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Vou]7V...:s0-J7,9Si.
NEW-YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, l?Ni,-FOURTEEN PAGE&
FRICE THREE CENTt?.
ESTI
l MORGAN ALLOTMENT.
,3T1MATK THAT THK COMBINATION
WILL OET $68,060^600 OF BOND8.
_M THAT MR. M0280A1I. ^'-*s TOI.D OF THB
pp,rr;? of OTHCT BIM BKFfJRB Pt'TTIXa IN
BIs-,;.-.HX A. BTEWART D1SCCMBB THB
gCBSi WPTI1 K8 THB AMOfNT OF
OOLD THE Ce.Vi-KNMKNT
WILL QET.
nearly as mn be determlned before the of
*Ja] - - the Becretary of the Treas irv,
1 w ,,.. | , ; G ivernmenl b >nda whl. h ih ?
JLinationcompoaedofJ. P. M rgan & Co.. the
J".,1 ci'v Bank. Harvey Flak A Bona and Ihe
? ... B rlln wlll reoelve wili be
,-,. Id o? 110.6877 wlll yleid i
-. nol c .untlng accrued lntere?t, JfO.
jjjajg and they wlll dellver ln paymenl for ihelr
_a_agoU1 ol talned entlrely i utalde < t in ? Unlt ? I
c.at.', Ti astiry.and, furth*rmor*. over JU.1.000
\v,,. It, ;... Bank'a part) from Europe.
The au. -unt of g .ld to b,- pald for the remaln
,-'jf,-I- ; ?'.n the aame baala would be 84V
|"Y?,"? ,t including accrued lnt*r*at. and If only
ne-hili" of lt ahould ba procured outalde of the
haaaun " ' net *?'" to th* Treaaury ln gold
JwTthe laaue would be I8S.853.2SS. Aa a matter
jZrt the average prlce pald f< r the balan ?- ??:
"? , :. be at laaat 111.25. whlch would
Irake thi mm derlv*d fr m it 150.062.500, or $112.
jj^ow than on the baala of the Morgan combl
agtlon '. ? i- . ,
T-,.,r., v --. a Btory thnt the rharge waa to t>e
Bia^ In '' : frreaa that .T. Plerp mt Morgan, wh ?
pres-nt.-l ir. Waahlngton th.- bld for tho ahole
WMWOOi ' nda for his comblnatl m. wai in?
formed be1 irehand by th* B*cr*tary nf the Treaa
f the prlce named In other Imp rtai I I ' iJ
AtoBly ther gr*al bld waa that : Prealdent
John A Btea ut, of th* United States Tru?t C im
' ... . | for 876.000 MM of bonda at IH i ffS
gnd $; ? or* at lower prl -ea. N o aj in
WaD Bt'i ' I ',;1 ilI1>' att*ntl ?n to thla yarn. Mr.
pagwart'a bld wa. put ln only a ahorl tlm* b*fore
the 11rr.lt >f th-time 8*1 for recel na, la rhe
Morgan bld was put ln a few minutea aft*rwar I.
Th" V rgan bld waa not baa*d on any flxed
nrecntage. Mr. Morgan had an ld*a that a
l*>d many blda would be at 110.6667.
ply ra
Iwd hls bld .210, to 110.6877. In ord
M*J
,er all Bueh blda The b*ll*f ln New-Tork
l^wc the announc*m*nt of Mr. Stewart a bld
wa* that It would nol be over 108%. and prob
ibly not over 108H. and there waa i malderable
ejrartac when lt tva- announced aa 110.075.
WHAT MR- BTEWART BAID.
When the queatlon of compllclty waa i
Mr. Itewart aald: The bt nd matter was dla
pnaed of falrly anl honeatly. and 1 have n
critlclam to make i anybody, partlcularly Mr.
Morgan I regr*: that any rumora reflectlng
uron any of th* large blddere ahould hav- ob
tained olrculation. Th*y have not emanatea
from mdivlduala ln ths group I repreaented.
Mr. Morgan ls Incapable of anythlng but h ??.
n-ahle actlona, and ls my r**p*ct. 1 friei I. "?
rourse I Bhould hava b**n pl*aa< I I - bave
gecur.l Bome ol th* bonda, bui I am glad that
a lartr- portton of the laau* wlll go to Mr. Mor
gan and hls aaaociatea, and thal the p Icea of
the Bucceaaful blda are au h as I i demonstrati
to th- world the hlgh cr*dll of our Natlon, and
the truat that ran b* r*poa*d ln our peopl* to
iH?t th- Governinent. one grea: raault ol
the l..an la to Bhow that we have b**n mlaled
a, ta the amounl of gold bald ln tha Unlt?d
Btatea. On my 11*1 were upward of IS" bldd ra
from all parti ol the country. and ln n*ar y
?very caaa I waa assure.l that they had I -ld
bark of thelr appWcatlona That ls not true
M all tha local bank-ra Who Jol??*d "ie ln bld
dlng but It waa ahown how gr*al an amount
cf gold ls hfld ln small lota throughout the
country. Th*aa hoMtoga of gold and th*^^rapld
tacreaae ln th* productlon of gold ln the 1 nited
Bta:eS are Importanl factora In the g*n*rai
"AfHTmaklng f..-e rernarks Mr. Bt*wart
called upon Mr. Morgan to aay that he waa
trat?ned inat the Morgan comblnatlon had been
I ,uoo?*aful Wdd*r and to wpreaa th* wlah thal
it mlght have aacurcd more than It would prob
al'ly recelve.
THK 1UBPORT DECIaARRD A T.1F..
Pllny FiFk. of Harv-Tt Flak ft Bona, whlch
flrm li a memb** of the Morgan comblnatlon.
til<\ of the report that Mr. Morgan had a knowl
?dg? of the prlce nam<-'l ln the Bt< wart I Id:
"That ls a lle. The b*at answ-r to it la thnt.
kad the Morgan ayndlcate nol pul in a bld the
itewart eombtoatlon would not have recelved
any bonds. as th*r* WCP8 too many blda ar
Jiigner prleea. At Its prtc*. I thlnk, th" Morgan
tyndlcat* wlll g*l about I8S.000.000 bonda."
Mr. Morgan dld not seo nt to reply to the talk
rfl'^tlng on him.
F or per cent Oovernment bonds of ihe Mme
cla?s as the new bonds aold aa hlgh yeaterday
as 118% gnd cloaed at 11SH. It was aacertalned
that tha Morgan comblnatlon had p.>'.d a large
ggaaont of the new bonds. for dellvery when
taaaed, at n? for goML The open market prlce
wa*. ? f courae, for bonds to be y.nid f ir ln eur
rent funda or eertlfled ch*ck* The bonda aold
by the Morgan comblnatlon were taken malnly
by partlclpanta in th'- Btewart aubacrlptlon who
had collected gold for th? exprefNi purpoae of
gnrchaalng bonds. it ls apparent fn-m the
lmm'-nsltv <>f the blds for bonda s-nt to Waah
Ing'..: that the Morgan comblnatlon wlll have
no difHrnity in promptly diapoalng of th* bonda
kmrded to lt by the Becretary' ^ ih* Treaaury.
TO PAT BOON.
It ls regarded ns certaln that the Morgan eom
H_8tlon, with it.-: powerful reaourcea, will not
take ;i Ivantage of tin- prlvilega all'.wed by tha
Aaarary Department to Bpread the paymenti
for it.a bonda over a perlod of fiur montha, b.it
am pay for them almoat Immedlately.
The followlng dcpoalM of g >!d bare ln rhe Aa
aty Offlce wera made y-'ti-nia>:
}? f. Mruan K- Co. .81.4TO0O0
?chuiz & Rockgab*.--..^. ur.'??.
Total.81,813.000
tha gold whlch wa.? dcpr>sit---d by J. F. M irgan
* Co. arrlved on th,' Fmbrla iast Sunday. The
Hajeatlc, whl h arrlved Wedneaday nlght,
broujrnt tl.660,006 mor* goM i<T J. P. Morgan ^t
Co. and 1800,688 foi L von Hoffroann & Oa. all of
whieh will be turned over to the Oovernment.
The followlng amounta of gold coln wera de
poaited ln the Kilh-T'easury:
Hari' ? ar Natlonal ltank. gJOO.000
An.-ri'an Kx.-hsrjr- NaU-na! liank. SOU.OflU
bank ..f K*? V? :i. isai.wiu
3nu.il l v.a . 300,000
Tr.tal .11.000,000
N. W. Harrla & Co., of X-w-Vork, Boat n and
Gklcago, state that the accounta of blda for
t-'nlte.] states bonda made by th.-m arer* reporte i
lnac-urately. Their blds, gggregatlng 12,000,000,
Were as followa: 8880,666 at 110.42, 1806,060 at 110.C".
t200/a? at 110.92. 1860.068 at 111.17. ttou.ono at 11M'.',
t200,i>*)at 111.67, J200.WO -tt 111 92. 1160,660al 112.17,
IU6.000 at 112.42. 8160,000 at 112.67. 8106,006 nt 112.78.
In all. th- flrm bld for 81.660.666 ah ive the prlce
bld hy the Morgan oomblnatlon
The courae of "The Evenlng i'ost" on the bond
liiut haa eome in for much comment in ntu.ii lai
clrciea. it -.vai peralatenl in aaylng up t.. the laat
day that the publlc offering oif the bonda coul l
Bot be aucceaaful. As a ilnan-lal pr-.jih<-t lt la put
down by bankers and Wall Street men aa a d*
dded fallure.
A bld from New-York for $1,000,000 of the b mdfl
*t 114 eacltetl not a llttle levlty among bank ofTl
Contlnned ou Tlu'r.l 1'iigo.
II EL 1) FOR PKIU UR V.
A LAWYER AND A PLAINTIFFIN TROUBLE.
OtTCOME OP AN' EFFOBT TO fJET BOME MONKT
DEPOBITETJ TEAB8 AOO IN A BAV1N08 BANK.
WUllam 1?. Murphy, ;i lawyer, .,f No. 152 Weal
Slxty-fourth-st., and John .i. Humphrey, nf X".
l-'l Nostrand-ave., Brooklyn, were held ln $3,000
l.iill cach yeaterday by Judge Dugro t,, awalt
i:i" ;,,-ti,.ii .if the Orand Jury. Thla actlon waa
taken after a moal remarkable trlal had be n
brought t., n close. The case i;: queatlon lllua
ti.u..<l ihe growth of money depoalted in sav
\:-a.=. banks, and Ihe necei ilty for maklng nr
rangementB for th" dlsp aal of such money if
th.. deposltoi har-i any Idea that he mlghl dlB
appear nnd l". unable to make collectlon in per
aon. It appenra ili'i there is now on depoall
in the 'Ji.'ik f?>>? Savlnga of New-York Clty
aboul $2,000 to the rredlt of Hugh Il.inii.hr>'-.
Thi.-. amounl has grown fr,.m an orlglnal de?
poall of $78 which wafl made ln 1818 John J.
Humphrey now comea forward wlth a clalm
thal he is the nephi w "f the deposltor, and
'.rl'.,'.- ruil for the amount, i(. says tii.it he
l? the -h.<ii of Thomaa Humphrey, nnd lhal
Hugh Humphrey, his uncle, .'.i.-.l nnmarrled.
To establlah the Identlty >.f the deposltor ind
connecl hlm with the famlly, b Teatament and
other booka were produced, ln which the nama
..f Hugh Humphrey was written, and the slgna
turea were aald to reaemhle the one on the
bank'fl record. The man who bronghl the snlt
lefi his home In Prlnee Edward'a laland In 1878,
and on th-- atand he teatlfied ih.it hla mother
wa> ?!? a,l. and that he knew of ..n>- slster, bul
he had no brother.
The Dther part of th>> eto-y followa: WUllam
1>. Murphy, who h.-a I ne much bUBinesa In
preaalns. rlalma againal banka for unclalim I
dep alts, ..li.l galned his knowledge onlhal score
In 1862, whrn he was rounael ' r b c mmlttei
appolnled by thi I^eglalature to Inveatlgate hoa
mtuii money of that klnl was on lepialt, I .ok
stepa i ? flnd a clalmant for the Hugh Humpl rei
depoalt, and wlth that end In vlew eenl n tlcea
to .-.;i the men.bera ..f the Humphrej famlly.
othera, i !< i ge l- Humphrey, muslcal
li ?? tor of ihe Herald Squ ire Theatre, n ? Ive l a
? tlce. Tliis was In November, 1894. Mr,
li mphrey alled on Murphy, and then t ? Ie I
?ther, \. G. ll imphrej. wh ? li-. ? - ln Akron,
.,!,'... a. -l aaked foi a me pro >f to < b! ibllsh ihe
clalm. The pro >f c m ?> In Ihi shapi of mme old
booka li vhlcl thi namea "J hn Hv phi ? y ind
M. i ?' a. hia a ife," r.n 1 nlao the name 1 ?'
Humphrey ap| .-.:;? t ? in inl- Theae b k?
were taken l ? Murphy, who kep< ihem, and wli n
?: g ? L. II imj hre>j arke 1 for M raa told
that the turea were not llke 1 il ihe
ilmant hn I turn I np
Murph; ka
All thla t ...1. place tx?fcre the bank waa nied
laal Bprlng by - ne John J. Hun ; hn f r the
Huah Humphrey <i' ;? .sl*.
Th? Laik pui the caee Into Ihe h ndn of
. ;? ..i i.- ? W Wlckeraham and J. M Wainwrlghl
:' -1 ? ;, m ol Rti mg A Ca Iwallader X
Wall-at., who al n pul thei ibi
? on with Humpti ??? i all over tl
and imong the reat, George I. ll n phrey He
?alled al th< i ffli ?? f ihe laa flrm and I
t., his astoi i hmei t, tha I lie very I
,1 J. Hum| hr. >? had placi .1 In evl ler ?? I '
hla laim were the onea which he left wlth
Murphy.
Mr. Humphrey wantei t ? mak-. a laim f i hla
bo ka, but a-aa advlai I Inatead lo "1
awalt developments. These (..?:.,? yeajterda) .?>?
tho hearlne: of the caee before Judge Dugro
When the booka were placed In evldence ii waa
found that atgnaturea <?' Hugh Humphrey,
ln pe icll, were found, which Qe >rge I.. Humphrey
Ba - ; ? wer nol ln - a hi i h L-a . e i !.??::.
t Muiphy.
Then the counael f..r tl..- h..i;k furnlahed nn
,.th>.!' Burprlse bj calllng Mra Cath
Humphrey, who aald rhe came from Boaton
There waa a declded reeemblance between her
and the clalmant. Bhe aald Bhe waa the n
of elght ehlidren, and that the oldeei of them.
a aon, now thlrtj eight years old, ahe had n ?'
Been In nlneteen yeara, John J Humphrey vaa
brought faee to face wlth the wltneas, but Bhe
would nol awear thal he waa her Bon <'?? rg.
I.. Humphre; and hia l.r..;h r teatlfled i" the
ownershlp of thi l.ka. The percll Blgnature*
ln the l.....ks were pronounced forgerles by
Davld N. Carvalho. whlle another expert, l1 T
\- aald thal ihey mlght have been wrltt?n
by the aame peraon who Blgnetl the bank regla
ter. The clalmant'a counBel, John ??'.. Burke,
... .. at thia atage thal hla ? sae wa i
.. ]. ,p, |eB i oi -. for he aaked Ihe Coui I I ? '??
allowed t., wlthdraw a Juror, and thei by end
the .as... bul Judge Dugi i promptly refuned to
granl the requi st.
In hla Bumming up Mr, WlckTsham ai k of
the clalm aa an absolute fraud. The Judgi
charged brlefly, nnd to the , and, after an
abat'iii ?? from the i ,urti .om . I about flu??? n
mlnuten, the |ury returned -i verdli I for tl ??
bank.
\t e '; i n t.. .'.'? tlce Di m tei m an order In
whi. : lati lhat. II appearlnaj hai v.
;. i ..; !;?? had aworn thal he obtalned a < ? ?
).., k fr :-i thi plaintiff In ti,.- actl m - ?
had ni realltj rca ,-;? ed tl ?? book from 11
L. Hui '? I H ?''??? :'i'i ? John
Jamea Humphrey, the plaintiff, had bw, rn thal
.k was In his poBBeaaion nlnce 1879 havinn
b< ? glven to hlm by hla father, when In renlity
the l.k had b.-?er obtal.l from Murphy, and
by hlm from O-orge 1. Humphrey, both John
J. Humphrey and WUllam D. Murphi he re
rjulred to enter thelr recognlaancea In the anm
of $3,000 each, to answer to the charge of |>er
Jury. ...
immeriiat-iv on the entry of the order, r
man Degann, of the courl Bquad, to l. the two
prlaonera to the Tomb i.
TAM8EX AXn UEYER AT 0DD8.
K DISAOREEMENT OVEB INVITATTONi TO
THB THIRD PANKL DINNER ONE OF
THB SHERIFP-H QUESTS ASKED
T? > Q< > AWAT.
Bome friction flevelopi l laal nlghl al tha
of the T- ir l Panel SherlfTa Jury ai the Hotel Ha
v..y. Tn ible nad been brewing foi aeveral Jaya
i betwei ?, 8 erlfl Tamaen ai I Peter F Meyer, Rlch
ar-i Croker*a partner. who Is .' reman ..f Ih. | i
ov r the i.amb^r of Im I itl n I i whi. h the BherlfT
was enUtled Laal nlghl Mr Meyei ordered Mr.
Btraaanee, th.- BherlfTp Becretary, fr..m the lable,
,,. ., ,?. ;..,. araa ihere wlth ml Invltall in. Mr.
Meyer'a explanation <,f the trouble la n? foUowB:
"Tl..- Bberlff ln the Brai place dcalred ;. numbei
?r invltatloni to thla panel'a dlnner ln addltlon to
flve Invltatloni uauallj gittn to the Bherlff. I de
t(. gjYi blm it-" addltional Invltatlone. He
made numeroua efforta through other aourcea to
obtaln sur'h Invitatlona Unable to w I them, be
(l...j,,..] to ni , aa f.i.-i.am ol :.?" panel, lo gei
them. I agaln refuaed, aad h" then Informed ma
? ,- ba would ii"'- attend tl... dlnner of the 'i ? I
Panel of tbe Bherlff'a Jur) nnlesa li" recelved ad
.; invlt itions, which l ana.ii declined to glve.
"Thla evenlng l found three of tha men f.,
wh.in Bherlfl Tamaen aaked Invitatlona preaenl al
ih,- lable wlthoul Irvltatlone." Mr. Meyer de?
clined to glve th<- name- of the tliric unlnvlted
I'lit-sts, bul it waa learned from othera thal one of
them waa the SherSff'a Becretary, Straaaner, .Mr.
Meyer then '-aid that Straaaner waa preaent, and
ik&i ii<- ordered hlm from th? room. "Straaaner
v ,'?,'? bul l ?? ''<'ni" hack and to,.lt hla s..?t ,,; thi
lable'" aald Mr. Meyer.
Covera were lald al the dlnner for 800 ln the n I
I ,|,j banquel room. _ Si ated al the gtii ata'
i,i,n"H. lurhai J'lsnte McAoaaa,"of the ?upreme
CEU?>aovenior Fiower an.l th.- Bberttl were aaaoog
ti - .- . :.
80ME ACTIOX DEMANDED.
A MOVEMENT TO BECURE THK RELEASE
OP AMERICAN8 IN TRAN8VAAL,
BOlfE WEU, KNOWN MEN WHO THINK THE QOV?
ERNMENT BHOPMJ DO BOMETHINO -A
BIO MABB-MKETINO PROPOBBD.
An Inl nee feellng of dlaaatlsfartlon haa de
vel. i .-.I In ihis clt) an l thr .ughout the country,
owlng to the Inactlvlt) of the Admlniatratlon
al Waahington ii. regard to certaln affalra In
the Traiibvaal. The frl -nda of J 'hn H. Ham
m >i ?! and Ihi other Amerlcana who langulsh In
prlaon, aa well aa a large number ol patrl .tlc
. na of thia cltj, have determlned t i make
an ??!!'..rt th.it will arousc the Admlnlstratlon to
s >me actl m c.ernlng these ImprlBoned Amerl
i -
An Inf a mal me< tlng : - me .f "Jai k" Ham
monil'a frlenda waa held al S .. 45 Wall-Bt. yesti r
day afternoon t i atarl a movemenl for the pur
. u^geated. .-1 me plaln lalk waa Indulged In
at th. ? \ well-kn .wn rallroad man a tld:
"Thl.? Inipriaonmeni oi Amerlcina In the Trana
vi il la far-reachlng In 'is effe la How rldlcu
. abaur i it musl app ir to i thei natl .ns I ?
-... aome of thelr men wh wei.aptured red
l?.,:; ie i nn i In nrma ftgnlnnl the Boers, reWse. .
whlh Amerlrana are Imprlsoncd who had noth
Ing whatevei ln thelr p - t-salon t" cauae
lo be .l..s.a..i aa belllgerei '? "
Other remarka In th- same veln were made,
nnd tii-ii were nelected to r-onsull Wlth kadera
ol the hii.in lal, commerclal and manufacturlng
world, wlth Ihe rejmli thal - ?me f the fon
ln thla ? ommunlty v. lunteere 1 to ald the
ii,, i-omenl h\ theli prei n ? an l thi rwlse, and
were enthusiaatlc ln thelr aupp rl of anythlng
thal will rele ia > the Imprla med Amerl ana lu the
T .?:. raal An organir.ailon la to be form
rtav wlth a llsi of namea ol promln?n1 rltlzena
thal will aurpriBo th, ptibll ii li llkelj thal the
,,..., tlng will be hi 1 I In Madla n Sq i u ? riarden at
an i-ai ly date There was 111
laal nlghl In the W aldorf and othi Ui - h< '-N
? men if affalra rtl as thi
,1a-, Repr sentall' pa I n ma Ih '.'? ? ?-???? n
-?,,? .? i.ff.-red ln J.?ln r, the no\ ani
\ w?U-kn wn ii.i.'.i nalre aald: "lf thla 'l vern
a-lll n .i !?'?:?? i Ha 1*1** na, tl ? ??
Vir.erlr-ana left w h ? will nt oul
I ? ?? r, h the " :
,,t . ,i. ? ? U \ n ?? I a ?? .. ? \ ? n
lf the ducka In the Carollnaa remaln indlstui i I
8 9 . Ie , ?' ii
FIRE CHIEF BYR\ /">' IXJl RED.
Hl'. .WI' HIS DHIVBR T1IROWN FROM A
WAOON IN A RI'NAWAT
Whlle r.~i?? ?!. :...;; lo an alarrr. nf flre al No
t ??? Ti nth a- ??. ; ' I nlght. Bnti
?,!:!. and hla drl ? i
:. ? ' iched I
..-- ri I) hurl Al Tl li'.. ll
, ... i| n,.... v th Central Hall
. , ]i , : tl rh ? hlefi h u
. | ? :: ra way. 1
oul Thi horse was
. i ifter hi had i ,hl blo k?
Koma :: ? g to the n r. V.
,r. ! hla Irl
haa a sprained kle
ki ???
VI ui . agn t ill
ime i ,. -
iii: i.i: \rri> TO ur ITH.
K BROOKLYN MAN Ol OP 1 Ml I ' l MEXT
WI, rn ?ZKD KIIXE1 HIM81 I t
, | .. , . ........ ? leoB
17 M
,,. em? ? ? l?ht He lli I
V, n e Mra Herli ' araa al
.' ..
-
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m for h ' :
.,.,.1 M? hitu m ik?' th* :? :
,
,.,,. rine'a ll? -.11 il. whei . I
||i. ? . i ? ? ?? ' ' '
,.,. ?ed lo have unb nce.l
?
OEATB FROM UORPHIXE.
i:r.l.lii\ lii, TO HAVE TAKEN AN OVBRDOSK
OP THE i a. ?'.. IVHH'II HAD I1EEN
]..;,. , KU ? 1 "< 'I1 INSOMNIA.
II .,, . Bbl ? r Ev, ? ' ' Id. ar ... ? ir,
who playerf th ' ? ? -' y ? '"' h<
...... . i'i , .-.? . 1 lieatri . dled laal
t at th, W ai ??? I. ?? H'?'" Korili I I
',,,..?; , -
?1 ... ,i ??'??? "? ' " ? ': ' ' '
. .' | Hei t he al
manaae: -iil i . nllb ' ?? P"
,t, | ?, Thi boy k .,..???
. i tlmea.
,,, .... .... ,i. i eni. ' .'? ll. '? pai
, . , phe I."' apoke to
hlm but .
I: h ok '?
; .- .- ...' ol i.i
Iheaire
.... n Tl ? ' ' ind return, to Ihi
theatre an I l ? " ' '? '?" : ' ' '';: "
, , ., ir.l r Mr. ? uth an ? ? ? ?unui mie.! Or.
| . , . h , . ? -.., .?. \\ .--? I?..! tj -? ? ?
?,' w h , arei i '" the hotel an i foun I
lyi'ng on '!?? I" ? I !'?" ' aamliMtlon lie .lli 'overj 1
the inaii'a - ,, '? : extn-mely ,
i .,, ? i ? ? , '.. .- ? ? uni on ? ? . an 1, 'Ie |, '?
,i'. '.,,,? . .-? ., ? ?.. revlve hlm, lli d an I
,.?.!.,, " from Inaomn
md a l>r. Kolb, ? ho waa atten.llnn
, .',, ' ,, .h pren ?;!.?.I m .rphln. A lai ge
i : ' ',,.,. v:, foun 1 1- hlm. li waa almoai
I,!. I Thla facl ? ?;'? 'hal the
.' . - ? ,,,i h . leni llj laken an "? erd, ??
!,,. u Kveraflehl .? ?'. ihi I ig< ln. ?? he
waatwrlve yeai.1 H? "1 ' " ; " :,V' , ,
? tl, ?:,. irlKinal Ual. ly foi i Fre,1 I,
,,;,, i...,'V l-ln.l He in.i.'i,.... -'"." twent? yeara
aao Mlaa Amj B>ii.lrauli ilauahtei of I;.... Iluu
rii-auH The: ..a i I* - h Idren, who dled ln Kng
land The e/ife w..-^ informed by ....... ol her inn
bantl'B death._m
g.4//) io //ir/: EUBEXZLED VIU.IOX8
,,,,- inhpettoH ?;-::.i.i.Ai.'.i' ti :i.i.i'ii"Mis riiiiis
,...,.., , -, t. i s i\ OKIiKB TO liS''\l'li ARREBT
london, Peh 8 The Parla correapondenl of "The
Mornlng Post" t. legrapha ui der reaervi Ih il the
,, .., .,., oeneral of Telephone has fied to ai .Id
.,,.. . ,,,. ., . ... lTK, 0f ? mbesslina severnl mllllon
^i'.'l',".; (.-,.|, | The "Solr" conflrma the report thal
the Ina'pe^tor-ileneral of Telephonea haa embexaleil
ra ?f mom y and haa Bed to ew >i"- ar
rest. _"
Bllf. 1/ \Y li ITCH FOR I ll.ll'-i 8TERB.
ti.rulaer Columbla. which arrlved in poii on
\v. ineaday afternoon, la eapecti l al the Navj V u 1
? . . and ..a thi Clnclnnatl la to c .me oul of Ihe
i ' , u ln the fon n wn there la a posslblllt)
. a, ?,., ,., | v-r .: will i' tski ii oul of tha *..-. r,
\ ,,,.,, vv in currei I restei |,. thal tl ?? crul ,-r ha.l
come to New-York wateri to look oul for the aall
.., 0f veaaela on ruban nilbu?terlng trlpa, and Ihe
,','.,..,, rleoarture and Iobb ol th, Hawklna waa i lt. I
._ .?,,. ,,f ,.,, , itiaea arhlch led to her c mlng here,
The aion lhal Ihe tieamer Neptuno, which la now
t Perth Amboy, i- b lng fltted oul aa a nilbusterand
' ,,,,i . ,? .rry ar ai ? and imm inltlon i ?? ... i' ib in
n,triota haa been denled, and the atatemenl Ih
.;,',., oul thal h. haa be,?n pur ha ed by the .'.,
,, Oovernmeni and will be equlpped aa u
The Columbla, which remained at h. r
anclioraae ? ff Bt. Oeorge. Btaten [atand, yeaterday,
rVceived a eupply of al ?rea from the Navy v.ir-i.
- ? -ea. - -
IMERICAS RAIIAVAY BOOU l\ WXDOX.
London, Peb. 8. The ai.aa of thi I'nlted Btatea
bond laaue cauaed a aharp revlval of Amerlcan
rallroad BtockB ?'?'. the Stooli Bzchange to day, th..
,<-.. ranalng fr,>m \ lo 1'.-. There waa conaldei il Ie
Seillng ln n. Iroadfl on the Streel after the offlelal
, Iobb of the markel
HELD FOB 8ERVICE /\ TBE QERMAX ARMY.
Mbley, i"wa. Peb I l"r> <l ll. Bruna of l.yon
County, a natnrallaed rltlaen of the Unlted Btatea,
who returned toOermanii ob b rlalt, complalna thal
i?. ia beina held foi aervlce In the Oerman Army.
ronareasman Perkina will i?rlr.? the matter to the
attentlon of tha Bute Department
Drlnk but llttle water at meals. C.irbnnatoJ
.aiara belng moal healthfol, ani the Arethuaa
Bprlng Water from Seymour, Conn., leadlng in the
llat.-Advt
WENT DOWN IN THE FLOOD.
A VOZEN WORKMENDROWNED
A BRIDGE OVER A CONXECTICUT RIVER
QIVEB WAY.
_
MORE THAN A BCORE OF MEN AT WORK REPAIR
IMi THE BTRUCTL'RE PRECIPITATBD IJCTO
TH_ BWOLLEM TORREXT BEU>W? I
I
H..I.F ..)' THEM UOSg THEIR
UVEB - NARROW E8
CAPE OP A TRAIN.
Briatol, Conn., Feb. fi. A moat appalllng dlo
aater occurred here ahortly after 9 o'cloek to
niitht In whlch twenty workmen were preclpl
tate.l into Pequabuck Rlver from the Eaal
BrlBtol Brldge gnd from ten t.> twelve of them
are probaMy loat.
This afternoon the ntructure aaa found to be
Bhaky and the 4:4:? traln on the Kew-England
road had a narr w tarape from wn- l< aa lt
.-!..-?.>d on I . ? way to llartford. Por - ime tlme
the brldge had been loaked upon with ausplclon
un.l at the preaenl tlme a new brldge waa In pro
ceaa nf erectlon and waa almoat e mpleted. It
was rlose alongslde the brldge whtel waa to
r Ighl :irrl".i away After the eaatb -.und paaaen
ger tr.iin had paaaed to-nlght one Blde of the .,! i
brldge gave way t.> the current and with a craah
wenl b- illfn _ doa :i atream.
The managera ? ; the r ad Imme liately dla
pat. he : a wre king Iraln from II irtf r I, whl h
arrlved on the Fon atvllle al le of the Pequa
it 5:45. There were fortj men on the traln.
allof whom had come from Hartford. They were
Immedlately aet to work to make the
new : rldge pa taabl.. and work waa k >lng
, ? irllj h) the aid ? t lanterna up to 9
o'i lock. T i i.i liltale th- work, half of the men
wi i- lo >ati 1 al th ? remalnlng p rtl n i f the ol i
Btriu'ture. Al 9 o'cloek they wtre paaalng Iron
glrdera to ai ther gang of men on the new
brldge.
The watera of tha Pequabuck had been con
tlnuall) riaing alnce mornlng and al 9 o'cloek
r than ? ver known The water h id
i,.--ii two or three feel alnce th* llral craah al
.? k .m 1 the remalndi r ol the brldge waa
really totterin< whlle tha men a re courage
..-i -i, atandli r upon lt. The outer end aud
,..',k ti i a ith a . raBh with Ita human
frelght, ;? waa carrl. i off In the botling cur?
rent The crlea of the m-n, the rreaklng of
tlmber and the falllng of Iror work made u
: whlch was tv ai I h ilf a mlle
aa i;
T. e half of the i r wl rei llne,
- 'i ? mrl itlon were trloken
? ? i -..? ; i . ? i aud lenly
pltated I ?!-.?.. In if li
thej a?re ? ? I ? - party and
iave th-- drowi Ing n
I-. rere fortura'e enough to rea
- i
a thIM waa lavetl by a w rk
? | hlm
re. Ft i ' ' ?
, ? .,..??
?
kagi ' ?' an I
? . ni i; . wh '? r nun ' r iii t er an
Ig ? went down
All of itt- -? il -.* i- it inc* ar ? i -? I phyai
. t , , .. ..-. to th.
f the dlaaater. The i
, ? ng atream overrunnlng
. . - ?
'
flrat man taken >ut
, . . '.>. P Harry.
/ ..., an uf tha nai '?' ? Kaat
Hartl "" *'??
I . ,. lMir i. ..,? falllng tln
II- ;?.., ? taken ln Ihe h nae nf Mr Healy, In
, i Mrlaloi l?i Hri ' ? ;:::
ludlng
:,:..? '. weri ..???.: the ia ved
NXW-JERSEY FLOODED.
KAIl WAI TRACKB aXH BTREETS BUH
MEROED.
KIUI Ri 'AD IN I ': v" !'
}?? i j: ?; H i i'. i. K AND
l:a i % \ ;:?..<? T. ' TII IV
[i RARITAN AND
].i? t.\ ? I ItE I.!' BR* !'AS
.;. || .1 l.\ BtOH
T..- ali i bi raln y. ' ' "',l '
? l.ini.i ? ? ? ' - ? ? '''' '
the Btate tb. u were reporl : havo
i wera
.. ,,r ao badlj
.,?.!.?! ... atoppeit. Tl . all Ihe I
. . ,? 0f the P. maylvanla
v..r- behlni. Thi I'em
|o .,. iravel, b i the thro igh irali i arrlved ai
d. ? ,..??? i fi im b : ?: ' ?"? ?"? :?'""
Th ? wl' marahea >t llu laor and lli 'Ri n on I i -
. I, and in- rallroa ? icka wen ba.-. li
above aatei The tl l< ' -:- ? ' ?''
\ewark a I i ) ?'?" al Hoiwke.i an ; Jeraej Clt).
. ,; prartl. all ? th* flral tldi ol tha day hel i
over Thl"' ''":,i'!"l
?rith iha lorn nt i >? a iti r ahlch poured J >wn
\. aark Bay through the Pa *al ? and
n , i,. ..?, k rlv. ra. ? onverted the aa. imp* Into a
.-,. H laka From Marlon, ba. k ol Jeraej i Itj .
.,- , : ?),,? rain ... ?? ?. Ihe water* ??: th* E'aaaalc
and i. k. ?.?...'.. had mi t, an I a* far .ia . oujd be
aeen ih.-r- aaa nol a alght of the earth on the
lowlanda eaeepl tha embankmenta ?>'. the rallroad*.
Theae, with thelr ahlnlng ralla, atretched awa) foi
?
Aiong the AtUnlic Coaat, from Cape May to tha
ii landa, Ihe aea beal wl . terHble fury agalnal
.rr :, and Muffa, aad cau* i r- inalUerable al
teratlon in the coaat llne. Al l?na Braneh tha
.-.ii i ran very blgh, and bad ihe Br. Paul been attll
reatlng oa rhe beach there when the atorm broke
ahe would wlthoul doubl have been carrled
agalnal the biuff, foi no anchora would bave held
li-r agalnal tha great wave* that broke about whera
.ai:.' I: id li*lil.
LACKAWAKNA TRACKB BCBMKRQED.
Baiiy ln th atorro tha Lackawanna Rallroad ha<i
troubi.- at g uth .ii.iiu-.- Nol far from tha Bouth
Oranga depot there la .. amall brook, ahlch paaaea
under tha rallroad and dralna eonalderaWe low
Ijring land and Rnally entera th.. Rahway Rlver,
yeaterday mornlng the water ruBhed down *?> faat
that tha tunnel under Bouth Orange-ave. waa nol
large enough te carry th.- water through, and the
maaa backed up untll 'ur bundreda of yarda ?:\
elther si.ie ..f the rallroad track there waa water
fr.uii three to BVe f.-i t deep There li a dam luai
'.. j.uij the tra.-k .rn tbe wri. .nei thla cauaed
much of tha trouble. Tha rallroad tracka flnally
became aubmerged, and debrla of all ktnda be<an
t0 p j,. 0n the tracka, Tha dlvlalon auperlntendeni
aaked the oamer of the dam i.i allow un deatructlon
io tha water could t ike im natural .-nirs.- Inatead
,.r belng deflected, Thla waa refuaed, ao a gang of
men from tha rallroad broke down a parl o( the
dam. Thla allowed tha water t" apraad, and f.?r
nior.' than ,i mlle a laka waa formed. it eateaded
to tba Bouth Oranga Fleld Club grounda, Tha
new ruiiiiiiiK' and cycl* uack and th.- athlatle
De) i were two f**t under water.
a UASH'ii'T ON THE BRIE.
Ti.-r.' waa a waaboul of IM f**l aiong fhe Watch
ung DrrlaloB of the Erie Rallroad n*ar llii?h-rat..
Orange. Th- Becood Rlver runa alongalda ?f the
trnck and the water whlch piure.l fr-.m the rlv.ir
Bgalnat the track undf-rtnlned lt. The 12:19 tr?ln
fr. i.i i 'nrnne to N'etv-Yr.rk paaaed over the under
mlnad apace ln aaf*ty. but a* the laat coach paaa-d
Cui.iliuK-.l on SevcMtli Pnge.
MOR RISTO WX IX UXDA TED.
FLOODED BT THK BURSTING OF A DAM.
PEOPLE RBBCUED FROM BECOKD-aTORT W1K
DOWi HV IOATITWKNTY N"T ACOOONTBD
POR - SIANV BOILDKfOi WAglWD
AWAT AND I.iVK 8T0CK
DROWNBD -DAMAOB E?TI
IfATED AT BB0.0O8.
Th- l .wer part of Morrlatown, N.J..waa complete.
: Inundated by the breaklng of the 4am at Poca
hontaa Lake. Houeea were carried away and men
and women were taken out of aecond-atory wln
dowa Neariy twenty people were unaccounted tor
lart nlght, bui owlng to the exdtement ll waa Im
poaalble to tell whether any of them wer.- loat or
whether they were Uken In by the netghbora.
Many acenea of herolam were enacti I, and erowda
aaaembled on tho hlgh ground to wltneaa the thrll.
Ing siirht.
Tha water h<-Kin to rlae about U o'cloek ln the
mornlng. and eontlnttad untll lae in the afternoon
when the dam a? Poeahonua Laka gava way. ano
the water poured through the valley. Juat b*..or*
.:?. |am ;?,,_; the water had rlaen ao hlgh tl I
wa. two feet deep In the I.aei ln Water-.t. and.
wh :, th- dam broke, the wat-r roaa elghl feet ln
,.,, minutea Juat before the dam gave way WU
u-u Woodrurt drove his atage down through Bve
feet of water and reacued Mra, Mooney and her
four chl Iren from the aecond- I ry wlndow. ?
ten minutea after they were aafel) on th. ? ta*
water Waa flfteen feel leep whera the aUga bad
atoo 1. , ....
v, aaon n* t:.e newa ea,re that the dam had
burat J. F. Runyon haatened to Ihe .een* and
. , a boal ..:. : with the aaalatan - - - ? "??
lam N'. n and John Oannon aucc*. led ln^reacu
Ina a number of people. Tha ettrrent waa ao
awlf that li waa Imp. -tbla to row agalnat Jt.
Ropea aere proci.-ed ai tl I ia '? Jolncd ln the
of . ipei Mrs Peter Malley, the mother of tree
ssrtra:vgffc ??%%**
--?"??
"rsft. i"- ?? ??? <vsrx?M5r?.ws
?,-?:
.?
carried .-way.
h ild inj more houaea
_ ?
, BIGFIRE l\ BOIXD BROOK, XJ.
lgg,gTANCE ASKED FROM PtaAINFIELD.
' ,,, T WIREB ARE DOWN AND RAIL- .
BOAD TRACKB FI/JODED.
. , .. - ;... ... ln B und Brook. S. J.. al I
Bt 8:43 : ?
.?-.,- rttlm*
I houaea ln the nelghborhood.
. ? ,edcondlt.onofthe.tre*...
, P:x feet ' water ? ra every .treel
, Br ;, A..l.t.nc* wa. a.k?d I
<. but owlng tottwaw Ilen condltlon of the
rt,?,,,. only PUlnflrtd waa able to aend any nre
"^rd'wiBB r*C*IV*d he.e th*l th- flre bmk* OtH
... fa.'.u-. i imber yard and from th*re communl
'"~ hoUi , ' . nl aid**, A hlgh wlnd li
.... name. hlgh ln the
ild Plalnly be ieed from her*.
a ? ?"*? ? ' ka ":" r?s
Plalnfleld. and ab ui Bfty
,-? .- rtarted with lt
l r ,, .?.,.! it, ..i: Thej took with them al the
?,.?..?* ladder. i ' Wb. rpared fromlhere
?,a the traln r*ach*d
,f the confligratl m or
' woi iwaarecelt l from Somervllle thal ? I ?
,,. ..,.-..! from that plaee with an engine
.board. but waacomr^Uedto put back. aa every
. u... between Bound Brook and Bomervllle la
1 :,?,.. .r. down between Plalnfleld and
' , iirook 1" many placea tbe Central
.',,,. ,?v.-...| with aeveral fee, of water
:,,.. ,_., communlcatlon r.ived from Bound
1" ...... ihe telephone. lt
i:i. ik wa* a ni---ng o\er tn i
' ,,..,,. R.aa ala feet of water .... the
?-'"1 ':'' . , ..,,.?.,-.,-. and that tl... wat-r
fl.i .r .i the telepnom w ... ,.. . .
i, , the operal ?r l ? abandon the plaee.
. ..'??.I:?,;,wai:..h-wl1,,,is..,-:l.d-ayl,
th:\h:^mannycommuter..re.ta.?edlnPU,n
i i 01 theae man> are realdi i -
::u f/Jolock another traln waa ...nd" up to
thaitound Brook cltl, na to thelr homea.
-.:..
?i;;i. IX BOATH.
WOMEN RK
;vu:li, ,T VVOHK ON THE BRON* "OfBEB
1N da.NOER OV FALUXO.
,. _ ...... 0, rtl .wel and cauaed a Bood
lnThe,B?r.0,v ana?ed dl.tr.ct of th. ctt, B.tw.n
. , i w ik ? ii th< water went over the
^aS-uchanextentthat tor half
."'y'.", . . e'^off from the land. Th.
";? ., ,, over the wea, braneh of the
?,.,,,,:.:,, ad U.t night and threatened to dam
"aJJral ' the hou^a n.led ar. ln danger of
??? and laat nlght th.pantB a- r. taken
' V ,,..,,,,. Ovi nOaklej and Wllllam < hatam
2c_n3 JX* -nd went to the akl of th. Imprla
?>?<? " ?',. ??,.? 0f whom wer. a men. They
,ae to houae and took all who wanted
" ,,'.,.. ? re ?ome nho dld not wanl to go. ? i
:,;;;,.,,,..,: u.n upapatrolof theflooded dlatrlet
10 ?',,"!' ' r ;r""1''" , t XV 1 M,.-i
veBterday afterioon the hou ? of U. L. Mo l
. ...' Mn..t..va wa* Burrotinded by wnt.-r,
?eilV rt?lWk reTch-l ta. flral rfo r tha
?,?! whei in? w ^.n) r fy .i|; , open|llK
w'/mr.? heaTn I ?? "" Jnm Petjplea and
;..,,. v ?, were .m the oppoalte aid* of h.
V.?"l henrd'th"1" ?'?' ? f"r help l*t'v4'"
_v.e._ i ... "le i ... awlm the r ver, T - women
h?"f i";, ;.. ak n out and the ta - men al
:%"u". J t> - rlver to obtain o boat,
h%L i, , " waa"xhauated before the return trlp
1 ";,'' ,, , , i when he rea hed i.leep water
? "?f hu footlng and beeomlng frlghtene.i began
loat hla footing, an th(> (,urr?nt
'" l??nndmr:n wer? unible to remaln on hla back
;;.",! ,"?" r,. iT.??? earrled aiong bj the r-urrenl
?hln oaklev and rhatam appeared In thelr boat
when i>.iKi'\ " i -itrol The tWO m. tl w-re
?"'k'"V;.'?" .'" Ul.tirl .ii lwded in aafety.
f\a^eydand0mch.t.m Ihen went to the Mortlaon
^&brKi?wh,er.i^^^
w_ter and lt la feared wlll ba damaged badly, lf
nol carried away. _?i_
,CE ,N THE HUDBON BREAKINO IT.
.. y ,-,,, ,- The raln of ihe laat
^ ^ken ?~?n!r___r.l''Eda^rn^a aSih i.
loubtedl, -a.- 'I-.tructto. - .> ? )IoUow
,:;,? ::,ilf,;,;;j;,fl.i;;,r,h!:;.e,. .tc.ua.3 E
hlgh water. ,. , ,; r_s win.i i>i?w.a great
Newtiurg, rj. > ? ' 'i,,.',.,, much minur damage
guna h re Th*ra baa ..'"'??,mrillll h,,- poured tll
lo i ?<*? tl*?': lK.?baen threatened with a water
day. Tha plaee haa -? ?; ' ., ,? ?? Wn,n.
f*mlne. buT thU -;;:?'?( ,\lvl,u. v itore and
tngton Laka, (I.'1>,!llVWl..k hud to be *eeur..l iv
V,:;'H!tSriS''^ bnaklag up, and navl
g&tUcaS ^?"?lU -Ne*-vork wiii bo r-utned
nrxt weelt.
WILD ON SEA AND LAND.
WIXD AND RAIX PLAY HAYOC.
A TERRIFIC HTJRRICANE SWEEPS OVEP
TIIE CITY, DOIXG COXSIDERABLE
PAMAGE.
THE BTORM GAINS A TSLOCITT OP SEVENTT
T1V(1 IflLH AN MOt.U IIKRE, ANP RAOES ALL
AL/>N.i thi: OOABT? A TOO CAPBTXH IN THE
IIARHOII-ONE OK THE CBU8W DROIVXED
MR, MNN BATB IT n "THI MOBT SE
VKRE BTORM THAT HAS FVER
VISITKI) THLS IA'AUTV."
Th.'" win ist ?rm which swept down upon New
v rk al an .ari\- bour yeatetday mornlng was by
il] oddfl the moal eevere of Ita ktnd ev?-r recorded
by the i,.,-al weather bureau. The wlnd was
blowlng twenty-elght mlle3 an hour at 2:30 o'clock
yeaterday mornlng, and fr.^tn that tlme on grad
tially Increaaed In veloclty untll at 10 o'clock It
was howllng ,,v.-r Manhattan bland ;it tho rate
of aeventy mllea an h..ur.
Tl o gr.>at bllxxard of Ittt, BO far as wlnd ls
con arned, was a tame aflfatr In eomparleon with
the hurricane of yeaterday. During the bUaaard
old Boreaa ~ontented himself wlth a leisttrely galt
of from forty-two to forty-four mlles an hour,
but from E to 10 o'clock yeaterday mornlng not
an hour pass-.l that he d'l not travel alxty-four
mlles, and at tlines he made ?eventy-two. It re
malned f..r Long Branch, however, t.. breaJi the
rec rd. At i o'clock yeaterday afternoon the ob
Berver at that atatlon reported that the ane.mom
eter had been Wown o pieeea, and that the gale
eaa probably maklng nlnety mll^s an hour.
BWBEPS IT FROM THB KAST RIVER.
The Btreeta ln th? buslnem portlooe of the rity
were exceedlngly llvely during the mornlng. Tha
wlnd raced up the crosa atreeta from the Eaat
Rlver BB if Ita BOle htisir.ess for th" day were to
turn umbreilaa Inalde out, play football with
hundredB ..f flying hats and wrap people'a coat
talls about thelr eara.
There waa probably r.o breezler plaea In the
clty than at the Jun< tlon ol Bpruce and Naaaaa
ats. Near thls ppot crowda of tb aa who e uld
Bpare the tlme atood In adjacent doorwaya and
enjoyed t'n? troui,; ???. ,,f th- ae who were too buiy
to Join them. The doorway contlngent was c.m
Btantly augmented by paraona who had to s^ek
ahelter In ? rder t. turn umbreilaa right Btda out
agaln or pl k thebrlckaout of battered hat?.
The raln was beavteat from s to 12 o'clock ln
th-- mornlng. Moat of tbe time the raln sw.'pt
iu blocka up th?- Btrr-.-ts leadlng from the Kast
Rlver. Wagona were overturned, nnd ln a.une
- ? people were blown from their feet The
latter scrambled to an uprlght poaltlon ngain
wet, angry and sputterlng, but ln all eases the
. ..-ntr-s of larga aad dellghted audiences ln
nelghborlng d. orwaya
At about S:M o'clock yeaterday afternoon the
raln ceeeed, tha wlnd went down. and th? sun
? >.;.t ami amlled on the flooded streets for
an hour or more. Bat aradually the eloudj
, aettled agaln, the Wlnd gathered new strength,
'? th- raln began to fall and l,y 10 o'clock there
were proapectj ,,i a tempestuoua nlght.
Conalderable dnmege was done to property
:.i vari iua aectiona of the clty by tlmbers blown
from bulldlttga in procesn of erectlon. Plate
glaaa wtadowa wera blown In or smashe<j by
r' ? g d.bfis. Several pedeatrlana w.-re rllghtly
Inyured by falling planks. whll* the wail which
? '? -'.' Br* l-f' Btrndlng etashed through the
rooffl of aome t-'-iement houaea .,n West Broad
way.
THE BTORM AT iTi BEIOHT IM THK HARBOR
The Btorm was ev.-n more violent out In the
harbor. Th* Amerl-raa ship j. B. Walker araa
i lown clear aoross the bay from Congreea-at.,
Brooklyr, and in splte of the rulllng and haul
Ing of twi powerful r.tgs was drlven on the
r.>cks at Bedlow'a laland
Th* dam eloop Pavorite capslzed aoofl afrer
10 o'clock In tbe mornlng and one of the crew
was drowned, whlle th* st-nm lighter dreen
wlch aank Just before daybr.-ak In the Kill
Von Ktill.
The hurricane waa as wtdespread as it was
eevere, danger algnala belng dlaplayed all along
thi Atlantlc Coaat, from Nova Bcotia to Kb.rida.
The gale w;is probably moat violent between
Cape Hatteraa and Boaton. Marlnera were in
eapeclal danger becauae the wlnd blew pn ehore
.iml tbe beach patrola and llfe-aavera iassed an
anxioua and ;t buay >lay.
Owing to the warnlnga srnt out by the
Weather Bureau on Wedneaday nlght, f.->w vea*
aela lefi port yeaterday.
HURRICANE BIONALS DISPLATED.
When Bklppera bbw lha hurricane ajgaals fly
Ing from the t >p of the Manhattan Ufe In
Burance Company Huildlng they rejolced that
they wen wlth the landlubbers, inst?>ad of en*
g llfe on the rolllng deep at the rate of
anywhere from sixty t" one hundred mlles an
hour. Y. st.i'.lny. t,y-the-way. is th" first time
tiint hurricane algnala have ever been a.-t bv the
lo al Weather Bureau.
The Torktown. of the Old Domlnion Llne, araa
the only a eamahlp to put out of New-Tork
Harbor yi sterday.
Mr. Dunn was busy examlntng wlnd and raln
meaaurera when a Trtbune reporter vislted hlm
in his sky parlor yeaterday afternoon, but he
m found tin>- t, t- li whence the wlnd rnma
and whith.-r it went. "Thla." aald Mr. Dunn.
"la b genulne hurricane, nnd the moat severe
Btorm that has .-w vlatted thla loeallty. It
flrsl came wlthln our obaervatlon on the weat
coaat of Ti aaa Tueaday mornlng, bat ita oriKln
Waa probably In the nelghborhood of th? troptca
just m rth of tha bell "f calma whera most
atorms ..' thls nature uaually origtnate.
"On Tueaday nlght :he Btorm began to ahow
aome power. < >n iVedneaday mornlng its centra
waa at New-Orleana and began i i eh w ? dedded
lutllne, iis area extendlng eaat-northeaat to th?
Tennesaee Valley and north t.> Ullnola. Heavy
rain waa then fallt:i< ln the (Tulf States. and
warnlnga of the probable aeverlty was ??nt out
from thls oftl.'e to all p.dnts from N iva Scotla to
Florlda,
MR. DUNN BENDS OUT HIS WARNINO.
"Laat nlsiht. the atorm havlng developed more
h- Idedly, I Benl to all shlpplng ltiteiesta. warnlng
them that lt would be perll iua to allow any Fhlp
t . !>>?,%?? port. Thla warnlng .\as aent out more
wldely than ever before. It Is a thlng we have
t,. do not more than h.-ilf a doaen tlmea a year.
"Wedneaday nlght the Btorm was central over
Alabama, an.i thia afternoon at 3 o'clock we were
nearl) In the Btorm centra rlghl here in New
Y.ik Tiie tainfall between 11:30 Wedneaday
nlfrhr. an.l Z:M thls afternoon was about twe
Inchea an 1 at the latter hour the harometer read
28 88 which la a very ateep pressure Kfadlent.'
Mr. Dunn then rald that the wlnd would biow
hard all last nlght ahiftlag Probabl? troai the
northea-at to the n.rth.veut with probably falr
and colder weather Krllay afternoon.
?The ownera <>f the Bt Paul may ongratulate
themUlvea " were Mr. Dunn'a partlng wordfl. "If
she had been aehore when th.' hurricane atruck
Lona Branch tins mornlng there wouldn't be
enouarh 1-rt of ber to put together by this time."
\t mldnlght th.- local weather bureau predicfed
for N'ew-York City and the western part of tho
Btate dear and colder weiither for thls afternoon,
preceded by s-now in the m.rnlng.
HOW THK STORM AFFECTED THK WIRK3.
The Weatem l'nlon TnieRraph Comptny was not
beavtly erlppJad by the storin. Superlntendent
WUllam B. *>mervllle saM ln the afternoon that the
prtaclpal Injury to the acrvlce had be?"n .lone be
HM North Carollna and this clty. I.ast nlgrht It
was learned that the heivy WBBd atorm In thlB
State ha.l caaaed a good deal of Injury to the ltnes
between S> racuse and nuffalo. Telegraph polee
Brere dawa -n Long laland and ln rlergen County,
X J At a late hour laat night the Weatero
l'nlon wlres \\>r* aald to be In satlsfiietory ordei
on the whole.
The General Electrlc Company profeaaed to be ln a
8TYLE-WHAT IS IT?
?fVe ran ahow you ln our ready to wear sulta and
overcaata. OFOROE O. BENJAMIN, BROAD
WAT, CORNEIt :?TH ST.-Advt

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