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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
The Relation of Structure and Function


Reproduction and dispersal are the
two great aims in the life Of every plant
and animal All else is but the means,
the mere contrivances, to gain the best
advantage i'll the accomplishment OF
these ultimate efforts Every species,
every individual, exists by virtue OF
having striven to attain these ends. In
the structure of each one is the record
of the attainment, partial or complete,
as the case may be, and each man and
woman of us is toiling in his or her
way toward the same goal, unconscious
of that something within US, greater
than ourselves, that guides us, blind
fold but safe, from one age on TO an
other.
The burs and "stickers" that cling SO
persistently to our clothes are but part
of the same great effort 1t is the only
way sweet cicely, desmodium, the bui
marigold and their kin have CT travel
ing through the woods, and so on from
forest to forest, from swamp tangle te
swamp tangle They live their lives a!
truly as a man lives his, with equally
as good purpose that is equally as wei
attained Each embodies those Essential
qualities of living that the Great Teach
er discerned when he babe men "consid
er the lilies of the field professor )
Trotter in Popular Science Monthly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
A p,t,ful Position.

Miss Goodgirl-What are you think
ing of 80 intently?
Young Gayboy-Well, IL you must
know / was thinking what the result
would be if / should suddenly grab you
and kiss you.
Miss Goodgirl-Oh, Mr.. Gayboy,
how terrible for you to have such
thoughts when my brother and father
are both out, my mother sick In bed up
stairs and no one In the world who
could possibly come to my assistance
Harlem Life.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
Tie Collerian's Retort.

Members of the class in Cambridge
had been rather flippant in regard to
some pompous authority, and fellow
was eulogizing him. Said he:
"You are probably ignorant, young
gentlemen. that the venerable person of
whom you have been speaking with
such levity is one of the profoundest
scholars of our age-indeed. 1t may be
doubted whether any man of our age
has bathed more deeply in the sacred
fountains of antiquity"
"Or come mp drier, sir, ;" was the re-
ply of the undergraduate. =" Recollec-
lions of Aubrey de We're.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
COMPENSATION.

FAREWELL he sobbed.
The beautiful Miranda, the light OF
his life, was, alas, another'sl
However, the same thing was true of
the umbrella he managed to grab in the
hall as he left her forever. Detroit
JoS rnal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

The depth at which some Of the Bel
gian coal mines are worked is sometimes
prodigious In q pit at Flenu the work
Is now done ut y, 900 feet tn pit at
Fremerin ct $500 feet and In the St
Andre pit at MOntigny sur Sambre at
5000 feet
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
The Children.

First Mother--Don' you find q .
great relief to have the childrtn -
school again.
Second Mother-Weil. It wouM - q
they didn't learn SO many new Q0ooooone
20 ask.--London Tit BitA
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
Jasanath of India.

The story of the founding of our mis-
sion in India is one of thrilling interest.
Before DR.. William Butler had become
established i'll the new work the sepoy
rebellion of 1857 burst in fury upon the
land. In his book, LAND of the Veda, !"
he has given one of the most interesting
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Traverse the desert and then ye can tell
what treasures exist In the cold deep well;
sink In despair on the rod parched earth
and then ye may reckon what water ~
worth. Elisa Cook
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
How She Managed.

81 like that girl, y said Woody witte,
"because whenever l tell her anything
amusing she laughs in tho right place"
EYES, |" replied his friend "She told
me how she manages IL.
"Why--er-how is thats"
"She says she always watches you, and
laughs when you do. Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Nineveh was IS miles by 0. the walls
100 feet high and thick enough fos
three ohariots TO drive abreast.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

We all should learn 20 firmly hold
integrity more worth than gold
The honest act and pure intent
Alone can give the heart cont emf
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

The wearing Of orange blossoms - .
bridal decoration origiaated u shs daSs
e the crusaders
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Providence often gets . credit ~ ~
ine care Of q fool that shouu - G1vuu
10 the fools wife. -Atchisor g ~
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
.IAGANATH.

accounts of this terrible conflict He
there gives clear account OF Mana
Sahib, the native leader. Among the
native boatmen of this monster in hu.
man form was man named Jaganath.
Years after the storm of war had passed
this man came under the influence OF
our missionaries and was converted. He
became one Of our village preachers and
is power for good among his country
men. 1t is q strange Providence which
has turned the servant of one OF the
most cruel and bloodthirsty of men into
the servant of Jesus Christ.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

This is the best time in all the year
for special revival services-before the
inclement weather of winter and the
rush Of holiday preparation comes Ev.
cry Epworth Lacquer should be helpful
In every way to the pastor and the
church in this work. In too many
churches year after year goes by with
no impression made ON the great world
around. Every church should be . nu-
cleus for aggressive Christian work No
year should pass without the conversion
Of sinners and additions to the member
ship. This is one Of the most important
features Of our mission. Let every chap
Ter be alive in the spiritual department.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
A SPLITTING GHOST.
,.,uv rue SWISH OF A cHEwER AN
MOVED THE OTHER MAN.

- an. story of His Experience With
~. shade of an Old Fellow Whose Wife
objected. and with Some Success to the
Tobacco Habit.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22
FIRST ON THE SCENE.

The first man from the neighborhood
at the scene Of the accident after it's
occurrence was Michael Mckay. ian
itor of st. Josephs Church. Mr.. Nc
Kay was busy clearing the snow off the
church steps when the accident oc-
CURED, and he hurried at once to the
spot.
His story of the accident is a graphic
one. 10 The Spy man he said last eve
ming: ] was working clearing the
snow from the church steps when I
heard loud crash coming from the
direction of the foot of the hill. T
turned and looked. but owing to the
density OF the fog could see but few
rect. Leaving my work | went out into
the road and started for the bottom Of
the hill
The fog was so thick over all that
could see nothing, but when l got 40
far down as the house Of Henry New
ton | could hear some one groaninp
and hurried forward When the wreci5
came into view it was a terrible SIGHT
ne poX car was half gone; its entire
front being torn away. The front Of
me Vestlpuie car was badly smashed
put otherWise 1t did not appear to be
Dadly damaged. The vestibule had
simply cut it's way through the otba,.
car. both keeping to the rails.
When l reached the wreck Ho1bronl,
lay upon the south side Of it upon his
hack with his legs pinioned beneath tba
Wreckage ana his head resting upon tbo
sidewalk. | spoke to him. asking. ~,
that you Walter?" He made no ansu,a,
but groaned loudly. Mr.. Kerrigan Iay
upon the other side in the roadway He
chest moved as if he was breathing ana
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22
SUPERINTENDENT GoRMAN

'The crew of the car running from
Worcester, on which Calvin was the
conductor, were clearly the ones to
blame as near as we can tell from
present information" said Superin-
tendent John B. German last evening.
of course, l wish to make no positive
statement to that effect until we have
made a thorough investigation. I
wish especially to see Calvin, but the
doctors have thus far refused us per-
mission to question him.
THE cars should have met on the
st. Joseph Hill turnout, where they
have met for years on ten-minute
time, and the car from Worcester
should have waited for the other.
The story of witnesses seems to show
that the car made no stop whatsoever
at that turnout, but kept on at a high
speed. How to account for this, | do
not know Either the motorman was
forgetful or the thick fog prevented
him from ascertaining his where
abouts. 1t is the worst accident our
road has ever experienced, and an en-
deavor will be made to fix the blame
on the responsible parties. Clearly,
the disaster was the result of some
violation of orders.
THE first intimation I had of the
accident was late in the afternoon,
while in court. President Watson and
myself were fighting a case against the
Consolidated, when the telephone rang
and told us of the accident. We hur-
riedly got in buggy and drove to
Leicester. There was still a heavy
fog when we got there, although it did
not seem sufficiently dense to prevent
seeing surrounding objects"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22
GIT WAS TERRlBLE.u

Mrs. Abbie d. Bowers of rs Gardner
street, is a Worcester woman who fig
ured in the collision, and although in
jured to a considerable extent, is
thankful that it is no worse.
When The Spy man called last eve
ming, Mrs. Bowers was reclining on a
couch, with her head swathed in band
ages, and although suffering intense
pain from the wound on her head, con-
scented to talk Of the accident. Her
injuries consist of a scalp wound about
four inches long extending along the
right side of the top of her head,
through her hair to the eyelid Her
right eye is also blackened. Her limbs
are badly bruised, but this portion of
her injury is considered trivial.
Her story of the affair is that she
started for Leicester yesterday after
noon, taking the car near her home, at
about o'clock. On the way out she
sat in a seat third from the front on
the right-hand side of the car. A short
distance this side of where the acct
dent occurred, a woman who occupied
the seat with her left the car, and she
moved over to the next window.
She was gazing out on the passing
landscape, when, suddenly she heard
a crash and was thrown violently for
ward. There was not the slightest
warning, the first intimation pas
sengers had of their danger was the
crash, and the next minute broken
glass was flying in all directions and the
occupants of the car were hurled in
all directions.
Mrs. Bowers is unable to tell what
her head came in contact with. but
thinks it must have been the window
casing, or possibly glass. The next
thing she recollects is some one help
ing her from the car and telling her
to wipe away the blood which flowed
from the wound in her head, fairly
binding her.
She soaked up the blood as best she
could and the wound was finally
dressed by DR.. c. G. Stearns of Leices-
ter, who found it necessary to take
several stitches in the wound. She
was placed in an ambulance and taken
home, arriving about 5 o'clock
Mrs. Bowers said: ut was terrible.
that is all l can say about it. There
was no warning whatever the first [
realized Of danger was when the crash
came and people were thrown in all
directions. The doctors are deserving.
of credit for the work they performed
Their first consideration was for those
badly hurt, and although there was
work enough for force many times
the size of the one present. the physi-
clans worked hard and did all they
could for the relief of the injured"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22
to blame any more than you do, and
I wouldn't tell if 1 did"
HINEY FASTENED IN.

Thomas Hiney, the motorman on the
vestibule car, had an experience which
he does not care to go through again.
With the big vestibule car humming
down grade to make up lost time the
mOtorman's feelings can better be i'm
agined than described when hardly 100
feet ahead of him doomed up the Wor-
cester bound car. With both the side
doors to the vestibule fastened, Hiney
realized that there was no possible
chance of escape, and he stuck grim
~ to his post. Putting all his strength
into the effort, he put on the brakes.
1t was useless, however, for backed by
the terrible momentum it had re-
ceived, the car shot down the incline,
the wheels sliding over the rails like
skates over ice. Realizing that the
brakes had failed to check the mad ca
reer of the car, Hiney prepared for the
worst. He saw Eutchins jump from
the other car and hardly had he braced
himself for the shock when il came
He was hurled backward with terrific
force. His head and shoulders crashed
through the glass in the door behind
him, and his back was bent nearly dou-
BILE over the wood work in the lower
part of the door. His right ear and his
head behind were cut by the broken
glass, out not badly. His back was
severely wrenched, and from the Sc
we're pains which he suffered across
the kidneys later in the day, it was
thought that he had sustained internal
injuries.
Some idea of the strength with which
nature endoWs a man at such a time
as that, may be gained from the fact
that it required three men to release
the brake handle which Hiney had
frightened in that moment of despera-
ton, when certain death stared him in
the face. He saw Hutchins Jump from
the other car, and, losing sight of him
in the excitement of the actual COL
lision, he supposed that he had fallen
beneath the wheels of the cars and
been killed, and when released from
the vestibule ali he could say for a
moment was: "Hutchins is under the
car"
Motorman Hiney's escape is miracul-
Gus and is due almost wholly to the
bumper" on the car he was running
Like all of the cars of latest pattern
his car was provided with an iron
bumper which moved down eyerv-
thing in front of it, and while it worked
dire destruction to the other car and
its inmates, it was undoubtedly the
means of saving Hiney's life as well
as the lives of many aboard the yes
tibule car. When seen last night Mr..
Hiney declined to discuss the accident
and to express any opinion about it.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22
PRESIDENT WATSON TALKS.

President Edwin L. Watson, Of the
Worcester and Suburban street rail-
way, when seen by a Spy reporter, said,
referring to the wreck: ut is a sad af-
fair. do not know where the cause Of
the accident rests, but the matter will
be thoroughly investigated. / have
been to the scene and done all l can for
the injured ones, I have just come
from a visit to Mrs. Pfaffman and she
is resting as well as could be expected.
1.-The Worcester bound car was run
ming on 10 minute time from the city
line, and the Leicester bound car was
running on its regular 20 minute time.
The plan of the company is to run 10
minute cars between the regular cars
each afternoon, and the telescoped car
was one being run In that manner"
When asked If the report was correct
that the insurance on the road had been
allowed to lapse, and that any costs re-
sulting from the wreck must be borne
entirely by the street railway company,
President Watson stated that there was
no truth in thu report"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22
CALLS FOR ACTION.

The question which agitated the
minds of many people yesterday was
whether the authorities would take the
same steps to place the responsibility
/ OF the criminal neglect as was taken in
the recent Sharon accident, as a result
of which the engineer of the Inflated
train is under sentence for two years.
! Besides recovery from civil action.
the matter will undoubtedly be taken
up by the district attorneys office, to
ascertain if there was criminal neglect
/ on the part of the employees of the
road, and If so, to bring the proper
parties before the bar of justice
An act by which two lives are lost and
a score of lives placed in jeopardy is
of too deep moment to be passed by,
and the people will demand a rigid in
Vestigation in the matter.
The regular inquest will be held be-
fore Judge Utley, but the principal dis
cussion has been whether the common
wealth viii seek to prosecute those
who are to blame for the horrible
fatality.
Several lawyers who were seen yes
terday deemed it very probable that
the matter would be brought before the
attention of the grand jury which is
to be sworn in the middle of January
and upon their presentment, if an in
dlctment be found against any one or
any of the employees of the Worcester
and Suburban railroad who We're in
charge of the Inflated cars, the case
will be tried in the criminal court as
the recent case at Sharon, where sew
eral lost their lives. The fact of crimi-
nal neglect was established in the case
and an Indictment for manslaughtel
was returned by the grand jury. Such
neglect of this kind, by which human
lives are sacrificed and others are
manned for the remainder of their ex-
istence, is too heavy to be satisfied by
mere civil action, and from the gen
eral opinion OF those who are interested
and had friends on the cars, the grand
jury will be called upon to consider the
case.
Gen. Hoar, the district attorney. was
visited yesterday. but at the time the
call was made was out, so no intima-
ton was given of the course the dis
trict attorneys Office will pursue in the
case.
1t was even reported late last night
that the company would not wait for
action by the government, but institute
an investigation Immediately and take
the initiative in bringing guilty per-
sons to the bar of justice.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22
EVERYBODY WAS THROWN.

Julian o. Murdoch, of the J. & J. 0,
Murdoch Card Clothing Company, was
in the vesubuled car at the time of the
accident. AS he told The Spy man. it
all happened so quickly that he did not
realize the seriousness of the accident
The steam covered the windows and
made it impossible to see what was
going on" he said. "The first thing [
remember was hearing the brakes put
on and then came a crash and every
body was thrown from their seats. The
vestibuled being the heavier car
smashed the platform car into flinders
The fog was very dense in the hollow
where the cars met, and it was very
difficult to see anything ahead"
Mr.. Murdoch escaped with a bad
bruise on one hand and a general shak-
ing up.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22

the injured man told him that he felt
his end was near and his evident emo
ton rendered the pathetic scene all the
more trying.
The members of the board of select
men of Leicester We're quickly on the
spot and did what they could for the
sufferers. Chairman y. f. Smith tele-
phoned at once for medical assistance
and w. A. Bell of the board took
charge together with Constable James
A. Quinn, Of the aid of the injured at
the house of Mrs. Pendergast.
Mr.. Bell was on the scene in a very
excited frame of mind at first, for he
thought that his wife and little daugh-
ter were on the car, as they were ex-
pected to leave for Worcester at that
time, but it was found that they had
gone on the car preceding.
One of the strange features of the
accident was the manner in which the
shattered glass flew IN every direction
and the distance TO which it was car
RED by the force of tie collision. Glass
was picked up in the street at a dis
lance Of more than so feet from the
actual scene of the wreck and the
force with which it was projected was
shown by several circumstances, among
which was the state in which the hat
Of Mr. Holbrook was found after the
accident.
The hat was not crushed nor very
badly battered, but right through the
top of it, so that it seems impos-
sible that the missile could have struck
1t when it was on its wearer's head
was hole made clear through both
sides of the strong felt, as if by a bull
let This was evidently the work of
a flying fragment of glass probably
the size of a half dollar, which must
have been going like a shot from a
gun.
This was the same kind of a proiectile
that caused the wound on Mrs. Bower
head, although probably smaller than
that ugly fragment
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22
MRS. PFAFFMANN INJURED.

Mrs. Philip NJ. Pfaffmann Of 1858 Main
street another victim, is in the city
hospital, suffering with a badly crushed
foot. The injury, although painful, is
not serious, and the doctors hope to
save the member
Mrs. Pfaffmann was sitting near the
front Of the car when the crash came,
and was hurled violently to the floor.
A part of one of the motors that was
forced through the floor of the car by
the collision, caught her left foot, and
in addition to mangling it badly, held it
in vise-like grip from which the wom-
an was pOwerless to release herself.
She was finally liberated from her
uncomfortable position and taken to the
Worcester city hospital in the ambu-
lance sent out from that institution.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22
WOULDN'T TELL IF HE KNEW

G. B. Magoon, the conductor on the
car bound for Worcester, had very lit
tie to say:
Il knew Of nothing unusual until the
crash came, and | was thrown from the
car onto the road. l have been work
ing for the road but a few weeks, but
don't care to talk much about the ac-
cident. In fact. / wasn't in a position
to know much. being on the back of
the car. | had three passengers on
beard and a conductor named Hen
shaw The passengers were Kerrigan,
Holbrook and Miss Pfaffmann Of
Leicester. They said Miss Pfaffmann
had her heel crushed, but I didn't see
her
Il don't think ! am hurt much. My
back is wrenched little, but l can't
tell yet how bad ii is.
The fog was very dense in the hollow,
and you couldn't see more than three
post lengths ahead. l don't know who
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22

plating department of the Perry Cycle
Seat Company's shop on Mechanic
street, His industry and application to
his duties was recognized and rewarded
by his employers, who soon made him
superintendent of the plating room.
A year ago last April he went to work
on the Worcester Telegram to cover the
Leicester district, and represented the
paper in that town until last August,
when he left the paper and for time
was without employment. About three
weeks ago he again became identified
with the Telegram, and it was while
making his daily trip to Cherry Valley
that he met his death.
His father is employed at j. & j, o.
Murdock's card clothing factory, but
was recently laid off with several other
hands on account of lack of work He
also leaves a sister, Miss Nettie A. Hol-
brook,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22
HUTCHlNS JUMPED.

George Hutchins the motorman on
the Inflated platform car had thrill
ing escape. His car was running at a
lively rate of speed to make the turn
out at the top of the hill and he did not
hear the Leiscester bound car until it
was upon him. He is an experienced
motorman and his eye told him at a
glance that there was no possible way
IN which the collision could be avoid
ed. He applied the brakes, shouted and
then jumped. He jumped off the south
side of the car and fell over a fence
bruising himself somewhat but he was
otherwise injured. When seen last
night Mr.. Hutchins, like the other rail-
road employees concerned in the wreck
was not inclined to discuss it for pub
LEGATION. He lives in Spencer and went
there Immediately after the wreck.