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""VOL LXV.-NCuI NEW YORK, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1897. COPYmQIITT 189i71JYTHE ScTpRISTISQ AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. l'lUoITwO GENTS. vk
GULF HURRICANE'S SWEEP.
vnr.CKAnr. axd t.oss of life j.v
axi xear sarixb pass.
Hair notrn Peraon Killed In rorl Arthur,
on ahlnn Lake Two Person llrowned at
llne Hind Wow l'p thn Water Into n
I limit XI hlcb Swept Over the Toitu-Fierce
vvlnditonn In Other Place Th Tonn
of Xslniit Said to novo Item Ilestroyod.
0 .tvE-vrciv, Tex., Sept. 13. Death and disas
ter resudid from a flood nnil n storm that swept
thn Texas eosst lust night. Tlio towns ot l'ort
Arthur, S iblne Fuss, and Stiblno vrero Inundated.
The istlm itcs of tho deaths In these places vary
' Irotu eight to twenty. Thetownsnre cutoff from
xsilrovd communication because of the Howl
and from telegraphic communication because
the telegraph wires were blown down. Itcllet
trains havo been sent from Beaumont, bat up to
late hour this evening thoy wero unable to
retch the scene of tho disaster.
To the west of Sabine tho towns and ranches
lid farms along tho coast for forty miles have
teen wrecked or damaged. In the town of
Winnie only two houses remain standing. To
the south of Galveston thero Is known to hare
been a great rlso In tho waters as far as Corpus
Chr.tl, but communication Is cut off and no
rjr T9 has been received. Galveston, lucky as on
former occasions, escaped without trouble
To get an understanding ot tho scopo of tbo
disaster It is necessary to explain the geography
f the country. Tlio towns of Sabine, Port Ar
thur, and Sabine Pass are In Jefferson county,
the southeasternmost county In Texas. The en
tire county is practically a low prairie. The
towns of Sabino and Sabine Pass are on the
tanks ot the Ashfort. a short, deep stream that
connect Sabine Lake with the Qulf. Port Ar
thur Is on the west bank of Sabine Lake Sabine
Lake Is fifteen miles long, about Ave miles wide,
and Is fed by two largo rivers, the Sabine and
the Ncchcs. The lake Is shallow, being generally
from rive to right feet deep. The land bordering
ty-on it has little elevation.
For wo days, Friday and Saturday, the wind
ltd been blowing heavily from the southwest,
drlvlDg the wators out of the Gulf Into the lake
and its estuaries. On Sunday this southwest
wind Increased to a gale and the water poured
in from the sea at a icre&t rate. Suddenly last
B gut the wind swnng around Into the north
and developed into the fiercest blow that has
been experienced hereabouts In many years.
The winds whipped the water back from tho
rivers and drove It toward the lake, and the
water of tlio lake was driven against the water
that ti as rushing In from the Quit.
Tho meetlrg of these two great forces of
water made a bank of water which had to find
an outlet. Unable to stay within the natural
channels the waters broke out over the lands
and swept along In mighty wares. Wherever
these waves met an obstacle it was washed
aelde as If it were of paper.
Within a few hours the level cf the waters In
the territory within a radius of six miles ot Sa
bine Pars had risen eight feet. To add to the
terrors of the situation It rained In torrents.
T e forco of tho wind was In itself sufficient to
dismantle any frail structure.
The people of the three towns. Sabine, Sabine
Pass, and Port Arthur, were practically In a
trap, threatened from within and without,
"Wreck and devastation were belDg wrought by
the wind, and death by drowning was In tbo
flood. Such Information as has reached hero
has been received from persons who managed to
escape from the towns whllo the gale and flood
were In progress.
Mrs. M. M. Allen of 2S18 Post Office street,
Galveston, brought the first news of the dis
aster. She left here yesterday and went over to
Port Arthur to spend the day, Iloro Is tho
story she told of the storm:
" It hod been blowing and raining all day, and
was very disagreeable. I left tho hotel early
and went down to tho train. About 4:30 yes
terday afternoon the wind suddenly Increased,
blowing hard and hoary, and rain continued
falling. 1 be wind came from the land aide. II
blew hardest about 8 o'clock, and nearly every
house In town succumbed. The roof of the Sa
bine Hotel was blown away, nnd when I left
Part Arthur, at 9 o'clock, six people wero re
ported killed there and many Injured. When I
got to Ilcaumont I beard that about forty people
hid been killed."
W. A. Green, a rice planter, living In Beau
mont, says he left Beaumont for Sabine on
Sunday night. Tho train could not get within
ten miles of Port Arthur on account of the flood.
Railroad men reported to htm that the whole
country to the south was Inundated, the water
standing eight feet deep at Sabino and nearly as
deep at Port Arthur. They announced that
eight were dead and twelvo Injured at l'ort
Arthur wheu they managed to escape. The
train was tho regular Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Oulf train. They explain the failure of the peo
ple to leave the town by saying that tho storm
was so terrible that most people were afraid to
leave whatever shelter they had. Houses were
being wrecked, tho air was filled with flying
debris, the wind was blowing at such a rate that
the train could hardly make headway against
it, the water was rushing through the streets,
and the rain was falling In torrents. The names
of tho dead and injured at Port Arthur, Sabine,
and Sabine Pass cannot be ascertained until the
relief trains are heard from.
To the east of Sabine the reports show the de
vastation was almost entirely due to tho wind
storm. At Winnlo every house out two was
blown down. Tbo great dairy farm of ex-Qor.
Wheeler of Iowa Is wracked. Tho Creel Hotel
was blown from lis foundations. The store of
It. A. Thornton was demolished. The homo of
Mrs. Gregory was destroyed. Tho store and
warehouse of Z.R, Guess were torn to pieces
and tho merchandise ruined by water. Every
residence was damaged more or less. All along
the route of the Gulf and Interstate Railroad
for twenty miles, on each sldo of Winnie, farm
houses and barns wero blown down and trees
uprooted ond wreckage Btrewn about.
At Sour Lake, on the Southern Paclflo Ball
road, immediately to the north of Winnlo, the
roof was blown off of a passenger coach. Per
sons who were trrrelllngon trains that passed
through the storm say that car windows wero
broken by tho gale, and that in many oars the
passengers were drenched,
The nowly established towns of Webb, Sea
breeze, Cheek, ond Fannetto, on tho Oulf and
Interstate Railroad, are practically wiped out,
tho frail structures erected there being picked
up und hurled about by the vlnd as if they woro
of little or no weight. Mrs. M. O. Perkins of
this city, who was In tho Creel Hotel, at Winnie,
ri ached hero to-night. She confirms tbo story
of the destruction at that place. Sho soys she
and her husband arrivod at Winnie at 7:'J0
P, M., on their way to their summer homo
near there, but hart to ruth to the
bn'il for shelter. About 10:30 I M.
the wind, which had been beating furiously
against the hotel, struck it with renewed forco,
"i, lifting it from Its foundations, knocked it
tot n ground. In addition to tho proprietor's
fmil anil servants, there were live guests In
the homo at tho time, Including Mr, Meson of
Cinada. Dr. White, a Presbyterian minister,
and out uther. Tho imrch was broken from
tfto hotel and tho furniture dashed about by tho
)ar of the crash of the falling house, but none of
tho inmates received worse injury than a few
bruises. Mrs. Perkins wi)s she saw one young
man who was wounded In tho storm. His name
was Ilurber, and Dr. Klmmons of Winnlo was
bandaging up his legswhon sho left tlio tonn
to day. How badly ho is Injured sho does not
know,
At 9 o'clock to-night the f. oUqwIs wtij,t.caM
wero rccolved from Beaumont, tho nearest city
to the sceno ot the disaster:
To rralltt Lundei Co., Oah-titon, Tt.;
" Moore and Pettis drowned nt Sabino. Several
tugs sunk. Klgbt killed in falling houses at
Port Arthur. Beaumont Lu.vncn Co."
The other despatch was a personal messago to
your correspondent. It read:
" Seven killed. Fifteen injured at Port Ar
thur. Half of tbo town Is destroyed. Thrcolost
at Sabino. Damago slight."
Cnpt. Mlnot of tho stcnmerCumberlnnd.whlch
reached bore to-day from Coruux Chrlstl, reports
that he was delayed thirty-six hours at that
place by reason of tho rough water, which roso
four feet on the Islands in the bay, nnd tho
lowlands thereabouts are submerged.
This Is not the first time Bnblue Pass has been
wrecked by flood. Inn terrlblo storm In 1830
the town was almost wiped out. More than
tlfty persons avcro drowned, and prop
erty of srent vnluo was destro) cd. Tho present
tonn ot Sabine Pass and thousands ot acres
of lands surrounding It are owned by
Kountzo Brothers, tho bankers ot New York,
Omaha, nnd other places. Tho town slto ot
Port Arthur Is owned by tho Kansas City, Pitts
burg and Oulf Hallroad, which eudcavored to
establish a city thero which would bo tlio Gulf
terminus of tbo road, and mako a port by hav
ing tho Government permit them to dig a chan
nel through Sabine Lake from tho town slto to
the deep water In the Pass.
Tho storm of yesterday means not only groat
loss to tho residents, but rany force tho railroad
to seek a now outlot to tidewater, Tho estab
lishment of tho town site and the improvements
mado by tho company represent a largo outlay.
Kountio Brothers recently began building
wharTes and making general water-front Im
provements at Sabino Pass. They entered into
largo advertising arrangements for the up
building ot tho now town.
ronT AnTncn reports nvn deaths.
PonT ArtTiiun, Tex., Sept. 13. A terrlflo hur
rlcauo struck this city on Sunday night, reach
ing Its highest velocity at 0 o'clock. About
thirty houses were blown down.
Tho roof was blown off from the Pittsburg
and Quit roundhouse, where many had taken
refuge. Tho Katatorlum and tho Land Com
panies' stables wore blown down. The second
story of the bank building was blown off.
The killed are: Frank Albright, electric light
employee; Frits Mlchaells, carponten George
Martin, bricklayer; May Answortb, slx-months-
old child; unidentified man.
Thero Is no overflow here, but Sabine City, at
tho Pass, eight ml es from here. Is six feet tinder
water. One schooner, four tugs, and several
buildings have been destroyed there.
A telegram has Just been recelvod from A. E.
Sttllwoll, President of tho Pittsburg and Oulf.
subscribing $10,000 to a relief fund to repair
damages to homes here.
SadimePass, Tex.. Sept. 13. Two tugs, owned
by Moore & Betts of Orange, were sunk In the
Pass last night, drowning Messrs. Moore and
Betts. Three-quarters ot tho buildings at Port
Arthur have been blown down.
A number of people fled to the Pittsburg and
Oulf Railroad roundhouse there for safety. Six
were blown off and killed and fifteen injured.
There Is not much damago here except to ship
ping. IliiUMoxT, Tex.. Sept. 13. Dr. Barrow
Clough and family have arrived here from Port
Arthur, eighteen miles south ot here. They say
the hurricane last night was terrible.
They were driven from their homo and sought
shelter on ths lake front, but the rising water
from the Sabine Lakedrarnineni back.ta.lhe
hills. They finally got a train and came here.
Dr. Clough says his borne was torn to pieces;
tho Port Arthur Herald office wrecked, and tho
two buildings, property of Albert Wolf, ruined
and two of his family killed. The Hotel Sabine
was also unroofed.
Dallas. Tex.. Sept. 13. A hard wind and
light rain prevails hero to-night. Indications
are that a severe storm is advancing over north
Texas.
This city Is agitated over the reports ot disas
ters at Sabine Pass and Port Arthur, as many
former residents of Dallas and Neighborhood
have settled at these places within the last few
months.
No communication with Oalveston or other
places In that part of ths Quit has been had
sinco this morning.
Tho Oulf storm Is believed to hare extended
eastward from Galveston to the Louisiana line,
the storm centre being at Sabino Pass and Port
Arthur.
This belief Is based on a telegram received at
0 o'clock to-night by Superintendent It, H.Junes
of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad,
who Is In Dallas, from his operator at San
Antonio, which reads:
"Had heavy rain at Yoakum and Sublime;
light rain at Yorktown, Halletsvllle, and from
Boca Island to Wallls. Heavy rain from West
Point to Waco. Light rain from Shiner to Mul
doon and LockbarU No violent storm anywhere
on our line."
Superintendent Junes, commenting on this
telegram, says:
"This Indicates that the Oulf storm did
not touch the lower half ot tbo Oulf, which In
eludes Corpus Chrlstl and Rockport,
" Am afraid the disaster has been terrible on
the upper half of the Oulf, approximated from or
near Galveston to ths Louisiana line, and per
haps along the Louisiana coast and Inland."
NewOhleass, Sept, 13. A gulf hurricane
blow over New Orleans and the surrounding
country last night. Little damago wan dons to
houses in tho city, but trees, fences, telegraph
wires, and outhouses suffered.
Tbo shell road, tho lakeside resorts, and the
open lands back of t'io town were floodod by
witer from Lake Pontchartrain. A barge be
longing lo the gravel company was sunk. Below
the city tho storm was moro severe.
The New Orleans and Southern Railroad bad
to stop running, as its tracks were flooded from
Lako Borgne. At Bay Su Louis and most of the
Mississippi sound towns tho bathhouses wore
destroyed and clubhouses were Injured.
At the Jetties the wind reached a force of
soventy-flva miles an hour. An Australian
ship, namo unknown, went ashore west of the
Jetties, and Is a complete wreck. It is thought
the crow wore saved.
Telegrams from neighboring towns announce
tho almost completo destruction of Port Ar
thur, Winnie, New Sabino Pass, and Old Sa
bino Pass, on Sabine Lake, between Louisiana
and Mississippi, by tho Gulf hurricane which
prevailed thero Sunday nlgbl and this morning.
Communication with that region Is very defect
ive because of tho storm, tho telegraph wires
being blown down,
Hablne Pass, or Sabine Cfty, is a Post Office In
the southeast corner of Jefferson county, 'I e as.
It is situated at the Junction of tho outlet of
Babiuo Lako and tho Uulf ot Mexico. As the
Sabine River, which empties into tho lake. Is
tho boundary between Texas nnd Louisiana,
Sublno Pass Is the most rasterly town on tbo
Texas coast. The tlist.mco from Galveston is
sixty-six miles. The hnrhor. which is thirty or
forty feet deep. Is muddy, and tho channel nar
row. Tho liovenimcnt has uisdo several at
tempts to Improve il by Jetty building and
dredging. Hablne Pass Is the terminus of the
Hablne "nd East Texas division of tho bouthern
Paeltlo R llroad. The population of tho town
ship U about SOO.
TRIEU TO f.SCAPK FIIO.V llF.J.T.Krvr..
A Nunstrut-k Patient llrromra Delirious and
(limbs Out or a Window,
Joseph Luchcsl, a bookkeeper, of OAR Entt
Fifteenth ttreet, who was taken to Ilellevuo
Hospital on Hnttirday to be treated for heat
prostration, while delirious last night clltnbod
out ot a window near his bed lu the second
story. When ft night nurse went after him he
Jumped to an awning attached to tho Are es
cape balcony outside the window. Tho awn
ing sagged in the middle, forming a trough. Into
I which the night nurse also leaped. Ho pre
vented Lucheal from getting any further, and
tho utUxloua DaUent vru put Uck to Md, ,
HERE'S SET1I LOW'S LETTER.
TEJ.I.INa WHAT JIB TTILZ, DO IF
UK IS XLEVTXlt HI AXOIU
lie Sent on Drart Sarller and the fits Tt
vlaea It and Isew lie la Prepared to Lead
ftlraan. Jeseeli I.arecua nnd Other In
Their Great trufain to Help Severn I'nAll.
Tho hands ot tho clock were close together at
half past 0 yesterday afternoon when a post
man walked up tho steps of tho Cits' head
quarters, nt 30 East Twenty-third street, hold
ing In his hand A long whits envelope with a
two cent stamp on It and the post mark of
Northeast Harbor, Mo, A doion attaches of the
Cits rushed forward to get It, but It was Ssr-geant-at-Arms
Honckler that got hold of It and
rushed It Into the back office, whero Chairman
Reynolds was. Then It was announced that
Both Low's letter had come, ltore It Is:
Jfriir. Jop Zarocoois ond ofneri. acting on penal
a tne CKInni' tnton and oihtr wirr of t ft ettu
o.Y.w York,
Gentlemen: I accept with a deep sense of re
sponsibility the nomination that you offer mo In
your communication of Sept. 1. So far as tho
expression of popular desire which accompanies
It Implies confidence In me. It will bo a lifelong
Inspiration, and a strong Impulse, In tho event
of my election, to fulfil tho oxpectntlon of thoso
for whom you speak. I tnko It for granted that
this nomination is offered subject to tho ex
pressed condition stntcd in my letter to a com
mittee of the Cltlzons Union, dated Juno 7,
which letter was used as tho bssisof your can
vass, nnd in which I said that 1 could accept no
nomination If thero were attached to It any obll-,
gallon, expressed or Implied. In case of election,
other than tho obligation of the official oath as
Mayor to make tho Interests of tho city tho
paramount concern In tho discharge of every
duty.
I am n Republican, and I expect to remain
one; butl am completely In sympathy with the
purposoot thoCltticns' Union to (ecure a Mayor
for tho great city who shall be "free from all
partisan obligations." Such a Mayor, If elected,
I shall certainly bo. In making appointment'.
It shall be my endeavor to 1111 every place with
an eye single to tho public good. The patronage
ot the city shall not be used, so far as It Is in
the Mayor's power to prevent It, for the purpose
of either strengthening or weakening one party
or another, or any faUlouot any pnrtv. I shall
try to maks an administration that will be hon
est, broad-minded, efllclcnt and business-like,
and considerate ot the interests of every cltltcn.
Tho Civil Service laws of tho Stale shall b
Impartially enforced " by such methods as will
Insure a practlcablo and roasonablo test ot flt-
noss and the scloctlon of subordinate offkers
upon their merits, lrrespcctlio of political In
fluence, so as to afford a fair cbanco to every
citizen, without rrgnnl to race, religious belief,
or political afllllation." It shall be my en
deavor to build up In all parts of the public
service a spirit ot honest pride, based upon tbo
well-settled conviction on the part of every per
son In tho city's employ that, so long as his
services aro needed and be renders them faith
fully and well, no Influence In tho city shall bo
ablo to turn him out; while the moment he falls
in his duty, no Indue neo shall be strong enough
to keep him in.
Nothing la more vital to the welfare of the
city, as I conceive, than that It be allowed by
tho Leglslatt.ro to shape Its own destinies In all
matter that are partly local. I would wish
the groat city to bear iu part proudly In all the
ronc-ros ot the Empire State and willingly to
bear Its share ot the burdens of tho State; but,
a concerns the city's loci affairs, It is not so
much a part of the State as It la the homo of Its
Inhabitants. If I am elected, I shall contend
sturdily for the city's right, in such matter, to
govern Itself.
As to the public franchises, the Greater New
York charter practically embo'tles the dortrlne
that the city shall not part with the ownership
of Its franchises, but shall leaso them for limited
periods subject to occasional revision ot thn
terms. I think legislation should be had,
however, in addition to the charter, that will
enable the city to treat every consent to a
change of power by street rallroaiU as a
new franchise. It Is utterly unressonabln
that because of defective legislation these
valuable grants should continue to be given
away without compensation to the city. As
matters now stand, these consents are grnnted
by the State Railroad Commission and bo city
Is deprived of all opportunity to socure a return
for them oither by way of a money payment or
by Imposing o ndltions calculated to secure a
service thoroughly In the Interest of the public
I am hsartlly in favor of carrying to as speedy
completion as possible the municipal rapid tran
sit system for which tho people ot the pre-ent
city of New York voted In November, lt!H. and.
If elected, I shall do everything In mr power to
facilitate communication between tho various
boroughs ot the great city by means of bridge,
tunnels and ferries. Nothing will do so murb
as o complrt system of Intercommunication to
unify the people of all the boroughs into one
municipality and to secure for all parts of the
city the maximum advantages of consolidation.
1 should gladly interest myself heartily In
the schools and In all that concerns the higher llfo
of the people; and I should strive earnestly to
promote every municipal Interest thnt makes
for the commercial and business prosperity ot
the city and tho welfare of the cltlruns. Tlio
harbor and the water front would command my
especial care.
I believe that the labor laws of the State, as
they apply to the city, should bo administered
In the letter and In the spirit. This Is the la
borer's right, and. in my Judgment, It is emi
nently in the interest of tbo city.
No campaign in the city of Now York turning
on local Issues can he conducted. In the present
condition of exclso legislation, without some
reference to the exclso question. The Raines
law, in my belief, contains the germ of an
excise system far better that that which It
supplanted. In that it has relieved the liquor
trarllo of the arbitral y control of excise boards,
and lias substituted for this a grant of explicit
rights that can be enforced at law. Where tho
Raines law falls as applied to New York it falls
because it does not take into account the public
sentiment of the city. New York, while charac
teristically an American city. Is also, as the Gar
mans say, a world city. It Is cosmopolitan In
fact and cosmopolitan In sentiment. Men of
every sort of upbringing must bo ablo to lira In
such a city hpplly nnd naturally, of course
with due regard to the right- and comic
t ona of others. Leg slators on this subject
should never forget that tho Kxclso law
stanns midway between the laws that every
body believes In nnd the dead laws that nobo.lv
believes In, and that tho effective public senti
ment behind It, locally, Is tho onl permanent
force on which K depend In Its administration.
For this reason, In ray opinion, nn excise law, so
far as It affects tho daily llfo and the habits or
the people, should reflect the public opinion ot
the city. On such points, In case of radical dif
ferences ot opinion, I should tako '.henppnul to
the pcoplo themselves. In a community llko
this I know of no better way to sccuro fnrnti
excise law tho support of a public sentiment
that will sustain its even enforcement,
The city of Now York will have a ponulatlon
larger than that of most of the States of tho
Union, and larger than that of all the colnnlos
combined when they Issued their Declaration uf
Independence. Ihe wish of thoso for whom
tou speak, as I understand it, is especially to
secure for this Imperial city tho ti portunity to
start upon Its now career under an admin
istration pledged to make the Interests of
Urn city Its supremo caru, Much a purpose
ought to appeal to the civic pride of overy citi
zen. I ould nlsh that the popular movement
which yo i represent bud deslg ntod sumo other
man to load In the great struirglo; for In such a
cuuso It would have been a pleasure to sen o In
the ranks. But If my follow citizens sen fit to
Intrust thn arduous task to me, I s all servo
them loyally with every power that I have,
Rfspeetfu ly, Seih Low.
Except among the ofllee boys about the Cits'
headqtiarlers, thero was no excitement while
the coming of the lotter was awaited. Secre
tary Clark was as suave and smiling as ever
and Chairman Reynolds not moro serious than
usual, notwithstanding nil stories to the con
trary. Neither net nnd to be at nil curious as
to wliat their ieador would say; in fact, their
state ot mind seemed to bo one ut iutensocnliii.
This was explained later. It seems IbalMr.Lnw
had already scnldmvn n tenUtlvailraughtof hi
letter, and the Kxecutlve Committee had pan
drred It In secret session nnd had eout It back to
Mr. Luw with a few suggestions. Consequently
It was not at all s'range that Messrs. Reynolds
nnd Clark wero not curious, Neither of llirui
was around the headquarters last night when
the letter was uh en out, but In their stead Com
mitteeman Pine made a statement concerning
it and what they thought of it. Ho said:
" Thoso members of ths Kxeuutlvo Committee
who have seen the letter regard it as a very ad
mirablo statement of the Iuum taTOlvtd.laUio
campaign and as in thorough accord with
the declaration of principles nf tlio Union.
Tbo paragraph In which Mr. Low explicitly
says thnt no is a Republican and ex
perts to remain one, whllo in enllro
sympathy with a non-partisan adminis
tration of local affairs. Is regarded as a for
cible Illustration of what Is meant by tho
Union In Its appeal to all cltDens (if whatever
party to unllo lu endeavoring to sccuro good
city government without surrendering their
pnrtv allegiance."
Such Is the opinion of the Cits. Here Is tho
opinion Of Abo Grtibcr In rcforonco lo ono para
graph ot tho document. Said Mr. Qrubcr;
"Mr. low Is as much a Republican as a Mo
hammedan Is a. low or Cnrlstlnu. Both Muses
and Jesus are Mohammedan prophctx. It Mr.
Low will s.iy over his own slgnnturo that ho
roied for Blaine nnd Harrison, or believes In tho
protective tariff. I'll vote for him. Or if tho
Cits will prove Hint tho no.OOO names un that
petition got up by their ngcuts wliiih nro not
Tntnmnnr men or non-rcsldontsnrogcnulno, I'll
rote for him."
Mr. Ijow Is oxpoctedto aTlve In town to-morrow
afternoon. Although final arrangements
have not been made. It Is probahlo that he will
go to tho Plaza lintel for sumo tlmo. Ho does
not wantto open his own hnuso until Mndlson
nvcnuo has hcou put into shnpp, for tlio nolso
nnd dirt will disturb him. Hn does not expect
to "tako tiff his roat" and plniigo lntu politics
nt once. Secretary Clark said yesterday.
" Mr. Ixiw, 1 txllovc, will not lako any nctlvo
part In Iho campaign for some time. Hn wanta
to deioto his cntlro tlmo for tho first two
weeks at ltust tn straightening out the nlTalrs
of Cnliimbln University. '1 h'-rt-foro hlseomliig
wlllnot give nn especial Impetus to our work. '
Nevertheless Iho regular meeting of tho V.
ecmlwt Committee of the Cits this afternoon
promises to lie Important. Tho rcort of the
biih-cnnimltteoun nominations will bo received
nnd tho real work of selecting Iho candidates
for Comptroller and President of tbo Council
will begin. It is unlikely that any action thut
may ho taken will ho mndo public, for It Is a
part of tho progTatiuno to consult with Mr. Law
before tho names am sent to the Committee on
Organisation fur reference to the boroughs.
A XEOllO ESCAPES ir.YCll.VO.
lie tlsi (f-sptiirM by a Mob with tlloudbouiida.
but lie Proves an Alibi nnd Wna Set Free.
GlitrKlN. Go,, Sept. 13.- A mob composed
of men living between Grltllii nnd Zebulon has
spent tho cntlro day In pursuit ot n negro,
Henry Stark, with tho bo'iof that ho was tho as
sallantof Mrs.Muuhloy Ulb-im. Mrs. Gibson, who
lives on plantation near Zebulon. was assaulted
on Saturday afternoon, and whllo a complete
description of the criminal was not obtainable,
n party of men saw a suspicious-looking negro
fleeing to tho woods this morning and at once
started in pursuit of him. Hounds were put
on the fcctit, and a largo mob, recruited with
new members every half hour, follocd close
behind tho dogs, now cntehlng n glimpse of tbo
running negro, and then losing sight of him lu
the thick undergrowth.
When tho pursuing partr had aliout de
spaired of effecting a rai ture, tbo dogs treed
the negro, and in.tantlr a cordon was formed
about ths tree and prci arutions were begun to
roast htm alive.
Stark was forced to surrender, and set up a
piteous pica for mercy, declaring that ho was
not connected with tho nMault and was being
pursued for having stolen a Jug of whiaVcy
from a farm wagon earlier In tho day. Tho
mob at fltt discredited his statement and was
about to submit him to tho flames, when his
pleading became so eamett that coo'cr heads
advised his return to Orltlln. This wna con
sented tn nnd the almost crazed Afrlonn suc
ceeded In proving an alibi and tho truth uf his
ztorr.
Tho mob Immediately organized a seeond
time, nnd fresh dogs were secured and taken
to the scene of iho crlmo to chase the real culprit.
GREAT F1XJ OF OTSTEttS.
A ShellDah Klondike llrlnc Worked In Iho
(.real louth slay.
BtTVti.t.K. L. I., Sept. 13. Never tn tho his.
toryofthodrr.it South Bay has such a find ot
Bccd oysters been mado ss that of theZelglo
brotbora. On last Monday the young men were
sailing over a portion of the bay known as Clam
Pond Cove, when one of them remarked that ho
had lou told by an old oysterman that natural
sed oysters had been caught In large quanti
ties thirty years ago near where they wero
sailing, but sluct that tlmo tbo ground had
been regarded as barren. C it I ng ov er n dredgo
that lay on the del k uf their sloop, tho young
men let It drsg along the bottom of the hay for
a short distan o and wero astounded, uiKin
pulling It to tlio surface, to find it full to over
flowing of oysters, large nnd small, but all of
perfect shape, fat, and Juicy. Immediately the
twomene.iSt ovrrlioinl nil their dredges, nnd
In less th.an two hours had loaded tho sloop to
the water's eJgo.
Returning again at night in company with
four other boats they loaded again. Wishing to
keep their find a secret, they remained at home
during tho next day, but started out after night
fall. In tbo bright moonlight their boats were
evidently watched by uther oystennen belong
ing to tho largo fleet which lay anchored off the
shore, for son- they woro follnwskd by at least a
score of boats, The discoverers of tho beds had
hardly begun to dredge when tho other boats
struck tho beds, nnd before midnight every boat
was loaded. Fully '.'00 bonta aro now working
day nnd night, and un to the present time over
70,000 bushels of oysters and oyster seod have
been taken from tho beds. Tho boatmen make
from ?U0 to J 30 a day and hardly take titno to
sleep.
FIRED OS SVAXISU SMACKS.
Florida Health Hoard Steamer tlrlnga Trouble
oinn seaaels lo Terma.
Tami-a, Fla., Sept, 13. Th Spanish Consul
hero, Seflor Pedro Soils, Is angry because the
Stnte patrol steamer Germ tired on several Span
ish smacks tho other day, Tho Germ Is a trim
largo launih belonging to tho Stuta Health
Board and Is armed with n small cnntion. The
Spanish smacks hover around tho coast and sell
liquors to tho apunglnp and Ashing vossels that
come hero, thus Infringing upon quarantlno
laws. This practice Is to bo broken up, and tlm
Stnte health authorities have determined to
adopt stringent measures. Last week two
smacks woro captured and were tent to quaran
tine. Whllo the Germ was on her last trip sho
sighted two Spanish smacks, and they put to
e. Finding that Blin could not ovciliatil tliein,
she cent n solid shot ufter them. Tho second
shot -brought them to, and they werosont to
quarantine. The Spanish Consul telegraphed a
complaint to Washington about firing on Span
jsh vossels, and thn mutter was brought to the
attention of Dr. J. Y, Porter, Stntn Health Otll
eer. He and Hcfior Soils had aroufereureto-dav.
Tho Consul was angry, but the health nfllcer.
who Is a retired naval physician, plainly told
him that tho boat would tiro nn his country's
ships if they did not stop when signalled.
PROF, HIIAU.Y DISAPPEARS.
no Married n llurhester Hotel Mun'a Ilaugh
ler Vllille lie Had Another v ire.
RociinsTnit, Sopt. 13. Prof. Gcorgo Braun,
for tho last tlirco months principal of Con
cordln Church School In this city, has
disappeared. Ho camo hero two years ago
and Btoppcd nt tho Vanderhilt House.
Ho beenmo acquainted with Puullne Kauffman,
daughter ot tho proprietor, nnd a short tlmo
ago Iher w cro married. On Wednesday last an
Irato parent camo hero from Syracuse. Ho said
hn was a saloon keeper, nnd that Prof, Braun
was the husband nf hi daughter,
'iho next day Mrs. llrnun No, 1 appeared, ear
rvlng her .marriage license In n frame. About
this tlmo Prof, Braun left tho city, Ju )mg nut,
l'0-n scon s nee.
Pnulliifl Kauffmnii married Prof, llrnun
against her parents will and sho will now
leave the city for Now ork.
Silver I'p (a SO 1-1 Cents an Ounce.
There was unudvunee of 1 cent an ouncoln
tho price of silver bullion In this market ycBtor
day. Tho price roso to SOU cents, which Is an
advance ot 2U cents In three days and a recov
ery of r' cents from the lowest price, whlih
was made on Aug, 25. Cable advices report an
advance also In London ot UTe-elgntlU of
pMtf iaouiwt,
BEHOLD TAMMANY'S GAME.
TO PVT VP OR AST I TO BIIVT VP
AROVT CHICAGO ASD 'DO.
To Itrtlre Comptroller Mlrh and Have Only
Strict Organisation Men on Ihe CUT Ticket,
nnd In Ktprl County Clerk Henry t. Pur
vey To. Morrow rrom Ihe Stale Committee.
The facts concerning Iho confcrcnco of Tarn
many chieftains with Senator Murphy nt Long
Branch ovor Sunday began to comoout yrslor
dny. In the first place, bo Tammany men In tho
confidence of Mr. CrokerntidMr.Shcc'Imti say. It
was definitely decided nt tho confcrcnco w 1th Son
ator Murphy not to say a word In tho Democratic
City Convention, which Is to meet on Sept. 30,
about the Chicago national platform uf 1890. It
will bo recalled thnt Tun Suk announced a few
days ago that John C. Shcehan had submitted
to William 0. Whitney a draft of tho
platform to bo adopted by tho Democrats
In their City Convention, nnd thut Mr.
Shechan'e draft was a quasi Indorsement of tho
Chicago platform, but thnt Mr. Whitney pro
tested and informed Mr. Shcehan tli.it nothing
whatever must bo said in tho City Convention
regarding tho Chicago nntlonnl platform. Sen
ator Murphy, Mr. Crokcr nnd others who at
tended tho conference nt Long Branch aro warm
friends of Mr. Whitney. Senator Smith of New
Jersey, who is on tho friendliest terms with
Scnntor Murphy and Mr. Croker, also advised
against tho Indorsement of tho Chicago plat
form, and thoso ncqunlntod with tho facts de
clared very positively last night that ths Demo
cratic City Convention will havo nothing In Its
platform In support ot tho Chicago national
platform. On tho contrary, tho national plat
form is to bo ignored entirely.
Hugh McLaughlin has had a number of tnlks
with ox-Senator IIIII. nnd Mr. McLaughlin and
Mr. Hill, il is declared, aro In accord with Sen
ator Murphy and Mr. Crokcr and tho others con
cerning the matter. Thus, It was asserted, for
tbo first tiino in a hundred years tho Tammany
organization, which will control the Democratic
City Convention, la lo throw out of tho window
a Democratic national platform.
Furthor facts concerning tho conference were
to tho effect thnt John C. Shechan declared that
It Is the present intontlon that tho Dcmocratlo
City Conv entlun shall nominate ex-Mayor Hugh
J. Grant for Mayor; lu fact, Mr. fohoehan told
his friends that ths drift nt this tlmo was all In
favor of Mr. Grant. It camo out also that thoso
present at tho conference did not bellevo
that the Democratlo City Convention should
renominate Comptroller Ashlicl P. Fitch,
but that this nomination should go to
tho McLaughlin people In tho borough
of Brooklyn. Mr. Fitch has never been a mem
ber of Tammany Hall. At ono tlmo ho was a
very pronounced Republican, nnd whllo It was
admitted that Mr. Kitth has been a very com
pdent Comptroller, tho advlco of Mr. Crokcr,
Mr. Sheehan and others was all to tho effect
that tbo Dcmocratlo City Convention should
nominate strictly organization men for Major,
Comptroller, and President ot tho Council.
Indeed, all of the conversation. It was posi
tively asserted by tlio.u fully acquainted with
the facts, was to tho effect that only strict par
tisans and urgaiiizalluu men fcbuiild bo nomi
nated In this convention. Senator Smith, who
Is ns close to tho Tammany chieftains nnd the
Drmocrattc lenders of tho State as any of their
own number, has not always been of the opin
ion that strictly organization men should bo
nominated, and for that matter Mr. McLaughlin
and Mr. Hill havo coincided with Senator
Multb's riows, but the conference at Long
llraucb, whero Senator Murphy and Richard
Crokcr were thn guiding spirits, decided, It was
positively asserted last night, that only sound
organization men shall bo nominated.
Little or no attention, It was ascertained, was
given to tho claims of tho National Democracy
as represented by Chairman Francis M, Scott.
It was said very pointedly yesterday by thoso
(lose to Mr. Croker and Mr. hhcohnn that If Mr.
Scot ' organization w anted to fall In behind
and travel In the ranks, all well and good; but if
not tho) lould go it alono. 1 ho samo comments.
It wa. n-iert. lined, were made about thcJnmes
O'llricii Democrat) nnd the Steckiers, nnd for a
wlud-up shot it was added that the Steckiers
havo recently attempted to fasten themselves
to Tammany, believing that b) somo stroke of
good fortuuo Alfred stockier would rocelvo a
nomination for Supreme Court Justice, The
hopoofthoStecktcrs.lt was declared, must bo
considered utterly ridiculous.
Finally, It was the senso of thoso who sur
rounded Senator Murphy nt tho confereuco that
Henry D. Purroy, who has como out for Setli
Ixiw, should bo expelled from the Democratlo
Stnte Commlttco wheu it meets at tho Hoffman
House on Wednrada).
Mr. Croker remained at Long Branch with
Scuator Murphy jesterday. Both ho and tho
Senator aro expected In tho city today to look
aftor tho preliminaries to tho meeting of tho
Democratic Stain Committee. John C. Sheehan
camo to tho city yesterday, but returnod to
Long Branch to hav c a further conference with
Mr. Croker )cilorday afternoon. Col. Jacob
Ruppcrt, Jr., has bcon appointed Chairman ot
tho Committee of Arrangements for tho Tam
many Hall City Convention.
irllAT ORAXT SAYS AROVT TT.
Mot Seeklnr the Nominal Ion ' I Am lut m
I nndldate," Dm stay lie I'uta II.
Kx-Major Hugh J. Grant lssuod yestorday tho
following statement:
"I am not a candidate for tho Mayoralty nom
ination. I have given no moro thought to
tlio nomination than havo most of thn voters
ot this city, and at no time lias my thought
been about procuring tho nomination for
myself. If tt had been, I would havo had
no hesitancy In letting tho fact be known
that I was n candidate. I reached my
majority some tlmo ago, usually know what I
want, and am able always In mako my wishes
known, I havo never gono into by ways to con
suit anybody about my ambitions; yet some of
tho newspapers represent me as scurrying under
tovr to talk wltli in) friends nbout a matter I
(fluid discuss frreli ami without fear in the
open. In short, lam not a candidate. "Ihroe
times and nut' is usunlly BiillUlrut. I have
had four runs for tho Mnyuralty.niul havo long
been out of thn running, M) i terrst In tho
matter Is that of any other good clllenof New
York. I want soinn man to hn nominated for
tho Mayoralty nf tho new city who shall em
body all the best characteristics nf Democracy,
and, therefore, of good citizenship, I h.vvo
dono my sharn of work for tho best
interests or tlio present illy. But I
am nnt n candidate fftr u nomination to
thoMajnrnlty nf Greater Now- . ork. My bust,
ness ltiteretn are satisfactory, anil what tlmo
they do not cngro-s 1 give lu pursuit In which
I find pleasure; and these Iniludo the pursuit
of politics to the extent onlv to which tho citizen
goes who is not necking olllee."
ST. IA)VJbS WORST HOT BPr.T.T,.
for nineteen Days II Has Kept I'p Twelve
Ilaja at nu Average or II.
St. Loris, Mo, Sept, 13. For duration nnd
extremes the present hented spoil has never
Iktii equalled In Iho history uf tbo Wcathor
Ilureaii. Sunday was tlio hot'est day In Sep
tember, the Govt riimcut thermometer register
ing HM . and this afternoon tho mercury climbed
tnlll In tin' slm.le. Dr, Frankenflcld, tho local
vu uther observer, said to night :
'I his hul spell Is unprecedented. This Is tho
nin teenlh lonsccilthe dny sinco tho spell be
gan, un Aug. -II. Iho menu temperature for tlio
last twelve iluys Is SI'. No September bus ever
equalled this. No twelve consecutive days in
any month ever exceeded these figures, except
in August, 1HHI, when, un twolvo rousecutlvo
days, the. menu tempernturo was 87'."
Premium on bold In Mexico,
Citt oir Mexico, Sept. 13. The premium on
gold here to-day was 130 per cent. Much satis
faction is expressed here at the rsportof the
proponed, actlva vf the Bank gl Eojluia,
WOODFORD AT BAX SEDASTIAX.
Tho Kevr Minister Presents Ilia Credentials I
the iitern Itegrnt.
Sntial Cablt Dtipateh to Tn Son.
Sax Sedastian. Sept. 13,-Tlio Hon. Hnnnls
Taylor, tho retiring American Minister, pre
sented his lottcrsot reoall to the Queen Regent
nt noon today, and In doing somndon short
complimentary tion-polttlcnl sueoch.
Half an hour later tho Queen recelvod Gen.
Stewart L. Woodford, tho now Minister, who
simply rend tho letter of Presldont McKlnlcy
appointing him tho American representntlvo to
Spain. The chief paragraph of this letter said:
"Ho (Gen. Woodford) is Informed of tho rein
tlvo Interests of both countries, and of our sin
corn deslro to ciilllvato nnd promote tho friend
ship which has so long oxlntod betwaon both
cmintilcs. He shall constantly try to promoto
tho Interests and prosperity of both Govern
ments, thus making himself sgrecablo to your
Majesty."
Both Mr. Taylor and Gon. Woodford were re
ceived by tho Queen Regent at tho Palace of
Mlramar, where she and her court havo been
spending tho summer.
During Mr. Taylor's visit to the Queen her
Mnjcsly carried on a friendly conversation with
him regarding tho United States and ex-Presl-dent
Cleveland, even saying that she hopod
somo day to visit tho United States. When Mr.
Taj lor was taking his leave her Majosty said,
touchlngly:
"Do, pray, befriend Spain when you go back
to America."
Mr.Ta)lorbowodlow nnd replied: "I will do
so as far ns my conscience pormite."
Mr. Taylor's departuro is personally regret
ted oven In tho ofllclal world, to which he fre
quently had to convey unpalatable communica
tions. I.OND0X, Sept. 13. A despatch to tho Stand
ard from San Sebastian says: "If, ns Is proba
ble, tho Court prolongs its stay hero Into October,
nil tho aspects of the Cuban question In Its
bearings upon tho Interest nnd views of tho
United States will bo mooted by Amorloan
diplomacy In a friendly, firm, and preclso shape.
Spain will meet tho United States in a friendly
spirit, but with nn Intlcxlblo determination to
defond her rights."
BARRED DECAVSE SUE 1TORBB.
Preilr Ml.s vvhltaer or thllllcolhn Mar Mot
lie Maid to Kansas City's Flower ejuecn.
Ciiillicotue, 5to Sept. 13,-Soclcty hero
Is greatly exercised over tho Bclectlon of a
maid of honor to tho queen of the Kansas City
flower show, and many friendships aro llkoly
to bo broken beforo tho discussion Is nt an end.
Tho troublo all camo about through tho fnct
that Miss Edna Whitney, one of tho candi
dates for tlio placo. was barred from tho eon
tost pcremtorily and Informally. Miss Whit
ney stands as high in tho estimation of tho
Pcoplo of Chlllicotho as any young woman In
tho city. Sho U beautiful and accomplished,
of stately pretence, and of charming person
ality. But Miss Whitney earns her own liv
ing. Her mother is a widow. Aftor her father
died tlio oung lady went bravely to work to
assist her mothor In educating her younger sis
ter. Sho Is employed as a shader in a tobacco
factory, a place which requires great skill, good
taste, koon judgment, and perfect eyesight. On
account of hir occupation Miss Whitney's can
didacy was vigorously opposed by a number of
society women uf this city. On their own ac
count, and without consulting tho members ot
tho local committee, they telegraphed lo Wal
ter S. Halliwell, the Ward McAllister of Kansas
City, ehnlnnan of tho Flower Committee, stat
ing their objections, and asking that Mis Whit
ney be barred as a candidate to represent tho
pcoplo of Chllllcothe. Acting upon this re
quest, Mr. Halltwoll telegraphed at onco to the
local committee:
"The business occupation of tbo young lady
is considered a barrier."
KILLED RY AT.ASKAX IXDTAXS.
Three Proiaeclnra nn Ihe Cupper silver Shot
An Armed Posar Oul rorllevense.
YicTomv, B. C. Sept. 13. United States Com
missioner 11. Killen ot Portland, who has been
Investigating tho agricultural Interests ot
Alaska, brings word that serious trouble has
developed between whlto rrospoctors and tho
Copper River Indians, at present tho only un
conquered and unclv lllzcd natives on American
soil.
Three miners havo lost their lives. When tho
Tnpekn, on which Commissioner Killen arrived,
left Juneau, an armed Uidyof twcnty-fourwhlto
men was advancing into tho mineral region,
whose invasion the Coppers deeply resent. It Is
said that there are ledges of solid copper there
enough to mako many fortunes, nnd hence the
determination of tho white men to gain posses
sion of tho country at any hazard.
rirxxA's riEir of our riots.
Austria Will neiuand Indemnity rrom XT ror
the Itlolera Who XV ere Killed.
Fpccial OiMs y)f'lle to Tnx Scf.
Lospox, Sept. 13. A despatch to tho Dallv
Trttgraph from Vienna says that much exrlte
mo'it has bean caused thero by tho news of the
shooting by deputy sheriffs at Lnttlmcr, Pa.,
of a number of Austrian and Hungarian sub
jects. Consular reports of the affair that havo
been received clinractcrlzo the conduct ot tho
deputies as unjust and unnecessary. Tho For
eign Olllco will demand strict compensation
fiom the United States.
EVJtOPT.'S WIIF.AT SHORTAGE.
Italian and Frenrli s-.tlmatrs show SO,ooo,
OOO Hectolitres Less Than I.nst 1 ear,
fptcial Cat-U Vtp1cHt to The Res,
Paph. Sept. 13. M. MClInc, Prlmo Minister
and Minister of Agriculture, announced to tho
Cabinet to-dny thnt the ofllclal crop returns
showed thnt tho wheat crop amountod toS8,
IWtl.RIK) hectolitres, as against 11 D.74'.!, 110 hec
tolitres In 1890.
Romk, Sept. 13. The ofllclal estimate ot tho
Italian wheat crop pl.a-es the yli Id at 30,000,000
hectolitres, as against 51,000,000 last ) car.
she rnnrir out the POLicExiry.
Pnt Them Through m Second. Story Window
nud Jumped Arier Thorn.
PoitT Ciikhtek. N, Y Sept, 13. Mrs. Jane
Duffy, GO jcars old, of Willow street becamo
suddenly crnzy on Saturday and was taken to
her homo nnd confined In a room with Patrol
limn lllekey and O'Nell as bodyguard, awuitlng
thn arrival of attendants from I'uughkcopsle,
Yesterday morning the woman took tho pollco
unnwnrcs and threw them both out of tho second-story
window, (-ho then leaped out her
eelf. None of the threo was hurt seriously.
OVII.TT OF 0 HOST DAXOIXO.
Comanche Judaea Inflict Heavy Penalties on
Their Convicted Trlbesuieu.
Pnnnr, O. T Sept. 13. Indian Judges of the
Comanche trlbo found fifteen bucks guilty of
ghost dancing on Saturday, and gavo them
heavy penalties, besides cutting off their pav
from tho Government for sK months. Three
hundred members of Iho tribe, uiauy of them
squaws, aro yet to bo tried.
A Sky Terrier Areeplrd In a Pawnshop for a
8. SO Loan,
Alpanv, Sept, 18, It remained for an Albany
pawnbroker to accept a now article of personal
property In exchange for a loan, Threo weeks
ago Robert I), Williams, a prominent citizen of
this clty.'rcporled to the police that a much
prized 8kyo terrier had been stolen. This morn
ing Skye was found In a fircen street pawnshop.
The pawnbroker said taut over two weeks ugo
a man presented himself at his cstablUhmeut,
borrowed f a.oo, ouU l(t Skjo u iiourlty,
WORTH'S DWINDLING LEAD fl
rm
oxn or iris srppoRTnns ct.aixb mm
A MAJORITY OF OXLY FITB. WJk
Ho lias Controlled the County Committee lfv
Heretofore by Thlrlynvn or Forty Th aUtfl
Atill-XTorlh Lenders Say He Mill He Drnleai llrvsBi
To-NlEltt la Mayor xuralrr Helping lllnat IJM
The supremacy of tho Hon. Jacob Worth la '((lissl
tho Rcpuhllcnn organization In Brooklyn, till
through his hold on tho County Cotnmlttoo, -H
will bo put to n feverc test, If not entirely ovor- vH
thrown, at thn meeting ut that body to-night. 'H
At tho outset it Boomed ahopclcs job to at- !
tempt to relax Worth's grip on tho committee. IfiB
At tho organization of tho committee at the be- ffu
ginning of tho year Worth's fnollon had only ji
slender mnjorlty, but, by throwd manipulation h 'Xn
nnd htgh-baiidcd mcUiods, it was gradually in- ji
crevod until tho opposition was In a minority ' ?
ot from 33 to -10 votos in a total vote of 210. .
It was Worth's dcclurcd Intontlon to wipe out i
tho opposition altogether, but ho stopped short
avhen ho realized that ho was likely to disrupt
tho organization and provoko tho formation of i S
a rival County Commlttoo.
Ho never anticipated for a moment that thero 39
would bo any controversy over his control ot S
tho committee, and, lookinz uhrad to the prim- t
arias, becamo tbo advocate of Both Low, in or-
der to corral tho admirers u' Hint gentleman i)
in his own movement toward gaining posse. fr
slon ot tlio County Convention, the ultimate) X
aim of all Worth's hopes and ambitions. Bo JJ
assured did ho feel that he would bo able to 'l
curry his schemes through that a vreok ago tho i-
Executlre Commlttco at his dictation re-
solved that tho Assembly Convention, which
was to choose the delegates to the City Con- -i'
rcntlon, should bo held on Sept. "2, the night i
following tho prlmnrlcs, a most unprecedented if
proceeding, as It enst off nny posslblo review ot ;
contests by tho County Committee. This, coup- f
led with tho Worth Buttling performance at ,
Manhattan Beach, aroused the frlonds of tho $i
Statu organization to lmmcdlato active hostlll- j r
tlos, and it was determined, hard as the task (,-.
scemod to be, to mako the attack In tho County ff
Commlttco, In which Worth boasted that ho if,
had a suro majority of at least forty. i A
Under nny circumstances Worth would hoTO jy
had to tight for his political existence at tho Is
primaries, still a week ahead, but the Bclcctloa it
of tho County Commlttco as tho Jroal battlo i;
ground came udou him lu tho nature ot a but-
prise, and considerably disconcerted his pious. p
Iho tklrmlshlng, too, all ulong Iho lino since) Jit
l.lout.-lior. Timothy U Woodruff, Cltv;Works ?
CotiimU.-loncr Theodore II, Willis, and Walter
11 Attcrbury opened their guns, just a week V'
ugo, has been much hotter and sharper than 'i
Worth and his lieutenant anticipated, and M
last night. Just on tbo cvo ut tho dedsivo en- A
gngemetit, ll.cy seeme-d to feel tho doprosv 1
lug shadow of fdefe-nt, for they vvejo already it
giving explanations for tho prob.iblo desor- K
tions of eonio of their dcligatet. if Worth Is y
beaten It will Lo the mo-t signal defeat ever '
sustained by a Republican lender In tbo Bitter ,f
city. All tho powerful mm-hlnery of tho party, ly
Including tho Executive Committee, tho Organt-
7tion lummittco and the Count) Committee, f
wero under his nbsoluto control. Ho also had
tvowcrful nllios In men of prominence In the i
party who had hitherto regarded his leadership J
with ubhorrcn-c, but enlisted under it because ?
of tho decoy Ixiw standard.
The tight, however, went merrily on. In spite i
nf all tho discouragements, und lr tlio calcuia- 'iS
ttons of Messrs. Woodruff. 'Willis, and At to 5
bury aro not misleading. Mr. Worth will topplo '?
down from his tall political ladder to-night, ft
amid tlio jubilant shout of his foes and with if
tho silent approbation of some of his supposed i
friends, who, whllo giving blni an open support, ' -:
at heart are eagcrtmrltnass his downfall. "" " T?
It Is not expected that moro than 1!(K) of tho V
210 delegates can lie mustered to-night, and It
is probnblo thnt 100 votes otiu way will decide ,,
tho battle, Mcssr. W oodr'iff, Willis, and t
Atterbury, whllo claiming a victory, and n do-
cislve one ut that, still refused last night to !;
glvo out their figures. Worth and Buttling S
also declined to bo specific, but ono of their t
mathematicians put the figures Unit-: Worth. A
UW; mitl Worth, 103, thus allowing for only t,
eight absentees. An Impartial llgtircr, who 4
has been tLrough a dozen bitter Republican i
fnnillv souabbles In Brooklyn, said:
"The tight will not bo as cloe as when John 's
A. Nichols was olectod Chairman of the com-
inlttcc by n majority of one, but thero will not j-
bo a dlffercnie of ten xotci either war. Thero rj,
will lw "otuo surprises on both sides, out In my Rf
opinion Mr. Worth will be tho umst surprised Ki
and diiru:cd man In the hall whetu tho tint ';
roll-call has been completed." .
Another veteran campaigner said: "I look J
for a majority of twent) tho against Worth, ;'.
but under nny clrtumstnnic. even t-bnuld ho &
win, nt unalysls of tho voto will show thnt ha k
has been repudiated by iho words and districts g
In which tho Republicans am strongest." Q
Senator ltrusb, the leader In tho Soventh
wnnl.Iw hlch cast h.tvjri votes for MclCmlcy, thus Km
described the situation: ' l'ho delegation from pJM
my ward, probably with ono excoption. Is K
against Worth. This i- not a question of Low li
or anti-Low, but for straight, clean, political K
methods. 1 lint is all." ft
Whether Ixiw's name will bo mentioned in IS
tho romtiilttcn or not will tn uncertain until i
Worth's fate has bi-en do Idi d. bhould Worth p
win, somo sort of a Low resolution mny be put J
through, nnd should lie lo-e, the victors may L
magnanimously lontrlbnto their votes to at IS
complimentary Indorsement of tholr former ir
distinguished town'inan for tho Mayoralty." w
Iho situation shifted homowhnt yesterday, p"
and es. h i-lde, tt Is admitted, mndo gains and H
sustained losses. 'Iho Woith-lluitllng contln- fV
pent gn-o it out that Henry E. 1 anbury, tho (j
Eighth want lender, who has hitherto supported ;
them, b 1 1 been dioppc 1 no tho candidate for e W
place on the count ticket, nnd Doputy Fire K
Ciimnii-siouor Clarinco E. Barrow slatod tnbl 1
flnco for Register. 1 Ids would indicate that - ri
Innburv had deserted tho Worth standard IV
nnd gono over to tho enemy with half a dozen of
his fellow committeemen from the Eighth '!'.
ward. That such was tho wo seemed to bo &
assumed ns a fact ut Mr. Woodruff's head- h
quarters last night. at
Muyor.Wurster'a nttltudnln the fight still re- I
mains n matter of tpoculatloii. Ho persist in j-
declaring that ho Is going to remain neutral K
until tho close, but tho Worth people wero 5"
boiitlng that ho was secretly giving thorn aid ,;
ond romfort, nnd that tho fm t would bo clearly tft
demonstrated after un analysis of tho voto of tbo
Tenth, Thirteenth, and Nineteenth ward dele- ,1
gallons to-night. V
Wotth nnd tils lieutenants held a eeeretcau-
rtis last night at Arlon Hull In Williamsburg
nnd mado a carctul review of tho situation. ',
Thn reports received woro. It was sal 1, of a most w
reassuring character, and no fears of dnfoatto- y
night weio expressed. Iliuibiiry. who was sup- a
posodlnhavo been captured by tho other sldo, ?
was present, and. It Is understood, promlsod to J.
fib k by Worth. At ihu close of tho conference l
one of tho participants said: &
"Wo will win this fight: wo havo 115 dele- ft,
gates iron-bound to us, and thoy will all bo pre- tt
cut to morrow night." If
CLAIMED II Kit AS HIS 1T1FE. '
A Florida Woman'. Xilveulure Willi nn Insane M,
Ucruinn lu ( rnlral Park. W
Mr, Barry nnd Mrs. Williams of Tallahassee, jf
Fla., went driving in Central Park yestorduy iff
nftcnioon, and nftnr making tho circuit un tho $
enst nnd west drives, Blurted to walk down
tho path skirting tlio west drlvo. When they j?
wero opposite i-ow nty-sccond street a small, f
elder')- Herman uppru iched them, and laying ',U
his hand on Mrs. Williams's aim, Buld: "iou ,l;
urn my wife." - ft
"Wlmtl" Bnld Barrr.
"fho's my wife.' repent d tho German. 'Sho Wi
ran iiwuy from me, nnd I c been looking all .
over for nor. Now I've found her." I
"Como along," t.ald Hurry to Mrs. Williams, i1
starting to walk nwny. 'iho German became '
cxdted, nnd his nrtlons nttr.icled a crowd. 1 j
i'olleeinnn Mnhoney saw tho crowd, nnd took J
tho dermaii to Iho Arscml. Ho Bind ho was I
Frcilnruk Krotlu, D."i jenrs old. of 'J.10 Delan- I
coy ttrret. Ho was Bent to Ilellevuo Hospital, j
whero he snw n workhoiisn Inumto whom ho (
took In be his wife. Hn was linked up for A
eiumliiallon ns to his sanity. Ho Is n grocer, tJ
nnd Is well known In tho neighborhood of hit ti
simp. Mr, Barry nnd Mrs. Williams went I
away from tlio Park ui soun ns Krotta was ,'
arrested. '
Tu VI hoop It I'p fur Dr. .tudrrwa, '
PltoviliF.NfK, 11. I., Sept, 13. Presldont An- I
drrws nt Brunn I i.licrslty has returned from
Sarntogn, where, it !, understood, he met John (t
Brisben Walker and discussed tho plans of the , fi
hitter's unlverslt ulicine. Dr. Andrew b, when jl
npprnaihod, however, declined in talk of tho . i
conference, Riuvvn L mverlty will open un -i
Wednesday, and II is gi uurall) understood thut ' A
thu President willlcadtlicehapel servlie. Plans , :.
anion foot on thu part of tho students togtv '
him a reception upon this occasion, Tho col- U
Ittfhxn are hut pariiauut of Dr, Andrew.
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