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To rcacli all the people in Washington all the time advertise in The Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1903?THIRTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS. STEEL STRIKE AVERTED Differences at New Philadel phia, Ohio, Adjusted. AN AGREEMENT SIGNED FOUK SHEET MILLS WILL RE SUME AT ONCE. President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association Instrumental in Ef fecting the Settlement. PITTSBURG. Pa.. October lO.-The trou ble over the violations of the lim:t of prod uct clause of tlie Amalgamated scale at the New Philadelphia, Ohio, plant of the American Sheet Steel Company, which threatened to tie up all the American sheet steel mills In the country, has been satis factorily adjusted and the strike averted. Notices have been posted at the rolling mill that four sheet mills will resume at once. President Shaffer of the Amalga , mated Association, went to New Philadel i phia yesterday and quickly adjusted the difficulties. A written agreement was en tered into to let the matter stand on 133 "pairs" until July, l'.HH, and that no "over pairs" shall be made until that time. The working of "over pairs" was the cause of the dispute, some of the men being dis charged for refusing to do the work. Homestead Mills to Resume. PITTSBURG, October 10.?Concerning the posting ot notices at the Homestead Steel Works jesterday that the 35 and 40-inch mills will shut down. President A. C. Dinkey of the Carnegie Steel Company says the suspension Is for a week only, and lie expects the mills to be running the week after. "These mills." said he, "have been run nins off and on all summer. In fact, the 35 and 40-inch mills have never run full since they were built. The reason is that there are not enough orders for those sizes. Two weeks ago these mills did not run. They have been running since, and will run again after next week." The Hi. 23 and 33-inch mills in Homestead, which have been working on single turn for three weeks, have been restored to double turn, and are expected to run full for some time to come. TO TEST SUBMARINE BOATS. Opportunity to Be Given to American Inventors and Owners. The board of inspection and survey lias urr.mged to conduct the competitive tests of private submarine boats on the 15tli of November. TI.e nav.tl appropriation act of the Fifty-seventh Congress gave the Sec retary of the Navy discretionary authority to expend not more than $300,000 for the purpose or manufacture of subsurface or submarine torpedo boats. Tiie act also provided that prior to such purchase any American inventor or owner of such boat should be given an opportunity to have it tested by comparison or competition with a similar boat in the government service or with other private boats of the same general type. So far as known the only submarine boats likely to lie entered at the competition will be those built by the Holland Company and the Lake Company. In that event the tests will probably determine which of those two types of submarine boats will bi adopted by the American navy. HAS EXCHANGED VISITS. Rear Admiral Cotton Sees New Turkish Governor General. Rear Admiral Cotton cables the Navy De partment from Beirut, the !?th instant, that he has exchanged visits with the new Turk ish governor general with the customary courtesies. The governor general has in formed the consul that he has received pre emptory Instructions from the sultan to preserve order and administer law impar tially in protecting the lives anil property of foreigners Christians and Mohamme dans. Admiral Cotton says that Beirut Is quiet GEN. DUFFIELD REPORTS. German Claims Against Venezuela Were Considerably Cut by Commission. Gen. Henry M. DufBeld, the umpire of the tribunal appointed to adjust the claims of Germany against Venezuela, called at the State- Department today. He acquaint ed the officials with the findings of the commission. The total amount of the claims presented was 0,O4!>,000 marks, but the claimants were awarded but 1,870,000 marks. Gen. Puftield says that the commissioners were treated with every courtesy at Cara cas Two papers which printed inflamma tory statements regarding the commission ers were promptly suppressed by Presi dent Castro, and up to the time of leav ing Venezuela Gen. Duffleld said they were etill under the government ban. TO RECEIVE GEN. HAMILTON. The Latter Expected to Arrive This Afternoon. Col H. A. Greene, military secretary to the chief of the general staff, has been de tailed to receive Mai. Gen. Ian Hamilton of the Britisli army, who is expected to arrive here this afternoon, and escort him to his fiolel. Oen. Hamilton will be the guest of feonor at a dinner given by Gen. and Mrs. Corbin this evening. Report of Robert C. Morris. Robert C. Morris, agent for the United States in claim cases against Venezuela, has made an oral report to the State De partment. A number of the claims of United States citizens has been settled, but some of the most important cases are jret pending. So far as the settlement has teen made Mr Morris seems satisfied. He reports, however, that all foreigners repre senting claimants in Venezuela have been subjected to general abuse and criticism by the opposition newspapers of that coun try. which seem determined to make it un pleasant for the agents, attorneys and um pires. Trial of the Missouri. The battle ship Missouri will be tried on the 21st instant, and the cruiser Den ver on the ??d instant, over the Cape Anne course oft the coast of Massachusetts. The course will probably be marked by the Atlanta, lluffalo. Hull. McDonough, Peoria and Nezinscott. The Denver has arrived at the 1 '.-ague Island navy yard for docking preparatory to the trial. Not a Long Message Expected. Representative Robert Adams of Philadel phia was a caller on Postmaster General Payne this afternoon. Mr. Adams said that he understood that President Roose velt would not send a long message to the extra session of Congress next month, but would confine his recommendations to Cuban reciprocity. BLEW TERRIFIC GALE FIERCE STORM CAUSED MUCH HAVOC IN CITY. Norfolk Steamer Fought Sixty-Mile Gale Coming Up Chesa peake Bay. Washington has been swaying under the blasts of a forty-mile gale for the past twenty-four hours, and the conditions will continue another day and night unless the indications at the weather bureau are at fault. The h:gh winds that have torn the leaves from the trees and have ripped flags and awnings to shreds are a product of the topics. The storm, the severest for several years, centered off the North Carolina coast early yesterday morning and began to spend its force on the country to the north. It ap peared suddenly and is still central oft North Carolina. The weather bureau ex perts, who watched the wind rise, state that the storm center is stationary and will not dis ippear until it blows itself out. Forty Miles an Hour Here. The wind yesterday varied between thirty and forty miles per hour. This condition existed all day today, and the weather bu reau officials say it will have to exhaust its energy and disappear of its own voli tion before there is any change in the con dition of things in this section of the coun try. Washington has not had the worst of it by any means. This morning the weather bureau received a report from the signal station at Cape Henry. Virginia, to the ef fect that the wind was then blowing sev enty-two miles an hour, and was carrying everything before it. Such a velocity is almost a cyclone, and nothing but the strongest and most firmly anchored buildings can stand before it. All along the coast of Virginia and North Carolina heavy weather is being expe rienced. Crops are being damaged by the wind, and the fishing industry has been suspended until the gale subsides. Fought a Sixty-Mile Gale. The gale on the river was very severe, but the steamers due here last night and this morning came into port almost on schedule time. The steamer Norfolk of the Norfolk and Washington line, which was reported to have tied up at Old Point, with the steam ers of the Baltimore and Cape Charles lines, arrived here shortly after 7 o'clock this morning ? Sin-fought a sixtv-mile-an-hourgalcup the bay, and at times the seas washed over her bow. but at no time was she in any danger, nor were her passengers at all alarmed. According to the records of the Norfolk and Washington company, last night was, with one exception, the roughest ever ex perienced 011 Chesapeake bay since the line was established. The steamer will leave here on schedule time this evening. Coal Barge Ashore. Capt. Bailey Reed of the steamer Wake field, which canie into port from river land ings yesterday afternoon, reports having sighted a coal carrying barge ashore on the Virginia side of the river below Occoquan. She was lying in a dangerous position with the seas breaking over her. The steamer could not get near enough to her to ascertain her name. The northerly winds caused unusual low water in the river, and nearly all the steamers in the harbor were lying aground in their berths yesterday afternoon. The United States ship Fern, tlie naval battalion vessel, was almost high and dry her entire length. Below the city the river had dwindled to a stream a hundred yards wide, the flats on both sides being entirely uncovered. This is the first time they have shown so completely for five or six years. WILL AWAIT LAMBERTON. The Gloucester Will Take New Com mander to Santos. The Navy Department has been notified of the arrival of the cruiser Gloucester at Rio de Janiero, where she will await the arrival of Rear Admiral Lamberton, the new commander-in-chief of the station, and convey him to the flagship Newark, lying at Santos with the remainder of the squad ron. Admiral Lamberton is on his way from Southampton, England, to Rio. Lewis Nixon Here. Lewis Nixon, who has withdnwn from the race for the independent democratic candidacy for mayor of New York city, accompanied by his wife, arrived in Wash ington late last night, and left this morn ing before his presence in the city became known, for Leesburg, Va., his native place. To Investigate Alaska Mines. SEATTLE. Wash.. October 10.?The I'nited States geological survey will have parties next year investigating the mining resources of southeastern Alaska, the formation In the Yukon country, and the oil deposits in Alaska. If the appropria tion is ample it is intended to study the geology of the Nome district, and is to conduct an investigation of the coal supply of Nome. Heavy Rainfall at Albany. ALBANY, N. Y., October 10.?The rain, which ceased yesterday afternoon ^ifter a total rainfall of 4.0!) inches, unparalleled in the twenty-nine years' records of the local weather office, has been followed by a flood, also unprecedented at this season, which reached its height about lt? o'clock this morning with a maximum of 15.05 feet above mean low-water mark. The dam across the Normanskill at Ken wood. Just south of the city line, was swept out this morning, carrying away still more of the damaged river road bridge. A family named Denison. living on the low flats just east of the dam, barely escap ed last night with their lives. Cable Chess Match Challenge. NEW YORK, October 10.?The Brooklyn Chess Club yesterday received a challenge of the City of London Chess Club for a cable chess match, to be played under the conditions of the Anglo-American chess trophy. The Brooklyn club will accept. Registration in Ne-vr York. NEW YORK, October 10.?The police de partment gave out the revised figures to ?day of the first dty's registration in this city, the total registration being ltK>,444, distributed as follows: Manhattan and the Bronx. W.1.4KJ; Brooklyn, 00,205; Queens, (i.S'SO; Richmond, 2,770. The first day's registration in l'.*)2 was 18S.45S, the decrease yesterday being due probably to the inclement weather. AT THE WHITE HOUSE Senator Foraker Talks With tile President, CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS NO DISTRICT JUDGE UNTIL AFTER ELECTION. Famous Englishmen Call on Mr. Roose velt?The Alaskan Central Rail way Wants a Cable. Senator Foraker was with the President this morning and talked over with him the campaign in Ohio; in which the President is much interested. Senator Foraker was never more sanguine of republican success In his state, and told the President so. The Ohio senator will return to Oiiio tonight and will go into the campaign. "Col. Herrick will have anywhere from <10.000 to 100,000 majority," said Senator Foraker, "and the legislature will be re publican on joint ballot by from thirty-five to forty votes. There is not the faintest liku lihood of a democratic legislature. Senator Hanna will be re-elected, and he ought to be. He is in good health, is making good speeches and adding votes to the republican tickets. 1 cannot see where there is the slightest foundation for some of the stories that have been floating around that Tom Johnson has any show for election." Stories have recently been in circulation that Senator Hanna is opposed by the la bor vote this year, and that this fact adds to a feeling of uneasiness as to the out look. How this could be true is not known among Ohio people In view of the general understanding that Senator Hanna has been friendly to labor interests. Some of the stories of this nature and of a kindred variety have been coming to the White House, and the President was glad to re ceive assurances that the republicans are as strong and buoyant as in any previous campaign for many years. The District Judgeship. Senator Foraker declined to discuss the probable appointment of Judge Thew Wright of Cincinnati as a justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to succeed Justice llaguer, resigned. The visit of Senator Foraker, however, has not I hastened the appointment, even if the mat | ter was discussed between the President ' and the Ohioan. Senator Fofaker has not withdrawn his recommendation of Judge Wright, and will continue to urge him as | the best man for the place. He hopes to secure the appointment, too. About the only thing in the way of Judge Wright's | selection is the opposition of Senator Han na and George P. Cox of Cincinnati. They have filed a protest against the appoint ment because of the political hostility of Mr. Cox to Judge Wright. The tight has not gone so far yet that it may not be smoothed over, and some of Judge Wright's friends are working to that end. The understanding is that the appoint 1 rnent of Justice of the local court may not, after all, be made until right after the ; election. If Judge Wright is to be ap pointed the President will not announce the appointment until after the election so that | no complications may be ad^ed to the Ohio j campaign. A London Traffic Commission. David Barber, George Hartley and Sir John Dickson Poynder, members of the royal tratiic commission of London, paid their respects to the President today. The commissioners are in this country to study American methods of underground and ele vated railway construction that similar work in London may be done under the most Improved and satisfactory methods. The members of the commission have been to New York and Boston, and will go else where before returning to the Knglish capi tal. They have seen much to Interest them since they have been in the United States. The President expressed pleasure at meet ing them. Sir John Dickson Poynder and I-ord Rib blesdaler of England were guests of the President at luncheon this afternoon. An Alaskan Railway President Roosevelt had talks today and yesterday with John E. Ballaine, chairman of the finance committee of the Alaskan Central railway. Mr. Ballaine Is in Wash ington on department work connected with the railway enterprise, and he desired the assistance of the President in the presenta tion of his requests to the departments^ This the President gave without question. Seward, Alaska, is the southern terminus of the Alaska Central road, and Mr. Bal laine is iiere, among other things, to get the War Department Interested In the lay ing of a cable from Juneau to Seward, a distance of 800 miles. Tr.e War Depart ment is now completing a cable line from Seattle to Juneau, and will ask for an ap propriation for the extension of the line. The Alaska Central wants the line extended to Seward. The construction of the Alaska Central road has already begun and It will be pushed as fast us possible to the Tanana river, a distance of 420 miles. Mr. Ballaine believes that the building of the road will result In enormous development of a mag nificently rich territory. He thinks that it will add many millions In gold to the sup ply now in existence and being taken from A Li skit, in addition to opening up splendid agricultural lields. Some of the Day's Callers. Major J. M. Wright, marshal of the Su preme Court of the United States, and F. D. Faust, his assistant, called on the President this morning to arrange for the regular formal call of members of the court. The tribunal will assembly Monday, and, fol lowing a time-honored custom, will wait upon the President to announce that the court is in session. This custom has exist ed for many years and has never been neglected upon the assembling of the court. George Wilson, secretary of the chamber of commerce of New York, was with the President some time this morning. Lincoln J. Steffens. the magazine writer, also saw the President. Mr. Steffens has recently been eigaged In writing stories of the cor ruption in the municipal governments of some of the largest cities In the country Assistant Secretary of State Ix>omis loday presented to the President M. Baunau Var rilla the editor of Le Matin of Paris, one of the great newspapers of Europe. M. Varrilla was the first engineer of the Pana ma canal and for a long time was engaged on that work. He chatted briefly with the President concerning the canal, but only in an Informal way. White House Flag Upside Down. Jerry Smith, the colored patriarch of the White House, caused a small commotion In the neighborhood of the Executive Man sion today. Last night the wind blew the flag and halyards off the pote, and for a good while today there was no flag flying from the roof of the White House. Then Jerry Smith, whose "bones air gittlng fee ble and along In years, sir," climbed to the roof and began to readjust the flag. By mistake he fixed the flag upside down, and went away contented that he had restored Old Glory to a proper position. People around the White House and In the State, War and Navy and the Treasury building3 noticed the flag flying in distress, and it was not long before "Uncfe Jerry" took Ills theumatlsm and other ailments to the roof once more and righted the distressed condition of the official emblem that the President Is in his offices and at work to earn his salary. CAPTAINS PEOMOTED EFFECT OF RETIREMENT OF AD MIRAL KEMPFF. Four Rear Admirals Created?A Num ber of Other Advancements in Grade. The statutary retirement of Rear Ad miral Louis Kempff tomorrow on account of age will cause the following promotions in the navy: To be rear admirals?Captains Benjamin P. Lamberton, French E. Chadwick, Bow man H. McCalla and WiHIum H. Whiting. To be captains?Commanders Thomas C. McLean. William J. Barnette, Francis H. Delano, Charles T. Forse. To be commanders?Lieutenant Command ers Stacy Potts, Henry T. Cleaver. James M. Helm, Albert H. Willits, Cameron Melt. Winslow, James P. S. Lawrence. To be lieutenant commanders? Lieuten ants Wm. L. Howard. Wiley R. M. Field, John M. Poyer. Henry G? Leopold, Robert B. Higgins, John C. l^eonard. To be lieutenants?Lieutenants (Junior grade) Cyrus R. Miller, Orin G. Muriin. Leonard R. Sargent. Luther M. Overstreet, Victor S. Houston, David F. Boyd, Louis C. Richardson. Benjamin Peffer Lamberton was born in Peru. He attended the Naval Academy from 1861 to 1865; was attached to the steam sloop Susquehanna of the Brazil squadron in 1865-6, the stejim sloop Juniata of the South Atlantic' squadron, 1866-7; was promoted to master De<?mber 1, 1808; commissioned as lieutenant March 1?, 1867; lieutenant commander. December 18, 18G8; served on the Mohican of the Pacific fleet, 187.1 and '4; torpedo service, 1873; was pro moted to captain May 17, 18SI8, and served as chief of staff to Admiral Dewey at the battle of Manila bay. May 1, 18i?. French Elisor Chadwick was born in Vir ginia and appointed from that state to the Naval Academy in 1861. Was attached to the Susquehanna iii the Brazil g luadron in 1865-6, received promotions to piaster and lieutenant December 1. ls?W. and Miarcli 12, 1868; lieutenant commander, December 15, 18(18; served on the Gueriere. European squadron; at the Naval Academy, or the Powhatan; North Atlantic station. New York navy yard; special light house duty; naval attache at London: became comman der December. 1884: commanded the Yo.k town, squadron of evolution, lv8?-18!?l; s. e cial duty at the Navy Department, and on board of labor reorganization; chief intelli gence officer; chief of the bureau of equip ment. with rank of commodore; comm s sioned captain November, 18??7: commanded the New York, flagship of the Norlh At lantic squadron during the Spanish-Amer ican war. Bowman II .McCalla was.born inN^w Jer sey and appointed to the Naval Academy in IMil. Served on the Brazil, South Atlantic and South Pacific stations. European fleet, at tile Naval Academy. North Atfttntic sta tion, assistant in bureau 'of navigation, commanded tiie Enterprise on the European station, was equipment qrflfteer at the Mare Island navy yard, and commanded the Marblehead in the Spanish-American war. During the boxer troubles iu China he com manded a detachment of nut l ines that went to the relief of the beleaguered legations in Peking. William Henry Whiting was born in New York city, but was appointed to the Naval Academy from Wisconsin- in !SCO. Served on the Hartford in the West Gulf squadron, 1863-5, and received honorable mention by Admiral Farragut In general orders for gal lant conduct at the burning of the blockade runner under the guns of Fort Morgan on th< night of July 5, 1N64; was given honor able mention by the captain of the Hartford at the battle of Mobile Bay; was at the sur render of Fort Gaines; hauled down the confederate flag and hoisted United States flag; was at the surrender of Fort Morgan; served on the Kearsarge after the war; suc cessively commanded the Saratoga, Kear sarge, Alliance and Monadnoc-k. Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, who will lie retired from active service tomorrow, was born in Illinois and has seen active service in all parts of the world since his appointment to fhe navy in 1857. His last sea service was in the command of a squadron at Taku. China, during the re cent difficulty, when the forts were bom barded. but keut the American vessels from taking part. A NUMBER OF DISMISSALS. Weeding Out in_Post Office Department is Looked For. While there will not likely be any whole sale dismissal of clerks In tlie Post Office Department as the result of the Investiga tion, it is morally certain that a number or persons will have to go, apd that there will be a weeding out, parti?iulnrly in the divisions where August W. Machen and George W. Beavers held supreme sway for so long. While Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Brlstow is disinclined to discuss any thing that pertains to the report, he is engaged In preparing his report for Presi dent Roosevelt and whenever possible avoids meeting the newspapermen. Because of this feeling there is a well-defined im pression at the Post Office Department that he will recommend the dismissal of a num ber of persons who were proteges of Mach en and Beavers. ?r? SECRETARY MOODY'S STATEMENT The Circumstances Attending Marine Band's Visit to Chicago. Secretary Moody made the following statement today regarding the recent visit of the Marine Band to Chicago: "Application was made to the Navy De partment for permission . for the Marine Band as an organization to attend the ban quet at Chicago as guests.and to play In the auditorium at the public meeting' immed iately following the banquet; The request was made by the mayor qf the city, by the chairman of the banquet committee and by members of both liouse.^'of^Congress. It was decided by the department th#t the af fair was one of national significance and that the Marine Band as an organization might properly attend. No question of com pensation was considered an<J.: the cully ques tion considered by the department was as to whether the event was one of national sig nificance warranting the permission de sired." ASSISTANT NAVAL SBCiJP^RY. Advisability of Appointing Another One Discussed. The advisability of recommending the ap pointment of an additional assistant secre tary of the navy Is under consideration at the Navy Department. The plan which is said to have originated wltfc the general board involves tlic appointment of an officer of the navy, w1h>, it is argued, would be better qualified to pass upon qnd decide the many purely technical military questions that frequently arise in the department than a civilian. The question has been referred to Assistant Secrelary Darling, and it is believed that his report will be adverse to the scheme on the general grcund that it would interfere with the historic system of civil control of the naval establishment. Silas S. Daish's Grain Ele vator Burned Today. ENTAILS HEAVY LOSS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN $75, OOO and 3100,000. Two B. and O. Freight Cars Laden With Grain Also De stroyed. Throe alarms of Are called seven engine companies. two trucks and the water tower to the grain elevator of Silas S. Daish, at the corner of Brentwood road and Florida avenue, about 11 o'clock this morning, and the firemen who responded worked harder than they have been obliged to do in several months. The character of the building construction made It extremely dif ficult for the men to cope with the flamos, the solidity of the wall3 and tlie absence of openings through which to throw any water being a serious handicap, and the best efforts of Chief Belt were directed to ward saving the lives of those under him and protecting surrounding property, en dangered by the high north wind that pre vailed. The fire was a spectacular one, and attracted a crowd of probabiy four or five thousand persons. This necessitated the presence of the police reserves from several precincts, and even then the tire men were much hampered by the closing in of tlie spectators, despite the efforts to keep them within limits. Mr. Daish was not present when the lire started, but stated that a rough estimate of his loss would probably foot up to between $75,WOO and $100,000. It is not believed that Mr. Daish had placed much insurance on the struc ture. The fire started in the rear of the eleva tor over the stable in the hay stored there. It took but a few minutes for the flames to gain headway, and then the strong lHirth wind performed its share in carrying them across the intervening space to the elevator Itself. Once started in that building the firemen were powerless to stop them, and within a short time the whole structure was a roaring furnace. Tl.e thick smoke, which was plainly discernible from all parts of the city, also made the work of the firemen more difficult. The water tower could not be used on account of the charac ter of the walls, as noted, but it served the purpose of attracting many spectators, who followed it all the way from the center of the city. Chief Br-It exercised the utmost care in directing his men, and ordered that no one should l isk his life in going close to the burning building. This was on ac count of the danger imminent from the fall ing walls. Two Baltimore and Ohio freight cars, loaded with grain, which were standing on the track close to the elevator, were also burned, together with their contents. One of the curious incidents of the fire was the attempt made by a huge flock of Knglish sparrows, who have lived unmolested in the roof of the elevator for years, to get back to their homes during the fire. When the flames first started In the big building the sparrows took refuge In nearby trees, but they evidently did not understand the sit uation. and in a short time made repeated efforts to fly into the burning structure. How many were killed In this manner can not be estimated, but the flock did not seem to be lessened in numbers to an ap preciable extent. The Walls Fall. It was believed the walls of the big struc ture would Jail any minute. People who had left their work and had but a few minutes to remain at the lire were heard to express the wisii that the walls would fall early, as they thought the sight would be worth see ing. But they were disappointed. It was about 11 o'clock when the fire started, and the first part of the wall to fall did not come down until about 12:?? o'clock. Then It was the south half of the building, and the fall made but little noise. Fifteen minutes later a small part of the east wall fell. The last of the big structure came down about 1 o'clock. The heat was so in tense that the firemen were driven from points near the building several times be fore the last of the walls fell. Chief Belt was near the building with his men all the time the flames were being fought, and he was highly complimented on all sides for protecting the firemen from danger. IL was realized there could have been nothing gained by sending them close to or ir.side the building. Telegraph and telephone wires close to the burning ele vator were put out of service. Fortunately the fire started at a time when there were no horses in the stable. The small \>uilding in the rear of the main elevator was saved, although it was badly damaged. While the exact amount of dam age cannot be ascertained, the firemen thought it would be more than $75,000, but not more than $100,000, as previously stated. Mr. Daish could not be found by a Stir reporter thite afternoon, and the amount of insurance could not, therefore, be ascer tained. The elevator sA-med to be doomed to de struction by fire. The blaze today was the third one that has occurred there In the past" few years. The property is to be taken by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and it Is said that $325,000 was the price asked for it by its owners. The company offered $117,000 for it. Cause of Fire Not Known. The origin of the fire is not known. At the time the flames were discovered ki the small building in the rear of the elevator tht doors were open and the wind causad tbem to spread to the main building. Mr. Daish and his son were in the fuel busln.-s as well as grain, hut the fuel supply w.u not damaged. Long after the walls h:u fallen the firemen were kept at work ii order that the last spark in the debris n.ight be extinguished. STORM RAGING OFF NORFOLK. Gale Estimated at Seventy Miles an Hour Endangers Shipping. SjMM'iii 1 Iitepntcli to Thp KvenfitK Stur. NORFOLK, Va? October 10.?One of th< worst storms in yeans has been sweeping this coast for twenty-four hours, and con tinues with unabated fury. The wind at Virginia Beach and Cape Henry is blowing today seventy miles an liour, and the sea is running mountain high. Sand covers all the railroad tracks along the beach and traffic from Norfolk, except over one line, is suspended. The steamship Essex, in today from Providence, R. I., reports a terrible expe rience and cannot say how the Old Domin ion steamship Hamilton, which left foi New York last night tn the teeth of a sixty-eight-niile-an-hour gale, fared. All coast wires to Cane Hatteras are down, and the havoc done to shipping there cannot yet be told. Messengers from the coast report two unknown schooners ashore. WILL WITHDRAW. SAVINGS. Trades Unions Threaten to Retaliate on Organized Capital. CHICAGO, October 10.?"Organized capi tal, through its Ami-boycott and Employ ers' Association, must stop its raids on the saving* of the trades unions or the union tneji, will* withdraw $.'i< Hi,00o,< <*> from the savings bffriks.'' Such Is the statement made by Thomas I. Kidtl, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, after an investigation of the damage suits which the capitalized American Anti-boycott Association and Employers' Association have tiled against trades unions within the l ist three months. .\li. Kidd intimated that it was within the power ot union labor to throw the country Into a financial panic by taking from cir culation 'he $ri0j.yt0,000 Which he says labor controls. In this connection it may be stated that the money stock of the country approximates $2.-75,(XX),000. HANDICAPPED BY HIGH WIND. Mrs. Stout and Miss Adair Playing Golf at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, October 10.?The tinal match in the Griscom invitation golf tour ney was started today on the links of the Merlon Cricket Club. The contest brought together Mrs. C. T. Stout and Miss Rhona Adair. In addition to this important game tile international team match was sched uled. The rain storm had passed over and in its place a gale of wind was blowing from the north. This handicapped the contest ants. Miss Adair and Mrs. Stout were square at the turn, each making the first nine holes in 40. Miss Adair defeated Mrs. Stout by 2 up. GREAT DANGER AT PATERSON. Flood in Passaic River Surpasses That of 1902. PATERSON, N. J., October 10 ?The flood in the Passaic river today surpassed the mammoth inundation of March, 1902. The river has overflowed hundreds of ucres of streets and hundreds of families are driven from their homes, many being rescued from upper windows in bouts. Mayor Hinchliffe this morning appointed a committee to organize a relief movement. A dam of timber and sandbags is being built to keep the swollen river above the falls from breaking Its banks and pouring into the city through a ravine, in which case frightful damage would be done. The gas works are flooded and there will be no gaslight tonight. There are fears for the electric light sta tion. Scores of mills have shut down. The damage in the city in property is already estimated at half a million dollars. The city almshouse and isolation hospital are surrounded by raging waters. PATERSON, N. J.. October 10.?Between the hours of 7 and 11 a.m. the water in the river rose four inches. The flooded district comprises Water. East liolsmin, Washing ton. Bridge, River, Straight, Fair, Godwin, Paterson and North Main streets, the lower part of Hamilton avenue and. a part of Hamburg avenue. About 200 houses have been flooded. Several hundred sufferers are now being sheltered and fed in Apollo Hall. In the Spruce street hill, in the Totowa section of the city, dynamite mines have been constructed with the purpose of blowing up the hill to afford a larger channel for the river in case the river wall gave way, which would endanger one of the most thickly settled portions of the city. All the occupants of houses in the flooded section have now been s.ifely removed. Mrs. Lambert Tree Dies at Sea. NEW YORK. October 10.?Mrs. Tree, wife of Judge Lambert Tree, the well known jurist of Chicago, and formerly Unit ed States minister to Belgium and Russia, died aboard the steamer Campania while at sea Thursday evening. Mrs. Tree's death was sudden and unexpected, death being due to syncope. Judge and Mrs. Tree were returning from a European trip. The remains will be taken at once to Chi cago. Steamship Arrivals. At New York: Steamer Campania, from Liverpool and Queenstown: Philadelphia, from Southampton and Cherbourg. Members of Honourable Artil lery Sight-Seeing. ALL ARE DELIGHTED WILL RETURN HOME WITH NEW VIEWS OF UNITED STATES. i Fresident Roosevelt to Entertain thf Visiters nt Luncheon This Afternoon. Tl;e elements swm to ti ive combined against the Honourable Artillery Company of London to prevent the members from seeing; the cities they pass through on their fraternal visit to the Ancient ar.il Honora ble Artillery Company of Boston. There was but a slight let-up in the downfall of rain that has accompanied the company since its departure from Boston, and that came yesterday as the two organizations marched up Pennsylvania avenue from the t!th street depot to the Arlington Hotel. The rain began shortly after the Honoura bles and Ancients had entered the hotel. During the evening it continued and the heavy winds made sight-seeing most diifi cult. The visitors' ardor was not dampen ed. however. They desired to see the Capi tol and the Library, and immediately after their arrival a large party was loaded into automobiles and hauled up Capitol Hill, Jiarl of Denbigh and Desmoid. - I'b >tojrrj:i>he<l by Ki;.n-r CUiejicriiiK. In the evening they attendtwT t-fee theaters and private dinner parties given in their honor, and retired to rest at a very early hour this morning, after a most enjoyable afternoon and nUrht, despite the rain and unfavorable conditions. While in New York the Honourable* be came accustomed to rain. They were thor oughly drenched there, and. therefore, did not mike any strenuous remarks against the weather when they arrived h* re. hav ing expended theii vocabulary. 'I hey were much disappointed, however, at not l>ei!ig able to see the city un ler more f ivorablo conditions, although the;, were greatly im pressed with it as it is. The elements seri ously 'disturbed The program for today, but all of the members of the party scat tered about over the city until time to re turn to the hotel and- prepnre for the re ception to l.e given at 4 o'clock this after noon by the. President. The President is to receive the visitors at 4 o'clock. The District Commlrsiont rs Gen. George li Harries, comm inding the Dis trict militia; the members of the cibinet end prominent army and navy officers have been invited to attend the reception. The visitors will be introduced 1 y Col. 'I'. \\. Symmons, superintendent of public build ings and grounds, and after gieeting the President and the other members of the receiving party will be ep-. orted to the banquet room, where a lunch will be served. Party Visits Mi. Vernon. It had been planned to take the Honour ables and the Ancients to Mount Vernon this morning and spend the forenoon there. Special trains on the Washington. Alexan dria and Mount Vernon railroad had iieen fitted up for the occasion, and a boat had also been engaged to t tke that section of the party which preferred to make the trip by water. There was much discussion re garding the trip this morning, more than half of the visitors having bten erroneously infotmed that the visit to Mount Vernon had been abandoted. Shortly after o'clock the railroad officials appeared at the hotel, however, and announced that the cars were ready to leave. There was a scramble among the visiting soldiery and a party was organized. The visitors left the railroad station at l.'lVi street at about 1<? o'clock, and returned in time for luncheon at 1 o'clock. A majority of the visitors arose early this morning and started in lo see the sights aboard the Seeing Washington cats. Tho reports that came to the hotel early in the morning of the utility of this mode of visit ing the interesting points about Washing ton were so pood that every ctr that left the station at 14th and G streets was filled with a crowd of uniformed visitors, al! eager to see the buildings, p-irlis and s;reets about which they have he?rd so much. The members of the Ixindon company were very much surprised and at the same time greatly pleased at the reception ac corded them in this city. Thire was not the wild hurrah that they had found on landing: at Boston or in New York. The re ception here reminded the visitors more of London. The width of ti e streets and ilie excellent management of the crowds was a revelation to the Englishmen. None of them state what they ?xpected io tind probably through a poiite r-g'rd for the feelings of the average W.ishingtonian. but all declared It was one of the most beauti ful cities they have ever seen and ali re marked on the extremely comprehensive .system of streets and the puking system. The open-hearitd hospitality of the Ameri can people has also been a revelation to the visitors. Hospitality Impressive. "Coming over on the steamer we were torn with coniiicting feelings." one of the Honourables said. "We did not know how you people were going to look upon us. We honestly believed, some of us. that is. that our reception by all but the Boston Ancients would be anything but cordial. Sou could have knocked me down with a feather when I heard the cheer that greet ed us when we landed in Boston. We were literally taken oft our feel by the hospita ble Bostonians, and we haven't had time to collect ourselves since. The people here are more cordial than any wa have ever met. There seems to be nothing you can't do for us. I think I can speak for our en tire company when 1 say that we have never so thoroughly enjoyed anything, and that the visit to America has been a revela tion. To me. at least, and I know it is th< i same with a large number of our fellowi