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NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS
LONDON.
THE PTTrEFS OF THE ROYAL PROGRESS
THKO.V.H THE COLONIES.
JIOBE WAR OFFICE INEPTITUDE-KRUE
GERS APPEAL TO THE POWERS
rROKER AS LORD BOUNTIFUL.
IBT CABLE TO THE TRIBTVK-1
(Oo^TlFht. 1901: By Th« NVw Tork Tribune.)
London. Aug. 24.— Royalty comes out of the
,torm and stress of the war period more cred
it Mv than the government or the opposition
The military campaign from the outset has been
Mocked and thwarted by lack of official fore
eight and practical talent. Blunders have fol
lowed blunders, but the final exhibition of in
capacity was the recruiting of sixteen thousand
l-.nerial yeomanry largely with men who could
Ljther ride nor shoot. Lord Kitchener's Iron
ical dp««riptlon of this corps of unsuitable and
invalid soldiers ha* discredited the War Office.
which paid a premium of five shillings a day for
troopers of this class as substitutes for seasoned
_„, The opposition would have been able to
ak* effective use of this demonstration of offi
cial ineptitude if It had taken a patriotic stand
4rom the outbreak of the war. Faction feuds
*" d the pro-Boer attitude of the extreme Rad
icals have broken the force of Liberal criticism
of government failures. Royalty is not held re
!oonsiW for these blunders of administration.
-nd is credited with sagacity for forecasting the
LL n d of imperialistic tendencies. The tour of
the 'puk^ of Cornwall is its practical contribu
tion to the can* of imperial federation, and It
ha* been carried out without a flaw in the ar
rMirements and without a single disagreeable
Incident It ha. been well timed at the close
S a campaign in which some of the best work
' M been done by colonial soldiers. The Cana
dians ™re the heroes of Paardeburg. and the
Australian have shown remarkable endurance
and Ushttaß power. wnilams's column, which
L captured a Boer convoy this week, after
coverir.S **xty miles in twenty-seven hours, was
made up chiefly of colonial troopers from the
couth Seas. The Duke of Cornwall, who is a
more capable prince than hi ordinarily ur>
po«ed has created a fine impression everywhere
by his tact and dignity, and has imparted a fresh
impulse to the cause of imperial federation.
Son which the future of each and every Briton
largely depends.
Mr Krilger's protest against Lord Kitchener's
reclamation, when It is addressed to the pow
ers committed to the principles of The Hague
Convention, will lose much of Its force from the
fact that the South African Republic and the
Orange Fre» State were excluded from the
pcae# Congress. The government of the Neth
erlands, before issuing the invitation to the con
prets. submitted to Russia a list of the powers
which should be Invited. It included the two
republics of South Africa, which had consular
officers at The Hague: it was returned from St.
Petersburg with the names of the two republics
trsaaal out. Either the Czar was unwilling to
»J«J England or the Foreign Office here had
intimated that it would have nothing to do with
the Peare Congress if the two republics were
Invited. The Dutch Government did not enter
¦ protest, and the congress «a.« held without
the presence of lakes*** '-om South Africa.
Mr. KriJger's protest win be made in the inter
ert of two States which were specially excluded
from the convention. This may be an advantage
far Enpiand at a time when the resources of the
Rnerp ... r » nearly exhausted: It .would have been
¦ greater gain for England during •' * last two
year? if the two republics had been represented
in the congress, and had been under obligation
to respect the enlightened principles adopted
by it
Mr. Cephas Bralnerd. of New-York, presided
over the most important four sessions of the In
ternational Law Association in Glasgow, when
Justice Philllmore read a paper on marriage
laws] and there was a prolonped discussion. The
debate disclosed little faith among lawyers that
civilized nations could agree upon a uniform
code r.t marriaw and dlvorc» la*. Scotland was
described as the country v.-here marriage could
b» most hastily projected, and South Africa an
tfc* land wher* it could be most easily dissolved,
twenty-four hours' desertion b«=-ing sufficient
pound for an absolute decree of divorce.
The Trades Union Congress win meet at
(Swansea under remarkably pacific conditions.
A strong effort will be made to impart new
vigor to the eight hour movement and convert
It into a test question for Parliamentary elec
tions. Proposals for making arbitration com
pulsory in labor disputes will be advocated.
One plan suggest! a supreme court of arbitra
tion, BreaMed over by one of the Lord Justices.
*- ( .th an equal number of representatives of
»-orkmen and employers. Postal service griev
aacea will be a prominent subject of debate.
The Methodist Ecumenical Congress in Lon
don promises to be a most important religious
*t«t.
Crcker's visitors at the Moat House give a
rlotrtaj account of his public services as a bene
fi".oro; Letoombe. Not content with beautify
"S his own property, he is Improving the vll
'•** by widening and straightening the public
rca4s. by extending a picturesque wall and by
facing peat* for villagers in the meadows un-
d *r the trees. He has also licensed the village
toys to bathe in his new lake at certain hours,
*n<J has promised to provide a fountain near
one of the old mills. He has furnished employ
»"-«t for a large force of workmen in improving
hal estate, and the tradesmen all speak well
<; f him for treating them fairly and spending
»oney freely. This idyl of English village life
' R a fine foil for the misgovern of New
fork, Tvith the licensed vice and crime, for
*'fclch the master of the Moat House is held ac
countable by American opinion.
The Deutachland, the Campania and the St.
kt>u!» have gone out with every berth occupied.
M <l another steamer could have been filled with
Americans seeking passage to New-York. The
•*' "mmodatlon offered by the transatlantic
¦**¦ was never larger, but during the next six
*«Vt it will be unequal to the demands of
***veller». Tourist traffic, while unusually
* v "y. does not explain this rush for places on
'"Etvrard bound chips. The tourists, with few
¦option*, are booked for a return passage
"*•" they nail from America. There has been
*&rked Increase In commercial traffic between
* two countries, and business men who are
°^>* to time their Journeys with precision are
"••Wi out when they attempt to secure pas
"Sf at the busiest time of the steamship trade.
Lori Etrathcona. Mr. William D. Washburn.
| r> E- Fending and Morris B. Wise are among
*•* tiling to-day. Monslgnor Doane has re
¦*¦•* «• London for a final fortnight, and will
«• 0» Oceanic.
-I?* Archbishop of Canterbury, who is in his
ty-firet year, did not marry until he was
F. <<intlnnrd on fourth p««.-.
* 4o not know where "Bpotles« Town" Is. but
« £ty W u ii&t th * *V°Ue** line la the Hudson
NEW-YORK. SUNDAY. AUGUST 25. 1901.-2 PARTS. 26
HIDE AND SEEK IN AFRICA.
KITCHENER'S WORK AMONG THE SCAT
TERED COMMANDOES.
j THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE IX SCOTLAND \
—NEWS OF THE THEATRES.
r<v,j,vTlrht. 1SX»1: By The NVw T..rk Tribune.)
iBT CAB',E TO THE TRIBL'NE.I !
London, Aug. 25, 1 a. m. — The game of hide I
and seek goes on In South Africa, with small
success scored from week to week by the British '
army. General Kitchener's estimate that there j
were 13,500 Boers in arms early In July Is re
duced by recent weekly reports to a little over I
ten thousand. Where the fragments of com- J
| mandoes making up this aggregate are Is a ;
j mystery. The largest hostile force is In the
Eastern Transvaal, but probably it does not ex- :
ceed eight hundred burghers. Bcheeper*s com- i
mando is the only one south of the Orange
River, and General French is operating against
it. Kritzlnger and Weasels have been reinforced ,
In the Wepener district by the bands which Knox j
was driving through the Orange River Colony, j
but this combined Boer force Is about four nun- !
dred men. This force will be between two fires, j
but will probably excape by subdividing and j
scattering the commandoes, as has often been j
done before In the same section by De Wet, j
Olllvier and other Boer generals. A casualty I
list given out last night betokened a serious j
j fight, which had not been adequately reported. ',
The latest dispatches from Holland indicated !
a despondent and almost hopeless feeling among i
Mr. Kniger*s friends.
I
The German Crown Prince Is the chief lion in j
the Scotch castles. The season In the highlands
Is now at its height, and is a brilliant one despite
the court mourning.
The best curtain raiser seen in London for a
long time was "The Bishop's Candlesticks" last •
night at the Duke of York's Theatre, adapted
by Norman McKinnell from Victor Hugo's "Lea '
Miserable IfeKlnneli himself enacted the
part of Jean Valjean with power and intelli- !
gence, and A. E. George was most effective and
sympathetic as the good bishop. This piece was 1
followed by Gerald Dv Maurier's version of j
"Don Cesar de Bazan," which had been drawing '
well for several weeks in the provinces under j
the title of "A Royal Guest." Lewis Waller re- •
ceived a hearty welcome as Don Cesar and acted
well. He was strongly support i by Lily Han- j
bury, who both danced and sar.','. Norman Mr-
Kinnell was weak as Don Jose, and the remain- I
ing members of the company had small scope for ,
good acting. The play was really the light opera ,
without the score, but there were Incidental
songs and dance? by way of compensation. Dv '
Maurier had followed the book of the opera al
most too closely, and Don Cesar was. not pro- j
vided with a Spanish background. The audl- i
ence ¦was entertained, and was emphatic In ap
proval of the play. The galleries were rilled
with Mr. Waller's admirers, who were most
generous In applause.
Sir Henry Irving has returned to London for a
few rehearsals required for his provincial tour.
Fay Davis Is recruiting her health at Murren,
in Switzerland, but will speedily he rehearsing
at the Garrlck for the first production of '
Pinero's new play, entitled "Iris." I. N. F.
TEN THOUSAND FIGHTING BOERS.
Paris. Aug. — The "Gaulois" publishes an ]
Interview with Mr. Krug'-r at Htlversmn. in th»
course of which he declared the reports that h»
would have recourse to privateering to be "mere
fables" He said be wns aware that the Boers
could only count upon ten thousand men stjll in
the field, but that they were determined to<s|on- :
tinue the struggle.
G. B. ADAMS FOR JUDGE.
REPUBLICAN LAWYER CHOSEN TO SUC- J
CEED JUDGE ADDISOX BROWN.
G»orge Bethune Adams will succeed .Tudor*
Addison Brown, of the United States District
Court, resigned. This was learned from a trust- :
worthy source last night.
Since it became known that Judge Brown
would retire there have been a ecore of men
prominently mentioned as candidates for the
place. At least fifty men have been talked of. !
The President. It is known, has been much j
perplexed to find a suitable candidate. His j
desire was to get not only a capable man, but |
on» who would give his time and attention to j
the duties of the office. Such a man he is said |
to have found In Mr. Adams.
Senator Platt has been consulted about the i
matter and has given his indorsement to Mr. '
Adams, and It i.« understood that the appoint- j
ment will be made within a few days.
Mr. Adams is a lawyer at No. 1 Broadway, '
and lives at No. 30 West Thtrty-slxth-st. He
has always been a vigorous Republican.
AMERICAS KILLED ABROAD.
MRS. XV. XV. HMITH, OF BROOKLYN*. WAS HIT
BY FALLING [CB IN SWITZERLAND.
A cable dispatch receive,] in Brooklyn on Fri
day, dated Belvedere, Switzerland, told of the
sudden death of Mrs. William Wl^kham Smith,
wife of one of the members of the law firm of
<'uric, Smith ¦& Maxw.ll, No. 22 Willlam-st.,
Manhattan. Tip dispatch came from Mr. Smith.
and said that his wife had been killed by ¦ fall
of ice on a mountain of Switzerland. The m.-s-
Kape is brief and contains few facts.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their child left their
home at No. 1.153 D»-an-st., Brooklyn, for Ku
rope last May. They expected to make a six
months' trip through England, Scotland and the
Continent, and return to Brooklyn In October.
One of Mr. Smith's partners said yesterday
that he had received occasional letters* from the
tourists, and that until their arrival in Belvedere
nothing occurred to mar the trip.
Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss Ella Velsor,
and had many relatives and acquaintances in
Brooklyn.
William W. Smith is well known among the
lawyers of New- York. He Is a member of the
Lawyers' Club, of Manhattan, and the Lincoln
and Union League clubs, of Brooklyn.
One of his partners said yesterday that he ex
pected soon to receive the full details of the
accident. "Mre. Smith mutt have t*e>-n killed In
a mountain climbing expedition," he raid. "There
appears to be no other way possible in which
falling Ice could have hit her:"
MORQI'ITO BITE AUAIX FATAL.
MISS CLARA MAAS. OF NEW-JERSEY. THIRD
VICTIM OF" THE EXPERIMENTS
AT HAVANA.
Havana. Aug. 24.— The third death from yel
low fever, resulting from the bite of a mos
quito, occurred at 0:30 o'clock this evening.
The victim was Mis* Clara Maas, of -Jersey,
whose death occurred on the seventh day after
she was taken ill.
Of the six persons bitten by mosquitoes re
cently In the course of the Yellow Fever Com
mission's experiment^ three have died, and the
doctors say the other three are suffering from
light attacks of the disease. Miss Maas was a
nurse from Las Animas, and wished to become
Immune.
PLATT BARS COLER 01T.
SAYS THE REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
WOULD NOT SUPPORT HIM
FOR MAYOR.
The politicians yesterday were discussing gen
erally an Interview in The Herald, in which
Governor Odell was quoted upon the local situ
ation in New-York City. This interview was
construed by .some as an attack upon Senator
Platt and others in the Republican organiza
tion. It was taken to mean that the Governor
had no sympathy with those who he thought
¦were trying to cause discord among the anti-
Tammany forces, and that he blamed some per
sons in the Republican organization for this at
tempt to create trouble. When Senator Platt
waa seen at Manhattan Beach last night and
asked about the Interview, he said, dryly:
"It seems to me that Interview was mostly
headlines, and the headlines were not substanti
ated by the body of the story. The writer of
that article drew largely upon his imagination
and padded pretty extensively to make up a
Story, There is no use bothering with it. I
don't believe the Governor ever conveyed any
such impression as the writer of the article tried
to reflect."
Senator Platt last night reiterated the state
ment that he was heartily desirous of a .strong
and effective union against Tammany. "What
ever the ronferrees of the anti-Tammany forces
decide upon will be support-,1 by the Republican
organization, and any candidate they select will
be acceptable to us," h» Bald. "The present
representation of the Republican organization
in the anti-Tammany conference will remain as
it is. and Mr. U »rrta will continue to direct
matters for the Republican organisation."
"How about Coler for Mayor?" waa asked
"Any one but Coler," said the Senator gravely.
"Any one but Coler. He is impossible, for rea
sons I have outlined in the past."
INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR.
"The New-York Herald" yesterday printed an
extended Interview with Governor Odell dealing
with the political situation In this city. The inter
view caused widespread interest, as it whs con
strued by some as an attack on Senator Platt and
others allied with him In the Republican organisa
tion for their attitude toward an anti-Tammany
alliance. Among other things the Governor wan
quoted as saying:
"I do not feel called upon nor do I think It tit
ting to take up the controversy as to the right or
the wrong method of bringing about reform in
New- York."
"But Governor, Senator Platt has said that he
thinks nil the doinps of District Attorney Phllbln
find Justice Jerom<* in exposing police corruption
a 'fake.' "
"So [ have Been it reported." said the Governor.
"nut. Governor. Sen. Pl.ut says, also, that
you are of the same opinion."
DOES NOT CONTRADICT MR. PLATT.
"I do not f. »-l called upon to contradict Senator
Platt. I stand apart because of my official po
sition. There are reasons, entirely aplde from th«
personal ipsue. which compel DM to refrain from
characterizing any such statement.
"This I will gay, that I believe District Attorney
Phllbin to be acting well and in the true line of
his duty, and I find no fault with Justice .T»rnm»>'«
effort * to expose corruption. They are doing work
which win come to a practical test, and a* It may
r«-,T-h me from that dlre.-ttnn I would like to b»
excused from commenting on II from any other."
"The feeling In New-York. Governor. Is that your
exalted position in public esteem maktii every
thing attributed to you in relation to the fight for
reform Important."'
"Can there be »ny doubt c/ my attitude?" th"»
Governor replied, mor« warmly. "I am ana nay«
!¦"¦• a party man. a partisan even. From that
point i wish to ?e» rh* overthrow of Tammany;
but there is n stroncer reason than party fealty
"Every good citizen In interested In destroying
the vast corruption for which Tammany stand.*,
but to Interfere In nuch an Issue, to ¦ :£•».•*»• choice
of methods. Is not my duty. The work lies with
the citizens of the pr»-af municipality, and the way
to accomplish it should be clear to everybody
"If members of the Republican party are at
tributing to me any share In th* effort to throw
out of balance the conference of the anti-Tam
many croups they are mistaken That effort
comes. I do not doubt, from tho«H i antagonized In
relation to the attempted police l»-clslafion "
"Glbb*?V I asked.
"If you know whose wls-hcs j» r proposer of the
resolution habitually follows you can ludge for
yourself
'I hive only one desire." the Governor went on.
"In all this.— to stand apart as the Governor of th»
State should, the Governor who 1b th* executive
officer for all the people I cannot interfere in
New-York municipal politics. It should be as
rightfully resented as if, for instance. Mr Halp«>n
were to Interfere In the local politic* of New
burg."
LEVEY I\7> PFAROnY.
TWO MEN NAMED AS ANTI-TAMMANY CAN
DIDATES FOR CONTROLLER.
Deputy Controller Edgar .1 Levey is being
seriously considered by the antl-Tammay lead
ers as the fusion candidate for Controller. A
number of the confenreea have called Colonel
Willis L. findens attention to Mr. Levey's
qualifications for the place. it has been decided
to have his name proposed at the conference on
September 0. Mr Levey Is a Democrat, and it
la said he belongs to the Democratic Club. It la
not known to a certainty as yet that he would
want summarily To break off relations with
Tammany, but some of his friends are con
fident that political affiliations rest lightly upon
him, and that he would consent to stand as the
citizens' candidate, even if he were called upon
to oppose some former Tammany associate.
Deputy Controller Levey has been In the
Finance Department sine., the time Controller
Meyers was in office. He was a Deputy Con
troller under Controller Fitch, and when Mr.
Coler took office his aervicea were retained. Con-
(roller Coler depends upon him for a greal •'• il!
of the practical work of the department.
The thing that might seriously « ei^h against
his candidacy would hf the geographical plea
that th<- Mayor and Controller ought not to
come from th.- same borough. If the fat-lon can
didate for Mayor should be taken from Manhat
tan, it might be desirable, It was suggested yes
terday, to X" to Brooklyn for the Controller.
Th<- friends of George Foster Peabody, " f
Brooklyn, are discussing his name in connection
with the Controller^!]). He Is well known In
financial, educational and social circles In both
boroughs. Usually he has voted with the Hhep
ard Democrats, In Brooklyn. He Is one of the
Committee of Fifteen, of which William H. Bald
win, Jr., Is chairman.
TRYING TO SWIM THK CHANNEL.
HOLBBIM, A CYPLIST, FAII.B TO DUrPUCATH
THK FKAT OF CAPTAIN WEBB.
London, Aug 24.— T0-day, the anniversary
t of Captain Webb's swim from Do\'er to Calais,
France, a once famous eye-list. Mr. Holbein, left
I Dover for Cape Oris-Xez, between Boulogne
sur-Mer and Calais, whence he will attempt to
swim back to Dover.
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Aug. 24.— Holbein,
the swimmer, who was apparently in excellent
form, entered the water at 4:15 p. m. He was
aecomranied by a: tug and a small boat. The
sea was choppy, but Holbein, who has done
some of his beat cycling at night, naid he rather
preferred night swimming, and that he would
take only eighteen hours to cross the Channel.
CalalH. Auk. 24.- Holbein abandoned the at
tempt to swim th. Channel after two hours in
the water, on account of the rough sea.
j MAN-A-CEA! MAN-A-CEA! MAN-A-CEA!
Doctors report this Wonderful Manganese Spring
I Water Cures Catarrh of j the . Stomach, Gastritis.
when all Medicines fall. Then why experiment?
Drujurists. or Ben K. Curtis, 13 Stone St.— Adv..
PAGES. WITH ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT. 16 PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
A PROGRAMME FOR COLER.
TO RUN FOR MAYOR; IF ELECTED, TO
RESIGN' IN A YEAR-THEN RUN
FOR GOVERNOR.
Controller Coler's friends ira Tammany Hall,
backed by the McLaughlin machine in Kings,
have arranged the following political programme
for Richard Croker's consideration:
First — Mr. Coler's nomination for Mayor on
the Tammany ticket.
Second— If elected, his resignation of the may
oralty a year from next fall to accept the nom
ination for Governor.
Third— The nomination of a "trusted" Tam
many man for president of the Board of Alder
men, who will succeed Mr. Coler as Mayor and
run things "wide open" for at least one year of
the two.
Fourth— A businesslike and straightforward
administration of city affairs under Coler in
order to increase his prestige as a Democratic
candidate against Governor Odell, whom Croker
ardently hopes to defeat.
It can be stated on the "highest" authority,
and that means Mr. Coler's own word to his
political friends, that he wants to be Governor,
and that the mayoralty Is not attractive to him.
The Controller has been deeply impressed by the
strong position in the State and nation attained
by Governor Odell. He wants a place in the
public: eye relatively as conspicuous. With the
national and State Democratic organizations in
a disrupted condition, he aims at being a po
litical Moses.
Senator Hill sustains a rather anomalous re
lation to the programme up to date. Realizing
that personally he cannot do much in his own
State, he la willing to push Coler. whom he
backed for the Governorship nomination at
Saratoga a year ago. As a national character
already, Mr. Hill would hope to overshadow
Coler, even if Coler should have the strange
luck to become Governor, which no Republican
concedes as a political probability.
Meanwhile Controller Coler now wishes he
hadn't been quite so hasty in writing his arti
cle on "Commercialism in Politics." In that.
article ha won the applause of the reformers
and the dictions of Croker's friends.
"But," argues Coler's friends. "Croker knows
how to forgive when it pays to do so. He once
forgave Otto Kempner, who wrote a book about
him, and he forgave George F. Roeach after
Roascb. 'squealed' before the Lexow Committee,
and 'Jimmy' Martin. Hill's friend, still Is inside
the breastworks."
This, Coler*a friends say, warrants the belief
that Cmker. fearing the effect of the latest
police scandals, will take on Coler. first for
Mayor, and, secondly, for Governor.
At Jamesport, where he Raw Hugh McLaugh
lln on Friday, Mr. Coler said for publication:
"I cannot h*lp being extremely gratified at
the public sentiment which has expressed itself
recently.
"It has seemed strange to me that, elimi
nating myself from the situation, no one who
has been prominent In the three great fights
for good government the Ramapo steal, the
confessions of judgment matter and the West
st. grab— has beer, considered seriously for th*
nomination by any of the organization*
"Good government in the city of New-York
can hope for little if success If those who make
such fights in Its Interest and make enemies
thereby are considered unavailable because of
having antagonised such interests."
Wit' Coler .is the Democratic candidate for
Mayor Tammany carttall orator? would say:
"Our man killed Ramapo and th- West-st.
franchise grab and stopped the raid on the
c;:>' treasury."
Th* man with the iron gray stubby beard, who
"works for his pocket all tne time." will have
served up to him at the Democratic Club on hi*
return Coler fried with onions. Coler on th«
h.i'.f ahell, Coler broiled with mushrooms. Coler
dressed with choic- •ill pups, Coler with baked
spaghetti, Coler with spinach Coler frapp- 1
and Coler very hot The district leaden who
are afraid of the effect of the last police scandal
will dlngdong for Coler until the visitor from
Wantace either surrenders or revolts.
Nothing thai Coler has said or .'.one of late
lends any color to th<» assertion that the fusion
forces could make use of him. Various anti-
Tammany ronferreea know that Mr. Coler has
information about n!s political associates which
If published would call for any amount of ex
plaining. They crgue that If he were honestly
opposed to Tammany he would long ago have
made these figures public.
RIDDKB against coi.F.TV
ALSO OPPOSE© TO ABSENTEE RT'T.KR?. AND
WANTS NON-PARTISAN GOVERNMENT.
Herman RMdrr. leader of The German-American
Reform Union, la opposed to any anti-Tammany
boom for Controller r-oler for Mayor. Mr Ridder
said yesterday
"I have no respect for any man. be he Mr. Coler
or any one else, who. after publicly denouncing the
machine, and knowing bow corrupt and bad it Is.
now runs after those very men to secure from
them a Domination for a public office. By accept
ing such a nomination he does what he can to keep
th*»m In control of public affairs."
Mr. Rtdder> remarks were brought out partly by
remarks from Hugh McLaughMn. in a Brooklyn
paper, rtlng that Mr Hl.lder was a boss and
that Americana did not like and would not
follow bosses. Mr. McLaughlin ridiculed the suk-
Rpstlon that the great hulk of the German-Ameri
can vote would he against the regular Democratic
candidates.
"If the right kind of candidate* are put in the
field," said Mr, Ridder, "the German-American vote
registered for th.' anti-Tammany candidate will
number 150,000. i am a believer in ,i non-partisan
administration of local affairs, and I believe that
the city of New-York should be run for the benefit
of the people, ami that bosses like Croker and
McLaughMn should not be allowed to use the ma
chinery of the Democratic party for their own per
sonal benefit. If Croker and McLaughlin 'think
they have made money enough out of politics, and
will now stand aside and let theraspectabla ele
ment of the party. which only desires the good l of
the people: control affairs, they will do a public
Be "AH%ew-York City Is my birthplace. I think I
have a to lnt.-r.-st myself In X'""' K' ni mm. in.
and I shHi use whatever llttl« Influence 1 may have
among t!' German-American frljad.^ .array them
heads of tho department are ' n Jf'Yt through a
Ramblers, who practically control It t"™^", *
division Of the Wac km ?V/ron^eVni Nether " 3o
hells and other ol«rtjli«"»' 'J , , Xew-York
.ho^^rn.l^^ne^^nl'home^-
///'/' BY STONE FROM HOOF.
W. M. V. HOFFMAN'S RIGHT EYE SERIOUSLY
INJURED BY A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
W. M. V. Hoffman, a member of the real estate
firm of Hoffman Brothers. No. 4 aWrren-st.. well
known In society and club circles, and a prom
inent horseowner. was struck In the right eye on
Tuesday by a stone which one of the leaders of
his four-ln-hand coach picked up in Its hoof
while Mr. Hoffman was driving on the new race
track at Tuxedo Park, N. Y. The stone broke
Mr. Hoffman's eyeglasses and cut the ball of
his eye. Drs. Rushmore and Johnson, of
Tuxedo Park, removed some of the broken glass,
but It was feared for some time that total
blindness might result.
Mr. Hoffman was brought to his city home.
No. 88 West Flfty-flrst-st.. and Drs. Weeks and
Knapp held a consultation there yesterday. At
Its close the physicians said that the sight of
neither eye would be lost. Mr. Hoffman was
°In*he coach with Mr. Hoffman when the acci
dent occurred were his two young sons and his
coachman. The horses were going rapidly. Mrs.
Hoffman was In the Berkshires. but was sum
moned at once.
SEVERE STORMS IN France asp SPA /A".
Bordeaux, Aug. J4.-ticvere storms prevail
throughout Southern France and Spain. Several
fatalities are reported and. a number or flrea have
been caused by. ugh tnii«. . -
l'.'or>yrf«hi; lVOl: By Th« Tr 3un» .*ar;c:a;ica. i
STORM SPREADS RON WIDE.
IT IS ESPECIALLY SEVERE IN JERSEY CITY WHERE MANY
BUILDINGS ARE WRECKED.
FIERCE WIND. HEAVY RAIX AND LIGHTNING COMBINED
A fierce rain and wind storm did considerable damage over a wide area
oar V^l 9* L° ° f a *™£™. throw ng down
part of the side wa I of one church, carrying oft" the steeple and p i; f an
a rev In 1 " ? thir V eari out the entire rear wall of a the
atre unrooting several club houses and uprooting many large trees
KinirS! 11 KgX g /Tfr tHe P rematu " , e *P^ion of several blasts of dynamite at
Kingsl.uu. -V J.. killing one man and injuring four others severe*, '
to .iMn^io^ " mem h meS WCre fi ° Oded — the ™ «
In The Bronx trains were delayed by washouts, cars were stalled in the
water and engine fires extinguished. . n tne
At Cape May lightning struck many buildings, including the lighthouse
The area of the rainfall was wide. In the last twenty-four hours showers
and thunderstorms occurred in the Atlantic States from Florida to Xei-York
over the eastern portion ol the lake section, in the Ohio, Middle MississbS
and Tennessee valleys, and in Nebraska and Minnesota Heavy r2 M™ m
reported in Detroit. Mich., and Binghamton X. V. * rainfalls were
DYNAMITE FIRED BY A BOLT
CHARGES IX A RAILWAY EXCAVATION'
EXPLODE. KILLING ONE MAN AND
INJURING OTHERS.
Rutherford. N. J.. Aug. "J4 (Special).— ln the
sharp thunderstorm this afternoon lißhtning
caused the premature explosion of several blasts
of dynamite at Kingsland. N. J., resulting in
the death of one man. while four others were
badly hurt. The Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western Railioad is making: a change in Its
line through Union Township, and for several
months the T. A. Glllesple Company, of New-
York, has been making excavations for the
new route. A cut forty feet deep has already
been made from Meadow »Road nearly to the
Hackensack River bridge, and in this cut a
hundred feet from Meadow Road, a gang of
Italians under P. H. Murray, the foreman, were
arranging for a dynamite explosion to-day when
the storm broke. Seven charges of dynamite at
different points had been placed, and all but
one connected with wires.
In a central hole Lorenzo Murano bent over
the seventh charge, wire in hand, to make the
final connection, when a blinding (task of light
ning struck the wires and six charges of dyna
mite went off. Earth and rocks shot into th?
air. and In coming down buried Murano and
underneath him the on* unexplodM charge.
In a few minutes search for the others began.
Ttalo Pro. An^el.-> Domino and two others were
picked up badly cut and bniised. Dr. 9. E.
Armstrong, of Rutherford, was sent for. dressed
their wounds and had them taken to Avondale.
Mufano apparently had been forgotten, for the
remaining laborers refused to dig for him. say-
Ing no one was buried. But the man ha<i a
wife and chill in Avondale. and when news of
the accident reached there a party of men
started out and at 7:30 p. m.. nearly four hours
after the accident, began to dig for his body,
which was uncovered in half an hour.
Coroner Hoffmann reached the scene at I'"*
o'clock to-night, and. after an examination, had
th«» body put in an undertaker's wagon. A
fierce dispute arose at once. A man who said
he was Mnrano'a cousin protested against the
removal, saying the dead man had money on
his person. So the body was lifted out of the
wagon and thoroughly searched to satisfy the
relatives and a further promise not to dissect
It had to be given before the excitement died
away.
BAILING OUT THEIR HOMES.
BASEMENTS ON THE EAST SIDE
FI^OOPED WITH RAIN.
A rainstorm swept down on this city yester
day with such violence that in the more densely
populated districts tenants were driven from
basement homes, and in The Bronx and Brook
lyn there were washouts along the railroad
\;n- which resulted in serious delays. The fore
cast for to-day is fair ami warmer weather,
with variable and northerly winds.
The storm came up gradually and increased
in violence until near evening. The first shower
fell o n the Island of Manhattan about 11 o'clock.
By noon the rain was coming down in torrents,
and the crowds who had finished their week's
work and were anxious to get home crowded to
halls and doorways of downtown buildings, wait
ing for a "letup" to run to the nearest car.
The great majority appeared to be caught with
out any means of protection against the rain.
Only one in fifty appeared to have a pair of
rubbers, and umbrellas were almost as scarce.
The more adventurous who dared the tempest
were few. and at times the streets, which on
other Saturdays are crowded with homegoers.
looked deserted. The day was a sad one for the
seashore excursion steamers and the resorts.
"A rainy Saturday means a stingy Sunday," i
said one Coney Island resort owner. When \
asked to explain, he said: "Why. you see, the ;
guys stays home Saturday and blows everything j
In over the bar. Then they come down here ,
Sunday, broke, to get their hats to fit." j
More than three inches of rain fell In the course j
of the day. The people who live In the steep j
basements on the lower East Side were kept ¦
busy bailing the water out and damming up th© I
windows. Sewers were choked In many places, .
which caused the water to back up deep enough '
to flow over the sidewalk. Often it waa nece3- |
sary to walk more than half a block in the pour- ;
ing rain to find a crossing. Those who live :
under leaky roofs gave vent in anger at the j
landlords for not having them repaired. The
roof repairer was In great demand, but as the j
rain did not let up long enough to give him a ,
chance his services were found practically use
less.
The loss to proudce and fruit dealers In West
st is estimated at $100,000. Perishable fruits j
and vegetables in the basements were covered
deep with the water.
The trolley lines of the Union Railway Com- ;
pany sustained considerable damage. In some
places it Is feared that the tracks will have to
be relald. The Southern Boulevard line was one
of the first to stop. The cars running through
Burnside-ave. were also blocked by water and ;
The property owners in Webster-aye.. from
One-hundred-and-seventieth to One-hundred- .
and-eighty-third-st.. suffered considerable dam
age from their cellars being flooded. At One- j
hundred-and-elghty-thlrd-st. and Webster-aye. I
a sidewalk 20 feet long and 10 feet wide was |
washed completely Into an adjoining vacant lot.
From Broadway and One-hundred-and-twen- ;
ty-flfth-st.. all the way down to Forty-second
st the rapid transit tunnel was flooded. Ail
the way along the water was from five to eight j
feet deep. . m _ •
Along Westchester-ave.. where several of the j
large meat companies have warehouses, the j
damage was considerable. Nelson Morris & •
Co. sustained damages estimated at > ".WO;
Conron Brothers. $10,000: Swift & Co.. $1&000;
Armour & Co. and the Armour Packing Com- j
pany S2OOOO and the American Ice Company. (
$fi,ooo. ¦ \ s j
POLAND WATER FOR THE KIDNEYS.
"Water Book" gratis. Depot, 3 Park PI., *•«'. T.—
Advu , — ¦ -- ¦
BIG LOSS IX JERSEY CITY.
WALLS BLOWN DOWN, CHURCHES AXT>
HOUSES UNROOFED AND MANY
TREKS UPROOTED
th! t hund r; • n came durtns the h^ ht <*
about T 3erStOrm ' and - th ° UU * ht It lasted onty
about ma .r seven minUteS it did a great deal
of damage. its ravages were conn *£f to a.
j space of two blocks bounded on the east by
, Barrow-st. and on the west by Vartck-st. That
, was its width. In its length it traversed the
city north and south from its southerly limit at
<.rand-st. to the Hoboken line. Moat of th»
damage done, however, was In a small area.
j The hurricane struck the city at Bright and!
| Grant sts.. faring the tin roof from the Palm*
f Huh- house, in Jersey. It next struck tha
I I mo n League Club house. In Tork-st. tearing
1 off the tin roof and forcing in several windows.
I Th-nce it passed to Van Vorst Park, on tha
j opposite side of the street, when* it uprooted
about forty big tre~3. some of which are over
I half a century old. tossing them about as though
j they had been wisps of hay. The storm swept
; "v» r th» park, doing no damage to the houses
on the Montgomery-st. side beyond breaking a
dozen panes of glass. in Mercer-st., just north.
it prostrated a dozen trees, tearing them up by
j the roots, and with these roots large areas of
. th» sidewalk. In passing over Wayne-st. it
unroofed St. Matthew's German Evangelical
I Lutheran Church, throwing down a part of the
west side wall. The Rev. Mr. Hafer. the pastor,
could not estimate the damage last night, but
he thought It would take fully two weeks to
make the necessary repairs.
The storm then seemed to go up In the air.
passing over Railroad-aye. and descending
in Newark-are.. wh»re it struck the BUou
Theatre. The -wind apparently entered Uy
the front windows, and. passing through th*»
building, tore out the entire rear wall, except
fifteen feet at the base. Th» corner of th.»
roof sagged down and some of the timbers fell
to the stage, tearing a great hole in one side of
it. The house, which has been closed for ths
summer, was to reopen la3t night. A dress re
hearsal was going on at the time, the play
being "The Man Who Dared." In one scene two
lions are used. Some of the ruins fell on the
cage, and It was feared that the lions would
get loose, but the bars proved strong enough
to resist the timbers that fell on it.
Only one casualty occurred, a stage hand re
reiving a severe cut on the chin. The man
ager. Mr Holmes, who owns the theatre, could
| give no estimate of the damage last night, but
' said he hoped to have the house ready to re
j open in two weeks.
• From the Bijou the tornado leaped to Second
1 st., where it tore away the steeple and roof of
I St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, also damafj
| ing the walls. In the steepie. which rose forty
' feet above the roof of the building, was a bell
j welshing S0»~> pounds. The steeple was seat-
I terc-d over two blocks, and the bell was dropped
1 In a vacant lot adjoining the rear of the church.
: which was to be the site of a new rectory. Th»
Rev. Henry F. Ter Woert. rector of the church,
i said the edifice was so badly damaged that It
| would probably be necessary to rebuild It. Front
. Second-PL to the northerly limit of the city no
! further damage was done beyond the stripping?
j off of tin roofs and the prostration of trees, some
: forty of more having been uprooted In Hamilton
i Park alone, while hundreds were overturned la
i the streets over which the storm passed.
It is believed thir the damage wrought will
i' not fall much. If any. short of $100,000. That no
1 person was injured is due to the fact that th»
i rain which preceded the hurricane had driven.
i people from the streets. Trolley traffic was In
: Interfered with because the wires in Montgom
! cry and York sts. were torn down by the tree*
: that fell across them. The fire alarm and police
telegraphs were also damaged by the same
; cause.
Mount Zion Chapel, of the Faith Cur© Church,
on the New- York Bay shore, was blown down
and completely destroyed. It was a frame
structure, and cost about $5,000. It had only
been used for baptizing services In the last three
years, the Rev. Martin D. Hancox. pastor, hav
ing erected a substantial brick edifice at Ocean
and Bramhall ayes., where the regular service*
are now held.
»
BOY SAVES A TRAIN.
THE QUICK WIT OF A NEW-JERSEY i
YOUNGSTER PREVENTS SERI
OUS DISASTER.
Bloomfleld. N. J.. Aug. 24. — Passengers on
the Greenwood Lake train due at the Bloom
neld station at 3 o'clock are deeply grateful to
Albert Krenrich. the eleven-year-old son of
William E. Krenrich. for preventing a proba
ble accident and perhaps loss of life this af
ternoon. The heavy rains of the last three
days washed away a portion of the roadbed
just above the trestle over Broad-st., and young
Krenrich. who was walking toward Glen Ridge,
discovered the damage just before the train
was due.
He did not have time to run across the trestle
and back to the station at Walnut-st.. as at that
moment he heard the whistle of the locomotive
and saw the train coming around the curve.
Krenrich had a red handkerchief and. pulling
it out he stood in the middle of the track and
waved it In front of the approaching train. The
engineer saw him just in time to stop a few
feet from the bridge.
The boy told him of the washout, and an in
vestigation proved the truth of his story. The
train was backed to the station, where it re
mained until the damage was repaired.
The boy was warmly thanked by the passen
gers and trainmen for hia presence of mind.
A DEATH IN ELIZABETHFORT.
Elizabethport. N. J.. Aug. 24. — "when the storm
struck Ellzabethport Mrs. Kathertne Lloyd, wife >
pf. George Lloyd, a letter-carrier^ guahed^crtha j