| Show BA BATTLE WITH A LIONESS li keeper celer martins mai tans struggle for life time A monster lioness belonging to J 13 dons doris inter mccan circus created the sensation of the year in the winter quarters of the show in ill frankford on monday evening peter marvin an animal trainer was frightfully injured by the enraged r beast and an n african blauw bk bok one of a pair mr doris paid 1000 lor or died c of f fright during tho tile pandemonium pandemonium andem Nu numerous nerous additions me nave been lately made to the menagerie of the inter mccan show and ahu thu nili animals mals occupy several buildings on oil harrison street tho the tropical animals ar arc kept in a room by themselves this apartment is fifty feet square ard avd three of the walls are masked by heavy oak and iron iron cages there arc are three tiers of if these ivo den dens and behind the bars of each aro are from one to three specimens of rare wild animals mals tho tile lions tigers leopards panthers and lly hyenas cilas are imprisoned empris in the lower den dena while the similar animals and tropical birds occupy tho the upper tiers in the center of the room i is s an all immense winch is kept red hot night a lid day lay LEONINE BABIES A tame titine pelican a cragged cock cockatoo agoos half a dozen and a family of performing g dogs dov a drowsy circle around the glowing stove yesterday afternoon A row of elephants the cadt cai t was stood up tip to their knees in fra fragrant graut hay bay and in stalls nearby were a roof other herbivorous animals ca high above the tiers of cages arc are the sleeping bunks of the attendants tend ants of tile ani animals nials the dozen lions in the collection arc are as line i specimens specimens mens as have ever been seen ili in captivity and they form one of the most notable features of the tile inter jer ocean iller menagerie lacrie juno the largest lioness of the lot is five years old until last summer she was regarded added as one of the best disposed beasts bealla of her species in june 1882 another lion in the menagerie b became ame the mother of three cubs tuno juno who occupied an all adjoining adjoining cago cage during the travels of the inter ocean show became greatly interested in the cubs and was in the habit of watching them for hour sat a time last fall the mother of the cubs died and they were raised by hand junos interest in the leonine babies indr increased eased after the death of their mother and finally she became so jealous that when anyone approached the cubs she would become furious with rage IN THE mr CLAWS OF 01 A LIONESS in the animal house juno occupies a cage in the lower tier aai against tho the north wall the cubs 11 which lich now weigh about pounds pound each re lodged in the lower fiur at the east cast wall this enables juno to have an unobstructed view of their cage just before dark on monday evening vin vin was feeding the tile animals ho ile gave c the cubs their share ellare of liver M an and paused a moment to fondle them this put juno in a frightful rage INI marvin arvin turned to quiet her and as he lie advanced toward the cage he stumbled stumble dand and fell aga against the bars in an instant she s seized ia ili his right arm above the elbow in order to protect ili his s head and body the tile I man fell and with his left hand grasped the tile bottom of the cage juno held his right arm with one paw and struck through h W gh the bars at his head v with ith the other tiler A lad named donahue grabbed an iron iron bar and tried to make inake Juno drop marvin the boys efforts only in creased the rage of the b beast east by this time every animal in the place WIK wildly excited and their roars and erica cries were heard squares away to iti crease the din the animals of fena circus in an adjoining building added their voices to tt tho 10 chomut donahue ran out of the building shouting for help TIM BEAST AT LAHOE LARGE As there is a small army of workmen me i about the place the lion house was boon surrounded with men in the meantime juno had torn the noih Marvin s arm struck him sey several eral wicked blows on oil tho the shoulder and then allowed him to drop to the ground and crawl away ju just st as the rescuers reached the doors they heard a sound of crashing timbers accompanied by a serica of blood freezing roas roars juno thad lad thrown her body against the bars and broken through the approach of night made the tle interior of the building dark and no one carch to ventu venture re in they heard juno charging ng around the place and they hetha cd they supposed that marvin was lend fetid lie ile however to reach tile rack in ill which the heavy iron bard bars used to clean cleark te the cages are kepland snatching in oil boldly advanced on juno who cru clied in ft it corner all this true the oilier other animals were making maki 11 tho the inott frightful noise above the din the men at the doors to their could hear marvin ordering the dionesi back to her cage this reassured them and aliey started to enter As the boora opened juno sprang over marvina vina head and took refuge in astall near the blauw boks marvin shouted to close the doors door and following tho the now partially c cowed bcd lioness struck her twice with tho the iron bar then ho be poked her out and with nn tin angry roar she vaulted back into I bereave ier cage and the daner dan danger er was over bars were quickly fitted in and the cago cage was made doubly secure by the addition of new iron brace marvina vini injuries were attended to lo by a iun who says lie will avill not lose the tile use of hia his arm after juno was egged it was noticed that one ono of the blauw boks was trembling like a leaf and tears trickled down the frig frightened glistened glit ened beasts face ten minutes later it I was dead |
