The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-04
New York .Eetter.

NEW YORK, April 3-An upper Broad
way site for a 900 hotel has been
bought by a builder, who will connect the
new structure with a station of the rap
id transit subway.
The site was sold by Jacob Hamer-
schlag to ]. Arthur Pinehbeck. The buyer
viii erect nine-story apartment hotel
The subway station at One Hundred and
Third street will be the last station on
the trunk line Of the subway. The tun-
mel branches at this point, one line ex-
tending up Broadway toward Yonkers,
the other crossing under One Hundred
ana Fourth street and Central park to
Lenox avenue, whence it continues on
into Bronx. The One Hundred and
Third street station is therefore con-
sidered the most important junction of
the upper West side.
FRITZ ScheR to Star
Fraulein FRITZ scheff, the "enfant ter
rible" Of the Metropolitan, has finally
given her answer on the proposition to
leave the grand opera stage and become
a star in light opera. AT a conference.
at which Mr.. Maurice Grau, Fraulefn
ScheH and Mr.. Lee Shubert were presenr
the offer of the latter to place her at the
head of her own company in this country
was fully discussed.
1t is understood that FrauIein Scheff
dCCSptSO M. SItuDGII terms, and that
| next season she viii leave Mr.. Grau's
| forces.
20 Changes in Baggage Inspection
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie NJ.
Shaw, on a tour of inspection at Ellis
island, sampled the food served by the
Hess syndiacte" in the restaurant Of the
immigration bureau. A full course din
| rer. consisting Of clam chowder striped
bass, porterhouse steak, asparagus, lyon
nalse potatoes, pie, Roquefort cheese and
| coffee was served. There were three
kinds Of pie. Mrs. Shaw, who accompan-
led the secretary, and who is a competent
Judge, SAID the food reflected credit upon
| the Ellis island chef.
Its the regular bill of fare" an at
tendant explained; the same as the i'm
migrants get"
And he never smiled
| Secretary and Mrs. Shaw came on from
| Washington Unexpectedly, and the an
| parance Of the secretary at the subtreas-
| ury III Wall street, took the officials
! completely by surprise The secretary
| made everybody feel easy, however, by
announcing that he was Gust looking
around" and that he wanted somebody
| to show him the way to Ellis Island.
| Secretary Shaw said there would be Nc
| radical change at present in the system
| OF baggage inspection. The system. H.
| eluhl1to5 - NOT Iuedl, DuC ne Is not pre-
| pared, as yet, to change it.
| Hospitals Are Fire Traps
! Bellevue hospital, SCARED with scandals
| in its administration in years gone bv
| was revealed in new light-that Of q
| f1re-trap-when DR.. John w. Brannan
| chairman of the trustees of Bellevue and
allied hospitals, told Mayor Low that in
the event of fire in the main building.
| dreadful loss of life would surely occur
Bad as is Bellevue in this regard. Dr.
! Brannan said Harlem hospital was worse
| and other institutions under the control
of his board are little if any, better.
DIR. Brannan, whaa he made these sen.
| satonal charges, was appealing to the
| board Of estimate for a supplemental an
preparation to his allowance for the az.
pense of the fire department of the hos
pital.
POorhOuse Meals Cost I-2 Cents
| Twenty-Five hundred paupers, who have
formed the population of the almshouse
on BlackwelPs island for the last year
are living Illustrations of How to live
on ten cents day" They will continue
| to Illustrate this cheap system of living
| for another years, according to Charities
! Commissioner Folks, unless the board N
| estimate greatly increases his apnropria.
| ton for supplies.
Commissioner Folks declares that ,..e