The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-10-10

II. They luff and tack and do every
thing else known to navigators. but
they might as we'll hang out a pair OF
sidewhiskers and hope to catch enough
of the news wind to help them. Even
ing World" has 1t all. Never yet has II
been obliged to add a sail. Its spinnaker
lies In Its place uncalled for Its balloon
tib remains unhoisted. 1t Is winging
its way TN the waves, and you can al
most hear the parted waters sing as II
passes. 1t Is a meadow lark of the sea,
so sweet its fiutelike song. so swift and
beautiful its motion. Again 1t gets an
, impetus from the special extra news OF
the Hali-Fitzimmons fight. which
Evening World" readers received ahead
of all other-full. accurate and graphic.
The first news from Boston OF the big
FIRE which threatened to equal the big
confiagratior that Is remembered with
thrilling horror. On the same breeze
was the first news from Sing Sing OF
the most remarkable escape ever made
from that prison. "Evening World"
caught that news ahead OF all COM
petitors and spread II SO that everybody
who reads newspaper knew 1t 'eforo .he
other journals had time to print 1t. The
escape was that OF Fred w. Rohle and
Thomas Pallister from the death-house
In which they were confined at Sing Sing
awaiting execution by electricity. 1t
was black. stormy night. Rohle in
weighed. Death Watch Hulse into his cell,
threw something into his eyes and over
powered him. Then he took his keys
and revolver and opened Pallister's cell.
They locked Hulse In one of the cells.
and when Death Watch Murphy came in
they made him surrender at the point of
their revolver. took his weapon away
and locked him also In q cell. Then II
Is said they offered freedom to Harris.
the wife poisoner. and other murderers
in the cells awaiting death. They broke
through the roof and disappeared in the
blackness ~ the night. 1.-The Evening
World" had a lean news beat on this
extraordinary happening and went be-
fore the public the morning the escape
was discovered with n complete and
thrilling story of II. Rohle and Pallister
were net heard of for some days; then
Rohles body was found In the river with
n bullet hole in the head; a few days
later Palister's body was picked up in
the Hudson. near Haverstraw. Both of
these revelations were made to the pub
lie by THE Evening World' away ahead
OF all its contemporaries.
Dozens of minor news beats were
In the wind that slew from the Islands
of Incident full into the sails OF the
flying "Ev u ing World" The Jack Tars
on the other craft must have been
I sleep or of their halyards which is n
nautical application of of your troll
ley to let such great number of good
things go by. particularly when they
had 50 many spinnakers out. and jlb-
topsails and jacktopsails and so on
rea ching for the breeze. It's wonder
they didn't throw a marl!nspike or two
overheard. or splice their bowsprits or
something. But they hadn't sense or
seamanship Tough 10 join the process
sion j. en- when the Islands OF Incl
dent sent along the new Cleveland baby.
she little ttotsV- wootsy that is called
Esther they were not vide awake enough
10 derive benefit from the arrival on this
sphere OF that charming bit OF anSe-
licity. The Evening World" had the
pleasure of printing the first lines ahoit
tnis delightful little offspring of a pop
ular mother and extrndei the first con
calculations to her distinguished father,
The first full story Of the sinking Of the
steamer Victoria. by which hundreds of
lives were lost. was also printed in