Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1905 — OLD WOMEN IN PANIC [ARTICLE]

OLD WOMEN IN PANIC

PORTION OF INGLESIDE. HOME IS DESTROYED BY FIRE. Mrs. Mary lvyttile Perißhcs While Attempting Rescue and Another Inmate la Badly Injured—Arctic Explorer Prepare* to Blow Way Through Ice. Fire destroyed a part of the Ingleside Home for Aged Women in Buffalo, N-. Y. In a panic among the fifty inmates of the place, Mrs. Mary Ivyttile, 50 years old, was killed and four were hurt. The fire was discovered while the women were preparing for supper. Most of them were on the second and third floors, and they became panic stricken as the smoke rapidly filled the linlls. Mrs. Kyttile succeeded in getting out of the building, but returned. Mrs. Margaret Greishaber also returned to the building upon learning that a friend could not be found among those outside. The firemen refused to allow her to enter the door, and she started to climb a fire escape. When she reached the windows on the second floor she lost her hold and fell to the ground. S|ie was seriously injured.

TO BLOW WAY THROUGH ICE. Ziegler Relief Expedition Will Use Dynamite to Reach Explorers. W. S. Champ, secretary for William Ziegler, has engaged Captain Kjeldeneen to command the arctic steamer Terra Nova on her approaching voyage to the far north. Mr. Champ will leave for America on board the steamer Majestic in a few days. The Terra Nova will sail in May. Mr. Champ in the course of an interview said he had no doubt that the Terra Nova would reach Franz Josef land, where she would find records giving the whereabouts of the FialaZiegler expedition which started for the north pole in June, 1903. “When I return from America,” said Mr. Champ, “I will bring two American doctors and two specialists, one of whom is a mine expert, and who will blow their way through the ice if such a course should be necessary.” BIG LOSB IN BIRMINGHAM FIRE. Shift in Wind and Rain Check Blaze with $240,000 Loss. A shift in the wind and a soaking rain enabled the firemen to check the fire in the business district of Birmingham, Ala., after property valued at $240,000 had been destroyed. Stores which, with their contents, were valued at $1,000,000, were in great danger when the weather came to the aid of the department and prevented the blaze- from becoming a conflagration. Two firemen were severely injured by falling walls. One of the engines exploded, but the crew escaped injury. Engine of Moving Train Explodes. Two trainmen were killed and twentyfive passengers were 'injured in a wreck on the New York Central near Whitesboro, N. Y. As the east-bound Buffalo special was passing the western express at a high rate of speed the locomotive of the latter train exploded, hurling the thirteen cars of the special from the track and partly demolishing the day coaches of the express. Four Perish In Flames. The family of Jay Antis, consisting of Antis and his wife and two grown daughters, is supposed to have* perished in a fire which destroyed their home in Johnstown, N. Y. The house was enveloped in flames when neighbors discovered the fire, and owing to the density of the smoke all efforts to enter the burning structure were futile. Theater Crowd in Panic. A moving picture machine exploded on the stage during a performance at the Mechanic Hall Theater in Salem. Mass., starting a fire that drove an audience of 1,300 people in a panic from the place and destroyed the building, entailing a loss of $50,000. None of the audience was seriously injured. Minister Mysteriously Dead. Rev. C. F. Bentley, Prohibition candidate in 1890, was discovered dead in a cheap lodging house in Los Angeles, and the police are searching Tor a mysterious veiled woman who accompanied him to the place. Soldier Ground to Pieces. With his foot caught In the frog of a railroad switch, a man believed to he Marion Robinson, n soldier at Fort Snelling, Minn., was run down by a Milwaukee train near the fort and instantly killed.

Manufacturer Kills Himself. John B. Scully, Chicago iron manufacturer, committed suicide by shooting in Humboldt Park. 11l health and worry beenuse of his wife’s illness are given as the cause. Two Children Cremated. At Ely. Minn., the residence of Mathew Pavlesick burned and two of his children were cremated. The mother was seriously burned while trying to Bave them. Woman Dies ut Age of 102. Mrs. Tilghman C’raigie is dead at Qunkake, Pa., at the nge of 102 years. She passed her life on a farm and was the mother of fourteen children. Banker Beckwith Dies. Banker C. T. Beckwith of Oberlin. Ohio, is dead, and the case against Mrs. Chadwick is weakened. Morgan's Carriage Runs Down Woman J. Tierpont Morgan’s carriage, containing the financier and his wife, was chased by the police and his coachman was arrested in New York City for running down a woman, who later refused to prosecute. •- ** Business on Solid Basis. According to R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review, trade progresses steadily, all speculative excesses having been avoided thus far, and the numerous negotiations now pending indicate that the maximum of activity is yet to come.