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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-19

East Through Schedule from Wheeling to
81. Louis Win runIsy lrnuin Lines,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-19
cost. We know what the trade
demands and we meet it..

The manufacturers Of the above gar
mcnt authorize rs to issue with every
pair the following
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-19

They are low on Blankets Black and COL
rere"e'. @ In ored Dress Goods, Furs Wooden Under
hams Prints Etc derWear and Remnants
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-19
+. SECOND w BEK OF QUIZ
Great January Clearance Sale!

1t takes extraordinary inducements January bring women
not only from this but from many miles away here the way
they have been coming To make this big interesting
we place on sale Thursday:
1000 yards Strictly AWool Henrietta Cloth ward
$500 yards Strictly Al'W00l s'rs'' a'"""' 29c yard
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02
Why she Changed Cars.

There was II precocious yOungster on
Il suburban train the other day who
furnished the passengers with cOnsid-
cradle amusement. His mother, desir.
ing to ark the conductor n question con-
corning ears, told her only son to hail
him when he passed by. The blue-uni-
formed man with II punch soon appear
cd. SAY, mister, my mother wants to
SEQ YOU" exclaimed the young scion In
u voice loud enough to be heard all over
the ear.
The conductor, who was busy, TO-
plea: IN be back In n minute"
This did not satisfy mammals pet, for
as the conductor reached the end of the
car he exclaimed In u loud voice:
you had better hurry up, or you'll
get 1t where the chicken got the aX"'
The passengers laughed loudly. while
the mother of the enfant terrible re-
membcred that she was In the wrong
car.-BostOn Traveller.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02
Actors stage Fright.

Nervous prostratiOn among actors
ana actresses Is commonly accOmpa.
MED by stage fright. Men ana women
long accustomed to face the public find
themselves suddenly seized with ner-
vous fear even at the thought of Il re.
hearsnl. bicycling. rs 4 pleasant ana
easy mode OF exercise, has been rec
commended In such cases, and IN ac-
tress who confessed that she rose one
morning with u dread of the afternoon
rehearsal declared that after two hours
in the open air with her bicycle every
trace OF stage fright had disappeared.
Several theories are offered to account
for tho origin of the dollar mark. One
declares that 1t comes from the letters
u. =. which were placed on the Federal
currency, and In the hurry Of writing
We're run together, the 8. being placed
over the U. A more probable explana-
ton IL that It Ii a modification of tho
figure 8, and denoted piece Of reals,
or II.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02

1.-POLITICAL.
The selection of honest, capable mon
to govern the city. state and munici.
pal legislation for Chicago. Honest
elections. A general interest In the pri-
Marics.
MUNICIPAL.
Clean streets and allcys-prompt rc-
noval of garbage - improved urban
trafiic--lcss smokc--morc watcr--lion-
oiablc pollcc--clcapcr and better ne.
cOmmodatiOns for the people of Chlca-
60 In all directions elevation of rail
road tracks, etc.
3.-INDuSTRIAL.
Establishment of Boards of COncili-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02
The Best of Everything for Chicago.
The Civic Federation
OF CHICAGO.
Telephone Main 25o2 517 First National Bank Building.
LYMAN j. GAGE, President.
BERTHA HONORE PALMER, President.
JOHN J. McORATH, Second Vice President
RALPH NJ. EASlEY Secretary
EDWARD DREYER
The Civic Federation Aims to Focaze All the Forces Now
laboring to Advance the Political Municipal PhiIan.
thropic, Industrial and Moral Interests Of Chicago.
Each Branch Work Placed
mitees Now Being at Work the Following Lines:

alton, Public Loan Bureau. Employ.
mcnt Agencies, cite.
4.-PHILANTIlROPIC.
Development of the Central Relief
Association to u thorough systemiza-
ton of the organized charities OF Chi.
cago.
5.-MORAL.
The suppression Of gambling, obscene
literature, etc.
O.-EDUCATIONAL
Ample school facilities - improved
methods In teaching, and the develop
mcnt Of greater interest In the
schools by the parents.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02
Tales From Town TOPICS

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TOWN TOPICS.
- West asa street. New YePk.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
KILLED IN THE RUINS OF THE OLD HALL.

flash of light through one of the windows
toward it. He, like Nelson, broke the
panes of glass and was half way through
before he was stopped by the cries of the
crowd. He made his escape later by the
stairway.
Meanwhile. into the room into which
Wilkinson had fallen with the timbers
and bricks, rushed Foreman William Rob-
bins, calling upon all the men on the Job,
who had come from the other parts of the
building, to assist in the work of rescue,
He had no idea how many men were be-
meath the debris, and his only desire was
to get them out as quickly as possible.
Breaking in the iron door which separated
the old receiving hospital from the other
portions of the building, Robbins rushed
in, followed by Gumper, who had landed
unhurt on the second story and Casey
and Hebron, who had made their way
down from the roof with feet made faster
by the sense of danger behind. DR.. G. w.
O,Donnell, who was standing in the New
Western Hotel as the roof fell, also rushed
over and into the room where the huge
mass of stuff had fallen.
1t was absolutely filled with binding,
suffocating dust, in which the rescuers
were unable TO see, hardly able to breathe.
Robinson Immediately ordered the win
dows broken to let in the air, and those
who had escaped Joined with the. others
who had rushed in in the search of the
bodies supposed to be buried beneath.
They had not had time, the incidents had
followed each other so quickly, to call the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22

have given US the titles to rights OF way
promised by them, and all of which are
now in a condition to be transferred to the
company-we will be ready to start work
right there and then.
1.-The rails will be here in two weeks, or
at least they are due about that time. Ties
are ready for delivery to-day, but we don't
want to take them just yet-not until tn ey
are needed. We don't intend to wait for
the cars and locomotives to be delivered
1t is our determination to start construc-
ton right away. We can get along without
a construction train in Stockton Within
the city limits a few small fiat rail cars
will suffice for carrying rails to the front,
and ties, spikes and other materials can be
hauled on wagons. With these conveniences
we shall run the tracks from Stockton har-
Dor to the corporate limits, and by the
time that much IS done we shall have con-
structfon trains to push the work down the
San Joaquin
THE first locomotive will be here in
about three weeks. 1t is nearly finished
now in the works at Philadelphia, and the
other two engines are pretty nearly as far
advanced. So [ believe we will have three
freight locomotives in Stockton next
month";
The type of engine selected by the VAL
ley road ranks among the most modern
and highly improved machines employed
IN hauling freight-trains. They are sixty
i've tons each in weight and are known as
ten-Wheelers, having a compound DRIVING
system of six wheels. In every outline as
we'll as in general formation these engines
combine to remarkable degree character
lstlcs OF great power and durability with
graceful construction.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22

great weights of brick have fallen several
times without warning to the workmen,
and the walls on several occasions have
swayed ominously.
J. J. Gumper, the foreman of the roof
gang, who made such lucky escape, lives
at 1217% Kearny street.
There were four of them on the roof
with me-" he said after the accident.
There was Wilkinson; this man Nelson,
who had just come to work in the morn
ing; Casey and Hebron. Wilkinson was
working or that corner of the roof of the
Hall of Records building nearest to Kearny
! and Merchant streets. He had his pick and
was loosenihg the bricks, when all of
sudden [ heard him cry out. She's going
boysn and then she went. That's all
know about it for minute. Then picked
myself up on the third floor unhurt, and
made for the first floor, where l heard Mr.
Robbins calling for help. We all rushed
in and broke the windows, and then | saw
Wilkinson's hand waving at me through a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
FIREMAN CoMIsKY'S NERVE
Some of the Daring Work Done Under
the Topping Walls of the
Wrecked Building.

When it became apparent that it would
be unsafe to permit the fremsn inside
the building to extricate the dead body of
Wilkinson Chief Sullivan decided that all
the loose and wavering portions of the
Westinghouse street wall must be torn down.
To this end five men were sent on the roof
of the adjoining building to push over that
portion of the bullying wall nearest them.
After considerable maneuvering they
accomplished this, and then it was a ques-
ton how the other portions of the totter-
ing wall were to be razed. The problem
was solved in the only possible way, but in
a way that called for some very dar ing
work.
In the first place the extension ladder
must be set almost directly under the
hanging walls that seemed about to drop
at every puff of wind. A dozen men, in
Guiding Chief Sullivan and his assistant,
Doherty, would have been killed or very
badly injured had the wall done what it
threatened to do.
But the ladder was finally braced against
it.
"Comisky. you make the rope fast" said
Assistant Chief Doherty to small,
slightly built man with iron-gray hair and
mustache.
"All right, sir,' said Comisky. He
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22

the latter, stated that the accident was one
which could not have been fOreSeen, and
was due in all probability to the bullying
of one of the walls, thus letting the roof
down, taking the floors beneath with it
as though they were SO much pasteboard,
and swapping the iron anchors in two as
if they were glass. He was absolutely GER
tain that the collapse was not caused by
any weight that might have been placed
upon the roof in the shape of loosened
bricks.
Il was standing on the third floor. in the
central portion of the building" he said,
"when | heard the crash. / rushed down
stairs Immediately and made for the iron
doors, which separate the two portions of
the building. l called for aid, and enter
ing the room where all the material had
been piled up. found it filled with binding
dust. | called for those who had followed
me to break the windows, and after they
had done this and things cleared up the
first thing I saw was Nelson trying to
crawl out the second-story building. |
called to him to come down from the
stairs, and when l saw him turn we all
went looking for those who might be
buried beneath the ruins. Then we found
Wilkinson, as you have heard and just
succeeded in getting his face uncovered
before he died, and the police ordered us
out of the building
Notwithstanding the assertion OF Fore
man Robbins that the accident could not
have been foreseen, another statement
made by him sounds contradictory.
shortly after we went to work this
morning, he said, sit was thought that
the wall on the Washington-street side was
sagging. We Immediately went to work
and passed rope over it. attaching it to a
scantling on the outside and fastening it to
enc of the roof timbers on the inside, to act
as an anchor"
Aside from this, for several days past
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22

"A little murmur of applause ran through
the crowd when the rope had been made
last and ComlSky started down the ladder.
Then the ladder was shifted to a still more
dangerous part of the wall, and. ComlsKy
again mounted while the crowd once more
held its breath.
-Four times Comisky went up the ladder
In the same fashion and made fast ropes to
the crumbling portions of the wall.
And when his task was completed and
that portion of the wall had been pulled
down there remained still dangerous
section that must be fastened onto with
one OF the big clawspikes carried by the
nook and ladder men. 1t takes two men
10 carry this up the ladder. Fireman
Brady went ahead with it and adjusted 1t
over Jagged edge of the wall. As he did
SO half dozen bricks moved, and the
Chief shouted, "Look out! Stand fast!
Brady lowered his head, but stood per-
fectly still on the ladder, one hand
stretched out to hold the clawspike.
Down came the bricks all about him,
grazing him here and there and narrowly
escaping from killing him. But Brady
stood motionless.
One brick crashed onto the back OF his
out.tretched hand that held the heavy in
strdment. Still Brady never moved. 1t
might have been a fly that struck him.
And had he moved at that time, or had he
dropped his clawspike, some one or more
than one would have been hurt in the
crowd below that was holding the ladder.
All In all, there was some good work and
some daring work done by the member OF
the Fire Department at the old City Hall
wreck yesterday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
SIX MILLIONS IN COUPONS.
Bonds in the Fair Estate Clipped Here
and in New York Yes
ferdaV.

Pursuant to Judge Stacks order of
Thursday the four boxes rented to the Fair
estate at the California Bank were opened
yeste rday morning, and the work of clip
ping the United States bond coupons was
continued during the greater portion OF
the day.
Those present were: Special Admins
traitor L. c. Bresse, Charles. S. Mel. special
agent representing the heirs, and William
H. Chapman, representing the court.
The interest coupons are payable on the
1st of next month. About S., 100000 were
represented in the coupons clipped. A
similar operation was gone through with
by representatives of the estate in New
York City at the same time. The amount,
Mr.. Bresse said, was about the same in
each case.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
VALLEY ROAD ENGINES.
Handsome Locomotives Of
Great Power Nearly Ready
for Delivery.
Construction of the Line VIII Begin
as Soon as Rights of Way
Are Given.

The Valley road managers are now en-
gagged on final preparations for beginning
construction of the railway at Stockton
Immediately, and if everything turns out
as expected grading and building may
begin within the next three weeks.
"All matters pertaining to the immediate
construction of the road are well in hand, !"
said Chief Engineer Storey yesterday. The
prelminaries have been completed, and ell
we are waiting for now is to get rights of
way and the franchise from, the Stockton
people. Just as soon as they have done
their enterprising part-that is, when they
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22

looked up to the top of the ladder. more
than sixty feet In the air, and then asked
simply, (Which roper"
Comisky had big wad of tobacco in his
mouth, which he kept chewing vigorously
all the time he was coiling the rope and
waiting for the ladder to get IN position.
The great crowd of spectators was perfectly
silent and every eye was on the little gray
haired man.
Doherty stepped up to him and said
eff she comes, Comisky, you know how to
come with her?'
Eyes, sir" said Comisky.
Just stay by the ladder; remember
that said Doherty.
"All right, sir" and then the ladder was
ready and Comisky started up. BY the
way he mounted you could tell he was an
old sailor. He never halted till he got
clear to where the end of the long ladder
rested lightly against the threatening brick
wall. Then he coiled one leg around the
second rung from the top and proceeded
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22

requested Mr.. Fitzgerald and Deputy Q.
l.. Dorm to speak at the Temple at 10 Turk
street next week upon the facts learned
during their recent investigation. MIR.
Fitzgerald thanked the committee for
their good wishes and encouragement. In
regard to making an address, the Commits
sioner said that it is out of his line, as he
prefers to be considered as a worker, and
not as talker. He said, however, that If
any of tue lecturers for the organization
wish to gather statistics for their dis
courses, he would be delighted to furnish
all. the information his office POSSESSES.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
ANTI-COOLY LEGISLATION,
e. L. Fitzgerald Is Endorsed by the
American Section of the Social
istic Labor Party.

For the first time in its existence
the American Section of the Social
istic Labor Party of San Francisco has
gone outside of its party principles and
taken interest in the work of State Off
Ger. DR.. Schult and committee repre-
senting about 5000 Socialists called upon
Labor Commissioner E. L. Fitzgerald and
expressed their appreciation of his efforts
to abolish Japanese cody labor and fill the
places of the Orientals with unemployed
white men who are worthy of State and
private assistance.
The objects and aims of the Free Labor
Bureau that will be in operation next
month were also heartily Endorsed.
The committee expressed the wish that
Mr.. Fitzgerald and his deputies continue
the anti-Japanese agitation, and they were
pledged the support of the Socialistic
Labor party.
/, AS mark of appreciation, DR.. Schult
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22

pile of rubbish. We cleared the stuff off
his face, and then a doctor told us he was
dead"
For several hours after the body of
Wilkinson had been removed crowds of
people moved to and fro on the streets
around the building, giving the police all
they could do to prevent further accidents.
Up above on the roof that remained, close
to the big gap of about thirty feet square,
made by the roof, the men who had so mar
rowly escaped death few hours before
worked away, tearing down the walls and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
The Police Ordered to Move.

Chief OF Police Crowley made an inspec-
ton of that quarter of the old City Hall
now in progress of demolition, where the
Police Department yet has a station, and
decided that after the fatal accident of the
morning the building was no longer a
proper place for the station. He later
issued an order that to-day all patrolmen
shall report at the new City Hall for duty
his headquarters at the new station which
is being fitted up on California street,
below Kearny, in order to respond to
calls. The new station will not be ready
for occupancy until July /.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22

to make fast his rope The crowd in the
street was as silent as though at funeral.
They were looking up in the air at man
within an inch of death.
Comisky seemed to be the coolest man
on the scene. He kept chewing away at
has cud and working, very, very carefully,
but also swiftly.
IF she comes, come with her, the
Chief had told him, and he had so coiled
himself about the ladder that if she had
come he could not have disobeyed the in
junction.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
Flooded Their Building.

James Heating and Thomas D. Elliott as
Heating Elliatt, doing business at 312 Grant
avenue, brought suit i'll the Justices Court
yesterday against A. E. Buchanan, J. NJ. Nc
Donough and Agnes NJ. Agar TO recover dam
ages alleged to have been suffered through the
negligence of the defendant. On the LIST of
June the building occupied by plaintiffs was
undermined by defendants. causing it 10 sink,
the water-pipes 20 break and the building to
be Hooded with water to their damage in the
surn of 5000
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
The Midwinter Fair History,

The "Ohicial History of the California Mid
winter International Exposition has been pub
hshed and copies are being distributed to the
newspapers and others. 1t is a large folio
volume of $50 pages, giving descriptive
record OF the origin, development and success
OF the M1dwinter Fair and filed with photo
gravures OF scenes OF the exposition and por-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
italian Editors at War.

The merry war which has been going on be-
tween the Italian editors, Caesar Crispi of the
Messenger and G. Almagai of PItalia, is not
yet over. Several days ago the former had the
latter arrested for criminal libel because OF GER
tain alleged defamatory articles which APP
peared in fItalia. Yesterday Almagai re-
sponded by causing the arrest of Crispi on a
like charge. When the cases come up for trial
in Judge Campbelps court next week there
promises to be some interesting developments
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22

The Royal Baking Powder avoids all de-
composition of the -four as caused by
yeast rising, thereby saving large per-
centage OF its most nutritive elements,
making the flour go one-fourth further
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
Meeting of Socialists.

The third in a series of meetings under the
auspices OF the Socialist Labor Party OF Cali
fornia will take place tomorrow night at Met
ropolitan Hall. Rev. Mrs. Wilkes OF Oakland,
Green Majors of Alameda and others will speak
on "The Coming Revolution"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22

taking out timbers as if nothing had hap
pened and their dead comrade was not ~
ing stiff and stark in the Morgue in the
rear
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
Little Things.

TORTOISE SHE'LL SIDE COMBS. some
plain, some metal mountings. all new and
TORTOISE SHELL BACK COMBS latest
designs, those curious twists and patterns
like our grandmothers wore. .......1Jc to 9Oc
BACK COMBS with rolled gold or sterling
silver mountings very pretty and stylish.
PEARL SHIRT stubs, set of three, white or
smoked. ....................--....25
SHIRT WAIST SETS. three studs, collar but
ton, and pair link cuff buttons in the newest
and daintiest designs:
Silver, black enameled. ............s... Soc Set
Sterling silver unique designs. ISL 90 Set
Persian enamel ami gold filagree design.
Do Set
PEARL LINK CUFF BUTTONS. .........2Oc Set
BELT BUCKLES OF white metal, warranted
not 10 tarnish in variety of novel pat
terns-cannot be distinguished from silver:
Engraved floral designs. .....................5Oc
t1ne nlagree WORK ....-.......--..-..........55
Persian enamel and rolled gold. ...........9 Oc
SKIRT BRAID BY THE YARD-something
entirely new. SKIRTENA, a fine mohair
braid, that will outwear any velveteen
braid. All colors No waste for you-0nly
buy what you require ...................5c Yard
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22

The crocodile's egg is about the size of
that of the goose.