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VOL LX1V.-M 333. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1897. -COPYRIGHT, 1807, BY THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. 1ICe"tv:o"cFNTS ' 111
AFTER DE ARMITT'S MEN.
DEPUTY SHERIFFS FIRE A VOLLEY
OVER THE HEADS OP STRIKERS.
The Band of Marching Miner Take Awar the
Dinner Palis r Do Armltt's Men No Other
llolenco at the Bit- Meeting- Debs Inform,
the Coal Miners That Ther Are IUth.
Pmsnuno, July 20. Although About 3,000
striking miners gathered in tho neighborhood of
W. D. De Armltt's mlnoi this morning, there
wu no violence. For a few minutes it looked as
If there mtghtbo a fight, but Do Armltt's miners
preferred to submit to robbery rather than re
lilt. They gave up their dinner buckoU, their sole
possession except their working clothes. The
strikers marched across the country, beginning
about midnight, their destination being the
McCrea schoolhouso, where a nicotine was held
later In tho day. Delegations wero sent to the
Plum Creek, Bandy Creek, and Turtle Creek
mines, and got ready to rocelvo the miners as
they would start to work.
Tho borough authorities forbade ono delega-
tlon to march through tho streets of Turtlo
Creek, and tho brass band and strikers stationed
I themselrcs on the township road. Tho steam
whlstlo at tho mlno tried to drown tho notes of
the band, and tho company carried somoot the
miners to the coal pit over a private railroad.
Tho Sandy Creek delegation of strlkors listened
to tho reading of an Injunction and made no
attempt to go on the company property. The
strikers wcro partly successful hero, as more
than 100 of the Sandy Creek miners later at
tended the meeting.
The Plum Crock contingent of strikers missed
Its way at first and marched nine unnecessary
miles. When the men arrived at tho mines the
dspnty sheriffs flred a volley over their heads
as a warning, and the strikers drum corps re
sponded with a lively tattoo on tho Instruments.
The strikers overtook tho miners going to
work, but wcro unsuccessful in Inducing them
to stay out of the mines. Then they robbed
them of their dinner buckets, and the workmen
wero so terrified that they ran Into tho mines.
The meeting at the McCrea schoolhouso bo-an
at 11 A. M. and was addressed by Eugeno V.
Debs, M. P. Carrlck of the Painters and Decora
tors' Union and Dolan and Wamor, miners'
local officials. All the orators blamed De Armltt
for causing the strike, but foiled to explatn
why. If he is to blame, they are punishing his
competitors by striking against them. These
are some of tho things Debs said:
" I am not here to incite your passion, but to
appeal to your reason. You are In the midst of
the greatest contest tho world has ever known.
The victory depends upon yourselves. To win
you must remain absolutely sober until this con
test Is ended. Whiskey will make you do just
what your enemies want you to do. I want to
say a few words to the men hers who havo
cot gone out on strike. If you cause these men
to lose the strike, you and these men will have
your wages reduced. You will go down to star
vation and degradation. What will you do I
Will you help these men to get good
wagesf If you do your wages will
SO up with theirs. Nothing would please me
i more than to have Mr. De Armltt or any othor
of the operators meet me In discussion In the
presence of all the miners. Let the operators
present the cause of the companies, then let mo
present the miners' side of the controversy.
lucn lot, uio laianiD ucciuc
" This is not a battle for more money or good
r wages only. It is a battle against rags. Strikes
are regrettable. In this case It was unavoid
able. When such circumstances as these arise I
ay, strike. A man that will not strike for his
trite and chlldrsn 1 cot fit to have any. A
miner Is a human owl and has to work like a
machine. And now hehai to llvo In a hovel a
hole which a respectable cojoto would not own.
Theo are facts.
" I appeal to you to do your own thinking.
Tour salvation depends upon it, Forty years
-- ago a block slave was Worth anything from
9800 to $4,000. What personal value do you
possess t You are much worse on than the
lave. It is trno that the owner of the slave
made him work for nothing, but he had
an interest in keeping nlm In work
ing condition. Your master makes you work
orj nothing, but he has no interest In
:eeplnjr you In working condition. When you
are tired out your master throws you away and
hires another slave. At present the politicians
tell you you are sovereign citizens. Instead of
that you are slaves. The railroads would rather
kill a brakeman than a hog. They hav e to pay
for the hog.
" Do all you can lawfully to induce all the men
in this distriot to join in this strike. Convince
them that your cause is their cause. Then go to
the operators and state our terms. Until these
terms are agreed to not a bushel of coal should
be mined."
The stolen dinner buckets did not go very far,
so about 1 P. M. lunch was serv cd to the crowd,
2,000 loaves of bread and several hundred
, . pounds of bologna being distributed. Later a
senarate meeting of Sandy Creek miners was
held. Itesolutions wero presented agreeing to
triko and wcro adopted. 'Ihe miners' officials
nay that three-fourths of the Turtle Creek
miners alsq attended a toDirato mcolimr.
Debs loft to night for Terre 1 1 nu to, Ind., and
, Dolan, Warn or, and Cameron Sillier, who camo
ill to see him off, went out again to Turtlo
Greek to hold a meeting. W. P. Do Annitt was
in bin office all da) receiving reports by wire
ana tclcpnonn. He denied tho Btory that many
1 of hh miners attended the meeting, and said
only a few of tho Sandy Cr ek men wero tbcro.
Patrick Dolan, minors' President of the Pitts
burg district. Is not pleased with the uniformity
agreement In tho form adopted by tho operators
yesterday. He said to-night:
"I ace the agreement prov ides fhat. In filling
any contract now existing for the future dellv
t ery of coal for spociilc prices, operators miy
contlnuo to pay their miners tho price now paid.
We told the operators last spring not to make
any contracts based on the presont low wages.
Wo told them that If necessary we would
strike for higher wnges Wo have struck and
wo will not go back nt less than 00 rents a ton."
An operator said to-night thut Dolan need not
be worked up so; that the uniformity agreement
la a contract between the operators and not tho
misers
" liolan must reraomber," said he, "that that
provision Is meant to be eftec'Ivo only ns re-
8arris tho relation of one operator to another.
I course, If the miners wcro to 'oln this strike,
evoryopi rator would have to pay the price, no
matter what contruds he may have, for other
wise his minors would not work for him. Tho
provision complained of by Dolan would be of
no avail In that riso to operators with a con
tract based on lower waices."
N. F. S-infnrd. onoof the operators on the com
mit tro which Is to obtain signatures to the uni
formity contract, said:
" flint ugrcemont Is fair; It contains no pro
vision that uny Just man can object to. While I
do not bcllovo that tho ubusen lomplaimd of
exist to tho oxtent named, yet I uni awan that
puhllo opinion demands that the agreement be
signed. I really think that no conl operator In
1 this district wlil darn to withhold hi signature "
It lis h big meeting that win held at Turtlo
Creek to-night. Warner, Dolun and Cameron
r Miller addressed tho crowd, Resolutions were
' adopted pledging the Turtlo Crook mini rs not
to go to work in tho morning. Warner
says that all De Armltt's mines at
Plum Oreek. Handy Creek, and Turtle
Creek will bo Idle In the morning. Strikers nro
encamped near all the pit mouths. They will see
that nil the miners stick to tho resolutions, and
will try to prevail on miners to rofroln from
work should any of them provo weak-kneed in
their resolutions.
TAXXER WOULDN'T 8EXJ TROOPS.
Tne ShrrlfTof Woodford County, 111,, llecame
Frlsbtened ana allied Tor Mtllllu.
rtoiNOKK, III., July 29. Tho Sheriff of Wood
ford county, In rcsponso to a request that troops
be sent to this city, received a refusal from
Gov. Tanner at midnight last night. Troops
were requested in anticipation of an invasion of
Roanoke st daylight by 1.000 striking coal min
ers, who were Intent on pioventlng uny miners
from goinrf to work this morning.
Oov, Tanner telegraphed that he had no Infor
mation of any violation of tho law thus far. and
that under tho circumstances ho did not feel
Justtned in granting tho request. When the
Sheriff first received notice of tho coming col
umn he started mr.klng preparations to lope
with the strikers, "dy tho time he bad sworn In
sixty special deputies, however, the roports be
came bo alarming that ho deemed the presence
of troops urgent. No outbreak has occurred.
BULLETIN BY RATOHFORD.
1rn " lder Tells Mis Followers That
jl a Outlook Is llrlsht.
A Columbus, a, July 20.-From the National
H I Headquarters of tho United Mine Workers In
BJ this city bulletin No. 2 to the miners and mine
J laborers of the country was Usued by President
B Ratchford to-dny. The end of the fourth week
W l ( suspension, the bulletin says, closes with a
In
JsaCiaK 1
.ossssssssssssssisJokM-t't' flrVft J Jri'-prtf IT, J? -
greater number of miners Involved and with
K?.?tSco.nflden.C80f.vlctorT U" t any time
since the beginning of the great contest.
According to the latest reports received, the
number of miners suspended in western Penn
sylvania since the last bulletin was 1,000. mak
ing mpro than 21,000 cow Idle, n Ohio 29,000
are Idle, oven a few local mines heretofore hold
ing out haying suspended. In Indiana tho sup
Ply of opal Is almost completely shut off and
8.000 minors are Idle. In Illinois fully 85,000
mine workers have laid down their tools.
West Virginia, the bulletin says, has been the
main battle ground. The Fairmont district. It
Is asserted. Is completely tied up, with 13,000
mine workers Idlo in tho State.
RAILROADS STORIXO UP BOAT,.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas and the Mis.
senri Pacine sidetracking Can.
Bedaxia, Mo., July 20,-Tho Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railway is laying In a large supply of
coal along Its system, from Hannibal and St,
Louis to the southern terminal in Texas. The
suoply Is obtained from the mines at MoAlIster,
Atoka, Colgate and othor places In the Indian
Territory, also from Lewis, Mo.
There has not been nny talk of a strike In tho
territory whero the Missouri. Kansas and Texas
derives most of Its coal, but tho company
deems It wise to lay In a supply whllo tho strike
in tho East Is on, and In consequence scores of
loaded cars are sidetracked along the system.
The Missouri Pacific Is taking similar precau
tion from tho Pittsburg. Kan., lUch Hill, Lex
ington, and Hlgglnsvtllo, Ma., mines, but not on
as extensive a scale as the other road Tho offi
cials of the two companies do not look for any
strike upon the part of Missouri or Indian Ter
ritory miners, as the men have no grievances
whatever,
PERISHED IX THE DESERT.
rtecoterj or the Bodies of Two Explorer In
the West Australian Waste.
San Francisco, July 29. The mystery of the
f ato of Jonos and Wells, the missing members of
tho Calvert exploring expedition In West Aus
tralia, was cleared up by a despatch from L. A.
Wells datod Derby, June 10, printed in the Syd
ney Herald, that was brought by the stoamer
to-day. Tho letter says:
"I havo Just returned hero with three men
and camels bearing the bodies of Charles Wolls
and Qeorgo Jones. We travelled on May U via
Mount Arthur to the spot whero the natives re
ported whlto men and camols to bo dead, but
found nothing. Thou wo struck a party of na
tives near Joanna Springs who had the Iron bow
of n camel riding saddle. They refused to tell
whero tho dead whlto men wore until forco was
used.
"Then they guided us to a placo near Joanna
Springs, which wo passed within tw enty chains
last spring. Under n gum trco lay Chsrlos
Wells. His skin had dried on the faco and
body, but he was easily Identified by his beard
and features. Nearby the body of Jones was
found, covered with sand. It was evident that
the body bad been burled by Wells, who then
went under a tree to meet death.
"The natives had carried oft everything of
use to them, but left Jones's compass, medicines,
and Journal and a note to his parents. Jones's
Journal was kept up to the time of returning to
Separation Well, nine days after wo left it.
They had a hard timo reaching the well and the
Journal speaks of tho Intense heat, tho absence
of camel food, vain search for water, and tho
sickness of both. After resting five days
at Separation Well they started out on the
track, but one camel died, and they had to walk
In the terrible heat. When they arrived near
Joanna, utterly exhausted, they lost tbeir cam
els and were too weuk to follow. Two days be
fore writing his letter Jones tried to follow tho
camels, but was forced to give it up.
"At the time of writing there were onlv two
quarts of water left, and they didn't expect to
last much longer. Thoro was no date on the
letter, hut thev must hav e left Reparation Well
on Oct. 23, probably travelled by night, and lost
tho track. Allowing fifteen days, they would
have reached tho spot where we found them
about Nov. 9."
THE ALICE BARRETT MYSTERY.
A Witness Before the Flra Marshal Who Sara
thofilrlApoenbitod In 8njrBK "
Bostos, July 20. Firo Marshal Whltcomb
continued to-day his investigation of the mys
tery which resulted in the sulddc of Alice Bar
rett. P. J. Collins testified that Miss Barrett
lost 95,000 In sugar speculation in the few
weeks before her death. He sold that he had
been Miss Barrett's financial adviser for some
time, but added that in going "short" on sugar
she disregarded bis injunctions. He says the
girl tried to borrow $1,200 of him on last Thurs
day and that he loaned her $-100 at that time.
According to his story, he had often dined with
her at hotels, and he says he did so on Friday
evening, in tho afternoon of which day, he says,
he went with her to the store where she bought
the revolver with which she shot hersolf.
After the hearing Collins said there was a
shortape in Miss Barrett's accounts and that
Bbe was 810.000 or 912.000 In debt. Ho also
said that Miss Itarrett told him that she had
loaned the 9800, about which so much
was being said, to W. H. Foss. Tbn Fire
Marshal says he attaches but little- im
portance to what Collins told him, and
no part of the letter's statement has yet been
verified. The family say that Hint Barrett was
at home at the hour when Collins sayB she was
dinini; with him, and there aro many othor con
tradictions of his statements.
AH ed Ii Campbell, a clerk In tho Xew York,
New 11 tven and Hartford Railroad ofilio, who is
saidlohaio been a friend of Miss Uarrelt, has
not been seen since Saturday afternoon Collins
says be lmi hod a letter from him and that he Is
In Canada. Tho 9200 which Is supposed
to be missing, though Codman & Cod
man will not admit It, was paid to Miss Barrett
for the firm by W, B. Howes, who says he
hand d her the sum In bills on Friday forenoon.
This disposes of somo of the mystery, for there
was plenty of timb in twenty-eight hours to get
rid of the money, which has until to-day been
supposed to hae been paid to her only two or
three hours before her death.
3IATOR OOSIT.S RACK MERRY.
(.out In III, l.oirs onr In Ills Wink Seean to
Tbluk Urant Won't Iteolnn.
Mayor! Strong camo back to town yesterday
afternoon with a very good humor and a very
bad limp. While he was nt Richfield Springs
be had the worst attack of gout he has had In
years. Tho mud baths seemed to have drawn
It out with a vongcanco, and although he left
his crutches behind him ho needed a stout stick
to help him when ho walked. When ho got off
the Southwestern Limited at 15 o'clock last even
ing he was sprucely dressed In a dark brown
tnied suit nnd a brown derby. His beard was
closely trimmed and his wink was In Ugorous
w orklng order. With him wero his son and his
While his Honor wob willing to talk about
bis Micatlon and tho good tlmo ho had had
burrlnz tho gout he wus most disiucllncd to
dUcuss topics of current interest.
' Will you accept Commissioner Grant s resig
nation!" he wus nskiid.
Ho grinned and winked and asked:
"Has ho reslgnedl" ....
"S'ot yet, but ho uu a that ho lntonds to de so."
"I haen't heard anything from Col. Clront,"
Bald tlm Mayor, with another wink. "All I
know Is what I hat o seen In the papers.
1 rhaps you boys got It wrong."
"Ho says that he's going to resign to-morrow."
Hero tho Mayor smiled broadly, and so did
his eon, and the Mayor said:
"Well, that glcs blm time to change his
mind."
' How about politics, Mr, Mayorl" was tho
next question atVed.
"Don't know jii thing about It," sold he.
"A boom has been started for you for the
Mayoralty nomination,"
His Honor o umllo broadened, and ho winked
solomnly us ho mid:
1 'Ihuj'll ulwajs hit a man when bis bock is
turned. '
"What do you think of tho tatiill" t
Hit Honor was getting into his carriage as
this question was fired at blm.
"Haven't had time to think," he replied. "I'll
be In my oitlco at 0 o'clock to morrow morning,
and when I; get' settled nt mr drak I'll say
anything you want me to," and he drove away.
ORAXT TO RESIOX TO-DAY.
That Ii, Me ftays lie VTIIl-Parfarr May Stop
lllra for Obvious lleasono.
Col. Grant did not show up at Police Head
quarters yesterday, but be Is reported to have
said by telephone that he would send his resig
nation to the Mayor to day.
Should he carry out his reported intention,
Mtyor Strong win doubtless appoint some one
In his place who will help Moss and Andrews to
sit on Parker. As the latter Is aware of this, ho
may persuade Col. Orant to reconsider.
Chaatmnaua Kxeurslea,
10.00 round trip by Erie BaUroad Aug s. Tickets
good 80 days Acfw.
JAPAFSROWWITHHAWAII
MIXISTER COOPER FURZISHEB THE
CORRESPOXDBXOB.
The Japanese Minister Pretests la Tain
Against This Action Count Ok ulna's atat
ineat of Japan's Position Offer of Hawaii
to Consent to Arbitral tho Question.
Honolulu, July 21, via Ban Francisco, July
20. Minister of Foreign Affairs Cooper, smart
ing under the attacks ot the Honolulu news
papers, to-day gave out for publication the cor
respondence which passed between himself and
the Japanese Minister, Mr. Shtmamura. Tho
correspondence was given to the press In spite
of strong protests from Mr. Shtmamura, who
charges Mr. Cooper with a serious breach of
diplomatic otlquette.
In giving out the substance ot the letters ho
has written and received Mr. Cooper says he Is
merely following the precedent recontly estab
lished by Secretary of State Sherman at Wash
ington. He adds that reports havo recently
boen sont out from Washington that havo soma
grain of truth, but are wide enough of tho mark
to prove mora injurious than the full facts in
the case.
The correspondono thus given out Is very
voluminous, but whon divested of diplomatic
verbiage the facts upon which tho controversy
is founded may be mado clear In a few words.
That ft settlement ot tho dispute through ar
bitration has been proposed by this Government
is no longer denied by Minister Cooper. The
proposal was mado by Minister Shtma
mura In a brief noto on June 28,
two days after the Hawaiian Government
had, in a long letter, refused every claim of the
Japanese Government, and deolared Its deter
mination to stand fast upon the ground it had
taken.
Tho early stages of the controversy arising
ovor tho rejection of the cargo ot Japanese emi
grants brought hero on the tramp steamship
Shinsu Maru have been fully reviewed. The
first really new thing brought out in tho corre
spondence is a letter from Count Okuma, dated
April 10. In which Japan's position is set forth
In unequivocal terms. He says:
"In disregard of all treaty rights C0 Jap
anese subjects, after being confined for some
considerable time and without any Judicial de
termination, without having aocess to tho courts,
without having permission to consult with our
representatives,! were lgnomlnlously expelled
from the country. It Is not suggested thst
similar treatment would, under any circum
stances, bo meted out to Hawaiian citizens. In
fact, this action was Msed upon the fact thattbo
persons concerned wen aliens, and, by statu
tory fiction, were deemed to be without tho ter
ritorial limits of Hawaii."
There Is nothing striking or novel in the sub
sequent correspondence up to the letter In
which Minister Coqperdistlnctly offered arbitra
tion to settle tho difficulty. This letter was trans
mitted to the Japanese Government by Minister
Shlmaraura within a few days after It
reached his hands, and a reply is anxiously
awaited. The Japanese Minister is confident
that an answer will be received by the next
steamer from the Orient, and for that reason
was particularly anxious that the correspond
ence should not be made public, at this time.
When seen at the Japanese Legation to-night
Mr. Sblmamnra said that he considered it a
breach of courtesy for Minister Cooper tomato
public the correspondence before It was closed.
Tho Japaneso Minister refused to be Interi lewod
on the latest phaso ot tho question, but his posi
tion Is well known.
In scleral Interviews bo had said, at various
times, that the questions involved were not such
as could be submitted to arbitration without tho
consent of both parties, and that the Japanese
Gorrrnincnt would never submit the matter to
arbitration.
A despatch from Tokto, published In Tub Sax
several days ago, said that the -.Ministerial
Council ot Japan had decided to consent to sub
mit the controversy to arbitration.
JAPAXESE EACKIXO IX COURTESY.
Their Vessels the Onlr Ones That Palled to
xirrss Ship In YokoLama Uarbor on July 4.
WAsnnOTOV, July 20. The failure of Japan
ese vessels to participate In tho celebration of
the Fourth o! July in the harbor of Yokohama
has been reported! to the Navy Department
by Rear Admiral McNalr, commanding the
Astatio naval station. Tho United States
flagship Oiympla dressed ship from sunrise to
sunsst, was illuminated at night, and fired a
salute of twenty one guns at noon. These hon
ors were repeated by the British flagship
Grafton and the French flagship Bayard. The
Grafton was preparing to leave the harbor, but
deferred her departure, the Admiral says, to
show " an evidence of the appreciation of our
tiring a saluto of sixty guns at the recent
Jubilee celebration." This significant paragraph
concludes the Admiral's report:
"A noticeable departure from custom In the
celebration of our own and foreign national
holidays lay in tho fact that not one of the nu
merous Japanese merchant vessels in the har
bor dressed ship "
Nothing was said In the roport about the
presence of Japanese war vessels at Yokohama,
wbero several of them are usually stationed,
and naval officers aro Inclined to belloie that
they weit to sea to escape taking part in the
celebration.
HAWAII'S MINISTER OF FIXAXCE.
Mr. Lansing; Appointed to flnroned Mr. Damon,
Who Lingers In England.
IIovolulc, July 22, via San Francisco, July
20. Mr. Theodore F. Lansing ot Phillips & Co.
has boen appointed Minister of Finance, vice
Mr. J. M. Damon, whose commission has oxplred
on account ot his long absence In England,
whither he was sent torepresont Hawaii at tho
Queen's Jubilee.
Mr. Lansing was formerly a resident of San
Francisco, where be Is well Known He came to
Honolulu In 1803 and took a prominent part In
the overthrow of the monarchy. Since then be
has declined office, with the exception that ho
has served on tho Board of Health.
THE PRESIDEXT AT BLUFF POIXT.
lis Declines an Kacort and Salnte from tho
TwentT-flrat InTantrr.
HOTKL CHAMPLAl.V, BLUFF POINT, N. Y July
29. "William McKlnley and wife. Canton, 0"
was thu manner In which the Chief Executlvo of
the United Statos registered at tho Hotel Chain
plain upon his arrival this morning. The special
tralu on the Dolawaro and Hudson arrlvod at
about 7 o'clock. Ou board woro President and
Mrs. McKluley, Secretary and Mrs. Alger, Prl
vato Secretary J. A. Porter, wife and two
daughters; Assistant Private Socrctary Pruden,
and Executlvo Clerk Pruden, Tho train wus In
chargo of Conductor Fields and Superintend
ent Hammond. The party wus met at Bluff
Point station by Manager Seatey ot the Hotel
Cbamplaln and General Passenger Agent J. W
Burdlck of the Delaware md Hudson. A driving
ralnBlorm was In progress, and the party was
taken to the hotel in closod carriages. The
Twenty-lirst Regiment, United States Infantry,
stationed ut Pluttsburg barracks, a short dis
tance from the hotel, WAsreidy to receivo the
Prosldent at Bluff Point station, escort him to
the hotel, and render the usual honors, but an
Intimation that the President wanted rest was
euouL'h tonuash all this.
On arriving at tho hotel the President and
Mrs, McKlnley went immediately to their
rooms. Mrs. McKlnley was somewhat fatlguod
with the journey. Iho President looked hs
thouch he had sufTried from overwork, but i
plumed hlm.cir as feeling extreme!) well. He
remained in his room until about 11 A. M and
then came out to enjoy the niuslo of tho hotel
oichestru. After Btrolllug through the hotel
lobby lor a short time he went to tho low cr flour,
where he discolored a weighing machine and.
stepping aboard, found that he weighed exactly
101 pounds.
Gen. Guy V, Henry, commander of Fort Ethan
Allen, called this afternoon nnd Invited the
President to visit tho fort next Wednesday and
review the cavalry stationed there. Co), L.
B. Cannon of New York was also one of tho
callers. Ihe day was a most quiet and restful
one for the President. Ho seems exceedingly
pleased with tho hotel and the charming sur
roundings. The weather Is clearing to-night
and the outlook for a pleassnt day to-morrow Is
promising,
September Isheat Just Under SO Cents.
Another upturn In wheat prices occurred yes
terday on the cons ot a further large business
for export. The September future sold as high
as 7U's cents a bushel and closed at 79 cents,
against 78 cents, the closing prloo on Wednes
day, I
JOHNS UOPKISH LOSES.
Decision by Judge 4JoCr That the University Is
Rot a 8. nnd O. Preferred Creditor.
BALTlMonE. Md., July 20. If the Supreme
Court ot the United States upholds the decision
ot Judge God, sitting in tho United States Cir
cuit Court, rendered hero to-day, In the suit of
the Johns Hopkins University against tho Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad receivers, the
financial condition of tbo institution will
bo in bad way. After along contention, in
which tho leading corporation lawyers of the
East took part. It was decldod by tho Court that
the Johns Hopkins University, as well as other
holders ot 93,000,000 ot the first preferred 0
per cent, stock of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road must tako their chances with tho other
stockholders, and cannot bo looked upon as pre
ferred creditors, as hod boon contended.
By this decision tho Johns Hopkins University
will lose an annual Income of over $30,000. The
Institution holds nearly ono million of tho three
million 0 percent stock, and tho loss will seri
ously interfere with various plans that aro now
being considered to advance tho usefulness ot
the university. In giving his decision Judge
Goff took tho stand that tho company had con
tracted to pay all its creditors and Its obllga
tlons and Its duty is no greater to pay ono than
anothor.
It was also held that when the court takes
possession of a railroad's proporty by receivers
it does so'for the purpose of protecting and pre
serving tho property and not to perform the
company's contracts. In support of this theory
the Court contends that if the means aro Inade
quate to pay all these debts, it Is a default which
does not thvolvb the surrender of the properties
essential lo the conduct of the rood, which the
receivers We appointed to preserve,
DID PROF. ELLIOTT WRITE TBISt
I
The London Chronicle Represents Htm mm As
sailing John W. Poster.
Sptcial CabU Dttpateh to Trk Sim.
London, July 20. Tho ChronicU'M Washing
ton correspondent cables that Prof. Elliott of
the Smithsonian Institution has written a caus
tic letter to Judge Day, Assistant Secretary ot
State, criticising the Hon. John W. Foster for
writing tho celebrated despatch to Ambassador
Hay on tho sealing question. Prof. Elliott says
thedespatch lays the State Department open to a
crushing reply from tho Canadians, and hs
warns Judgo Day that he will find hlmsoltln
the same mortifying position as Mr. Blaine in
1890. when Canada promptly rebutted his letter.
Continuing, Prof. Elliott says, tho correspondent
asserts:
"Inexperienced, ignorant men should not
writo of matters regarding which they know no
more than parrots. John W. Foster Is utterly Ig
norant ot the truth regarding the salient feature
of the seal question. That letter of May 10 was
like all preparations from bis hands on this sub
ject, full of gross errors. His dulness In mak
ing up tho American case In 1S02 cost the
Unltad States that shameful, humiliating de
feat we met In Paris In 1803."
In conclusion, the correspondent asserts. Prof.
Elliott says:
"This whole sealing business, from the day
the trouble began in 1800 to date, has not been
in the hands ot a compotent man on our side for
ono single moment. It bos boen and is now the
sport ot the Canadians, nnd tho languid con
tempt ot the British Ministry Is all It receives
when It comes up there."
FRANK BUILElt'S TRIAL.
The Australian Murderer Fought Ills Keepers
--- v- Uhe n Madman.
San Francisco, July 29.-1 ho Australian nows
papers contain full accounts ot tho trial of the
atrocious murderer Frank Butler, who was ex
tradited from hero to Sydnoy. His trial occu
pied only throo days, and the jury promptly
found him guilty.
The testimony hhowed conclusively that ho
killed Capt. Leo Wcller and another man in the
Blue Mountains, tnwh'ch he hid enticed them
with stories of rich mining discoveries he had
made. Butler's demoanor during the first two
days was fairly good, but on the third day he
seemed possessed of the deiil and showed the
ferocity of a wild beast.
In the early morning of tho third day ho man
aged to conceal about his persona tin tag from
a package of plug tobacco, and with this cut
gashes in his nock, out tho wounds were trivial.
tie bled profusely, nnd when tho bleeding
stopped and be was removed to court ho fought
the whole way, tr)ing to scratch nnd bile Iho
policemen, ho llnif liko a wild beast meanwhllo
and cursing horribly.
He was drugged into court, thrown down on a
bench, and his bands wero manacled behind
him. His pallid face, flecked with blood nnd
froth, was an awful spectacle, which many
w omen In court could not endure.
On this day the publlo prosecutor made a
strong speech, presenting the crushing oil
duiu o against Butler. Ihe manacled murderer
seemed to cle up all hope, and be was in a
state of collapse. Ho revived, however, when
thu Judge sentenced him. and Insolently replied
to tho concluding words, "and may the Lord
havo nioroy on j our sou).
The S)dnoy nonspapers Indulged In no com
ment on tho trial or sentence, as they woro finid
500 each for comment un Bntlor's arrival.
TA3I SV3T KILLS HISISELF.
Chirr or Chinese IIUse at ilaihrllln Jumps
rrom m Train at Alloona.
Altoona, Pa., J uly 21). Tom Sum, chief of the
Chinees village at the Nashville Exposition,
committed suicide this morning by leaping from
an express train in tbo Altoona yards. He was
under the lnflucnie of opium. Ho was sitting
quietly in hi' smt when the train left the
station. Suddonly he arose and walked un
steadily to the door i ii d luapod to thu ground.
Workmen who saw him Jump removed him to
the hospital, where ho died without recovering
consciousness.
Tho identity of the man was unknown un
til an interpreter read the letters and pass
ports found on him These gavo his name nnd
office and f bowed I hat he was going (mm Nash
ville to Baltimore to purchase supplies for the
Exposition village 'Iho Chinese In this city re
fuse to take charge of tho remains, because ho
belongs to n caste diirorent from themselves and
1b a member of an objectionable political organ
isation in tho Celestial Kingdom.
FEST OfJlie A MURDERER.
Pl enell. Who Is to lie llnnced Ta-Dar.Pro-rrt.ri
Itellilon firrat Time In Jail.
MoNTOOMhnv, Ala., July 20. Pig Newell, col
ored, will be hanged nt Solma to morrow. Until
yesterday he rcmatnod obdurate to the en
treaties of clergyiuun to repent his sins, mid
threatened to din with un oath on lib lips c
terdoy afternoon liu was vlsltad by a largo body
of negro women In the uniform of u colore!
benevolent widely. Alter a tlmo some of them
left, but soon returned Udcu down with he n
pers. Itas then imnounied tbnt Ncwnll hid
professed religion, and a grant shout wont up
Iho murderer was brought into the Jail In
closure, baptULiI in a largo bath tub with shouts
and singing, uud then tbo fount was spread In
filcnlo fashion. 1 ho forty other prisoners were
nvlted to partake, and they and the fifty mem
bers of tho soc luty enjoyed a festival of rejoicing
over tho inurdorer redemption. Newell Jolnod
in the suugs and laughter.
llrnvx liuud nt Ttili linnrlna,
San Antomo, Tox, July 20. Mavlmo Mar
tinez, who miirdcrod his airtelhcart and horuged
parents, will be banged for the a line to morrow
afternoon at Floresvllle. The occasion will be
one of ii orrymnklng, and, at Martinez's request,
a bruss band from hero will uttend and furnlah
lively music during tho banging, A large dele
gation of Mexicans lroui hero will participate
in the fcstivlticM.
All Their Mfht Telephone Men Discoursed
Boston, July 20. All the men night operators
in the city and suburban offices ot tbe New
England Telegraph and Telephone Company
were notified to-night by Superintendent Flske
that after July 81 their services will not be re
quired. Something like thirty men will be dis
charged. Their places will be taken by young
women. Complaints had been numerous of in
civility on the cart of the " hello" men, and the
company settled the matter by discharging the
aux force.
FELLTIIUEE HUNDRED FEET
PROF. 31'CLURE KILLED WHILE
ASCENDING MT. RAXXIER.
Every Bone la Ills Body Broken. Bis Clothing
Torn, and Bis Instruments Smashed Bo
i as ft Proresaor In the Oregon State Cnl.
versltr and a Noted Mountain Climber.
Taooua, July 20. Prof. Edgar McClure of the
Oregon State University at Eugene, fell 300
toet over a prociptoo on Mount Rainier lato on
Tuesday night and was killed. Every bono In
his body was broken. Ho belonged to ft party
whloh was ending one of tho most successful
ascent ever mado. At an altitude ot about
6,000 foot the party got off tho trail. McClure
went in seareh of it. Others followed, but
ho warned them to go hack, as the place was too
steep. Just then tho snow gave way under him
and he fell. The body was recovered yesterday.
McClure was one of tho most successful moun
tain climbers of ths Pacific coast, and was to be
made President of Oregon University. The
Maxamn party of fifty climbers, of which ho
was ono, will return at onca instead of camping
out two woeks.
Dr. Do Witt Connell of Portland, Or.. MoClure's
trading companion, believes evory bone in the
Professor's body was broken by tho fall. His
face was lacerated and his skull was frac
tured. His blankets, which hs carried In
a roll on bis bock, wore ripped Into
ribbons and his Instruments for testing the
velocity ot tho wind and the atmosphere for the
Government wero crushed to atoms. The fore
of tho fall was so great that the body rebounded
and shot off forty feet from the point whero it
struck tho rocks.
Prof. McClure was married and about 30 years
of ace. He had charge of the Government scien
tific department of tbo annual mountain
climbing expedition ot tho Ma ramus, the coast
Alpine society. He and his friends did
not go with tho regular party, who
numbered fifty, and which made tho ascent and
descent In safety, using a line. The McClure
party used no lit o line, and that recklessness and
travelling by night account for the accident.
In the darkness the party lost the trail on the
Mulr glacier. McClure warned his companions to
bo carefuhand started to ranch what looked like a
pile of rocks, a f o w feet away. Iho rocks wore
a hundred feet below. Webster Pierce of Pen
dleton, while looking ovor one of tho precipices,
became partly deranged, and could not ascend
the mountain. No barometer has been safely
brought down from Mount Tacoma, and Mo
Cluro on starting to doscend promised to pro
serve his at all hazards.
SURVEYS FOR THE P4GIFIC CARLE.
Tbe Penrntn Also Beplaero the Tattered Union
Jack on Palmira Island.
Hokoldxu, July 23, via San Francisco, July
20. Tho British survey steamer Penguin,
which arrived yesterday, has Just completed
the preliminary survey for the Auttraltan
Britlsh Columbian cable. She ran a lino of sound
ings from Palmyra Island to a point 300 miles
to tbe southward of Honolulu, nfldlng anvcr
ace depth of 2,700 fathoms. After spending
thrco weeks here In receiving general repairs
the Penguin will return to Palmyra Island and
run a line ot soundings southwest to Sydney.
Tho Penguin loft Sydney on April 10, pro
ceeding by way of Suva Fiji to Palmyra Island,
where a party was landed to observe the tides.
The steamer then proceodod to the north and
mado an accurate survey ot Kingman rocf.v, hlch
I was found to bo sixty miles due north of Pal-i-Cra
Island. Twenty days' time wan con
sumed In a fruitless search for tbo Calder and
Maria shoals, and then the Penguin proceodod
to Fanning Island, which was surveyed and an
uccurato map mado. Ihe officers of tho Pen
fain say that Palmyra Island was claimed by
the Hawaiian Government in 1962, but that It
was sold to prlvcto pe'sonslhere, who went Into
bankruptcy and k-u to) isluni go. Afterward
somo San Fiancixco men got bold of tho island,
but they, too, gave it up
In 1880 a British cruiser mudo a survey of
the lslind and cluimed It as a British posses
sion. Tho union Jack wus raledand a procla
mation printed on a boird was set up In a
prominent place. The Penguin found them
verj much delunldntrd and the proclamation
almost unreadable and so it restored both.
The visit of Copt. Rochlll of tho schooner
Nonna to Palmyra Island, which gavo rise to
tbe bugaboo about the recent British Belzure
of tho island, evidently preceded tho visit of
the Penguin. In bis account ho said that the
proclamation wus so faded and worn that ho
:ould hardly decipher it.
MOBILE'S XIQllT OF FRIO HT.
Two Men Mere Killed nnd One Wounded
Mortally Thu Sulklnc Mllltla.
Mobile, Ala.. July 20. Following tbe murder
last night ot Thomas Jones by Isaiah Davis, a
negro, whom Jonos found trying to assault
Jones's sister, the negroes In this city broke
loose, and a period of excitement followed
such as this city never saw. When tho crowd
of 2,000 men usscmblcd around tho city
jail tho netroos wire At the holght ot their
frenzy. A doubled police force was on duty at
the prison, and the State troops were called on
for sorviie.
Bill Knight, a colored desperado, shot nnd in
stantly killed another negro named Dantxler
uptown. This diverted the attention of tho mob
and saved the Jail. In escaning. Knight shot
and mortally wounded Policeman Tucker.
The Slate troops under anus at ths armory
were parol) zed, and It is safn to assert that not
onoof the men would havo lifted a finger amlnst
the mob. Ihelr officers became apathetic on
tho second murder to such an extent that Mayor
Bush could not find them.
Early this morning Knight was brought hers
by a section boss on ihaLouisvUlu and Nashville
rond at llurricano Ittyou, In answer to a tele
gram from the Dolective Deportment here. All
expectod that ho would bo Lrnukht to the Cen
tral police station, nnd over 1,000 men assem
bled there.
At Lipscombo street, on tho northern cltv
limit, tbo prisoner in us taken from thu sueciil
engine ou which he had been brought down and
hurried to jail bj Sheriff Mclnin.
While tho irowdwere hunting for Knlcht.
Davis was taken to tho count) Jail In n patrol
wagon tilled with policemen a.mcd with rifles.
He was bound over by the Uteordrr without
b II, and will be tried at a specially convened
silting of the City Court on Mondiy next, the
special (J rand Jury hav lm; boen called to day.
STEEPLE VLIMRKIC HAS A rALL.
lie tins Onlj Ten Pert rrom tbe c, round, bat
ftrrlousty Injured Ills flplue.
ItocHKSTEit, July 29, After working ot dlrzy
heights for tho greater pirt of his life, Patrick
Shcehy of this ell), tho well known steeple
climber, met with his llrst fall this afternoon
whllo repairing the plann In the rear of his
house. Shoeb) was working not more than ten
feet from tho grounl nhrn the accident hap
pened His splno wan seriously m'lired.
On Wednoada) Hhechv compleld the tower
on the Roclnster Kodak Compan) building
Tbe towor rises 200 feet abore iho roof. He is
the only man nlm ever stood on tho crosa whlrh
surmounts St. Michael's L'hurih. Rochester
.uheehy lilaied the ball ou ton of t'lo fligitan at
Itockaway 'loich Hotel, at l(oiknwa) Ilcach, L.
I, Healsollxod Iho cross on the tower I hat
surmounts ht Patrick Cithodral nn l'lflh
avenue. New York city, lie I II I eais old.and
tiasa family. He Is .Sotretaiv of tho National
Stceplo Climbers' Association.
.1 iior AD A i IOARI.TTE.
lie I.lshls It and then Tnea It on a Leaking
Una Mnlu.
Chicago, July 20. A boy lighted a cigarette
and cunit near causing the death of a half dozen
workmen last night at Dearborn avenue and
Illinois street. A torrent of gas was rushing up
from a broken main. The boy looked down into
tbe bole and thought it would be fun to light
tbe escaping gas He threw the cigarette in.
There was an explosion, and a setter of burning
gas mounted twenty Ave feet into the street.
There were yells from the frightened laborers
who were nt work repairinsr themalns. They
oame crawling out of the hole with blackened
faces and burned doming. Seven of them were
overcome by ths fumes and flames. Ths boy
sea pod.
VOLIMA AGAIN ACTIVE.
Inhabitants jfear Iho Base or the lolcaao Aro
Moving Awar In Alarm.
Guadalajatia, Mexico. July 20.-Tho Collma
volcano Is on the evo of anothor eruption, and
lava is expected to burst from tho crater ut any
moment. For several days dense volumes of
smoko have been pouring from the volcano and
the peoplo are greatly alarmod.
Those living near tho baso of tbo mountain
have moved to a sato distance, and efforts aro
being mads to savo tho crops In the valley, as
lava and ashes would destroy them. There have
been slight earth tremors In tho neighborhood
and a serious eruption is believed to bo Imminent,
NOT SO FUXXY AFTER ALL.
Mr, Sibslt Plajs Durglar at Ills Own House
Ills Wire Shoots II lm.
Nkw BnONswicr, N. J., July 29. Since a
man tried to gain entrance to her home on Com
meroiol avenus several weeks ago Mrs. John
Beboltot this city has been afraid of prowlers.
Hor young husband laughed at her, and it oc
curred to him that he would like to soo how
sho would act were a burglar to onter tho house.
Last night Mr. Sebolt concludod to personate a
burglar and scare his wife. Instead of entering
the door when he wont homo about 11 o'clock
ho climbed to tho roof of tbo porch. He lookod
Into his wife s bedroom.
t.Mr,,JJbolt,8ttW hlm but dl1 not recognize
him. Sho called to her sister, who was In
another room, to bring Mr. Sobolt's revolver.
Meanwbllo Mr. Sebolt had loft the roof and wus
enjoying a laugh nt his wifo'a fright whon he
heard her call out to blm as ho stood under a
tree In the yard:
"If you don't get out of here I'll shoot you."
He did not move, and Mrs. Sebolt pullod tho
trigger. Then she heard a cry of pain, and her
husband said:
"Don't you know your own husband, Ttllle I
You vo shot me.
The bullet had lodged In his left arm. Inflicting
a painful but not dangorous wound.
LABOR AMAZED AT SETH LOW.
Son-Cnlon Men at Work on Ills House Dellen
That Un mil Fix II.
Tbo Board of Walking Delegates will tako up
to-day a complaint of Dclegato McCormlck of
the Plain and Ornomontal Plasterers' Socloty to
the effect that non union men are at work on a
house owned by Seth Low, President of Colum
bia College, at 37 East Eighteenth street. Tho
complaint was made at tho last meeting of the
board, but no official action was taken. Hurarlso
was expressed, however, that Mr. Low, for
whom tho Citizens' Union is trying to capture
tho labor vote for Mayor, and who has boen
choocn by tho unions r.s their arblt-ator in labor
disputes, should allow non union u on to bo em
ployed upon his house.
'ihe belief was rxpressrt yesterday that Mr.
Low, whon the complaint Is presented to him,
will try to have tho non-union men removed.
CKI.LULOID COMB TAKES FIRE.
A Girl Ma Combing Her Hair XThrn It Hnrst
Into rinme and Sererely Ilurnnd Iler Hnud.
Kansas Citt, Mo , July 20. Madeline Teas,
tbo littlo daughter of Chr.rks R. Teas, general
agent of the Wells-Farco Express Compary.
was the victim last night of a peculiar accident.
Sho was combing her hair with a celluloid comb,
w hen Mr. Tess was tt racted by a flare of bluish
llcht and the child's screams.
Ue ran to her assistance and found her holding
the comb, which was burning briskl). Tbe comb
was thrown into tho bathtub, but not until tbe
child 4 hand hud boon scverolv burnod. It Is
supposed that the frktlon of n r wing tho comb
through the child s hair eaunxi combustion.
There was no lamp or artificial light of any kind
within several foet of tbe girl.
CRASHES THROUGH A TRESTLE.
Knglno Wreekrd and Engineer Killed-Tire-man
and Conductor Itadlj Injured.
Cleveland, July 29. A BlgFour freight en
gine crashed through a trestle at West View, a
small town throe miles from Bores, at 11 A, M.
to-day. William Sherwood, tho engineer, was
instantly killed. His body is still la the wreck.
Frank Fields, the fireman, was seriously Injured
and mi j die. J. B. 1!) an, a conductor, was also
bidly injured, but It Is thought ho will recover.
Rollef was obtained from West View, and
Fields and Ryan wero soon rescued from the
wreck. They wero brought to Cleveland
Fields's skull Is fractured and Uyan 1b crushed
about the hips. Tbe englno dropped about
twenty feet.
SUCCUMBED TO OVEltSTUDY.
Alexander Howard. Id Vean Old. DIM or Die
rase Caused br Too Much lvork at Mchool.
Overstudy caused tho death ot Alexander
Howard, the 14-yesr-old son of Marcus Howard
of 135 Division street, Williamsburg. Tho boy
died on Wednesday of heart trouble, which the
family doctor attributed to too closo attention to
school books.
Tho bov was graduated from a puhllo school
with a high perccntneo last fall, and he entered
the High .School for Boys, where he was so thor
ough in his studies and had so high a percentage
that ho was exeuiptod at the examinations before
school closed for the numuicr. Then the boy
prepared his studies for tho next school term.
He fell 111 a weok ago.
Jlt7.V.4irtr IX BROADWAY.
A Saddleless Ilorsn Throws Ho Kllder Caught
In Madison Square.
A bay horse dasbod down Broadway yesterday
afternoon, wearing only a bridle. John Matthews
of 311 East Twenty-lifth street, who bnd been
astride tho horsu, was thrown off at lliirt) -first
street, bon'cthlng frlghtoncd tho animal at this
point, and us soon us he was rid of his burden t-e
quickened his gait.
He ran down the east sldo of Broadway to
Twenty-eighth street, where several trucks nnd
an unbound cable car compelled him to slow iru.
He tlnall) got through and tommued south,
ward, but at a slower puce. Ho was caught b)
u pirk policeman, who turned him over to
Matthews.
AX 1TALIAX MORTALLY WOUNDED.
Hn Quarrelled itIIIi inother Italian, 11 ho Nhot
Him Taroush the Ntoninrh
Louis O. Carlatcro ot 42J East llith street
quarrelled with ano'her Italian on the pier ut
tho foot of East 114th strict last ovenlng nnd
tho other Italian, w bote name tho i ollceiould
not got, fired three shots at him, Ono passed
throiuh his stomach. He wus taken to the
Harlem Hospital morUll) wuiiudod.
llniisilter Horn to Ilurrv tajno llhllnoF,
New port, R. L, July 20. Early this mornlngr
Mrs. Harry Pajnc Whllnc.v gav birth toubaby
girl 'Iho little one wan not expected for a vcok
at least, and Mm. Cornelius Yandrrhllt, Mr.
hltnoy's mother, t now on her v ay across t
ocean hoping to be In time for tin evoni Both
mother and child aro lining well. Ibis Is tb
firs' crandthlld of Cornelius Yauderbllt, and it
Is understood that the little ono will be named
Alice for Mri. Vundrrbilt.
Ho Madison Areuue fni-s Above lliiel j-rntirlb
Slreel.
1 ho Metropolitan Traction Company, controll
ing tho Madison nvenuo horse-car line, has
begun to orrango for putting in electric pom r
on tho lino b) stopiiing the running of tars
above Ninctj-fourth street.
Pass., .cere are tiunsfcrred lo tho Lexington
avenue line, two bloil.t oast, and nro tarried to
their destination on the Lexington uvtniic tars.
lol. Thomas Prim a Injured Morlnll).
IttcnviovD, IC Jul) 29 B) tbo falling of
part of the muslo stand at the Fair Groun Is
here today Col. Thomas Prince, n wealthy
steamboat roan and horseman of Wheeling, W,
Vii,, rccelvod Injuries thut will prowi lulal, Be
Having h could not live, ho i tiled for a lawvor
and made his will on the ipot, bequeathing his
property, suld to amount lo a quarter of a mil
lion dollars, to his wlfo aud six children.
Iforse Ulttoa by a Copperhead Snake,
PonT Jeiiwb, July 20. A horse owned by
George Smith, who lives near this place was
bitten in the leg by a copperhead snako while
pasturing In afield. Iho hone trampled the
snake to death. The wounded leg swelled to an
enormous size and the owner poured a quart of
applejack down the horse s tbroit und b lieves
it has saved tho Ut of ths animal.
I in -Iter Hi
EFFKCTOFTIlEBIGSrOIUT. Ill
ill
ITS RAXOE WAS WIDE AXD TUB IIH
DAMAGE WAS GREAT. fsal
Kllnbeth, Platnllold, lew Brunswick, Jersey 1gM II
City, itewark, and Other Jersey Towns tlP-ll
and Rtatrn Island Suffered Hirers Hose, J)l!isBBBi
Darns Durst, Bridges Carried Away, Tratna ISviiB
IVna Impeded, and Much Property Ruined. lflssl
When Thursday night's storm got through , Mfi
with this part of the country It left behind It a y9
trail of dilapidation nnd distress that was mora if H
generul than nny It hfti been nccessaiy to record !fl
formauy jcars. In ordinary respectable Now ''if 9
York storms, such as this one started out to be, jm j9
there has alvvajs boen a centre, and what dam- M j
ago wastlono has been confined to a particular j H
limited locnltty: but this storm took a fnll .tv jfl
out of about everything In Bight in the vicinity 1 ! 8 $
of New York. It cnusod reservoirs to break; Ik K III
knocked out the sowers, It turned Innocent j T Rtl
creeks Into rnglng torrents, nnd streets Into j , j!ij
flowing rivers; It washed out collars nnd flooded 'j jH
railroads, washed down railroad embankments, A 9
nnd did about everything disreputable that is iH
could do. ')
The SON told jesterdny a great deal aboul J
this storm, but there wna a great deal It dldn'S 1c3 B
lei), becauso cverj whero nround Now York ths )' p fl
peoplo woro so buBy flghtlm; tho water that they J & sM
hadn't tlmo to report their troubles.. Ths jIH
people of Elizabeth, N. J found, when they AM H
bad time to count up tbclr losses, that) j' 9
their share of tho storm had cost them not less 111
than $100,000. Broad street, tho principal busl- M'isB
ncea thoroughfare, had been Hooded In soma ssMsbbbI
places to a depth of ton feet, and It was WjHl
noon yestorday before soma merchants 'IivHi
gained entranco to their store" When lftJJ
thoy did got In they found their stocks n 3 H
ruined. Among tho mcrchnnts who suf- M i H
fered heavy dnmago wcro Edwards k King, w J H
Looker &. Fords, S. W. Whitehead, L. B Djv, fl H
Elizabeth Hirdwaro Company. J. L. Prcschuer, S i nj
and J. t Rogers. Tho stores run by theso folks '1 ft fM
looked as If thoy had each and every one been ?j Jjl
tho centre of a raging tide. GooJs were pile a; -j U
up everywhere and smashed and broken. In a 3 jH
ono plico barrels of oil had been burstod by ths i VM
prcjsuro of tho wu r. Tho wine collar J1l fjfl
of Clark's Hotel in Elizabeth looked ? 11
as If it bad been on a spree. Almost j t liS
every bottle In It had been broken and tbo wine I V f?j
wis gone. Tho Elizabeth merchants declared jjj Ijfl
that tho cansoof the flood In their town was the I s Ifl
tit prcsslon of tho streets nt tho cross'ngs of tho j & m
New Jerse) Central Railroad. The crossings '1 $
Ujcd to bo at grade About two years ago the J jM
streets wcro depressed, and theso depressions j I jM
became deep gullies, where the tsllcst and 5 1 SB
strongest man in Elizabeth would hvvo been t '' Bj
dron tied if he had been caught. ,vi: ,'l
Besides the damage in the city proper, the 4JP1Xb1
was great damage ulong tho Elizabeth River. IIsIbI
Barns w ore swept from their founda ions, n mill lf (19
v.as so badly wrecked that It will lave to be) 4J fB
turndown, nnd a number of hou s wero lifted 'wiJK
frointh ir foundations aud tloitcl off several 'JBH
feet, whllo tho families who II. cd 1c them it'SJ
were rescued on raftj. A part of ths jllfH
damage along tbo river was duo to a Jam lllasi
of lumber nt tho South street bridge. Thelum- wilassi
ber had floated from near by lumber yards. IS iIhIB
took a larjo numbor of workmen all day yester- lltH
day to break tbe jam. The water In tbo river was illlfssi
still running very swiftly lato in tho afternoon. 'Ultl
A boy tumbled in near the jam unav.asc4.r- ii ftjl
rled down tbe stream. He would have beca syif tsss!
drowned, but Thomas Fot plunged In alter blm -x flfjfiH
end succeeded In gettlmr 1.1m out. Besides ths -SfflB
damage dono to stores and houca the s'dewnlks JmsssB
ail over the city were undermined in spots. 'flSBJ
There was a washout on tho Pennsylvania rail- !!Si9
road' and a lindslido on the Now Jersey On- IS'U
tral. Freight t raffle was delavcd for hours V- 'jfl
on both roads, and It was late In the afternoon )t fl
before things were running on time. The on- '$
sorrcr at the Government station In Elizabeth T 9
declared that the total rainfall during the eight tiU
hours that the rain lasted was S ".! Inchos iSc'c rJM
which broke the record. It started lu to rain i iU
again last night in Elizabeth IVv'M
Jersey City's share of tbe storm flooded every l"Ml4B
cellar in thu lower part of the city. The high H '',
tide forced tho water up into the sewers ind -JS '
every manhole became a gusher. Bskesho'is li 'B
and beer saloons had to bo abandoned. iff yH
for tho water In them was tlvo or six 43 rssl
fre,t high. The district that lies at t.-a MS rM
foot ot that part of the tits celled iho Hill got 'O ,,
tbewashof nil the w iter that fell on the hill, ';
nnd most of tbo district was turnod into a late, tfj'fl
in which there was from four lo tlvo feet of s ''!
water. OT ',S
The West Shore freight depot is in tbo middle fJVB
of this lake v hen the men w ho work there ' 5 .9
got out to it yesterda) thev found everything j 3h S
floating except tho rafc. In tbo ntroets nour tbo 'SI !
foot of the hilt the water was vo deep up to last ?M"-fl
night that tbe floors of the st reel care wero Q '
flooded. J be storm stopped tratllc on sonu of S.a
the linos In some rvrts of low or JtreyClty 'MjfB
the people who livo in basement Iiouecs had to Jsm -n
move all their furniture upstairs. ft.
Out In Plalnfleld I ho treincn Ion fall of water MiiH
caused tbe d im of the I'htinrtr I l " and Cold 4j '
Storage Compinr at Wtisbiii-innvllle to nil S.1 !B
lapse, and sovcral acre of nttr twentv fcifc -&P':fB
deep came thundering don n into Stony llrook. iil'iB
The brook wusn t able to hold It and all the sur- VI 'JfU
rounding coiiulr) was in mil ituo. A little whllo m ?B
after this R dam at thellollln-'HworlhPaperMlll 79
in Green Brook .rite v i, nl tho vt iter from B vS
that flooded the tasiem put of thoclty. Apart U ''
of tbe foundation of the piper mill was swept K CM
awar. House along the brook were damaged n IB
to tho extent of seterjl thu lsud dollars. g H
In New Brunswick the Haritan Klver ro-o r IM
above Its bink. and nil of Ihe loner pirt of tho i ' sH
city w is flooded Ihe witter got Into tho engine .19
room of tho I'nlted Mates Rubber Comnaur i
and put nut the tires It nlo got Into the nl- VjA (
larsof tho Norfolk an 1 New Brunswick llosiory ilissl
Compiny and tbo Johnson & Johmon Cheml ul 'S5JB!
fittor). All of these concerns were shut down "ffrBI
estrrday. A number of bridges near Milium u, S-CVsB
were washed mj and the farmers couldn't ires '1lr(BI
into town. The Rarltitn ISIter overran ths) if B
tracks of the Knrllan River iialirnid between 1
New Brunswick and -nuth Mnho) nnd ths 'FBI
trains hud lo stop running until luti yestirduy p iH
afionwon. 1 i,BI
Near tho Ian Vnj bridge in New Brunswick a ,')
jnvn nnd a trim of In rseit wero washed iwt ' 'iH
when tluy tried to cross the budgt, mtlh f .
mnno-en to gst ashore. t. H
Tbe dam at Krrts' mills, five nu " from ,; ,H
Now Brunswick, gavowu) under In prtiMi o iL, jM
of water and ft o 'ed I'.sculawj) mil ll nhiinr- Kf. ,H
ton 'oniuhlm. 'Ihrou b ii'gt i weio carried :1il,'B
uwjt an 1 tlie biiuiiie'l acfiiui! a foul h, across IvK; B
which Mrs N'ewell llltks, u firmer wife, was Ivii'vB
diltingwlthhernci .ion iiiidkin Mis Ilirksmid 'Mi H
her part) were half vv i) ai io- il c bridge whoa ;a 1
thethrru other bridges hum) ed ngaluH it. It ., M
stood the strain a moment and thin iollanri, ,l iB
Mrs. Hick ht't"fttuy nnd tbehure iu lcat -tL H
iagencre r i, pel In'n tin 'treaiu .Mrs. Ilkl,s UJKiBI
swam to i1 netrnt haul The son mid iXGIsl
nephew vvcie s mr in could heii theuicttll- H1bb1
in. They i it,' hoi I nt thu dlilo nt tho W'iB
buggi.whtil r u nt wed i I Inionioddbr' . flrriss
Mrs Hicks s n i In I In dlieitlo-i that sliu vJtlB
heard lh" so 'is niched the buggy and illB
Btai-ed there n 'v t tint Mir- vns ufr I ImIB
i try loi.nl i li))nliorc Ilc-ury tl'IB
Davis, Willi I lir mil Miwn Sin It iltlBI
heard herca. i un I m in ia,cl lo icscuo InlBi
Ihe entire, part i i!it ml "nujt. SCjB
AtUahna) m ci of out jocses were swept flr
uwa) and a m m of fuilirlrs wero floo-lt d Zf H
and machine viihrcvera thousand dollurs v . B
i.u!jmn' Iko bridges over tho Rarltan (
lllverwerewi I,. d wri). sLU
Iho valler of lh lt-rl' in in the neighborhood IM
of fouiervlHevvHa Moiled, Un i verrltingto lie
lorel of the Itanlsi. C Dial binks. 'Iliri-o . H
livnls lud stood iho test of Hoods for !.iJB
fifty- yeaid, lull this one was too tutu ' fttilB
for them, anl II. ' wrrc washcl mil. tho cFilB
water from the can il Joining thin fiom Iherln r. !Jj3B
All Ihe firms round about were Inundalod, In- '?3Pasl
tludln 'hat of Juincnll liuke, the tobacco nun. -X B
The roads leailli gto iitnii v 'onus were under S
fuu i nrflve leet of vv tlcrwhilothostoriu vtitsun. H
I llncktnsiik a lari, part of the proicrly JH
wh i h is supposed to be drained by u now sor or M
was flooled Bakers wci driven from their
HUM', the Sus'iuchiinnii ilillroad was badly )
damaged, nnd In Ihn River set tlon of lh town H
man) houses were surrounded by water to silt h
a depth that the fain In living In them could H
not get out until lato to ds), B
In Newark the ttorm was responsible for a
nurer accident at Kit lee Conimfsiioner James
Johnston's plaic on Mount Pleasant avenue. H
1 he lightning struck a forty-foot chimney on tho H
side or tho stablo in tho rear of tbe house. The H
chimney broke in half and the upper half fall H
upon ahlghterraie. 1 be fall looiened many tons fLW
of dirt in tho tcrraci' und tbe whole business jH
slid tbroiiKh the Mulilt tearing out the back , H
and from - u, mi king the contents, 'B
Thnn Mituurunti his luo sons lived on ths t'kB
u, r floor. They dropped into tlin mud up ,
to tuuir armpits and were pullod out by rsa SJ
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