Evening star., 1945-07-22

equal to the accom-
Elk Convention mediation of unlim-
Disaster tied numbers was
demonstrated at the
Baltimore Avenue Casino, Atlantic City,
on the night of July 10, 1895. AS re-
counted in The Star for the following
day: The social session rendered to
the visiting Elks . . ended in disaster,
in which fully 100 persons were more
or less seriously injured. The session
had just opened and only one of the
speakers had been heard when the
building, which had not been used
for several years, collapsed and fully
q thousand were thrown to
the floor beneath" Those on the first
floor. Immediately beneath the banquet
hall were crushed beneath timbers and
lay helpless. The fact that all the elec-
trio lights =" >" went out at the time the
building gave way added to the terrible
situation. When the police and fire.
men arrived on the scene, the excitement
was so intense that they scarcely knew
where to begin first. An immense crowd
had been attracted by the noise"
But relief measures soon were put into
effect and physicians. hotel proprietors,
boarding house keepers and the owners
of private homes united to do every
thing in their power to aid the unfor-
| tunates."
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The Star for July IS, 1895 announced
that Archbishop Guillon of Oaxaca,
Mexico. has inher-
! Wealth Comes tied from an Eng
To Archbishop lish relative the
sum of $4,000, 900
in gold Considering that "the arch
bishop was already very wealthy" it is
permissible to wonder what became of
the vast fortune which he did not greatly
need. Doubtless, it was devoted to con-
structive purposes. But as to that his
tory is silent-unless some reader knows
the answer.
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The Star for July 16, 1895, reported
"murderous assault" upon Stefan
Stamboulof, ex-Premier
StombouIoff of Bulgaria, explaining
Attacked that he had been at
tackled while riding in
carriage on his way from the Union
Club in Sofia to his home. Both hands,
it was said, had been amputated; the
sight of one eye destroyed. The perpe-
traitor of the outrage supposedly was
motivated by political considerations.
NJ Stambouloff had favored Great
Britain and Austria against the Slav
partisans. He was responsible for the
election of Prince Ferdinand of Coburg
to the Bulgarian throne and had served
as his Prime Minister for seven years.
Resigning in May, 1894, he then was
at the mercy of enemies both in and out
of the new government The Stars
forecast that he would die of his in
juries was correct He succumbed after
three days of suffering His funeral,
according to the 1887 edition of the
Encyclopaedia Britannica, was inter-
rupted by disgraceful riots" The same
authority expresses the opinion that the
murderers were Macedonians.
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A dispatch to The Star for July 10,
1895, explained that 400 'hopperdosers"
were operating in
I FutefuI Machine the Red River val-
Described ley and in Chicago
and Pine Counties,
Minn. The machine thus designat-
ed was about feet long and 2
feet wide. It is made on the plan of
a dustpan of tin, and sits on three
runners, on which it is pulled over
the stubble by team of horses. At
the rear of the pan there is trough
the entire length Of the machine, In
which there is an inferior grade of
coal oil, while at the back of the ma
chine there is sheet of canvas. The
grasshoppers Jump into the pan, fall
into the oil and die at once or live but
a few minutes. Each machine costs
$1.05. They can be made by any tin
smith" From 800 to 1000 bushels of
''hoppers,' the State entomologist esti-
mated. were "dosed'' in an average
day.
Richard A. johnson, young man well
and favorably known around town. was
"the recipient Of a
| Golden Reward handsome testimonial
Received from wealthy for
eigner who has good
reason to feel indebted to him." said
The Star Of July II. 1895. The youth,
It seems. was IN front Of the family
! residence on Massachusetts, avenue