The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
BABE SAVED BY A BLANKET

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-Special.-Ther
was most exciting scene at NO. 10
Twenty-sixth street. Brooklyn. yesterday.
The house took fire, and Mrs. Eincenzo
Paladuino, her baby, three months old.
and her sister, were penned in ON the
top floor. Mrs. Palaquino was preparing
70 throw herself and her baby from u
window when Walter Atkins arrived with
a blanket, and, calling for assistance.
spread it out.
With q cry the mother tossed her baby
out into space, ana it landed safely.
Hardly had the child been removed than
the mother arrived in the blanket. She
would nave escaped injury had not her
sister jumped Immediately after her. Mrs.
Pa!aauino was SO badly injured that she
was taken to the, Methodist Episcopal
Hospital.
TRIPLETS.
TriDlets, two boys and 4 GIRL were add
ed to the family of Joseph Schwartz. u
cloakmaker, yesterday, the three togeth-
er weighing ten pounds and eight ounces.
They We're born in Gouverneur Hosp-
tai, and the boys were named Orrin and
Frank, after House Surgeon Wightman
and DR.. Teadly, who attended Mrs.
Schwartz, and the girl Frances in the
matron's honor. The proud father wanted
to embrace DR.. Wishtman. All OF the
babies seem strong and healthy.
The more the people see of John B.
Mcdonald. who is to build the under
ground railway. the better they like him.
Yesterday he said that he would be ready
next week to sign the contract, and that
actual work would probably begin Feb
ruary 18th He denies that Richard
Croker, ex-senator German and others
are his partners, and says that this Is
purely Il business proposition, in which
he would not be apt to call in the poll
ticians- Moreover, ne denies that he has
entered into any deal with the Carnegie
Steel Company, which, like other steel
companies. is anxious to sell the steel
needed for the tunnel Chief Engineer
Parsons says that 65,GH tons OF steel and
1901 tons of cast iron will be required
Leroy w. Secor. who is wanted in MIL
waukee on a charge of having embez-
zled s1i.oG0 from the Goodrich Transports
ton Company, was arrested on Broadway
yesterday He was recognized III the
crowd by an agent OF the company, and
afterwards arrested.
Since tho death OF Edwin Booth there
have been few or no performances OF
Hamlet" in New York, and certainly no
adequate production OF the greatest OF
the Shakespeare plays. It Is OF inter
est. therefore, to learn that Mr.. Frohman
intends to revive Hamlet" in Days
Theatre late In April. with Mr. and Mrs
Sothern and Mr.. Edward j. Morgan IN
the caste.
INTERESTING OPERATION.
An interesting surgical operation was
performed at Bellevue Hospital ysster-
day on Frederick Seeiig. aged s!xtY-tiye
years. He has been suffering from a cam
cerous growth in the aesaphasus FOR sew
eral months The throat passage finally
became so contracted as to make@it al
most impossible TO force even liquid food
into mis- stomach. and it was decided.
after he had been patient in Bellevue
for several weeks. to perform the ope-
ration OF gastrotomy upon Him.
After the patient had been rendered
an iuciston was made In his
abdomen and an aperture was cut through
the stomach lining. The border OF the
hole was drawn through the aperature
In the abdomen and a piece OF quarter
inch tubing. eight inches long, was stitch
ed 10 the aperture In the stomach lining.
Then the stomach lining was permitted
to settle back into IT'S place and the
aperture In the abdomen was stitched up
and the patient was restored TO Con-
Mr. seeltg did not apparently suffer
any III effects from the operation. and az
The regular dinner hour glass funnel
was inserted In the mouth OF the tube
and he wax given a ne1rty meal ak t1pid
milk, waich wss tisity ana naturally q
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