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BIG BUILDINGS STRUCK.
Liaitrxixa hits inn Kit skt-
SCRAPERS OX BROAJOWAT.
No Damage Done ta Them Bsorpt the Turning
era Flagpole Into st Corkscrew A Ilonse
truck In (he Annexed m.trlrt Kitty Per.
one art a Imie In a Central Park Tunnel.
Farmer Dunn, who run the weather, was
away yesterday, and n certain low pressure that
has beon lurklntr about the region of tho great
lakes for several days took advantage ot his ab
once, and, loaded down with nature'a heaviest
artillery, It attacked Mow York city. Again and
again it Ored ttt hoavlcst gun at tho tall build
ings that tnado shining marks. Throe times
these bolts atrnck, but each time tho armor
tiroved too heavy and the bolt was dissipated
before serious damsgo was done. Balked by
the big marks, tho artillery was turned on tho
smaller ones, and tho town was peppered
with email shot. 80 tar as reported this pep
pering did no mora damago than does the pep
pering ot the rnpld-flro gun In the crow's-nest
ot a man-of-war In a human battle, and, baffled
In its assault, tho low prtsuro fled out to sea,
taking Its heavy artillery along with It, Whtlo
the damago It did waa small, It mado a most In
spiring display. After It was gone the peoplo
said it was a beautiful storm, one ot tho moat
beautiful that the city had evor seen.
It was nearly o'clock In tho afternoon when
the evidences that the low pressure was on Us
way and would soon assault tho city wore first
seen by the machine lookouts In the Woather
Dureau. Tho machine lookouts nottflod tho
human lookouts, and away in tho southwest
they saw huge blaok clouds swirling and tum
bling and coming headlong toward the city.
The country underneath them waa being del
uged with rain, nnd occasionally tho flash of the
artlllory could bo soon. Tho gunnors wero evi
dently practising. On come the cJoHs over
New Jersey, and as they come tho barometer and
the other machine lookouts kept recording lower
pressure. It was only the people In the top ot the
very high buildings who got this first glimpse
of the gathering storm. By 4 o'olock tho people
lower down could aeo It. It waa coming over
the Palisades In New Jersey. The advance
guard was & cotton cloud, whlto and fluffy. Be
hind it came tho black on, fierce and forbidding.
Then the whlto one. driven by tho high winds
that wero not felt below, passed over tho city
I quickly, while the black one spread out Ilka a
blanket. Over tho Palisades there seemed to be
an Immense bank, and the black blanket rolled
out from that endlessly, but never decreasing
the size of the bank.
Slowly, as the blanket spread, darkness came.
Tho lights In tho big ofDoe buildings were set
going and they gleamed out as they do at tho
dead of night. Tho wind up to this time had
been blowing from eight to ten miles on hour.
There waa neither thunder nor lightning while
the storm thus gathered and darkened the city.
Tho wind freshened. It came In gusts. With It
were huge drops ot rain that fell a foot apart,
but made two-inch splashes on the pavement
where ther struck. These wero the signal for
' mankind to run to cover. Men. women and
children fled to the nearest hallways, to the cor
ridors of tho great buildings, to awnings, to sheds.
to every place that offered shelter. Corridors
ilka that in the PostOfflce building and in the
City Hall wero Jammed with people. The gusts
of wind camo stronger, and the trees In the
Eorks began bending. From eight miles an
our the vrlodlumpea In five minute to thirty
six miles. The raindrops came thicker and
just as big, but tUlthe artilUryheid off. The
darkness Increased. Tho cabla cars, their lights
unlit, moved along In gloom, the bells clanging
and the passengers worklng;frantlcallyat.,tho
4 "' side curtains ta get thorn down. The wind
I 1 worked around to the south, to the southeast, to
J tho west,. and then to the northwest. For
a moment then was a rift In the
clouds, and through that light shone and
tho marblo buildings in the city that were in Its
line were outlined against the black with start
ling effect. The wind increased to forty miles
an hour. Still only the big raindrops fell scat
tefingly. There wero minutes of suspenso
during which nobody knew exactly what was
going to happen, and then through the black
cloud came e vivid streak, followed by the
crashing thunder, so close that tho big buildings
shook. There was another and another streak
Iof lightning, and for a minute the uninterrupted
roll of thunder. The clouds oponed and the rain
poured down. The storm had begun.
In three minutes the wind Jumped from forty
miles to fifty-four miles an hour. Hero and
there In the porks limbs snapped from trees. In
the streets signs were blown from their places
and went scudding. Umbrellas were torn from
the hands of tho chumps who carried them, and
flew off in the air. Down came the rain In tor
rents, and with It the city grew darker still.
The streets were turned to miniature mill races.
Out on the rivers and on the bays it was aa
if night bod fallen, and tho boats were
groping around with never a light to guldo
them, and the pilot were literally at sea and
out of sight of land. With the whistling of the
wind came the deep tones of the steamboat
whistles. The pilots signalled everybody to keep
away. Every moment the downpour of rain
aoemed to increase. The wind caught it and
blew It along horizontally, so that, unless you
happened to do in a place facing to leeward, you
were soaked In a moment as badly as If you had
been out in the storm with no protection.
With tho first downpour of rain tho mercury
In the thermometers began to drop. It regis
tered 8 at the beginning. In the twenty minutes
that the storm lasted it fell 20. It had been
raining Ovo minutes when the lightning and tho
thunder became almost continuous and they
seemed to be getting nearer and nearer. Still
the aim of the gunners was poor and the only
damage dono waa the shaking of tho build
ings or the force ot the concussions. It
was 4:82 o'clock when tbe first bolt struck.
The OUlender building at tbe corner of Nassau
and Wall streets towers up thero high above
the surrounding buildings. It has n cupola, and
on top of that a 45-foot flagpole. Thero was a
particularly vivid flash of light, u particularly
savage crash of thunder, and poolings ot that
flagpoio went flying Into the street. Nobody
aw the bolt strike an far as The HON renorter
could learn. Nobody In tho building felt it, but
there was a sizzling In half n dozen telephone
boxes In the building and they were burned out.
Tbe bolt struck the pole two-thirds of the way
up and tore around and around It In most extra
ordinary fashion, leaving it an enormous
I wooden corkscrew. Where tho bolt wont or
how, after It left the pole, nobody knows. Possi
bly it was caught by the steel frames of the
building and was distributed harmlessly
throughout the whole structure on its way to
the ground.
It wns some minutes after tho first bolt struck
that the second ono landed. It picked out
the flagpole on tho roof of the tall building
of tho Mutual Lite Association, two blocks
further up Nassau street. It was seen to
strike by tho folks in tho Bank of Cominorco
building, but It was none In an Instant, loaving
only a sullntorod polo tnshow whoro it bad been.
The third one of tho good allots by nature's
artillerymen was mado within the next tlve
minutes. The cupola of the New York Life
building In Broadway, at Leonard street, Is un
finished. But two figures that are to ornument
It have been put in plaee. They are llfs-slre
bronze figures of men. In tho present stato of
construction It Is not possible to say Just what
these men are supposed to be doing, but they
seem to be about to strike at something or
somebody. Nature's gunners could easily mistake
them for n pair of AJaxes In the net of defying
them. If they did so inlstnko them, they ac
1 ceptcd the challenge and turned their next gun
at them with what was Intended to bo deadly
accuracy, Bui nlas for them, the armor was
I fculn ton strong. Tlio iwople In the build
j Inix didn't Know it had lieeu hit. They denied It
,' strenuously. But the bolt wassecn to strike by a
crowd gathered In tho Criminal Court building
J nearby. At tho moment of the shock the figures
i shivered. Bright lights shot around them a
moment nnd then slid down a pillar, coloring It
blue for an Instant, auddUappeurod. Tbellgures
stood out dellanfly after the bolt had gone. The
cl!i!?1 scrutiny fulled to show a mark on them.
itio storm spent itself In about twenty initi
al ut.eB-. Jutlint twenty minutes. 02 of an inch of
rain fell. 'J ho wind died out as quickly n it
bad come up. For hours afterward It ralnod
at Intervals, but not fiercely. The gunners
aimed one more heavy bolt at the business dls
, trlct, but It fell wide of the mark. The dap of
thunder vrus tbo loudest of all. The bolt struck
'h East IUver.bo the passengers ono Brookl) 11
Brldgo trulu who were coming to tho city at the
time say,
..A bolt struck the forty-foot flagpole on tho
ftorman apartment house, nt llOlh street and
Ka,k avenue, about 4:110 o'clock, nnd shattered
tn wood for fifteen feet from the top. The
m glided wooden ball surmounting tho pole was
"Pi',1!"1 onA and 'e" 'n vacant lot north of tho
) ( I building. Tho tennnts In (ho hou6o were con-
II slderably 'frightened by the noise.
1 More than sixty persons sought refuge from
f I luo storm under a bridge near the menagerie
' H !" fi"tra' 1'ark. On both sides of the path
; , I! !?,'l(lln under the bridge are steep grass slopes.
' f Tll0, """? of water which fell at first were
,11 . Varr-11 off and it wss not until after 4 o'clock
ill I We storm-bound people noticed
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that the water was spreading over tho asphalt
walk with alarming rapidity.
Just outside on either sfdo ot tho brldgo an
Immenso pool had formed, which was soveral
reel deep. This cut off tbo etcapo of tho people
from either entrance of tho tunnel. The storm
continued to rago nnd tho water to rise. Sud
denly n torrent of water, as though rcloased
from a dam, poured down from ono of tho
slopes, and thencoplo under the brldgo mad a
rush for tho scats. Thero wero only fourteen of
these, nnd In n moment tho peoplo wero packed
on them like sardines. Most of the womon wero
thoroughly frightened, and many of them hold
their children abovo their heads in fear that
they would be drowned.
Roundsman Alcorn and Policoman Schneider
saw tbo predicament tho peoplo wore In, and
boards wore hastily got out and an Improvised
brldgo mado from the benches into tbe menag
erlo pen. Over this tho women and children
wore taken, but most of tho men waded. The
water by this tlmo had reached a height of two
feet, Tho brldgo was rather frail, and when It
camo the turn of a vary fnt woman to walk
across, sho demurred.
Relief hove In sight In the shape ot one of the
donkuys which tho children ride on pleasant
days. Tho fnt woman straddled tho donkey, and
In this manner was landed on dry ground. Tho
water did not subsldo until almost 0 o'clock.
While tho storm was at its worst Columbus
RVcnuo cablo car 731, Frank Martin grlpninn,
reached tho awltch at 100th street, where tho
lino ends. Tho car was full of passengors, and
they wanted to stay In tho car a few minutes to
see If the rain would let up. The car stood still,
but tho rain showod no signs of abating. Many
of tbe passengers stood In the middle aisle. Car
103 vfos directly behind It, nnd the grip
man was blinded by the wator which
was blown in his face. Ho didn't see
that car 751 was standing still, and ho
banged Into It- Tho passongors who wero
standing up were knocked to the front of tho
car ond thrown about on tho floor. Mrs. Ed
ward L, Bull of 180 West Seventy-fifth street
was badly shocked by the force with which she
struck the floor. Eliza Ryan of 13 East Thirty
fourth street was cut and bruised about the
arms. Tboy were attendod in a drug store.
Tbo rear dashboard ot car 7S1 and the front
dashboard of car 153 wero badly smashed.
The British shlpBolford, which arrived yes
terday from Cape Town, dragged her anchor in
the storm and drifted with tho blast nearly
three-quarters of a mllo before she found good
holding ground.
A largo shade troe was blown down in front of
133 West Sixteenth street. It foil across the
street, blocking tralHo until early this morning.
Lightning-struck the flagstaff on the hay
barge Chicago, lying at the foot ot West Thirty
fifth street, cleaving an eight-Inch wooden ball
which surmount it and shattering the staff.
Tho lightning ran along the telephone wires
from a Doatbouse owned by J. Plerpont Morgan
on tho pier, and Edward May and Leon Wil
liams, who were sitting in the boathouse, were
slightly shocked. The wires wero burned clear
of insulation and tho telephone was wrecked.
When the storm began the workmen emnlored
in an unfinished double flat house tm 133d streot,
between Amsterdam avenue nnd the Boulevard,
hustled to a saloon to await the clearing.
Bomo of them lookod toward tho west and
saw a sheet of rain strike the east wall of the
east houso fairly on the inside. Tho rain was
driven by a strong gust of wind, and when it hit
the wall tho two uppor stories were blown out
ward. Tho bricks and mortar fell Into a lot besldo
the building, doing no damage Tho section of
wall blown down was about thirty feet high and
tbe length of the house. The damage was about
tJoOO.
An eccentric bolt landed on the east gablo
of Warren Ferrls's house, on West Farms road,
between Second and Third streets, Westchester.
It toro a square bole in the gable, ripped oft a
lot of shingles, and went into a bedroom on the
third floor, In which Mr. Ferrls's threo children,
Catherine, Effle. and Richard were at play.
It knocked a strip of nlaster four Inches wide
and six feet long off tbe coiling. loosened tho
plaster on two sides ot the room, charred the
paper on the walls ot a small closet, and loosened
all the plaster In an adjoining room.
Then it went through the floor to a bedroom
on the second story, where it did practically the
samo thing, and thence Into the dining room. In
the dining room It divided. One part went
through the floor to tbe laundry, and was lost In
the ground.
The other dodged out through sn open win
dow and Jumped across tho yard at tbo side of
tho house, across the yard ot J. W. Rogers'
bouse adjoining, and flew Into the window of
Mr. Rogers's home.
He was setting in lino with tho window, some
distance from It, and wondering how long It. was
going to rain. "
Tbe bolt Interrupted' bl cogitation by knock
ing him off the chair. He was sent sprawling
on the floor. The chair waa overturned.
Mr. Rogers didn't recovor from tbe shock for
nearly an hour, and then he went to the Ferris
house and told Mrs. McConocble. Mrs. Forrls's
mother, that he wished she'd keep her lightning
at homo.
Mrs. McConochlo hud been made 111 by tho
bolt, and all the poople in the Ferris house had
headaches last night.
The damage done by the bolt to the house
amounted to about 9500.
MAXY CELL AltS FLOODED.
Residents Along Twenty-third Street Say the
Sewer Are to Blame.
West Twenty-third street, from Ninth avenuo
to the river, was flooded yesterday afternoon
with water which broke out of the overcharged
sewer and flowed over the pavement and side
walks Into the cellars all along the route The
residents of that street hava had more or less
trouble with the sowers In the last two years
and say they are inadequate.
When the rain came down in torrents yester
day afternoon It overcharged the sewers and
sent the manholes all along the lino flying Into
tbe air. Tho water poured out of the manholes
In streams four feot high, and soon there was a
rushing torrent flooding the street all tho way
to th river. The cellar along Twenty-third
street. Twenty-second street, and as far north as
Twenty-fifth street wero flooded with wator
from three to six feet in depth.
The Brighton mills, in Twenty-third street,
between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, were
obliged to shut down because of the flood.
Water poured into tbo collars, flooding tho
engine room, and tbe engineer had to shut off
steam. Tbe water rose to such a height before
theemploycesgot out of the building that four
girls who were among the last to leave were
obliged to removo their shoes and stockings
and wad through the water, which came to
their knees, until they got around to Tenth
avenue.
A few days ago workmen cut through the
brick sower In Tenth avenue In order to run a
water main. This sower Is also said to be inade
quate, and tho water pipes made It mora so. A
newsboy crossing Tenth avenue slipped into tbe
deep water mado by tbo excavattun. and was
rescued af te considerable difficulty- bysomo by
standers. Tbe freight yards of the Erie Rail
road at the foot of Twenty-third street were
completely submerged, and small boys went
swimming In tbo water there. The lumber
works of the McClavo Company at Twenty
second street and Eloventh a enue woro also
obliged to shut down becauso ot tho flood.
Water poured Into the cellar of the saloon kept
by James A. Moagher, nt Tonth avenue and
Twenty-third streot. and In a short time bad
damaged bis stock of whiskey, beer, and ules to
tho extent of $1,000. It wnshod away the boards
under the temporary track of the Twenty-third
street crosstown street car line, which was laid
over tho excavation at Tenth avenuo, and for
an hour tbe curs were stopped until the boards
could be replaced. .....
Cabmen around tho Pennsylvania Railroad
ferry at the foot of Twenty-third stroet reaped a
harvest from passengers by taking them through
tbo water. Tho residents say that they haie
had trouble with tho towers over slnco a new one
was built from Elevrnth avenue to thi- river. In
stead of Joining this now sower with tbe old
ono, which ran along Eleventh avonue, a sep
urato sewer was mado ot It, nnd this serves to
longest tho water In the Eleventh avenue
sewer. Several ot tbo residents and landlords
have suits pending against tbo city now for
damage dono by water which overflowed their
cellars from the sower.
Saloon Keeper Meughor has two suits ponding,
nnd will now start another ono. Among other
houses flooded was that of John C. Hhocban nt
401 West Twenty-third streot. As soon as the
rain stopped men were employed to pump out
tbo water from tbo collurs, and ar the Brighton
mills a staff of twenty men was employed pump
ing out the collar.
I'ASjv o.y ax r.xcvnaiox bauoh.
Twelve Hundred Children Causbt In the Stoma
on Iug Island Sound.
Twelve hundred children who wont out upon
Long Island Sound on a Imrco yesterday on an
excursion from Williamsburg, given by the
Children's Aid Society and tho TVfbune Fresh
Air Fund, had a fearful rxperlencoln the storm.
It struck tbclr cargo about 1 P, M, Attempts
were made to gUe the excursionists shelter by
letting down tho canvas awnings of tbo barge,
but those wero torn away by tho wind,
'Iben a panio ensued. The children rushed to
tbo rear of tho boat and scronmed with fear.
Amid all this turmoil Cnrrlo Foreman of '.'31
Howard avenue, Brooklyn, fell In nn opileptlo tit.
The attendants finally succeeded in restoring
order, but when tho barge landed at the foot of
South Fifth street. In Williamsburg, at 0:30
I o'clock, Carrie Foreman had another fit, and
was sent to th Eastern District Hospital,
FLOATING HOSPITAL HIT.
jtAitr KiLitsn or ziohtxixo ox
TBI ST. JOHN'S OUILIi BOAT,
Another Born Prentatarely Arter the Rams
Shock-lloth Children Marked Very Much
AUke-Hatr a lUadred Persona Blinded
ror the Tint and Manv Thrown to the Deck,
Lightning struck tho Floating Hospital of St.
John's Guild In tho storm at 4 o'clock yestorday
afternoon and killod a child in Its mother's
arms. Tho samo shock caused tho premature
birth ot another child not threo feot away from
the child that had been killed.
Tho floating hospital wo coming up the bay
freighted with women and children. When it
ran into the storm tho black clouds seemed to
settlo down all around tho barge Tho children
clung tighter to their mothers' skirt and tho
mothers huddled together In tbe gloom.
Tho rain slackened for a moment. Then the
whole eloud blazed and crackled for an Instant
Uko a forest of burning pine. Thero was scarcely
any echo of thunder. The women dropped on
tholr kneos and prayed aloud. Tho cloud closed
down In gloom again and the rain fell In sheet.
A bolt of tho lightning had hit the barge on her
port bow, cut away tho storm curtains, ripped a
bundle ot splinters from the upper deck, and for
an Instant blinded half a hundred porsons, be
sides throwing many on tholr faces on the deck.
Close by tho port rati sat Mrs. Amelia Aokorly,
who lives at 002 West Forty-fifth street. In
her arms sho hold her threo-months-old baby,
Amolla, whllo anothor of her children clung to
h cr skirts. When tho lightning camo it hit tho
head of tho baby and passed along Its back, kill
ing tho child and stunning the mother.
Two of tbo deck hands on tbe boat were stand
ing near her. They ran to save the woman
from falling and held her In their arms, whllo
ono of tho trained nurses on tho boat snatched
the child. The men managed to lay tho woman
on tho floor, and when they turned about they
saw another woman who had fallen threo feet
away.
Two trained nurses wont to her and Dr. Med
win Lcale, physician in cbnrgo of tho boat, ran
forward. He found that a baby bad beon born,
andifter caring for tho mothor turned his atten
tion to Mrs, Ackerly. He succeeded in reviving
hnr.
Then Dr. Leale's attention was taken up with
several women who bad fainted from fright, and
others who were suffering from the shock.
From that time until tho boat nut Into her
dock, at tho foot ot West Fifty-second street,
the doctor was busy doing tho work that ordi
narily would require a dozen physicians.
As soon as the Floating Hospital was mado
fast to thi dock, a cab was summoned. Mrs.
Ackley, carrying her dead baby in her arms,
was assisted Into the cab. A trained nurse and
ono of the boat's deck bands accompanied hor to
her home.
The hospital boat then went around to tho
East River and was docked at tho foot of East
Twenty-eighth street, Just in the rear of Bellevuo
Hospital. Dr. Tealo had in the mean time tele
phoned to Bollovuo to havo on ambulanco nt tbe
Twenty-eighth street dock.
Tho ambulance was there when tho boat ar
rived. The storm-born babo and Its mothor
wero lifted into tho ambulance and taken to
Bellevue Hospital. Thero the mother said she
was Mrs. Anna Lee of 110 Tenth avenue.
On the back of her baby's head and down Its
spine the doctors found a peculiar birthmark, a
streak of rod three Inches In width. This did not
seem strange until tbe same sort of a mark was
found upon the head and back of tbe child that
bad been killed.
The mark of the lightning on the Ackley child
was discovered by Dr. Medwln Lottie's father.
Dr. Charles A. Leale. who is one ot the former
Presidents of St. John's Guild.
Dr. Charles Leale want to tho Ackley house
and made a careful examination of the child's
body. Several other physicians were present.
The child's frock was scorched in tho back as if
by flro, u
-Tho child waa struck on the head." said Dr.
Leale, "and tho lightning passed down tho spi
nal cord, causing instant death.
" A dark red mark threo inches wide and fifteen
inches long was loft on the skin over the spine,
with a small blistered spot at the bottom."
J.1L BENEDICT, JIt.'S, SIlSAItTEHTVItE
Picked Cp Hearty (Tnconaclon In Broadway by
the Potlee Uls Condition Accounted for.
Two policemen while walking down Broad
way last evening saw Albert Bang, the proprie
tor of a beer hall in the block between Thirty
third and Thirty-fourth streets, lay a man who
seemed to bo scarcely conscious down on the
sidewalk beside the entrance to hi saloon.
The two policemen picked tho man up. He
was able to walk with their old, and they took
him down Sixth avenuo to Thirtieth street.
When they reached the corner ho becamo un
conscious and fell on his back to tbo pavement.
The policemen took blm to the West Thirtieth
street station house, where be was laid on the
floor in the room used by the policemen as a sit
ting room.
Papers In his pocket showed that he was
James U. Benedict, Jr., a banker, at 48 Ex
change place. Ho told the policeman, before be
became unconscious, that ho had not been In
Bang's saloon. Ban? told tbo police that, while
he was standing in front of his place about 8:25
o'clock, Benedict came along up the street, stag-
?cring. He tried to go Into the saloon. Bang
old him he could not enter.
Benodlct persisted, and tried to force his way
post Bang. Bang put his hands on his shoul
ders to keep him out. As he did so tbe man col
lapsed. Mr. Benedict Uvea at 14 East Seventieth
street, ami has been a member of tbe Stock
Exchange for ten years. He is associated with
tho firm of Benedict Bros. Ho belongs to the
New York Athletic, City, Larchmont Yacht,
and Racquet clubs; tho American Geographical
Society, the New England Socloty, American
Museum of Natural History, and the Metropol
itan Museum of Art.
Mr. Benodlct revived about mldnliht and told
the Sergeant that be had been drinking. Ho
said that he remembered nothing after ho col
lapsed at Thirtieth street and Sixth avenue.
roVXD TUB DOCTOR IX UEIt ItOOiT.
A MlssoarUn 1)1. covers His Daughter's Shame
and Shoot tbe Man Who Caused It.
Palmyiu, Mo July 23. Daniel Roso found
Dr. J. W. Norris in Miss Rose's room on Friday
night. This morning, Just before 0 o'clook, Roso
met Norris on tho streot in front of the Post
Ofllco and shot him down with a revolver. After
Norris was down ho drow a revolver and fired
two shots at Hose, but did not hit blm. Narrls's
wound has been pronounced mortal,
Tho affair that caused to-day's shooting has
boon tho gossip of tho town since last Sunday.
At about 1 o'olock that morning Dr. Norris, who
was a leading physician of the city, carried a
ladder to tbe Rose houso. nsconded to tbo second
story, and entered tbo room occupied by Katie
Roto, tbo pretty 20-your-old daughter,
Tbo father and mother, who slept on tbo first
Soar, wero awakened by a nolso upstairs, and,
ellevlng that burglars had entered tho houso,
Mr. Rose nrmort blmsolf with a butchor knife
and ascended tho stairs.
On reaching his daughter's room Rose found
Dr. Norris there. Rose rushod furiously nt tbe
doctor with his butchor knife, threatening to kill
him on tbe spot. Norris, however, was tho moro
powerful ot tho two, and defonded himself so
vigorously that Rose was soon disabled, and
Norris escapod.
POSTMlBTIlESa 91,800 HIIOJCT.
Her Dtuahter suspected and a Warrant for
Hor Arrest Iosued.
Ciikyknnb, Wy July 23. Mrs. Anna Duval,
Postmistress at Fort Russell, was to-dny found
to bo $1,300 short In her account with tbe Post
Ofllco Department. Her 20-yoar-old daughter
Eislo is charged with having embezzled tho
money nnd a warrant for her arrest has been
Issued.
Equitable (las Slock Take a Jump.
The stock of tbe Equitable Qas Light Com
pany mado a sensational advance on the curb
yesterday, sales being effected at 202, with re
ports of transactions at higher flguros. As high
as 280 was bid for the stock without bringing
out any. On Thursday the stock sold at 212.
On Friday of last week It sold at 230. There
were various rumors In regard to tho sensa
tional adtunco, nil centring around tho pro
jected consolidation of the Equltablo with the
New York and K&st Rlvor Qas Company,
inker's Urn Rtoro Has Removed
and Is now open for business at southw.it Qtntr of
Bfcclh arenas and Twcntytau-dslrttfc-jUv.
DEAX M'ZKAX BUOT JJO.T.V.
A Member of the California Medical College,
Paealty the Victim or a Crank,
Bin FiUNCisoo. July 23. Patrlok Walsh, a
crank, who thought ho had a grievance, shot
In tho street to-day Dr. Donald McLean, dean of
California Mod leal College, Inflicting throe dan
gerous wounds. When pursued by the police
Walsh put ft bullet through his brain.
Walsh bad been assistant Janitor at tho Modi
col Collego and when tho head Janitor went ho
expected tho place. Dr. McLean pretentod his
name, but tho directors failed to select him. Ho
was erratlo and quarrelsome and thoy decided
he would not bo a safo man.
He became abuslvo afior this disappointment
and thoy discharged him. His failure ho at
tributed to McLean, end recently ho sont the
doctor a lotter demanding 9200, which ho said
ho hod lost by waiting for tho promised plsoa.
Dr. McLean replied that Walsh had no claim on
him. Walsh brooded over this and determined
to shoot McLean. To-day he met tho doctor oa
Van Vess avenuo and mado some demand on
him. Being rebuffed, ho fired throo shots, all of
which took effect. Then he ran, followed by a
policeman. When ho found tho policeman was
gaining on him. ho put tbo pistol to his bead
and flrod. Ha was dead when tho policeman
roaehed him.
Dr. McLean will probably recover. On
Walsh's body woro found a letter and a ram
bling statemont. Tho lotter said that If he did
not get the money ho "hopod to bo compensated
on tbe Klondlko with a coal-oil can of nuggets."
His statement is disjointed, nnd gives as his
reason for the shooting that the doctor deoelved
him and choatcd him out ot a promised place.
A five-cent ploco and a fow worthless trinket
were found In hi pockets.
Favour orr tub rustlers.
Two Cowboys Wounded and One Hostler Hilled
and One Captured.
CnT5TK' Wy., July 23. A party of outlaws
known as tho Hole-ln-the-Wall band attacked
the round-up of the Cy and Ogallala Cattlo
companies yesterday and attempted to prevent
tho rounding up of tho country around their
rendezvous. In tho fight Foreman R. N. Devln
and his son, Loo Devlne, of th cowboy wero
woundod, and Bob Smith, ono of the leaders ot
the rustlers, wss killed and Bob Taylor was
capturod.
Tho Uolo-ln-the-Wall gang Is a remnant of the
rustlors against whom the stockmen's war ot
1B02 was directed. It consists of about twenty
desporate cattle rustlers and horse thieves who
made their rendezvous at an isolated spot in
the Big Horn Mountains. From this fastness
they have sallied out many times and raided
cattlo and shoop ranches in Central Wyoming,
carrying their depredations as far east as Ne
braska and South Dakota.
Karly this month five of them attempted to
rob tbo Hello Fourche Bank, but tbo otllcers ot
the bank drovo tliom off. They wero followed,
and ono of them, Tom O'Day. was enptursd. Tbe
others were surrounded at the V. V. V. ranch
for soveral days, but tboy escaped and returned
to thoir old haunts.
The only stand against tbe band a depredations
has been mado by Senator Carey's outfit, tbo Cy
Company.
Bob Devlne, tho foreman, took a force ot
armed cowboys Into the Uole-ln-tbe-Wall ter
ritory last year and recovered soveral hundrod
bead of cattle. The outlaws hnvo novcr for
given Dcvlno for this, and they sont blm
word If he ever returned be and his out
fit would be killed. Last week I)o
vlno prepared for this year's round-up.
His forco consisted of thirty well-armed
cowboys, who volunteered for tbo dangerous
duty. The round-up proceeded without Inter
ruption until last evening, when Devlne and
eight of his men were rounding up thopasturo
where tho rustler kept tW.trtolen-atock. Hare
they were attacked ty the rustlers, led by Al
and Bob Smith and Bob Taylor. Tbo first volley
fired by tho rustlers wounded Foreman Devlne
and his son and killed their horses.
Both of the Devlnes returned the flro and
killed Bob Smith. Tho horses of somo of the
cowboys stampeded and got away arid for a
time It lookod as it the rustlers would win the
fight. More than fifty shots were exchanged.
Finally tho rustlers retreatod. leaving Bob Tay
lor a prisoner In tho hands of the cowboys. The
round-up w as abandoned and tho cowboys rodo
rapidly to Casper with their prisoner.
ROOSEVELT OX JAPAX.
He Tells tbo Ohio If avnl neorrvea Some Whole
some Truths and Aronseo Enthusiasm.
Cleveland, O., July 23. Theodoro Roosevelt.
Assistant Secretary of tho Navy, stirred up en
thusiasm yesterday In a spocch to tbe Ohio
navnl reserves cruising about Johnson's Island,
off Lake Erie. His theme was Japan nnd the
likelihood ot war with tho Mikado's Govern
ment. Ho said: "I read In tho paper this
morning that Japan docs not propose to allow
us to annex Hawaii. Tbo United States Is not
in a position which requires her to ask Japan or
any othor foreign power what territory it shall or
shall not acquire. It Is upon you, gentlemen,
and upon organizations of your kind, that this
nation depends to uphold her dignity In what
ever misunderstandings wo may havo with for
eign nations. We arc naturally a peace-loving
people. It Is absolutel) nocessaryto have. In
addition to our regular navy, however efficient
Its otllcers and men may be, and they are ef
ficient, such organizations as yours a a nucleus
around which to build a reserve force to our
navy, which. In case of a declaration of war,
would be of some servlco In twenty-tour hours
and ot groat servlco In two weeks.
"You may get some bleu ot the Importance
the Navy Department places upon tho formation
of an efficient navy limit along the great lakes
when 1 toll you that I declined an urgent re
quest to make an Inspection ot tbo divisions
already in oxistenco along our seacoast. and
which will eventually bo extended to all of our
large navigable rivers. In order to investigate
tbo beginning of this movement along a frontier
bordering on a foreign power and extending
across a continent. In behalf of the depart
ment I represent I promise you Its unqualified
support and encourugement, for men who spend
time nnd money In such earnest work as you
must havo done are euro to prove themselves
equal to any emergency where duty calls them
from parades and rovlows to mpro serious work
of upholding a nation s honor.
Throughout his remarks, which were quits
extended, Mr. Roosevelt showed much earnost
ness, and he was cheered heartily by both the
naval men and othor auditors. AdJ.-Oen. Ax
lino spoke In behalf of tho reserves.
.TAPAX SO rUlEXDLT.
Urr Special Envoy Nurprlsed That We Think
She Wants Hawaii.
Ottawa, Ont., July 23. Masano Mayda, rep
resentative of tho Japanoso Government, Is hero
on business with tbo Dominion Oovornmsnt.
About a month ago ho passed through eastern
Canada on bis way to tho United 8tates, whoro
he had a mission regarding tariff matters and
tho Hawaiian dlltlculty.
In an Intorvlow to-dny ho stated that In both
tboso mnttor ho believed selfish intorests woro
at tbe bottom of tbe present "(citation in tbo
States, and ho thought It a great pity that a
peoplo llko those ot tbe United States should bo
exercised by n canard that the 1 Japanoso want
ed to get hold of tbo Hnndwlch Islands.
Thero wero no flashings of interests between
tho countries, nnd tho difficulty. In his oplnlou,
would be stralghtcnod out without any sorlous
trouble, notwithstanding tho unfriendly utter
ances of a portion of the American press,
Jnpan-Hawall Arbitration.
WabhinotoS, July 23.-CoL Buck, the United
StatcB Minister at Toklo, cabled the Stato De
partment to-day that the Japanese Qovernnient
was giving earnost consideration to tho propo
sition mado by Hawaii to submit tbe differences
between tho two countries to arbitration. The
Minister had beon Instruotod to Impress upon
tho Japaueso authorities the earnost hope of his
GovoriiLuout that tho proposal would bo ac
cepted. As stated In TiikBun to-day, tho Ad
ministration is credited with having induced
Hawaii to suggost arbitration to Japan, and the
despatch from Col. Buck shows that he has been
watching tbo progress ot tho matter.
IIUiu at Police Ileadtuarters.
Pollco Headquarters was on Are yestcrdny, A
closot In tbo basement whs found to be ablaze
and the englnca wero called, but before they
camo tbe police In the building had torn out tho
burning boards and put out the lire.
Lsiy livers and sluttish bowels ar mado active by
a (Uasaat doss of Tarrant' Sltsr A portent. Adv.
3 KILLED AND 9 INJURED.
XATAL EXPLOSIOX OX HOARD THE
STEAMER XimtEO STATE.
Bow and Side Adjacent to It Blown Out and
Twelve Member or Her Crew Hilled or Hurt
Seriously The Fumes or Maphtha I'srd In
Cleaning Soppoood to Have Been Net on PI re.
BruDOBronT, Conn., July 23. An explosion
occurred on the steamer Nutmeg Stato of tbo
Bridgeport lino while sho was lying at her dock
at tho foot of South avenuo a fow minutes bo
foro 7 o'clock to-night, Threo mon wero killod
and nlno Injured seriously, whtlo several per
sons recolvcd minor Injuries. Somo of tho moro
seriously Injured may dlo. Tho dead and In
jured all belong In Now York and wero omployed
a deckhands. Tho causo of the oxploslon Is not
known definitely as yet. Tho ofDclals of tho
company have not mado a statement,
Tho doad aro Timothy Roardon, Patrick
Moran, and Jerry O'Conncll. Hcnrtlon died
on the operating tablo at tho Emergency
Hospital whllo tho doctors woro preparing to
dress his wounds. Patrick Moran was taken
out of the wreck ot tho forecastlo with bis nock
broken, and Jorry O'Connell, who had both legs
fractured and was injured Internally, died a
fow minutes after ho had been removed to tho
Gonoral Hospital.
Tho Injured aro Michael Rcardon, Patrick
Glcnnon, Michael McQarvoy, Edward Lynch,
John Hortnet, John Carroll, Michael Sullivan,
and Patrick Elloy. All the Injured oxcept tho
last two aro at tho Qcnoral Hospital. They aro
burnod and bruised, and some aro Injured Inter
nally. At tbo tlmo ot tho oxploslon tbo men wero all
'seated at a tablo eating suppor, w hlch had beon
sorvod forward on the main dock, dlroctly over
tho forecastlo, where tho bunks In which the
men slept woro sltuatod. Thero woro a dozen
mon at tho table. A terrific oxploslon camo and
nono of tbo men seated at the tablo can tell
what occurred.
The complete wrock ot the bow of tho boat tells
the story. Tho main deck, above which tbo ex
plosion took place, is torn In pieces and tbo tim
bers badly shattered and reduced to splinters.
The timbers and siding on both sldos ot tho boat
were blown out completely, leaving It wide ooen.
J he force of the oxploslon shattered only tho
ook immediately abovo tho hold, whero the mon
slept. Thu upper deck was not injured.
Some ot tbo men at tho tablo were thrown into
the wator through tho big holos made in tho
sido ot tho bow of tbe boat.
An alarm of flro was sent and when tho en-
fines arrived there waa plenty of smoke but
Ittle flamo. The flro was quickly extinguished,
and then tho llrcmen assisted in searching for
the dead and helped to oxtrlcate tho woundod
from the debris. A call for the ambulance was
sont In. When tho extent of the oxploslon be
came known a call was sent out for physicians
and In a short time a largo forco was on hand.
Tho dock was soon crowded. At llrst It was
reported that a number of passentrcrs had been
killed, and relatives and friends hurried to the
scene. Tho pollco had a hard Job to koep the
crowd from swarming on to tbo steamer and
Interfering with the work of getting out tho
dead and wounded.
To-night it is impossible to learn tho real cause
ot the explosion. During the afternoon a bug
"exterminator," which U said to contain a large
amount of naphtha, had boen used on tho mat
tresses of the bunks In which the men BlepU
Uosoline also bad been used to clean tho hold.
According to tho story told by one ot tho men,
during tho supper one of tho hands left the
table and went below into tbe forecastle. It Is
supposed he struck a match whllo there and the
gas from tbe naphtha, which had been used In
large quantities, and tbe gasoline exploded. Tbe
explosion occurred either in the forecastlo,
where the bunks, are or in the hold underneath.
Tho steamer is badly-damsgod-and wlU havo t3'
go in dry dock.
B. M. Road, tho man who used tbo naphtha
on tbo mattrcsso in tho forecastlo w btch Is said
to havo caused tho explosion, surrendered him
self at Police Headquarters to-night. Ho was
allowed to go after being orderod to appear be
fore Coroner Dolcn to-morrow morning.
aiAKixo a snow or murder.
Mro. Ilmrts Body on Public View and Her
Husband's Kaloon Kept Open.
Andreas Mallniak, tho Hungarian who killed
Mrs. Kmetz while Bho was in bedntber hus
band's side In Now ark on Thursday morning,
wua taken to Joll yesterday morning after be
ing carefully watched In his cell at the Fourth
precinct all night for fear of nn attempt at
suicide. Ho slopt peacefully all through tho
night.
Mallniak said be had not eaten anything since
Wednosday, and refused his dinner yesterday
until tho Warden threatened him, and then be
took two or threo spoonfuls of stewed tomatoes,
and said that be was not hungry. Later In the
af tornoon, however, ho ate a hearty meal, but
was deprived of knife and fork and provided
with only a pewter spoon.
When Kmetz was discharged from custody on
Wednesday afternoon he went home and openod
up tbo saloon and catered to un extraordinary
crowd of curiosity seekers w bo viewed the bed
room in which the murder occurred, probed tbe
bullet hole In the partition, looked at the broken
window and drank several kegs of beer. Yester
day the stream ot morbid people was steady,
and Kmotz did the best business ot bis life.
The body of his wife was view ed nt an under
taking establishment in Springfield nvenue by
many persons, and will be placed on view again
to-morrow at Kmetz's house previous to the
funeral services. These will bo hold ot St Stan
islaus's Polish Church. Six nungarlnn societies
to which Kmetz belongs and ono to which his
wife belonged will march In a procession to
Woodland Cemetery.
TIIREE-CEXT FARES FOR ST. LOUIS.
To Be Introduced on Severn! Street Car Line
Hirst Month.
St, Louis, July 28. St. Louis is to havo the
three-cent oar faro system. Charles Green,
President and receiver ot the People' Railway
Company and of the Fourth Street and Arsenal
line, made aposltlvo statement to that offect
to-day.
" By Aug. 1," ho said, " the Fourth Street ond
Arsenal line will rcsumo operations on a tbroe
cont faro basis,"
Mr, (Ireen went further. He affirmed tbe re-
fort that bo waa back ot tbe North and South
tallw ay franchise 8 stem, and declared that tbe
proposed road would havo a general plan of
transfers. Becoming moro ronimunlcntUe be
asserted It was by no means improbable that by
the tlmo the North and South Hallway should
bo eoninlotcd two j oars bcuio. It, too, would op
erate with three-cent fares. Tho Roobllngs, T.
K. Ilarr of Trenton, and K. J. Moore of Philadel
phia aro known to be backing tbo North and
bouth Hallway projoct.
TIIEY MURDEltED TWO DEPUTIES.
Burned Their Bodies nnd Scattered tbo Ashes,
Yet Were Pound Out and t'ausht.
TitlNlDAD, Col., July 23. Six mon and two
women aro under arrest hero chnrged with
murdering Deputies William Oroen and Wil
liam Kolly when thoy woro searching for cattle
thieves In the spring ot 1800. Ofllcors aro In
pursuit of two moro men who aro said to have
been Implicated in tho crime. Tho prisoners
are Juan Duran, Nestor Martinez, Marodnnio
Archuletn, Davo Hodges, Luborto Archuleta,
Lis Duran, und Lucia Archuleta. Archuleta
has confessed that tho two doputies wero killod
from ambush, tholr bodies were burned, and tho
ashes scattered so that there would Ik no trace
of the dcod.
Silver In our Hollar Worth JS.D'J Cents.
Commercial bar silver was quoted by bullion
dealers yestorday at B04 cents un ounce, and
Oo emment assay bars at Mfn. This made the
silver In a standard silver dollar worth but 43.02
conts. The low reoord prlco for roiiimerclal bars
In this markot was mado on March .'I. 18!)4,
w hen salos were certainly made at 81) and pos
sibly by some dealers at ftBTs.
Translations of the "supprwued letters" of Napo
Iff n llonapsrte, and vnlu-n If Information cnmrolnif
tho void Held, of Klondike, In urst huud)'s Irlbunr.
Thr c most dellKhtful users fur womnu In uvtry
Sunday's Tribune
1 no Uautlful new Illustrated supplement to every
Buudsy's rrltuiw, with colored photographic vlsws
of actual sm-uks In tlif Ilia of tbe metropolis ami '
suburbs, and literary contsnts of the most oharmluft
cbaracur, Isonsof the finest Kblavemeuts In mod
rn journalism, and should be In tho hands of every
family with. any preUostons to cidUvaUom. Tryou
rtn-0 ooplM and sst. Aav.
PANIC IX A TUEATRE.
Women Escape with Their Clothing Ahlase
Three or Pour Children Missing.
Paduoaii, ICy July 23. The Casino Summer
Thoatro building at Ramonta Park was burnod
to-night nt 10 o'clock. A performanco was being
given, and thero n era about QUO people present
when tho flro was discovered.
It was caused by a fireworks display on tho
stage The audience was panto strlckon. Oror
200 persons were Injured by being burnod and
many were trampled almost to death.
Soveral ot tho actor wore painfully burnod.
Tho building was covered with tar paper, and
was a mass of flames In a mlnuto. At midnight
It was reported that three or four children had
perished in the flames. Women and children
emerged from tho burning building with their
clothing nblazo.
All tho doctors In tho city were required to
look out for tho Injured. Col. Roubcn Rowland
and his wife wero seriously injured In the stampede
BART DIED IX URR ARMS.
Mr. Prettier Carried It Body from Coney
Island to This City.
Mrs. Mary Pfelffor of 00 Harrison stroot went
last Saturday to Oonoy Island with her two-months-old
daughter, Marie Gertrude. The baby
had been HI for somo tlmo and Dr. D. A. Mo
Mlchael of tho dispensary at 73 Wost 100th
stroet told Mrs. Pfelffor that a change of air
might possibly benefit tho child.
At o'clock yesterday morning tho child be
came uneasy, and sho took It out into the
open air. After walking up nnd down the beach
for an hour sho mot a doctor whom sho know.
Sho asked htm to seo how tbe baby was,
"Why it's dead!" exclaimed tho doctor, lay
ing his hand upon tho child's hood.
Mrs. Pfelffer rofusod to bcllovo this and car
ried tho dead baby all tho way from Conoy Isl
and to the West 100th street dispensary. Thero
Dr. MoMtchaol said tho child hod died of cholera
Infantum, and gave a ccrtlflcato of death to that
effect.
IXDIAXB AXD WHITES FIOUT.
Ono on Kaeh Side Killod and Others Wounded
In the Vncompabgre Itrglon.
Salt Lake, Utah, July 23. There Is trouble
again among the Uncompshgre Indians. They
havo left the reservation in largo numbers and
aro slaughtering deor by tbo wholesale for tho
hides. Fifty carcasses were found in one place
and numerous others aro strewn all over tho
county. Indian Agont Bock sent out a force to
capture and bring baok to the reservation tho
offenders. A band ot about twenty waa encoun
tered. It offered resistance and In the fight an
Indian and a whlto man are reportod killed and
others wounded. Authentla nows is hard to ob
tain. Serious troublo is looked for.
XEW LABOR QUE8TIOX.
Shall Cnlon Drivers Who Ban Down Bicyclists
Be Exempt from Punishment 1
A number of drivers who belong to the Knights
of Labor allcgo that tho police and the Magis
trates are too sevoro with driver arrested for
running down bloyclo riders. Thoy have called
a mass meeting in Independence Hall, Twenty
seventh street, near Third avenuo, for Monday
evening to protest against tho action of the Mag
istrates and the police.
A RUXAWAT TEAM DROWXED.
, WlfhBriae.OaAxwytlNsa-SwnsvCoUess)'
Point Street Into tbo Ferry Blip.
A team of Dorses belonging to Slegol, Cooper
& Co. wore drowned near tho Collego Point
Ferry slip yesterday afternoon. Goorgo Ilollar,
tho driver, had been to Flushing deliver
ing somo goods. On his return about 2 P. M.
ho stopped at tho corner of First avenue and
First street. In Collego Point, and took the
horses' bridles off and put on feed bags for tbem
to eat from. Tbo horses mado a sudden Jump
and ran down First avenue at breakneck epeed
la tbe direction of the ferry. Tho driver was
sitting in tbe wagon nnd he made efforts to stop
tbe runaways, but without avail.
Tbe horses were unmanageable. Just as they
reachod the edgoof tho pier the driver Jumped
off. Tho horsos and wagon went overboard.
Efforts were made to savo tho horses from
drowning, but tbe weight ot tho wagon pulled
them down.
WOMEX ACCUSE AX ARTIST.
Have James P. tjsldlaw Loeked Cp on a Chara-n
or Annoying Them.
James F. Loidlaw, an artist, 08 years old, w ho
lives in a rear room ot the top floor of 111 West
Thirty-third street, was nrrcsted last night on
complain t of the female servants In Dr. Abraham
Jacobl's bouse, 110 West Thirty-fourth street.
Tho renr yards of tbe two houses adjoin, and tbo
servants, ono of whom Is Annie Schaefer, say
that slnco tho Jacobl family went away for the
summer Laidlaw has constantly annoyod them.
They say that he spent part of his time on the
roof of the houso In which he lives and that ho
was very Incompletely dressed. Last night ho
appeared on tbe streot in front of Dr. Jacobl's
houso and they called Policeman Frank and bad
him locked up.
A POLICE SURQEOX'S MISHAP.
Bitten by a Patient, Ho Is Suffering with Blood
Poisoning,
Police Surgeon John D. Sullivan of Brooklyn
was poformtng an operation for lockjaw on n
woman patient two weeks ago when her Jaws
suddenly snapped and his right forefinger was
bitten through to the bone. Ho dressed tbo
wound and suffered no 111 effect until Wednes
day last. He performed several operations on
Tuesday, and on the following day his right
hand and arm beenmo badly swollen. Drs. J.
W. Van Cott and J. C. Kennedy wore (Milled In
and snld ho was suffering with blood poisoning.
His condition on Wednesday night was regarded
as sorlous, but he is now rapidly recovering.
ACCUSED II Y MS LITTLE SOX.
A Seven-Yrar-Old Boy Saia His Father and
Brother lilllrd Ills Mother,
Birmtnoham, Ala,, July 23. Qeorgo Ander
son, agod 02, and his eon Wesley, aged IS, were
arrested last night at I i rook wood on tho charge
of murdering Mrs, Anderson. A son 7 years old
says while tho family was on a trip through
Jefferson, Tuskaloosa, and Shelby countlos bis
father nnd brothor murdered bis mother. He
says his father held his mother whllo Wesley
chopped her head off. The boy cannot tell where
tbe killing occurred, but says ho can go to tbo
place whoro tbo body was burled. Anderson
says his wife is In a pooruouso at Columbiana.
JIMCMAHVir CABLE CAIt HITS CAR.
Tbo Driver InJured-JIboeuiakrr Hurt by a
Third Avonue lar.
A cablo car ran Into John Kelly's hansom at
Broadway nnd Thirty-eighth streot about 4
o'clock yestorday afternoon. Kelly was knocked
off bis seat nnd his back was injured. He was
able, however, to go to his homo at -132 West
Thirty-third street. No ono was arrested.
John O. Thompson, a shoemaker ot 530 Third
avenue, was run down by a Third avenue cable
car at Thirty-third Btrect yesterday. He sus
tained several contusions and was taken to
Bellevuo Hospital, Ho declined to prosecute
thogrlpman.
cnivioo msEMEX at a nun nriin.
Top Htury or the Ilrlnckerbon Crarher llukrry
lliirned Out with u (.rent llUisr,
Tbo top stor) of BrlnckerbolT Sc Cu.'s r rnc Lor
bnU'O.at 112, 1)4, and 1)11 KlU.iUtli street, wns
burned out nbout II o'clock lust ciciilng wlthu
great blnzo. Tho Second, Thli I, nnd I'litirlli
avenue stioet-car linns and the (J rand street lino
were blocked. Chief K'jferllcb und Kmnnd
Assistant Chief Campion of tbo Chicago depart
ment watched the flro. The damage was said
to be about $100,000 to building, machinery,
and stock. luralarmsTTcrsesatrout, t
SENATE TO VOTE TO-DAY. 1
TUB EXI) OP TUB FIOUT OVER IBH f li
TARIFF IS XOW IX SIOUT. M ' f-Jti
' .liiBBr
Senntor Morgan or Alabama Mnde the Proposl t; K3
lion to Take a Vol at a o'clock This Ar- ''tflBnl
V tmrnnmBBBBi
trrnoon, and a Ther Was Mo Objection it -
Mas Bo Ordered-Hot Words on th Floor. fljlH
Washington, July 23. After a session ot six Mfi HI
and a half hours to-day, all obstacles to a final Inly! Ill
votoon tho tariff conforonco report In tho Sen- ,bM;ji
ato were removed by a proposition coming from vrYli'ilfl
the Domocratlo sldo of tho chamber. Mr. Morgan l's!ltl
of Alabama, from whom tho most apprehension IwB KB
of delay nnd difficulty was entertainod, asked ISfrl
unanimous consont that tho Sonato tako )&Mffl
recoss till 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, and llllBisi
that tho llnal vote bo taken at 3 o'clock In tht llii CM
afternoon. Mr. Allen, tho Populist Sonator ''MfJuPjal
from Nebraska, who had tho floor and who was 'fjcu Hifl
prepared to mako an Infinitely long; TiiltfilB
speech, on realizing that tho Senator from IFilStfH
Alabama had surrendered and that tho othor wftlinisi
Democratic Senator surrendered with blm, ftifPI
gavo up tho idea of filibustering, and said that itiwliss!
he would mako no objection. No othor Senator Mussfi Un
did so, and Vlco-Prcstdcnt Hobart announced 'liKtMsl
promptly that ununlmous consent was given, '"'toK.H
and that that would bo tho order. Tho wbol ;M jgjfl
day's session up to that point had boen occupied 'i"jl jS
with speeches agnlnst tho conference report, tho HS V !t!l
closoot tho discussion being much enllrenodby liwlgiflj
a wordy conflict between Senators Allen of ''Hfllla
Nebraska and Forakcr ot Ohio on tho subject of 'tsssnfrlfw
alleged fraud in tho last Presidential election rJssBBaljBsn!
in Ohio. 'jssBV
It was only by tho oxcrclso of tho mo3t power- iTtzBasni
fulnrtsof moral suasion tbut tbo Republican -visbHsbbI
managers succeoded in breaking down the com- 'IHsbbI
biuatlon formod to filibuster against tho final 4bbbWbbbb!
vote on tho conferonco report. Indeed, tbo con- iiVt bbbI
sent of two or throo of tho moro determined IKi 'El
Sonators was gained only after a personal uppoal r f nVK spl
to their sense of fairness and decency. Senators VtsrJfl
Allen and Butlor, for tho Populists, and Morgan ygsBnfKni
and Tillman, for the Democrats, were tho men 'SsCnsbI
who un to tho very last moment to-day Insisted I.bsbbb 39
that thoy would not allow tho conference iBaVnl
report to bo adopted. Tillman was ugly VbTiSib!
and defiant and bad a list ot grievance f'sMtHHs!
growing out of tho fact that twlco within two j-Hy'val
days ho has been defeated In his pet scheme .j'sBit nm
On Wodncsday Speakor Roed refused to afford -Rft'SI
an opportunity for tho consideration of his bill '! (sit Jbl
legalizing tho South Carolina dispensary system. jsUJ WW
and yesterday his threatened speech of denun- "V. PtfJ
ci ation of Republican Sonators for pigeonholing . ', Sjf nm
bis resolution for an Investigation of tho chargo j fiti'l
that Senators havo been buying sugar stock ifcWSnl
again, was mado impossible by tho committee Uvi S 9bb!
reporting his resolution back adversely. iiSJJM H
Tillman was therefore In an ugly mood whon !'H
thoSenatomct to-day, and promised to mako TsnBsnl
troublo. Ho was determined to attack the con- JnsnnBXal
ference report becauso It placed cotton tics and Aibbb!
cotton bagging back on tho dutiable list, and rissBBBBBs
sought to muko a combination with thoso Re- "iJJ'sW
publican Senators who are dissatisfied with the wJjf
high duty on whlto pine, Tillman hod In his Wkfi
pocket a telegram from his colleague, Mr. Mo Epar
Lauriu, authorizing him to pair him In any way , yCP?
possible to bring about tho restoration of cotton mESh
bagging and cotton tics to tho free list. Till- ''jitfi
man's political power in South Carolina is on tho IMf.
wane, ond bo realizes that ho must do something C'JSs
to save himself from utter defeat at home. 'Mtt
When Senators Aldrich and Faulkner, however, sgl!
representing the Republican and Dcmocratlo Jsrl
sides ot the chamber, pointed out to him th 734
absolute impossibility ot amending the bill now, I jjJsT
and how Impossible it would bo to defeat it, and ''ilW
after Aldrich had appealed to htm to apply f j!
common sonse to the situation, and do the only $
sensible thing by holding his tongue, Tillman 5j
gracefully and good-naturedly yielded, and t.'ftm
agreed not to filibuster. IIbII
Then Allen waa taken In hand, and it was soon Cf?
found that ho was Biinply stirring up the anl- feat-
mals for tho fun of tho thing, and bad no real 'ifflf
hope or desire to defeat the bill. Morgan ot Ptltfi
Alabama w as a hard man to handle, becauso his iMll
Inclination to nllbuster against the report was nU
born of bis deslro to pass his resolution regard-
lng tbo debt of the Paclflo railroads. But Aid- i
rich appealed to blm not to stubbornly and pig-
headedly opposo tho wishes ot tho Flnanco Com- ?!&
mltteo, all ot whom aro on the point of physical jpis
and mental collapso by continuing to talk, with i.'Sv-l
no prospects whatever of defeating tho confer- 3klK
enco report. Morgan finally yielded as (rraco- ilMflt
fully as Tillman and Allen did, and, in order to .flSfc
publicly admit that ho had been captured, bag 'Hft'
and baggage, ho offered to make the motion him- M--
solf to oto at 3 o'clock to-morrow, which he did. iW
Tho last man to bo taken in hand by the com- ift
mltteo of harmony was the Populist leader ws
Butler of North Carolina, and him they found kMS'
obdurate It was necessary, therefore, to sub- fJsfi
duo him by n trick. Ho was chatting with a "-SKi
colleague In tbe rear of tho desks w hen Morgan Kgfl
mado bis motion for a unanimous agreement to rM
tako a vote at 3 o'clock to-morrow, and before I'!S
Butler realized wbut had taken place Vice- tvr
President Hobart had declared the motion ttffti
adopted und tho unanimous consent granted. ' K'i
Then tho Pooullst statesman from Uoneycutts Hftfi
awoke to tho situation, but it was too lata. jiij
Ho attempted to point out to the aged and lv$
wily Morgan that ho had boen caught napping RS.S
and had sacrificed his Paclflo Railroad resolu- tfjM1
tlon. Butler urged him to lncludolt In tho ax- '
rjtigement for a voto to-morrow, but Morgan Xmk
tangled him up in soma ot his long and in- 'M
volvcd and pollto scntonces, and all Butler ?igi
could do was to proclaim that If bo had not been ' fifi'
off his guard he would have objected to tho Jj ,j
unanimous agreement. Some ot his colleagues ihaj
who know him well ventured to express tho "fw!:
opinion that they wore somewhat doubtful on ivjv
that point. ' SIP
COXORESS MAY ADJOURX TO-DAY. jg
ir the Currency Mrasnge Is Sent to the Houso ''Ijf
It May Pans tho Monetary Commission Bill. tfli
Washington, July 23. Unless overybody In jMS
authority Is vory much mistaken, the extraor- WV
dtnary session of tho Fifty-fifth Congress, !j$l
called by President MeKlnloy for tho purpose of t'JSS
passing a tariff bill and doing something to lm- ''trPiV
prove tbo financial condition of tho country, 'Jw
wlllcomo to an end to-morrow. Tbo Senate will ' Wm
adopt tho conference report on the Tariff bill at ti
H o'clock, and before sundown the President ,l
will havo signed It and it will have become a iW
law. It is highly prob.iblo also that bofore that vlSl$
hour tbo Houso will lno passed the bill Intro- Tj&
durod yestorda) b It prasentatiio W. A.8tono Mm
of Pennsylvnnlt, put and prospective Chair Wi
niun of tbe Cominlttco un Coluago, Weights and 'Ei
Measures, or u hlllwi) similar to It, providing "fn
for tbo appointing' of a monotnry commission ij
to study tbo curruuey laws and recommend to ,t.
Congress, nt Its muotlug In December, some plan j If?
for tholr linprovotncnt. ul
For two or threo da) s it has boon tho intention ! m
of tho President to send to tbo two houses a i jtj
mcssige recommending tho pnssaRO of such a , 7,
bill immodlutoly on tbo taking ot tho final voto
in tbo Sonato on the adoption of tbo conference 1 1
report on tbo Tariff bill. Now that it has beon ft
arrunged, hoevcr, to tnko this voto to morrow j '(
at U o'clock It Is tho present Intention of tho f"
President to send his message to tho two houses ' !
at noon, thus affording tlmo to th House nt ' j
Iteprebtiit'itlres to pass the law, so that hot!) i,,
bouses can adopt a resolution providing for t
llnal adjournment toward evening. J
'1 ha Committee on Rules have not yet made an ! f
order for the consideration ot tbe bill in tho 1
Honor, and hau no ofllclsi notlco that tho .' '
nii'M.ugo will bo sent In. They think It will be, f-'
1 linucttr, nnd thoy also thluk, as tbo majority of '('
Congressmen apparently do, that It is tho duty !,
of tho Republican party in the House to Indorsa jj,
the recommendations ot the President, although pj
a larg majority In both houses seriously doub .ji.
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