Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-08

A group of travelling men were dis
Cussing the assassination OF President
Mckinley the other day when one OF
them said:
"Gentlemen-not 20 digress from the
subjcCt-but have any OF you ever con.
sidered the value OF five minutes?"
All answered in the negative.
well, | never considered II myself
until the other day, when a friend at
mine met with an experience which
showed how precious five minutes can
be under some circumstances. II was
on the day the dead President was
buried, when, as you remember, the
street cars and the telegraph ceased
to operate for five minutes as a mark
Of respect for the martyred chief.
My friend. whose home is in Wash.
ington, was engaged to be married to
q young lady In Cincinnati. Uvc nGv.
e. seen the lady, but II goes without
saying that she Is the sweetest gIrl in
the world and all that sort of tnlng-
they all areD Her rather is very
particular old gentleman and had not
looked with favor on rly friends suit.
The couple had been engaged in secret
| Tor three years, ana II was only o
| ulOnNu dbO Nlldt Nut piltuNul 'ouoNH'
was secured.
The young lady and her father
were visiting friends near Annapolis,
and 1t was while there that he was
prevailed upon to give in.
"Of course. they wanted % have the
ceremony performed at once before
| the father could change his mind and
1t was arranged to take place IN the
10Th OF September-the day Mckinney
was buried.
My friend travels through the
South for New FORK house, whose
busiest month is september and ht
could only get two days leave. liz
fixed his dates so that he would be IL
Baltimore, where the wedding was L
take place, on the 18th. and all ar
rangements for the affair were per
IeCted by letter.
well, the day of the wedding tn,
sroom.tO.be came up from Richmond
where he was worKng, and stopped
over in Washington to attend to SOM
important business matters. The bride
to-bc and father.in-lawtO-be were Il
leave Annapolis for Baltimore on tn,
.:3o train, meet him at hotel nea
the station, whore the ceremony wOulC
be performed by a minister who woult
be in waiting; the three would thel
take the 1850 train for Cincinnati.
THE business took more time thai
he had anticipated, and It was 10 mir
utes after before he could breaI
away and start for the train. ii
would have to catch the 2:35 train Il
order to be in Baltimore on time 4
meet his bride-elect and her fathel
and he did some tall hustling, ! tel
you.
AT % minutes past he was on
trolley car going down Pennsylvani
avenue and, allowing for stops, wOul
reach the b. a. o. station at 2:S0 an
have five minutes to spare before tn
train pulled out. Confident of bein
on time, he lit a cigar and was 500
lost in contemplation OF the great hal
piness in store for him.
suddenly the car stopped and r,
NAMED still longer than II was neCe
sary to take on a passenger. He lOol
ed up and saw Il string OF cars in frOT
Of him.
What's the matter? he asked III
conductor, eNcitedly. with his heart
J us mouth.
5 THE cars are stopped for five mil
utes out Ol respect Tor the dead Pres
, dent replied the conductor
Great Scott
"Ho looked at his watch; II wa
hall-past two. The train would leaN
In five minutes and he couldn't pu
sibly catch 1t now. WHAT was he
= do? Across the stree, was a telegraT
office. Quick as uasn ne conceiv,
the idea Of tclegraphing to his nance
father before he left Annapolis /
forming him OF his prediCament.
course, he realized that only by gre
good fortune could the message be d
livered in time, but 1t was his only /
source, and he was desperate. In
moment he was inside the office, HI
scrubbed a few lines on one of d
blanks and handed ii over the count
to the operator.
Get this of at Once-its a matt
Of lie and DEATH
The operator landed il back
him, saying;
Sorry, sir but the telegraph
10 shut of for five minutes out OF