Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-12-10
Terrible battle Of Beasts,

ToFr1Dl0 Bottle OF Boastas
A desperate encounter occurred on
Monday afternoon at the winter quar-
tors of Forepaugh's circus, Lehish ave
nue. and Edgemont street, Philadelphia,
between an elephant and lion, In
which "Bolivar," Forepaugh's biggest
elephant. killed the African lion,
'sPrince."
"YelIow" Bill Nesley, one Of Fore
time been engaged In the rather preca
rious task of subduing young African
lion purchased about six months ago.
The process of subiugation has been
going on in the circus winter quarters,
At Edgemont street ..and East Lshigh
avenue, where the full menagerie and
the twenty performing elephants are
housed.
On Monday afternoon Yellow" Bill
put q loaded revolver In his hip pocket,
and, taking frm hold of q stout cow
hide whip, prepared to enter the cage
OF the young lion Prince. He noticed
that the brute was unusually restless.
and evidently In an extremely bad hui
NOR. The door of the cage does not
work on hinges, but slides up and down,
and constant working has made the
slide bars bend outward. Yellow -
Bill raised the door with great difficulty
and climbed into the cage. Prince
paced rapidly from side TO side with an
ugly look in his eyes. The trainer did
!compelled to face his dangerous pupil
He struck Prince with the whip, and
reaching back of him, tried to pull dowr
tie sliding door.
1t would not move. Still keeping
his eyes on the lion, he half turned t.
use both hands on the door, when the
animal, with an angry snarl, bolted
forward and spraug out OF the cage to
1.-The ground. Yellow" Bill stoot
paraly zed. Prince hesitated moment
after he landed and looked about him
seeming astonished at his liberty
Then he started for the door of the ami
mal.house and disappeared. =" Yellow
| Bill followed cautiously. The lior
turned into the Winter practicinj
ring, and from there entered the long
dim aisle that runs by the score of darl
, stalls In which elephants are stabbed
81 At tho entranceo of stall No. 4 Bolivar
the biggest of Forepaugh's performi ini
elephants, was standing, hobbled ant
chained to the floor. Prince went dowi
the aisle. as cautiously as cat until b.
reached stall No. 4, and then he made
!. spring for Bolivar, landing on hi.
massive shoulder. The elephant shook
, himself and the lion fell off. Agsil
! Prince sprang, this time with q roar
: pared and surprised at the attack, ,shool
him off, Then Bolivar trumpeted ant
0 waved his trunk. There came al
i. answer from every one of the score o
stalls. Prince crouched and sprang 70
Z the third time.
@ AS he did 30 Bolivar swing his trunl
with terrific force and caught the Ito.
across the ribs, dashing him against tn
brick wall on the other side of the aisle
) Then he went to the limit of his chain
: reached forward aud drew Prince unde
i, his feet, crushing him and punching q
l great tusk into his side. By the tim
yellow" Bill had procured Asslstanc
3 Prince was dead. Bolivar was drive
D from his conquest without trouble, au
the excitement among the other elt
d plants soon subsided. The lion wa
: valued at 81, 500. The hide will be pre-
. served, as 1t is very valuable.
A Small Fire and the COnsequencS
ell About 2 80 o'clock on Wednesda
fternoon an alarm of fire was struc
i, from box No. IL, in front of the Git
= Hall, caused by a volume of smoke Ii
suing from tn cellar of the Smith build
Ing, Market street, above Sixth. Tn
entire department responded but thei
. services were not needed, as the fire
y which had caught from the heater, wa
X extinguished before they arrived. A
i the Delaware Fire Compsny's trucl
was going down Market street, it collid
o ed with the front wheel of the Washing
ton engine which was going In an oppo
site direction, causing the traces of on
of the Washington's horses to breal
and throwing tho driver out Of his seat
A fearful accident would no doubt hav
= resulted, as the frightened animals wer
' about to runaway when James N. Mill
|, burn, who was acting as engineer, hur
ried around from the rear of the engine
and caught them by their heads.
At Fourth and Market streets the
Washington hose carriage collided will
the Fame hose carriage while racing
! and Robert Porter and Clarence Smith
: who were pulling the Washington hos
! carriage, were knocked down. Por te
! escaped uninjured, but Smith received
, bad cut on the head by being strucl
, with the tire Of wheel, and the finger
: : Of his left hand were badly bruieed
he was taken into Coroner Smith
, drug store, on Market street abov,
Fourth, where his injuries were q.
tended to.
Another accident occurred on Fourth
street below Market, as the Washington
carriage was being pulled down tina,
street, caused by John G. Simms, who
:. had hold of the tongue, falling down
but fortunately he escaped with sllghl
bruises.
III the salt Lake TrOuble.