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HJWN UNDER FIERCE FIRE, j
ffSAL ATTACK ON FORTS.
tfeport of Japanese Repulse —
Shan-Chan Captured.
X furious bombardment of Port Arthur
receded" the main assault, , which, according
. advices at Che-l ; oo, was repulsed. The
ttsck «" r - s renewed lest night. Failure to
-.jry the town in this action will be followed
T a close, investment
Japanese troops on August 49 captured
4jj.51i 2 n-Cli3n, which commanded the Rus
sian southern line of defences between Hai-
Cheng art l Liao-Yang. The Russians re
tsiUd north along the railroad.
Ofspstcfae* received by the Admiralty at
5L Petersburg said th«,t the cruiser N'ovik
jja£ reached Korsakovsk, Saghalien, and th.it
the Disn a had arrived at Saigon. The latter
:f port lacked confirmation.
An imperial ukase has called to the colors
reserves from forty-five districts in the Rus-
TiKpirc.
ITTACK UNSUCCESSFUL
Port Arthur's Defenders Subjected
to Heavy Bombardment.
Che-Foo, Aug. 23-— A trustworthy authority
ajdtoei that yesterday's (Saturday's) attack on
port Arthur was unsuccessful, but continued
lot night end to-day and will go on for one
mere dsy. >■ the Japanese are stlH repulsed a
rfese Is expected.
Che-Foo. Aug. 20.— M. H. Ijuln, the Japanese
iaasai General at Tien-Ista. who arrived here
tuley on the British steamer Pe-ChJ-Ll. says
tfcit to-cay .- battle, which began nt daybreak,
Ji directed - Inst the fortress Itself. It is tak
ir.& place along the entire line, and It is Japan's
Ecpr?iae effort, to which the recent battles were
only prelin:ir.ary contests. He added:
I firm:> believe that you can safely say that
Port Arthur will soon be In cur hands. On*
niter the other of the outer defences have been
UVen by tiK- Japanese, and when the latter had
completed their preparations for the grand as
jault General Stoessel was asked to surrender.
He refused. Now comes Hie final test.
The Pe-Chl-LI was overhauled and boarded
by a Japanese destroyer and five torpedo-boats
f<x r.... ■ off I^o-Teai-Shan Promontory last
Eight. An officer from the destroyer stayed on
board forty minutes, conversing with M. ljuln.
Th? sound of firing was so heavy occasionally
that conversation was difficult. The Japanese
explained that bey were engaged In shilling
the Russian positions with the utmost vigor,
preparing for pn assault to-day toward day-
Irtak.— ITlißi Fe-Chi-Li was permitted to
proceed on her course the firing was at its
Wriest, and it was believed to Indicate the lm
slneMce of a general assault.
HEAVY GUNS HKARD AT CHE-FOO.
_- at Port Arthur was dletnctly beard
here last right.
Lai.-- advices Ray that Pall-rhwanp. althouph
reuk-- bj the R-JSFi.-in?. has not be<n occupied
byci;;. r side. The Rnarian battetsea haw con
asjed . ■ enting the Japanese
irom reoccupy:i:g this position and panting
FUde which i the Kussian war
fhlps in the harbor.
Russian naval officers believe that the Jap
anese battleship Ifikasa was sunk in the en
gagement of August 10. They say that while
as) Japanese concentrated their fire on the
Czarevitch, the Rnssiaus centred theirs on the
Mikasa, Admiral Togo's flagship.
It was the Mikcaa which the Retvizan tried
ram in the fight. The Retvlaan had been re
ceiving a gruelling fire, and her captain sudden
ly cave an order to steer into the Japanese fleet
•ad head for the Mlkasa. At one- time the Bet
tizan was using every one of her guns. One
Japanese ehct rendered her turret useless, but
repairs were made in ten minute*.
The Russian warships which returned to Port
Arthur Bay that Admiral Wittsoeft's last order
vas to return to the harbor. This disagrees
* ilh a previous statement from Tslng-Chuu. al
kglog that the admiral's last order was not to
return
INHABITANTS LIVING in bombproof^.
Business at Port Arthur is said to be at a
compete standstill. The people ax* living In
bombprocf . A belief among both of the con
tending forces that the other side Is abusing the
*kd Cross has led to the feeling that that em-
Ken Is of . ■•:•• protection. The Russians as-
Bt rt that the Japanese use' the flag to cover re
cccscitring' parties. Recently a Russian Bharp
*°° t? ' noticed a Japanese officer and a party
«* fifteen carrying a Red Cross flag. Ho report
•4 that he believed the Japanese were pretend
*"» that they were wounded. The Russian offl
*** in command gave the sharpshooter permls
•*> to fire on them. The uharpshooter killed
•* wounded all of them. As soon as -one dropped
tea Cross flag another picked it up.
« Is also reported that Japanese attempt to
**« the Russians into touching off their elec
** cround mines by driving cattle over them
« the darkness. This ruse has. it Is said, re
«Stea mertiy in affording the besieged a fresh
of betf.
The Russian* declare that Taku-Phan Is doing
Q* Japanese but little good, as they are fre
••ntiy driven from that position by artillery
***• They are unable to mount guns there. : ..." "
Aaong the buildings In Port Arthur that have
*•«> destroyed by shells are the Russian Church
*& Oar, .;: & Bens' American warehouse.
(Mease who left Lao-Teal-Shan Promontory
y 0 o'clock restcfosty afternoon say the Jap
?"•. have built two forts at Shu-Shi-Yen.
*? confirm prevous reports that the Russian
a-'sLJps now at Port Arthur arc in compara
j£'tfy good condition. They heard nothing of
* "'eking of a Russian gunboat off the prom
**** last Thursday night.
Ay SHAN-CHAN TAKES.
wssians treating North Along
the Railway. t -
* oklo - Auc. L'O— The Japan- troo."-» Ofieupted
' 2 -Bfcan-Chan y'e*crday. The Puwtinns have
* tr **t*<J toward Moukden.
i:2f^ r Cy ' Lr ' '" l'alfl ' alf v: " !•««■>. Hai Cheng
•? 1-7*2* Vou "g, '■"■' formed the eouthcrn defence
ti * > th * lan position.''. Previous dispatches raid
" '■ * recr at Japanese mano>avre« were donianed
Costlanod on third ?hc«» '
T^^.tn^bJs&s^^^*,,*^ YORK. SUNDAY, AUGUST 21. 1904.— FIFTY- FOUR PAGES.
OFFICERS OF THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' LEAGUE, WHICH IS WORKING FOR ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS.
COU JOHN L. SIIEPiTFnD.
President
BRYAN TO SPEAK HERE.
Plan to Keep Radicals from Re
jecting Parker.
William J. Bryan's hour of personal triumph Is
near at hand. By one of the cleverest .pieces of
strategy seen in political manoeuvring In recent
years the Nebraskan has humbled the gold
bugs. Ho is. it was learned last night, to be
Invited to make several campaign speeches in
this city and State under the auspices of the
national committee. The invitation probably
will not be extended until after the State con
vention.
Chairman Taggarfs invitation of the Ne
braska statesman to come to New- York is like
ly to provoke a storm of protest among the
Wall Street Democrats backing Judge Parker,
but Mr. Taggart, who is an admirer of Bryan,
will go ahead regardless of Wall Street, and
Justify his conduct by the need of the hour.
The Midden revival of radicalism and the suc
cessful invasion of the Bast by Thomas E. Wat
son, of Georgia, whose speech at Cooper Union
has set things biasing, is the controlling reason
for bringing Bryan to the fore once more.
The Democratic leaders learned yesterday that
Mr. Watson's success at Cooper Union has in
spired the radicals with the hope that they can
get more votes for Watson this year than any
Populist candidate for President ever received.
The cordiality of the welcome given to the
Georgian on Thursday night has prompted the
local radicals to bring both Watson and Clar
ence Darrow. the Chicago lawyer and manager
of the Hearst boom In Illinois, to New-York. It
is planned to have them speak In Albany, Troy.
Uttca, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo. The
radicals, who Include experienced campaigners
like Kelvin G. Palllser and City Court Judge
Samuel Seabury. expect that Watson and Har
row will be able to stir up things so that the
Populist ticket In this State will receive 30.000
votes. This, of course, would defeat the regular
Democratic ticket, an the Populists would draw
almost wholly from the Democrats.
With the fight on between Murphy and Mc-
Carren in this city the Parker men are In sore
straits, and cannot afford to lose any Demo
cratic votes to Watson and Tibbies. The only
way to stop the stampede of radical Democrats
to Watson. National Chairman Taggart thinks,
is to get the big radical Democratic campaign
ers In the field and out-argua Watson.
The P_arker managers they havn dlacav
ered that Bryan and Watson are working with
an understanding, and they mean to put Bryan
on record and compel him to speak for the Par
ker and Davis ticket, no matter how his sym
pathies lean.
When Thomas Taggart. chairman of th* na-
tlonal committee, was seen last nicht at the
Hoffman House, be declared that he was not
ready to say whether or not Mr. Bryan would
be invited to come to New-York.
'Mr. Bryan," said Mr. Taggart, "is a Rood
Democrat. He has placed his services at the
disposal of the national . -mmlttee. He will do
the ripht thinp. as he :: .rays does. We have
not got our work in this State mapped out as
yet. Probably we will tot get it mapped out
before the State convention. Until then I can
not say positively whether Mr. Bryan will be
asked to speak in this State."
One of the things being narrowly watched by
the Parker men is the uncovering of the bond of
sympathy between the Watson and Hearst-
Bryan m. ii. It begins to look 'as If they were
working 1 all over the country with a perfect
understanding*, and that the Bryan men every
where, and especially in the close States, will
vote the Watson ticket, thus making Parser's
defeat an overwhelming one. After this is ac
complished the radicals will be able to say that
all hope of reorganizing the party with the trust
nates in it must be abandoned, and that the
Democracy with William J. Bryan at its head
must come out boldly as a people's party, with
do reserved compartments for monopolists and
trust representatives like the Belmonts, Will
iam F. Sheehan, David B. Hill and Grover Cleve
land.
The friends of William R. Hearst make no
concealment of their Intention to vote for Roose
velt or Watson. They do not propose that their
leader, after spending a great deal of money
on his canvass for the Presidential nomination,
shall see it go for naught by the election of
Parker. If Parker is defeated, It will be easy
to pick up the fragments of a shattered Democ
racy and reform it on radical lines, the Bryan
men think.
The Immediate prospect does not please Na
tional Chairman Taggart. He realises that
Bryan has a hold on the radicals, and as Bryan
has offered to work tor the ticket. Mr Taggart*
his friends said last night, will Immediately
following the New-York State convention on
September 20, take full responsibility for invit
ing Bryan to come to New- York and speak in
Madison Square Garden. Mr. Taggart knows
well that it la a risky experiment, and that It
'will be a rehabilitation of Bryan, but it is better
than to lose 2.".000 votes in a doubtful State.
ju*t what effect Bryan's rehabilitation by the
Parker managers will have on the gold Demo
crats in this city Is an interesting matter for
conjecture.
"AVTO" TRIP COSTS $500.
Rich Young Man Has Chapter of
Accidents.
f!)T TKI.«OBArn to mi; Tumi
Stamford. Conn.. Aug. *>— The speed madness
of Klilot Mead, a we;. liny young man. whose sum
„,,/„..„,.. is in Greenwich, cost the young man
-Houl $W» in Washington. Conn., to-day. A few
days wo Mead, while on a visit to relatives,
drove through Washington at almost express train
speed He was pursued from Washington to
Greenwich, some ninety miles, by a Washington
constable and placed under arrest. Mead enter
tained the constable at bis house in Greenwich
and yesterday went back to Washington with him.
In the town court Mead was lined $6 and costs
Scarcely had he started on his trip back to
Greenwich « am when hi" automobile ran over a
valuable dog and killed the animal. It cost Mead
tCO to appenre .i,,. owner's Indignation. Next he
frightened a horse, and there was a runaway In
which the Misses Wright wore thrown out and
Injured and lost their pocket books. Mead again
settled.
Then the b'.r car frightened a hotel horse Into a
runaway.. The horse ran Into Senator Charles P.
Lynn's team. Both vehicles wore wrecked and tha
a fur's coachman was Injured. Mead again
paid out money. The to** l cost Of his day's visit
was about SJCO. -V.;*" t;
A. J. CORCORAN TANKS for water »tot*«e. all
ttftl to order. 11 Joha-«t.-Advt.
JOHN H. IJI.ACK.
E. C. MATHEWSON.
MARX AFTER BLACK HAND
GETS A DEATH MENACE.
He Says Secret Service Has Names
of Black Hand Members.
An anonymous letter was received yesterday
by Joel M. Marx. Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney, threatening him and those con
in cted with him with death If the prosecution
of Italians for alleged naturalization frauds did
not cease. Mr. Marx, since his appointment as
an Assistant I'nitod States District Attorney on
January 1. has caused the arrest of many Ital
ians on these charges.
Mr. Marx said to a Tribune reporter later:
This is the first time the "Black Hand" prop
erly has come within the Jurisdiction of the Se
cret Service. My men are hot on the trail of
the gang, and expect to break it up before we
get through.
We hare th*> drarrlptlon of prartlrnlly every mem
ber of llif "Hindi Hand." When dune tliuic* run
nKnlnitt the United States Secret Service men they
•truck those who lire not In the leant afraid of them.
The letter was written by some one who ha««
been under arrest by our office, or who has
friends who have. It showed clearly that the
writer knew something of the Inner workings of
the office.
The letter was sent by special delivery and
was received by Mr. Marx at his office in the
St. Paul Building about noon. It reads aa fol
lows:
"New- York, 18, 1901 Mr. Marx: I wait for yu
at door yesterday morns;, I see you. but i s.iy
I give one more chanse ft' yuo don't stop this
business we will kill you kill mr, Mess, the
Juge and tho to Italian Detectlfs— lei the poor
people go. Wy "lorn you rest the mans the jrtve
tho pepers if you dont stop we kill you and stil
your i hlirens — you thing it Is nothing the to
Italians detectifs the come an say woch you
names— the other fels sic say come with n.e. Mr.
J'.iK-' you r.ilty your name and y<>u say l.ik em
up, you do one thing or stop or daye. Revenge."
The letter Is sign- d with a roughly draw! 1 .
he:irt, pierced by an arrow. On each si.le of the
heart are two crosses.
An expert in handwriting to whom the letter
was shown pronounced the writing thai of a
schoolboy. The fed*-™; official! think the writer
had his son or soim; other boy write the letter
at his dictation.
Tha,-fMr- Mean" undoubtedly, means Deputy
MeetzeTa special employe of the Department of
Justice and a former Secret Service man, who
Is practically m charge of investigating the va
rious complaints made to the federal authorities
of naturalization frauds.
UK . C ,, \ FTglluolo, one of the Italian detec
.*,. writer refers to. Is an Interpreter em
llv"S the writer .c.er and. with another Italian
ployed *L has been especially active In ferret
£?2EftSe buyers and sellers of fraudulent cit
ir.K out the ouyt aeveral days
l»nshlp pap*«- "• " » unknown Italian.
This man fo »"*^ r ro Sn " P d s's office In the Fed
later to Comm l "j£ n £ r t^ter reported this fact
following him be would be arr«
LEAGVE OF DBVMMEMS.
! Commercial Travellers Still Support
ing Republican Ticket.
The Commercial Travellers- I— of the United
c Th«um hMun active campaign work to pro
■ Sta ,h election of Roosevelt and Fairbanks, and
SSSSSito«i at No. 1.265 BroaaW
; If has also -cured a lease of No. M Broadway;
' where, beginning September I. meeting *UI be
1 h.ld daily at noon along the same lines followed
' in 1896 at Broadway and Prince-*!., and In WOO at
: Fourteenth-^, and Flf.h-avc. Prudent John v
Shepherd said yesterday of the league:
irirm of all the Commercial Travellers* I^nguo la
> ror^t Roosevelt In 1904. They do this because- they
fAr disturbed business conditions in the case of
nan^ecratle success, and therefore place country
: Xc party and will vote to continue an admlnla
! frktlon that promises most to continue the era of
j prosperity the country has so long enjoyed.
The officer* of the league arc: President. Colonel
! John 1.. Shepherd; first vice-president. K. C.
Mathewson, of Boston; second vice-president, Jonas
Langfeld; third vice-president, O. W. Dyche; fourth
president .E. Rlckurds; fifth vice-president.
C. W. Cook; sixth vice-president. A. D. McMullen;
i seventh vice-president. John W. Havendon: sucre- ,
j tnry, William A. Power, treasurer. Herman Katz. ;
i For guidance In matters more political than com- [
I mercial the league created this advls6ry board: Ed- |
' ward Lautartech. .-tuiirman; ex-Governor Frank S. |
| Black, Joseph H. Mauley, of Maine: ex-Mayor ,
Charles P. Warwick, of Philadelphia; Perley A.
Dyer, of Boston, and John H. Black, of this city.
Speaking of the wort of the league in ihe former ;
I campaigns. Mr. Lnuterbach said yesterday:
I know of no body of men who sacrificed more In ;
time and money In promoting the election of Me- :
Kinley In IMS Hid 1900. It gets its own speakers, j
i and In \S6t succeeded where all others failed In
Inducing ex-President Benjamin Harrison to speak
nt on© of their meeting*; the only speech made by }
\ him in the. course of the campaign. „ . r
Vice-President Mathewson, who was greatly im
| pressed with President Roosevelt, whom be met
' recently, said yesterday after an extended trip
I through the country:
On September l the keynote of the campaign from
a commercial traveller's point of view will be
struck at the opening meeting. 1 am absolutely cor- :
tain that President Roosevelt wili be elected. While
awuv I talked with hundreds of drummers, and 1
" kt.ow what I am talking about when i say that
the commercial travellers will be n more potent ;
• factor In this election than ever before. Business
i has been and Is good, and wo want to take no !
I chances of disturbing .-xistlnj, conditions. !
i This Is no question of politics With us. It Is a j
' business proposition pure and (simple. The West Is I
I remarkably enthusiastic for Roosevelt, and the '<
' claim of Democrats of probable success In Indiana, j
i Wisconsin and Illinois is all :i I onshlne and a sam- !
ple of the rainbow chasing by Democrats who are :
■ ♦asrer to g«-t ofllcj. I nave beard none assail ;
; Judge Parker, but the distrust of his party Is gen- J
1 eral among the agriculturalists and business men. :
! Pending the opening of the noonday meetings, j
the league Is Sfljagsd in preliminary work destined
to secure desired results among members in all
parts of the country The average drummer is a ;
pretty convincing talker, and the league's members
lire everywhere engaged In doing excellent mis- J
, sionary work.
ANOTHER BALKAN CONFERENCE.
Vienna. Aug. 21 — The "Neves Wiener Tat,-eblatt
■ay* It urns that another meeting between Count :
Goluchowskl. the Austro-Hungartan Foreign Mln- ■
; ister, and Signor TSttoni, the Italian Minister of
I? Foreign Affairs, will be held shortly to dlscua* U>«
i situation la tta« Balkan*. |
a. W. DTCTI3.
c. vr. roo-K.
ROOSEVELT GUARD QUICK
THOUGHT IT AX ATTACK.
Wild Looking Person Said He
Only Wanted to Shake Hands.
When President Roosevelt's carriage was
about one hundred feet east of Slxth-ave.. In
Twenty-fourth-st., yesterday, as he was passing
through the city on his way from Washington
to Oyster Bay. a man made a dash from the
sidewalk In the direction of the President, and
but for the prompt action of the police would
ha\e succeeded in reaching him.
The man was rather dishevelled, with long.
unkempt hair. Mounted Policemen Louis
Hyanis. of the West Thlrtleth-st. station, and
Frank Murphy, of the Central Park squad, were
riding on the left of the President's carriage.
They wheeled about and caught the man in be
tween the two horses so that he could not move
either way. while Roundsman Wood, who was
a little In advance of the carriage, wheeled
about and took the place of the two men on the
loft of the President. Policeman Murphy asked
the man what he was trying to do, and the
man replied that he merely wanted to shake
hands with President Roosevelt, which he
thought. any citizen had a right to do. Some
one in one of the carriages following that of the
President called out, 'Let him go; he's a harm
less crank." so he was pushed back to the side
walk, and Hyams and Murphy galloped up and
resumed . their places at the left of the Presi
dent's carriage.
At the Thlrty-fourth-st. station President
Roosevelt shook hands with Deputy Police Com
missioner Llndsley and congratulated him on
the police arrangements. He said that he
thought the mounted police had Improved «30 per
cent since he (Roosevelt) was Police Commis
sioner.
The Presidential party In three carriages, be-
sides the President's, left the West Twenty
thlrd-st. ferry at 7:27. accompanied by seven
mounted policemen and numerous detectives,
and drove up Twenty-fourth-st. to Flfth-ave.
The crowd which lined the route taken was ex
tremely enthusiastic, and at times had to be
pushed back by the mounted men.
The train which brought the President from
Washington was over four hours late. The
train consisted of the parlor car Rober. the com
bination car lufnorlus* and a hew engine, ana
was In churg* of Conductor Spencer Murray. A
large crowd collected In the Jersey City station
at S:l2 o'clock, the hour the President's special
was due. and expressed keen disappointment at
Its non-arriva!. When the train finally drew In,
at 6:58 o'clock, the waiting crowd had dlmin- <
llshed Its numbers, but not Its enthusiasm.
Deputy Police Commissioner Lindsay had
thirty uniformed policemen lined up on the plat- !
form as the President stepped from the rear |
platform of the Rober, accompanied, by Secre- i
tary Loeb, and a number of "plain clothes men"
ware posted throughout the station. The Presi
dent 'walked to the head of. th« train, shook I
hands With th* engineer and firemen and pro
ceeded at once to the elevator on the south side
of the track, followed by his secretaries, stenog
raphers and the newspaper men. He was
cheered heartily, and he took off his hat re
peatedly as he acknowledged the salutations.
Entering an open carriage, he was driven at
once on board the ferryboat Philadelphia, which
left Its Slip for New-York immediately. Three !
cheers were given for the President by the pas
sengerc of the boat.
"That's our next President." cried a voice ;
from the crowd, and as a shout followed the
horses drawing the President's carriage neighed
loudly and the crowd shouted again. ;
"They know what's what." said the voice. :
The President was met In New-York by Mr.
Cortelyou, who accompanied him In his drive j
across the city.
Arrivtng ;.t the Bast Thirty-fourth-st. ferry,
th.- party boarded the ferryboat Hudson city,
which had been kepi wading for more than five
hours. No ( n>- else was allowed on the boat
►■xr.'iit the police and newspaper men. At Long
[Bland City fifty uniformed patrolmen took
charge of the President and conducted him to
his special train, which he. boarded at BrOS,
Once more the President had to remove his hat
again and again In response to repeated cheers,
ami thr»'«' minutes later, when the special train
drew out of the station for Oyster l<ay, he was
standing on the rear platform, still bowing to
his enthusiastic follower*.
President Roosevelt left Washington at 10
o'clock. The President's party was carried on a
special train of two cars, run as the second sec
tion of the regular I<> o'clock train on the Penn
sylvania. All went well until Trenton. N. J..
was reached. Here an unexpected flood In the
Assanaplnk kept the President for nearly half
an hour, utitil officials of the railroad company
arranged for the o '.eking of his special train to
Prankford Junction, and thence across the- De
lair bridge to the Camdea and Amboy division,
over which a run was made to Jamesburg and
Monmouth Junction, where the main line was
regained and the Journey was resumed. A delay
of four hou-'s was occasioned. The President
accepted the. delay good naturedly.
The special train drew Sr.to the Oyster Bay
station at 9:12 o'clock. The President was
■ .I with enthusiastic chcera l>y several hun
dred people, bis long time friends and neighbors,
who had gathered at the station to greet him for
the second time this summer. As h« appeared
on the rr.r platform of hIS car he acknowledged
the greeting by lifting his hat. For a moment
he stood f>n the cv platferan waving his hands
to personal friends in the crowd, and then,
escorted by Secretary Loeb and Frank C. Trav
ers, a friend who had accompanied him from
Long IsUmd City, he walked briskly to his car
riage. He stopped several times to exenango
preetings with friends, and to others expressed
his pleasure'at once more being at home.
President Reosevett returned to Washington
from his sumn;er home on July 'JS. Since that
time he has l»vn busily engaged In the transac
ts nof departmental business. This he has com
pleted to date. In Washington the President
bad few political conferences of importance.
•.;iv-cts t" remain at Ragamore mil for one
month, and this tiice la to be made a resting
period as much as possible. No speeches are to
be made and few callers will be received. Mrs.
Roosevelt and- the children are all at Sagajnore
Hill.
MANHANSKT HOUSE. BHKX/TSp ISLAND.
OPEN UNTIL. SEPT. 15. ALL ATTRACTIONS.—
AdvL
X nTCKARDS.
JOHX HOV3NDER.
STORM TAKES MANY LIVES
TORNADO IX TiriX CITIES.
Havoc Wrought Throughout St.
Paul* and Minneapolis.
St. Paul, Aug. 20.— A tornado pasacd ever
this city about 0:15 o'clock to-night, and so far
as known at this hour one person was killed.
about thirty were Injured seriously, many were
cut by flying glass and timbers, and property
was damaged to the extent of about fSOO.OQQ,
The high bridge across the Mississippi River
was wrecked by the wind, and one end of the
Wabash-st Bridge also was damaged. It was
reported that several people had been blown
off the Robert-st. bridpe Into the river.
All wires, both telegraph and telephone, were
prostrated and the streetcar service was ren
dered useless. According to the weather ob
server the wind reached a velocity of eighty
miles an hour. Buildings in tho downtown dis
trict were unroofed, plategiaas windows were
blown In and the air was filled with flying
debrlc.
St. Paul, Aug. 21.— It Is estimated that th«
property loss in St. Paul from a. tornado that
struck the Twin Cities to-night will be not less
than $1,000,000. Throughout the city windows
were blown In. and in the business district the
pavements are literally covered with broken
glass, bricks, splintered boards, tin roofs and
other debris.
Brief reports that have been received from
Minneapolis state that conditions are equals
bad In that city.
A report that an apartment house In Minne
apolis had blown down and 250 lives were lost
caused great anxiety until It was denied.
The Tlvoll Theatre building, In Bridge Square.
was wrecked by the wind and one man was
killed and a number of persons were seriously
Injured.
Th« Empire Theatre, just across the street,
was ~ unroofed and otherwise damaged, and
there was a panic among' the performers and
audience, but. so far as known, no one was
seriously hurt.
The high bridge, an Immense steel structure,
crossing th» Mississippi River at a height of
about 2<>O feet, was almost totally wrecked.
One of the huge stone piers was cut off by the
wind as smoothly as if done with a knife.
A huge Iron be;un crushed down upon the ro^f
of a number of small houses and badly wrecked
them. It was reported that two persons were
killed here, hut this report is not verified. A
number of persons were Injured, some of them
seriously.
No news has yet been received from outlying
districts, and It Is feared that when they are
heard from the casualty list will be Increased.
It is thought that much damage was wrought
In the Midway district, between St. Paul and
Minneapolis.
All trains for the East, originating at Minne
apolis and passing through St. Paul, were de
layed.
A report .it midnight is that the house of the
u.Mxi Shepherd, a Catkottc Institution, was
; wrecked and twenty-five were Injured there.
All communication with outlying districts is
I cut off. and It Is Impossible to say whether or
nut th>- damage there has been as great as
was done in the city Itself.
The storm was of short duration, lasting not
more than fifteen minutes, but the devastation
It wrought was terrific. Bulldtnga were un
roofed and fronts blown in. the interiors being
flooded by rain, which came In great waves along
with the wind.
Electric wires were prostrated and many per
sona Injured by contact with the current from
electric light and trolley wires. An excursion
steamer, towing a barge, on the river below St.
Paul, la reported to have been wrecked. Relief
parties In steam launches have been dispatched
to the rescue.
It Is said that many lives were lost there.
T. F. RV IX HAS SEAIiOARD.
BIG SALE OF ITS STOCK.
Purchase of 140,000 Shares from
Williams $ Middcndorf.
Thomas F. Ryan last evening bought for him
self and his associates. Blair & 00.. and T. Jef
fenoa Ooottdsje, Jr.. the Seaboard Air Line
stock which was held by Messrs. Williams and
MJddendorf, amounting to 14i>,)MN> shares.
Messrs. Williams and MWdendorf will resign
from the board of directors. Mr. Ryan says.
Mr. Ryan was asked what effect his purchase
would have on the Hamblet.'ii-' >ber CWWltteS
or Baltimore, which is calling for the deposit
el Seaboard stock. His answer was, • I don't j
know."
While Mr. Ryan declined to make any further
statements regarding the transaction. !t is un
derstood that Ryan. Blair & GooUdge now own
about i-'2T>,i xr>.<h>o of Seaboard stock, and that
their friends. Including C. Sidney Shepard, own
$15.000.tMJ0 more, making about $4'UHK>,tM)O out
of, a total capital stock of fH2.tm.Bßs\
EOYS MAKE BRAVE RESCUE.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE fill 1
New-Haven. Conn.. A«g. 20.— Horace M. Mecklem.
agent for the Phoenix Insurance Company, of this
city, left here yesterday for Sag Harbor In the
sloop Hornet. When off Gullford his boat capsized.
The Clark boys, neither of whom is over sixteen
years old. saw his predicament. Although the
water was very rough, they put out from shore in
a rowhoat. and after a hard pull aucceeded in get
ting him Into their boat and ashore.
The two boys, by their courageous and prompt
action probably saved a life, and to-day they are
heroes along- th« »hor». Tho Horn«t was entirely
( destroy*^ '
EDTVARD I.At:TEBBACH.
(Photograph bj- Roekwood.)
Tracks Aicash, Cars Stalled and a
Train Off Track.
A rainstorm, tropical In Its Intensity, accom
panied by a sou'easter, swept thla city and the
surrounding country early yesterday morning,
only to be followed by squalls scarcely less in
tense. The worst of the storm was between 5
and 6a. r»i.. when the cloudburst put the s: -•$
awash, undermined some bulldlng9 and walls.
wash, d out sonif railroad tracks, deranged the
telephone system and blocked the street railroad
tr,i:Tlc. Uoing thousands of dollars damage to
'.C 3.. C 3.
Tho sou'easter accompanying the rain piled
up the waters against the waterfront until
miles of streets near the North and East rivers
were awash. The Hackenaack Meadows were
one vast sea. In which the Passalc River was
lost Newark, Ellzab*>thport and adjacent cities
were flooded. At half a dozen places along the
lines of the New-York, New-Haven and Hart
ford and the Long Island railroads trains were
stalled for hours. The tracks were deep tn
water, which crept up Into the fireboxes and
put the locomotives out of commission.
Railroad traffic in particular suffered heavily.
The c:ut through which the Harlem and New-
Haven trains pass north of the Harlem River
held so much water that in some Dlaces It
reached to the floors of \hm coaches. Passen
gers had either to stay isolated In the coaches
or ford the stream to the high stone trails on
either s.'-ie. At Woodlawn there was a washout
on the tracks.
Where the improvement work on the New-
Ynrk Central terminal la being done. In Lex
inston-ave., from Forty-fourth-st. to Forty
nlnth-st . the water rose until it was over the
trucks <-f the work cars The water in the ex
cavation for the entire five blocks was from
five t.> t^n feet deep. The big sewer from Mel
n>s» in The Bronx, emptying into the East
Kiver. was plugged by the great volume of
water seeking egress, and the water backed
up ever the railroßd tracks untir they wer^ cov
ered two feet deep.
RAILWAY TRAIN DERAILED.
The tracks of the New-York and Long Branch
Railroad at the Pennsylvania crossing. South
Amboy, were undermined, and a Pennsylvania
train was derailed. The train was proceeding
! slowly, and no ore was hurt. The tracks were
submerged completely, and trains of both the
Central Railroad of New-Jersey and Pennsyl
vania Railroad, which use the same tracks be
low this point, were delayed for over an hour
until the derailed train had been replaced by
the wrecking crew.
In this city a portion of brick retaining wall
five feet high, at the rear of the park adjoining
the New-York Central -tracks at West Sixty
sixth and Sixty-seventh sts.. was undermined
by the accumulated water behind it. and fell
over on the tracks, covering them with debris
several feet deep. The blockade was cleared
away in about an hour by a gang of fifty men.
The tracks of the Pocohontaa branch of the
Harlem Railroad were put out of commission. It
being impossible to run any trains over them.
Only freight and milk trains run on this branch,
which extends from Port Morris.
TROLLEY LINES SUFFER.
The trolley lines In and around greater Newv
York suffered, particularly In The Bronx, where
most of the tracks were submersed. The Bronx
River and the West Farms Creek, overflowing
their banks, covered fields and streets. Many
trolley cars were stalled, and one car was de
railed by the spreading of the rails.
In front of the Hlghbrldge police station the
tracks of the-Sedgewlck-ave. line were washed
out for some distance. The cars were stopped
until the tracks had been raised to their normal
level and braced by wooden supports. At Burn
side and Anthony ayes. there was a washout on
tho same line. % !
One of the longest delays In travel In The
Bronx was In Westchester-ave., alongside th»
West Farms Creek, which flooded streets and
meadows for a long distance. The trolley cars,
by moving- cautiously. Just managed to . get
through after a long wait. Where the tracks of
the New-Haven Railroad cross Westchester
ave. the water, after overflowing its banks
rushed down the-steep. embankments, threaten-
Ins a' serious washout.! Workmen were sent to
dig brencsjss to diver A: he course of the tor- #
rent back to the J^trins Creek.
Superintendent Busi.tnge of the New-York
City Railroad Company said: "It raised havoc
with all our lines. It was Impossible for mo
tormen to keep their schedules. At One-hun
dred-and-twenty-nlnth-st. and Old Broadway
the water washed sand into the conduits, stall
ing the cars. At the South Ferry, along Canal
st., and In West Broadway the water poured]
Into the trolley slots so fast as to ground our
currents, making us helpless."
The rain caused considerable damage In Flush-
Ing and trolley traffic was at a standstill '■ for
about two hours. •
* Thomas Dowling. a butcher, while attempthi3
to cross Broadway, stepped off a bridge of pianhi
and went Into the water up to his armpits. The;
DEWEY'S PORT WINE AND GRAPE JUICE
Cannot be excelled for th« sick.
H. T. It* > & Sons Co.. 13$ Fultoa at.. N. V..—
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PRICE FIVE GENTS.
SOU'EASTER HITS CITY.
liHi DAMAGE BY FLOODS.
Water Covers Streets, Stops Can
and Undermines Walls.
Great damage, reaching thousands of dol
lars, was caused by a southeast storm which
struck New- York and vicinity just before
midnight Friday, and which continued until
after daybreak yesterday. The storm began
at 10:08 p. m. Friday, and by 8:45 a. m.
yesterday 2.56 inches of rain had fallen.
Transportation in and around New- York
was delayed from one to three hours or
more, both street and steam railroads suifer
ing. There were numerous washouts, and
trains and cars ran off the tracks. No one
w is killed in any of the numerous accidents.
Sewers burst in many parts of the city,
doing great damage.
M my barges were lost or were in danger
in the heavy gale on Long Island Sound,
and several rescues of persons were made.
Rain coming through the roof of the
Manufacturers' Building at the St. Louis
Fair ruined $500,000 worth of Paris gowns
on exhibition there.
Seven persons were drowned in a cloud
burst at Globe, Ariz. Property jd arna g e wa *
extensive.
WATEB STOPS TRAFFIC.