Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10
ROUND ABOUT NEW YoRK.
RippIes on the Current Of Life I'm the
Metropolis,

RippIes on the Current Of Life In the
Metropolis,
For the FIRST time since winter began II
Is now possible for New Workers 70 breathe
deep aud long without swallowing a
luncheon Of soft coal SCOT. II IL also pos
sible to navigate the city streets In daytime
without a lantern. The clouds Of soft coal
smoke that for three months played havoc
with the vision and polluted the atmos-
phere has been blown aside and old-time
cleanliness is visible. AS soon as the bard
coal squeeze loosened up the authorities
got busy" and promptly forced a return
to hard coal.
Nowadays women are not content with
t~reading close upon the heels OF men In the
paths OF daring, but seem eager TO blaze the
way. This holds good II zone swallow
makes a summer Sunday q Brooklyn girl
made the p%erilous trip across the new, un-
completed East river bridge, being the hrs;
OF either sex Except the workmen) to make
the trip. The honor belongs TO Miss II. x.
Way. Midway the boardwalk was inter-
rupted by a gap Of 100 feet, where the sup
porting iron had been removed for some
changes. Miss Way proceeded on the open
ironwork to one side around this gap, and
completed the crossing TO the New York
tower, whence she returned over the same
open iron work.
A wild wall, ringing out sh-illy from his
audience. disconnected f. II, sothern at the
Garden theatUr a few nights ago and caused
a commotion that interfered seriously with
the smoothness Of the play. The man Who
cried aloud is Philip H. Leyey. manager OF
a leather goods establishment, who had
been impaled upon a hhtpIn. Directly be-
hind Levey sat a young woman who en-
deavored in the fashion Of young women at
a play to secure her hat TO the seat In front
OF her With the hatpin. Instead she fastened
the hat to Levey. The long steel pin
slipped through the plush chair back and
ran an inch or two into the mans body An
alteration ensued, which was Interrupted
by a policeman. who removed both parties.
There was a discussion In the lobby. In
which the young woman upbrsided LeveY
for causing such a commotion over a trivial
matter and bringing humiliation on her.
Mishaps in restaurants are not ommon
in New York, where only the best trained
servants can secure employment, but arcf-
dents do happen sometimes, and one woman
who began an evenings entertainment last
week by dining at a well known Broadway
resort was convinced that absolute i'm
munity from bad luck cannot be secured at
any sacrifice. This is on the authority Of
the Mail and Express.
The evening was Friday. and when she
went to put on a long neck chain in which
there should have been fourteen diamonds
she found but thirteen. Her escort unthink-
ingly %sprinkled salt on a side dish for her
celery, and she had tripped over another
woman's dress as she was passing TO her
table. But the browning piece OF i'll luck
came when a walters coat caught the dia-
mond set comb in her hair. Before he
could stop he had almost pulled the woman
sideways from her chair; her couture was
much out Of place, and when she investi-
gated the condition Of the comb 1t was
found to be badly damaged.
OF course the management OF the restau-
rant was apologetic, but Mrs. Blanks tenn
per was too much rufied, and the opera lost
one OF It's shining partierre lights that
night, for she insisted on going home as
soon as the dinner was over.
Subway contractors stand in need Of a
run OF good luck to come out even on their
respective Jobs. Up to the present time
they have been pursued by costly misfor-
tunes. Hardly a month passes without
some accident entailing loss of life, money
and delay. Ira Shaler, one Of the sub
contractors, lost both his fortune and his
life, and other contractors have had their
profits reduced or wiped out altogether by
mishaps or unexpected difficulties that
caused expense not counted upon. The
latest subway accident occurred near the
Harlem river. A dam that protected the
excavation from the river was undermined,
- IA . 800 A.. .uot.-. - Al. Ia-lo..
rushed into the subway, filling 1t to the
level Of the river.
Eighteen men at work in the tunnel had
narrow escapes. The loss is estimated at
500, 900, and a delay in construction work
Of at. least two weeks will be caused,
About three weeks ago the river under
mined the dam and flooded the tunnel, and
1t took two weeks to get it pumped out.
Former Police Commissioner Michael G..
Murphy died last week. Since 1889 he had
been unable to take nourishment in the
ordinary way. Physicians decided that
he had a tumor of the stomach. This they
healed. In the meantime he had aimost
starved TO death, and from 225 pounds was
reduced in weight to less than 100 pounds.
When his stomach was all right again 1t
was found that he was suffering from
structure Of the a~esophagus, which made
it impossible for him to swallow food. An
incision was made in the wall of his stom-
ach, a silver tube was inserted, and for
fourteen years Colonel Murphy had his
food pumped into himself through this
tube. 1t caused him no inconvenience until
about two years ago, when his general
health began to fail.
Overwhelmed with Confusion,
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