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PRISON.
Place—How
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HiCRI- i« a first tim ® for
f vervthinp.
Gao who has often en-
tf ri(l that inclosure shut
(<rt - from the outside view,
Kiwi o perhaps a thousand
prison world, may
t0 but
U the first time does so with
lik-nMlions. The prison wall*
r® . to tho imagination of
Ml Sekloin, if ever, Ls a face seen
[‘Cl windows, for these opening.
K the inmates to catch a
* »|, them of the outside woria.
I.Atf rrison is a Rloomy, silent pile,
*'J* without to eovor gloom and
Jtfsev state prison at Trenton,
, Hamilton is confined, is such a
1 outvrani appearance. It L* broad
igUowu stono, and with something
EfrtUn stylo of architecture seen
Sta ot New York. About it
*bw lioiwea au<l yards as are to be
oa tho outskirts of a city. The vi*
up to the door will find no
w ia ordinary abodes. Thom
the djir tell. while posted before
ji) who enter are printed rule.
sj mention times aud inter*
fiu4 . a visitor*, parents, brothers, sis*
«mttiio» within.
th.v people have parents, brothers,
Taej we human beings. They not
j rf hut cause other* to suffer.
jv answered by a prison official in
_ The door L-. unlocked, the visitor
a,thelock is turned behind him, aud
"-hBu; about tho officer’* person—1»
»a. It is uot a pleasant feeling to
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VIEW I'r PRISON.
»lkl yon r.re looked in. You pass t*
fc*i_: tiid arc ushered into a reception
It i* ill > only apartment you will see
ordinary room. While you
. :•! then a mule, prisoner, acting
:ty connected with tho manage-
Hwia; only :ne striped trousers aud
ut tho jacket, passes in or out.
Waftiiure is n busier look than on the
fjtsptot’uo prison to catch a view of
you will be rlisaonoiutcd. Bo*
vrurn ou tue O: u cun
I side of the end of the wing,
j back by the other side,
from high windows in tl
The wings built in IS:;?
this respect Instead of
they face inwards, two rows being opposite
each other and opening on a eorridor
It is in such a wing as this that the'women
are confined. Mrs. Patterson is the matron
and to her exclusive cJure the prisoners an
committed. Whilo the male prisoners go tc
work in shops separate from the prison win-,
iu which are their cells, the women work in
the corridor upon which their cells face. In
thi3 corridor, flanked by three tiers of cells,
one may see women in their plain cut dresse*
of blue checked stuff, working at the sewing
machine and with the needle. There are only
thirty-seven of them, aud they arc kept busy
making such articles as are needed in th<
prison.
Mrs. Hamilton has not been set to work.
Her nervous system has been badly strained,
and doubtless her not being given work is by
direction «.f the prison physician. Her cell u
on tho tep tier. Here site iwsses her timt
brooding over her situation; perhaps looking
forward to a time when she shall be released.
She has been committed for two years, but
by good behavior may reduce the term by
four mouths and twelve days. This wil
make the term of her confinement one year
reven months and eighteen days, at the end
of which time she may go free, and if th«
pnblic curiosity about her is not cooled by
that time she may fly very high as a sensa
tion. But whether she will lie rearrested anc
tried for conspiracy in foisting a spurious
child upon Robert Ray Hamilton is another
question. Judging by his past action, if hei
irosecution rests with him ho will not trou
e her.
Dangers and Horrors of the
New Method of Lighting.
reaaurer of Louisiana JVho la Ac
cused of Fraud.
For the last ten years the most prominent
name in Ixjuisiana has been that of Maj. R
A. Burke, ne first became well knowu
throughout tho United States as the director
general of the great New Orleans exposition,
and there can be no question that he was
more instrumental than any other man in . .
carrying forward this tremendous enterprise. THERE IS ASSURE PREVENTIVE.
Such an affair as tho exposition was ro- -
f»l*cv of. ife
Electricians Know No More o.’ tho Force
Than of tho Essential Nature of Any
Other Force, but Tl cy Know Enough to
Control It.
quit cd a in an of phenomenal energy at
head, and Maj. Burke endeared himself more
than ever to the people of New Orleans by
the way he put through the great enterprise.
Finally he broke down both in health and
purse, and was obliged to seek rest. For ten
years he was state treasurer of Louisiana,
and now he has been accused of fraud in con
nection with the state funds. Two parties
have risen up, one iu his defense, the other
against him. This controversy has again
brought the name of Maj. Burke before the
people.
Whether he is guilty or not is not to the
purpose of this article. This man has had a
remarkable career, although it is o'.iscured in
many places by doubt, and all will be inter
ested in learning how he succeeded in the
space of ten years in becoming the foremost
man In Louisiana, not only politically but
also in popularity. Lotus first consider hi*
career before he went to New Orleans. This
part of his life is involved in some obscurity.
Conflicting tales have been told about him.
But from the most authentic sources the fol
lowing facts have been gleaued:
An awful scene, is it not!
But what is it? Moray the corpse of a poor
laboring man, hanging in a network of wires,
where ho has been roasted to death And
this at the corner of Center and Chambers
streets. New York city, at noon of a bright
October day, and 10,000 people looking on.
From his hand, face and foot issue light
puffs of smoke, his neck is almoctsevered, hi;
lips are burned away down to the teeth, and
long ufter life has fied the corpse quivers
from time to lime with the intensity of the
current. And there it hangs for one hour,
for bis fellow workmen dare not go near it
till they have cleared away the surrounding
wires and one can approach it with hands
gloved iu rubber.
Within eighteen months seven men in New
York have been thus suddenly shocked and
burnt into eternity, seventeen more havt
ir M i n„ . , . ~ _ . , _ uui Hi* uuw tsci mij, bcycuwcu uiuic ubu
hi e 6 ’ '" th T " as ' ln frabman, and j sustained injuries barely short of fatal and
... pame . was . Q Burke. The son. however, j several others have been seriously, but not
permanently, injured; yet expert electrician!
afterwards changed his name from Ned
O Burke to E<1 word Austiu Burke. When j there is no necessity for such risk. They
Id
<ave too reception rojra you may
S i hr.s been the pressure
wv.:.'.. si singjariy attractive
\ tit ,i vi*1;*>rs have been shutout
! ; v iment altogether. Al-
I i* :: i- -i-uaily oriou'iq every
: i>•.::•< * _.t > * who wish to in-
Cva 1-.-.mil ton's arrival the
• :art:n>n*. been closed to all
it V;l . s; .-rial bu.-.iaess with, i
r - f -r i.' ' .a r-present tha press, j
• f.iv though even then the
v i:.:;will only bo allowedDc
■ "it i uer in writing, and it is
.-rs to ;• > to Trenton to see
1 lj to bo seen.
f through tho "short corri-
r’tttt? :i- VI til., front door to a sort of
■T' 1 " 1 - 'Vitrotite keeper’s headquarters,
■ oa j' 1 w.tieh everybody passes, not
_ M t^masg and going,to and from the
C .'J t - ° prisoners themselves to and
tufr ^ ltro is a cothpoSod'cif
: ;'” ,, hag this rotunda from the en-
oj iy 'r ,l ' or ' ^ i» unlocked fo* you and
you. Perhaps you enter just
If so you will see a couvict
from which issues srnoke giv-
ifcw*'I. ^ aromat ic herbs. This is
p av 1 T : , :i l ' !U (,: * or °f victuals. If you
L‘.' : you will uot like it, and
F r ! ,ra .'' Give you a nausea.
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MtERCISr
The cell, tike all others, Is closed with ni
iron grating, through which the light front
the window high in tha wall opposite stream!
dimly. The cells of the women at work be
low are kept open. Mrs. Hamilton’s is loekee
since she occupied it. In it is a cot on wbicl
she spends much of bar time. Beyond this
there is no furniture except, a wooden stool.
Nelly Bly recently created quite a sensa
tion by publishing an interview with Mrs
Hamilton in The New York World, in whiel
the prisoner told her side of the story of hei
woes Miss Bly also gave some pictures
of Mrs. Hamilton’s appearance. The visitoi
found her in her cell lying on her cot, hei
faco l.i Hen in her hands, and she was cryinj
bitterly. Tho door opened aud the visitoi
stepp- <i inside. Ill o few words she told thi
prisoner that she had come to give througt
the ncws-jiajier she represented ail she might
have to 6ay to the world
“Without a word,” says Nelly Bly, “with
out one question, tue desolate woman flung
her arms around me nn l sobbed sa terribly
that I almost feared she could not bo quieted. 1
“Pier finery had all disappeared,” says Miss
Bly, “still she basil pretty face, bat a weak
one. She looked so much younger than I hat
expected. In the simple bluo gown, plait
waist and straight, skirt, with a Mack anc
white breakfast shawl pinned about hei
throat, her bangs combed s.no Hhly back, anc
her soft, reddish hrov.u b dr hanging iu on<
the boy was 18
years old he was
going to school in
Louisville, Ey. His
father was in Tex
as, and one day the
lad learned from
him that he had
failed in his busi
ness. The boy, not
having the means
to continue his ed
ucation, applied for
a position in a rail
road office. He had
a smattering of te
legraphy, which
stood him iu good stead, for he vtr- given a
position as line operator on a sn ail station.
But such was the boy’s nature—ag. rrssive,
quick to learn and ambitious—that itwat
cot long before he was promoted to th<
agency at a larger point, and we find him, at
the age of 17, division superintendent of tin
road, with 500 men under his chai se.
Then the war clouds began to gat'u-r over
head and youug Burke joined liU father in
Texas, where ho secured a position r .t a rail
road, but soon afterward joined :!te Con
federate army. It was not long before an in
cident happened which shows bett.-r than
anything elso the powers aud capabilities oi
the man, and which was the stepping stons
to a position of great influence. It happened
that one day the young man who was then a
private soldier was in the room of the com
manding general o? the army, who was bo
wailing the fact that no wagons or carti
could then be manufactured in Texas. Th<
Trans-Mississippi department at that time
was deficient in its means of trausportatior
and wagons could not be obtained for love oi
money.
Tho young private, however, was equal tc
tho occasion. Extremely youthful in appear
unce, only 30 years of age, without a beard,
he then and there declared that he woulc
guarantee to build one hundred wagons anc
one hundred carts, with tho uecessary aecom
pr.nimcr.t of horses and mules, if he was pro
vided with the money, aud, moreover, tha!
ho would do it in sixty days. We can easily
imagine how this proposition, coming as i>
did from such a youth —and those who know |
Maj. Burke can easily conceive how he mighi
have looked at 30—staggered tho command- j
ing general. Kis very audacity spoke in his j
favor. Tho funds were placed at his disposal, j
and in precisely the time agreed upon younj. j
Burko drove up, behind him trailing the onf
hundred wagons aud an equal number oi
carts.
lie was at onco mado master of transporta-
tioucf the entiretrxusmississippi department,
and at the close of the war delivered to Gen.
E. Kirby Smith, at Shreveport, La., tho larg
est property account of any officer of the Con
federr.cy. Kis receipt from Gen. Smith, to
gather with n complimentary letter, is one ol
**aj. Burke’s most valued, possessions.
understand the application of great electric
force just as well as the comparatively trilling
force employed in telegraphing, and could at
easily control it with proper appliances; but
such has been the rapid development of elec
tric lighting that the companies have em
ployed machines and wires of tho highest
pressure (to borrow a term from common en
gineering) amply as a matter of economy,
aud insulation has been neglected.
An explanation is necessarily very techni
cal, for tho electric light has not been in use
long enough for tho unscientific public tc
hammer out by usage a set of plain terms it
the vernacular; but at present three reme
dies are suggested, though but one is certain.
First, of course, insulation is recommended,
but it may be dismissed with a few words.
It could not tin the opinion of experts) bt
made perfect against high tension by any
system now known to man; und, were the in
sulation perfect, the material producing it
would soon lose its power of insulation.
Much is said of subways—that the mail
wires shall be conducted through tunnels—
but many of the best electricians declan
against the suggestion. Borne assert that
the deaths would outnumber those already
noted as ten to one. They add that if tb<
tunnels were made so large that a man might
walk upright in them, with perfect veutila
tion and a system by which local “faults” ot
breaks could be detected, the danger might
be avoided. Otherwise they suggest awful
possibilities of death in cellars, gas fixtures
THE DEATH OF LINEMAN FEEKS.
water pipes and faucets tq which tha fluid
may pass from itaperfccc wires in the sub
ways. There remains, o fly tho plan of low
tension, so many extra .wires, that no one will
bio sensation of being without work and
money. lie drifted around the streets iu (lay
time, slept where he could at night, and, tc
descend to slang, was literally “oil his up
pers.”
At last he got a job in a marble yard at $1
a day-, lugging marble slabs from tiro pave-
WOMES AT WORK,
braid down her back, she looked not mow
than 20 years old. A pretty, slender girl.”
Mra Hamiltou talked long with her visitoi
denying much that has been alleged, but sc
far admitting being implicated in the pur
chase of children—though as she averred ir
other people’s interest and for purposes for
eign to imposition on Hamilton—that her do
nials do uot seem to afford a good defense.
Whether sho will eventually prove her state
ments is a question which can not be decided
till sho comes into court The Philadelphia
Record gives an interview with Mr. Hamil
ton’s lawyer, Mr. Elihu Root, in reference to
these statements in which, among other
things, ho says:
“Sho had said repeatedly that if Mr. Ham
ilton would only come to her after her arrest
she would explain everything which hecon-
Jan. 21, 18S7, Frederick Simons, cutting s
wirent 40 Vesev street, in~tant.lv killed. 1
April Iff; 1888, at 10 Chatham square, Meyei
Streiffuian, a boy of 15, touched a broken
telegraph wire aud dropped dead. Throe
- - , ., ,, , . , , men were knocked down while trying to re-
ment to tho yard. At the end of a wee movo the corpse. Tho telegraph wire in fall
ingttfQfnb
Yot such is the iuudltlon m •
Yorker, and a kewner apprebci
by the statement of some electricians that
the danger is rapidly increasing with tho ex
tension i-f the system.
“An arc light wire ‘loaded to the inuszle,'
so to speak,” says n-ae authority, “may have
crossed a tclegrap i wire far away; tho deadly
current ‘Overflows,’ so to speak, cr.to thi
telegraph wire and rur.s along (uad it may
run for mites) till it reaches an iron putsSj
where it touches, or a broken wire may hang
over it to the ground—anything to complete
the connection. You may bo on tho tenth
floor of n building, the wire may be UoM’r.;
up a picture, and yet by an iron rafter, a
girder, a gas fixture or a water pipe the cur
rent may easily bo completed and you be in
stantly killed by simply touching it witfc
your finger. As a general rule it is danger
ous to stand on a wet floor and touch iroc
fixtures at the same time. Above and below
you, bidden by ceiling or wall or floor, max
be the iron that conveys the deadly current
There is no safety but in light tension or put
tiug the wires under ground in a properly
constructed sqhway.”
In oiie Case it was shown that the wind had
blown an arc light wire against an iron roof
and through the girders, beams and tele
phone wires tha whole building w-as literally
charged with electric .death. Fortunately
the discovery was made in time to prevenl
serious consequences. Tho dangers may tx
divided into two classes: There is the current
used for the arc light exclusively, and alsc
the one known as the alternating current cl
the Westiughouse system, and though the
tension of the latter is weaker it is far mon
dangerous. This is the system that is to lx
used to kill criminals; aud it is a grim satin
on law and science that half a dozen mex
should have Veen killed and many injured by
the current while the courts were deciding
whether that method of execution was con
stitutional—whether, that is to say, it «n
not “cruel and unusual”—and whether i!
would kill I If murderer Kemmler were ii
any less gloomy condition, he might smile a)
the horribly grotesque fact of so many inno
cent men preceding him as victims of electro
eution.
A little science may be borne by the readei
if it points the way to safety. Electrician!
measure the force by “ohms”—a unit of elec
trie power just as “horse power” is assumed
ae a unit to measure the force of steam. Th<
amount of force that can safely pass tlirougt
the human body varies greatly according tx
the body’s inherent resistance or electro,
motive energy, but in normal condition!
2,000 “ohms” are the limits of possible resist
ance. But a force may be communicable t<
tho hands from a badly insulated wire vary
ing from 10,000 to 100,000 “ohma” The re
ristar.ee of the carbon filament in an incan
descent lamp creates the white heat—th<
light. The human body is scorched by c
similar resistance, also by the electric arc oi
line of reconnection which is established
There is saidjto be no absolute non-conductor
but fat, glass and some other substances ap
preach it most nearly.
Mr. Prcece, the English scientist, reported
with seme surprise, that his “high voltagi
combination” would uot kill a pig, while i
very small part of the force certainly wuuli
kill a man. Tho pig was fat—that was th«
explanation. Yet the “high voltage” (it L
sufficient translation into the vernacular tc
call this “great tension”) is claimed to be per
fectly safe with perfect insulation. That
however, would destroy its economy. Low
tension, very low, and a multiplication oi
wires, would possibly be cheaper than insu
la tabu.
Conspicuous among the tragedies of thi
wire, and specially important in Ulustratiuj
the way in which death may creep in at Ike
most uuexp&led places, was tlio fatal shod
to Stage Manager James McConnell, at Har
ri»’ theatre, .Cincinnati, on the 10th of L‘a
cembcr, 1887. Receiving the signal for “cur
tain,” he turned away from a friend wid
whom lie was conversing aud reached hii
hand to the handle of the bell pull. Then
was a Hat h as of lightning, a peculiar libs
and he reeled away exclaiming: “Ring dowr
the curtain!” Not observing tho failing man
ager, a stage hand grasped tho houdi.- anc
was instantly hurled back against the wall
But the bell had tapped and the curtain do
scended, the audience only observing that
the eyes of all actors iu the tableau grouj
on the stage were turned towards the wing,
The next instant a scream was hoard front
the stage hand. ■*
“The wire- Tho wire! 1 touched the wire!’
He was struggling blindly about, wringing
his hands logo. her. McConnell, still' breath
ing heavily, was borne to a dressing root!
where lie gasped two or three times and wai
dead. Meanwhile the stage hand recoverec
conscio’jsnv:-3j his worst injury being badly
burned bands, ui a few minutes an electric
light repair inuu entered and made the mys
tery plain. The insulating covering of t
wire across' tho "cCilitig had worn away and
U|yon,. ® Tn * COBRTDOR.
Pea*. 4 lookin 6 about,’a squad of pris-
Nbhcw aU wear tho stripes of wd
^ rata his left hand on
1 ^Irlth , man in front bim, ana
Slct mS? Rl ™ lock ■’top of prisoners.
his the wall.
l00kin « doWa his foet.
ha r *°® e f hll »^or some one, an<
I ^ thowaa.
. ct from ’ s iutoadod to _
fijj* SaplD S about him, especially
hi °«ap*»d of build-
fSotn. froa » tho centra
tbfoinro now, and s>
CSheS SL ^ now one. have a
1410 center, tho cells *—’—
did so, in order that she could have no ex
cuse for saying he treated her unfairly, but
when he visited her in jail sho did not defend
herself from the most important charge
against her. In fact, sho gave no explanation
at alL Instead, she tried to regain her old
power over him; but now, having given up
all hope of receiving his assistance, she turn*
against him. , _ .
“The real point of the whole matter is that
she admi** being mixed up with procuring
other babies, though claiming to be the
mother of that palmed off on Mr. H amilton.
This we are prepared to prove untrue. On
this the whole question hinges. I xvfll ado
that all the vile insinuations with which she
tries to blacken Mr. Hamilton’s character, in
eludin'* the suggestion that ho gave her money
to pay doctors for criminal practice, are un
qualifiedly false.”
The visitor having seen the involuntary
home—if it can iu any sense be callod a home
—of between 800 and 900 prisoners, turns his
back without reluctance, the iron gate is un
locked, and lets him into tho hall .leading tc
the door opening on to thsatoMAv . k
The attending o®dal then putstWlgj
into the door, sbootejho ^t. the deepens,
; the streets,
while behind
back which
he sees and
however, his ability was recognized, and he
was made superintendent of the yard at a j
salary of £83 a week, HeVe, again, we catch |
a glimpse of his extraordinary aggressive- j
ness. The Jackson railroad was then the j
most important, road coming into New Or- j
leans, and it was not long before youug |
Burko was made general freight agent.
Gradually he became known throughout tbi
city as a man of good judgment, great ability
aud courage.
In 1872 he was made the regular Democrat
ic nominee for administrator of improve
medts, but owing to a split in the party h«
was defeated. In 1S74 he was again nomi
nated for the position, and this time elected
by an overwhelming majority. During th«
campaign of 1870 Major Burke served ai
/-hntrmnn of a committee appointed to act at
a check upon the Republican returning
'.mnlliinlvln; Cn-
iii.i’it Executive Interferes.
A priest upon the scaffold! Rare sight-.in
deed, but such a sight, will Raleigh, N. C.,
have on the 29th of November unless govern
or or supreme court interferes.
It Ls not for murder that Janies Josept
Royle is to be hanged. Not for forgery, a:
was the celebrated priest, the learned Dr.
William Dodd. Sot for jierjury. for whici.
the notorious priest, Titus dates, was i.i efTecl
sentenced to death, from wiiieb tr« almost
miraculously eseapwL No, this priest Ls tc
clie lor the uupriesSJy crime of rape—an of
fpunli-aable Lv Jrath i:t so:::*.- -.. t.;t
southern states. And interest in tho case it
heightened by the fact that, like his fellow
priest l v. Jow convicts, Dodd and Cht«. he i:
a man - f some learning, and far more that
either > f them, is a man of eloquence and fax
addre-s.
One may adopt the language of the Pro
hibitioaists and say “whisky did it,” for hi
was .under the influence ef intoxicants when
he committe<l the
crime and bad
sunk to be capable
of committing it by
a career of semuul
indulgence. James
Joseph Boyle is but
30 years old, yet he
has had a remarka
ble career. He was
born in Luzerne
county, Pa., in
1S50, and his pa
rents moved from-x;
there many years ]
ago to New Mexico,
where his mother is
still living. It is ■x-pmest boylk.
not easy to divine his motive for entering t.h«
priesthood, for it is evident his heart was nol
in the work from the start, and certainly
there are no attractions for a sensual uatun
in the life of a Roman Catholic priest. B«
that as it may, he gained a good educatioi
quite early in life, took a short course at St
Francis Xavier college. Now York, and en
tered the priesthood iu 1883.
His career was checkered from the start
He served in various places in Illinois, but
did not give satisfaction as a priest, and wat
made an instructor in a convent schooL Hii
superiors found him entirely teio erratic, auc
it is related that strangers who met him oi
the cars or anywhere save in church coult
not believe he was a priest; they often tool
ffiim for a “fast young man” masquerading h
a priestly dress. For a time be disappearec
from church records, but the police of St
Louis think be was in that city, nominally
for retirement and study, but really letulm}
a most Uceatipus life and spending the tnonex
he had embezzled from a church in Illinois
About a year ago a priest was arvested at t
disorderly house in Bt. Louis, and the polici
say Boyle was the man.
Be that as it may, he appeared In New
York later and secured the good will o:
Bishop Leo Haid. vicar apostolic of Nortl
Carolina, by whom be was first employed at
a lecturer in that state. There he acquired <
remarkable ascendancy over Father Reilly,
of Raleigh, whose health was very bad anc
his mmu probably affected. And in this pe
culiar attitude, nominally os assistant, but
really acting as director of the Raleigh con
gregation, he met aud became infatuatec
with Muss Geneva Whittaker, organist of thi
church. His daily walk and conversation a>
Raleigh were even less priestly than in llli
nois. He was intimate with many festivi
youths and drank freely with them, gettinj
intoxicated once at a wine supper given bj
himself.
He cultivated- the acquaintance of ladies
dressed in a peculiarly “natty” style, swung
n tiudish cane and flourished a dainty baud
kerchief with all the grace of a Mew York
“masher.” He cultivated the acquaiutanct
of wealthy Protestants and quite negleetef
bis own parishioners, who are generally ol
tho laboring class. Leading members of tin
i congregation complained to Bishop Haid
j and action was soot: to have been taken when
I on the 11th* of May, tiic priest brought hii
unholy career to a criminal climax, aud in t
1 few hours thereafter passed from the juris
: diction of the church to the custody of tin
i state.
i There were some peculiar circumstance
i connected with the crime, and good lawyer!
; think Boyle might have been acquitted bul
j for liis own evidence. Ills story was st
j wildly improbable, ar.d his bearing on tin
'. stand so had. that the few who had inclined
'■ to him changed their minds. Tue offense wo:
! committed in ay upper room, when then
■ were two persons below-, yet t he jury believed
the testimony of the victim that she was sc
held and irigbteiied tha* she could notcrj
| aloud.
A' 1 the (pollcctc-i facta? aded to confirm hei
;. story. She had evidently been roughly used
| and ber arras were badly bruised. Thi
priest swore she had made advances and only
a grievance. Like ^ adS i^vote of S
state as cast.
ointment ol
In 1877 he received the appointment ot
state collector of the richest district in New
Orleans, an office worth from $30,000 to $50,-
000 a year. This ho relinquished the follow
ing year to become state treasurer, an office
which he held for ten years—until 1888- In
1879 he bought The New Orleans Democrat,
and later The Times. The two papers were
consolidated under the name of The Times-
Democrat.
Maj. Burke’s exact age is not known, but
Ms friends place it at about 50.
Popular Statuary—The Typewriter.
This design represents the modern way ol
doing business, giving a glimpse of the over
worked man in his office.—Munsey’s Weekly.
iug had lapped over anel ctr-o light wire and
thus “made connection” with the earth—the
level to which electricity flies as water flows
to tho level of the sea.
April 23,1833, Frederick Witte, clerk at
200 Bowery, touched a wire and fell doatL
May 11, 1883, Thomas Murray, repairing
wires at 618 Broadway, touched a supposed
“dead wire;” was paralyzed aud burned tc
death.
Feb. 16, 1SS9, George Thorne, walking th«
street, a broken telegraph wire fell on him
and paralyzed him. Fortunately the quiri
of the wire threw it to one side immediately
and he escaped death.
March 21, Robert S:nlth paralyzed in a
similar manner. Finally recovered.
May 8, James Maroney, working in the
Hudson river tunnel, touched a wire and fell
dead.
May 23, John Parker, repairing lines,
knocked from telegraph pole to pavement
and seriously injured.
June 27, Edward Quinn, touched a “fiyt
wire” and fell dead
July 2, Walter F. Linr.ell, paralyzed.
Aug. 3, Michael Fitzpatrick, badly hurt.
Sept 2, Darwin A. Henry, instantly killed.
Sept 13, Joseph Mecci, cleaning an awning,
fell across a wire and was instantly killed.
Within the next week five workmen were
seriously injured and a few days later on*
was paralyzed.
Oct 8, Charles Edman, repairing lines,
knocked off the pole by a moderately “live
wire,” and killed by the fall.
Oct 10, William Hart got a shock from
which he died in a few days.
Oct 11, John E. H. Feeks, shocked, para
lyzed and roasted to death.
All these in New York city alone. Is it
not shocking to reflect that a sudden terror
is added to the streets; that one may be walk
ing in the enjoyment of health and strength,
ignorantly touch a wire and “complete the
circuit,” feel through all the nerves of the
body a wrench of agony no words can de
scribe, a wrench that tho excited imagination
held with the loosest rein can scarcely con
ceive, a wrench that actually dissolves the
ganglia of the nerve centers and changes
them to fluid, and still live long enough to be
conscious of his awful fate, and feel himself
the current bad charged tho metal tube lead- j charged him. with violence when,she found it
ing to the prompter’s stand as well as the
wil es of the bell puiL McConnell had “com
pleted the circuit” by resting hia left hand or
the zinc Covered boX from which the gai
burners are controlled. The result wai
death.
Now York isat last fully aroused, and th«
universal cry is, “Tha wires must conn
down!” But as yet in a multitude Of coun
selors there is not assurance of safety. In-
necessary to save her character. Ho wai
lodged in jail so quietly that the people die
not know the particulars for some days.
At tho completion of his triaha few daji
ago Boylo made a singular address, or rat.be»
harangue—or.o that will net bear reporting
verbally—and in jail he has enjoyed himsell
chiefly in playing cards with a man uudei
sentence of death for ^outraging fiis owr
daughter, and -with two colored women im-
junctions, restraining orders and dissolving i , prisoned for theft. Htf expresses himself ni
of injunctions, acts of the mayor overruled
by tha courts aud virulent disputes as to thi
responsibility are hot yet exhausted. Whili
many claim that perfect insulation is enough
and many more that subways are tho om
thing needed, all agree that low tension ii
safe—but very expensive.
Th^Effect of Good Training.
An ex-ball player^ who recently took a po
si tion as line repairer for a Chicago telephont
company, was in the suburbs a few days
since repairing a line. In some manner hi
lost his balance and fell from the pole, strik
ing on a pile of rocks below, when he lost
consciousness. For nearly an hour he knew
nothing, and in tho meantime a large crowc
had gathered. Finally, however, he cami
to, and immediately upon opening his eyei
up wont his right hand, and in a voice that
could be beard for a quarter of a mile hi
yelled: Judgment!” It took some time t<
convince him that he had not made a slidi
for the base during a game of ball, and thi
way he abused an imaginary umpire for i
few moments was a caution.—Feck’s Sun.
A Poser for St. Paul.
While hurrying through a blinding rain
storm a Cleveland young man saw an inebri
ated individual clinging to a lamp poet foi
dear life.
“What are you doing in the rain!” he said,
stopping a moment.
“I’z waiting for m’ house to go by,” an
swered the old soak.
The gentleman kindly took ldm by the arm
and escorted, him home. Once inside the door
he turned round and said:
“Shay, misher, whaz yer name!”
“St. Paul.”
“St. Paul; shas so. Shay, misher St. Paul,
did y’ ever get an answer to shat epistle you
wrote to the Ephesiamsr—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
confident of a new trial and final acquittal
aud there are .still a..few who sympathizi
with hint His congregation and Catliolio
generally in the vicinity believe his condemn*
tion is just.
All in' the Make Up.’
Young Slinisc-n (who is seeing life)—Yout
dancing is simply ravishing, Miss I’edaL By
the way, who wa3 that coaming dancer next
you on the stage! ,
Miss Pedal—My granddaughter.
Result of the Higher Education of Women.
Ho—What are you reading, dear?
His Wife—The latest society novel. Fm
just glancing through to see if it is fit for you.
to read, dear.—Life.
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