Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-08-24
SIDELIGHTS OF new YORK
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New York CITY. N. Y.

The heroisln of little girl Of E, who
grabbed a burning flag from the wall
when it threatened TO start a conflagra-
ton, saved congregation of 5000 per-
sons Sunday who had packed themselves
into the synagogue Beth Hakneseth BIZ
alystok to attend the dedication cere-
monies.
The flag was hanging over the gal
lery seats, and was half consumed be-
fore anyone noticed it, so intent were
all present on the cantor, Then a dozen
eyes saw the curling fame.
Police Captain Joseph McGlynn, in
charge of the reserves, saw it and sign
ed to the choir to sing. He had started
for the blazing flag, but before he could
reach it Gertrude Roscnbaum of Io7
East Eighty eighth street, had climbed
on chair and snatched the burning
cloth from the wall.
She burned her hands severely, for
the staff resisted her attempt at first,
but it gave way finally, and she cast the
flag on the floor where man stamped
out the fire.
Isaac Ludlow's airship No 5, torn and
bedraggled, is wreck, but she carried
human freight 100 feet into the air at
the foot of West Seventy-eight street,
and her inventor is happy man, tor ne
declares that it is the first time in his
tory that an aeropane has risen from
the ground with man on board. In all
other experiments the inventors leaped
from high places In this case the aero
tomohile, which at the proper time start
ed full speed ahead, the third attempt
being what the inventor called success
ful. Thousands of people witnessed the
experiment.
After IS years of separation and the
filing of cross suits for divorce, Alois
SusS, 4o4 East Seventy street, and
wife have become reconcilcd because
his physicians have told him that he, at
20 years of age, had only short while
to live Statutory grounds and cruelty
figured i'll both suits for divorce. Now
they have been dismissed, the reason
being that Mr. Suss desires his wife to
have full rights to portion of his cs-
tate. on behalf of their daughter.
Loaded with returning tourists, the
Deutschland and Baltic have arrived,
the Deutschland with report of suicide
at sea. Off the Banks Lewis Jansen,
a dcckhand shipped in Hamburg APP
parertly jumped overheard while the
ship was in a heavy eastcrly gale. 1t
was rumorcd that he had been logged
and committed suicide for shame but
that was denied by the officers.
In a Squcaking old cart which re-
semblcd the familiar hand delivery cart
Of the corner grocery in Harlem, two
aborers employed at the Custom-house
pushed $I,Ioo,32o in gold and gold GER
tihcatcs from the Cistom-house up Wall
street to the Sub Treasury.
That amount represented the intake
of one days business of the New York
Custom-house The amount taken i'll
Wednesday was up to the highest rec
ord ever touched Usually the amount
Of money collected at the Custom-house
day by day averages between $4,000
and 100000. About 4 o'clock the days
collections are deposited at the Sub
Treasury, farther up Wall street.
Mr.. Charles NJ. Schwab was passen-
ger by the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm
H., which sailed for Bremen Wednes-
day. Accompanied by several friends
Mr.. Schwab wen: over in all automo-
bile to the North German Lloyd pier
in Hobokcn at o'clock He went to
his stateroon,, aud had not again
appeared on deck when at & o'clock in
|, the morning the vessel sailed.
Gunda, the pride Of the Bronx Zoo, IS
rapidly learning to play the harmonlca'
Gunda is an elephant lie takes his mt
sic lessons daily from Keeper Gleason
and seems to like it. 1t i vchcmently
asserted that he has already mastered
the first few bars OF "Tammany," and
he'll have the song from end to end by
election day-surc