JPANDMOTH^
EASTER, HYMN.
( '^
- VERY year she soft
lv sang it, bending
t 'bov-ft lhe lilies
lh ere.
With the sunlight dancing, glancing, rest
ing on her silv'ry hair;
Ar.d her voice still sweet, though quav'rlng,
mingling with the bells' clear chime,
Is a memory most precious, of our earliest
Easter lime!
"Jesus Christ is risen to-day,
Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day,
Alleluia!
Who did once upon the Cross,
Alleluia!
Suff. r to redeem uur loss.
Alleluia!"
And at church one Easter morning, I re
member how she sang,
In her pew so feebly sitting, loudly the re
sponses rang!
Hymn-book grasped by trembling lingers,
dim blue eyes upraised In prayer.
Every word so long consoling, rounded out
with tender care:
"Hymns of praise then let us sir.g,
Alleluia!
t'nto Christ our Heavenly King,
Alleluia!
Who endured the Cross and Grave,
Alleluia!
Sinners to redeem and save.
Alleluia!"
Tluw we children loved to listen, while she
siung for us nlone,
Sitting in the Easter twilight. e\'t n when
far older grown!
Sh>' would speak of i 'hrist's great -nfl"ring,
death, and resurrection too.
Ending with these Easter hymn-words,
all so wonderful and true:
"But ihe pain which He endured.
Alleluia!
Our salvation hath procured.
Alleluia!
Now above the sky He's King,
Alleluia:
Where the angels ever sing.
Alleluia!"
she's sung with myriad angels,
round the shining throne above,
Seeing too the risen Saviour, whom she
ever knew to love;
And perhaps l his hymn inspiring, she so
treasured here below,
Is repeated in remembrance of their
dear Lord's earthly woe:
"Jesus Christ Is risen to-day,
Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day.
Alleluia!
Who did once upon the Cross,
Alleluia!
Suffer to redeem our loss.
Alleluia!"
—X. Y. Observer.
FCFIEOFTHELILIEJ
of
J/r have the church
dee'rated Easter; v.e always do.
Mis' I'crkins, the minister's wife that
was here before you came, was a mas
ter hand to fix up the church. I'd lie
proper glad to let you have some of
my plants, only I know just how they'd
look when they'd come home; ev'ry
body'd be a-helpin* themselves to slips
•an' pickin' off the flowers. You can
have that wanderin-jew, though; it
■wandered off'n the shelf onto the floor,
an' broke it up some. Sister Wilder'll
prob'ly let you have hers if you'll go
an' git 'em an' bring'em home fig'in.
They're all covered with red spiders
an all manner of crecpies, so it won't
hurt, 'em togo most anywheres."
Mrs. l'arr could not restrain a smile
as she said: "I have heard that Miss
Prescott had a great many handsome
plants; perhaps—"
"Land of freedom!" interrupted
Mrs. Saunders. "You don't think of
askin' her for any, do you?"
"Why not?"
"Why not!" scornfully: "because
•she never gives nor does any thing for
anybody but herself, an' hasn't for
■more'n fifteen years!"
"Did anything happen—"
"Yes, I suppose there did," Mrs Saun
ders again interrupted. "Olivia I'res
cott wa'n't more'n seventeen or so
when she an' Philip Eustis waskeepin'
company, in spite oft he Squire who did
his best tostopit. 'Livia's mother was
dead, an' the Squire brought his girl
up awful strict; wouldn't listen to an
engagement between such children, as
he called 'em. Rut the trouble all
come over religion; beats all how folks
•will quarrel over religion!"
"Over beliefs," Mrs. llarr quickly cor
rected her. "It is difference of belief
that often kindles quarrels which true
religion must heal."
"Religion never healed that one.
You see. Phil was strong Episcopal,
mi' Squire Prescott was just the unit
est, kind of a Unitarian, an' I s'pose
there is some difference between the
two. Well, just this same day, the Sat
urday before Eeaster, Phil went to get
'T.ivia to help dee'rate the church,
""cause sometimes she used togo with
him to the Episcopal. Tic an' the
Squire got to arguin, just as they al
ways did when they met. an* got to
qtiarrelin'. just as they always did
when they argued. Somehow 'Livia
got drawn into the jangle, an' nt last
the Squire brought his fist down an'
says: 'Olivia Prescott. don't yon ever
dare set foot inside that Episcopal
church ag'n; if you do I'll—' but he
never finished, for 'Livia spoke up:
'You needn't be afraid that I will go
into that or any either church again
as long as I live! If religion can breed
such angry words and hard feelings
I don't want it! As for you, Philip
Eustis, before I peak to you again
you will have time to get that temper
of yours under better control!'
"By the time she was through talk
ing both men had cooled off some and
tried to make her take back what she
had said; but 'twan't in her to take
back, any more'n 'twas in the Squire.
She's never been to church since and
she and l'liil never made up."
"What has become of Philip Eustis?"
"He went off out west some
where*. The old Squire died a few
years ago, an' late years 'Livia doesn't
go hardly anywheres."
"At any rate, 1 think I shall call upon
her." decided Mrs. l'arr, as she at last
rose to go.
"You won't get any further than her
doorstep if you try," answered Mrs.
Saunders, laughing indulgently.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, sure. When you ring, 'Livia'll
come to the door; she won't ask you
in, but just stand there and freeze you
with her cold looks until you'll he glad
togo home."
"Mrs Saunders was not farr wrong,"
Mrs. l'arr thought, as she was con
fronted by Olivia, standing tall and
straight in the doorway, a look of in
quiry upon her cold, handsome face.
"I am Mrs. T'.arr, the minister's
wife." she introduced herself, with an
embarrassed smile. "May I come in
and talk to you a few moments?"
In silence Olivia led the way to the
sitting-room. It was a chilly April day.
but the wood fire blazing upon the
lieart h made the room wanil and cheer
ful. Soft carpels, rich hangings, well
filled book-cases and a table piled high
with the latest books and periodicals
spoke of the occupant's luxurious
tsistes.
Olivia made no effort to break the
silence, and at last Mrs. l'arr said:
"Kvcr since 1 came here 1 have been
hoping to meet yon. Miss- "
"I am not a member of any church;
it has been many years since I was in
a church, and 1 never intend togo
again."
She spoke decidedly, but without
anger, and Mrs. TSurr looked per
plexed.
"I am sorry, not alone for ourselves,
though with your abilities you might
do a great deal for us. but 1 am sorry
for you. too, because you are losing
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"I HAVE COME TO ASK YOUR FORGIVENESS."
the happiness that comes from doinqf
and giving."
Olivia gave no sign of interest, and
Mrs. Harr di<l not have the courage to
pursue sueli a one-sided eonversal ion.
She looked toward the large bay win
dow filled with blooming plants; con
spicuous among them was a tier of
Easter lilies, a mass of snowy, fragrant
bloom.
"'Consider the lilies,'" quoted Mrs.
Harr. reverently. "Do vou consider
t hem ?"
"1 have taken all the care of them
since 1 put the bulbs into ihe soil, so
I suppose that I have considered them
more or less every day."
"I do not mean their manner of
growth alone, nor the beautiful rai
ment; have you thought of the pleas
ure that the sight of them would give
to those w ho never see a flow er during
the long, cold winter?"
"I suppose yon mean that I ought to
send them to the church to-morrow,"
said Olivia, contemptuously.
"We certainly would like them there,
but yon can do good with them by
sending them to other places. You can
put them into the homes of the poor
and sick, and every lily-bell will ring
out a message of love and gladness."
There was another long silence; and
finally the discouraged Mrs. Harr rose
and took her leave.
As soon as she had gone Olivia took
up a book and read a page or two me
chanically; but the only words that
she saw were: "Consider the lilies;
consider the lilies." And the air of the
room was heavy with their perfume.
"I've been staying in the house too
closely." she thought. "I'll goto the
woods and get rid of this mental fuzz."
On her way she passed a little cot
tage; at the window was a crippled
boy caressing the leaves of a sickly
flowerless geraniu in.
"Consider the lilies; consider the
lilies." The words rang in her ears,
whistled through the leafless branches
and vibrated in the air.
She filled her hands with twigs of
budding willows, partridge vine and
princess pine, and hurried nervously
home. When she opened the door the
lilv-seented air rushed upon her with
sickening force; she sank into a chair,
and looked at the lilies longand stead
ily until the beautiful waxen bells
changed to reproachful faces. Old
memories crowded upon her of that
quarrel years ago; of Philip Knstis, her
father and old schoolinates. Somehow
she felt that she had not done alto
gether well. The past years seemed
so barren and useless; flic future
loomed before her dreary and deso
late.
She went upstairs, shut the door to
keep out the scent of the lilies, and
again tried to read, but the lilies kept
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1902.
telling their story. She threw down
her book and sprang' angrily to her
feet.
"Considertlie lilies! Consider the lil
ies!" she cried. "It seems to me I
am considering them whether i want
to or not! I'll try repeatingthe words
a hundred times; they say that is the
way to lay such haunts!"
Hack and forth she walked, repeat
ing the words over and over; but the
charm failed. The perfume of the
lilies stole into her room, and their
message surged through her brain as
she lay awake through the long night.
She rose in the morning unrefreshed
by sleep, but with mind at rest. Aft
er breakfast she said to Jane Sim
mons her old housekeeper ".lane, ean
you harness Prince into the open
wagon?"
"Why, yes. of course 1 kin; but what
are you going 1 > do with him on a
Sunday - ."' asked Jane, with the famil
iarity born of 20 years' faithful serv
ice.
"You'll see." wns tie :■ roiling nn
swer. The smile was as rare as the
flushed face and elated manner. Jane
stared a few moments, then went re
luctantly to the stable.
"Xow help me put these lilies into
the wagon," was Olivia's next com
mand. The lilies were followed by
palms, ferns and flowering plants un
til the wagon was full; then Olivia
drove away, and Jane gazed after her,
mill t ering;
"She's either gone clear out of her
senses, or else," .lane paused, "she's
come into them; no.v. which is it?"
There was more astonishment than
reverence in the faces of the congre
gation assembled in the old Meeting
house that Raster morning. Olivia sit
ting in the Prescott pew! Oliva'slilies
perfuming the air, her flowers making
the dingy room beaut if ul! What could
have worked the miracle?
Oliva was outwardly calm and atten
tive; in reality she was thinking of the
little cripple who had that morning
clasped in his arms a pot of lierclioicest
lilies; she could see him as he touched
the flowers with his lips, laid his thin
cheeks against them.ami hugged them
in an ecstasy of enjoyment. She
thought, too, of Auntie Cooper, bed
ridden for many years, and of how the
tears had run down the old woman's
cheeks as she clasped the lilies in her
arms. And as she thought of these
things she closed her eyes and mur
mured:
"I thank Thee. Lord, not alone for
these lilies, the emblem of llis resur
rection, but also that I, Olivia, have at
last come out of Hie grave of selfish
ness. where I have lain buried by pride
and stubbornness."
The sermon was ended and the bene
dict ion spoken, yet not one of the con
gregation moved; they stood, almost
breathlessly watching Olivia until the
minister stepped from the pulpit and
walked toward her pew; then old
friends surged around her, with kind
faces and cheery voices. She met
them with outstretched hand and
friendly smile and led them to the lil
ies.
"I have never before had so many
nor so fine lilies. 1 want to give tlicni
to you." The hardness and coldness
had left licr face; instead there shone
a warmth of tenderness and glow of
kindness.
"You see I have 'Considered the lil
ies,' " she said, as she handed a pot of
them to Mrs. Barr.
"Seems as if you an' the lilies must
be related, 'Livy, you look so much
alike." said old Mrs. Price, as she
looked first at Olivia and then at the
lilies.
A flash of color swept over Olivia's
face, leaving it deadly pale. Philip
Fnstis had once told her that she was
like the pale, slender lilies, and that
he loved them for the likeness!
lleaction from her excited feelings
was fast taking place, fatigue and de
pression of spirits settled upon her.
With a weary smile she said good-by.
As she stepped into the church vesti
bule a man came forward fo greet her,
"Olivia!" he said, and held out his
hand.
Pale, trembling, bewildered, she put
her band in his and looked into his
face.
"Philip!"
"Olivia, I came hack here just to get
a glimpse of you; I didn't expect that
you would care to see me after all this
time; *nit something in your face this
morning, while I watched vou
away your lilies, gave tne courage to
wait and speak to yon."
'You did right," she said, as they
turned together and walked slowly
down the path from the church.
"I have come to ask your forgive
ness."
"My forgiveness, Phil!" erie ex
claimed; and the old name sounded
good from her lips, "It is I who should
ask yours, for it was I who did the
wrong, not you. I had shut you out;
I had determined to forget you, and
I had almost succeeded. And all these
days my heart has been hardened
against the good. I have been selfish,
so selfish. ' Hut it is over now; the flow
ers, l'hil, my Raster lilies, they made
roe see and understand. I have asked
God to forgive me, too?"
lie smiled at her without answering,
but she understood.
"We must both forgive," she said.
"And with your forgiving you must
also give."
She looked up.
"Will you give me—yourself?" lie
questioned.
There was a glow in her eyes as she
put out her hand to touch bis sleeve.
"Yes, Phil,"she said, quicily, "though
I don't deserve it. I should have been,
punished more. Instead, I am made
ha ppy."
They drove home together in the
wagon, and Olivia laughed over it.
"See," she said, suddenly, as they
passed a small house at the end of
the village, "it is the little cripple to
whom I took some flowers!"
The boy in the window waved his
hand and laughed to them, and the
blossoms by his side seemed to nod,
t 00.
"They have done so much good—the
lilies," said Olivia, looking up into her
companion's face. "We must have
them every year, Phil, you and T."—•
Woman's Home Companion.
EASTER EGG-ROLLING.
One Day In the Year tin* I.lttle I'otUa
May I'lfty in the I'resl
deiit'M Yard,
In the Woman's Home Companion
Waldon Fawcett gives a lively de
scription of tin; children's egg-rolling
carnival which takes place every year
iu the president's yard:
"The event of the day—the climax
looked forward to by the older folks
as well as the juvenile visitors—
comes when the president, who has
from time to time all day peeped out
at the glad gathering, steps out on
the veranda of the white house and
bows in greeting to the sea of lilllo
upturned faces. Then as the band
strikes up some patriotic air the
youngsters all shout lustily and clap
their hands, and as likely as not
testify their appreciation in some of
these unique unconventional ways so
dear to the hearts of youth, and
which are prone to make the digni
tary on the portico laugh outright.
"The one element of seriousness
which characterizes this great outing
you may discover as you stroll down
to the little building which ordinari
ly serves as a 'central station' for Hie
policemen who guard the white house
grounds. For this one day, however,
the watchmen's house is transformed
into an asylum for lost, little folks.
Hither the big blue-coated officers
bring the little tots who chance to
go astray in the great medley of
humanity, and here a nurse soothes
and comforts the tiny weeper until
the inevitable anxious mother ap
pears. At a recent egg-rolling festi
val there were 27 'lost children' in
the little habitation at one time, but
mothers and nurses so universally
understand where to seek for missing
little ones that scarcely any confu
sion is caused by these separations."
HOME OF THE EASTER LILY.
ItermiMia, Onco Called "'l'he Ixle of
Devil*," CiiriotiMly I*'IIOULV.I Hears
111 is Dititinetioil.
There is a striking analogy in the
fact that Bermuda, the home of the
Faster lily, was called, on its discovery,
"the Isle of Devils."
Although the lilies of Bermuda the
fields white with their satiny leaves,
the air heavy with iheir fragrance—
have been known and loved by all vis
itors to the "isles of summer," they
did not become "Faster lilies" until
so recently as 1875. It is said that
they were introduced into the United
States in that year by an American
woman who brought a few plants to a
Philadelphia florist. Charmed 11\ the
beauty of the flowers, be cultivated the
plants carefully from the bail's until
he had a number. Other florist s pur
chased from him, then bulbs were im
ported from Bermuda, and now the
lily is grown here profusely in (ill the
hot houses.
The tremendous growth in t.lis» last
25 years in the custom of eelebrnting
Faster by decoration of churches and
homes has made exportation of the
bulbs one of the principal industries
of Bermuda, as the lily of that coun
try became associated by "natural se
lection" with Faster. Its beautiful
chalice, its delicacy of form and color,
its mystic perfume, all tend to sug
gest the fresh, pure beauty of spring
and its herald. Faster.
The lily fields are not exceedingly
large, as a rule, and seldom contain
more than a few acres. The largest
bulbs are sent to London and New
York, as they command the highest
prices in those cities. The bulbs of
medium size also are exported, the
planters reserving only the smallest
for their own use. X. Y. Tribune.
A Peril Gone lly.
"Thank goodness. Faster is over!"
"Why so grateful?"
"Oh. Harry and I always goto
church cross Faster morning; he
never likes my bat and 1 never like
his necktie."—Brooklyn Life.
Ji'o Joy in IliN < il|i.
Wyld—The paper says Faster will
be pleasant.
Mack —Not for me. I refused to
buy my wife a new bonnet. —Harlem
Life.
DISTRESS ?N HAWAII,
An ICnullhliiiiiiii < IUIIIIH lliut Annexn*
lion I In* lli'i'ii a Had Tiling lor Ilia
1* la n tier*.
London, March 22. —The Saturday
Review, continuing its anti-Americon
campaign, publishes a long commun
ication from Alfred Stead, son of Wil
liam T. Stead, the editor, picturing
the alleged deplorable condition of
Hawaii as a result of annexation to
the I'liited States.
Mr. Stead says that unvarying la
ment is heard from every class,
whether planter, merchant or mem
ber (if the government, to the effect
that Hawaii has reaped no good from
annexation. The foremost advocates
of annexation in H9B are now the
most bitter and outspoken in bewail
ing its accomplishment. Mr. Stead
says that the application of the Amer
ican coastwise navigation laws has
deprived the islands of the use of
'171.-0:: tons of shipping annually, thus
crippling trade and raising freight
rates.
The wealthy inhabitants of the
islands, continues Mr. Stead, when
they are in a hurry to reach the Pa
cine coast are frequently forced to
take passage on a foreign vessel and
pay a fine of S2OO in addition to their
fa re.
The frequent calls of transports are
disliked, since they almost always
bring smallpox or some other con
tagion requiring quarantine, and the
exclusion of the Chinese is ruining
| I he labor market.
The tariff concessions to Cuba
; threaten to kill the sugar industry.
America has twice prevented Hawaii
from obtaining a cable. Hawaii is
I thus cut off from newspaper publicity
! which is essential to securing speedy
i reforms.
DECLARE IT VACANT.
Iti'PtibllcttliK Iteaeli a Itecinloii In a
Content lor » Seat In Conurrm Hit;
l-'raudn DIKCO vercd.
Washington, March 21. In the con
tested election case of William 11.
1 llorton vs. .lames J. P.utler, from the
Twelfth Missouri district, the repub
j Mean members of election committee
No. 1 have decided to recommend that
j the seat he declared vacant.
The decision to declare the seat
vacant followed exhaustive hearings
by the committee. Members of tne
, i-ommittee say this disclosed that the
j registry lists contained about 14,000
names which could not be located at
■ the places of residence designated,
nor were these names in the last een
| MIS returns, nor in the city directory
uf St. Louis. The committee found
that about !),.">OO of these doubtful
names appeared in the voting lists,
■if which it was estimated that Ilut
i ter received about 7,000 and Horton
1 about 2,.500. In view of these facts
the republican members decided to
! declare the seat vacant.
BLACK VS. W-HITE.
ft Knee Kaltlc In Kentucky—Ttvo !\o
groen Killed and Others Terribly
Beaten.
Padueali, Ky., March 21.—Great ex
ritement prevails at Madrid Bend,
K,v., -10 miles below Hickman, on the
Tennessee line. Two negroes were
killed by white men and three were
horribly beaten. Elijah Drake, col
ored, it is claimed, was caught steal
ing chickens and was attacked by en
raged whites, being driven into the
Mississippi river and shot. dead. The
body floated to shore and the white
men made another negro tie a rope
around the body and pull it out to
deep water.
The white men then attacked four
other negroes living in the neigh
borhood who, it is claimed, were im- '
plicated. The negroes showed fight ,
and in the melee that followed, Jiin i
Stewart, a negro, was shot and killed, j
The other three negroes were then ;
almost beaten to death. There is fear
of further trouble and the law-abid
ing citizens have asked the governor j
to offer a reward for the apprehen- I
sion and punishment of tne murder- j
ers.
I'iano Factory In Flames.
Xew York, March 21. —Hard man, j
Peck <£■ Co., piano manufacturers, I
suffered a loss of $1500,000, or possibly |
more, by the destruction last night by
fire of their plant. The fire started j
from some unknown cause in the ]
paoking room. There it quickly i
spread throughout the entire build-j
ing. The roof of the building fell in j
soon after. Just west of the build- !
Ing, whicn was about 100 feet in '
length, and right on the river front,
stood a frame stable. On the roof of j
this were a number of firemen. {
When the walls fell a lot of debris j
fell on the root of the stable, injur
ing one fireman and one spectator.
Death lOnded the .VluMquerade,
Petersburg, \'a„ March 22. Kttrick,
a small manufacturing village, had a
genuine sensation Friday in the dis
covery that John Green, a person who j
posed before the world for 3.", years J
as a married man and who has died, i
was a woman. The discovery was
made by neighbors who were called ]
into prepare the remains for burial.
The wife in the partnership survives.
Flood* In .llaiur.
IJangor, Me., March 22.—f100d news
ot an alarming nature comes from
the Aroostook, Machias and Union
rivers. On the Aroostook it is re
ported that the new mill of the Ash
land Manufacturing Co., at Ashland,
and thirty million feet of logs are in
danger of being carried out. Should
Ibis occur the loss will be from $.100,-
000 to $400,000,
Oll'erM a Huge ISonitv.
Liverpool, March 21.—The Ogden
Cigarette Co., recently purchased by
the American Tobacco Co., has an
swered the prospectus of the Imper
ial Tobacco Co. in sensational man
ner. In a circular issued Thursday
the Ogdens offer their customers
bonuses of the entire net profit of the j
concern and $1,000,000 per annum for
the. next four years. The Imperial I
Tobacco Co. is made up of many of
the leading tobacco inanufacturera i
of England. Thvy are fighting the
American company to retain control I
of the trade in England.
GEN. MILES' ('ASE.
President Roosevelt Will Prob
ably Retire Head of Army.
Tile oral Talks Too .Tlih-li—The
President In Said to be 'l'lrcd of
Army ((nuri-elx and Talk*
Willi III* Advisers am to
C«iir»« Co be Pursued.
'Washington, March 22.—The state
mi'nts made Thursday by (ien. Miles
before the senate committee on mil
itary affairs, one of which was
that if the hill introduced by Senator
Hawley at the instance of the war de
partment for the organization of a
general staff for the army should be
come a law he would decline to hold
his commission, were discussed by the
president yesterday with a number of
his callers. There is little doubt
that these statements will ultimately
lead to (ien. Miles' retirement by the
president. In discussing the matter
with his callers, among whom were
senators and representatives, the
president took the position that the
lieutenant-general of the army should
I entertain toward his superiors the
I same respect that he would expect
ami demand from his subordinates.
The printed testimony of (ien. Miles
has not yet been made public and it.
is understood that it will be sub
mitted to him for approval. It, is
well understood that a great deal of
what the general said will not appear
in the record. Members of the com
mittee say the published report was
correct in substance in every partic
ular. At tin- same time these sen
ators do not agree that (ien. .Miles
ean be punished for his utterances
before the committee, whether they
appear in the. record or not. Of
course the committee could take no
action to prevent the retirement <>(
j Gen. Miles. That, under the law. i:>
j purely an executive act and needs no
; tfonlirm.nl ion or approval by the sen
i ate.
It is significant that long after the
cabinet meeting adjournment Secre
tary Hoot and the attorney general
| were closeted with the president.
I The president is known to have
I stated that he was tired of the fric->
tion in the army, and he will at no
distant day take action looking to
the retirement of (Jen. Miles.
Secretary Ho< t was iti ecn.Miltation
for some time with President Roose
velt at the White House last night re
garding the statement of Gen. Miles
before the military affairs committee
jof the senate. Senator Spooner also
j was present. Secretary Hoot de
clined to talk for publication con
cerning the matter, saying that he
had not read the testimony given by
: Gen. Miles before the committee, li
;is understood that Gen. Miles has
j been furnished the stenographic re-
I port of his testimony for rev'sion.
DISASTROUS CAVEIN.
Houses on I'ark Avenue, \ow Vorlt
< Ity, Sink iik a Itesult of Work on a
Kiss Tunnel.
New York, March 22. —-Park avenue,
this city, on Friday was again the
scene of an accident which, while it
entailed no loss of life, caused a prop
erty loss of considerable proportions.
The brown stone fronts of several
four-story private houses on the east
side of the avenue sank because of
the undermining of the foundations
by excavations for the rapid transit
tunnel. The Jirst serious cave-in oc
curred when the sidewalk and area
way of No. 55 Park avenue sank to a
considerable depth, leaving the front
wall with no support and exposing
the cellar. The houses on either side
of No. 55 were also rendered unsafe.
Later in the afternoon there oc
curred a further settling of the wails
and sidewalks, and the residents on
the east side of the block were or
dered to leave their homes.
The tunnel along Park avenue is
bored through solid rock. Seams of
rock for a distance of about 60 feet
commenced to slide in a lateral direc
tion into the tunnel Wednesday night.
It was not believed, however, that any
great damage would be done. The
financial loss is estimated at $75,000
to SIOO,OOO.
DREAM CAME TRUE.
We iltSiy llooton Woman Had a G*Te
uton 112 t ion of Death.
lloston. March 22. —Hubert M.
Morse and Harrison Dunham, who
have acted us counsel for Mrs. Julia
French, who was found dead in her
Hack Hay home Thursday, declare
their belief that she died intestate.
In lliis ease the estate valued at $400,-
000 will be divided between two sons.
Mr. Dunham has suspicions about
his client's death,
"The last time I saw her, two weeks
ago," said he, "she told me that she
fell she would be murdered in her
home, as she had a dream that she
had been killed by being thrown into
the elevator well and asked that if
she did meet her death in the way
described by the dream that 1 would
investigate it carefully.
"The fact that a wrench was found
on the floor from which Mrs. French
is thought to have fallen seems to
me suspicious. It is a well estab
lished fact that people who fall grip
tightly anything that they may have
in their hands at the time of their
falling. Had Mrs. French been using
this when she fell, I In'mk the wrench
would have been found in her hand,
or beside her body in the clevar >r
well, instead of on the upper floor.*'
Arrent of a Had Citizen.
Pittsburg, March 22. Harry J. An
derson, alleged to be one of the most,
notorious post oflice robbers in the
United States, was brought to the Al
legheny county jail yesterday from
Johnstown, Pa., where he was ar
rested by Post Office inspector Old
field, Deputy Marshal Owens and a
posse. Anderson was caught in the
house of his cousin, lie was prepared
for a battle, having a pair of revol
vers in bed with him, but was given
no opportunity to use them on th(>
officers, lie was taken to Columbus,
0., for arraisrmuent aud trial
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