| Show THE GIRL OR DEATH how two boys settled rival claims for a sweetheart THE SHORT MT SUICIDE sensational sequel of a young boy s attempt te take aih life yellow backed literature did ita fixed determination worthy of a better canse special to the ENQUIRER KANSAS CITY jan 15 A sensational sequel of the attempted suicide of louis kurth of latchison kas a few days ago has just coine to liblit louis is sixteen years of age and was madly in love with fourteen year old nellie Bertes liaw the daughter of a well known railroad man ot that city louis however was not alone in fiig 1 ne n e for alie maiden but had a rival in the share of another the game age L th of the youths were of that romantic turn of mind which ia fostered by i lie reading of sensational literature and they decided to settle their difficult liea in the regulation style to this end they drew straws to see which was to have the girl and decided that the one who received the short straw was to kill himself within thirty days and thus leave a elear field for the successful aspirant to the aadva favor on the ath of december the boys pre lr and drew for life and death burth s rival was the successful drawer and the girl at once transferred her affections to him on january ath kurth attempted to consummate the test and fired the v at his heart but which struck a rib and only inflicted i lesh wound he stoutly asserts tw he will consummate ins part of the agreement as soon as lie is allowed hs liberty for he could never face his com anions if he failed after proposing Z STABBED TA A SPELLING SCHOOL special bp ecial to the ESQUIRES j PADUCAH ky january 15 intelligence was received here today to day 81 a in the wood biver neighborhood callow av said mohave died while he 8 taken home both of the combaS nS 8 were boys about 20 years old and be ad W families tha trouble ong maed as to who should es rt home ya lady named mss ass tanny kirby a most estimable arl ith whom both fleming and jacob on we y infatuated jacobson made his escape in the darkness and couns Ph ended at gastac A NERVY BRAKEMAN special to the SAN ANTONIO tes jan 15 last night at moore station on the international and great northern railway john green a brakeman was piling lumber on a car when some of it favl way just as the train pulle dout pining ew heels passed oer him severing one of his hands and badly crushing his face the train hands in ignorance of the accident pulled out and left him to his fate bul Gree narose and walked dark to a ration where he S news of his injury he was brought to town and died at 10 this mom 2 years old and dunmar r ned his family reside here NATIONAL THE MEN special to the ENQUIRER CHICAGO jan 15 the national convention of colored men that convened here today to day for the purpose of organizing a national afro american league was larkely attended st aiding the opposition given to the movement by a faction of e colored race in this and other cities the sn bention was called by T thomas fo atef tor of the new ark ge sometime ago representative a of the raca for twenty different states me and decided to hold a conventions many colored e hobed forture B convention on the grounds that he was a disgusted officer seeker and was seeking divide the colored vote there were quite a number of anti fortune men in the convention and although they were outvoted on every question they succeeded in causing considerable disturb HUCO OIL ON WATERS special to the ENQUIRER jan 15 an instance is related by captain freeman of the british steamship Ben larie of his ax pence with oil in calming the waves the alups became tn december off cape trafalgar 0 and she SS 1 drifted toward the shore she was however anchored between a reef and the bhore and lay four days in that petition the wind blowing a cale the hse P y me rf reel and the vessel was aur rounded by a confused masarsk ers shipping water on allai dethe lifeboats life boate and everything movable aers te and captain eeman that his ship was going down but as a last resort got up two barreK ista it from the for were unsuccessful on ac cooS the le deck remained perfectly MS S 8 sa aud the the ay e 1 dd h e siaa sia 5 now BELL BOY DIED special to the ENQUIRER 15 lovers of horseflesh all over the country regret the losa of the magnificent stallion bell boy at versailles there was a truly cak hibuel hi Buea bif 8 she ake smell of smoke and raghed to belluws t he asch e a atone and returned and began hammering away at the lock the horse appeared to LS 1118 portion and as the coals fl SS Sw i SS P forward his inte lUgent t showed plainly the terror be felt with first one foot and then the other he would paw at the bar rier destined to cause his death by fire death came soon just as horace hia hat on fire his face arms and hands a mass of hideous blisters was driven from the horses stall the roof and loft of the building fell in with a seething crash in less than two minutes the costly gon of electioneer and beautiful bells breathed his last in a sea of fire when horace dale related the story today to day lie shed tears like a and affectionately fondled two old shoes that had from the dead horse a few weeks ago he was one ob de gentlest bosses I 1 eber bandied said he and ill tell you ibe clubbed dat boss same as a brudd cr he was a pet aud would jest let you play with him same as a dog yes my burns hurt me mighty but ise believe id been a willin when dat poor boss was a beggin me to let him out to a bost mv right hand to sabe him THE FIGHT IS ALL FIXED special to the ENQUIRE SAN FRANCISCO january 15 jolin L sullivan the undisputed pugilist of the world and peter jackson alie colored aspirant for topnotch top notch honors of the prize ring will light for the championship of alie world and a purse of before the california athletic club the arrangements far this meeting of champions have been all but completed an accredited agent of the california athletic club has been engaged for the capt two in arranging alie great battle and has succeeded all that now remains to bind the contract between the two famous men of the ring is the signing of alio articles of agreement and thia both sullivan and jackson are willing to do the conditions of the match are that the fight shall be to a finish in alie rooms of the california club in the city of san francisco for alie championship pion ship of the world and a purse of within five months after signing of articles of agreement each man to post a forfeit of 1000 these conditions have been agreed to by sullivan and jackson alie articles of agreement will soon be signed the forfeit posted and inside of five months from the date of signing the two greatest of fighters will battle for alie worlds championship THAT BURNED UTAH MAIL special to the ENQUIRER SAX FRANCISCO jan 15 J L wilder superintendent of the mail Service says aone of the mail that was destroyed was from european points because alie steamer conveying it to new york was delayed by atlantic storms and as a consequence it will not arrive until tuesday being three days late the thirty eight pouches were made up principally at as ew york while the rest came from boston philadelphia washington baltimore pittsburg detroit toledo cincinnati chicago omaha and st louis while much of this mail was destined to this city and other california points quite a number of lie pouches were destined for oregon and washing tion points and had no wreck occurred they would have been transferred at green river to the oregon short line road B no there is no way of finding out e number of registered letters that were destroyed nor the character of the mail in general unless each letter is traced up from its starting point in d visuals having letters or packages tt the mail that was destroyed will be the losers the government and the railroad not being responsible superintendent wilder concluded by saying that there had been ant little mail ever destroyed on the western roads he was surprised at alie smallness of the amount considering the fast time that is made on their sharp curved tracks A number of the railroad men in speaking of the wreck and the burning of the cars say that it ia a forcible argument for the substitution of stream to heat the cars instead of stoves with stoves abolished the danger of fire in case of wrecks would be greatly reduced THE EARTH IN LABOR special to the ENQUIRER austria jan 15 several earthquake shocks were felt liere last night |
