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I MET TWO WATERSPOUTS.
I THE STEAMER XEUSIRIA'B adtex-
I IVRE IS THE a ULF STREAM.
DsrlaK a Tlolfnt Thnnder Htorm I.aat FrU
day Two Huge Pillars of Wnttr llor
Ilown L'pnn the Mhlis, nut Veered OfT
nnd Vanished Without llarmlnK Her,
The Fnbro line steamship Neustrla salted on
July '-'J 'rem Marseilles for tills port, with a
fall cargo of freight and 400 Italian below
decks. For six )cnrs Capti- Ilrmtul had been
studying Ihu wenthcr from the brtdgo of the
Neustrla, nml ever)lhlng Indicated that tbe trip
would bo a pleasant end prosperous one to nil
on board. '1 he akles wero clear nnd allowed no
promise of troublo In store. The air was warm,
and th" ltallnns, after thoy had become ac
customed to tlio lone ocean swell, spent most of
their time on deck, lulling In the shade of the
itacki and bulwnrks. The promise of the skies
was kept for two weeks, and then the Neustrla
ran Into a thunder squall, during which her pas
enters beheld an unusual spectacle.
It was on Krldav. Aug. 14. The ship waa In
the Gulf htreani, nnd steaming atondlly along,
the gray waters churned Into foam by her pro
peller drifting away without n breath of air to
disturb them. The passengers wero grouped
about on the upper dock. In the afternoon the
lew clouds that had followed tho aun toward
the wast turned tall and fled before n freshen
Ing brcere from the southwest. Tho breeze was
notattrongone. butCapt Ilrland saw trouble
In It. When ho went below for his dinner at ft
o'clock he left the first mate on the bridge with
orders to call him at any elgn of a storm.
About (U o'clock thunder clouds appeared in
tha nest, and soon tha wholo aky was overcast
br tanks of gray nnd Mack clouds, showing
white n here the aun's rays touched them, and a
metallic blue where they seemed to meet the
water, lly T o'clock there wus a stiff breeze
blowing, and the cloud banks were driven be
fore It across tho sky, leaving only a strip of
blue along the eastern horizon. The mate sum
moned Cant. Ilrland to the bridge. There had
been a few flashes of lightning, sharp and vivid,
but no thunder op to that time. Capt
Ilrland took his place. A few moments
attar he mounted the bridge the storm broke
with a flash of lightning more vivid than any
of Its predecessors, and waa followed the next
Instant by a crashing veal of thunder. The
lightning liberated the rain In the clouds and a
iDtnature Hood began, 'lhe rain drop, fell su
fait that they merged Into each other before
they reached the decks. The sea was as smooth
a. a mill pnnd: there was no ground swell even,
and the ship floated as steadily as though she
had been moored to her pier.
Tha tlrst flash of lightning was followed by
others, and the thunder became continuous.
I'apU Ilrland ha) a that In all his experience he
liever encountered a more noisy or more spec
tacular storm at sea. A a it progressed, the
clouils settled down upon tho ocean, nnd in
stead of a long twilight, night aet In In a few
moments. The Italians, wet to the akin, were
restrained from going below by the beauty of
the storm. Many of them were frightened, and
here and there the more devout ones told their
beads, or knelt with crucifixes in their hands.
There was no conersatton. for the thunder
ww so loud that even a about could hardly be
beard, lhe storm had Leen in progress half an
hour when Capt. Ilrland, looking to port, saw
about tno miles away n watererout bearing
lapidlr down upon the ship. Capt. Hrlanrt
turned half way around and discovered another
water-pout on tlie starboard hand. The one to
port nearer, and seemed to bo heading
straight for the ship, nnd Capt. lirland gave
most nt his attention to it.
Asltilrawneurer the Italians on deck caught
sight of It, and all hands lost their Interest in
the storm and turned to watch the progress of
tha waterspout. Its course was such that a col
lision between it and tha ship seemed Inevita
ble, and the high speed at which It was going
made It seem Impossible that the Neuatrla could
dudge it. 1 he. prospect of being awampd by a
walersDOUl terrified many of the Italians, who
1-aJ nurer seen nor heard of authn thing. The
number of men and women praying grew
ls-zer. and groups were formed around those
who had criicitixe.. Those uf the Italians who
did not pray began to hnut, but their voices
were drowned by the nnl-e of the storm.
The waterspout raced toward the ship until It
wasnnlr SOU jardsoff. and then Capt. Urland
saw that he wa. not to bo struck by it after all.
The spout waa about ninety feel through at the
hate, and Its top was in the clouds. It tapered
lnalmut twelve feet In diameter at the point
wherelt entered the clouds. The aurface of the
tea at Ita base wa. lashed Into foam, and for
fifty ranis around the edge of the base there
wa, a big depression. The ocean beyond this
depressed area wus not affected.
The si out passed the Neuatrla, making a
sound like escaping steam, which waa heard
above the storm by every ono on board. Includ
ing the fire-nen at work In the stoke hole. The
electricity from the clouds ran down the aides
of the huge column nf water into the sea. When
astern of the ship the waterspout ohanged ita
share. The upper part spread out like an um
brella, a hundred jards in diameter, and tha
hissing sound Increased. It grew grnduallr
shorter and thicker, until when about a mil
from the ship it burst, the water falling back
Into the ea with acraah that waa heard abovo
tha thunder. The misty, umbrella-like top
Boated up to the clouds.
n hlle lb passenger, bad been giving all their
attention to the waterspout on the port bow
taut, lirland had kept an ej eon Ita companion
oniheitarbouid aide This one was ko far away
when it was first sighted that no one except the
kipper penciled It until the other had burst.
It ass the smaller, and It (I lite red from the first
in appearance. Its top was umbrella-shaped
and nas some distance below the clouds. It
""Trd '"ward the Neuatrla. hut at a slow rate,
"hen the Captain tlrst caught tight of It It was
about four miles olT. It came on until It waa
abreast tha ship's now. Then It veered away to
leeward, disappearing below the horizon. Soon
ar er this spout hail vanished the lightning and
rain stopped.
There were two passengers who did not
watch the storm and the waterspouts. They
wereutza Hancino and hlawife. Mrs. Fran
tlsto was below, and her husband was with her.
Just as the big .pout passed the ship a bahy waa
born to Mrs .FranrlM.ii. Capt. Ilrland aeleoted
r.iectra r,ir ,. new passenger's name, Franclaco
baling delegated that honor to him.
AIIKKHIED ox the F.troxiA.
A London I.elter Cnrrter Held In Iloatoa
for Knhlilnc; the IlrtlUh Mulls.
Boston, Aug. lll.-Henry Harfleld. '.'fi years of
ae, a latter carrier of London, w as nrreated on
tha arrival of tho Pavonla hero ti.-dii). charged
with stealing $'.'.075 from the F.ngllsh malls.
Harfleld nas registered on the pnssenrfjr list na
Mr.IJi.Wit) With him w a his oitng wlle.w horn
he married Just previous in railing. Acting
Hrltlsh Consul Keating went down the harbor
to meet the steamer. Iln sought out arfleld.
Whom he had no troublo In riioctilrlng from
the cabled di-.tription from the Ilrlllsh I'o.t
master denrrnl. Taking him nlm Into the
Patter's iill,,i he told him that he would ho
piaud ,i,i., r nrri n ,!, nrrwl Ilf tiu ,!,(,, fti
i.m ',''.'1 '"" ""'l"ig troiii IhB llrlll.h malls.
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' JS FEZliSlAX AS A.SAUCUISTT
III Wlfa Bnya lie Planned to nioiv Vp
the Firth Avenne lintel.
Naum Foldman, a young Ilusslan who keeps
a small drug shop nt 1,051 Socond nvonue, was
arrested yesterday on complaint of his wife,
Sophia, who says lie threatened to kill her and
her year-old baby. Uhe told tho police that ha
wasnn Anarchist nnd hn.l planned to blow up
the Fifth Avontto Hotel. Ho qunrrclled with
her because she did not believo tho time rips for
tho praotlce of anarchy, nnd Hint tho people
would have to bo educated up to Its tenols. lie
hated tho babv, she aatd, because ho bolleted
she would be moro Interested lu his plans If the
child was out of the way.
Yesterday morning the woman brought a
bottlo to tho Kast 104111 street station. It con
tained about half a pound of Innocent-looking
brown powder. Capt. Weatervclt poured less
than nn eighth of n teaspoon fill on a sheet of
paper, and, laying It In the centro of the. main
room of the station house, lit the corner of tho
paper and retired Co a aafo distance When the
flame reached It tho powder exploded with n re
port considerably louder than that of n .18-call-bre
roiohcr, nnd the concussion was plainly
felt In tho furthest corner of the largo room.
" lie had n bomb In the house nnd took It
away a day or two ago," .Mrs. Keldman said.
She could not tell whero her husband had
taken the bomb, but believes some Anarchist
purchased It. She thinks this becauso her hus
band has talked constantly of having to ralsa
some, moncv to carry nut his plans to blow up
the Klfth Avenue Hotel. She sal. he Intended
to hire a room In the. hotel so a. to place H ho ex
plosive effectively, nnd was willing to bo blown
up himself if he could not contrlio some time
fuso which could be absolutely depended upon.
After her husband's arrest Jlrs. Keldman
became silent on the subject of blowing up the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, but she tnlked freely
enough about her hnaband's sympathy wllh an
archy and his possession of the explosive, lhe
police believe he manufactured the cxplo.lio.
but the woman denies thl. Sho sav. .ho mot
her husband eighteen month, ago. Shn worked
then In a knitting factory, and earned about SIC
n week. Keldman was only a prescription clerk
then. As both were free thinkers, ns well as
Anarchists, no marriage ceremony was ever
performed.
She had saved SI-IO. Keldman talked con
stantly about how much more time he would
hare to spare to benefiting mankind through
the propagation of anarchy If he could
have a atoro of his own. Ills wife, who
had saved S1.10, borrowed $.10. as he said that
S'JOI) would start him in business, and turned
that and her savings over to him. Then he fig
ured that $100 morn were needed, and she bor
rowed SoO of her employer. Keldman borrowed
fin of his brother, and the store was opened.
This waa a yenr ago. Keldman from tho start
neglected his business and spent his time In
talking anarchy. Mrs. Feldman Anally had to
hire a woman to take care of her child and go
to work again to support the familr. Mrs.
Keldman says her husband could mnke 845 per
week If he would attend to his business.
" He Is crazy. He don't want small customers
and ho won't servo large onns because they
tako tno much time," she snld yesterday.
" When I talk to blm he only says why should I
tend to such things when I ought todevoto
every minute of life to anarchy."
Mrs. Feldman aln said that there were goods
In the cellar of the drug store which she knew
to lie stolen. 1 hoy wero brought there by
her husband's brother, who was clerk for a man
who Jumped his ball an a charge of grand
larceny and ha. not s et been caught.
Capt. We.tervelt look pn.'e.slon of the good..
They Include several cross of tooth brushes and
a galvanic Iwtlery. some scales and weights and
some fountain syringes.
The prisoner refu.es to talk, and saya he baa
a right to keep explosives as a druggist.
A. PEACr3IAKEK KILLED.
lie ITeat to be Asalatnnee oTss Una Who
Waa Detnc Denies by Two Toneba.
BlNOruurox, Aug. 10. Murder ended a
drunken brawl at Brackneyville. Pa., on Satur
day night. The victim was acting as peace
maker. He Is Leon D. Clalge. one of a prominent
family of farmers In Pennsylvania.
The village where the tragedy occurred Is
about six miles south of this city. Galge, with
others, was sitting upon the hotel vernnda, when
Mike Kelly and his two brothers drove up. They
had Just returned from n plculo at Silver Lake.
The rCellya, who are tough characters, were full
of beer and quarrelsome. Two of them en
gaged in an altercation with a resident of the
hamlet. 'Iho Kelly got the man down and be
gan to pound htm. (lalge ran to the assistance
of his townsman and tried to pull one of the
Kellys off, when he atagiered back, crying:
" lie's got a knife." Then he fell to the ground
insensible.
The knife was wrested from Kelly, bnt not
until he had cut another man's arm nearly off.
Cialge was carried Into the hotel, and during
the excitement Mlko Kelly escaped A search
ing party was organized, but before It started
Kelly came back for his coat and hat nnd waa
captured. Ho tried to escape, but was prevent
ed, and with his brother was locked up In tha
Montrose, l'a.. Jail. There Is talk among tho
excited farmers of lynching the murderer.
.WAit an J j' in the orEixe.
Patrol or the Hen On the lii-anawtek, Oa.
Customs Dlatrlct.
Biiusswick. Gn.. Aug. 1. Either a Spanish
gunboat cr an American man-of-war Is patrol
ling the coast of the Ilrunswlck customs dis
trict. Smoke from a largo steamer was seen
about noon to.dny Ly visitors to t. Slmnn'a
Island, and later a largo vessel, generally sup
posed to bo the Spanish cruiser Alfonso, waa
discerned.
Hlnce that hour throngs of anxious nnd ex
cited people have walked St. Simon's beach,
climbed Into the hotel cupola, treetops, and
every other high place available to set a belli r
view of tbe vessel. It has steadily steamed
outside of Ilrunswlck harbor from bt. Slmou'e
Island to Doboy Sound.
In view of the fact that tho present wheraj
aboutaof atertaln flllbnsleiliig htenmer Is un
known, and that sho Is supposed tn bo in hiding
nrar these waters, nnd the further fact that
It Is not known positively whuther tno Ilruns
wlck tug Dauntless tins made bor escape lines
n tth the expedition which left the Hatllla Itlvor
bridge on 'Ihursday morning lust, tlie Interest
mused by the appearance of this supposed war
ship hai utlrred up much excltonu lit.
,4.V ELl.VKS-t'OOT TVUT1.R.
Fishermen C'nptnre One Wrlarhlnr: l.BOO
Pounds -Illx Mimr Arconiiillaliinriiln,
Hohtov, Aug. HI.- The Mliinehoha, nSnamp
scott fishing schoonir, arrlicd hero to-day with
a loggcrheid turtle weighing uliout 1.H00
pounds. He I. eleven fctt from head lo tall;
nine feet from Hipper to 11 pper. The Minne
haha was retiirnnii: from n Imid-luck mackerel
fishing trip oil Capo Cod. nnd was on horwiiy
In. when the turtle was sighted about 11 o'clock
this forenoon. At Hist It was thought that the
,Uiur.Iookliig head helnngul to nsea torpi lit.
The seine boat was Imiiii lied nml mniined hy
ten men. It na nrgunl thin If It was ii sen-er-pent
it would li) better tlian n hold fill of
mackerel. A" list" men in arid the head, whleli
kept i nrnli'g neri iiu 1) th", , It was a turtle.
Kiii'ln Hiii: lhe turtle, wlili the srino they
ilraggiil him in lhe ve..nl. where, with dlfll
i uliy. be wns hoisted aboard
'I ho wharf was crowded this afternoon with
fishermen nnd other se.ifMrlnw men. None Imd
1'ier before seen such n large specimen, 'lite
turtle. Ih'il my. lurk, like a dog, bellow liken
low, and Minna like u bn'snii llio fathoms deep
In sleep.
Hat lit (he Window Uend,
.Mrs. i:ilnlielh Wiley, ii widow, (10 yenrs old,
nl ilmin nt n window of hi r loom at fll',' West
fourth street inrlv lat evening. Mio sat o
Ji.ni: In the tiunii Jinal'mti nnd her lmm sperm d
mi rigid Ihat oi o of Hie neighbors, whok-iuiv
thill she had been complaining 'if luart trouble,
became iiluriued, Mie entered the room and
fiiiliid the woman cold In death.
A Jery City tlliureh Hlrnck by I.lahtnlsK.
'I he steeple of tho Lafayette Methodist Kpls
copal Church on Pacific avenue, Jersey City,
was struck by lightning during the storm last
night nnd several bricks were knocked out
There wan no ono In lhe church at the time.
Pastor Llltie and the congregation were attend,
ing union services In the Heformed Church In
Communlpaw avenue. The steeple waa not
damaged seriously.
l.labtslBat Fires m L'sssrsls Hoses.
Lightning etruck the two-etory frame bones
of Mrs. Annie Van Houten at Smith lane ani
East Nlnety-aaoond atreet. Canarsl. last night
No one was Injured, but tha bolt aet Ore to tha
building. The damage did not noted J3M,
SUICIDE FOLLOWSMURDEK.
ALOIS ni.VJCELJUAXff KILLS HIS
lriEE AXl HIMSELF.
Us Ilsd Lost S3O.000 la Cnrortnnate final.
ness Ventures nnd Ileeame m Vlcllm or
1'nrcsls-The Heat Agarnvnted Ills Mnl.
ndy, nnd It Took n Homicidal Turn.
In tho delirium of Insanity, brought on by
business troubles, aggravated by the heat, Alota
Dlnkulmnnn killed his wlfo nnd himself vnrly
yesterday morning at their homo at Ho West
Twentieth street. Thai no more lives were
sacrificed Isdun to his poor aiming, for ho flrod
sovcral times nt ono of the boarders In the
house nftor ho had shot his wife. Sho waa
Instantly killed, nnd ho lived n few minutes
after shooting himself.
Matters had gono badly with tho Dlnkcl
mantis almost from tho tlmo they wero married,
seven leius ngo. Sho was then n hnudsomo
widow of forty, with n grown-up son nnd
daughter. lie was six )ears her senior, and
had n son. At the tlmo of their mar
rlngo Dlnkelmnuu possessed quite a snug lit
tlo fortune. Through tho advice of friends he
was Induced lo Invest $10,000 In a supposed
gold mine. Tho mlno venture proved to be a
swindling BChcmc, and the German lost his
15,000. Ills next business venture was n
wholcsalo grocery In Washington street, near
tho Battery; but this proved n failuro as well.
When the business was closed up Dlnkclmanu
found that most of his fortuno had molted
away. Thinking to retrievo himself, ho put tho
remainder Into a restaurant In Canal atreet,
near tho liowery. This was about a year ago.
Kor n few months the restaurant struggled
along; then Itwent under. Dlnkelmann figured
that since his marriage ho had lost 8:10.000 and
was practically penniless.
He was ready to give up the fight, but hla
wife plucllly declared that they would tako
boarders In the house la West Twentieth atreet,
of which sho held the lease, and so keep thejr
heads above water until something turned up
for him to do. Under her management the
house was quite successful, but Dlnkelmann
seemed to lose all interest In life. He became
melancholy, and about three months ago tugnn
to show- signs of mental decay. Ills mind
seemed to wander and his speech was nailing,
which Is one of tho symptoms of paresis. Al
though they saw that Dlnkelmann was not
himself, his wife and family did not suppose
that there was any danger of bis affliction tak
ing a lolent turn.
Ills Buffering, from tho heat of the nlno days'
hot term apparently brought about tho sudden
change in a brnlu already afflicted. Dlukol
miinn went to bed on Saturda) night appar
ently Jut ns he had been. He woke up jt-sler-day
morning murderously Insane.
Itecently. owing to tho coming of two men
who offered to tako their room on tho first floor.
Mr. and Mrs. Dlnkelmann moved up tn tho
front room on the top floor. It was very warm
thereat night, and Mrs. Dlnkelmann slept on
tho floor. She slept there on Siitordny night.
About 5 o'clock In the morning her husband
awoke, got up from the lied, gut a pistol, anil
shot her through the he.irt a she slept. The
shots aroued James Kermodc. who occupies
the rear nitn. He ran out and saw- Dlnkel
mann standing In tbe doorway of the frout
room with a pistol In each hand.
" What's tbe matter '" cried Kermode.
"Thieves." said Dlnkelmann Indistinctly.
"Thieves In the house."
"Where are the) y" asked the other. Did
you shoot them?" , '
"Ye. I'll about 'em I I'll shoot 'em'" shouted
theOerman. and ho waved the pistol around
his head so carelessly that the boarder dodged
back Into his room.
Dlnkelmann ran down stairs. In thehpH be
low ho found Philip Molloy, another Najtjrr,
who had also been nwnkened by the shooting.
The German quickly fired a abot In Molloy'a di
rection, crying: .... . ..
"There are thieves In tbe house. Ill nnd em.
Thieves! ItohbersI"
Don't shoot." begged Molloy. "I'm cot a
thief. You know me. Mr. Dlnkelmann."
" 1 hey're trying to rob me," shouted tho crary
man. "I'll show 'em Take that."
He fired two more shots, both of which went
wild, nnd then turning back, shot another bullet
Into the ceiling, lly this time the whole liiiu.o
was aroused. Policeman .lonis of the West
Thirtieth street statlnn, who wa. passing by.
heard the shot... He ran Into the house, and as
he started up the stairs two moro shot wero
heard The policeman ran to the door and
threw his whistle to a passer by.
" Blow tbal for help." ha aald, and then he ran
up atalrs.
The man waked the echoes for blocks around
with the shrill notes of lhe wnlstle. but there
was no need for assistance. liy the time Police
man Jones reached tho top floor Dlnkelmann
was past all help, although he was still breath
ing. Ills first shot bod ione wild, but the second
had entered his mouth and penetrated the brain.
He was dead In ten minutes. An ambulance
from Iho New York Hospital arrived Just after
he died The police took lhargoof thehouse and
notltled the Coroner.
Coroner Dnbbs came to the house a short time
afterward. He found Mrs. Dlnkelmann lying nn
a sheet apread nn the floor, a pillow under nor
head and her hands clasped pack of her bend.
Kvldently sho had bean killed while asleep. The
pistol had bi en hold so clo.e lo her breast that
her nightgown was burned and the skin
blackened. Dlnkelmann. who wns In his
night shirt, lay lt.Ii his feet touching hers and
his head toward the door. One of the pistols
lay beside, him. The other was on tho mantel.
On a tublu near hy was a bank hook, as if the
couple had been talking over their nff airs hefnro
going to sleep. Coroner's Physician O'Hanlon
made an autopsy in the nfturnoon. Iln said
that Dlnkelmann'a brain was undoubtedly die
ordered. Mi far as anybody In lhe home knowa. Dlnkel
mann had never shown auyiymplomsof becom
ing violent or threatening to do himself or uny
oneeleo any harm. He and Mrs. Dlnkelmann
wore always very affectionate In their bearing
toward each other. Ono or the boarders sals
that he heard them talking together very late
baturday night.
A ja.rKAIt'OLD GIllL'S SUICIDE.
Deliberately Htrnnaled llrrseirtn at III er
KellKlons Freniy.
CitAwronu. Ala.. Aug. 10. -Overwrought
from rellgluus reading. Annie Ilutladge, the
thirteen-year-old daughter of JuhnT. ltutledgu,
a farmer living near this place, committed sui
cide shortly bofore noon lo-dny. So quietly did
tho child carry out her fatal oct of self-destruction
thnt It was not until a member of the fam
ily chanted to outer the room that Ihu deed waa
illsmii-red. The girl had tied n stout piece of
lulnnnlout her neck, and. after attaching the
oilier end Inn bed post, lay down. The. string
had been arranged purposely so abort that It
lid not permit her head to touch tho floor, and
etrnugiiliitlou resulted without an outcry on the
purl of the Juvenile "iili'liln. When Inst seen
nihil the child was reading a religious work en
titled " Asleep in .lesn," unit It Is thought Hint
the honlc aliened l.er already overwrought
mind, and resulted In n seml-frenry which
brought hor to tako her on life.
Tried to Poison lllniaeirvvlth Paris Green,
fii-orgo Smith of ill First alreit puiired Paris
green In a glass of bier while In a saloon at .11
Downing street yesterday, and stnrted to drink
tho solution. Bystanders Interfered, and the
glass was broken In the hciiIIIh which ensued,
Smith was loiked up in tha Charles street sta
tion. The reason ho tried tn poison himself was
because he found ltdlllliult m support a wife
and six children otvthroe days.' work a week.
I.leut. Itonrh, V. H. A., ICellred, Attempts
Kiilrlde,
Knox vii.i.p. Ten n Aug HI. Lieut. II. M.
Rnach. U. S. A., retired. In char.'e of tho loca
tion of lniMiuinentusvf Urn C'hiittniiwiga-Cliltkii-manga
National Mlllllii Pifrk niniln nn iin-uc
le.sfiil iitteiuiit nt suh-lde h (lining hi. flnm
with n Jack knife nt .liuk.mi C'lti jih'.iIhj
morning. Lieut. Ilnai h'a inlud h. been in, bal
anced forsonral weeks lie will nntdie.
Iniirad by Kwlllnic from js C'mMc t-'isr.
John Tehiin, 87 years old, of 17 Madison
street, fell from an open Third avenue cabin car
yesterday morning, and sustained a severe
scalp wound, If not a fracture of tho skull, He
was taken to the Flower Hospital.
The car was nt Forty-fifth street when Tehan,
who was leaning nut of the side, fill to the
paicmont, striking on his head. He was tin
conscious when picked up.
Was Burylsa M.OOO Worlli or Bines.
PnoTlDENCg, K. I., Aug.lfl. Mra.T, P. Carpen
ter of this olty left her rings, valued at $3,000,
In the care of bar maid while aha bathed at Nar
ragantet Pier yesterday. The rings slipped
from tho handkerchief and war lost. Later In
the day a woman Investigating the action of a
mall bor on tbe beach found the rluga in a
bsl where tha lad had placed them.
Tiro nnoirh'Eit is tue bat.
John llladmann nnd Frank Elden Lost from
a Cnpslaed Cntboat.
At flt.10 o'clock yesterday afternoon a catbnat
containing a party of eight porsons capsized In
tho bay near Kobbln's Hcef. nnd two of them
were drowned. Ono wns John Mlndmnnn, who
was a native of Hanover, nnd tho other was
Frank Cldcn. Until wore clerks In tho employ
of I'rod Meyer, n grocer, of 280 Columbia street,
Brooklyn.
Word of tho accident reached tho Brooklyn
police In n roundabout way. Late yesterday
afternoon Itlchard Wnllln of (KID Second avo
nue entered the Fourth avenun police station
with a nnter-sonked coat, which he said ho had
found whlto boating near llobbln's reef.
Acting Sergennl Mulcnhy examined tho gar
ment nnd found In ono of the pockets a postal
card addressed to John Mnucr of 41 Woodhull
street. A messenger was sent to tho Woodhull
strent address and Mnuer was found there. He
claimed the coat nt the police station, nnd told
this story:
" I was ono of a party of olght who sailed enrly
this morning In n cntboat from tho Long Dock
attheKrlo Ilasln. Wo sailed to Statcn Island,
but mado no lnndtng there. The boat capalzed
as we were pnslng llobbln's reef, on our way
home, and wo were all thrown Into tho water. I
managed to keep myself afloat, and some of the
others clung to the overturned boat.
"Our plight was seen from a passing vessel,
and It came to our rescue. Two of our party
wero drowned. I do not know their name, ex
cept that they wero known ns John and Frank.
They wero grocery clerks, and wero em
ployed by Jfrcd Merer of 208 Columbia street.
John was about 10 or "0 )cars old.
G feet 0 inches In height, nnd weighed
about 130 pounds. Ho had light complexion
nnd hnlr. Frank wns about !!1 yenrs old. S feet
0 Inches In height, stout nnd weighed about
170 pounds. Ho hud dark hair and a smooth
face. I do not think that either of them could
swim, and I did not see them after the catboat
went over. Our rescuers took us to Iloboken
and wo returned home.
JtO AT VI'SETS .TV THE IIUDSOX.
Tne "Toons IVonss Who Vpset It Itcacned
by Iloundamnn Kelts.
It was Indies' day at tho Itloomlngdale Boat
Club's house at tho foot of West lO'.'d street,
yesterdav, and among the guests nor Tlllle
Slapleton, aged - years, of bStt Columbus
avenue, and .Maggie Dietrich, ngod S3 years, of
403 Central Park West
During a lull In tho club's races tbe two young
women wandered to a pier seventy-five feet
north of the club bouse. Samuel Mitchell, a
lad of 13, who lives at i!82 West Sixty-seventh
street, came along presently tn a row boat The
flrjs aked him If ho did not want passenger'.
le said he did, and backed his boat up to tho
pier.
The girls climbed In. Miss Dietrich seating
hersolf in the stern and Miss Stapleton in the
bow of the boat. They had rowed about twenty
teet from shore when Miss btaplulon concluded
to seat herself beside her friend. Sho Jumped
to her feet and tried to climb lo the stern. In
climbing past the young ruuer she upset the
boat.
As she could not swim she tried to cling to
the gunwale of the bont which had partly
righted llselt when relieved of tbe weight of lu
paseeugurs. and tho boat turned over on her,
pressing her beneath the water. Miss Dietrich
and the boy kent themselves afloat, butcnuldn't
aid bar. Roundsman F.dward Kelly of tho W est
100th atreet atullon, who was at the boat house,
plunged oierboard And awam to tho rescue of
Mies etapleton.
He dragged her. half conscious, from nnder
the boat and brought bar ashore, white tlie two
others swam ashore. MhH Stnpleton revived
nnder treatment at the club boifse.
A
FO LLO JTEb A DltO irXIXO A CCtbitXT,
Tbe Vienna's Tnel Dies Hnsdenlr, Ills His.
ters Ovine, and Ills SI other Proslrssrd.
AL'ni'UN. N. V., Aug. 10. Late yesterday
Fred Mead, a son of ex-Sheriff Mead of
this city, waa drowned In Cayuga Lake,
off Sheldrake. He was a member of a
house-boat party In tow of n ateamrr. on
hla way tf Ulenwnod. Several canal boats
ware In the fleet, and .Mead, together with Wil
liam P. Hudson, also of this city, entered a row
boat to give the tow n race. Before the line waa
cast loose the boat was overturned and was rnn
over by one of the canal boat. Hudson was
picked up, but Mead could not be found, and
his Dody has not yet been recovered.
F.arly In the evening Baxter II. Barrett an un
cle of the drowned man, was stricken with
apoplexy at bis home in this city and expired in
a few hours. Ho was a prominent cigar manu
facturer, and was the senior member of the firm
of Barrett Brothers, lhe mother of Mead and
the widow of lla"-rett are sisters.
Tnaild to the bereavement of the family, a
message wa. reci ived lato nt night from the
home of the two sisters, saying that their
father. Alan. on Clark of Fleming, had been
taken suddenly III and could llvo but a short
time.
Another distressing featuro of the sad com
bination of Incidents Is that Mrs. Mead, mother
of the drowned man. was so prostrated by tha
news of her son's death that sho Is not expected
to live.
LOUIS D. KHOMIEItOElt DROWSED.
A. Ills Wave Hnrsl Illm front a Catboat,
and an Attempt to Have lllni Fnlled,
Atlantic Citv. Aug. 10. Louis D. Kronber
gerof Philadelphia waa swant from tha deck of
the catboat Sparkle by a huge sea jesterday
and drowned. He was returning from a fishing
trip wltn Daniel Frazer of Washington. Leon
Levy of New York, and Ciuslav Helninan of
Philadelphia. Iiu was seasick and had aeated
himself on tho wheel, when suddenly the sea
gathered In front of the boat and broke over It
with terrific force, half filling It with water,
drenching the passengers to tbe skin, and
sweeping Krnnbargrr overboard. The boat
nearly can.lred. A life lino was made ready,
but Krnnberger was nowhere to he seen.
Kronlwrger finally came up near the yacht
Seabrlght, which was close at hand, and he was
seied bv Dm hair hy Capt. Dutch, hut was
Bivept nvvav ounln. 'the incident nreitrred In
the channel at tho mouth of Ihu Inlet, where
there were a number of jaihtu w ith passengers
aboard. The drowned man was the Philadel
phia representative nf Beriihnrd Ullrnan it Co.
of 1011 Grand street. New York, and lived at
BOO North Twentieth street. Philadelphia. He
had n rottng here at H North Ithode Island av
enue. A nldnw and tlirio children survive him.
'I he body haa not beou recovered.
Ml'ltm:it OX A Til A IX.
A Xetrrn Alleged In llnve Hern HnhVeil si
Tl'it lips nnd Thrown (Iff tha t'nr.
Wit.MlNf.Tn. Del.. Aug, 111. At 1 o'clock
this morning. lames Jones Hell, a colored man,
reported to a pollrrtnnn that he had seen mur
der committed on a freight train on the Phila
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore llallroad,
on a bridge oior Gunpowder Hlver, He said he
and another colon d man, on their way to
Philadelphia, were robbed of their clothes hy
two trump, nn the train. Bell's companion
prim sled against the tuattneiit, and when tho
train rmii'hed the budge he was thrown off by
tint men nlm had rohbi'il him, '1 lie two men. Bell
said, then left the Irani. Thucasa was Investi
gated, and this nfti rimon Chief of Pollen Dnlan
le'eiinl ade.iali'li saving that the body of a
lohneil man li.nl been found on tho bridge, thus
(iiriiihuiiitliiu lb I l'a stor). The body hud been
tun over by a train.
r.ium itiKus ox tub noor.
Cnr.iu and Jeea Practised Tbsrs Heaanss
the Mtreels Were Crowded,
Hal ney Corau and Iaaao Ksson were ar-rni.-ned
In the Ksxex Market Court yerterday
on the chargo nf riding bicycles on the roof of
the building, 173 Allen street.
Mis, Annie Kopf, who lives on the top floor,
made the complulnt. She said that when she
went on the roof to get some fresh air aha
found the two men, neither of whom Uvea In
the building, rldlnz around on bicycles, bhe
summoned a policeman, who placed thum un
der arrest
They aatd they lived in an adjoining house
anirsSuut up to tho roof to try tq learn bicycle
riding, aa the streets were crowded at tha time.
Magistrate Flainmer discharged Ihtm.
110SBANDANDWIFEKU.LED
Xllt. AXD MttS. T. K. ItAETIX IIIT DT A
THAIS OS TUB CULVER ROAD.
Tbey Were Walking on the Trnek to
Avoid the Unddy Road-Mrs, llnrtln
a rllstrr or tho I.nle Ilimtel O'Connell,
Ones a Democratic Lender Is ltrooklrn.
Thnddeus K. Martin, a woll-known and
wealthy resident of Brookljn, nnd his wlfo
wero struck and Instantly killed last night nt
0:30 o'clock by nn engine on the Prospect Pnrk
and Coney Island llallroad, known ns tho Cul
ver rond, at King's Highway and Grnveecnd
avenue, Brooklyn.
Tho Coney Island trains of the Brooklyn Ele
vated llallroad run over the Culver road now,
leaving tho elevated tracks at Thirty-sixth
street nnd Fifth nvenue, nnd reaching tho sur
face at that point Thoy nro drawn to tha
Island by one of the Culver engines. There was
nn unusunl rush In the Island yesterday, and
trains were run on short headway,
BMr. nnit Mrs. Martin left tholr homontSTn
Carlton avonue, Brooklyn, nt 1 o'clock yester
day afternoon to visit James McGlhney, an old
friend of tho family, who Is n horso trainer and
lives on Grnvcsend avenue nbout live doors
from Kings Highway.
They had apent tho afternoon thero nnd short
ly after 0 o'clock started for the ncarcat station
to take a trnln home. Tho Culver road runs
through Grnvesend avenue nnd tho tracks are
ballasted with hard material.
Tho heavy rain had made the roadway
muddy, and it Is supposed that It was for this
reason that Mr. nnd Mrs. Martin walked In tho
middle of tho railway track. Tho road wa
quite dark and they had to pick their wny.
Thoy wore walking In the direction of Brooklyn
or tho down track.
Nobody knows exactly how tho accident oc
curred. '1 he trnok Is straight nt tho point where
the Marlins were killed, and It is supposed that
they could easily have seen the train which was
bearing down directly upon them.
Tho train waa drawn by engine No. 10, and
Engineer James Sinnott waa In charge of It Ho
says that he did not see the couple until the
train was within 100 feeto them.
The headlight Illumined tne trark, and as
soon as Sinnott caught sight of tho man and
woman ho gave a long, warning shriek of
tho whistle, and, shutting off steam, ap
plied the brnKcs. The momentum was
so grcat however, that he could not
stop tho train within so short n distance
and In a moment the locomotive struck Mr. and
Mrs. Martin. Mrs. Martin's body was thrown
to, a considerable distance nnd Mr. Martin was
swept under tho locomotive.
Tho train was Anally stopped and the bodies
wore picked up. 1 he victims must have been
Instantly killed, for there was no sign of llfo
when they wero picked up.
The bodies wero .taken to tho morgue at
Coney Island, and Acting Captain Law. on of
tho Coney Island police station -ordered the
arrest nf tho engineer nud the conductor. Fred
erick Miller. 1 bey were allowed to return wltn
their engine tn Brooklyn bofore they were
arrested. Mnnntt declares that ho could
not possibly have avoided tho accident and he
tblnxs the Martins must have bten dazed hy
the glare of the headlight for they had lima
enough, ha thlnxs. to step out of the way of his
engine. Pnsseugers nn the train knew nothing
of tha accident until tho engine waa brought
to a atnp.
The Martins were well known In Brooklyn.
Mrs. Helen Martin, who was about Ah years of
age, waa the onlv aister uf Daniel O'Connell,
formerly a Brooklyn Alderman and at one time
one of this Democratic leiders In Brooklyn.
O'Connell nas unmarried. Ho had the gar
bage contract for the city and made a great
deal of niuney. At the tlmo of bis death he
owned a hundred dwelling houses In the Ninth
Ward of Brooklyn and was reputed to be worth
fHUO.OOO.
Hla entire estate went to his stater. Mrs. Mar
tin, and after his dtnth Mr. Martin gave up
business ana devoted himself tn the manage
ment of the property,
1 hu death of O'Connell was sudden and oc
curred on the eve of his prrmpet the marriage
lo Miss Wheeler, a daughter of John Wheeler, a
wealthy Brookl) nlte. He hnd Just fitted up the
house at S7A Carlton avenue for the reception of
his bride, and his sister. Mrs. Marllu. was in
stalled there temporarily
Mr. O'Connell was found dead In bed In Oil
man's Hotel on Bedford avenue Just a ear ago.
His funeral took place from the Curtton avenue
house, and was the biggest tbe Ninth ward had
ever seen
The property was left to Mrs. Martin, theonly
surviving member of the O'Connell lamlly. and
since then her husband nnd her two sons, John
and William, have managod the estate.
'1 he garbage contract still remained with the
estate. The business has heon remunerative,
and through the sagacity nf the .Martins the
wealth left by O'Connell had increased.
Thaddcus K. Martin waa oil years old and had
lived nearly all his life In Brooklyn He was
originally a ttnsmltb, and was a member of
Hose Company No. 8 in the old Volunteer Fire
Jlepartment. lie was married to Miss O'Connell.
It Is probable that the husband and wife will
bo hurled together on Wednesday from it
Joseph's Cbunh, Pucillo street and Vauderbllt
nvenue.
it us do try 7J r a trolley car.
A Fire Trurk Hmnabed One Flrsmas Killed
and rtla Injured.
Bt'rFAIO. Aug. 111. Fire truck No. U was
called out this morning by n small lire lu a
blacksmith shop on Woltr avenue. The truck
carried Lieut. Hedden and seven firemen. To
reach the blacksmith shop the truck had to
cross Sycamore street which Is traversed by a
double line of street-car tracks, ll was Just
daylight, and aclly-bouud trolley car was bowl
ing along at fnll speed. Lieut. Heddon sounded
the truck's gong, and aa it approached the
tracka called to hla men to hold fast to avoid
being thrown off by the Jolt of Jumping the
rails, Mntnrman John Cowan heard the gong
of the approaching truok, but could not see It.
and calculated that If he stuck to his speed ho
could pais the corner before .he truck crossed
the track. In this calculation he wa. mistaken.
The truck was Just midway across the tracka
when the trolley car da-bed lnio.lt. Tho truck
was upset and all lh firemen wero caught be
neath It. Nnmi'i hndtlmnln Jump, an quickly
did llin rushing vehicles conio together. All of
the eight art-men uurn innru or less Injured.
John F. Clarke was on tho off side of the truck,
nnd It relied on him when It toppled over Ills
lungs were porfonittd by the broken tlmbt r
nud he wasilujd ivheii hi. commdea pli keit him
nut Fred Jneky was nlsn caught under thu
truck. Ills spine was broken anil he will proli
abh die. Mutnrman Cowan acknowledged tils
fault and wa. plated under nrre.t. Conductor
Herbert R)ninnda wna also hold to account lo
thu Cormier's Jury. Neither the motnrmaninor
the conductor was at all Injured, although tho
front of the trolley car was smashed to kindling
wood.
'lhe list nf the Injured Is as follows: Lieut
P. Hedden, hip bruised; Michael Itimenberger.
left leg sprained: Charles r-chnursleln, con
tusion nf both thighs; Fred Jncky, spine broken;
John W. Beehiel, knee suralned: Nichols Noel
ler, hip bruised; Anthony Manhard, black eye
nnd other slight brulsta. ,
A M otnrman Injured In a ITead.oa Collision.
A head-on collision between twn trolley cara
occurred on thu tracks of tho Brunswick Trac
tion Company, hatueou New Brunswick and
Mllltown, about one mllo from New Brunswick,
shortly before 7 o'clock A. M. jesterday. Car
13ft, wllh Thomas Coleman, luoturman, and
John Doran, conductor, was coming from Mill
town to Now Brunswick, Car 1 Sli, with William
Hirhlrr. mntorman, and James Campion, run
duclor, was going from that city toward Mill
town, lhe two cars collided, with only slightly
reduced speed, nn Craubury turnpike, about
half way between the two places. Itlcbter
jumped from his car Just before the collision.
The front platforms of both cars were smashed
to pieces. Coleman waa thrown tn the ground.
tie suffered from shock. It Is possible also that
o sustained Internal Injuries. None of lb
ratsengera waa Injured.
Ifurard tn a Minn Explnaton,
Wn.KEHBAiiiiB, Pa., Aug. lfl.- John Flynn,
fire bos a; James Hughes, driver boss, and
James Monahan, stable boas, went Into th
Black man mine last nlolit tn repair snmo brat
tle work. They carried lighted lamps, and
unexpectedly found a body of gas, which was
Ignited by tbelr lights, causing an explosion.
The man war terribly burned, Flynn probably
fatally.
- TV, K. Vasd.rbllt Balls for Now York.
Fort Mobbom, Va.. Aug. 10.-William jr.
Vandwblil and party, on Mr, VanderbUVav
yacht lUrtad (or Nw fork tbla morning.
JOUX JiLOODOOOD DEAD.
lie waa the Read ofth Well-Known Hnnk.
It Iloaaa-Itled Near Great Ilnrrlnsston.
Qiibat BAimisaTox, Mass., Aug. 10. -John
Blood good of New York died here on Saturday
at the summer home of his nephew, II, K.
BloodgooO, at New Marlboro.
Johu Bloodgood wns the senior member of tha
banking firm of John Bloodgood A Co. of 15
Broad atreut, and he waa roputed to bo worth
several millions. lie married n daughter of the
late William A. Lottlrner, an old-time Now
York merchant who loft n largo fortune to his
children.
Immediately after the marrlago Mr. nnd Mrs.
Bloodgood went to Pnrls whero they lived for a
number or yenrs. During the seventies the
llloudgoods had one of the handsomest resi
dences In the French capital, nnd they enter
tatned lavishly. When they returned to New
York Mr. Bloodgood went Into the banking
business.
Tbe dead man Is survived by two sons, John,
Jr., and Horace L. Bloodgood, the former about
thirty) cara old, and the latter about twenty
five. John Bloodgood, Jr., who has been asso
ciated in business with his father. Is now In
Europe.
Mr. Bloodgood's widow has been living In
Paris of recent years, and the last lime sbo was
tn this country was about thrco years ago.
Mr. Bloodgood suffered from n complication
of diseases. Musculnr rheumatism was the Im
mediate cattso of his death. He was removed tn
New Marlboro In June. The dead man lived
wllh his two sons nt 3 North Washington
aquare.
THO AEISOXAUIS KILLED.
Oae Lost Ills 1-1 fe lo Cincinnati and the
Other In Uallns, Texas.
QuiNCr, 111., Aug. 10. Frank Jacobs of Cin
cinnati, a balloonist mado bis 1.003th and Inst
ascension at Baldwin Park this evening. Jacobs
and a local aeronaut Kd Dudley, were to give a
balloon and parachuto race. Both balloons wore
cut loose togethor. and whon 1G0 feet high
Jacuba's balloon burst.
Jacobs cut loose from It with his parachute,
which failed to o;n. and the man shot down
ward at a terrific rate of speed. lie struck the
ground feet first and was picked up unconscious.
Ho died half an hour later. Ills wife nd child
w ere among the spectators.
Dallas. Tcx.. Aug. 10.- "Prof." G. Borden, a
balloonist was killed hero to-day when descend
ing with his parachuto. Ho dropped Into the
forks of n tree In the grounda of Oak Cliff Col
lege. Hla neck waa broken.
RTAXDARD OIL iTOXOTOLT
The German Government rtnld to He Hsemt
Ibk Meson to Combnt It.
Lntpot. Aug. 10.- The Tfmr.'a Berlin cor
respondent telegraphs that It Is understood that
the German Government la aeeklng means to
combat the monopoly of tho Standard Oil Com
pany. Ho ndds that possibly steps will betaken to
facilitate tho Importation of Gnllclan petroleum,
and that an attempt will he made to Impose a
prohibitive duty on American oil.
RIOT AT A CHURCH tTEETIXO.
Two Pnlra nf Ilrnlhrrs Killed and Two
Other Persons Woanded.
GnAYkOM. Ky., Aug. 10. At a church meet
ing on Little Sandy. In Elliott county, twenty
miles south of this place, four men were killed
and two wounded yesterday. A man named
Splccr waa selling whiskey, and a large number
of horse tradcra got Into a fight In which two
Harrison brothers and two Whitt brothers were
Instantly killed, and twn others, names un
known, wound oil. one seriously and the other
slightly.
Ginr.s KILLED IX A DOAT.
Lightning Htrtiek These, bnt One or Thsm
Was Htuanrd Only.
Napaske. Ont . Aug. 10. During a heavy
thunder storm this morning three little girls
were crossing the river In a boat on tholr way
to Sunday school, when lightning struck and
killed two of them and rendered the other un
conscious. Kach was under 13 years of age.
LORD RUSSELL AT DODRS FERRT.
A Rrcepllna Will lie Held In III Honor
To-dny, Followed br a Danes To-night
Donna Frnnv, Aug. 18.- Lord Russell of
Klllowen, Lord Chief Justice of England, and
tho other mombcra of hi party, who are tho
guests here of Mr. and Mrs. Henry VllUrd,
attendod mass this mornln; nt the Church of
the Sacred Heart The little church was
crowded with people anxious to seo tho titled
visitors. At the conclusion of tho service tho
meats were Introduced lo the pastor, tho Rev.
Tather Flannelly. After luncheon they wero
taken tn drive through Irvlngton, Tarrytown,
and Scarborongh, Many prominent persons
are expectod here to-morrow to meet Lord
Russell. A reception will bo held In the after
noon, followed hy a dancn In the evonlng. A
aulta of rooms at the Ardsley Casino has been
placed at the disposal of tho members of (be
party.
rlXOREE'S PLATFOR3I IS PIXOREE.
lie Hays thnt In Mlohltrnn People and Pis.
Bree Are Njaonrntons,
BUFFALO, Aug. 1(1 Muyor Plngreo of Detroit
stopped a few hours In Buffalo to-day on his
way to New York. He was askod about tha
money question.
"I'm In tho damnedest dllomma of my life,"
said he, "They adopted n gold platform In
Michigan nnd then nominated mo, a sliver
man, for Governor. What does that make me T
Vhv, a blmetnlllst a etraddler.
"But." resumed tho Mayor, "what do plat
forms amount tn in this campaign T My plat
form Is Plngree."
"Are the people with you, Mr. Plngree V"
asked the reporter.
"In Michigan, air," said tho Mayor, "people
and Plngree are s)iionymoue."
Plngree departed for New York at 4 o'clock.
PEI'l'ER THROWS 1X1 0 HER ETES.
Mlas Annie Kennry'a Pncketbook Contain
ing Kilt Hnntrhed from Her.
Annie Kenny. ?l years old, went to Jersey
City Saturday evening from Irvlngton-on-the-Iludsou,
where sho Is employed asadomcatlo
servant, to visit her slater, Mrs. William II.
Ilnwland, who lives at llfi Broadway. Sho rod
on a trolley cur from tho ferry In Westalde av
enue. Aa she alighted from the car, about 8:30
P.M.. a man stepped up and took her by tbe
arm, Mlsa Kenny acrenuied and ran, The man
threw a handful of red pepper In her eyes nnd,
snntrhliik her pnoketboofc. rnn nwny, A doctor
treated the amnan and sho wns escorted lo her
rlster'M house. The only description she can
give of her nasallnnt Is that he was tall and
wore a cap with a peak. Miss Kenny had $30 in
the pocketbook.
FATIIEt: SIIEKSIAX'S FIXAL TOWS,
The Hon or the Genernl Forever Joined to
the Jesuit Order,
Detroit, Mich., Aug, 10. During the 0 o'clock
mats nt St. Peter and Paul's Church yesterday
raornlrg, in the presence of a large enngrega.
tlon, tbe llov. Thomas Ewlng Sherman, son of
the late Gen. William T. Sherman, made his
final tows of purity, chastltv, and obedience,
and was forever Joined lo t'le Jesuit order,
which he entered In Maryland In 1B7H.
Member or Csatesarlaa Club Hurled,
LrxinoTox, Ky., Ang. 10. Jacob White, who
died here yesterday, waa burled this afternoon,
hla rtmalna being followed lo th grave by th
remaining seven member of the Centenarian
Qlub. He wa 04 years old. He wa next to the
old est member of th olub. Mrs, Joal Graves,
aged 101, mother of Oaihlar Jamta ILrtiravaa,
of th Oltr MatioBAl -Baa.
GREAT STORM IN TIIE WEST. 11
C EXTRA L IO WA SUFFERS SBrEnBZ,T li
FROM CLOVDRURSTS. $1
i
Strenma Rise Above the Danger Polst la ax Yl
Few Minutes-Great Dsnscs by Floods
and Illcb Winds-Two Inches or Rain lav 5
ss Hair Hour nt Omahn-Terrlfle Halt A
Des Moisr.s.. la Aug. 10.- Central Iowa, In a -
territory w hlch Included fifty miles In every dl- i
rectlou from this city, was swept by a terrlflo i
slorm lain last evening. Wires aro down and '
railroads are under water or washod oat The j
dntnago cannot )et bo estimated. V?
One and a half Inchon uf rain fell In ten mln- -f
utes In this city. At other places the rainfall .'
was even heavier. At Htuart sixty miles west, '
n high wind blew trees down and did consider
able dnraago to property, and many trees wera
blown across railroad tracks. f
The Coon, bkunk, and Denver rivers ar oul ')
of their hanks, tho Coon and Skunk In place 4
blng llvo miles wldii. Tho Chicago, Mllwau-
krr. and St. Paul bridges across tbe Coon at 'f
Dawson were carried out. 1
The track Is under watur for miles, and thera -
are numerous washouts, some of them half a ;
mllo long. f
Along the Chlcngo Great Western the oon- J
dlttons aro oven worse, A train from Kansas I
City camo In Inst evening after running over six '
miles on n trnck that was submerged. Tho -J
Wabash trnlu from the south camo In after tha
storm with n shnilnr report i
Tho water has washed nway an Immense
amount of grain In stacks and shook, and wilt -;
add tn the ruin of crops that has been wrought I
by prov lous sturms. Tbere haa been no report
of loss of life.
A cloudburst nnd wind storm ar reported '
nlong the line of tho Rock Island and Council ,;
Blurts to this city. Most serious damage is at ,
Dexter. Stuart, and Earlham. Serious damage
Is reported at Dawson by flood In the Coon )
River.
Ouaiia. Neb.. Aug. 10. This city was treated
ton wind storm lato last night which played
havoc with window lights, broke ddnn shade ,,'
trees, and demolished fences, chimneys, and i
outbuildings. '
About two Inches of rain fell In half an hour )
and tho downpour was accompanied by halt '.
Tho wind gauge at the weather station showed
a velocity of flfly-slx miles an hour. j
Every building In the business portion of the
city having a northern cxposuro suffered. The
Millard and I'm ton hotels havo barely a whole -,
pane of glass. ''.
The Colton Ice house at East Omaha was de- '
stroyed, and fences ncd tho grand stand at the '
Fair Grounds suffered seriously. Lightning; -struck
In several placos. but no one waa killed.
Baiiiiie. Ont. Aug. 10. A terrible wind and
rain storm strucx this town nnd the adjoining
village of Allandale yesterday afternoon, tear
ing down many largo tree and unroofing ev- j
eral houses. I
In Barrle the water rushed down Danlorj
street to the depth of a font flooding cellars and
doing other damage. At Allandale tbe railway
trnckswere torn up. cars thrown on end, and
some buildings demolished. The damage will
exceed S50.000.
Bowjiasvili.e. Ont. Aug. 10. A. Peate and
MR. Darch. In a amall skirt, were blown ont
Into tbe lake during a heavy slorm thla after- 4
noon. A rescuing party could find no trace of j
them, and It is believed they were drowned. ?
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TORXADO IX A LA RAMA. '
Twelve Nscrosa and Three White Ksa
Killed Farm Corps Destroyed. 1
Mnnii.E. Aug. 10. News of n tornado that
passed through Perry county, this State, on '
Thursday, was received to-day by the Herald.
About 3 o'clock In the afternoon It became Tsrr
dark, tbe barometer began to fall, and a heavy .
rain descended. A terrific wind caused trees to ,
be hurled high In the air, while the strongest
houses were shaken from their foundations.
Twelvo negroes and three white men, names
unknown, are known to be among the killed, ,
and many others were Injured, The list of
dead may be grnatly Increased whon news Is ',
received from other place. In the country. '
The meagre details received aro from Angus i
tine, sixteen miles from the nearest telegraph '
station. The tornado's path was through tho w
Interior of the county, which cannot be reached
by wire. Hundreds of farmors lost their entire) I
crops by the rnln and wind.
91,000 FOR C HA FLA IX JTOIt It ASS.
Presented la ths Crow IHU Prison Bis.
trlet Attorney llackus aliased.
Tho aged chaplain of the Kings county peni
tentiary, tho Hot. Job Ra-.t. finished thirty
yeara of aervlce yosterday. Some of his friends
raised for him a pursn of 1,000, which was pre
sented to him etenlay at the penitentiary,
The arrangements were In charge of a com.
mlltee of which Mr. C. A. Shaw was Chairman.
There were nearly 700 convicts gathered In tha
ohapel of the prison when the services began.
Many persons who take nn interest tn charitable)
work were present and Commissioners Btmis
and Henry of the Charities Department also at
tended.
A hymn was sung by the convicts and thQ
Rev. Malcolm M. tl. Dana delivered a short ad.
dreis on the work of Mr. Hiss. Dwlght John
son. for years tho President of the Brooklyn J
City Mission, presontod to Mr. Bass a check for ,
$1,000. .
The prisoners cheered, and Mr. Rasa mad a
brief rrsponsa thanking hla friends for their ap.
prrclntiun nf thu work he had bouti dnlng among
tho unfortunate. Ho said that fnt, nf the men
whn had been In the prl.nn weie nnw minister
of the Gospel nnd good Christian men.
Whon Foster L Backu.. District Attorney of
Kings county, was announced n. one of tbe
speaker, the convicts hissed for fully a minute.
Mr. Backus was astonished but whon the hisses
died out lie stepped forward and praised the
work of the chaplain. '
JIOYS FALL FROM ROOP8.
One Whn Was Flylna- Ills Kite May Net
Itecovsr The Other's l.sas Ilroksa.
Edward Kelly, lfl years old, of 13S Lerojr
street, whlto flying a kite on the roof of hi
homo yesterday afternoon dropped Into an air
shaft, lie fell three stories and was uncon.
ectous when picked up. He wns removed to St.
Vincent's Hospital, w horo It was said that he
might not recov or,
Isidore oiler. II years old, of 136 Monroe
street while on the roof of hla home watching
several hoys flying kites yesterday, fell thron jb.
tho nil shaft to the cellar. Hu waa found rn.
conscious hy snine of Ihu Inmates nf the home
with both legs broken. A Gnuverneur Hospital
ambulance carried him to the hospital. It U
aald that ho will lecover.
TO MAIXTAIX THE OOLD RESERVE.
Pennsylvania Hankers' Association 1T1U
follow New York's Jttsaiupls. i
Ati.a.nth) CiTy, Aug. 10. At a meeting of '.
tho council of administration nf the Pennsyl- ;
vanla Hankers' Association, held yesterday, the '
following was unanimously adopted; '
j:iotiYJ, that this oouncll earnestly reoomraands '
that the banks and bankers of l'eunsylvnla,aj a blf a
natrlotlo duty. follow the example of tha banks of
Sew York Philadelphia. Jkislon. and Chicago and da.
tuislt at aa earl) dsy largely of liislr holdings et told
with the Treasurer of the united xtatas In exohans
for legal tender notes to assist tha Uovsrnment Itt
maintaining the gold reserve lutact
Two IVomsa Blithers Drovrasd,
MoDii.e, Aug. 10. Two men, Arthur Walker
and Robert K. Lee. and two women, Vlols
French and Margaret Curry, were with a plonld
party that want to Dog Ulver early this morns
Ing to spend tbe day.
While In bathing at the month of tbe rtrer,
Walker and tbo two. women warsswapt off thla
feet by tbe tide, and all were drowned before;
the eyti uf . who waa powerless to ronder
assistance. Le " am ulth Ihstlda. and. after
a diMpei ut hirugkiu of llarty uuluut, n u KA--1
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