Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-01
STRAY STORIES
FROM NEW YORK
Breezy Gossip of Gotham
and Happenings Out of
the Ordinary

from It have cast deep loom oyel
the city and II will probably be som.
time before the people viii recove.
completely from the shock. II (.
true. business gees on without inter
ruption and even the places Of amuse-
meat are frequented as ever. buC thg
sympathies Of the people are deeply
stirred, nevertheless. The wave OF
hysteria which always follows in the
wake Of a great calimlty as not Yet
subsidized, and the mental equilibrium
OF the masses Is not yet completely
restored. Time will! gradually sub
due the nervous strain from which
everyone seemf 70 be suffering ana
things will return TO their normal
condition bat 81 present the ner,.
Gus excitement Is still great and
maniiests itself In historical efforts.
we'll meant but utterly impracucabln
and abortlve.
Tho wreck OF the giant liner, the
scenes on board as described 50
graphically by some ~ the seryivorl.
the horoisn, displayed by many OF the
men In the moments cf supreme dan
ger sim form an incxhaLstible tori
~ discussion ~ the fiIoslde, in tho
offices shops 'nl In fact. in all rub
lie places Tho soul-stirring tragodr
~ Tho sen has plunged the whole
nation In Grief and aroused eveo
among the most callous and indif.
ferent The best thoughts and deepest
sympathies they are capable Of Tho
generous manner in which rich an !
moor alike arc contributing 70 the
fund for tho relief OF those surviy-
ors OF tho catastrophe who lost IN the
wreck all bit their lives. shows now
deeply the masses have been stirred
What can ho dtne 10 prevent n rene
tition 81 such a disaster In the future
IS not quite clear, bat II IS expected
that the future will eventually hrinr
some solution OF the problem.
The new lighthouse which the co.
eminent had built or Richmond
Heights Staten Island, 10 guide ships
entering Nav York harbor through
Ambrose channel, has been placed in
commission and. every night its fixed
white raw Of 800 600 candle power
will blaze out to sea. Visible. in fair
weather for thirty-fivC miles Ae the
lighthouse occupies one of the most
positions on the crest Of
the hills, II will be clearly seen Ia
daytime for n great distance Tho
tower. which is OF red brick and rests
on a base OF white limestone, rises TO
n height OF 100 feet from the grounl
thus placing the light 23l feet above
mean low water The light Is fur.
nished by oil vipor and is condens-
ed by a powerful lens.
The new lighthouse stands about
eighteen miles north Of TIE Ambrose
lightship. yet the light from the shor,
can he seen farther cst than that OF
the lirhtship Owing 20 the fact that
The new light Is fixed, II will be easily
distinguished al sea from the famous
light Ct the Highlands of Nay,sink.
which flashes out its great white ray
NJ intervals of several seconds.
The recent death. under intensely
dramatic circumstances of a prosper
Dus Italian merchant in this cts
clearly shows ttat the organization of
The Black Hand is stil, active and as
dangerous as ever. About one month
ago Filipo Lemano, wealthy gro.
,er received a Black Hand letter
'ouched In he usual terms and de-
from him a sun of $1,000.
-emano paid no attention 10 TIE lot
or and did not even notify the po-
Ice authorizes. Two weeks later ne
received a second letter from IN,
Black Hand. in which he was threat
med with death should he fail N
cave $1,000 in tin receptacle on
he steps " his store ~ a certain
lime. Lemano considered the mt
er as a hoax and in a spirit Of fun
'rranged a farewell dinner ,or a few
riends for the evening fixed by he
Black Hand for the delivery Of .na
money.
II was after eight O'Clock AMI
-enano and his friends were al the
upper table, when Lemano was call
ID down 10 the store When ne enter.
ID the store. anticipt tins no dancer.
10 was attacked by several men who
lad been waiting for hin. Seyera
hots were fired at aim and when his
wife fastened down stairs she stumh.
ed over the body Of her husband Tv,
men were at that moment running
nj of the store Lemano died a few
moments later ard his murderers cs-
AIRED, leaving no clue Of their den
ity.
The automatic alarm in the central
'ffice Of the Holmes Electric Protec.
i've company rang the other eveninc
md the Indicator showed that Il,
larm came from a iewelry store on |
'rand street The only man available |
{ the time to be sent to investigate |
vas a young man of slight build and |
ndersized. Armed only with an cleo
rio torch he went TO the building |
thence the alarm came. let himsel, /
n with pass key and assembled The
.airs so quietly that the two burg \
hrs who were still busy trying to