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Evening star., 1909-05-11
Found Himself Trapped.

After doing what he could to assist 9TH
ers in the building. Mr.. Elliott found him
self in a serious predicament. He went to
a rear window, however, and soon sue
ceeded in attracting the attention of Capt
Martin and other members of No truck
company. A ladder was raised to the
window and he was soon on the ground
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Schooley, fourth-fioor
occupants. were also among those who
had to be assisted down the fire escape
Mr.. Schooley. 1t is stated. was III and had
TO be carried from the building, while his
wife was able to assist herself.
In their apartment on the first floor
were Mrs. w. l.. Darlington and her
daughter, the latter being an invalid The
smoke was so dense that they were al
most unable to move, and the invalid
had to be carried out to the sidewalk, and
later she was taken to the home of
friends. On the second floor w. B. Ber-
gevin was asleep in his apartment. while
his wife was visiting friends on the third
floor. He dressed as soon as possible
and went in search of his wife, learn
ing that she had been the first one to
be assisted from the building.
Mrs Jessop. wife of William Jessop,
secretary of the Y. NJ. C. A, was among
those who had to be assisted from her
apartment She was i'll and it was with
difficulty that she able to get reauy
rooms she experienced no trouble in get
ting to the pavement. number of 9TH
ers in the building also had 10 be as
sisted down the iron ladders. 1t required
but a few minutes work on the part of
the firemen to get the blaze under control,
although it was some time before the
smoke was out of the building. Some of
the families returned to their apartments
for the night, while others remained at
the homes of friends.
Most of the damage caused by the fire
was in the locker room in the basement,
although the apartment of c. Y. Henry
Andrie, on the first floor, was badly
damaged by smoke. Goods belonging to
a number of occupants of the building
were stored in the lockers and but little
of that property was saved. The fire ne
cessitated the turning off OF the gas and
leaving the building in darkness for
ment who have been in the service
number of years say they never Witness
ed so many exciting scenes at fire with
out any persons being injured.
AlonZo Bliss owns the building. which,
1t is stated was one of the first apart
ment houses built in that section. II
was known as the Army and Navy for
number of years. but was recently re-
modelled and its name changed. 1t is be-
ueyed that about $1,000 damage was
caused by the blaze. The damage is
covered by insurance.
Evening star., 1909-05-11
Rescued From Windows.

There was cry of fire shouted through
out the building in order that those on tho
upper floors might get out before their
lives were endangered. but the smoke
filled the building SO rapidly that 1t was
impossible for many of them to get out
without using the fire escapes. Several
persons appeared at windows and it was
feared some of them would leap from
the building. but all waited until they
could be assisted
When the members Of the department
reached the fire the dense smoke in and
about the building made it troublesome
for them to locate the blaze, but the jani-
tor soon led them to the rear of the base
ment, where the fire had started. While
some of the firemen were struggling to
prevent the blaze from going above the
basement floor. others were doing what
they could do to save the occupants Of the
building, and the police of the third pre-
cinct and others were assisting. Persons
who were on the top floor of the building
experienced more trouble getting out than
did some of the others. Some of them
were invalids and it was necessary for
them to be carried from the building
Misses Aggie and May Eisenbeiss, occu-
pants of an apartment on the fourth floor,
had an exciting time getting out of the
building. Perry Elliott. one of the third
floor occupants, and others assisting them
Mrs. Elliott was visiting friends on the
fourth floor. her husband being in his own
apartment. about to retire. Quickly DON
ming his clothing. Mr.. Elliott rushed to
the apartment where his wife was visit
ing and saw that she was sent safely
down the front fire escape. He then re-
membered that he had not extinguished
the lights in his room and, thinking the
lighted jets might cause additional trou-
BILE, he returned to extinguish them. Then
he went to the south end of the building,
where the two Misses Eisenbeiss were en-
deavoring TO reach the fire escape, and.
lighting bunch of paper, made light
enough to attract the attention of firemen
and they were soon rescued
Evening star., 1909-05-11
Auto Stunt a Real Thriller.

Among the stunts that really thrilled
was the automobile somersault of La
Belle Roche. 1t is one of those acts that
make the spectator wonder how any
human being can be employed to do it.
The old loop-the-loop was a rocking
horse affair compared to it, but La Belle
Roche played her part as though it was
the easiest thing in the world.
When she Is seated firmly in the auto
mobile the vehicle is started down a
steep incline, from which it shoots out
ward into the air. turns two complete
somersaults, and lands safely on a spring
platform. Then Mile. Roche is taken out,
bows to the audience, and goes back
to her dressing room. Great stuff.
Another performer who deserves the
applause he gets is Roblidello, a Mexican
slack wire walker. If there is anybody
who can beat Roblidello at this game the
Ringlings would like to have him trotted
out. Roblidello's imitation of drunk
trying to walk the wire was one of the
best things in the show.
Evening star., 1909-05-11
ct. r." Chased by Lions.

OF course the hunting trip of certain
more or less distinguished American pri-
vate citizen to the wilds of Africa could
not be overlooked by any good circus
manager, and 1T R." is with the Ring
lings. He entered the tent on a dead run
yesterday, chased by lions. tigers and ele-
plants. They pursued him round and
round until. with his trusty rife he
brought down his pursuers. 1t was an
excellent skit.
One new elephant trick was pulled off
also. 1t was the telephone stunt, one ele-
phant trumpeting through the telephone
to another elephant at the far end of the
tent
On q fine little platform a dozen or
more fine little trained pigs performed
card and other tricks to the delight of
the audience. while the jumping dogs, the
racing mules. the Japanese jugglers and
acrobats. the equestriennes and all the
foreign novelties were in evidence all the
time
Evening star., 1909-05-11
Side Play Unusually Funny.

AS for the clowns, they were all over
the place, in every conceivable garb, and
doing all sorts of antics. Some of the
side play was SO good that a majority
of the audience came away without know
ing it had been done by members of the
circus. The old countryman who got
mixed up trying to find his seat and
was properly thrown out by the attend
ant, who in turn was chased under the
benches by the Rube; the small boy who.
running away from his mother, upset
the candy vendor; the clown who got
into a row with the ringmaster, the one
who tried to ride the horses and kept
falling off this man is always the best
rider in the show, as he proves after
his funny stunt is over and the clown
who gets up on the elephants back and
has to be helped off.
AS in the days of yore, the circus opens
with the big parade around the outside
track, and when this is over the per-
formance moves forward with the mar
velous ease and rapidity that always puz-
zles one who does not understand the
military precision that marks its arrange
ment
Evening star., 1909-05-11
Trained Animals Almost Human In
Mystifying Feats.
ALL GOES OFF WITH SNAP
Press Agent Fully JUS
titled in Judgment of Small Boy
and His Elders.

From the ringside to the highest seat up
under the big canvas ceiling of the enor-
nous tent thousands of persons sat
yesterday afternoon and evening and were
thrilled by the wonderful sights and
sounds cut loose by the Ringing Brothers
great circus.
Nobody but a well-pad press agent or a
small boy can do real justice to circus.
Boyish enthusiasm or untrammeled imag-
ination is absolutely necessary for real
description, one that fits specifications
that have been in vogue for twenty years.
but it is enough to say that the Ringing
show is up-to-date in every respect and
carries several novelties all its own.
The animals were all there, and after
all every boy knows that the animals,
next to the pretty lady 0he boy usually
sits far back and fixes his gaze on the
spangles) who does the double somersault
in the automobile, are the best things in
any show. Those same animals that drew
heavy wagons along in the parade yester-
day morning were on the job In the tent
yesterday afternoon and last night, and
all earned their salaries i'll great style
from the biggest elephant down to the
smallest trained pig.
Evening star., 1909-05-11
Sensational Reductions IN Rugs.

In the face of advancing wholesale market have
duced prices Rugs-all grades-new stock Prices will
surely be higher. September delivery if you it.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-09

One thing about baseball that as
tonishes foreigners more than any
thing else is the remarkable accuracy
of the throwing. This is especially
true OF those who have played cricket.
The batting and the catching and
stepping of balls is not nearly so i'm
pressive to them as the way the play
ers shoot the ball around the diamond
with the unerring aim of a rifle shot,
The reason for this is probably be-
cause the foreigners can not get the
,knack of throwing down as the Ameri-
cans do. An incident at Philadelphia
park few years ago will illustrate
what a baseball player can do in the
throwing line.
One Afternoon the Phillies were
playing the Boston Team. BILLY
Hamilton was in center field for Bos-
ton and Herman Long was at short
stop. During the game there came a
cry from Hamilton, who was seen ex-
citedly pointing to an object which
was dashing across the ground to-
ward the fagpole in deep center field.
The scoodng object was a rat Long
was standing in his position at short
stop with the ball in his hand Her
man heard Hamilton's cry, wheeled
around. took one glance at the rat
running across the field, gagged the
direction of its fight without the loss
of a second and let the ball so. The
ball hit the rat and there was one less
rodent in the world
Longs throw was fully 200 feet, but
he hit the flying animal as if it was a
stationary object. No sportsman ever
made a prettier shot at bird on the
wing than Long did that afternoon.
When it is considered that shortstops
usually throw at a man standing on
base, Longs judgment in gauging
Just how far ahead of the animal he
was to throw in order to make the
skill" was really wonderful
Throwing at an object in the air is
one OF the hardest feats, for looking
up at the sky when taking aim is
much harder than when a player has
the grandstand or the bleaehers for 4
background Last spring jim Della
hanty gave an exhibition of clever
throwing at Columbia park. ia Phiia-
delphia.
foul ball wedged into the screen
on top of the grandstand over the
visiting players bench. Delahanty
picked up an old ball and threw it
AGAINST the screen missing tho object
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-09

the gauge. On the second attemnt
Delahanty let the ball go with all his
might, and it not only struck the im-
prisoned ''horsehide," but also landed
with such force that the latter was
driven clean through the screen.
One thing about the throwing in
baseball that foreigners can't under
stand is why the players, in getting
the ball to the plate from the outfield,
almost invariably throw it low and
rake it strike the ground a yard or
SO in front of the plate. The baseball
players claim that a ball thrown on
the line and made to shoot off the
ground will reach the catcher quicker
that a ball thrown to him on the fly.
Some years ago there was a dispo-
sition to dispute this theory, but the
general practice of the strong-arm
players in making the ball shoot" off
the ground proves that they believe
their idea is correct Round house"
throws, those loop-theloop affairs
which weak-armed outfelders have to
resort to, seldom catch base runner,
while the low, ground-bumping throws
do in almost every game
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-09

Han Lobert, the Cincinnati third
baseman, is a player of the most az
gressiVe type. He broke into the ma
ior leagues as member Of the Chi
cago Cubs years ago, but was traded
u Cincinnati for Pitcher JACK Harper.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-09
PLAYERS SHINE
AS THROWERS
MAJORITY OF PRESENT DAY DIA-
MoND STARS SHOOT BALL
WITH UNERRlNG AIM.
IS PULLING TO FOREIGNERS.

Instances Which Show What Some of
the Big Leaguers Can Do in This
line-Remarkable Feat of Herman
Long-Low Throws Faster Than
High Ground House" Ones.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-09
Few First-sackers Break in Game.

Few First-Sackers Break in Game.
OF the several men who have played
first base in the American league this
wear. Harry Davis, Nap Lajoie, George
Stovan, Jerry Freeman, Tom Jones
and Hal Chase are the only ones who
broke into fast company as first-sack-
ers. Moriarity was third baseman
and so was Bill Bradley. Isbell was
a pitcher, while Jiggs Donohue and
Jake Stahl were catchers. Rossman
was an outfelder, Patterson of St
Louis a second baseman, Wolter of
Boston a pitcher and Mcconnell of
New York ditto. Ungleub was third
sacker. Lajoie, however. did not re-
main at first very long. being shifted
to second base.
during the weeks that Frank
Chance, leader of the worlds cham
pion Cubs was forced to sit on tbs
bench with his arm in a plaster cast,
Del Howard played his position most
acceptably. Howard is a finished
fielder and his batting is good.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-09
SUMMER SCHEDULE ON
RIO GRANDE RY. JUNE ]

The following is the summer sched-
ule for the Rio Grande railroad TO
take effect Tuesday, June LIST:
Daily, Excepting Saturday, Sunday
and Monday.
Brownsville Point Isabel
Leave 800 a. m. Arrive 1890 a. m.
Arrive $50 p. m. Leave 500 p. m.
Saturdays.
Leave 900 a. m. Arrive 1920 a. m.
Arrive 300 p. N. Leave $3.50 p. m.
Leave $50 p. m. Arrive 200 p. m.
Sundays.
Arrive $3.50 a. m. Leave 700 a. M
Leave 900 a. m. Arrive 1920 a. M
Arrive 500 p. m. Leave $3.50 p. N.
Leave $50 p. m. Arrive GAS p. m
Mondays.
Arrive $50 a. m. Leave ZOO a. m
Leave 900 a. II. Arrive 1890 a. m
Arrive $50 p. m. Leave 500 p. m
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-09

Here is Fred Clarke, the pilot OF the
pirate crew from Pittsburg. Fred has
been in the game a long while, but
from the way he keeps up his speed it
viii be many moons before young
ster is selected to supplant him.
Clarke has carried home several pen
nants for the Smoky City aggregation.
1t was under the late Billie Barnie, in
the old Louisville days that Clarke
made his entry into major league COM
pany He soon succeeded Barnie as
leader of the Colonies, and later, when
the Pittsburg club bought out the
Louisville franchise and merged both
clubs. Clarke came to Pittsburg and
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-09
Gregory, Bats &
Brooks and
Sam'l Spears,
Lawyers.
Lawyers.

We have formed a partnership I'M
der the foregoing name for the trans
action of our law business in the Low
er Rio Grande Valley. Offices will be
maintained at Brownsville and San
Benito. The business of Gregory,
ats & Brooks at Austin, will be
maintained as heretofore.
T. w. GREGORY,
R. L. BATS,
V. L. BROOKS.
SAM'L. SPEARS.
Office n the Browne Building
Brownsville. Texas, May 1, 1909.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-09

has remained ever since, playing left
field and managing the team.
Just now the Pittsburg clan is sail
ing along at the head of the National
league race and the hustling manager
has his men in good shape. OF course
he has the able assistance of that
mighty Dutchman, Hans Wagner, and
my what bundle of assistance that
big pretzel hunter is to Clarke The
latter says its the pennant for his
this time, and he further AYERS that
worlds championship goes with it
For he feels that his team will be able
to trounce the Detroits, whom he
picks to win the American league flag.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-09
DonOhue May Boss senatoEa.

''Jiggs" Donohue, now playing first
base for the Washington team, viii
succeed Joe Cantillon as manager Of
that club at the expiration OF the lat
ter's three-year contract in Septem-
Der next, according to a report Dono-
hue was recently with the Chicago
White Sox, being transferred to Wash
ngton with Pitcher Altrock and Out
fielder Cravath in exchange for Pitch
sg Burns.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-09
BLACKSMITH SHOP

The blacksmith shop formerly
owned by n. E. Kendall, near From
tier Lumber Co. has been purchased
by
Manuel Flores
Expert blacksmith. All kinds Of re-
pairing, horseskoeing, etc. done.
First class work. 5-27-1m
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-11-13
ALL PARIS At
STEINHEIL TRIAL
Celebrities Thick as Huckel-
berries on a Pennsyl-
vania Bush.
STATE MADE OUT NO CASE
France Thrilled by Court Room
News the Past Week and
More.

Paris, Nov. bah Paris, is seem
ed clamored today at the doors of
the Palace of Justice when the cur
tain rose on the final act of the legal
drama which has thrilled France the
last ten days, the trial for murder CT
beautiful Margarita Steinheil. Guilty
or innocent, the impression is general
that the state has not made out a
case against her, and the public be
lieVes she will be acquitted. Among
those in the court room today was
Henri RCchefort, the veteran free
lance journalist, whose attempts to
give the tragedy political color,
have gone far to excite popular in
terest in the case, several well known
dramatists and play wrights and a
dozen other celebrities. Reiane, the
celebrated actress was forced to be
content with standing room. NJ. Au-
bin made the closing argument for
the defense this afternoon
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-11-13
TAFT GETS
DOWN TO ROUTINE
Return Early This Morning
to White House From
Connecticut
HOBO ON PRESIDENTS TRAIN
Creates a Scare and Excitement
Among Porters While Ex-
ecutive Sleeps.

Washington, D. c., Nov 13,-Presi.
dent Taft returning here this morning
from Middletown, Conn, was at once
driven to the White House.
Excitement on Presidents Train.
Washington, Nov. 13--A hobo"
seeking shelter from a ticket hunt
ing conductor on board the Federal
Express" bound from Boston to Wash
ingtcn wandered into President Tafts
private car, Mayflower, last night.
He locked himself in the kitchen and
created the greatest excitement of all
the Presidents travels. He was dis
covered by Ed Letcher, one of the
Presidential porters, who almost
turned white when he saw the be-
whiskered Willie" crouched in a
corner. He made a flying tackle for
the hcbo, yelled for help, and jim
mie" Sloan of the secret service and
another porter rushed to the rescue.
The hobo eXpostulating violently was
put off the train at Bridgeport into
the waiting arms Of the police. In
the meantime, the President slept
peacefully.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-11-13
Yours truly,
]. NJ. CONNELL.
TOWN BUILT ON
SCIENTIFIC PLANS.
Lawns and Shade and Fruit Trees
Everywhere and Artistic Cot
tages for Workmen.

Spokane, Wash, Nov. 13.-Civil en-
gineers, landscape architects, car.
penters, masons and concrete work
ers are rebuilding the town of OthellO
on the main line of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & Puget Sound railway in
Grant county, Wash, west of Spokane,
upon plans approved by science and
art The r. S. King Company, which
will establish a mammoth plant for
the manufacture of slate products, has
acquired all the holdings in the town
at cost exceeding $1000,000, and it is
purposed to make to order city with
all the latest municipal improvements
The factory will cover about nine
acres of ground and cost between S5,'
100000 and $6,000,000 inexpensive
lands will be bought for employers
homes and there will be lawns and
shade and fruit trees everywhere. The
streets of macadam will be parked and
there will be concrete sidewalks, city
water works, electric lighting plant
and other modern improvements
Othello is in the Big Bend wheat dis,
trict, it has ample transportation ia,
cilities and the location is ideal.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-11-13
WILL PROBE
SUGAR GRAFT
Secretary of the Treasury Me-
Veagh Is in Earnest
About it
WILL RENOVATE SERVICE
Report That Trust Owes $780,
100000 in Duties is
Canard.

Washington, Nov. 13-Secretary of
the Treasury Macyeagh has come out
with a fiat statement that not only
will he probe to the bottom of the
scandal growing out of the frauds
committed in the New York custom
house by the sugar trust and its
agents but he proposes to renovate
the entire service. 1t has developed
also that the justice department is
working in conjunction with the treas
ury department. The report that the
sugar trust actually owes the govern
ment thirty millions instead of two
millions of unpaid duties and which
it paid under duress to treasury Off
cials, is declared absurd.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-11-13
ARCHBISHOP GLENNoN
SCORES DIVORCES.
Also Denounces ociaIism and the
Apartment House in an Address
at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo, Nov 13-ln an
address to 5000 people in Convention
hall here, Archbishop John j. Clennon
of ST. Louis declared that divorce, So
cialism and apartment houses were
the great perils that beset the Ameri-
can nation.
"The modern city dweller has be-
come something like the cliff dwellers
10 the puebloes of the west said the
Rev Glennon. "The apartment house,
whatever its advantage, is not and can
not become a home. A wife is admit
ted to them, possibly a parrot; bat a
wife and parrot do not constitute a
family no more than an apartment
house constitutes a home"
Speaking of divorces the archbishop
said that "every divorce granted and
every divorce law written is a chal
lenge to Almighty God-that men can
make better laws than He"
Divorce laws and divorce courts, ,
he continued, are an unmiXed evil,
worse than the destroying angel that
recorded the death of their first born.
For love is the first born of every
household and the announcement that
follows is the harbinger of national
death and destruction"