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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-20
BRIDGE
JUMPER
GOES MAD
After Lssp|ng From Brooklyn
Bridge Young pInovsr's Head
Was Turned by Notorlsty.

Middletown. N. T., Nov. 2o.--John g.
the Brooklyn bridge nineteen months
ago has been pronounced insane by Drs
Stivers and Hammer, OF Middletown. and
will be sent 90 the State hospital. IL IL
believed that the notoriety he gained by
jumping from the bridge and his con
Gus feat unbalanced his mind. He pur-
posed TO shoot Niagara Falls. and had
frequent disputes with his friends as to
his chance Of survival.
Pinover's father. Samuel Pinover. is
proprietor Of a wholesale liquor store
here. OF which the son was manager.
He was devoted to athletics and boasted
he could outJump anybody In Orange
County. He left suddenly for New York.
and. before any Of his friends were aware
OF his intentions he had leaped from the
bridge. on his return he received con
grstulations and plaudits.
Pinover was very proud Of himself
He declared he would build a boat OF
his own design and go through the Nj
agara Rapids. He even insisted that he
could go over the falls safely. The more
his friends ridiculed the idea the more
strongly he declared his intention of at
tempting the feat.
DEsPoNDENT AND VIOLENT
Finally he became eccentric and for
getful. Then he grew irascible and got
into Quarrels. one Of which resulted In
his arrest One day he disappeared and
enlisted IN the army His mother got
him his discharge and he returned here
several weeks ago. His moods. now
dsspondent. again violent. made nis
father fear he would harm himself
Pinover is twenty-three years old: his
father and family live at No. 1245 Madi-
son avenue. this city. Pinover jumped
from the Brooklyn bridge on the after
noon OF Dec. 20 1901
He boarded n Fulton street car in the
New York end OF the bridge. and just
after the first tower was passed sprang
from the car. ella ambered up the rails OF
the bridge. poised himself minute and
jumped In his descent he turned over
two or three times and struck on his lef,
side. The deck hands OF the Navy Yard
tugbost Irving r. Grace hauIted Pinover
aboard her unconscious and bleeding at
the mouth and nose. The surgeons al
the Hudson street hospital worked over
him an hour before he got his senses.
In a few days he recovered He wa:
discharged from the Tombs Police cour'
because. he declared. he had no purposs
TO commit suicide when he Jumped
Il jumped to. see II 4 could do TN,
stunt. said he. u did not do Il for f,ir
nor for notoriety. l have always gone ir
for atletics-feel this arm OF mine.
have often thought OF this bridge jump
ing feat. 1t did not seem hard for me
and made up my mind TO try IT,
A reporter interviewed Pinover at tha,
| time. He seemed to be leveIheaded
enough save that he was very vain Of his
1 OF IA lAat ID
denied and intention OF trying TO shoe,
Niagara Falls.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-20

''Dis world ain't square" growled little
Micky.
why mott" asked Jimmy.
cause the only ones dat get free
peanuts are elephants and policemen. -
Chicsso News
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-20

Have you prepared for it7 Is your
dining room furnished up to your iking2
If not come and see us, we have plenty Of
dining room furnishings which we will
put in your house for a small payment
down and 50 cents per week.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-20

Philadelphia. Nov 2o.-An ear or.
rather. the half ear. was grated upon the
head OF a western millionaire In this city
Wednesday. DR.. Andrew l.. Nelden. OF
New York. says he performed the opera
ton. After completing his work DR..
Walton wreathed in SMILES and assuring
every one that the operation looked az
II Il would be successful.
Dr. Nelden had expected 20 perform
the operation in New York, and Il was
In this city that nc advertised for . man.
Just as all was ready for the operation
In New York District Attorney Jerome
interfered.
Dr. Neiden at the hotel said:
The operation has been performed. and
legal contract and heavy bond not to re-
veal IN. name Of my patient
Generally speaking. ne Is q wealthy
man from the West How he lost one
ear don't know. II appears TO have
been cut OF with a sharp instrument
I believe he says n was accidental but
never asked him 10 explain. The cp-
srstion took place at q private hospital
here, where I was assisted by q Phila-
deiphIa physician and one from New
York. I think they will he willing TO
have their names known later.
''The two men were placed In opposite
directions upon an elongated bed. One
half OF the volunteers ear-the upper
han-was cut on. together with about
four inches Of the skin behind the ear.
This was twisted around and netted TO
a freshly prepared wound upon my pa
tient's head. The half-ear was held In
place by bandages, and the two men
bound so they cannot move their heads.
They must remain In this position for at
lee ~ twelve days 10 allow the circulation
20 come through the Zap Of skin that
still remsins = part 81 the volunteers
scalp.
III this half ear starts TO unite prop
.riy the lower half of the esr VIII be
grated IN the same manner
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-20
TWO DEAD, NINE INJURED.
Rear End Collision on Filth Avenue Il"
Train Had Fatal EndIng,

New York. Nov. 2o.-Two persons were
killed and nine were injured In rear
end collision on the Fifth avenue elevated
railroad between Twenty y-ninth and Thir-
tieth streets, Brooklyn. shortly after 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The dead
are:
John Cahlll. motorman. Brooklyn.
Patrick CahiI (no relation to John)
conductor. Brooklyn.
The collision was very much like that
which cost so many lives I'm the Park
avenue tunnel In the winter OF 1901. For
the tunnel accident there was an explana-
ton. Why lives should have been lost
and many persons injured in this rear-end
collision on an elevated railroad, when
the after-glow OF sunset made II still
fairly light. will be. In all probability.
never explained. The man by whom .ex-
planation could be made was John Cahill
motorman of the rear train He was
burned TO death In his motor box. The
only other person who might have given
a reason for tho tragedy was Patrick Ca
His burned and blackened body was
found on the floor OF the motor car mid
way between the front and rear plat
Both trains were on their way to the
bridge. A four-car train started from
the station at Thirty-sixth street and
Fifth avenue. Just after II passed Thir-
tieth street the fuse In the motor box
blow out and the train with every light
extingushed. came to n stop.
BURNED TO DEATH
Another train OF six cars. containing
nearly 100 passengers, most of them In
the rear coaches. came along Why Ca
Hill didn't see the stalled train Is MT
known.
suddenly there came a crash. a report
as OF an explosion. a shooting OF electric
flashes up and down the rails. a cracking
OF shattered wood. groans OF th,~lrjured,
the shrieks of those who know not what
had happened. and another rear-end COL
lision had passed into the history Of rail-
road wrecks.
trains were on fre but nremen made
short work OF ~. Many OF the passengers
got out and walked back 10 the Thirty
sixth street station. Before they got out
they noted an act OF heroism on the part
OF Psrick Cahill, the conductor OF the
train. Immediately after the collision
Cahill rushed from his post TO the rear
platform OF the front car and through
the others. opening the car gates as he
"It's against the rules Of the company
10 open gates between stations" Cahill
was heard 20 say, as he passed through
one Of the cars, but rule. I % don't 60 n
and get back TO Thirty-sixth street as
best you can"
when the Are had been extineuished and
q search OF the train wes made Cahilfs
that he went back 20 see N he could lend
hand TO the other Cahili. who was In
the motor box.
John cahili. the motorman. was never
able even 20 open the windows OF his
box. He was shocked TO death from the
current in the motor, and then burned
beyond even the recognition Of his Wife
pts world ain't square" growled little
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-20
FIRE COMMISSION
BILL WAS TABLED.
Board of Aldermen Decided Not to Act on
1t Until Dec 3IMayOr Miller and AL
derman Freeman Have Tilt After the
Boards Adjournment.


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Would
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move them from the wall frequently for in
spection in different light, etc, a hanger
that will admit of ready adjustment as to
height, insure stability of the hung frame,
and permit the frame to be removed by
person graspinS it, is a treasure, indeed.
The Illustration shows a hanger which
combines all these features. The hook
adapted to engage an ordinary picture mold
ing is made of sheet metal, and Of sufficient
width to insure broad bearing to avoid tip
ping. To the nook are attached independ-
emily two suspension rods, adapted to d.
verge from thu same at different angles.
These members are of composite construc-
ton. The upper section consists of a length
of wire, terminating in a hook. This is
joined by a second length, composed prefer
ably of fiat sheet metal bent at its upper
end to form a cylinder, or ear into the
orifice of which the wire is passed. In this
ear are several openings which receive the
hooks at the end OF the wire sections, thus
effecting an adjustment of the length of the
hanger. The lower sheet metal member Is
independently adjustable, by reason of a
pivoted lower section, forming elbow
joint, which permits Of considerable lati-
tude in the adjustment of the aggregate
length of the hanger. AS the hanger forms
a more or less rigid whole, it's use enables
a picture frame to be readily hung on or
removed from the wall without the assist
ance of SteDlGdder.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09

that he makes il a condemnation and puts
II between himself and life. What we in
herit, strictly speaking, may be said 10 fix
our trial. but not our fate. Every man Is TO
be put TO the proof somehow, and TO a GER
tain extent his natural ancestry determines
the mode OF IL. IL depends them, TO
speak, whether his temptation is TO be
anger, intemperance. lust, greed duplicity
or whatever else But II does not depend on
them what the issue of the trial is TO be- 1t
depends on the man himself Nor should
we seek TO excuse ourselves by calling our
sins misfortunes. The common sense or the
race distinguishes between a misfortune and
a sin. The man who is overtaken By
blindness, crippled by rheumatism, pros
trated by paralysis, mutilated by collision
blame and punish theft, libel. insobriety.
violence We cannot plead that sin Is fate.
We are responsible. 1t is all very well TO
talk pathetically about inherited tendencies
when We are under the sway OF the pathos
of life, or when We wish to excuse ourselves
TO ourselves; but If a man steals your
horse you do not get angry with his ances-
tors. but with the man himself. The father
sends the boy TO bed in the dark, without
supper for an offense. when. II heredity
were the only law of life, IL is the boy that
ought to send the father to bed, and without
a great many more things besides supper.
What does this mean? Does IL not mean
that when left to itself the conscience OF
man rises up and rejects the cant about the
irresistibility OF inherited tendencies? Weare
free and We know il. Nature holds US re-
sponsible and God sends the bill home TO
us Every man that eatheth the sour
grape, his teeth shall be set on edge The
soul that sinneth il shall die. Theories
about heredity do not destroy moral ac-
countability. No court would discharge a
murderer because he inherited criminal
tendencies. Heredity may be powerful,
inherited bias may be strong, but there
is something stronger still. That which
is born of the flesh Is flesh. but that
which is born OF the spirit Is spirit The
law OF sin and death may work, but the
law of the spirit of life in Christ will free
from the law of sin and death If a man
will, he can bring into the held forces that
shall vastly outnumber all the enemies
within The power of Christ's love can con-
Quer the power OF sinful tendencies, and In
testimony OF the truth OF this. the Christian
Church throughout all ages has witnessed
the transformation Of some OF the greatest
sinners who have become the greatest
saints through the expulsive power Of this
new affection Reckon ye also yourselves 10
be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Let not sin
therefore reign in your mortal body, that We
should obey il In the lusts thereof. Neither
yield We your members as instruments or
unrighteousness into sin; but yield your
selves unto God. as those that are alive
from the dead, and your members as instru-
ments of unrighteousness unto God. For
sin shall not have dominion over you; for
We are not under the law but under grace.
Law was given by Moses. grace and truth
came by Jesus Christ.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09

This work is probably the clearest pres
entation OF Ireland's wrongs and the
strongest indictment of English rule in
Ireland that has ever been made. The
author DR.. Thomas A. Emmett. comes of
an old and distinguished Irish family. and
hs makes no concealment of his sympa-
thy with the Irish people and his opinion
OF the British government. Yet the book
Is far from being mere invective. On the
contrary, it is mainly historical and docu-
mentaiy. The scope of the work covers in
outline fully seven centuries and half of
Irish history with the main purpose of
showing. first, that the Irish people IL left
to themselves would have become a strong
and prosperous nation, and, second, that
for long time past they have not pros
pered because of misrule by the British
government. OF the English people as in
dividuals the author speaks kindly. but
the British government he characterizes as
"a system well fitted for the oppression of
the whole human race, with the exception
or the English people themselves He adj
mits that the government is almost per-
feet In its administration for the freedom
prosperity and happiness of its own peo-
pic, and that its prOmptness in giving. I'M
der all circumstances, the fullest protection
abroad 10 the humblest Englishman is
most FraiSeworthy. But" he adds, En-
gland Is generally mistrusted by other peo-
pie for her consummate selhshness and
brutality in dealing with a weaker power
and she Is honestly despised by many in
consequence OF her treatment of ireland. -
Regarding the Irish people he maintains
that they are a law-abiding race, more
temperate as people than either the
English or the Scotch; that their morals
will compare favorably with those of any
other race; that they are not from choice
lazy or a shiftless people, and that even
under adverse circumstances which would
have discouraged others, they have pros
pered wherever ii was possible TO do So
These propositions together with the main
one that English rule In Ireland has been
q prolific and perennial cause OF disaster
are supported by material drawn from his
torical sources. backed by documentary
evidence and marshaled I'm a skillful man.
ner. The book is a plea for Ireland and an
attemp- 10 do justice TO the Irish people as
the author views the case. He presents in
teresting evidence OF the important work
done by Ireland in the middle ages i'm be-
half Of culture, education and Christianity
and many facts going TO show that Ire
lands decline began when the English
gained control OF the country. Notwith-
standing the avowed sympathies and preju-
dices OF the author the book is written in
a temperate spirit and excellent literary
style. and the compilation of historical
matter Is valuable. New York: G p.
Putnara's Sons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09
Among the Publishers.

Mr.. Fox's beautiful story, THE Little
Shepherd of Kingdom Come" (Scribner's),
is making good the expectations of its many
friends. Already il has entered its seven
teth thousand, and so far seems only TO
have begun
Miss Helen Keller's first essay in original
and independent authorship is shortly to
appear in a volume entitled Optimism"
which is now In process of publication by
Messrs T. Y. Crowell & Co. This work is
said to be even more remarkable than her
recent autobiography.
The Macmillan Company will publish this
month an important and timely volume on
1.-The Opening of the Mississippi by Fred
eric Austin Ogg, instructor in history in the
University of Indiana. The author has
made thorough study of his subject,
bringing together much exceedingly inter-
esting material. The book is further de-
scribed as "A Struggle for Supremacy in the
American Interior.
ION the Road with a Circus will appear
next week from the pen of w. c. Thomp-
son. 1t is published by the Isaac Gold
mann Company, No. PSI William street,
New York The production is announced
as cheerful and engaging story of life
under canvas and an eminently safe book
to put into the hands of the young people.
Its material was gathered during a season S
wandering with one of the big shows"
fishing "Recollections, Personal and Liter
ary," by Richard Henry Stoddard edited
by Ripley Hitchcock, with an introduce
ton by Edmund Clarence Stedman. This
book contains many personal anecdotes of
Poe, Thackeray, Hawthorne and others,
whom MIR. Stoddard knew and may be said
to offer. in a sense. a literary history of
our country for more than generation.
Houghton, Miff1in 81 Co. have ready a
two volume holiday edition of Dutch and
Quaker Colonies in America" by John
Fiske, with numerous historical illustra-
tons; Representative Men" and English
Traits, being Volumes " and in the
new centenary edition of Emerson's works;
a Life of Whittier" by Prof. George r.
Carpenter, and defintive edition, in one
volume, of the Poems Of ]. 7. Trow-
bridge"
Believing that there are many art-lovers
who wish to have a representative selection
of the finest plates which have appeared in
the International Studio during the last
seven years to frame to put up in their
rooms the publisher has prepared special
edition of fifteen magnificent representative
color and photogravure plates, with a view
to variety of subject and method of repro
duction. Each one of these plates is
mounted on a tinted card mat, suitable to
the subject, and is ready either to hang up
or to be framed. The fifteen pictures, thus
mounted, are Enclosed in handsome port
folio.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09
How to study Shakespeare.

William Ii. Fleming has added third VOL
ume 10 his series of notes on the plays of
the great dramatist. taking up the study of
Much Ado About Nothing" Antony and
Cleopatra" King john" ''The Winters
Tale" and Loves Labor's Lost" The book
is on the same general plan as it's prede-
cessors, the prominent features of which
are explanatory notes on each play, fol-
lowed by suggestive questions. Each study
is prefaced with a brief history of the
source of the plot, although the plot itself
is not given. The list of books and articles
which the author has collected for COL
lateral reading will also prove beneficial to
those who desire to pursue the studies fur
Their. The book is admirably adapted for
use in schools and clubs. The pronuncia-
ton of names will prove an especially val
liable feature. The text of the plays is not
given; the references are to the Globe edi-
ton Doubleday, Page e. Co
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09

of things that they cannot perform with
any approach TO adult skill. They ought
to use tools which they may injure in the
using; and the teacher ought to be content
to have them try little more difficult new
thing, rather than repeat the identical
thing in which they have not succeeded.
There is more training in a new kindred
attempt than in a repetition. ii fresh OBJ
servations and judgments are involved.
False starts and unsuccessful experiments
should only stimulate them 10 new and bet
ter directed attempts. 1t is the object of
education to develop. not automatic action
through long practice, but will-force, and
the power and inclination to find or make
ones own way" What CONSERVATION such
a suggestion must create in the minds OF
the upholders of modern school methods.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09
The Love Affair. of Great Musicians.

Musicians have been much written about
as artists. composers, performers. ETC., but
this book treats them from an entirely new
point of view, and as far as known 1t is the
first book on the subject. The love affairs
of great musicians opens up a pretty wide
field, for musicians are VIGOROUSLY emo
tional and susceptible. Considerable new
material on the subject has been given to
the public in the last year or two, as nota-
bly, a revelation of the exact identity of
"Beethoven's Beloved" the letters of List
to his princess; letters of Chopin, long sup
posed to have been burned, well as diaries
and letters gathered by an intimate friend
for a biography. whose completion was pre-
vented by death; the publication of a vast
amount of Wagneriana; the appearance of a
full life of Tchiakovski by his brother with
complete calculation of much that had been
suppressed the first volume of a new biog-
raphy of Clara Schumann, with a detailed
account Of the whole progress OF her beau
tiful love story down to the day of marriage
and many fugitive bits of information
throwing light on the subject Of musicians
love affairs. The author of the book,
Rupert Hughes, has consulted a wide range
of biographies and made an interesting COM
pilation of facts relating to the love affairs
and married lives of great musicians of both
sexes. IT is published in the Music Lovers
Series by L. c. Page & Co., Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09

Following out the plan of Little Jour
neys TO the Homes of American Authors"
Ebert Hubbard has written Little Jour-
neys to the Homes of English Authors"
1t consists of descriptions of the homes and
home life Of William Morris, Robert Brown
ing, Alfred Tennyson. Robert Burns. John
caulay, Lord Byron, Joseph Addison, Rob-
ert SoutheN Samuel I. Coleridge and Ben
jamin Disraeli. The book contains por-
traits of each of the authors named. The
sketches are a judicious mixture of biog-
raphy and character drawing and are writ
ten in a style that makes pleasant reading
of good literary type. New York: G. p
Putnam'S Sons.
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and now dutifully turns TO her husband
who hls. in the meanwhile. repented and
reformed. But IL seems that her troubles
are not yet at an end, for further on in
the diary she writes OF a threatened sep
aration on account of the mistaken jeal-
ousy OF her husband.
The characters OF the book are hardly
true to life The woman is q compound of
intriguery and innocence, at once erratic
and drtiful Though the story Is intended
to emphasize the fact that happiness lies
In the path Of duty, the lesson could have
been conveyed in a more pleasing manner
I'm q story OF healthier tone. 1t has also
the fault, common to many so-called
diaries and Journals" of lacking in
terest. L. G. Page & Co., Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-09
PATENT PICTURE-HANGER
Permits Ready Adjustment at Any
Height.

Utility is the fundamental law of design.
Judged from this standard alone the picture
hanger shown is probably without a worthy
peer, but, from estheic viewpoint, the
critics may be inclined to think that the de-
sign still leaves much to be desired. This
hanger is intended to insure a horizontal
position of the picture frame when hung,
and to facilitate the operation of hanging
and adjustment. Under many conditions,
as in art shops where. presumably, the pic
lures on the line have to be frequently
changed and where 1t Is necessary to re-