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CORRESPONDENTS RISE TO fIN EMERGENCY
Innocent News Telegram About the Butterfly Plague Sets AH the Talented
Liars to Work, With Wonderful Results.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Four days ago an Innocent itom came
from a small town in Western Kansas
saying that swarms of butterflies were
notico 'l passing over the date to thy»
east. The next day the veracious chron
ic]. :■ of Newton, Kan., saw these 6ame
butterflies. But by the time the Insect*
had reached Newton they had proba
bly b< en joined by their Bisters, their
:>, and their aunts, as well as all
their poor relatives, as he reported
their number countless. From the next
town came the report that the flight of
the insects obscured the noonday sun
and made the daytime as midnight.
Fired by these recitals correspondents
who have not worked regularly since
tiring th< ir eyes out watching the an
tics of the airship went out Into their
back yards and waited for the flight of
the butterflies. They were not disap
polnted. At least they siy they weren't,
which is mncih the same thing. The
publication of each story fired with
new ztal the man in the town where
the butterflies were next due to ap-
peer. On-e raw red butterflies with
blue and white spots. One saw red
butterflies and white butterflies and
blue butterflies that flew in such a
manner that they made the American
flac: three miles long and a mile wide.
This was sren by a young- correspond
ent, who. because he is young, did not
linen to the sound made by the beat
ing: of th? butterflies' wings which the
indefatigable genius of the Pink Mink
Marsh rays "played the grand melody
of 'The Star Spangled banner.' "
Out in Kansas the butterflies might
hiwv been enough to veil the noonday
tun. but by the time they reached In
dlai a they not only veiled the sun, hid
the moon, and put out the stars, but
ttiey carried grasshoppers along with
them, because the grasshoppers wantrd
to le .ye Kansas and did not posseee the
power of flying as did the butterflies.
Whatever the butterflies could do in
ere plpce they could outdo in the next,
and by the time they reach Pennsyl
vania they will V,e milking the cows
and carrying off small children for ran-
Bom. They have steadily increased in
numbers. Fiom a few paltry swarms
that nrerely covered a few farms they
pow fi rm a great moving mountain
that reaches half across a sta:e.
Out in Kansas when they bumped
against ;i farmhouse they left many
dead, but from Indiana comes the
dread story that everything: in their
path is carried away as though by a
cyclone. Farmer Thomas Greene, liv
ing eighteen miles from Huntir.gton,
Ind., went out Thursday morning to
milk the cows. He had with him his
two flaxen-haired and romping children.
Johnnie and Mabel, aged six and eight.
While approaching three Jersey cows
h he was about to milk the farmer
noticed the approach of the butterflies.
He wigwagged a signal of distress to
a friend and neighbor a mile away who
was out of the path of the insects*. This
was the last seen of Farmer Greene.
of Johnnie Greene and ditto of
daughter Mabel, aged eight. The great
cloud mass of butterflies had complete
ly eradicated Thomas and Johnnie and
Mabel and also the three Jersey cow:-.
They were in all probability carried
away by the butterflies, but possibly
Will be dropped, after being- carried
fifty miles, and be discovered walkin>
back home. Their destiny remains at
present in the hands of the corre
spondent, who can be safely trusted to
return them to their happy homes to
» (I fjOTOCE OF THE PESEgT,
F.dmund Stuart Roche in the San Francisco Argonaut,
Christopher Morgan ?at upon a box
In the shade of some large bowldors
uncl v.ithin w.hip-reach of the circular
paLh about the arastra, and at each
rotation of the mule stimulated him
by a touch of the whip-lash. It was a
drowsy occupation. The monotonous
creaking of the wood shaft, the grat
is of the crush-stones, and the Found
of the dull thick wash of the tailings
thus kept in muddy commotion acted
as a sedative on Morgan, who had al
ready several times almost dropped
asleep. He was about falling into a
still deeper doze, when, he was made
alert in a moment at the sound of
voice* from a little mesa above the
camp. Presently, riding down the steep
and almost obliterated trail, came first
a lank, elderly man in faded overall^
and a flannel shirt, and after him a
g-lrl drc-*se-d in coarse blue denim and
ft svm bonnet of the same material,
riding set ride on a man's saddle. Sh\;
Stcd a light, girlish figure, and her face
■wras to Morgan a revelation of love
lines?, and his estimate of her attrac
tions ».vas 'not altogether without gome
foundation. Her mouth was, perhaps,
a little too large and her nose a trifle
too "tip-tilted" for an exacting taste,
frut her gray eyes were full of life and
•ympathetic Intelligence, her hair gold
ea, her teeth as white and regular as
f young- animal's and her complexion
xre*h amd blooming.
The elderly man hailed Morgan in a
loud vole© which woke the echoes all
about: "Good mornln', companero. How
yoea it?"
i {LTargaia acknowledged the vociferous
the extent of a column, and a half,
regular space rates.
These telegrams tell the story of the
flight of the butterflies. They are ar
ranged In chronological order and tell
the terrible excitement and daratagft
that even the pretty little butterflies
may do when they get together. They
also show the dreadful effect of sug
gestion as an incentive to crime.
PIIILLIPSBURG, Kan., Oct. 6.— Great
swarms of butterflies have been pausing over
this place today. As soon at one swam has
passed another appears. They are as thick
as can be. and aeem to Include other small
winged Insects of various kinds. They are
flying East.
NEWTON, Kan., Oct. 4.— Yesterday evening
near sundown there began to arrive in_ this
oity clouds of insects, mainly butterflies,
which seemed to drop from the sky. There
was a stiff breeze blowing from the north
west, and It swept the countless winged
creatures with it, they seeming to be unable
to control their movements to any great
extent. The insects were flying low, and
clouds of them would pass overhead every
few minutes, the flight lasting in all about
a half hour. The butterflies were extremely
large ones, of a red hue, with large white
and yellow spots on their wings.
Besides the butterflies there were large
numbers of beetles and candle gnats in tho
swarm. It is supposed that the creatures
were driven from Western and Northern Col
orado by the heavy fores: fires and brought
her* lij currents of air.
WICHITA, Kan., Oct. 4.— A ■warm of In
sects amounting almost to a storm has
been passing over this city for twelve hours.
Almost every kind of Insect common to the
Western states is noticeable. Bees, butter
flies, hornets, and grasshoppers in clouds
have been going over the city, coming from
the Northwest and passing to the Southwest
The grasshopper and a little brown butterfly
are the most numerous. The butterfly Is
a little brown insect about the size of the
white cabbage fly of Illinois and Indiana.
They flew higher than the grasshopper, and
only a few of them struck the buildings. The
grasshoppers fell in showers. They are the
little brown best that was so dreaded here
ten years ago. The swarm of bugs came
from the northwest and had the appearance
(if scattering clouds at about 400 feet. Below
they were not so thick, and fell in rifts
against the higher buildings. Tonight they
are still passing, though not so thick, and
thousand* of birds which look like the small
prairie hawks are following. It is thought
here that the bugs have been driven out by
Colorado fires.
PADUCAH, Ky., Oct. 5. — The countless myr
iads of butterflies and other insects which
have lately been noticed and reported from
Kansas, passed over Paducah tonight. At 10
o'clock the first of the swarm was noticed ap
proaching directly from the West. It was
seen that the lrsects were moving with some
thing approaching regularity, and in what
almost appeared to be regular formation. At
the head of the column were millions of
lightning bugs, lighting the path of the great
insect army. Measuring worms dropped
while this part of the insect cloud was pass
ing, showing that the winged hosts had placed
their engineer corps in front, with the fireflies,
who constituted the pioneer corps. Behind
the pioneers came great clouds of butterflies,
which flew in what would be called in mili
tary parlance a hollow square. On the inside
of this square were the email and weak in
sects, that the voracious birds of this section
would have immediately devoured had they
not been so well protected by the butterflies.
For several hours the eky overhead was
black with the passing Insects. In the rear
came another great cloud that, while east of
the city, swooped down and settled around
farmhouses, and included many small birds
that flew away with corn, clover blossoms
honey, ar.d other food that butterflies and in
sects eat. It was discovered that this last
division was probably the commissary depart
ment of the army, which looked after its sub
sistence. Many Insects of this vicinly joined
the invading army and went away with them.
Hundreds of fine swarms of bees owned in
this county left in a body, carrying their
honey, or as much as they could take with
them. The passing of the Insects wse a great
sight, and will be long remembered by those
who witnessed it.
greeting, and went to meet his visitors
as they rode up toward the arastra.
"My name's Bascom," saJd the man,
"and this here's my daughter 'Boly,'
short for Bollvyer. A man passing
along the road, nis-ht before last, sft'n
as how you'd bought in this here Bel
shazzar property, and Boly and me
'lowed it'd be the square thing to come
over and get acquainted."
Meantime his guests had dismounted,
and, holding their ponies by their
bridles, sat down on a broad flat rock
near the arastra, while Morgan ru
sumed his seat on the box fading them.
"You done well when you bought
this here property," continued Bascom.
"I've known the ledge this ten years,
and if you go slow, you'll come out
ahead of the game. Them there fel
lows, the creditors, shut down on and
busted up all natural enough, as I seen
they would when I first set eyes an
'em. Bull Horn's all right."
Miss Boly said nothing, but fixed her
gray eyes on Morgan and sat silently
regarding him in a frank and Interest
ed way which somewhat embarrassed
him. Mr. Bascom was not only curious
as to the past, present amd future of
his host, but was loudly overflowing
with information as to himiself. "My
place is Just over t'other side of this
here ridge in the other canon, he ex
plained. "I took up land there ten
years ago, and never thinkln' I'd stay
there this time. And I wouldn't if it
hadin't been for a thievin* pardner of
mine."
"How's that?"
"Why, this a-way. I'd made a stake
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE- SUNDAY OCTOBER 16, I§9B.
MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. B.— Our citizens were
thrown into the greatest confusion last night
Just at sunset by the sudden appearance In
the western sky of immense tawny yellow
olouds of the undeniable cyclonic hue. The
clouds, too, possessed the twisting funnel
shape and traveled In a zigzag direction for
this city. It was thought the town would be
wiped out, and citizens ran for cellars and
cyclone caves. But as the cloudjs came nearer
It was soon that they were composed of but
terflies and insects of every kind. Grasshop
pers that were dropped by the million along
the way showed that they formed a large por
tion of the clouds. As the grasshoppers can
not fly with the velocity of the butterflies It
was for some time a mystery how they kept
up with the procession, but close observation
showed that each grasshopper was supported
on either side by two butterflies. As the but
terflies neared Muncle they probaby became
tired and let fall their burdens in great num
bers. Millions of the butterflies seemed sorry
of their heartlessncss, for after leaving Mun
cle they returned In the night and In pairs
picked up the grasshoppers and carried them
on their way. The great clouds passed over
Muncie about 6 o'clock in the evening.
ANDERSON, Ind., Oct. 6.— Butterflies in
countless numbers have been passing over
Anderson for two days. As they are flying
from the west they are supposed to be the
same ones that hid the sun in Kansas the
first of the week and caused such alarm in
the Western states. The butterflies came in
great clouds that seemed to be anywhere from
a half mile to three miles long. The butter
flies were flying pretty low as they approach
ed Anderson, and millions of them were killed
by striking against farm houses and trees.
They showed, plainly, however, that they
were from Western Kansas and not used to
the civilization of the effete East by their
antics on nearing Anderson. The first sight
of a trolley car caused the butterflies who
were leading the processions to shy and buck
in a terrific manner. The hordes behind not
knowing what the trouble was. flew into the
leaders, and in the excitement tried to go
back. The first cloud of butterflies was in
awful confusion when the second cloud flew
Into them, and the collision caused dead but
terflies to fall for three hours. They piled
up in a great heap twenty feet high and a
half mile broad and covered several farm
houses.
It seems that they were not d^ad, after all
as the night air revived them, and they flew
away before morning, which Is the reason
why many excellent people in this coinmunitv
who insist the butterflies were not seen here
at all, are much mistaken. The butterflies
took a great Interest in the tin factory at
this place and the other great industries hc-e
and plainly showed that they thought Ander
son was the coming metropolis of the West
The noise of their wings was like the roar
ing of a great cataract, and many people
who thought a cloudburst was coming hastily
devised rafts or attached themselves to timber
that would float easily. In a few hours all
the great clouds of insects had pass-ed on and
the sky was as clear as before.
WINAMAC, Ind., Oct. 4.— Millions upon
mllions of myriads of beautiful tri-colorei
butterflies, whose brilliant wings blending
together the golden crimson, silver green with
the red, white and blue, in their c!az:lin;
brightness, against the ethereal gray blue of
the sunlit sky.
Day turned into night through their swarm
ing in the midair as they settled down Into
the Pink Mink marshes, like golden crimson
diamond-pointed stirs.
Astonishment overcome the marshland.ers.
They predicted Judgment day had come. But
terflies came from the snow-bound Aliskan
mountains, millions from the emerald grern
island. All nationalities of the European hem
isphere were represented. California's wine
bred flicked with prohibition butterflies from
the state of Maine.
The North and South American continents
had millions to fill out the quota. They select
ed the Pink Mink marshlands as their final
resting place and formed an allegorical repre
sentation of the American flag. Butterflies
resting midst the green foliage of the trees
with a fluttering movement of their wings'
brought forth the melodious s'rains of "Home
Sweet Home" and "Star Spangled Bannfr.' 1
They have no respect for personal rights bjt
enter the homes of rich and poor alike', in
vading every nook and corner.
A brilliant Idea originated with the marsh
landers' wives; they are using these tri
colored butterflies for wall paper.
before ever I'd come in here, landin'
arms for Bolivyun Insurgents, and this
pardner, this 'ere triflin' feller Meeks,
was in with me. We had fifteen thou
sand dollars profits between us, mostly
in big, yellow twenties; and he comes
up to my place here sayin* as he'd help
develop the claims back over the ridge
an which we had located together. We
was goin' to put that coin all into de
velopin', but one mornin' I wakes tip
to find him clean gone, along with his
share of the money and mine, too. I
tracked him out on to the desert down
Mud Springs way, and then lost his
trail altogether, and I never seen hide
nor hair of him or heard where he went
to. Since then I've had to rustle for
a livin'. Boly, here, she helps out
herdin' a few cows I've got on the
bunch-grass flats on t'other side the
ridge." Boly blushed, laughed and
cast down her eyes at this laudatory
and pointed personal reference.
When his guests had remounted and
Blowly climbed the trail again, Morgan
watched them till they were out of
sight, with an unaccountable mixed
feeling of wild Joy and deep depression
In his heart to which he had hitherto
been a .stranger, and It was with an
Impulse to sing, which ended with a
sigh, that he flicked up his mule and
recalled his attention to the require
ments of the arastra. During the next
few days the image of Boly grew more
and more deeply impressed on his
hitherto unsusceptible heart. This
state of mind was progressive; and
when, on the third day after Boly's
visit, he had made a most satisfactory
test clean-up, it was in the best of
spirits that he determined to knock
off from work and return Bascom's
visit. On his way over the ridge he
diverged from his direct route to Bas
com's toward a little flat, where he
saw three or four cows feeding and a
pony neart>y, wfcich, even at a distance,
he recognized as Boly's. A few yards
away, seated in the shadow of a great
rock, he recognized the blue-clad fig
ure of Boly herself.
"I allowed you'd 'be over before long,"
she said, with a smile; "I kind of ex
pected you'd be in yesterday evenin'."
Morgan's courtship progressed with
rapid strides. Within a fortnight af
ter this visit he had been over to see
Boly several times, and she, after an
Interval of a week when he did not
come, knowing him to be tied down by
his work at the Belshazzar camp, with
a natural disregard for empty conven
tion, had herself gone over to chat
with him at the arastra^ It was on the
occasion of this visit that Morgan de
clared himself. The arastra was stop
ped. The mule, still discreetly blinded,
dozed in the tug path, and Morgan in
beatitude sat with his arm around
what for the time being was the only
waist in the world.
"There's one thing I ought to tell
you," continued Morgan, "before ever
you says yes or no. You see, when I
first met the old man he kind of Jump
ed at the idee that I was the owner of
this here property. I didn't say so,
but, seein's as he took it that a-way,
I didn't see no call to undeceive him.
But I ain't no owner. I'm Just up
here workin' for Biggs, an old paid of
mine, on wages, and 1 simply don't
own nothin'."
"That don't make no difference to
me, Chris," said Boly, with a sigh; "but
I reckon it will with Por about con-
Bentln*. He sets such a heap on a
xna.n's bein' well fixed." There was si
lence for a moment, and then Boly con
tinued: "I've been thinkln' this a-way.
Why don't you branch out for youself
ar.d get some property of your own?
Then you'd be el'gible."
"That's easy to say about branchin'
out and gettin' property," responded
Chris, despondently, "but however'm T
to do it? I don't see ncropenin'."
You'll never see no openin' sitting
around this arastra belongin' to anoth
er man," retorted Boly, with some
spirit. "I'll tell you what I'd do if I
was a man and wanted to make a
stake. I'd quit here too quick and go
right away over into this here new Mud
Springs deestreect that they're all run
nin' to, and stake out some claims for
myself. That would make it all right
with Por. He'd say your being' a man
with just wages in one thing, but you
bein' a man with some promisin' claims
is another."
"But," said Morgan, inspired by the
plan, but yet aware of obstacles,
"what'd I say to Biggs if he should
come back here and find I'd quit work
in' the arastra and pulled out with his
mule? He's done a heap for me, and I
couldn't go back on him."
"I've got a plan about that, too,"' said
Boly, contemplatively drawing lines in
the tiling dust with her riding switch.
"You start right in and slean up this
he-re run and then go and get rock
down from the drifts, and I'll come
over every mornin and run the aras
tra while you're gone, with Gyp" (in
dicating her pony). "He's email for the
wcrk, but he'll do, and you take the
mule and start off for the new Mud
Springs range. I'll herd the cows into
a little rincon that I know of. where the
feed's good and they won't leave till I
ccme for 'em. Por is repairin' the road
every day now, and he'll never suspic
ion what's up."
Thus it was that, on the third mo:n
ing after this conversation, Morgan was
on his way on the trail to Mud Springs
district, with a fixed determination to
find something rich and become "el'gl
ble" or die in -the attempt. He wasted
no time in entering actively on his
wcrk. He rode here and there over the
country, working up dry gulches in
search of placers and climbing rocky
buttes and ridges in the hope of finding
seme rich ledge. Promising discoveries
were being constantly made by others,
but his own luck was of the worst. He
had labored hard and patiently day af
ter day, and yet was without his re
ward. The month's time which he had
allowed himself was already drawing
to a close, and he seemed as far from
his goal as ever; and it was in a state
of deep despondency and discourage
ment that he started upon his last trip
into the adjacent mountains.
He followed for several hours an o'd,
deeply-worn Indian trail tending to
ward the Colorado. The trail had evi
dently been but little traveled for years,
for in many places it was quite blocked
with bowlders which had rolled down
the hillside, and finally came to a po!nt
w r here it had been completely buried by
an enormous slide of loose rock. Here
he dismounted and tied his mule to a
stunted pinon. He was anxious to pro
ceed in the direction he had been going,
for, not more than a mile ahead, there
was in plain view a rocky bluff, curi
ously marked and mottled in dull reds
and faded yellows that suggested
strong mineral possibilities.
Morgan had clambered half way
across the rough and difficult barrier,
still following the general line of the
trail, when, as he paused for a moment
to take breath, he saw with some sur
prise a few yards above him on the
hillside a high, narrow opening in the
rocks. It was partially blocked by a
few fragments of broken bowlders, and
was evidently the mouth of one of
those mountain caverns not Infrequent
ly found near the summit of these
desert mountainis. With but little dif
ficulty he pushed away a few of th^
larger stones that blocked the way,
and fomnd room to enter. He had with
him a small supply of matches, and as
he lighted one after another he saw
that he was in a fairly good-sized
chamber, seven or eight feet in height
and perhaps thirty feet in length, and
half as broad. He advanced to the
center of the cave, and by the dim
match light saw that there were clear
evidences of former habitation. At one
side on the floor were two broken ollas
and other fragments of pottery.
"Just some old Indian hiding place,"
thought Morgan, and, lacking anti
quarian taste, he was about abandon
ing further exploration, when his at
tention was attracted to certain dark
bundle-like objects at the rear of the
cave. He approached them with a
mingled feeling of curiosity and dis
trust. He was not impressionable, but
when his first near view assured him
that one was a tumbled roll of blankets
and the other a partially clothed skel
eton of a man, the damp chill of tne
cave seemed to penetrate to his very
marrow. Stung by the flame of the
match which, unnoticed in his excite
ment, had burned to his finger tips, he
dropped It and was left in darkness.
It was but a second before he lighted
another, and then for the first time he
noticed that close to the blankets lay
a pair of leathern saddle-bags. He
stooped to lift them, and was surprised
at their great weight. They were un
strapped, and his curiosity, now over
mastering all other feelings, he threw
back the flap of one and holding a
freshly lighted match close to the
opening was speechless with amaze
ment at what he saw. The bag was
half filled with coined gold. For the
second time, In his excitement, he had
nearly allowed his match to burn out.
His stock was now reduced to four;
and, realizing that he must make haste
to leave the cave, he seized the leathei
neck connecting the two bags and
dragged them to the opening. In an
other moment he was again standing
In the sunlight and threw the remains
of his last match among the rocks
outside. It was all so strange and
passed so quickly that it seemed to
him almost, that he had been dreaming
and still' dreamed. But when he open
ed the mouth of the saddle-bags and
plunged his hands Into the jingling,
shining yellow coin which both con
tained, there was an end to all his
doubts. "This beats dry-washing or
striking a ledge," he exclaimed alond.
"If Boly don't think I'm el'gible now,
I'll give up beat."
On the side of each of the heavy calf
skin bags, in sprawling, pen-printed
letters, was the name "H. Meeks" and
a date some twelve years back. "That's
the name of the feller that robbed old
man Bascom, and it was down In this
Mud Spring country that the old man
lost the trial. While I am out discov
erin' things, I seem to be workln' up
the whole jofo at one*," said the now
exultant Morgan to himself. "Old
O'lumbua ain't in it with rne>'
When he reached Mud Springs late
in the afternoon^ he was discreetly el
lent about his discovery In the pave.
He cached his saddle-bags a mile or
more back on the trail, and his prepa
rations for an immediate and impressive
return to the Belshazzar camp were
undertaken at once. These consisted in
various purchases. Prom the proprie
tor of the Magnolia saloon he obtained
a black mule, with ft silver-mounted
saddle and bridle end a pair of deep
roweled spurs, with little, Jingling
chains. These had been left for sale
by some new-comer from Sonora with
bad luck and extravagant tastes. He
also obtained at the same place a dia
mond of large size, tout of doubtful
purity, which he pinned in his blue
flannel ehlrt-<front. He added to this a
guitar for Boly, secured at an exorbi
tant price from an impecunious Mexi
can, and, having bade his friends good
by, started on his triumphal homeward
march Just as the full moon was rising
over the eastern ridges.
He reduced the four days' time of his
outward trip to less than three on his
return, and an hour before sunset was
riding up the last heavy grade on the
trail into the Belahazzar camp. He
hardly expected to find Boly so late
at the arastra; but still on the chance
he gathered himself together for an
impressive entree. His new mule, laden
with the precious bags, trotted in ad
vance. He followed with the guitar
swung by its bright ribbon about his
neck and held in place before him, his
BIG GAIN IN CASH
FAVORABLE CONDITION OF THE
NEW YORK BANKING
HOUSES
DEMAND FOR MONEY FIRMER
Unexpected Increase In Loam Cannes
Some Surprise Probable Reftee
tlotn of Accumulated Foreign
Credits Hard to Predict a* to
Future Gold Imports Position
of International Exchange**.
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.— The Financier
j says: Owing to the heavy increase of
$16,337,400 in the business of New York
clearing house banks for the week end
ing Oct. 15, reserve requirements rose
$4,000,000 and over. The gain of $5,000,
--000 in cash due to receipts of speHe
more than counterbalanced the extra
requirement on reserve account, bo
that, in the face of an expansion of
$10,023,300 in loans, the surplus cash
In banks increased nearly $1,000,000.
{ This, it is needless to say, Is a very
favorable showing, and as usual can
be traced to the operations of a few
banks, one institution having made a
few new loans and gained accordingly
in deposits. But aside from this there
! seems to have been a general demand
j for accommodation that passed the to
j tals of a large number of institutions.
The banks report a firmer demand for
meney from the interior, and their
j shipments last week aggregated, per-
I haps, $2,000,000. On the other hand, the
treasury disbursements and receipts of
gold from abroad resulted in a gain in
j cash about as reported in the state
ment. The increase in loans, as re-
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.— President.
McKinley is the first of American ex
ecutives to follow the example of the
rulers of Europe and boast an imperial
yacht. The Sylph, used as an auxiliary
cruiser during the war, is now, under
orders ?s.«ued from the navy depart
ment, to be transformed into a
miniature pleasure palace for the con
venience of the president, Brother Ab
ner and the l'riends of the executive.
Compared with the yachts placed at
the disposal of foreign rulers the Sylph
is a small affair, but she is a step Jn
the imperialistic direction. A new
yacht is under construction for Quer;n
Victoria, to be named the Albert and
Victoria, which is to have a displace
ment of 4,600 tons and a speed of twen
ty knots per hour. The German em
peror has the Hohenzollern, of 4,187
tons and twenty-two knots speed. Aus
tria has an imperial yacht of 1,830 tons
and seventeen knots, and Holland's
ruler has the Valk, of 1,220 tons and
10.6 knot?.
The Sylph has an extreme length of
152 feet, an indicated horse power of
550 and was designed by Gardner &
Cox to make fourteen knots an hour.
This yacht was in an unfinished con
dition on the stocks at the time the
naval board on auxiliary vessels was
purchasing boats during the recent
war. The board inspected the yacht
and decided to purchase her on condi
tion that a speed of fifteen knots would
be guaranteed. This was agreed to by
the designers and builders, though she
was designed for fourteen knots only,
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questionable diamond flashing resplen
dently, hi* spurs Jingling, and his som
brero well back on his head.
As he Beared the camp his spirits
sank for the moment, as he recog
nized the loud voice of old Bascom
raided to even a higher pitch than us
ual. He hurried his animate, and in
another moment was in camp. Boly's
pony, Gyp, |vas in harness In the aras
tra. She herself was sitting despond
ently on a flat rock near by, with her
face burled in her hands, and eobblng
at short lntervala, while old Bascom
was yociferously upbraiding her for the
Infatuation which had led her to de
ceive her father and clandestinely ope
rate the arastra In her penniless lover's
absence. The situation, however, was
soon changed to one of glad excitement
and friendly greeting and congratula
tion when Morgan appeared, and, brief
ly recounting his adventures, astonish
ed them with the sight of the coin in
th<* saddle-bags.
"Two-thirds of that there coin nater
ally belongs to me," shouted old man
Bascom, "and one-third of it" (meaning
Mfiek's part) "of course goes to you
but I won't stand on that. This Is my
day for bein lib'ral, and I am going to
allow you half of the whole pot, and
throw in Boly as an extra, allow'n, of
course, as she's agreeable to the ar
rangement."
"I aint got no objections as I knows
of," said Boly, with a laugh, as she
looked down and shuffled one foot In
the dry tailings.
"And all this comes," said Morgan to
Boly, with glad lmpressiveneae, "of my
Just follerin' your advice, and hustlln'
ported, was much heavier than had
been anticipated and caused some sur
prise. It cannot be set down to trans
actions with the treasury, as the bond
transaction is about closed. The gen
eral business conditions q.nd the specu
lative situation do not seem to war
rant the sudden activity in this par
ticular, and it is probable that the
loans reflect an accumulation of for
eign credits in the form of long ster
ling bills rather £han domestic trans
actions. The position of international
exchanges, owing to advancing rates
abroad and the heavy demand for
grain, will tend inevitably to the post
ponement of gold Imports and their
conversion into sterling loans. This
does not mean that the balance, ow
ing to the United States abroad, will
be settled without gold Imports, but
that the process of borrowing by Eu
rope will be repeated. The September
exports, which were exceeded only for
one month in the history of the coun
try, and of imports, which continue to
show a diminution, tend to show a
balance at the end of the year greater
than ever known. What these balances
have been in the last two years have
been liquidated by gold imports. There
ai-e no indications to show that these
transactions will not be repeated,
though, with $90,000,000 of treasury
money in the banks, it is difficult to
say what the gold imports will be for
IS9B.
Street Railway Sold.
SAGINAW, Mich., Oct. 15.— This morning
Circuit Court Commissioner Weltzel sold at
public auction the Union and Consolidated
street railway lines, of this city, to Homer
Loring, acting aa-frustee for the bondholders
who are represented by Boston Safe Deposit
and Trust company, of Boston. The price
was $150,000, besides this amount there be
ing a total indebtedness on the line of $533,
--231. all of which is hsld by Boston bond
holders.
Government Aid.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.— Government ad
in the shape of army rations, will be given
to the sufferers from the recent floods in
Georgia, who are in need of the barest neces
sities of life.
THE PRESIDENT'S YACHT SYLPH,
Which Is at the Disposal of Mr. McKinhy and H's Friends.
and from private owners-hip the yacht
was transferred to the government.
The change of use from a pleasure
yacht to an auxiliary gunboat neces
sitated a number of structural changes
in the vessel, converting passenger ac
commodation into crew space and put
ing in magazines. When the speed
trials came off the guarantee given by
the owners was more than realized, as
the average for six hours over a course
in the Delaware river was sixteen
knots, with 600 indicated horse power.
The Sylph as originally laid out was
similar to tlie steam yacht Malay, de
signed by Gardner & Cox, and ali*o
built at Roach's yard this year for Dr.
Charles G. Weld, of Boston, her dimen
sions, machinery and equipment being
practically the same. When the ex
amining board reported favorably on
the boat she was plated and her d^-k
laid and machinery put in place. To
suit the altered conditions instead of a
long central deck house, ais on the
Malay, a forward house of mahogany
was provided to be used as a dining
saloon. • This connects with the galley
below. The officers' rooms forward wen
taken out and thrown into the fore
castle to take care of the larger civw
required. Below aft there are, as in the
Malay, four large state rooms, one or
them the full width of the *=hip. all
finished in white and gold, a large
main saloon, and a double state room
at the extreme after end; also two batn
rooms with lavatories.
The Sylph is lighted throughout with
electricity and provided with all the
modern appliances suitable for a yacht
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MAJ. TUCKER DEMIES.
He Saji the Landlord at Atlanta
Did Not Strike Him.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 15.— MaJ
William P. Tucker, paymaster, who hai
been stationed at headquarters of the
department of the Gulf, has been trans
ferred to Chicago. Maj. Tucker is the
son-in-law of Mrs. John A. Logan, and
is in Washington on his way to Chi
cago.
There has been some comment in
army circles about Maj. Tucker's not
rewriting an insult to him at Atlanta.
He had a controversy with a landlord
at Atlanta, and it was reported that
the landlord struck him without his
resenting it. Maj. Tucker told the sec
retary of war today that the man did
not strike him, and that the alterca
tion was in a cafe where ladies were
present, and he did not consider it the
part of a gentleman or an officer to en
gage In a quarrel in the presence of la
dles. He is perfectly satisfied with hla
transfer to Chicago.
Attorney Killed.
PITTSBURG, Pa.. Oct. 16— Charles E.
Cornelius, on« of the moat prominent a'tor
neys of Plttsburg, was killed by a train near
Sewickley, on the Ft. Wayne railway, today.
of her type. Her coal capacity is ft 1 1 y
tons. and while primarily built as a.
cruiser her moderate draught would
enable her to enter almost any of our
ports. The fact that her deck houss
is limited in size will not Interfere with
the pleasure of those on board, her
large space of open deck making a
fine promenade.
The Sylph has magnificent tinea and
is one of the prettiest vessel* acquired
by the government during the war.
The Sylph's assignment to replace
the dispatch boat Dolphin recalls to
the minds of naval officers the Roach
scandal, which followed the construc
tion of the Dolphin, Atlanta. Chi
and Boston. Following the constru. -
tion of the four vessels named but two
other government ships were built by
the firm of John Roach & Boas, anil
these were the Bennington and Con
cord, which were constructed under a
sub-contract. The Sylph makes the
seventh Roach vessel in the possession
of the government. The dispatch !«.,;
Dolphin, replaced by the luxurious
yacht, will remain in active service as
a gunboat.
The Sylph Is now Ftatiom-d at the
Washington navy yard for the ut
the president and metofben of the ad
ministration who may desire a tri[ <m
the Potomac to Mount Vernon, thr>
home of Georg-e Washington and tho
burial place of the remains of the
"Father of Hi.s Country.* 1
The cost of the Sylph on the storks,
exclusive of changed to convert hor
Into a cruiser and to change her back
into a yacht, was $55,000.
