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B^patrt) TH?-bt8 PATCH. KOMNDED 1800. WHOLE NUMBER, ? 6,346, RICHMOND, VA?, Tlt?HSDAY, SEPTEMUKll 17, 1008. PRICE TWO CENTS. SUMMARY OF DAY'S NEWS tMe weather. ( WASHINGTON, ?opt W.-Fiirocnet for trtntrf-dny and Friday: Virginia?Showers and cooler Thursday. Friday cooler, 'showers !n east portion? fresh, variatilo winds, becoming northwost. North Carolina?Showers and cooler /Thursday; fresh to brisk south winds, ?hitting to west and northwest. Friday Wir, cooler In oa*t portion. Thoro was a decided drop In tho tem? perature yeslorday evening aftor tho com log of the predicted shower, and tho out? look 1? for further showors to-day, and Btlll lower tempera turo, STATE OF THE THERMOMETER. DA. M.,., 7rt Vi M.i.70 3,P. M.i,.. SI ? P. M. 78 ? p. m............ ? 12 midnight.78 Average.78 W! Highest temperature yesterday.83 Lowest temperature yesterday.07 Mean^temporaturo yesterday.76 Normal temperature for September.... 71 Doparture from normal temperature..;. 00 MINIATURE ALMANAC. Sept. 17, 1?03. 8un rises.r/r,! I HIGH TIDE. 6un sots.6:l? | Horning.12:45 Moon rises. 1:39 | Evening.1:20 RICHMOND. Body of St. J. Vf. Bnrraud found In thu canal-Public schools of the city will ?-robobly bo crowded beyond the health Inilt-Sheriff Simon Solomon has no Idea of suing Ilio Passenger and Power Com? pany-Barton Heights lady endeavoring to Hecure a fortune left her by a relative ln California-Steamboat companies, electric roads and oxprcss companies to be given a hearing by tho Corporation Commission to-day-Family of a well known man 111 In China-Anti-Saloon Leaguo endeavoring to defeat those op? posed to tho Mann law-Opinion of City Attorney Pollard on tho effect of redls tdcting on city officials.-Oalveston at last starts for Norfolk-Governor Monta guo replies to tho resolution adopted by the people of Chase City regarding tho caso of Doc Bacon?Union street-car men called ,t? meet to-morrow night-Munici? pal Investigation to begin ngaln to-night -Judgo Ingram takes charge of the Law and Equity Court-Remain" of C. II. Wogner, who killed hlmeelf, are buried Registration continues very light-Red Mon hold a mock trial-Reception last night to Rov. M. Ashby Jones-Friction In tho Hoalth Department calls for an In? vestigation-Executive Committee of tho National Postal Clerks to hold a banquet here Saturday-Captain Georgo D. Wlso urged to run for Mayor, but ha? not reached a decision-House damaged and two colored children, who were locked up in tho dwelling, Injured?Result of re? cent primary In Augusta not altogether satisfactory-Memory of Robert Bmmet to bo honored. MANCHESTER-Counsll muy meet to-morrow night- to choose ? successor 'to Judge Clopton, who will probably be appointed Judge of tho Cor? poration Court; Mr. Pago likely to suc? ceed Judge Clopton?? Republicans put up ? full legislative ticket; their committee to meet to-morrow night-?Close of regia trillion to-night-Street Committee to meet to-morrow night-Funeral services to-day. VIRGINIA. The Old Dominion steamer Princess Anno weathers a terrific storm off tho Jersey coast and comes In ten hours over? due with cargo listed; the vessel shipped great seas ond tho passengers wore tor rffled-Committee appointed to Investi? gate fraud In Powhatan report that Irreg? ularities existed, but declare Judge Mon? cure the winner-Man writes Lynchburg real estaic man to soil vault containing his wife and child?Sensational evidence In regard to collision of Pino Beach with a schooner In Hampton Roads-Charles Hall Davis, ot Petersburg, chosen arbi? trator by George E. Fisher In a million dollar difference with Gould-Rev. John E. Allendcr paralyzed in the pulpit In Stafford county-John Armstrong Chan? ler on Governing Board of Koswlck Hunt dub-First hale of Virginia cotton brought to Petersburg-Police secure fresh evidence against negro charged with criminal assault-Interesting races on new track at South Boston-Fraud charged In the Northampton county prl marles-Large horytcs mill burned at Hynchburg with henvy loss?Conductor falls between cars of his train nt Marshall nnd Is cut In two. AVeddlngs-Clarence La Far Cook to Ethel CMuse Opie, Staun? ton. Vn.; Robert E. Jones to Mary Isle Epes, Blockstono. Va.; M. Mortimer Stod dard to Mary Irene Marston, Roxbury, Vs.; John H. Medio to Ella Oneeda Swan. Pamphlln City, Va.; B. A. Hutcheson to Miss Mettle Maupln Owens at Portsmouth, Va.-Mayor Moss, of Newport News, refuses to sign ordinances-Storm brings shower of half-feathered birds-Poe, of Princeton, to conch Virginia, and Beylls, of Princeton, to coach Washington and Lee. NORTH CAROLINA. Prominent citizen of Burlington under arrest for cruelty to animala because ho told a tenant how to kill chlmhney awal lows-?Representatives of a mysterious railroad company make Governor Aycock a second proposition concerning tho pur chape of the North Carolina Rnllroad Tlio Stato Chemist declares cotton fungus o great menace, and will mako oxtonslve experiments to combat it-Large anti saloon meeting at Raleigh-Injunction against county commissioners against forcing the collection of taxes on the now levy. GENERAL.' ' The coast of New York and Now Jersey swept by ? storm of almost unprecedented severity, entailing great property damage mid lost of life; Atlantic City cut off from telegraphic communication! many vessala wrecked nnd brave crews go down to death-President Roosevelt and party caught out ln Iho storm and have a peril? ous trip, but roach port ln safety-Presi? dent grants unconditional pardons to George D. nnd Bnrancos F. Cosby con? victed in Alabama of peonage! tho pardon bused on a strong letter from Judge Jones ?Mrs. Louise Tldeman, of Oull Point, Flu., trying to kill a chicken eating hog, fJiooIb a Ilttlo girl, causing Instant death ,?Labor and other Influences combining to effect the defeat of President Roose? velt-Commander Tuoker, of the Salva? tion Army, ono of tho speakers at Irriga? tion Congress?InBpeotor Brwln orrosted at San Francisco and balled?Two men killed In wreck on Seubonrd Air Lino In Florido-Marjoram, a five to one ahot, wins tho Wlllloms Stake at Gravosend? H?mago to Southern crops has depressing effect on New York stock market-J. B. Starke, who killed his brother-in-law at Jacksonville, held without ball?Nnshr. ville and Wasp leave for practice grounds to spend a week-Pittsburg defeats Bos? ton nnd Cincinnati wins from Now York, Pr?sident Plaz In his message to Mexi? can Congress disonases prospecta of ail ver?r-Prlnco Ferdinand returns to Sofia, hut there are no developments In war sit? uation?Democrats of Maryland nomi? nalo Warfleld for Governor, union street-car men Meet to-morrow night ? ' l.r The union street car men of Richmond hove been called by Ffr-eslijent W, J, Griggs to meet at 8 o'clock to-morrow night ovor Sparks & Black's to settle up __f_lr_ la connection with tlio latu uuii-e, NORTHERN COAST SWEPT BY TERRIFIC STORM; CITIES SUFFER; SHIPS WRECKED; LIVES LOST. The President and Party Have Perilous Trip. CAUGHT BY STORM GOING UP SOUND The Sylph Was Well Manned and, Reached Port Safely. SCHOONER WENT DOWN BUT SHORT WAY OFF President (Makes an Inspection of Ellis Island, and Becomes Greatly Inter? ested In the Immigrants?He Leaves for Antletam Where He Speaks at Unveil? ing To-Day. *** (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, September 1(1.?President Roosevelt Is rusting quietly on his train to-nlght aftor a. day of strenuous and varied experiences. While en route from Oy-ter Bay to New York on the naval yacht Sylph, accompanied by Mrs. Roose? velt and a party of guests, ho passed through a terrifying wind and rain etorm, during which the vessel wus ln Imminent danger. Subsequently he, visited tho Im? migration station on Ellis Island, New York Bay, and made a thorough Inspec? tion of the institution, After dining on tho Sylph, to-nlght he went on the revenue tug Chamberlain to Jersey City, where ho boarded a special train on the Pennaylvania Railway, which Is to convey him to tho battlefield of -in tfetam for the dedication ceremonies. SYLPH IN A STORM. When the Sylph weighed anchor the skies wero dark and forbidding, and as the vessel drew out of the bay a light rain fell. Lees than an hour after the Sylph had entered Long Island Sound she ran Into a terrific wind and rain storm. The storm increased ln severity rapidly and off Fort Schuyler lt developed into a hurricane. Tho wind blow, according to mi,estimate mode by Lieutenant Preston, commander of tho Sylph, at. tho rate of sixty-five miles an hour. The Sylph, a comparatively small vessel, pitched heav? ily, and off Wllletfs Point listed very sharply to starboard. Tho President and his guests liad been forced to go below, and beyond a drenching none of them suf? fered Inconvenience. The storm became cvon more severe as the vessel neared Iteli Gate. The waves and wind swept the deck, making It almost Impossible for tho sailors to remain above. SCHOONER WENT DOWN. .' In Hell Gate, a quarter of a mile off the port bow ot the Sylph, a tug-boat having in tow a large three-masted schooner, was capsized by the wind and waves. She' sank stern foremost, but did not settle completely out of sight for perhaps five minutes. A small boat from the tug put off with the crow, except two men who clung to tho bow until tho vessel disap? peared. It appeared from tho Sylphy that tho two men were taken aboard the yawl. Lleutennnt Preston wished to stand by to render assistance, but Captain William P, Bralnerd, an experienced pilot, who wns at the wheel, declared It would bo foolhardy for tho Sylph to attempt a res? cue In such a storm. President Roosevelt knew nothing of t?li capsizing of the tug? boat until nearly an hour afterwards. He then expressed tlio wish that some as? sistance might havo been rendered the crew. GOES AMONG IMMIGRANTS. Mrs. Roosevelt and the other members of the party were landed at the Brooklyn navy-yard, but the President proceeded to Ellis Island, where he spent some hours Inspecting the station. A number of persons Interested In immigration were at tho Island. Four of these were appointed by the President a committee to moke a thorough investigation of tho station and its administration. During tho afternoon many Interesting Incidents occurred, the President acting upon his desire to go directly among tho Immigrants themselves with a view of ascertaining person? ally how they woro treated. He was particularly Interested by the fact developed, that forty-four out of fifty nppllcants for admission were supplied with American money. The President talked with a German woman who had a baby In a wicker basket and gave her a $5 bill for tho child. FIRED AT A HOG; KILLED LITTLE GIRL Mrs. Louise Tldeman, of Flor? ida, ln Trying to Kill Hog Shoots a Child. (By Associated Press.) PBNSACOLA, FLA., Sept. ??,-Whlle fUrlne with a revolver at a hog, which was eating up a brood of young chickens at her home at Gull Point late yesterday afternoon, Mrs, Louise Tldeman accident? ally shot and killed the little daughter of William Douglass, a neighbor, tho bullet entering the hack of tho head.of the little girl, passing through tho brain, The two houses ocoupled by the famWo_ are di? vided hy about fifty yards, In tin? rear of the Douglass home the children had con? structed a. playhouse of boards and can? vas, and they were playing In there when the* little girl met death, The bullet passed through a board, entering ! the back of the little girl's head. Mrs, Tldeman was pot aware of the faat that the children were In the play? house. When the bullot struck the Uttje girl she (ell forward. Her playmate?, although hearing the shots, at flrnt did not know what had occurred urtiti their efforts to make ber rise proved fruitless. | " The accompanying cut shows the steeplechase pier add a part of th.Tteel pleh ?e-?Sctlon ?' . Bth? e'? m,?tet'yf damaged "apparently between Young's pier and Helnx's. pier. Young's pier Is about two hundred yards to the left of tho steeplechase pier, whllei that of Helnz's Is at least amile to the right_ DEAD IN THE DOCK Another Victim Is Claimed by This Death-Trap. ST. J.W. BARRAUD IS VICTIM Had Not Been Seen Since Monday, on Which Day it is Probable that He Fell to His Death. The dock, that death trap which paid Coroner Tnylor a handsome salary when he got fees, Instead of a yearly etlpend, has claimed another victim. He Is St. J. W. Barraud, of No. 811 East Franklin Streot, a brother of Mr. Philip St. George Barraud, the attorney. Mr. Barraud was found ln the dock at tho foot of Nineteenth Street yesterday afteraoon about ? o'clock. A negro man who was fishing saw the man first. He says ho saw something, round and shiny floating on the surface of. the water,?? and thought It was a shell. Mr. Barraud had red hair and the darkey thought It was on unusually tinted shell. He threw out his line and finally drew the object to the shore, to find to his horror, that his shell was a numan skull, and that the rest of the body was on hand. The man notified the police of the First Dis? trict, and they called tho coroner. When Dr. Taylor reached the spot there was hi? good angel on such occasions?Joe Ed? wards. Joe at once set-ato work. He had to get down In the water and tie a rope around the body, and with the assistance of by? standers, pull It out. Dr. Taylor had difficulty in positively identifying the man, but found papers In his pockets addressed to "St. J. W. Barraud." He also found in his pocket tho sum of $16.66, In money. Dr. Taylor made a thorough examina? ron of the body but found no evidence oc foul play. A small, even trifling cut, was found over the left eye. Ho thinks this was done in getting the body oilt this was done ln getting the body out of the water. Billups, the undertaker, woe given the remains and took them to his rooms on Main Street. There a relative positively Identified them. No arrangements have been made for the burial. Mr. Philip St, George Barraud Is not In the city. The police and coroner are of the opinion that Mr. Barraud walked off tho streot Into the dock In the night time, as so many have done before him. Almost any one Is liable to do so. No one had seen Mr, Barraud since Monday, so far as Js known. INVESTIGATORS TO MAP OUT PLANS TO-NIGHT The Commi'ttoe of Municipal Investiga? tion will m?et In room No. 5, City Hall, at 8 o'clock to-night, though beyond the mapping out of plans for resuming work It Is not thought anything will be done. It Is understood that the streot railway franchise matter will be taken up next, and somo spicy evidence i's expected. Whllo some witnesses have been sum? moned, no ono In authority will give out their names, though It Is thought the list will embrace the names of some prom? inent streot cnr people here. Chairman John B. Minor will preside at the meeting to-night, and City Attorney H. R. Pollard will conduct the oxamina tlon-ln-ehlef on behalf of the city. The committee Is composed of Messrs. Minor, Rennolds, Hall and Sheppard, from the Board, and Messrs. Anderson; Fergusson, Bponoe, Morton nnd Hargrove, from tho Common Council, TWO POPULAR ATLANTA RAILROAD MEN HERE Messrs, J. B. Heyward, district pas? senger agent, and M. M, Annsley, travel? ing ugont of tho Atlanta and West Point Railroad, are In the city, \ Theso gontlemen aro two of the most popular of Atlanta's many fine railroad men, and their visits here are sources of pleasure to all who are so fortunate as to know them. _, , , ? Durlns their visit Cnptaln C. W. West. bury, of the Southern, did the honors for Richmond. TWO LIVES ARE LOST IN WRECK ON SEABOARD (Ry Associli tei Press.) MADISON, FLA., Sept. 16,-Frelght train SU," with un engine and cabooso, were wrecked on the Seaboard Air Lino, live miles west of here last night, killing in? stantly P, W. Southwell, of Jacksonville, and tho fireman, whose name cannot bo learned. The wreck was caused by a washout, the result of the storm that visited thly section last Sunday, PARDONS FOR THEXOSBYS President Exercises Clem? ency In Peonage Cases. ACTS ON LETTER OF JUDGE Judge Jones; in a Very Strong Presen? tation of the Case, Takes the Posi? tion that the Ends of the. Law Have Been Fully Met. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, ' September 16.'?Tno' President has granted full and -uncondi? tional pardons to George D. and Baran eas F. Cosby, convicted.at Montgomery, Ala., of the violation of Iho peon? age law. Theso men wero in? dicted for holding Plico ; Swansoo . ln a condition of peonage, pleaded guilty on June 30, 1903, and'op. the same day wero sentenced to Imprisonment for . a year and a day In .the'united States, peniten? tiary in Atlanta,. ,Ga, Tljoy, have been Imprisoned everisihce and toHlay wore released on telegraphic Instructions from the Department of Justice. During the month of June more than eighty lndlctmonts, against a number of individuals, for violation of the peonage law, were returned by tho grand jury at Montgomery, and several convictions woro secured, the sentences .Imposed ranging from the minimum, one year, to the maximum, five yoarH. PUNISH.Ui.NT SUFFICIENT. The President granted tho pardons in the above cases upon thorearnest rec.om mendatftm of Judge Jones, who sentenced tho prisoners. In his letter to the Presi? dent Judgo Jones says: "Tho favorable recommenuation now mado proceeds on no Idoa that the sen? tences wore unjust, but solely from the conviction that the punishment already undergone by the prisoners has accom? plished all th? real ends of the law in these cases. The prisoners have under? gone the humiliation of Imprisonment In the peniteliUnry, the sting of condemna? tion by their neighbors and associates, and the wide publicity of their offense. They hnve been sepnrated from their families and have worn stripes. Thero Im no ground for believing that they will ever again, under any circumstances whatever, engage In like practices. Thoy attompted no defense, but pleaded guilty at 'the earliest opportunity, luey were contrite, and admitted that they Justly deserved punishment. The reform of of? fenders themselves, so far as the law contemplates that, hae beon completely ofiected by the punishment. "The question of pardon may, there? fore, be properly considered now solely as regards Its effects upon the adminis? tration of Justice and tho public wolfare. Tho law hns boen thoroughly vindicated, and tho evil ngalnst which it was di? rected in these commtrnitles has beon completely crushed. Connivance with the abuses of corrupt magistrates In that lo? cality, in the exercise of the power to hire out offenders for tayment of lines and costs on conviction for small, and often sham offenses, In order to reap profit for the hirer, hns beon -thoroughly exposed nnd broken up. rt hns mot Hie hearty retfrolmtlon of the great mnss of the people In all w.nlks of life, Tho example has been all siifHclont to doter (Continued on Second Page.) YELLOW FEVER IN NEUVA LAREDO, MEX. Federal and State Health Of? ficers In Charge?A Re? gular Exodus. (By Associated Prese,) LAR13DO, TEX?, Sept, 10.?Tho quar? antine cstulillHhed ngninst Neuvn Laredo, Mexico, by tho State and F-dornl au? thorities Ib being most rigorously main? tained, It having been demonstrated be? yond a doubt tlmt yellow fever exists thero. Dr. Conreo Tabor, of Austin, chief Btato health olllcor* Dr. II, J. Hamilton, Marino Hospital surpenn, und several other prominent physicians, made a thorough examination of two fever cases In Nettva Laredo toiday and positively pronounced one of them yellow fever, and tlio ether ''yory^suspicious," with symptoms of yellow fever. The quarantine authorities have de? cided thnt all tramo must cease botween Iaredo and Mexican points, und there? fore no trains will bo allowed to cross the International Bridge. Tlieil' wus a general exodus to-day, nearly 60" Pe0Pl?? principally women nnei child?'0?1? leaving for San Antonio 2nd Corpus ChrisU. BEATEN BV HEAVY SEAS Princess Anne Weathers a Terrific Storm. MUTINY IN BOILER ROOM Stokers Kept at Work at the Pistol's Point?Passengers in a Slate of Terror?Cargo Listed and Eleven Hours Late. (Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.) NEWPORT NEWS, VA.,? Soptomber 16. The Old Dominion steamer Princess1 Anna arrived at Old Point at 7 o'clock to-night from Now York, eleven hours late. When off tho const, of Now Jersey last night the vessel encountered a terrific wind? storm and was blown far off her course, but as far. as Is known now sho weathered the gale practically undamaged. . . The wind blow at the rate of ninety miles an hour, and passengers and crew were terrified all during "the night.. MUTINY ON BOARD. The stokers ' refused to'work, but tho officers;; forced them, to , do their duty .at tho pistol's point. '... When tho gale, had passed the steamer made for tho Capos and passed In safely late this afternoon.. ?Leaving Old Point, she proceeded to Norfolk. A GOOD SHIP'S STRUGGLE Cargo Listed and Ten Hours Behind ' Her Time. ' NORFOLK, VA., September 10.?The Old Dominion liner Princess .Anno, Cap? tarti. Tapley, from New York to Norfolk, with a passenger list of ono hundred, steamed slowly Into harbor to-night with her cargo badly listed, ten hours behind on a run that should have consumed eighteen hours. The Princess Anne left New York without the slightest Intima? ti o/i of tho fierce wind blowlug np the coast to. meet her. To the Associated Press correspondent to-night Chief Ostorhaut made the state? ment thnt when the steamer left for the South the storm warnings had been hauled down and the Indications given out weer to tho effect that the hurricane had broken. STRUCK THE GALE. Consequently, when at 1 o'clock this morning, off Fenwick Island, tho full strength ot tho gale struck tho ship and sent a mountain of sea rushing over her decks, the captain and crew were taken completely unawares. The shock of tho first sea awakened all the passengers, who rushed half clothed, weeping, prayitig nnd screaming from their stnto-rocmis In an effort to reach the deck and boats', Every door and window was closely fastened, the hatches battened down and orders Issued that no soul save the crew bo allowed upon the decks, already waist-deep In ? seething mass of water, j The ship plunged head-on through the blow, and as sho mounted each succes? sive wave her screws would leave the wator and raco with terrific speed, tho horrible grind and Jar resulting nddlng terror to the pnnle-strlcken passongors' fears. A BATTLE WITH THE STORM, For hours the wind continued without abatement, nnd through tho night the battle against the storm was fought with varying chances of success. Finally dawn broke, the wind lost somo of Its force, and tho Princess Anne began to make head? way, The tales told hy many passengors on tholr arrival to-night wero pitiful, and one womnn threw herself upon her knees on the dock and thanked God for lettrtig hor reach land again. GUVANDOTTE NOT REPORTED, The steamer ("?uynndotto, of tho Old Dominion line, freight laden, which sailed from New York three hours nfler tho princess Anno, hue not yet beon reported from Cnpo Henry nt ? o'clock. The Princess Anno passed the Capo at (1 P. M. AT PISTOL'S POINT, During tho course of the storni, accord? ing: to passengers, soveral moinbois of the crew refusati to ohoy orders iHstiod by Captain Tnploy and wanted to go below: Captain Tnploy drew a royolvar and pointing It at the crowd ordered them again to go to work. Thoy obeyed with? out further demonstration and no charges have been proforred against Ihe mon. That thoro was trouble cannot be con? firmed from the ship's officers. MUTINY IN BTOKE I101.B, A verillcutlon of the mutiny report Ima been secured from passongors. It was tho (arca oi stoliors that quit work and they were forced to ri_ume by the captain at a revolver's point, At tho time of the mutiny the ship was In only slxtoen fath? oms and drawing near tho shore, It Is reported that sixteen PA-tsengers wero moro or loss sorlouHly Injured. One womnn was thrown from an upper berth and ono of her eyes was knocked out of Its socket. Several others wore badly bruised (uid cut by the rolling of the shin The ofllclnls of the company will allow no one on hoard tho ship nnd na Infnrnrt iiiin moro Hum a general denial will be ?Ivon out ATDELAWARE BREAKWATER Much Damage and Five Lives Lost, SHIPS TOSSED LIKE LEAVES Three Schooners Dragged Their Anch? ors and Collided?Harbor of Refuge and East End Light Carried Away?Barges Gunk. DELAWARE BREAKWATER, DEL., Sept. 10.?Tho southern storm which has boen coming up the Atlantic coaat for several days, struck tho Delaware Capos early this morning with almost cyclonic forco, and ns a result at least five lives wero lost. Tho storm lastod from 3 A. M. until 7 A. M. The wind reached a maximum, velocity of eighty rall?n nn hour, and the rain fell In torrents. Tho most serious' accident reported wns that which befell the schooner Hat? tie A. Marsh, whoso captain, J. Maffahey, and four of tho crow, were drowned. Tlio Mnrsh hniletl from Painter's Point, Mo., for Philadelphia, with a cargo of paving stone. She wns caught ln the terrific wind-storm outside tho now stono breakwater. Tho captain tried to reach tho harbor of refuge, but before ho could do bo the vessel had to nnchor j and try to ride the storm. Hor anchors, however, did not hold, and tho schooner with hor dead weight. of stone v>as dashed on the rocks of the harbor of refuge. The steam pilot boat Philadelphia wont to the rescue, but only succeeded in saving Mate Norman Campbell and one seaman. BOATS SINK: CREWS RESCUED. In ? the old harbor southwest of tho Maritime reporting station throe schoon? ers drnggod their anchors and collided. They wero the Emily F. Northam, Ado line Townsend and Sea Bird. The Sea Bird, which was ? two-masted vessel, sank and her crow was rescued and landed on the point of Capo Honlopen. The men woro cored for at tho llfe 's'avihg, station,?? The Northam-.-Imel, her Jib-boom" carried away and her '?'- yawl* stove, Tho Townsend lost her head gear and Jib-boom. ? Tho bargos Elmwood, Gllborton and Ktilmta, laden with coni from Philadel? phia for eastern points, woro sunk In Delaware Bay. westward of tho Brown Shoal. Tholr crews wero rescued hy tho tug Tamnqua, which was tnwlng tho Bargos, ..The tug Spartan, which was towing coal-barges, is roported I to have sunk.! There are no, tidings of the Spar? tan's .crow. , . ' :', . . It Is reported that three coal barges were sunk in the ocean off tho Capos and that their crows ?are probably lost. An unknown oark is nnohored oft Ocean City, Md., ?with, distress signals Iti her rigging. Tho: pilot; boat Philadel? phia'hns gone to "her 'assistance. Considerable money- damago was done to tho breakwater. Tho harbor of refugo, EastiEnd Light "and tho Day Mark on tho breakwater woro carried nwny. Tho fury of the storm was nlso felt at Lowes, near hero, Many trees were blown down nnd chimneys damaged, while smoke-stack of flio city power? house fell nnd considerably damnged tho building. The Spartan Founders. (By Associated Pross.) ANGI.ESEA, N. J? September 10.?Tho ocean going tug Spartan, which was en gagod in towing coal bargos between Phil? adelphia and Now England ports founder? ed during this morning's storm on the ocoan at tho entrance to Delnwnro Bay, and It Is foarod five of her crow nro lost. Tho other ton members of tho crew woro reecnod off floating wrecknge, near Capo Honelopo by tho fishing boat Irono, and landed at this place. Thoy roport that they bociimo sopnrated from tho other fire men. Boxed to a Draw. (By Associated Prosa.) BAVANNAH. GA.. September 10.?Jim? my Farren, of Philadelphia, nnd Herman Miller, ot Baltimore, llght\velghtsl boxed twenty-five rounds to ? draw before tho Savannah Athletic Club to-nlght. ' Tho houBO wag packed and enthusiastic. The battio was for the lightweight champion? ship of the South, held by Fnrrnn. LOCKED IN HOUSE, CHILDREN BURN Offspring of a Colored Min? ister Injured During a Fire. There waa quite a damaging fire at 10 o'clock lust night In two tonomont houses ut tho cornor of Washington and Duel.? unan Streets, which reunited In thei pur- { tlal burning of Nos, 823 and 8-5 lluchiuiiin i Streot und the slight burning of two color? ed children, who wore In the latter house. | Tho alurm was turned 111 from box No. ??, at le o'clock the tiro having originated iu the kitchen of No, 8??> iiuoliuniiti Streut. The llamos spread rapidly nml uxtoiidcd Into No, aa ?nd both wore partially do Mtroyed, tho damago being tt-limaltxl ut from ?s?i to $500. The house where the tiro started was occupied by He v. it. T. Kemp, u colored Baptist preacher, who Is now In New York on his yaoutlon. Two of his children, aged resiicotlvoly nine and eleven years, wero nulufullv burned nimm the hands and shoulders. Thoy wire locked In tlio ixlom whero the Uro sta tod but In somo wny mudo thulr escape Tho liousoa are ownod hy a Mrs. Con noil and it could not be learned whether or riot the damago was cuvorod hy Insur? ance. Kuglno companies 2 an?! a und Truck company No, 3 responded promptly to tlie ultimi and uroventod further dam ,?ge fio*V being done. Is Most Severe at New York and Atlantic City VESSELS GO DOWN AND HOTELS INJURED Blows a Hurricane and Elec? tric Wires Deranged. MANY LIVES LOST -IM SHIP DISASTERS Two Schooners Sunk at tho Delaware Breakwater, and Nearly Entire Crew of One Drowned?Wrecks Are Strewn Along the Coast Both North and . South. (Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.) NEW YOBK, September 16. The storm that ravaged New York and the Jersey coast to-day did. more damage in a short time than any hurricane in the records of. tho Weather Bureau, Attaining a : speed of 65 miles an hour in this city, the wind wrecked buildings, uprooted huge trees, smashed1 windows and imperiled human life in divers ways within the city itself. Along the coa3t nothing escaped tho fury of the gale. Vessels of all kinds, from the great cargo, schooners of the merchant marine to tho smallest pleasure yachts, were piled along the shore of Long Island Sound, New;: York' Bay, Gravesond Bay, Sheepshead Bay, Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic ocean in heaps, most of them smashed into kindling wood. Severe at Atlantic City. ? Atlantic Oity was the greatest sufferer, The loss there .alone, was more. than $1,000,000, hotels and cottages being unroofed and pavilions washed away. The wind reached a velocity of 75 miles an hour. Hotels swajed on their foundations and in many instances tho guests became panic-stricken and huddled closely -together in the oxchanges. Fifty hotels were unroofed, or otherwise damaged. Of those who ventured? out many were injured by flying timbers and glass. Buildings were un? roofed. The Board Walk atone place was ripped up, the beach front was strewn with debris' and pleasure orait moored at the inlet and about tho bays were destroyed. All of the piers were badly damaged. Telegraph and tele? phonic communication was out off. Thore was a terrific rain fall for? soventi hours and tho water ;vas driven by the galo through tho crevices of closed windows into rooms of guests. The trolley service came to a standstill and the streets in evory direction wore strewn with. debris. At Coney Island. Tho gale and tho tremendous seas it stirred up wrought wreck and ruin at Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay such as has not been soon there in twenty years. Both of the great iron piers at Coney Island wero wrecked. Everything movable along shore was blown or washed away and the wreckage and debris is strewn along the shore from the Oriental Hotel to Seagate. Warnings wero sont out all along the coast and shipping men believe tho damage is much greater than tho presout reports show. The storm at sea, it is deolared, will bo certain to continue for sov? eral clays. The official report from tlio weather bureau at Wash? ington promising no permanent roliof until Eriday, with a steady full in tho tomperaturo. | TERRIFIC IN NEW YORK Skyscrapers Tremble and Occupant? Hurry Down?Shipping Suffers. N1?W VOHlv, Sept. 111.?Greater New Vork a"1' "8 environs for sovei-al miles In all directions wore visited to-day by the Jlrcceal wind ond rain storm known hereabouts In years. The day begun with, rain, which increased as the wind, blow ln_ sixty miles an hour from the east, Kiew _tri)ii_or and fur two hours about midday the combined fury of the element? wrought damage on land and water, umiHiiitliik; In the aggregate to many thousand. i? Tha storm culminated at noun In a wlnil velocity ot seventy ????'? un hour. Sheet? of water drove tho unforunutes caught to slu'ltor, and the gauges In the weather bureau registered 1?*) Inchea precipita* tlop In two* hours; then tlic storm sub? sided. l'y the middle oi thu afternoon, tho