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wEooED WHEN CHILDREN.
New fhsy wssiA Have Thsis Asssisgs
AnauilsA.

new Ioey Wses4 nave 1ooss 0esrseGe
TX AaauilsA.
NEw YonK, Oct. l7.-Mary Lsuiss Cray.
o. 4sA Thsedors Burt Sayrs, although
born In Columbus, Co., has lived In this
city With her aunt, Susen r. La Granes,
since she was 3years old. Her playmate
tor years vas Theodore Burt Sayrs, . con
OF Theodore II. Sayre, q druggist, and tho
two fell In love with each othsr.
In the early part Of 1855 they began TO
think ef getting married secretly, although
at that time the girl was only II years and
months old and her lover sesrosly Is.
Finally, on the svening Of Feb. 10. young
Sayrs and Aiss Gray, accompanied by the
formers brother and . friend, went 10 the
Little Church Around The Corner and
Sayrs and the girl were married by the
Rev. Dr.. Houghton. The bridegroom
save his proper name and stated that hs
was n years old. The bride declared that
she was 10, although she was about u
years and 7 months old. and gave her
name 20 Mary La Grange. After the csrs.
mony the party bad soms rsireshmsnts
aud they then wont 10 their respective
homes. The young people never lived
together.
Il was long afsse that Miss Gray-whe
was still going 10 school-allowed oas ef
her sehopl fsisads to sss plain gold ring
that shs wore % hse wedding finger, and
she confessed mat she was married. A
few days after she told her aunt, and then
told young Sayrs, whe alss coufssssd 10
his parsnts. Bath families then decided
that the best way was to agree to have the
marriage Annullsd. and tho Young psopls
consented. Mics Gray had her aunt ap.
pointed be- guardian. and declared In The
papsss that when she became Of aee che
did not intend to live with young Sayrs.
She was under 10 whsn the marriage took
plaes, and thsssfsrs the ceuss Was ASKED
to snnul d. Young Sayrs's fathsr was ap.
pointed biz suardisa 10 peetset bic lntsss
este 10 the cult.
The ease was brought 10 trial yesterday
before Justice Russsil. The wife told hss
story and the judge rssssvsd dseisien.
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DENVER, Oct. 17.-Ths Ness says TO-DAY
that Lisut..Col. Henry e. Neyss os ths
Second cavalry, recently transfsessd from
Arisens to Fort Logan, has preferred
charges asAinst General MoCook. grow.
ing out OF tho colonel's removal from
New Mexico ON account of . complaint
made against him by the eitissas Of All.
soaa. According to the Nssss Noyss d.
sires to bs ordered back to the pest from
which he was relieved. bat Secretary L.
mont has sustained the general and
Noves win remain 81 Fort Logan. Sines
his arrival hs has neglected to pay his ~
speots to tho commandinR general.
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TO HELP ANACONDA.
The 0ssat Falls fiambsau Ciub Will 90
Through Montana.

through Montana.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
GREAT FALLS. Oct. 17.-The Great Falls
Republican Flambeau club. one Of tho
finest drilled organizations In the North.
west. has completed arrangements for o
tour Of the principal cities Of tho state in
the interests of Anaconda for the capital.
Thcy will leave hero Saturday, Oct. q,
for Butte, where they will give o mag
nificent exhibition parade and display OF
lire works. From that city they go to
Missoula Monday, Oct. .. Thence to
Deer Lodge Oct. 30, Bozcmau Oct. 81 and
Livingston Nov. /.
They will give their initial display in
this city in connection with tho regular
Auaconda-for-the-capi meeting Tues.
day cvcnin: next, Oh which occasion the
public will bo treated to one Of the finest
exhibitions Of fireworks ever witnessed
here. On their trip through the state tho
club will bc accompanied by the Ana
conda Capital Glee club who will sing at
the meetings IN each city. I. L. But
Ter will have charge Of the entire pro-
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CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-An international
anti-gamblina association has bssn incor.
poratsd under the laws Of Illinois,
which has headquarters at Chi.
cago. The incorporators arc Edward
r. Col. Rev. William Kirk and Thomas
II. McCauley. all Of whom have hitherto
taken an active parI In moral reforms.
The board Of managers include Miss
Francis Willard. Miss Ada e. Sweet. W.
J. Onahan, DIR. Sarah Hackstt Stevenson,
Edward +. Goff aud others.
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BERLIN, Oct. ia magnificent mill.
tary display vas witnessed here to-day In
connection with the formal dedication Of
l3s flags. destined for the recently organ.
ised Fourth battalion. The ceremony Of
mailing the flags to the stats was per.
formed by Emperor William In the hall
Of famo Of the arsenal. Among those
present were the empress and hor four
oldest sons, the princes and princesses Of
the Russian royal family.
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CHICAGO, Oct. frank Kuris. who
was TO be hanged Friday ior the murder
Of his wife, Will not be execute |. Governor
Altecld having last night coin,nuted his
sentence to imprisonment for life. The
petitioners for clemency said that kurts
was cigarette fiend and weak.mintled.
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Chasrsd with Murder.

WOODLAND. Cal. Oct. l7.-Ths trial Of
s. d. Warden. one Of the Ave A. X. Y. msn
undss arrest for wreckine the Southern
Pacific train during the recent railroad
strike, causing the death Of Engineer
Clark and four United States soldiers. b.
gan here to-day. The charge il murder.
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RIOT ~ OHIO.

Several Mss KILLED NJ rrssps sA,UnA4
lsgtsa Court ususs. r VIZ
WASHINGTON CouRr House. Ohio, Oct.
n.-The oillelal grand jury impa nslsd
to-day indiotsd William Jaspsr, the nssro
arrested yesterday and b pleaded guilty
10 criminal assault on Nrs. Mary C.
Boyd. He viii 90 to The penissntissy thia
evening and thus sslisve the three cem.
paniss os infantry called 10 protest him
from lynching.
The First regiment oe CiucinAati. nina
companies, vas ordered 10 Washinetou
Court House. The troops fred On ths
crowd and two were killed oatrieht and
four more wses fatally wounded.
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coReErr IN pHiLiPoDURo.
A splsnAlA AsAisoss 81 A Dn1huss-
sssis Gsssiss.

assie 0eseing.
special DispatcA - ~ oean1ar1.
PHILIPsBUn0. Os4. ia ssneia9 6s0e
cratic meeting was hsad q AsDsaaRs
opera house te-night, at vhibh + Il
Campbsll, Judge D. u. Durfse and HalS.
Corbsst, candidate fee eoaarsssenau, were
present. The houss IVES eeowdsd witA
psopss, an unusually large numhsR e ~
dies bsiue present. Ths mssting vas .
very enthusiastic eos threugAsut, an1 ~
spssehss Of al wsss sxssllsat. M Co.
bstt, the young sratoe from 4isssaln.
vas received with Q psefset ova1iea
and his sound and eloQueaS d,sssnlse
from dsmoesatie standpeint impcsassd
itself deeply on The minds a ths sudisasA
Il was In fact one Of the mast sathusinsl1s
political gatherings that has ever bsea
held In Philipsbarg and U tAs mssting +
any indiestion os hew The sase1loa WI -
in Nevsmbss ths people a AeatanA Win
likely wake up On the seventh day a tAAt
month to the rsalisatioa thai Hal s coss
bstt will b the next eoagFsssmAn ftum
the greatest state In the union.
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sEH,Np THE BARS.
fhrss Alleged fraia asbhsrs NabssA By
the O0OorA

thsoo Alleges fraia esbbsrs Nabbs1 By
the O0ssFA
WASHINGTON, Oct. IA special to the
6lar from Cumbssisud, Nd, says: "Ons
ef The Quantiso train robbers was cap.
tursd In this city early this morning, and
one As Chsesy Run."
CUMBERLAND, Nd, Oct. i7.-This morn.
ing Ofneer Beck noticed . man near the
B. . o. depot trying 10 board an express
tram west bound, With two satchels. The
man answered the description Of one Of
The men implicated In the robbery Of the
express car ~ Quantioo. Va, last week.
when the oflcer attempted to arrest him
the man started to run. bus was caught.
Upoa being searched Sass was found
hidden In two woolen socks, o223 was
found In notes and e6So In silver. He had
silver and . gold watch. . lot Of pawn
tickets and three silver pocketbooks. A
Colts navy revolver Was also found on
bic pseson. Thsss were u cartridges
In BIZ pocket and . memorandum
book, showing whsrs the entire Doodle bad
beoo divided between the men. In the
sstehel we're found . pair Of muddy shoes,
sloueh hat. and wearing apparel that
Iooks1 like dissuisss. He asked 10 b
tsksa 70 watss elosst, and while there
he trjsd 10 hide another revolver and some
money, but was caught In the cot. The
man weighs q least leo, 70 six fest tall,
With . smooth facs, aud dresses neatly.
AIoe diseovecod that he arrived In this
~ obWt n o'clock yesterday morning
ed Lost several hundred dollars Ia gam.
bling houses. The police are confident
thsy have one Of tho robbers. He was
committed to Jail to await trial. He 10
veey sullen and refuses TO talk, but before
commitment told = number Of conflicting
stories.
new YORK, Oct. i7.-Of the seven Quan.
tioo train robbers Of the Adams Express
company Il b believed that three are now
under srrsst President Z. c. wisr BE-
lisves The Cumberland suspect was one Of
The three men under surveillance who
pesssd through Front Royal, Va. Monday
night Thsy bought new clothes and were
traced % Norfolk and the Western train.
Subsequently two we're appcshendsd at
Chsesy Run and sent 70 jail at Martins
burg. Tue third escaped. Ne. Wssr is In
Q position to state that the total amount
otgeSo oso uos SAc0S0 vSVvVvW
WAszuoTox, Oct. II. - Conduetse
Csssa. who arrived In Washingten st
neea to-day. rspoetsd that the autheeitiss
vsss on ths track of four men In addition
70 The three arrested foe the Quantieo rob.
beng. ~ the four, two, hs savs, were
placed under arrest ct Nartinsbure this
moening. whscs thsy had boarded q
feoiRht train. Al ShouandoAh Junction.
hstwssn NsEtinsburg aud Harpss's Ferry,
sailread men informed Conduotoe Green
thAt two men had purchased tickets this
mesning whom the agent thought TO b
suspieious chsFactees. The eonduetos
says ths railroad has hssn infested With
teughs vhe have besu at the Maryland
county faiss and are now seeking othss
nel1s. This statement 10 important q
ln6leasing that the men In fail may have
elhee reasons than participating In thl
tssis robbery for Wishing to avoid tha
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Australian Wool sll,,

MELBOURNE. Oct. 1.-THE wool sales
opened hero to-day and were well Mt.
tended. Good selections were offered.
Prices were from to 10 per cent. below
last seasons average. The new clip is in
good condition.
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m GREAT DANCER.

The Psspls Of Dslassa nay Are Fissisg
fes sassty.
soaASNEsBuRo, Transvsal. Oct. IT,
Many cf the inhabitsuts in the vicinity Of
Dslagoa bay are smharkine on ships
hsund Tor places Of safety. The author
itiss a Leursnso-N Marques are dsmorsi.
led. Marines have bssn landed from
the British eunboat Thrush and arc pro.
tseting the interests Of the British resi-.
dspts. Forces arc being raised here and
a Pretoria ut the request Of the Portu.
gusss authorities 10 relieve Loursnso.
MARQUES.
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FEARS FOR the tvANHog.
she Das Bsea ~ Days Oct - - anl
Nethlne Heard % Her.

SAN FRANcisCo. Oct. 17.-Ne tidin0
have been resolved hsss Of the Americas
ship Ivanhos, . coal trader frsm Ssattls
to San FRANCHISES. q days cut fssa Puosa
sound. Il 10 almost certain thai ths ~,
eel has bssn Lost In the gales. Shs sAssAl1
have made the voyage In seven to 10 daya.
She was commanded By Captain C. =
Grimm and carried o crew Of 10 msa.
Frederick J. Grant. one Of the psopgistess
Of the Seattle Post.latsiIi9sxer and -.
minister to Bolivia. vas . passsaesr. hAvs
ing embarked on her believing 60 w..
age would benefit his health. Il b possk
BILE the Ivanhos's crew may have mndo Q
landing on some island. ,Net
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wh,pu.d tb. Minister Of war.

KINGSTON. Jamaica. Oct. F.-Advices
from Port-au.Prince, Hayti. says that
President Hypolite and his minister of
wnr had hand to hand fight in the pal.
ace a few days ago. The minister Of war
was badly whipped and is confined to bed
BY his injuries.
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Diets. Mag asps and rhinx..

BuDA PEsTH. Oct. i'.-At . meeting Of
tho liberal party last evening II was de-
cidcd on motion Of Dr. wekerlc. the Hun
garian premier. TO vote in the lower house
Of the diet to accept without Modification
tho religious measures which bad been re-
jectcd by the house OF masnates.
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HAMBURG. Oct. ia ssnsatlon has
been caused BY the mysterious dlsappsar.
Anes Of Herr Rotheardt, leather mse.
chant OF Hausa Plata, his wife and four
children and bis brothsr.in-law, named
Krus. The body Of the youngest child has
besn washed ashore at Island Pinksn.
wasrds In Elbs. and 1t 10 believed the die
appsarancs Of the whole family may turn
out to be . case Of Wholesale murder and
suicide.
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tbs immiGrstioa authorities In The Howard
habeas corpus psosee1lnss. Olnsy acted
solsly On Casiisls's request ~ hs had not
examinsd into the merits Of the cass.
Carlisle II . sslssgam 10 Dr.. 6sniss STATED
u ths eears weulA assume jurisdietion b
vssld pesSsP The ease TO b trisd o. its
mssits.
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HERE'S CHEERING news
Il Cams Preu al Pllh Of ths Sah 4
uoltala.
ANACONDA IS RIGHT IN IT


Special Dispatch to the Standard.
WHITEHALL, Mont, Oct. t.-ln marked
contrast to the gathering held here Mon
day b. Helena, the Anaeouda msssine
drew crowded house composed OF mast
enthusiastic audience, prominent among
which were Thomas 6tarblrd, manager;
Stephen Prise, purchasing agent. and
Frank Dauisls, chisf clerk Of The White.
ball mines. Hon. ". n. Fergus hllsd the
chair.
J. G. Jones, the first speaker, showed up
the methods of the Hslsna n,su In build
ing roilways and referred 70 the Rocky
Hoek ruad from Laurel 10 Red Lodge. Mr..
Word Was st the head Of the enterprise
and when the men came for thar pay
they were handed time checks vhich were
subsequently, bought up By scalpes for Is
cents on ths dollar. The road was finally
sold to the Northern Pacific for $4,000
Per mile.
Hon. Peter Brssn was then introduced
aod brought down the houss In bis refer.
enes 10 The part taken By Helena In tho
Coeur d'Alsne strikA, A voice from tho
audience said: "Wh1Ashau viii give Ana
conda % per cent oe her VOTE"
Frank Wehsr then vent on to disproye
the assertion e the Hslsus boomers in
this community who stated that the Ana
conda company dlserlmlnatss ~ ~
sards natianslittes. He ststsd that
Il 10 to the interests Of tho psopls
Of Je6eeaeu county to vote for
Anaconda. the twin sister Of Butte. a.
thoes two cities consume the product ol
The state TO Q srsst extent. The work.
insmen Of Butte and Anaconda have A.
many privileges 90 any body OF WORKING.
nan In America. The miners employsd
by the Helena capitalists net less than
the union scale. whilst In Butte miners
eet the regular union rates. via Sa,Eo per
day. This contrast alone elbows Hslsna's
symusthies for tho poor vorkinRmsn.
John Lindsay Of Butte, though net on
ths proeramuns. was called upon by the
audfsncs. ana vent On to say his Arst
visit to Montana was Q surprise upon sss.
ina the capital located In an oheeure
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NASHVILLE, Oct. i7.-Ths Jury In the
case Of Chstiss Hardin, Charlton Elrod,
Charles Taylor and James Morris, who
we're charged with the emhsssismsns Of
sa6,0oo from the Adams Exprsss company,
to-day returned . verdict Of not guilty.
The case has been on trial two weeks.
Hardin was indicted ~ principal. and the
others % accessories before the faot.
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MORE SOLDIERS WANTED.
0snssal Howard Thisks The Asm,
should Ne Douhlea.

General Howard Thisks the Array
sheuld No Deuhlsa.
WARRINGTON, Oct. H.-The annual ~.
port Of Maj. Gen. o. o. Howard, command.
ing the department OF the East, ssesm.
rnsnds an increase In the army 10 at least
daubls the siss Of The present foecs. In
his Judgment Il will b tho best pessible
method Of preserving peace until ihe vsx.
atious questions which are new treuhline
the country arc put at rest hv . solution
satisfactory to the people. General How.
ard expresses the opinion that slgsady eur
coast dsssnsss are ip fairly god condition,
and In conjunetion with TIE evee incgeas.
ing naval armament these viii b llttls
fear from outsido aegrssslous.
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ALBUQuERQrE. N. NJ. Oct. E.-Au old
Navajo Indian at Gallup who married Q
young squaw against the wishes of her
parents rscsntly. shot and killed her and
his horse to-day aud then blew out his own
brains. Her parents had dstsrminsd 10
drive him away and that was the cause Of
the set.
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WAsHiSGToS. Oct. r.-A the request
Of Secretary Carlisle. the attorney gen.
srsl to-day instructed United States At
torney Mcfarland at New York TO await
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aramms, whieh b in itsslf euaBunoes a
success. TIE Aamhian hsUn eDo osm-
poss1 q The representative buu1ag1D Usa
q Gssat Falls and viii rsnset sggd1e, nee
enly on the city they rsprsssaA ~ Will
advance The interests Of AsoseoeA ~
well.
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THEY STOOD ON THE DRIpos.
xAs Fatal spsa funblsd late the River
Below.

1as F6tat 1Psa 1umbtsd Hoto ne tttveF
Below.
LOUISVILLE, Oct n.-This aftsensou .
portion Of the third span oe the ili-eAtsd
Louisvills-JsfBsesonvills bridge tcpplsd
into the river, carrying with Il Avs wssk
men. Several lives may b. lost. One
man has bssn taken to the bridge eom.
pauy's elllcs badly injured. This = che
sams span which collapsed fatally hast
Dscembsr.
-Four men went down With the COLLAPSED
false work. Harry Williams was fatally
hurt, and three others slishtly. Ths span
had besn completed, and ths falss work
was Icing taken down, whsn aboat 10
feet fell.
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wAsulSoroS. Oct. .17.-For Montana
Increasing cloudincss; local rains Thurs
day afternoon and night; variable winds.
cooler in the northwest portion.
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70 he DEAD.

A Newspaper aays The Anssr sf Asshss.
istaa aas CsshsA In.
CALCUTTA, OCT. n.-A LAhr papse pub.
llshss . detailed secouut Of the death oe
the amser Of Afghanistan. The descrip.
ton Of the dssth-bsd scene says Tie smsse
earnestly exhoetsd his eldest con to 70.
main friend Of the British.
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Ne Ms.k.ysA with . B.s. saw.

Ne 0enksysd with Duss Saw.
MARENoo. Ili., Oct. i7.-Durine the pro-
duetioa of ~Usels John Spsueshv'' q ths
opsss house Lest night. Huss n. Noesan,
one of the leading actors, In arranging q
saw In the saw MILL scene. accidentally lsi
his hand fall bstwesn the saw and the los,
and is was literally torn 10 pieces. Il was
smputaes6 ~ the wrist later.
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BEcKER'S DIRTY TRICKS.

Do11aags Iadlgaass ss 0o1enA A0oos's
Aetisns.
Special DhpeseA - The staa1ac1.
bILlNos, OCT. H.-Ths AnssseAs head.
quarters ere located In the sseeod seoey
Of the 0assfis building. 3. b. Deeksr,
the propristoe oe the 0asst1s. this svgninG
bad . largo canvass sisn tackled asgees the
whole front Of the building bseslaG the
legend. '1S50 PAID for Anaeoeds vvtss
apply second hoos."
vsry few eitissns have yst ssen tho
sien, but this stupid action has created
great indignation among thess whe have
heard OF Il, aud resent Il % an insult Ia
the majority Of our people.
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~ the ROMANTIC ROUTE.
Nlss oePbeP salA Dswa Q ned -Shssl
neps Ists Claudss Asns


LocxroRr. Oct. LILLY barber and
Claude r. Coz Of Sauborn are one nov.
Thsy met at 0 church sociabls recently
and fell in lore. but the girls fathsr o.
jssted 10 the young man and told bic
dAoeAtss. not to NEST him. They planned
10 slops. NJ. Barber heard Of II and
locksd ths g,z4 - hss rsem. but she sent .
nets AeoR q Which she told hlm Of her
plia0. last Friday at miduisht hs went
10 hse home. AZ . signal the window was
raised and LILY threw out rops which
she had made Of bed sheets. On Il she
descended into the arms of Claude. A
hoess and buggy were In waiting. The
elopers drove 10 the residence Of the Rev.
Charles Kaudt In Bsrgholts. and thsss
thsy were married. Alter the eeesmouy
they teek . train for Canada, aad thsrs
they Arc snjeving their honsymoen.
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BIO TIMER, Oct. IA rousine Ana
eonda-eor'thecap,tal meeting IVES hsld
hsrs to-day. The speakers were Gsssss
Haldorn and Howard Passhal a Butte
and John Il. Toois oi Anaconds. There
was great onthnsiasm.
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SHOCKED BY ELECTRICITY.
Percy A. Smith Thrown froas :: Lad
der and Severely Injured

Percy A. Smith, of the electric light
company, while making repairs on the
line received shock of electricity which
caused him to lose his balance and fall
from the ladder on which he was stand
ing. His left thigh and leg We're broken.
The accident occurred at about 7.30
O'Clock last Thursday evening. When the
current was turned on for the evening it
was found that the lightning of the pre-
vious night had burned out fuse in the
transformer on the pole on Main street
near the bridge, and several stores in the
vicinity of the square were without light.
Smith, in his anxiety to serve the
patrons of the company, and not wishing
to inconvenience other consumers by
turning off the current attempted to
make the repairs with the current turned
on, although he had repeatedly been
warned of the danger of doing this very
thing. On several previous occasions he
has received slight shocks.
He obtained q ladder and climbed to
the transformer on the pole. Witnesses
of the accident saw him reach into the
box, then reel from the ladder and fall
to the street twenty-five feet below. He
had received a slight shock which par
alyzed him for moment and caused him
to lose his balance. Fortunately II fall
ing he struck in the soft mud in the
street. Had he fallen the other side of
the ladder he would have struck curb
and probably have been killed.
The injured man was carried to his
home where DR.. Hagerthy made an ex-
animation and found that the right thigh
bone five inches below the hip and both
bones of the right leg just above the
ankle had been broken. No Internal in
juries have developed.