The evening world. Newspaper, June 8, 1903, Page 10

FSAI BAND iss Donahue Is One of Mem- bers of Crew That Daily Saves Persons from the East River. CAPT. DUNN ALWAYS READY. stantly on Watch, He Leaps Into | Water at a Moment’s Notice and | Keeps No Score of Those He | Rescue Om an ugly looking barge tied up at the foot of Ninety-first street in the East | River to-day a man sat smoking @ pipe © and gazing lazily out toward Hell Gate. 9 fils only mission on earth seemed to be a to take it caay. - _ Im appearance, however, he belonged - @ anything» but an {dle class. ‘The _ ‘Muscles on his bare, sunburned arms ‘were big and knotted. He had a pair of mall gray eyes which shifted con- wtantly. His wearing apparel consiated @f @ sbirt and a pair of trousers. 1 While the man was In this attitude a g@hout suddenly went up from a crovd ‘of smal! boys who had been playing on the pier. “Hey, dere, git Cap'n Dunn!" waile) OMe of the youngsters. “Willie's gone overboard." At these words the man sprang to his feet. He reached the pier with one :: bound. He paused long enough to dis- @over a small dot of clothing rapidiy © Moving out into the river with the tide - @md then he sprang overboard, When he rose to the surface of the water he ‘was within a few feet of the mass of lothing, which contained a drownim: boy. He seized the lad, turned back against a the tide and soon reached the float at- ; tached to the ugly looking barge. By this time several other men had come out of the barge and they helped the rescuer and his charge up on the float ‘ He Soon Recovers. , ‘The boy was unconscious. Two of the 4 men placed one end of a plank on top of a log. and the boy was laid face © * @ownward on it. While he was in this attitude his arms and fect were worked ‘vizorously. In a few minutes he began showing sizns of returning conscious- | Res, Within half an hour he had been Gompletely restored and was sent home. F ‘Then the man with the*smal:, gray @yes and the biz muscles went out on the pler long enough to swear vigor- usly at the other lads congregated @here, after which he changed his (Somes and again assumed his lazy ‘@ttitude. 4 ‘This man was Capt. Sam Dunn. of E the volunteer life-saving crew at the (Ninety-first street pler. He !s one of the leaders of the most unique group of heroes in the world, More than a a @oore of fishermen and other workmen Miving in the neighborhood of Ninety- Nia Aret street and the East River belong © tho volunteer crew. One of the mem- ohd if @ woman, ach of the volunteers has sav. Yeast one human life. Some papa nen @ued from ten to twenty persons from é @rowning. Most of them have meda‘s that were xiven to them for braver he The woman ‘nember has a medal tha was given to her by a woman whom ee mays from death in the East River, , he also has a record for bravery far outshines the medal. a Miss Donahue’s Record, Her name is Mivs Annie Donahue. She |. Ae. Ms young, tall and willowy and a beauty. a Last summer she saved a boy and a Tre Tru. MEMBERS of VOLUNTEER? ATINE Tae thirty persons from drowning and he has three medals given to him by the Humane Society. Itescue Ama Ice. His most daring rescue was that of a man named Callahan, who foll Into the river at Ninety-third street last Novem- ber. Although it was a cold day and the river was filled with ice, Dantela sprang into the water with all his clothea on and swam ashore with Caila~ of this crew havo aving people that said Daniels. “It ain't In accordance with w they print in books, but experience has taught us that our scheme Is the best. To ilius- trate the thing I'll tell you of the way 1 done with Callahan, “He was walking along near the edge of the water when he slipped and fell in, I wasn't more than ten feet away from him. He went under when he struck the watereand I didn’t have timo to throw my coat off. In 1 jumped with all my clothes on, and when I come to the top I seen him floundering got Just one way of fall into the river, ‘OW, these fellows that write books saving people tell you that when you're rescuing a drowning man you ought to first ‘smash him fn the face Ugeling. To my way of thinking tha all wrong. Let the fel- low struggle all he wants to. It'll help you out, Nerve Only Needed. But, there's a certain way of grab: ou want to get hold of the armpits, with your feet and keep kicking them in the back, so that they're stalght up in the water all tho time. Naturally the per- son you are saving Is kicking and strug- gling with his hand and feet. All of that business helps keep him afloat You're behind him so he can't grab hold of you and you're sort of steering him. It's the easiest thing on earth and don't take very mucti muscle. All you need isa lot of nerve. “Wonien and ohlldren are the hardest to save. You see, a woman can't do much on account of her dress, and she is Inclined to sink In spite of her strug- les. Then it takes a lot of strength to eep her afloat. When you try to pull a kid out of the water he'll grab yout Around the neck every time. It's alniost Impossible to get a hold under his arme Uke you would with a man.°and it's @ y tough job all around.” e volunteer Ilfe-savers divide thelr 5, so that there are ys half a dozen men on the barge. Capt. Dunn is on duty all the time “To save my life, I couldn't kee track of the kids. hi 1 out t at river,” he sald ti “Ia just one 1 took out tits morris tumbling jn ail the time. n out, give ‘em a spanking mes and send ‘em home without thelr names i like the most of all on this pier Is a an. Tf any off was staUoned bere he could keep the kids off the pler d_ that Hd prevent ‘em from ng overdoard, ‘The police Girl from drowning near the Ninety- G@rat street pler, and she also spran fom ay excursion boat walle it | passing through Hell Gate and rescued | g ® woman who had fallen overdoard. It | 3 Was for this act that sie received th I medal. To a unique state of affair f @round the Ninety-first s this strange band of life-savers owes | dts existence. On the north side of tae | Dler is long stone wall that was built | 40 keep the many swift cui s from| Hell Gate which strike the | that point trom goodling up the shore Mne. The water is forty fect deop at | the spot where {t strikes the wall. Qj the south side of the pier the water 4s comparatively shallow, but powerful Undercurrents flow around this point The working folk who live around ‘ Ninety-first street and tie East River have no end of evidence to refute the “race suicide" cry. ‘This evidence likes to go down near the pier and play on the ice wagons which back up on the| @dge of the big stone wall ‘und then go bathing on the shaliow side of the ple , Every day at least one youngster falls | Overboard or 1s carried out inio th river by tae undercurrents. The de: rate among children became so from this source that a cry was Up for a life-saving crew. The ernment wouldn't furnish one, and the parents got together and organized | One of their own. existing | t pies The Membership Roll. original were Jake} gunn, David J F. Beig. Ue. Joseph Ty Daniels, 3 of the / he present members a19° Op), James Johnston, Commanding Omovr. Sim ma * Pirst Lieutenant: Joseph Scitt po 4 Tdrutenant; R. ¥. Gaskell, 10 tenant: Charles F. Bickel, Secon Cu © fain; David: Sullivan and Ge SWlhusecker, Lieutenants: 8. A, M- ‘Gian, Joseph Recan, William F. Sta f. Berniiardt, Vallean Ayers, Leo: dliman, A. G. Jones, Peter J. Renti David P. Brown, Issac Horton, Denn D. Cadgnnes foward, George M. Reid, Emil Albert Georts, Moslin, Law- Stump, James Egan, John FP. Belg and “Syaimplon ‘Iife-saver ap >) saved no less than department, however, has refusad 19 hetp us out." CROWDED CAR TP RRS FL SAVING CHL) Y VISE AS FUEL WORLD fai CAPT DUN SAViNG Bor FROM DEOWNING. MON DAY EVENING, GROUP OF MERRY LIFE-SAVERS OF EAST NINETY-FIRST STREET CREW, THE ONLY WOMAN MEMBER, AND CAPT. DUNN SAVING A BOY. > FUNGAN I DEATH CHAR Negro Murderer of Prison-Keep- er McGovern Put to Death at Sing Sing Prison After Having Been Twice Reprieved. TWO SHOCKS ARE ENOUGH. Little Time Wasted In Execution of Sentence and Death Comes Swift- ly—It Required Five Shocks to Kill Murderer Two Weeks Ago. OSSINING, N. ¥., June §.—After hav- ng been twice reprieved by the Gover- nor, Arthur Flanigan, a negro, who killed Prison Keeper Hugh McGovern, in Manhattan, was put to death to-day in the electric chair in Sing Sing Prison. After the current had been turned on the second time Flanigan was pro- nounced dead, Flanigan killed McGovern In the prison attached to-the West Fifty-fourth Street Court Buflding in Manhattan. He and another negro named Frank Emerson, in escaping from the prison on Oct. 29, 1900, Killed McGovern with an iron bar which they had sawed from a window. Emerson was letting himself down from the window by @ rope when the rope broke and he fell to the ground and was killed. Flanigan, who had pre- ceded Emerson in going down the rope, got away, but was captured in the South several months afterward. He was con- victed on Sept. 30, 1901. Assistant Dis- t-Attorney Le Barbier conducted the prosecution. Went Smiling to Death. Pastor Henry Duers, of the colored Baptist Church in Ossining, went ¢o the cell at 4.30 A, M. and remained with Flanigan until the end. At 5.55 o'clock Principal Keeper Connaughton, accom- panied by an underkeeper, led Flanigan from the cell to the death chamber, Mr. Duers walking by the condemned man's side. Flanigan was smiling as WANT MONUMENT TO RERO FIREMAN Members of the Force All Favor a Testimonial to the Memory of Brave William McNally, of Truck No. 3. SHOWERS WIL UST ALL DY Long Island and the Southern Tier of New York Are Reaping the Benefit, but New England Still Suffers. Many cities have monuments to po- Hcemen who have lost their lives in the performance of duty, but there are few firemen’s monumerts. Firemen sacrifice thelr lives as « matter of course, and little attention !s pald to thelr deeds of bravery. ‘The growing opinion that the time ts rine for a testimonial to the heroism of firemen was emphasized by the favor | with which was received the suggestion in The ng World of Saturday that | a monument should b® erected to the memory of the hero of truck No. 3, Willlam McNally. Firemen whe wnek and loved the voung hero had tniked of the mat and citizens had discussed it. A d town business man started the move- iment by sending The Evening World $0 as the nucleus of a fund. Foremen of panies in the parade who were told of this action and opined n= that the t and Mberal to stand their Certainly * respect felt for the voung man shown at his funeral. It is seldom that such enormous crowds are seen at tes of a character of national the similar respe uncovered, and a bald to the remains Ititude that thronged the GOES INTO CREEK |Rockaway Trolley, with Sixty an h Passengers, Falls Into Four Feet of Water and Wild Scramble Results. A gang of laborers rescuing am over- ed trolley car from the depths of Jook Creek to-day discovered how close assengers came to death, Hook e Rockaway turnpike rua en Jamaica and Far Rock- the Jamaica Bay mea- ke a eingle track by the New * Company. n and w t sixty \ was ad coming from Ite yuck an open syvit lato t jum>, and all slimy water The car feli on tts side water, and there of men and wom John Murphy still h when the car struck (yr ductor Putyick De ymen passengers to the upeights along the « ma nd there they re thers took them on thei i buck to the embank a) hour and a half the sixty very one of them soake }, shivered and waited for u take tiem inta Jamaica. Seve a stches and britses, but it was {hat none was serfously injur was 4 oS NEARLY 3,000 IMMIGRANTS. Stewn Batovia Arrives with Rec- | machiner by the ote lic pag the route of the hearse elty Wis young MeNally a. fire- but he was a hero of the merican war, He served on at the battle of Santiago and toned for tis caring fireman, th he would to belng a h tox to be a eailor’on a time of war . In times of p as soon as he secured arge he took the Civ examination for the position he covete’ Contributions to the monument fund may be -" tressed to the Editor of ‘The avening World, ‘They will be received id acknowledged, and when tho proper mmittes is formed will be placed. in the hands of the treasurer of the com- milltee, HEADFOREMOST INTO SHAFTING, Workman Has Narrow Escape from Awful Death in Broad- way Factory, The 150 pitl employees of Finkelstein t factory, f Benjamin Bolgert, a workman 8 caught in the shafting of the and badly injured, Many of the girls falnted Over one hundred sowing machines workroom are run by a d h feeds the power to them along a 1 length of the amo running the When Bolgert started work to-day he | J beneath hls machine to adjust | belt over the power shaft, His wrist Jciught In the belt and he was draw vead first toward the shaft and his body | wedged tghtly into the narrow spa: the shaft and the woodwork. ‘The power was not strong and his body stopped the machinery. ord Number in Steerage, The ilamburz-American Hne steamer Batavic, wh) 1ived to-day from re ond Boulogne, brought 2,834 predrage poxsengers, the greatest number oa to Unis port ia one vessel. aa Benjamin Perleman, foreman, quickly turned off the power and the | ineasle Refreshing rain that came to the re- let of New York and the surrounding country after the long, hot drought will continue In showers during the day, ac- cording to the report given out in the Weather OMice this morning. If the terms of the forecast be fulfilled, still more molsture will fall during the night, bringing the green again to the now seared grass, but there is no hard downpour in sight, All of Long Isiand was favored with the rain that started late Saturday night. ‘Phe farmers there and through- {the southern part of the State have it, slight though tt {s, with de- light, for to them the sttuation was be- cumng tragic. In all, New York has had only « of an inch of precipitation, ‘This meas- urement of the Weather Bureau here is thousht to te about the average in the southern part of the State, Although it Js silght it has come under the most favorable circumstances to do the great- amount of good. ‘The rain has been slow and in numerous showers, and whut precipitation there has been has had an opportunity to soak in and do the fullest amount of good to the suffer- ing crops. New York and est the vicinity, indeed, have been most favored of all the bed astern territory, Until yes- terday the up-State folk had had no rain At all, and reports from New Eug- land tu-lay show that the fall there is very light. In Maine, where the mois- ture ls most sorely needed, there hus been none, iy has had 14-100 of an Inch, Bos- noord, N. H., 4 and most of ithough rain came where the forest thes are raging there has sot uven @ sufficient quantity to quench the flames. — New York may have half an inah be- fore the sun breaks through the clouds, as schedled tor te-morrow, After thai the Government's forecaster can ise novaing except to say unol at the ess brighter for damper wea RAIN CHEERS THE UP-STATE FARMERS, First Real Fall in Several Weeks, and Hope that Drought Will Be Broken. (Special to The Evening World.) SARATOGA, June 8.~-A much-needed rain storm has been in progress tnroughout this drought-stricken region since late last night, and there ty’ every Indication (hat it will continue during e day It ts the frst rainfall of any vole value for a number of weeks \uses much delight to farmers, ne almost distracted over ing effects of the protracted upon crops, ‘The storm js at- nealoulable measure che, as it will s t fires, raging there for ring reports from y: ‘ate tell of a much — heatre Barns After Firn: Nght, ANCISCO, June &—Fire early estroyed the Theatre Re- formerly the Metropolitan Tem. dragged Bolgert out. The man suf- ferea severe contusions of the arm, chest and abdomen St. Vincent's Hospital. Bolgert is mar- ried CT Checry atreet. and lives at No. He was taken tol fire is the first time Saturday. Nance 0! scored a triumph in * Jew lieved to have been st crossed glectric, wires, under lease to &. ‘deen suylet by he left the cell and showed not the slightest sign of fear. It took only a minute to strap him into the electric chair, and then the current was turned on. Ie consisted of 1,680 volts and 4 amperes. This was kept up for about a minute and then reduced to 150 volts. After the lower voltage had been continued for a min- ute Flanigan was pronounced virually “L” TOENLARCE Will Put in More Elevators at] was then removed trom the chair and he usual autopsy performed, One Hundred and Sixteenth} wnen Antonio Triola was put to death in the chair two weeks ago for the Street and Escalator at] murder of Mamle Cerell five stocks were Thirty-third Street, West Side given before he was pronounced dead. State Electrician Davis at that time sald that it was harder to kill a thin man like Triola with electricity than a stout man, but this theory did not hold good in the case of Flanigan, who was a tall, pare six-footer, but who succumbed quickly to the electric current. Got 'I'wo Weeks’ Reprieve. Flanigan was to have been executed two weeks ago, but he was reprieved for a week by Gov. Odell and then granted a second reprieve of a week to allow time to investigate his story that it was Emer- son, a fellow-prisoner, who attempted to escape with him who really killed Mc- Govern. Before being led to the chair Flanigan asked Keeper Connaughton to thank Mrs. Gen, Edwin A. McAlpin, her soa, the Rev. Edwin A. MoAlpin, jr., and the Rev. Dr. Anderson, of the Methodist Chureh here, for thelr kindness to him and the {nterest they had taken in his case. No news {s more welcome to the Man- hattan Elevated Railroad's patrons on the west side than that which tells of the Improvements which the new leasing company, Mr, Belmont's {ntervorough Company, wili make along the Sixth and Ninth avenue tracks. ‘Two new elevators are to be added to those now in use at One Hundred and Sixteenth street. 1t was found that that station sold 1,0W0,WW more fares in Ux than in 1901. “Phe two elevators in use there have been able to accommodate only -ilrd of the passengers who use thay tation. The other two-thirds have been compelled to mount the long and tire- some stairs, Two escalators are to ve installed at the ‘Thirty-third street station. ‘Trafic at this station has increased so that the company has los. a large part of the hort haul business because the stairs and stations were so crowded at all hours passengers could not get to the ns. S —— THE CONNECTING LINE. The services of The World’s Vaca- ‘tion Bureaus are free to hotel and boarding-house keepers as well as to the vacationists and tourists. Each of The World's Bureaus has compiled a select list of summer hotels and latforms at Barclay suvets, to be widened to thelr pres apactty, and other needed improvements along the Ines will be made. Cor: station on the Sixth avenue arged. To provide for the up and down traffic, which the new Pennsylvania station will make for the Thirty-third street station narrow, antiquated Cortlandt an arpridze will be put over the tracks, con-|boarding-houses. The services of necting the two tracks and also connect-|hoth Bureaus aro Ing the escalators. With the new. 0 lpavesie tess pe eee cpt) ric six- Manhattan hopes ts to regain short-haul trate at| Broadway, New York, and No, 292 he theatre had been opened for started: t ts ne oe | this station, Washington, street, Brooklyn. Stern Brothers To-morrow, Exceptional Reductions in High-class Cotton & Linen Dress Fabrics Scotch Madras, this season’s 5,000 Yds. exclusive styles, in all colors, 17° Former prices 28c to 40c yd. Linen Etamine, Nicker Suitings, Tussah Silk, Grenadines, Silk Mousselines and Scotch Mercerized Oxfords, Former prices 60c to $1.00 yd. 35¢ 48¢ 3,500 Yds. Summer Hangings & Draperies IMPORTED and TAFFETA CRETONNE | CURTAINS, Formerly $5.75 to 10.75 par $3.95 and $5.75 $3,75.:nd $4.75 IMPCRTED CROSS STRIPE CURTAINS, tand:cm: colorings, Were $6.75 and $8.75 pair 95c 4 $1.50 75c and 95c SILK-AND:COT TON ARMURES, Furniture Slip Covers, Awnings and Window Shades 50 inches wide, Fo: merly $1.50, and $2.50 yard FRENCH STRIPE TAPESTRIES, = $0 inches wide, Formerly $1.25 and $1.65 yard made to order. Estimates submitted. Upholstery Department, Third Floor. a| =I West Twenty-third Street. es JAMES MeGREERY & CO, Sale of Silks, Fifty thousand yards,—including printed Liberty Satins, Foulards, Broche, Peau de Cygne, Paillette de Soig and Moires,—in attractive, fasbionable colors and designs. Black and white Louisine checks, black and white Taffetas and white Habutai, 55¢ per yard, Value &5c to 1.50, Twenty-third Street, ooo = JAMES McCREERY & CO. Upholstery Dep't. 4th Floor, JAMES McGREERY & CO. In consequence of altera- tions to be made in the Basement Salesroom, this department will be closed during the month of July and re-opened early in August. Beginning~ on Tuesday, June gth, the entire ee a 1.00 ‘per pair, ware, Dinner Sets, House-!¢.. a iS) , ” hold. and Decorative nowflake China, Cut Glass, Bric-a- Fancy Muslin Curtains, 55¢ 85c and 1.15 per pair, Formerly 85c. to 1.75 English Bobbinette Cun trimmed ruffles, c Curtains, with dainty colored cros¢ Ae Brac, Curios, Clocks, erEIPES: Florentine Frames and 75¢ 1.25 Porcelains, Bronzes, and 1.75 per pair, Ivories, Marbles and Ped- estals will be placed on sale at a reduction of 25 to 33% per cent, This sale affords an excel” lent opportunity for the purchase of wedding or anniversary gifts, sou- venirs, ete. Embroidered Sofa Cush ions, made of washable fabrics, -- filled with white down, 1.50, 1.75 and 2,50 Embroidered Laundry and Shoe Bags. 5oc and Ssc Washable Muslin Burean sets, 4oc per set, Hammocks, Canopies and Awnings, Twenty-third Street. shades to order, Lace curtains and draperies cleaned and stored, JAMES McCREERY & CO. Sale of . Rugs and Mattings. 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