The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-07
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happy ending. On September 10
Jacques PapaSian. of 200 West Eighty
eight street, whose studio is at 3 East
seventeenth street, will marry Irene
Agnes MacAlpine, of S24 East Twenty
sixth street, his former I7-ycar-old mod
ell. Whereby hangs this romance
One afternoon about eight months
ago while the sculptor was. at work on
a group. The Struggle for Life" for
which he had been unable to find mod
ell Tor the central female figure. there
came knock at his Studio' door, and
there entered tall, fair-haired girl who
announced herself as Irene MacAlpine,
and asked:
DO you need a model"
She really was just the model he
needed, and IN three minutes she was
successfully posed, and the statue was
growing.
For two weeks Miss MacAlpine posed
for Papasan daily, and in those two
weeks the SculptorS interest in his new
model increased even more rapidly than
the statue. At the end of that time
he avowed his love and proposed mar
rage. Miss MacAlpine was willing
The most excited janitor in New York
city is Adolph Neurack, of I'll East
Fourteenth street, who has just been in
formed that he was the brother-in-law
OF no less parsonage than the Russian
plenipOtentiary, Sergius Witte. Neu-
rack, whose work as janitor is supple
mented by an occasional job of plumb
ing, is a native of the little town of Sha-
vel in Russia. He is son of Baer
Neurack, one of the prominent mer-
chants of the town. Nearly 20 years ago
Neurack left home, and since then he
has never seen either of his two UNI
married sisters. Rumors of a famous
marriage have come TO him, but he did
not know any definite facts until he re-
ceived letter from a relative. DR..
William holman, of Alliance, ~ J.,
telling him that his SISTER Pauline was
the wife of the great Russian Minister.
Attacked by two savage dogs, her
clothing half stripped from her body
and her flesh lacerated in many places,
Mrs. +. Peterson, who lives in Locust
street, Corona, Long Island had deS-
perate struggle for life on Shell road,
near Junction avenue. Mrs. Peterson
owes escape from more serious and per-
hapS fatal injuries to the brave efforts
of Miss Dixie Havens
The Infatuated brutcs ripped her dress
open from collar to skirt and tore her
shirt waist 10 fragments. She was fight
ing desperately when Miss Havcns rush.
cd upon the dogs and pulled them from
the PROSTATE woman. Then both the
women had TO fight the dogs. Just then
trolley car came along and the motor
man jumped into the fray With his
controller handle he hit the great Dane
hlfN,t- 81, 4 Il,
HavcnS escaped unframed, but Mrs.
Peterson was taken home suffering from
the shock and numerous decorations.
Valentine Klein. who has lived within
IS miles of railroad all his life, near
Jeffersonville. Sullivan county. never
saw locomotive and train Of cars until
Friday Klein is a farmer, 48 years old.
He never has had the time and curiosity
to go TO Calicoon to see the steam cars.
This season has been good. and Klein
proSpered so much that he decided to
take a day off. Arriving at Calcoon,
he stationed himself good distance
from the tracks and watched for a train.
HIS amazement was great when a fast
express passed. Klein had the time of
his life watching the trains go by. He
went home satisfied with his vacation.
Gen. Pet A. Cronje, the Boer. has
brought suit in the Supreme Court
against Charles W. Wall and against
! the Clay Amusement Company, which
since Wall gave up the Boer War spec
tacle at Brighton Beach has been carry
ing on that exhibition. for $2A2oo6 for
services rendered by him in the show.
Justice Glegerich, on the application of
Mortimer Fishel, a lawyer OF Long Is
| land City, granted an attachment against
the property of the two defendants
which was transmitted by Sheriff Err
LANCER to the Sheriff of Queens county
for service.
Violence accompanied the beginning
of a strike of fremen and laborers in
tunnel work at Ninth avenue and Thir-
| ty-third street. The men are employed
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
and want an increase in wages. The
bremen receive $40 month and work
seven days a week They want $50.
while the labOrerS want an increase
from $I.75 to s. a DAY. A general fight
began when the men went out, and po-
lice reserves had to be called TO dis
perse crowd engaged in stoning the
work trains
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