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The evening world., 1904-06-15
GIRL LOSES MOTHER AND BROTHER.

Lucy Hencken, fifteen years old. of No. 1863 South Second street Brook.
ln, who lost her mother and brother in the disaster, tells the following
thrilling story Of her experience:
when tn ho started was sitting with my mother in the rear Of the
boat My brother was O. one of The lower decks. AS soon is we saw the
smoke and heard the cries of Fire my mother asked me to go below and
fad my brother.
when got down the stairway I found the crushed bodies of three
little Fables, who had been tramplcd upon in the terrible scramble. They
wereah still living, and l carried them up to my mother and put them on
her lap, Then went below again to find my brother. I saw him for a
moment and then he was swept away from m in the surge of men and
women who were rushing from the flames.
i succeeded in getting back to the upper deck, but when I went TO look
for my mother and the three babies had rercued they we're gone with
my mother and brother gone from me didn't want to live any longer, &c
jumped in. AS was going down a man on the tugboet Theo caught m lie with
a hoathook and dragged Inc on the deck Of the boat"
o Observation-Disclosures BODY.
Charles Schwartz. seventeen years old. of No. 11 East Third street.
was saved. but he lost his mother. Mrs Louise Schwartz, and his grand
mother. who was sixty eight years old. He says of his experience:
When the fire started I was sitting with my mother and grandmother
on the upper deck. My mother ran from me. saying she would look after
herself and bidding me care for my grandmother.
! carried my grandmother TO the rail to await for the approach Of
The evening world., 1904-06-15
WOMEN LEAP INTO WHIRLPOOLS.

But in a moment after the flames had burst from the engfne-room great
numbers began to jump overheard. The women we're wild with fright. and
snatching their children to hem leaped into the whirlpools that carried then.
toward the rocks or both shores
When she a grounded the flames had spread owe the entire upper
and lower decks. There wereo only a few spots on the boat untouched by tho
flames and in these were piled up women who had fMNed and falling pinnee
others to the deck.
The men from the tugs who could get lear the steamboat shouted lor
those o board to jump. and then the small boats picked them up by the
score. No.
Many charred and burned bodies were floating in the wake Of the
General Slocum as she made for North Brother Island.
Il remained on board, as | could not got to the side to leap over be-
cause OF the las of wreckage and burned bodies of children piled in
front of me Ny fac and hands. a q you see,a arr badly burned.
AS as I reached shore rushed for the elevated road to hurry
and notify my father of the disaster"
The evening world., 1904-06-15

a lot of women with their hair and dresses burning jump into the water
long before any boats cam neal US.
MY friend, Ida Wousky, was going to faint, but kicked her in the
shns and walked her up. Then I got a lot of life preservers most of them
rotten and after a long time got n on Ida.
The tugs yer coming near u IS then and I told her to jump. She
wouldn't Jump and 1 pushed her over. Then ! jumped in the water myself
and got hold of her hair and held her UP until uhe tug came and we were
pulled out
The evening world., 1904-06-15
WOMEN THROW BABIES INTO WATER.

II guess Nv more than two hundred people Jump owe o my side OF
the boat ten minutes before the tugs, rowboats and launches came any
where nar us. l couldn't see O the other side of the boat, but could
hear them screaming and l could hear the splashes in the water as they
jumped overheard.
After first aw the smoke and flames there was a terrible rush OF peo
re to the rear OF the boat. They were pushing and pulling each other until
those e the railing we're crowded v in the water, falling top OF
each other as they landed In the river I SAY a lot of women throw their
babies overheard and then fall after them. Most Of these women were
drowned.
There wa q lot of my friens on the boat. Some OF them were res
cued and sol of them didn't see after we got ashore. Harry Gambich
mel, of No. 404 Fifth street, Mrs. Gross, George Gross and two little girls CT
No 90 First avenue, we're eating ice cream together when the fire started
saw George Gross get some life preserves for them and then when the
smoke in that was the last I saw II them.
The evening world., 1904-06-15

Miss Marie Kreuger, Of No. 45l West End avenue. who as rescued
and taken to the Harlem Hospital, said:
II was sitting on the upper deck when there was a cry OF FIRE. Men
came among us and told us to be quiet. The women and children were
panic stricken. l slid down n pole to the water and held n by a rope on
the side Of the boat
THE flames began to shoot out Of the portfolios and l had to let 20
A little boy vas gar me holding to a life preserver. A coal barge was
near and a deck band threw us a rope. which we got and we're pulled
aboard the coal barge.
i saw my cousin sister. but they disappeared. An ambulance with
DR.. krauskopf, OF Harlem Hospital, cam along and trought~us here"
William Payne. the coaored ma who had charge of the lamps, said:
are trying 10 ut the blame n me. but / will not stand for It,
worke fol two hours In the lamp roo before the fire, but was not
smoking. didn't have a smoke since last night.
while l was working in the lamp room two of the deck hands can
into the room. 1 don't know whether or not they we're smoking"
The evening world., 1904-06-15
GIRL SWIMS ASHORE WITH barry.

Another friend of mine. Paul Kasner, fourteen years old, who lives on
First avenue. between Fifth and Sixth streets, was near lie when the fire
started. l saw him get a ltepreserver and jump off. He was picked up by
n tugboat
Il saw a lot Of girls that lived lear me get life preservers and Jump into
the water long before the tugs cane. They we're all swimmers and got
ashore. One Of the girls l saw swim all the way in with a baby.
Il guess aw fifty babies In the waterb before the tugboats came, and
the men and women were jumping in OIL top Of them. When they got the
tug to the .iew York shore n man took I'M in a buggy to the elevated sta
ton and went home and told my mother that I wasn't drowned"
NInI az x,nuxa1 M M1Ar1n =
, 1904-06-01
Triumphs of rodern Surgery.

Wonderful things are done for the
human body by surgery. Organs are
taken out and scraped and polished and
put back, or they may be removed en-
tirely; bones are spliced; pipes take the
place of diseased sections of veins; an
tiseptic dressings are applied to wounds
bruises, burns and like injuries before
Inflammation sets in, which causes
them to heal without maturation and
in one-third the time required by the
old treatment. Chamberlain's Pain
Balm acts on this same principle. 1t is
an antiseptic and when applied to such
injuries, causes them to heal very quick
ly. 1t also allays the pain and soreness
Keep a bottle of Pain Balm in your
home and it will save you time and
money, not to mention the inconveni-
ence and suffering which such injuries
entail. For sale by Cohen Bros, Wild
wood; M. l.. Branin, Holly Beach.
, 1904-06-01

Anglesea junction one would arrive at
Anglesea at 11.41 a. M, the trip taking
nearly four hours. But then the traffic
over the road in 1885 was very small,
Is the only attraction hat drew visitors
was the fishing, grabbing, cunning and
bathing, which was considered good.
A talk with persons who resided on the
island at that time is highly entertain
ing and one car hardly help but smile
at the comparison of our thriving is
land of today with the wee settlement
started some twenty-five years ago.
, 1904-06-01
"A Host of Reporters.

1t is said that a reporter who had
been assigned to talk with an Ameri-
can millionaire on an important ques-
ton was repeatedly refused admittance
to his house. Then he sought out a
senator who was a personal friend OF
the millionaire and petitioned for his
aid. Armed with the senator's card,
he returned to the millionaire's house
and sent in his talisman. This time he
was admitted.
young man, said the millionaire,
"do you know that sixteen reporters
have called upon me today about this
very question and that l have refused
to see them all?"
81 ought to know it. sir" responded
the visitor. "for | am the whole six
, 1904-06-01
SEALED PROPOSALS.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Wildwood Borough Council until eight
p. m. on Tuesday, June IA, 1904, for the collec-
ton and disposal of garbage, ashes, and all
refuse matter for the period of one year from
June 22d, 1901.
The words garbage and refuse matter means
all waste material from kitchen and house,
the property holders to provide proper
receptacles for the same.
All refuse matter such as ashes, metals,
glass, cans, paper, etc, to be kept separate
from garbage.
During the months of June, July, August
and September all garbage to be removed
daily from the hotels before 7 a. m. and from
all other places within the limits of the bor-
ough OF wildwood daily. During the balance
OF the year all garbage, etc, to be removed
twice a week.
The contractor will be permitted to deposit
all refuse solid matter on the island if prac-
ucal, such as ashes, cans, broken glass, etc.
All garbage to be removed off the island
with a covered water tight wagon.
proposals will be opened at a regular meet
ing of Council to be held on Tuesday evening.
June l4th, 1904, at eight o'clock at the Wild.
wood borough hall.
or all bids. ~ ""'
By order of Council.
JOHN BRIGHT,
chairman Sanitary Committee.
, 1904-06-01
A NOVEL BOAT.
It Il Driven by Her I'M "hic
Force Jets Into water.

A novelty in the construction OF ma
rine craft is shown in Il recent pa.eh'
grant covering the design of a boat
propelled and steered by jets OF wafer.
Instead of engines to drive screws anu
propellers pumps are employed anu
the boat driven by the action OF jets vi
water taken in at the bow and eJecteo
at the stern. E,
These pumps are suitably located
within the hold of the vessel, and each
is provided with an intake tube, winch
runs forwardly to a point near the DO"
of the vessel, where there are suitable
openings through which the pipes may
receive the water, the said openings OF
course being arranged below the water
line. The inlet ports at the ends OF
these pipes are controlled by valves
operated from some convenient point
Extending from each of the pumps Is
a tube which is curved so as to n an
opening at the side of the vessel neal
the forward part thereof, the Quite,
portion of the tube being directed FOR
wardly. Thus water which is forced
through the tube will be so directed as
to propel the boat rearwardly, as IN
backing. Another pipe also EXTENDS
rearwardly from each pump, ana TINS
pipe is preferably divided into two
branches. One branch extends out
wardly through the side of the vessel
at a point near the bow, while the 9TH
er extends rearwardly in the vessel a
considerable distance, finding an u I
let neal the stern of the boat, and jets
issuing from there will propel the boat
forward. Other openings at the side
and stern have the effect of changing
the course of the craft. In experiment
ing with a boat of this character it was
demonstrated that she could be turned
in her own length, which is an achieve
ment of some MISUNDERSTANDING
Ton Post.
, 1904-06-01
A Little Cold FLOODED.

Speaking of cold blooded methods in
business said a southern merchant,
reminds me of a story they tell about
q New York drummer who died sud
denly in an Atlanta hotel. The coroner
telegraphed to his firm, saying: Your
representative died here today. await
your Instructions In a few hours this
answer came back: Search his pockets
for orders. Express his samples to
New York. Give the body to a medical
c~olleoa'"
, 1904-06-01
The Imperial Eagle.

The imperial eagle, the largest of
the species known, flies to a height of
from 10000 to $4,000 feet. 1t is a ma
tive of South America, and its habitat
is among the lofty mountains of that
country. Its power of flying to high
attitudes is only exceeded by the con-
dor of the Andes, which is said to have
attained the height of six miles, or
within one mile of the greatest height
ever attained by a balloon. The eagle
sails in the air at heights ranging from
three to five miles and when seen to
soar upward by an observer on the
earth's surface disappears from sight
In about three minutes.
, 1904-06-01
Sold Him His own Book.

A man appeared in a Paris bookstore
the other day and asked for a volume
of Balzac. The clerk showed him a
rare edition, asking 40 francs for it.
When the customer said that was too
much the clerk advised him to go into
the proprietor's Office and see if he
could get it cheaper. But the custom
er went and offered it for % francs,
and the proprietor promptly paid the
sum and afterward showed his "bar-
GAIN to the clerk.
, 1904-06-01
r PIANO X
Two Specimens of C~ristOfori's Work
still In Existence.

W. Va
Still In Existence.
1t was a harpsiehord maker, Cristo-
fori, in the employ of the Duke of Tus-
cany, who in I'LL made the first sue
cessful piano. As curator of Ferdinand
de Medici he had a splendid collection
of Belgian, French and Italian instru-
ments to look after, and his undoubt-
eddy aided him, though the model was
SO crude that the inventor could never
have dreamed a monument would ever
be erected i'll his memory. There are
only two grand pianofortes of Cristo-
fori in existence.
One decorated in gold and Chinese
figures is in Florence, and the other is
In the Crosby-Brown collection in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Three
documents attest the authenticity of
this last instrument, which was pur-
chased from Signor Diego Martelli.
From this feeble beginning a long list
of m could be mentioned of men
who helped perfect the piano. But fac
tories alone could never have achieved
without royalty to encourage and vir-
tuosos to play. Frederick he Great or
dered five pianos for his palace, where
they can be seen at the present day.
Marie Antoinette was a patron of the
art, and Clement in England and Mo-
Fart in Germany introduced the instru-
ments, so it became a part of life. 1t
was in Pleyel's concert o that Che
pin played, and our later firms have
brought out a long list of artists-Jo
seffy, Paderewski and others.-House-
keeper.
, 1904-06-01
/ + WEEKLY
I IA ! TALK
Our New Spring Suit.

OuI iNCW oPAihS 0A
Today the JOURNAL greets its readers
in a new spring suit, larger and better
fitted to the progress it is making.
New suits as a rule feel rather stiff and
uncomfortable when first adorned and
the wearer is generally conscious of the
fact that he is being critically exam
ined or admired by his friends, but this
feeling soon wears off, and SO with the
JOURNAL; as it becomes accustomed to
its new attire it will feel more at ease
under the inspection of a critical public.
The size is a popular one and has
many advantages over the six, seven
and eight column papers. 1t is much
easier to handle and therefore easier to
read, it gives more prominence and
individuality to articles and greatly
enhances the value of its advertisements
by giving them a more advantageous
display.
Summing up, the JOURNAL is rather
proud of it's new dress and we hope our
subscribers and advertisers appreciate
the efforts to publish an attractive
and newsy paper.
Much amusement is caused every
summer by the repeated reports of
hideous sea serpents presenting them
selves before different individuals, all
of whom claim to be strict tetotalers.
The Cincinnati Tribune has the follow
ing comment upon a recent report:
AUST in time for the opening of the
summer resort season m the French
Geological Society with the conclusion
that the sea serpent not only exists,
but takes his wife along with him when
he travels. The seaside hotel boomers
should acknowledge their obligations
for this useful piece of information"
y
A Comparison.
The clippings from the first newspa.
per venture on Five Mile Beach in
another column is worthy of a passing
glance. 1t is especially interesting tC
read over these reminders of the past
and then compare u three thriving
boroughs of today-Anglesea, Wild
wood and Holly Beach-with the two
small fishing villages of that time
Anglesea and Holly Beach. Plans fol
the town of Wildwood had not We
been proposed by Baker Brothers, tn,
founders. Cattle roamed wild owe,
nature ruled the greater part of tn,
island with an absolute hand. n,
putting steam engines rumbled thei
way through the matted WOODLAND
which covered the island, and the onl,
overland route to Holly Beach at thi
time was by way of a hack which pliet
between that hamlet and Anglese.
twice a day, meeting the two train
which ran between IAnglesea, Vine
land and PhiIadaInhia Evan +b;s MO
a wearisome drive over a sandy, wind
ing road. BY the timetable publishe,
at this time July, 1885, we find tina
by boarding a train leaving Philadel
phia at s a. m. and changing cars a
, 1904-06-01
Quaker

A book on Nantucket contains some
stories that are well known to lovers
of the good old town, but may not have
been widely repeated. One of them
hangs on the Quaker custom of num-
boring. the months and the days of the
week instead of using the profane
NEUROLOGICAL
A Quaker schoolmaster set this copy
ON the. blackboard for his writing class:
Beauty fadeth soon,
Like a rose in sixth month.
1t was probably the same man who
read to his scholars about Robinson
Crusoe and his good man Sixth Day."
, 1904-06-01
Wouldn,t BE swina1ed.

Mrs. Newell would like a pound of
your best cheese.
Groceries, ma'am.
Mrs. Viewed examining iD = Why,
this cheese is full of holes!
Groceries, ma'am; that's the way
1t comes.
Mrs. Newed-Well, l don't want any
of it. Pm not going to pay for a pound
of cheese that contains a half pound of
holes!
, 1904-06-01

Doctors Fee Rema1ned In the wen.
'The queerest fee l ever had offered
to me was by an old farmer up in Mon
roe county," said a prominent ply
stefan who is also something of a
sportsman. 81 was up there n year
for the trout fishing, and one evening
| was summoned from the hotel where
| was stopping to attend an old woman
in the neighborhood who had suddenly
been taken i'll. After | had fixed her
up her husband said to me: Doe,
don't know what your charge is, but
amt got no ready cash about me. I'll
tell you what I'll do, though. See that
we'll over there? There's n of the
finest trout you ever seer in that there
we'll, an if you can ketch him he's
yourn.' l had no tackle with me. and
as | had to return to the city mex
morning | missed the opportunity tc
collect my fee."-Philadelphia Record.
, 1904-06-01
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, 1904-06-01
Taking Away From the subiec.

When Frederick Robertson of Bright
on, the great preacher who had written
much about ~Tennyson's poems and for
whom the poet had a high regard, first
called upon him, 81 felt" said Tenny-
son, "as if he had come to pluck out
the heart of my mystery, so l talked
to him about nothing but beer"
, 1904-06-01
Nuite Deliberate.

81 am glad to say" remarked Mr..
Seekton, that I never spoke a hasty
word to you"
mo, Leonidas," answered his wife
rather gently; "I'm willing to give you
credit for not %hurrying about any
thing"
, 1904-06-01

In a truly heroic life there is no per-
adventure. 1t is always either doing
or dying.-Hitchcock.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
Good CITIZENSHIP and Politics.

..J.ve,v citizen has duty to discharge
q, go as we'll as in war;, and the State
has the right to expect every citizen to
do his duty. whether It be to shoulder
arms in her defense or to take part IN
any civic struggle and use his influence
!. and his ballot In the interest OF honest
government. Many citizens are neglect
| ful OF this duty. They hold themselves
aloof. They never attend politlcal meet
! ings. They never take axe part IN q pollts-
cal campaign and they rarely put them
saves Ia tho trouble&to vote. Such cit
liens arc Sinking their civic duties Just
rs surely as a man shirks when he hides
himself away from the enrolling officer
IN time Of war and manages BY hook
! or nv crook to keep out Of battle. Al
Editor of The Times Dispatc tell @ 81
sir.-The above quotation from your
loading editorial OF the Sd. Is substan-5
italy true. as to the facts, but not so
true as to tho lesson sought 70 De
taught. Standing alone, THESE words are
severe indictment Of some or our pest
citizens for neglect Of duty as REGARDS
honest government, but when condltlohs
are considered. instead OF an Indictment
81 tha good citizen they are indictment
of fhe rigid and arbitrary system Of
party government In both parties. where
Independence. or acting according to con-
viction. is regarded as the objectionable
sin and where party regularity Is the
broad mantle that covers every political
sin, FOR If ono has ever balked or even
blinked at party dlctauon let him, how
ever. great his merit, or however high his
standing, forever forswenr the hope of
political preferment for should he there's
after dare to offer for tho SURFACES OF
his fellow citizens, all necessary to OK
tineuish him will be to prove that once
In some remote past ha was bipartisan.
a, lively example Of which Is just now
exercising our local public, A citizen
noted for his probIty, energy, intelligence
and public spirit announces himS
seld candidate for our highest nv
nIoipal ONCE. In q few days he
abruptly wlthdraws' Why? because
about eight years ago ne falled
to fall down and worship O. certain poll
tical Nebuchadnezzar, and consequently
he found himself In the furnace OF politl-
cal regularity. but unlike certain trio
tn,entioned in sacred fable, who emerged
from n furnace heated particularly hot
for fla occasion Without even the smell
az fire upon their garments, he finds
him.ef politically consumed.
The class Of citizens whom you CEN
sure for political delinquency are men
who. asSa rule, do their own thinking
and are unwilling to be politically dra-
pooneu. and, therefore, they leave
nolttics to those who delight II, Its muddy
p watars and devious ways nor San they
he reasonably ceaspred. because ex1a'