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with adequate facilities to meet the de-
nands of traffic at this point, were adopt
I'd by the Board of Estimate and Appor-
tionInent. The cost of the new termi-
nal will be 100000, exclusive of the
land The city already owns consid-
cradle percentage of the land needed.
The most important of the parcels to be
taken is tn Staats-Zeitung Building.
While the building is to be several
blocks in length and more than block
in width, traffic in Chambers street or
Park Row is not to be interfered with.
Arcades for traffic and surface-railway
ears are to be provided through the
building
The new. edifce will be the terminal OF
The Brooklyn trolley lines, elevated lines
crossing the bridge and of the Third
avenue elevated lines. 1t will include
offices for the Department of Bridges.
Sleuth, sagacious little fox terrier.
aided in the capture by the police OF
four alleged burglars in the home OF
Benz amin L. zimmerman, in West Sixty
fourth street. and frustrated their es-
cape with loot valued at 5000.
The intelligent little animal, which has
heretofore been homeless, will become the
station mascot. He will also wear a
handsome silver collar, to be purchased
by his bluecoat friends.
Policeman Sager had his attention at
tracted by the peculiar antics OF the
friendless little dog, which had become
quite companion to him in the street
and tugged at the tail of his coat and
whined and then ran into the areaway
Of the Amermann home, where he shifted
at the bottom of the doors and looked
at the officer, as much as to say there
was something wrong going on inside.
The policeman understood him.
He summoned reinforcements from
he police station and the combined
forces, numbering six policemen and the
dog entered the house, where they found
four young men, who, they allege, had
just finished packing $1,000 worth OF
silver, bric-a-brac and other articles in
bags, ready to be taken away.
The introduers did not surrender until
the policemen had subdued them with
their night sticks and revolver butts.
Annie Meister, Harlem girl, II years
old, was drowned in CromwelPs creek
in an effort to rescue her brother Will
lie, 7 years old. AT this point the creek
is being filled in and artificial ground
has been made to level with the bulk
heads. The creek has overflowed, and
Willie, with some other children, was
padding in the water He padded along
until he stepped off the bulkhead into
10 feet of water. The brave sister did
1,,t ~, -, fto- hin, Che
did not rise again.
The other children ran away scream
ing. A policeman who hurried to the
place found Willie holding on to an abut-
ment and rescued him, when he said that
his sister was also in the creek.
After about dozen unsuccess at
tempts to kill himself, August Gille, as
wears old, who had been employed as
wine clerk in the Waldorf Astoria, has
succeeded. His wife says that his mania
seemed to be self-destruction.
Last Thursday he drank carbolic acid,l
but his life was saved by heroic medical
treatment. He has made many other at
tempts, and for this reason his wife, Le-
ona. tried to keep close watch on him
until the mood should have passed away.
But Gille eluded her and hanged him
self from the transom of the dining
room door of their apartments
Surrogate Fitzgerald admitted to pro-
bate the will of William Ziegler, the
Baking Powder King" and hacker of
Arctic explorations. The will bequeaths
the bulk OF the estate, which is estimated
to amount to S3o,ooo,ooo to his I7-year-.
old adopted son. William Ziegler
There was talk that objection to the
probating of the will would be filed by,
Mrs. Henry X. Shields, of Los Angeles,
Cal, sister of the millionaire. None
was filed.
Tom l.. johnson, who has been brought
to this city by the illness of his mother,
said that there was nothing in report
that movement is to be formed to nomi-
nate him as the Democratic candidate
for President on plank of Government
ownership of railroads.
81 am going to be Mayor of Cleveland
for the third time, the people willing"
he said.
William A. Whcelock, president of
the council of New York University,
died at his summer home, Easthampton,l
l.. |. Mr.. Wheelock belonged to the
New England Society, the Union League
the Lawyers Club, the Metropolitan Mu-i
scum of Art, the American Museum of
Natural History and the American Fine
Arts Society
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The new general directory of Brook
Ign. just issued. contains I74.7oo names.
This is an increase of $1,000 over last
year. The Smiths still enjoy the dis
,inction of being the most numerous
family, there being 1900 Smiths in the
borough. The Johnaons, Millcrs and
Browns are having close race for sec
ond place. The shortest name in the
directory is Re. Among the tongue,
twisters, Zabiawiczus is supreme. Orr
nithologists will be interested to find
80 Birds in the directory, with many