Boone County Recorder . mp; flames The fire department rescued manyby means of ladders, but some, fren-zied by the onward rush of the flames,leaped from high windows to the pave-ment. Some did not wait for the efforts ofthe firemen and leaped to the were in thismanner. There were many thrilling H. Varnell, of the Ft. Waynebasebnll team; his sister, Mrs. JohnHendricks, and John Hendricks, of Chi-cago, manager of the Ft. Wayne team,together with Master Hendricks, agedf> years barely escaped with their lost his personal belongings.


Boone County Recorder . mp; flames The fire department rescued manyby means of ladders, but some, fren-zied by the onward rush of the flames,leaped from high windows to the pave-ment. Some did not wait for the efforts ofthe firemen and leaped to the were in thismanner. There were many thrilling H. Varnell, of the Ft. Waynebasebnll team; his sister, Mrs. JohnHendricks, and John Hendricks, of Chi-cago, manager of the Ft. Wayne team,together with Master Hendricks, agedf> years barely escaped with their lost his personal belongings. When the fire was at its height aman at a third-story window was seenwldly wnvln? his arms. He shrieked: My God, men, savemo? Will no one save me? He tlHuHeaped-from the window andwont swrlng to the pavement was p1o!:otf up desperately hurt. He was E. M. Matthews, of Colum-bus., O. i ; Grandma, she said, sweetlv. whatkind of fish is this? Halibut, my dear. Oh, replied the child. I thoughtperhaps it was FIVE KILLED. And Four Injured By a TenementFire in Brooklyn. New York, May 4.—An early morn-ing fire In a four-story brick tenementat No. 17 Humboldt street, a thicklypopulated district of Brooklyn, causedthe death of five persons and the seri-ous injury of four others. Every member of one family, con-sisting cf a mother and four children,are amo ig the dead. There were manythrilling rescues by police and firemen,and It was due to their brave workthat the death list, was not larger. A halt dozen or more personsi_Jrap_. Revenges Furious Appetite-He who. from a natural sweetnessand facility of temper, should despiseInjuries received, would doubtless doa very great and a very laudablething; but he who, provoked andnettled to the quick by an offense,should fortify himself with the armsof-reason against the furious appetiteof revenge, and, after a great conflict,master his own passion, would doubt-less do a great deal more.—Montaigne. Good Work Has Slow


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