Show FAST telegraphing great interest taken in the looted tournament STORY BY A an english nobleman leads a life of poverty on account of a lovers other news NEW YOKE april 10 special the national fast telegraphing tournament which began today to day in hardman hall on fifth avenue is attracting a good deal of attention the audience at the contest this afternoon was lare and evidently much interested the competitors peti tors are numerous as alie prizes offered are valuable to induce rapid it from all over the country to enter the lists the following experts leave been selected sis judges W P philips of the knitel press K Talt aville of alie electric age geo E holbrook E T howell and geo H asher WJ johnson editor of the electrical world acts as timekeeper time keeper and C W price of the electrical as stater ane tournament is under the management of fred catlin of the western union of fi ceOna section of class A are competing this afternoon the other section will test their skill tonight to night the ladies class began their contest abc and they were followed by alie old timers who were in telegraph prior to 1886 the exhibition is both novel and interesting instruments have been placed in all parts of the hall so eliat everybody may hear the contestants send from the stage and from that fact the question of nerve will have much to do with the results this is the first time that the ladies have been given an opportunity to show what they can do the number of worda sent hs been reduced to as alie entries are BO numerous there would not be time for each one to send words it ia claimed by some that a word test is too short that it is not a true test because many of the fast men do not owe their reputations for speed to bounting A man of the caliber ot patsy burns would probably make better average from an hour than for ten minutes in a trial in 1868 bums sent 2731 words in a hour and his record haa never since been equaled there have been tournaments held here before but they were not national officers only men from the city participated in 1 them three of them have been held and fast time was made at each of them Q bation Bo tion irish national league ST louis april 10 special about forty representative irish american citizens assembled at the lindell hotel today and partially arranged for a reception to be tendered the delegates of the irish national league who will meet here next wednesday to arrange for the annual national convention of the league to be held here next fall the meeting next wednesday will be attended by about thirty delegates together with the executive officers of the league the visitors will be given a public reception in entertainment hall of the exposition building and the next day they will be driven around the city in carriages A lovers quarrel CONN april 10 special for aix years past the cottagers at milford point who come here to spend the summer months have been attracted to a roughly built but which stands on the beach and its queer occupant the hut is made from wood thrown upon the beach by the tide and in hundreds of places 0 ne can put ones finfera through the chinks while the summer residents have often tried to talk the hermit occupant none could get from him more than a monosyllable though his refusal to talk was always courteous last week a few who live at the point during the winter noticed thai there were no signs of life about the hermits retreat and deleat man mccarthy was notified he visited the place and after repeated he was admitted to a scene of squalor seldom seen in suan a prosperous community on a pile of boards the thin form of the hermit lay covered with rags picked up along the shore or gathered from the streets of the about the floor were scattered bones and refuse matter not an article of furniture was in the hut nor a piece of creel sery or tin from which the man could eat mr mccarthy questioned him and between of coughing he told his story he said his name was aalph reeves and he was an englishman by birth his relatives are wealthy and hia father owns a large cotton mill in birmingham he left home six years ago on account of a quarrel with the young lady to whom he was engaged and since thai time he has held no communication with them he had written to his friends and expected a remittance soon this be had done only because he aielt that he was dying air mccarthy very delicately augmented bis removal to the hospital at new haven bat witt Tall the strength he possessed the hermit protested and said he had a horror of being considered a pauper he is well educated his linnera are re fined and he has every evidence of be ing a man who had every advantage adran tage in his youth the selectman sent a physician to eee him though he is too far on the road to deahn to receive much benefit from medicines As he is an englishman the sons of st george of nw haven have been notified in the hope that he will accept aid from bie own countrymen at least until bis own remittances arrive it is evident from hia manner that he would rather die in his little hut than accept charity from the kindhearted kind hearted people of the place oriel banters april lo 10 the order of kings daughters which has been in session here for two days has made many radical changes in its constitution and bylaws by laws this conven tion is considered con the most important held by the society since ita organization the proceedings will be published in pamphlet form and distributed to the members throughout the country the order has accordi accor dm to the re porta of its officers received numerous accas I 1 afons to its membership since last meeting and the flame flattering report is al Boma daby the society in other states the G A R in missouri CITY mo april 10 B cial the ninth annual encampment of the department of missouri G A R began today to day and mil continue until saturday there are numerous candidates for departmental commander som mander and hence the contest for the offida is attracting attention AR X 31 april 10 special the seventh annual encampment of the bew mexico department of tho G A R began today to day there is a large attendance of veterans and they manifest more than ordinary interest in tho exercises alie citizens of socorro havo mada extensive preparations for the entertainment of visitor gaaei opera in german CHICAGO april 10 special the sale of seats for the season of grand in german hy tho metropolitan opera house Compin 3 of new york bagan toddy to the engagement will commence on the filst and continue 1 l mav 10 benefit for lons fonteno NEW april 10 special A benefit conca rt will be given to louis congemo Con lemo the popular bandmaster of the regiment to at the armory the orphen francais choral society the braune mandolin quartette and th e drum and fife corps of the regiment will take oart in the entertainment tain ment its all right now NEW YORK april 10 special count pappenheim came over here several months ago to wed an american heiress miss philadelphia but the marriage was put off from time to time philadelphia society wondered at it finally it came out that the counts faglier allow his son to marry the heiress unless she had a title the only way miss wheeler could get around this was to buy title isho sent her brochar in law bichard M elliott one of philadelphian Phila delphias to europe to hunt for a title today to day elliott sent a cable to count pappenheim saying that he was successful the count left for philadelphia tonight to night the marriage will probably come off soon |