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Mailer DesAnt's Life.

At the time Of his death Sir Walter Besant
had become in a W the father Of literary
London. The younger, intense writers,
full 81 foreign schemes for a regeneration
IL English letters. scofcd AZ him and spoke
lightly ~ his work. but his kindness Of
heart, the services he had rendered to
many person., and. perhaps. his survival
Of other greater writers. gave him q place
that NAV he compared 30 that ~ James
Russell Lowell in his later years in this
country. lie left an incomplete account
- his life. which il published under the
TIL. Autobiography ~ Sir Walter Besant. :
hy Dodd. Mead 4 Go. II was intended
for publication and makes a. delightful
a story A. any 81 his novels. 80 far as he
had revised II. Fully two-'hirds ~ tho
book - taken up with "reminiscences -
his early life and the story 81 his child
hood. 81 his life n Cambridge and ~ his
experiences a. n teacher in Msuritius.
and nothing could 10 more genial or
pleasant In the later chapters. in which
he gives an account n his work A. a novel
writer. B~<ant il much moro brief. and
IL l. impossible not 10 feel that he would
have left out whatsoever is disagrNeable
and would have amplifed whatever he
left In the same chatty manner 81 the
earlier pages. Tn" objections 10 ia.
critics would hav" l~cn toned down
probably
No man. Isrhaps. IL Judge ~ his own
qualities. Walter Bcsan' could write pleas
ant. readable tale. certainly not 20 the first
rank either ~ fiction or literature. He
prided himself. however, On ~ scholar
ship and his ANTIQUARIAN knowl"igr, and
felt sore because the critics PRAISED his
stories and passed over IN" setting He
j. very ANXIOUS not to IT, ungpn"rous TO
James Rico. but he regretted their col
alteration. though. W. fancy. everybody
m loved the books IN which Ricc was
ahlc 20 hold BrSant's fad- IN check more
than those which B-~hnt wrote alone after
Ricc'- death. N" way in which the Pco-
pies Palace aru@e out % tho interest created
hv All sorts and conditions ~ Men nat
urallv made B--aut take his philanthropic
schemes morr seriouslv thar perhaps they
deserved H. dearly esteemed that work
and his efforts for tho society Of Authors
and for International copyright mor' highly
than the hight fiction which gave him hIs
fame ~" gives an account ~ the famous
examination paper on ok So, by Cat
v%ctlev, which he Erswerad ls.st ~ much
hss l--p mad" Of hat paper 81 late that
there j. som" danger that Sir Waller Besan,
NAV live only A. tho man who answered
y. Tn" autobiography l. entertaining and
readable II - introduced hy n PREDATORY
note by Mr. = Squire Sprgg-. II takes an
Engli~hmsn 20 live down " g a name.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
BtNkRI PTTY THiNGES Urged.
Business Men TO send = D~iegstton 10
Washingto on In Ia, or of the IA, mn.

A meeting Of business men was held NJ
the Offices of the Board 81 Trade and Trans
portntion Yesterday 60 urge upon Congress
the need 81 passing the Raw biu which
makes more stringrni the existing laws hv
providing penalties for fraudulent tram
fers II property. and "mpoweringth h" court-
"a prevent the di~ohargr ~ hankrnp's
SUSPECTED ri fraudulent PRACTICES. /; alSn
provides that n bankrupt after being once
discharged cannot apply for another dts
charge until the expiration Of siy wears
After a resolution urging m" passage OF
the bill had been passed II was decided 10
send a delegation ~ the associations repre-
-cn-ed AT IA" meeting 20 Washington
on Monday tu press the matter upon tho
SPEAKER and the Committee on Rules.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
FIRE MEDAL AWARDS TO-DAY.
MAYOR Low WILL HONOR THE
MEN WHOM STURGIS CHOSE.


There In much Dissatisfaction among
the uniformed members Of the Fire De-
over the list Of firemen selected
by Commissioner Sturgis to receive from
Mayor Low to-day Of Fire Headquarters
the medals for meritorious conduct a per-
sonal risk. at fires during the year 1870.
Commissioned Sturgis appointed a com
mittee 81 Ave chiefs to investigate the
claims, but when the COMMITTEES decided
on a list. the Commissioner discarded II
and made one Of his own. The new list
included all but two 81 the names picked
nv the committee. hut flremen selected
by the committee for certain medals were
pu, down for others. In addition to this.
two captains selected by the committee
were dropped entirely.
The friends 81 the captains who were
dropped charge that Commissioner S'ursi>
had listened To the opinions Of personal
friends instead Of taking the list which
had been prepared by the majority Of thu
uniformed chiefs, who had gone over all
the reports on file. On the other hand,
the friends OF the commissioner argued
hat politics had figured In the Lat of names
seIected toy the committee 81 chiefs
The committee appointed by Commits
sioner Sturgis 10 make up the 1900 list con-
sisted Of Chief Croker. Deputy thiefs
Ahearn, Duane and Purroy, and Battalion
Chief. Binns. Gooderson and Kruger
For the Bennett medal for rescue work
they selected Capt J =. McAre, hut Com
missioner Sturgis chose Fireman I. +. NcAr-
thur Of Engine a.. who rescued a fellow FIRE
man NJ the Tarrant fire.
For the Robert Bonner medal for heroic
work the Commissioner accepted the com
mittee's selection. Engineer j Hagg-r'y,
who was chosen for bravery At the Mallory
steamship pier frc The Trevor-Wa rrcn
medal by the committee decision vent
to Fireman Thomas Mulaney for the part
which he took In the rescue ~ seven persons
at a fire al <i5 West rty-seventh street
on Jan. %. ipO. Commissioner Sturgi-
has named Fireman James Monaghan for
this medal for his work in rrscuing per-
sons from a building on First avenue on
Jan. J. 1914.
The COMMISSIONS awards to Nulaney
the Strong medal. for which there wer no
funds, but for which money has now been
provided Tho committee selected Capt.
J Brogan 81 Engine Company rs for the
medal. provided hy John Stephenson. the
late car builder This award L. for general
efficiency A. a commanding onicer, hut III"
Commissioner preferred Capt. John =.
Devanney. who will receive the medal to-
day. The other captain whose name l.
dropped. McArec. IA in command Of Engine
~
After Mayor low hands over The medals
to-day the department. life saving corps
and the companies detailed AZ Fire Head
quarters will give = public exhibition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24

right - any oes 10 have Their t~nsell~sual
cravinp ssuAaed. " 70 h calls for .
new -Carss ID fsstss.' For ordinary peo-
pie. however. the actors In the fnessins
game seem rather sexl>>s. They have a
delightful way OF saving exactly whAi 10
guing on in their minds. n process which
has it, advantages in explaining them to
the reader and must be Of great value to
s~elf-analysts DESTROYS 81 comparing notes.
but which might h~ awkward among per-
sons accustom-d Ia action and not To mere
talk Miss S~edgwick's hero and heroine
are very refined and very noble. but We
help symrathizing Wit tho efforts
Of the heroin"'s vulgar. naterialtstic daugh-
ter. nearly thirty years 81 age. to break
~ that too rarefed atmosphere.
The -rscue' arranged 10y the hero. emf
nen,ly respectable though II Is. seems TO
land all concerned In a worse mess than
morally and practically Miss
Sssigwick writes excellent English n her
story is readable. The publishers send IN
At the same time two earlier books 10y her.
The ~Confounding 81 Camelia- and -Th.
Dull Miss Arrhinari.- marked by the same
of good writing and prcciosrity
~ sentiment. There il too much pls wing
love and too little love.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
Sentiment Spup Fine,

There ia an impression current, that hv
English law n MAJ may mo-; marry his
own grandmother, and the noVclist- Ia ve
usually avoided IN" complication. though
W. recollcCt II" English lovc story that
was sha,,rrNi on thht rock The girl was
Young and had married the lovers grand
father. There hav hsen heroine- some
what older than tho hero. and Henry Is
mund IL n witness 81 how that dinfculty
NAV n. s~urmounted with dignity. The
French. too. AVE ravcd over The n attractions
of the woman ~ 40 10 th. very Young.
bu, IL was reserved To Miss Anne douglas
S.dgvick IN The l,c~cum- tho Century
Company 10 -; forth the claims 81
the womanI 81 So IN the alteration ~
youth. Miss S-dgwick does not cater TO
the general public: she writes for those who
delight In the hidden byways ~ The tender
PASSION and its curious manifestations
They cad and buy books and have % much
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24

In a series II hooks on music IN IN" nine-
teenth century. pphlished IN England u -
prrhap~ ft'ing that there should H. a yui-
UNI. on English Music in tho NlNth Cen
tury.- such a. Nr J 4 Fuller Maitland
has written Grant Richards; = y Dutr"n
4 Co.. The author. fortunately has gone"
beyond the range ~ hi- title m Speaking
of foreign music performed In England
and foreign musicians. lie tells the story.
too, 81 England's slender achievements.
and cnumerares man composers, singers
and performers. whose fame for the most
part II dun even In their own land There
nav. been. A. there are. respectable British
musicians. and n" British are fond II
music; bu' there seens To 10 a ludlcrou-
uisular lack 81 tho sense 81 proportion IN
a division ~ 'he Ccn'urv into two parts. be
fore and after the -reuai-sanCr. vhich l.
set AZ 1851. and ~ which the leaders are
Alexander Mackenzie. Huber Parry. 4
Goring Thomas. Frederic Iow"n and VII
lierS stanford Va doubt thcv have done
much toward ~ ing British music 10 tor
man standards. hut W. don't know an Eng
lish name Il the century that will stand IN
the third or fourth rank among N" great
composers tn" nearest, approach TO u i
Sir Arthur sullivan However. the oii'or
Of tho -"ries tells us that England bids
fair 20 reOCCupv among the so-cAll'i mu~l-
cal nations thai Position which -h" has
no, held sine" the day ~ Purcell. whatever
that NAV mean Mr. Fuller Maltland'~
hook l. 4, conscientious account Of the
Rrttt-n ron
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
NEW ROOMS
Corhrssd from Ssre~fA Paee.

fiI story by MIR Balm. M the story Of the
sentimental thief who forgav- and enriched
tho youth who had hat him In the neck with
n stone IL characteris>d by Mr.. Balm ~
-roble
.orkv V rich IN words and In IN" acquire
rr.nis ~ study None can take up his
WORKS Mr.. Rain tells VI, without heing
IMPRESSED Ivy tho richness u variety Of
his vocabulary, and Il j. not too much To
saV hat no other Russian writer ever uss'-.
or has used. so many foreign terms 'fng-
lish and French. rSprciallyI, or has coined
90 many now words from ektraneou- West
ern sources T. l. Also plain from III
,erual cvldenc" tina he has studied history.
philosophy and science with enthusiasm
and agr.. with those Russian critics
who complain that he has asslrnilat~d more
k,c,z.chiani-m than j. good for him al
though. uu ~" "ih" hand, ! consider that
HI. obligations To- NirtS-che are far lees
,un-ti.rnhl" than - commonly suptSs'd.
H. finest description, ~ -7turr arr 10 l."
fninI IN -Ihclka.h- uhe story Of III" ~~nii-
mental ,hiri. nero lnclud'-il. and hi ID
srr,pt ion- - Y gan scenery ,som" h"r"'
ar" magnificent
NlGc nT Gorkv's tales are included IN
this volume Ii" reader viii naturally
study them. and "" trust that II" vii hnd
that thov laar uu' all tha, III" translator
declare, They might do less than that
and s'ill b" fairly satisfying
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
WILLIAM COZ GH'S BODY Found.
Missing BROOKLYN Halter Was
Had Ue~n Mentally weak.

The body Of William " Coughs weli-'o-do
retail hat dealer al ~ William street vas
found yesterday in the Fast River on Pier
II, AT the foot, 81 Old slip The body had
leon IN the water for several days
Mr. Cough was ~ years old and lived
with his wife and two sons at al; President,
street. BROOKLYN About a wear ago b."
suffered with nervous pros'ration and since
tina, tin. his mind has tcen failing just
l-,for. noon on tho morning 81 Nav . he
walked on, 81 hi- store in William street
Nothing more was heard from him until
his body was found yesterday
EDWARD Cough. his brother, said Yesterday
that HE brothers mind had hs~omc n blank
and h. wa not accountable for hir actions
He believed. Ia aid. that hrs brother had
fallen into Inc river while wandering about.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
DE FOREST NEEDED INSPECTORS.
uas Been Inspecting T~nements NJ best
lie Gould without Them.

Tenement House Commissioner Robert
W De Forrest. appeared i-for" the Alder
mems Committee on Public Health vcster-
day in answer to IN" Aldermen's request
that he explain allegations that IN" lnsT~".
ton 81 tenement houses j. neglected and
that as n rr-ull smallpox had Increased
Mr. DE Forest presented a long statement
The gi.t ~ " was that he had don" the best
hc could. hu, he couldn' inspect 'rn"-
menis without INSPECTOR and b itrl ser
vice Commission had failed 10 certifv th"
eligible lists Of inspectors until r-c-nily
The eligihl" li-ts IA now t-"n received.
Mr. De Forest -aid. and an %adcquat" corps
Of i~nsrectors would IT, appointed al ono"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
sHOr ~ THE sTRrET NJ WIFE.
al Least. Leon s.sIaws, Thinks Tie
Vas watching q IRE.

While Watching n fire in West Forty
third stree, last night Leon Galloway. who
works IN a bicycle shop and lives at o2i
West Forty-,hird street. was shot in the
hack hv q woman said 10 10 his wife, She
escaped He was taken 10 Roosevelt Hoe.
pitai and will probably die.
Galloway told the police that he sepa-
rated from his wife a month x He had
learned. h.. said, that she had another hus-
hand living Shc had married again since
he l.fi her. he said
Yesterday he go' a m for her 20
apJear In IN. West fify-fourth street
court and explain her matrimonial ventures
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24

The Rev Reuben Parsons. u n. has
undertaken the rather large task of writing
n Univc r-al History. lie publishes II him
self NJ Yonkers. and the tirs, volume. Of over
Al octave pages. extending from IA" crea-
tion Of man Ia the fall 81 the Roman Empire.
IL now before us. DR.. Parsons does not
believe in .u~nsrctarian history that in
his eyes stands for rank n~atcrialism- or
complete indir.rrntism.' lilo declares
frankly in his preface that tho pages 81
his book are r-dolcnt ~ the Catholic spirit.
and tina, every his, orical matter has teen
treated from a Catholic point Of view More
over. the work il no, profes.sdIy and almost
exclusively controversial but argument IL
not summed when the interests Of historical
truth call for its Use.
Nobody will deny that Or. Parsons has
a right To tell history In any spirit he chooses
nor that Catholic controversial history Of a
very high order has been written. But is
this History quite fair To Catholicsi
Surely. Catholic scholarship has advanced
beyond the eighteenth century. To take
one point that L. frre. We imagine. from
IN" possibility Of arousing religious cuntro-
versy. the early history of Rom" Or.
Parsons gives us the arrival Of A.ness and
the TroJsns in Italy, Romulu- and R.mu-.
with tn. she-wolf and the ,ulturrs and
the leap over the ditch and each Of the
seven kings. ri their attributes and eStc'
dates. To H. SURE. he points out here and
there that thee" are fables. and n would
h. a pity to lo>. the old stories. hut nowhere
does he suggest what the real history of
Rome was ~ modern historians and archa-
ologl-ts have inteTprc,e~i IL no small num-
her Of them perfectly sound Catholic. The
Catholic world has advanced s.nc,' the days
Of Rollin and Cantu.
DIR Psrsons's judgments in art will rcr-
hap- not meet with general acc, ptanc".
~, Peters Is a noble and famous .diiice.
hut Or. Parsons speaAs 81 It a. -th" most
sublime ard most truly artistic temple
which man hitherto has even eN~cogita,ed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
ORTHODOX JEWS mn HfGHER.
Go REF o Jews ssOO neitrr On Fight
for Baptist church Property.

The purchase 10y a syndicate ~ Green
poin, Reformed Jevs ~ the old lurun
Avenue Baptist church property in Man.
haitian avenue for sl3.5c', 'hi> icing $50
more than a party of brthoduN Jews uN"r'd
Tor he propcrtyis likclyt :" Great" hard feel
,n,s e,N.en these two Jewish ls,dip-
The Reformed Jews want To keep the Orthu-
dnx l.w- out of the nrightsrhood N"s'er-
day th. OrthodoN Jews offered The trustees
Of IN. Union npi-' church. which owns
the property. sit.Gn. which j. syn more
,hanthe Reformed Jew offered l, II likely
that there Will te lively c~unI-tlti"n for the
uroper,y trfore a nnal Sal" - effected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
TEN-(ENT CLEARING BtLtNtE.
Budn~ss O,rr . Nillion An Odd Inrid
In sr.t~rda,'s Ranking.

The Chatham National Bank put into
IN. Clearing House Yesterday checks on
other institutions amounting To sool ~ II
and drew uut checks on Itself amount
ing to tGGi .stT 0i, giving to n n ten
halancr tia any bank has had al thr
Clearing Huusr since 1879. when one hank
paid the same amount m settlement Of ~
exchange
III. smallest Clearing Hous" balance on
record wa a debit NJ on" cent rppur,ed
agains, u hank IN isa? In" largf - debit
halanc- vas one 81 SASS? .Oo las, July.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
Moving Ia, Tor the uippopo, ,

Yesterday was spring moving day for
tho Central Park hippopo,amuSrs aud
the family Of thre" went out to their sum
nor quarters A tarriradcd runway vas
built trtwc-u The lion hoU-. and the oT-n-
air tanks. Old Isliph amhl.d out first
and vac a-sigfed 10 quarter. IN tho further
tank Then his -Iou~a. Niss Murphy. and
their rwo-year-oh daughter. Lotus. vad.
trOubls.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
CORBETT WHIPS MID BROAD.
M F~atherw right champion the Veto
IN . rcn.R otnd Bout.

DENVER, Col MAY - Young Corh~'t
won tho decision over Md Broad here to-
nigh, after ten rounds ~ fierce fghting
The bou, went the full ten rounds. and at
times Broad moro than held his own. Very
few blows were landed in h first few
rounds.
In tho ninth round Broad had torb~tt
going landing seven blows on the cham
pIou : face without any return. In the
tenth round Broad again assumed the
AGGRESSIVE" Corta't Tough : hack Niciously.
bu, was still unsteady IN his delivery.
In the la-, momen, 10 the round. how
ever. hc rrgaincd HE strength and got IN
Broad : head several times. Referee Eng
lish declared Corhett the winner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
law Institute Gm~er~ shmen

The New York law institute held iis
f~orty--ev-n,h annual election Of onio~rs
yesterday in tho Institutes library In the
Federal building. The following were
chosen President, r. Henry lscomh@.
United States Circuit Judge: Vic~-Pre-i-
dents, Judge John Clinton Gray; q. l..
Ingraham and James &. Garter. Treasurer.
{ L. Souther. Secvtsry, J. J. Rollina.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
churchill .ids the Foster r,,pJ.

= Norton Goddard Yesterday acknovI.
edged contributions amounting u sgo 10
tho fund which - h-ing ral,~d for n mcrnnr-
ial to Mr. Poster, the '1omt~ Angel :
The fund now mou to 1851 a.. Ono
of the contributors Yesterday was Scrgt
James Churchill who sent DO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
riot on MEN MEET.
N Organi,ation and M Action Toward
Increasing Prices.

CrScSSArI Ohio. May :, Representa-
,iycs Of leading plough manufacturing con
cerns ~ Ohio. Kentucky. PENNSYLVANIA,
Tennes-pe, Alabama and Georgia met here
TO-DAY IN secret session, hut claim no or
sanization ~as effected and no action
taken TOW ard increasing prices They said
they simply talked over conditions Of
traAa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
Great finance to Ipsur~ Brou> .Ioss.

Tho fremont Social Clu Il going To
give a monster NAV Walk To lo.op children
Of The Bronx In Cro,ona Park to-day. Miss
Nav Wallace will IT, Queen 81 the Nav.
and there will h. oourtiers from all parts
~ the borough All the public officials
will te there 10 kiss tho children Of voters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24

Mr. and Mrs. Henry s Brook. II 81?
Lexington avenu has" snbounced tho
c~ngag-n"rt ~ their daughter Lillian 10
Mr. arthur Gouverneur Morris Of New
York city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24
LAWYER SAN. r,ncd .,o for being Late.

judge Cowine in Gener SESSIONS fined a
lawyer NAMED Saks SO yesterday FOR being
late when his clients trial vas called. The
trial had TO 20 over for the day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24

Beautifully printed and hound sold everys
~here. ana sent by mall. postage free, 90 fer~ipe
Of . N by
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-03-28
TROUBLE IN MIDLLETOWN.
Arrest Of Many Youths For
Disorderly Conduct.

Disorder in front of the public
school house in Middletown last
week, has led to many arrests and
much excitement. A crowd of
young men and boys made a dis
turbance in front of Justice Shift
tler's Office because they were re-
fused admittance during the trial
of a lad who was arrested at the
school house. Ten young pei
sons were arrested on writs issued
by Justice Shiffler. The justice
says as many as 20 more may fol-
low tomorrow. The fines imposed
have SO Tar been from SLIGO to
$3.50, including costs. The whole
community is stirred up over the
affair.
Mr.. Roger B. Harley, principal
of the public school, has been an
noyed at night while at work in
the school house by crowd of
half-grown boys hammering at
the doors and windows, ringing
the bell, etc. During the spelling
bee a larger crowd than usual
gathered on the outside. One of
the teachers caught lad in the
upper corridor while the bell was
being rung from long rope
thrown from a widow. Principal
Harley started down an alley to
lodge a complaint with the au-
thorities. The crowd followed,
throwing stones at him and boot
ing and jeering. Several stones
struck him in the back. Mr..
! Harley first lodged complaint
with the town authorities, and
upon their refusal to act he turn
ed the case over to the State.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-03-28
Celebrated Their Seth Ami
VerSary.

Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Hoke, an
aged couple, of near Shookstown,
this county, celebrated their 56th
wedding anniversary at their
home on Monday last. They are
respectively so and SO years of
age. Only few friends outside
of the immediate family and de-
cendent, were present, in all
about sixty. After receiving the
congratulations of the assembled
guests, an elaborate dinner was
served. ConradSmith and Elizabeth
Suman were married at Bealsville,
now Harmony, in Middletown
Valley, this county, on March "a,
1916 by Rev. David Bittle, at
that time pastor of the Lutheran
church at Middletown. Seven
children were born to them, four
of whom are still living.
There were born also 40 grand
childen, 30 of whom are living,
and there are also 6 great grand
children-in all 80 descendants,
40 of whom are living.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-03-28
SAD RESULT OF PLAY.
Charles Roberts Falls Into an
Old Ice House and Sustains
Serious Injuries.

Whilst at play with some com.
panions on the property of the
late Lawrence Bentz, between
Third and Fourth street, on
Tuesday evening, young Charles
Roberts, son of William Roberts,
East Third street, this city. fell
through the floor of an old ice
house and sustained probably
fatal injuries. At least his con
ditiOn is considered at this writ
ing precarious. He has been in
semi conscious condition, with
several hemorrhages. Drs. Burk
and HOke were called to attend
the unfortunate lad.
Young Roberts and number of
other boys were playing hide and
seek, Roberts started to cross
the floor of the ice house on a
board laid across the rafterS,
when the board tilted and he fell
into the hole, which is about is
feet deep. The boys head struck
a small piece of sheet iron at the
bottom of the hole, and the iron
being pointed penetrated the
outer wall of the skull and may
have caused a fracture. lie also
sustained a bad cut over the right
eye and was badly bruised. He
is ! { years of age.