HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-11-2, Page 61 TERRIBLE DISASTER
Two G. T. R. Express Trains Wrecked
at Battle Creek, Mich.
WENTY PIVE PERSONS 1111,LISD.
t'aiuutgin dumped and Escaped—Engines
Driven into leach Otherediomebody file
wbey'ed Prders—Conches burned—lttetk
Veered's Fair Trains,
N twenty-six heaps
of charred, blackened
flerlh lie all that re-
mains of what less
than twenty-four
hours ago were men,
women and ohildrenin
en the enjoyment of life,
} e health and happineor,
uanon the floor of
improvised improvised morgue
en the basement of a
ise'''furniture store of this
city, A mile away in
h the City Hospital are
_— �' a soere or mere of
e(fedee human beings with,
gashed bodies and
broken limbs. Add'
to this an engineer in jail and a conductor a
fugitive from the law, and the etery is told
in brief of the latoet of railread borrora, and
one of the most appalling in character ef.
tide or recent years. This is the list of
Dead and. nedidentined.
E. T. Magoon, Providence, 11. I., identified
by his papers in a pocketbook • other articles
found in what remains of his clothing were a
wain of spectacle, railroad ticket. two blank
books, pocketbook containing $64 in money.
silver open-faced watch, pocket-knife, and
bottle of pills.
Woman burned to a crisp ; no clothing
Tamaining.
Boy, apparently about 12 years old. Face
:and upper portion of head as well as feet
burned to a crisp.Few red hairs remaining on
,Sack of neck. Ipocket of coat handkerchief
with red border ; chatelin watch.
W. W. Henry, of Woonsocket, R. I., lumber
idealer, identified by business cards.
Male, pa er in vest pocket with statement
from John Monro, banker, New York, to Chas.
Wenzel ; also a note written in German from
Chas. E. Wenzel to Dr. Howard E. Vance.
Male, apparently about 35 years old beavy
build ; in pocket of trousers several `English
gold sovereigns, jack-knife with born handle ;
an vest, silver watch, handkerchief with the
anitirils " H. G." in old English letters ; trous-
'ers were brown, made on the old English front
flap style.
Male, apparently weighed about 180 pounds ;
'clothing destroyed ; burned beyond possibility
vfidentification.
A woman, burned ; hands clenched and hor-
rible expression of anguish on face ; had in
,pmket of skirt letters addressed to F. R. Mc-
enzie and signed by Mrs. M. Parker; envel-
ope marked tratford, Conn., together with
425 in money. In another pocket was a hand=
kerchief with name of F. R. McKenzie. In red
plush coat taken out of the debris with the re-
anains was a gold watch in leather case and a
]Ippair of rubbers in paper marked " Middletown;
Conn."
Woman, burned beyond recognition ; no
clothing remaining.
Man, supposed to be T. A. McGarvey, of On-
tario ; gold open-faced watch in vest pocket.
Mrs. Charles Vandusen, of Sproutbrook,
N. Y.; burned to a crisp.
Charles Vandusen, husband of above, diedof
Injuries this afternoon.
3laby burned beyondr000gnition.
Male too badly burned for identification.
Male, weight about180 pounds; silk handker-
chief in hand; clothing destroyed ; no identifi-
cation.
Woman burnt to a crisp ; no identification.
Mao, about 145 pounds; no papers ; silver
'watch, with engraved initials, " W. A."
Woman, weight about 140 pounds; chain,
'bracelet, with key lock, on right wrist ; burnt
to as crisp.
Woman, woightabout 100 pounds ; no identi-
ilhertion.
Woman, burnt beyond recognition ; portion
of black silk dress and blue striped underskirt
remaining, also chain bracelet on right wrist.
Woman, burnt to a crisp.
:Male, supposed from 'papers to he G. W.
Beardsley, of Watkins, N. Y.; in pockets $30
in currency and two cheques, one for 4200, the
other for $100.
Charred trunk; limbs and head missing;
medical examination necessary to determine
sex
The same.
The eame.l
Male, apparently about 150 pounds ; open-
facewatch of Illinois snake ; no means of iden-
tification.
One of the female bodies is believed to be
That of Mrs. W. W. Henry, of Woonsocket,
0. Island.
One of the male victims is believed to be Wm.
Lewis Wilson, of 832 Sheridan road, Evanston,
ill. A valise with his visiting cards and other
lrieces was found in the wreck.
Corrected Mat of Injured.
The injured are :
il.zekiel Davidson, ex -President, of Fairport
'Village, N. Y.
Miss Belle Williams, Lockport, N. Y., ankle
broken.
Mrs. Henry Bushnell, Brockport, N. Y., head
Injured.
Wm. Thompson, Woodstock, Ont., head
an�ured,
Pulank Rogers, Woodstock, Ont., hand
bruFred • Wertz, Rochester, N. Y., left side
itemised;
Evelyn Wurtz, daughter of above, left arm
broken and right collar bone broken.
Harvey Smith, Fort Plain, N. Y., left side
bruised. one rib broken.
Mrs. Harvey Smith, right leg broken.
Frank H. Smith, both limbs crushed, ampu-
tated.
Nellie E. Smith, right foot crushed. •
.Albert Bradley, Toronto, Ont., left leg
broken ; amputated below knee.
Frank Turner, Middlesmithville, Pa., injured
in his back.•
John C. Stewart, Dalton, Ill., shoulder
bruised.
Jennie, daughter of above, aged II years, left
eras broken.'
�Lrs. Vance, Simeee, Ont., both limbs broken.
George Vance: son of above, aged 14,
bruised.
Joseph S. Archell, Evanston, Ill., ankle
smashed.
George Shackleton, Auburn, N. Y., right
band and head injured,
Thomas J. Munroe, Auburn, N. Y., injured.
Mrs. Beardslee, epringfield, ankle hurt.
Ii. R. Williams, Toronto, Ont.. . back in -
lured, and was taken to the residence of Mr.
33ronner,
Maggie O'Brady, Oswego, .+ N. Y., right log
broken.
C. F. Adams,' Buffalo, N. i'., left hand in-'
jrlred. HowIt Happened.
Direct dteob,denim of orders on the part
of the Ching; & Grand Trunk ee8ineer and
conductor, both of whom had seen long eer-
vice with the company and were regi rdsd
as model employeee, was the oanee of the
:tragedy. A Rue mond and Whitoemb
epeoial train of eight pekoe oars filled with
eastern folk, who had been taking in the
sights, of the World's Fair, left the 60th
,street depot of the read at Chicago ab 8 15
as the first section of the night express
known as No. 6, The train was 1n charge
of Conductor Burt N. Scott and Engineer
'Harry Weedley, both residents of this
place. All went well until bhe Battle Creek
depetl was reached. This was at 3.35.
From• bore to the redhead yards, a distance
of a mile and a half, there is a doubletraok.
THE ORDER EXPLICIT,
When the Whitcomb epeeist came to
full stop in the db pet the night one;tater
,handed to Condnotor Soobb two copies of an
order for the train to proceed to the double
'amok net of Main street, about balf a mile
distant, and there await the paving of the
went bound Polo express, known as No.
13. ",phis train, which was nearly three
haute late, was compered of thirteen day
noaobes and two baggage oars. Meet of
the day coaches had seen many years'
service and were in poor condition to with -
stimuli a collision. Every one of the fated
number was peeked with eastern people,
the majority of whom, taking advantstre of
the low rates, were en their way to take in
the lase week of the expositiezp. The Pecten
express wei in charge of Conductor John
Bird and Engineer Gil. Crenshaw, both of
wham had received orders ab hinging to
leoir out fez the westbound train on the
double traok, and were accordingly on the
alert.
THE FATAL Baum
After receiving orders ab the Battle Creek
station Englneer Weeley proof eied up the
double traok, but instead of stepping, in
a000rdance with his instructions, until the
west -boned express bad passed, he con-
tinued en, and entered again on the single
track, li[e had hardly gone an eighth of a
mile when the headlight of the Paoifio ex-
press was seen coming around the slight
curve behind the telegraph office of the
yards. It was speeding westward ab a rate
of forty miles an hour. There was no time
to apply ale brakes or reverse levers. The
eugineore and firemen of both trains jumped
for their lives, and a second later the giant,
leoomotives came together with a oraeh
that could beheard a half -mile away.
cONDuc1On scone sonannenome
to the police to -night. He made a brief
statement to the effect that he gave the
engineer a duplicate of the order he re-
ceived ; that,ho supposed he understood it ;
bhab he afterwards went into the baggage
oar and did not know that the engtneer
had got over the aiding and taken bhe sin-
gle trick until the oellieion oconrred.
At 10.40 p. nn it ie reported that Frank •
H. Smith oannob live more than an hour.
This will bring the death Iisb to 27. Frank
Rogere, of Woodstock, Oat., was in the
second coact, the one fleet the smoker. He
escaped through the,• window, and helped
a weman out. Every seaten the ear was
occupied by two persons, except two with
one ocoppant each. There were only seven
that escaped alive from this oar.
Superetitious citizens are commenting oa
the Noir that there were thirteen coaches on
the fated train, and that the ear from
which the fire etarbed was numbered Oak -
teen. It had been in previous wrecks.
Torontonians Killed or Hurt.
Among the soon odd victims of the
wreak are Mr.. Albert Bradley and wife, of
Toronto. Mr. Bradley, who is now in the
hospital at Battle Creek, Mich., has had a
leg amputated, but will probably recover.
No tidings had been found up to midnight
ofMrs. Bradley, who, undonbtedly,fe among
the viobims of the unidentified dead.
Mr. Bradley, Manager of the Queen street
east (corner Braedview) branch of the Cana-
dian Bank of Commerce, left his home, No.
73 Victor avenue, Torento, on Thursday at
2.50 by the Pacific express, via Hamilton,
for the Chicago Fair. He was a000mpanten
by his wife and their three little children,
all under 4 yearn. Aa they passed through
Simla the three little ones were left with
their grand parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley
proceeded en the ill-fated train.
The strange thing is that Mr. Bradley
had arranged with the head' office of the
bank to leave yesterday, and when he wee
up easing Mr. Aird about it the latter
urged him to wait over another day, as he
would then be better able to allow a
relieving manager to take his place while
absent. Mr. Bradley, however, was so
anxious to get away and had completed all
his arrangements, especially these con -
corning Mrs. Bradley and the children,
that ib was deoided to let him ge. Had he
waited over until yesterday he and Mrs.
Bradley would have escaped. But fate
ordered otherwise.
Mr. Bradley was at one time accountant
at Simone, and had been in the service of
the bank for twenty years. Two years ago
when the branch in King street east, To -
recto. was opened, he was appointed man-
ager. He was about 38 years of age, of
quiet manners and slightly deaf. He was
much wrapped up in his wife and bis family.
SSSS. BRADLEY'S FATE UNKNOWN.
Mre. Bradley, whose fate is still uncer-
tain, is a daughter of Mr. W. B. Clarkea
prominent dry goods merohanb of Sarnia,
who is connected by marriage with the fam-
ily of the late Hon. Alex. Mackenzie. Mr.
Bradley is about 38 years of age. The ter-
rible event has produced a most depressing
effect upon the bank staff,
Mrs. Bradley's body was almost burned
to a oriap, and the casket will not be opened.
The grief of the family is moat intense, and
they have the sympathy of the whole
community in their affliction.
Among others who • left Toronto on the
Pacifico express were Rev. R. Johnsten, B.
A., of Lindsay, and his wife and his outer,
Mre. Hodgkin, of Deer Park.
The news of the wreck created the moat
intense exoltement in Toronto, it being
known that there were many Torentonlane
en board the brain, and their relatives were
naturally anxious for news.
ANOTHER TORONTONIAN HURT.
The statement inthe report of the sod -
dent yesterday that a body had been taken
from the wreck en which were found some
business cards of Messrs. A. A. Allan & Co,,
of Toronto, turns eat truer than at first ro-
aliztd, with the exception that the man wan
not dead, although he may have been un.
conscious. The injured man is Mr. H. H.
William, of Toronto, who travels for A. A.
Allan & Co., and lives on Ulster street in
thin oity. It is surmised by the firm that,
having finished his business he Sarnia on
Thnreday, he decided to take a, ran over to
Chicago before returning home, and was un-
fortunate enough to get on the fatal train.
,&t 1 o'oleck yesterday his wife reoeived a
telegram from him from Battle Creek,
which said : " Am hart, but not badly ;
come at once." Mrs. Williams left fer
Battle Creek on the 2 50 trsin, and will
bring her husband home. Mr. Williams is
a young man of, 32.,yeers of age, andis
esteemed very highly by the firm, with
which he hasbeen engaged for about six
yearn: He oameeriglnallyfrom nearNapanee.
He, has no ohildren.
... ' THE CANADIAN 'i CTIMS.
The list of Canadian victims is consider-
ably larger 'than ° ab fireb supposed. The
complete list now appears to be as followe :
DEAF. •
Mr. Albert Bradley, Toronto.
Mrs. Alberti Bradley, Toronto.
Mr. Oliver Dorland, Tilsonburg.
Mrs. Oliver Darland, Tilsonburg.
J. J. Brown, Strathroy.
T. A. McGarvey, London.
T. R. Stringer, Port Dover.
INJURED.
Frank Rogers, VVeedstdok:
William Thompson, Woodstock.
W. A. Ryerse, Port Dever.
Be W. Williams, Toronto.
Mre. Vance, Simone.
George Vance, Simooe.
The inlayed 'are all doing nicely, except
Mrs. Robert Vance, of Simeon, Onb., who
had both lege broken and has suffered
greatly. Her aonditton is very Mertens, and
fears ere entertained that ehe will not sure
vivothe shock. • Of bhe 27 bodiin at least
five will never be recognized by their friends.
The railroad company will bury these here
and "erect a suitable • monument to their
memory. General Chaim Agent Flynn, of
Toronto, is here and has already settled
with a pectton of the injured.
Commissary -General Matthew Bell
Irvine died et Quebeo on Friday night,
Deceased was a brother of Hon. George
Irvine,
ADVERTISED FOR OATS.
The Practical Joke Played on allow°
York Bridegroom,
HOW SMITH GOT EVEN.
Labelled the Bridal troupe and Ile Swore
Revenge—Combative Cats to Make Ms
Uoneymeon. Musial.
OKER SMITH has hili
revenge. Louie Evan.
Shipman Is said to be a
wealthy merchant of
this oity, who is extern
eively interested in the
metal business through-
out the country. He
livers in style, enjoye all
the luxuries that money
can purobaee and moves
in the best eternity. •
Under the heading of "Dogs, Birds,
Eto.," the foltowtag adverbisementappeared
in yesterda 'e Herald:
N. B.—A cat will receive best of care and
attention in a Utopian home'; tho animal
should possess exceptional .combative abilities
and bo able to withstand the rarefied atmos-
phere of the country ; any one sending such a
cat will receive a 'cheque by return of mail,
Address LOUIS EVAN SHIPMAN,. Berkeley
Springs Morgan county, W. Va., via United
States Express Company.
Persons who are wellacgnatnted with Mr.
Shipman es ere aetoniehod when bbey read
the advertisement. At the olube Mr. Ship-
man in in the habit of visiting it was made
the,enbjeet of much gossip. Was ib poseible
that Mr. Shipman had deserted the metal
business for the oat traffic 1
Some ef Mr. Shipman's friends were in-
dignant that such a thought should emanate
in any mind. There. were not a few who
began to smile later in the day, however,
when the announcement was made publio
that Mr. Shipman had only been married
last week, and was now enjoying his honey-
moon at the Homestead, Berkeley Springs,
W. Ve. f1,. Le,2
Every one then appreciated that the
advertisement had been inserted in the
Herald I
as a joke. b did not take long to
fix upon the supposed perpetrators. The
fact was recalled that eighteen months ago
Irving T. Smith, who is a lawyer and lives
at No. 860 St. Mark's avenue, Brooklyn,
was married to one of the moat charming
belles in mocieby.9
SHIPMAN'S JOSE.
A brilliant reception followed the wed-
ding. Mr. Smith and Mr. Shipman had
been bosom oompanione for years, and dur-
ing all that time had devoted considerable
time to practical jokes upon their friends.
The night of Mr. Smith's wedding was
eventful. Mr. Shipman had bribed the
driver of the carriage to eeo nothing that
was going on in the street while Mr. Smith
and bride were preparing for their honey-
moon trip.
Mr. Shipmaeewith a half smothered laugh,
a hammer and' some little taoke, went to
work and attached a big white placard to
the top ef the carriage door. Printed in
big black lettere were these words :
THiS COUPLE
JUST MARRIED.
Mr. Smith and his bride get into the car-
riage. There was a storm of rine and old
shoes, and with a creek of the driver's whip
the couple and the oenplecuousptacard were
retling toward the Bridge.
The carriage was driven up to one ef the
meat fashionable hotels in this pity. True
to hie agreement, the driver turned the
plaoarded side of the carriage toward the
hotel, where the glow of the gas lamps dis-
played it to the best advantage. In a few
seconds a crowd gathered and set up a bowl
of laughter. Then Mr. Smith grew indig-
nant and rite pretty bride turned red with
mortification.
" Mr. Smith did not realize he had been
the victim ef a joke until the driver yelled
at him :
• " Say, mister, are you through with the
sign yet 1"
When he turned and saw bhe sign that
bad accompanied him all the way from
Brooklyn he disappeared through the hotel
corridor as quickly as poseible. Returning
from his honeymoon he scoured Mr. Ship-
mah of being at the bottem of the joke.
SMITH SAID HE'D " GET EVEN."
Mr. Shipman acknowledged that he was,
and several battles of wine were opened to
wash away any suggestion of unfriend'iieees.
When they parted company that day Mr.
Smith remarked, " I'll get even with you if
it takes years."
I went bo the home of Mr. Smith in
Brooklyn when I beard this story. His
house le in the centre of a big lawn dotted
with shrubbery, flowers and a etabuesgne
fountain. Ib is on the corner of 58.'Mark'e
and Brooklyn avenues,ene of the most fash-
ionable sections of the city. Mr. Smith was
net at home.. He is in. bhe country with his
family,
reaw Mr. Smith's aunt and showed her
the advertisement for cats. She brake into
laughter, and the entire household joined
her.
" That's only a joke and a good one at
that," said the. 66 My nephew put that in
to get even with Mr. Shipman, who eigh-
teen months ago sent him on bis wedding
trip with a placard en the carriage that be
had just been married. He said he would
get even with him fer the joke. My! won't
there be a lot of oats tent to Louie and his
bride!"
Danish Names o1 the Months.
The Danish names of the months are as
follows : J,,nuary . (Gingmaaned), llghbhoie
month ; February (Blidomasned), mild
month;, March (Tordmaaned), Thor month;
April (Faaromaaned), sheep month ; May
(Majmeianed), young leaf month; June
(Skjcereommer), midsummer; July (Otme-
maened), worm month ; August (Host -
maned), harvest month ; September
(Fi kemeaned), fish month ; October (Scode-
maaned), mowing month; November (Sleghe.
maned), slaughter month; December
(Cnrfebmae,ned), Chrieb month.
Not Mattering to Egotists.
Tho parents of the 150 babies loab at the
World's Fair grounds on Monday are now
able to give a succinct and graphic descrip-
tion of the eemparetivo aiza and import -
nice of one human being in a orowd of over
750,000.
Lots of lis Do the Like.
For seven years a nervousold gentle•
mad at Woolwich made a oiroub of half a
mile twice per day rather then pass a
powder magazine. The other day he
learned that it bad been empty for more
than eight years.
Tho annual meeting of the Easb York
Reform Aesoclatlon was held en Saturday
at Unionville.
It has been deoided not to ohne the Liv-
erpool immigration office of the Manitoba
Government~
RAN OFF WITH ANNIE.
Jelin Tombleson Kissed ills Wife aid
Fled With Her Niece.
THE DESERTED:WOMAN.. DESTITUTE.
He Threatened to Cnth'ills Throat. Vint
Didn't—What the Wife: Discovered—A
r"Pecultar Atlinity"—A [Callous Rases].
r OHN TOMBLESON,
aged 33, an employee of
Milkman Bryce, and
who for two years past
bas resided with hie
family • in Erskine
' avenue, North Toronto,
hail eloped with his
n '
wife's niece An ie
`T Gum, aged 20, desert
log wife and two children, aged 5 and S
feore respectively.
Tombleson, who originally, came from.
Kingebon, was married in 1887 to Catharine,
Louisa farrow ab Uxbridge, Oat. The
maple lived at Uxbridge until two years
ago, when they removed to North Toronto.
Tombleaon secured employment as a brake-
man on the Midland DivIelen of the Grand
Trunk. In 1891 he left the railway and has
mace worked for Mr. Bryne.
In August last his wife was afflicted with
an lllnese to which married women are eus-
cepbiblo. It wan then that her niece; Annie
Gorow, daughter of Wm. Gerow, of White -
vale, who had been employed as a domestic
with Barrister Samuel C..Smoke, of 530 On-
tario street, for a year or two previously,
came to'viet her. Mrs. Tombleson was in
bed at the time, and the girl remarked
"I CANNOT DAVE YOU
and go back to cervine, with death staring
you in the very face. Home charity is first
of all."
. Annie telephoned back to her employer
that the could' not return, and remained at
Tonnbieson'e. Mre. Tembleson suspected
that everything was not ea ib should be be-
tween her mice and her husband, but being
unable to leave her bed could do nothing.
Shortly after the burial of the ohild,
which died at birth, Mrs. Tembleeon found
time girl seated on her husband's knee, and
•
PUT lir HER LIPS TO HISS HIM
just as the wife entered the door. Thera
was a scene, but both assured Mrs. Tomble-
son that it was but en exhibition of platenio
affection, and lulled her anapiciens. A few
nights afterwards she discovered them In a
room together. Both were cry hag and they
confessed that they had deoided to commit
suicide together. The girl was seated at her
writing -desk and bad just oommenoed a let-
ter of farewell. Each upbraided the ether,
and Tombleson told Annie that he was
going to tell her auntie all about it.
Subsequently Tombleson took a razor,
left the house and said he was going into
the bush to out tie throat. He returned,
however; without executing tie threat. The
racer was enbsequently found in the bush in
a crotch of a tree.
On Friday last Annie left to ender the
employment ef George F. Boatwiok, No. 10
Dale avenue, Rosedale. After her de-
parture Tembieeen seemed to be dispirited
and on more than enc occoeton hie, wife
heard him. chanting
Shall we nevermore behold then,
Never hear thy voice again ;
When the springtime comes, gentle Annie.
When the wild flowers blossom here again.
THE FLITTING.
Oa Ooteber 16th Tembleson left, stating
that he was going to Teterboro' or Pert
Hope in search of work. Oa learning that
he had drawn all the money due him from
hie employer and attempted to borrow
money from his friends, Mre. Tombleson
suspected that he had gone to join her niece.
Mre. Samuel Clay, a friend, repaired to Mrs.
Bostwiok's and learned that the suspicions
were correct, and that Tomblesan had celled
en Annie the previous day. Annie then told
her mletresa that her uncle had brought word
that her father had been kicked by'a horse
and was dying, and she had to leave. She
accordingly left the house with the
" uncle." The carter who drove her
effecter from the house stated that the
couple toak a train at the Union Station,
but whether they went east or west be dial
nob know.
THE WIFE IS DESTITUTE.
Both of the elopers are well known in the
city. The girl Annie Gerow invariably
wore a bat surmounted with Marguerites,
and for this reason wee a cenapiouens figure
en the street. Tombleson nicknamed her
Marguerite, and was fond of quoting to her
the old ballad : '
Marguerite, my star of hope,
With•you, my love, I will elope.
He had known her for many years and it
is generally believed that the harden be-
tween them began some years age. There.
was a peculiar affinity between the two.
Tomlinson had his thumb crushed while
coupling on the G. T. R. and Mies Gerow
bad her foot trampled upon by a horse and
badly mangled.
KISSED AND BOBBED HER.
Before leaving Tombleson kissed Me wife
and children and then abatraoted from the
bureau drawer every Dent of money in the
house except 15 cents.
" He left bub three fires of wood in the
house," Mre. Tomblesen • said be a reporter.
" My father will never go to heaven," ad-
ded 5•year•old Nelly, a Untie crippled girl
who was playing on, the floor, "because he
went away with Annie and left mamma
home all alone."
•
!lura Bernhardt's Experience at Rio.
The London Daily Nems says : Madame
Sara Bernhardt, who was in Rio during the
bombardment, bas given an amusing ao-
count of it to a reporter. She steno that
bullets of the Peeoe League could nob have
been more harmlese. From 5 p. m. bo mid=
night she counted 211 cannon shots, nob a
single ono of which demolished anything.
A'torpedo boat passed to and fro for several
hours within the range of the guns and was
never struck. The enemies wished to spare
each other. Nothing could be plainer. The
city was perfectly , quiet during the bom-
bardment, and peorle fl'cked to the beach
to eeo the sight. By the courtesy of the
French Admiral, Mdmo. Bernhardt Wel
landed at Rio, and spent a couple of days
there while the fighting was going on.
An Impressionist. ,t
" Why do those children over the way
get such a terrible thrashing every morn-
ing
" A 1 a genre painter lives there whose
specialty is weeping children. So every
morning he whips his =dale into shape."
;Wily She Sues Inc Utrrmades
The latest canoe oelebre in the London
oonrte lice for the plaintiff a young woman
who had the mlafortune to fall and break a
leg while danoing ab a ball. She bas sued
her partner for damages. She alleges that
the fali was. duo to bis clumsiness.
Lord Vivian; Britt& Ambassador to Rely;
died in Rome as dpfnrday of pneumonia.
SERMONS BY TELEPOONE.
]low:the Gospel May bo Brought
to the "Shat -ills."
MINISTERING TO SICK AND LAZY.
You Can lie in Bed and Hear the
Services—ibcclesiaeticale on the scheme
—fraying l►y 'Wire—Divine Presence
at Mass.
T SEEMS the in•
troduotion of tele-
phone e into our
churches for the
beuefib of the sick
and ethere who can-
not attend service
is receiving anima
attention here, days
a oorreapendenb in
New York.
A system has
been evolved by
which not only the
termone but the
music nen be repro.
duced. By this means one can sit in
his bedroom or parlor and hear the whole
service es well, almost, as if in his family
pew.
This eyatem has already been introduced
in England, In Bradford there are three
houses of worship fitted up with these in-
struments. An Eetabliahed, e. Wesleyan
and a Unitarian Church. Orbe parish
ohuroh at Chesterfield bas a telephonic
`communication with some fifty Bub.
northers, but the moat elaborate of ail ie
a set jun finisbed for the Litchfield Cathe-
dral with the full endorsement of Canon
Wilcox.
Ab the end of the choir stalls, on the top
of the !intern and the reading desk of the
pulpit, aro placed small metallic -cased
transmitters, so arranged as to be inviable
to members of the congregation. The
sound is gathered by the tranemittere
without requiring the voice to be direoted
in olose contiguity upon the plate of the
transmitter.
This vies seoceesfnlly used for the firet
time at the harvest fem ival commemoration.
The listeners et the receivers heard not only
the sermon and the service, Int a basso and
tenor solo by two of the vicar's choral.
In order to test the feeling in regard to
the use of
TELEPHONES IN OUR CHURCHES,
the writer interviewed Rev. Fr. Arthur
Ritchie, the leader of the High Church
Epiacepalians in the Dlocene of New York,
or, an they call themselves, the Anglicans ;
Rev. Fr. Cohan, the successor of the once
deposed and now vindicated priest, Fr.
McGlynn ; Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, the cele-
brated Preibyterfan, who la trying to sup-
press vice by visiting the dives and maison
de join, as well as ether diatinguiehed
divines.
From these interviews, whloh will be
seen tater en, it is clear that there is a wide
difference of ,opinion among the leaders of
the various religious beliefs in relation to
the matter under dercusston.
Naturally, many people will object to
the application of the oreation of the human
mind and genius to things spiritual, as in
the uee of the telephone ; but may not the
same objection be urged in regard to the
ase of the multiplication of religious works
and sermons by means of the printing
press
THE POPE'S BLESSING
has Men sent by telegraph wadeable, then
why not a sermon by a Potter, a Corrigan,
a Ritchie or a Hobart, or a Collyer, be
heard with benefit through the phone 1
Of coarse, no one will contend that a ser-
mon could be heard so satisfactorily in this
manner, aa, of amine, the glance of the eye,
bhe gesture of the speaker and the tone of
the voice would be absent, yet by a little
stretch of the imagination the listener will
see the swaying or the congregation by the
warder of the preacher whom they are meet-
ing face to face. Again, ib may be argued
that the lietener ever the wire will hear
every word of the sermon, for hie attention
will nob be attracted by outaide influences,
snob as the coming and going of people, the
latest new bonnet and the many noises that
dietraot from time to time the attention of
worehtppere in publio.
That there' will be many clergymen who
at first will refuse be
PREACH OR PRAY OVER THE WIRE
is quite certain. A story is told of Queen
Aurae of England, who was accustomed to
hearing the service read to her from an
adjoining. apartment while her maid was
attending to the my/Aeries of her toilet.
Daring a portion of the service she was in
the habit of having the door oonneotiag
the rooms olesed. Finally the service
was breughb to an abrupt close by an old
churchman who declared " he would not
whistle the word of God through a key-
hole."
On the other hand, a story is related of
Rev. Norman Macleod, who, when called to
one of his earlier parishes, found an aged
woman pariet:ioner who would not receive
his ministrations, until she was sure of bis
orthodoxy. He was willing to stand any
yeah, he said. Immediately
To HIS HORROR,
the aged dame whipped out a huge ear
trumpet, and said solemnly : " Gang o'er
the furdamentats." And the doctor was
equal to the occasion.
Seriously, however, the most important
question that arises in the use of the tele-
phone is whether the 4 ull benefit ef mass can
he' tranamitted'over the wire. As is well
known, the Roman Catholic and Protestant
Episcopal Churehos hold that the divine
protease is bodily present when mass is
said. • In both churches actual pretence is
obligatory. Could a person in telephonic
connection with it church be said to be
bodily present ? If so, the end, ef many a
dying man and woman, although the attend-
anoe of matt is not obligatory upon them,
will be greatly' e ased.
The following are the opinions of some of
the leading clergymen :of the mebropolie
upon the (portion :
Rev. Fr. Charles H. Colten, pastor of St.
Stephen's Roman Catholic Church "Can
a porton receive the fall benefit ef the pre -
demo in the body of the divine presence at
a mast through a telephone ? Oh, no, ib ie
neoessary for a personal attendance at.
chnroh, and for the eye to see an well as the,
ear' to hear the priest
WHEN HA CELEBRATES MASS,
if ra person is to receive the full benefit. In
oases where the church was too crowded to
admit persons deeiring to attend mess, and
when they stood en the stops and in the
street, it has bean held that they mowed
the full benefit, fer they wore physically
unable to see and hoar, but did their best,
keeping tbeir,eyes upon the persone nearoet
the oflotating priest."
tie How about invalids 1"
rr Web, you eon, they are nob obligated
to attend nodes, and of course if they go to
the trouble of having a telephonic communt.
cation with a ohm)), their aotiou hi Mel
tortoni, and I have no doubt it would net
go unrewarded before God. They would
receive the
BENEFIT OF DEaD,INO
the sermon end the masa, but I hardly think
they would reooive the full benefit of the
divine pretence ; yet I am not prepared to
say positively that they' would nob. I
cerbatnly oan see no reaeon wiry telephones
should not be used with good effeob by
persons not able to attend meet"
Rev. Fr. Arthur Ritchie, rentor of the
Protestant Epito e:al Church of Sb. Ignatius,
said : "By'all means I should recommend
the use of telephoues in cur ohurohee to be
connected with the houses of parishioners
who were sink or obherwleo absolutely pre-
vented from attending the servioes of the
chnroh, jueb ae I believe in the ohuroh
taking advantage of all the advances of
solemn in preaching the gospel. Of course,
under no ciroumatances de I .think the pos.
session of a telephone connected with a
church, and its uee, would relieve any one
of the obligation to attend divine 'worship.
I believe, ten, bhab the full benefit of the
DIVINE PRESENCE AT MASS
could be received through a telephone,(of
mune where a personal attendance, which
is required, was absolutely impoeaible.
Others will probably hold a different view
upon this point, for you know even ire the
church we do not always agree, although
will day I hope and believe we wi I all
dwell in unity, but upon the point, that a
person unable to attend the publio worship
of God can obtain benefit from bearing the
beautiful ritual of our masses and tho word
of God me expounded by the officiating
priests, it seems to Hie there can be but one
opinion."
Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, of the Madi-
son Square Presbyterian Cburoh—"Impos-
eible 1" The most important element in the
service of the church la that of personal
service. Then the individuality of the
preacher forms a very important part of
the service, and that could not be trans-
ferred over n wire, at least not a telephone
wire. Why,
CAN YOU IMAGINE
Christ's eerMon on the Motnt of Olives being
transmitted over the telepbone 1
" There is no doubt," oentinued Dr.
Parkhurst, "that our church servioes
could practically be tranaferrfd by tele-
phone, for I remember there was a lawyer
named Beach, who resided on Fourth'
avenue, that used to have the late Rev.
Henry Ward Beeoher'e sermons transmitted,
by telephone, or some other manner, to hie
house every Sunday. REV. Dr. John Hall
has, or had, a syetem of tubes in his church
on Fifth avenue by which his sermons were
transmitted to pews owned by deaf
parishioners. In that ease, however, the
worshlppere beth heard and saw the
preacher, and therefore, received the full
benefit therefrom, but the telephone case ie
very different."
Rev. Palmer S. Hulbert, of the Marble
Collegiate Church, Fifth avenue and
Twenty -Ninth street—" No, sir ; I do non
believe in the
WORSHIP OF 00D BY TELEPHONE,
nor do I believe it will ever come into gen-
eral practice. You cannot transmit the
emphasis of the preacher, hie gestures nee
the ]sok in bis eye during the delivery of
his sermon. Nob even the full benefit of a
service can be had, as the magic of the
human voice does not go over the wire."
Rev. Fr. Dnoy—" I de net pare to express
my personal opinion as to whether the full
benefit of a Maes could be trauamitted to an
invalid or any one else absolutely proven
from attending church ; I am here to pr
the word of God end(adminiaier the rites of
the Roman Catholic Church according to its
regulations. It bo'.ds distinctly that in
order to reoeive mass the attendant meat be
in eight of the oburoh or within sound of its
bell. That is all I wish to say."
At the (dice of the Metropolitan Tele-
phone & Telegraph Company in New York
at wan said it would be necessary to enlaced%
the pulpit with a main wire to a point some,
distance eff. where the volume of Remade
would be distributed en diverging wires to•
the various subscribers. Conditions would
vary the number of subscribers that ooulde
be "supplied from this wire, bat the maxi-
mum would hardly, eo far as now known,,
be over twenty. It would be feasible,,
however, to connect the receiver with more
than one main line. Eaoh would receive.
nearly the full volume of sound and trans-
mit it to the'point of distribution, where
again the sound in nearly equal force
would go to the worabippers. Music bad
often been transmitted by telephone, ib ie
said,•to distant points, 08 the publio were,
aware, but the transmitting of sound.
thraugh the telephone from one speaker to •
a number of different hearers had nob been,
fully developed. So far as the company:
were oonoerned they oould'see no objeobion•
to the introduction of the telephone in
transmitting religious services.
A Suggestion.
Queer anecdotes of the various way a in
which ministers " improve " the subject of
their discourse are constantly coming to.
light.
A clergyman in a small New England
town preached one Sunday from the text,
Love one &nether," and among numerous
illustTatiens he told, a little story of two
goats that had met on the one -plank bridge
whloh oreseed a small stream in one pert of
his country parish.
" But did they fight and try bo push each
other into the water ? " queried the
minister. " Oh, no 1 One lay down and -
allowed the other to 'stop over him. There
was the right epirit 1 My brethren," said
the minister, leaning ever the pulpit and
speaking in a gentler, persuasive tone, " let ••
us live like goats."
A Cow in a Hospital.
The small Cottage Hospital at Beckenham
boo just lied an unusual patient in the shape
ef a cow, which entered' at an open doer,
end deliberately walked up the etaircaso.
At the top of the first flight it became
frightened and did not move. A sergeant
of police and a couple of Darters Dame to
the aetiatenoe, of the email 'staff of the
hospital of the gentler sex, but the former
di'd not proceed to arrest the intruder,;.pre-
ferring to stand at a respechable distance
while the -driver, who was nervous and
apologetic, performed the difficult feat of
turning the animal round. Not muoh
damage enamel, but it is terrible to contem-
plate the results had it been an infuriated
bull.
An Actress' Mummified Iiand.
Doctor Jeandet having offered to the
Munenm of the Comedte Francaise a frag-
ment of the heart of Takla, M. Talton, a
leading legal official at Lyons, has requested
M. Jules Clareiio to ,accept the mummified
hand of Mademoiselle Duoheenois. This
lady was tho actress Who thawed in Talme'e •
stage triumphs.
A Mean Fellow.
Clara --0f all mean, ael6eh, worldly, de-
spicable creatures, I think Mr. Hnggem 1.
the worst.
Dora—Why, whet bas he done Y
Clara --When I refueed him he did not
commit auloide, or go to a mountain nave, ,.
or anything. He 4 engaged to a girl I bated