The Sentinel, 1883-06-15, Page 2lea
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A; t.ribI.a Oceidenti 000nrred 91u ' %he
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Itttdgii Was oroWded to its utniost
aria ."14itY „ that ho4r; . L.
•21**4„sot. ,the 'NeW York tower the lam
bwsLe Ott Mat thst 100nY Pereena fainted.
,ecY Of"- iiiiitrese Wee raised. and
*,' /Penni' .strunele .,began • between the,
eiteicken oroWds owning from
a.nal weld.. A number were,
1.11,:repertade eruebed to deetb:,' lithe
r;Sled hs eroWd cominn from the Brooklyn
leddeproreitiled and rushed`towerdlbe New
elteek..0,ecnorige treMeling avitiV every.thing in Its way. 'Men, Women and ehildren,
Were trodden tinder foot, and falling down
/
+,14srilitepit leadingtO the tower platforms ,
r4 buried, undiir n maw of struggling
humanity many feet bight' An goon as the
:More of the disaster, wasconveyed to ':-the
".• Ilertie York station by the tweeter the panto
alien crowd the police were called. and
th./bridge olesed. The work of removing
ornehed ancrWoinided then began. A.
• nntaber were taken to the city hall' police
*ion and Others to the Chambers. etreet
Ilitiejeitel. The police report at least
TZ. on Norm =mein, -
kee yet it, is impossible to say who, or
bey uuketri- ,91 the Bevan wounded Who are
• the adiyhell station, one, B. Reiohers, h
nki3r, 'of Delanceyreet, is now
. The excitement at.the °Orono° to
is intense, A"`".": :7•;:.•; • • .
10 bridg� re�elved a dreadful
,ni today. In the crush Oconrred
,lapPitrently by accident on the- New York
-ainthoradieit number of persons - mostly
. -Women and children, Were orgebedi some to
• IMMO fetidly, and still some . others
.nericarely. A cene of terror reigned for
• Atli* „fifteen, or twenty mho* that. baffles
When it Was Over .cartioade
%K. wounded end ornehed human beings
Were takenout of tlielNew York entrant's
*WOO Otago 1410041.7171040119111 Or torn
4 aiid?,•,,,abendonedelethinirWiW gathered up
.The acoldent" mictirrecl , on
the. New York anohoragerwliere the solid
fbrottoin of theliriiddleeleotway . ends, and
Iwo flights of SevereittePe'reich with an
zititirinediatelanding lead up to the plank -
:of the span neeieeen.. the New York
Oeldie and the tower. ,,,Xt.was....iihortly
, 4 o.'eletikd and. -the:,...1 bridge
clod from one end to the other so that
0 was hardly elbow *VOW. A' woman
was ascending the lower flight of steps
;,.<0.1tUttibled and: fell on the, lending. The
• tiented.Prieseduptin her and she abrieldide
•: The bridge. .offitier, ;Fred Orion 1tiohardiedvlio-
,,*ae: on the plank walk: above..inieing.'her
er elbowed bth way i to the Spcifeitad
• d her up. The orovid cooed Upedthern
they wept down. With'ades,
te effert Officer Itioliarde got uptinnie
bt once More, dragging, the Women, after
She soreamed again in despaiiknd
ht,.sna the' drowd. • &toys and. 'below
ed toward the EISA to digoovenithe
Of 'the"--iitesstiltitirein.7:27,,The,
HitOly beget* 'fietifiiV:4- Those on- the
le'beletiethe stairs were °Attie&
in n wetly stria:446k
g unabe to remit' the -masure
ithd the .'40*a pitioea over,them,
above theo$$I.00mingfrom Elva.
aeeeiriedlo thede of:the ste seeld
'en:fell over and aairn upon the str Jig
4
• torn 'hem*: bodiesof more -than. .one in
the attempt lo get them out. An were,
hatless, many.thoeless, and on ,ethers the
olothos. :hung in -040,.. .rive women were.
4-004, and trampled into, an •unisiiitPe4-•
thf). bottom ,
et th'at heap. • ,t
(Moot the, WoMen. had been. seen Iwthe
crush bolding ber Screaming baby above the.
heads of the ',crowd as slie herself went
down; :Some:man, hau, taken the baby, and
IA W40 not found when .the mother, waa,
Oovoredin th0: charnel heap. It was said.
thait,the men had been seen carrying the
dead baby ,away, butthe police had no
.it000unt. et it BOY; °clothing eeettered
*bent. ,gave .evidinoe. 'anon& that weak
-:illfante had .beeiffii. the ()rush. - The woman
'whom Bridge 'Officer 13404rda had helped
to her teee atthe beginning Of the .0r4013.
W AS. saved, Rioliarde also, ,easeped death'
by .deeperent efferte,. •
In the excitement of thecrns' lt William •
Oxford, aged 45, a drunlieninan, delleer-
jureped from the bridge 'and. was .
fatally .injured. The place onthe bridge
W here the :avoid:ant, ocOntrod iethe danger
.spot inthe structure. To persona who are
looking outover the scenery AS they pees'
:•,.either 'way it is * Most -perilonatrap...- At.
the Chambers Street •Ittiiipitel; there Were
,bodiesof twelve who perished-in...the dis-
aster. Of the twelvs. two Men yet remain'
;unideetified. There aretwelve injuredat
the earn° laoe.. •.
Wow.
rnanintn':iiiiiiiai;-$0 M*11
; men . and women fonght.with.the
ngth of despair • oath .ether..
was .intpoesible syttli,the pressure
th eideitgtoWiugA4teiery 'shout a
h that went lip from the 'dyietverid
• Wlici•-eaieideath4,.bef4e,their eyes.
anddeapar side, ottriosi# ou
Other, fought*he mastery. The
• gni; crush was denser when after
IY.'..flItieOnmAte!t;41110ore of militia.,
ef& of the„ IRth: Reginient;clid bY.
aikand„.SergeentitConldoelt and Costello,
inarolied up the toward Brooklyn.
ThOe. Yells; et -the Orowd .attritoted their
Iittediticou. Aktitethelt.of the snipe -a wall
of,humen bodies was a denim
surged about it, and tri•it -thelsoldiers
.1114.tea 4tri"CltgAg0...liect;
'
tiou
4144 tuntana,nie:
ed thc • ; !road tiraok
thelOotivalkrand,
into the matis of people.neat the
titif *a' di000,0r40024. the crowd:
reintiailenik:Or Tn±R bvis.;• •
g 11 th::,:%';;vanta 'g.(1
:!41.44. znilitlamen
• ,fitroed it, batik until the approaeh was
_clered.c. Then forming front .aoross the
fooli walk, they prevented the erased fiern
*oohing biok, whila as-ii4iny of their
-nuMber as °Odd be spared ran toward the;
. scene Of the ii.Opicient,tehelp In extrmatine
dead and sit. yintioeg the living. An alarm'
rriesnWhile n given - at the bridge:
entrance,,,a generaltiell for all the hospital:
diMindanee waSient onb and policemen
:• Were hurried over rrOal
„their statione beside the City Hall the fire-
• 'Mini of thehook and ladder oompanY
• 10*0,4 to assist. , They, tonna the situation
still • unaltered on the bridge, The :
on the ' foot walk above the”
steps Was oonstantly receiving aeoessione,
and still pressing on !.and oyer the
leap on theanohorage. The bodies of the
and.dyieg lay here so firmly Wedged
•-together that to extricate them was next ,
. to impossible. To beat hick the Crowd •
WU:equally impossible. 'Relief *as possible '
only by making . room for the crOwd, to
• ipteed sidewaye. 'It Was quickly done; .•
wihing handif tore away 'the' iron railing
dividing the footway from the railroad
track On both sides, and dragged those who
Wars nearest in the druids through the °pent.
. Room was made for the pelican:fere
to, reacili the frightful heap of linman-flesh,
:and thelevOrk of Clearing it away began. As
noon 41_6 Pritrtibil of the obstruction' was
reinoVed from the Sterol the ero*d was eued
• ;In portion was let through to 'the .NOW
,The rest was forded back
1611 the bOdioo had 'been taken away.
PVL4 all it Was let, throng'', and a body of:
Teti
• At nitdisight the casualty list starve:ad
twelve" dead—eleven of whom have been
identified -and twenty-six injured, 7110Me
,fatally, some badly., and others slightly.
The het will •yet he extended. It is re-
ported that many of the wounded and
• perhaps • some :of the dead Were driven
ettaiglit to their homes when they reached
'Chatham street. Of these the police have
no :account. A later account adds two
'inilte badly initirati to the ;Hat at the
heispitni,
• ,. JOHN nntinnst0t'S .0rOnT. •
gene Beneteeey. of No. 190 Union avenue.'
BrOOklYni uanie to the hospital about 7
o'olook. Heaeked to bashown the dead.
As he came up from the Ward, the lines
.about his mouth had tightened.' ,
"Have you identified any one 7" he, was
asited; • ' •
Too, •
"Who was it?"
There was a sudden hush; and those
about looked at hies sympethizingly. Mr,
!Hennessy, looliedtoo young to have a Wife.
As.:thoughtitteptiotingthis thought -he eaid :
•."1.1.6 were MAY married two months."
To. the kindly questions as to how it batei.'
*nod he told his envy. • They Were Cross-
ing the bridge together. Suddenly some
'great, ruffian grasped Vivito and tore her
from his side.. 1:iiifote lia poeld interfere
,the WeettitOwn'downnsand he Was hurried
',.away 11.810100f his efforts to reach bor.
Be oolild'.liefir her . aides for help growing
'fainter and fainter as he was borne away
by themadly inferiors& crowd. An soon
es :no coact netought tray' batik: to
Where the lay, ,: • ,
' took to; to, in , arms," he said,
00 hot iilednfd nee,mealt. She ',opened her
• eYesquiee,. .'eitwiee,and then died: Torn and
nianithid;'iihe lay in illy arms until scene
one heltediniand pifillier in a Waggon to
'bring her: here. She Wee -hardly reeogniz.
iibleesci badly was the outand, bruised :by
the he,* of the savages who had stamped
on her prostrate body."'
• vinalmanteenot. Tun 000w0. .
, In the Crowd was 'Mr. T. T. Collins, an
employe Of D. °Atitilliteni ' :81 Co. "The
'0Orstuna,of a•young woman ..first . attracted
mt'attentiOn," he said. "A little thild she
had been oinkrying in her arms • had slipped
!trOin her arms and Was almost lying,at her
:feet; She -Cried to me to Wive the little'
=oninfrtini being trampled to deatii. 'I and
three_ other ,gentieMen. put : otti hacks
together and kept • the crowd bank. We
elowlyraisedthe,thildrand atlestreidored.
her to her •.inotherlt• wins, While people
were being trampled to death the orowd
eomeiittle distance;baok were Jaughing,
Fuelling and orowdleg forward, totally in
.igneranee Of the dreg Mane ahead Of them.
Some Men jumped on '•the railing and
nhoPtAktbnittso.enzwo'fliti#40hed6.
didAie crowd to keep boot. After that
theoruthwas..not_aajdreadful.4-41ad..006-
this warning been ',given the list of deed
,and wounded,irouldlaveLbeenlar-greater:
I saw. a young,w�man whew clothes had
been torn from her body, andI handed her
a tiloalt 1.• hit picked tip tOshield bee take&
"nese. I tried to .StiVe .an old wonian, but
she was paid Inenati aidand died before MY
. ,
erne" - •
Arias. TIM 1.0011;ENT:'
It was strange and almost pathetic to see
thesitortiwthe largely composed of *mien
and young girls, 'doming over from Brook-
lyn, laughing and chatting mite and book-
ing at the, scenery 'onone side and the
other, n utter uneoneeiotisnese that any.
thing *as Wrong, come suddenly on the
awfulneene only faintly pictured above.
• • anon •HOuitin
Superintendent Martin' was Milted : DO
you (*milder the steps there a safe place? "
"The footpath is certainly not a safe
place for ittelh_, ortowds as pass Over the
btidge," • said Me. Martin. "It was not
intended tome= 'modate any such 'travel
as . we : afe haeing. As f. to the
Steps, it had been deoided to put a
/ailing up and down the middle, .to,
divide_ the people going_mie_way_frOlxv.
thosegoing the other. 1 The• railing would
have to, be carried up some way beyend the
top of the stens, of.. ootirse. We sh�uld
carry it probably a hundred feet long. This
Wail'One Of the alterations we had/ already
determined upon, and it is to be made at
oboe. Then we ere going to...place the side
railings On the steps a, little lutther habit.
Some Omen is now lost by them. Then
farther baok-between the _cables we_ottn-
widen the Pasiiage *planing the railings
further apart and against tlie oe.bleii, and
this isto be done." . .
"Could nob the step he dispensed
withl"°'
"Well, We could 'build *hat We call 4
ramp, an inclined plane from the top of the
slops tot point farther down AO bridge,
but there would be some dimmer inmaking
the grade any steeper, especially in tv'et or
-
icy weather."
. Mr. F. B. Mae, who was the first man to
tripnver the prostrate woman, whoottutied
the aceidentemade the 'foltownig.statoi.
ment :
When my mother out Vend a 'lli
otie girl
reached the steps: where' the aeoldent took
phkoe,41 Wonsan, Who was dressed ifl black
Or blue clothing; fell down in e fit in front
Won iikthe2poitit ..of danger kept it
paiNing t 0M1. Along the iron fences
footway, On the 'railroad traok and
O Carriage way on both Ridge of the
O 40 'bad ,and venuededwere.
Ore • than hall a 'more Were, dead when
• Otrioated from the throbbing heap; others
• Ware more or less terribly injured. They
Isy ix; Or eight, Or ten deep these la the ,
• r. tier long- awl., .The clothes were,
• erying and`shrieking as he fell. Be.
fore we conk' halt I tell over her, and then
the crowd rushed iu en. us mid I wasfinally,
?lilted out and sent to the Chambers Street
W4301341 iltl'ha:;;eeZilhvfl';244:74 1;.'ee'lie 11; :26
in there Ireeepized the corpse ee WOE=
as being the Hamel we.man who bad Dolt
faia
,MEN TOO TIVST TO eaVE.WOmEn.
4 When she fell the crowd rushed on and
WOMen were buried" beneath melte and
implored the men for God's Sake to extri-
cate them, but the men were too busy and
anxious to get off the bridge, and left them
there to pile upte the dying people under-
neath. Tee .shopte of the wounded and
the imptecatione of those who were
unharmed but terrot.stricken filled the air,
.' never Haw " anything. like it. There
should be a passage way for people going to
Brooklyn from New 'Turk and another
from Brooklyn to New York, In the
excitement I lost my mother, an elderly
Indy, whose firet name -is Lucinda,' and the
little girl.Sadie.' I bade telegraphed: to all
the hospitals, but have heard nothing of
them. I hope to Clod nothing serious , has
befallen them. ,,
WHAT MATTHEW BINAzumi. BAN.
Matthew McNamara, Of Williamsburg,
said: Was'going:home to winiamourg,
and jnot passed up the steps. Suddenly
there oame a scream, and then -a steady
push followed. "For God's sake, don't
push,' cried a • young lady in front of me,
but the crowd pushed. and I •felt myself
ping to the fatal stairway. I fought with
•men striving as if their life depended on
their' efforts to get to the stairway, and
finally° held any position, while others
rushed, by me to death. A , boy fell at my
feet; and I picked him up and passed him
over the railing; thus Having his life. • I saw
men in „the middle of the pile hallooing like
madmen.. One' old man I.remember per-
tioulatly. All his clothes were torn from
•hiirt, and he Stood in the middle of the dead
• and dying begging for help, but seemingly
'powerless to help himself.. The crowd
would not get back." '
• eternise sreseinte Orr.
When a reporter called last evening at
the station house he saw filed in one 0Orner
about forty umbrellas and , sunshades,
men's felt, Derby, and straw hate women's
and Children's hots; a large number of shoes
and gaiters; both men's 8,nd-women's hand.
kerchiefe and other Articles of okithing.
The shoes had -been ripped Off the feet of
their owners in the terrible struggle. • • •
UNSTUMUOTMO TILL TO LAST StMdENT:
Mee Alfred Whither, .Cleveland, .said
. .
4' I went on the bridge ,at •half..past.: 4
o'clock, • and walked: toward • Brooklyn
There were few people going- that way.
When we saw the people stop above the
stairs we thought they were merely looking
at the view. :Suddenly we pewit to feel the
oroWd thicken .about us: People 'ensiied
pleasantly and began to ohat with straegers:
The crowd got more dense and began to
surge batik and forth. We felt suddenly:
tremendous lush' from the Brooklyn side.
notioedthat women around tir were pale
and thatlithildren Wete orying,Thrit still it
did not Seem to me bat anything was the
-matter. ...A wonian who, was between me
and the railing dandled me violently by the
arm and tided: TorGod'esake, keep off;
you are killing ine.",' I tried to push meaty
from her,. and I found that 1 was
utterly helpless. The woman almost feinted
away. Some -men afterward, dragged her
up over the kali. A man Arm* at me
flub:near °nee. He said 1 was•killing his
ohild: I *as held as t gh in a vice. I
would have given eve mg on -earth at
that incipient if I mill have got• out cif the
awful jam'. couldn't do anything: I was
killing people myself.. .Alter e,wbile I got
to the•rail; and by,a great effort drew my -
milt up ,and climbed- over the fence., It
was e risky thing to do just there, .for the
bottom of the relined ' aeotion was open
work; All this time it seemed impossible
for the people at both ends of the .bridge
tii realize:that Men and .women and •ohil-
dren Were being killed. The orowds surged
infrom both wide. I climbed Abwn ,over
itheAtreeik.coorkkarA,',Ity4i440..ta,
but it was , no
They litit'a_goingtou-2.17,-Whatlathe
trouble?' and puthed ahead." '
•
LIS7-0E—THE-ltraTIMS, -
. . .
'Jambe Baszeriano, 45 years, .802 Ply-.
Mouth street, Brooklyn; WM. H. Creft,.
aged 60, of 430 Grand West, New York,
leaves a wife and ' four children; Maud
Crawford, aged 35, of Weet Thirtit-seventh-
street, near Broadway; Sarah Hennessy,
.aged 22, of 190 Washington avenue; Eliza
Karim aged ,66, jersey City; •Ah La ling,
aged 600, Brooklyn; James O'Brien, aged,
4, No. -88. Leight street, leaves ,a wife
and four children; EUen Rieman, aged 60,
No.. 86 Montgomery street ;: 'Geo. Smith,
aged '44, of No. ,42 Watts street; Mrs.
Emma - Sherwood, aged . 35, *-.Bridgenort,
Conn.; Margaret. Sullivan', aged 13, of 115
Monroe street; , unknown . boy, about .14,
light hair, 'drawled in dark suit. • •
Those reported missing are as follows.:
Barwick. Henly,, 17 yeses of age, of
Seventy-sixtleetreet and First avenue. His
father is sexton of the Methodist church in
Sixty-third street. He . left home early in
the morning, not saying where he was
going. Cerro% John, age 14; lives in East
Twelfth Artist. Cole, David, age 15 years, ;
lives-at-No:33 Eighth etre,* -denier MON'
Englehardt, Richard, 15 years' of age; lives
at No. 24 High street, Brooklyn. Golden,
John, Otisto. 546 Cana' street. •Hassagen,
Going(); 15 years; lives at No. 167 Bleeoker
street. Marks* George' N. He is married
and has a ferisiIy. His ,home is at Fourth
and Thirteenth .etreets. Alinley, Ada, age.
19, living in Eighty-sixth streetr.a raster of
Mrs: George Smith, whose„htiebancl was
•killed-rleftlierhomeineompanyvith-liiit
sister Effie for l the purpose of Walking
aorotie the' bridge, Milady, Effie, aged 25, a
thiter of Ada Minley, was in company with
her and is ale° missing. O'Neil, Ambrolie:
Lives at 623 Washington street.
O'Neil, Francis. Lives. at No. 271 West
Eleventh street. firreith, Milo, of Forty.
first street, neat Second avenue, 14 years
old,. ' Strong, William Stillman, 14 years of
Age, employed at R. maoy,0 store, at
Sixth evenue and Fourteenth street, He
left home with the intention of going to
Rockaway with a friend. ,He Wee inquired
for by his father,- rt. Strong, at the
Clia,Mberii Street Hoemtal at 9.40 p.
Tammany, Edward, age 14. of Morrisania.
He left home at 7,46 tian. to Walk over the
bridge. Be hadttot returned at 10 p. 193,
Tobinski, tianouel, 6 .years of age. of No.43
Eldridge street, He left home at an early
hour and bad net returned at 1 p, m.
Vetter, Michael, age SO years. Lives At
No. 48 Oliver Street,
•LerooLI:er, Leelatee yee:45e.
*day was very licavy. Thirty-six thousand
persons bad crossed up to noon. Two
policemen detailed from the steamboat
squad assisted the bridge guards in keeping.
the crowds in motion. When there was a
pause at any place on the footpaths the
police promptly urged the orovtd. along. A.
steady stream of waggons and carriages is
passing over. •
MILS OF TUB USING WATERS.
An• Iowa City Flooded and Immense
Damage. Done.
t
RESIDENTS BARRIER AWAY AND DROWNED.
A.. despatch from: .Council Bluffs,. Iowa,
of: last Saturday's, date says: The rain
poured down in torrents for four hourslast
evening. Indian teeth, which rens through
the heart of ° the city, overflowed, doing
0200000 damages, Seven iron bridges and
two stone culverte belonging to the city
were swept away, also several dwellings
and barna All the businese houses on
Main. and Broadway streets are flooded
and several lessee of life are reported.
The Water in the sbreeteis blaok from the
creek. It was deep with drift current.
The cries for help in the current could be
heard in every direction, but the swiftness
of the ()arrant rendered assistance impos-
sible. The flood rose so quicklythat
many business men .found it impossible
to real* -their wives azi`cl children, and a
number narrowly escaped drowning in
endeavoring to reign home. The gleora
and mourning in the city are universal;
All that part of the oitielying between the
Bluffs and Broadway on the north is inun-
dated by rushing and. boiling Waters. . The
oight is awful to behold, At midnight it
was feared the loss' of Me Would. belarge.
Numerous • instances of drowning were
reported as early as 8 ceoleok. At 12 o'clock
it was still raining, but the creek seemed to
have . spent its .fury.', The water • in the
western and southern portions particularly
was rapidly rising, and many people were
Compelled to take boats and escapee The
loss to the oity alone will be hundreds of
thousands; ot. dollars, besides that of •
pri-
vate indivitluale. . • • •
fRIPLE MURDER An
ls
g E;Wsta. tteifi zit rt eand Wb;itis
is
A Harrisburg (Ohio) telegram says that
Mrs. Sant E. Douglass, aged 27, residing
in Cumberland county; during the. absence
of her husband yesterday morning:ent the
throats Of her three children, George., aged
5.; William F:;. aged 3e, andli: A., aged- 1,
and then killed. heraelf. Douglass lived
in "Huntsville, four miles from Carlisle.
The children were found lying 'in their
beds with their throats outonid the mother
on the floor in the same room with &bloody
Moor by her aide. Her: husband; who
worked' at a fuiniese .seven miles away,
leaves home On Sunday evening and returns
00 Satuedak, The parents and husband of.
Mrs. Douglass had, been cautioned to watch
her,as she shOwed.-syniptonis of insanity.,
Her mother vieitedler Thursday: evening'
and saw nothing to arouse suspicion.: • The
coroner's jury returned a verdict of in.
sanity:
44 PIANo atiaRtAil.... •
zieleitiit;, et she .01eted$30larglar;-ffili
• ' • cease Choice.
The Professional burglar ' • known as
"Piano Charlie" has been released from
the Kingston penitentiary, whither he was
sent about three years ago for stealing gold,
watekehains from the jewelletystore of
Mr. Mornhy. Yohge street, Torontoi He
parotids in his • statement that he .was
innoeent of the burglary thargedg`Waige
glInal4Y91.14h94.49.4-.FLAA-Yrfkrem-Atr,twIrtar
ariliging loundszethe.company of Durand,
the .man_whaeffected•the--robbeiy:-.•To'liar
acquaintance, however, he admitted being
depitrticipant-in-the7Boylid"--Wek—ko-.1,
glary, Beaten; when 5500,000 --,Wita'rseclured; •
He also: , states., that he had a saloon in
Parls,,Praiice, and spent :040,000 lurnieb-
ing it. He asserts that his wife, who liVee,
in'TOtento, is worth 050,000, and that the
is anxious t� secure a divorce from biro.
He Heys thathe nanneit live happily in
Canada, oantiet go to the 'United States,
and that, therefore, he Will go insmedettely
.Thniland:
OFIets..'et idlaves at Tangier. •
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epaispeadyite 'ffellePhmsess.
"NOW. MY dear," aid Mr. Spoopendyke,
standing before the,telephone and prtiper.
tta: - i:ara
tages to his wife: 44 Now, i 7 dear, this is.
going o prove the most, convenient thing
we ever had in the house. • When I want -
to talk to any one I .just turn this crank -
and say: 'Hello, hello!' and 1 tell her
who I want, and she calls him( up. Now,
I'D ask for Mr.. Speokleveoottle," and Mr.
• Spoopendyke turned the crank,' utterly -
• forgetting to press the button that makes
the connection. • •_ .
44 What does he say ?" asked. Mrs. Spoop-
endyke, cooking her head to one Side, ns
woman always does When herhusband is,
trying to listen.
He don't say anything yen," growled
Mr. Spoopendyke.'He ain't like y0ni. He
waits until he has got something import- •
ant on hie mind, bead then he 'Aye it. Hello, .
lielneptoared Mr. Spoonendykii, giving the
oranit a vicious twist and glaring into : the
enunioator with a Vindictive leek. "Now,
you keep. that men* of yours tied up, .or
you'telieble to /miss it 80211e day 1" with *
•whiolt very doleful . prognostication ' Mr. •
end.
.
oop endyike, rat: fl.ed ,a.Vvay at the thcrank,
iodated . .
and ted eoMe .sign of life .at the other
• ," 1 suppose It is really that erre fault," ,
murmured Mtg. Spoopendyke, sniffing at •
the instrument as though she smelled the • • n
yolnig lady from afar, and found erno
better than she ought to be. "1 don't sup
pose she's there at all. Mere 11koly. she'g
gadding around somewhere.", )
"What did you want to talk Just , then
for ?" fiercely howled . Mr. Spoopendyke....
"
What's your measly ,object ris breaking ,
out with the conversational smallpox at
that critical jun:nese? • Don't you know
she Was just beginning to taik, and yeti
, made melose her?.I tell you one thing."
added , Mr. Spoopendyke, with impressive -
solemnity„ "if you don't abut your mouth.
once in a while, the moths will get in ther.
and Make you trouble." • ,- • -
"1! she'd Only Cominenced. to talk, you.-
haVen't lost her," replied Mrs. Spoopen-,
dyke,wrinkling her nose. You'll have '
no :trouble with. her if she's got started." '
hello 1 call up Mr: Speeklewottle," '
bawled. Mr. Spoopendyke, apparently eon.
vinged by his wife% Manner of her own ,
'e xperience. "There, the's gone. Nouse •
for me to try anything when you're around.. ./ •`•
Anotliertime I want to talk through ael
telephone I'll take it Over in a Vacant , 10C1
DO you know, of. anything :that will keep ,
you quiet for a montedt ?" • dedemanded,,
Spoopendyke, his wrath rising as he con. •
templated his ill usage. "Nevar Mind the •
expense: Just . name the--artiole. wny- •
didn't you tell me, when you referred to •
your measly odi dad, that I wae,Proposing
marriage • to , e clod geeted /steam die-,
'ffionary ?"- ••
"Say,:. dear; owl 1 talk/through it?"
cooed Mrs:Spoopendyke, anxious to disarm.
her husband. •
"Is there anythieg," you caret talk,
through?" 'squealed .Mr: Spoopendyke, be
'ginning torealize that there was some-
thing about the telephone that he did not
thoroughly understand. " When•.1 get a
'telephone for you the diaphram will be '
donble and twistedwrotight, steel, with.,
railroad indica/for Wires; and 1. don't be-
lieve that will Iast islet% an hour and a,
hall! Hello, hella-chlo1 wake up . and call .
up Speolilewottlel" and •Mr. Spoopendyke '
rattled away at the.„ crank peal his 'akin
afhea., patient, dear. :Yon: tai,,*id
"Be . she had. '•
gene; attd. .a long wed'. around to Mr.
Specklienottlia's • house. Perhaps he. isn't
*me; and she's waiting -fulfils:" • .
.,"/That's the' wayit works, eh ?" shrieked
Mr: Spoppendykev glaring at his wife. It,
kook' you to get hold of it 1 When I call.
that girl :she gape hotne to 'dinner, and
along in the evening she goes around to
Specideveottlesehouse and brings him. here •
in a heolid That your idea *of- it Or,
perhaps you've got-ecinietatet 'Id: a notion '
that she rune/the wire- through . Speckle- '
wottie,. turns on the current and slams him
right up here throughthe side of Mulhouse •
. .
.Thatateneedea dent,..ese
42eekiee.h.kiedionilf-nriiiete-JicIiiil'..to -make an .
idiot of herself, like some
--"-rtilinkTdinderstand how itwerke,'
faltered-Ars.LSpoosendtke: " You. Hay, •
747 -Th' Yellite*'ftbhwer7-combination 1," yelled liar.
Speopentlyke, "You got your work in that
tithe! Why didn't you tell /me, I witr.
bringing this thing home to. the inventor 7,
What'd you waist to let me stand up hereand explein.this thing to the OislY compre-
hensive. brain, that ever tackled it for?
With • what :you . lino* ..new. . and
what you've .got to find -out,- you only
need s. wig,and a law snit to, be the whole "
science -of eleotrioity. I tell' ye. this is the •
way it worke 1 " and at: Spoopendyke
brought the boxa kick that. splintered it.;
41 Elea it works? he demanded, Filling the
Wires Until they :out his bands.. "' Watch '•
it whin, I convey your -regards to the other
lunatics?", and ne danced on the remnants
of the instrument; and dabbed •the frag-
ments against the wall.
"Never mind, dear," remonstrated Mre.„
Spoopendyke, sputtering around 'after him
and trying to soothe him. " When we
want Mr. •Specklewottle agent we'll just.
send a servant around after had. That'lk •
be mach niiiee than trusting to . a nasty
wire,. and I know there was a draught .,-.
through that•;,box' for I couldfeel it as
soon as it barna in the room."? °
"Oh, you •cuaild4 feel it 1" roared Mr., •
Seeopendike, rather wondering how he was
going to account to the company -for the
destruction - of this bet, "11 1 had your
sensitiveness and an onion. I'd hire out as
en orchard 1" and with this oulmizatieg
intrOastil, Mr. Spoopendyke crashed his hat
ovenhis eves and rushed around to _Mr:
lipeeldewottleYe to see -what lied better be
A Gibraltar letter says: I have received
a letter from Tangier giving a list of slaves
sold during a week and: some ,of the prices
whith they. realized.' Three feinale elaves
Were sold on as many successive days—one
for 055; abont 211 sterling; the prioei of
the other two are not mentioned.' A. negro
boy, aged 8 years, was sold for 035 (27
sterling). A woman aged 20 sold for 054
pm Ms). Alrthese slaved were sold in the
public streete by an auotioneer, who assigned
them to the highest bidder. It is, not likely
that the,European powers will tolerate such
a traffic" almost their own doors and
reeidlificieir -Of7their Ministers,
Consuls, and other. officials. Who are con-
stantly visiting the Sultan ' of, Moroi*,
under whose authdeity these shocking scenes
take place. . I Intee seen the reply given to
the questied put in Parliament, but cannot
think that in the. face Of the facts X have
. stated a plea of ignorance will satisfy the
British public,. • •.
filidfteiraideety.
, • An Ottawa telegram says: Thellontreal
iMethodiet Cc:inference Met this morning at
10 o'dlock, The following resolution was"
carried: "46 That this • Conference; having
lertied with deep regret that our beloved
Queen. is seriously ill, and feeling that her
'illustrione 'character and reign- have en,
•deared her to all her leyed subjeCte, offer
earnest pryers to Almighty God for her
speedy restoration to health and the 000.tinuanoe bet honored. life. '
•'...Thel.noteer of lois erisphatioitlly shown
the °sae of a Eostonian, a zealous
teatent, who, within four months of the
death of hio,*ifo, hed married his Catholic
sefvent, girl, joined the. Catholie Clbttroh
ata, taken his children to a„ Catholic sub.
da' fiehool.
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doise.abotit the matter. ,
"1 don't care," murniered Mrs. Spoopendyke, as she flopped down 'on the floor to
pick uP the pieces of the Wrecked telephone -
box: "Holl not have an opportunity for .
etatiding up here and talking to that girl
Until his legs are tired," and with this sage
expression of her satisfaction .0Ver, the
result of the experiment, Mrs. Spoopen.:
dyke broke off theends of the bent wiresi, •
and laidthem away to crimp her hair on, ,
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