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VOL. XVIII.— PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BULLETIN OF
TH^, DRILY Gl^Oß^.
SUNDAY, NOV. 17, 1885.
Weather for Today—
Fair ami Warmer.
PA«E i.
Minnesota I Defeats Wisconsin V.
Great Loss of Life nt Cleveland.
PAGE a.
Investigators Discuss UfMk
PAGE ii.
Winter Carnival Programme.
Back Pay for Policemen.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
PAGE S.
Mystery Over Cutting Affray.
Missions ia Turkey Hurued.
PAGE (».
Great Northern Enjoined.
PAGE 7.
PAGE S.
Cheaper Lights Are Wauted.
PAGE {>••
Business Sinn's Announcement.
PAGE 10.
News of Minneapolis.
PAGE 11.
A Proposal (Story).
PAGE 12. ( '"
Social News of St. Paul, i
PAGE 13. ,' '"
Books of the Hour.
PAGE 14.
In St. Paul Secret Societies*
Bismarck Expects War.
PAGE 15.
Career of Adrian C. Anson.
Twin City Billiardists.
Anions the St. Paul Bowler*
Suburban Social News.
PAGE HJ.
In the Realm of Music.
Author of .^America" Dead.
PAGE 17.
The Week at the Theaters.
O. M. Hall Discusses Money.
. .-. .
PAGE IS.
PAGE IS.
A New Temple to Mammon.
Federation of Labor Gossip.
[a (he Local Labor Field.
PAGE IJ>.
Latest Conceits in Corsets.
Winter-Cloaks Are Very Long.
Fashions of Xew York.
PAGE 20.
Study of Modern Novels.
Three Famous Funny Fellows.
PAGE 21.
Immigration Convention.
PAGE 22.
Latest Fads in Candy Making.
Globe's Sunday Sermon.
PAGE 2:j.
Powers Tire of Turkish Trickery.
Markets of the World.
PAGE 24.
What It Costs to Eat.
Wants of the People.
EVENTS TODAY.
Robinson Crusoe, 8.15.
Grand— Shaft Xo. 2, 8.15.
Concordia H?i— Seibert Concert, 3.
Turner— Gorninn Comic Opera, S.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
NEW YORK. Nov. 16.— Arrived: Ad
riatic, Liverpool; Olympia, Genoa; St.
Louis, Southampton. Sailed: Eturia,
Liverpool.
LONDON— Arrived: Minnesota, Bal
timore.
Gen. Martinez Campos seems to be
running out of telegraph blanks.
**
Paderewski may wear his hair long
because he plays football with a
piano.
—
It couldn't be helped, but there
It couldn't be helped, but there
were some horse chestnuts at the
New York horse show.
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Please, Mr. John Bull, don't be a
Please, Sir. John Bull, don't be a
pig now. We want some gold for
our own Christmas stockings^
o-
What is the use of being a soldier
What is the use of being a soldier
unless you can do something to work I
up your business? A. Miles. j
—
"Messiah" Schlatter is at least the
"Messiah" Schlatter is at least the
speediest healer in the world. He
treats patients at the rate of 400 to
600 an hour.
Rolling beer kegs to St. Louis, as !
two Green Bay men have started in j
to do, is something like carrying ,
:oals to Newcastle.
«»,
A New York woman tried, but
A New York woman tried, but
failed, to kill herself by swallowing
a pair of kid gloves. They couldn't
have been of legal weight.
-«»
Mr. Roosevelt might paste in his
Mr. Roosevelt might paste in his
scrap book the potent fact that the
Herman vote of New York city num
bered at the late election 63,364. •
Mr. Reed, you do not need to be
reminded that the seat on a bicycle
is softer than the seat of the speaker
of the national house of representa
tives.
—
In Mormon Utah women have the
In Mormon Utah women have the
full right of the voter. In enlight
ened Massachusetts women have
failed to secure the suffrage. Whither
are we drifting?
Senator Hill says there are 200,000
more Democrats than Republicans
in this country. It must be admit
ted, however, that just now they are
keeping exasperatingly quiet. ;,'
mm*
There are grounds for making the
There are grounds for making the
next Republican ticket Harrison and
Evans, as the "towns of Benjamin
Harrison and IT. Clay Evans both
went Democratic at. their last elec
tion. . i-'y.- *■■*;,■■■ ■*■.'.-';■
' • - *,«„
John Wanamaker's payment __cf
John Wanamaker'a payment _cf
110,000 of the Republican campaign
commKltoo''* <^<2 ~ shortage indicates
bhat the Philadelphia clothier sees a
' rainbow in the shape of an oflice for
jVanamakcr.
IViINNt
SKi-U-MflH WAS fl
SLOGAN OF TRIUMPH.
MIXXESOTAS ARE AGAIX THE
. CHAMPIONS OF THE NORTH-
WEST.
WIND AND ENDURANCE WON.
VICTORS SHOW THEIR SUPERI
VICTORS SHOW THEIR SI*PERI-
ORITY IX THE FINAL HALF
OF THE GAME.
SCORE OF FOURTEEN TO TEN
AT THE CLOSE, THOUGH THE
BADGERS WERE AHEAD IX
THE FIRST HALF.
'VARSITY HOSTS JUIIILAXT.
"VARSITY HOSTS JUBILANT.
.
Migbty Yell of Triumph From
Mighty Yell of Trlnmph From
5,000 Throats When Victory
Was Assured.
The University of Minnesota again
holds the football championship of the
Northwest. Ski-U-Mah was a slogan
VICTORIOUS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOOT BALL TEAM-
Harrison. Perry. Parkyn. Coach Heffelfinger. Bissell. Trainer Moulton,
Dalrymple. • Walker. Finlayson. Larson. Fulton. Kehoe.
"Clint" Walker. J. B. Loomis. .y Adams: y^AA-Ay Telgen.
Gilbert. Pettibone. -: ■%£'..■■'■ H. C. Loomis. •
of triumph. "U-Rah-Rah" is a wail
of defeat. The cardinal blot placed
on the Minnesota escutcheon at Mad
ison last November blossomed in
maroon and gold chrysanthemums
yesterday. . . , , j.>:
The mighty yell of triumph that
went up from 5,000 throats at 4:45
p. m. yesterday on the Minneapolis
frounds was for "Minnesotah" and
marked the close of the grandest
struggle ever witnessed on the grid
iron field in the North Star state. A
struggle in which the Badgers were
defeated by a score of 14 to 10.
Wind and endurance prevailed.
With the score 10 to 4 against them
at the close of the first half, Capt.
Larson's brawny giants attacked the
almost exhausted , Badgers, and
pulled a victory from the very jaws
of defeat. It was the old story: "He
laughs best who laughs last," and the
waning of the cardinal's star was
nothing to the swelling wave of en
thusiasm that swept the 'varsity
hosts as their favorites fought their
way to victory. -
It was a great day for football.
The sky was lowering, the wind al
most still, and the rain of the night
before- had softened the field till it
was almost Impossible for a man to
be hurt. Only one player was taken
from the field. Gregg, of Wisconsin,
strained a bad knee in the last half,
and was replaced by Thompson. Fin
layson, Minnesota's shock-headed
Adonis, met with a scalp wound by
contact with a buckle, but played the
game out, though he dyed a huge
bandage with the Wisconsin colors.
Athletic park was a blaze of color,
and from first to last, resounded with
the music of 5,000 throats, like the
vox humana stop of a great organ. . It
was the greatest crowd that ever
witnessed a football game in the
Northwest. In the north bleacher,
the university's cadet band was a
rallying point for the rooters, and
the maroon and gold was there the
ruling color. Oh the south bleacher
were the Wisconsin hosts, resplend
ent with cardinal pennants, and mak
ing the air hideous with alarms from
their great red horns. Through" the
grand stand the 'Varsity colors ruled,
but the Wisconsin "visitors, were re
inforced everywhere by sympathiz
ers. ... - 'A?&~^AA Aky :yy
' Not less than -5,000 people found
seats or, standing room within Ath-
ST. PAUL, MINN., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
letic park, and fully a thousand more
had a distant view of the game from
adjacent housetops. [j
SKI-U-MAHS APPEAR.
When, at 2:30,. the Minnesota team
trotted into the field Fulton and Fin
layson, the stalwarts, led the way
with little Willie Semple, the team's
mascot, on their shoulders. The boys
danced over the field like fighting
cocks, and laid to the warming up
practice with a will. Ten minutes
later, the Wisconsin men trotted out,
and a roar from the south bleacher
told them where to look for encour
agement.
"U-Rah-Rah, Wis-con-sin; U-Rah-
Rah, Wis-con-sin. U-Rah-Rah, Wis
con-sin, Ra.h-h-h!!"
"\Rah-Rah-Rah, Ski-U-Mah, Hoo-
Raih, Hco-Rah, 'Varsity, 'Varsity,
Minnesotah!!" y "."
The answering yells echoed across
the field, where centered the hopes
and ambitions of the twenty-two
young athletes. '. '...;
As the fortunes of the game rose
md fell, the crowd was a sure bar
ometer. When Wisconsin secured its
first touchdown 'the south bleacher
vas a mass of waving cardinal, and
"rom its very midst arose a 'huge can
•as sign in red letters, "Wisconsin,"
vhich two short hours later was torn
a pieces by the exuberant Gophers.
I When the first half was finished, a
silence like a pall hung over the
'varsity host's.- But as the tide rose
again in their favor, and the old
guard pushed the pigskin down the
line for the winning touchdown, the
insatiate crowd of alumni set up the
cry "faster, faster," like a Roman
mob clamoring at the gladiatorial
games. And when little Gilbert rolled I
over the line with the gory leather in
his arms they hugged each other
and danced like red men of the for-
est in an ecstasy of joy. Again, a
little later, the
CARDINAL WAVED y-
for a brief season. In a last desper-
ate effort they forced the ball to
Minnesota's fifteen-yard line, and a
J thousand boys from Prex Northrop's j
I school nearly had heart disease, but j
I just then the Minnesota line seemed
jto stiffen, 'the Wisconsin rushers
j were stopped three ' times as by a j
: stone wall, and Minnesota regained J
j the ball, just as the umpire's whistle
I called the contest to a close.
From the very first kick-off to the |
last minute of the play the fortunes
| of the game hung in the balance. |
; Wisconsin clearly outplayed Minne- j
j sota in the Apt half, when both i
j teams were fresh. Their backs and I
! ends put up a magnificent game, and I
j long gains around Minnesota's end j
| came in rapid succession. Both teams
j were clearly - weak on * defensive j
j work, but the hard game for which j
! Minnesota has become noted finally
I won the day. It bore the ear-marks
j of Yale from first to last a game
I full of snap, . interference "strong at
j the outset, 'and especially - good .in
J close mass and revolving plays. •' In
i the last half, when the Wisconsin
■ team was evidently groggy, the Mm
I nesota men failed to take proper
[ advantage of them. Had they forced
i the play. in the last fifteen minutes
, the Wisconsin line would have in
j evitably gone to pieces. The wran-
g le over •Parkyn's touchdown, which
! Referee Cornish refused to county
j gave them just the breathing spell
I •they needed. • But as the yy
■ MINNESOTA LADS WON y
j the essential \ point, the \ game, criti
j cism is somewhat disarmed. And, in
faot, It is doubtful if Minnesita ever
put up a better game. .."Dad" Moul
j ton's training '*- and tfeffeifinger's
I coaching contributed a large meas
! ure to- the voctory, but every man
played the game of his life. Adams
! ait -quarter did not fumble the ball
I once. Loomis and Dalrymple' and"
I Walker 'bucked the line like catapults
! and Gilbert broke through the Wis
j consln 'forwards • for some splendid
end runs.' Capt. Larson played his
I hardest. game at guard, and "Doc"
I Parkyn and Fimlayson carried .the
I ball for good gains whenever called
;; on. • Fulton, the new center, sur
! prised every one. Kull, the veteran
} Wisconsin center, was clearly bested
; by him. jj In defensive work Fulton
: was the stone wall of the team. Ks
| hoe and Harrison did some star
j work, but for some reason Wiscon
• sin's gains were made principally
j through 'their territory. Whether this
: was due to Wisconsin's peculiar tac
[ -tics, or to the superior generalship
j of the Wisconsin ends, it would be
hard to judge. . ; y\-^
For the visitors, Karel and Rich-
ards did the most conspicuous work.
Capt. Richards cut out the hardest
work of the day for himself, and was
a whirlwind in assaulting the line.
Karel made most of the heavy
gains around the end. Pyre always
carried the ball for substantial gains.
Trautman, the much-abused little
quarter-back, was a little nervous at
first, and did some fumbling, but
picked up and played a steady game
| for the rest of the day. Sheldon
played his end in splendid shape.
Dickinson, the star end of last year,
was not in good condition, and did
not show up to good advantage in
the latter part of the game.
It was a clean game, played hy
gentlemen. There was no slugging,
and barring one instance, there was
no wrangling. This one occurrece
was excusable, as the decision of the
referee was so manifestly unfair that
Heffelfinger and Larson would have
i called their men off the field, but for
the protests of others on the team.
Walker had taken the ball near the
goal line, but fumbled it, and Parkyn
fell on it, claiming a touchdown.
! The ball had certainly touched the
ground, but Referee Cornish called
it a forward pass, and gave the ball
to Madison at the spot where . the
ball went into play. Minnesota held
them on downs, and scored a touch-
down on the first play by Gilbert's
fine run, winning the game. - Had
the team gone off the field, the game
would have been awarded to Madi-
son, so that it was fortunate that
! better counsels prevailed, and the
[ team stayed on the field. >:;
-.-.-. THE GAME.,. . ;;';'-
I Captain Larson won the toss and took
! the west goal with the fid vantage of a
I gentle breeze, and Wisconsin had the
ball. Captain 'Richards put his foot
j into the pig skin at 2:32, and the /big
game was on. -Parkyn gets the bag
and travels ten yards up the field. The
! twenty-two , giants line up and the
real battle is started by Captain Lar
j son, who tries the Badger's wall for
! two yards. Jack Dalrymple goes
, through the same hole for one, and
i Adams fumbles on the next signal.
! Trautman is nervous and drops the
j ball.' Pyre takes the leather on the
I next play and bunts the -Minnesota
{ line for two yards. Trautman makes
I another fumble and the oval goes \to
i the g Gophers on ..the fourth down.
; Loomis smashes through the center for
| four yards, and is followed by Parkyn
I for a three and one-half yards gain:
through Alexander and Sheldon. yy. ;
I I The captain' thinks that this is a good
j point of attack and Dalrymple goes
j through the same hole for eight of the
J coveted yards. Ho Gilbert is - -then'
i . given a chance and he gets his ? 140
j pounds through the Wisconsin center
for four yards.- Parkyn follows with
j two,- and Loomis touches up the j left
end for three. The ball has vacllated
'; till it '.. is In . the . middle \ of the ■ field.
The hypnotist, Svengall Parkyn, bunts
the Badger* forwards for one j lone-yard
and fqllows it up by a thirty-flve-yjrd
to Ikey Karelj wbo has Jp, fall
I taken out of him by DalrVmple. Rich-
I ards , walks over the center for four
f yards, and, Kane gets half the dis
tance in' the saftie place. - Pyre finds a
! •hole 'between; j^arson- and Dalrymple
} arid'- travels three yards. • Richards
j <soe§ '"'"the- hop, skip and jump act
' through Minnesota's center, and ei«ht
yards chalked down, to his credit.
K-ifel'flles around left. end and is not
downed r. till seven yards - have been
made. Alexander smashes through the
line for ten big yards, but Pyre and
Gregg run against a wall. Alexander |
19. again -called "upon and he goes
through right center with the little bag
of wind under his arm. The Wisconsin
favorite, "Ikey, " carries the leather,
between Dalrymple and Harrison, four
yards, and then there is a Wisconsin
procession with Gregg, Richards, Karel
aad 'a Minnesota offside play, as lead
ers, to { the . Gophers' . five-yard line.
The hearts of Prexy. Northrop's "root
ers" go up In their mouths, but the Min
nesota heroes make a stand and get the
ball on downs. The signal is given for
Loom's to go through the line, and the
'plucky freshman brings the ball to the
ten-yard line. : * Finlayson . ties the
freshman's gain, and the hypnotist
punts thirty-five yards. , Then there is
another grand march towards Minne
sota's goal. Pyre slides' four yards,
through left tackle, Karel is stopped as
soon" as he strikes the line, and Cap
tain Richards smashes through . * the
center nine feet. Wisconsin ; plays
rapidly and Captain Larson's men
seem to be weak on defensive work.
Alexander is pushed through the right j
center two yards, and Karel slips be- l
tween Walker and Kehoe" for eight.
Riordan is laid out for repairs but soon |
regains his feet. Gregg moves through j
the right center four yards, and Pyre j
makes one through the left. - i
j Richards attempts E another "center !
smash, but is caught in the act. Alex- I
ander gains two and Karel eight yards j
through left end and tackle. "Ikey, \
Ikey,' Ikey," cries the cardinal bleach- ;
er, and the only original Ikey nods his i
shaggy locks. The ball Is shoved down !
to Minnesota's twenty-seven-yard line, j
; where Captain Larson gets a bad shin .
bruise. "Dad" Moulton rubs the Min- |
I nesota general into shape, and the
band plays on. Karel makes three yards
: through the line and Richards one of
! his characteristic smasnes for "seven.
Captain Larson gets his game leg off- !
side in the next play and the ball is
I brought down to the seven-yard line.
! After a four-yard gain by Alexander,.
, Pyre makes the first touchdown of the !
game amid the cheers of the 500 j
Badger rooters." Richards kicks goal
lat 2:57, and the score stood 6to 0. ~"
| Parkyn kicks off for a touchback. ;
The ball is brought out to the twenty- j
I five-yard line, where Richards kicks j
forty yards. Parkyn covers ten yards j
of good "real estate, Captain Larson j
plays back of the line and matches the ;
i hypnotist's, ten .yards. ; Minnesota!
takes her turn at the march business
' and rushes the ball down to the Badger |
: ten-yard line, where the ball is lost
1 oil down's, one foot being shy of the re
l quired five yards. Parkyn, Larson and
j Loomis did a big share of the work in ,
' getting the ball so near a touchdown, j
1 1 \ The pig skin was recovered almost |
, immediately from' the Madison fellows, |
Gregg, Riordan and the invincible Ikey ,
failing - to make the necessary five :
yards."* Parkyn bangs away at the line j
: for one and ' one-half yards; Loomis
! does the same for three and Billy
i Walker -Is pushed two.- After Gilbert
j had made two more of the precious j
1 yards, black- tressed Finlayson is sig- I
naled. The big guard drops the oval
- but Kehoe picks It up, neatly, and goes
' five yards for the first . Minnesota
touchdown, -parkyn makes a bad try
: for goal, and Wisconsin is still in the
' lead. Score 6t04. . y ..*
j | Richards kicks to Adams, who tears
j up John Goodnow's pasture for twen
;ty yards. ' Wisconsin' soon gets ' the j
' ball" on downs. Alexander was given
1 the ball for ' three yards, and Karel
{displayed his "IkeynEss'.'. to the extent
'of twenty-five yards around Kehoe's
lend. .'Big Parkyn catches the wiry one
•on the ten-yard . line, and - Captain
! Richards- soon had the ball over the
. 1 ie fan; another touchdown, or at least
\:M thought he had. There was still a
' t and a half to.'gain and the Badgers
U. re called back to shove their cap-
tain, over the. line. Richards kicks out
- i for a try at goal, but the ball flies sev
! erall yards shy of .the.gap. between the
I poles. score. jo' to iy?y yy y-',V
The fl*cst*Mf Is ended. "Time, 3:23.
1 During ; the ten-minute intermission
the Respective coaches get ! their teams
in their: corners and give them a talk.
Minnesota "followers. have a decided
drooping look, but still have hope.
' SECOND HALF.
i "'y'V-t SECOND >H ALF. ; * ; . '
Parkyn 'starTs off. .the second half at
Parkyn starts off the second half at
3:34 by kicking the leather to Karel on
the ten-yard. Karel places the ball on I
his twenty-five-yard line and at the
next signal goes four yards, between
Walker and Kehoe. The star half is
out of wind on the next play and makes
but one yard.. Billy Walker breaks
through the line and captures Pyre in
his own territory. Sheldon goes ' per
line for two, Gregg- gets, an old
wound • opened up and is replaced by
Thompson. There is wrangle here as
to whether Wisconsin has made the
distance required on four downs. Aft
er a microscopic examination Wiscon
sin has. the ball on first down. Capt.
Richards gives the criss-cross signal
and "Ikey" skates around left end for
twenty-five yards. Loomis makes a
Steve Brodie tackle. Wisconsin rushes
the leather bag eighteen yards, and
finally lose on downs. Gilbert piles up
four yards, Loomis three and Parkyn
twenty around left end. Karel gets re
venge on the hypnotist and nails him
to the ground. Gilbert and Parkyn in
four plays carry the ball eleven yards.
Larson bucks the line and gets two
yards. Loomis shoots through left cen
ter three yards, and makes eight more
in the same at the next signal. Parkyn
goes two and Finlayson four through
the left center. The ball is on the fif
teen-yard line, but "Fin" is stretched
out with a bad gash in his head. "Dad"
Moulton binds up the cut and the
plucky guard wears a cardinal cap, or
at least a bloody one. Five thousand
throats give him a cheer as he takes his
place. The Badgers appear to be wind
ed, while the Gophers play harder than
ever. The ball is rushed to the three
and a half-yard line in about the same
number of minutes. Parkyn is given
the leather for a touchdown, Harrison
kicks goal. The Minnesota men go
crazy, for the score is tied— lo to 10-^.
and their their heroes are in good form.
| Richards kicks to Parkyn, and a
twenty-yard run Is the result. Dalrym
■ pie, Loomis and Larson carry the
j leather eighteen yards by line rushes,
when Gilbert makes a beautiful thirty
! yard sprint through Sheldon and Alex
bander; Karel is pushed aside, but pick
* inson* -'saves his side from a touch
i down. : Minnesota puts up a very snap
i py ' game- and soon has the ball on
' Wisconsin's twelve-yard line. Parkyn
lands, on the five-yard line at the next
; play with the bag pressed to his stom-
I ach. Larson makes a move now and
[ the ball is within two and a half feet
! of touchdown. Billy Walker is signal
j ed now, but fumbles the ball. Parkyn
j gets his eagle eye on it, however, and
' carries it over for a fair and square
i touchdown. But Cornish called it a
pass-forward, and the rank decision
holds. Heffelfinger advises his proteges
to leave the field. After a eleven-min
ute wrangle, Minnesota decides to stay
and Wisconsin has the ball on the one
i yard line. Karel bucks the center for
a yard and a half gain and Thompson
strikes same place for eight.- Lyman,
I who evidently thinks it . a practice
I game, commences to coach his men
j from the rear, and is promptly run off
. the field by the copper. Minnesota goes
the ball on downs at the fifteen-yard
I line.' Gilbert is given the ball and
; goes through Alexander and Sheldon
I for a touchdown. The big Wisconsin
1 sign that is in full view before the car-
dinal bleacher Is torn to shreds by some
excited Gophers at this point. Harri-
son fails to kick goal, and -the score
stands, 14 to 10. . Time, 4:30, ;
Richards kicks off and Parkyn gets
! the ball on the fifteen-yard line. Lar-
son loses a yard- In a try through the
center,, but Parkyn finds an opening
between Sheldon and Alexander, and
a five-yard gain is . the result. After
two short gains by Gilbert and Parkyn
the hypnotiser punts forty, yards to
Karel. -Harrison arrives the same time
j as the ball, and Mr. Ikey .-le downed
In his foot prints. Alexander crawls
ten yards through a' hole hi the wall,
but Pyre Is stopped still. Wisconsin
gets the ball down. to the Gopher fif-
teen-yard line . by line rushes/ Karel
earns two yards through Walker • and
Kehoe, and "the excitement Is Intense.
Alexander sjams through for a stretch
of five yards, and " the men who had
money up on the expectation^ of a Go-
pher victory, were once more in low
spirits.- Th-? Minnesota athletes stand
like a barricade, and get the ball at
their eight-yard line on downs. At the
Continued on Seventh luge.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.— 321.
WENT DOWN TO DEATH
THROUGH AN OPEN DRAW.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO AN
ELECTRIC CAR AT CLEVE-
LAND.
SCORE OF PEOPLE ABOARD.
ONLY ONE OR TWO PASSENGERS
ARE KNOWN TO HAVE ES-
r. . . ' CAPED.
FELL ONE HUNDRED FEET.
CORPSES FLOAT TO THE SIR-
FACE OF THE RIVER ONE
BY ONE.
OVER A DOZEN RECOVERED.
Identification of Victims Is Slow, i
and the List Is Far From
"" - * Complete.
' :
CLEVELAND, 6., Nov. 16— j
heavy electric motor car containing,
twenty or more passengers went i
: through the draw of the central via- j
duct at 7:45 o'clock this evening, and .
dropped 101 feet to the river below, [
It is a horror the like of which has ,
never occurred .. here before. The.
central viaduct is a huge stilt bridge
3,000 feet long, made of iron. It con
nects the Heights and the prosperous j
residence section on the South side
with the business center of the city. '
Directly over the river is a draw j
bridge of the pivot swinging pat- i
tern, and this is 101 feet above the |
surface of the water. The South i
side street railway passes over the i
bridge, and on either side of the |
draw there is a safety switch, which, j
unless the conductor ' alights and ,
holds up the handle, will send a car j
into the gutter instead of allowing {
it to go on the draw. First reports !
from the scene of the disaster seemed
to place the blame on the conductor. I
They were to the effect, that the. ill- J
fated motor car approached the draw l
Just as a vessel was nearing it, and ;
the bridge attendants had closed. the j
big iron gates and were preparing |
to swing the draw. As is the rule, the |
car stopped and the conductor went j
forward to release the switch in case ■
the way was clear. ; He must have j
been blinded by the electric lights,
for an eye-witness declares that, al
though the gates were closed^ and the
draw was already in motion, the ;
conductor raised the switch handle.
; THROUGH THE DRAW.
The motorman applied the current
and the car shot forward and struck
the gates with a crash. There was
only a moment's pause, and then
the heavy car ground its way through
the wreckage and plunged over the
brink into the black abyss, amidst ,
the screams and frantic struggles of
the passengers, who, at the first in- |
timation of danger, rushed for the j
rear door. The car struck the water j
with a great splash, and then there j
was silence. Soon men began to rush ,
shouting about and police patrol
wagons and . ambulances were soon
flying to the spot in response to tele- |
phone calls. In an incredibly short ;
space of time the work of rescue had j
begun. All the occupants of the *
car, with the exception of a few who >
managed to jump as it toppled over, f
went down to certain death. The |
car disappeared from sight as soon |
as it struck the water, and every
one of the passengers was drowned.
The alarm which was sent out
brought to the scene half a dozen
ambulances, the fire* boats and the
members of the life-saving - crew
with grappling irons. Within five
minutes after the accident the sur-
face of the river revealed nothing of
the terrible tragedy that had just
been enacted. The waters had closed
over the car and its passengers, and
the work of rescuing the bodies in the
uncertain light was slow indeed.
At 9 o'clock half a dozen bodies
that had evidently floated out of
the car, and risen to the surface,
were taken from the river and car-
ried to the various morgues. The
news of the terrible accident spread
like wildfire through the city, and
a large .crowd soon collected on the
bridge and along the banks of the |
river. They could do nothing, how- j
ever, but watch the siow work of i
grappling for the bodies.
' CAME WITH A RUSH.
The captain of the bridge guard
The captain of the bridge guard
says: "I saw this car coming rapidly.
toward the draw just as I had given
the signal to swing it to admit of
the passage of a vessel. I waved my
hands and hallowed to the motorman
to stop,- but apparently he paid no
attention to me. . The car came on.
Just before it went over the brink
the motorman jumped and ran
away." • ;.*•■-.•
This statement does not agree with
those of eye-witnesses, who declare
that the conductor went ahead to
open the switch, which is about 200
feet from the draw, and motioned
for the car to come ahead. Certain
it is that the conductor mounted the
car again and went down with the
passengers to death, and it will never
be possible to tell exactly what he
did before the accident occurred. The
railway officials say they are at pres
ent unable to give the names of the
conductor' and' motorman who were
in charge of the car. .The police are
looking for the motorman.' The ex-
act number of passengers in the car
will not be known until .the bodies
are recovered. The fare register in
the car, "some of "those who "escaped ■
say, showed that twenty-five fares
had .been collected. There may have
been other pos's'erlgers with transfers
which would not have been "rung up
on the register. As near as can be
learned : there were* fifteen at least,
and possibly twenty persons in the
-^With Arrt $
SUPPLEMENT*
car when It made the plunge. Seven
unidentified bodies were at the
morgues at 10 p. m., and one man,
whose name had not been learned
was at a hospital in an unconscious
condition.' So far as could be learned,
he was the only one who escaped In-
stant death. V '£- -»
The work of rescuing the bodies
went on by the flaring light of the
lamps on the fire boats. . By 10:30
five more bodies in addition to those
already taken to the morgue, mak-
ing twelve in all, had been taken
from the river. Among them was a
young woman with blonde hair and
fairly dressed, being the body
apparently of a shop girl going home
from work. By her side in the dead
l wagon lay the body of a woman about
fifty years of age, and near her was
another woman about forty years
old. Scores of persons living on
the South side who had relatives
or friends working or visiting on the
East side flocked to the scene of
i the accident and visited the morgues
I to make anxious inquiries about their
j missing friends. In the confusion,
however, but little could be learned
| from them. Perhaps the persons for
J whom they were looking were in the
j throngs about the bridge, for up to
1 11 o'clock not a single body had been
j identified. A dredge has been se
■ cured to raise the wrecked car bod
. ily from the river, thus facilitating
\ the recovery of the remainder of the
' bodies, for it is probable that few, if
. any. of the bodies floated away, the
river being practically without cur-
rent at that point. *
' INEXPLICABLE DISASTER.
[ Horace Andrews, president, and J.
iJ. Stanley, superintendent, of the
I Cleveland Electric railway, say they
j have investigated the accident so far
I as it is possible to do so tonight, and
: they aire at a loss to understand how
iit happened. Mr. Andrews said that
: the motorman.whose name is Rogers,
I who had been in the employ of the
j company four years, was regarded as
' a thoroughly competent and reliable
I man. The conductor, whose name is
I Hoffman, and who is in the wreck,
i 'had been on the road two years, hay
} ing been employed for- two years be
i fore that in the car shops of the com
i pany. He also had the full confi
i dence of the company, Mr. Andrews
[ said. ry..
The first body identified was that of
! Henry W. Mecklenburg, a tailor, who
j resided at 58 Mary street. His body
j is at »the morgue.
The bodies recovered up to mid
| night numbered thirteen. Three bod-
ies had been identified at that". hour.
' They." are those of Matthew Calla-
han,' who lived on Hamilton street;
Mrs. Sauerheimer.of Professor street,
and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Martha
I Sauerheimer, of 154 Merchant avenue.
i The: man who was taken to the hos
| pital'in an unconscious condition 'is
! Patrick Looney, of Lyman street. He
I recovered consciousness before mid-
I night, but is in a critical condition.
IDENTIFYING THE DEAD.
After midnight . three "more bodies
i were identified. One of them is that
j of Bessie Davis, aged twenty-one, of
: Noyes street. Miss Davis was a school
j teacher. James McLaughlin, aged
[thirty-five, of 77 Trowbridge avenue,
, had hiis neck broken. Henry W. Fos-
i ter, aged twenty-one. of Mentor aye-
i nue, a clerk, was drowned. Battal-
I ion Chief Rebbeck, of the fire depart-
i ment, was crossing the bridge at the
! time of the accident. He was on the
j opposite side of the draw from the
j one over which the car plunged. He
j does not know what caused the acci
| dent. When he first saw the car he
thought lit was standing on the op-
posite of the draw. All of a sudden
it plunged over into the river. Chief
Rebbeck. was the first to give the
alairm by telephoning to the police
and fire departments.
Thousands of people remained at
the scene of the accident until long
after midnight, and hundreds of anx
ious searchers moved in procession,
from one morgue to another, looking
for friends or relatives who were
supposed to be missing. The scenes
about the morgues when the dead
were identified were touching in the
extreme. One of • the unidentified
bodies is that of a boy about nine-
teen. In the pocket was a handker-
chief with the name of Curt Lepehne.
Newspaper clippings in the pocket in-
dicated that the young man had re
i cently arrived with his mother from
j Europe, and that he had stayed at
the Queen hotel in Halifax. A wor
n an named Sadie Logan, aged twen
ty-nine, is missing. She started from
her home on 'Muirson street at 7
o'clock to go to the South side, and
at midnight she had not returned. It
is believed she was in the wrecked
car.
SOME OF THE VICTIMS.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 17.— 2 A. M.—
list of dead so far as Identified is as
.follows:
MRS. MINNIE BROWN, aged forty-
five, residence unknown.
HOFFMAN, conductor of the
car. : :.' *,••."* *:'
HENRY W. MECKLENBERG. aiicd
thirty-five, of 58 Mary street, a tailor.
CURT LEPEHNE, aged nineteen,
residence unknown.
BESSIE DAVIS, aged twenty, Noyes
■street, school teacher.
JAMES M'LAUGHLIN, aged thirty- *
five, of 77 Towbridge avenue, a printer.
HARRY W. FOSTER, aged twenty-
one, of 51 Mentor avenue, clerk.
MATTHEW CALLAHAN, twenty-
five,' of Hamilton street, steel worker.
MRS. SAUERHEIMER, aged thirty,
five, Professor street. 'y'Ty
MRS. MARTHA SAUERHEIMER,
aged thirty, of 154 Lerchand avenue.
MRS. A. W. HOFFMAN, 1415 Pearl
street. *
HARVEY HOFFMAN, fifteen years,
son of Mrs. A. W. Hoffman. . c'-.
Rogers, the . motor-man of the car,
was arrested late tonight at his home,
j lit' 7 Cedar avenue," and was held in
I $5,000" ball to await the result of the
coroner's inquest. When taken Into
• custody he said: "The conductor
; went ahead and turned the switch,
giving me the signal to come ahead.
I supposed that -everything was all
y Continued ou .Seventh l'siye.
