DROVE THEM AWAY
An Express Messenger Prevents
a Train Robbery.
Tvrrs llandlls Allnrk an Kxprfii Caron
(be Southern I'neillt- Itoad, but are
flit to Plliilit Alter a Hattle
of Aluiont One Hour's
Duration.
Eugene, Ore., Oct. 24.—The north
bound Southern Pacific overland ex
press was held up by robbers near
"Walker's station, 15 miles south of
'liere, at 3a. m. Wednesday and the
express car badly damaged, but the
•robbers secured little booty. Two
•men boarded the train at Cottage
drove ias the train pulled out. After
passing Walker's, which is four miles
•from Cottage Grove, they climbed
•over the tender and covered Engineer
Burt Lucas and the Hreman and his
(helper with revolvers. The robbers
-ordered the train stopped, after
•which the fireman and helper were
•compelled to uncouple the train be
tween the express car and the first
•coach.
Engineer Lucas was then ordered
"to pull ahead, the fireman and helper
3xMng left behind. After going a
short distance the train was stopped
and the robbers proceeded to the ex
press ear, taking with them the en
gineer. The express ear was blown
open with dynamite and Express Mes
senger Charles was ordered out, but
ho refused togo and with his shotgun
commanded the situation inside the
car. The robbers told him to come
out or he would be blown up with the
-car, but he replied "Blow ahead." A
•fusillade of bullets followed, riddling
the ear. but the messenger, who was
uninjured, kept up a continuous fire
from the inside which held the rob
bers at bay.
A charge of dynamite was then
thrown into the ear with a burning
fuse, but Charles grabbed it and
threw it outside, where it exploded.
Xext the robbers compelled the en
gineer to crawl up to the opening in
side-of the car, hoping to use him as
a protection from the messenger's
shots, but the messenger kept up a
•steady fire over the engineers head
and still held the robbers at bay. The
robbers then gave up their efforts to
■secure the express treasure and went
for the mail. They secured the reg
istered mail, then cut off the engine
•from the rest of the train and or
dered Engineer Lucas to pull -ahead.
They ran to Judkins Point, in the
outskirts of Eugene, where they dis
embarked and ordered the engineer
to return and get h>s train. The
■train arrived here about four hours
late. The news was wired from Sag
inaw and officers were sent out in
isenreh of the robbers, but secured no
trace of them.
Portland, Ore., Oct. 24.—The South
ern Pacific train which was held up
••near Eugene, arrived here Wednesday
afternoon. The express car is badly
shattered, but it was brought in with
the train.
"The first intimation T had of any
thing wrong," said C. F. Charles, the
•express messenger, "was when the
train began to slow up near Walker's
'Station. The train came to a stand
still and I was ordered to open the
door. I refused to move. 'Open up
ft his car or we will blow you to hell!'
commanded one of the robbers. 1
made no response <and was given a
.salute with dynamite. The first
charge blew open one of the doors
and knocked me down. My overalls
•were blown into shreds and my legs
-watched somewhat, but otherwise I
•was unhurt.
"Further commands to open up and
threats followed, but without avail.
I made no reply, knowing that the
•object of the robbers was to locate
me in the car and then try to put me
out of the way, either by dynamite ;
or bullets. I changed my station to
"the other end of the car. The third
shot failed togo off. as 1 had re
moved my shoes and walked over to
the dynamite and detached the fuse.
Two more shots exploded, each of
•them blowing a hole in the car. All
told, four shots went off in the car.
Two failed to explode and one I pre
vented from exploding by removing
■the fuse. All efforts to compel mo
to open up or leave the ear failing,
'the engineer A\as sent in through
the opening blown into the side. I
ordered him to get, out, and fired a
.-•hot over his head with my shotgun.
Tin 1 entire ceremony lasted about -10
minutes. The engineer retired after
1 fired the shot and ordered liirn to
'leave, and I was not molested fur
ther."
Kiidornod Kooncvelt'n <our«e.
Chicago, Oct. 24. —Resolutions ap- 1
proving the course of President
Uoosevi lt iii having Hooker T. Wash,
angtion, the negro educator, dine with
'him at the White House were adopted
«t. yesterday's session of the national
encampment of the Union Veterans'
union. The chief executive's action
•was characterized as manly and in
accord with tin- highest ideals ol
.•American citizenship. Resolutions
were also adopted extolling the vir
tues of President McKinley, denounc*
ing anarchy and calling ui>on con
gress to pass laws which will effectu
ally stamp out the evil.
Murdcroua Train llobberit.
London, Oct. 24.—An armed band
■boarded a train near Batoum, accord
ing to a dispatch from Odessa, mur
dered three officials and robbed the
passengers of valuables.
Ilroylii* I* <iener«nii».
Pittsburg, Oct. 24. —Jn the apparent
"extremity of the St. Louis National
league club, President Dreyfus, of tha
IJittsburgl J ittsburg club, proposes as a partial
reief to donate two of his players to
■"St. Louis. 'Mr. I>reyfus says hi- does
not know what other National league
W'lubs will do in the way of donations,
■ but he is satisfied that the National
(league will be represented by a strong
■team at St. Louis next season. .Mr.
• Dreyfus will n'ot make known the
tftames of the two players he will pari
■with, but the prevailing opinion
'seems 'to be that Conroy will be one
of them.
SCHLEY ON WITNESS STAND.
Tells ol the Order* <;lven Him t»f"
Admiral Sampson ami of tlie Block"
■do ol t'leiifuegws.
Washington, Oct. 23.—Lieut. B. W.
Wells, who was the flag lieutenant of
Admiral Schley while the latter was
in command of the flying squadron,
occupied practically the entire time
of the Schley court of inquiry yester
day. On his direct examination he
continued his narrative of the ('nl)an
campaign. Lieut. Wells was under
cross examination fur about two and
a half hours, largely at the hands of
Mr. Ilanna, whose questions were di
rected mainly to the dispatches re
ceived and sent by Schley.
While this line of investigation was
being exploited Mr. Ilayner, speaking
for Schley, said the latter was willing
to admit that he had received the
"Dear Schley" letter on the Dupont
which arrived at Cienfuegos May '-2,
but he added that no duplicate of this
dispatch had ever been received by
Schley. lie said also that the ad
miral admitted the receipt of two
copies of Xo. 8, Admiral Sampson's
dispatch, saying the Spanish fleet was
probably at Santiago, and telling
Schley "if satisfied that it (the Span
ish fleet) is not at Cienfuegos to pro
ceed with all dispatch to Santiago."
Washington, Oct. 23. —'The Schley
court of inquiry opened yesterday
with Lieut. Wells, who was Schley's
flag lieutenant during the Spanish
war, still on the stand, but he was
soon displt*ed to allow Yeoman Ma
son, who had written the Brooklyn's
log for the period covering the Santi
ago campaign, to testify. Mr. Ma
son explained the erasures in the log
entry referring to the Brooklyn's
turn on the day of the battle off San
tiago. lie was followed by George
K. Graham, who as a press corre
spondent was with Schley during the
entire campaign.
Mr. Graham's testimony covered all
the principal events of the campaign
and discussed especially the bombard
ment of the Spanish ship Colon on
May 31 and the battle off Santiago on
July 3. Mr. Graham testified to hear
ing a conversation between Commo
dore Schley and Capt. Sigsbee when
the latter came aboard the flagship
Brooklyn off Santiago May 20. lie
said that he had distinctly heard
Capt. Sigsbee tell the commodore that
the Spanish fleet was not inside the
harbor at Santiago.
Lieut. Edward Simpson gave a
graphic picture of the battle of July
3. and Lieut Fitzgerald, an assistant
engineer who was on duty in the fire
room on July 3, testified that an or
der had been given early in the action
to stand bv for a ram.
Washington, Oct. 2."i.—Admiral
Schley yesterday took the stand in
his own behalf at the court of in
quiry. He was summoned a few min
utes after the court convened at 2
o'clock for the afternoon session and
when the court adjourned at 4 o'clock
he apparently had only gotten well
under way in his testimony.
The admiral gave a detailed narra
tive of all the events of the campaign
up to the battle of Santiago.
Admiral Schley outlined the plan
which he had indicated to his com
manding officers before leaving
Hampton Itoads, saying: "1 explained
to all the commanding officers that as
it'would be impossible to contrive a
plan of battle that would meet un
foreseen contingencies, the general
plan of the squadron would be to
cruise in line of battle, and its gen
eral principle would 'be to attack the
head and leading vessel, concentrat
ing the fire upon them in order, first.
to obtain the moral effect anil second
to them into confusion, mak
ing a victory over them probably
very much more complete. I did
that for the reason that the old plans
of battle had all been to attack cen
ters and rear, resulting in the escape
usually of a part of each squadron."
The flying -squadron arrived at Key
West on May IT, and on the next day
Admiral Sampson arrived and Schley
talked over the situation with Samp
son. "He showed me a number of
orders. Among them was one which
•stated that a division of the two
squadrons hail been decided upon, one
for the north anil the other for the
south coast, of Cuba, in which he was
given the preference of command. I
asked him which ol' the two stations
lie would take and he said he pro
pose,! to hold tfie Havana or north
one. lie also told me his confidential
instructions, which he delivered to me
verbally, were that we were not to
risk our battleships against the forti
fied places of the coast until after
Ihf Spanish squadron had been dis
posed of.
'•] asked the admiral if there had
been established any means of com
municating with the insurgents,
whether there were any puots, or
■whether any locality was known
where they were to bo found. He
told me that he did not know, but
that when he got the situation better
in hand he would communicate with
me, but that he thought it would be
better for me to start as early as we
could get away and 'blockade Cienfue
gos."
Coming to the blockade of Cienfuc
gos the admiral explained the forma
tion of his fleet there, saying that the
steaming which had been mentioned
in the logs was for the purpose of
overcoming the effect of a current
which set directly into the bay. He
said the ships were constantly setting
into the beach and were obliged al
most every hour to steam for a mile
or more. "And that," he said, "ac
counts for a good deal of what is
stated in t'he logs about steaming."
C'raiirincil Strike.
Chicago, Oct. 23.—Trouble has
broken out afresh at the Illinois steel
works in South Chicago. The crane
men, who handle the molten metal
ladles, have gone on strike, alleging
that the company demanded that
they do machinists' work on repairs.
A number of machinists also quit
work. The trouble at the steel
works is of long standing. The
cranemen who struck are the only
employes in ti u . plant who favored
the Amalgamated association at the
time of the great steel strike. The
men claim they have been persecuted
ever since the big strike.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1901.
YALE'S CELEBRATION.
81-renlenulal of a Oreat I.'nlver«lty la
Fittingly Observed Prenlden tlt oo«r
--velt Attend* and Itceelve* a llrsrcr.
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 21. —Yale
university on Sunday began the cele
bration of the two hundredth anni
versity of the foundation of Yale
college. The .bi-centennial of the
great institution of learning 1 was
ushered in with ceremonies essential
ly religious.
The city, proud in its function as a
seat of learning, had bedecked itself
in Yale's colors and presented a splen
did spectacle. Blue draperies were
intertwined with new cut evergreen
and this general scheme of color was
broken only by the graceful folds of
the stars and stripes.
From the simple school of 1701,
Yale now finds herself a great univer
sity, developed through the years
from a one-building institution down
■through her "brick Vow," to a
campus, thence to a second campus,
and now to a third, and stretching
out in her departmental buildings to j
territory as great again.
Within Battle chapel, where the bi
centennial was inaugurated, the serv
ices were participated in by au as
semblage as imposing as the exer
cises were simple.
New Haven, Jonn., Oct. 24.—Repre
sentatives of many people and creeds,
of the learned professions and of the
industries and literature were hon
ored by Yale university yesterday and
ill turn paid homage to the great, in
stitution of learning which is cele
brating the completion of the second
century of its existence.
The closing exercises of the bi-een
tennial were held in the Hyperion
theater. Classical music, a commem
orative poem and a Greek festival
hymn, both composed for the occa
sion, a commemorative address by
David .T. Brewer, associate justice of
the United States supreme court, and
finally the clothing with the hoods of
•the honorary degrees of great men,
these constituted tne day's exercises.
President Itoosevelt and President
Hadley entered the theater at 10:30.
The president of the United States
was led by the university's president
to the seat of honor directly behind
the orator's desk. President Hadley
took his seat beside him. On this
platform were Joseph 11. Choate,
John Hay, Richard Olney, Chief Jus
tice Fuller and Justice Brewer, of the
United States supreme court; Presi
dents Eliot, of Harvard; Patten, of
Princeton; Faunce, of Brown; Harp
er, of Chicago; Provost llarrison. r»f
Pennsylvania, an:l other college presi
dents. besides literary and churchmen
of distinction.
After the overture the commemo
rative poem composed by Edmund
Clarence Stedmaij was read.
David Brewer, justice of the United
States supreme court, delivered the
commemorative address. In liM ad
dress Justice Brewer elicited applause
from the audience when he re.-7-rred
to Yale as a place "where men are
taught to recognize a Wash-Mgton,
whether his name is George or Book
er."
The presentation of candidates for
honorary degrees occupied about one
hour. Secretary Hay, Joseph IT.
Choate, Chief Justice Fuller, Arch
bishop Ireland, Mark Twain, Seth
Low and Rear Admiral Sampson re
ceived tremendous ovations.
When the long list had been fin
ished President Hadley advanced a
step or two and said: "There yet
remains one name." Tn an instant
the audience was standing. The presi
dent of the United States also arose
and the theater rang with cheers.
Addressing President Roosevelt,
President Hadley spoke as follows:
"Theodore Roosevelt, while you were
yet a private citizen we offered you
the degree of L. L. D. Since it has
pleased God to give Theodore Itoose
velt another tii*o. we give him on
that account a double portion of wel
come."
President Roosevelt advanced,
bowed and tried to speak. Again
tbe audience cheered, and it was ful
ly a minute before lie was allowed to
respond.
The final official function of the bi
centennial began at 5 o'clock. The
affair was scheduled as a farewell re
ception by President and Mrs. Had
ley, bul the presence of the president
of the United States, who assisted
President, and Mrs. Hadley in receiv
ing lent impressiveness to the occa
sion.
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN.
It Opened at Delaware, <>., and Wan
Well Attended—Foraker, Nn»li, Mp-
I pert and llanna Wore tlix Speaker*.
Delaware, 0., Oct. 21.—The opening
of the campaign here by the repub
licans on Saturday was the most
largely attended for years. A fea
ture of the occasion, from tb open
ing prayer of President Bash ford to
tne closing speech of Senator Hnnna,
was the remembrance of President
McKinley and the appeal for the sup
port of President Roosevelt. There
was little reference to state affairs
by Chairman Waraoek or by Nash and
Nippert, who head the state ticket,
and none by Senators Foraker and
llanna.
When Senator Foraker referred to
President Roosevelt entertaining
Prof. Booker T. Washington, "as a
representative of the colored race,"
there was quite a demonstration.
The greatest demonstration of the
day was when Senator llanna de
clared that he did not intend to quit
politics or resign as senator or chair
man of the republican national com
mittee.
An Old-Time I'olltlclnn Die*.
Washington. Oct. 21.—C01. Charles
James, a prominent figure in Wash
ington, died at his residence here Sun
day, aged st years. Early in life he
I was an ardent democrat, but he be
j came a republican in 1554 and was a
| member of the convention that nomi
! nated Fremont for the presidency.
When Lincoln was elected president
; he appointed Col. James collector ol
| customs at San Francisco. He was
chosen by Anson Burlingame to be
his second in the prospective duel
| with Brooks and started with his
principal for Niagara Falls, but
' Brook.; failed to appear.
MUST PAY TAXES.
Illlnol* Supreme Court Deride* that
Francbl*es and Capital Stork of Cor
poration* Shall he Anmaed.
Springfield, 111., Oct. 25. —The su
preme court yesterday affirmed the
decision of the lower court in the
Chicago teachers' tax case, in which
they insisted that the capital stock
of corporations should be assessed.
This ruling will add over $100,000,000
to the taxable property in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 25. —The tax decision
given by the Illinois supreme court
relates to local corporations enjoying
municipal franchises, including trac
tion companies, gas companies and
electric companies, whose total cap
ital stock was estimated to be worth
$368,000,000, all of which had escaped
taxation previously and was likely to
be omitted again by the state board,
which adjourned last December with
out assessing this vast amount of
property.
The trial of the case was begun be
fore Judge Thompson, in Springfield.
March 23 and the decision was hand
ed down May 2, commanding the
board to reassemble June 13 and as
sess these corporations in accordance
with the rules of the board in regard
to the assessment of capital stock.
But the board not only neglected to
make the assessment, but, repealed
the rules of the board on the subject,
which had been in force over .'SO
years and had been sustained by the
United States supreme court as the
only legal plan of assessment.
Broad as is the sweep of this de
cision in itself, its logical results are
much greater, as the decision, it is
said, really applies just as well to
railroad corporations and every other
corporation in the state and may lead
to the collection ot back taxes.
JUMPED THE TRACK.
A l"a**eiiser Train 1* Wrecked and
Several People Hadly Injured.
Ottumwa, la., Oct. 25. —Two people
were probably fatally hurt, five were
seriously and a number of others
slightly injured Thursday in the
wreck of a Chicago, Burlington &
Kansas City passenger train near Ex
line, 60 miles from here.
The train, while running rapidly,
left the rails and plunged down a 40-
foot embankment. The list of fatally
injured is as follows:
James Matey, Unionville, Mo., hurt
internally.
Wyman Seawright, Lancaster, Mo.,
hurt internally.
Seriously hurt:
John Seawright, Kansas City, Mo.
Miss Sophia Peterson, Cedar Rap
ids. la.
George Freeland, Browning, Mo.
Mrs. M. M. Freeland, Browning,
Mo.
Mail Clerk Moore, Bloomfield, la.
All these were cut and bruised
about the body.
The engineer and fireman jumped
and escaped serious injury.
The train consisted of engine, pas
senger coacli, mail car and combina
tion cr.r. Thirty passengers were
on the train and besides those already
named a number received slight in
juries. How the casualty list failed
to reach alarming proportions is a
mystery, as the cars were reduced to
a complete wreck.
A BOER AGENT.
Elf ConiPi to Waalitnston mid Will
Try to ICnlSit (lie A 111 ot FroMldent
KCooncvelt*
Washington, Oct. 2.*>.—Gen. Samuel
Pearson, wlio is an adjutant on the
staff of Gen. Botha, one of the Boer
leaders, arrived in Washington yes
terday. During a visit to Europe be
fore coming, here. Gen. Pearson had
interviews with Dr. Levds. the Trans
vaal agent, and with other leading
men from the South American repub
lics. He says the Boers will not give
up to the British, but will fight to the
end.
Pearson hopes to enlist the sym
pathies of the people of this country
in behalf of the Boer men, women
and children who are now kept by the
British in reeoneent rado camps.
There is, he says, no reason for locat
ing them in these camps when there
are ample accommodations in the
country for them. There are now
100,000 persons so situated and during
tin' month of September the mortal
ity among them approximated 2,400.
During his stay in Washington the
general will seek an interview with
President Roosevelt to acquaint him
with the situation in South Africa.
He also will make a further effort to
prevent the shipment of mules from
this country to South Africa and to
have the matter carried to the su
preme court, of the United States.
A PLOT TO KILL THE SHAH.
liiii IJrotlier* and Son-ln-Laiv Were
in the Co«i»pir.iey.
London, Oct.22s"News. —"News has been
received here from Teheran," says a
dispatch from St. Petersburg to the
Daily Mail, "of the discovery of plots
•against the life of the shah. The
leaders of the conspiracy were the
shah's two brothers, the grand vizier
and the shah's son-in-law. The two
brothers have been banished for life
to A'rdebil. The son-in-law was sen
tenced to death; but on the scaffold
his sentence was mitigated by the
shah t<> flogging until lie revealed all
the names of the conspirators.
"The shah's favonte, Gavame, who
was also concerned, was pardoned on
the scaffold, but died subsequently in
prison. The whole revolutionary
party, together with the higher
priests, were in the plot, and all will
be beheaded or imprisoned for life.
Molo ITloro (liai)
Washington, Oct. 23.—The comptrol
ler of the currency has received from
Examiner Ewer a full report of the
recent robbery of the Merchants' na
tional bank of Lowell, Mass.. by the
late teller, Smith, and Bookkeeper
Swift. The report shows that the
teller and bookkeeper entered the
bank during the niglit and abstracted
$',15,810 in cash $508,23!) of securities
and $400,000 of collaterals. All of
these securities and $112,000 of the
cash were recovered through the
counsel for Smith and Swift and the
onlv loss the bank sustained wan
about $115,000.
PISTOL USED BY BOOTH.
Deri-Inner with W'hlrh Lincoln Was
Shot In Po**e**lon of a Phil
adelphia Man.
The assassination of President Mc-
Kinley recalled to George Plowman,
a theatrical architect of Philadelphia,
the murder of President Lincoln by
John Wilkes Booth at Ford's theater,
Washington, D. C., on April 14, 1865.
Mr. Plowmin is the possessor of the
Derringer, a small vest-pocket re
volver, from which Booth fired the
fatal shot.
"Several times it has been doubted
that the Derringer which I have is
the one with which was mur
dered," said Mr. Plowman, "but there
is absolutely no doubt that it is the
same weapon. Three or four years
after the shooting, while George K.
BOOTH'S DERRINOEIt.
(Picture of Pistol with Which Abraham
Lincoln Was Shot.)
Goodwin and myself were running
the Walnut Street theater in Phila
delphia, the stage carpenter, who was
working at Ford's theater the night
of the assassination, putin an ap
pearance at the Walnut Street the
ater. He informed Mr. Goodwin (they
had been friends for many j-ears) in
a confidential manner that lie had in
his possession something that had
caused him great anxiety. The car
penter, whose name I do not recall,
told Mr. Goodwin in my presence that
he had the Derringer that Booth had
used to murder Lincoln.
"The reason he had not said any
thing about it prior to that time, he
said, was because he was afraid of
being arrested. The carpenter said
he picked it up on the stage of Ford's
theater after Booth had lied to Vir
ginia. lie pocketed the weapon and
kept it a secret. He drew up a state
ment of the occurrence and signed it
in our presence. Then lie gave the
Derringer to Mr. Goodwin. When Mr.
Goodwin died his widow made nie a
present of the weapon, together with
the stage carpenter's signed state
ment."
Mr. Plowman prizes the weapon
very highly, says the Philadelphia In
quirer, and no amount of money could
purchase it.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
Prof. Gporitp Kilunr Vincent May lie
H«Uue»tPil to Take Churjce of
tlie Institution,
Prof. George Edgar Vincent, who is
prominently mentioned as the pos
sible successor of Setli Low in the
presidency of Columbia university, is
one of the most capable educators in
America, and at present an associate
professor of sociology in the Univer
sity of Chicago. Ho is a son of Eishop
Vincent, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and for more than a dozen
years he has been conspicuously asso
ciated with the work of the Chau
tauqua movement, the vast impor
tance and possibilities of which ho
was one of the first to see. In 1883
Prof. Vincent was graduated from
PROF. GEORGE E. VINCENT.
(Chicago Scholar Who May Be Made Presi
dent of Columbia.)
Yale and took advantage of an oppor
tunity to study and to travel abroad.
He was tendered his present post in
the University of Chicago in 1892, and
has collaborated with Prof. Small in
the production of text books, upon the
science of which he is a special stu
dent and an able teacher. lie is not
yet 40 years old, and hence inay be
said to belong to the ever-growing
group of young men who are gradual
ly filling up the big places in Amer
ican institutions of higher education.
I)lKK<*Mt Tree In tlic Worlil.
The largest tree in the world is to
be seen at Mascali, near the foot of
Mount Etna. Its trunk is 304 feet in
circumference. The largest tree in
the United States is said to be the
gigantic tree near Tiear creek, on the
north fork of the Tule river, in Cali
fornia. It measures 140 feet in cir
cumference. The famous giant red
wood tree in Nevada is 119 feet in cir
cumference.
Automobile*) for TouriM*.
A line of "observation automobiles"
is to be run in Washington, D. C., for
the benefit of visitors. Each vehicle
carries 22 passengers and will be ac
companied by a lecturer on points of
interest at the capital. The fuel is
kerosene and the motive powet steam.
OVER THE FALLS]
A "Woman Goes Over Niagara in
a Barrel.
the Trip WON .Hade on the Canadian
Side and the Prrlurmrr »«« Only
Slightly Injured—SUe la 5U l'ear>
of Age and a School Teaeher—
A Itemarkable Feat.
Niagara Falls, X. Y., Oct. 23.—Mr*.
Annie Kelson Taylor, 50 years old,
•went over Niagara Falls on the Can
adian side Thursday afternoon and
survived, a feat never before accom
plished and indeed never attempted
except in the deliberate commission
of suicide. She made the trip in a
barrel. Not only did she survive, but
she escaped without a broken bone,
her only apparent injuries being a
scalp wound half an inch long, a
slight concussion of the brain, some
shock to her nervous system and
bruises about the body. She was
conscious when taken out of the bar
rel. The doctors in attendance upon
her last night said that though she
was somewhat hysterical, her condi
tion is not at all serious and that she
probably will be o«t of bed within a
few days.
Mrs. Taylor's trip covered a mile
ride through the Canadian rapids be
fore she reached the brink of the
precipice. Her barrel, staunch as &
barrel could be made, was buffeted
through those delirious waters, but
escaped serious contact with rocks.
As it passed through the smoother,
swifter waters that rushed over into
the abyss it rode in an almost perpen
dicular position with its upper half
out of the water.
As it parsed over the brink it rode
at an angle of about 45 degrees on
the outer surface of the deluge and
descended as gracefully as a barrel
can descend to the white foaming
waters 15S feet below.
True to her calculations the anvil
fastened to the bottom of the barrel
kept it foot downward and so it land
ed. Had it turned over and landed
on its head Mrs. Taylor's head must
have been crushed in and her neck
broken. The ride through the rapids
occupied IS minutes. It was 4:23
when the barrel took its leap. It
could not be seen as it struck the
water below, because of the spray,
but in less than half a minute after it
passed over the brink it was seen on
the surface of the scum-covered water
below the falls.
It was carried swiftly down to the
green water beyond the scum, then
half way to the Maid of the Mist
landing it was caught in what is
known as the Maid of the Mist eddy
and held there until it floated so close
to the shore that it was reached by
means of a pole and hook and drawn
in upon the rocks at 4:10 o'clock,
or 17 minutes after it shot down the
cataract. Ten minutes later the
woman was lifted from the barrel
and half an hour later she lay on a
cot at her boarding place in Niagara
Falls, oil the American side. She
thanked God she was alive, thanked
all who had helped her in any way,
said she would never do it again, but
that she was not sorry she had done
it, "if it would help her financially."
She said she had prayed all during
the trip.
The barrel in which Mrs. Taylor
made the journey is 4'/ a feet high and
about three feet in diameter. A
leather harness and cushions inside
protected her body. Air was secured
through a rubber tube connected with
a small opening near the top of the
barrel.
Mrs. Taylor is a school teacher and
recently came here from 15ay City,
Mich.
Hay City, Mich., Oct. 25.—Mrs. Anna
E. Taylor, of this city, who went over
Niagara Falls in a barrel, before leav
ing here said she desired to attract
the attention of museum and theatri
cal managers in order to secure
money to provide a home for herself.
She said she was the owner of a ranch
in Texas, left her by a relative, which
was heavily mortgaged.
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
A liiiulnianii Negro .fleet* Dcalh at the
IHsintl* of a .llob.
Columbia, Miss., Oct. 25. —The negro
Bill Morris, who assaulted Mrs. John
Ball, at Balltown, La., was burned at
the stake yesterday. After being
captured he made an effort to impli
cate others, but they proved their
innocence. Morris was taken to the
scene of his crime and chained to a
pine sapling. His hands and feet
were bound to his body. Pine knots
and pine straw were piled about the
body and saturated with coal oil anil
the match applied. The negro made
no outcry when the flames first
reached him and only when lie was
partly consumed did the spectators
notice any movement on the part of
the wretch. He made no resistance
when being bound to the stake and
said that he deserved his fate.
Morris beat his victim on the head
with a pine knot and thought he had
killed her. Going back to Ball's
store he took all the change in th«
cash drawer. He then put coal oil
on his feet and also on liis tracks
when leaving the store. Mrs. Ball,
however, recovered consciousness and
crawled to her father-in-law's house.
He at once gave the alarm and the
■neighborhood commenced a search
for the negro. He was found at his
home about four miles from the scene
of the tragedy, and in trying to es
cape was shot and wounded in the
hip.
Itlay fall Out the Military.
London, Oct. 25. —An error commit
ted by provincial police has led to the
premature leaking out of the fact
that the war office contemplates the
possible contingency of having to call
out every volunteer in the country.
The war office has distributed to the
police offices throughout the kingdom
bills ordering all reservists, militia,
yeomen and volunteers to report
themselves to headquarters, with the
view of active service. These bills
are accompanied by letters ordering
that the 'bills bekept in a safe place
until orders to post them are re.'
ceived.
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