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VOL. lA'.xb. 300. NEW YORk7 SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1893 COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. MCE TWO CEm I
THE DEATH LIST OVER SIXTY.
xr.ronrs of fresii disastbrs ttt
THE UURRICAXK AT SEA.
Tfcfl Flshln Smerk BCrllnea Wnnd I. out
li.- Mrn. i.ni Got to Port Th Collier
.r r :ell Foundered and Only Oa of
li, r irtir r.fif d llouiH F.iperluee
on (nmtMln Nleamer A fteoro of
Pilot Bonis Hllll to Bo Heard From.
Th. havoo wrought at sea by the swirling
West India hurricane that exerted lti greatest
fore, in this latitude on Thursday, mar ex
r. ,ed that of th memorable blizzard of 18H8L
Tli" In i of thoao who perished in tho tumultu
ous seas will, it is thought, b. not less than
100. and mar b double that number. It mar
be a week before anything Ilk an exaot esti
mated the lose of lifo oan be obtained. Ball
ing craft limped In yesterday with more stories
of disaster, swelling th Hat of tho lost to
over sixty. This estimate include th disas
ters reported the day before.
The experts of the Lite-Saving Bureau recall
thst on Aug. -3, 1873. just twenty years ago.
more than one thousand vessels were lost on
theAtlantlo coast In a cyclone similar to that
of Thursday. The fishing fleet oft th Jersey
coast, which waa for seven hours, from 10
o'clock on Wednesday nleht to 5 o'clock on
Thursday morning, a dangerous Ice shore,
suffered most The smack Melinda Wood,
ore of the smallest ot the fleet, which
was reported lost, weathered th blast,
and came up to hor berth at Fulton Market
yesterday with her masts and bowsprit gone
Five of her orew bad ben swept overboard
tad drowned. They wero all Scandinavians,
and they were: Mats John Yogan. and Sea
men John Heneeon. Hngo Henderson. Arthur
Johnson, and Oscar Uuttoson. The three men
saved are: Capt Peterson. Beaman Charles
Hestred. and Cook Crlsper.
The Mollnda Wood was fishing on Iildga
Shoal, about twelve miles off Barnegat When
the blast struck her two anchor war lot go
and she rods head to the combers, which
roared In from east-northeast. A reourvlng
sea from the southeast toppled over th star
board quarter and drove the little craft on her
beam ends. Hor masts were torn out of her,
and. as they snapped close to th deck, sha
righted. All hands managed to get back
on her deck by clinging to the tangled
shrouds and ropes: but before the crew had
recovered from the shock of the Invasion ot
water another sea swept over her bow and
carried away Ave men. Capt. Petersen was
lifted on the big wave and hurled down Into
the forecastle. 11 lost consciousness. When
be recoverod he got up and went on deck. The
anohors held, the smack now having less sur
face for the gale to work on. Capt Petersen
shouted for his crew and got no answer, lie
went aft and found tho cook and Seaman Has
tr.d lying in the cabin.
The cook's thigh was broken and the sea
man was badly bruised. The Captain's arm
was broken, but he did not know it until yes
terday morning. Tho plight of the schooner
was observed by tho pilot boat Kben D. Jor
don. which gavo her a line and towed her to
Bandy Book. A tug brought her into port.
Th fishing sohooners J. li. Hinokley and
Eva B. war muoh battered, but managed to
reaoh port under sail.
The three-masted, coal-laden schooner N'ar
ragansett foundered off Woodlands, X. J.,
while on ber way from Philadelphia to Waro
bom. Mas, and five of her crow wra lost
The only survivor ot the wreok is Seaman
Benry Bouza, a Portuguese of New Bedford.
Be was rescued from the malntopmast of tho
sunken sohoontr by the pilot boat . i). Har
rison. After losing nearly all her sail the N'arra
gansett was overwhelmed by a sea which
smashed all her boats. She sank almost in an
instant Bouza, Capt Wilson Chase, and tb
steward climbed Into the rigging and ran up
totbe masthead aa th schooner went down.
The rest of the orew were swept away. Th
Captain and sUward dropped from their perch
into the sea through exhaustion, bouza had
been twenty hours cllnglog to the topmast
when be was saved by the pilot boat Capt
Chase belonged in New Bedford. He leaves a
widow and four clilldron. The Narragansott
was owned in New Bedford and Philadelphia.
The tug McCaldln Brothers brought in the
American schooner F-lbrldge Souther, which
sailed hence for Demerara on Monday. She
caught th fury of th storm at 4 o'clook on
Thursday night A tall, green so toppled over
her counter and crushed tho life out of her
skipper, ('apt A. I-b Save y. The great wavo
alto broke the rudder. tma.-h.Ml the after
bulwarks, stove a hole In the quarter duck, and
broke the sheet traveller and steering gear.
Nearly eiery bon In Capt. Seavey's body was
broken. He waa burled at sea. Be was 50
teen old. and leaves a widow and four children
I Glenmore, Me.
The Poi tuguese bark Propheta, from Dera
i Stars, had a touch of tho hurricane- . n Mon
( ear and on Wednesday. She carried away her
mainmast twenty fot from the deck, with nil
attached, foretongallant mast and nm.en
typmast. lost and split sail, and had every
thing moveable washed off her decks. At 11
oclork on Thursday morning she fell in with
the Norwegian bark Alf. bound from Bah la Tor
f "W York, which was in a sinking condition,
rhe took off Capt Petersen and crow, twelvo
nienall told, and arrived in this port yesterday.
Cart. Petersen reported that his ship was a
victim ot Wednesday's atoim. Tho bark was
t truck eighty miles southeast of the High
tads, When the Propheta came along th Alf
Wnsiiri ber beam ends and had eight feet of
wltar In her hold. She was laden with sugar.
The Norwegian tark Autocrat bound Irom
avannah for Hlga. put Into this port in
entree. She reports that on Sunday, with a
earful sea running and tb wind blowing
eighty miles an hour, she carried away her
h'Wbprit. port bulwarks, and stanchions.
prang u leak, and stove In th forward house.
WWW locelved a heavy list to port
A Rest ol stxieeu pilot boats of the New York
irV!'6 "'i nve ' tn Jersey service, out
u Thursday's storm, bad not been reported
P to midnight. Tha Ambrose Snow, which
arrived hint umht. spoke the ltlcbard K. Pox,
steering west with her bowsprit gone.
the big liners bound in may miss the worst
JJtpS storm, which, judging from the reports
.. .. "8" Gf'l"tn Lloyd steamship Trave
aim the Hamburg-Arneri an liner Columbia.
jrotMi y passed north of the steamship lanes,
ins Uoluml iu and the Trave did not meet the
norm, but pasted through a long high eouth
Wll swell Bii.-ked up by it. Stores ol disaster
tossaat"' 'D 'ruln south more than from
frn,',!V',r,''' '"""'"d schooner .lames Balrd.
rXr Bul"vftn ..Me., with a oarco of paving
"ones fo, Philadelphia, lost her main an!f
KKCS ' oir llarnogat. Sho Mas towed to
an. borage oft It.-ii Hook Point yesterday. Hor
U P er (.,,t. Mullen, had his leg and several
1IU. Ill' m, i (.III,,, M,,., .. II.. 1. r. :. I.r .1,1
I. Vii'i'i1.' u"d tl4k"n toa boapim
loar.lL . ""'r(J V wa;' washed over
Tni , ' !'"."'n" ' "I-""! is nt known.
Basfri""""11,"'.'. bu'"W ' the Cljd.. lino
Pasted tliuug utlmut ;cl .;iio that earn., up the
Thur V "'.'lay aud the record breaker of
Par" I :;;.'; i k i" tUht blVw wis modest com
ii iu"' "' second, whi.h -tru.k the
IfPJlJJihlp m the i.ulf Mtieam olT Uutteru
,' '.',';', matertook an UDUiuaJlyVowtuinbT.
Pips aw. iy down to SH.'iU, and the seat weie
m... . rrl Jt shil-peis delight to ,.ttu
ab.n;i.i '?' JV'1V" n'"'.r w,ivo tumbled
a i .,, ho;l"l'-thiowing tb.. passengers Into
",""" A flood rushed down the saloon
co.npuu n lV(iy hB1HI(,,ll. in ,,, h(tu(n c(,)ri)
wam .""i ".''.""saloon. Pverytbli.g movablo
MWa had from the . ecks. the sk yllghls Wei e
'" ld an. I lb., engine ro,.ui lb ...Jed
.411 J bei ke,i.,f thoClydelin... i apt Huaise.
'rein Jacksonville, steaiuod i.p to I,,' , k
J I Sesiei !,,r nioriiing Willi two bundled
i'.: ; .i.'-i i. mi fom huiiilr.nl i ale of So.
...i' !l Jaoksouvflle Sunday luornlnu."
iU.'."sli"nliU!,""L',':- touehed at
," .; Maw a . opy o Pii km n with its
mi .k. "'" coming cyclon... 'I he i berokee
it out to sea despite warning signals, M,e
iiui, .i1'".',"""' ',,ilelat " uVI"'- Tuoada"
f'-S' ''?. yclone struck. In an hour or
t .' ' I "Wing ninety miles an hour and
." were ruiinlugthlrt feet high.
, '.l:i ...i. night the force of tbe w.. tea
-'; 'sed the gloss ,.,.t of thepoitholes. unl
' '"' 'he... J be slat ,,ib .,
1 ' III we,., Hooded. Tlio ,,.;-,. of ,' u
, - '" sounded ,lB if the Whole i. I ..,
'. :, '", '" I taornahlpg In. fhoswoy'ng
i.. ., ",," ". .'liil 'bat nobo Iy c.uibl
n .' i,', u,"m ,""'' .? '"' liaeugi r m the oabin
I '.' ,, T ""'"i,"n1 hold ..ntothe
i m till io keep lion, being i.utere.l. K.r
S.ltl bu .is the) lay there on tho lloor. The
children cried. Tho women moan.d and even
tbe men wore scared. Capt Beano said that
In nil his twenty-live years of seafaring he had
never seen such weather. Nobody know but
wh it the next moment would be the last
Finnlly on Thursday morning the Captain
came down stairs and announced that tho cy
clone had gone on abend.
"Tho Passengers wero fed while theywor.
rn th. floor by Mrs. Smith, th stewardess,
who went around with a pot of coffoe, giving
each a drink. Hers wore good enough soa legs
to enable that
A st. sun- bin may have foundered off the
.Tersor oos't In the storm. If the conjecture of
the skipper of the Danish bark Aarhus Is cr
roct. Ho reports having parsed yesterday
morning, forty miles southeast of Bandy Hook,
a deckhouse, painted black and white. He
ears he believes it was from a steamship.
Capt. Clifford of the British shin Orealln.
from Calcutta, was not In command when the
vessel arrived yesterday. A wave that boarded
tho Ornalla knocked him down and broke sev
eral of his ill,..
The tugboat George W. Pride, which went
out yesterday with six scows, brought only
onsback. There Is an Italian on each scow.
Accompanied by one of Moran's tugs the
Prido steamed down to cruls forth missing
scows. The scows belong to tho International
Dredging Company, which has the job of
deepening Buttermilk Channel. Th Pride's
pilot think that he will find the acows on th
Staton Island shore.
About 150 boats belonging to tho Oak Point
ncht Club wr n n.-bored off Oak Point when
the big storm came uf. Kvory one of them
was stranded against the New Haven Ballroad
embankment live hundred feet Inland, except
tbe sloop yacht Annie I Nothing has been
heard of hor since, and It Is thought that sho
either went to the bottom or Is now floating
derelict on the Sound.
The British brig Kleotrle I Ight Cart Itata
dan. which sailed henco for Demerara on Mon
day, returned last night badlv battered, in
tow or tho tug Assistance. She took tho gale
off th. Virginia coast She lost her fore and
main topmasts, and waa boarded by a tower
ing sea. which drove her on her beam ends.
Hor deck load smashed out her lee bulwarks
and slid Into tho sea. Tho skipper and orew
lashed themselves to the weather rigging,
nod stayed there twelvo hours, with sea cre&ts
sweeping over them constantly.
Then tho wind shitted to southwest, and the
brig righted. All hands went to work, at tho
pumps, while tho vossel. with rudder broken,
drifted helplessly up the coast Tho Assist
ance caught sight of her yesterday moruing,
and brought her in.
COr. LAMOXX AT OB AT O tni.r.S.
lie Urines the New of the IVaehlogtoa
Situation M r. Cleveland's Vuclls,
Buzzabd's Bat, Aug. 23. The arrival of Boo
retnry Lamont at Gray Oables this noon pre
vented President Cleveland from going to the
Sandwich fresh-water ponds to fleh. as had
been arranged last night. Instead, he invited
CoL Lamont and his other guests. Gov. Bus
sell Dr. Bryant, aad Dr. MeUurnoy, to go
down the bay In tho afternoon in the yacht
I P.uth to fish. Tho President wont to tho
station himself for Col. Lamont The Secre
tary had a long conference with tha Presi.
dent It is understood here that ho came with
the latest news aa to the silvor fight and with a
decided knowledge as to the voting strength
of the two sides.
The presence of Gov. Bussoll here as tho
guest ot President Cleveland, coupled with his
positive statement that ho cannot again bo a
candidate for Governor of tbe Hay State this
fall, has caused 6om. comment as to Gov.
Bussell's future. Some say that Attorney
General Olney Is to retire, and that In tho
shuttle room will be mndo In the Cabinet for
Mr. Russell. Others say he may get a foreign
mission, the oae at St. Petersburg being hell
in reserve, it is thought, for him.
There is one matter regarding which very
little has been said here this week, hut It has
occupied considerable of Mr. Cleveland's time.
That is the receipt of telegrams and letters
congratulating the President upon the birth
of a son. and frequent subsoquent. messages
apologizing for the error.
The Bourne Improvement Association Issued
a call to-dav for a taxpayers' town meeting at
Buzzard's Bay on Thursday of next week to
consider tho laying out and building of a high
way and bridge across Monument River from
tbo village to Gray Gables. It la not expected
that the President will remain to attend this
meeting, although It Is desired by many that
he should do so and make known hla desires
in the mattor.
tJicxAion mi iti-nv iiuck
Pleaero with (Senator Hlll'a Data
aad Plate of tho State Convention.
Senator Edward Murphy. Jr.. of Troy arrived
from Washington last evening, and awaiting
him at tha Hoffman House ware Lieut-Gov.
Bheehan. ex-Mayor Grant State Comptroller
Frank Campbell. Port Warden James . Jones.
William Pitt MItcholl. Senator Cantor, and
Thomas . Pearaali. tha right-hand man of
Hugh McLaughlin, the Brooklyn chieftain.
In tha corridors ware ex-Mayor Kirk of Syra
cuse. Jullua ( 'ii'sar Lully, and many others.
Senator Murphy said to a Suy reporter:
"Senator Hill's speech in the Senate to-day
waa carofu 11 y prepared, and it seornod to him
that tbo Democratic party could safely stand
by the argument advanced In his speech to
day. There were certain personal allusions
that possibly might have been hotter left un
said, but in the main it was a good, straight,
honest. Democratic effort, and will go far to
ward securing an early repeal of the so-called
Sherman law.
Senator Mdrphy will preside at the meeting
ot the Democratic State Committee called to
meet at the Hoffman House at 10 o'clock this
morning. It is probablo that the State Con
vention will be held at Syracuse on Oct 3. At
least that is the programme up to date. Sena
tor Murphy favors Saratoga, and some of bis
friends believe that he thinks the Convention
should bo held on a day in tbe last week In
September. But ex-Mayor Kirk of Syracuse
who Is a candidate for State Treasurer in Elliot
Danforth's place, is hers with a lot of boomers
for Syracuse, and there Is nobody here for
Saratoga. While no candidate ha been se
lected to succeed Frank Rice as Secretary of
State. Thomas F. Benedict. Deputy Secretary
of State, is talked of as the natural successor.
a from ax nvx orEit i.v MsnoADWAT.
Knoekr Don n by a Cable Car Near Grace
Ckurob-Mhs Will Itoes Three Flaa-er.
A Broadway cable ear going down town ran
over a woman of 50 at th Tenth street curve,
near Graoe Church, yesterday afternoon.
Grlpman John Anderson put on th brakes,
but oould not scop tbe car iu time. Ho leaned
over the dashboard and caught her by the
shoulder, but the front wheel passed over her
before the oar name to a standstill. It was at
-i ..".'. o'olook. when Broadway was arowded.
It was supposed at first that the woman's
Injuries were very serious, and she was tuken
In an ambulance to Bt Vincent's Hospital.
The surgeons found that three lingers of tha
left huno were crushed, and that her left hip
was bruised. The fingers will be amputated
to-dar. Tha contusion on tbe hip la not se
rious. Tho woman at first said she was Bridget
Larkln of 440 Downing street, and afterwurd
Bridget Clark of 418 Downing street There
are no bouses of those numbers In tb street.
Grlpman Anderson said that when th woman
was run over shews trying to pick up a whis
key flask which she had dropped on the track.
Andoraon was arrested and taken to the Mer
cer etroet station. He was ballou out by Chief
Inspector l'arker of tho roud.
RAX at 1 u TUK BABt.
Nbe v,. l.... I.lllle to On Away When the
Hunrt t'art fame Along.
A group of children wero playing In Water
streot. near S, annuel. atf'. o'olook last night
when Michael Coyne ol 881 First avenue came
along on ills way homo with a horse and sand
cart belonging to a contractor named Larkln.
Coyne did not notice tho children. When the
horse was almost upon them they run to the
pavement Ono of the little girls could hardly
walk, and she stumbled and lull, a wlieul of
the curt crushing her to death.
Coyne was aroused by the screams ot the i
children, lie pinked th. little one up and held
hor In Ins arms until her mother came. Then
be went to tho lielaucay street police station
and surrendered himself. The dead child was j
Nellie Dreneto. 'J years old. and lived with hor
parents. Italian working folks, at 049 Water
street. Both Coyn and Mrs. Dreneto wept laat
night as the? told of the deatb of th child.
An l .11. or I ll- lieu.
Kr. Louis. Aug. 25. -Dr. William H. WIN
barns, oditor of the rntral llapttsl of this city,
fell dead from heart disease on the depot
platform while waiting lor a train at Alex
andria last night.
H N.v, VorU l" at the World' r'.ir M III
Hr p. -pi. 4, and ihe Plclurcyiie
Trie Ltne'l noil uronally comljctrj asi ir.l.ei
ihvii Nr Vurk. tliaiuar (., in. la A. M hiiir,ti j
Kept. I ii.ni i.i. J)- ni SI, with pnvie,. f
I i . u none via ...., yeile. adt. '
I DRAGGED OUTOFTHE WAVES
OXtT THRRR XKX OOT ASltORR ATjITB
FROM inS PAXIUKR,
The Three Mnrvlvor of the Crew of TMr
teea Had to rtwlsn Six Mil,., and Were
Then Druaaed Out of Ihe Surf at Hoolh
ampton by a hills of Hummer Vlnltors
No Kin or the Crew or tho I ik.n Valley.
BouTHAMr-rrvy. Is I.. Aug. 25 If th. summer
visitors from Now York who stood out on th.
bach yesterday and watched tha rescue of the
dead and the living from the wrock of the
steamer Panther live to be a hundred years
old they will probably never again sea such a
thrilling spectacle. Tha sea, lashed to tury by
the wind, dashod tho spray mora than a hun
dred feet into the air. The wavo. many of
tham fifty foot high, carried with them and
held up to view for a moment th bodies of
dead and dying, only to dash them down agnln
with frightful foroa. They carried, too, bits
of wreckage, and with these. It seemed to th
crowd ashore, they beat their victims as they
hurled them.
Tho story of tho wreck of th Panther and
her tow, the coal barge Lykens Valley, was
briefly told in Tnr, Bun thi morning. Tbe
stories ot the survivor and of their rescuers
war told to-day. Tha Panther was bound
from Philadelphia to Newburyport with a
cargo of coal. Sho left Philadelphia on Mon
day. Sho had a crew ot alxtoen mon. Tho
barge hud a crew of four. The signals warn
ing seafarers of the approach of tbe hurricane
wore soon by the Captain and the lookout at
Sandy Hook, and one or two of tha men
wanted the Captain to turn in and seek sheltor
until the blow was over. But he thought ho
could make Newburyport ahead of tha storm,
and the Panther forged on.
On Wednesday night they were opposite
Uuogue when the storm overtook them. It
was mild at first, but mild as It was tho Pan
ther had all she oould do to keep her head
straight and her barge in position. Every
minute tha storm grew worse. The Panther's
crew struggled gallantly to weather tha gale,
but at last the Captain sai d :
"It's either the tow or us, and we've got to
lot her go."
A big sea mado lettiug her go unnecessary
just at that moment The tow line snapped.
and by one big wave tha Lykons Valley and
her crew wero swept far apart It was useless
to try to get the i'anther out to sea In the tooth
of the galo that wus blowing then, and anchors
were cast out In fifteen fathoms of water.
Lying there six miles off the beach at South
ampton the steamer weathered the gale until 7
o'clock in the morning. Fireman Edward Cum
mlngstold the btory of what happened from
7 o'clock on to Tuk M's reporter yesterday:
"We had a sail up to steady her." he said.
"That went by the board. Wo rigged up an
other alt the smokestack, and we'd no more
than got that In place when wo began to ship
heavy seas. Steam was getting short and I
was down bolow. clearing a fire, when I heard
the engineer yell:
" 'On, my Godl"
"That instant a wuve struck us that stove
In the side of tha engine room and put
out the lire iu thut furnace. As the wator
came In on tbe lire It turned to steam, and
s- aiding steam rosein graat clouds, i mado a
jump on tho ladder to tho hatch, and my
partner, a fellow we alwnvs called ' Pop.' was
just after me. I got to tbe top all right and I
turned just to see him fall back in the hold.
"The Captain wanted to keup the boat's
head to the sea. so she'd have a chance to ride
it out and another anchor was heaved over.
That held. It was 7:80 now. and we all got a
cuo of coffee and a bit ot biscuit The putting
out of my fire stopped half the steam pumps.
The one fire left furnished steam for tbe rest.
We wer slowly lining, and w knew it. So
when we'd had our meal we each put on life pre
servers and went on deck. The sea was running
higher than ever. The wind was howling so
that the sound pierced your ears. The water
was pouring Into the hole in the engine room.
We took off the fore staysail and nailed it up
against the port side of the engine room to try
to keep It dry, for when the fire went out
there the pumps must all stop, and it would be
only a question of minutes. But as fast a we
got the sail up tho sea would rip It down.
Then wo saw that thoro was no hope and the
Captain told every man to look out for himself.
We made for the rigging. The spray was
sweeping through the rigging, but It wasn't so
hoavyorsobad as the solid; banks of water
that hit us where we were on deck and tossed
us about V o'd all made a start when a piece
of wrockago came on a big sea and caught one
of thelboys alongside the head. It crushed
his head out fiat. I don't know his nam, but
be had a wile and three children In Philadel
phia. I know. I saw him struck, and I started
to get him so 1 could lash his body to the rig
ging, when the mate, who hud gone up ahead
of me, yelled:
"'Look out! a sea Is coming'.'
"I mado the mast just in time and climbed
up with the res'.. The mate and 1 were on the
mainmast Ho was to leeward and 1 to wind
ward. The others ot the crow and tbo Captain
and officers were on other partet of the rig
ging. Wo hadn't been there but a few min
utes when a sea broke over our heads and
came down on us. One man was swept away
with It We begun to bid each other good-by
thou. Another sea came right on top of tha
first, and when it hud gone we missed another.
Then there was rest for a moment before
a third ono swept ovor us. It tore loose the
hold ol tho chief engineer, two sailors, and
the lamp trimmer. They went Hying from us.
Before another came we saw their heads
bobbing up and down on the water 100 feet
away. The noxt one took tho Captain and all
but the mate and me.
"'Take It cool. Cu minings.' says the mate to
me. 'take it cool, and if we got ashore all well
and good: but if we don't we mubt take It all
calmly."
" He'd hardly said It when another soa mine,
and wbsn I looked for him DO was gone. I was
;i l.iii... I had hold of tbo rigging with only one
band. Another sea came and took me. It
seemed to drag at mo till my hold was broken,
and finally my wrist was overstrained and I
was pulled una. I came across the mate in
the water and epok to him. He was twanty
fathoms astern of me. and h shouted to me,
as near us I could make out:
'"We'll make the land all right'
" As I rode atop a wave I could just see the
foremast ot the Panther above tho water. She
lad gone down. Ou top of another wave I saw
Billy Daly, tho steward, and tho mesa boy.
They wero lying on two planks with their
arms clasped about the boards to keep tbom
from being washod away. In a minute I got
hold of the ton of the pilot house, and I
climbed aboard of that Pd been there about
twnnj y minutes when a wave picked it up and
tumbled mo off and then threw It down on urn.
That's the last that I remember until I woke
up saved."
Albert Smith, the assistant engineer ot the
Panther, and apparently th hardiest of all
t he crew, told a story that agreed with that of
Cummtngs:
"TheOiptalnanrt I were torn off at thesam
tliu." he said, "and we fell together. We
kept togetlxr for more than an hour. In th
trough of the sea we wero turned over, first
a forward somersault and then a backward,
and we would go under the water and
then wo would be tilted up again to
an awful height. We turned twice
every time wo wero in the trough.
Ye could talk to each other once in a while.
We were half a mile off shore when! suw the
last of the Captain. A sea bigger than uny we
lisd bad .'Oine, und we tell from It together. I
waa under water so long that my courage gave
out. i said to myself: It's nnuso; 1 may as
well end it Iy opening rny mouth.' That mo
ment I come up. 1 looked for the Captain and
he was nowhere to be seen Probably the sea
tore off bis lifo preserver and that en. lad him.''
Both Smith nnd Cummlngs ugree that the
Panther was six niiloa off shore when they
went Into the tigging. .
It wa no el,., i. yesterday morning when the
folks on the bench at Southampton saw the
barge I.ykous Valley being driven in by the I
wave. A young man named Smith auys ho
made out tour men in her rigging. He is the .
only ono who saw them The barge was four
miles out then. The life-suving station Is
not open until Soph 1, but Capt. Nel
son Burnett wus ubout, and lie gath- I
eied a 'lew. Tb'y followed tl e uurgo
as she drilled and waited for her to strike the I
bur. They strained their eves, but they could
see nobody aboard. .-io. struck the bar nt a
point near the centre of Southampton's water !
front, and she hadn't been there a moment
W hell II llllge -ell daslo 'd .1 .V. II o lei .11, I idc
was kindling wood. That nescu finished her.
U hen ' biH ha; ; eiie.l there were more than
-is, of the siiuiiner cottagers down on the
leach. Just about this tune theiewasaciy
from the ei.wd In front of Hi. iluillir.l
Thomas t hoU-e In the crowd therev.ere Hr.
Thomas, Capt, M'hleti llatsey. Ki.iiik (iurustt,
William lei rr Thomas Hallow 11. Artnur
Whitney, Howaiii U, Thome. Mr. AntliuD. j
II.OO 10 bivago and Mel urn
vis to tiutsrlo sad Wssltrn jf', Houdsr, a,- '-' 1 rm
.NUgsrs 1 alls, lull -ill,,, li.sooii l 471 lll.slssj.
hew VMk-.t.
who Is a m.mb.r of th. F.ne.re' Club; Charles
Lee, Frederick Baker. Henry S, Like, and
Ralph Richardson. Ono of the crowd saw
a wave rise a hundred yards from
shore, nnd in Its centre he thought he saw a
body. He called to others "look! look I" and
f minted at tho wavo. but before any one could
00k the wave was whlto crested, and what
ever was within It was invisible. A full minute
elapsed. The water receded and then was
Picked up ngain nnd rose higher and higher.
Thoro wn no mistnking now. F.vervbody
saw In the centre of the great wave as
It rose a man's body. It wus held at full
length. Tho head hung to one side. The
clothing seemed to havo bean torn off, but a
life preserver was about the waist The wave
rose higher and higher and higher. As its
centre became convex the man's body bent
with it: as It broke tho man's body seamed
drawn swiftly to thu top. and turned ovor and
Pitched hoad downward Into the sea.
The crowd stood speechless. Minute after
minute passed hut the body did not appear on
the surface. Then the crowd fully rooovered
Its sonses. Frank Burnett led and halt a
duzon followed him down Into the surf up
to their waists. The waves dashed
ngalnst thorn nnd drove them back.
Tbe receding water selzod them nnd
pulled them forward. They joined hands
for safety, und Burnett on tho end clutched for
the body where apparently the waves had
dashod It It was not there, for tha wator had
carried It back, and It was now being drawn
up and up again. The men stood thoir ground
nnd watohod It Higher ami higher It went.
There was a sboutas It turnod nnd was dashod
down. It was driven within reach uf th end
man of th string, and ha seized it
A cheer went up from those on shore ns the
men dashed in with tho body. It was that of a
dark-haired man. Dr. Thomas cronouncod
tho man dead.
Boforo he had flnishod bis examination there
was another shout. Tho waves had brought
In a second victim. Haifa dozen more men
dashod in this time and got tbe body. This
man was brought out alive, but he died five
minutes later.
Tho Doctor ha.l just pronounced him dead
when tor the third time there was a shout.
Tho wave . carried in anothor body, but this
man. unlike the others, seemed to be strug
gling. He was going through the motion of
swimming even when the breaking waves
tossed him clear of tho wator. Somebody
shouted at him :
"Are you alive 7"
The man seemed to nod his head. Again
tho rescuers ran into tbe water. This time tho
man shot by them and nearly landed ou the
beach. He waa being carried back When ha
was seized and dragged ashore. The man
was F.nglneer Smith. He was battered and
sore, but he was able to stand on his feet after
a moment, and be was hurried into Dr.
Thomas's house and dosed with brandy and
plied with questions. It was from him that
the people learned what boat had gone down.
While he was telling his story a fourth man
came ashore, and thou a fifth appeared. Tha
life preserver whioh was taken from the body
of the first drowned man was thrown at him,
but the wind carried it back over the heads of
tbe crowd. Thon another line of rescuers waa
formed, and they dashod down Into the water
hand In band. They were tumbled over and
driven back.
At tha fourth effort the rescuers got him.
nis head hung limp as If ho was dead, but hla
hands and legs moved as if ho was swimming.
l.ven alter he was picked up out of tho water
and waa carried Into Mr. Baker's bouso this
motion was continued. He was laid on a mat
ress. A moment later he clasped his hands to
gether over his head In tho position usually
assumed when flouting. Then he muttered.
Then he cursed Thon ho prayed.
Dr. Nlcholls of Newburg worked away at
him. Injecting brandy ami applying other ro
storatlves. Mrs. Baker noticed the position of
the man's hands, nnd she h id an Idea that
they had something to do with the difficulty in
bringing him to his senses.
she seized ono and forced it from tho man's
head. The instant she did so the band selr.oil
her wrist like a vise and almost dragged her
down. It was the instinct of a drowning man
that clutched the fingers, and It took the
strength of two mon to pry the grip loose.
It was nearly half an hour before the man
was brought to his senses, and he Introduced
himself as Fireman Cummlngs and wanted to
knew where he was. His tody wus covered
from head to foot with bruises.
While this rescue had been going on the
fourth man brought In was receiving atten
tion. He was nearly dead. Artificial respira
tion saved his life.
Tha crowd patrolled the beach all day. but
no more bodies were rooovered. One more
was recovered to-day. Thirteen ure still
missing.
Engineer Smith was tho only man of tho
threo who outlived the tempest who could
leave Southampton last night He went with
Dr. Nlcholls. Fireman Cumininga Is still at
Mr. Baker's house, and the third man. whose
name is Victor and who 1.-, a native of Finland.
Is at Dr. Thomas's.
Following is a list of the dead:
Bl.amer P.nliier . .t. Oaorg o' KlartoD, Mato
John 11. NewlcT. ss,'.,i, 1 Mats litte It, Jotillien, !. ,1-
ftn.r Henry O, Moors. Steward Wiu Dll.y. Klram.u
ivr Jeftr.yi and trunk w ' ill.. Mesa buy Frank
1 :.!. Ordinary Seaman Karl hr ekaon. ( eal Pa.aur
Wb. Plotomay. anil heamrn Arvitl .' Cisi , Annrew
Johnson, aad Frederick Laresen. Alt rutl.led In Pblla.
dalphia except Field and l.nr.a"ii, whole addraieea are
unkuuwu.
Bar l.yk.-tm Valley Capr. A'fred P. Byivastar, Pora-ervi.i.-.
Ifaeal hnirlncar Ictiert Altio. Newark; Cook
Hiram ltlodirett. North JlrookMvule, Ale., and Deckhand
r ler iildeout eC Nawfuun-lluu,!.
George W. Plerson. the dead Captain of tha
Punther. was 40 years old. Ho rosldod at 131
East Lehigh avenue. Philadelphia, and leaves
a widow and one child, This was his flrst trip
on tha Panther, but he had been in the employ
of the Beading Company since lHtt-t, in com
mand of the collier Berks, a ulster vessel to
tbe Panther.
Tho Panther and I.ykons Valley were to-
f father valued at about 1 100. 000, The barge
lad 2,350 tons of ooal aboard, worth about
$7.00o.
Frank Wilhalle, the fireman lostwasthe blg-
fest and the strongest man on the Panther.
11st before the waves carried him away he said
to Fireman Cummlngs:
" Well, old man. good-hy. f hope you'll get
ashore, all of you boys. 1 know I will."
Of tha four men who were on tho scow not
one lias beon found. They w ,ie probably
swept out of the rigging In tha uamo manner
as wore tho Panther's men.
Half an hour after the rescue yesterday
afternoon a purse ot $125 was made up for the
survivors.
CVPID r. l-AIti r 11. COMMAXDB.
Millionaire Meyer's Uaiidbler Hreref Ijr afar,
rlea u Street Car Conductor.
Bt. Lot'tH, Aug. 20, --William Ball, a street
car conductor on tho Broadway Hue, and the
daughter ot Ferdinand Meyer, the millionaire
bunk President ot this city, were seoretly mar
ried on Saturday. The bride Is only 17 years
old. It was she who applied to Recorder
liobbs for tbe license, but he refused to give
her on. The SOU pie then went to St, Charles,
where they got a license without difficulty and
the Rev. Mr. Ilughey married thorn. They 11 10
now living In a little bouse just off Broadway
where the young husband can run around and
bee his wife between trips.
Mr. und Mrs. Meyer are In Chicago visiting
tho World's Fair, and it Is snld are not vet
aware of the marriage. Ball has been clan
destinely courting the young woman for some
time. Mr. Merer heard of this and objected
strenuously. He told his daughter that if aha
persisted in receiving attentions from Hall she
would have to leave his hone She lias left.
AM OU.S IJtLt'KltOl s icxaiXK HIIISVI IC.
It Wows i..t Tea Minute avad t'alla Out tha
Kabway fire Drpni-tment.
At Rahway. N. J., Thursday night an en
gineer on a west-bound freight train lost con
trol of tho whistle of his locomotive JUst us ha
ii.-ai, 1 tbe Johnson Railroad Signal Works.
Tbe whistle blew for fully ten minutes, mak
ing a deafening noise, which was hoard several
miles away. The uproar almost ereated u
panic, uuuaing report to be circulated that
there had been a collision on the road and that
the signal woiks were on lire.
Thelast report brought out the tire del art
ment and several thousand citizens, who when I
they an tved at the scene found that all the I
fus had been cause I Iy a frnlick'ng whistle,
v Inch, I efoie i was ouletcd l,y pa king, con
sumed much steam und -wltshed off In various
keys in lining from a sub-cellar basso to a sky
scraping ten r
IXUr.ll CUSWACl TO MARRY,
H.rnard' Mieerlaearl Lxelalti, nnd fie I
II.-1. ..., from t ills lalaatl.
Bernard I ber, an Auslrlan tailor, 2.') years
old, teld the l.il.s Island inquisitors when he
aimed bore last Tuesday that hi brother hud ,
obtained u job foi him in advance ,,f his ouu
ing P.einaid was held as a contract laborer
until yesterday, when Mary barf,, who lives nt
.1- Seigel street, I, rookl) n. explained to the
auileu Ities thut llernarj h id clue to America 1
tomunvher she has been In thiaeountry
fo: soveu '.eai-.'ill I has sa,.,l ro'KI. ileinaid j
confessed that In, bad lied about Hie ,,b await
ing him 1111.br tile Iniii.-s 10,1 that he would
be tinned lack If h' lid not sjl iw tlitt he was i
pi.e.lted to ...l pen himself. I be I'.ourd of f
hpefiej 111.4111, v iscbaiged !' , ,.. 1 . ,,.,.i lit 1
and Mary started off to get mauled.
Tor t olur ol Calls, a La 14111a
1 guarantee or lis parity. .lua. p
POLICE MAN SOUTH STREET.
BVPT. BTRXES SKXItS jysl'KCTOR WIL
LIAMS 'I'll v IO MAKIi iltni.il.
Two llundred Bltircntit t'tenr tho SMreet
and Keep It t'tenr in Italian I
Mobbed Oeennloaiitly Arnuad the Corner.
Th backbono of tha strlko ot tho 'long
shoremen was badly damaged yosterday by
Inspector Williams and 1100 pollcemon.
When Superintendent Byrnes reached his
office ynstorday morning he found a full re
port of the proceedings ot tha night before in
the neighborhood of South streot Pollcemon
had boen thumped with bricks and stonos
thrown from the surrounding darknoss.
Italians had beon pouudod and hammered
until tho 1 'he mhom Btreot Hospital surgeons
were tired out Peoplo were afraid to walk
through South street or oven cross It to on of
tho lorries.
Inspector Williams told Superintendent
Byrnes the actual state of affairs. Tha Super
intendent said:
"UetCapts. Allaire, Slevin. and Grant and
take all the pollcemon you want Go down to
South streot nnd clear it and keep It clear."
Iuapoctor Williams took 200 mon and massed
them at tho foot of Wall stroot. Tho strlkors
swarmed in South street. An Italian happened
to stroll down Pock slip. Tbe strlkors saw
him. Beforo tho Italian oould retreat he was
surrounded bl' a howling mob. Ho was knock
ed down and trampled upon and kicked. Ho
staggered to his foot and startod through
Front street Ho crossed Wall street justas
the police arrived. The big orowd of striken
that wore In pursuit ran Into the 200 polloe
man. Inspector Williams drew up his men be
hind him, thon addressed the strikers.
" Whcro is your leader t" he asked.
" He's just disappeared," said somebody.
"Then I will talk to you direct." said the In
spector. "You have been violating the law
during tho past tow days. You havo done it
knowingly and wilfully. You have assaulted
Innocent people. Y'ou have obstructed the
Btroota. You have been disorderly. You have
disregarded the law. This must stop right here.
I am here to see that It does stop. Any man
has a right to work if he con And work. Every
man has a right to walk in tbe streets if he be
haves himself. Wo are not here to club capital
or wolt labor, butwoaro here to koop the peace,
and If any clubbing la dona by any one It will
be dona solely for that purpose."
The crowd instinctively moved back.
"I am going to clean out South street,"
Iuapoctor Williams went on. "All that have
no business bora must get out"
Tha Inspector then divided his men Into
three sections, commanded by Capta. Allaire,
blcvln, and Grant. Capt. Allaire and his men
spread out in double line across South street
nt Wall, facing down the streot. Capt.Slcvln did
the same with bis police, most of tham men from
tbe Oak streot station, facing them up the
street. Capt. Grant drew up bis men behind
(apt Slevln's. inspector Williams stepped to
the head of Capt. Slevin's mon and gave the
ordor to march. Tbe police, four doep, stretched
from the olors totbe nouses. They waded into
the crowd and it fell baok ana ran lor tbe
saloons.
"Capt Slevin, clean out those stores and sa
loons! shouted lnspeotor Williams.
Tbo Oak streot mon jumpod Into tha saloons
and In a twinkling tha strlkors shot out into
the street,
Capt All.-nre's men spread out In tho neigh
borhood of Wall street und kept tho streets
and piers clear there. At every pier and at
every corner Capt Grunt dropped four police
men and told them to stay there and lot no
Strikers puss. Thu It was that when the po
lice yea. irnd the corner of riouth and Roosevelt
street opposite the main plerof theClyde line,
they wore greatly diminished in numbers,
while tho crowd was more than tripled. Less
than fifty policemen (acod a thousand men.
The orowd was ugly. It bad been jabbed and
thumped and shoved until it was weary ana
sore.
" Move back I" shouted Inspector Will lama.
Tho crowd btood still, save for an occasional
urge toward the Clyde pier.
"Drive ttium back.! ' chouted the Inspector.
Fifty uluha began to jab and in some casus to
rue and fall, and tho crowd melted. Inspector
W illiams Mulled grimly.
" 1 guess tho streot Is clonr now," ho said.
Throughout the day tbe 1 inspector kept mov
ing, bo did tho strikers. Italian laborers
passed through South street to tbo piers un
molested. Tho Clyde Jine sat 150 ot them to
work unloading the Cherokee. The Mallory
line useil luo ot them to load tbo Leona, which
sails tor Galveston today. Tbo Ward line had
sixty of theiu employed.
lathered tn groups at a safe dlatanoe from
South street, tho 'longshoremen discussed tha
now turn of events They said that ten ex
perienced 'longshoremen could do tbe work of
forty green Italians. They pointed out thut
tho Clyde Una was paying 150 Italians 25
cents an hour eaoh tu do what thirty 'long
shoremen would do for 30 cents an hour.
Then they sauntered back toward South streut.
taking cur not to got too close toa policeman,
bevural of the ltullana had bad accidents at
work ow tug to their groonness. Because they
w.uo slow tb street was soon ohoked with
trucks. Some of tbe atrlkers slipped in among
tbe trucka. and in a short time there was bod
lam. Truckmen , an make more noise than
'longshoremen. It is part uf their business.
iuapoctor Williams took twenty men and
cleared tbo street again. Even the truckmen
were uulct after the police got through. Oua
of them, with a black eyeanu cut hoad, peeped
up over his truck, and seeing no policeman In
sight jorked his thumb in the direction of Iu-
p t 1 W illiams. nnd said In a whisper to the
reporter, "Did you see the laudiord pasa :"
Then he rubbed hi., head.
About 1 o'clook three 'longshoremen, among
a number ot strikers who wore getting pay
from the Ward line for tbe flrst two days of tha
woek, stood in the entrance of Pier Id. Louis
babatorio of 370 Columbia street. South Brook
lyn, who was working on tbe pier, grabbed a
cheeseknlte and ran at the three men. The
police looked him up in the Old slip station.
in the afternoon tho 'longshoremen congre
gated in tho back streets, the bulk of them in
Water stroot They bud pickets out looking
for Italians.
Seven men, who said they were strikers, loi
tored about the coiner of Pearl and Fulton
street-.. About 5:15 three Italians walked
through Pearl streot guided by a man from
the Clyde lino, to go to work on the cherokoe.
Tbo seven grabbed tho Italians, threw thorn
down and jumped on them. The three men
screamed for mercy. There wus 11 crowd
around but no one helped tiiem. 1 mo of the
Ktrikeie gut u stone and pounded the suiulleat
of tho three Italians in the face with it
buddenly a man pushed hia way In and
knocked one of the 'longshoremen down. Two
striker then grabbed him. while a third
knocked him down. The man jumped up,
ran to a truck, and armed hiiubolf with a cart
stake. Tho flrst 'longshoreman ha bit with
the cart stake fall llko a log. The next man
turned and ran. The stranger beat off the
others until the Italians were sale In an area
way. The 'longshoremen earned off their
wounded.
The man with the cart stake was Polloemsn
William J. Newell ot the Old slip station In
plain clothes. Tbe Italians wore Antonio
Cosllnetoot IIS Mulberry street. Joseph Cap
par rel 11 ol lln Mult, erry street, and Patijuulo
Aliin. of in.: I ll.-ahetn .tieei. A Chutubars
Street Hospital surgeon drea-ed tbnlr wound.
(oallnetos left ove was completely closed,
his 1, oae wus cut. and he was injured inter
na'!)'. ' '..1 pai , .-i.i's face was cut and bleed
lug, und hi light hand was crushed. Allno's
right eye was olosou, his light chook and chin
were cut, and his head wus gashed. He went
homo to hla wife
(shortly before ti o'clock (he strikers worked
back into South street. They massed them
selves opposite the piei- where (be Italians
were working When Ibe nlnstlo blew for (J
o'olook they pressed forward half way across
thestioul. '' their surprise no Italian ap
j, eared, Tbe 'longshoremen .Ilea nearer 10
the pier end Peered Into the sheds. They saw
Scores of Italians silling about eating their
suppers w bile the police paced ioand fro. Tug
boatsat theeu.lsof the pier landed soores j
more of Italians to work through the night.
The Italians who wished to go home were
tukeu uway on tho tug-.
The Ion, .ho, em, -1. pressed forward to tho
entrances to tbe piers. T hen Inspector Wil
liams happened alum- 'Ihe p . lev formed a
line reaching from lloeaeielt street to Wall
tree! along South street, and In fifteen mm- 1
utes eouth street was .dear once mere. At 7 I
o'clock tho foroo ol police was increased by 1
sevetity-lho more men. Inspector VI illiams ,
snldfithat if there 'vas any -tone tbrowlniror 1
lighting through tho night tho mon who did it
would regret It
The 111.0. will meet a( lo'l Peai I street on
Sunday afternoon and 01 punt u committee tu
propose a compromise at 'J7 '1 ceuta an hour.
A tstilkli.e. Ml " ali.il mid Killed
PrnHitrit.i. ban.. Ami. St. Thomas Holson.
awhile striking miner, wus shot and killed
!,i-i night during u:i vucuuutsr with ugru
miners. .
Kip.nt labulea crr.rt a had hr.alb aud luiSfT th
uuiriei'oa. oiaai ef).,ai Jo;a-ia,
TtrxXTY KILLED IX MEXICO.
Troop Flaht la a ran In onhnlta After a
Challenge.
Eaoi.k Pam, Tox., Aug. 2.".- News wa 1 re
ceived bore this morning of an oncountor be
tween the people of Couhulla and tboGalan
troops. Tho light occurrod at Tuorto Dol Car
men, a pass In tho mountains close to Nada
doros. on tho road from Cuatro Clonegas to
Monclovs, Each faction fought furiously.
Finnlly tho (lalan mon woro driven off In gi eat
disorder toward Monclova.
Th loss is put at from twanty to fifty men
killed on both side, but tha Galanlsts lost
nioi,. than the others.
The Commander of the Galanlsts had sont a
messenger to the Commander ot tho Cardan
lstas early in the day, asking why ho ran away
from a fight, adding t hat no Federal troops
should take part The practical answer was
the despatch of a small body of Cardenlstas
to meet their opponents. They fired at tbe
Galan men and retreatod. Tha decoy suc
ceeded. Tho Galan men pursued till within
the ravine, when tbo main body of the Car
denlstas attnekod and rontod them. There
were 150 Galanlsts engaged, commanded by
Andreas A. Fuantos. and 200 Cardenhvtaa,
commanded by Emilio Carranr.a, the hero of
tho encounter two days before. Gov. Galan has
been summoned to Mexico City.
PVTBIM BEItTEEX TWO MATTRESSES.
Millionaire liunoimi.'. Insane Hei-raat Thca
JDaocnd t"i.n Itlni.
Theresa Eletch. the German housemaid of
Millionaire Alfred Duncomb of Mount Vornon
assaulted his sister. Mrs.Xetmoller. on Thurs
day night because objection was made to her
lighting horself to bed with the parlor lamp.
She also attacked Mr. Neimoller with a sickle,
cutting him badly.
Becoming completely frenzied yesterday
morning, she put Mr. Duncomb. who is an in
valid, 80 years of age. between the mattresses
of his bed. and, getting on top, danced about
singing and shouting. The Rev. Samuel W.
Coffey, rector of St Paul's Church of East
Chester, who was passing, heard her, and,
being a friend ot tha family, went in to see
what tbo matter was.
He had no soonor entered Mr. Dnnoomb'a
room than the girl, jumping from tha bed. at
tacked him with a chair. She chased him out
of tho house and along the streot until a police
man came to his rescue. She will be sont to
an asylum to-day.
Mr. Duncomb. when removed from bla un
pleasant position between the two, mattresses
was vary weak and sore.
A WOMAX SHOT BT BVROLABX
Attempt to Blow- l't a. Safe of tho Cana
dian Expre Company.
BtrrTALn, Aug. 23. Particulars of an at
tempted oxprass robbery and tho shooting of
Mra. Angus B. Weaver of this city come from
the village of Drumbo, Out On Wednesday
night burglars entered the Grand Trunk sta
tion there and attempted to blow open the safe
of the Canadian Express Compnny. in which
it waa known that there was a large sum of
money. The agent J, C. Prltchard. Uvea
over tbe station, and visiting htm was Mrs.
Weaver, hla wife's Bister. Prltchard was
aroused by tha burglars, and going down to
the platform opened fire on tbom with his re
volver. The burglars returned the fire and
then Had. firing as they ran at tha windows of
the living apartments. Mrs. Weaver, who waa
standing at the window, was struck In the
breast the ball lodging near tho spine. She Is
in a critical condition. Her hnsband is a
stenographer in this city. There is no clue to
tbe burglars.
ACTOR CURTIS ACQUITTED.
It Cost Him IJOOO and Three Trial to
.Defeat tha Effort of tbo JPollo.
Bah Francisco. Aug. 25. M B. Curtis, tho
actor, was actulltod to-day by a jury on his third
trial for tho murder of Policeman Grant two
years ago. Tho morning was devoted to con
cluding arguments. Just bofora noon tho jury
went out Curtis was extremely nervous. In
two hours they returned a verdict of not guilty.
Curtis was greatly affected and be warmly
thanked the jurymen.
They stood originally nine for acjnltfal. then
eleven to one. and finally tbe stubborn one waa
won over.
The case has exoltod Interest here because
ot tha actor's popularity and the efforts of the
police to secure conviction.
on tho flrst trial the jury disagreed and tbe
second was ended by the death of a juryman.
Curtis has spent a fortune in his defence, bla
expenses not being less than $50,000.
SOLD, 010,000,000 OP IT.
New York, to bo Invaded oa Haadajr by
Armed Mea Guarding Canva SacL.
Kansas City. Aug. 25. Ten million dollars
in gold, packed lln canvas sacks, cam into
Kansas City this morning on the Santa I'd
train from San Francisco. The money waa
guarded by ten United State deputy mar
shals, armed with Winchesters. The gold is
for tbo sub-Treasury In New York olty.
Tho new uf tha arrival of so much gold
aulakly spread at tho t'nlon Depot and at
tracted a large crowd, whleh watohed with in
terest the task of transferring the bags to a
baggage car .,n the Rock Island Railway, The
Deputy Marshals stood around with thoir Win
chesters In their hands.
Only seven of the guards aooompany the
gold on its way to Chicago, as tho foar of train
robber., and Wreckers diminishes us the West
Is left behind.
The shipment loft San Francisco on Monday.
and will reach New York on Suuday. on ar
rival at Now iork It will be taken to the Sub
Treasury. The route of the gold from 1 'Inoago
to Now irk Is kept secret by the Govern
ment officials for fear of robbers.
PULLED HARRY tURMSS'S EAB.
"i 1 -.11 Wer Not pinch a .mi Man," Maid
MuvNelll, "I Would Kick You."
Lonpos. Aug. 25. This weok's Punch con
tains an extravagant caricature of J. G. Swift
MacNeill. 'National !hO mombor for South I -illegal.
In the caricature Mr. MacNolH's pro
truding front tooth are represented as star
tling deformities. Tbe initials in the corner of
the picture indlcato that lluiry Fundus Is the
author ol it P.ver since thl- I'unoli appeared.
I Mr. MacNeill ha- beeu threatening to p 11 nch. Mr.
I ui up -. : b" in- -,ii -ni ttiuy shoud meet. This
evening th" inou.umc together in Ibe lobby.
Mr. MacNeill immediately shovnd his il.t under I
Mr. I urnl-s's UOsO and shouted:
"Your condinl has been blackguardly. If
you were not aueb a little man I would kick
you As It is, I will merely 1 nil your ear."
He grasped Mr. Kumiss's ear and twisted it.
nt tho satna tune shaking Mr. iurnisa. A
group of oveiioil ineniheis gutheiel tit u- .1
round ihu (wo mon, aa n I'ght was su;ipoard to I
be thieateuing. Mr. 1'unilas, howr-ier. did
no! striken blow. As ...nu us he got hia ear ',
froe he hastened I" the buigeant-at- Anna wi(h 1
Ills complaint. No step has boon taken as yot
to discipline Mr. MacNeill.
I.IO Miles an Hour nt Ml. Wuablugton.
Mi. WvsiiiNoiiiN. N. li.. Aug. 25. Karly ia-t.o-i
,v muriiing a heavy northeast storm
swept anoss vlt. Washington, tliu wind blow
ii g over Hit' miles an hour, luat evening the
wlud shilled into the northwest. It steadily
Increased in el city until 2 30 this morning,
when it r. e bud not loss thun 150 miles an
hour.
The Air or llke' V. b Klllril Her.
CoLOBAi bpuiNUK. Aug. 2,'. -Mrs. J. L.
Blood ol Amsterdam. New York, iu uttemi ting
the ascent of 1 ike'a Peak ) . t onlay, was taken
Ulatth Half Way House, the altitude ben g I
too great for ber. bbe was carried back to th
Ajiii.,1 liotal Iu thi city, whure ehu dk d but
pigbtTb U.r will be IfUea bank by ber I
SENATOR HILL'S SPEECH.
RIMETALT.IHM TUB OXLT iris V A KXT
REMRUT FOR OUR FIXAXCIAL ILLS
lie OlillelMt the Preside!' Meuaa-e (
Hay Ho Will Iter.,. to Follow la th
Foottepa of tha Administration If It
Favor a single Oold Htaadard H AIM
rrltlrlse tha IV. Men. nr Beanwaola.
the Mherman I.nw na a " Trace," latrtead
of a "Cowardly Makeshift " -Sara, Toe,
that While lie Una Repeatedly fjawajb
to tree. the People to tho Impertaaea eH
or the Repeal or (hat Lnr, llr. Cleveland, B
Neither la Ilia Notlnaatlou riaaaah, JVow
In III Letter or Aeoeptanec, Nor la III IjH
InnnsTural Addreaa, Mado Aay Allaaloa t ,1 I B
It Whatever, Allhongh It Waa That 3B J -H
Threatening, th Prosperity of tho Conn. H
try The (iallerlea Broke Into Apnlaaa Bl mM
When lie Bold that He aad HI Cab I H
leacnea Would Vote for Repeal, Vaawodl HI jS T
by Power and Vucorrnpted by Patronage J. tK
Wasiiishton. Aug. 23. Senator Hill delights. JH H
ed his friends and surprised and disappointed B
his snmles to-day by delivering a dignified. '; B
popular, and logical argument in favor of bl- flH
metalilsm and against what he regards aa th) H
policy of gold monometallism of President H
Cleveland. The speech had not been as widely H
advertised as that made a few day ago by njE JM
Sonator Voorhees ot Indiana, and, Indeed. Mr. U
Hill has bton so unwell of late that It waa Ski
somewhat uncertain whether he could apeak Bm
to-day. Moreover, he took the floor at an an H
expeotedly early hour, when, as a rule, only f&t
routine business is being transacted In tha ftoH RS
Senate. Notwithstanding these facta there fMS
was a large audience present In the gallerlea
to hear him. every Senator was in hla seat, m?p
and a lnrge contingent of member of tha BV
House oame over to the Senate, and from time BB
to time throughout the speaob. and listened to
it with close interest. No Sonator ever had a
olotoT or more critical hearing than Senator
Hill's colleagues gavo blm to-day. They fol- j -
lowed blm from the beginning to tbe end of BH
his long speech, and the congratulations at ita rll
olose came from those who meant exaotly '.-,-'"
What they snld. B H
Senator Hill has not been a eontplouona isiPi
popular man with his colloagues In tbe Senate. : j H
His habits and personal characteristic) are jk SSl
such that he does not mix with men and meet II Ij-W
tbom on the genial, social, non-political foot- H jkjH
ing so common among public men in Wash- OH
lngton. His speech to-day. how over. Increased SH
the admiration which many of his colleague tt " ,' Sftfl
havo for hia ability and his political attitude 3H
and to olear tbe minds of his critics of orro- fin
neous Impressions they had formed as to hla JSjjf
ability and character as a publio man. Tha hB
Senator was not In bis best voice, being weak IHs
from his recont Illness, and yet bis manner ot OH
delivery was very far above the average of i flj&
prepared speoohes. He made no effort at IsMTpl
declamatory or theatrical effects, but stood at 888
his own desk and read his speech in a clear. BowM
forcible, direct manner, that left nono ot hi tSSM
hearers in doubt as to his exaot meaning. MB
When he doelarod that if the President turned I H
his back on bimetallism, on the established I EB
polloy of the country, and on the pledges of jH
the Democratic party ho would not follow him. t ,H
and that the President would have to rely -. H
upon Republican Senators to carry out hla msmW
Idea. Democratic Senators looked gloomy and Irani
unhappy, but a smile of amused satisfaction j H
irradiated the faoos of tlio I'cpubllcans. The ljl
galleries broko into applause when be do- ( fl
clared that himself and his colleague would
vote for the pending bill.unawed by power and. WKf fl
uncorrupted by Foderal patronage, but th tjjlaal
audience was threatened with removal if they Baal
repeated the offenoe to senatorial etiquette. anH
just as they were when they clapped their fl B
hands at Senator Voorheea's eulogy of Clove- Hp V
land and Carlisle. HKK
Senator Hill announced himself as an ear- Ma!
nest advocate of the repeal of tbo Sherman act lfB
chlofiy because that act in his opinion, standa BB
in the way of bimetallism, in which he thor
oughly believe, lie advocated international
bimetallism, or. if that were Impossible, bi
metallism In tills country alone, and ucoused
President Cleveland of being a monometalilst
and nothing else. He alau charged the gold
men with being tn a measure responsible for
tbo present financial panic, and with kaaplnaf
It alive for tho purpose of debasing stiver and
giving the country a practical object lesson.
Tho consensus of opinion among men of all
parties and factions la that the Senator'
speech was a dignified, able, and logical argu
ment In favor of bimetallism, and a speeob. HK
that will add greatly to hla strength aad
standing as a Democrat and a publio man. Rafl
eskatob iiim.'s M'liKoir. fJiii
Beginning bis remark by an alludon to th j
President' "muoh-commended and much- tUU
criticised special messogo to Congress." Sen- mSfl
ator Hill supplemented tbe President's quota- sRaa
tlon from Daniel Webster by the opening sen- Jt
fence of another famous speech of the Sam !
distinguished statesman, in whioh he urged .Kb
upon the Senate, " beforo we float further oa
the wavo of this debate, lot us refer to tb amSj
point from which wo departed." "Adopting Wf 83
Webster's prudent suggest b ,11." said Mr. HUL, WKLm
" let us first rocall the peculiar circumstances 2j d
under will, 'b we meet, and the Important char- 13
actor of tho duty which surely confronts us at M-Tr ljj
this hour." Tbe existing financial disturb WStti
anoes. he said, may bo attributed to three SjH
causes: SB
First -It Is a natural or Inevitable result or Bfl
Incident of many years of roal or fictitious aBaB
prosperity. Tha nation is not unlike an ludl- BHJ
vidual. Sickness Is incident to humanity, and B SVj
commercial panics aro Incident to trado. Tha IBB
studont of history knows that financial panic 1
ocour every twenty years, and our country ha I 1
n t been an exception to the goneral rule. The BkJ
panics of 1 mm. lH.'i7. IK,,, and 1S7' should
havo led us to anticipate ono in about 181)3. BBa
In addition to tlioso causes, which forth Ball
purpose of this argument Idonoralnnte"natu- R I
ral " eauss, against whioh it is probable that Hi I
no prudence could guard or prevent, there wa BB I
much 1 .-at on to upprohond financial trouble H
at this time, owing to the continued violation H I
of correct business principles on tbe part of H I
our business men and their huole to becom m W
I 1 H
lul centres have been flooded with Ji
wutered stocks of every deaiilpdon. in which H
Innocent paopl huve been induced to invest H
their mi ant by the glittering promises of enor- H
n.ous dividend which are not forthcoming.
t andor compels me to aay that thoao transuc- BaBtl
con have usually oiiginated with that ejus BaKl
ot financiers who Intent our marts of trade, Bd
and aie tu dav ostentat loi.i! j attracting pub- H
lid attention by (heir parrotlike clamor for aa H
" bouest" dollar, and against tho continued SBJ
us of silver monoy. H
1:, Idea, wa ure suffering from tbe evils of . rVBB
oven reduction. Tbe balance of trade has un- hBS
foMunately been against u We have sold HM IbxBH
our railroad and other securities abroad, In- n
stead of at home, nnd thu Interest, a wall aa JJnJJJBI
portions ol the principal, have buen coining iojjfijl
1 ue and 11. a' I I .- paid In g 1 I. beoe.ae It wutV .-S
10 " nominated In the bomb" ardhncoui :Iiff&
gold has naturally been leaving u for loJEigtj. jsei
ahorus. f":'' HB
Co .uotiiu. ably someof the present dlflloaba 5231
Iy dial be attributed bl the un. uajues .,f our IBB
II i.-ie I Industrie, which have beenaecm,- ;'-?isaisS
tone,) to rely to a oartala extent upon gov- rSEem
erni iciital favoritism to support them I do ifiW89i
n I di-gulse the fact that such uneasim aa ex- H
is(. and that It 001. tributes lte share 1 0 the l7aafl
general existing disturbance of iltianoiall BkBaH
affairs. V 10
liut there I no relief forthls slteatlon nuleaaJ
the aetaiaaui party abaudou it pimumu l