THE DAIiLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1892.
ROBBERS BEHEADED.
Fate or Evil Doers as ' Treated. . "by
Manila Authorities.
EX-COXVICTS OF NEW CALEDONIA
Repentance of a Wicked Woman Likely
to Cause Sorrow on Earth.
AN INSANE MAN IN THE PC L PIT.
Terribly Bitten by Does Mob Lew
In Tennessee Assaulted by
Masked Men.
San Fkaxcisco, Oct. 24. Steamer
from Singapore Satnrday, brings infor
mation that the Rodriguez brothers
.. were beheaded by the authorities at
Manila, in the latter part of August.
The brothers were two English ex-con
victs, who escaped several years ago
from a penal colony at New Caledonia,
and whose last exploit was the capture
of the Tahitiau yacht Niualoaiti, in
August, bv causing Moloi, the cook of
the vessel, which was engaged in trad
ing among the' islands, to poison the
crew, while the brothers disposed of the
captain and supercargo. According to
the information, Moloi revenged him
self for the refusal of the Rodriguez to
comply with their promise to divide
with him the profits of their crime,
amounting to $20,000, by betraying them
to an officer of a Spanish revenue cutter
at Manila. Moloi was in turn con
victed as an accomplice and was the
first to be beheaded.
Right and Wrong Clashing.
Ci.vcix.vATi, O., Oct. 24. An attorney
of this city is engaged on a case that may
result in the unmaking of a lovely young
woman's life. A young girl residing in
Central Ohio, the daughter of a popular
minister, fell ; and came to this city,
where she began a life of shame. Her
baby girl she placed in the Children's
Home, from which it was adopted by an
aristocratic family. The mother pros
pered, and now in the grayhaired years
of a wasted life, with a fortune of $250,000
she has decided to abandon her wicked
ways. She also wishes to find her child
and give her the fortune. The authori
ties at the Children's Home refused all
information and urged the woman to
devote her money to charity, and not
wreck the life of the happy girl, but the
mother has employed an attorney and
given him carte-blanche in the matter
of expenses. He is searching every re
cord in the court house. Her foster
parents have been notified and will be
on .the watch to shield the adopted
daughter, who is the affianced of one of
the most promising young men in the
state.
THE PREMIER COLLISION.
A Manaic In the Pulpit.
Si'KIXGfield, Mass., Oct. 24. Charles
Mason Emmons, a member of the Oliver
Congregational church of this city, be
came suddenly insane yesterday morn
ing, and obtaining an. entrance to the
church, took full possession of the pulpit
and held it against the whole police
force until 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Emmons had asked the pastor to deliver
a sermon on ."Troth" which he (Em
mons) had prepared, and as the minister
- declined to do so he determined to do
the preaching himself. He had drawn
an imaginary dead line around the pul
pit, and with the aid of two revolvers
kept the officers at bay until yesterday
afternoon, when he fell asleep and was
captured after a struggle. He fired sev
eral shots, but his aim was wild and
none of them took effect. The pulpit
was stocked with provisions enough to
last a week. A large crowd collected in
front of the church while efforts were
being made to dislodge the manaic, and
the greatest excitement prevailed for a
time.
A Visit From One of.The Survivors Ella
Hlgglnson Acooont-r-Some Sug
gestions. . . '
Mr. W.H. Philips, of Louisville, Ky.,
who was one of the passengers on the
Premier at the time of the collision with
the Willamette, is in the city. Five
persons were killed, 14 badly wounded,
and one drowned, in the collision. Mr.
Philips was injured badly, but is recov
ering. The best description of the dis
aster which we have seen , was written
by Ella Higginson. She says that all
her life she has had a desire to be in an j
accident, preferably a water accident
because the waves always curl up so
eoft and caressing that it seemed to me
it would be good to lie down beneath
them and rest. "Well, I have had my
desire, and I am bound to confess that
when I stood on the guard of the Prem-
ier with the whole side of a bedstead in
one hand, a pillow, yes a feather pillow,
in the other, my cloak under my arm,
and a life-preserver around my waist,
and realized that in a moment I might
be struggling with those same waves for
my life, there was nothing soft or cares
sing in their appearance." I was flung
on the -floor several feet from my chair,
and men, women and pieces of furniture
were swept violently past me. I heard
groans and moans of anguish, and low
murmers of prayer, but not one scream
Not for an instant did I lose my presence
of mind.
"Before I got to my feet I remembered
my conversation with Mrs. Wyukoop,
and I ran to four different staterooms to
get a life-preserver, but every door was
locked. Then 1 ran out on the rear
guard, and I found men climbing down
from the upper deck, and up from the
lower. They all swarmed around me,
and all shouted at once, 'Now, madam
keep cool! Don't get excited!' In two
seconds I realized that the flutter of
petticoat had the effect on every man of
jerking his mouth open and forcing oat
the words: 'Keep cool! Don't get ex
cited!' Exasperated, I exclaimed
am cool ! ' But in the meantime, we may
as well be thinking of life-preservers,
We needn't be too cool for that !' 'Life
preservers!' wildlv ejaculated a man.
'Why, madam, we are on Puget sound!
A boat can't sink on Puget Eound !'
Even in that awful moment 1 was
struck with the grim humor of bis reply.
What an advertisement for Puget sound !
Then a lady said with a solemnity that
puts me into convulsions of mirth now
whenever I think of it: 'Young man,
don't you tell us that if it ain't so!'
Wild excitement there was, of course,
but no panic, no selfishness, no hyster
ics. I want to pay special tribute to all
the men with whom I came in contact,
no pun intended ; for their consideration,
and most of all to Rev. Brown, of New
Whatcom. I shall never forget the
firm, reassuring grip with which ho took
my hand and assisted me through the
debris and wreck to the bow of the Wil
lamette, not once letting go my hand or
forgetting me." Ella tells of two men
who were badly injured while in the
smoking car playing cards. One of
these was Mr. Phillips. The scenes at
times on both vessels were appalling
when dead, dying and wounded were
lifted from one place to another; and if
you desire a very shifting panorama of
varied emotions and sensations, from
the most heart-breaking pathos to the
grimest humor, Ella recommends a col
lision at sea. In this suggestion The
CnaoNiciiK fully concurs: "I want to
lift up my voice for better laws concern
ing life-preservers. I want them out in
plain sight, easy of access I don't want
them under berths in staterooms with
the doors locked, I want them labeled
They may not be pretty ornaments for
finely furnished cabins, but let me tell
you, Mr. Law-Makers, that after you
have been in a shipwreck, they will be
beautiful in your eyes under any and
every circumstance." Another thing.
Make a law that the name of each pas
senger shall be taken. The man who
jumped overboard is unknown, and
may always be. We don't want to vote,
but take our advice sometimes on a new
law."
MITCHELL IN BOISE.
An
Immensely Enthusiastic
Greeted tne Senator.
Bally
THE WHOLE COUNTRY TURN OUT.
ALASKA VOLCANO LOCATED.
Rev. Minot J. Savage Freely Discusses
the Sunday Closing Subject.
"A BLESSED HOLY ALLIANCE" IT IS
Knew of No Law of God That Makes it
Wrong for a Man to do Right
on the Sabbath.
Boise City, Oct. 25. A committee
composed of Senator Shoup, Mayor Pin
ney, Chairman Wilson .and Calvin
Cobb met Senator Mitchell at Nampa.
He was entertained at Mr. Cobb's resi
dence during his stay here. The rally
last night was one of the. largest ever
held in the state. Great numbers of
people attended from Pocatello and
Wood river points, and from the west
and .Boise valley. The Pocatello train
was composed of ten coaches handsomely
decorated for the occasion. Three bands
were brought in from Bingham county.
The procession was the largest and most
elaborate ever seen in Idaho. Seating
room had been provided for 2,000 peo
ple, and the auditory was packed..
A New Trinity.
Boston, Oct. 24. In the pulpit of the
church of the Unity yesterday, the Rev.
Minot J. Savage made a strong plea for
the opening of the Chicago fair on Sun
day. He declared that the laboring
class would be deprived of their little
chance to climb into their manhood by
observing the exhibit of science and art.
were the fair buildings to be closed. In
speaking of the act of congress, he de
clared that what influenced the members
was the narrowest and most ignorant
part of the churches ; next, some of t!i
most truckling of the country's politic
laus; and third, the saloons. All com
bined, he termed, "a blessed trinity,
blessed holy allianee." The only reason
assigned for the closing was supposed
religions necessity, a supposition that
God would be angry. He knew of no
law of God in any book that makes
wrong for a man to do right on the Sab
bath, whether he works or not. The
Puritans established the Sunday, and
though he was not in favor of abolishing
it, he would grant all the good possible
to human beings having drudgery for
six days. He questioned the constitu
tional right of congress Xo say on relig
ious grounds whether or not the fair
should be closed or open.
it
GRANITE CREEK MINKS.
Revival ofWork Long Since Abandoned
Hydraulics and Flame the
Style Now.
Ultten Terribly Ky Dogs.
Svcamohe, 111., Oct. 24. Fred Ulrich,
a boy, was almost devoured by two sav
age dogs yesterday morning. He was
attacked by one dog and made a good
fight, but another dog attacked him,
and before aid arrived, he was knocked
down and nearly all the flesh on one leg
and one arm was bitten off, and he was
frightfully torn in other parts of the
body. There are no. hopes of his re
covery. That Detective Story.
Oregonian. The detective who sold
the disgracefully false story about Lizzie
Borden to the Boston Globe reporter,
says he did it to discover what was the
reporter's object in wanting to know so
much. The good name of a young
woman already under a heavy burden
. was wantonly and unfeelingly aspersed
in the public press of the whole country
in order that an alleged detective might
score a little point. . He should be in
dicted for criminal libel, to teach him
that even detectives are bound by the
same laws of decency arid "respect for
the good name of a defenseless woman
that apply to ordinary mortals.
Mob Law in Tennessee.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 24. The
little citv of Dalton, thirty miles from
here, is in a tumult of excitement over
the work of a mob of masked men.
Shortly after midnight 150 mounted
men approached town from all direc
tions, threw out picket lines, and at a
signal the circle closed, capturing a
policeman. They rode to the cabins of
two colored men. ; Jack Wilson was
killed by a bullet, his wife badly beaten
and Tom Moye severely pounded. On a
promise from the marshal to warn the
other colored families to leave town in
ten days, the mob departed, firing guns
and pistols as they went. The best
people in town have raised $800 to ferret
out and punish the ringleaders. A com
mittee was sent to interview Governor
Northern.
Chicago Horse Market.
Chicago, Oct. 26. J. S. Cooper com
mission salesman of horses, Union Stock
Yards, says : The week ending to-day
has been very unsatisfactory for every
thing except very heavy draft horses.
Small horses, drivers, streeters, etc.,
were very' weak and bard sellers at prices
15 to 26 per cent below the prevailing
prices of the past month.. There is no
encouragement and less : hope for the
present, as all eastern markets are glut
ted; 1600 to 1700-lb horBes lor pinery
work are on the contrary in fairly good
demand at good prices. -
Long Creek Eagle. Placer mining has
been very profitable at Granke creek
this season. J. J. Worcester has ceased
his season's- labor on his mines, on which
he has been laboring since the early part
of the year, opening up an old tunnel
run by gold seekers in 1862, and long
since filled up with rock. The- tunnel
leads through a fall in the creek about
forty feet high, and is being converted
into an open cut, for the purpose of put
ting in a fluuie. They have excavated
some 200 feet and there is yet eighty
feet to open. They expect to complete
the work and put in a flume in time to
take advantage of the water supply in
the spring. These were rich diggings in
the long ago. From eighty to one hun
dred thousand dollars were taken out
above the falls, and the work paid $80
to $100 a day to the man. With the fall
obtained by cutting away the tunnel the
present miners expect profitable returns,
as they can mine to great advantage.
The reason the old tunnel has not been
opened before is no one cared to tackle
the accumulation of rock, but the work
has proven easier than anticipated.
Mat Kerwin, a practical miner, who is
in the employ of Sloan & Haskell, of the
Elk creek mines, called to see us Mon
day. From Mr. Kerwin it is learned
that Sloan & Haskell is running a force
of four bands night and day, drifting out
that which would be impossible to work
with the hydraulic, owing to the hight
of the bank. They have driven one
tunnel in about 200 feet and another
about 150 feet, and are at present realiz
ing handsomely from the claim formerly
worked by O. P. Cresap, during the 60'sl
In the meantime the derrick, etc., used'
in working the placer mine, is being
moved to a point farther up Elk creek,
and put in readiness for operations in
the spring.
Estray Notice.
Taken up on 15th Oct. 1892, at the point
of starvation alight red and white spot
ted cow with notch in tip of left ear, and
brand on right hip, not discernable, and
red calf, the owner may have the name
by proving property and paying costs of
keeping and advertising,
4tw
. W. Manx,
Mill Creek.l
Ashes From It Brought to Prof. David
son by Lieut. Cantwell.
. The active volcano on the peninsula
of Alaska, which has been recently re
reported as being in violent erup
tion, covering the land and sea for hun
dreds of miles with ashes and volcanic
dust, has at last been definitely located
by Lt. Cantwell, of the United States
revenue mariue service, who has re
cently returned from a cruise of several
months in Behring sea. Durincr his
stay in the waters of Alaska Ire obtained
much information of value bearing on
the topography and general condition of
the Alaskan coast. He made a report
of his discovery in relation to the great
volcano on the Alaskan peninsula to
Prof. Davidson, of the United - States
geodetic eurvey. Accompanying his
report was a package of ashes or volcanic
dust thrown out by the crater and col
lected by him from the deck of the
Richard Rush, on which it settled. 1
The volcano has ' hitherto been re
ported as being an eruption of Pabloff
mountain. This report came from
Chignik bay and from vessels that were
cruising many miles to the westward of
the bay. Lt. Cantwell says that the
volcanic mountain is in reality th
volcano of Wenjaminow.and not Pabloff.
It is located on the peninsula to the
west and north of Chignik bay, in lati
tude 5G deg. 5 min., longitude 15!) deg.
It stands near a series of lakes lying on
the peninsula, of which the northern
lake finds an outlet into Behrina sea
and the southern lake discharges into
Ivanoff bay, on the southern side of the
peninsula.
enjanimow, or ienjamin, as it is
translated, is named after the former
Archbishop of Alaska, who made a re
port of its existence fifty years ago. He
states in his narrative that it was throw
ing out a column of smoke from the year
1830 to 1840. Agent Applegate, formerly
Of trie Alaska Commercial company, also
saw the volcano while recently in Ivan
off bay bunting for sea-otter. He saw
the eruption , with the flames and col
umns of smoke thrown to a great height
in the air. Applegate made a report of
the circumstances to Lt. Cantwell, who
was fortunate enough to see and distin
guish the mountain plainly, a few days
later, from Chignik bay.
The package of volcanic ashes which
he gave to Prof. Davidson is a very fine
powder without a trace of grit. It is of
a dark slate color and so light that it
readily floats on water for quite a length
of time. This volcanic dust is carried as
far as 250 or 200 utiles out to sea, covering
the surface of the1 water so heavily as
to make it appear like a heaving sea of
ashes. Tin; Richard Rush sailed
through this ash-covered water for three
days, during which time the duet con
tinued to fall, covering her thickly.
Through it the sun lost its brilliancy and
took on a whitish appearance like the
moon. The air was so heavily laden
with it that it became extremely difficult
for one to breathe, Wenjaminow has
been iu a state of eruption, throwing out
fire, rock and ashes, for eeveral months
past, and when" seeu by Lt. Cantwell
showed no sign of quieting down.
AMERICAN TIN PLATE.
CoL Conger. Says 'America Will
Proince her own Stilly.
Soon
LIGHTING CARS Br GAS.
WHAT HE SAW VISIIIXG IX EUROPE
He Spent Two Weeks in Wales Exam
ining Tin Plate Plants.
THE QUESTION IS WAGES AND MEN
Where Block Tin Can Be Had if We
Want it on a Far With all Europe
Other News.
The Union Faelne to Run All Vestlbaled
Caa Lighted Cars.
. For several months the chief officials
of the Union Pacific have been looking
Xver the large number of appliances used
in lighting coaches with a view to put
ting into the cars of the company some
improved light. The old oil lamps now
in use have outlived their usefulness
and do not give satisfaction in this age
of improvements. At first it was pro
posed that electricity be substituted for
oil, but when an estimate of the cost of
this was made it was found that thejux
pense would be so great that it would be
out of the question entirely. The com
pany could not afford to fit out its thous
ands of coaches with all electric wires
and lamps, to which wonld have to be
added the cost of the dynamos on the
locomotives and a special engine to fur
nish power for the dynamo. The elec
tric system would make a great deal of
extra work for the engineer, and this,
together with the cost, rendered the
system impracticable. The side lamp
system was also investigated, but as this
was similar to the one now in use by the
company except that the lamps are
placed on the sides of the coaches instead
. New Yobk, Oct. 26. Among the pas
sengers on the White Star line steamef
Germanie, from Liverpool, were Col. A.
L. Concer and wife of Akron. O. Col.
Conger, who is president of the Ameri- of at the t0P ' was a,so abandoned
can tin plate company, spent a fortnight There are 6cveral gas-lighting systems
in Wales, examining various tin-Dlate n use on the large railroad system's of the
plants, and he comes home convinced untry and they differ very materially
that within two years America willmake from each ther- W'ben the railroad
all the tin-nlat that will b m,;xl company finally decided to light their
and at less than th nreram rrmrW coaches with gas they were uncertain
average
price of the last five years. In an inter
view, Col. Conger said; "If America
should not produce a single ton of pig
tin it would be no disadvantage to her,
as, of the 54,000 tons produced in 1891,
Cornwall produced 9,000 tone, Australia
6,000 tons, Saxony 1,500 tons and the
South sea islands the remainder. We
can produce block plates as cheaply as
Wales can. We get tin in the South
seas at an equal advantage with Eng
land. The chief question is of workman
ship and wages. Metal workmen here
are paid the highest wages received in
Europe for similar work; yet we pay
double the wages paid here, and there
will be no difficulty in getting plenty of
men. The smartest manufacturers in
Wales are removing their plants to
America, which is a good move for both
countries, relieving the overproduction
here and giving us the experienced men
and the business we need."
Criticising the Prince.
THE WISHING SEASON.
A Legal Guestinn Involving the Limits
of Its Duration for a Year.
Suit has begua in the United States
circuit court by the Fook Wa Company,
of Portland, against I. H. Taffe, of Celilo
to recover $3,000. The trouble is all
about a misunderstanding in regard to
what period of time constitutes "the
fishing of 1892;." The Oregonian says
the Fook Wa company contracted with
Mr. .Taffe to pack his entire catch of sal
mon for the fishing of 1892, and he
agreed that there should be at least
10,000 cases for them to pack. Up to
the beginning of the close season the catch
was light, and tbey only had to pack
,250 cases. Then they claimed that the
season was at an end, and demanded
their pay for packing the whole 16,000
cases, which Mr. lane had contracted to
provide. He claimed that the fishing
season of 1892 was not ended, bub would
continue through the fall catch, after the
end ot the close season. As soon as the
close season was at an end he resumed
operations,, and caught and had put up,
by another gang of Chinese, more than
nough fish to make up the 10JD0O cases
he contracted to furnish. It now re
mains for the courts to decide whether
t includes the time when fish can be
caught op to New Year's.
The Blount Adams Mines.
Spokane Review. A. N. McAlister,
of the New York Mutual, has returned
to the city from Goldendale, where he
pent a month on business connected
ith bis company. He brought back
some samples of tellurite of gold and
silver which he will assay as high as
$2,700 a ton. The ore was taken from
the Mount Adams district, and is found
in an almost inaccessible location in the
foot-bills about forty miles south of Mt.
Adams. He thinks that when the
country is opened np a great deal of
rich silver and gold ore will be discov
ered in that hitherto unknown section.
The snow is already deep in the vicinity
of the property, but a number of pros
pectors will make an attempt to go into
the mines yet this fall. .The ore that
Mr. McAlister brought to Spokane with
him was taken from the surface and has
excited very favorable comment from
old miners who have seen it.
The fact that the prince of Wales ab
sented himself from the funeral of Lord
Tennyson, in order that he might at
tend the Newmarket races, has provoked
considerable comment in England. His
action is especially dilated upon by cer
tain radical journals, which appear anx
ious to make a sensation similar to that
occasioned by the baccarat scandal in
which the ' prince was involved. The
prince of Wales accompanied bv the
duke, of Cambridge, visited Newmarket
on that day and saw the rare for the
Cesarewitch stakes. He was made the
object of a popular - ovation when his
horse won the Nursery plate, a handi
cap of 200 sovereigns. His absence from
Westminister abbey would have been
less remarked upon but for the fact that
not a single royal personage was present
at the funeral, though, as the defenders
of the royal family strongly emphasize,
they were represented by two generals
and two colonels,, besides numerous
splendid wreaths. Since the Tranby
Croft affair public opinion has been very
sensitive in'regard to the conduct of the
prince of Wales, but the public takes a
very common-sense view of the prince's
present action. The efforts being made
to arouse feeling against him will fall
flat. It is generally felt that his partial
ity for the lighter side of national life is
so marked that to show deep regret over
the death of Lord Tennvson would be
mere hypocrisy. Those agitating against
his absence, however, contend that his
presence was necessary, not as an ex
pression of personal feeling but as the
next head of the nation assisting at a
national event.
The Chronicle says it is true the prince
went where tne mass of tne people went.
Tennyson was never the people's poet.
but the point is whether in the hearts of
tho people they really prefer a prince
who cannot postpone a day's shooting
or racing in order to mark a great epoen
in his mother's reign.
which of the systems to use.' After re
peated trials they declared the Pinch
light the best for their purpose, and ac
cordingly a contract was awarded for
that light. The Pinch light is produced
by plain lighting or coal gas generated
at works erected for that purpose at
various points along the road. Tho gas
is stored in a tank, .which usually forma
a part, of the top of one of the cars of the
train to be lighted. The car is switched
to a point near the gas works and the
gas is forced into this tank until a high
pressure sufficient to force it through the
other coaches is indicated upon a gauge
provided for that purpose. Under each
of the coaches runs a small pipe con
nected at the ends of the coaches in a
manner similar to that used in the con
nection of air brake hose, and it ia
through this pipe that the gas is carried
through the train. The lights are not
like the common gas jets need in dwell
ings, but consist Ot a circular name.
which is covered by a concave glass
which throws the iight downward,, as
would an invented bull's-eve lantern, "v
The Latest Fake.
As the following fake mentioned ia
the - Salem Statesman . will . probably
reach The Dalles in due time, we givo it
in order that our business men may
have their optics open, and these are
days when one needs to be on the alert :
Fakes of one kind or another follow ia
such quick succession now days that jf.
is a task of extreme difficulty to keep
track of them. But the latest one is
deserved of more than passing notice, by
reason of the nerve of the man who is
working it. He is attempting to organ
ize what he professes to be a great co
operative system between the merchant
and their patrons. The membership in
it is $3 for each business house, and in
return for this he fellow is to solicit
among the people in the interest of hit
subscribers the merchants. To the
purchaser he gives coupons of some kind
on the different stores and represent
that at the end of each month he will
return to them cash to the amount of 6
per cent, on all purchases made. This
fellow then is to get from the merchants
a rebate of 10 per cent, on all purchases
made by the persons whom he has -solicited
& per cent, going to him for
his work and 5 per cent, to the buyers
as a rebate. The scheme is full of air
and probably will never again be heard
of after the first month, as the manager
could very well afford to pass on to the
next town, after having received proba
bly as much as $300 in initiation fees."'
riano Thumpers.
The Deluded Moitals.
The Pullman Car company have made
a combination with the man at the end
of the Bridal Veil mill whistle string,
which awakens the sleeper in an inno
cent way, and compels him to- get
out. The whistle is a 54x56 compound
trumpet, and the man at the string
gives her a lull bead ot steam tor six
minutes or so much longer as the train
may remain stationary on the' track at
the station. The passengers get out
cussing the mill whistle blower, and the
Pullman porter rakes in the shekels
with a satisfaction which is surfeiting to
himself, while the deluded mortals on
the tram never suspect the imposition
practiced upon them.
The Last.
St. Louis, Oct. 26. Chairman Vin-
ing, of the Transcontinental Association,
has sent a circular to the members call
ing attention to the numerous notices of
withdrawal, and suggesting a meeting of j
the association be called November 15th
to take action thereon. This will prob
ably be . what the shoemaker threw at
his wife. The last.
Lovers of music will be highly edified
by the perusal of a New York dispatch,
today giving an account of the contest
between a pair of thumpers yesterday.
The account says: Prof. (?) W. J.
Waterbury is still champion long-en
durance piano-player of the world. His
record, is now seventeen hours' contin
uous playing. Professor Waterbury and
Miss Ada Melville began playing in a
museum at 9 a. m. His record waa
fourteen hours ; hers was ten hours and
thirty minutes. Both were confident of
winning. To appreciate the severity of.
this test of endurance it must be remem-
bered that there is no stop of any sort in
the performance for any purpose what
ever. From 9 a. m. until 1 :52 a. in., a
stretch of sixteen hours and fifty-two
minutes, Miss Melville never left her
seat, and never once stopped playing.
At 1:52 yesterday morning she collapsed.
Her hands fell from the keys to her lap,
and she was too exhausted to raise them.
She was utterly prostrated. The pro
fessor himself, after the collapse of Miss
Melville, played on for eight minutes,
establishing the record of seventeen
hours. Miss Melville's right wriBt is
swelled and stiff, and the middle finger
of the right hand is swollen and sore.
The finger tips of both bands are numb
and blistered. The professor's thumbs
are nearly twice their regular size.