Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-20
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.

ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Breesy bits OF Gossip from the streets
OF the Metropolis.
Skip Dundy always did like a dog. and
particularly good dog And Fred Thomp-
/ son has a heart IN his bosom as big az
Coney Island. Knowing these gentlemen
as well as Omaha people do the readers
Of The Bee will have little trouble in be-
lieving the following. told by the New
York World. Of an adventure Thompson
and Dundy and their guests had on Sun
day:
- valuable Russian wolf hound was
| rescued from the sea yesterday by the
crew Of the steam yacht NADIA when two
miles east OF Sandy Hook The animal
was nearly exhausted. II Is thought that
Il must have jumped overheard from an
outgoing vessel. The NADIA left the At
lantic Yacht club anchorage on Sea Gate
early IN the day with its owner. Frederick
Thompson OF Luna Park and a party Of
guests, including Dr. z. w. Lee OF the
San Reno hotel. Howard Fielding former
Representative Joseph Washington Of Ten
nessee and Elmer s. Dundy. At O'Clock.
while homeward bound the man at the
wheel saw the dog in the water.
Sharp pleading barks begged for help.
The dog made frantic efforts to get near
the yacht. Once or twice It disappeared
under a whitecap, but quickly reappeared.
The Nada's engines were stllled and pas
/ sengers and crew shouted announcement
to the swimming beast A small boat was
lowered and Hans Christensen. a sailor.
rowed to the animal and lifted Il into the
boat. The onlookers cheered.
'Dr. Lee restored the shaggy derellct
and IL was fed dried and petted At Luna
| Park the animal chose Mr.. Thompson's
apartments as its home and the senior
owner Of the park as its friend and boss.
DIR. Lee said the dog had been in the water
many hours"
At the risk Of his own life William DOYLE.
an ambulance driver for Harlem hospital
saved that Of his pet horse Pony, Sunday
| afternoon. The ambulance was presented
to the hospital recently by the New York
City Railway company in place of one
wrecked by Second avenue car, and, re-
| turning from a call without a patient, was
| crossing Third avenue at One Hundred and
Twentythird street when struck by a
northbound car
DR.. Oswald Dimmick saw the inpendinR
| crash and shouted to Doyle to jump, at
the same time leaplng from the ambulance.
But Doyle didn't jump He knew that II
he let go the reins Pony would be killed
He frightened his grip and with a cut Of
the whip swung Pony to one side.
In the next second the ambulance was a
mass of kindlng wood. Pony was on his
back, but comparatively unhurt and Doyle
was lying half conscious in the gutter.
DR.. Dimmick with sprained ankle and
Doyle with an ugly cut over his eye were
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Pony escaped with cut on the neck and
bruised legs. No arrests were made
Six sturdy fellows, arraigned in the Har-
lem police court on a charge of begging,
had nearly 5000 in cash between them and
| a bank book showing deposits amounting
10 N,40O. The seXtet were arrested In the
vicinity of the Church of Our Lady OF
Mount Carmel in East One Hundred and
Fifteenth street.
Three Of the beggars we're ranged on the
| sidewalk in front OF the church and three
more directly across the way, so that they
did not miss a single worshiper, going or
coming. Detectives watched them for more
than an hour and saw many passersby put
money into their hands
In court the prisoners admitted thew had
been begging, but declared that IL was
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lgious purposes. They were held in $500
ball each for examination.
Little Ida Baum was very much engaged
with her nursing bottle when a snake two
feet long wriggled up little Ida's baby
carriage and nestled down beside her. II
was not a milk snake, but a garter snake.
The snake did not harm the baby. but the
| sight of IT, twisting and squirming around
her child, frightened Ida's mother nearly
to death.
Mrs. Baum put Ida in her gocart, wheeled
her to shady spot before her home and
seated herself in front window TO watch
the baby. Ida was pensiveIy satisfying
her thirst and appetite when the snake,
| which probably came from watsessng
swamp near by, made its appearance on
the baby's plnafore. Darting its head here
and there, the snake intently watched the
baby; plainly Ida thought a new toy had
been given her and put out her chubby
hand to grasp the snake which easily
eluded her.
Terror nearly paralyzed Mrs Baum She
could not move, but at last she uttered a
piercing shrek. Mrs. Herbert Springfield
who lives In the same house, ran to her
Mrs. Baum, scared speechless, pointed at
Ida and the snake Mrs. Springfield. a
Woindn ol CouIdbe ana action, rushed out
TO the baby carriage, seized the snake by
the tail and flung it yards away, Then
she grabbed up a stone and killed the
reptile. Little Ida cried when her pretty
new toy was taken from her but the nurs-
ing bottle soon comforted her.
More than 10000 Italians on Monday
congregated between one Hundred and
Fourth and One Hundred and Sixteenth
streets, the Little Italy" of New York,
10 celebrate the feast of Our Lady Of Mount
Carmel They came from as far east as
Boston and from as far west as Pittsburg
From thirty miles around New York, Ital-
ians came on foot, many OF them barefoot
as greater Ienance.
The day was spent in semi-religious fes-
tvities. About the colony were scattered
affairs OF wood and tinsel. before which
Italians knelt in the streets and on which
many OF them laid wax reproductions Of
fingers, limbs, or other parts OF the body
which they prayed 20 the saint to heal
Candles, many OF which were expensive
importations from Italy, were an important
part OF the festival, and it was estimated
that more than seven tons of them were
used. Hundreds OF pilgrims from out OF
town were forced TO live In the streets
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