Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

NtuVsb Oh lIldL past master OF nOlllCAl ma
ohinery. The secret passage ways and
tunnels were air shafts for the furnace
and for ventilating purposes and the secret
stairs and doors, so called, were put in to
facilitate the passage OF Mr.. Tildeu's valet
to Mr.. Tilden's bath room.
The razing Of old buildings where the
western terminal Of the new Manhattan
bridge is to be has caused some striking
discoveries. This part Of the old city Of
New York is invested with much historic
interest. A few years ago there were
standing in u quaint dwellings Of Dutch
design, more than 200 and in some in
stances even $50 years old. Half a dozen
skeletons have been found in cellars and
courtyards since the work Of demolition
began. Some OF these are supposed to be
Of persons who were killed in the draft
riots Of 1868
In the last three weeks on the upper
east side, In plot near the edge Of tho
river gang Of italian laborers has
struck three treasure troves Two iron
pots that had been buried under the foun-
dations of a colonial mansion contained
about 800 copper half pennies of the reigns
Of George l and George II. Some OF these
proved to be rare and have been bought
Dy CCln dealers ana COLLECTORS AT TOuuu
prices Prior to this a pot containing
twenty gold pieces had been unearthed in
the same locality. These are thought TO be
guneas of the time of the Georges. But
the Italians who found them at once de-
camped and have not been seen since by
their employer SO elated were they with
their good fortune that they left behind
them nearly $500 in wages due them.
The magnificent hotel bar rooms which
were feature OF Broadway life a decade
ago are being driven from the field by the
boudoir buffet. Old-time hotels like the
st. Nicholas, the New York. the Metro
poltan, the Morton house, Union Square,
Coleman and others, that made New York
bar rooms something to talk about few
years ago, almost have gone out OF ex-
istenCe. Barkeepers and mixers Of special
drinks that made them famous either have
gone to another sphere into other busi-
ness and there are none to take their
places. To cite the most conspicuous eX-
ample, the famous elliptical bar in the Hof-
man house, which Edward S. Stokes made
the talk of two continents, has been taken
away The collection of expensive paint
Ings, so famous that a special view hour
each morning was appointed for women,
mas Deen ulSptTStO w nat was pHNb tlt
most magnificent bar room in the world
is now a very commonplace cafe in oom-
parison with the more modern New York
hotels There is a small bar room in an
other part of the hotel which bears about
the same relation 10 the sumptuous Stokes
menage as a pushcart does TO a pony car
riage This is true of all the big hotels.
The waiter and small table have put the
barkeeper out of business. In many of the
new boudoir bars II customer steps up to
the small bar and orders drink he Is
asked to take a seat at one of the tables
and a waiter will carry the drink to him.
This usually involves a tip to the waiter
that approximates one-half the price Of
the drink. The old time barkeeper COM
plains bitterly at the innovation Of the
foreign waiter in the bar room or cafe.
When the public schools open next
month there will be 5000 more children in
attendance than there are accommoda-
tions for In this respect New York has
every year much the same experience that
Philadelphia has. The surplus can be ac-
commodated at school only on half time,
and this in face OF the fact that there is
room for some 5000 more sittings than
there was a year ago. Unfortunately some
Of the new school houses are In boroughs
or neighborhoods where they are not greatly
needed The number OF new pupils
throughout the city is estimated at 5000
Exciting in the extreme was the chase OF
an alleged pickpocket that began on the
IL" station at Third avenue and One Hun
dred and Forty-ninth street, was continued
on the tracks OF the elevated structure
down a steel pillar, along a street through
crowd that feared TO stop the fugitive
and ended in the Subway station, where
pursuing detective saw his man dash aboard
a south-bound train and escape.
Detective Sergeants Buesser and schuing
saw two men acting suspiciously, they say,
on the al" station and started to arrest
them. Both the men jumped on the tracks
and ran northward They were in imminent
danger of being run down by an approach
ing electric train.
schuing succeeded in catching Louis
Grossman OF 50 Rivington street, and drag
ginE him back TO the station platform;
but Buesser was after younger and more
agile man.
Detective and fugitive dashed along the
elevated structure and when the fleeing
man saw that he was being overhauled he
calmly crawled out to pillar and, despite
Buesser's threats TO shoot, slid down the
steel RlrQef 10 lNt bAlttN bNiont WIN NAAS
detective in close pursuit.
Gaining the street, the man dashed
through crowd OF onlookers. At full tilt
he dashed down the steps of the Suburban
station, and most opportunely found
south bound train just about TO start.
Buesser appeared just in time TO see his
man disappear.
Grossman refused to give the name OF
the man who escaped. Two other men who
were said to be professional pickpockets
were arrested at the elevated station at
One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street and
Third avenue by Detectives O'Rourke and
Bilkies OF the Bronx bureau.
The Regeneration" Of Coney Island is no
| longer a necessity. About forty years ago
the place was a desert. Later It began TO
| be a resort OF the cheaper kind. Then big
hotels Afforded accommodation to all sorts
| OF people. Gradually railroads advertised
quick and easy transportation. Other no.
tells drew other people. The Gilmores and
Levy OF music hall fame took hold. Cheap
and nasty houses of entertainment began
| 10 give the place a bad name. The hotel
| service was fair the railroad service poor
| and the cheap and nasty places were Civ
ing the island a bad name when capital
Ioomed up. Little by little II bought the
entire resort. New management took hold