Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-14
GOOD DEEDS.

| eleven hundred cats from starvation
and abuse during the month Of July.
\ large percentage of the forsaken an
| imals were subsequently sent to that
bourne where phantom mice abound
and where the released feline spirit has
the freedom of the backyard fence. but
the work of this league is mcrciful
one and cannot but count on the right
side when the final balance Is struck.
The traditional bravery CT firemen
was exemplifed in East Boston Labor
day. when Edward J. Ryan OF Engine
H. East Boston, stopped runaway
horse belonging 10 DIR. Ellsworth The
| horse started to run near the Orient
| Heights station. DR.. Ellsworth was
thrown from the wagon. but not seri-
ously injured. The horse came down
the street al fast clip. Ryan jumped
from the engine house and seized the
bride. He was dragged quite a dis
tancc but managed to bring the ami
nal 10 Il standstill.
| Several business E'en Of Fan River
are planning to raise by popular sub
scription money to purchase a loving
cup for Matthew &. ID. Borden, because
of his sagacity in avcrting several dis
astrous strikes. The mon who have
been consulted think that 500 can
be easily raised for the rurprse.
by the will of the late Louis Thurs
ton Hoyt. a member OF the New York
| stock Exchange, $4,000 Is given to
the Orphans Home and Asylum Of the
| Protestant Episcopal church Of New
| York. There are also bcquests - st.
Luke's hospital. the Society for the Re
lief Of the Destitute Blind. and the
New York Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Children.
one hundred feet from manhole.
| with all escape cut on. three workmen,
who were digging In a sewer in Nine
| tccnth street. New York made Il rush
to safety when an explosion Of naptha
gas occurred there. Tue day, but the
flames swept over them. and they We're
| compelled to H. on their faces in thick
| mud 10 escape being burned To death.
| They were unconscious when found by
| Policeman File no braSrly entered
the ever which but mona nt before
had been spouting fire.
Dr- John Hampton. now of +, mn sSl
vania. but 4 native OF Plymouth. y. e..
mas given his birthplace s.. oo0 for the
| erection Of an academy.
Fred &. Eaxton. son Of the late J. {.
Easton. a retired millionaire. viii give
slo" 600 toward the erection Of new
| PRESBYTERIAN college in In Crosse. Wis
Andrew Carnegie has donated a
large pipe organ to the Central Pres
hy:crian church of Newcastle. Pa.
| which city recently refused Mr.. Car
4 {1' ON of
Frank II. Bull. cx-President Of the
Sharon Steel company. has promised
to give &2e0plo for public building at
| Sharon. Pa The town must provide
for it's maintenance. and it must be
| kept open seven days week.
Andrew Carnegie has given El0o
each To Sheldon. Law. Jones and Dick.
four miners who displayed conspicuous
| bravery in the rescue Of their com
rades at the time of the recent Doni-
bristle PcrthshircJ colliery disaster.
AS an illustration ol the late General
| ludlow's absolute integrity and lack
Gf susceptibility to persuasive infiu-
enses in the discharge Of his public
| functions. story is related how. on a
| certain occasion. a contractor visited
|
vor As preliminary to the conver-
| sation tho visitor laid crisp new $50
bill on the officials desk. Ludlow an
parently paid no attention to the aC-
ton, but a moment or two later he
picked it UP ncElgently and began
rolling ii into a taper. y gas jet was
| burning over his desk. and after the
chief engineer had drawn a cigar fr, m
1
10 the flame and proCcs dcd 70 light the
4 cigar with il. His visitor sprang for
ward in amazcment. thinking Engineer
Ludlow was absent minded. ana cx-
claimed. Here. do YOU know what
you're doing" II dc" rep!ild Ludlow
impertur'bably. ana then he added.
with unmistakablc emphasis 10 y u
see that door? Now, get OUT OF this
Then he finished lighting the weed
with the still burning bank note. which
Crumpled into an ash as he let it fall
from his fingers. General Ludlow
served with conspicuous gallantry in
] cuba during the war with Spain. He
comma ndcd a brigade at the battle Of
| Santiago and was made a major gen
| eral for his service there. General LCd-
low was appointed military governor
| Of Havana. where he laid the founda-
| ton for the great reforms in SANTA
| ton which have since made the cuban
| capital one of the healthiest cities in
| the world. on January p. 90 he was
| appointed briSadier general in the
regular army. In February. 1900 he
was recalled from Havana and was.
early in the present year. ordered to
the Philippines as military governor
Of the department of the Nisayas but
) was forced to return home before as
suming his new post
Mrs. Johanna NJ. Lovelacc Of Tur-
ner. Kan, has made an offer to the
Kansas City. Kansas, Baptist Thco-
logical Seminary of a gift Of ninety
acres of land. valued at $4,000, lying
just outside the limits of that city. The
gift is made on condition that $4,000 be
raised to purchase building now on
the property. to be used for seminary
purposes. Mrs. Lovclace also agrees to
give $1,000 toward the running expen-
ses of the seminary the first year
| robert Lcbaudy. son Of the French