Lucknow Sentinel, 1893-03-24, Page 2r
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•Street. Every One of the four were 11110033:
scions when reached,and all must be terribly
injured. --There -could hardly be .a -whole;
- i. -
bone intheirbody. - I. saw two of them
rushed -by on a hnttert"
Fearful Le'apg for Idle -limn Six -Story •• -• -
pookou, itE reEgetizet, •
Buildings.
- THRILLING MID44I SCENE.
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Wires Prevent Getting -Ip Ladders; but a
-cable saves a Lite-rante AlnOptg Gfrl
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Eni'eloyees-many Hfled anti .intured..-
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A Beaton: despatch says.: One of the
-Pabst deOruotive fires -in the. history of Bliss
_
Jcii next in- ifsiaanitude to the famous one of
. Thanksgiving bay; .1889, and in the..same.
dietriet, -.broke out shortly Eaten 4. -o'clock
this -afternoon; andbefore it was Plaeed
under control; three hours after,had burned
_ ever more.thefe a square, had reduced_ to
-hshee several ef. the thagnificenCnew Wild-
: iiiget recently completed on the territory
burnedoverthri-e and a half years ago,- had
consumed proPerty-valuecl_by.a ccinservative
,eatimate at, $4,500,000, had been attended
.byecenes of panic and distress never- before
eqtiallecl in the . memory of citi-
-Zena now livieg, • and had: destroyed
several huthant• lives,- and. maimed- or burned
at least thirtyiperions, some of when) will
die of their ieljaries. 'At 4.25'. the alarm
waitrung in friOinbox 52, It was goonvfol-
loWed by a SPQ0na; and. - then by a general
elernh The Ild.ins4)rOke out in the toy dei
liartment of -Horace,Partridge & Co.,. who
- eeeepied the fifth and . Sixthfloors of the
- seeen4tory 'blinding, 'corner of Essex and,
Lincoln Streets; owned by E. L. -Ames'. The
is at pretent. -unknown, •bub the start
is
the
desteribed by thosenearest it as rpsembling • , _
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IltritSTIM1
' The flames .- -SPread with intense' rapidity,
And in a very E-faw.'reoments' the entire ie-
terior_of the building Was burning. - There
were many employees of the Partridge coin.
peny at work at the ti•me,and the other floors
: -of the: balding were sprinkled with human
•Iseings, The.lusuatavenues of escape were
at 'Once cut off i .'and then began a scramble_
7 - -for life whieft ,4i4en.ecithe beholders. • The
penicattickeniiiimates -fled to windows and.
. Toot; some *aped by shinning down tele-
graph poles. others by leaping into blankets
Several jumped tathe'pavement;
elk or eight:•eteries below, and Were terribly
mangled, and ethers-eehow many cannot
'now be told—tell back into the 'cauldron of
flames, or were - overcome- by the dense
black. smoke, :kyhich suffocatediall. who did
not _speedily *es -Cape. The entire fire de-
partment of.thia city was speedily on the
teene. The id,pertments of Somerville,
Cambridge, Newton, -Quincy. and Brockton
arrived . later by -train, and aid _was- ree
queeted tole, in readiness from more distant
ethee.- -
THE WIRES 'SAVE A LIFE. -
For the first titne in Boston's fire histbry
the soverhead *ire system has proved' the
means of,FaVing a life. When the fire in
-the Drown4)iirell: building, was at its
heiglit-the form of a man who subsequently
proved to he District Chief Egan, of East
Beet-on'.was seen at the eighth story win-
dow, He boldly Seized oneofthe large.in.-
stleteel eables, which contain a number of
electric wires, and prbeeeded.to cross to the
opposite •side:thand o zer hand. He had only
- a few feet -there . to go when it became. els;
parent thehe Oonid not. lett- long, and
greatly to the relief of 'the crowd he -threw
- both legs . over a half -lea cable; which
slgbtly sagged, and slowly end, tediously
made his Ivey toward the:. building 119
Kingston street, to vilich the 'cable ran.
A large nurnber of life-saving nets, can-
- - vase t and clothe. Were preduce44,nd fire-
men, police aed bystanders:via', with each
'other iii holding them; while others hoarsely
shouted to. the Oapi•Tilled man. to &hp.- To
have .dene.to teethe'd to court inatant death.
The white, agehized fitee could beseen as
he elcitely• made his way over the cable.
:A TIHRTillSO SOV.FE.
_.SetaLtinih oicesif_the Vast:era-Ord
Teas: hashedas it- seeined that the poor being
hanging there .fivai Yost- All at .Once the
;Jose -Old -broke into 'a -cheer, •whieh- seemed to
-•rnfuse nevelife into the lagging spitit.of the
. • f•irethan. Ile reached -midway -between the
to buildinge, ,end. if h'e-conId only hang on
a fw Minutes: more he:would. be severe
Every. -inch o the street. • below Was now
eflevered With netseVe., this point the -clear"
'et ernoke elea'eed away.and the men was
:rheoitiniied as Chief John F. Egan, who had
oaly --Jbe0n, 'OA of :the house,ahort time,
where be was Confined with a broken collar
.-ione and :other iejuriet received by failing
on the. ice: A. seined :of men ran up on
ethii:*- bending No. 119 Kingston street, and
lowered! the cable to Which Egan was
hanging: At the sametimeiefe het& and
hidder company- erected -.a ladder tomeet
tlee -
slowly deieendieg man. The. cable
was_ pleyed eue slowly and the exhausted
• ,
graclilally-letmonee.rer:terra fir/nee Hie-
elose to the burning huw
if 0,- ha ..„9,..d€ tise donde of
_ „
eete'ee,. When J.he wag. only OM 'atorys: from
the ground. . ir.i:a:few,secends he.swung into
She einis; of hi comrades, eeleiscd•his-hotti,
-atidtai weak ak):a h14 was carried from ene-
-vee'ne,tenly-Anetched from the-jaws:Of death.:
A shout and applause oame for-Metro/1i the..
- themes of the ;vest .5v:3enabity.. J •
.JtEit1111:4(: TO ceereeiN. IE \Tfl
• Wiiiiath S. - Ruinrill, of Dean, Chase &
_ Ce.e. says = !' I first.seeea man -With his hair
e evilly slaked offhs head rnshieg up the
eta-et:it to the --nearest fire . alarm b'ex-.
, tele -wig to the door, ad saw a Opectaele that
.-ipealled me. A torreetT.of Renee ..,wae pour -
a» Oat! of .tnft •wicalaws in thecentre front
ef- the second floor . Gf the itenes building
Tee p-,ort'e-iii'ttewErt hrewilag boat -Out
et the. wiedeekee -end theit tiud boys from .the
we -nes were p king titeinetip.'; Very- goo,-
upbn the peatipet, sway ulri. aboVetill3 Street,
t4. I saw four men hail'eine woman clinging to
4,4tonework: There was no eneh thing as.
Petting a. la•fdor up: to them owing to the
..two} f *Tee.: - This is the wors;, corner
r wtre im the: city of .Beeton, aid the
hole Stew, is in -peril frorri theme .We:
ebed the quartette as they 'eine g foe& fe-w
etee- only, While the:erewdJin. the...street
d-in-breathieris silence:7 Then the four,
f ter another; jumped Down they
they •
a height- ef 104 --six::: stories, • --end
solidly on the froeen ground e .. Oh !
horrible. You should _have heaidthe
hat went hp fecrie that throng in the •
The World -Famed Engineer ,Said t� b
• T Rapidly •Sinahing.
Paris cable says: Afew linesfrom La
Cheenaye; -published in the -.evening papers,
state that _Count Ferdinand de Lesseps can_
hardly: live aT. Month - -longer; and mayelie
within a -few days: -Ile is confined to his
bed, rarely being able to assume a. sitting
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posture for More than five or ten 'minuteg.
He is -either: quite: uriemisotons: of the pro-
gress of the Panama -matter or remembers
the nleagre inforrnation occasionally given
Min and does not with to mention the
disgrace' that has overtaken his :family.
He takes only.liquid- aourielineente ,h;:hi last
Friday zeyening he had a sinking turn which
Mine; de -113E sepe _fearedwas the beginning
of the end.: _ His physician Was surnmOnect
and feuncl hie pulse was almost- gene. By
the Use of stimulants - the old' Mati was re-
-vived, and bis family watched at his bed
sidethe rest Of the night. Since then the
phyeieian.has.Slept each night in: -the room
next to the sick room. On Saturday and
Sunday Count de Lesteps epoke but twice,
and then only boecall his wileta his hedatide.
.On Monday • he _rallied - somewhat,- and
wished to be carried to :MB favorite window;
in order that he mightseethe sunset. While
the attendants were lifting_ him, however,
he raised his head, mot iened thern. :le stop,
.and Sank-back.on the -pillow. Yeaterday he
had another ifnking • tuttie - The - Panama
agitators _deny- the truth ofalrePorts :of
hie -failing* vitality, and say ehat anceffort- is
being made to SAYS him from, his sentence
by representing him to be ratieh :more 'ili.
than he really is, but the reporters and
friends' of the family. Who have called at La
Chesneye recently:agree‘ that .the old -men
is weaker even than his family twill
aelinciwlecige. '
• cRlisliED TO,‘DEATH.-
Young•TBralreman Kilted While Coupling
Cars at Toronto.
'A Toronto report siayst. Last evening id
-6.30 o'clock.a young roan named- a Brock;
ethployed as a ,brakeman in.- the Grand
Trunk yard at the feet of Bathurst street,
was aticidentally killed while coupling cars.
kilictly how the accident occurred, whether
the man Slipped _on- the lee and fell for-
ward-, is not -known, but'• those. who. Were
. abontit, the time -acquit those. in charge of
the cars of cerelesinees. . • He. Was crushed
between the :stakeholder and. the ',buffer,
and it is.a singular • fact that no bones- were
•fractured.-- The lung Was crushed and the
man was held in the position in -which- he
was ealight till he had :ceased to liVe. -; The
ambulance was sent for as soon As the acct-
dent:Was .thscoveted, but was :not needed.
Undertaker liumplarey,- ef Qtieenstreet,'
matenotifiede and took charge of the body,
which, is now at his shops whence it will be
buried. Brock: was unmarried, and was •
steady and saber young fellow His only
relative in the city is a sistere He boarded_
on Teenreset)a-streete .
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WIPING OUT A _FAHILIT.
The. J1i2yster.1.4Us rotionine or a.- Ivitiole
FaniiJy
.WIth Arsenic. f
.14:Olson 1 - Ind deepatch. :sayie:
myetetioue case of poisoning- has :developed
'in this elty Last- Tuesday - Miss Eva' &age
Was taken violently 111, anddied On -Wednes-
day -from the effecte of poiten.. It was stip.-•
Posed:that. she i h'edtaken itt with suicida1.
intent, at the- had threatened to commit
Ou limey her mother,
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',Tarries. Clarkson, was taken samilarly ill and
Janie?, 'Who - here on
Tneedeysfor Anderson, Ind stricken-
, - -
• in: the Same Manner by the time he readied
-;Andersen-, -and is J'reported deal-- -Teed.
other Si -the .were -.attacked. on 'Frirraye. and
both' their lives i are . 'deetiaired of 'The
coroner'sinettstigationhin the caseof . Eva
developed the fact. that - death ws *caused
by arsenic, a large quantity of which was
found in the_sternaeb.:' - A poet,rnertem will
_be held upon the xeneeinsi of the mother, and
the matter hilly ievestigated. • - • -
•••• EITRIED..A IMFE IN 1011S,HRAIN,
Awful II:larder inan•AlgainaienalberCir.ap,.
..-OVer•Whiskev.
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News reach ed the . :city • yesterday. of -
frightful murder neer. Webb -woo -di -Algoma,
and the, Ontario Government will be aaked
to eend a detectlite to the scene.: : Ib seems a
man brought in two -bottles of whiskey
Scott & Berrill's CaMpineer WelaltWood, int
. . . et
iteradieg ohe.fot himself a,nd one for a friend.
The, friend seized i :the two - bottles and
treated the'beys,.Whieh ann'Oyed the first
man -so . iimeh that he thew bile knife and -
stabbed him, breaking.offahout two inches
of the bladein his head.• The poor fellow
WAS taken' to the doctor ,etWebbwood, but
idied.When about five mules ian his way back.
• Not Born tope Kilned.
. • • ,
. Lewis Hall; a farther, ..Wae shot at Harts-
ville, 'Montgomery .Cennty, reaently,
but it is evident he WEIS- --nee hien to he
.Ff.i bee survived • morti. aecidents hi
his event -MI Cereer than would kill a dozen
ordinary
ordinaey then. ', He was once shot through
the bitilt with a.-rifiebali,- has had - both
. .
arms -end i
lees. broken n a.runaway,. Was
blown aWey. in a tornado, wasterribly eut
hp with a knife-insa gambling serape; .and
Only -last year during a•reriw eeceived*a blew
.fern: an axe Which broke -out-it:piece of his
skull. Lasit ofiaft, he was tiliot through the
mouth and jaw With. atahoigan a few days
Just before the Operation of. removing
the shattered. jawbone .began a preacher
wanted to -pray with Hell, -but- was told his
-sereicessevere not needed; -
-Ther'eis one .way of telling .the ?peed of
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a raii-vi ak train Willett. old travelere claim .141
almest time the cu passes
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over
a, joint in the track there ista distinct
-
click. • Count the mimbeir of eheie.eliekii in
20 seconds, and, it- said, you have the
panther Of millets the -train te golfsf
o_ per hour, e
-'-': _ as the length of the relit uidiforifn.
• *
. Seems exte.nseve pre-. -
portions; --- he whieh an effort was Made 10
le
the witoleeale firrii
moth.. may & -, 'Moptreal, Was detected
in time' to prevent the full ...accompliihnitrit
,of the promoter's purposeii He was arrested .
at Detroit on Saturday niorning:-..:
The thost prolificpensare found on • On the
prepnees• 'Of sue:demi-fa swilie-br,-
eedete.
DISASTER
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SVIN.6
t: -.44100e:
1401140.Railway l3thlding.
THE RUINS- TAKE FIRE.
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The Ticket Agent Burled in the Debili*.n0
J. Fatally Itarnet.1---Narrow Eseape ol . nJ
Party orTourists-A Tunnel Victim.
A Niagara ;Falls, - Ont., despatch • stiyati
Sudden, swift and terrible was the fall of
tone iupon tone' of ice and snow this after-
noon which rested on theeroof of the Incline
Railway building, huildiag, in-Prospeet Park, on the
State reservation, on the AMeeican-sideif-
Ncewarning Was given, and the huge mass.
swept down on • the reception house at the
foot. of the:Incline Railway, brushing it a
though it was of paper instead of ',strong
Geoegia, ' pine,- and burying in the wreck
Mr. - .Edward G. Lane, the popular ticket.
taker, who always stood at the foot of the
railway, and - whom every visitor to the
Falls. . who . has i descended - by -th
railway bite met. In Ei few t haomeet,
fire - broke.-- out. from :the steve in the
reception -room, and . the 'wreck' was: to-onr
Wiping briskly. Supt. Thos. V. Welchi ot.
, el
thee reservation, ; -wile was sitting.•in his:
office; heatdithe roaring; grinding :noise the
ice and snow had made -slidingdown, and
divined it Once what had happened. He
rushed. for the nearest ..fire alarm.' box to
summon -. the. - department.: Five reeer-
vktion- pollee, With -.Topes,: pikes and saws,
went down to rescue Lame- At this time it
was thought that Mr. Thomas: Miillenewho
assisted .Mr.- Lane, was also .in the. wreck
with him: -Repeated _calls; to the rhea
elicited no response. : When the fire started
-the work of repelling was made ,much more
difficult. The flames were -hard -to fight; as
the. firernen. had to lay lay a hosefor a.qtratter
of : a- . mile -: and 'rim - it down - .the.
inelliteS which- was filled with smoke andi
steam,- -- The -terrible • fight to . reach:
Line was continued. Mt. Mullen was found
to have been at dinner and escaped; After
three -quarters -of an hour spent in battling
against flames,' steam- and falling ice, _Ear hole.
was made and the fire put - under control..i
The mensearched for .Mr. "Lane but could
notnot find him.: At last a heavy - trap -doer
was -lifted, and lying on the floor -of the
'easement the man was discovered. He Was
fearfully _burned about the head, face, back
and legs: When taken out was a raving
maniac' and cannot live. He Was 45 years
hid. and single. The damage to the, State
property tailleprobabiy anima to between
12,00.0 and ;$3,000, on, which there iirrio
insurance. • Superintendent -.Welch --stated
that he, • had been, . afraid. Of an - acci-
dent -here; and , to -day i cautioned the
mere to be on , the look -out.: elinge
masses Of ice and . 'inOw• have been
crashing down tho. banks into the gorge
all day, and not a few _tourists heated , the
*danger to descend hate - the igorge to see
the grand- spectacle.. One party had y
returned • hp thetincline. railway when the
a icident took place. : --The . building de-
stroyed contained a _general receptioreroene
for tourists, toilet rooms for gentlemen and
lathes, Jana - ticket ofli.-e`e-fior-the etearner
Maid of the Mist.- It .had-beere Icom.pieted
hit winter. Workmen -will be immediately
pit to work and -a temporary building
tee erected. :The incline railway will be
running again within two or three days. - •
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The great hydraulic. tunnel on the Ameri-
can side has churned another: victim, arid has
added to its cost' another lifer.: Mr. Joseph
'Male-One:a Scotehman, aged ..24 years;* Who
had charge' of the hoisting boom oveithe
whe 1 pit of the Niagara -Falls. Paper. Coni-
pany, while Working at his : post ,-at 16.30
o'clock last -night, fent headlong down: the
huge- hole; a distance of 159 feet, striking
on the • rocky bottom a _mast Of, Mashed
flesh and hones, in which only .re slight
,resernblance to,. the human forth was left..
Mr. Malcolm was employed by Contractor
A. G; Donglaseand mus have lost his :bat-
anee-at the tore The first the men kneet-of
the accident was When they .heard a cry,..
-4. Le -1)k out below -there I'm corning," and
there was a flash of a- body: dartin g- through.
space -and then the dull thud.: Mr. Malcolm
has to relatives orfriends in this -country
. .
that are known of, and thsr-xeraeitiii will .he.
buriedbytthe corporation; • -
A• DIDDITLPH CRI1IE._
Serious. Stabbing Affrayon the Scene of the
• Donnelly Tragedy: -
A Lendon despatch sale Mr. •Wm. Casey
has reported the Biddulph stabbing affair _to
IlighCOnsfable S ehrarn, awl Cons table Ward,
of London Nest, arrested -Alfred Digman on
a- charge of wounding Jamis Rider With a
krnfe Digman lives righton the site -of
the Donnelly hontesthad. The versions of
the complainant and prisoner do notvary
much:. They had words in hegardtoit
horse transaction, and .on the. evening in
qbeetien Rider was _passingthe :house, and
Digman was either palled or -went down to
speak to him, Dignian says that. Rider
struck the first blow. . Anyway he has a
'badly cut head. to show for it. - -.Then he
knocked Rider down and - took the knife
away, and gave him a taste ef his . own*:
weapon.. A later report says Rider is very,
seriously wounded, and .his recovery- win
be. tedious. •
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- To Clean Paint. -
There is -a very simple method to clean
paint that has . become dirty, and if house-
wives would adopt it it would- sieve them a.
great deal of trouble. - Provide a plate with
some of .the best whiting to be had and
-
have. reedy some . clean warm water and a
piece of flannel, which dip inehe water -and-
tlee703 pearly :dr.y ; then- take, As much
waiting ars_will 'adhere to it, apply -it -to_ the
pe nted surface, when a little rubbing will
instantly remove any dirt and grease, after ;
which . wash the part with cleen. water, i
rubbing it dry_ with soft -chamois. • Paint f
thus.cleaned looks as well as when first laid
on, without esay injury to ,the most delicatei
color". It is better than using soap, and-
adnect inabootirre ore . than half the time'
swindling:
s
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There are in. the United States more than
1,700 'distinct aid -separate railways: '
Meet Tan Wile—Helen, go doWn-tetthe
lihrarytat once*. Charlie wants to speak -to
you °vet .the telephone: Ilelen-eGaticieus
Is my hat on straight? • .
FOR
LIT. George Tomkins Tra
MacArthur to C
0,0
es Rev. Dr.
urt.
TALKS OF A CONSPIRACY;
. (New York Recorder.).
I
. the Rev. George_Tomitiat4 regularly
-
ordained Baptist minister, :n w• without a'
pulpit, has began a. suit for $200,000 dam-
ages against the Calvary Ch kch corpora-
tion, the -Rev. Dr. Robe4 S. MacArthur,
pastor of the church -and.sorae members of
the Advisory Board, -connee ed with . the
church. e.- Elizabeth J. Tomkins, wife .ef
the plaintiff, is also Made a party;ta ;the
suit: Mr. Tomkins makes
two distinct
charges against the defendant in his corns
He alleges that On y 16th, 1888,
he brought a suit against hi wife in. the
Justice's Court of Ontario recover the
custody of his child and eert in property,
including -a Canadian hotel' veined at $50,-
000- which he claims he had -deeded to his
_wife under a misapprehensioni. , Mr. Tom -
king; married a Woman -1 living in -Niagara
Falls South in 9.885. He Was then study-
ing•for :the ministry, but he was . ordained
in the following year by -the geeat Preacher
Spurgeon, in the Monmouth_ Tabernacle an
London. Having' plenty of 'money;, Mt.
Toinkinenever-cared-for, a regular -charge,
but went nt around s.ubstitut' g for other
m
When heireturned from Alt oad he took
hplis residence in New Tor and became
a Member of Dr. MacArthurte hurch• For
vaticus reasons his. married ife was not
happy, and his Wife left him and -went to
live : with her people in Canada. She
claime,d at the time that .her -i usbandi had
treated her badly. A great e ortwas made 3
by r_. MacArthur and the advisory board
of his church tee- bring abeutia reconcilia-
tion and avoid a Scandal.. Thy were msuc-
cessful to the extent of keen the -reasons
for Mrs... Tomkins' hasty exi fr6m • New.
York from the ?Olio. I At 'the time that
she, Went away, Mr i Tontkinsi id not object
to her leaving, provided she id not carry
atveytheir child, together, ith the title
deeds of allfhis property,
When • he began his suit fo his child- in
Canada; another effort j Wma,
as ,de to dis-
suade
i- him,butwithout-Succes . The Cana-
dian Courts decided against in), and he
took an appeal. Teeprevent farther scandal,
a committee of . the church brought the
litigating minister and his wife together and
.beggedithem to be reconciled .In Canada
the time . allowed for an/ a peal to tun
,
is sixty days from thedateof the original
judgment,. - According! to th claim now
made by Mt. Tomkins, the -Advisory Board
in seeking,to bring about a r conciliation,
entered into a conspiracy with Mrs. Tom?
-kinseknOwing at the time thatif his appeal
papers were not filed- within tie stipulated
time, he would be forever. stopped _ from
bringing another action, to ecure either.
his child- or his _property, and onsequently
all chance - of scandal-wOuld lie: -at •an end.
He .signed the papers of ,-econciliatien
and began married life over again with his
-wife and child. - They came. to J.New York
and again -attended eertice a the Calvary
Churchi -
- t
-Sincehis expulsion he 'as travelled
nearly all over this connty; vainly looking
for 1a, pulpit in which . prealh, He says,
further, that he hasreceivedeaills from ever
a dozen churchesabut that in eyeryinstance
the i Advisory_ Board pursued him -.with its
charges, and hewasturned ebehy. .
T)ais.corahlaint was submit d yesterday
to Jiiidge.McAdern,i sittingin. he Superior
Coatt. Attorney Linus A. uld; one of
-theidefendants in the case, appeared as
counsel for the defence and interposed a
demurrer denying that the st temente al-
leged in the-compiaint.constituted a sufficient
cauke for action. Judge McA
papers and reserved his dects
'he Overrules the 'demurrer, , co
_
plaintiff will press the case
church people to.a•
-speedy tria
, - 1
AN ENGLISH WIHE-WO GUN.
am took the
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DOUAI' War WesselsTo-Be ipped-With
a -New Weapon.
The English Admiralty has 'adopted. a
new quick -firing 6-mch wire -w intd.. gun for
the naval vessels. be new weapon . has
been aubjected to an exhaustir trial at the
Government butts. -It is a long gun about
40 calibres, an.d. its.. weight i seven tons:
It carriee.an elongated shot of 100 pounds a
distance of 7,000 yards, and strike an
enmity's ship or -fortification f ur
dis-
tant.- It is so rapid that fired with cordite
at a long range ithasthree. or four shots in
the air at one time. _Forty of the new guns
have been already Manufac ured. in the
royal gun.- factories at Wee wich .and are
being issued to the various
ships in the
Royal Wavy. Each weapon contains Several
miles of wire, it having been found that. a
gun made up of this wire if; stronger than
when manufactured of hone" • eneous motel.
Wire is also found to Stand .. first shock
of the elastic force of cordite or -gunpowder
better than ken Or steel, while the long
bore enables the 'whole of the charge to be
'consumed.
• . Not What He Meant.
..Charlie i(who is sentimental) --A111
jAramintet - there is word that always
cheers a woman's heart when she is weary_
or discouraged, that -• brightens her -face
when it is overcast, that,- ,
eAearninta-le0h, 1 knew whee you mean—
!theatre tickets -I!
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The par Habit.-
11O—What did you • do whet
ifirstisheck of the earthquake_ ?
She (Of New YOrk)hel reach
yOu' felt th -
d up for the
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. Mamma (patheticallY)---Wh t woulemy
little girl do if I should 1ie? Little
Flossiee-I den) know, ; '1 suppose I -should •
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FITZSIMMONS WON EAS
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A. Clean Knock -Out Blow Settled ila
in the Fourth Round.
6,00O PEOPLE WERE PRESENT
The Ring.
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About 6,060 persons witnessed the contest
The arrangements at the ringside were
perfect.. The: Seating Capacity was More
than. ample to accommodetettwice as many
people- as Were expected to attend. The
crowd was representative in character and
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thoroughly cosmopolitan. The betting just
before the fight was 9 to 10 on Hall and 95
to 1.00 on Fitzsimmons,. •
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En the Hall corner the men chosen to look
-After his interests were -.the light -weight
chaMplott, , McAuliffe, •dhatlie
&pike Abington _and John Mine :holding.
the watch. Fitzsimmons- had Billy Fitz-
simmons, his brother, Martin Julian and
Frak Bosworth, D. F, 0 Malley keeping
time. The men entered* the'ring at 9 o'clock
promptly; Hall leading .the procession..
RefereeDuffymade a speech in which he
asked the',crowd to .preserve order:, The
men then advanced to the center of the ring •
followed by their seconds, where -Duffy
cautioned them about fouls and the usual
club. rides. Captain Barrett Weighed . the.
gloves, findingthemof lawful . weight,
handed them to Mania Julian, who took •
theM over to Hell .for his choice, and
Mitchell Felected. his principal's gloves,.
Referee Duffy announced that the pivet
blow was barred and the men stripped
Time wee called and the battle was ontiee
First eound—The men- shook hands ai '
o'clock in the ortkodda, fashion,,
both coming to eheecratch With a jaunti-
ness which showed theireeeerning lack of -
care. They.; commenced work in A very
easy manner,- until Fitzsimmons .finally led
with his left and fell sheet. Hall e left an
the couuter .barery toathedhis face. Fitz- .
'amnions' was the more 'active of the two, ,
and he set a lively pace by . doing all the
leading and landing frequentlywith his left
on Haire body.. Bob was qnick'end_judged
his distances so. admirably that he landed
almost every blow he delivered with great
acceraey. Hell received some -stinging
blows on the ribs; bub h vets so thor-
oughly -trained that they had but 'little or
no effect,- , • .
Second Retied—Fite still pursued his .
leading tactics and landed his eight anchleft
several times on lies body. Ile also got
in a good right ancil:eit OLf 13-.S1r8 late.- It
was not _until Mall succeeded, an working
Fitz into a- corner, -where he got in setieral
good stiff blows, that he began to strike Out
freely; He Showed • up in such :fine form .
tOtvardithedose of. the round the majority
of the epeetators began to have their doubts
as to LeekyBob's ability to held out against
so powerful An opponent, as Hell was by far
'the stronger Of the two. Both men did
-mime very hard hitting and: their blowa fell -
upon each .other like hail. Honors were
pretty evenly divided,- and many rather
thought Hall had the bett of the hitting.
Third round—At the call to the centre
Hell Stepped _briskly forward andled off
with his left and caught, Fitz square on the
nose. The blow ditzed tie lanky man, yet -
he fought gamely and teturnedithe !compli-
ment by sending has left hand on Hall's
stemach. Hall landed again lightly on the
neck, then both clinched,. By mutual con.
sen
eent they separated, -both hug,hiog. Pall
led -right and left, reaching 'his big antigen-
ist's„ body and neck: - Ow:tient ;or a incinent
With this, . Hall walked around the ring,
FnZiiinmons.following. sFitzairarnons miesed
TA swinging right-hander, hut he planted his
left on Hall's stomach. ,Iall got his left-
hand -*tin Pitzeimmong' face, making the
champion's head beh hack' at if it was 4mi
springs. - Hall. followed the Performance
with a beautiful right and left-hand blow
on Bob's.head and side, but,: :the big Anstras
lian gotiback meat too fare° have the blows
-do damage. Bob retreated apparently no
wore for the blew. The- ,round ended by
Fitz rnissieg. a _swinging hlew on Haifa
Stomach. • :‘
-Fourth retina:h.:Mei:then Were both in
excellent condition and full of fight when
the g-ovg sounded for the fourth round.
They responded to the mit hike two gladia-
tors and went at each ether as though they
intended te -'find the wiivier inishort order,
but they had scarcely, got warrne up to
their work when Fitz landed t ha 4gerous
right Of his on the point of th. javt and
Hall fell to. the floor. like A dead an It
was a hard fall and the hack of Hairs head
came tb the liter With such a sickenieg
thudthatit could be heard all through the
building. It Was a clean knock eut, and it
-Was SQITIS minutes aft4 he was Polluted out -
,before his seconds succeeded in reeteeing
-him to consciousness and then he had to be
carried to his corner. . - • ,
The scene was the wildesb. that has been
witnessed at e ring side for many years,'
Bob Fitzeimnions- caught up the ilmericen
flag and waved it over .his head like an ,
Indian) 'While the crowd cheered and yelled
like Hottentots. Fitesinimoas was declared.
the victor and the winners wore happy
amiles Bud 'Renaud' wont $12,000,l Ben-
nett's poet tome of Onvihron,
V6,•••000 ; 'Pat Duffy, on mmiEsion, •
$20,000';John Q'Neill, $8,000, Abe tevet
$6,000.eJehnsoni - the.. owner. of the horse
Johnson, $5,000, and Hastings.Alley-
way, $2,000. The eaPid mantel.;in which •
they fought and the yietOry. of Fitzsimmons
has created great'excitement throughout
the city.. • • "
• SENT.'•..11ALF TO HIS -MOTHER.
El Smith was paid the long end Of the. i
purse in the Goddard -Smith J ceelastiHo
was handed a certified ehoek for $8,•500 on •
-the Commercial Beak of New Orleans. He • •
-.cashed the check as soon'ae he could cover-
-the _distance between t16 club and the hank
and then sent to -hi 3 mothee in. Pittsbutg
$4,250, half of the sum he wane °
have to spank myself.;
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The official Spanish election returnsahovi
that the OPpeeitien, in Congrelis will Conaist
of 48, -Conservatives under STior CanoVas
del Casti110 15eContervativee under Senor
Sitvelit, 23 advanced Rejoublioans "and:.
Carlists. The Government halt the support'
of 222 -Deputies. Several ch nges - the
Cabinet are in -vending:
It'is•said that young Justin -McCarthy is
about to marry • 'Miss • ITilithiern„ a riling
singer 'Who hes -been. lsuccessful in London
under the name of Attila-. jenotire. .
Great excitement w caused in Paris
Saturday by Mme. Cottu's testimony at the
Panama, trial. She stated emphatically
that M. Soinoury had .been guilty of -
attempted brib ry. M. Bourgeois, French
Minister of Justice,. has reeigned- his office;
and another cabinet crisis has thhei.been ..•
inaugnrated.
"Who makes the laws, father ?" "Our
legislator", 'my Sore "Well, then, what
'are lawyers for ?" "They are created, my •
boy, to explain to legislator's the meaning of
their laws."
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