A FIRE WOMAN.
MISS LlLLiAN—BROWN HAS MANY
ADOPTED FATHERS.
She Takes a Deep Interest, in the Firi
Companies, and is Ready to Start for a
Conflagration liulnediately After Re-
ceiving the Alarm.
' The awful forebodings of enemies
of the new woman that she would
take to fighting fires has come true.
Here is a firewoman. She is Miss Lil-
lian Brown, of Greensboro, N. 0.
She has been officially adopted by the
North Carolina State Firemen’s As-
sociation. Her favorite fathers, of
which she, as a daughter, has over a
thousand, are in Greensboro, here she
was first adopted by the Eagle Hose
Company, every man of whom is
as proud of his adopted daughter as if
she were a queen. Never a fire oc-
curs without the firemen’s daughter
being on the scene, and to see her,
dressed in her red flannel fire clothes,
helmeted, and with an axe in her daion-
ty hands, as she urges the “boys"
to conquer their blazing foe, is a sight
to remind one of the heroic acts of
Joan of Arc. On one occasion she ac-
tually drove the engine to the scene of
the fire, handling the rushing steeds
like a veteran driver.
There is a curious train of circum-
stances leading up to the adoption of
Miss Brown by the fire boys. She was
born in Fairfiel-d, N. C. Her first ap-
pearance in Greensboro was about
.hree years ago, when she entered the
female College there. It so happened
that she was assigned to play the lead
ing role in the drama “The Firemuan’ 3
Heart,” at the college students’ annual
performance. The play was produced
at Bogart Opera House, and was a
tremendous success.
As Hyacinth Bradley, the pet and
“mascot” of the firemen, Miss Brown
literally captured every heart in the
audience, and especially those of the
fire boys,. Soon after this, at the
regular monthly meeting of the Eagle
Hose Company, Miss Brown was for-
mally adopted as the firemen’ s daugh-
ter, and her name was placed upon the
,honorary roll of the company’s mem-
bership.
The new fire girl gracefully accepted
the honor thus conferred upon her, and
pledged herself to advance the cause
of firemen in general, and especially
the interests of her new-made fathers
——the Eagles. Miss Brown carried off
the honors with a modest bearing, and
her fame spread to dilfe-rent parts of.
the state. Town after town wanted
to have her for its adopted daughter,
and many meetings were called to con-
sider the subject All diificulties were
finally adjusted at the meeting of the
State Firemen’s Association, when by
a unanimous vote the pet of the.
Greensboro boys was made a daughter
of the State association.
Already the daughter of the com-
pany boasts two medals for her brav-
ery at fires, and several resolutions
have been passed by different bodies
of citizens who owe to her plucky
'work the saving of many thousand
dollars.
Miss Brown takes the greatest inter-
est in the department. She has a call
in her house connected with the gen-
eral signal system. It is very rare that
she is late at the scene of a blaze, for
no matter at what hour her fire gong
sounds the alarm, Miss Brown dons
her clothes and starts off to help her
fathers. .
Many of them have reason to bless
‘her for her kindly help, especially af-
ter some accident, for the little girl is
ready to nurse the sick and injured,
and'is always prepared for such emer-
gencies.
Besides being so brave she is ex-
‘ptreniely pretty. Her eyes are dark
and fawn—like, with rounded features
and a mass of waving chestnut hair,
which the little fire girl wears parted
loosely in the middle and caught up at
the back of her head by a plain black
velvet band—New York Journal.
The Bricks Must be Returned.
There is a small town in one of the
'Eastern States, not far from Boston,
where inhabitants take great pride in
excelling every other town in their vi-
cinity. They try every new invention,
and if it has any sort of merit it is sure
to be assigned to duty in some part of
the place. Two portly gentlemen, one
a sea-captain and the other a lawyer,
both retired from active life, were the
prime movers in the experiments and
adoption-s, and, naturally, in the
course of time they failed to agree. Ex-
treme jealousy then prevailed, and a
bitter animosity sprang up betWeen
them.
Unfortunately these two gentlemen
lived next door to each otherT—in fact,
so close were their houses that the side
_ walls almost adjoined. One very
windy night the lawyer was reading a
book in his study when a terrific
crash upstairs startled him. Upon in-
vestigating he found that an unruly
chimney had ruthless-1y hurled itself
through his roof, doing considerable
damage. That in itself was a matter
- of great annoyance, but when he dis-
Icovered it was the .sea- -captain’ s chim-
ney that was responsible, . his wrath
knew no bounds. Hastening down to
his library, he pulled out his law-
books and hunted up similar cases, de-
vising and scheming how he could se-
cure satisfaction from the detestable ~
captain. While thus engaged a note
arrived from his enemy that read as
follows:
‘ “Sir, —If you don’t return these bricks‘
at once, I will put the matter in the
hands of the law.”—Harpers Round
Table.
Why is a church-bell more affable
than a church organ? Because one
will go when it’s, tolled, but the other
will be “blowed” first.
with P. P. P.
THE EVENING GAZETTE
A JOKE ON 'THE WIZARD.
Bill Nye Proved Too Much for Hermann
the First Time They Met.
A few years ago the late Bill Nye
and Hermann, the magician, met for
the first time in a small Ohio town.
Each knew the other very well by
reputation and from personal charac-
teristics, but they never had been in-
troduced. By chance they stopped at
the same hotel on the occasion referred
to and were given seats at the same
table in the dining room.
They bowed politely and began talk-
ing about the weather, each believing
that the other did not recognize his
vis-a-vis.
Just as Nye raised his knife and fork
to cut a dish of lettuce salad Her:
mann uttered a cry of protest and sura
prise. Nye stopped in astonishment.
“Excuse me, sir,” remarked the wiz:
ard, “but I thought I saw something
queer there in your lettuce.”
The humorist carefully looked over
the salad, leaf by leaf, but found noth-
ing. and again raised his knife to cut
it. Again he was stopped by a sharp-
cry from Herrmann, who added, apolo:
getically: “I beg a thousand pardons,
but I surely could not have been mis:
taken that time. There is something
there. Excuse me”—:and he pointed to
a large lettuce leaf, raised it and dis-
closed underneath a magnificent dia-
mond cluster ring worth several hun-
dred dollars.
Nye slowly picked up the ring, and,
without the slightest manifestation of
surprise. drawled out: “This sort of
thing has gone just far enough. I’m
continually shedding diamonds wher-
ever I go. Day before yesterday I. lost
a solitaire in a sugar—bowl in Pittsburg,
and in Cleveland this morning the
chambermaid, in sweeping my room,
found three or four more. It is posi-
tively giving me brain fag to keep
track of these things, and I’m going to
give it up as a bad job.”
Beating to a waitress he slipped
ring into her hand and
said: "Here’s a trifle for you. Keep it
10 11:n1c1nbe1' me by; it’s yours.”
it took the owner of the ring about
‘ ;;_‘.f :1 1“. to recover it. and it cost
'im several bottles afterward.
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" ‘.‘ 2!: e Doodle” Not Scared.
171“"."110 Tompkins, proprietor of the
Br-‘zmn Theatre, was found guilty in
the Supreme Court upon the complaint
.11... 2112 gave a concert in the theatre
‘;1nday night, “the concert not being of
:1 sacred nature nor for _,a charitable
object.” The music was by a brass
band, which played “My Old Ken-
tucky Home,” “Au Revoir,” “King Cot-
ton,” “Yankee Doodle,” Gounod‘s
"Ave Maria,” and the “Red, W'hite and
Blue.” Gounod’s “Ave Maria,” the jury
conceded, was sacred, but the other
airs were regarded as secular. The
case was tried on appeal from the sen
tones of the lower court, which fined
Mr. Tompkins $70.
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Linpman 3 (heat Remedy, and the re-
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P. P. P. SAVES HIS LEG.
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down to the bone, and my whole leg
below my knee, and my foot was
swollen and inflamed. The bone was
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my leg would have to come off. At
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TE “Q'BLE BLOOD POISON.
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The Philippine Islands Revolt.
Madrid, April 10.——Dispatches receiv-
ed here from Manilla, capital of the
Philippine islands, say that the insur-
gents have killed several monks and
have burned the churches of Buena
Vista, Guideva and Endang. Insur—
gents are also said to be erecting forti-
fications in favorable positions. The
Spanish military operations are almost
at a standstill pending the arrival of
further re-enfcrccments. '
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Blew Up the Safe.
York, Pa, April '10. —— Burglars at-
tempted to blow up with nitroglycerin
the safe of the Miles National bank, in
the town of Delta. They destroyed the
safe, but were u.“ identlv fiightened by
the noise of the explosion and 1am away
empty handed. The safe contained
$8,000 in cair‘x. On the floor were found
two half 1: 11' bottles of nitroglycerin
and half a cor-zen dynamite cartridges.
Ball Players From Australia.
San Franc sec, April iO.—_—The Austra-
lian buseba players who are starting
out1on a ‘tcur of the. world have ar-
rived in this city on the steamer Mono—
wai. They will spend a few days in
sightseeing before practicing for their
opening game which will be with the
Olympics 21 week from Sunday at Cen-
tral park. '
Swayne to 'Lcad Anti Flatt Men.
New York, April lO.——Gcneral Wager
Swayne has succeeded VViliiam Brook-
field as chairman of the anti-Flatt Re-
publican committee of the county, the
organization built upon the ruins of
the Milholland, movement. The com-
mittee adopted a resolution to act with
the Citizens' union in the next cam-
paign.
Blind Snotuagenarian an Heiress.
Jersey City April 10 ——A1ice J. Holmes
received 112-1111 today that she had be-
come heiress to a. large estate. The
property was left by her brother in
California. It is said to be valued at
several hundred thousand dollars.
Alice Holmes is 77 years old and blind.
She lives at 242 Grove street.
For an Intoroceanic Railroad.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 10.-—
Congress has decided to grant a. con-
cession to 21 Honduras syndicate, act-
ing in conjunction with a party of N1
York capitalists, for an interocean.c
railroad from Puerto Cortez on the At-
lantic to Amapala on the Pacific. '
Eloping Girl‘s Awful Fate.
Vancouver, B. 0., April 10.———The Em-
press of Japan brings news of a horrible
murder at Bangkok, Siam. A young girl
was caught in the act of eloping with
her lover and was confined in a. house
of her relatives, who broke every bone
in her body as punishment. The girl
lingered in fearful agony for 14 days.
Two men and a. woman were sentenced
to death for the murder and beheaded.
Jesse Grant’s Enterprises.
Hermosillo, Mexico, April 10.—Jesse
Grant, son of the late General Grant, is
in the City of Mexico arranging With
the government for a concession for the
establishment ‘of extensive sanitariums
in Lower California, 111 the thermal
springs region. He also proposes to
establish a. town site, and will erect
several houses and modern public
buildings and colonize Americans.
'l‘n Aid Famine Sufferers.
'Vv’avl'imzton, April 10.-—In execution
at f: of congress authorizing the
secre"‘1‘v of the navy to transport con-
tribuiit'ns for the relief of the suffering
poor of India, Secretary Long has taken
steps immediately to procure a ship or
steamer from the merchant marine. No
naval vessel is available for this pur-
pose. M the ice will be made from
Ameri. Exant ships.
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Wood Alcohol Causes Death.
San Diego, Cal., April 10.—Seaman
Cline of the cruiser Philadelphia died
today. Twa of the other sailors are
dying and several more are in a pre-
carious conditio' from drinking wood
alcohol mixed with eggs and condensed
milk. They broke into the medicine
chest during the night, stealing the al-
cchol, of which they drank la1,e quan.
tities.
llIrs. Silas F. Loome‘r Dead.
Willimantic, Conn., April 10.—Mrs.
Parmelia Loomer, 67, Wife of Silas F.
Loomer, president of the Willimantic
Savings institution, died today from an
apopletic shock sustained Wednes-
day. Mrs. John M. Hall, Wife of the
vice'president of the Consolidated road,
is the only surviving child.
Death 0133.11 Ex-Congressman.
Boston, April 10. —-— Ex-Congressman
Benjamin Dean of this city died at his
home in South Boston today. He was
72 years of age. Death was due to a,
stroke of paralysis sustained several
days ago.
Forest Bill Signed. ' ..
Albany, April 10. —— Governor Black
lost no time in signing the forest land
acquisition bill which he prepared for
introduction, and it is now a. law.
Jeremiah Connolly Appointed.
Washingtc'm, April 10. — Secretary
Bliss has appointed Jeremiah Connolly
,Of‘NEW York to be principal examiner
in the pension office.
funeral of Daniel G. Griffin.
Watertown,N
today.
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. ...Y April 10. -—The 111..
neral of Daniel G. Grtmn was held here}
'lfiw amendments. . ., 'fl
Boston,
Philadelphia.
STRONG ON NEW YORK CHARTER.
Sends It to Albany ‘i'v'itii Suggestions For
Amendment/s.
New York, April 10. _—-1.layor Strong
today made public his message to the
legislature refusing to accept the
Greater New York charter bill. He'says
that he signed 'the report of the char-
ter commission with great reluctance
and only on condition that he be al-
lowed to present a dissenting report.
The mayor objects to a bipartisan
police board and to limiting the may-
or’s power of removal. He says that
if the' charter is amended to provide a.
sina le head for the police department,
the separation of the bureau of elec-
tions from the police department and
to extend the mayor’s power of re-
moval throughout the term, he would
then accept.
The mayor sent to Albany as a. part
of his message three amendmentsdrawn,
it is supposed, by Corporation Counsel
Scott. One is an act to create a single
headed police commission, one to sepa-
rate the bureau of elections from the de-
partment and the third to enable the
mayor to remove heads of departments
at will throughout his term.
Mayor Wurster of Brooklyn approved
the charter.
Hamlin Will Aid Foster.
Washington, April 10. — Mr. CL. S.
Hamlin, ex-assistant secretary of the
treasury, who has been» retained by the
government as counsel to assist in the
conduct of fr‘w negotiations with Great
tion of the negof ' i
Nashua’s 11"." ."wemdal.
Nashua, N. IL, -31111'3 10,—The news-
that warrants had been issued for the
arrest of President Charles W. Spaldw
ing, Cashier C. E. Churchill and Vice
President A. D. Averill of the defunct
Globe Savings bank of Chicago, the
state,
Nashua stockholders.
. To Permit Pool Selling.
ment to the racing law by allowing,"
pool selling at trotting meetings passed
the senate today before the senators
knew what bill they were voting on.
Some time after the bill was passed:
Senators Higgins and Maiby called at-
was considerable-
passed, and there
consternation.
Plot to Assassinate Alfaro.
at Guayaquil cables that a formidable:
conspiracy to assassinate President Al-
faro has been discovered at Quito.
number of priests were reported to be
implicated in the plot. Thanks to prompt
action takenby the authorities, the ring.-
leaders of the revolutionary movement
{were' arrested.
New Atlantic Sheamship Service. .
London, April 101.—-—In the house- of
commons today the secretary of state-
for the colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamber-
lain, answering a question on the sub-
ject, announced that a contract had
been signed between Canada and the
Pattersons of Newcastle for a. fast
steamship sr 'vice» between Canada and
Great Britain.
Against Three Cent Fares.
Indianapolis, April 10.-—A suit; to. pre-
vent three cent railroad fares in In-
dianapolis was filed in the United
States court. The three cent fare agi-
tation had been at fever heat and re-
sulted in a law, just enacted, providing
for three cer " fares. The suit is brought
by the Cent‘ 11 Trust Company of New
York.
,Disastrons Fire at Buenos Ayres.
Buenos Ayres, April 10.—Gres.t dam-
age was caused by the explosion of a
cart loaded with fireworks near a. block
of buildings adjacent to the bourse.‘ The
buildings almost immediately caug! t
fire, and a whole block was destroyed
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Ten persons lost their lives.
Buildings Destroyed by Lightning.
Mount Holly, N... J., April 10.—-The
passenger station at Whitings, which
is operated jointly by the Pennsylvania
and New Jersey Central railroads. Was
struck by lightning today and de-
stroyed. A store and dwelling adjoin-
ing, occupied by George Cramer, were
also destroyed.
A Pauper Inherits $20,000.
Springfield, 1115., April 10.—-—Arthur
Quinn'of this city, who is at present an
inmate of the p00r farm at Blooming-
ton. is heir to a fortune of $20,000 by the
death of his brother, Frank Quinn, in
Philadelphia, five years ago, and the
latter’s wife who died recently in Penn~
sylvania.
Cheap Light Committee Not Discharged.
Albany, April 10.——By a. vote of 48
nays to 34 yeas the assembly today re-
fused to adopt Mr. ‘Barry’smotion to
tricity and water» supply from further
consideration of his bill providing for
$1 gas in cities of 1, 500, 000 or more in-
habitants.
' , Raines Law Amendments Urged.
Albany, April 10.—Governor Black
sent a. message to .the senate today
urging immediate action on the names
31'i airs inviting: to a. pai'rnr'nent settle:-
ment of the i'iv-r‘rr' se?‘ «'11. 12' question.
said today that i" .4 :n'>-:1"t'11:111 would be .
simply advisory 11‘ -\'-i‘s‘ecrr—~ta.ry John 1
W. Foster, who u" ‘ are general clire‘c'w .
stock of which is largely owned in this '
was no great surprise to the-
Albany, April 10.—Tl1e- Burr amend- p
tenti’on to the fact that the bill had been» ‘
Panama, April 10,—A correspondent. :
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before the flames were under control.:
discharge the committee on gas, elec-,
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