STORIES FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 167, 13 July 1912, Page 17

STORIES FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

i . A STTSC__PTIB_.E JURY. —— h Hiss ___K_L-T Merer, a y.-wat»g lady de- I i scribed as beam; of surpassing beaUTy, i ' lias been awarded £500 damages for slander ' 1 against the I_h___. of ithe C___tso Tsniveri-i-iy i'• for Women. The Di~m ..hjecied to bee ' ' betroth-il to a married _u_-u awnltiipjr di- ' Tori-e. and Miss Merry c.>mp-i_taed of the ' : rt*i__rtirki=; atWressed to ber when espelled i ' from Tie rn-versitv. Conasei for the do- ; ! fence warned the jarr mrt in a-kpv -heir j i verdict to be infl-oenced by the pbiirrtJff's . 1 beauty. "Miss Mercy," be -e_x;c__ai_a>ed. '-has ' flirted with you: she !ha_> ogled ami made I ' eyes ax 0.1 ever since the rrjai e?tar.ed. and ! 1 yon know tt." I ' CmCTJS Glß.__ SimTEtAGETTES. i I, One of the most inter-Sang features of I ■Ehe American suffrage movement is the | recently formed "Orens Girts' I'nion." j This society was inatKn-Eatcd the other day in New York. when strong: women. ] . equestrieinnes. -right-rope d-tneers. and tri.-k . ' riders, many of them employees in the 1 I-anrum and H-iiley show, met Together j in order ro disenss w__at .they could do ! for ______ suffra_-e. T3ie- *"stro__r wniruin." j [ who defi-vered the inatiptrcai address, said I . ■Urix eirc-:s jrir_. -___d a ?ro-den cpffconunity j for prevpngstint, -the gospel of women's | richts. and thi-y sh<-uVd matte a pfl_it of , t r-allin:. uhe- at.enti.--i -of .t-hcir audiences, to j ••votes for women" when performing some j . of their m-o. . Thrill ing acts. j — ' I : WHIfPEI) ___MT> TARRED. On Sunday night. May _G. at Ocean City, . Maryland. Mrs. Mary Ilolzman. who was { e-ii-d of offi-u-din!. against the moral ■ laws of the town. w.~s taken from "her house by a s-ore of masked men au-l very j , lirtnally Treated. S-he was par-ialiy s-.ripp--l . and tied to .1 tree and given forty lashes j with a cowhide whip, after which she ! •was immersed in a barrel of hot tar. | Her Twelve-ye-ir-i-.d sou vainly endeav- I , cured To protect his -mo-her. and strugrr'.ed I ■manfully wiih her assailatrts. The men j , took him at.d beat him also, and lied him up while they proceeded to administer the j punishment i" his mother. Mrs. sM__i_i . has appealed to The Stale strtborrdes acainst J her assailants, many of whom she declares j . she -declined, -he accuses -he l.» .-.! otTi- I . eials of 1 i>Hn..io_i with tire ma-ske-d men , who committed the outrage-. Mrs. ilolzman declared that she i. innocent of offence j ■ of any kind, and her friends tare joined , her in nraking rcpre-tfTiTatkra- to the Got- j ernor in her behalf, and demanding the punishment of her assaila-n-ts. ' , A LUCKY GHU__ The American newspapers claim that a \ record ha. been set up by a Oall. -imititi j girt named D_:--ie Farr. who has inberir.,l no fewer than five fortunes within .. period ,"■ of eight months. Miss FtrrT. who is only j eighteen years of ape- was a fashion writer , ' on a small monthly magazine .published in j : San FV-U-i-iseo. when a pOT-anm. living . in Tampa. Florkh. died. lcaTiD? _er the j ' life intere--t in a sura ef money which wo-nlil brine her in £-'-0 per r.ntim. I _ek-ip jouriipon alitrhTtm. from rhe train a Telesr-.m was hand'-d her ..unonni-inir .but a halfcousin, whose u__c she tiard-y krH-Tv. h-ad jus- died at Oswe_ro. New York Suite, and had made ber his sole heiress. Two months from this. Miss Farr inherited £200 p"-r annum from a younger sister of her -,th_r. and seven weeks later a very old friend of her iaie father beepiea-t-beri her £__->... --Miss Parr's gooel for-iine Ties with the recor-d set up by Mrs. Gran."—were the bea-Uines in a Sunday newapa'per which : caught the eye of an eWer+y bachelor banker | i named Bruce, who. within a few weeks. ' departed this life, leaving 50.000 dollars "to Chat .'limfa., sir!. Imlcie Fttrr. whom I. • __ye ne_er had the good if-wrrtH-e to -meet, j but whose portrait I have admired, and who I am most -.nxions shall bent the record said by 'the _te_rsp_>pers to ihaTe : l„sen set up by a Mrs. Gr__a." PANIC IN A CEMETERY. One man wjis ki!-_-_. fire people were very serkras'y injured, and __> slightly hurt ' at a funeral on Friday. Slay 17. in Green- '. ■wood ."emerery. Brooklyn. The funeral was that of Mr. Monoco, a rich manufacturer, -who was a high Mason, and the ceremony was attended by- a. large number of people. A lame ditch had been dag Bnfficient for . • five graves, and four erf these were covered with light boards sprii._rl.ed -Kith, earth- It | ! was not intended that the-i__xn_____s -ihoald approach so near to the jii*r*_e as to tie in danger, but the press was so great that the ' chief moct-Pi. were forced "upon the plot ' as the ce_3in was beins ltiW-3_-d into ts_? crave. Snddeniy there was-a- «_______.? of timber ■ and lood -tries of eiistress. and forty people 1 w"ho had been -palled forward fell into the eiitch. A panic ensued. The people s_rupg--id wildly to ;ret otrt, atrd several fell on the coffin, which was smashed. 1 Those nearest the top ___r_____.led ont. but I . those at the bottom -were very badly hurt. j ; and in several cases arms and legs -were j broken. When tire men were helped out [ ( of the grave it was found that one who I-, was at the bottom had. been. ______ and. five j were so badly ___. that tiey wiere taken to ! , hospital. j I The coffin was temporaii-j- i«s_iired, aa_ j 1 the <-_r-___a_rr was con<__ad_-d as trtiicfcly as j possible. Among those who were injured ~ were ____? r___rtrves of the dead man and , pevenri of iis iirtirmne frirads. c SUICIDE FOB LOVE. s it Mr. Henry Spruch yon Acmenthal. aI t Hessian _U-t____an who was the American i "arpple kins." committed suicide in Chicago | on May 20. in a fit of despair, due to -the ' announcement of hi? fiancee. Mrs. Frances ' c Rosenblatt, niece -rf rile -packer. M.r. I Nels.-in Morris, that she would not marry ' him u_rtil he had saThsfrreroriiy proved bis , abiT-Ty to resist th» craviig for st-ong j ' driJit. ~ I t Mr. Armenthal once own rJ vast apple l ..r.-'iard.. in Ore-ron and California, bnt he i il'sslpstled his fin-rune un'il only s-t-tn" ' .'."."" .1 yea. remained ;.. hint. When he : C ili-.'.j\ereit tha; his fian.-i-e was _larr_u:i n Ir. her res_.ve he re .urn--1 ti Li. yore' ll ail wrote the following 1. .- ... ' } '" "We- hay" several iii:'- ... i.. c -■ 1.-." ' * my destroying myself in ■'_- ...--. ; Wl , ,e:irs. i brint is the ..; :• ,-■ '. ;,,'„ '.;-..'. I ' tine..: woman in the w...ri.|. .in 1 ye:. while 1 i ' __,iw she loves rue .eariy. -_v lr_s .efr mc ';1 in dLsgusu I .m disgerstc-d n'-tli i_.-_ei.. ' Therefore the end." | i The body was dise,n-ere-,l by .i chimi er ] * maid- In one band rhe 'lead in. :: -'nieled I T a pistol. and iv Th« other w ... the r___.:.>- 1 i-.apb of his fian■-.■". 11. bad she r.:-v,;f ' wtiile sar.ir.4; a: her fe.-irure*. , ' In a -■_: W-i.-ti was ' I.ii.] r.r-'Ce '!.'.' W..ly. Mr. __.-__.-i.-n-_:-! '~ -;".--if: -.n-o- ,'■ ■ harls 1.. Baron <ant_.ch via A-:,..;- -•'. of lies-I'-ri.irmsradt. out r-Mrcic. <• ';.-.- ; special provisiin b- made for -a ; .-■- work ' ln_- boy in '"hiea-;... -v„. within th- !,.-! !. few day.- did mc -rear _e-rriee.-' ii,i.i__l' •the Last few wks Mr. .VrnsnthaJ had boon a ; r_p_____-_l_ arrEsted for -Ln_i_s.-_rce_r-