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have been . stampede and sfsarful

probability have been stampede and sfearful
loss Of life
So far as 10 known no one was killed. though
It 10 possible that there may be bodies found
when the ruins of the hotel are looked over.
There were several persons more or less In
jured. the majority Of them being hremen.
While the fremen were called incompetent
they did not lack In bravery and energy.
The woman who was carried down the nre
escape IL In the Brooklyn Hospital. and her
condition. the result OF the shsck to her nsr-
yous system, 10 serious. Her three-weeks-old
baby, 1t IL feared. will die Prof. Brown. the
organlst OF the Tabernacle. who was still play
ing on the organ while the organ was burning
inside, 10 at his home In avery dangerous way.
the result Of fright and shock.
THE TIRE DISCOVERED.
Or. Talmage IL going abroad this week. and
Yesterday he preached his farewell sermon.
It had been well advertised. and the great
audience filled not only the church. but the
lecture room. The sermon was entitled "A
Cheerful Church" and In the course OF 1t the
preacher took occasion TO describe his own
church thus:
IT remark. further. that we have tried here
10 build church distinctively unconventional.
Instead OF asking. as some people are disposed
10 do. how other people do II. We have asked
the question how people do not do It. Imps-
rious custom has decided that churches shall
be angular. cherries. gloomy. unsympathetIe:
forgetting that what men call pious IL
impious and that that church has the best
architecture where the people are the most
comfortable and that that IL the most efficient
Christian service where the people are made
most sick OF sin ana most anxious after Christ
and heaven. And so We called the architects
together for our nrst church building and said
Give Us an Amphitheatre' that Is. large
family circle gathered around . fireplace. For
many years we had felt that an AmphitheAtrs
was the only PROPER shape for an audience
room. Tho prominent architects OF the eoun-
try said II cannot be done. You need q
ehurehly building and so We had plan after
plan Of ehurchly buildings presented But In
due time God sent . man who grAsped our
idea and executed IL. So far from being .
failure. 1t satisfied our want, and ell our three
churches were built on the Gmphithsatrical
plan. and scores OF churches all over the
country have adopted the same plan"
The preacher concluded in his usual sensa-
tlonAl style. His last words were: Move on
Jesus Christ. move on"
He had finished his sermon. the last hmm
had been sung. and the bsnedietion WAS being
given when there came the first intlmatlon
that anything was wrong. But at that time
the fire must have been burning several min
utsA Mrs. ]. T. Carson. the wife OF one OF the
trustees. noticed that the leaves Of palms that
we're along the organ near the top were WAV-
ing gently. and shs saw what shs thought
looked like waves Of heat coming up from
the organ pipes She called her husbands at
tshtIon TO It. but he thought II was nothing.
The audience was dismissed. All bot about
800 persons had gone out. DR.. TGlmEEs was
performing what he calls his international
handshGks. II being = feature Of the SUNDAY
ssEyles. The 500 we're participating Ia It.
The Doctor stood at his STUDY door. and the
people we're passing him In single Gle. each
shaking his hAAd. MIRA TAlmEEs stood In her
pew. SEINE feet AWay. surrounded b. party Of
men and women. Who we're bidding her ARE
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