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WORK OF RESCUE IX TEXAS'
! po.itb ash root SUPPLIES BEST
. vv the tuuixt&ntVERS.
ft Trains Alio Hurried li tntlons Nearest
P i In Those I'lnics Where the Suffering
I In (irrntrtt -The Mound Victims Near
i So illy Ileni lied Federal Aid Aim. Sent.
I (ttiwoTov, Tex. July il The lliod tlint Is
J sweeping down tin vnlloyot tho Brazos ltlv r
m jt Is creating widespread havoc and destruction
W J in tlii" miintles of Austin. Tort llend nnd
1 f Hrarnrln Thn cry for relief from the conn-
J jjrl tics in npinlllng. Yesterday Onlvestnn was
Lvrtf, burning rnllct tothe dostltutentid hunirrr In
mS f tli" nelghborood of Brookshlre. To-day tho
sT '"' " 0,ii,.t,, mm Mlinnts nnd provisions lijr special
Itriigsti ISronkshlrnon tlio Missouri. Kansas
nnd Texas, to the Highlands east of Richmond
1 thf 'tith'rn I'acMennd to Duke' Station
i thn inllf, Colorado and Santa IV
rnirtwlioits In nil wore sent Anions those
wi m the life avlng station boafs. manned lijr
On-irc-ows and ujuler thn direction of Super
Int. nHnnt llutchlngs of theldfe-Kaving Service,
in 1 six bmts from thol'nltod Rtntcs f.nglncor
ihcrviee x J awl from the revenue cutter Onl
i,m was Mit under orders from the (lov
err menj Other boats were sunt nut by tlm
ett ens under experienced men and manned
i hardy crows.
T .kii hints will nil carry provisions and go
to the rescue of Imperilled people caught by
th llii'id in the bottoms, anil who havo sought
sn'e'j in treetops, on tho roofs of houses nnd
ci, high kimllsnot tetsubtnerged by thowators.
The (mernment Ins directed thn rove
nr.. cutter Oalveston to proceed to the
in nth rf the Brazos nnd if possible
a 'en I the stream and offer all tho as-slst-inee
she can to the imperilled people
of el isen and Oulntana at tln mouth of the
llr 170s Mh ire completely cut ofT from com
munication. Orato feais are felt for tholr
The total rise of tho rler at Richmond.
county scat of l'ort llend county, is slxty
Ihe feet, and tho water Is still rising.
Half the town is submerged The eleetrle
light anrl water works have been compelled
to shut dowinnd arc under water. The Soudiorn
I'acitle and oulf. Colorado and Santa IV, bridges
are -till Intact, nut the approaches to both are
washed away and nine miles of the track of
the Minta Fi4. b-twen th stations of Thorap
' son and House, south of Itlchmond. are under
water An engine iu ihargo of Superintend-
$ ont of Machinery Bowman left Thompson
yesterday to explore the tra"!c north from
'J hompsnn toward lllehmoml Tho water rose
so rapidly that the crew wore compelled to
abandon the engine and return to Thompson
in 1 1 Olt
Mx box car loads of people wero remoed
from Thompson last nlcht to Puke Sta
tion There are 110 people, men nnd
women and children, there now ap
l ilinir It rescue. Thoy made, that
place laft nluht The llfebonts that loft here
on n special train under charge of Superin
tendent llossecun at 3 P. M. to-day will nt
temtt their rescue.
(The entire alley of the Urnzos. from
Ilrenhani on tho north to Its month at
(Julntani. is Hooded, and Its current
Is filled with the dtfbrls of wreckod
J holies, st, ck and farmlne Implements.
All through trafllo on the Southern I'aolflo.
th Mn Antonio and Aransas Pass and
the New York. Texan and Mexlea'n. east
and west. Is suspended and miles of the
track are under water. ThroUKh trnfUe
I north and south is suspended on the Oulf,
t olorndo nnd Paula M and the Missouri. Knn
sis and Texas Trufllc on the Columbia Tap
foiith from Houston to Columbia. In Itrazorla
county, is also suspended
'i 1 he Velas'O Terminal Hallway Is completely
Hibinoreed. Tho daiuago to crops and stock
In the lower Urnzos Hior couutyy 'ftlll bo
enormous and bankrupt the planters.
It Is also feared tho loss of life will be
; serious, especially amonu tho negroes, who
i I reiloniinate throuchout the reaion.
a lutits, Tex, July l) -At 0:10 o'cloeU to-
I tiifht tho loiit'-dlstaneo telephone betweon
1 lMll.isa.nd hcaly. In tho Hooded district, which
j h id been " dead" since noon, was again gotten
Int'iwiiiklnuorder. Deputy Sheriff Swearingon
-'- 4,. made this statement-
Bt 'jU "T he rher hero has fallen nbont one Inch to-
tl dm This Is nbout the only changs I can re-
iP 1 Mt Vo relief tialns have yet reached here.
j I know of no reason to change my former
2 r Ftatemonts of tho Kst three days concern-
Itng the extent of tho Hood dlsastsr. With
the aid of glasses we hao been nblo
t , see this afternoon from this side
of the river to 'The Mound.' about
four miles away. Wo counted thirteen smHll
1 oils, nppniently lashed together, getting to
'The Mound,' on which three hundred orfour
hundred persons have been congregated for
font das nnd nights Provisions ware being
distributed from the boat, and we could
j tie struggles, as if the occupants of 'The
j Mound ' were lighting fur the provisions. We
j saw i number uf peison fafl into tlm water.
i Thn boats seemed to be from haiitlllpl und
buniDSide
( " To-night a few boatloads of refugees have
been brought Into Soaly from among tho trees
In the bottoms nearest the to, n. They are In
, n tl plorable condition from hunger and ex-
hiiistlou. By to-morrow the s stem of rescue
i will probably be In good order and the rescue
', ( the surviving sutTnrors will procoed rapidly.
I It will be at least thrco das bofora the water
w ill be low enough to make It possible to learn
! anything definite as to the extent of the loss of
life."
' masmeetlng, called by the Mayor, was
held i at tho Citi Hall this eveningtorulse funds
f r the aid of the Brazos Itlver tlood snfferers
t The city will li thoroughli caovaisod
' t, -iiiurniw. About Jl.Dti') was subscribed
this evening nnd Maior T'raylor telegraphed
in v Savers to- draw on him for Sf.oiK)
i in , ni e He said moro would bo lorw.irded
i liter The tciplo here are not pleased with
f i ii,iv divers s action in euiiingruii the federal
1 " iiini'tiirai'iil for ild They believe the State of
L Ti'vasls able and willing to take care of its
1 inn MirTorrrs Ml the cities of l'oxus will fur-
I nishnidniid tho Ctovcrnor will probably be re.
I iiuesti'd to pay the War Department i ash for
' wh itever rations or other relief it mav iidvnncs,
' iniN. Tex. .Inly ! tlov aors this
i m ruitig received word from the War Depart
; tinMit placing nt his disposal Hl.oiiO rations to
! b. sin plied the destitute nnd famlsh-
ink' lbsid siifTerers in the llrazos Itlver
Villc j Tho Governor immeillatelv or-
, iletnij that thn rations be shipped from
1 it Sam Houston to Itichmond nnd
be.i'v. Tex., which ti'Vtns are situated in tho
i centieuf the stricken region. This evening,
in rcsiwinse to many other appeals for aid,
tn,, tjovernor requested of the Secretary
o Wai to be allowed to furnish tho
niiT. reis with an additional 1UM)() ni-
t ..ns The rc'iuext wns granted The
v .i Depaitnient also directed thai all the
; m able (lovi innient I mats at fialveton and
' i- ii sin uld proceed linniedlatelv to the
w, i k of rescuing the watei bound people in the
c nirrrv nli'ng tho lower course of the river,
II aulto, nvev fnod suiiplies to the snJTerers
I ft is estimated that thero aie over 40,1 hm)
I ImngrT pi onle, mostly iiegrois, 111 the
ill ti 'lie I remon Tho State Penitentiary
II "Mgar plantation In Fori Bend euunty
si is uml, r water, and the loss to sugnr
41 making machinery nnd growing crops vrlll
Jj imeh more than $:tno.fni() on that plnn
sj tut i, u number of large Plantations In tlint
pgl n which were cultivated with leased Statn
' M "v eis me nlso Inundated, and there nre
1 f. irs . nteiinlned hero that throwern many
d it lis in drowning among the eonvlits,
Mirth r rcpurtsof luss nf life were received
4 ii r. ' iliv trom lurt llend. Ilraorla. uslln
. a h I I'lmr euiititlis of that region, and It Is
', t ' " ns.Tv.uivi.ly estiin.iteil that the death
i h i. mi li r.npenple Ml uf the iinncliMl
1 ' f Die -t in. imte rosiindcl llberiilly to
1 'I' i1 ! i iid. and the distresswlll be relieved
1 '-- i is tin pHivlsiniiH mid elothiug can bo
J ' - irie 1 to the Inaccessible places
- wi, lit rtiiiMFNT st mjs Ain
t- nv tun. Ju.y fi -Ofileinls i.f tho War
V lurtuivlit to-iiuy did cvcr)llilug in their
1
jiotver to assist the authorities of Texas In ren
dering nld to the Hood HiilTerers. Tho follow
ing telegram was received ut tho War Depart
ment last night from (lov. Sayers of Texus:
" Please order Immediately by wire boats nt
(mlvestoii to ascend river, using launches ami
jnwls, to rescue people from the waters which
nre tv Idesprend over the lands of the lower
Brazos Please also order commanding of
ficers at San Antonio to place at mv disposal
for Immediate distribution KMKil) rations.
Will recommend to I.elslafure to refund to
the united Stntes their value when It next
meets and do not doubt that It vrlll bo piompt
ly done Devastntlon great Immense loss of
life probable Prompt action ve-y Important"
In the absence of Secrettry Mger sdit -tlen.
Corhln replied to Gov Havers as follows
"Chief of Knglneers will order all Imam
avnllable at Clalveston, nnd commanding ofllcer
at Snn Antonio tins been directed to place nt
your Immediate disposal 10.000 rations nnd to
confer with you as tji point of delivery."
Tho question of the flood suflerers was nlo
brought to the nttentlon of the Secretary of the
Treasury, anil orders were Immediately -cut
for the use by thoTcins oiUclnls of the siirt
boats nt the life-saving stntlon nt (ialveston
I.nte this afternoon another telegrnni wns re.
Cj'lved at the War Department renuestlng that
un ndilltloiial supply of rations lie placed at
tlov Snyers's disposal, and outers vve'n
sent to the commanding ofllcer of the
Department of Texas directing him to
authorize the distribution of nn addition il
10.000 rations Commlssnry-Oencral Weston
was consulted by (ten Corbln this afternoon
with reference to orderlni' nn additional sup
ply of food to San Antonio for use bv the Texas
authorities It Is probable that more food will
be needed than Is on hand at the post nt San
Antonio and every provision will be made to
Increase the simply to meat any demand that
might be made
cim.n or EtaiiT aiiovctkik
A I.lttle r.lrl Taken from n riiilndelpliln
Suburb found ut NeVTell, N'..J.
PlHMlir.t.PHU. July (I r.xcitement wns
caused 111 West Philadelphia this evening by
tho story that an H-year-old girl. Delia May
I.cwls. daughter of John nnd Mary Lewis of
14 South Tenth street. Darby. Pa., hud been
abducted The child was playing about her
home at 2 o'clock, nnd an hour later, when her
mother went to look for her. sho could not be
found Several children who had been seen
with hes wore questioned, but all they could
tell was that a man had talked to Delia and
that ho had taken her awny.
A searching party was organized midword
was at once sent to the police of this city mid
Chester to be on the lookout for the pair. On
the road to Philadelphia a man wns met br thn
Roarchers who said ho had soon a child with a
man riding in an open-top earriage coming to
ward tills city. He said she had on a red. white
and blue skirt and n boy's cap, and ns this
nnswered the description of tho girl, the party
hastened along the road, somo of the men
going on bicjcles and others In carriages
They reached hero, howovor. without finding
any furthortraco of the child and hor abduc
tor, who and moroly been described as a largo
man with a heavy black mustache.
Detectives wero despatched in various direc
tions and police wore advised to watch all roaus
leading to and from the city, und special men
wero detailed to all ferries. t half past 10
o'clock a telegram was received from Sewcll.
N. .1 , a small town on the Delaware
lllrer branch of the West Jersey lino
of tht Pennsylvania road, that the child
had been found walking along the road
near there. The despatch was signed K M
Pope, but who ho Is the police here do not
Know. Word was at once sent to him detailing
tho circumstances of the abduction, and a re
ply was received that fanners and other resi
dents of the village had organized a party for
the purpose of hunting for the man. The
child to far as Is known is not Injured,
Sewell is about twenty miles from Camden
and the only wuy to gst there is by the West
Jersey road or by driving. Ko train leaves
Camden for thero after 0:30 In the evonlngand
so little mors can be Warned nbout the case
until morning.
BRAVE 3KKOEAST billTir.
llesoues Throe Policemen from Drowning
nail Tries tn .Suppress the Mory.
Bergt. John W. Smith of the Fast Sixty
seventh street station saved tho lives of three
patrolmen on Wednesday. Then he mnde nn
effort to suppress tho story. Even Capt. John
Dotiohue. commandor of the precinct, did not
hear of It till last night, when one of the men
whoso lives had been saved told what had
occurred
Ou Wednesday the entire flrst platoon of tha
station, consisting of sixty-four men. went to
Throg's Neck for an outing. After the usual
sports many of tho men went swimming in tho
hnv Sergt Smith and Patrolmen Max Man
gold, Martin MoOorern and John anderau
got Into a 'JO-foot eight-oared boat and started
out for a row. They had gone but .'MO yards
when one of them started to rock the boat,
which Anally capsized,
hmlthanu Mangold were the only ones that
could swim Mangold swam to the stsrn of the
boar and, grabbing. It. managed to hold his
hend above water vauderau had sunk twice
beforv Smith noticed his plight s be was
sinking for tho third time Smith mails ndive
foi him and. seizing him b tho hair, swam
with him to the bow of the bout and turned
him around so that he could get n good hold
Then he looked around for McOovern. but he
was nowhere In sight ...
" W here's Mac' he shouted to Mangold
" I guess ho must be under tho boat," re
piled Mangold . ...
Smith made another dive nnd when hoeanio
up uniWi the boat ho found McOovern
making a desperate struggle to kcp
afloat Smith swam up to McOovorn
and put his own arm bnek of Jilin. su
that McOovern oould not get hold of it
Then he mudeanotherdiveland took Mctiovern
with him When they came to the Hiirfrvn
they were some distance from the boat- Siinlth
triad hard, but could not cniryMcOnvoni tothe
boat owing to the strong tidn
Mangold saw tho Sergeant's dlfileulty and
swam to his nssistnnce. Smith shouted to him
to be eureful how he approached McOovern. s
ho feared that the latter would seize Mangold
Mangold disregarded th warning, nnd Mc
Oovern solzed him around thn nnck. Both men
began to sink, and Smith wns forced to break
his hold on them
At that moment Smith noticed nn onr (lent
Ing near him He swam to It and then pushed
It soastoget It within Mangold s leneli Man
gold seized the oar and then mnirigeil tn totv
both men to the bunt In the nieintlme an
other bontloid of policemen hid started fi.mi
theshors.and all four were pulled Into the new
boat
f.WO.OOO I'KOW THE KI.OlHKK.
Wltlitlie I.uekT Miners Who Arrived Veiler
duy Were Mimn I'lifortiinutes.
Bpatti.k. Wash , July ! -There were UTi re
turning Kloudlkers on the I 'itv of T'opekn to
day, and thej brought Willi them 'loomo In
gold dust, which they deposited at the Ooveni
ment assay office, receivingnboiit$Hlnn ounce
On the sime steamer weie llf icon men from
the Copper Hivcr ibstrlit, poorlv clad and
Pinched In features, nnd without money
Among them wns Dr I.eroyS Tovui nd. who
has devoted his money, tlinn nndattontloii to
relieving scurvy stricken minors nt Va'des for
the past sixteen months, charging nothing for
his scrv ii e Heplv ing to an Inquiry t he doctor
"" 1 went Into the Copper Bltei; distrlit In
lebruary. 1M. and have been Into the In
terloi ismslbly l.'i'i miles Tins included eioss.
Inc thn terrible nlilesgl.tclei Ir isinnv known
thiit ni least fifteen men perished on Oils pass
Theeievleeshuvo provided graves f.,r I hem.
and fui the most pirt the) met death without
their identity lemg dlscover-d Mnnr be
sides the llfteon I si eak of also fill n nil- less
graves mi tho sides of the glacier Musi .,f the
victims were elthei frozen to death in dropped
out of sjglit down the crevices 1 he men w ho
came down in the Topeka with me are nil from
f omier Centre They were patients .,f mine in
the hospital I'stiblished ft tint pjiee for tho
relief of the sufteilug and destitute miunis
TI anndlan tloer.i.li line down the ukon
Hirer has reiched Tngish Post mid will be into
Dawson before the winter begins
On June 17 forty horses reached Dim son
f.oni creokp with. It N n leged. 1.4ii.iHK)
worth of gold on their backs I be train tvas
con v oved by a detachment of the .Vuthwest
mounted police
New Kni.1 Trnln to Detroit.
Thf Npt V'fl Central Iiftieil Spi ml lrstn
s,iw York every dj st 4 P. M line mint, nw ei
cees fsre. -t Ji.
WSMW JVMrffS&fjeCXygf f lss w. s.
ROBERT RONNER IS DEAD.
HAD SOT JIKKX JiEAT.LT WELL S1XCE
nit. joiis ii.n.r, in r.n,
Drove Out for the Last Time nn Titeiitnynf
I.nst iVcfk llehlud l'rnytell- The Story nf
Ills Life and nt tlin New York l.rdger
Thn I'nniiiiia Trotters lie llus Owned.
Ilobnrt Iloniiei, founder of the Anr York
I.nltin: died ut 7 40 o'clock Inst night nt bis
honie.H West I'ifty-slth street He had been
sick for more thnn six months, though the
serious nature of the trouble had not been
apparent for so long The first attnek curno
soon after the death uf tho llev Dr John Hall
Inst heptcmber Mr Homier. President nf
the Board uf Tiustees of the l'lfth Avenue
Presbyterian Chinch ami a vvaim personal
friend of Dr Hall's, felt his death keenly.
The death nf Mr Bonner's eldest son. Andievv
Allen Bonner, mi Dec 'J'J. was another great
shock, and apparently tho ilium dlnte cause of
the disease vv hit h then attacked him. It np
peareil llrsl as Indigestion, und developed into u
trouble tlint sapped strength nnd onorgv nllke
Mr. Bonner tallied in January and again in
l'i hrtlnrv. but did not regain his strength.
In March the idea came to him tlint he would
pioluhlvnot lecover, und since then he had
looked forward to his death calmly and with
out regret The attendance of a pi -ircssional
nurse beg in on June 1H l'p to tcudiivsago
Sir Bonner was out of the house every day,
gcncrallv for a drive behind his fast mare,
Pravtell The last time lie wns out was on
Tiles hi) a week ago He diove Pr.ivtoll him
self mid snld when he came back that slm had
made better than 'J III).
Mr Bonner lost consciousness about 11
o'oluck vesterdat morning and suffered no pain
from that time. At his death his entire fumlly
weie with hini-Kobert K Bonner, Mr and
Mrs Frederic Bonner und Mr and Mrs, I'raucis
1'orbes
The funeral will be on Saturday morning,
at 11 o'clock, at the Klftli Avenuo Presbvtorinn
Church. The llev Dr John S. Mcintosh of
Philadelphia will officiate. Tho Interment,
which will be private, will be iu Greenwood
Bobert Bonner was born about twelve miles
from Londonderry Ireland, on April 'J. 1H'J4
W hen ho wns nbout lf cars old an older brut her
of his was advised b nn uncle, who was a pros
perous farmer near Hartford. Conn : to come
to this connlrv llobeitwns familiarly known
Iu Ids family at the time ns " the old num." and
some one siiggistod Jokiuglt that "the old
mini" go to America, ton 1 ho lov ti.uk the
remark scrloiislv, and nltlmatelv did aeeuni
panv his brother here He 1 indeil fourdavs
after his sixteenth birthday with one hnglish
I sotereti.il as entiltal
He was employod as a "devil" In the Hart
fnrit ( iiiimiiiI ollb'e at S'Jfi a vearainl his board
soon after Ills arrival, mid remained with that
paper iroin IM'IO to 1K4.I A large purl of those
live enrs he worked nineteen and twenty
hours nduv At tlrst he mnde tires nnd swept
out the olllco. but by winking overtime and
watching the journeymen he soon outstripped
the other apprentices He learned to set typo,
tn make up forms nnd to feed and operate
presses. He also wrote for the paper before
the end of his service, and when he left Hart
ford he was not onl a niastei of printing, but
nlboa general newspaper man of considerable
attainments
In 1S44 lie canio to this eltv and took a place
as proofreader and assistant foreman on tho
.'inuim Jiiriir, tuibllthoil by Morris. W litis Jt
Fuller It was while here that he made his rec
ord us a rapid tvpesetter. which hail never been
equalled Several attempts had been made to
set 'J4.O0U ems in 'J4 hours, and $10 was
offered to Robert Bouner if ho would make
that record Ho was not well on tho day
sslocted for the attempt, but rather than appear
to back down he started In In 'JO hours aud
'ja mtuutss he set 'J.VHXJ ems of solid type. Ho
spent part of the tlnio In eating a Piece of lemon
pie and drinking two cups of coffee Mr
lionner alwavs malutulucd that a Canadian
named James Hand, who dlud several years
ago, was a faster typesetter than film
self, but Hand acknowledged Mr Bonnor as
his suierlor The two never camo Into direct
competition Mr. Bonnei made another record
In the t'uiiriirif odlcn when he set up u Presi
dent's message at tlmrateof 1.700emsan hour.
When he came to New York -Mr Bonner be
gan devoting liN evenings to writing items for
tho Ciiiiiiiir He sent several contilbutlims
overthe signature "Threads, ' furwhlchhe re
ceived a check tor Mo. ami a request foi his
name He hesitated some time over disclosing
his lilentltv. but Dually did so. nnd became a
steady contributor He wns also a corre
spondent of Mbany. Boston and Washington
paiiers
The special line of ablllt which had tho
most dinct Influence? on Hubert Bonnei's suc
cess was the airnngemailt of displays He
begun this work with thn headlines of tho
Luio (inland carried it to the advertisements of
the Jinoi A clerk lu the advertising depart
ment of the Minor, noticing that the editors
left much of the arrnugement of the headlines
to. Mr Bonner, brought much of hisworktohliu
ulso, with considerable success This voung
man left the Mirroi and btgauwork for the
.Ueiiiant's J.nlter. a small business pnpei, ed
ited bv a man named l'rntt, to whom uo sug
gested the employment of Mr Bonnei In
this way Mr Buiiner begnn hK connection
with the .Veic loi . .i-uVer, which he afterward
mnde so famous He bought out Mr I'ratt
some time later, the lattor devoting his ener
gies tot lie perfecting of t printing press ho had
Invented . ,
In lM'i.i the nlifr printed 1 unny I onl. a
story b "Funny Peru MMrs Partoni. who was
then at thn head of woinin Htor writers It
was the llrststep toward making the little list
of business quotations u famlli newspaper,
and, like inniiv other steps taken Inter, was
expensive Mr Bouner ntTerid 1 autiv 1 ern
$J,'i u column for tho storv nt tlrst. afterward
advancing thn offer to J.r0, $7.ri and Simla col
umn The author objected to having herstorj
appear alongside market lepurts, hut she gave
in to Mr Bonner s persistency and vviotn a
teii-ciiliuuii storv forSl.ooo
It was in connection witli this story that Mr
Biinin r began the svstem of advertising which
helped to uiiiko him and his paper ruinous
He wns the llnO: one to intioduce the custom
of printing tne Hist part of a story chopped oil
suddenly with u paitigraph announcing tint
the eoiitlnuallon of the story mav he found
mil) Iu such and such a lull nr Ho also tilled
whole i ages ni newspapers with repetitions of
short paragiaphs advertising the ?.nuir, and
one da) I lie llrraUl was doubled In size because
all the space of the original paper was duvoted
to Mr Honuer's advertiseiii. nt
T lie tuiui-r was changed lu form and its
serial stoiles were kepi up T 11" most con
spicuous vvilteis of the d.it In eiiiiie its con
tributors, rneivllig enoiinous sinus In sumo
ein-s Among them wire ldward 1 von ".
Dickens, Tenii) son. Bnant Preiitiee. (ireele).
Bennett. Itatininnl. Willis. Morns Sne.
Abbott. Ting. l(o kins. Bishop I l.uk, III
lohu llnll. Mice Car). Ml- Soiithworth, Mrs
hiuoiirticv. mid -n on
Mr llouner s methods of conducting and ad
vntlslngtlie citfei led.iiiiiongotherthlngs.ii)
thn i stnlillshment of the Ami iiimii News (11111
pin Man) of his adveitiseiueiits in small, r
cities referred would-ho purehnseis of thn
1 nl'jn to local booksellers Letters fioiu such
Ml Bonner turned over tn Ml Touse) o' Boss,
Jones A T'oiiscj, who prepared a cireuhr letter
suggesting the icgular s.m of peiiodlcils Mi
Tou-ey afiertvanl l,ecame tlie Pn anient of the
Ainerieiii News Company, vvliosi first business
vv IS so Iih It up
111 the meantime the I l 1 lea bed n circula
tion of ." 00.01 m 'opics mid luaile Ms owner rn h,
all without 1 ver laterlng to the grosser tastes
of thepublli nnd without punting any adver
tisements There nre many Incidents eon
ins ted witli Mr Bonner s woik nt this
time that sljuw his persistent methods
and al-o Ins peisnnul diameter One
01 his most indexible rules wns against liorrow
Ini: iiioiie) or up iiirlngnii) liability wliatcver
n ndveitlfiiu igeiit named Pettlnglfl once
got up a list of 1 npers for Mr Bonner to ndvei -tlsein
V card in each of them made a bill of
sI'i.ikio
in the list down to K(ioo 1 hnveonly
?H nun m the hank, said Mr. Bonnei
' oh, put voiii eard 111 nil of th in," slid Mr
l'i'tlingill, ' I'll trust ) oil for the J.O00 '
' i know von wmil 1. but I won't let Jllll,"
s.tnl Mr lloiinei. mi I Out nded it
Mr Bonnei seeiiii. I his llr-t coutrlliutiou
(pen lilwaid I verett Iq oiferlng a $111,01111
hiiliseriitioii for the 1 uml foi the pur
chase of Mount ern,ii He gave T'on
II) son ."IHSI for 1 J III. Beei lier fllo,
linii for the novel "Norwood," mid l,ong
fillovv r'l.ooo for some veisis H nisi, gavo
1 1 mm toward a gvninneiniu at Princeton,
JlO.oiio to the siilferi is In the ( hieiigo llre.aini
1 lll.OOO li the llllll velllle l'p sb) ten.lll
1 hiireh.iuid his anoiDmousi liarllleshavebceii
greatei th in tliesi.
Ml Bonier ss lit a good deal more than
Jiionoiio m Hi" pun li isi and bri ding of trot
ting hor-'s lie vv.ii. iiivsi, m drive lor Ins
Inalth by Dr Samuel Hi I 111 ls.'iii Some
of Ins in i-t notable 1 urcli iscs include 1'oea
h mis f ,r H mm. Dextei, ?:t,",mio, ',.
ward Fverett SJtiiKiu, M mil M11O1, tlO.ooil;
I'dwln l'oricst SIH.ooo. It.trus. ,.il.isi;
Maud S Sioi.ml, suiiol, $4I.immi. llussell,
$10,uoo, Maud f, fl.oot, , Don L., 1.0oo, aud
ly- T .iy.t en yi si-wioi' yjy,. -tM,
Prnytell. $.ri,000. A catnlogtio of his stables
st T'ari) town and In this city. Issued in May.
jmiS. describes tlilrtv-sevcli horses, tnnny of
tlieiu of his own breeding Ho wns one of the
greatest authorities on cirlng for horses and
011 shoeing them Several of his purchases,
supposed to bo broken-down horses, have
tntiili' better records since being In his pos
session than they had ever mndn before
Mr Bonner never allowed an) of his horsesto
trot for money, so that theie a re no turf records
of those of his own breeding now In his stable.
Ho held 11 side of young horses every few years,
liowevei. nnd several of his horses hnve gone
on the tiack with cicdlt to their breeder
Mr Bonner was a warm personal friend of
mntiv edltois and men of literary fame who
are now deid He was 11 Pallbearer nt the
funerals of the elder Dennett. Hcnrv J Bay
mond Oeorge Jones and Horace Oreeley. In
1HM7 Mr. Bonner retired from the Ledger, pass
ing that publlciMon on to his three sons, who
liad been associated with him In Its manage
ment foi about ten )ears
Mr Bonni rwns married InlK'iO to MIss.Tnno
McCanlls. the daughterof adcaeon In n ' Cove
nanter" Chinch here His wife was, like him
self, of Irish I, irtli She died In 1S7S They
bad live children, three of whom are now living.
ItltEVVVS STl'MES THE VOISlKlt.S.
Wo I'll Ing Intelligently on Ills Our-M .
Ileitlllon's llliniissnl Deuiniided.
.; wiiil fuMi Duoalih (u Tilt Ht'K.
PiKls.Julv t! -A despatch from llennessays
Hint Mine. Droyfus has changed her hour of
visiting hor husband in otdcr to avoid tho
crowds which eongregito in front of thn prison.
Drofus's health Is good He sleeps well nnd
has examined all of the papers sent to him by
his ndvocntes Ho never talks to h,s guards
I)re fits will stud) the dossiers furnished to
him by his lawyers until M Deiunngn returns
tolienneson Monday Dreyfus declares that
his treatment on Devil's Island was sevcroor
lenient, nceordlng as revision was losing or
gaining ground In Paris When tho anti
Somites were the strongest his food wns
abominable Milk was denied him, his letters
wero suppressed and he was treated ns tho
worst kind of criminal
M Havet. a member of the French Academy,
writes from Hemic that Drc)fus istnornll) In
excellent condition He listens attentively to
questions and makes comparisons clearly Ho
neither hesitates nor stnmineis. His white
halls and thinness nf body. M Havet sas, am
duo to sunstroke, fevers and Ids contlnemcnt
In Irons in IHisl Drejlus was photographed
in Hie pilson )csturday.
Mnthleu Dtcyfus hits returned to Paris He
Is well satisfied with his brother's health and
prospects.
The Municipal Council to-day voted, despite
the opposition of M I opine. Prefect nf Police,
a resolution demanding the dismissal of M.
Bertillon. ( lilof of the Identlllcatlon Depart
ment of tho Prefecture of Police, I ecnuso of
his nonsensical evidence as a handwriting ox
port in the Dreyfus revision case beforo tho
Court of I assatlon
QUEElt NTOltY OF nUETFUS'S Tltll'.
Olms In Ills Cnbln Window Said tn llnvr.
llseu llrukeu During 4uu ITre.
.Yp'ridi Callt D'tpatcJi la Tns Bum
Pvbis, July il Somo of the Brest news
papers publish a curious story about tho glass
of a porthole in Dre f tis's cabin on tho cruiser
Max being broken during gun lire on the dny
befoio he landed I ragmeuts of the glass nro
said to have struck tho prisoner In tho face
The Intended Inference. If any. Is not cloar.
but the story Is widely reproduced.
An onTeer says that the glass was broken
during tho landing of Dieyfus and that tho
prisoner was not touched,
ir.4B.vr.vo 10 ATi-intErrr.iiTE3.
Gen. Oalllffet Will l'nforre Iteniies Verdlrt,
"with 4'nnuon 4liuls It Nfronnrr."
Spieial Cable Dt'iialeh lo Tut Soi.
Paris, Jul II According to tho newspaper
Jrmli ife r Homme, (Ton OallllTet, Minister of
War, recently told M I.asles, one of (he noisiest
uf the National Deputies, that the court-martial
of Dreyfus at P.ennes would bo conducted
with ill, solute impartiality
He added "Once a decision Is given I will
cause it to be respected, with cannon shots If
necessary. Tell )uiir friends thiit, nionsleiii "
Tor.a ciivtivuii.i. nri'EiTEi).
I.ndy Itnndulph tlmri Mil's Son I'nlls In Ills
Pint Attempt to Kntrr rnrllniuent.
.Vixcij! Cl! DtlBaUh to Tup. Sc.v.
I.ovpoN, July (I -The death of Mr Bobert
Ashcroft and the resignation of Mr. James
Francis Oswald, both of whom wore Conserva
tive members of tho House of Commons for
Oldham, created a doublo vacancy iu nun of the
largest two-nienihoi constituencies lu the
countiy The elections to 1111 tho two seats
took place to-day and resulted in an upset fur
the Conservatives
Tho Liberal 1 andldates wero Mr Alfred Km
mutt uud Mr Waller llunclnian. while the Con
servatives were represented by Mr Mawdsley.
Secretary of the Operative Cotton Spinners'
I'niou, and Winston Spuneor-t hiirehlll, son of
I.ady Bandolpli Chun hill, formerl) Miss Jen
nie Jerome of New oik. The poll slondas
follows- Mr I minott, l'J.'.7i'i, Mr Hunclni 111,
l'J.770; Winston Spcuccr-( hurchill, 11,477:
Mr. Mnvvdsle), 11.41!"
I ad) Bnniiolph Churchill ardently enuvasscd
tho constituency In the In lot est of her son, who
fulls In his first attempt to enter Parliament
At the last elei Hon the successful Conserva
tive candidates 1 ived a total of 'J....'!! votes,
ngnlnst 'JI.'Cl'J cast by tho Liber lis To-dav
the Conservatives polUd 'JJ.O'Jil votes mid tho
Liberals J.r..74H
rx-KiMi ni' n.nrtA rnirn nv,
Unllet Only flriireit Him The linn Mho
1 irinl It W as Caught.
eVen! Clh'e DKVilth lu Till Hi N
llKKiliUit. July ! -I'x-hing Ml'.iti, who ab
dicated the throne lu lSMii 111 fnvoi of his sun,
Alexander, was slightly grazed In a shot llrcd
by a winild-bc issassinto-da) 11s he vvasilnvlng
iu the city Michael stlect. where the attack
was made, wasqnlckl) thronged b) an excited
crowd, Ihioiich which King Mex indcr dune
nlinost immediately on learning of the attempt
to kill his father His Majest) was rocolved
enthuslnstlc.ill) bv the popuhce
The man who did tho shooting was arrested.
CA.XCEK .Mil .4 li:im ItlSEASE,
London Surgeon Asserts Tlint It Is Alvrnyi
Due to nu Injury.
.'win! (Kbit Hmnlrli li Tilt Hi (.
I.omiov. July 11 - The Cent rnl News sa)s that
Dr Lanibeit Lack, a Loudon surgeon, after
long investigations, has established the theory
that cancer is not attributable ton genu, but Is
nlwavs due to ,if ecllle injury to the basement
mem lira lie of the nun oils membranes mid allied
structuris Dr I nek produced cancer 111 nul
mats bv Inflicting sin h iujui)
A soli el committee of the Pathological Sn
elet) which examined the results of Dr Lack's
Investigations declaies that they nro prac
tically conclusive.
itrronTs or ittvoi.rnos vesied,
Mnry of 1111 Outbreak In llnlgnrln Snld In
He Wit lie ill 1 niindntlon,
.sp'ci W CariV rjiiiiiiArj rn'i n r Sln.
Viknna. J uly il All riffieliil despatch received
here from S0II1 sas tlint the report of a revo-
tiou there is tntnlly uiif nindeil.
LoMion, July II A si mi-olllcinl desimtcli
received hem from holla says that there is no
revolution then, and that loniplcieeuler pre
vails throughout the lountry Prince Fculi
nmul, witli his mother and famll). the des
patch adds, statu d fur Kuxlnojrad, via Narua,
. yesterday.
ISO IDEA OF KILLING SAGE.
ARTBXVil J, SMITH'S Al.AltMISO
rniE.xn ivi'.xtifieii.
A Patent I.nnyer Who Itnn for District
Attorney nn the Henry Oeorge Ticket
Not Thankful to Smith for Making lllm
Out Illuodllilrstv Police Drop the Cane.
Artcmus J Smith's letter to Mrs Itussell
Sage and announcement that he feared that a
filctnl of his was going to kill Mr Sage If not
prevented, made trouble for both Mr Smith
nnd his friend Tho friend Identified himself
yesterday afternoon He is Clarence l.add
Davis, a patent lawyer, with ofllccsln tho Park
Bow building nnd a residence nt HOli Sixth
street, Brookltu borne esnlng nowspnpers
announced that he was the man, nnd, after
thinking about the matter all the afternoon,
Mr. Davis concluded to give out a statement to
tho press Hero Is the statement:
"The newspapers of Nework eltv, because
I linppeu to bo 11 friend of Artcmus J Rmlth
nnd visit his ofllco frequently on business,
seem to have considered It their duty to conplo
my name with his letter to Mis, Hugo stating
that her husband wns in danger from an An
archist I am not an Anarchist, nover have
been and never will be They have nisi
stated that I have exporlineuted with
explosives, nnd that I absolutely deny.
I have experimented with other things,
but never with expbslvcs iu the sense
ordinarily used. Wider can bo made ex
ploslvo If properly heated I admit that I have
made experiments with choiulcals, but It was
for the purpose of sclentllla rcsearoh, which
has, ns Its ultimate, tho blowing up of Ideas
and not men, mid I hnve never learned that
It was a erlmo The bruiting of my pri
vate iilTnlrs abroad Is, of course, painful
Thn papers stato tint I have been dis
possessed and have beon given time to pay.
That Is true 1 know men In New York, Iton
ored and respecli d, who can but will not pay
their debts. I would pay uilro If I could, not
alone as n matter of honor, but of buslnosB
sense Men who owe me cannot pay me, and,
therefore, I cannot pay Still, I cannot see
that that makes me an Anarchist I know of
nu reason why 1 should bo connected with this
unfortunate inattei, and 1 trust the newspapers
will do me justice 1 1 AUKMT. Laud Davis "
After giving out the statement, Mr. Davis,
whose ofllce is all cluttered up with the models
of things he bus Invented, told something
about himself and of Ids acquaintance witli
Hm It li Ho gavenoevldenveof being an tilling
but 11 level-headed and fairly bright man He
said be was 'M )ears old, and, II he had pe
culiar notions al out a social system, those
notions were based nil thn Golden Bulo
und Ten I omiuainlineiits He said tlint he
had first met iinlth about four tears ago
lu the Populist 1 arty W lien Henry Oeorge ran
forMavorin HO" Davis wns the candidate for
District Attorney 011 the Oeorgo ticket He
said yesterday that he never believed in
Oeorge s single tux views, mid had nlwats
fought them, but the plot form upon which
Oeiiige entered the campaign satisfied him
better than tho platform of any other party,
und so he consented to take the nomination
' Did )ou ever threaten to kill llussell Sago
or mi) other millionaire" Ml Davis was
Usked
"Not tint I can remember," was tho answer
"I unit havo said something to I hut effect In
lest or when I was three sheets In tho wind,
nut I have no recollection of It at this time
W hy, w lint would be the sense of blowing upor
killing by am other means auy millionaire I
Suppose ull lie) millionaires in this count r)
were to die or were to be killed off to-morrow
What would be the result A lot of other mil
lionaires would spring up to take their places.
T horoforu what good would be accomplished.
If any good hud been accomplished lu tho first
instance? Then, too, the fellows who want to
work would have it prett) hard time of it If
there weren't any millionaires in tho world to
give them employment."
"Well, what kind of a government do you
believe in, Mr. Davis?" a reporter asked.
""1 believe In that government which tho
majority of tho people of the 1'nlted States
veto for at every election That's the only kind
1 if government we ever will have or sver can
havo. and that's good enough fur me "
" How do ton think Smith evei cumo to wilto
that letter to Mr nage "
"Blest If I know. You'd better ask him
I've usked him. nnd 1 can't 11 lid out All 1 am
sure of Is that he's made a mighty big blunder,
mid It has douo inn nu Irrei arable amount of
harm In fact. I seem to seu ui HiiIhIi, us the
boys say, so far us my standing lu the cum
muulty is concerned,"
Smltli w is very loath to discuss the matter
of the leltel )Hstoiday lu fact, ho was about
ns uncommunicative aeltin as could lie found
lu New York A reporter of The Ki-n found
him ill the office of tho Associated Colon lis
In the St I'm! building shortly after noon uud
asked him whut had become of the man who
was going to kill Mr Sage, and what his uiiuie
was In reply to the question Smith s tid
'I don't care tu say an) thing uhont the mut
ter at all and 1 eertaiulv shall not disclose my
friend s name. I have not dlsclosml it to Mrs.
Sago nor the police, nnd I do not Intend to I
innysav, however, that 1 have accomplished
through the puhllclt) givi 11 to the mutter vv hat
I hoped to nceomjilish nrlvately.aud I consider
the incident closed '
"Has your frlen I given up tho Idea of killing
Mr Sage' ' the reportei asked
"i-h, I think lie has." was the answer
"Has he been helped out of hit financial diffi
culties' '
'He hnH. and I donot think lie will give ant
body an) more trouble "
Smith found out eatlv ve-tnrilny morning
that his htler was going to 0111,11 11 good deal
of a rumpus and that, pi sslbly, he might be
arrested He went around to the ast Flftv
IliBt streni station about 4 o'clock In the morn
ing, told tin in who he was mid nsued if he was
wanted llewiix told he wus not wanted at
Hint time and he then gave his house and bus
iness adiliess nnd told the Sergeant at the
desk that he eoiilil lie found at one or the other
of the adillu'scs boiit 0 11 clock )esteidii)
morning he returned to the station house, had
a talk with acting ( apt I.antrv and expressed
the ih btio to mint Mrs Sago ami explain mat
teis SATordingh. Smith, acenmp tilled hi Detec
tlve Boche, went over to the Suge residence
Olid tin 1J1 tactile Intiiiiluced the lettei-wrlt T
to Mrs Sage, .smith mid Mrs Sage that he
had 110 ulterior motile In writing the letter.
He said lie had hecoine couvliiced that his
frleinj. who was 111 need nf ninnc) and who had
a t trtiMil.ir aveisim, to millionaires, reull)
meant to ilo her husband hndll) Injury if not
kill him He sild that he knew the man's
lluuuclul condition, because lie had frequently
lent him moiiu) himself Ha told Mrs Sago
that he was no blackmailer, that he was
not in need of money and that he didn't want
any nione) from hei Mrs Sage li-tcued to
Smith until he li.ul llnhhed tiiil tlien told him
t h tit she believed Ids slur), and told Detective
lloclie that she did not earn to go mi) firrthcr
iu the mailer Mrs Sage is reported to have
said later that she believed It was a case of
blackmail
Mr Sage held praetleull) this view He
left Ills house tislerdav morning shortly In
fore 111 o'clock and went to Ids otlli e unat
tended He went home In the snnie way, and
said he had no Intention of Invoking the police
He said the letter h id not scared him. hut that
It li id scared his servants half out nf their wits,
and it mnde Mrs Sage rather anxious He, too,
billeted that the letter had been suit t 1 htm
with the Idea of getting some money fiom
him Shortly after ," o'clock )eserday after
noon he ijiel Deticliies McCnulcy and llnene
nf thn 1 tist I ifiv llrst street station at his
house He then told the detectives tlint Smith
mid his frit ml and Ills letter had been Investi
gated siilll mntiv, su lai as lie wis tniicerned,
and that he did not desire to go further In the
matter
Having heard the sime wish expressed by
both Mi and Mrs Sage.thodetnctlvcs reported
the facts to Vetinc Captain I antrv, who sent a
report of the ense to Police He trtquariers last
night The police nf the Fast Fifti -llrst street
station have concluded that there is nothing
more for them to do and ( apt. l.nntr) said lut
night that, so fai ns ho wus concerned, no ar
rests would be niadn unless some one muden
lomplniiit
The police linrned )esterdny tint Smith
came here from lies Moines about four )ears
ago That's about all the) could leaiu about
his ust historv He seemed disinclined to
give ,1 biographical sketch of himself, and the
jiohce did not press him for It
C71070V HAD IS llATtir.U,
It Is Described ns Muddy nnd Almost ln
drinkable. The residents of Harlem nro grow ling about
the condition of the Croton water For tho
pti't thrco or f, 111 dits it lias been almost un-
drinkable, mudd) 11 lor mid having 11 strong
dead ttistn uf wood eMcrda It wnsexecp
t'on.viy bad. and half Harlem was drinking
beer
(lie llensolyplns Tooth Powder
one trlil Its merit will do the rot. AtUruj-
aBTTlXa JtEAUT FOR ITAltt
Kngland Is Sending Troops and Ammuni
tion tu South Africa.
Xtfoal CMt Dupalc.) to Tnr HUN.
London, July 7. The Times prints a lead
ed statement this morning confirming the
report that reserve supplies and amniunljloti
havo been sent to South Africa. Can.
Butler, commanding tho troops In Cape Colony,
has been nuthorlzod to complete nrrangoments
for the transportation of the troops already
there.
Light special serv Ice officers, one of whom Is
Prlnio Minister Salisbury's son, I,ord Kdward
Cecil, hnwi been ordered t co to Cope Colony
to organize the residents, police nnd local
forces at various points on tho frontier. Addi
tional special service nion are likely to ho Bent
out In tho next fow days.
The Commander-in-Chief has been engaged
In completing tho organization and composition
of a larger force which it will be necessary
to send to South Africa In the event of the
present negotiations with the Transvaal prov
ing unsuccessful.
KAISER O.V A ritrSClt 1TARS111P.
Visit to n Training Cruller Looked TJpnn as
Politically hlgnllliant.
.'pidii! CuliU tiHvtttclt It Tiis Sun.
Deisms, July il F.mperor William, who Is
beginning his annual Norwegian tour, arrived
at Borgeii 011 tho imperial yacht rtohenzollern
estcrday. On the same day tin French
training cruiser Iphigeniu arrived, and
her Cnplnln boarded tho Hohenzollorn
and made a couiplimoutary visit, which
tho Kmperor luter returned In person Tho
hundred cadets aboard ths Iphlgenle wero
marshalled and filed past the F.mperor, who
complimented the Captain of tho cruiser on
their seamanllko hearing
This Is tho first occasion slneo 1S7I that a
Ooriuau soverelgu h is boarded a French war
ship. Some newspapers snt Hint th visit Is of
the highest political Importance, while otliors
declare that It was morel) a courteous recog
nition of the frletiilli inception given the two
Oennnti training ships which visited French
ports In 1S0S The incident, howover unfor
tullous, was arranged by tho attaches of the
respective (lovcrninents hero and at Paris
l'Aius, July II Tho advocates of a Franeo
Gcrman raiiiiruchrinenl, to which tho Fnshodii
incident gavo much Impetus, declare that Fin
peror William's vlslt'to the comminder of the
French training ship Iphlgenle at Bergen, Nor
wu, is of the utmost significance.
nn. MOROiS's offhk accepted.
He Will l'ny for rutting Klrrtrlc Lights In
St. I'nul's Cuthedral.
'! Cable D'lpalch to Tllr Bcs.
I.onpov. July tl The City Press Association
sajs that the offer of Mr J Pierpont Morgan to
pay for Hie Installation of electric lights In St.
Paul's Cathedral bus been accepted The e?ist
Is estimated at tS.000, but Mi Morgan has
signified his willingness to nice whatever ex
penss Is Incurred
fas ni.oirx OFF A steimer.
Crnilted Through tua Hall nnd Vf ant Over
board with the Driver,
The passengers on ths stiamer Pleasure
Bay of the Patten line, running from Long
Branch to this city, witnessed au exciting Inci
dent on the retura trip yesterday afternoon.
As the Pleasure Bay was steaming through the
Narrows at 4 HO o'clock the heavy wind started
a big furniture van bolouging to Day A Meyer
of Now York rolling, aud It could not be
stopped. The van crushed through tho tailing
of tho boat uud went into thewuter (itistuv
I'ckstromof .TOU McDougall stinct, Brooklyn,
who had charge of the van, went overboard
with It
The passengers yelled to thn Captain to stop
(he boat anil asked that a lifeboat bo quickly
lowered Nothing was seen of Fckstrom for
several minutes, but he Anally 1 raw led nut 011
the top of the wagon nod shunted for usslst
umc A me.it who was fishing uenr by in a
rowhoat went to the vim and took lU'ttstrom 011
board bis bout He thou rowed him to thn
steamer
Fckstrom was badly cut ou tho head and
neck A phtslclaii on the bo-it attended to Ids
injuries, and he was then tnkea to thn engine
room and somodrt clothing wns glreu him.
Whan the Pleasure Biiv arrived at her pier, at
the font of West Thlitecnth street, lie was suut
home lu n cab
.SEBEl) A lll'TTOX OV 11 HR FlfdElt.
Mnclilue Drove the ttdnnif Through the
Tll uud (Tllllheil It nu OmOttior Side.
Itnsle Pierre, ID years old. of 1141 Mudison
street, met with 11 singular iiechleiit iu Joseph
Klein a Co 's tailor 6linp.nl o'JO lliomliwiT, jes
terdtiy She was putting buttons on tnni-sirs.
using for that purpose a machine that stamps
tlieiuoii and clinches them ou the other side
She got her hum! Into the luachlueit It did
not stop It went right on The next button
was sunk deep into the llesh n' the hist joint
of her index linger, mid clinched all right on
the nail Hide
With It so fixed she was tnl.cn over to Po
lice Headquarters The Imttuli was fastened
as if It were nver to come off n ambulation
was sent fur. but the surgeon knew nf im way
togetltoff Hetook bet over to St inciuts
Hosplt il T 1m surgeons at the hospital cut the
button out It had been clinched Into thu
flesh, and It Wll Hei cssal) In put the gin under
ether toperfonu the u oration
11 J 11 v .V.4SOV.S ox; r.n.u
Tumbled frout the Fourth lTnor to the
Slileunlk unit Out Oh vsltll l-'eu HrilUes.
The parents nf 14-innnths-old John Mnsou of
O'J'J Columbus avenue went for an nullliglnst
night and left John In the care of u woman liv
ing on the fourth floor of tho house While
she was not looking John crawled on the win
ilowslll. lost his bilatice ami fell T lie woman
ran to the street shrieking. Inhn hit an awn
ing on the llrst lloornud then Imiitired off into
nunc baskets I) ing on the sldownlk In (nun of
the groeeri store that occupies the ground
lloor suigeon from the ,1 Hood W right
Hospital examined him nnd said that, en opt
a few minor bruises, he was not injured
Off A A' r O'llltlES 41.1. HiailT,
I'ell llnrkniird Out of n Thlid-stnry Win.
low, but That Vi,i Nothing.
John O'Brien, aged IH months, fell thlrlr
two feet testcrday lu Newark' from a third
story bodnoni window and is nil right,
.lolinii) s mamma reiched for htm aslio was ly
ing abed and lie plavfully lm ked away and
pushed against the blinds which were slightly
bowe I and not fistoned 1'he horrified motlior
shrieked and fainted as J dinn) shot down nut
of the window, hut a neglected and privldent
henpni ashes intervened to save the baby, and
he escaped with a sinull sialp wound
FRISCO'S 11 Kill liril.lll.SliH TRKVlll ED
Kartluinake There YeHerdny Noon I.aited
Fifteen Netimds.
Sis FmMisin, July fl- severe shock of
earthquake occurred here at ten minutes after
noon to-dr). lasting a' out fifteen seconds Iho
niotlou wns from nortli to south
The ise nation In high buildings was strong,
but no damage was done The earthquake
was felt ftom hereto Mon'ere)
(en. Wheeler Ordered to Mnnlln.
WASHisr.TiiN, .Tult it Brlg-Cien Joseph
Wheiler vns to-dii) ordered to Maulla for duty
In the Philippines.
iiaaailatMMatiiiSiii r
COLUMBIA'S RAGE
She Defeats Defender ly 3 Minutes
and 33 Seconds.
NOT A CONCLUSIVE TEST.
r
A Triangular Course in a Jamping . ,
Sea, with Fickle Winds. '
'
The I'oltimbln Corers (he rirst Leg of Tea 'v
Miles to Windward Two Ulnutes nad
Twenty-fli-e Seconds Faster Than th
i
Defender A IMHerence of One ttlaut
and ThlrtjMbrre Seconds In the New
iHcht's I'nTnr on the Second Leg The
Defender Onlns TwentyflTe Seconds la
the Ten-Mile .Stretch nt Close-llauled
Work from (ho (Jerond Mark to tha
Finish-Columbia Tolnts Higher Thaa
the Defender Only Small Fleet Ao
companies (tin Ititcers-I.enden Skies and
Ilaln Mar (he hpsclncle Mnny Iavalldl
Aboard All nf the Attending Tsueli.
Tho race csterday betweon tho new sloop
incht I'nlunibla uud tho HorrosholT marvel of ,
a past season, the Defender, was not altogether I .
satisfactory because of lUkln wonther condi
tions Oier a triangular eourso of thirty
miles, ten with the wlud ahead, ten with
It nu the starboard lam nnd quarter and
ten with the wind over tint port bow, the ,
Columbia defeated the Defender by 3 minutes j
fl'l seconds, elapsed time As tho Columbia is
the allowing boat, the corrected time will
somewhat reduce bur glory, as expressed lu
minutes aud seconds
The weather work of the Columbia In a
brece that varlod in force nnd occasionally
shifted a bit showed that she is ablo to point
somewhat higher than the Defender. The race
demonslrktod that the Defender is still a wor
thy ship A contest in a piping wind and a
white-capped sou will doubtless reveal a larger '
kuowleilgeof the iju.tlltiLn of tho nuvr yacht. ' '
MIM LWMOPs KAIII.T SI KNKH
A sullen dnwn ushered lathe day of the first
official duel between tho superb slnglo-stlck-ers
Columbia and Defender Everywhere
there was mist. The towersof the tall stono
buildings, clluiblug terrscnliko from tho
shores of the twin rivers to Broadwa), lookod
us If their lluuj stories had been moulded out
ot vapor Smoke aud steam rose indolently In
almost perpmidleulur columns, contributing to
the obscuration It was the old familiar open
ing to a summer yachting dny lu this harbor.
Nobody liked It, aud etert body hoped (hat tha V
fog barriers might be Iburned away by an ar
dent July sun But they were not of the eva
nescent sort, und, although they vanished
finally, thore was no ttmu When the air was ab
solutely clsur. frointhu tltno the sun was sched
uled to riso until It nt
'1 ha us(.-ct of things afloat. whlc.h is mora
essnuttal lu a yaoht meo than the landscape,
vvasdre.irt as viewed from the upper bay at H
o'clock The Llggest telescope on tho little
Use! that then began to move seaward couldn't
bore a Tista through the glooui. When TltD
hi .s'stiig headed down the b,i), the wind, which
had beuii gentle from about southwest, got
around to the south uud scut somo of tho mist
II) lug huforu It The stately contestants woro
setu at am hor off TuiiipkliiHillle, their l'nn ,
and clean-cut spsis standing out poncil-liko
ngslust tne grin -blue background of Staten
Island 1'ie-eutlv the tug John A. Botlker
hitched herself to th gslluut old Defender and
steoted towurrf the Narrows loiter the Wal
lace B Flint perfotmed a similar service for
the Columbia
The float I u necessities usual to (lie start for
the battleground of duelling slimiis w"re lack
ing Onl) a few iiewsptper tugs weio lu the
wake of the ya, hts The twin eotcw steam
boat Muuniouth. eomliif up from 'hand) Hook,
went In port of the l oluiubla. nnd gave her a
scilesuf emomaging to, Ik F.iertbody ou tho
riiiiidi Hook titer crowded to (he port rails and
she lUtml until her guards slinost touched
w.iti r The tlren of tin tiunsiiort Klikpatrick.
just lu fioiu ('ubii. elected both Defender and
Columbia screaiuluglt, uul (hu rssty old Lam
port A Holt llucr loleilitge, from far-away
Br.tll. coutiiliiituil it few apprci latlto bass f
notes JS
01 v i nn stMit hook.
The vaellts tool, the Colllse of the deepest
liners tothe Hook that Is. through the Ship
( h.innui Tlielr Hailing tu i-t-s sud managers
enuld not uiTiiid to tun the risk of a cut across
I its tlnoiigh Hie eisup.irstlvelt shallow Bwasb.
Tlm iiiehts draw ubout twenty feet, which la
as much as some liners sio Immersed, and
that is win the) stt.t.n tho roundabout way
to the open doing down, the nlr lightened a
lilt, although It was still dull oterliead and
a decoy couulcricu of mist appeared to bo
tucked in on etii) boilnn The ac)its and
the tugs lu their Hull iissseit off Fbiin's
Knoll, neat the Hook, the i ut n nf what was
once a racing craft the old clipper David
( nn kett, until last winter lu the prnal" busi
ness of urrllig ceil from Neiirt .Vsws til
this harbor sud poits to the itistrranl She
wuscniightlu the i-v while coining here, and
was ubanJoiieJ Ut the tug tlint had her In tow.
She tilled and n.lir llrst Ifer foro and
inlcii masts aie still lauding
'1 he brisk oiitheilv wind of Wednesdiy had
coiiilied up a short unoomfertahln swell, and
evtrt'htng pmpullud by stenni or sail pitched
itit, i It un the war tnward Kintlaiul lightship.
The snub-nosed tugs, particularly those en
eunibiired with piulgt bow. tenders, smashed
the ssiis Into shreds nnd tossed them, like
fo itnyiiianes m mss forward deks and pilot
houses It was thn sort uf swell thn( plats
havo' with the women, snd (hey were .ft n In
attitudes denoting dejection on oven- excur
sion boat and several nf the nccomps.nyluK
steam taelits
tiii: vi ii rw in hNipsim v
On board tlm Columbia and Defender eveny.
thing was shlpshai s Ths sails were ready for
h listing, and ths crews, under Cspts Barrand y
Hhnu'hw, wcrs work Ing like be ivtrs to stovr nil m
superlluoiw dunnage Oa the Columbia (. I
Ollvei Is-lln was looking af(er the bun-
dred and one tilings that a good )ach(s. 1
man his tu watch All the rigging w,ii
ism hill) inspictcd Hero and (here a r, !
was hauled on once In a while and made a Iltth
morn taut On the Defender lust the sanu
programme was goun through under thn care,
ful inspection of W Duller Duncan, Jr , and Jf
his friends Everthlhg that would not hi fj
necessary In the race was put on the tender M k
ht MHiacisas soon as posslblnnftersunrlse yl
There was all nlrof rjiuet contldence on board
the Columbia Ml seemed to think that tliem .
was no doulit about whnh yacht would prove '
thn faster of tho two, and It was only a Question
of how much the new hmt would bent ths
champion of IKi.'i, '1 his confidence, however, '
did not discourage, those on the Defender, and