Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-27

Cd to death. IL IL can escape these
evils which bcset it the doctor sees no
reason why il should not live to a con-
sidera bl. age, instead Of for the brief
span generally assigned to it. This
theory ut least relieves mosuui;,
slaughter Of one Of its horrors, for ten
lcrheartcd persons Will doubtless be
pleased to learn that it is not Il gorv
and brutal end which the insect suf
ferS when sWatt"d by an iratc victim
but instead an instantaneous ard com.
paratiytly PAINLESS death from fright
at the swiftly descending hand. II Il
the price Of Il dclicatcly sensitive o.
Ganization. But while Dr.. Doty La,,
done something to remove the idea that
the mosquito is not a coarse ana bloody
roll Der he has nevertheless been worI1
ing hard to eXtcrminatc him, and with
such success that New iurks beaches
may vet become enjoyable and tn.
Jersey mosquito be removed from the
standing list of summer Jokes. Work.
ing With an appropriation Of less than
10000 the doctor tackled Staten IL
land and by Il comprehensive scheme
of bitches drained the salt marshes
where the pests bred. Strange to .,v
theS" marshes are now practically sol
i'll ground for in spots where the ditc,,
diggerS sank almost to their waists in
mir" the moving machines harvested
crops of hay this fall And the mos
quito has practically vanished.
The old Sinclair House at Broadway
and Eight street, one Of the ,i;v's
most famous ana IN len land:n:t. ks is
10 be torn down 70 give way to tna
needs of molci II buslhc ). FIFTY ye,r.
ago When the house was tie center ,f
social lite ana the eating pla~a 1,r ~
cellence Of the city such an Announce
mcnt would have aroused Il storm IF
protest moi rhiy III the city but from
all the Codntry east Of The Nllechcni.s
SO Well WAS il known. 20" nearly an,
hundred years it has stood with vary
ing fortunes. Built originally by a DR.
Parker it was intended as a rc>;id.nc.
but vas abandoned later as being r,,
lar outside the city limits. 1t was
bought by Robert Sinclair and turned
INTO L road-house. It's reputation
grew until it was synonomOuS for fine
game dinners and rare wines. Coach
ing parties wound up there and MANY
clippers made it their Gretna Green.
Later, it was no longer outside the city
which extended almost to what is now
lWenty-third street, and its fame in.
creased. In the heart of the theatre
cal district it was the most famous re-
sort of its kind for many years.
Politicians of the Tweed ring as we'll as
men like William Cullen Bryant and
Horace Greedy ate there Sinclair
finally sold the house to William Niblo
who in turn disposed of it to the pres
ent auctioncer. 1t is to be demolished
to make way for twelye-story mer-
camille building.
During the three months considered
IN the report Of Health Commissioner
Darlington just sent to Mayor Nc
Clellan exactly 19l persons found life
in New York too distastcfuI to make it
longer bcarable and in consequence cs-
capped it by the suicide route-a sur
prising tota! of more than two day.
seemed to be the most popu-
lar method of self destruction, since
of the total number 50 selected it.
TWcrty died by carbolic acid twenty
hanged themselves, seventeen took gas,
one died by Paris green. nine by jump
ing from high places, one by choloro-
form. and one by leaping in front Of q
train. only three women hanged
themselves, while seventeen men died
by this means. Sixty-seven persons
We're killed by electric ears during the
quarter. Brooklyn living up to her
reputation in this respect by account
ing for f"rty-one who apparently did
not merit the title of trolley dodgers"
The total number of 965 deaths by ac-
ciient ana negligence during the three
months furnishes a startling COM
mcntary on the cheapness Of life in the
greatest city.