1 » DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JULY 4; 1808. Single Stack Exercise Engage in a discussion. with the average New Yorker upon acts of heroism and he will at once exclaim: "Heroes | Why man, the real heroes of are the men who fight fires in department who would not perform some signal act of bravery in which hair-breadth escapes and rescues figure "en" the Ofatjutity to volunteer his services for such work. There are not 8 hundred men in the local depart- ment who, at one time or another, have not performed some feat entitl- ing them to a Carnegie medal." 'the New Yorker, although the most provincial citizen on earth, since his ideas of the world at large are conc fined to those interests which alone concern his dearly beloved "New York," is not alone in this opinion, 'for after all the members of the New York fire department have no equals) chosen profession, | men are called upon| be unquestioned, while his heart { tion is one of the chief essentials on earth in their and no body of so often to engage in work where life and limbs 'are so frequently imperilled. They are a brave, or a foolhardy lot, wera he called upon to do so, or % [ his application being favorably passed edge of the location of the. principal points of interest in New York, a suf- ficient education to spell "dog," * cat' and "rat" correctly, providing his 08 2 district leader smiles favorably upon . New York and in fact of the worl | 3 ty this | city, and there is not a man in = him, which in reality means that he either is, or will become a useful mem- ber of the Tammany Hall organiza- tion, is reasonably sure of some day swinging a club and commanding the loitering classes to "move on." But to become a fireman is an altogether different proposition. .pplicants for the @acanciey occurring in this depart- ment are subjected to a physical ex- amination second to none in this country. To begin with the applicant His | must be one of exemplary habits. past life is looked info with scrutiny that is microscopic in detail. This is to insure the examiners that he'is sound in health, wind and limb, and in case of an emergency would not wilt. He: is put through a series of measurements that are as thorough and complete as those applied to sus- pected criminals under the Bertillon system. His muscular develpment lust ac- to upon. Candidates for the "fire department, N the with- class a course of training that only most fearless and hearty can stand. These men gather in every day and are instructed in all the chief essentials of successful fire fighting. They are made familiar with all the perils attending the work they seck to take up and each and every one is given an opportunity to with- draw from the 'class' - belore the more practical, or physical side of the instruction is taken up. These lessons begin with the adjustment of the ap- paratus employed in fighting a blaze. they are famiharized with those im- plements used in saving lives, such as the lite lines, life nets, scaling lad- ders, stationary and rope. After hav- ing thoroughly grasped these details the men are given their first taste of actual work. After learning how to safely and seourely adjust the scaling ladfiers the tide is ripe for their first ascent of this shaky structure. The height to which they are allowed to climb is increased as. their training progress, until they finally attain those dizzy heights that the real vet- erans of the department climb to when in real service. Proficiency in the art of climbing the single stick, scaling ladders has: reached the degree of per- fection - that holds those who witness NN Ls Eighbting theFire ty to the life net, stretched peiow. The who had 'escaped from the burning single stick ladder has played an im-| building took refuge on a nearby roof. portant part in many of the most|Before her plight was discovered: the thrilling rescues of New York's tu. house on which she stood was a ment-house fires in recent years. seething mass. of flames and it was After careful drilling the recruits are|impossible to reach her by life lines or given lessons in the "human chain res- |ladders. Five firemen, two -of them re- cue,"" which is the most perilous and |cent graduates from the School of spectacular feat the fireladdics of the | Firemen, formed a human chain after metropolis have to perform, and one ordering the girl, by means of a mega- only pressed info service when every phone, to stand as near to the edge of other device known to them fails. For |the roof as possible. Slowly. the hu- instance, n man, woman or child, is | man rope began to swing until it had imprisoned in a burning structure on acquired sufficient momentum to swing a floor too high above the street to the fifth or lowest man to within be reached by. extension or scaling grasping distance of the girl. As he ladde, Firemen ascend to the roof |S¢ized her and she swung clear of the of the building and then lower one or roof on which she had been standing, more of their number by their heels she lost consciousness and, with her until the first man-suspended: can be dead weight added to the already swung past the window where the heavy load, the pendulum was given prisoners are, pendulum fashion, until anot a Swing ant the girl was landed he can grasp the wrists of one ol Tn ety to snathet rool. those awaiting: reson. He swings the the strain on the fifth man had been one rescued clear: of the window and | ao great that he lost consciousness then his comrades above slowly draw and Sropped a distance. of ninety-five . , 4 ) feet into the fiery furnace raging be- him back to the roof of the huildine. . Meafiwhile Vi 3 i= the rescue of one of ti that spur the firemen on deeds recorded in the t. Only a f ped and there was no means of rdi to his level. Flames were belching out from the windows of the eighth and ninth floors amd it wae impossible {0 bring the scaling ladder into play. One brave lireman braced thimsel on a laddér which reached midway between the eighth floors, With his I around the rungs of the d arms outstretched he ea to his comrade to jump: Jump he did, and landed in the lap of the man who had commanded him to do so, a fret. ting a firmhold on the sides of the ladder he slid on down to safety. ds his rescuer did not follow his exam- ple, the battalion chief ordered anoth- er fireman to ascend the ladder and ascertain what caused his delay. Wher he reached the brave fellow's side" it was found tht both "iis Tégs had Leen broken by the torce of the impact and there he was sitting powerless to move and suffering in silence the most excruciating agony. These are a few of many instances crowded into the lives of the fire-fighters which illus trate why such unusual care is exer cised in the selection of men to re spoud to duty's call. : When the recruits have served their apprenticeship and Pattalion Chiel Farrell reports that they are of the proper aoe they are assigned to some engine or hose company and there get - their first taste of work un- der fire. It is the more seasoned men who are assigned to the hook and ladder trucks, for it is these men who are called upon to do the bulk of the rescue work. di ) . and]. New You. is 86 much more ) throughout: three or fire divisions, sixty battalions. There is of six mi to a three battalions ww a an average battalion and t- ed than Chicago, Philadelphia and gi thon Chisugs, _ Dhiluderbie to compare the effectiveness of the fire forces in the four cities, exvept in a general way. Greater New York, for mstance, has more than twice as many inhabitants as Chicago; nearly three times as as Phi in, and nearly seven times as many as loston. The fire area of Chieago is 191.000 acres, that of Phi phia «800 acres, and that of Boston 27, 20 acres. The fire area of Manhat- tan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Leng tsfand City, not including the out- 'ving. sections, is 95,120 acres. +Theso figures suggest the eés of conges- ion in the several cities. : New York, with hed 4,157 firemen nd officers, has one . man to every 1,031 persons in the city. The Chi- ago force comprises 1,324 men, or me to every 1,121 inhabitants. Of the our cities Philadelphia has the small~ st fire force in proportion to her population. Her 935 firemen represent one to every 5,482 inhabitants. The reputation. Boston has for an efficient fire department is sustaimed im this particular. With 887 men to a popu- lation of 595,300, the proportion is one fireman to evéry 671 persons in take your choice, but in any event their very recklessness is what counts] following their physical and moral ex- and brings forth results. } aminations, are turned over to Bat- To become a fireman in New York| tation Chief George F. Farrell, who in ladder enables those ~mamming it to city, requires months of careful train) the past four years has molded from | clutch a window sill, or even the ing and preparation. It is a far dil/] the raw recruits entrusted to his tute-| eaves of a house if necessary. The fire ferent procedure from that which has|lage 1,100 brave and fearls firemen, | IN€N then scale this sincle stick, with! to do with the making of a police-| scores of whose names have repented- its frail looking ' cross-pieces, with the man, In we latter case the most pot-} lv aderned. the department's roll of €ase and celerity of monkeys, and af- ent factor is political pull. Of course| honor, a much coveted goal in the de- ter learning the trick of descending there are certain physical requirements | partment. The school for. firemen is lo-; with heavy weights or dummies in that have to be forthcoming, but the East Sixty-Seventh street, | their arms they are entrusted with » big, brawny chap with a fair knowl he recruits are put through | human form, which they carry in safe- with the reac 3 low, and only the mental accoutre- with the rescued ome safe from the |ments of his uniform were found when fiery tongues of the flames. This pro-| the ruins were searched for his charred cess is repeated until the lust victim ( b body. is drawn up to safety. First aid to the injured forms an To successfully perform this feat important part in the education of a ny men of prodigious strength and |fireman. Not only must he know how inquestioned nerve are employed. One {to rescue one of his comrades or some , other person injured in the course of the blaze he is fighting, but he must be ready to apply treatment needed in the resuscitation of the stricken one until medical aid can he applied. It the feat spellbound. ' : the city. A bis hook at the upper end of the Some idea of the work New York firemen are called upon to do may be had when it is recalled that 8,479 fires! were fought in Greater New York in the year 1907, or a daily average of twenty-four. Five losses in New York last year reached the grand total $6,- 743,409, an incrense over the year 1906, but hot in excess of the proportionate incréase in popula- tion. The New York fire department is made up of 4,157 officers and men. The 535 engine, hose and hook and ladder companies and the allied forces are sheltered in 23% firchouses. The fire department property is worth £5,837,- 525. The 1,500 horses owned by the department are valued' at $450,000. They 'are usually young and are se lected for their intelligence. The prices average $300 for each animal. The fire forces are organized and dis- 8 false. "catch" would result in failure, and. perhaps. death for all concerned. rescuers as well as those waiting to be rescued. Not so many months ago at a tenement house fire a voung woman > w cated on and there pra JAMES S. SHERMAN. | Hamilton Colleze at Clinton, N.Y. in EA | 1888. He is a loyal son of his alma Distinguished| Legislator, Able Ex-| mater, and has for years filled a place ecutive, and Much Loved Man. | on its board of trust. His three sons! Chicago Tribune, | have followed him through the v games Schoolcraft Sherman, of Uti-| lege, and ono of them Richard Updyke ca, N.Y., nomines cn the republican{ now fills the chair of mathematics ticket for vice-president, has a distin-| there. Mr. Shermpan was admitted to guished legislative record that peculi- | the har in 1880, and in that vear en- arly fits him for the oftice. Since 1886, tered into partnership with his brother- again during with the exception of the two years| in-law, former Assemblyman H. J.' Cuban war from 1891-93, he had continually held| Cookinham, with whom he continued othice as member of the house of re-| ! ing the of the great ap- presentatives from the T'wenty-seventh propriation his nness and New dork district, comprising the r situations giving counties of Oneida and Herkumer. Fim notable prest as a presiding of- Beginning with a term of two years ficer. Tt 'was this alility which led to as mayor of Utica from 1584-56, Mr. his being proposed for the speakership Sherman's career | has been one of . to succeed the late Speaker Hemdor- ceaseless activity in the service of the 'people. He has before this Leen men- thong! many times} for other offices but has consistently preferred to re- tain his seat in congress. Had he not been nominated yesterday for the Cice- presidency he undoubtedly would have been returned to congress by his con stituents of Oneida and Herkimer counties. Among his friends Mr. Sherman is] known as 'Jim' Sherman, the best possiple warrant, perhaps, for his re- putation as a gemial, fun-loving, gen erous hearted man. 'lo the country at Jarge he ig known as probably the] most expert parliamentarian in con-| gress, from a thorough tutelage ander] the late Thomas B. Reed, whose pro tege he 'then was, and as a thorough- |' Jy informel political economist anl as an able lawyer and banker. | ndigested Food When any portion of fond remains in the stomach and refuses to digest, it causes the torments of indigestion. ¥Ihis undigested food 3 rapidly ferments, irritating the sensitive coating of the stomach, tall while other parts of the body, particularly the head, suffer ia consequence. * So long discomfort continues. BEECHAM'S PILLS stop all fermentation, sweeten the contents of the stomach and give natural assistance that relieves the stomach of its burden. The use of Beecham's Pills gradually strengthens the stomach merves and soon restores them to a normal, healthy condition. Beecham's Pilis positively cure all stomach troubles, while their beneficial effects on the liver and kidneys greatly improve the gen- eral hea Beecham's Pills have been used and recommended by the gen- eral public for, over fifty years. Prepared only by the Proprietor, Thomas Beecham, St. Helens, Lancashire, Cag. Sold everywhere in Canada and U. 5. America. In boxes 25 cents. question had assumed tangible shape. When the Congressional club was or-|old. Mrs. Sherman is justly proud of | His services as presiding officer for ganized by her friend, Mrs. James B.|him. : : the committee of the whole in the, Perkins, of New York, Mrs. Sherman! The )third son of the family is ip Lrought Mr. Sherman spe- became one of Mrs. Perkins' | busineps, but if luck carries Represen- cial distinction. Some of the greatest supporters. In fact, one of | tative' Sherman to election it is pro- debates of recent years have bein con meetings' was held in her{pable that Thomas H. Sherman--or ducted under his guidance. in| Parlors at the New Willard. oShe|Tom Sherman, as they call hime--awill the chap in the many weeks of debate knew the necessfty of holding the wo-|spend much of his time in Washing- on the Dingley bill and he presided | M0 of the congressional set close to-| ton. " the struggle over the gether, and of giving the wives of the | revenue bill. His services been in demand often, also, dur i at warmest the first house have once i col He was The vice-presidential candidate and new members the benefit of the years| Mrs. Sherms have several grandchil- of experience of the older members' | dren, the bith of the youngest wives. {ing Mrs. Sherman away from Wash- Aside from what might be termed her | ington a few days Lefore the close of official duties Mrs. Sherman for seve- | the session. i ral years has not had the strength for| For Mr. Sherman he social afiairs. She previously kept | up the Washington set, outside of the house in Washington, and was noted | congressional circle, for her hospitality. | ) Last winter she occupied apartments | at the New Willard, she and Mr. Sher-| man being quite alone, and that hand- | somest Washington hotels the | of her hospitaliticNall winter. Boats received days, and often | a pumber of interesting women to | ber | Victoria rriage Mrs. Sherman 'was diaster, mvoly Babeock, the daughter {600 lives, at | IAwyers of | Htien | by the Empress a2 led he popular girl red hot late Col have discussion bills, tring ke . » " as this undigested fdod remains in the stomach, the diness , A few doses of - years given and it is not pro- that she will cheerfully re-enter son Mr. Sherman's been extensive. of thé congressional campaign mittee and in congressional and sidential campaigns talents campaign oratory taken him fore the people in many parts of country. + He presided the York state republican convention 180d times, this his name has been suggested for governorship of his Presi McKinley, in his first for the of New York, but, request the people of his he deciined 'the appointment Such as he is not red public or the other enatters| that take him Mr. | Sherman passes at his home on Gene- street, in Utica. He has an HUNDRED LIVES LOST. party services have He has been chairman com SIX ol was scene, She had assist Overturned Dur- ing' Storni. News the los wa pre- in Harbor for be the New in year, the nt his nm have of a of brought July 3 boat olving aly of China { were ob Before over Miss one of N.X ha granddavghter of the nll, the evening battle of my over Vic Carrie the , and Many large erturned in and the struggling inthe 3 cue, leading h. was 5 rs um Several at Si overloa a ohe 1s | . * Sh | the harbor during | shrieking in the | the { move his honor that jroo. § : 1 permit of any other Is at by " a storm, * state, kitled al six o'clock passenger of the third day of Gettysburg, just before victory came It 1% 1) the eldest the named Sheri Sherman wl \ who was : term, nominated with no char fortunate boats water as neighbor- to Others About hermen; but uite voung to During the eldest the | week following 359 corpses were found golf champion, might also be called a! mutilated by sharks. in- | Washington boy, as he was but four teresting family. His wife, Carrie Bab | years old when he gan to make! month Sherman, daughter «of the Washington his home Mrs. Sherman! two Col. Eliakim Sherill, who served was much barred = from active offic ial | landed distinction in the civil war and jdile during her first year's residence] s Kkiil¢ + final charge at the]there, as her children: were all young, the Utica * Trust and Deposit com- ith eh im phe fina) Shacge 2 hrc Lbut as they: grow ho. Mere and The Cheese Markets. pany and director in a wational bank, SORE. Qherill, aed: twenty-six, who he is influential in local financial mat- i A ters and ho also has extensive connec- more idenjfiied herself with the social} Belleville, Cnt, July - 2.-To-day in the banking business with his with various local industrial cor- ~ general appraiser the to the district, him post mn at m response were already too crow ol ahoard harks son ol congressman were snapped time engrag on j thirty were cued by fi Gon re : She $ aarried business She wa married over were drowned frequently away, Mr. Sherman, and her son, for by were Twenty fisherme marooned Drs. KENNEDY &KEN SUCCESSORS TO To his new place as second in com mand of the ship of state, grant that with Tait he will be elected November, he will brine a deep know + ledge of public affairs and an extreme- ly intimate acquaintance with the pro- blems of government now confronting | the administration, gained from longs] service as presiding officer for the committee of the whole of the house, and as a member of the house com- mittees on interstate and foreign com- merce, judiciary, industrial arts, Indian afigirs, and chairman of the] committee on expenditures of the de partment of justice, began Victor re NEDY Drs. Kennedy & Kergan "NERVOUS DEBILITY JAMES SCHOOLCROFT SHERMAN, on island, cued Brazilian cock is a training ships, Utica until congressman in practice in recently, The is largely ' interest € a= Yokohama. : : .! 'with ed in affairs in Utica. As president of! older fa- SPECIAL NOTICE. Owing to Dr. Ker- an being ceceased, r. J. D. Kennedy, Medical Director, has associated with him Dr.Kennedy Jr. who has been with the firm for several ars, $0 hereafter usiness will con- ducted under the name of Drs KENNEDY & KENNEDY men are annual RLY INDI bid Jou have any of the k, despondent agi ot hore FOR foe vous weal and g , Spec bowie with dark <ircles under them, weak kidueysisits ov i A he EC omg ep Lm tin urine, es on y | careworn i y. lifeless, distrustful, lack tr t nights, energy and strength, men SARS able weak mau throat etc, the wal from POISONS tiers SE = Thousands of ng and middle a; yr ve through life of the congressional- set. { there were offered 2.256 white, ther: Richard Upu.ae, Sheriil, the elder of the family, | colorve 2,106 white sold at llje.; |e red Sc 9-16¢.: be : professor of mathematics at Hamilton twenty-five years old and married. | C0 0red ala 1) 0-16¢ i balaner unsold. and Thomas Moore, aged|He is. a golf player of more 394 b ville, Ont., July 2: Today, B= - ; 32 Xes we sister twenty-two, who has won fame as one cal note, and as note teller | 112 Gx " iy 1. oi oi y C1 i) hich + Sr 3 2 412 ro ON alano of ,the country's first golf players. The Utica Trust company bank 1s ~ fer [ lO { lanes y ule: third in| allied with the business interests of aC." Ol ~ on Bo but none sol % Utica the place. 'The second. son, Richard], Sing July 3 Loxes boarded; ca. . o . L3 1300 sold at 11 9-16c.; 500 at 1lic.: The presidential ninee is com- U. Sherman. also is married, and is a Aa 4C.. he. vice-presiudential - ndyninee 18 ¢ dase friend oi the sons. of Seerctary. of balance was scold: after board. the man "in , ; Sn A { [incheste ly > to have little time} State and Mrs, Root. . He was a gra-| Winches ter, July. At the cheese o have lit ¢ . iosor of iboard, to-night 962 boxes of colored for diversi but when 'he.can hej duate ot and is now professor of ma- : i or diversion, but when : ea a9 il thematies in Hamilton college, which and white were registered. A few sold 3 : ee s ) nw , greatly enjoys games plavec with bhi=)? > 11ec. : family. He takes a keen, interest in is also his tather's alma mater. He is|on the bout at 2 _ Fl i red ps > Alexandria, July S.--~--Lieven Nunan 5 % i 3 the voungest professor "in the college, A the large garden and greenhouses which *h¢ 2 8 pro véars (2nd seventy-ning Loxes of cheese were adioin his home. 3 $ . He is a devotee of golf and enjoys {offered. All sold at 11 9-16. nothing better than a hard match. There are .in the records feports of several matches plaved with brother congressmen of his statejdelegation, which, at the time they vere played, attracted a big "gallery" aged twenty-fou san tion is porations. than lo- in th elosely | Colle mn £ career influence Sherman's the of congress came strongest Mr. from Probably and | tha, sh \pins is , his friendship Revd, | whom his service as representative at- Mr. Sherman is two years older than tamed the scope that brought him in his companion on: the republican tic-! to prominence beyond the ol ket. He was bora in Utica, October his state. The relations the 24th, 1855. His father, General Rich-' two intimate? the repre- ard Updyke Fherman, was a man of ted as the man's large afiai a democrat, who held in affairs political' con- several important offices. The 'father; gressional was a man of positive political con-| wictions, but it is still related in Uti-: ca how at a meeting in his son's in- terests when: the latter was once a candidate for re-clection to congress the elder Sherman appeared among the speechmakers and warmly upheld the the measures outside of Indian affairs A young man's course in public aff Twith which he h heen especially con- Mrs. Sherman, wife of the Richard M. Sherman, an elder broth-! pected, were the ** republican momince for vice-president, er of the congressman, has been twic | for the protection of American cheeselis a woman of whom it might be d elected mayor of Utica, as a demo-| manufacturers; the reorganization of she typical of Washington official crat. The father was a native of One-| the revenue cutter servide: the Jethmi-| society. Since her hushand was eleet-7 at lhe soothing Balsams and! uine Canadignism in it than a loud ida county, and Mary F. Sherman. an canal. and the Philippine cable bill.] ed to congress in 1887 she has been| healing oils in this ointment make a voice. mother of the congressman, was ana-| As 4 member of the cdmmittee onfclosely allied with the women of the, perfect food for the skin. You find tive of Vermont. ' foreign riport to the house for a'Ni congressional set, and has songht. ne this out in one application. Se. boxes Ths candidate was graduated from caraguan canal hefore the Papama other walks in society. at all dealers. | in { with | fon is YUSINCeSS the late under morn engaged in | Speaker nN mcnly known busiest Utica. . He : as conlines Seems between Maine BLOOD Che lood of the victim, a system may afToct the future generation. Bewa * only suppresses the symptomas--OUR NEW METHOD cures them. ~ T TME alone can cure and oy . N om ETHOD. TREAT MENT, active, the blood Surtiied a Barat man ol i » 2d ul . the nerves become as 0 that ner- pimples) bistches, and ulcers diappest, LF WC eye Draght ol ne wousness, bashinlness and despon becomes . clear, energy returns to the body, & the morsel, Pliyuical. asd vital systemsare favlg. orated: all drains cease--no more vital waste from t! rob you of your hard earued doliars. 'We will cure you or ne pay. READER Quastisn List for Home Treatment Sent on Request. Drs. KENNEDY & KENNEDY Cor. Michigan Ave. and Griswold St, DETROIT, MICH. Were sentative mentor ac younger and now only twenty-three w Simple Cure For Itchiness. The tantilizing skin, itchiness plagues men and women eing Speaker Reed placed Mr. Sherman at potion oo the head of the -colmittee on Indian affairs, where his most important work in' the been done in Thets ty-fifth and he has held the offica continually ever 'Some of { Not A Noisy vay. Toronto Telegram. that | Love "of country does not make from much noise on the First of July." Par- the invasion of Washing | tisanship too often bas its throne in won't relieve, cleanliness cannot | polling booths that shomld be altars cure, only a soothing germ-killer like] of patriotism. not the truest Dr. Haniilton's Ointment can do the|or noblest expression of affection for work. Bv anointing the parts with hearth and home. A quiet vote or a Dr. Hamilton's relief comes} useful life way easily have more gen- house has congress, arises who has treated vou, write for an honest BOOKS FREE--"The Golden Monitor" - : No matter Free since: bacteria. of Charge. justrated) even James S. noise is | Ointment is once, ------------ Hard cash is awfully hard te do . without. : ' . sy