| Show GIRL ATTACKED ON MAIN STREET thrown to the ground by a chug who tried to chloroform her miss susie barnara Bar nura a telegraph operator at the knutsford Knut eford hotel was just able to scream for help before she fainted last evening the man leaped on her at the main street entrance to grea ory court women called to men to run to the scene and the assailant fled 1 I was going home from the hotel shortly after 10 said miss barnum the man walked down the street ahead of me iio kept about ten feet in front all themay to gregory court occasionally he looked over his shoulder I 1 noticed his action because of that fact at the entrance to the court right atthe at the corner he stopped As I 1 went in he leaped on me from behind he threw his hands about my throat J was able to scream once miss scream was beard by women in the neighboring houses they called out one of them shouting to her son to run to the place when the young man arrived iho assailant had fled he had taken handkerchief and chloroform with him though patrol roan joseph bush who was detailed on the case was still able to smell the fluid when he came to the house when he threw miss barnum the thug pressed his anees hard on her back she fainted with the pain and fright and was still insensible when carried away by neighbors fortunately the alarm was given at once and the fellow had to flee almost ag soon as he made the attack miss barnum has been working at the knutsford some time she says she never saw the man before he was well dressed terrible plagues those itching pestering diseases of the skin put an end to misery doans ointment cures at any drug store PAY OF ENGINEERS members of canal advisory board get a year oyster bay sept 1 president roosevelt yesterday signed an executive order fixing the compensation pensa tion of the members of the advisory board of engineers of the isthmian canal and the amount the government will pay them for personal expenses each member of the board will receive on completion of the report on the canal plans which the board Is to make following is the text of the order it is ordered that each member of the advisory board of engineers upon plans of the panama canal shall be allowed payable upon the completion of the report of the board in addition thereto he shall when on duty with the board bo allowed 15 per day for personal expenses date of leaving his borne until his return thereto including sundays and holidays he shall also be allowed the actual cost of transportation incurred by him in travel on duty la connection with the board to include cost of ticket by railway or steamer sleeper or parlor car accommodations baggage transfer cabs and it is further ordered that tho allowances low ances 0 to general davia and general abbott shall bo increased by the amount of their retired pay for the time during which they are employed upon tho work of tho board it being my intention that those members of tho board shall receive the baime compensation for this work as the other members and this to creato being made to provide tor usual deduction of retired officers pay signed THEODORE ROOSEVELT STRANDED AMERICANS part of a circus that was touring europe grenoble france aug 31 the remaining destitute persona belonging to the stranded McCadd ons american circus are in a pitiable condition the management of the circus has not sufficient funds tor their an influential committee of american resl denta of paris la raising a public subscription and is resolved to sue tho circus managers before a court in the united states for the amount expended by abo committee |
