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The Penn's Grove record., 1907-06-07
GIRL VICTIM OF
TIGER IS DEAD
Panic in Tents When Enraged
Animal Charged on Crowd
and Attacked Ponies.

Twin Falls, Idaho.-Four-year-old
Ruth Rozell, who was attacked by a
Royal Bengal tiger which escaped
from it's cage at the performance of
the Sells-Floto circus here, has died
from her injuries. Mrs. Rozell, the
mother of the child, who was knocked
down and badly shaken by the tiger,
is overcome with grief and the shock
of her experience. Thus far no GRIM
inal action has been brought against
the circus management, and, while
the panic following the breaking of
the animal from it's cage and the en-
suing tragedy are the sole topic of
conversation, there has been no dem
onstration made against the circus
by citizens because of the unfortunate
occurrence.
The tiger charged into the crowd,
killing the little girl and a Shetland
pony, and mauled several other spec
tators and ponies before it was shot
and killed by a man in the audience.
For a few moments there was a panic
in the menagerie and women screamed
and tainted. The elephants tugged
at their chains and trumpeted wildly,
and there vas great commotion until
the tiger rolled over dead in front of
the main entrance.
Hundreds were in the menagerie
tent at the afternoon performance
when the time came for feeding the
animals. Markell, the tiger, and his
mate, Agnes, had been restless for
some time. At the sight of the meat
Markell beat furiously with his paws
on the door of the cage. The door
gave way, and the tiger sprang from
his cage. to the neck of a Shetland
pony fifteen feet away.
The tigers keeper seized a bar and
struck the animal between the eyes.
Markell released his grip on the pony's
neck and leaped upon the back of an
other pony. Again the keeper felled
him with the iron, andhe r%elinquished
his hold of the second pony only to
seize a third. Another stiff blow from
the iron drove the tiger from his
prey and he leaped into the crowd.
The tent was we'll filled, and the
people fed in every direction, most
of them crowding out under the can
vas. One woman scrambled to the
top of an animal cage and refused to
come down until long after the tiger
was killed.
Shrill cries from thefrightened ele-
plants aroused the keepers to furth-
er activity. The guns kept by the
keepers for emergencies were seven
ty-five feet away, and had they been
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-06-07
new JERSEY STATE NEWS
George Yepsen Arrested.

George Yepsen, a prominent resi-
dent of Perth Amboy, was arrested
there by Detective Peltier on a war
rant issued by Justice Sedan, of New
Brunswick, in which he was charged
by the officers of the Second Peoples
Building and Loan Association, of
New Brunswick, with forgery for
the purpose of making a bogus trans
fer of stock. He was brought to New
Brunswick and committed to Jail.
Judge Theodore B. Booraem held him
in 100000 bail. Yepsen had repre-
scented the association in Perth Am
boy for about five years, and had
handled large transactions. 1t is al
legged that he forged the power of at
torney authorizing him TO receive
payments, also that he made a bogus
transfer of stock to himself and wife,
and borrowed money upon it. He is
a member of the lumber firm of Far
rington G Co., of Perth Amboy. The
charge against Yepsen created a great
sensation in Perth Amboy. He has
a fine home there, keeps automobiles,
and has lived well. Yepsen's family
recently left for Europe to spend the
summer. Mr.. Yepsen's particular act
of forgery, it is alleged, consisted in
his manipulation of twenty shares be-
longing to a Mr.. and Mrs. Fred l..
Brown, of Perth Amboy.
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Public Service Blamed.

The Public Service Corporation
was held responsible by a coroner's
jury at Bound Brook for the death
of Rudolph Deluco, seven years old,
who, while at play, took hold of a
live wire that hung from a pole be-
longing to the company at Main and
Church streets, and was instantly
killed. Coroner Wild, of Somerset
County, held an inquest, at which it
was proved that the company had
been told to remove the broken wire
and had failed to do so. A score of
witnesses were examined, after which
the case went to the jury, which held
the Public Service Corporation re-
sponsible. The boy was burned on
the head, neck and right hand and
left leg. Many persons saw the acct
dent. This is the third time recently
that the company has been blamed,
the other cases being deaths from
~asphyxiation in New Brunswick and
Hackensack.
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CoIored Wit.

Minerva had been in the family a
number of years, and she thinks that
her long term of service entities her
to a certain amount of authority, es-
pecially around the kitchen. Not
long ago a negro servant girl, who
worked in a neighboring home, came
to the back door and knocked. Min
erva opened the door.
"Mornin', Minerva" said the girl
from the neighbours house. "Ah
wants to do a little borerin' this
mohnin'."
What yo' want?" asked Minerva.
"Ah wants to borrer two hens
aigs, a cup O. sugar, some lemons, en-
4 pie pan. All wants to make a
lemon pie"
Minerva saw Immediately that she
must exercise her authority. She
stepped outside and looked over the
door. Then she said, half to herself
NO, they amt none theh."
"No what?" asked the other girl.
"Sign readin' 'Groce'y Stoah,''
said Minerva. "Ah didn't know but
what yo' seen one on this house
They's a groc'y on the next cohnah,'
and Minerva went inside and shut
the door.-Baptist Commonwealth.
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The Field of Labor.

A strike of 800 machinists was de-
clared in Lowell.
The Farmers Union has estab-
lished an organization in Kansas.
The Commercial Telegraphers'
Union of America decided to strike
unless certain grievances are reme-
died by the Western Union Company.
According to the opinion of prom
inent labor leaders, the most salts
factory employment of convict labor
would be on the building of public
highways and the reclamation of
State lands.
Advices from Cuba tell of the ex-
cellent work and discipline of the
army of pacification.
John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine Workers, declared in
favor of compulsory publicity of all
the affairs of every trust.
Boston (Mass.) Cigarmakers'
Union has added a local sum to $3-a-
week-out-of work benefit paid by the
International to all unemployed
members.
Strikes affecting the painting and
plumbing trades have been inaugu-
rated in Fitchburg, Mass. The union
painters want an increase OF thirty
cents a day and a closed shop.
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CHILDREN SHOWED 1T.
Effect of Their Warm Drink i'm the
Morning.

"a year ago l vas a wreck from
coffee drinking and was on the point
of giving up my position in the school
O because Of nervousness.
II was telling a friend about 1t and
she said, We drink nothing at meal
time but Postum Food Coffee, and it
is such a comfort to have something
we car enjoy drinking with the chill
dren.'
II was astonished that she would
allow the children to drink any kind
of coffee, but she said Postum was
the most healthful drink in the world
for children as we'll as for older ones,
and that the condition of both the
children and adults showed that to be
a fact.
my first trial was a failure. The
cook boiled it four or five minutes
and 1t tasted so fiat that l was In de-
spair, but determined to give It one
more trial. This time we followed
the directions and boiled 1t fifteen
minutes after the boiling began. 1t
was a decided success, and l was
completely won by its rich, delicious
favour. In a short time l noticed a
decided improvement in my condition
and kept growing better and better
month after month, until now l am
perfectly healthy, and do my work in
the school room with ease and pleas
ure. | would not return to the nerve
\ destroying regular coffee for any
money"
there's a Reason" Read the, ia
Inous little Health Classic" "The
load to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
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MAN RESCUED FROM WRECK
Yacht Capsized in Long lsIant
Sound---CreW Drowned.
Edward Auth Ties Himself to tn,
Boat When 1t Capsizes-Engine
Breaks Down in a Storm.

New Haven, Conn.-Edward Auth
OF 1872 Saratoga avenue, Brooklyn
was rescued from a capsized sloopb BIZ
the crew of the tug Wyoming, which
made port here. His four compan.
ions, Jacob Auth, his brother; Au,
gust jaeger, of S26 Saratoga avenu
his brother-in-law; Otto Fleger, OF
154 Worst street, and George Glazerf
or Manhattan, were drowned.
AS the tug passed Norwalk, about
TWO miles from shore in Long Island
Sound, Captain McGolderick saw a
capsized boat. The Wyoming went
alongside, and in the water found
Auth, who appeared to be dead. He
was bound by a rope to the stern of
the boat. The body was lifted into
the tug and signs of life we're de-
tected. The crew administered strong
stimulants, and the man revived
slowly.
l.. I'VE five left Brooklyn for New
Haven on the twenty-three-foot sloop
the Belle, which I and my brother
own" he said. I'VE reached New
Haven, and after remaining there
three or four hours went back along
Long Island Sound to Bridgeport,
where we spent the night. We got
an early start out of Bridgeport next
morning, working. the auxiliary en-
CINE.
I'VE had gone along the Sound
about as far as Norwalk when a ter
rife wave struck us and tipped the
boat over. I was able to seize a piece
of rope and to fasten it to my body.
I am not quite clear about what hap
pened next, but do know that some Of
the party were drowned at once and
that others held on awhile. After
awhile l became unconscious"
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The National Game.

The great Mathewson is coming
back to his old form.
The Boston Americans are wear.
ing brown stockings this season.
Bill Coughlin, of the Detroits, ha,
been banging the ball in rare style.
Catcher Spencer, of St. Louis, is /;
good hitter, but he is said to be {;
slow thinker.
Friction generates heat, and hea,
kills germs. Consequently a Cincin
natl man suggests that a hard soal
with the willow is the batsman's bes
curse in sanitation in dealing with
the aqueous.toss.
The Cincinnati Club has declined
to take outfelder Osborne off the
hands of Chicago.
Playing Sammy Strang in RICH
field and Frank Bowerman on frs
base strengthened the New York Ma
tionals considerably in hitting.
Charley Wagner, of Boston, is on,
of the best fielding shortstops in tn,
American League.
Old "Cy" Young is sure carryin.
out his promise that he would pitci
good ball this year.
John Camel, of Cincinnati, ha.
played sixteen games without a field
Ing error at first base,
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find her way in daylight, she was still
more helpless in the thick darkness.
In the distance she heard the roaring
of panthers and other wild animals.
Her horse and dogs heard the sounds
and became almost unmanageable in
their fright.
The rain, which poured down stead.
lily, was a blessing in disguise, though
she knew it not at the time.
Her friends told her later it was
undoubtedly the rain that prevented
her being surrounded by reptiles. II
kept them under cover and she was
unmolested.
Miss Bells friends sent out several
hundred coolies to beat the brush
They failed to find her, but at day.
break she found her way to a clear.
ing, and meeting a native who could
speak some English was directed to
the camp.
Miss Bell returned to the United
States by way of Japan. The vessel
on which she took passage had just
left Yokohama when it ran aground
Oh a reef. 1t was safely fioated, and
started on its voyage, but a few days
later smallpox appeared on board,
and for fourteen days the passengers
were qu%arantined on the Pacific coast.
Miss Bell finally reached her home
safely, with a stock of exciting stories
for her relatives and friends. She is
now with her parents at their coun-
try place, Twin Oaks.
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KILLS SISTER AND HERSELF.
Girl Was Worn Out With a Mothers
Duties and RESPONSIBILITIES.

Springfield, Ill.-Carrying her sis
ter Carrie, a hopeless cripple only
seven years old, in her arms to a Sc
cluded spot, Cora Leaderbrand, sew
enteen years old, daughter of a pros
porous farmer four miles south of
this city, shot her little charge
through the brain and then killed
herself. Their bodies were found
side by side, with evidence that in
her death struggle Cora had tried to
kiss her dead sister.
There is no doubt as to the motive
that prompted the girl to the double
tragedy. She was overcome with de-
preston at the prospect of having to
care Indefinitely for the tiny cripple.
Joseph Leaderbrand, the father, said
that Cora always was content until a
couple of months ago when a youth
came counting. Then the girl became
restless because, as she explained to
her father, she could not go to dances
and parties like other girls, but there
never was a suspicion she would re-
SORT to murder and suicide.
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HOME WEEK IN BOSTON.
Sons and Daughters of New England
Capital to Visit Scenes of Youth.

The greatest event for Boston and
for ali New England this season will
be the homecoming week in Boston.
This will occur at the end of July,
and will attract thousands of persons
from every part of the country to the
city and the section of the country
where their ancestors lived and
where their affections are conferred.
The citizens of Boston have made
liberal preparations for a grand cele-
bration of the history and achieve
ments of Boston and the Common
wealth of Massachusetts. There will
be a week of midsummer reunions Of
families and of public festivities. The
time selected is from July % to Au-
gust g.
The homecoming week in Ken
lucky attracted half a million visit
ors to Louisville and the home-com-
ing for Georgia was likewise CRATE
fully accepted. There is no doubt of
the attraction to Bostono oil far great
er number of sons and daughters who
cherish the traditions and the sue
cesses of the people and who V~enerate
the history of the famous city which
is the leader in the literature, art and
the civilization of America.
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Wrong Proportions.

A wealthy Illinois farmer, one of a
number, perhaps, has a habit of in
vesting some of his surplus money in
South Dakota chattel mortgage
paper. He recently visited one of
the Lake County (South Dakota)
banks, where he is well acquainted,
and bought quite a bunch of this
paper from the bank. In looking
over what they had to offer, he came
to a note secured by a mortgage on
eleven horses and one COW, all the
live stock owned by the farmer who
had given the note.
81 won't touch it," he declared.
"Why," said the cashier of the
bank, "he is one of the best fellows
in the bunch"
"Makes no difference" was the re-
ply. "If it were eleven COWS and one
horse I'd take it in a minute"
And that ended it. The story is
true and the lesson plain. ~
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From Woman's View Point.

AS Mrs. Hetty Green grows older
she dresses better and with more
care.
Mrs. Gertrude Anterior was at last
accounts hard at work, at Munich, on
a new novel. Her publishers state
that she finds the atmosphere of
Europe more congenial for her work
than that of America"
Barbara Krupp, second daughter
of the late Herr Krupp, was married
at the Villa Hugel, near Essen, Ger
many, to Baron Tilo Won Wilmowski.
The couple will live at Bonn, where
the Baron is a Government official.
Girls and men are still kept care
fully apart in Argentina, and a man
does not introduce even his most IN
innate friends to his sisters.
Queen Liliuokalani has denied that
she intends to get married again, al
though she is only sixty-eight.
The will of Mary E. Lewis, of New
York City, bequeaths $1,5O0,0OO to
grandchildren, $4,000 to servants
and the large residuary estate to her
children.
Miss Mae Kennedy was the first
woman to go before a Board of Legal
Inspectors and successfully pass the
examination for steamboat pilot OF
Mississippi River.
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PENSION ROLL SMALLER.
Expense of New Service Law Much
Less Than Expected.

Washington, D. C.-The pension
roll and its expense to the Nation
have begun to decrease, notwith-
standing the service pension act of
the last Congress, which temporarily
added less than 100000 to the
expenditures.
Officials of the Pension Bureau,
legislators and others interested in
the new law are expressing surprise
at the remarkably small number OF
old soldiers applying for pensions
under it who have not been drawing
pensions previously. So small is the
number that the law will prove far
less expensive than was expected at
the time of it's passage. Commits.
sioner Warner believes that of the
money appropriated for the coming
year there will be a balance turned
back into the Treasury, and that he
will need less money each year here,
after,
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available they could not have been
used on account of the danger to
spectators.
Women seized their children and
dragged them from the path of the
maddened tiger, and hundreds of lit.
tie children chung to the skirts al
their terrified mothers and scrambled
to get away.
Markell headed for the main en-.
trance, forty feet away. In his rush
he struck several people with his
shoulders, knocking them down.
Mrs. S. E. Rozell, of Twin Falls,
and her little daughter Ruth could
not escape the tigers rush, and we're
borne to the ground. The tiger held
Mrs. Rozell with his paws while his
fangs sank into the neck of the child.
]. w. Bell, a Twin Falls blacksmith,
was standing beside Mrs. Rozell when
she was attacked. His wife and chill.
dren, too, were with him and at the
mercy of the beast.
Thrusting his family aside Bell
drew a revolver and opened fire on
the tiger at a distance of three feet.
When the first bullet struck Markell
behind the shoulders he WINGED and
opened his jaws, growing viciously
and flashing his tail against the wall
of spectators. The second bullet
caused him to release Mrs. Rozell and
her daughter from the grasp of his
paws, and the third to put him on the
run.
Bell followed, firing three more
bullets into the fleeing tiger, as it
ran outside the tent. Markell was
sorely hit, but he managed to crawl
some distance before he collapsed.
Recovering his strength for an in
slant the tiger turned and started
back toward the stampeding specta-
tors. Bell vas waiting for the at
tack with his revolver reloaded, but
the big beast had enough, rolled over,
snarling and biting at his wounds,
and expired in a few moments.
Meanwhile the news that the tiger
had escaped had spread, and specta-
tors continued to flee from the tents.
Many of them fell or were knocked
down in the confusion, but none sus-
tanned serious injuries.
Mrs. RoZell and her daughter were
taken to the Office of a physician,
where everything possible was done
LOT the child. 1t was found that the
teeth of the tiger had frightfully lac
Grated the neck and breast of the lit
tie one, and much blood was lost be-
fore the wounds could be closed. The
little girl died, and Mrs. Rozell was
removed to her home.
Markell was reputed to be one of
the largest and best proportional tig-
ers on exhibition, and was the pride
of the manager. He had shown no
previous signs of i'll temper, and the
management of the circus was aston
ished at his behavior. Many persons
thought that the door of the tigers
cage might have been more secure.
The keepers were helpless on account
of the confusion, and had it not been
for Bells presence of mind and
prompt action in risking an encoun-
ter with the angry tiger more lives
might have been sacrificed.
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Gas Company in Trouble.

Vice-Chancellor Stevens, of New
ark, has signed an order in receiver
ship proceedings against the Dover,
Rockaway and Port Dram Gas Com
pany, whose plants in Dover and
Wharton are covered by mortgages
held by the Fidelity Trust Company,
of Newark, aggregating 100000.
The company sells gas at $1.35 per
thousand cubic feet, but owes the
town of Dover $1,000 in taxes. The
plaintiff in the cast is Charles G. Cor
nell, of New York, who holds a judg-
ment of 5000 against the company.
The application of MI. Cornell fore
stalls an application for a receiver
that the Dover Common Council has
already directed Town Attorney Eli
colt to make on account of the COM
pany's default in the payment of its
franchise and other taxes. MI. Eli
colts application was not for a gen.
eral receivership, it is said, but was
merely to recover what it is alleged
the company owes the town.
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GIRL ALONE ALL
NIGHT IN JUNGLE
Daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Bell
Loses Way in Indian Wilderness.

Washington, D. c. Miss Helen
Bell, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
J. Bell, has just returned from an
eventful winter in India, the most
thrilling episode of which was a night
alone in the jungle.
Miss Bell left here early in the
winter to spend several months in In
dia with English friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur F. Hopkins. Part of the
time Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins and their
party, including Miss Bell, were camp
ing near Hyderabad and hunting big
game.
The men of the party started out
on a hunt one morning, and toward
night Miss Bell rode out from camp
to meet them. She missed the trail
after a few miles and soon found her.
self getting further into the heart of
the jungle and unable to get her bear
ings. Darkness came on, and with 1t
a heavy rain.
Alone with only her horse and a
few dogs, Miss Bell faced a night in
that lonely wilderness known for it's
venomous snakes. The night wore
on and no help came, and, unable to
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Whole Head andNeck Covered-Hair
All Came Out-Suffered 6 Months
Cured in 3 Weeks by Cuticura.

"After having the measles my whole
head and neck were covered with scaly
sores about as large as a penny. They
were just as thick as they could be. My
hair all came out. l let the trouble run
along, taking the doctors blood remedies
and rubbing on salve, but it did not seem
to get any better. 1t stayed hat way for
about six months; then l got a set of the
Cuticura Remedies, and in about a week |
noticed a big difference, and in three weeks
it was well entirely and l have not had the
trouble any more, and as this was seven
years ago, 1 consider myself cured. Mrs.
Henry Porter, Albion, Neb., Aug. 25, '06."
Three hundred thousand Russians are
| preparinp TO emiprate.
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Accused of Arson.

Charged with arson, John Harvey.
fifty years old, of Bloomfield avenue
and Third street, Newark, was held
under $1,000 bail for the action of the
Grand Jury by Judge Herr in the Sec.
ond Precinct Court. He was arrested
in the morning after he is alleged
to have started a fire with newspapers
in the cellar of the home of John
Zipf, of 607 North Third street. The
wife of Zipf was awakened by the
smell of smoke. She called her hus.
band and he with his two sons ex.
tinguished the blaze. Harvey was
arrested on ground adjoining the
Zipf house after the fire.
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Baby Left in Lot.

John Nicholas, of $50 Mount Pros
pect avenue, Newark, was returning
home when he heard a child crying in
a lot. He made an investigation, and
in a lot on Bloomfield avenue, near
North Second street, came across a
baby four months old, which he took
to the City Hospital, and the police
are trying to learn who was so heart
less as to leave the child where it
was found.
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INDIAN MAIDS SEEK HUSBANDS
Chickasaw Girls Want Only White
Men in Marriage,

Charlotte, N. c. Twelve Indiar
girls of the Chickasaw Nation in In
dian Territory, have written to Presi
dent Winstone, of the State Agricul
raj College, requesting his aid in pro
curing white husbands. They have
entered into an agreement to marry
none but white men. AS they have
much land, they think students at the
Agricultural College would make the
right sort of husbands.