Nickel Plate, West Shore,
Michigan Central, Pittsburg and Lake
Erie, Big Four, etc, and the Gould passes
would cover the multitude of lines in the
Gould system. These passes will be grant
ed only to the representatives of the issuing
railroad There will be no other passes
granted to railroad men in accordance with
the pass agreement to be operative in trunk
line and central territories. 1t is expected
that under the new system the compli-
mentary pass proposition Will be dealt
very severe blow. Western reports say that
after the first of the year, when the pass
agreement is in force, there will be fewer
private cars in use as officials who travel
in that manner on lines other than their
own will be compelled to pay eighteen first
class fares for the privilege.
Report on CzoIgosz's Brain.
1t has just been announced that report
will soon be made as to the condition Of
IHo DTdln Oh the dSSdSSlU SLOlSOsZ IL Is "
be made from a study of charts showing
the condition of the BRAIN and from
careful study of the autopsy 1t is said
the report is being prepared by E. A. Spitz-
ka, the son of DR.. Spitzka, who performed
the autopsy. The warden of the prison
was firm in his stand that no part of the
body of the murderer was to be taken
away from the prison for further eXamina-
ton. 1t was, however, decided by some Of
those present at the autopsy to obtain ma
terial for further examinations. So Spitzka
made accurate drawings. and detailed ana
tomical descriptions of the brain for sub
sequent study and for his report When
this report will be made public has not
been announced.
A goodly portion of the Abyssinian navy
is in this city, and the foundations of the
skyscrapers haven't been observed to quiv-
ec. He is a lieutenant but on the. one
wooden vessel that comprises the sea force
Of King Menelik must be equal to five o..
six ordinary admirals Lieutenant Bonit6
Sylvan is at the Hotel Griffou. He is on
his way to Hayti. The uniform of lieu
tenant of the Abyssinian navy, which Syi-
vain wears always, attests the relative
greatness of his rank There is blue, there
is brass, there is braid, and there are
epaulets on the lieutenant without limit.
There are top boots, too, and there are
spurs for the boots-probably for use in
mounting the horseback on board the Abys
sinian navy. The navy didn't come with
Sylvan. He arrived on the French liner
La Gascogne, and was much amazed when
the customs house people treated him with
the same manner that they had handled the
other passengers. One inspector came in
for a broadside when he said he had never
heard of MeneIik
Passing of Suicide Hall.
Men and women Of the Bowery,
those whose lives are in what is
known as 1.-The under world are forgetting
other things in their interest in the passing
of John H. McGurk and his Suicide Hall.
The place where SO many girls have trav-
eled the road to ruin and death, where al
most countless robberieS have been commit
ted and where all that was evil and vicious
flourished, Is to be blotted out. For Years
McGurk defied the police and all that was
best In the community, making proHt from
the sin and degradation of his fellow be-
ings, but all that has passed now and re-
mains only a dark memory in the minds of
those who knew the man and his place. In
Acting Captain Churchill of the 9TH street
station McGurk met man who feared
neither him nor his pull, and he has at
last been undone. When Churchill began
his duties on the East Side he directed his
attention to Suicide Hall, to the effect that
the law had to be observed. Becoming a
lawful place, the resort lost it's popularity
and lack of trade forced the proprietor out
of business. At least, he has sold the place
to man said to come from "up the state,
who promises to turn it into German fam
lily resort. Whatever the new proprietor'S
plans may be, Suicide Hall will witness no
such crimes and shocking orgies as have
made 1t known as the toughest. place in
New York Since McGurk opened his dive
in the Bowery no less than a dozen young
women have ended their lives in anG near
it. Many others have sought death in the
neighborhood, most of them by taking car
bolic acid, a popular beverage with the un-
fortunate East Side women who are tired
of life. How many have travelled the ROAD
to ruin and death by way of Suicide Hall
no
elected and forgotten graves in the potter's
field could repeat the story of their down.
fall the place would be mentioned many
times.
Bad theatrical Season.
'This is the worst theatrical season
known in thirty years said the man.
ager of Broadway exchange. II have
been in the business q good many years.
but never. knew so large an, army Of
unemployed actors and actresses. The
trouble is too many are coming into the
profession. tell you. there are hard times
among these people" AnOther a woman
manager of theatrical exchange, contra
dicted the statement that more actors were
out OF employment this season than ordi-
narlly. Ihe professiou is 5ust now little
crowded" she said, with people who
should never have gone into the profession.
They haven't the divine firs here" and she
tapped her chest, land sooner. or later they
Will go back to carrying bricks or washing
dishes, avocations they Should never have
left. She said it was true that larger
number than usual of high priced actors
We're at present walking the streets with
out employment, but that was because they
hugged the fireside of New York and We're
reluctant to go out on the road.
A firm of booking agents for vaudeville
on Broadway said that In this line of bust
ness the present season. was good one.
Very few good vaudeville actors, they as
serted, are out Of work at the present time.
They thought the conditions might be quite
different In the dramatic line. as it was
said that about. two hundred companies on
the road had alreadys come to. grief this
year. whose membsrs fere nov returning
to New York ia the vakfous WAYS of trans-
portation known to thdaprofession.
New Excise Law d Preparation.
It is stated on what appears to be good
authority that an amendment to the
Raines liquor law is being prepared for in
production at the opening session of the
legislature. carrying out the Views on the
excise question entertained by Mayor-elect
Low and Col. Partridge. who Is to COM
mand the police under the new municipal
administration.- It is to- provide for open
SIDE doors after n ~, Q,ftndsv a rnnooJ