The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-20

era bouffe war has broken out in this
lefty over a proposition to erect mon
! ument to Dante, the great Italian poet,
in some conspicuous locality on Man
haitian island. The plan has been
| inent LATHAM newspaper published not
far from the New York city hall and q
number of wealthy Italians here and
In sunny Italy. Funds were collected,
the monument, executed by a noted
Italian sculptor in Florence. and cast
| in bronze, purchased and arrange
ments were made to have the work
of art shipped to New York, to be
presented to the municipality But
there are several Italian newspapers
in New York and the editors and pub
fishers of the other papers were not
inclined to remain quiet and allow
| their rival to get all the glory and ad.
lvertising resulting from the presenta.
ton of this gift.
| The donors. or rather the prospec-
| tive donors of the statue, for the pre-
sentation is not yet an accomplished
fact, did not display great diplomatic
tact and laid themselves open to a
great deal of criticism. In their de-
sire to make the gift as prominent as
possible. they oyershot the msik, by
advocating the erection of the monu.
ment on Times Square, which is about
the most unsuitable spot that could be
selected for Dante monument. This
suggestion has aroused perfect
storm of protests not only from the
rival Italian papers, but from the pub.
lie in general. At present the plans
are in a state Of utter confusion and
there is even the possibility that the
Municipal Art commission may de-
cline to accept the monument.
| Atlantic Garden, with history OF
more than half a century, one of the
show places of New York in past
years, and one of the oldest buildings
on the Bowery is to be torn down
shortly. In it's place a modern thea.
ter and office building will be erected
which will be eight stories high and
will cost about 100000. The site
on which the Atlantic Garden stands
was a part of the Bulls Head Tavern,
where Gen. Washington once estab.
lished his headquarters during the
Revolutionary war. In 1858 William
Kramer took the property, which had
been used as a stove factory for some
years before and turned the front part
of it into a resort modelled after the
amusement gardens of German cities.
For many years it was center of the
social life of the Germans of New
York city.
| 1t caused no little commotion the
other day on First Avenue tSplley
car, when a tall young man of clerical
garb, suddenly jumped from his seat
and struck a heavy set man beside
man who had been struck, leaped to
his feet and started for his assailant
But the latter was prepared for him
and, fighting with the GOODNESS and
precision of professional boxer, he
landed blow after blow on his stocky
adversary, until the latter collapsed
Then the clergyman grabbed him by
the collar and dragged him off the
car, which had been brought to a
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victim and when two detectives ar
rived, the heavy set young man was
only too glad to place himeslf under
the protection of the officers. Then
the clergyman quietly explained that
the man who he had SO severely pun.
ished, was a pickpocket and that he
had caught him in the attempt to pick
his pocket. The man was arrested
and seemed relieved by the prospect
of getting out OF range of the minis
tiers powerful fists.
A certain well-known banker in the
Wall street district had the rather un-
usual experience the other day of be-
ing mistaken for a burglar and OF
being arrested by the police in his
own lodgings. For several weeks he
had been living ait the house of his
partner in one of the aristocratic Sec
tions of the West side. The other
day, when he came home he found
that he had lost or forgotten his keys
and, as there was nobody in the house
at the time to admit him, he entered
through a basement window. Some
|neighbors, who did not know him, in
formed the police and two officers