Morning Oregonian., July 22, 1908, Page 4, Image 4

THE MORNING QREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, I90S.
SCANDAL ENTERS
FAMOUS
FMLY
Johji A. Van Rensselaer Ac
cused by Mother of At
tempted Extortion.
ADMITS HE WROTE LETTER
Scion of Old Knickerbocker House
Threatens Violence to Mother
and Is Held Prisoner in
New York Jail.
NBiy YORK, July 21. John A. Van
Rensselaer, son of Mrs. John King Van
Rensselaer and a member of one of New
York's oldest families, was taken into
custody yesterday on a charge of attempt
ed extortion. The arrest was made on ad
vices from Newport. R. I., on the com
plaint of Mrs. Van Rensselaer, his
mother, that her son had written a let
ter threatening her with bodily harm
unless she provided him funds. Van
Rensselaer is 34 years old and married.
Van Rensselaer is connected with a
local brokerage house and. when he re
turned to his house, he was
placed under arrest by detectives, who
produced the letter alleged tp have been
written by Van ' Rensselaer to his
mother. The detectives and Lieutenant
Mannion, before whom Van Rensselaer
was taken in the police station, said tha
the young man declared -that he had
written the letter, which is without any
conventional beginning or ending and of
which the postscript is unsigned.
Van Rensselaer was taken to police
headquarters and the police of Newport,
where Mrs. Van Rensselaer is residing,
were noticed. The prisoner made in
quiries regarding ball and ppoke vaguely
of a man named lee, who would be glad
to furnish it. Van Rensselaer will be
carefully observed by the police. He
admitted to .Lieutenant Mannion that he
had written the letter.
Van Rensselaer is a son of John King
Van Rensselaer and grandson of Brigadier-General
Henry B. Van Rensselaer,
aide de camp to Major-General Winfleld
Scott. The Van Rensselaens are descend
ants from Colonel Jeremiah Van Rensse
laer, who was a member of the Colonial
Assembly in this state. Young Van
Rensselaer was twice married, having
divorced his first wife.
GHilRGH SPLITS OVER JSPS
PREACHER GIVES THEM TOO
MUCH TIME, IS CHARGE.
. gution Opposed to Christlan
v : izlng the Orientals.
-BELJJNGHAM. Wash.. July 21. Be
cause a certain faction in the
First Christian Church objects .to having
their children put into the same Sunday
school classes-with Japanese, and because
the pastor, Rev. E. H. Brooks, Is said to
devote too much 'time to Christianizing
the Japanese, the congregation is badly
split.
The . climax to the row came Sunday
when a vote was taken on whether to
kep the pastor for another year or not.
The "minister boldly declared from the
'pulpit that he Intends to continue his mis
sionary work. A vote was taken, but the
majority was in favor of keeping the
minister another year. Now Brooks says
he is not sure whether he will stay, and
may resign.
The minority faction today declare that
the utterances of the minister were de
cidedly un-christian. Brooks sava if It
Is namby-pamby Christianity they mean,
then he admits he is guilty.
PREACHER PRAISES JOHN D.
Atlanta Baptist Ministers Indorse
His Kind Words.
ALTANTA. July 21. At a meeting of
the Atlanta Baptist Ministers1 Associa
tion yesterday there was a chorus of
cheers when Dr. John E. "White, defend
ing John D. Rockefeller, declared:
"John. D. Rockefeller always has been
a good Baptist and a philanthropist. I
think -It is abominable the way he has
been traduced. We all know Mr. Rocke
feller is not the demon he is painted
While e are not In sympathy with all
the methods of the Standard Oil Com
pany, we are aware that Mr. Rockefeller
deserves our appreciation for what he
has done for the Baptist Church and for
education."
After the cheering had subsided the as
sociation gave its approval of Dr. White's
words and voted ita thanks to Mr. Rocke
feller for the work he has done for edu
cation. The action of the ministers will
be reported to Mr. Rockefeller by Dr.
White, who leaves for Cleveland to serve
In Rockefeller's Euclid-Avenue Church
during the temporary absence of the
pastor.
COMPROMISE DAMAGE SUIT
Case Handled by Honey Dismissed
In Yrekn! Circuit Court.
YKEKA. Cal.. July 20. (Special.)
The Jti."i,000 damage suit instituted iy
Abel Ady, of Klamath County, Oregon,
against the Klamath Lake Railroad
Company, in the Superior Court of this
county last May. has been dismissed.
The 'action for damages was com
menced in this county May 11 for al
leged Injuries received by the plaintiff
In a wreck at Thrall. At the time that
the papers were filed the case attract
ed a great deal of interest, not only
for the ltrge amount Involved, but also
the -fact tliat Francis J. Heney, the
.San Francisco Assistant District At
.torney, was attorney for plaintiff.
It is not known how the matter was
adjusted, but it is understood a satis
factory settlement of the case was
arrived at by the respective parties.
UNITE TO CRUSH YELLOWS
"ev . Zealand Premier Predicts
America Will Help Australia.
WELLINGTON. X. Z., July 21. The
prime minister. Sir Joseph G. Ward, in
Addressing the Liberal Labor Federation
yesterday, expressed regret at the criti
cisms against he government in connec
tion with the reception of the American
fleet. He pointed out that the fleet Is not
that of a foreign country, but of. "a na
tion of our kith and kin of the Anglo
Saxon." "It is predicted that some day there
will be a fight to decide whether a white
or a yellow race will govern Australia and
the other Islands in the Pacific," he said.
"In that crisis the old world would have
the assistance of the American fleet,
which would fight shoulder to shoulder
with us to preserve for future generations
the rights and interests of all classes of
our people. New Zealand cannot refrain
from extending to the Americans what
would be extended to New Zealanders, if
they visited America on British warships."
RIVAL FOR WWIBURG LINE
German Prince Preparing to Form
Opposition Company."
BERLIN, July 20. Prince Chfistian
Kraft Hohenlohe-Oehringen. who has a
large interest in the Deutsche Levante
Steamship Company of Hamburg, is pre
paring, according to the Kleine. Journal,
to found a system of great shipping lines
In opposition to the Hamburg-American
Line Prince Egon" Fuerstenburg. ,the
Emperor's most intimate friend, has
agreed, the Journal affirms, to become a
heavy shareholder in the new enterprise.
In a four-column article, written in a
spirit of opposition to the prospect, Herr
Baltin, director-general of the Hamburg
American Line, affirms that Prince
Hohenlohe-Oehringen presently will an
nounce the new company's plans for com
peting with Lloyds and the Hamburg
American lines for American and other
trade. '
MURDERERS DIE IN CHAIR
Current Burns Hair Off Italian
When Electrocuted. -
OSSINNIXG. N. Y.. July 21. Charles
H. Rogers and Angelo Laudiro were elec
trocuted in Sing Sing prison yesterday.
In the case of Laudiro a bright flame
from the electrodes at his head was no
ticed after the contact, and there was an
odor of burning hair.
Rogers killed Willis and Frederick
Olney, farmers, near Middletown, N. Y.,
and murdered Alice rngrik, Olney's house
keeper, after assaulting her. The object
of the deeds was robbery. Rogers es
caped, but a year later was arrested in
Los Angeles.
Laudiro murdered a fellow-Italian.
CIGARETTES - ARE BARRED
Superintendent of Nevada Mine Is
sues Stringent Edict.
REXO, Nev., July Superintend
ent Vanderhoeff, of the Copper Flat
and Nevada Consolidated Mines, at Ely,
has posted a notice that no man who
expects to work for the concern will
smoke cigarettes. This order applies
to all men, whether living on or off the
company's property. Miners applying
for employment will be asked, the no
tice reads, whether they smoke. Ap
plicants are told not to seek the super
intendent unless they do not.
Vanderhoeff believes that his men can
do more work if they do not use cigar
ettes. NIAGARA GIVEN VACATION
American Falls Unharnessed During
Repairs to Power Plant.
BUFFALO. N. Y., July 21. For four
days at least the American Niagara
Falls will practically be unharnessed.
At midnight the flow into the tunnel of
the Niagara Falls Power Company
was snut orr and workmen put in
place the Immense bulkhead which has
been in course of construction for sev
eral weeks. Experienced workmen
were Immediately sent Into the tunnel,
which is more than a mile long.
They will repair the damage caused
by the rush of the waters for the last
six years, and the battering of the ice
jams against the lees durable roof.
DIES FROM HIS INJURIES
II. C. Ray, Hurt In Sawmill Explo
sion, Passes Away.
PRAIRIE CITY, Or., July 20. (Special.)
Hiram C. Ray, who was seriously in
jured at the boiler explosion at the Dixie
Creek sawmill Saturday, died today. Gan
grene set in in the hip and caused his
death.
Ray was a stranger here, without family
and without property or money, having
been in this section only about a month.
He was buried here this evening. Hi
former employer and proprleter of the
mill paying the funeral expenses. The
other two men injured will recover.
WILL BE NO FIREWORKS
Loeb Makes Light of Predicted
Naval Sensation.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y.. July 20. Secre
tary to the President Loeb today made
light of the report that unusual incidents
were expected to occur at the meeting of
the Naval officers with the President at
the War College at Newport, R. I., on
Wednesday. He Intimated that the pre
dicted sensations would not materialize
when the President and a number of
prominent officers of the Navy meet on
that day to discuss the plans of the new
battleships.
The President will leave Oyster Bay on
board the Mayflower after sunset tomor
row evening, .. arriving in Newport Wed
nesday morning.
FALLIERES IN DENMARK
French President Welcomed by King
and Dignitaries.
COPENHAGEN, July 21. President
Fallleres of France, accompanied by. For
eign Minister Plchon, arrived here yes
terday aboard the French battleship
Vertte. escorted by a squadron. Presi
dent Fallleres. after his trip in the North,
will visit Sweden, Norway and Russia.
The French President was welcomed by
King Frederick, the Royal Princes, mem
bers of the diplomatic corps and high
state dignitaries.
Value or Old Violins.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Old Italian violins are costly, yet by no
means so highly priced, when tested by
auction sales, as the wily dealer would
have one believe. For example, a sale
was held in London the. other day, at
which unusually good prices were real
ized, let a very fine Guadagnini went
for J1200 a dealer would try to get
double that. A Ruggerl of 1700 brought
but $575, and Rugger! Is a famous maker.
Two alleged Strads" fetched J700 and
ouo. respectively: clearly their' genuine
ness was In doubt. But an authentic
Nicholas A mat! sold for but 550. and a
Gagliano. a maker whose instruments are
prized, went for J300. But the value of
a vioun is wnat the purchaser Is ready
iu Bs iwi ii- jinua x-oweu, no doubt,
does not grudge paying HO00 for an In
strument which the dealer had just
bought for as many hundred. ' Violinists
cannot always find at a bargain the one
instrument that satisfies them
MODEL WEDS SOCIETY MAN
SECRET KEPT BY BOTH BETTER
PART OF YEAR.
Announcement Made of Marriage of
Miss Beatrice Reiley to J. Harold
Winpenny, of Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. July 20. (Special.)
Announcement was made yesterday of
the marriage last November of J. Harold
Winpenny and Miss Beatrice . Reiley,
both of this city. Much . surprise was
created by the announcement among the
friends of both young people, so care
fully had the couple guarded their secret.
Mr. Winpenny is a son of Mr. nd Mrs.
J Bolton Winpenny. of 1432 North Broad
street. The bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B.. F. Reiley, of 1942 Jefferson
street.
Bride Posed as Model.
A remarkably beautiful girl. Miss
Reiley had been besieged with attentions
from her schoolgirl days. From the
time she became known, as' a' member of
Mrs. 3. Harold Winpenny.
Her marriage to a member of
a prominent Philadelphia family,
though it took place last Novem
ber, was announced only last week.
Mrs. Winpenny was Miss Beatrice
Reiley, or 1842 Jefferson street. Phil
adelphia, and was formerly a model
in the Sunday department of a news
paper. a Japanese musical comedy company,
playing at the Walnut-Street Theater,
her beauty excited comment, as it did
when reproduced in the pages of the
Sunday edition of a newspaper, for
which she posed as a model.
Both of these business ventures she
made against the wishes of her father,
who Idolized her. One of the greatest
blows of his life was when the news of
his daughter's marriage in New York City
was broken to him. '
"Dettie never seemed to care for men."
he said yesterday, as he explained how
bankers and professional men, rich men
and humble, all had constantly besought
hen how, too, her beauty and her rare
voice had brought her countless impor
tunities from theatrical and musical
companies to which she waa not per
mitted to listen.
Groom Is Society Man. '
Winpenny is a prominent young 'so
ciety man. Moreover, he is young and
handsome. As an athlete he has faced
many a competitor without flinching.
Yet, somehow, he did not know how to
brealuthe news of his marriage to his
father. For eight months he has been
waiting to find the psychological mo
ment in- which to "fess up."
But Winpenny's mother- knew his se
cret, and therein lies the human interest
of the story. He told her soon after
the wedding, just as human nature would
lead every young fellow to do. Sympa
thetically she helped him, to keep his
secret, preferring that he should tell
the others himself. And just before the
announcement was made Miss Beatrice's
father waa told.
The bridegroom is spending the Sum
mer in Europe, where he has gone to ac
company a younger brother In search of
health. His bride Is with her mother at
a watering place. Both were surprised to
learn that their secret was out, the an
nouncement soon following the news.
DIES OF RARE DISEASE
Blood Leaves Woman's Veins' and
Collects Cnder the Skin.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Hemorragfca malaria, an unusual dis
ease in this climate, caused the death of
Mrs. Mary ROzum. aged 44. of Edwards
vllle. 111. Mrs. Rozuni bled to death
without an abrasion of the skin, the
blood escaping from the vessels, form
ing in clots under the cuticle.
The disease is not unusual in the
South, according to Dr. Joseph E. Cham
bers, but it is seldom found this far
north. It is said to be contagious and
highly dangerous. Sometimes a pint of
blood will escape from the capillaries
and form a pocket under the skin.
In some forms the disease is closely
akin to . spinal meningitis or spotted
fever. ' In Mrs. Rozum's case the blood
escaped from the usual channels and
formed in big blotenes all over the
body.
The disease is caused by a peculiar
form of malaria which causes a decom
position or rottening of the tissues un
der the surface of the cuticle. The
blood then bursts through the capil
laries or veins and collects under the
skin, giving- the patient a peculiar ap
pearance. Mrs. Rozum had lived at Edwardsville
for 25 years. She was a native of Bo
hemia and the mother of ten children.
The Edwardsville physicians were
puzzled over the disease, as they had
never found a similar case In their
practice In that vicinity.
In cases like . this persons actually
bleed to deatu wltnout losing a drop
of blood. Dr. Chambers says he can
not understand how the woman con
tracted hemorragica malaria in this
climate unless she visited recently in
the South. He says the disease of
which she died may have been a dif
ferent form of an illness which is not
infrequent in Texas and Louisiana.
FAMOUS ENGINEER' DIES
Brilliant Career of Anlceto Garcia
Menocal Comes to a Close.
NEW YORK. July 20. Anlceto Garcia
Menocal. the famous civil engineer and
authority on hydraulics, died at his home
here today, aged 72 years, of solidification
of the arteries.
British Colonial Governors are appointed,
the premier having political power to opposw
or axquievce in a suggested appointment.
The Governor has practically- the earn a
power as one appointed to trovern a terri
tory of the United tales.
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stripes; the. styles are all the latest, and just what you need to finish the sea
son. Price reductions will make this sale unusually attractive, and we ad
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FUR STORAGE AND REPAIRS
In considering the storage of furs, the financial responsibility of the house
offering storage facilities is of first importance; then, that they should be
' furriers of experience, with storage-ro om enough to hang each garment, sep
arately covered, in dry, cold air. The house of "Silverfield" has the most improved plant in the
"West devoted to cold, dry-air storage of furs. Orders for remodeling and repairs placed now cost
considerably less than during the busy season. BRING IN YOUR FURS NOW
EUFFEY MEN EAT GROW
PHILADELPHIA CITY COMMIT
TEE INDORSES BRYAN TICKET.
But Same Resolution Denounces Na
tional Organization for Unseat
ing Delegates at Denver.
PHILADELPHIA, July 21. At a meet
ing yesterday of the Democratic city com
mittee of Philadelphia, which 19 con
trolled by the Guftey taction or the
party, a resolution waa adopted indors
ing Bryan and Kern, but denouncing the
action of the Democratic National com
mittee at Den-er In unseating eight dele
gates from Philadelphia in favor of delegates-
opposed to the organization. The
resolution was presented by Charlea P.
Donnelly, one of the city leaders, who
led the fight before the credentials com
mittee at Denver in behalf of the eight
delegates who were unseated. The reso
lution was adopted unanimously.
Mr. Donnelly. In offering the resolu
tion, made a speech in which he declared
that the action of the Denver committee
in unseating the eight Philadelphia dele
gates was a high-handed outrage and an
act of political larceny.
The resolution urges the Democratic
workers to cast a larger vote in Philadel
phia for William J. Bryan than he re
ceived in either of his former campaigns.
CRANKY ON DIET MATTERS
Tilt at the Vagaries of Patent Food
Folks.
Saturday Review.
As patriots we regret the defeat' of
Eustace Miles by his younger rival. But
if the result helps to discourage the
present mania for patent foods and dys
peptic discussion, all may yet be well.
Some year ago young men In their clubs
talked about horses, women, cards, debts,
duty, sport and other kindred and con
genial matters. Now they talk about
nothing but pills, rest cures and patent
foods.
Someone wiser than Solomon, though
less known than Shakespeare, said that
at the age of 40 every man was either a
fool or- a physician. Many men are both
before they reach that age. but surel
it requires very little common sense t?
realize once and for all that what suits
one man does not necessarily suit an
other. This has been said before in
much terser and more beautiful language
but It is none the less true. Had th
scheme of evolution irrevocably markc
out by the Author of All Intended men
to live on lettuce and browse on beet
root, we should have been endowed with
the size and strength of the mammoth
and the tusks and tenacity of the boar.
Man is omniverous and adaptable. In
some parts of the world he eats his
parents to conserve the essence of the
race, in others he lives on roots because
he can get nothing else. In either casa
the best men come through.
It is Intolerable that under the specious
guise of freedom and progress a small
minority of CTanks, and cranks are no
toriously noisy, should abuse their power
to force their fads on a gullible and idle
majority. If 99 men Just men like gar
lic, is the remaining sinner to be com
pelled to eat it? He would probably do
so in self-defense if left alone, but he
might at least be allowed the shadowy
satisfaction of exercising the priceless
privilege of free. will.
There Is a standpoint from which we
cannot recede; it is hopeless and useless
to fight against the manifest will of the
Author of All. It is as childish to preach
that men should live on rabbits food as
it is to pretend that women are fitted
by nature to do men's work, or that a
broken thigh-bone is made whole by tha
payment of guineas to a prophetess. Paid
prayer bears a suspicious resemblance to
paid patriotism. In this respect praye
and patriotism differ alike from billiards;
the amateur stands a better chance than
the professional.
Diet and appendicitis are a fruitful
source of a great deal of cant; they re
act upon each other and log-roll to a!i
eternity. Is It a discovery known now
for the first time that one man can play
polo on lobster and pork, while hia
friend cannot play croquet unless he has
hot water and mustard and cress? This
laying down of rules to insure uniformity
Is an attempt at tyranny of the mostin
sidious type. After all, man has not
Improved much upon the monkey. He
still flatters by Imitation. If a celebrated
stroke eats an orange, every crew In
training must strew the towing-path
with orange peel; if the admiral of th
Antarctic singes his beard all sailors must
trim their whiskers accordingly; if a pe
culiarly hideous and inconvenient fc
of headgear is worn , by a leaderette u
the demi-monde, no self-respecting ma
tron dare appear in public without a
similar disfigurement. Is it too late
to enter a protest? Are we all ' and al
ways to be bound to the chariot wheel?
of fashionable fads? May we talk ol
nothing bat pea soup and pills?
Incidentally, diet provides all women
and many men with a plausible ,but pal
try excuse for minding other people's
business. If a man is obviously an&
confessedly ignorant of the diet most
suitable to himself, how dare he advise
other people? When after much search
ing of heart and much reading 'of medi
cal dictionaries which even the author
scarcely profess . to understand "the
science of medicine consists of pouring
drugs of which we know little into stom
achs of which we know less" a man
has found a diet which suits him, it is
all Lombard street to a China orange
that this identical diet would starve or
surfeit his next-door neighbor. This
form of neighborly love cannot be too
strongly deprecated. And let the young
men who cannot digest beef by all means
eat something else, but not talk abour
it; and though they may never aspire
even to sublime mediocrity, they can at
least learn for themselves before they
are of age to eat what suits them, to
avoid what does not suit them and above
all to keep heir fads and symptoms td
themselves.
VANDERBILT AN" EASY MARK
English Horse Traders Cheat Him
Out of 915,000.
NEW YORK, July 21. The arrival of
Alfred G. Vanderbilt's horses yesterday
on the Atlantic Transport Company
liner Minnehaha developed the fact that
the famous whip was made a victim of
English ' gyps" during the sale of his
coach horses at Tattersall's. London.
His loss in the transaction was In the
neighborhood of 15,000. Mr. Vander
bllt bought 60 American trotting-bred
coach horses and "shipped them with
his team of famous grays to England.
Early In May he put his coach Venture
into commission and began his daily
runs, leaving London one day and
Brighton the next. After several weeks
on the road, during which time he
broke in the horses, he announced the
sale of his horses by auction at Tat
tersall's, London.
On the day appointed a big crowd of
curiously inclined was on hand at
Tattersall's, but in the meantime the
English "gyps" or . cheap . horsemen
formed a clique and circulated the ru
mor that Mr. Vanderbllt had reserved
the best of his horses to take back to
America and would offer only those for
which he had no use. The report found
credence, and as a result horseowners
failed to appear. The "gyps" had the
bidding practically to themselves.
The sale was conducted in the inner
ring at Tattersall's, and the 56 horses
sold at an average of about 250 each.
On the day following the Vanderbllt
sale, which was practically private, the
English horsemen . put up the horses
they secured from Mr. Vanderbllt for
sale in the outside or public ring and
realized big prices on them. ' In one
case, where they had secured a horse
for 1260 they resold it for J620. while
In another, where a splendid bay was
knocked down to one of the clique for
$250 it was later purchased by a
prominent English horse show exhibi
tor for over $600. There were several
cases of this kind, and the 60 horses
secured by the Engllsn dealers at -an
average of 1300 a head were resold for
nearly J500 a head, giving a clear profit
of about $15,000 for the Britishers.
Woman's Death Accidental.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 21. Patrick
Hare, a Southern Pacific engine foremaj),
awoke In his home at 1132 Lake
street yesterday morning to find his young
wife strangled to death within -ten feet
of the bed, her throat caught tightly be
tween a door Jamb and the back of a
chair. The police learned that Mrs. Hare
had a weak heart and was subject to
fainting spells. They believe that after
reaching home she let herself in with a
night key, her husband having gone to
bed some time before. Just as she start
ed to enter her bedroom, the police be
lieve she was seized with dizziness and
fainted. In falling, her body was caught
between the door jamb and chair.
$7.95
BED, BUGGY AND BOXCAR
ALLITERATIVE FIRES BUSY
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
Wide Variety or Objects Burst Into
Flames From Equally Vari
ous Causes.
Three unique fires comprised the record
for the department yesterday. Whjle the
damage was not worthy of especial note,
the articles destroyed seldom figure on
fire records. One was a boxcar, one a bed
and the third was a buggy. -
The boxcar burned between 6 and 7
o'clock last night on the tracks of the
terminal yards at the foot of Johnson
street. It was an empty which had been
shunted in on a sidetrack In proximity
to a pile of rubbish composed mostly of
straw, which had accumulated from the
unloading there of many cars. This rub
bish heap, dried by the extreme heat of
the past few days into a crisp opportunity
for a cast-off cigarette-end or other
chance, promptly caught fire from a spark
dropped by a passing switch engine. The
blaze spread to the line of cars on the
track and completely destroyed one, the
property of the Delaware & Lackawanna
Railroad. The loss, $2000, will have to be
made good by the Terminal company.
The other cars were hauied out of danger.
The bed was burned at the residence of
Mrs. Smith at 26 Eighth street North,
who, at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, tried
to light a lamp and with the lamp still in
one hand essayed to throw the match out
of the window. Her marksmanship was
bad and the match fell on the bed. In
five minutes the entire room was a mass
of smoke and flames. Chemical Company
No. 1 made a hurry call and saved the
house. "
The buggy was in a vacant lot at 799
Quimby street. It was In good condition
until the fire, but no one seemed to lay
claim to it, so it went down on the rec
ords of destroyed property as one strayed
buggy without an owner. After a mad
race to the scene. Hose Company No. 6
found the uggy In ashes.
Dash in Musical Composition.
Westminster Gazette.
M. Bompard, a French musician who
for a wager has composed the music to
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a song in ten minutes. Is a formidable
rival to Mr. H. Trotere. of whose feats
of rapid composition some remarkable
stories are told.
His beautiful song, "Asthore," was,
it is said, both written and composed
within 40 , minutes in Blanchard's res
taurant; the famous melody of "In Old
Madrid" was Jotted down in a few min
utes on a biscuit bag in a little public
house in Rochester row, into which t he
composer rushed, on his way from the
Aquarium lest the air should escape
him before he could reach home: "Go
to Sea" was composed under similar
conditions in a West End music shop,
and crowning feat of all It is actual
ly said that Mr. Trotere composed "The
Brow of the Hill," wrote a letter and
ran 400 yards to catch the post, all in
side of eight minutes. - ' - - - -
After this one learns without surprise
that Sir Arthur Sullivan' completed the
overture to "Iolanthe" between ' 9 'P. M.
and 7 the next morning, and that to "The
Yeoman of the Guard" within 12 hours.
SAVED BY GYMNASTICS
New York Baby Catches Fire Escape
In Falling. ' .
NEW YORK. July 21. Athletic training,
which 20-months-old Helen Graf had re
ceived from her father, saved the baby's
life when she fell from the fifth floor of
her home. The baby caught and, held to
the Are escape two stories below.
Joseph Graf, the child's father, is a
foreman mason and an athlete of repute
in Brooklyn clubs. He has three chil
dren, of whom Helen is the .youngest.
Graf taught her to hold to a broomstick
while he lifted her from her cradle and
carried her around the room. ' In this
way the baby's muscles became hardened.
Mrs, Graf was on the fire escape hang
ing out clothes and did not notice the
baby climb out after her. She looked
around Just in time to see the child fall
through the hole of the fire escape. Mrs.
Graf fainted. On the fourth floor the
falling child struck the rail of the fire
escape and in that manner was thrown
outside of the escape. ' By a chance the
child as she passed the third floor lire
escape brushed the rail so close that 'her
lingers, always on the alert from her
broomstick training, caught the iron bar
and held on.
In the yard below was Joseph Colombo,
14 years old He saw the suspended baby,
climbed up the ladder and took the chiltl
down.
Is the joy of the household,
for without it no happiness
can be complete. . How
sweet the picture of mother
and babe, angels smile at
and commend the thoughts
nature in its sublime work. '. By its
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