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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-08-12
Rrcnk. nIcyoe Record.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug. 4. - The
worlds bicycle record for 1000 miles,
held by T. A. Edge, of London, Eng
land, and made over an ordinary turn
pike road, has been broken by A. A..
Hansen, king of American long-dis-
lance riders, who has just succeeded in
covering the distance in % hours A
minutes. The time made by Edge was
los hours 10 minutes.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-08-12
VIII Erect a Peace chanel.

The Hag'tr. Aug. s.-The American
delegates to the recent peace confer
ence have offered on behalf of the
United States to erect near the English
church peace chapel, with stone tc
commemorate the conference. The
offer has Seen gratefully accepted.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-08-12
Population OF Kansas.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. Official fig
ures show Kansas is making steady,
healthy advance in population. The
enumerating made by assessors for
March, 1899, compiled by the state board
81 agriculture, gives total of l,425,112
Observation-Disclosures net increase over
1898 of a4,143, or 2.5 per cent.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-08-12
Kincd wNlIe Preventing a Suicide.

'>'cU ""e FrPVehttnB SHIcfdea
Des Moines, Ia, Aug. Sired Hun
nell, a carpenter, undertook to commit
suicide ut his home Monday evening BIZ
shooting himself. Ills son, Archie Hun
nell, undertook to wrest his revolver
from him. The gun went off and the
son fell dead, shot through the heart
A crowd was attracted to the house
and tried to arrest Hunnell, but with
knife and gun he stood off a score of
men, drove them away from the place
and then tried to take his own life. He
slashcd himself viciously with the
knife, but the police came and arrested
him before he was able to end himself
He will probably recover and is I'M
doubtedly insane.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-08-12
A DEATH Grnpple.

After the first moment of stupefac.
ton the work of rescue began. Ropes
and life presorvers were thrown to the
crowd, but in the panic the people in
the water clutched one another, and
many sank thus in groups in a death
grapple. Many taken from the water
were unconscious and were revived with
difficulty. Doctors were summoned
from all directions. but it was half an
hour before the first arrived. The
freight house at the ferry was turned
into a morgue, the bodies being taken
there for Identification as fast as re-
covered
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-08-12
No Company.

He-There I sat, alone with my
thoughts.
she-Poor boy! How lonely you
must have been.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-08-12
THROWN INTO THE WATER.
Score of Persons Perish at Mount
Desert Ferry, Me.

Bar Harbor, Me-, Aug. IA score of
persons were killed Sunday by the
collapse of the gang plank of the Mount
Desert Ferry. Seventeen were drowned
and three died from the terrible en-
pericnce of immersion in the water
and injuries while struggling for life.
The Maine Central railroad ran eXcur-
sions to Bar Harbor from all sections OF
it's line i'll Maine, the attractions being
the warships which were expected Sun
day. All the morning long trains
packed with cXcursionists were rush
ing to Bar Uarbor. The train which
left Bangor at S:25 consisted of 10 cars
iammcd with people. At Mount Desert
Ferry, the terminus of the line, the
train left for the boat, for an eight
mile sail to Bar IIarbor.
Gang Plank Gives Way.
When the excursion train from Ban
gor arrived at the ferry there was
rush for the steamer Sapphct. The first
few passengers had crossed the gang
plank safely, and il is estimated that
200 people were massed upon the plank.
Suddenly they felt the plank give way
beneath them. The long timber sup
porting the plank broke in the mid
die. The hinges held up one end and
the chain the other, while the broken
end of the plank dropped, and a strug-
Cling. screaming mass of humanity was
plunged into the water, IS feet below
the wharf
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-08-12
ITO BE Continued


Biggs-Did he hit you in the solar
plexus?
Boggs-He must have. I saw the
whole solar system.-N. Y. Journal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-16

him; while every Expression OF that
longing centered in thoughts Of the
yelled face, the music of that voice and
the touch of that warm, soft hand, with
its diamond set in pearls.
These new thoughts brought no com
fort however, for they always came
to the same conclusion-a shuddering
realization of the chains Of the condi-
ton which bound him. never to recog-
nize or communicate with his vile.
With ali the rest, his Office and profess
sion became intolerable. The sooner
he could abandon them and get away
the better. He secured the services OF
a young friend in the profession to oc-
cupy his office; and to enable him to
forward any mail he hastily prepared
an itinerary for a journey Of one year,
bringing It to q close then simply be-
cause he had agreed to meet the re-
porter in that Office on the 7th OF De-
cember, 1898. At the time he could not
realize that the hour would ever come
when he SHOULD wish of himself to re-
turn.
Many a time he found cause for graft
tude to that cold list Of dates and places
binding him, as it did, to something OF
other, restraining him from ignomin'
ious retreat and surrender to-nothing
Had he desired, he could easily have
learned as much as he wished of Esthsl
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-16
SYNOPSIS


chApter S-on the night OF December 8
3ft Stanton. were IN the formers library
"a Brooklyn The old gentleman II at
tucked by q stroke OF apoplexy ana died
81 heart failure at two minutes past twelve
On the morning OF December 6. Before
dying Olm0tead made q Will leaving his
fortune 90 hts nephew II he married within
9ep years, with the exception OF $4,000
which H1RsA TO so TO an unna med-heir
tShapter 1I--AftSF i've ySEfs 5tEf7fop -
,Somes engaged TO a young lady. lie meets
= nan from the west, Richard Raymond,
and n Induced to try a glass Of wine Stan
ton Rwakons next morning at his home
and hnds . letter breaking his engagement.
He Is told that he was drunk the night
before and visited her home. The wine
was drugEed by Raymond. Five years
later Raymond turns up as the unnamed
neir to clCim the property on December
s, 1881. The death certificate had said that
December 8.
CHAPTER III.-After securing proofs OF
the date OF his uncle's death Stanton de-
termdnes to marry y possible, before mid
night OF December 8, so as to beat Ray
pnond out OF the property for the trick he
had played on him In drugRing the wine
he had given him and then sending him IN
"A carria9e 10. his napcee's house.
g<hTpfcr TV--STErtOn -8dvSTT1ses Tor 9
wife and his advertisement IS answered
by a woman who agrees TO send him 9
Woman. Esther Thorndike. to marry hin
that night.
Chapter v.-Esther Thorndike meets hin
as arranged. and they seek Rev. DIR. Bor
den 20 perform the ceremony. They FIND
him on ms brooklyn ferry a few minutes
before twelve
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-16

coming into the troubled heart Of Rob |
ert Stanton. But he who has watched
longer, till black clouds filled the |
break. and with a sigh, groan, nature
sank back again into the stormy night
more desolate even for the glorious
glimpse. may feel, in analogy, the over
! whelming force of the realization which
followed, that the moon which shone
with such refreshment for a moment
was even then hidden by the black
waves of the Atlantic, and that every
feeting sound was bearing her farther
and farther away, 10 set beyond the
clouds, beyond the possibility of even
one more passing glimpse
The memory of one week before
came back to haunt him as night gath
cred. Involuntarily he was living ii all
over again. Step by step he seemed
forced to follow it, and every step was
bereft OF all but Observation-Disclosures
and utter loneliness.
Even the discovery that it had been
such strength and comfort 20 him to
know that she was as near as Brooklyn
filed him with dismay. The wild, un-
controllable, almost incoherent ram
blings of his mind startled him. His
plans were methodically laid for his
departure the following day, but mac
ton was uncomfortable. 1t was very I'M
like John 0lmstead's nephew, but it only
made matters so much the worse that
he fully realized the fact. In a strug-
gle to escape he started that night for
California
BY degrees the strange week sank
into something like the memory of
an ugly dream. Often he seemed to
himself to, be still dreaming AS the
train rumbled on be sometimes tried &c
rouse himself, with a vague sense thai
if he succeeded he should discover thai
it was only dream Yet as often al
he made the attempt he shuddered les
he might succeed; for in it there wa
something more real than reality as b.
knew Il, and even at that moment h
would not have had it all a dream.
The man on one side of the two-lin
advertisement and the man on tn
other side were two painfully distinc
and different creatures. The chang
was not agreeable. 1t resulted in n
end of misery, and nothing else; yet ]
the midst of the misery there was some
thing so agreeable and beautiful tina
nothing in the old life could eompar
with it.
If the turning of his hand would haS
- taken him back again to the time befo1
~ that advertisement appeared, he woul
"a not have turned his hand
IL he could only have understood han
=, self>it would have been very dineren
% But he did not understand. Howev'
- much or little Robert Stanton knee
he certainly did not know that the ne
:o sentiment possessing him was love
ny fro BIZ CONTINUED
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-16

Thorndilke. Indeed, 1t was difficult to
hold graIuitous information away; but
with a keen native sense of honor,
greatly overstrained and intensified as
it was by the strange circumstances,
lie felt that it would be the height OF
disloyalty for him to permit himself to
know anything beyond what Esther
Thorndike had herself communicated
The day Of her departure found him
as ignorant as ever, and only so many
DAYS deeper in the new. sentiments and
their attendant morbid desperation.
Shortly after the hour for the sailing
Of the days steamers a messenger boy
brought him a card bearing the words;
May the best of life be yours, always
Earnestly your friend. Esther Thorn
dixie"
One who has watched on a stormy
night and seen the full moon burst
suddenly from an uRlooked-for rift
TRANSPORTING everything, filing all ma
ture with life, grandeur and wonder
full beauty, may understand, perhaps
the effect of that immaterial nnessag'
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-16
Notice.

The Goth Street Baptist Church has
moved its place of Worship from its
former place OF worship (20Sh street.
between Main and Cary) to corner OF
21st and Grace street, and the name
has also been changed to that OF VI ace
donna Baptist Church. The public is
invited TO attend the services which
II AA place at the usual hours-ll m
S. s. p. IN. regu' nr services, p. m
Rev. A b SMITH Pastor >
JAMAs POW LII Clerk.
l22-1m.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-12-20

cessiOns will be made to any manufac-
turing concern.-Miami correspond
ence Times Union and Citizen.
The Board of Trade has begun ac-
tive work toward erecting, at an early
date a handsome $4,000 building on
it's lot at the corner of Franklin and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-12-20

Lafayette streets. Two years ago the
board bought the property, which has
IS feet front on Franklin street, run
ming from the corner to the store of
Gum 4 Seckinger. The price paid for
the property was 32,OOO,-Tampa Tri,
bune.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-12-20
FLORIDIANA.

mated that more than three million
barrels of the article can be taken.
This means much for Apalachicola, as
the shipments will be made through
that port.
Geo. w. Saxon, president of the
Capitol City Bank, has just closed a
big land deal in Tallahassee, Leon
county. The transaction embraces
about $4,000 acres, at the average
price of $1.25 per acre. This is a fine
lot of land for lumber and naval stores
and sawmills, and turpentine distil-
leries will soon be in operation Oh
these lands.
Last Wednesday night house own
ed by Mrs. S. III. Mead, located near
the home and occupied by Eli Wade,
was destroyed by fire and with it the
entire contents In addition to the
household goods and clothing, about
$4,000 in money was burned. Of this
amount $500 was a church fund, the
balance being personal.-Eustis Lake
Region.
Geo H. Foote is building a covering
for his orange grove at the rear of
his dwelling that is going to furnish
warm and comfortable quarters for
his trees this winter The frame will
be covered with glass and the ground
under cover will also furnish plenty of
room for garden ss."-Daytona
Gazette-NeWs.
The orange crop of Southern Florida
is far exceeding the estimates made
early in the season. The price re-
mains firm above 81 box. This de-
monstrates beyond question the esti-
nation in which the Florida fruit is
held, the California product not being
really considered a rival.-Tampa
Herald
There is a little hitch over the rates
for the carnival. 1t is on an agree
ment as to territory to be covered.
Some of the roads hold out the idea
that the carnival comes in the midst
of the tourist season, and therefore to
grant a low rate over a large terri
tory would be the loss of great many
dollars. However, no ruling has yet
been made, and it is likely that the
matter will be settled soon, and salts
factorily. Tampa especially desires
large territory for Their ates, because
it is the intention of the promoters of
the enterprise to establish here car
nival that will attract great attention
all over the cOuntry.-Tampa CORES
pondence Times-Un and Citizen.
e. L. Gross, the confectioner, res
taurant and refreshment man, has
placed on exhibition at his place one of
the prettiest automatic toys ever seen
in this city. 1t is an elegantly dress
ed doll, standing gracefully on a
dainty case, within which is a clever
piece of mechanism. AS the crowds
pass in front of the store, the doll adj
justs a pair of spectacles, raises
book to it's eyes and reads away at
great rate, accompanying the reading
with sundry fetching winks and mods.
All the while pretty music emanates
from the doll. Mr.. Gross proposes to
give this costly toy away to the per
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-12-20

stances of progress to be found in the
State may be seen at the present
time at BOyntOn, twelve miles south
Of this town. A year ago the entire
population of the settlement was less
than fifty, and there was hardly a
house there worthy the name, save
Major BOynton's new hotel and two
houses on the west side Of the canal
At the present time the population Of
the town is nearly three hundred, and
there are several new houses, while a
number of the old ones have been re-
built into comfortable residences.
Practically all the muck land in or
this year, and BOyntOn now ranks as
one of the best towns in Dade county
The Boynton House is to be opened
January L. and will be we'll filled al
most at once by people who have al
ready engaged accommodations there
for the winter. The new BOynton de-
pot, which has been closed since the
shipping season, will be opened the
first of next month.-West Palm
Beach correspondence Times-U Union
and Citizen.
Payson's shingle mill is now in fair
running order, and is turning out from
10000 to $4,000 cypress shingles per
day It's capacity is 10000 and the
proprietor hopes to have the mill run
ming to it's full capacity within the
Rapids, Mich, make, and is the most
improved shingle mill on the market.
Mr.. Payson, for his enterprise alone
if for no other reason, should receive
the support of our people, and his
shingles should 90 on every new roof
in town, as wei as those to be repair
ed. They don't cost any more than
others, and they are hOmemade.-Cre
cent City News.
The 13-year-old son of Mic Lucas,
the well-knOWn soda water manufac-
turer, was painfully if not seriously in
jured at Clark's sawmill by being
caught in one of the saws. From
what can be learned the lad works in
the mill and in some way stumbled,
| falling on one of the last revolving
saws, receiving a terrible cash in his
body and had it not been that he was
caught on the side he would have been
cut completely in two. He was pick
| ed up in a Semi-cOnSciOuS condition
and carried to a place Of safety, after
which DR.. Miller was summoned and
the injury dressed. The lad was then
carried to st. Luke's Hospital, where
he is undergoing treatment if posi-
| BILE to save his misunderstanding Nv-
ening Call.
The magnificent yacht Sweetheart,
owned by Col c. G. Burgoyne of Day
tona, Fla, arrived here yesterday af
| ternOOn en- route home after cruising
since last May up the Atlantic coast
and through the rivers, canals, the
great lakes and down the Mississippi
river, the reverse of the trip just com
pIeted by the yacht Zeta Of New Or
leans. Col. and Mrs. BurgOyne who
made the trip in the Sweetheart, stop
ped at New Orleans and will complete
+1.;1o 10 Ix1p In
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-30
THE WEATHER PROSPECTS.

Snow and Rain Storm Failed to Appear.
 The rain and snow promised by the weather bureau to put in an appear ance here yesterday failed to show up and it's non-appearance was excused last night by Observer Tarr who said that the storm from the northwest pass ed north of New Haven, while the storm reported to be on the way from the south had become sidetracked or stalled on the way The only part of the storm from the northwest which reached New Haven was the wind, but there was no precipitation. MT. Tarr said last night that he did not receive reports from the south Sunday night and consequently could not locate the southern storm. He said that it was very cold in the northwest, the upper Mississippi valley and in the lake region. He also said that the indications were that it would continue cold in this section for two or three days longer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-30
rolrs Wonderland Theatcr.


 A prime bill of vaudeville at the Wonderland this week, one of the best offerings by Manager Poli this season. including a wide diversity of styles, from comedy to marvels. The new vaudeville comedy 'The High Roller" presented by Favor and St. Clair, heads the bill. It is in excellent hands. The vein is light but lively and has fun for every moment. Diana, the dancer will be another feature. Her act is ex- tremely costly and carries with it q set of special stage machinery. She gives a series of dances typical of ale gorical subjects. Many rays of pris- matic lights and myriad of mirrors enhance the effect and repeat in count less reflections her movements, and a fountain of real water that sprays over the scene. El Zobedie, the great Euro pean equilibrist, performs extraordinary feats Emma Carus, young woman with a baritone voice of phenomenal quality, will sing a number of ballads. "The Uptown Flat is a rollicking farce, to be played by Willet, Thorne and a supporting company. Others on the bill are the Booming trio in "A Lively Village;" Richard Pitrot, the great mimic of international fame; Pur- cell and Maynard, in comedy sketch, and Miss Tiny Graf, vocalist, will com plete the bill Prices 10c and zoe; la dies in the afternoon, 10c.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-30
DEDICATION EXERCISES

Held at the Zion Lutheran Church Tn i Bridgeport Yesterday-Visitors From
 This City.
 , The Lutherans of Bridgeport formally dedicated their new church yesterday. Visitors were present from this city, Stamford, Danbury, NorwallS and other cities in the state. The church society had been organized several years ago with few members, and during the last year lad grown to such proportions that the hall in which the services were be- ing held was deemed inadequate, and at the same time the members saw the necessity of having a place of worship of their own. They worked hard to se- cure the necessary funds to build a church and their efforts met with such success that a handsome edif1ce is the result of their labors. The festivities opened at 10:30 o'clock in the morning, when in the presence of the building committee, Rev. E. II. Fisher of this city, Rev. MT Steub of New York city and several other pastors, Rev. MT. Spannuth, the pastor of the church, after a short service, unlocked the doors and the worshippers passed in to hold the first religious service in the new house of God. The church was filled to overfioWing. After remarks by Rev. MT. Spannuth, the Rev. MT. Steub of New York preached a most eloquent sermon, exhorting the members to be diligent in attending the services in the edfice which they had strived so hard to get The choirs from the Zion Luth eran church and the mems choir of the Danbury church rendered several songs very acceptably. After the services the visitors and members wended their way to the old edifice, where a sumptuous spread had been set for the visitors. In the afternoon at o'clock the Rev. D. H. Fisher of this city occupied the pulpit. His remarks were in the same vein as that of Rev. Mr. Steub in the morning. About sixty from this city attended the exercises.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-30

ems of New York. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Chatterton Of Townsend avenue.
 Captain Richardson of Fair Haven, master of the New Haven bark Essex is on a voyage from New York to south Africa. It is expected that the vessel will make the voyage inside of two months. Captain Richardson was re- gently in command of the schooner Har- old c. Beecher.
 There is a general desire to have MT. Hallock of Fair Haven reappointed member of the shell fish commission by the oyster planters of this section. They say that he has made a good commls- sioner for four years, and there IS no need to make a change. It is said that it takes considerable time to learn the work and that his experience will be al uable for another ternl.
 Edward w. Easter has gone to Avon Park, Florida, for stay of several weeks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-30
ST. PATRICK's R. c. CHURCH.
Annual Report Read by Rev. Father
 Russell Yesterday

Annual Report Read by Rev. Father
 Russell Yesterday.
 At St. Patrick's R. c. church yester- day morning the pastor, Rev. Father John Russell, read his annual report on the parish work. The report showed that during the past year the receipts amounted to about $14,500, while the ex- penditures amounted to about $12,000 A new altar has been erected and a new altar carpet laid. The average attend ance at the Sunday school was 1200, while on some Sundays as many as 5000 persons attended the various ser vices during the day. Among the im- provements which will be made during the ensuing year is an addition to the Hamilton school 10 provide two more rooms. The crosses on the tower of the church are being remodelled by Clerkin & Mcdonald. There were during the past year about fifty marriages and 250 births in the parish. The church has been free from debt for two years.