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DEATH LEY AIL
Imposing Pageant at Windsor and Solemn
Scenes in. St. George.
Virskse From tbe Iate Dulada„ Sari/Mini
.14.azduitother—The Prince ot Wales
Names in Prayers—a:trier of the Win-
eesses—The Dialitas Father, Brother and
Masitheranstam, the chief Mourners.
ARRIVAL AT WINDSOR.
'The Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of
Gounituaht, Prince Christian, the bake of
%els with two of his sons and many foreign
aspresentatives assembled at Windsor Sta-
tion and were in waiting when the Royal
trainarrived.
At 3.30 the train bearing the remains
oame into the station. On it were the
Planes and Princess of Wales.
,Another train which followed immediately
after the funeral train conveyed themembere
olthe Prince of Wales' houtiehold at Sand-
singham.
The Prince, of Wales wore the uniform
of 'colonel of the '10th Hussars and
Prince George was attired in his naval
•inaiform.
'The Lora Chamberlain received the mem-
bars of the Royal Family as they alighted
tom the carriage and they stood talking to-
gther the coffin was removed from the
car.
. IPROM HIS SORROWING GRA1DM0.1.1w3..
The coffin was taken on the shoulders of
sato from the Tenth Hussars. It was en-
wrapped in a silken Union Jack and on it
waa& single splendid wreath which had
been sent by the Queen. A silken ribbon
was attached to the wreath on which were
, the words:
.A. mark of the tenae•estiaffection and loVe
' from your devoted, loving and sorrowing
grandmother.
As the detachment of soldiers bearing the
-‘111#6ill *talked slowly along the platform a
,aignal was xiaen to a, party of the life
'illhuirds on the round tower of the castle and
immediately the boom + of minute guns
, 4;041d be heard. At the same time the
•zoli of the,drum from the massed bard
' '• 'aweliod out won the air and the procession
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to move.
he Life'Guards had the right of the line
and were followed by the bands, which
• Y -ed Chopin's and Beethoven's funeral
marohea alternately. A -detachment of .the
Veath Hussars and of the Horse Artillery
o'"••'" immedia' taly preceded the gun carriage
•• aspon 'Which the remains had been placed.
On each side of the gun carriage walked
t • • guards of officers of the Tenth Hussars.
THE DIIKE'S.CHARGER.
The charger which had been ridden by
the Doke of Clarence saddled and bridled
' and with the boots of his owner reversed in
the stirrups, was led directly after the gun
The mourners came next. The Prince of
" Wales, Prince George of Wales and the
'Duke of Fife led the mourners. Next came
the Duke of Cannaught, Duke of Edinburgh,
Prince Christian, Pince Henry of Batten.
berg and the Marquis of Lorne. Then
followed the Grand Duke Alexis, repro -
sainting the Czar of Russia; Prince Albert
of Schleavvig-Holatein, the Crown Prince of
Denmark, the Duke of Oporto, brother of
the King of Portugal; Prince Frederick
Leopold of Pruesia, the Duke of Teck be-•
tween Prince Ernest of Leiningen and
Prince Edward of Saxewarine.,
Then followed the three Princes -of Teck,
aims of the Duke of Teck; the Duke of
Wurtemburg and' Prince Philip of Saxe-
CobargiGotEs.
• a private road to the chapel.,
• The procession moved slowly, amid the
absolute silence of the spectators, many of
• whom shed•teare as the procession passed.
• FATHER AND BROTHER.
The Prince of Wales and Prince George
of Wales were the centre of interest. They
bore themselves with manly gravity, and
neither looked to the right nor the left.
All heads were uncovered during the
passage of the funeral procesaion amidst the
serried ranks of thousands of mourners.
The universal funeral aspect of the scene
*es heightened by the dreary weather and
by the draperies of black on the houses
along the route. In the procession the
helmets of all the soldiers and the swords of
the officers were draped with crape.
The charger which walked behind the
coffin was heavily caparisoned with crape.
• AT ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL.
The, rinceeises drove from the station by
It was nearly 4 o'clock, an hour after the
time appointed for the service° to begin,
when the cortege reached St., George's
•Chapel.
The clergy and the choir were apprised
of the • coming of the procession, and they
*lowly marched down the aiale to the
door of the chapel and ranged themselves
ion either side to receive the body of the
Duke.
As the Earl of Latham, the Lord Cham-
berlain, swung back the crimson curtains
at the door, the harsh command to the
soldiers to halt and the music of the band
of the Life Guards could be heard. As the
heavily draped gun carriage arrived oppo-
site the door of the chapel the music
ceased and perfect silence reigned. Then
there was a sharp command, and the coffin -
bearers front the 'Hussars stepped - from
the ranks and quickly lifted their bur-
den to their shoulders. With bared and
bowed heads they mounted the steps and
pawed within the sacred precincts of the
ichapeL
As the coffin was carried into the chapel
the clergymen, headed by the Very Rev.
Philip Frank Eliot, domestic chaplain to
the •QUeen„ Dleati of Windsor and Registrar
a the Order of the Garter, and the Right
Bev. Bandall Tharassa David/son, D. D.,
a bier before the altar, and the coronet and
other insignia were placed upon it. At the
eaMO Moment the wiadoW hi the Qtieeffles..
gallery, situated directly above the altar
on the right, opened, and the Princess of
Wales and her daughters, Princess Louise,
PrIncess Victoria ma Princess Maud and
Princess Victoria May of Teck took seats
in the gallery.
As the body was placed on the bier the
Prince of Wales as chief mourner stood at
the head of the coffin, Prince George of
Wales stood on one side of it and the Duke
of Fife on the other. Standing in a group
near them`were the other royal personages.
TEtE HYMNS SELECTED BY THE QUEEN.
The services were conducted by the Dean
of Windsor,' assisted by the Bishop of
Rochester. A psalm was chanted by the
choir and the dean then read the lesson.
The choir sang hymns which had been
selected by the Queen.
After the reading of the lessons the
Bishop of Rochester read the sentences be-
ginning:
Forasmuch as it hath pleased—
The Duke's tutor, Canon Dalton, stepped
forward and cast a handful of earth upon
the coffin. After this the choir /sang:
- I heard a voice from Heaven.
The Bishop of Rochester read the con-
cluding prayer, and the religious ceremony
was closed by the singing of Sullivan's
'anthem:
Brother gone before ns,
and the pronouncing of the benediction by
the Bishop of Rcchester. At the beginning
af the service, which lasted for nearly an
hour, a chair was brought for the Prince of
Wales, who sat down. He looked greatly
fatigued, and hip face gave evidence of his
deep Borrow.
GRIEF OF THE PRINCESSES.
When Canon J. Neale Dalton cast earth
on the coffin the Princesses sobbed bitterly.
They were also unable to restrain their
expressions of grief during the Lord*
prayer, which concluded the service. The
Prince of Wales keelt at the head of the
•coffin while the prayer was being said. His
face was buried in his hands, and his heav-
ing shoulders showed how he was struggling
to repress the agony of sorrow. When the
prayer was finished the Prince rose looking
comparatively calm, and placed on the coffin
a small white wreath which up to that time
he had held in his hand
WALES KNEELS IN PRAYER.
As the Bishop of Rochester pronounced
thabenedietionahe Prince knelt with his
head buried in his hands. When the
Bishop had finished the Prince remained
kneeling tor a+ short time, . and a most
impressive silence filled the chapel until he
arose.
Then in consonance with the ancient cus-
tom Sir Alaert Woods, C. B., K. C. M. G.,
F. S. A., Garter King of arms (the. Duke
was a Knight of the Most Noble Order of
the Garter) in the full insigna and habit of
hi a rarsk stepped forward and proclaimed
the full list of titles of the Prince.
• The Prince of Wales, followed ba the
other personages, then proceeded by the
private way from the chapel to the castle.
The Princess of Wales could be seen
looking mournfully from the Queen'sgallery
upon the coffiri of heir beloved son for some
time after the services were Concluded.
• THE FIFE SUCCESSION,
Some surprise was expressed among the
.people along the route that the Duke of
Fife walked in the procession on the left of
the Prince of Wales and inadvance of the
princes of the Royal House, brothers of the
Prince of Wales. The significance of this
is said to be that the Duchess of Fife comes
next in succession to Prince George, and
that the 'Prince of Wales wiz/hes to give this
public recognition to the fact.
• FEW WOMEN PRESENT. •
There were only a few women' in the
chancel and they were all seated in the
nave.
All the space in the choir under the ban -
n&% of the Knights was reserved for the
digtingnished guests, most of whom were
attired in brilliant uniforms and wore deco.
rations that had beers conferred upon them
by different rulers.
On the altar there was displayed during
the service the beautiful gold communion
plate, one of the valuable treasures of the
chapel.
No daylight was allowed to enter the
chapel, which was illurninatal entirely by
light from numberless wax tapers.
The entire service was marked by a
solemn impressiveness that made i!self
deeply felt by , everyone in attendance.
Every detail had been most carefully , ar-
ranged, and there was not a single incident
to mar the solemnity of the occasion.
REMOVED TO MEMORIAL CHAPEL.
During the evening the coffin containing
the Duk6's remains was removed from St.
George's Chapel to Albert Memorial Chapel,
Here it was placed beneath the cenotaph of
the late Prince Consort and recumbent
figure of the Duke of Albany. The coffin.
will remain in its present position till Sat-
urday in order that the Queen may be
' enabled to place a wreath upon it.
After the coffin had been deposited in St.
George's Chapel, wreaths from the Duchess
'of Teck and Princess May were placed on it
beside the wreath sent by Her Majesty.
I Until late in the day floral tributes con-
tinued to pour into the castle from every
part of the coantry. Some of them were of
such size that it was a difficult task to get
• them through the doorway of the chapel.
IN W6TMEs.TSTER ABBEY.
Memorial services were held in West-
minster Abbey, at which Archdeacon
Farrar officiated. An immense assemblage
Was present at the . services, and many
-persons who were desirous of attending
found it impossible to gain admission.
Large numbers of men, prominent in public
life, statesmen, authors and others, all at-
tired in deep mourning, could be seen
BIhop of kaabeater, aria the choiristers scattered here and there among the large
preoerd it aawa the /man aisle, singing: congregation.
". I am take mew-set:terse arsd the lite." Services were also : held in St. Paul's
They were tatellived iPy throo?, equerries in Cathedral. The Right Hon. and Right
scarlet Isadore. +,/..asaaan oashioris the Rev. Frederick Temple, D. D., Bish8p of
cdronet id the ;seise saer essirso insignia of London,. preached the memorial sermon.
las rank- There were present at these seraices 12,000
Then came a eaa4 "fatedge*tnertt, from the , persona, including Lord Mayor Evans and
Hassan, and bet! 1.4 Vdtkra we the coffin the liberal's of Landon.
.flanked by 10 enle,rtt,!* lanke's regi. The services were most solemn and affect -
merit, the 10th /Its'- - itsg, and many of those present were moved
Behind there •PriaaA of Wales, to tears by the elbquent eulogy pronounced
Prince George of Vt's.tes trA she Doke of by the bishop on the dead prince.
Fife, who were in to.1...-a fr,fteilwerl by the Memorial services were held to -day in all
Royal person/Iva whs.+ sralfreal behind the capitals of Europe.
the coffin from the at:ass:see The Queen, accorripanied by Princess
.211ce,artmli. 4.,z1 tIr.J7,4 kivi,reIg upon 1,otifs,e4, M‘ar.ghionesa of I,orucf attchded
vv.
cial service in the chapel at Osborne
House, conducted by Canon Duckworth.
CRUSH AT MVMORIA1, SERVICES.
Memorial services were held yesterday in
all important cities in kaigland and the
colonies.. In Bristol there was such a crush
of people in theCathedral, that many fainted
and had to be removed, while outaide many
women had their dresses nearly torn offand
dozens of persons were injured in trying to
secure admission. At the Portamouth and
other Royal dockyards, in the garrisons at
Gibraltar and in Malta, wherever the
'British flag floats, sigas of mourning were
displayed, special services were held, troops
paraded, and minute guns were fired. The
corporations of all cities attended the
church services in their robes of office.
KISSES FOR A QUARTER.
Muw Money was Raised for the Church and
the Gossips Were Horrified.
. A Durand, Mich., despatch says There
is a split among the members of theLutheran
Church in the town of Burns, near here,
over a mode of raising money which was
introduced at a social last night. The affair
was given by the young ladies, and it was
announced that the girls had a great sur-
prise in store forthe good people. The
social was given in the church parlors, and
they were thronged when the time came.
Across one end of the room was a curtain.
For an hour the guests chattered after the
old-fashioned church sociable style. Then
the curtain was suddenly withdrawn.
There in a row stood six of the prettiest
girls in the congregation, bluehing and gig-
gling, each bearing upon her bosom a -
placard, on which were the words: "You
may kiss me for 25 cents."
It was fifteen minutes before the device
began to work, but when it did the silver
quarters fairly showered into the aprons Of
the young ladies' circle. Old , men and
young eagerly rushed to the front to ex-
change coins for kisses. The show lasted
only a short time when the curtain was
again drawn. Then the stornt burst.
Somebody thought it was not quite proper;
somebody else insisted that it was decidedly
improper. The critics were largely of the
feminine gender and did not include any of
the pretty girls. The social finally dispersed
with several members in a huff.
• EDUCATIDE
NG THE ATIIEN.
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Strange Tale ot Piracy and Abduction In
• the South Seas.
A San Francisco despatch says: James
White, a stowaway from Honolulu on the
steamer Australia, tells a remarkable story
of his adventures in the South seas. Last
May he deserted from ate American ship in
Sydney, and shipped on a schooner for, a
trading voyage among the islands of the
Pacific. Soon after leaving the Australian
coast guns ,were brought up from the hold,
and White was told they were to be sold to
islanders. The- veasel carried a crew of
,fifteen men, commanded by Captain Colton,
a Southerner. At the first place the vessel
touched five young girls were forcibly sib -
ducted. The natives pursued in a canoe,
and when near the ship were fired upon, six
or eight being allied. The canoe was over-
turned, and the rest were devoured by
sharks. Two weeks later the vessel touched
at another island, and in a fight with the
natives one of the crew was killed and the
mate's arm broken. At another island a
lot of sandal wood was stolen, and the
schooner was chased by a French gunboat,
but she got away. At the Guahan Island
White deserted, and was taken to Honolulu
by the brig Madrone.
BORN IN _THE WOODS.
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A Trapper's Daughter's Unpleasant Experi-
ences in Rear Lake Woods. •
An Ottawa despatch says: A striking
example of woman's courage and fortitude
opines from near Bear Lake, in the vicinity
of the depot of Mr. J. R. Booth, the Ottawa
lumberman. A married stepdaughter of a
well-known hunter named Peter Duck
started to visit some traps and arranged to
be away one night in the bush. She did
not return, and her half-brother started to
hunt her up, and after considerable search
found her lying in the snow with a babe
of seven or eight days old pressed closely to
her breast and as well wrapped up as
possible,. The little ono was all right, snug
and warm, but the Mother was completely
exhausted and almost famished. Being
taken sick • the night she left, she was un-
able for nine days to leave the shelter she
managed to construct for hereelf. With her
gun she killed a squirrel from where she
sat, which was the Only, sustenance she had
during the whole nine days, beyond what
she had taken with her for the one day.
• Creed ittelisors' work.
A New York despatch says: The Pres-
byterian General Committee on the resrision
of the Westminster Confession met again
to -day. The day was spent in arranging
the details of the report to the Assembly
and the methods of overturing the presby-
teries.
Chapter 10, section 3, was amended so as
to read: "Man by his fall into sin hath
whollyslost all disposition to any spiritual
good accompanying salvation. Se, as a
natural man being altogether averse from
that good, and dead in sin, he is not ableby
his own strength to convert himself or pre-
pare himself thereunto."
A committee was appointed to prepare
cligeet of the work of the General Com-
mittee.
Sections 3, 4 Dad 5 of chapter 9 were con-
densed as recommended by the various
presbyteriee.
Polities Hot In iInngary.
A Buda Pesth cable says: There haft
been much disorder at the electioneering
meetings all over the country. Political
feeling rune high, and supporter e of rival
candidates often come to blows. A meeting
in Southern Huneary Sunday ended in, a
savage fight, in which two men were killed
and many injured. There was a. riot at
another meeting at Kispatak yesterday.
The pollee appeared on the scene and With
slifficulty put a stop to the fighting, but not
until two of the combe.tants'were shot dead'
and five seriously hurt. Much of the ani-
mosity is caused by the use of inflammatory
language against the Jews: A Jewish school
at Karhan was wrecked by rioters, and sev-
eral persons were irounded.
—Receipts for making reitaurant ehicken
salad should begin : " First catch your
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A PLOT THAT FAILED.
Bold Scheme of Forgers to Raise
Money in Shaftesbury's Name.
SPEEDY CONVICTION AND SENTENCE
A Londoa cable says: Frank Aekland,
the gorgeous footman who falsely repre-
sented himself to be in Lord Shaftesbury's
seAice, and who was charged with forg-
ing Lord Shaftesbury's name to a cheque,
was this morning sentenced to eighteen
months' imprisonment, and hie accomplice,
Blackwell, was sentenced to serve' seven
years in. prison. • •
The case has , attracted much attentipn
from the prominent position occupied by the
gentleman Ackland tried to victimize and
the novel scheme to obtain the money by
means of a forged cheque.
The prosecutor was Mr. Jos. Thompson,
a turf accountant. He was at the Victoria
Club recently when the prisoner came in,
dressed in a new and gorgeous footman's
livery, with a letter addressed to him. The
letter was as follows:
"BACHELORS' CLUB,
"Dear you oblige me by cashing
the enclosed cheque and handing the change
to bearer?
"Yours truly,
"SHAFTESBURY."
Enclosed was a cheque on the Charing
Cross branch of the National Bank for £450.
Knowing Lord Shaftesbury, Mr. Thompson
was on the point of cashing the cheque
when his suspicions were aroused, and he
decided to take the money hiinself to the
Bachelors' Club. He asked Ackland to
accompany him, and on the way the latter
admitted that the cheque was a forgery. It
was on a form issued some time back by the
bank to a customer, whose account had
since been closed.
Mr. Jos. ihonipson said that he was at
the Victoria Club when the hall porter
brought him a letter enclosing the cheque
produced for £450. In consequence of this,
he went out into the hall with the money
and was about to hand it to the
prisoner when it occurred to him
that there was something suspicious
in the phrase, "and hand the
change," and he decided to go with him and
hand the rnon4 to Lord Shaftesbury himself.
He got into a cab with the prisoner, who
then said he had another call to make. Mr.
Thompson, continuing, said that as he had
celled him out when he was very busy, he
must go with hint instead. The prisoner
then turned very white, and said, "For
God's sake, Mr. Thompson, have pity upon
me, it is a forgery." The witness then told
him to tell the truth, as, if he could get to
the bottom of it he would let him off as
light as he could. Then the prisoner made
a statement to the effect that he had re-
ceived the cheque from two men who had
bought him the livery he was wearing.
Witness went in with him to the Bachelors'
Club, and after seeing the officials there
decided on giving him into custody.
A clerk from the bank stated that they
had no customer of the name of Algernon
Bathurst, with whichthe cheque was signed.
It was out of a book of cheques handedto
Mr. Reginald Brewer, whose account had
been closed for two years.
Detective -Sergeant Gettin said that before
the prisoner was formally Charged.' he made
the following statement, which was put in
evidence; "1 was very hard up, and I saw
two•inen outside the Egyptian Hall, Picca-
dilly, and asked them for SOWS money. The
men said, 'We svill give it toy ou if you earn
it.' I said, Yes, I will.' One of them said
it was to take a letter tethe Victoria Club,
and that I was to meet them in the moriiing
at the same place at 10 a. m., which I did.
We went and had a drink in the Yorkshire
Grey, and then went to the urinal opposite
the Criterion and I changed my clothes for
the livery in one ot the closets. I then left
them and arranged to meet them at the
Daisy public -house in the Brompton road.
One of the men hailed a cab and we drove to
the Victoria Club, and he left me, saying, 'I
shall keep you in sight,' and I then entered
the club.
Blackwell, -Ackland's accomplice, was
arrested soon after, and their couviction and
sentence have followed as already detailed
above.
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A MORAL SPASM.
A German Measure for Suppression of
Immorality on:Fri:al.
A Berlin cable says The I3undesrath has
finally approved of the Suppression of Im-
morality Bill, with its sweeping clauses
dealing with souteneurs, prostitutes, pro-
cureurs, and dealers in immoral works.
Procureurs are liable to a month's imprison-
ment and to fines ranging from 150 to 5,000
marks. Those found guilty of aggravated
offences are subject to terms of itnprison-
ment of from one year to five year -S. The
heaviest punishment that can be inflicted
upon married souteneurs is the minimum
prescribed ,for persons of that class, one
year's imprisonment.
• The measure provides that all offenders
embraced by the Act shall be placed in soli-
tary confinement, and shall be supplied with
only -a plank bed and bread and water.
Already the police are taking the law from
the Emperor to enforce the provisions of the
Act, and Berlin, Hamburg and other cities
are being cleared of the BOCittl evil. Many
hundreds of immoral women and men have
already been imprisoned. , These drastic
measures, applied under the ignorant dicta-
tion of a reforming despot, are held by
thinking men as being of small avail in
effecting a radical cure for the evils attacked.
Iri a number of case?) gross injustice has been
done through the arrest by the police of
workmen out of employment as souteneurs.
Several hundred suspected persons are now
confined in prison awaiting trial under the
Act on charges made by the police and &her
informers.
Slightly Sareaktle."
This curious advertisement appeared in
a London paper : "If the lady who pock-
eted the china cup from the little tea ser-
vice set when my furniture was on view
at will return it; I shall be obliged,
and will hand a &million to the fundresup-
porting the place of worship she makes
use of.
The London Baptist Missionary Society
is appealing to the public for £100,000 for
. missionaries and a steamer for- the Upper
. Congo. .It is eaid that £40,000 is already
nromieed
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SURGICAL INSTITUTE:BURNED , .
And Many of the Helpless Cripples
Burned Alive.
sucrEtii DE AD BODIES FOITND.•
An Indianapolis (ind.) despatch gives the
following additional facts regarding the
horrors of the fire in the National Surgical
Institute: The scenes attending the confla-
gration beggared description. Just as the
department arrived on the scene a woman
appeared at a third story window. The
flame within made a frightful background,
and her form stood out in bold relief. She
wrung her hands and ecreamed for he P,
while the smoke rolled up in angry bit
wreaths abont her. Chief Webster at on a
realized her critical condition, and shouted
at the top of his voice : "Hold on, hold on;
don't jump. For God's sake, don't jump 1
We'll get you out in a moment" A savage
roar of the flamea and a creaking, crashing
sound was the only reply that came back
to him, and scarcely had the words of
appeal left his lips when the woman
with a shriek of agony leaped into epace. .
With dishevelled hair the feminine form -
descended rapidly, the bursts of flames dis-
playing the deathly pallor which overspread
her face. The body struck the stone flag-
ging but a few feet from where the chief
stood and was picked up in the pangs of .
deathand removed across the way. .
At a window on the upper floor a panto -
stricken mother was seen snuggling\ '
effort to throw open the window. I •me•
arm she clasped her child,. which was a -
mere infant. She eletched at the window
casing and finally succeeded, atter frantic
efforts, in reaching the air and received
relief from •the stifling smoke and death -
dealing flames within. No ladders were at
hand and her pitiful appeal went unheeded.
Her face was deathly pale and her
form partially nude. The flames were
closing in about her, and she looked back
into the furnace of death, tlaen down to the
pavement below, ms ;if choosing between the,
things either of which seemed certain death.
Realizing finally that the end was at hand,,
she clasped the babe to her breast, tossed
the precious load out of the window, and
gave her life to the flames within. , It would
have been a pleasingthought to her to
know before eapiring the fortune that hefts'
her offspring. Pipeman O'Brien bad watched
the heartrending scene from below, and as '
the child left the arms of its mother he
planted himself firmly with outstretched
arms underneath the window. The baby,
wrapped in its night clothes; whirled about
in the air and tumbled into O'Brien's arms,
unhurt by the fall. A few moments later it
was smiling, seemingly unconscious of the
surrounding% ,
The heroism of Fireman J. • Loucks, of
Chemical Company No. 2, will be i long re-
membered. While the flames were shoot-
ing in forked tongues from the windows
facing Illinois street he ascended the ex-
tension ladder to the upper' floor. As he
reached the window sill he was met by
Fireman Webber Eobinson, who had pushed
his way through the smothering smoke with
a child in his arms. " Take this baby, for '
God's sake Loucks, and let me breathe "
said Robinson, as he pushed his head into
the open air. Loucks grasped the living
load and started downward. He -had de-
scended but a few feet, when the brave fel-
low missed his footing and fell headfore-
most, his leg catching in the rungs of the
ladder, doubtless saving his life. + He
clung to the child pluckily, although
his injury was a fearful ono, his
limb being broken. As he hung there the
dense mass of people below turnt d away
from the awful scene, thinking that Loucks
would perhaps be obliged to loosen hi a grasp
from weakness. Not so, however. He
called for assistance, and in a twiukling he
was reached by two other firemen, who
carried the child safely to the ground and
tenderly helped Loucks to an ambulance,
which conveyed him to his home.
As soon as the hallways had been suf-
ficiently cleared of the smoke to permit an
investigation some of the most horrible
scenes were doveloped. In one room on the
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third floor four victims were found dead
kneeling in the attitude of prayer. The
windows in the room were up, but the
occupants had apparently made no eff?rt to
c stifling
escape or appeal for rescue.
smoke had overtaken them.
In a room. on the second flo& man was
found in bed dead. The smoke lad found
its way into the roma slowly, and lie was
.gradually overebine, expiritig without a
struggle.
Farther along the hallway a young man
was found sitting beside an open window,
his dead body leaning forward.
There seemed to be no good reason for
this loss of life, as all those who appeared at
the windows were quickly saved. Although
the occupants were nearly all more or less
seriously crippled, many of thein becsane so
frantie that they lost all self-control, --zrad
almost invited death by their action.
They' would rush to a Window, cast
their eyes .11aelow, and, realizing t hat a leap
was almoSIs certain death, retreat at once
into the room and face the result, A lady
from Harrisburg, Pa.,,was stopping at the
Surgical Institute with her child, a ho was
a patient there. She asserts that some
time before an alarm was sent, in she
smelled smoke' and told "Ben;'' the porter
that there was fire seSraberes He
declared that it was nothingMilt a piece of
burning paper somewhere in the liellway.
So she returned to bed, to be awakened
a feisr minutes .after by stifling emoke
and flames. She gave the alrrni to those
in the rooms , adjoining, and then
rushed from the building with her child,
• they being the first to escape,
' The Leap Tear Situation.
! Bolivar Bre0e : A large number of the
girls are not earning salaries' 1 hat, would
justify them in taking a husband to support,
• and most of those who are in receipt of a
comfortable income prefer the life of
independence which it brings to the re-
sponsibilities of marriage. The average
alarm..
ung man has not the slightest }1,
( 1180 for
The largest university in i he world is
that of Paris, with its 9,215 enideists.
Vienna is next, with 6,220 students, and
Berlin third,. with' 5,1327. Harvard has about
2,000 students. • .
There are two places where it r4qiiires an
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