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HX I ) ' ' " ' v v - v i v - -arw-T-.-r." i 'UJQ.JM V) I I inxxxxxxaxs. Ave " jxxnl Kg IT'S SO." , mmr V M Jl SMlll&StS 7 fy f Partly cloudy, northerly winds. ,JB firc I VOL. LX1V.-N0. 32. NEW yORIC, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1S06 COPYRIGHT. 1836, BY THE SUN WINTING AND PUBLISUINGASSOClATIoy. i'ltICK TWO CENTS. ( jjf I CYCLONE KILLED SCORES. Ht&Nj I TRAIL OF DEATH IN TUB SOUTH W ? 1 rjioar Tuesday's storm. 5 I Cdnr Keys, Tin., nnd the Hen Islands Have I II NotHeen Heard from-Fears That Cednr " ' II K'a "" "" Wiped Out-Perhaps M) II Hsmdred Lint Lost on tha Mm. lalaada. Ml, b I A Atlanta, Ga Oct. 1. A despatch from Jack- fi fc J onTlllr. Flo., to the Onuitfutioii ?.: Sal ' I The West Indian hurrlcntia which entered Hr J Florida at Cedar Ivors on Tnestlny morning and Hj3 wDt across the Slate In a northeasterly dlreo- nPwvM 'm '"" llra"1 ml destruction In Its path. Bffvy Owing to the prostration of tho telegraph wires mf$ anddelayof trnlnsditotowashouti.onlymcnire MM J reports havo been received. They show, how- WisSv ever, that over twent) towns and Tillages have lwJS5j , been wrecked and forty or fifty perons have mrk- T ' te8n allied, whllo probably three times that ft t- number have recclred wounds of moro or less f verity. I $; About 4 o'clock In tho moraine the hurricane '& ' awooped down on CednrKos. a town of 1,500 il 'i Inhabitants. Thlrt)-slx hours have claused A' K 'l" ll" "orm struck Cedar Keys, but not one 35, word has Wen received directly from that place m, 'p a to thedamagodoneor the number of Ittes fil " ,0,t- trains have been able to reach there, jPtf 1 because the tracks are covered by heavy timber. .Miffc D0 onl report from Cedar Koys comes by "Wv way of Gainesville, fifty miles northeast or the K'l' nlf t0 ". and Is to the effect that Cedar Kera fA. has been swept away and many persons killed jftV and wounded. This report reached Gainesville afl'W hr collrler 'rom Wllllston, which Is twenty iQNv ml1" nonl1 ot the Keya" A"er d(molshnB F 1r Cedar Key, thostorm.movlnglnanortheasterly i Wi direction, struck Wllllston. a village of 400 In- I fi habitants. In Levy county. At thatplace eleven f Jit U houses wero wreeked, one person klllod. and df- 1m U teen wounded. Near Wllllston Is a large tur- JK ' A Pentlno farm on which many Stato convicts are J j employed. Twenty of these convicts were hud- ;Jgf died In a cabin aoross which the storm blew a fiRr , ( great tree, crushing six of tho Inmates. IftV' 1 Tl10 hurricane then dasheu across Alachna, fiv one of the most populous counties In the State, VjrjlY' where a number of persons were killed and jgBt-V many more severely Injured. At Fort White, ,W In Columbia county. It Is reported that six per- HJ ,vVt n "re killed, but the report has not yet been T$ confirmed. yty In Nassau county. Just north of Jacksonville, SjSrf' V the hurricane seemed to gather additional UjSjtJ force. At Boulogne, the tcboolhouse. In which MvfiVA there were tblrty children, was wrecked and mj$0 flra children killed. IWf :'.p" At Hllllards, the schoolhonse was wrecked and four children were killed. At Kings Ferry, on the fit. Mary's River, Andy Johnson, Moses Easstter. Simon Henderson. Mary Jones and her child, all negroes, were killed. Two schooners unloading lumber at Kings Ferry were blown from their moorings and landed in a maroon, three of the sailors being killed. From Nassau county the hurricane passed Into Georgia, destroying a logging settlement In Camden county. Just across the line, and killing six persons. Folkston, Go., near the Florida lino. In Charlton connty, was also struck, the schoolhoUsa being wrecked and four children killed. It Is Impossible to accurately estimate the property loss tn Florida, but conservative men aay It will exceed 52,000,000. SAVANNAn, Go., Oct. 1. The sea Islands along the coast of Georgia and South Carolina had almost a repetition of the storm of 180J on Tuesday. Only those who happened to be tan jh ant In boats were drowned. The nam ber of fatalities on the sea islnnds is not known, but It Is not believed itwlll go over 100. Twenty hegroas were killed on the rice plantations by falltn timbers. The names could not be se ta red. The sea Island cotton crnn Is badlr t'amaged, the cotton being beaten down and off the stalk. Jacksonville. Fla Oct. 1. At Lacrosse fif. teen buildings were destroyed by Tuesday's storm. The Rev. W. A. Barr. Mrs. F F. Mc intosh and her baby are reported killed. Near there four laborers, who were In a cabin at the turpentine farm, were crushed by falling trees. Newberry, In West Alachua, Is totally wrecked. C. J. Eastlln. Mrs. Nancy Olmsteady, and David Jones were killed. At High Springs Melissa Harden, Jane Mor ris, and Sallle Nobles, colored women, are re ported to havo been killed. At Grady, a small place, twelve houses were blown down, a woman was killed, but a babe at her breast was unhurt. At Lake Butler the wind blew to pieces two cars loaded with brirks, anna negro, llenry Sullivan, who wo 300 yards away, was killed by being struck by one of tho flying bricks. On Jndga Rlchards'a turpentine farm fonr convicts were killed br falling trees. In Raker connty four towns were almost totally de stroyed. They are McClenny, Sanderson, Glen St. Mary, and Olostee. Near Welborn the house of Amos White waa destroyed and two of his children were killed. At Lake City eight busi ness bouses and thirteen residences were de stroyed, Mrs. Sarah Fletcher and two bos were killed, and Dora Jennings. Samuel Hudson, and Jonas Mabrey were fatally Injured. TtlcilMOND, Va , Oct. 1. The heavy rain at Staunton on Tuesday resulted In the bursting of the dam of tbe lake at the Fair grounds, the waters of which rushed Into Lewis Creek, which runs through the city, and flooded the lower or Business aectlon, destroying a vast deal of prop erty and causing a loss ot soveral Ihes. The bodies of five negroes have been recovered. The loss to nroporty Is estimated at 9150.000. In the storm on Tuesday nlgbt the steeple of the Second Haptlut Church was blown off. A col orad church In Manchester, lust across the river from Richmond, was unroofed and the steeple blown down, and parts of the steeples of the Broad Street Methodist Church and old St. John's Episcopal Church in this city were car ried away. Grare Episcopal Church steeple and the 'third l'rrxbiterlan Church steeple were damaged. Scores of bouses and factories were unroofed. .... Baltiuoiie, Oct. 1. Six deaths have been re ported as a result of Tuesday night's hurricane In Maryland, Five of the deaths occurred In Montgomery county and the other In Baltimore county. Dr. II. 0. bherman, tlrst cousin of Senator John Sherman of Ohio, met a peculiar death at bis countr residence at Olney. Ashe left bis house to look after n horse, two trees were blown over, falling very near him. A mo ment later tbe roof of a dwelling house fell at his feet. He ran back to his residence, sauk Into a chair, and expired. Two colored roon, Robert Tord and John How ard of Alexandria. Va.. metdealh In a log cabin near Washington Grote. The hut. In which they were sleeping, was crushed In by a fall ng tree, and the burning lump exploded, setting flra to the debris. The men weie imprisoned beneath the fallen timber, and were burned to death A colored chlla was Instantly kll ed by tbe collapse of a house at Ktchlsun. in Willi h he was sleeping. The fifth Montgomery county victim was John Hall, colored, v. ho was killed when bis stable nn blown down at Goshen. The demolition of a limekiln chimney at Texas. Baltimore county, rebutted In the death of u tramp who was sleeping beside too Are, Cedar Keys Is a nnst Ullage In Levy county, Florida, on Way Key and A folia Otle Key. It Is the southeast trriulniisiif the Atlantic Gulf and West India 'transit Railroad, and Is tint prluripal illstrlbutliig'iinliit for the Gulf coaitof Florida. It has four churches, a hotel, and a newspaper ofllce, I'ine lumber and cdar lead pencils are among Its industries. It Is ISO miles from Fernandlna. Kj I DfATU IS rilB TIUJtniCAlfK. Bft yj" ajx X.lvea toet Near "n'ushlaatoa-Tlireo ak, il Men Droivaed la 'lici,pcUe liny. jV I) WArUNOTO.v. Oct, 1. As part of the history A. If of the storm, official records show that for forty It m(nutes from 11 :1S on Tuesday night the wind Kvs blew 00 miles an hour, and fur one minute of ML Al that time attained tho maximum veloolty of 80 KrV-'af miles an hour. For over twentj -four hours not K a single telephone or telegraph wire was work- jDC from Washington north, south, east, or i wt. All this time the electric cable cars run I by tbe underground trolley system were in suo- I cessful operation. m m Mr, William D. Stewart, killed In Alexandria, w B Va., by tha hurricane, was 78 year old and a '' ft prominent Free Mason, Ills death occurred In M a blsre of electrlo flames, caused by the contaot v fmm f telegraph, telephone, and trolley wires. Just rj,- a this occurred part of a neighbor's housa was aaaaaTT'aay''ky,jffetffit blown down upon his residence, earning down the roof and second floor with It. Mr. Stewart and his sister. Miss Sarah J. Stewart, were sit ting at a table reading, and both were caught under the debris Miss Stewart was rescued with a broken ankle and sevore nervous shock. The rescuers turned their attention to Mr. Stowarl, who as pinioned under n rafter. Ho was In a kneeling posture, with his body leaning forward, and Just as aid reached him ha breathed his last. Another death equally dlstrssslng was that of Mrs. Holt. Horson. R. C. Holt, a clerk In the Navy Department at Washington, had Just bought a hoiiso In Alexandria, and on Saturday last his mother arrived from North Carolina to make her future homo with hereon. She had retired, and as the htorm Increased Mr, Holt went up to bis mother's room and asked her It she would not come down stairs with his family. She replied that she was not at all frightened, and the son returned to the lower floor. By the time he reached the lower landing hebtarda cuili Looking up he discovered thnt thuMiulh wail had fallen In. He rushed upstairs only tn find his mother and the bed on nhich sho was 1 lite hurled in bricks, rafters, and mortar. Sho had been killed Instantly. Ihe only fatalities In the river or In Ches apeake Hay lliui far reported, resulted from the foundurlngof the little njster steainrr Capital, off baudy Point, thirty-live miles down ihe l'o luinac. Robert Cheseldlne, enn ot tlio tinner, and one white man nnd one colored man, nlu, with bim, formed tha crew of the vessel, were drowned. Over In Maryland the loss of life was greater than on tbe Virginia side Mr. llenrr (J. teller mau, one of tbe bent-known music tencherHof this city, and who for many ears was organ ist and choir director In the I athollu churches here. wa living with his family at ills country place, Olney, Md. hen the storm was at Its liileht he started out to look utter his home, and at thai Instant the roof of bis huu.e tvui torn anay and two Inrgv trees blow down In front of him. Mr. Sherman, who was subject to heal t disease, rushed back tn the hnuoo and Immediately expired In the presence of his wife and children. Mr. Sherman was n first cousin of Senator John Sherman. Tho colored men, Robert Ford and John Howard, living In a log cabin near Washington Grove, Md.. were burned to death, and a colored child was Instantlv killed b tlie falling in of the house. 'Ihe death of tbe colored men was a horrible- one. 1 he hut in which the) were sleep ing was crushed In by a falling tree, and the burning lamp exploded, setting lire to tho debris. The men were imprisoned beneath thu falling Umber and were slowly burned to death. TUB BTOltU AT POUT ROTAZ. Damage Done at tha Navat Station Dry Daek Uninjured. WAsniSOTOjf, Oct. 1. The Navy Department has tecelved the following report from the commandant ot the naval station at Port Royal, S C, dated Sept. 30, 1800, regarding the storm: " I have to report that on tha SOth Inst, about 11:30 A. M., a very vlulent cyclone, moving with great rapidity from S. E. to N. W struck thli station and caused much damago In this part ot tho country. The greatest violence ot the storm, fortunately, was of short duration, or there would have been very serious disaster. Tho wires were and still are down, and I have been unable to communicate with the depart ment by telegraph. " On this station tbe pile driver and two water tanks were bio mi down and demolished, tbe cupola roof of the boat house blown off, the tin and gutters on officers' bouses anc other build ings partially blown off, plaster partially blown oft tn places In ofllcers' honsm, glass roof of conservatory partly demolished, fences blown down in places, and other damage done, which will be more fully reported. "Tbe force of the wind being from the south east, a very high tide was caused, and the greatest wind was about the time of high water. This cansed the water to brnk with great fury over the wing dams of the dry dock, the wharf, and boat bouse, and also drove tho ualer upon the station In the lowest places. The early shifting of the wind and the turning of the tide averted any great disaster from the high water. Honoris of damage In this vicinity are coming in. It is not bellevrd that the loss of life is great. One seaman was drowned from one of the ve.eln In the harbor, two largo schooners arp aMwro below the station, and one tug was sunk at the wharf at Beaufort. 1 am hapny to state thai as far known no damage oc curred tn the dry dock or caloon. 1 caused the flood valve of the caIson to be onenrd as tho tide rose and allowed It to All with wnter as high us the nlr ports. This kept the gate firmly In place, allhougb the sea broke over It furiously." Victim or tbe Storm la Washington. Wasiiinotov, Oct. 1. While worklngtnen, this morning, were digging for the canli register In the ruins of Reatty't caf. 1-1:1 Pennsylvania avenue, destroyed Dy the hurricane on Tuesday night, they found tbe body of Tim Fltzeerald, an employee at tho Navy yard. It It believed there Is the body of another man named Cole man still In the ruins. Fitzgerald was getting a mug of coffee when the crash came. He ran hastily from the lunch room and darted Into the saloon for afety. 1 he victim's left side and bead and face were ter ribly crushed, and death must havu been In stantaneous In the dead man's vest pocket was his gold watch. It was broken nnd had stopped at exactly 11 '30 P.M. Fitzgerald was emrloyed In the gun-carriage shop at the Nav Yard as a skilled mechanic, and was n sober and industrious man. He was 34 )ears of age and u native of Maine. The police believe there are at least two more bodies in the wrecked buildings. Charles Cole man, colored, a waiter tn Kelly's lunch room, has been missing since tbe night of tbe storm. He was tn tbe place a few minutes before the crash came, and has not been seen since. Teutonic's eJtormy Voyace. Tho White Star steamship Teutonic, which arrived yesterday, was storm bound a day at Liverpool, and did not sail from tjueenvtown until last Friday. She had a rough voyage to this port. Among her pas.engers were V. But ler Duncan, Benjamin holsuin, Mrs Thomas Hitchcock. Delancey A. Kane. Charles Andrew s. and 1 W. Hlgglns. United Slates renator George F. Hoar of Massachusetts arrived on the North German Llotd steamship Huveh coMiinojf or rnn treasury. Expenditures Kxeredlnu the ICreelpte at tho time ol 8100,000,000 u Year, Washington, Oct, 1. The official monthly statementof Treasury receipts and expenditures was Issued to-day. It shows the receipts for September to have beeu $34,58V-H4 and the expenditures J'.!0.o7D,o35, leaving a deficit for the month of Sl.OOD.'.'Ol. The receipts for the first quarter of the fiscal year to data were $70,175,580, or at tbe rate of $310,700,000 per annum, Ihe expenditures for the quarter ore stated at $10i.30.U7U, or at the rate of fl7, 47H 71(1 per year. The deficit for the quarter Is $'.'5,104,000. 1 1lls ratio of receipts to expend!, tures would. If cnirled through the year, make the deficit $100,000,000 at the end of the twrlvo months ending Juno 30. 181(7. As compared with the tlrst quarter of 181)3, the receipts are $0,500,000 less now than then and the expendi tures $0,000,000 more. The prlnciial Items of Increase In expendl tures are In the civil establishments, which show an Increase of $8,000,000. and In interest, which has Increased from $0,443,104 In $10.. 071 003 as compared with tho tlrst quarter of 1S08. Tho receipts for the Brat quarter of 180(1 ehon a decline in customs, as compared with tho corresponding quarter of 18lift. of nearly $f 000,000. Internal revenue receipts show a slluht Increase, and miscellaneous receipts an Increase of neailj 5C.000.000, duo to the coin age of Ihe sliver selgnoragc. "t'he Treasury go d resiTf e at Ihe clnv of bus-IneiMo-dav' stood at 12J.llSl.il4!f. Th. Wed nesday's withdrawal of gold at New ork was $8L'.U08. 'Ihe Interruption of telegraphic con nrctlons with New York prevented any tele gram being received from there to-day giving to-day's gold withdrawals. .IMS. REAMS YBltT ILL. fill Is fcugene U.lly'aOnly Uauckter-Ules Healea'a Wrddlns; Mot Postponed, Mrs. Eugenia Beales, the widow of Jamas A. G. Beales, is so seriously HI at her country home In Scarsdnle that ber recovery Is not expected. Mrs. Beales is the only daughter of the late Eugene Kelly and Is thoonly child of his first marriage. W eldest daughter. M ss Mary Doloies. Is to be married ou Oct. 7 to James Rich Steers Df this city, and, although the Invj Utlons have been recalled, the wedding will take place on that day la the presence of the family. Mrs. Beales has requested that there be no postponement. The engagement of Mr. Steers and Miss Beales was announced two months ago. lie is a mem ber of the Union. Racquet, and Calumet clubs and a gradual of Columbia College. Miss Urates Is tha eldest grandchild ot ths'lato Eu gsne Kelly. A' i't'irttfl -");.. jyA',,.1 .'Tw ,.v 'iHWJw-fi, il ll) llaVtiiMilsnfllt.lijtsjBaaC&SSa WllliAT UP, SILVER DOWN. A GREAT XAIURAt, DISASTER RE. FALLS THE JlltTAN CAUVAION. XMnln Hupply nnd JUrinnnd Knocks the Wind Out or the C'nlnmlty Orators, Who Triad tu Ilelool tha West with a New Reason Tar Cheap Cereals and a Mew Remedy Nothing has so annoyed tho Bryan manager as tho recent sharp advance In tho price ot wheat, nhllo silver Keeps going down. Tha higher prices for wheat at Duluth. St. Paul, Milwaukee Chicago, and New York havo ut terly destroyed the stock argument that has been used by the Bryan speakers with tho farmers, these Unnti speakers, ever since the campaign oponod, hnve attcmnted to Influence the farmers by telling them that the reduced prlco of cereala Is tho direct result of what they are pleised to call "tho crime of '73, or the de monetization of silver." Ihu vast majority ot farmers all over the country are thinking pcoule. but In some sections some of the farmers have been taken oil their feet by the reiterated statements ot Uryan and his speakers. These were the farmers who had suffered severely from tho reduced price of cereals nnd who lr, their distress were ready to accept any quaclt medicine offered with a promise of relief. All this has been changed by the recent sharp advnncoln wheat. The prlco of wheat has gone up approximately 13 cents a bushel within the last thirls duvs, nnd this advance, has becomo one ot the factors In the nolltlcal campaign. The Brvan managers see the force of It and are distressed becuuse of Us effect In the middle Western, Northwestern, and far Western vvhcal-growltig States. The Popocrallc Chair man, James K. Junes, when ho was In ton n the other da), was very much perturbed. Many of the Bran shouters have declared within tho last fort) .eight hours that these higher prices havo been brought about by manipulation. But it Is a matter of indisputable fact that the wheat speculators have been the only nctual sufferers by the advance In wheat. Only In tho last two dayB have the speculators on tho Produce Ex change and on the Chicago Board of Trade be gun to get their e)es open. They havo come la at the tall end of the movement, and those with whom a SL'.n reporter talked esterday declared that they are now walling for a reaction in the price of wheat before bu)lng for a further ad vance. Mclntyreit Wardwell and other well known firms on tho Produce Exchange, whlnh accept margins for wheat speculations from their customers, have been doing little or noth ing on tbe speculative side of the market- Tnls is true alto of the speculators in Duluth St. Paul, Milwaukee, and Chlragn In other words, the speculators have only Just awakened to the situation. Hie advance In wheat has been caused by lerltlmate Influent es and no persons know Ibis better than the Bryan manautrs. Ex-Uov. Roswi'U P. Flower ssld at Chicago that the ! educed price of cereals In America was due tntlrely tn the sharp competition with which Anierit an farmers were confronted b) the wheat growers ot India and Argentina. At the In dianapolis Convention Mr. Flower reiterated his statements and supported them by an elaborate array of facts and figures. All this time the Br) an speakers had been directed todelare that the reduced price lor cereals wasdue entirely to "the crime of '7 J or the demonetization of sliver." -Mr. Flower's words have heen substan tiated very much quicker, nosslblr, than he anticipated. The cash price for No. U red wheat eloied last night at 711 rents a bushel, which represents approximately a rise of 13 cents In about thirty days. The stock of wheat, flour, and corn at Liver pool yeeteiday ami a year ago ) ester day is shown by tbls table: ' Oct i, mjs. Srpt- '. '"- 'Ot. ' rf.r Wliett. bnihela. l,4R)firs 2,u4Mio 0.4uSM Corn, bu.rels .... wuuw 4-wou i'hi.iioo iltiur, sacks 4.tiU0 77.X0U S3 800 The tablo tells In Itself the reasons for the re cent sharp advance In wheat, lohrlngthem out more clrarly a bu? reoorter talked at the Fifth Avenue Hotel Intt night with Jacob Amos ot .)racu.e. Mr. Amos is one of the largest millers in Onondaga county. He said. "The advance In wheat li due to the fact that the Russian crop is short about 40 per cent., and that the crops In India and Argenilni havo suffered from drought, so much so that tho exports from India and Argeutlua to Europ, especially England and Ihe Continent, have been vtry much below those of lat.t )cur. I came from S)racuse for the purpose of wel coming my old friends, C. M. Warccr. Dennis McCarthy, and .1. ( . Bowr. who have Jum re tured from Europe. Mr. Warner was dcla)ed in London a month louccr than he expected, and he pAid a great deal of attention to the wheat situation. England. It Is well known, prefers tn buy her wheat from India and Argentina, but owing to the bad condition of the crops in three two coun tries she has been comuellwl to turn to America. I have looked Into this question my si If a grsat denl and made an exhaustive Inves tigation. I have done this b cause lam a mil ler and mutt keep un with the times. I ascer tained tn-day on tho I'roduco Exchange ami elsewhere that exporters of wheal have made engagements for ocean freights tip to next May. Ve'y much more wheat could have been ex ported within the last month If ocean freight room could have been obtained. With this con dition of affairs the tranip steamers will begin to d'rect their noses toward the harbor of New York. Tins advance tn wheal materially bene fits the farmers. 1 know this because 1 have wbeat which was contracted for mouths ago now coming In to me nt 0"i cents a bushel. For all new purchases, how. ever, 1 have hi en compelled to pav the farmers 75 cents u bnshel. I am convinced, after my In vestigation', that Europe will taks most of our surplus. This is not a speculative movement. The demand comes from Europe. It Is an ex porters' movement. Ills a straight supply and demand movement. Ihe market lias got away from the rpeculaton. and they are now await ing a reaction In prices; but this reaction does not appear to come. In mv travels on the Prod uce Lxoliange I talked with brokers who have speculative customers, and thtso brokers as sured me. In fact, showed me their accounts, that ihe speculative sheets had very many fewer names on them tiian they have had for several years 'I he price of flour has gone up 115 cents a barrel, due entirely to an export movement. Naturally. Willi a short supply of wbeat abroad, the demand for flour will Inerea-e. Die ex porters of corn began tn take hold to-day. and there was more corn sold for export than at any time in a number of years, with an advance of two cents it bushel. My friends who have been abroad have looked Into thu causes for the re cent advance In wheat and all In the business are fully aware that tho facts are as I tell them to you." Our exports of wbeat since tbe beginning of September havo been 0.570,(183 bushels, against 3,775,344 for tliu same period In 1805 and 6.4V0.4IMI In 1804. Travellers from Chlcaro reported last night that the Poiiocrnllti national managers In tho Windy City hud been completely rallied by tbe higher prices for wheat. 'Ihe e travellers said the farmers In Ihe wheat-growing States had not been seriously Influenced by Ihe rattle brained arguments of the Bryan speakers, but the honest. money men are very uiucn pleased Just the same bv the legitimate export demand for wheat at this time, for the reason mat it Is the clearest and most substantial arg"ment to refutn the nonseiisenf Hie Bryan speakers about the real cause for the reduced prices for cereals paid to the farmers within the last year. It may uot hi unluterestlnK to add that on hept. 4 the commercial price of bar silver In New York was U7 cents an ounce. On Sept. 30 it was (Ji9(i cents. So the gold valuo of tho bullion In llio silver dollar has been declining wldle the prlco of wbeat in gold has been rising. Kl.Y JJOIT.V 71 r A CARLE CAR. .aSlIerklraer Lumber Merelmnt Injured In Iarlt Item. Heiuy A. Delmel, a lumber merchant, who cnuie to town from his homo In Herkimer. N, V yesterday, on business, will have to walk on crutches for several weeks when he gets back home. He came down town shortly after 1 o'clock In the afternoon to see George P. Folk, another lumber man, who has an office In the 'iinirs building on Park row, Mr, Delmel, who la 118 years old, had Just started to cross from tho Post Olllce when a cur of thu Third avenue cable came bow ling along and, striking him on the hip, knocked him off his feet. As lie fell ono ot the wheels struck his foot and threw him off the tracks, tLereby prob ably saving him from being mangled. When an ambulanco was summoned the surgeon found I hat tbe car wheel had broken tho tons tn the heel, and that Deltoid's thigh had also been badly bruised by bis fall. The motorman, whoso number waa 50, said that Deimel bad stepped In the way of the ear wbsn It was uttsrly Impossible to stop it soon enough to pievent him being knocked down. He thought Delmsl was going to watt until th car passed. Delmsl refused to mak any com. plaint against th motorman, who waa accord. IDgly released from custody. After bis fost had been bound up by th surgcton Dsimal was taken way In a carriage, ws , 7!iss!fmmmmm AL. WEREU IS THE ISNASV WARD. lie Is Taken to jlellevue Hospital Tor Ex. Hiultialloa Ills Varied (Lareer. Albert Weber, son of the lata piano manufac turer ot that name, was brought to tills city yesterday by Dr. Washburn of Pelham Manor, his physician, who took Mm In n carriage to Bsllevue Hospital, arriving theio at a llttlo after 7 o'clock. Weber was put In the Insane ward to await examination to-day by Dr. Fltuh and Dr. Wild man. In confinement Weber was extremely noisy, but not violent. "Al" Weber's last escapade In this city ended with his arraignment In Jefforsun Market Police Cocrt last Monday morning for refusing to pay a Tenderloin cabman after a night's travels through town. It was fined $5 by Maglstrato Crane. In court he assorted that ho "lived In Rye," and that he had como to town to welcome the Har rison sisters. hen Albert Weber's father died, about eighteen years ago, ho left n prosperous piano manufacturing business and a fortune. The son plunged Into various forms ot dissipation just utter he became 21 ears old ho is now 38 and tho Weber Piano Company went Into the bands nt a receiver. Albert married Mia Clowes, a daughter of Dr. J. W. Clowes. Sho toon got a divorce, and frequent!) had him Inciurt for failure to pay alliuoiu. Ho mar ried Irene Perry, a member of tho McdiuM opera company, in 1885. I$Vvlfo left him eight months after marriage, declaring that he treated her cruelly, and went abroad. He got into trouble with a Sirs. Jennie Smith, from whom lie took n $.100 diamond ring In tho Casino roof garden. She had him sum moned before JustU e lCclh.nl Jefferson .MnrkeU Weber, It Is said, paid for the ring, and tho mutter was dropped, Wnber took u Hat for a ) car In West Twent) -third street, paid $10,000 for furnishing It. and pirsented it to .Miss Nina Fnrriugtnti. On enm iii' from tbe races In June, 180 I, hu found that Nina had moved out nnd takcu ever) thing with her. A buy banded him the ke)s of the flat "with Mlis Farriugton's compliments." He next got, aflat at Columbia avenue and XlneU-slxth street, and. under tho name of Carlisle, he lived there with Cbrissle Carlisle of the "lady Slavey" company. Ills second wife heard of his escapade and sued him for divorce, naming Mlis Carlisle as co-respondent. Mis. Weber got ad scree. On bent. 10 W obcr was arrested for threaten ing to snoot a porter tn I ho Weber piano sales rooms, and, being unable tn pa) n llneot $o, was locked up In JetfnrMin Market prison. Ills fine was paid next day by an old man, who re fused to give bis rami', but was probably a friend of the Weber family. VAXIC AT A il'KISl.ET JIEETIXO. A. T.amp Explodes at a Flnss Presentation. fcseveral Persona Injured. Some of tbe women of Woodlawn presented a silk flag to the local McKinley and Hobart Club Inst night. The presentation was made in Vain an's Hall, a small room on tho second floor of a tram building In 237th street. '1 wo hundred persons, one-third of wlioin wero women, gath ered to witness the ceremony. The hall Is approached by a wooden stairway, which was lighted by tivo laige kerosene lamps suspended from the celling. While Ihe Presi dent of tbe club was returning thanks for tba gift the lamp next tbe door leading to the hall exploded, and tho burning oil was scattered about the stairs. Some one shouted "Fire!" and immediately tbero was a panic among the audience. Women screamed and the men and boys rushed about In wild disorder seeking for a means of escape. Thoso that were In the rear rushed down the blazing stairs, and In doing so they stamped nut tha nre. In tbls rush Michael Kennedy, a 13-yrar-oId boy. was knocked down and tra-nphM ppoc. Jlu-Jeicvvss tjedly burned, and whin carried from tin building he waa un--con?iciou!. -The wludowson one side of the ball onen upon the roof of a one-story building. Many of the audience rushed at these, smashing tbe glass with chairs, after which thev climbed out ou the roof. During this rush two women fainted and they were trampled upon. Another woman Jumped from the window on the other side to the kround, a distance of niueteon feet. She alighted on a barrel, and It was slid that she was serlo'isly injured. Before linr name could hu learned ah was taken away in a cab. Cliarles Armstrong, a machinist who lives In Cutler avenue. Woodlawn. sustained a fracture of the riirht leg. and the right hand of Joseph Carrlssina, an Italian, was badly cut by broken glass A call for an ambnlance wns sent tn the Ford ham Hospital, and the ph)slclans who re sponded were obliged In drive seven miles to reach the scene of the accident. All the Injured, excrpt the woman who was taken away in a cat), were removed to the hos pital The damage to the building was less than $100 Mil LIOSAIRE' NO.SS ARIttSTED. I.tvlnsston and Morse Are Chars;ed With Hteallltg; u Horse. Isi.ir. I, I.. Oct. 1 -Cambridge Llvlugston and Robert Morje, the fortunes of whose fam-' Hies amount to seveial millions of dollars, were prisoners in Justice Grlflith's court hero last evening, charged with grand larceny In having stolen a horse owned b) Samuel Burnsteln, a local merchant. Tha prisoners are young col legians and are well known among the New York colony ot summer residents here. Living ston Is a sou of th late Robert Cambridge I.lr Iniston, for many years a vestryman of Trinity Church, and Morse Is n son of Cortland D. Morse of the firm of Law rence, Taylor & Co. of Worth street. New York. Thu alleged offoiico was committed on Aug. 13. Burnsteln, uccurding to the evidence ad duced nt the hearing, had placed his horse in bis barn on the day In question nnd had securely lied him and fastened thu barn on tbe outside. Later lis discovered that the animal was miss ing, and after a search lasting until the follow ing duy found tho horse fastened In a paddock on the Morse place, 'Ilia hone, Ilurnsteln alleged, tiad been hurribly beaten nnd bruUed, and blood was oozing from the wounds. Morse nod Livingston, ho learned, had been seen rid ing tho horse up and down tho street. He deferred causing their arrest until a day or so ago. Morse and Livingston both testified that they bail found the horse on the street and, not knowing what to do, decided to lake it In Morse's statiles. The hearing continued until midnight, when tho case was adjourned until baturduy In order tnsiibiHi-na several witnesses. 1 be evidence against Living-ton Is admitted to be slight, but a drtei mined effort "111 be made by the prosecution tn Induce tun magis trate to hold Mors to await thu action of tho Grand Jury. MILLIONS Of TAX ha RAID IS. Hush lo Take AUvnntuge of th llennta Tor Early Payment. The first floor and basement ot the Stewart building, occupied by tbe Receiver of Taxes, Col, David E. Austin, was besieged yesterday morning by taxpayers anxious to avail them selves of the 11 pee cent, robale allowed by the city on taxes paid 1 Tore Oct. 16. Twenty po licemen wero necessary to keep the crowd In order. Receiver Austen estimated that $12, 000,000 would be received yesterda). A great deal of money was coming In by mail and mes sengers, and stacks of envelopes, each hat lug the tlmostamp of Its arrival at the ofllie, were stowed away In the safes until the clerks should huve time to open and enter them, There was much grumbling In Ihe crowd over the high tax ralouf $-'.14 on ever) hundred dollars. When the icceiver'a olllce ilottd.nl I o'clock, Ihe total amount entered upon Iho books as pold (with 5 000 mall enclnsuies still to be opened) was 5.77,45',B8. Among the checks received, either by mail or peisonal tender, were; tsnilerbllt family f01000 00 Asmr famllr , ,, ssoiiuuoo Helen M Gould I, U7 A3 (Jennie ilould . . 4 fiat UA Jay Uould estate naiueo tJonra. I liret csiiOoin) I orlllsrc' e.tate fiAOOOO) 1' A Lruik.hank ,, , ,, loooouno Consolidated Uas Lo ,.. ,,,, uao.uuo 00 tdsviu flnuid. . , , .,,,.. H 17 Oil 1 Hate Ilsirn II. Uould 4,laa 00 Kti.ene llliglns . ......, AOflxOlo Importers' and Traders' liaiik 1 111 Hnu c0 UorioD, Ill'isa-Co , JU.S74 2t Urorge llllis estate 18.il 18 no llussell Hage. K0.1U0 2fl 11. MoK. Twombly, i le.lilu da Jsnies JlcCreery , 43.07W J Manhstisn Life 21, las no Auosiueno 76,411)81 French Citbln Slsamer at Fort Monroe. Fort Mosnor. Va.. Oct. 1, Tbe French steamer Seine has arrived In Hampton Roads for coaL . Sh has 1,100 mile of cable on board, which h will lay botwsen Niy York and Turk' Island, v- RUNAWAY TRAIN WRECK. EIORTEES TRAMPS KILLED IN A MARYLAND COLLISION. A Freight Train Ilound Down Ibo Mona. tain Could Not lie Controlled, Went br tbe FJIdlna Where It Wn to Htot., nd Dualled Into n Train Comlns Up. PlTT8liuicaii,Oct.l. Two Baltimoro and Ohio freight trains, one a runaway down the Alle ghany Mountnlnsntnspeedofsoventy.flvemllcs au hour, and the other slowly tolling up the grade, collided at Phllsou station, twenty miles east of Cumberland, .Md.. and ten miles west of Sand Patch, about 1 o'clock this morning. In the collision eighteen nun, all said to be tramps, were klllsd outright, 'train 74, east bound, after leaving Sand Patch tunnel, be came unmanageable and could not be stooped at the siding, hero It was lo pass tram 05. Tho west-hound train had a holper, and the crash when tbe three engines came together was such that fifty-one cars were thrown from the traok. Conductor Harbaugh of train 74, east bound, said that when his train reached Sand Paicb, and Just before descending tho heavy grade, a test was mado of the air brakes on sixteen cars, which comprised about one-hall of the train. Everything was found In good working order. With n crew mado up of old and experienced men the) started cast. While going through the Sand Patch tunnel tho conductor felt tho train cluck twice in rapid succession and then dash ahead, and when It passed outof the tun nel It wns going at lightning speed and running away. As the engine shot around the curve at Phil son the engineer saw the headlight of No. 1)5 ahead and swung himself off In the darkness. He was hurled down nver the mountain side. The east-bound train struck tho other with an awful crash. Every car on the former was thrown toward the common centre of the collision. Thu engines were crushed into srrap iron, and many of the cars on tbe west-bound train wero destroyed. Tlie dubrls was piled In a vast heap higher than the telciraph wires. As soon as tho news of tho wreck reached Pittsburgh. Superintendent Cutter started for Phllson on a light engine. He reached there about 2 A. M., and Is personally conducting the work ot clearing tho trucks. The eastern express, which left Pittsburgh nt 0 o'clock last night, was held at Rockwood, where the Somerset and Cambria branch to Johnstown Intersects the main line. At day light It was decided to advance the train to tbe scene of the wreck, where the passengers were transferred around it . Tho Cleveland Baiehall Club was on the ex press bound for Baltimore to open the Temple cuti series of games. When tho wrecking crews, which wero sent from Connellsvllle and Cumberland, got to work they made a temporary hospital for the train men. none of whom Is fatally hurt. When tho debris was digged out the bodies of the dead were found. By 8 A. M. the remains of six men, all dressed like tramps, were reenv. ered. The bodies were in tbe piles of wreckage which obstructed tbe tracks This evening ten additional bodies wero picked out. Ihcse, with two discovered during the afternoon, make a total of eighteen dead. At 11 u'olock to-night there remains a consider able mas c.f wreckage, and some trainmen ar certain other dated men will be found. At this season the II. and O. trains carry hun dreds of stowaways east and to the south, and often from forty to sixty secrete themselves on one train. On thu east-bound train which left Pittsburgh on Wednesdn) afternoon tbero were seven machinists going East tn hunt work. All of these are thought to be among the killed. Officials of tho road think ttiat tlie tramp. some of whom probably desired to leave tlie train at Sand Palcb, cut thu air circuits of train No 74. Hum) lie possible to veilfythlsb) an exam ination ft the few cars whicli were not demol libsd I he officials say the search will reveal that the tramp nre to blame. 1 he grade where the runaway occurred is ono of tbe steepest on the line, and the Baltimore and Ohio Company has alwas taken special pains to Instruct Its trainmen on Iho necessity of being on the alert and exercising the best of judgment in making Ihe descent It starts in the middle of tho mind Patch tun nel and runs to H)tidmati. a distance of seven teen miles 'Ihe grado Is about 125 feet to the mile In most cases it requires every brake on a heavy train to he "set" to hold It un dercontrol It requires two engines to push some trains up the grade. orncts seaiilt .-wotrn out. Tract Stoeletv'a Tessnls Made l'o happy by u "Perambulating; Hell Machine." What the Indignant Janitor called a "per ambulating hell machine" started in business Just in front of the American 'Iract Society building, nt Nassau and Spruce streets, jester day afternoon and all but smoked out the occu pants nt tlie ofllces. Its business was to burn out the asohult pavement, preparatory to repay ing It, and while It was in operation the street was closed at bothends of the Hock, but un fortunately It couldn't bo nlosod at the top. A brisk breeze carried tho thick smoke straight in at tho front doors ot tbe building and the ele vator shafts did the rest. In about three minutes after the hell machine broke loose the smoka was making every hnll in tho building look blue, and tbe tenants wero aiding In the good work. In ten minutes it had permeated the offices, and terrified t)pe wrlterr. with dishevelled feelings, were fleeing along the passages, begging in choking accents to be saved from impending doom. Some two hundred indignant ofllce oecupauta sought out the Janitor, and. In accents of stran gled pronnlt), demanded that the nui sance be abated. And a nuisance It certainly wns, of the very wcirsi varlet). That smoke had a peculiar quality of Its own. It not only Ailed e) es and nose and mouth, but It got don n Into the pit of )our stomach and gnvo rise to wishes that you hadn't uaten am lunch, com bined with doubts as to jour ability to retain what you had eaten. Tlie Janitor said he couldn't do anything about It, Ihe tenants in aisled on his responsibility In thu matter "Well, 1 ain't runhing the machine," he de clared. " Who is. then?" they demanded. "I don't know, Ihe city. The asphalt com pany. Go and talk to them." "Drive Iho thing away, then," "Run it off tbe block." " Kill the men thatnre running it." "Make "em wait till night." "Do something." But there wasn't uuvthing lo do. For fifteen minutes the hell nine bine fumed and smoked and tho tenants fumed and choked and used language Inappropriate In a Tract Society's building. I'lnulh the cause of all the trouble moved on, and all lliut was left as a remlnls conce was a pervading odor, some few hundred men who swore they'd complain to Ma) or Strong In the morning, and a small hlaok patch on the asphalt in front of the building. KILLED RV HIS OfT.Y a US. It Wn I.rlitK In a Ilont nnd Mo.ktl nit the Trlxjcer with Ills Foot. Paul Mnekel, a silk weaver, of 200 Summit avenue, West Hoboken, was shot and killed In stuntly by accident while duck hunting) ester day afternoon on tho Penhnrn Creek In the Secaucus Meadows noar the Sernucus road, Moekel started nt noon with his frlond Herman Delkaof Paterson avenue, and both men were armed with double-barrelled shotguns. Moekel also took along a young bird dog which he was training. When they reached the creek they embarked In one boat, but after rowing about for a short lime they concluded that they would have better luck If they worked In separate skiffs. So they put back and secured auother boat. When they reat lied mid-stream Delke stepped Into thu secsna boat, which was floating along side. Moekel placed Doth guns In the bottom of his boat, with the barrels resting on th seat. At that moment the dog becauie restive, nnd Moekel stooped down to quiet him. His faco was on a level with the muzzles of the guns. In some way unexplained bis foot toucbedth trig ger of bis own weapon, which was at full cock. There was a loud roport, and Moekel fell baok Into tbe water between the two boats with a gaplnc wound In his bead, lh entlr obarg of on barrel struck htm In tho eye, and th side of hts foe was blown off, Delk ran for assistance to the nearest polios station, morn than a mil away. When th Sollce took Moekel from the -ater be had been ad lor son. tin. II was so year old. II I MMWMTU.llJ'',l''a!?'''iail ' SVAIS STOl'S E31U1 RATIOS. She JlocBn't Propose to Hnve Voting alen Flee from Illlllitry Hervlee. MAiinm, Oct, 1. Tho Government Is taking energetic measures to atop the emigration of lowirnnd middle class families to which belong joutig men liable to military service Tbe Government has learned that several thousand young men hare gone lo Suutlt America, Frunce, and Algeria because they were unable to pay the $400 nercssary 'o redoem themselves from serving with the army In Cuba. Eighteen thousand out of 80,000 men bought Immunity In 1805, nnd tbero is evidence that fully as man have purchased exemption thus far this year. COUNT NTAINAOII'S HOUSE LOOTED. IIurElnrs Chloroform Ills Hon and Mteal the Austrlnu Kmperor's tSlft tn II m. White Plains, Oct, 1. The iiou-e of Count A. R. Stalnach, In Grand street, was en tered by burglars this afternoon while Count Stalnach nnd nil but ono ot his family wero at the county fair. His son, Stephen, remained at home. At 1 o'clock tho young man lay down on a couch nnd lellnslecp. Hu wussllll asleep when tho family returned from the fair nt7 o'clock, nnd was aroused only with difficul ty. He rnmplalned ot a dazed feeling, and when the glass tn one of tho windows was found out by a diamond tlie joung man realized that ho had beenchlrrofonned, '1 he houu had been ransacked. The property taken Is wortli $1,000. Much of it was Jewelry and wearing apparel, but the family plate, in cluding a silver service presented to Count Stalnach by the Austrian Emperor beforo tho Count's banishment for nlleyed political In trigues, wus also taken. 'I his plate was mora pn clous to Count Stalnach than Its intrinsic value would warrant. Chief of Police liogurt has telegraphed the details of the burglary to near-by towns. A G-FOOT-IO POLICE CANDIDATE TXeJected. ua He Is Not Heavy Knongh for Ills Ilelcht, WelKhlns: Only 105 Pounds. Frank Taggart of Newburgh, N, Y , who stands U feet 1014 Inches in his stockings and weighs 105 pounds, applied for appointment on tho police force yesterday. When he went be fore the doctors it wasdlscov ered that he lacked just ten pounds of being heavy enough for his height according to the rule governing appli cants. He said that ne would soon lake on the nddltlonal ten pounds and apply again. Taggart has a brother on the forte, whole stationed at Yesey street and Broadway, 'lag- fiart said his father, who Is dead, was 0 feet 2 nchestall. His mother Is 5 feel 8 Inches. His sisters are all undi rtl feet, but tho shortest Is 5 feet 0 Inches In height. His eldest brother. George, who Is 41 ) ears old, is Olfj feet. Frank Taggart Is known as the "Newburgh Kid." Ho Is a member of tho Newburgh tire Department. Ihe tallest man on tho police force nt present is Roundsman Harry Graham, w ho Is U feel 7 Inches. MLOAPIIOSE EXPERIMESTS. Army rjlgnal Corps Men Try Talklns: from tbe Unltery to Governor's Island. Two members of the Army Signal Corps made an experiment yesterday morning for the pur pose of testing tlie feasibility of the megaphone for long-distance communication. The trial was mado between Governor's Island and the Batter). Owing to tho high wind the experi ment was not a romulete succesa. At times the voice of the man on Governor's Island could be henrd very distinctly. The man at Ihe Hatter) called ou a soldier in tho barracks to wave his hand, and In a short time a man appeared 111 the barracks window waving his hand. Several passing tugs were hailed and asked tn tool their whistles, and In nearly every itiMnuce they responded. Tho man stationed at the Battery Used it megaphone gauged for a mile, while the megaphone used on the Island was gauged for a distance of a mile and a half. S. P. RLAODVN ROR1IED. Sl.SOO Wortb or.Tevselry Stelea front Ills Housa by nn I'atployee. Ernest Pauly, 20 yenrs old, of 350 East Twentieth street, and Thomas Dunn. 20 years old, of 324 East Twentieth strc et. were arrested on Wednesday by Central Ofllce Detectives Bon noil and Petroslni for stealing $1,500 wortli of Jewelry from S P. Blugden of 18 Gramercy Park. Ihe latter notified Capt. O'Brien some da)s ago that s)stematic stealing bad been going on In bis house for tho last two months. Suspicion rested on Pauly. who was employed about the house tn do eirands. hen arrested he confessed and implicated Dunn. Ho said he stole the jeelr and gave It to Dunn, who pawned the stuff, Dunn, when arrested, also confesssd. Both prisoners were taken ) ester day to Ihe Essex Market Court. All the stolen property has beeu recovered from the pawn shops. THE O AS M'ADi: HIM hlFELL. Starlllncc Kxprrlrnce of a ICntcers Student tn a Ijitborator). Nrw Bltl-Mwici. N. J., Oct. 1. -Edward Sarles, a Rutgers Coltego sophomore, whllo working in the chmlcal laboratory to-day re moved ajar from a hood, and, forgetting It was full of gas, took It to the sink to wash it out. II" Inhaled a considerable quantity of tbe gas and had a severe bit of coughing. Ho thought this would soon pass over and paid but little at tention to it until one of his classmates noticed that his fare was swelling. This swelling grew rapidly until tils face and bands were twice their natural size. His body also became swollen. All antldolo was applied by one of the profes sors, and thebvteltmg began to abate. He was soon ablo to walk In Dr. Williamson's office, whero the Doctor gave him medicine. He had entirely recov ered by U o'clock, but had not got over the scare. OXN. MILES'S SARHOir ESCAPE. The Pale or Ills C'urrlnce llroko ns He Was Uoluc Down Hill. San Fiumusco. Oct. 1. Gen. NclsonA. Miles, In command of the army, had a narrow escape yesterday. With a party of friends lie drove to the Presidio to complcto his Inspection of thnt post. Tho party then drove to the Cliff Houso for breakfast, after which they started to re turn to the city through Golden Gate I'ark. Tlie road from the l HIT House leading down to tlie beach is quite sierp, and win n about half wa) down the pole to the rocknwav In which Gen, Miles was seated broke, 'llib horses plunged forward, throwing Die driver under tlie wheels, slightly Injuring him, lliforuthey ceMfld run. however, ( "I. Kimball of Dm army atjrJMi .McKlttrlck Jumped from the carriage Hi .seized Ihe borsch, holding them until the General could alight. RACK TO WINTEIt Q.UA1STEUS. Csillph usil Miss Murphy Glnd to Leave '1 lielr Hummer Tank, Last night, for the first time since enrly sum mer, the two Nllo River hippopotami of the fen tral Park menagerie, slept Indoors. Owing to the cool weather Caliph and .Miss Murphy be gan to grow uneas), and yesterday it was de cided to return them to winter quarters, A rough gangway was constructed lending from the rsge outside to the swimming tank ill the building, and about 2 o'clork the keeper opened the doors. Hu had it loaf of bread, but Mils In ducement wai uniieces.ary, for as soon as tho cage was opened lh animals hurried forth, anil, without causing trouble, were soon housed for thu winter. 'I wo hours Inti r they were as com fortable as though they had never beeu disturbed. WHITE St)lADIIOX OFF. Hound for the Vlrglsln Capea for (las nnd Torpedo Pruellee, The North Atlantic squadron, consisting ot the flagship New York, the buttle ships Indiana, Massachusetts. Texas, and Maine, 'and the cruisers Columbia, Ritlelgh, anil Montgomery, sailed yesterday for tlie Southern manoeuvring giounusotl the Virginia capes On the wa) down they will havesquaUion evolutions, form lug In line, column, and echelon. It is said there will be target prailico on a larger scale than heretofore attempted, aud a good deal of mi pedo firing when the squadron arrives off the caps. 8100 000 Warlb f Alaskan Gold. SxATTLt. Wash . Oct. 1. Tbe steamship City of Topeka arrived last night from Alaska, bring. Inc $100,000 In gold bullion. ""''1' ' ' ' ' - - '- ' - ADLAI STEVENSON HURT. H III! WAS SITTING OS A RLIMST l STAND HUBS IT WEST DO US. VJj CI or. Drake of tiiuu Found Klltlnc In tha M Vice-President' x-ap-tverybody Waa .1 Celebrating Iovvn's I'lfllelh Illrthdny ilf Ki-Oot, Mlterninn and Oilier Injured. V llL'UI.tSdTON, la., Oct. 1. The celebration of W tho semi-centennial of Iowa's Statehood wns marred to-day by an accident. In which Vice- if, President Stevenson was slightly hurt, Th . parade started at 11 A.M. Gov. Drake and Mr. K Stuvenson rode near the head ot the column, ; 25,000 people were looking on, and brass band! . from all over the State were playing. 'j After tho pnrndo had covered about halt of ' 1 tbo lino of march. Gov. Francis Drake and stnIT, Vice-President Adlal Stevenson, and all ' of thu State and local officials were conducted ' ton re vlowlng stand. Scarcely wero they seat. ed when the stand gavo way with a crash and the entire structure went tu the ground, a mau ( of broktn timbers. Women fainted and thera'' was great confusion. Gov. Drake nnd VIce-Prcsldsnt Stevenson t wero In thu front tier of seats, nnd wcr thrown . , . backwnrd upon the others, and thus escaped II si rlous Injury, but they were badly shaken up 1 ami considerably bruised. ' Lx-Oiiv. Sherman of Iowa wns In the rear ot the stand and fell at the very bottom of tha mass. He was found with a heavy timber across his legs and a plank resting on his neck and lack. He Is badly hurt. , Major Wj man of Ottumwa, In., Is injured tn tho spine and is paralyed. How badly he I hurt will not be known for several day. It wus reported, but afterward denied, that hla back was broken. U S. Ilurrus. Treasurer of DcsMolnrs county, ma) dlu Uotb of his legs are broken. Lafay ette Young, editor of the Jouil Cdpllol, wa badly cut and bruised about tbo head. City Clerk Fred L. Poor was bruised undent. Miss Mary Lord Drake, the Governor's daughter, wns ellghtly bruised. All of the staff ofllcers suffered moro or less, and their swords were broken and their regalia badly torn. Stat Commissioner Seymour Jones's leg was injured. 'Ihe suffereis wreconveved In hospitals and hotels and thulr Injuries promptly attended to. The stand was a private affair, hastily con. structed. and had not been Inspected Ilk tha others. Tlie crowd was warned not to go on it, as the officials wero all who were Intended to occupy It. For them it wns sufficiently stronr, but a rush was made and tbe stand went down. ' ScrlouH as the accident wns.it had its funny side. Gov. Drake, with his bat pulled over hla ears, was found sitting In Ihe lap of Vlce-Proal. i dent Merensnti. The laller'a hat was also crushed over his face. The) wero pinned down I by timbers, and neither could move until aid I came. I Vlco-Presldenl Stuvenson mado a speech her) to-night as a part of tbe day's exercises. I FOOTPAD IN MADInOS ATESUE. J lie nobbed a. Wnmnn Cnitght After ss V j t'bsso by n Ulcyrle Polleemua. j A youth of 10. who described himself as John j Kelly, a chair cancr by occupation, living at jL 247 West Forty-fourth street, was committed by Magistrate Deuel iuYorkvillo Court yester day for examination to-day on a charge of high, wa) robber). Kelly was arrested at 4 30 P.M. b) Dleicle Policeman Reuben Remington of tha East Flft) -first street station. He had been seen b) the poliremnn to accost a well-dressod woman at Ihirty-second street and Madison av enue and grasp ber pockethook. Tba woman btrugcled to retain pos-ession of It, but Kelly was too strong for her. He finally got the purs) and ran ' Tlie robbery was seen by a score of people. A. man In a carriage and a cab driver joined tho policeman, tvbn was on his wheel, in pursuit of the fugitive. Kelly was overtaken at Thirty third street and Fifth avenuo. Remington ten htm back to where the woman , was standing trembling with excitement. SbLaajaJB . Identified the prisoner, but refused to BlvaJriT Tj nnme. Hie also declined to go lo court, JfTem- I' lneton retained ill pnrkelbook. vvhJKi con. If tallied between $2 and $J.n allvcfVenatelalns f watch, and some paperti'J'Jiltic'yjId when In I court that he was out of IWAjjrtd hungry. IIo l declared that he bad nsvorul tv arrested befora. A ROT 'UUIIIED IN A SAM PIT. ' Dux Out In Hot Haste, but Died When tba Ambulance Arrived. i jb Nlne-year-old William A. Wickbatu of 253 i 9 Cornelia street, Brooklyn, was killed lata yes- tcrda) ufternoon by the cav tug in of a sand pit In Cornelia street, between Hamburg and I Knickerbocker avenues. The boy attended a -I public school near his home, and evory after- noon ho and others In his class played in th I sand pits near hi. Tbe bo)s went Into a deep M sand pita llttlo after 4 o'clock ) esterday af tr- noon. itli Wlckliam was John M. Jackson. 8 ) ears old, of 255 Cornelia street. The pit had H au overhanging mound of earth. H Wliilc Wlckham and Jackson were In tho H deepest purt of the pit the top caved In, burvlng H thu two bo j s nut of sight. 'Ihe bo)S whit es- 'H enped shouted fur help, and several ltborers In H the new ilushwic k Park rau to the pit and be- gnn to removo the sand in order to get at tha w two Do) s The father of Wlckham was told of iS ttiocive-ln and hurried to tiiu pit. He bejped :iH to clear awa) the sand. Jacknn was reaenad- -'H first. He wns ablo to speak Five minutes litter - " the rescuers cunio upon Wiekham's son. Ho mM wits unconscious and died before the arrival of H tho ambulance. The only injuries that Jack- son received were several bruises. mM II UNO HE A It JJflir.V FROM A TREE. "H Toude Munch Lost HI llnlnnce, nnd nta Foot 1 ns Cntttclit In n Crotch as He Felt. 'Jmw. Hi'NTiMiTON, It. I., Oct. 1. Arthur Munch, a H newsboy of tills place, cutno v ery near giving up jH his life for a pocketful of chestnuts the other M day. .Munch climbed up Into a big tree on East H Neck. When some dtttanco from thu ground H he mlBBed his footing and fell. Instead of pass- M li g between tlie limbs to the ground ono of his H feet rnught in thnt rotch formed by two limbs MM nnd he bung head downward. Ills cries were H heard by Mrs Willi.tiiiMcllrliMi.whollvesncarly H a quatler tit a mile from the chestnut tree. Sh H heard it feeble trv of " Murder." and started to VH find out where it utiiie from, and discovered avxavxi Muticii hanging In Ihetree Mrs. .McHrlcn could ,'fH not climb up lo assist the boy, and she did tho 1-H next best tiling she run for help. She ran half i ffH a mile beforo she saw any one VH A coachman employed bj II Helberger re- tlH turned to Ihe tree with the woman. The coach- ' 1 man could not climb, bin hu secured a tope, H and. after lae'olnc Munch, threw tlie end over H a higher limb and I allied him up until his foot '-H was free and then lowered him to the ground, 4,.axaxl When rescued tlie boy was more dead than -'.'tH alive, nnd hu has been confined to hli bed ever caxaxi since tlie mishap. Ho Is sloe 1) recovering. ,''Jaxaxl RitaoKi.rs's AEir thollky cars. L '1 bey Are Larger nad I.lichter Tluia the Old """ "aiB Ones nnd Ilitve lllectrlr Pusb Iftitlons. txaVxaxl Fourteen of the new cars of the Ilrooklya t Heights Railroad Compnn) were put into ssr- H vice on the Fulton street lino ) esterday. Th xjH cars wero bulltat Ihecompauy's shops, and are .xaVxaxi the first Installment of it lot of lift that th llmmm company Is guing to plucu nn some of Its lines, MH 'ihrrcmainiiig thlrt)-slx are now receiving tho ijaaxaxi llnishlug touches, and will ho ready somu tlm ' mmm next week. J4xavxai 'llio now cars nre slightly largtr than th 'Jmmm average cars now in service, and are finished .Sxavxafl Inside In sycamore, n Unveil with black walnut. y3bH 1 hu seats ale uphnlsleiid with a dark colored MMmm plush. A number of small tin audi scent lamps TAmMm nre arran.'i d overhead through thu wlinle length 'aaxaxaxi of the car, The. cars aro llltul witli electrlo B push buttons, by minus of which passenger flal can signal thu conductor tu stop tbo car. TTMmm Itnbbed Ills Urimillatlter Illubvraynsam ' iEj Hljlr. 'nxafll WiuiAMHpniiT, Pa. Oct. l.-Twenty-year. H iilddiorge Rowers nf Jersey Shore, near this H city, entered the rcsldi ncuof his grandfather. tavxaxi Joseph Mann, mi'luesday night last at Cogan ' WM tlatlon, mid in Jesse James style, pulled nut a JaVavxi revolver and called tw his grandfather "Money t B or your life " Ills grandfather gave him money, ,H and Bowers, coining Maun with his revolver. faxanxi baiked out of Ihu liomi, and Jumping Into a -.aaxaxi hug.) drstedawur. He wai arrested la Jersey imm Shuru last night, (JH Philip l.lauke Dend on the Hldevralk, H Philip Lingke, 37 )ears old, it grain merchant iU of Morris Park, was found dead on the sidewalk 'H In Fulton strei t and Williams place, Brooxlyn, H early jesterd) morning 1 here were no mark -H of violence on the body, and the doctor con- iH eluded that death resulted from heart dlssas. ll-H Mr. Lingke came from his home to see VV, A. ,jH Cook at 408 Franklin avenue un business on fH ednesday night, and started baok tor Mania "H Park at about u o'clook, mWM iwlnarsinsntisl liiiiSiisilsta,,,wi si ' ' ' i- t.S- -KXaxl