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The times., 1899-05-24
A SERMON LEADS TO DEATH
Brain Fever Brought on by wo-
mans Religious Emotions.

Atlanta, Ga, May 23.-Miss Annie Horne.
prominent young woman. twenty years
old, has just died here of brain fever. and
her friends and relatives assert that the
cause of her illness was a sermon preach
ed at st. Paul's Church a week ago sun
day night.
The Rev. DR.. Stanton well known
Southern evangelist. was the speaker He
made a powerful appeal to those who had
sinned to prepare for the coming of the
Holy Ghost
Miss Horne was an attentive listener.
and after leaving Is.e service spent the
night in prayer. She was unable to leave
the house for two days, and repeatedly
spoke of the sermon and quoted freely from
it. Her conversation was filed with
scriptural texts. and no other subject could
be discussed with her.
The family realized that she was suf-
fering from religious mania. and every
thing possible was done to draw her at
tention from the subject. Brain fever de-
veloped, however and she sank rapidly
| her last words being quotation from the
sermon.
The times., 1899-05-24

camp. the day OF the bear fight: the next
time | was conscious was on Thanksgiving
Day The chances for my dying where |
fell were about 100 to 1: but / won that
time. My partner. James Skinner. who al
so came from old ChautaHqua. ran across
me by chance. He told me afterwsrd that
he was coming down the canon when he
ran across dead grizzly. II had been
shot--a cub nearly grown-aGd while he
vas looking for the man who shot it he
saw another dead grizzly. This one hai
been killed with a knife. and he counted
twenty-three deep cuts through the hide
when he took II of. a knife was sticking
in the carcass. He pulled IL out. and for
the first time realized that his pard had
been in the scrimmase. He found me at
the foot of the hill. He said he would have
sold my chances for life for two bits.
know now must have been a sight. Ny
left breast was crushed in left arm bTok-
on in three places. collar bone crushed 50
there isn't a collar bone there now. left
shoulder pounded to n jelly, all the flesh
ripped of shoulder ana breast. Jim set
the bones OF my arm and shoulder. the
rest of the breaks and bruises were tiei
up in some healing bark he got from a
party OF Indians. Finally he got me into a
blanket sling and hired three men 70 help
him carry me to a trail. where they slung
me between two burros and moved me TO
a railroad station. Then we got to Denver.
and | lay in hospital there for five
months. l have been crooked ever since.
as the doctor said Jims work on my brok-
en- bones was so good they wouldn't at
tempt to improve on it.
That's the story. | never heard Of any
other man who got tangled up with a
grizzly in a knife fight and who lived to
tell of it; and I rather guess I hold the
championship in this line. although | ad-
nit | got it by accident
The times., 1899-05-24

was entirely sliced up by the rock and
nothing was left but pockets here and
there. At last even the pockets gave out
when the mining had reached a point in
the mountain nearly on a level with the
surrounding valley. Iron Mountain had
been scraped as clean as a whistle. 1t was
Iron Mountain no longer.
Mining engineers were hastily sum
moned by the company. They decided
that this deposit was only detached body
OF ore, and that the mother lode was close
at hand. Thus encouraged TIE company
bored to great depths at various points
without vindcating expert opinion. Not
another trace of iron could they discover.
So new theories had to be advanced to suit
the case and account for these large pock
cts of iron ore. The eNplanat on now gen.
orally accepted is that the immense de-
pOsits were aqueous instead of igneous in
formation, and. therefore. no mother lode
existed from which they could have been
detached. Whether that theory is correct
or not. the fact remains that after taking
out 3,5G00G0 tons OF about as rich ore as
was ever mined in the world the great
Iron Mountain has become a thing of the
past. Its army of 1900 woTkmen has
shrunk to a corpOral's guard. who are now
employed in scrapping up and sorting the
last and least OF the tailings, previous to
abandoning the works forever. The 5000
men, women, and children who populated
the town have scattered to the four quar-
ters of the globe. Perhaps seventy-five or
eighty of them still remain. Every store
is closed. The spiders weave their webs
over the broken windows of the shops
without molestation. Dwelling houses sag
in decay on their foundations. The
churches, schools, nails, and lodge rooms
are given over to the rats. postoffice is
no longer maintained there by the Gov
ernment and at the crumbiing railway
station stops but one train a day eacn
way. The little graveyard alone maintains
its population. but few have been the rec
ent additions, and the place lies buried
itself beneath a tangled mass of weeds and
bushes. The whole town is a superb pic
ture of desolation and ruin to be met with
only in the Old World and in the mining
districts of the New.
yet 1t is here that the mining mag
mates once brought their friends and en-
tertained them in princely style. 1t lies
in the Ozarks, in the most captivating part
of Missouri. The mountains. or perhaps
you would call them hills, rise to a height
OF about 400 feet and surround tranquil,
fertile valleys OF infinite beauty through
which flow sparkling. COOL spring fed
streams. few miles below is the noted
Arcadia Valley, which is the summer
home of great many wealthy and promi-
neut st. Louis men who were interested
in the Iron Mountain Company. Today
their sons visit the place to ride, drive
| tramp or shoot over the vast deserted
tract which proved so profitable 10 their
fathers and grandfathers"
The times., 1899-05-24
PLANS FOR THE BIG FIGHT.
According TO n New Arrangement IL
VIII Take PInce at Night.

New York, May ga new phase in the
proposed fight between Champion Fitz-
simmons and Jim Jefries developed yes
terday At a meeting held between Brady.
Julian. and representatives of the Coney
Island Sporting Club. 1t was decided to
hold the battle at night instead of during
the day. Several prominent electricians
were present at the conference and all ad-
vanced propositions whereby pictures of tie
mill could be secured without resorting to
sunlight.
Work is steadily going on at the club
house and the promoters are already figur-
ing on an outlay OF $4,000 TO put the build
ing in shape to meet the wants OF the ex-
pected large crowd. TIE seating capacity OF
the house. as estimated By Dan Considine.
the treasurer of the club. will be as fol-
lows: Admission at IS each, $1,000; $500
seats at $40 each; 5000 seats at SIS each:
]. 800 seats al $50 each. and 500 box seats at
S25 each. Owing TO the fact that the de-
mand for seats is SO large the management
decided to put them on sale today instead
of Wednesday.
Betting on the contest was more active
today. The strangest part OF II all was the
desire of mahy of the skeptics to put their
lucre on Jeffries. Reports of his fine con-
dition. no doubt had a great deal TO do
with this. commission OF s., 600 was re-
ceiyed today by Frank Dwyer. the horse
man. from the West, 10 be placed on
JefIries at odds OF to s. Dwyer did not
have long to wait and got one wager OF
$500 to 800 on the Californian.
The times., 1899-05-24
Harlem TrncL buildings burned.

Chicago May 23.-The buildings of the
Harlem race track were almost completely
destroyed by fire early yesterday. Flames
broke out in the grandstand shortly before
3 o'clock, and they soon spread to the
stables where between thirty and forty
horses were quartered in readiness for the
Decoration Day meet. which was TO have
marked the formal opening of the track fot
the season. The Chicago fire department
was the only force on hand to cope with
the flames Incendiarism is suspected.
and this theory is strengthened by the
recent destruction of the Roby track under
mysterious circumstances. Most OF the
horses at the Harlem track were rescued.
The track is owned by party Of Chicago
ans. of which Richard Fitzgerald Is the
head The buildings on the track were
valued at 500 900.
The times., 1899-05-24
THIS MARRIAGE A FAILURE.
aged bridegroom Seeks Divorce
From His NOung Wife.

From His Young Wife.
Frederick. Md. May 23.-John Fox, aged
eighty-six years. of Mount Pleasant dis
trict. who on Monday last married Miss
Kittie Zimmerman, aged twenty one years,
has filed a bill for absolute divorce.
Mr.. Fox. who owns several fine farms,
and who has had many experiences in en-
deayoring to procure a wife, today said:
This is the worst stew | have ever been
in. 1t only took me two hours to get
the girl to consent 10 become my wife, but
l suppose it viii take me nearly as many
years 10 get rid Of her.
Il needed a wife to take care OF my
house. continued Mr.. Fox, and my
housekeper told me | could find good
young woman at Mr.. Cramer's, in Freder-
ick. l came in and met the young woman,
and as she seemed TO be all that / wanted
l became engaged TO her, and in less than
two hours she was my wife. All | gave
her before marrying me was $3.50, and l
promised TO employ her friend Anderson
on the farm. Anderson came out on the
place last Tuesday to work, but instead of
doing anything he loafed about the house.
and wh>n | recovered from an attack of
rheumatism Saturday told him to leave
Soon afterward my wife informed me she
was going to Hagerstown to bring her
lnotneT. Mrs. johanna zimmerman, down
to visit US. / followed her to town and
found she bought two tickets. one for her
friend Anderson. and that both went TO
Hagerstown. Now she can remain with
him.
Since | was married on Monday have
been beset with thieves. l killed four
hogs last week and some one stole every
piece of meat, even taking the three cans
| of lard. l have lost forty chickens and
many other things about the place. Things
have become so bad that am now afraid
for my life. know now that you can't
trust the women these days
The times., 1899-05-24
TO BE BURIED IN OAK HILL.
for the Funeral OF
= Mrs. Sarah Mnynadier.

Arrangements for the Funeral OF
Mrs. Sarah Mnynadier.
Ghe funeral of Mrs. Sarah Maynadier.
died last Monday at the Stafford Ho-
"A from paralysis and iniirmities result
Ting from old age. will take place this
morning at II O'Clock. The funeral cor
tege will proceed from the residence of
her granddaughter, Mrs. S. 4. Browne.
140s Twenty-first Street northwest, where
the remains Of Mrs. Maynadier were
brought Immediately after her death. to
Oak Hill Chapel. where the Episcopal bur
ial service will be read by Rev. Dr. r. H.
McRim, pastor OF the Church of the
Epiphany. Mrs. causten Browne who ar
rived last night from Boston, and the
Rev. Z. Eleveth Msynadier, of this city,
two OF the four surviving children, VIII he
present.
Mrs. Maynadier was the daughter Of
Ebenezer EveIeth and Sarah Sanford,
She was bern In Alexandria. Va, July L.
1911. and resided in this city for fifty
seven years Her father was a sea cap
tain. who, in the prosperous days Of her
birthplace, piled a merchantmen over i
century age. between Alexandria and the
West Indies. She was the widow OF Gen
William Naynadier United States Ordinance
Corps. whose name is familiar in the his
tory of the rebellion for refusing the COM
missions a commissary general and chief
OF Ordnance. which were rendered to him
10y jefferson Davis, a schoolmate at West
Point
Although the deceased lived in the pc,
riods OF the Civil War and the late confiic
and was the mother OF Two sons who chos,
the Army as vocations. Mrs. Maynadiei
disliked the ostentation OF martial life
She was noted for her simplicity. domestic
lly. and charitableness. and was A .nem-
ber>ef the first congregation Of the Church
Of the Epiphany in this city.
Owing to a stroke OF paralysis she wa!
only able TO walk for the last four year!
with the most careful assistances bu
while physically unable 10 continue in hel
charitable work. her mind ever though
of the good OF her fellow creatures. and
being very fond of the young officers anC
soldiers of the late war, she frequentl!
had them entertained in the parlor Of tn
former residence OF her son-i Law, vii
liam r. Baldwin. 1888 C Street northwest
About two months ago with the hop
that change of scene would benefit he
health, she was removed from the Clar
endon Hotel where she had been residing
TO the Stafford Hotel. where she died.
She was the mother Of the late Gen
Henry E. Msynadier. who commanded tbs
mortar fleet in the Mississippi River a
Island No, 10 and at Memphis during TIL
Civil War: the late Mrs. Eliza Phelps, wifi
Of the late Commander Phelps. of the Dis
trict OF Columbia; the late Mrs. Sailie San
ford Mordecai. wife OF Colonel Mordecai
of the United States Ordnance Corps; tn
late Major William NJ Maynadier. forme
paymaster in the United States Army
and the late Mrs Margaret +. Baldwin. o
Washington. She is survived by four Chi
drcn. Mrs Causten Browne of Boston
Mrs Gustav Browne Maynadier. of Cam
bridge. Mass. Mr.. James Eveleth Nayna
dier. OF Boston. and Rev. f. Eyeleth May
,ahier Of Xashinefon
The times., 1899-05-24
FARMERS GIRL TO THE RESCUE.
Uses n Revolver to Scare Away Shell
| Game Sharps.

Parkersburg. W. Va. May 23.-TwO
we'll dressed strangers appeared at the
hcme OF Isaiah Steed. wealthy farmer
residing on Hughes River. They said they
desired to lease his farm for oil. The
strangers interested Steed in a shell game.
He guessed the shell which covered the
ball several times, when one Of the men
offered to bet him a large sum that he
could not do so again. Steed went TO his
house and secured the money. telling his
! sixteen-year- daughter his intentions.
She secured a pistol and returned with
bin. He bet his money! she drew from
under her apron the pistol, pointed it at
the sharpers. and fired several times.
They fled, leaving their money and game
behind.
The times., 1899-05-24
A DONATION TO THEosoPHY.
An Unnamed Friend Gives $50, to
the American Branch

Chicago, May 23.-At the thirteenth an
nual convention Of the American branch of
the Theosophical Society George W. Wright
announced that $4,000 had been given to
the organization by some one whom he re-
fused to name. He said that the money
was real. not astral, and that the interest
was to be devoted to the advancement of
the society. 1t was decided TO incorporate
the society under the laws of Illinois and
to copyright the name as a preliminary to
receiving the $4,000.
George E. Wright, Robert A. Burnett
Fawcett Plumb of Streator, William J.
Walters. of San Francisco, and Alexander
Fullerton of New York were elected trus-
tees to look after the money.
The times., 1899-05-24
Held ON Charge of Murder.

Wilmington. Del. May 23.-M. A. Cole.
alias Harry A. Wilson, must answer before
a jury for the murder OF William A. Mon
tague. Coroner Vandever held an inquest
last evening and the jury rendered a YER
diet to the effect that Montague came 10
his death from injuries inflicted by Cole
Cole was student at the University OF
Pennsylvania. His home is in Toronto.
Canada. Montague and he were admirers
OF q young woman. Montague and the girl
were to have been married last Thursday
Wilson came here on Wednesday and arm
ed with a baseball bat hunted for Monta-
que. He met him on the street and crush
cd his skull With the bat. killing him in
stanliy,
The times., 1899-05-24
SLOAN MEETS BAD LUCK.
Rides Two Horses Thnt Are JnpIncetI
mt Hurst Park.

London, May 23.-The Stewards handl-
cap of $50 sovereigns. for 3-year- olds and
upward. the second to receive 10 aover-
eigns out of the plate. one mile. was run
at Hurst Park today. The race was won by
Mr. G. Cottrill's Lackford. years. Mr. A.
Myburgh's Thurling. . years. was second
and Lord Roseberys Adonis third. Eleven
horses ran. Sloan rode Mr. ID. Seymour
Angelina. aged which was not placed
The Harewood handicap OF 800 sover-
eigns (25O sovereigns to the winner, 60 10
the second. and 20 to the third for s.
year-olds and upward two miles, was won
ny Mr.. VanHoboken's Sutton, years
Prince Soltykoff's Canopus. 4 years. was
second. and Mr.. Archie Colds Villiers
aged, third. Seven horses ran. Sloan rode
Sir Fitzgeralds ,Sweethampton. years
which did not get place
The times., 1899-05-24
West virginia Corporations.

Charleston. W. Va, May 23.-Charters
were issued yesterday to the Beltman Oil
and Gas Company, OF Parkersburg with u
capital of 81. 900: to the Norwalk Heating
and Light Company. OF Fairfield, Conn,
capital s45, 900: to the Cooperative Saw
ings and Investment Association, OF Phila
delphia. capital $500. and to the National
Dye Company. OF Charleston. W. Va, cap
Ital 81 600.
The times., 1899-05-24
Dromnedin the ohio River.

Parkersburg. w Va, May 23.-William
s Hughes. aged seventeen years. son OF
l. w Hughes. was drowned by the cap
sizing of canoe in the Ohio River here
yesterday afternoon. Hughes, together
with Carl Stahlman. rowed the canoe into
an eddy and it was overturned. Stahlman
was rescued by another companion on the
bridge pier by the aid OF a rope. bur
Hughes. who wore heavy rubber boots.
sank to the bottom.
The times., 1899-05-24
accident ON nm .Lr nond.

New York. May 23.-While rounding a
curve on the Brooklyn IL at Myrtle and
Clinton Avenues this morning. the forward
truck of one of the cars was torn out and
fel! 10 the street. narrowly missing pass
ing trolley car. The car was left hanging
ON the edge of the Il" structure. blocking
all fraffic. Had the car been going ut the
ordinary rate of speed IT probably would
have fallen TO the street.
The times., 1899-05-24

The District Commissioners have accepted the
proposal u Antonio Malnlti to lay ccpipg around
the north south, and east sides Of the Western
High School.
The Commissioners have refused TO condemn IN.
house, ut los and lO7 Massachusetts, Avenue. A.
requested By Charles Y. Richards, having f1l@l
them both safe structures
The times., 1899-05-24
May Die From Mosquito Bite.

New York. May 23.-Maude Renie. four
years old OF Gardner Street. Union Hill. n.
j.. is in serious condition as result of
a mosquito bite The child was bitten sew
eral days ago close to the right eye. The
swelling continued and has now extended
downward to the neck and has reached the
glands in the throat and the child is in
danger of suffOcating.
The times., 1899-05-24

tai, too, he shouted after me. as l hur-
ried along. What do you suppose he
meaGt?"
Rose was busy at the table and only
shook her head.
And then" continued Aleck. "as pass
ed down the stairs l met Nichols our book
reviewer, coming up, his arms overlowtng
with books as usual. It's rare, indeed,
that he ever mods to me, but this time he
peered over his glasses and actually stop
ped. It's Mr.. Alexander Dawson, isn't it,
he cried in his shrili voice. Glad to know
you sir. It's good, very coed, indeed. I'm
going 10 say so. merry Christmas to
you Mr.. Alexander Dawson. and TO Mrs.
Dawson and all the little Dawsons, and
he chuckled and passed on"
"A very rude person., said Rose, with a
red face. What do you suppose he
meant?"
Haven't a blessed idea He doesn't
drink, so he's either getting queer, or
he mistook me for somebody else But it
seemed funny coming right on top of
what Ruggles said
He paused and looked around.
DID he began, when Rose inter-
rupted him.
| Yes yes" she cried, they arrived all
/ right. Such lovely chairs, and such a nice
centre-t table! Just what We needed. Thank
! you so much, dear" And then she thank
ed him in the good old way. ..1
| 1t was a pleasant little supper; so pleas
! ant that Aleck forgot all about the blue
| pencil grievance. When it was finished he
leaned back and laughingly asked: DO
we enjoy the customary authors reading
tonight?"
| No" said Rose. "our holidays COM
mence like the Jewish fast days at sun
down. We will illuminate the reading
/ room tonight for a change. Now wait.
sir, while l light up She hustled into
the parlor and presently called him. The
new centre table. flanked right and left
by the new chairs, stood out in all its glo-
ry. Beside the lamp lay a square package.
Alexis gaze fell upon it.
Your Christmas present. dear" MUIR
INJURED Rose.
He tore off the wrapper impatiently.
IA book That's fine" he said as he
drew a neat volume from It's paper sheath
and held it up. ''Wh- VIII what's this?" he
| quickly stammered:
''BLUE PENCIL STORIES,
Alexander Dawson"
He was dazed.
"Why-what? You blessed angel. what
does this mean"
He skipped from page to page with eager
eyes and trembling fingers. Yes yes, they
are mine. but-but-I am sure l never
wrote them
You told them. dear" said the trium-
phant Rose. you told them in the gloam-
ing. you know, and / took them down
word for word in shorthand. And the pub
Usher liked them so much. and you are to
have royalty on every copy sold
and"
What" cried Aleck, "is that what
those busy fingers were doing in the twi-
] iph inc
again"
But they were only tears of joy, and 1t
was very happy little author that kissed
them away.
Fer the blue-pencil spook was laid for
ever.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
, 1899-03-10
One of Nelson's Captains.

The fifth ship was the Theseus, Cap
tain Ralph Willett Miller. This gentle
man, whom after his premature death
Nelson styled 1.-The only truly virtu-
GUS man I ave- knew" was by birth
a New-Yorker, whose family had been
loyalists during the American Reyo-
luton. A letter from him to his wife
gives an account of the fight which
is at once among the most vivid, and,
from the professional standpoint, the
most satisfactory, of those which have
been transmitted to us. OF the These
u.s. entrance into the battle he says:
SIN running along the enemy's line
in the wake of the Jealous and Coli
ath, 1 observed their shot sweep just
over us; and, knowing we'll that at
such a moment Frenchmen would not
have GOODNESS enough to change their
elevation, l closed them suddenly, and,
running under the arch of their shot,
reserved my fire, every gun being load
ed with two and some with three
round-shot, until l had the Guerrier's
masts in a line and her jibboom about
SlA le6J CIeur VI OuT TiBSlUB, we Luen
opened with such effect that a Sec
ond breath could not be drawn before
her main and mizzenmasts were also
gone. This was precisely at sunset, or
forty-four minutes past 9; then, pass
ing between her and the Jealous, and
as close as possible round the off side
of the Goliath, we anchored by the
stern exactly in a line with her, and
abreast the Spartiate. We had NOT
been many minutes in action with the
Spartiate when we observed one of our
ships land soon after knew her to be
the Vanguard place herself so directly
opposite to US on the outside of her
that 1 desisted firing on her, that I
might not do mischief to our friends,
and directed every gun before the
mainmast on the Aquilon Fourth
FRENCH, and all abaft it on the Con-
querant, giving up my proper bird to
the admiral. NELSON, in the Battle of
the Nile," by Captain Mahan, Il the
Century.
, 1899-03-10
.lHumiI{ty OF

The eminent scholar and church his
torian, DIR. Philip schaff, used to say
of himself: ST have not genius. I an
simply a hard worker, and what I am
I owe to- God and to constant applica
ton, keeping my wits about me-"
This notable humility recalls the re
mark of Sir Isaac Newton that the
only genius he had was the ability tC
keep a problem before his mind until
he saw through it.
A Scotch clergyman said: "Sir Isaac
Newton is as weel acquainted with the
stars as If he had been born and brocht
up amang them" But the great phil
osopher was much more modest In his
self-appraisement. Il SEEM" he wrote
ito have been only like a boy playing
on the seashore, and diverting myself
in now or then finding a smoother peb.
BILE IT a prettier shell than ordinary
while the great cean Of truth lay al
undiscovered before me-"
Our readers will not overlook the
ictus. of that modest remark. Sir Isaac
was always wandering on the sea
shore. and always intent on finding
pebbles and shells. HE that seeketb
fndeth."