The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25

New York, Feb. IA giant wave
struck the Cunard liner Campania on
her port side yesterday morning, while
-~-. IT,. the vessel was
Hurt on Liner sailing toward
this city from
by Huge Wave Liverpool, more
or less seriously
In Mid-ooean injuring fve-frst-
..-.. class cabin pas
sengers and three members Of the crew,
and stove in some Of the deck fixtures.
The, four male passengers hurt were
playing cards In the smokingroom when
the wave struck the vessel and were
thrown violently against the wall. They
were taken to stateroom and while
being examined by the ships surgeon
another wave struck the steamer, and
all were again thrown to the floor, re-
ceiving more bruises.
Miss Helen Cheston Of New York
was thrown to the floor from her bed
fixtures Of the cabin. AL Of the In
jured were able to leave the ship when
she locked. ~ 49, -
Passengers on tho velcoe liner Bra
sile, which arrived here today from
Genoa, were badly scared Thursday
night when the vessel ran into spell
Of rough weather and the 1900 immi-
grants in the steerage tried to force
their way above decks. Captain Oil
vani and his officers had difficult task
In reassuring the frightened passengers
and had it not been for the active CO.
operation Of F1orentine monk, would
have had to resort to violent measures.
The latter went among the people and
finally succeeded in persuading them to
obey the officers. No one was hurt and
the ship was unscathed.
A street car collision at Forty-seco nd
street and Sixth avenue this afternoon
injured q half dozen or more persons
and gave the hip
Elephants Rescue podrome elephants
chance to dis
Victim Of tinguish tn e m
selves. The col
j Streetcar Crash ision blocked the
street and tan.
gled up traffic. The genius of the
hippodrome publicity bureau saw the
golden opportunity and grasped it by
calling out the elephants. They lifted
the cars up so man could be rescued
and then shunted them off down the
street so traffic could 60 on it's way
The four hippodrome trick elephants
Lena, Lou, May and Dick, arrayed il
the matinee togs, were led solemnly tx
the wreck and their keeper pointed a.
the Forty-second street car. The fou,
big brutes bent down their heads, GO
their trunks under the wreckage ant
heaved upward. They brought tn
trucks up about six inches and the mai
underneath yelled: "Pull, somebody
I'm loose.' He was dragged out AM
hurried off to hospital. The surgeon
said his right leg was broken. The ele
plants moved the car few more fee
back, so that it would not interior
with traffic in Sixth avenue, and the1
went solemnly back. to earn their liv
ing.
Henry H. Rogers, vicepresident Of tn
Standard Oil company, today CAV
ocular contradiction to the stories tina
he had been broken down and was ur
der the care Of specialists, sufferin
from cirrhosis Of the liver. Mr.. Roger
WOub uOWu 10 HIS OluCS db ~ DlOdu W d
and attended to business as usua
When seen he declared that he wa
feeling perfectly well and he looked tn
part.
John D. Rockefeller sent each of hi
employees at his Lakewood countr
home valentine. Altho it happene
on st. Valentine
Rockefeller Sent Day, the news {
it only came OF
'tValentines' today. News tra'
.. els very slowl
to His Employees b tween tt
Rockefeller hon
and the village. The distance is abol
two miles, but it often takes tw
months for the village to learn,
things that occur at the oil king
country estate. When the men employe
in the care Of Mr.. Rockefeller IS 60
links and private roads received the
pay on st. Valentines Day, Villa
Forester, the superintendent, handt
each man an additional envelope upe
which was inscribed GA Valentine.
"That's from Mr.. Rockefeller" sa
Superintendent Forester. "Open
when you go home.' OF course, thu
didn t wait. The "valentine' prov
to be a new So bill. Mr.. Rockefeller d!
tributed something like $125 worth
these valentines.
Two society women will accompa1
Charles Levee, the aeronaut, when
makes his next ascension The asce
sion will probably be made at Pit
field, Mass, in about two weeks, a.
Mrs: R. Z. Edgar and Mrs. Thomas W
make the first ascent. Mrs. Edgar, "
was Marie J. Manice, has made f
ascensions abroad. .,.,--- ..s
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