Show injured switchman has a dying wish gratified chicago sept S believing that his last expressed wish had been gratified and that his sweetheart miss edith bruszer had become his wife through repeating the words of the marriage ceremony by a south chicago physician edward L boardman a switchman who had been crushed between two cars died esterday in the hospital of tho illinois steel company tho mother of the young woman mrs mathilda bruszer had hurriedly left for chicago to secure a marriage license but had not returned in time eo a minister could bo summoned after afie young man was injured he expressed the wish that he and bis fiancee could be married beloro be died mrs bruszer had not returned udd the young man realizing bat he bad but a few moments to live requested dr hannah S who had attended him to pronounce miss bruszer his wife hardly had dr finished repeating tho words of a marriage ceremony when boardman fell to ono side of the hospital bed my wife at last he said in low tones he tried to repeat the words but expired A state law in the kabance of the licence is the one enacted at the last session of the state which provides blut no third parly can obtain the license mrs beiszer explained the sad circumstances and I 1 issued the license explained marriage license clerk it would have been inhuman to do otherwise WRECK BLOWN UP port said egypt sept as tha wreck of the british steamer chatham which was sunk in the canal september 6 in order to prevent an explosion of a large quantity ot dynamite which formed part of the cargo while the ship was menaced by flames v as blown up this morning HALL pAINES VIEWS new york sept 28 hall caine the novelist was the guest of honor anda principal speaker at a dinner given at th union club last night mr caiane spoke in a tone faintly ith melancholy dwelling particularly upon the inevitable passing of lo 10 favorite author mr came again denied the report that he had come tj america to study the genius millionaire it i wonderful he continued to bo a man of immense wealth ta control the destinies 01 areat masses of men it is at more wonderful to be a statesman a position that has enabled bour chief executive to stand higher than any crowned head in the world but I 1 would not give up being a novelist to become either millionaire or a president I 1 think however that when the great american novel come 3 it eust deal with the huge problems of the power and position of wealth aa for me it I 1 ever approach these matters it must be only from the point of view of my tiny island seeing aa it were a little yet seeing in little one often bees more closely finely |