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The sun., 1894-05-06
THE SPEEDWAY sIDEWLLHA
Al IrJuHetisa Pus On the Park boards
nuilding Plan

At the instance Of the City Club Lawyer
Andrew D. Parker OF 90 Nassau street. appear
ing as counsel for r. Augustus Scherm erhorn.
obtained yesterday from Justice Lawrence OF
the Supreme Court an Injunction against the
Park Commissioners and Contractors Leary
and Rodgers stopping them from constructing
the Harlem River speedway With only one side
walk at Washington Bridge and High Bridge
The injunction was served on Commissioner
Tappen. and will be served tomorrow morn
ing on the other Commissioners and the two
contractors. The plaintiff gave . bond. with
Cornelius N. Bliss and Frederick Bronson as
suretieA
The afidavit OF Mr.. Schermsrhorn sets forth
that the law governing the construction OF the
speedway provides for two sidewalks for the
entire length. and that In violation OF the law
the Commissioners are proceeding with the
work under q plan which provides for only
one sidewalk for Q distance OF 1856 feet ct
wsshington Bridge. An additional afidsvit
rscitss The fact that the Commissioners at
tempted to leg.liEs their action , IN falling e
lstars sil aat6eriSins them 70 eonstTSet :
wa. pS.ssd By he senate but Ps
,silss 5i plsgs IL ths tMo As
MI Parker,s aiiida Wits further, allsGs that In
violation OF this law the Com Hlssionors nave
planned to build an underground passage or
subway under each bridge. The subway at
High Bridge 10 to begin about 100 feet south
OF tho pier on the river side. night OF steps
leads down to the entrance The subway
makes q curve to the south and crosses the
speedway swings with . wide curve to the
north and returns to the riverside about
eighty feet north OF the pier.
As planned. IL Is about 400 feet long. From
entrance to entrance Is lSo feet on the river
eide. The subway under Washington Bridge
IL similarly planned, except that II has not the
curve To the south. being as nearly as possible
the arc OF circle. IL also crosses under the
speedway to the west side. from entrance to
entrance on the riverside 10 $50 feet
Mr.. Parker said last night that the efforts OF
the Com mi issloner 10 build these underground
passages. and thus avoid building the side
walks, was entirely unnecessary In view
Of the fact that the United states Gov
ernmsnt had given to the Park Com
missioners, at the instance of the CITY
CLUB. tWsnty-one feet OF land east OF the
WashinR Rton Bridge pier, and ~ feet OF land
east OF the High Bridge pier. to enable the
Commissioners 70 build the riverside walk
Without narrowing the driveway This grant
Of ~ feet at Washington Bridge would make
the roadway 40 feet wide instead OF 80, as
planned by the Commissioners
The Park Commissioners are directed by the
order OF Justice Lawrence to shog cause next
FRIDAY. at III o'clock In the morning. why the
Injunction should not be made permensnL
Until that time work on the speedway ls
stopped.
The sun., 1894-05-06
THE WHEELsPAssED OYER HER CHEST.
A YousG Lady Seriously IrIures by . Driv-
tag Collision In Ceatrai Park.

YousG Lady Seriously IrIursa By Driv-
tag Collision In Ceatral Park.
In . collision which occurred near the mar
BILE arch In Central Park yesterday Afternoon
Miss N. Wilder. Q daughter Of Charles W.
Wilder OF 1853 West Seventy-eighth street. was
severely Injured.
She was driving In q light wagon with Ar
thur Fowler Of 90 East sixty-eighth street
Near the marble arch. while going at . brisk
pace. their carriage eollidsd with eoupA
driven By Michael McDermott OF 10 Park ave-
nue..
Both vehicles. were wrecked and Miss Wilder
was thrown violently TO the ground, the wheels
OF the carriage In which she had been riding
passing over her breast
Beside the injury TO her chest Miss Wilder
received several cuts about the head. She was
taken TO her nome In . carriage, Neither Mr..
Fowler nor McDermott was hurt
Miss Wildsrs father 10 E member OF the arm =
Grand street. At the home Of Mr.. Anderson
Fowler. who has an ofhee at ] IL Produce Ex-
shAnga II was sAia last evening that Arthur
Fowler was not at home
The sun., 1894-05-06
SAFE ON THE COWCA TCHEh.
Miss Msrsin Aad a. IaTAat Landed TksIs
saa abe PirsaAA Held Thsm On.


Aaa ths Fireman Held Thsm On.
HoPKISToS. Mass. May b.-Ths family Of
DR.. W. A. Phipps OF this place. consisting OF
MrA Phipps and three children and . Miss
Merrill we're driving to Ashland this morning
when the horse became unmAnaEsRble be-
cause Of the whistle OF freight engine on the
New York and New England Railroad. A IA
year-old son OF Mrs Phipps Was driving. and
tried to stop the horse. but could not do 90.
Mrs. Phlpps. in trying TO get out OF the ear
risge to stop the horse. was thrown to the
ground and dragged several feet. being In
juTsd about the head and face. The bOy tried
to get across the track before the tram. but
the engine struck the rear wheel OF the car
TiAgs. completely demollShing the vehicle and
throwing the boy and his sister into the road
Misc Merrill and an infant child held in her
arms were thrown upon the eoWcatehsr aud
were carried about 500 feet The fireman OF
tho locomotive climbed out TO the eoWcAtcheE
and prevented Miss Merrill and the child from
falling on until the train could be stopped
None OF the victims Of the accident was serl-
OuslY Injured
The sun., 1894-05-06
Is TIPS LIFE ISsUhkD
A RsPoPtsd Agreement 10 MsIaia,A u
Uatl Hs Meets . Natural Death.

A Rsportsd Agreement "a hsIaia.a Hin
Uutl Hs Meets = Natural Death.
Mr.. @. A. Davis. manager for Robert Ingsr-
soil and for five years agent for Adam Fore
pAuEh. said last night that the Park Com
missioners hAdi no right tol order the ele-
phant Tip to be killed.
When Mr.. ForepauRh presented the elephant
to the city on Jan l. 1889. Mr.. Davis SAYS there
was an agreement made between Mr.. Fore
psugh and ]. HAmpden Robb. then President
OF the Park Board. TO the eject that Tip was
to be taken care OF until his death. and that
he Was not 10 be killed under any eireum-
stgnces
William A Conklin, former Superintendent
OF the Park msnRRsrie. Was according TO Mr.
Davis. q witness to the agreement Mr., Davis
thinks extremely probable that the executors
OF the Forepe ugh estate will get out an inIune-
ton preventing the authorities from killing
the elephant Whether the courts would un-
dsTtAks to enforce specific performance OF q
contract TO keep dangerous Wild animal
alive 1t would be for the wise men to decide.
The sun., 1894-05-06
MURDERED BY INDIAN.

BshAsaAa woand- O,s OF ths Seven ChOe-
taws Who sought Hts LIfs.
AroKA. A. T.. May 5.-Dayid Bohannan WAS
murdered this morning at CoalRats. after .
fierce struggle. by Isaac BurTis. Choctaw.
assisted By six other Indians
BohAnnAn had been known as desperate.
having killed two men. and there was war
rant In the hands OF the United States mar
M urder OF Ben Foreman in McAlester last
ssptsmbsr Burris Is candidate for shsrin
Of this county,
this case. because BohAnnAn had been In the
service OF the United States Government 80
Indian policeman. No arrests have been made
yet. but Burris WAS wounded In the sneoun-
ter, so he cannot escape.
The sun., 1894-05-06
Compulsory Vaccination Rssomusaasd Eor
Chicago.

CHICAGO. May Sin its report to Judge Chet-
lain TODAY the Grand jury recommended .
houss-to-hOuss canvass and compulsory vac
einAtion. In order to stamp out smallpox. The
city authorities have decided not 70 grant the
petition Of the residents OF Morton Park lof
the removal Of the Temporary pest hospital
lust erected there There was a decrease 10
ths number Of nsW eases rePorted 10 the de-
paTtmsnt tO-dAy-Only twelve.
The sun., 1894-05-06
SQUIRE M'cAhTF TO THE FROM
as's RIsk aaa WIN ssAd This Array 60

He's hIeh and VIII Bsad IhIs ArnI 90
WsshiaKtoS.
ANDERSON. Ind. Mar g." GanerAl" Aubrey
had rousinR big mesting in this city to- night.
Two thousand men assembled TO hear the
CoKsy General make his first ADeseh.
At the conclusion Squire McCArty. one OF the
bsst-known rich men In the county. stepped 10
the front and said that he would send As many
men to Washington a. Aubrey could get In this
county. The proposition gives the movement
. mighty impetus. 1t Is thought that fully
two hundred will go
The sun., 1894-05-06
BURNED FOR HAVING SMALLPOX
Tks CAbIa OF aa Injected NsErs Fired, Aaa
Hs Il Now AIssIaE.

LITTLE Rock. Ark. May 5.-Rslisbls infoF-
nation reaches here OF the burning Of a negro
in OuAehitA county supposed TO have had
small pOX. The telegram converting the intel
ligsnoe says:
Last Monday . negro ct Miles Switch. in
OuAehitA county. WAS taken sick with some
kind OF breaking out which was thought to
be small -pox. and q doctor Was summo on ed
For some reason he did not attend. The negro
was put 10 . cabin TO which some one set IRE.
And, being unable to escape, he psTished 10
the nAmeB One report says he WAa shot and
then burned, while another report says he VAS
burned alive. One thinK 10 certain. aud that
is that the house occupied by the negro was
found. The Identity Of the guilty parties Is not
known.
The sun., 1894-05-06
THE RED RIVEk's WoRsr FLOOD,


PIaAtsrs EIssIaG 90 the HiIis.
FULToS. Ark. Nay 6.-Ths Red River cen
tinuss 10 rise at : rapid rate. and nearly svsTJ
business house on MAin street has from two
inches 70 two feet Of water running under IL
The WhOls country n0Fth and south OF the Iron
Mountain Railway between here and Clear
lake thirteen miles distant Il one vast ex-
PT6s plantSrs With their families and stock
nave been compelled 20 nee 20 the hllls Tor
portsd being dToapsd ~ hundreds. Thou
ssads Of acres Of land are being denudei OF
49, erops on corn and cotton. No crops can
X. rsissd thls year The hOod will prove the
WoTst ever kRoWR " this Ssetioa
The sun., 1894-05-06
ND. EarI, Buy. ILs JumsI AIaa.Ios.

MrG Ferdinand 2. Earle. wife OF Gen Earle.
the proprietor Of the Hotel NormAndie. has
bought the old Jumsl mansion at i62d street
and Jumel place. which Shs will use Is a resi-
dsnes Gen. EATle ls . descendant Of Roger
A0TrlA Who built the house N l75a.
The sun., 1894-05-06
A Preacher 10 jan ior az Act OF Kl.sas.a

ATLANTA. Ga. Mar 5.-Ths Rev. John G.
Merritt. : Baptist preacher. who has been lsrv-
ing sentence OF one year for selling liquor In
q prohibition county. was pArdonsd to-day By
Gov Aorthen. Merritt kept some liquor for
medicinal purposes al his country home, and
gave some 10 q nsighUOr for his sick baby. The
latter. when called upoA 10 return H. had the
liquor.
The sun., 1894-05-06

six per cent guArantssd And II per cent pronis IL
addition: $40 instanInsnts received from purchasers
ioT PartsuLars address Oliver sunAaE Teal sJs
kEOAdEAy.-xda
The sun., 1894-05-06
UaS,,A = -ad New York Aashor on ,hs HOOK.

The steamships Umbria. from Liverpool. and
New lOrk. fI,In SouIhAnpton. anchored OIL
sandy Hook AZ S:l5 +. NJ last plight because Ot
tLs tVg. which Nas thea VsrY dense
The sun., 1894-05-06

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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-12-01
sHRILLER THAN a FooHoRN.

How the Twisting Of Pigs TAU Saved .
CoastinG Schooner from Disaster.
A coasting schooner was becalmed In
. fog of Cutler somewhere, says the
San Francisco Argonaut. 1t was gem
uine Bay Of Fundy fog, of the same va
riety'that the man inadvertently nailed
an extra course on to while shingling
his house. You couldn't see the end OF
the bowsprit from the foremost, and a
man up aloft might have been ten miles
from earth for oil that he could see. Not
breath Of wind was stirring and the
sails only Slated lazily as the vessel
rolled on the swell The skipper was
anxious, for he was right In the track
OF the ocean steamers, one of which
was just about due. He commanded
the lookout to keep the tin horn sound
ing vigorously. Alas, the man care
lessly laid the horn down on the rail
for q moment and it rolled overheard.
The delinquent was treated to liberal
dose Of profanity, but of what use was
that? Presently the whistle of
steamer was heard through the fog and
the noise Of the paddles as they tore
up the water. She was evidently bear
ing right down upon them. Skipper
and crew shouted till their lungs were
sore, beat on pans from the galley,
but to no purpose. Every instant they
expected to be sunk by the on-rushing
steamer. Suddenly the shippers eye
fell upon lusty young pig, who was
being transported in a temporary pen.
In a trice that porker was out, pow
erful sailor gripped his tail with pair
of pincers and gave a twist with the
energy born of despair. Heavensl
what squeal rent the atmosphere.
Keep it up! Keep it up!" yelled the
skipper, as he danced up and down
with excitement. The blasts of the
steamers whistle redoubled in fire.
quency and her machinery stopped. In
a few moments her outlines emerged
from the mist right over the schooner.
Half the crew and passengers were on
the forward deck. The captain leaned
over the rail and shouted: ''You blank
dashed son of dash BANKED lubber,
what in dash blank, blank to dash and
return are you trying to do? I'm
blanked if ] didn't think ! was going
ashore right into the middle of dashed
pig ward"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-12-01
SNAKE POISON.
Dr.. Caimette's Interesting Experiments -
Inoculating Rabbits with Pure Venom.

Dr.. Caimette's Interesting Experimonts -
Inoculating Rabbits with Pure Venom.
81 have taken a lot Of rabbits" said
the doctor, 'and inoculated them with
one milligramme each of pure snake
venom, the amount being several times
more than a mortal dose. These l have
treated with serum Of varying
strength, the lowest being from rab-
bit inocplated with four milligrammes
and the highest from rabbit inocu-
lated with twenty-six milligrammes Of
pure venom" quotes McClure's Maya
zine.
-Four milligrammes Of venom Is
mortal dose for ten pounds of rabbits
and twenty-six milligrammes would
suffice to cause death among sixty. 1t
gave me, consequently, q very power
ful serum. The longer the time after
the incubation the stronger was the
grade of serum used upon the poi
soned subjects. Thus, after twenty
minutes, successfully arrested the &C
ton OF the poison with the weakest
serum, while the strongest saved the
rabbit after the lapse of an hour and q
half. Those not treated therapeutical-
ly died In two hours.
81 find, generally speaking, about
five cubic centimcters of the serum
from one milligramme are necessary to
make tho animal proof against one
milligramme of pure venom. also
find that can use three distinct spe-
cities in vaccinating a rabbit, and, by
all analogy, n man, against the bite of
the most poisonous snake or as an anti
dote after they have been bitten.
These are, first, the serum from an en-
venomed animal by itself; secondly,
this serum mixed with chloride of gold
or the hypochlorite of sodium or of
lime, and, thirdly, either of these
chemicals, or, preferably, chloride of
lime, used by themselves without
serum.
81 have not inoculated any man
against snake-bites as yet. That is q
matter for the future. must, Of
course, determine how long the i'm
munity obtained by incubation en-
dures in the system before vcnturing
to make any predictions in that direc-
ton. My sole aim thus far has been to
devise some means of saving persons
already bitten or in danger of being
bitten and have no reason to doubt
the value of my results; and hope and
believe that the terrible death-roll of
twenty-five thousand persons per an
mum in India killed by the cobra may
be appreciably diminished when we
get to work there"
What about scorpions, tarantulas
and centipedes?"
II have not undertaken them as yet
but see no reason why their venom,
which is less important than that of
the snakes, should not yield to the
same treatment"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-12-01
SHORTHAND IN OLD TIMES.

Tho Greeks, the Romans and tho English
of Queen Bess' Time He'd 1t.
The art Of "brachygraphie, or short
hand, as we call it now, is by no means
n modern invention, says the New
York Post. Even the Greeks and Ro-
mans had their system of abbreviating
language, using it to take down
public speeches. BY the time of the
renaissance the art had grown to con-
siderable proportions. England has
always cast a more favorable eye on
the system than any other country,
and in the days of Queen Bess stcnog-
raphers were plentiful.
They were not, however, contented
with reporting merely speeches and
sermons, but copied down the dramas
of the time and always got credit for
their theft, owing to the miserable
copyright laws. 1t is not surprising
then that John Webster should mike
Sanitclla in the courtroom scene Of the
Devils Law Case" cxclai;n:
"Do you hear officers.
You must take special care that you let in
no photographic men"
Surely the circumstances must have
been exasperating TO those sturdy cid
dramatists il such lines as the following
Of Thomas Haywood in the prologue of
Queen Elizabeth" are true. He says
the play
ibid throns the seats the boxes and the stage.
So much that some by stenog-tphy drew
plot, Put Il In PRINT, scarce one word trua "
The manglcd condition of many Of
our finest Elizabcthan dramas can
largely be attributed to these "brachy-
graphic" men. OF the systems of this
time we have knowledge OF but
two, those OF Timothy Bright and
Peter Bales, but con3i6crablc is known
Of the life OF these men.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-12-01
SOLDIERS ON BRIDGES.
They Are Ordered to BREAK Step to Pre-
vent . Brsak-Down.

They Are Ordered to Break Step to Pre-
vent . Breakdown.
The majority Of readers have doubt
less heard that it is possible to eddie
bridge down." or in other words,
that music will materially injure such
structures, says the st. Louis Republic.
Persons who really believe that music
will cause such vibrations in bridge
rs to throw it from its foundation
piers, iflkcpt up for a sufficient length
of time, cite the fact that when armies
are marching, orders are given to stop
the music before the troops reach the
bridge, especially II the structure be
one built on the suspension plan. But
this Is not done because there is any
danger to the bridge on. account Of the
vibrations caused by the music, but be-
cause the measured tread of q vast
number Of men keeping step would
subject the structure to a greater
strain than an irregular agitation. The
reason of this Is obvious: The bridge
suffers least strain when at rest. When
in uniform motion throughout oil its
parts it acquires a momentum equal to
the entire suspended weight multiplied
by the velocity OF such motion. This
being the case 1t is clear that uniform
downward vibration viii soon reach
the breaking strain, while the same
disturbing forces, acting irregularly,
would counterfeit each other to o
certain degree, and thus be far less
trying
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-12-01
roouaTEsIEs" OF ARMY LIFE.
How Newly Acquired Rank Was Used b
-. Avenge = Petty Insult.

How Newly Acquired Rank was Used 10
~ Avenge Petty Insult.
Notwithstanding the fnct that the
officers Of the American army are the
very pink of courtesy, they sometimes,
ia post and garrison life, have very tin-
pleasant social experiences, says the
Outlook. An officer in garrison is as
&igned quarters. not according to the
Necessities of his family, but in &C
cordance with HIS rank. 1t therefore
comes about quite frequently, when
new officer Is sent to post, that there
are many changes of quarters SO as to
make room for him. When q new ma
jor arrives, for instance, he selects the
quarters that suit him best, It matters
not who occupies them, provided the
occupant is below him in rank. He
can turn out major lower on the list
or any captain or lieutenant, and each
of these when dispossessed can choose
for himself what quarters suit him best
IL occupied by an inferior in rank. One
move, therefore, may make a dozen
Others. The women of the army, It Is
said, are greater sticklers for these
rights than the men. But the men
themselves, while preserving all the
forms of highest courtesy, sometimes
push their authority to its fullest
limits. For instance, at twocom-
pany post in the west some years ago,
a captain of infantry was in command,
as his commission was of older date
than that of the captain of cavalry also
there. These two captains were
mutually antipathic. In their official
intercourse all the forms were OBJ
served, but still it was plain to al that
they cordially disliked each other. One
day the senior captain ordered the
Junior to take file of men to the
forest and cut the firewood needed for
the winter! This duty ordinarily
would have been given to a sergeant or
corporal. The cavalry captain had no
recourse and was obliged to obey.
Just as he got outside the post the
mail, which came only now and then at
intervals of week or so, arrived, and
the cavalryman stopped for his letters.
One of these brought him his commits
sion as major. He at once issued an
order taking command of the post, and
another order assigning the wood-chop-
ping duty to the late commandant.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-12-01
MIXED RELATIONS.

A Prince Who IL Cousin to Himself, His
Father and His Mother.
Among the hardest things which the
infant Prince Edward, of the royal house
of England, the little son of the Duke of
York and heir expectant to the throne,
will have to straighten out when he is
plder is his relationship to his own
father and mother. 1t constitutes a
problem such as is seldom found out
side of princely houses
It is certain, however, says the
Youths COMPANION, that he is the third
cousin of his father, and also the Sec
ond cousin of his mother. This makes
his relation to himself somewhere be-
tween that of third and fourth
cousin.
He is, as It were, his own double
third cousin-a relationship which it
will doubtless take him some time to
comprehend.
Both his father and mother are de-
scended from George III. of England.
George ILLS son Adolphus, duke of
Cambridge, had daughter Mary who
married the duke of Teck, and became
the mother Of Princess May, who
married the duke of York; and the
duke Of York's father, the prince Of
Wales, Is the great-grandson of the
same King George III.
The young prince will have the right
to address either his mother. his father
or himself as my royal cousin;" snd
he may, perhaps, excuse any partiality
for his mother over his father by de-
elaring that she is nearer relation to
him than his father.
The princely families of Europe sup
ply many similar cases Of tangled rela-
tionship growing out Of the successive
tntermartiage Of cousins In nearer or
remoter degrees.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-12-01
bEo aARY AND SUPERSTITION.
Msndicants Profit BY tho Delief Thst Civ
ing Brings Good Luck.

Msndicants Profit BY tho belief That Civ
ing Brings Good Luck.
Begging Is regular trade In many
parts of the world. Some who practice
tt may almost be said to make 1t an art,
or q profession. A good mendicant,
like good salesman, studies his Gus
TONERS, discovers their weak points, II
he can, and trades upon them. A
french writer, who has given much at-
tention TO the subject, describes ut
length the methods by which such PEG
ple-who get their living by paup ed
culture"-play upon the superstitious
of their victims.
There 10 q common notion that giving
aims brings go3d fortune.
.'Go TO the sorbonne," says our French
author, ION the days Of examination
for the bachelors degree. See the col
legians, eoch with his dictionary under
his arm, on his way to make the fa-
nous Latin version, on the success of
which nll his future depends. A cloud
of bcggars settles down upon them.
"a sou, monsieur, q morsel Of bread.
II will bring you happiness
"Thc candidate hurries on.
"'You will be black balled, monsieur,
the beggar continues.
''Thc sinister prediction always takes
effect; the collcgian pulls out his purse,
und the bcggar turns away chuckling."
The same thing Is seen at the Hotel
dc Vile on the days of examination for
a certificate Of ability for teaching;
and when there are no examinations
going on, there may bc races; and
thither 60 the bcggars; for gamesters
md sporting men are famous for their
superstitiousness