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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12
WOMAN WHIzzES.DOWN CHUTE
And LANDS In HEAP OF COAL

NEW YORK. Spacial.-Twenty tons
of coal were ushered into the cellar
Of the Hotel Rector, tBroadway and
Forty-fourth Street, on Saturday al
ternoon-
The last lump shot the chute at
SIS, whirling from the square en-
trance-way on the Forty-fourth Street
sidewalk, six feet to starboard of the
guests doorway.
Hundreds Of all kinds of members
Of the human race were circling in the
vicinage. The driving Of the coal
truck had folded up his cute little
wagon chute, and, it is alleged, had
removed the portable fence whose
function il ia 10 keep Constant Reader
and Old Subscriber from entering the
cellar Internationally.
The stage is set.
Approaches from Sixth Avenue
along Forty-fourth Street Mrs. Mil
ton Stills, of $40 West One Hundred
and Thirty-ninth Street. wife Of the
actor who plays Hayes, the young law
Republic Theater, with his mother,
Mrs. w. II. Stills. Of 4416 Berkeley
Avenue, Chicago. They have just left
the Hippodrome, mention of which
gets the names Of two show houses
into this work of art.
Mrs. Milton Stills and Mrs. w. II.
Stills are within dangerous few inches
Of the coal hole.
A second flashes by. Mrs. w. H.
Stills has disappeared!
She finds herself slipping downward
at a fearfully rapid speed on the in
terror coal chute. She tips under the
bustling cafe, whirls by the kitchen,
bounds underneath the laundry and
volplanes, twenty-five feet from where
the trip began, onto a mighty pile of
sturdy young coal. 1t bows to her
and, falling back, deposits her uncer-
tainly on another pile five feet below
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12
SHERIFF SENDS NOTICES
OF SICKLES' AUCTJC N SALE

NEW YORK. Special.-In an ecort to
help General Daniel w. Sick es, Sheriff
Hamburger mailed to about seventy
five wealthy men in New York notices
Of the auction sale that is to be held
at the SIckles residence In Fifth Ave-
nue. next Wednesday. The personal
property of the General will be sold to
satisfy a $4,000 Judgment.
The sheriff stated that he had sent
out the notices because the personal
property offered at the sale Will be
such as would appeal mainly to men of
wealth as curios and ornaments. The
recipients OF the notice include: J. p.
Andrew Carnegie, Vincent As
tor, John d. Rockefeller, Jr., William
G. Rockefeller, John ID. Archbold. How
ard Brokaw, Frederick Vanderbilt
M. Depew. Peter Delder,
Payne Whitney. Lee Shubert and
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Special
Swept by a stin northwest wind,
fire, which was discovered about
1880 O'Clock last night, complete
~ destroyed two dOrnitorieS OF
the Maryland Agricultural Col
Iege at College Park, Md. Sew
eral adjoining buildings wene
saved but only after a hard fight
by the HyattsVille fire department.
and scores OF cadets and residents
living I'm the vicinity.
The total damage this morning
was estimated at from 100000
TO $50, 900, covered by insurance.
The campus I'm front OF the de-
furniture, which was removed
from the burning buildings. Tenn
porary quarters for the students
will be provided I'm Science Han
and other buildings.
While guests attending a dance
were at supper fire broke out in
the attic OF the administration
building. The cause, il is believed,
was due to the crossing of cleo
trio wires. The new building,
which was erected i'm 1904, at a
cost of 100000, is said to be in
sured.
some of the young men of the
college as they came through the
dining hall of the administration
building to enter the main hall, in
which the students remaining at
the college for Thanksgiving were
having their annual subscription
dance.
DANCERS RUSH TO ESCAPE.
When the fire was discovered il
had gained considerable Roadway,
and after the alarm was sounded
there was a frantic rush by the
forty couples who were dancing
to get out of the burning building.
Pretty girls, in their evening
finery, were compelled to rush
into the cold night with nothing
but their evening dresses TO pro-
tect them from the sharp south
west wind which swept across the
campus and helped to fan the
flames.
Students, after the girls were
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12

n the engine room.
What the -" Introduction of
passer, who drops his shovel in white
faced amazement OF perceiving the
figure of a startled woman atop the
coal pile, her face grimy, her hand
bag torn and her large black hat with
an ostrich plume askew.
Speed en- route has robbed her of
her English. She gazes at Boots"
He ducks into the office of Chief En-
gineer John Begley with this:
"U-u-hl a woman in the coal"
Not ordered" says Begley.
"U-u-h! / know. Come"
GO. You've been drinking"
"N-n-n-o, haven't. A woman in
the coal pile"
go back and shovel your coal and
she'll disappear"
Protestaions. vows. affirmations,
adjectives, heat, anger, scOrn VS.. in
credulity, doubt, disbelief. Result:
Curiosity.
Investigation develops the truth.
Begley and Boots assist Mrs. w. H.
Stills up the stairs to the hotel lobby.
There they discover Mrs. Milton Stills
too excited to speak.
Lost a friend, ma'am?" inquiries
Begley.
arms. Phil NJ. Farley, the hotel man
ager, inquiries if Mrs. w. II. is hurt.
She replies in the negative and the
Mrs. Stills depart in a taxi.
Last night Mr.. Stills declared he will
consult his lawyer, Max Josephson, of
lis Broadway. this morning.
my mother" said Mr.. Sills, was
too excited to know whether she was
injured. DIR. Andrew Love has found
that her right shinbone is hurt and
also her hip. / shall consult my law
yer TO determine whether we can
prosecute the hotel and the coal COM
pany. 1t is an outrage"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12
BIGGEST WOMAN DIED
IN A ROUND HOUSE

MOTREAI1.- Special No ordi-
nary room was strong enough to con-
tain and restrain the massive bulk of
Justine Mason, who died here
Thursday in a circular house specially
constructed for her at the insane asy-
lum. She weighed $50 pounds.
The only other person known to
have exceeded her in size was
Chauncey Morlan, S53 pounds, who
died on May 2Sth last at Elkwood,
Ind.
Miss Alpine Bitch who was on ex-
hibition last summer at Coney Island,
weighed $50 pounds.
When Justine Mason was taken to
the asylum several months ago she
grew violent and smashed her way
through the walls of the ward. Fear
full that with her Samson-like
strength, she would pull down the
building in one of her spells of an
ger, the officials built a circular house
outside the main structure. No mat
ter how she ragged she merely rolled
round and round and there were no
corners or fit surfaces to give way
No undertaken in Montreal would
risk his hearse with the big woman's
body, so IL was removed from the in
stitution in an express truck. The
coffin will be specially built, and there
will have have to be a crane to lower
the booy into the grave.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12

carry above the second story, and be-
fore the power-house could work up
a sufficient pressure both the annex
and the cottage were beyond saving.
Patients Again Excited.
When it was seen that nothing
could be done to check the fire DR..
Markham marched the patients to an
other building. This march was pro-
ductive of further excitement. Several
times men broke from the lines and
started back toward the fire.
At p. NJ. the ruins had cooled so
that a search was made for Monrady's
body. IT was found about twenty feet
from the doorway.
Monrady had been a patient at the
Brunswick Home fifteen years. He
was sent there from st. GATHERINGS
Hospital. Brooklyn, or which borough
he had been a resident.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12
CONGRESS NOW
in SESSION

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Special
The fall of gaVels in the Senate
and House at high noon Mon
day called to order the final
session of the SiXty-SecOnd Con-
gress and sharply remind ma
tiOnal Legislators OF the immense
amount of work TO be done be-
fore March 4th.
This short session of Congress
is going to be the busiest in its
history and the legislative ma
chinery must be well creased.
There will hardly be moment
TO spare on either the Senate or
House side and night sessions of
both bodies may frequently be
necessary. Coming down TO close
figuring, there cannot be even a
three-mOnthS' session. for the
Christmas holidays intervene and
Congress will adjourn about De-
cember 20th until the 9th or 10th
of January.
Fifteen appropriation bills, ap-
propriating approximately ST.
100000, must be passed by both
houses and approved by President
Taft before ne leaves office. Elim-
mating the days which must be
devoted. under the House rules,
10 certain types Of legislation,
District of Columbia, suspension
OF the rules, calendar Wednesday
business, pensions and unanf-
nous consent, the time for at
tending TO appropriation bills
grows woefully short and it Is ex-
pected that some OF the regular
calendars will have to be set aside
fn order TO give attention TO the
supply bills.
Representative Underwood, the
majority leader, who has reached
Washington. said today that he
but little (general leg
lslatl0n DUNG the sh6rt session
OF Congress. 1.-The annual appro-
priatfon bills win FequireN practf-
cally al OF our time" saRd Mr..
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12
GREAT LOSS In WAKE
OF EASTERN TYPHO0N
Loss of Property Was Even Heav-
Ter Than Was at First
Reported.

WASHINGTON, ID. c. Special.
In reply to an urgent request for
further information regarding the
typhoon which swept over the
lower portion of the Philippine
Islands last Tuesday, leaving
death and destruction in its wake,
Acting Governor General Gilbert
cabIed the War department to-
day that the destruction wrought
by the storm appears to be even
greater than at first reported, but
the loss of life probably will not
be so large.
All communication with the
Southern Islands having been cut
off by the typhoon, the Navy De-
partment today sent the cruiser
Cincinnati, stationed at Manila,
to Capiz 10 establish wireless
communication with the Philip
pine capital and Governor GIL
bert viii inform Washington
when he first obtains any definite
news.
Governor Gilbert informed the
department that he was holding
two other ships, I'm addition to the
one sent yesterday, to rush food
and supplies TO CapiZ add Tao
loban, IL necessary. Thk almost
total absence of news fr&m these
towns, however, preclude$ the dis
patch of these boats until some
thing more definite Is learned.
Unofficial aerograms, picked up
by the navy wireless station at
Mare Island today, indicate that
some of the Pacific coast steam
erS headed for Japan4 or China
might have been in tie path ef
the typhoon and it is feared these
may have Jared badly
All war vessels on the Pacific
have been instructed to- keep a
sharp watch for distress signals
and to proceed under full steam
to the aid of any stricken craft.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12

wind carried the fire to two other
buildings, but efficient work there
checked the fires.
600 Patients There.
In the three buildings of the home
were 600 men, women. boys and girls.
The annex and the boys cottage
the buildings destroyed-were of
wood, three and one-half stories high.
The annex sheltered sixty men and
women, the cottage fifteen youthful
patients. About IL A. NJ. woman
on the west side OF the second floor
saw spark from recently installed
electric cut-out set the ceiling on fire.
She screamed and ran into the hall.
One of the attendants telephoned to
the power plant, a half mile distant,
hoping to have an alarm sounded 10y
the siren whistle, but nobody was
there.
The flames were swift. The attend
ants Immediately began the work or
saving the patients, who were crying
and running about in disorder. DR..
c. i. Markham, the superintendent,
took charge.
Ten women and five men on the first
and second floors, all bedridden and
crying piteOusly, were carried down
by the superintendent, Night Watch
man Conley and six attendants. As
they were borne out only one or two
made any protest and that meek. The
SlSnL OF the names seemed TO faScl-
nate them, while the active resisted
rescuerS.
Early in the fire a call had been
telephoned to the local fire department
and to Lindenhurst, Babylon and
Farmingdale. but no apparatus ar
rived for a half hour.
MOnrady's Death.
DR.. Markham's charges were mar
shaled several yards away from and
in front of the annex, where they
watched the flames with apparent de-
light. When the cottage began to give
way to the blaze Monrady slipped
away and ran for the entrance to the
annex.
IT want my canary!' he shouted.
Catch himl Catch him!" cried DR..
Markham to two attendants. They
ran after Monrady, but he was in the
building before they reached the door.
To pursue him further would have
been to sacrifice their lives.
While attention was directed to-
ward Monrady's flight another pa
tent ran off with the asylum dog in
his arms. Later on he was found
holding the dog in a chicken house.
From the cottage brands were car
ried by the wind to the roofs of Lou
den Hall and the Long Island Home,
but bucket Drigades were alive to the
so quickly that the fire was
unable to make any Roadway, and II
was not necessary to remove the in
mates.
The arrival of the firemen was OF
&c moment. The water pressure was
30 feeble that the streams would not
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12
LOST LIFE TRYING
TO SAVE A CANARY
Inmate Of New York Asylum Burned to
Death Trying to Save Pet-Six
Hundred Patients Escape.
NEW YORK

NEW YORK Special Fritz Moi,-
rady, inmate of the Brunswick Home
for Idiots. Epileptics and Feeble
Minded Children at Amityville, L. J.,
a private asylum, was burned to death
Sunday morning in a fire that d.
stroyed two Of the asylum buildings
Monrady, who, with seventy-five other
insane patients. had been rescued with
great difficulty, ran back into thu
blazing building to rescue a canar1,
and so met his death.
The cool. well directed efforts Of the
homes officials accomplished the est
cape of the others. Some of thenl
were confined to their beds. OthersI
set into panic by the first red streakH
of fire, were too excited to discovek
/ which direction lay safety. A west
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12
THREE HUNTERS KILLED
IN HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS

POUGFIKEEPSIE, n. Y Special
While trying new rifle, Carl
Rech early Thursday shot and killed
Carlo Sicarti, his chum. in a woods
mans cabin near Billings. Rech was
arrested and brought to jail here
pending an investigation.
Rech and John Rosmus. anothe
hunter, were in the cabin examining
the rife when Rech placed the
weapon to his shoulder to shoot out
of an open window. Rosmus sug-
gested that he fire out of the door at
the side of a building opposite.
Rech did as his companion suggest
ed. AS he pulled the trigger Sicarti,
who had been in the ward stepped
into the doorway. The bullet pierced
his heart Coroner Andrews and
Sheriff Hornbeck wet to Billings and
arrested Rech and Rosmus
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12
BOY Killed by Playmate.

WOBURN, MASS Special JOS
eph Gardey. the fouTteen-year-olG son
of a hotel proprietor. and Arthur
Boudreau, aged fifteen, returned to
the Boudreau home from a shooting
trip Thursday, and while in the back
yard Lawrence Boudreau, Arthur's
twelve-year- brother, picked up a
rifle which he supposed was not loao-
ed. Lawrence jokingly pointed the
gun at Gardey and pulled the trigger.
Gardey was instantly killed The
medical examiner pronounced the
case accidental and no charge was
preferred.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12

Saunders official majority over
Hammer in the Fifth District is 1850.
Excluding Halifax (794) and Char
lotte 145) and bringing back Floyd
with its normal majority of 700, thus
restoring the old boundaries of the
district, and Saunders majority would
have been 2,391-a very handsome
endorsement of very able represen-
tative in Congress.-Henry Bulletin.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12

Mr.. Wilson. according to dispatches
from Bermuda, was kept indoors by
indigestion one day. but a pickaninny
visited him the day following ana
the President-elect gave him a large
piece of pie. Mr.. Wilson was able to
be out the next day, but the little
darkey's condition was not reported
upon.-Petersburg Index-Appeal.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12

Policeman Fred Bauer arrived and
ADDED his assurances to that of the
ushers, so tn audience decided to sit
down and enjoy the proceedings.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12

South. SO. so far as any political d.
vision is concerned. all sectional lines
were wiped out by the Democrats In
congressional matters Indeed, IL is
so with the President and Vice Presi-
dent. Wilson was born in the South,
Marshall in the West.-Fredericks-
burg Free Lance.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12
BOY Hunter KILLED by Another.

Sf1AMOKlN, pa SpecaI.-Wh1Ie
hunting Thursday, William Walker,
twelve years old, was accidentally
shot and killed when he stepped in
rifle range of another hunter as the
latter fired. The bullet pierced Walk
er'S heart.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12

The latest returns show that 1852
Democrats were elected in November
from the Horth and 142 from thei
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12

Of T by
n
sey fashion but quite d
at he
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12

by Governor Dix Thanksgiving Day,
( his aged and eccentric client, Mil
barge of forgery, later changed to
Of Rice's valet, Jones, who turned
Patrick stood by and directed him.
ich time he won four stays Of execu-
this point that Patrick began the most
York. In all he made twenty-seven
led In convincing his judges that he
at he is innocent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-02
Date Growing In Arizona.

F. H. Simmons, who was In charge
Of the government date orchard at
Tempe, yesterday brought to the Re-
publican office a box Of ripe dates.
the first yet brought to Phoenix this
year so far as known. They are Of
the Rhas variety. though Mr.. Sim.
mons says he has had dates Of the
Amari variety ripe for the last ten
days.
The fruit brought in yesterday was
thoroughly ripened and as luscious as
a date may be. Mr.. Simmons says
there are l24 varieties Of trees In the
orchard and from that number It
would appear that the government
ought to be able to determine pretty
well about everything In the date
world that is suitable for culture in
these parts.
The particular value Of the date Is
that 1t grows best on alkali land,
where little else can be raised, and
there are many such tracts available
In the southwest. The government
has demonstrated that dates may Ne
grown here as successfully as on
their native soil. and 1t Is shown by
the demand Of the market that there
will be buyers for all that can be pro-
duced In competition with the import.
ed product.-Arizona Republican.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-02

Copyright, 1911. by Associated Literary
In to the time the hair hanging
down her back was cOiled up, and her
dresses lowered to her shoe tops. Miss
Irene Nixon enjoyed life. She had
her childish diversions and her play
mates, and II she also had her disap-
pointments they were not bitter ones.
Her widowed mother belonged to the
middle class, and she had Just fair
income.
Then things changed almost IN
day. 1t was a legacy to the mother
that did it, 1t disclosed side or her
character that on one had suspected.
Miss Irene was at once forbidden 10
associate with this one and that one
and when the list had been culled out
she found herself standing almost
alone. She must hereafter act so ana
so, and she must hereafter not act
so and So Where she had chummed
with a girl she must now give her
only a distant bow. Where she had
walked home from school with this or
that boy, she must now pass him as II
| unaware of his existence. That money
was to make all the difference in the
world. The daughter understood that
money was good thing to have, but
she could not understand why It
should almost outlaw her. In forming
friendships she had never considered
the money side of the question. She
had judged by character instead of
wealth.
None of the Widow Nixon's friends
had ever considered her ambitious in
social way. Perhaps that feature
was lying dormant. AT any rate, she
had scarcely counted the money left
her by a rich sister when social am
bition came to the surface to work
great changes.
She decided almost at once that the
daughter could not be exclusive
enough at home to finish her educa-
ton, and the girl was sent to board
ing school where exclusion was the
motto. Then came the family tree.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-02
A ceneaIoslst Called.

Mrs. Nixon had never been greatly
worried as to whether the Nixon fam.
fly dated back to king or pirate.
Her husband and her husbands father
had been business men Of good char.
acter, and that had sufficed her. Now
It was different. She had the money
and she sighed for lineage.
There are so-called genealogists who
make 1t their business to keep in
touch with the newly rich and furnish
them with pedigrees to match their
cash. It had scarcely become known
to the widows circle that she had re.
ceived legacy when q genealogist
called. He had the look of a pro.
lessor even to the dandruff on his coat
collar. He had been In the profession
thirty years. He had traced the an.
cestors Of 1900 families and hauled
them into the light Of day. He had
never made a mistake. His terms
were the lowest Of any responsible
party. For the sum of $500 he would
trace the Nixons back to the cave
jewellers of England.
The Widow Nixon agreed to the bar.
gain SO promptly that the fellow never
forgave himself for not asking thou
sand. Yes, he was commissioned to
hunt. and hunt he did. and in the
course of ninety days he had turned in
his report and received his cash.
And from whom had the Nixons de-
scended and Jacob Nixon never sus.
pecting II through all his life? It did
not 20 back to the cave dwellers. but
started at Harry. king Of the Morse
men. Right there was the beginning.
and It came down to the widow as
straight and easy as a streak of mo-
lasses skating across a kitchen floor.
Not a single break In the whole chain.
The genealogist begged leave to doubt
II there was another family in the
state that could 60 back within hun
dred years Of Harry, and he was gra-
ciously permitted to do SO.
Two years elapsed after the discov.
cry Of this fact when the proud widow
informed her daughter Of the need to
be still more exclusive. With their
wealth and lineage the girl could be.
come a duchess. Still another auto
must be purchased, and so on, and so
on
Meanwhile. Miss Irene, even though
almost a prisoner at the school, and
having "exclusiveness" dineed into
her ears every hour in the day, had
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-02
Mosquito Saved HE Life,

A mosquito saved the life of John
Mahoney. He was passing a building
in course OF construction when a work.
man on the top floor accidentally
dropped a heavy hammer.
At the same time a mosquito tried
to alight on Mahoney's nose, causing
him to jerk his head backward. The
hammer grazed his face and Clipped q
piece out of the stone pavement
Had the hammer struck Mahoney on
the head it would have crushed his
skull. Mahoney declared that the mes.
ouito's attack was SO vicious that the
pain had caused him to throw his head
back, saving his life.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-02
Scotch Alarm Clock,

A tourist in rural Scotland took ref.
uge for the night in the cottage of an
old lady. He asked her to wake him
up early in the morning. warning her
that he was quite deaf. Upon awak-
ening much later than the appointed
hour he found that the old lady. with
strict regard for the prophecies. had
slipped under the door slip of paper
upon which was written: "Sir. it's
half past eight"