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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-27

Eom N, L>,eixon Ee.niny Journal.


In Lisbon Falls lives n most estmable and
levsl-hcaded business man OF wide experience
and sagacity He has one falling and that IL
q lively one-he gets ratified whenever there
Is q fire. This has SO o!ten been proven by
experience that some mistaken folks have
hitherto wished that he wouldn't turn out
when the fire bell rings. but they don't do SO
any more.
Some time ago they had n fire. and this bust
ness man was there. He hustled into his
clothes, prepared to rush forth and save
things. when he found that some, one had
locked him in. He made grand sally for out
stratagcm or force We don't know. And
now comes the yarn the boys tell about
soon as he appeared, on the scene Of the hre lie
began to boss II. and the way he made things
hum was lively 1t was do this" md do
that" Here YOU. give us some water here"
Here you. what You wasting water for? Linn
Der up. Hooray. Tigerw
Water WAS scarce. the boys say. and about
all they had came from a we'll by pump The
Lisbon Falls man got an axe and became so
excited. with tha IRE and the crowd and par
ticuIary at the possession OF the axe. that he
cut the pump down and kept the crowd at bay
They had such lively time at this Are that
they say they can't get along without him
after this and they will feel 1t u personal loss
II he doesnt turn out at every alarm.
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SPOILED THEIR 1HANkSGIVING.
Beer Jnyades tho Reunion OF the keppei
Boys, Who Married Sisters.

stranninr. big-boned men are the Keppel
brothers, Andrew and Frank. They are furni-
ture truckmen. Four years ago they married
sisters. and yesterday Frank. who lives at 4l4
Fast Eighty second street, invited Andrew.
who lives at 400 East EiGhty-frst. to bring MS
wife and children to the house and help eat
goose and q turkey.
The early dinner was devoured in good TEL
lowship and peace. Then the brothers went
out to get a drink. They returned to supper
with indications that they had had several
drinks A few well-directed words OF eNpostu-
latlon from their father-in-law changed their
joviality into moodiness. and when the re-
mainder OF the family withdrew to the sitting
the offers hers heard a scuiiie; and. running out.
found the brothers clinched. .
put them into the hallway q s - ga M for
the Children TO see those things"
In the hallway the brothers hammered Justly silly
at carried Sssh tS Sher ant To ehs East %
Andy $ face displayed collection Of bruises.
Roth hands were badly cut and there was a
long cash over his left eye Both brothers
wf ire 'fshsS Up is an aged gentlemen
sSsSs M sssnts
T. Sd p1 Ab sus by
xoa to haze Ssnr ses no auor With f3d theM
when they returned. but they disrs s i1I
glass OF beer. but occasions Of this character
Should be made distinctively temperance; l
much regret. si;. that 1t Is Otherwise n the IN
sir, and be like two doves. THEY. have got
nothing worse than black eyes. sir. hope
We're the Judge SIR. would have both whip
Added his wiie: They're that afiectionate
that II Frank horse is sick. Andy sits up all
night with him to mind it,
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III. Tra,u,.s scAoo, for Nurses.

monologue. illustrating seven phases In
the life of woman. and entitled "Flirts and
Matrons." will be read at the Berkeley Lyceum
at 3P NJ on Dec 3 by Miss Jennie ONeill Pot
ter. who has contributed her services for the
benefit OF the Training School for Nurses con-
nected with tho Post Graduate Hospital The
Trimming School provides home and training
for young women who are learning the useful
funds that this entertainnent is givon for tho
purpose Of raising money Tickets can be had
sixth street: Mrs. Henry Hall. Plaza Hotel:
Mrs Henry W., Cannon; IL East Forty,hfth
street Mrs IslbSt ~ West E
East Fifty seventh street; DR. Sarah J, McNutt.
285 Lexington avenue: Mrs. Allen w. Adams.
81 Cloud Hotel, and Mrs, Samuel spencer, 10
West Seventy -third street.
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THE HOUSE OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE
A New Homo for Incurables Opened b Sis
ters OF Charity at RidEewOod.


Tho House OF Divine Providence has been
established on the property formerly owned
by the late !. w. England Mt Ridgewood. n. j..
and recently purchased by the Sisters OF Chnr-
ity Of st. Elizubeth's Mother House at Convent
station. 1t Is designed as home for incura-
bes. paralytics. DC. and all others who for
various reasons might be excluded from the
regular hospitals. The home was formally
opened OH Nov. III by Bishop Wiggor assisted
by twenty or thirty priests Of the diocese.
Mass WIS celebrated in an tmproyised chapel.
after which tho house was blessed throughout.
Tho patients will enjoy many advantages
which tho ordinary hospital could not afford
them. There are more than one hunded acros
long. shady walks will afford ample space for
es1pc scenery viii also relieve THO monotony
Of u life ~ sickness. The building Is large and
well adapted to tho work to which It has been
devoted Four Sisters IRE now aepEtaG nd irS ON
persons arc already entered on the lists Of pa;,
patients will not he considered. Aid will be
gladly received by the Sisters In charge oil the
home
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Welded at Last In Cotton Patch.
Prom he Gdi,,H ~ On ~ Me-


PARIS Tex. Nov. 21.--About year ago E. W.
Strickland. a young farmer living about siI
miles southwest OF the city. foil IN love with
same neighborhood. The Iady's relatives oh
jected. but the young folks resolved TO elope.
OF the license was published in the papers and
before a chance came to use it the relatives Of
A few weeks ago she came back. Her rela-
tives thought the affair was, ended but tho
yonng folks still loved each ether There We're;
tivss did not know. Another license was pro-
cured. but the fact was not published In the
Miss Ida Porter. who did not usually pick cot-
ton. suddenly became very iEdnstriously in
She went into the field and began work. Pretty
soon her big brother. not suspecting anything.
went to the gin with load Of cotton. and abouts
preacher came along. and right in the cotton
patch tho ceremony was performe ed that made
tho blushing maiden and the gallant loy0ri
man md wife.
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NEW PORK IS PRETTY GOOD,
but DR.. Rainsford Wishes OsslNeA Heart
Were Not . DIsease OF the RIch.


Were Not . Disease OF the Rich.
DR.. Rainsford. who preached Thanksgiving
sermon yesterday in ST. Georges Protestant
Episcopal Church on New Yorks Existing
Evils" thinks that New York city is very
much better place than it was thirty years ago.
and he is hopeful that the people will continue
to grow better. feeling sure that not another
church hc;ow Fourteenth street will ever be
no. %yea ny t2wn: ESw York has 6eyoId CUES,
"A cirizon Of no mean city" furnished q
.G ,1 q an Informal text; and the sermon began
Win those q ,LondSa. VIII its one tittls..
the speaker said. london. with four times
less crowded. better governed. in fact. except
Americas metropolis. Now, York Il, behind
r.sTy i.rs" city IL the world except in her
POLITICIANS arc not Responsible for this state
OF affairs. and vtuportion of IEmmany wi
net improve matters, The trouble is largely
@ : Il the Vi gu s0f1 'FS@
able to tInnsiorm. all at once. Into order-iov-
another, source o: evil is the ""ossiRed
learts"o the men who, have made immense
loTE directed Ivory Thought into enc cbannel.
avtia2a rich man OF to-day finds it no easier
center the hingdom Of heayon, than did his
prototype l.DO,, years Ego. HG shirks his duty
profits, no man Us Ii profits him.
Tho hope Of the country Is In the young men
vii! not dishonesty. The wage earnsrs are
tnn real powcr. though they do not know 1t.
anI VIII never know 1t while they are either
4, The Doctor finally worked up to his favorite
theme, TIE training Of poor children 70 bo
ton street and In. Rninsford says that recent
ejaculation shows that tenants in that region
Eaytwice tho rent. per square foot OF frontage,
!nt: Central Park.
After tho Thanksgiving service Bishop Pot
grandson.
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The gymnasium will be eanpred, With COM m
plcte set OF modern apparatus. and 1t will be the
most Important part Of thu. building in every
way. and will be Lighted witt, huge , sEyiights s
large vcntilators. On each side Of tho main
entrance on the ground floor will no wardrobe
rooms for boys and girls. each room Dom lsxa :.
to BIO used for entertainments. and beyond this
extensive bathrooms. Beyond the bathrooms
100 members and on the other side Of the cor
rider will be the bowling alleys in. an apart
ment 90 feet Ions, and 20 feet wide. Open,
main hallway will be tho banquet room, IS
feet long and - feet wide. Entrance to the
upper floors will he gained by two stairways
IsadinF up from the hallway on the RICH, end and
building will be used for various pur-
poses: On the SECOND floor; seEtendiln;tGi
be the meeting room. 1sX55 feet. On the third
floor will be two class rooms, for the Sunday
school and above these viii be a large room t,,l
janitor's family. Tho building will be heated
by steam and Illuminated with incandescentt
on tho site Of the old frame n turn hall in West
moro than 1.OUo children in the classes.
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ARRESTED IN THE CHORUS.
This Girl In Tights Was Under 18-Sent to
the ProtectOrY.

Alice Drennen. q 15-year-old girl with blond
hair who lives at 362 West Fifty-third street.
saw an advertisement for chorus girls for
Cinderella" and was one OF the first to APP
ply. She has a good voice and is u dancer. and
had no difficulty in securing the coveted place.
Mrs. Drennen heard what her daughter wa 8
doing and begged her to give it up. The girl
refused. aud on Tuesday night. at the first
performance OF the spectacle. Mrs. Drennen
went to tho Academy OF Music and saw her
daughter. clad IN tights. dancing on the stage:
She says that Alice refused to come home md
spent the night in one OF the dressing rooms
Mrs. Drennen complained to the Gerry So
ciety. and Agent King went to the Academy on
Wednesday night and took the girl in custody
at the close OF the first act.
Manager Lester said the girl had told him
But I'll so on the stage. anyway. I don't
caro- how long 1t takes she said with tears.
yesterday. in the Yorkyille Police Court. At
her mothers request. Justice Grady sent the
girl to the Catholic Protectory
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that this was the second time he had wit
nessod the laying OF n corner stone for a turn
hall In Newark. referring to the laying 81 the
stone OF the VorwHerts Turn Vereins hall last
yenr in Ferry street
At the close Of the Governors speech q line
was formed and the societies paraded through
ernor spoke again. Tho ceremonies were
concluded in the big hall built last spring Tor
several singing societies present and the day
closed with ball.
The new building will be su6st AZ Ia
signed in buff brick and terra GOTTA to relieve
the heayiness and squaTeness OF the construc.
ton. The building will be go feet wide and
10 feet deep. with four stories and an ample
cellar. Tho main hall and gymnasium Will be
ali four stories. with several galleries. At the
rear end OF the hall will be q stage fifteen feet
deep and extending entirely across the build
on the ground floor, and from tho second and
third floors doors will open from the galleries.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-27
LOCOMOTIVES CRASH TOGETHER.
Accident on the Delaware. Laekawanns ane
Western Railroad.

CORTLAND. Nov. 26-The north. bound pas
senger train that left Hoboken at o'clock last
night over tho Delaware. Lackawanna and .
Western Railroad collided with south bound ;
freight at MessenGerville at $50 this morning.
The passenger train was made up Of one ex-
press car. one mail car. smoking car. and .
sleeper. and was In charge OF Conductor Ket-
tie. 1t was drawn by engine No. 49, in charge
Of Engineer Jack Keting. the oldest :,
engineer on the road. The freight was
In charge OF Conductor Welsh. and on
the engine was Engineer Horning. At
Messengerville there is a large curve In the ,
road. and it was Just at the contre Of thisS
curve that the collision occurred. The freight !
was running wild. and had just crossed side
track. intending to run past the switch and
then back down on it and let the express train
pass. Engineer Horning says he was running
about twenty miles an hour. The north bounds
express had received no notice OF the wild
freight, and was running about forty miles :
an hour on schedule time The express makes ;
only two stops between Binghamton. and !
here. and was running to make up one minute
As the express train rounded the curve. En- !
gineer keiting saw tho freight rushing down i
tant: At the same time Engineer HorninG saw,
al the same time Called to his fireman to Jump
Engineer morning. anu nlS uLemdu ulu tn0
same. The two locomotives came. together
with crash and were wrecked, the
tenders being piled up on the cabs:
toppled down the embankment. with F. b.
Denning. express messenger, and T. j. Currie.
mail agent inside. The passenger coaches
kept on the track and the passengers escaped
injury. but were badly shaken up. A few in
the sleeper had not yet arisen. and when the
crash came they jumped from their herths.
lightly clad. and hurried out on the frozen
ground. only returning to finish dressing when
they were assured that there was no further
danger Two OF the freight cars were derailed
and their load OF barrelled flour was scattered
in every direction.
Engineer keiting was picked up uncon-
scfoue and bleeding from dozen wounds. He
had jumped into a barb wire fence. Engineer
Horning was badly but not seriously hurt. The
firenien escaped Injury. Messenger Demine
had his left leg badly hurt. and he was injured
internally by the boxes and trunks being piled
Currie's left hand was smashed; and he was
cut about the cs kekt n6
homo in Syracuse. This was the eighteenth
accident ho had been in since being on tho
road.
Wrecking trains from Syracuse and Bing-
hamton were sent to the scene. and travel was
DELAYED four hours only. The passenger train
contained passengers en- route to their homes,
to spend Thanksgiving Day. The blame is at
tached to tho freight engineer for running on'
tho passenger train s time
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dynamite and Thank sxIv,nr.

In the course OF his Thanksgiving sermon at
tine BioominGdale Reformed Church. Sixty
eighth street and tho Boulevard. yesterday. the
Rev. Madison X. Peters said, among other
things:
AT present monopollsts control the price Of
everything. even what we drink and wear. We
will come. and come soon. Society will DRY
vengeance, and dynamite will yet shake this
patton to its centre. We need laws to defend
richh
The congregation. was very small. and only
tors is one Of tho bilcirrs of Socialist VroV-
mans union for reforming the city.
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GLOOMY pR0sPECTs IN SAMOA.
M.taah Wants to be King, and Civil War
10 Impending.

San FRANCISCO. Nov. 26.-Among the passen-
gers Oh the Mariposa from Samoa was the
United States Land Commissioner. H. c. Ide.
who was sent down to Samoa to straishten
out tho land titles in conjunction with the
English and German Commissioners. Mr.. Ide
was compelled to resign his position on &C.
count OF sickness in his family.
Speaking Of tho affairs in Samoa he said:
THE native people regard tho taxation to
which they have been subjected as oppres-
svc. Some chiefs have left Apia and have
gone to Mataafa whose headquarters are al
Malie. six miles distant. and hostiltics may
be expected at any time. They look to Ma
taafa to redress their wrongs. real or mag.
mary. and the latter chief makes no secret of
his ambition to succeed Mnlietoa. In fact he
has declared himself in this respect
laid down that Malietop SHOULD be King until
"Iection take place. lie has d the people I WITH
him. he asserts. and. therefore. Is the rightful
"When the news of his warlike attitude
reached Apia the council was called by Malie
ton. and proclamation issued ordering the
snd their Were decared erssed to SG ts
Government and they themselves declared
rebels; This was the condition OF things when
il iooks as i war could not be- avcrted. Baron
Won .Pilsacll. the German President Of the
resigned. but still goes on conducting Samoan
affairs. He will not leave there until after
Jan; J.:
moving spirit in fomenting the trouble. the ma
tives say there are too many Offices held by the
They think the Office Of the Chief Jus
tice and j., President could be, combin-
nd and that Sssr lido ssaf That hS ss bs ss
discovered there are more deeds on record In
Apia than there Is land In Samoa. The titles
hal nH rtafn httk
strengthening titles will not BIO completed for
two years or more.
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NEWARws NEW TURN HALL.
Mayor Bsyres Absent mo. the Cererao~,
or Layine the Corner Stone.

The rain prevented the laying OF the corner
stone Of the new home OF tho Newark Turn
verein yesterday from being the imposing GER
emory which was projected. dozen German
societies were in line In the parade. and every
man carried an open umbrella. Over 5000
persons gathered in the street in front OF the
building site in West street. but nothing but a
sea Of umbrellas could be seen. The street
was black with them. and scarcely face was
to be seen from the platform erected for the
ceremony. Gov Albeit was on hand. but
Mayor Haynes was absent. and the Germans
Of Newark. who have shown their admiration
for him at the polls. are hurt. not 80 much by
his absence. as by the reason he as
signed for 1t. committee waited upon
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-27
COSTLY MEMORIAL WISDOWS.
Glns or Members TO the New Church of the
Trans o. uration In Brooklyn.

Eleven memorial windows. gifts OF members
of tho church. have been completed and put
in position in the new Roman Catholic Church
Of the TRANSPORTATION at Marcy avenue and
First street. Brooklyn. OF which the Rev.
Father J. NJ Kelly is pastor. The six chancel
windows above the altar represent the angelic
host. The large transept window, which Is
beautiful Interior The artist has devoted the
entire space to . picture representing the
I9nsaglration Of Christ In two 81 principal
tine and II. Francis. with deliberately designed
canopies and base mountings
Theso windows came from the institutes OF
tho Tyrolese Art Glass Company Of Innsbruck
and Vienna. and cost $4,000. The church
will be COMPLETED In January. 1t cost $4,000;
the site 100000.
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ORIGINAL HOUNDS ARRESTED.
Eight OF Them Snapped Up Away from tho
Main BODY.

BY force OF hostiles eight members OF the
Original Hounds Guards paraded down Prince
street past Capt. Thompson's station early
yesterday morning. They were all masked and
most OF them wore women's clothing. They
were going to join the main body which was
to parade in fantastic costumes through
Groenwich village These eight offended tho
eye OF Capt b t ana ne a1 sn out
to the Jefferson Market Court still dressed in
their fantastic costumes. There they We're
Code. which says that an assem- lage of three
or more persons disguised by having their
Lawyer james u. McCleland to defend them
and Justice Hogan let them go. Tho Guards
have paraded every year since lS4!.
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How tho Chinese Set n Hone.

from Kr VhIe DdWV IntrF' Wonhtd'H.
In setting n fractured limb they make no
effort to bring the bones into opposition. The
Chinese medicine man simply takes q lot OF
lie takes some strips al bamboo and indsnts
them into the clay. BandaRes are wrapped
around those strips. and in the outer bandage
has secured this bapdaRe he outs the head OF
the fowl. allowing the blood to flow and pene-
head from beneath the bal dage and covers ths
exterior with. a thick coating OF glue. The
reason given for Applying the chickens head
limb and Is heap good medicine"
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The Myra Clark Gaines Heirs Want Their
Money.

NEW ORLEANS. Now 2G.-Counsel fort the heirs
OF Myra Clark Gaines called upon the Mayor
to-day TO make provision at once for the pay
ment OF tho judgment in their favor affirmed
by the United States Supreme Court some
time ago. Mrs. Gaines claimed S3.0OO.OO0
from the city and secured a judgment, but the
Supreme Court reduced the amount to 5000;
tax be levied at once TO pay the Judgment. 1t is
probable. however, that the tax will be dis
trbuted through several years. so as to be less
burdensome.
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WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
Great News for the Chiidre..

Al last the euro OF st. vitus. Dance, Epilepsy spa
other hts has been discovered Tho little once need no
longer sner from these terrible diseases The
remedy the great cure. Or. Greenes Nsrvura,
and the enormous demand for this medicine In all ner
diseases OF children has ntmiy established IL a.
the great chidrcns remedy II s purely vegetable and
perfectly harmless Druggists. 500.
ut Affords me greatest pleasure to state that my
daughter who sufferer from st vituss Dance and
who WAS treated for Same by prominent physicians In
Brooklyn without result. was completely cared
BY using two bottles Of DR.. oreene's Nervura.
PROF. J. u. BJwoop.
"43 Cornella Ct, Brooklyn, y. r.~
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CARLISLE. Pa. Nov. 26.--Prof. Alexander II.
Eye. Chairman OF tho Prohibition County Com
mittee and Miss Annie McGary OF Mechanics
burg. were married last night. the Rev.
Thompson T.. Eye. brother Of the groom and
rector OF tho Memorial Episcopal! Church Of
Gettysburg. assisted by the Rev. W. &. Hesser
of the N. T. Church. officiating.
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About ninety members of tho Sixty-n ninth
Regiment Veteran Corps. escorted by Company
of that regiment. under Capt Paul F. Leon
ard. marched from Tompkins square at 8
o'clock yesterday morning to Union square.
where they paid a marching salute to the
statues Of Washington and Lincoln in honor
c OF * Da @
gin. where mass was said for their dead COM
Tades and remarks We're made by the chap
lain, the Rev. james j. Doug herty. coiin-
tion was afterward enjoy ed at IL Third avenue.
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Bse,.root sugar ia Csa.an.

OTTAWA. Ont. Nov. 2n-Prot. Saunders Of
tho Central Experimental Farm has returned
from the Western States, whittier no went at
the instance OF the Canadian Government to
investigate and report upon the beot-root
sugar Industry. His observations. which will!
Be submitted to the Government at an early
gate. will indicate that large area In Canada
% available for beet root cultivation.
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Tried TO Got Ria or His Motser.in.I Law by
Fire

DosroS. Now CIV. II. Lambert Of Cam
bridge is undcr arrest charged with the serf-
Gus crime OF trying TO get rid Of his mother-in-
law by burning her to death. 1t is charged
that he objected to her presence in his house.
but failed to GUST her by ordinary methods
Then. tho police say. he saturated q room In
his house with Kerosene and touched 1t OF
Whether he had In mind tho destruction OF bis
house or merely hoped to give his mother-tn-
law an effective scare 10 not known.
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Gov. Hilrs Than ssIyiur.

ALBANY. Nov. 26.-Gov. Hill spent his last
Thanksgiving in the Executive Mansion to-
day. eating his dinner in solitary state. with
no guests out o. town or from the city. But
to dining alone the meal was a cheerful and
satisfactory one.
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Clos,ss the se.so. .. tho nud.o. c...,.

KINGSTON. Nov 26.-Preparations are being
made for the closing Of the season OF naviga-
ton along tho Hudson Canal. The last per-
mits to go up the canal We're given out last
night. and 1t Is expected that the boats will
roach tide water about Ibea 5. The season has
not been a profitable one Tn the canal boatmen
or eight trips. and thus have been unable to
save money to provide for tho winter.