Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-13
New York
Day By Day
NEW York CITY, N. Y.

York terminal of the Brooklyn bridge
were within immediate peril of being
blown to pieces by a package of dyna-
mite.
The explosive, in three blasting sticks
| by policemen and citizens before Julius
Hochfelder, lawyer, of 90 East Fourth
street, stepped on one of the sticks soft
ly, saw what it was, and, after spring
! ing to a safe distance, notified the po~
| lice
After the character Of the package was
made known RoundSman Farrell, on
! duty at the terminal, remembered he had
kicked the package several times earlier
in the day The dynamite was orgl-
nally rolled up in a piece Of brown paper
that bore the name and address of
man in Williamsburg. No one has yet
been found who saw the package laid
| in the path of the thousands that cross
| ed the bridge The dynamite was placed
in pail of water pending an invcstlga-
| ton.
Slcuth, a sagacious little fox terrcr.
aided i'll the capture by the polkc of
four alleged burglars i'll the home OF
Benz amin l.. zimmerman, in West Sixty
fourth street, and frustrated their cS-
cape with loot valued at $1,000.
The intelligent little animal. which has
heretofore been homeless. will become the
station mascot. lie will also wear a
handsome silver collar, to be purchased
by his bluccoat 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 arcaway
Of the Amcrnann home, where h" shifted
at the bottom Of the doors and looked
at the officer. as much a. TO say there
was something wrong going on inside,
The policeman understood him.
lie summoned rciniorccmcnts from
the police station and the combined
forces, numbering six policemen and the
dog. entered the house, where they found
four young men, who, they allcgc, had
just finished packing 5000 worth of
silver, bric-a-brac and other articles in
bags, ready to be taken away.
The introducrs did not surrender until
the policemen had subducd them with
their night sticks and revolver butts.
Annie Meister, Harlem girl. II years
old, was drowned in Cromwell's creek
in an effort to rescue her brother Will |
lie, : 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 ha, ovcrtowcd, ani |
Willie, with some other children, was !
padding i'll the water. He padded along |
until he stepped off the bukhcad into |
10 feet OF water The brave sister did |
not wait, but plunged in after him. She
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
mcnt and rescued him, when he said that |
his sister was also in the creek.
The best mich goat OF Policeman Mi |
chael Giordano of Orange, has fallen |
victim to a patriotic impulse During the |
day it rooted among the hrccrackcr de
brs on the street in the hope OF finding
some uncXpoded pyrotcchnic with which !
II "'ts'. s''U" It, NV, W. >,La''I .I'', -,
OF a dynamite torpedo.
IN gee ,n' goa, ran Iu' 'n.o ,J ,iI
,'.lGulc % '''t SI'y' 'o'U'''h ~ ~
h's'l II, 'ne "n ana M'''' al d ''"'t p,e', u,
meanwhile. the animal chcwcd on the |
cap. There was a thundcrouS report !
tioness OH the road The celebration was |
over.
n II ~
After years of DELAY and discussion
plans for permanent terminal at the !
Manhattan end of the BROOKLYN Bridg" |
with adcauatc facilities to meet the de |
mands Of traffic at this point, were adopt
ed BY the Board of Estimate and Appor-
nal W!ll be SS,ooo'ooo exclusive oi tuc
land: Inc ci'y aIreaay owns a 'o''1'u-
cradle percentage OF me Iand ic'dt"'
The most important OF Inc parcr!S 70 0' |
taken is tn StaatS-IcNuhg buliaing'
While the building Is 10 De 'cV'r,'
blocks III length and more 'han 4 DioIN
IN width, traffic IN Chambers street OF
Park Row is not to be 1nt'r'rred W''Il
Arcades Tor frame "iii SUI i"'t-l1''Ms!
the Brooklyn trolley lines, elevated. line,
crossing the bridge and OF the Third
avenue elevated lines. 1t will include
offices for the Department OF Bridges
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