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SWEPT BY A HURRICANE.
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BUIN WROUGHT BY A WEST ?
INDIAN CYCLONE. J
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The Worst Summer Storm Tliat Has P
Ever Struck New York?Great T
Damage Alonij the Long Island tl
a?nd New Jersey Shores?Two- si
Score Lives Ileported Lost. j *
Tlje West Indian eyelona which swept over ^
'the middle of the Atlantic coast on its way to jr
tho New England coast left its marks over si
the whole region around New York?with a
sweep of fully 1000 miles. It strewed the tJ
New Jersey coa3t with mor9 wrccks c;
than have been recorded ia a sin- ci
Kl? .day since the blizzard. Reports ei
?how that nearly two score of lives were lost, si
and many pleasure, merchant and fishing g
craft foundered or were driven to destruc- w
tion on the shoTfes. The greatest violence of w
the elements was manifested in a region fifty ci
miles in diameter, with New York City as a L
" .oenter. and in this district the fury of the A
storm was almost unexampled. fi
In New York City the storm did every ii
kind of damage that a rainstorm can do, ex- a
?wpt that it was attended with no fatalities, p
Signs, shutters, chimneys and fences were tl
blown down, trees were uprooted, plate glass b
windows were wrecked, leaky roofe were a:
discovered and cellars were flooded. The J
parks perhaps displayed the most striking lc
scenes of wreck when morning came. The c<
paths were almost impassable with the gi
branches of trees, and those trees that were ol
hinron a nathetic feature of the ruin a
was the large number of sparrows that di
were killed. Three hundred dead ones were w
found in City Hall Park alone, while in Cen- ji
tral Park they must have been numbered by fs
the thousands. Among the hundreds of B
trees blown down in the city the old oak di
which formed a landmark in West Ninth a
street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, is ni
noteworthy, it being blown across the w
street, effectually blocking it. Along ?
West. Vesey, Barclay and Washington T
streets some of the greatest damage was a!
done, mainly by the flooding of basements in
and cellars. Everett's restaurant on Vesey pi
street, and Smith A McNeil's on Wash- di
incron and Greenwich streets were re
flooJed. and much damage done. In a;
the North New York parks trees and A
shrubbery were blown down, and along the vi
streets next morning were seen shutters gi
blown from their fastenings. At Oak Point si
and Port Morris much damage was done w
to yachts. ' Residents say it W3s the fr
worst storm in years in thai section, m
On Washington Heights huge trees were N
uprooted, broken and twisted, gardens were di
utterly ruined and fences were torn apart te
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were blockaded by fallen trees, and the axe- ti
men were busy for several hours. 16
The storm raged over Brooklyn with de- ?
struorive fury, and next morning there were *:
marks of its work all over the city. Houses 9,
were demolished in some cases, unroofed r'
iir o: hers; tre& were blown down, electric
poW and wires broken and twisted, a.!
and business signs knocked into splinters.
Near y 600 of the finest shade trees were up- w
root- 1. One struck a Fifth avenue elevated f5
train, but fortunately did no damage to it. A
stran 'e feature about the destruction of the {*
4r?ps is that the largest suffered. They went
down beforethemerclless3torm,leavinggreat j?
gai'sj where they stood, ripping up sidewalks Si1
and navements and crusning fences, rails. V
Btof>p? and piazzas. There were cases where ,
the (alien trees barred ingress to or exit from P
the houses in front of which they stood. The
trees and plants in Prospect Park suffered
Kreatlv. One hundred shade trees were
uprooted and thrown ; others were stripped L
of their branches. Hardly one escaped, xne i
beautiful flowers were wholly or partially jj
<l?st roved. The cemeteries were not spared.
Trees were thrown, plants and shrubbery upxooted,
headstones leveled with the earth
-and railings thrown down. .
Coney Island lay fairly* in the cyclone's
path, and probably fared the worst of any ">
section, so far as damage to property was k<
-concerned. No such storm had visited the 8j
island in yeare, and perhaps not within
its history as a seaside resort. From at
Norton'9 Point, on the westerly end.
to Point Breeze, on the extreme east. U]
the shore was left a continuous picture of
disaster and wreckage. At Brighton Bsach
Hotel the lawn and walk were completely tjj
destroyed. The tide reached a remarkable ^
height, sweeping up to the electric railway
tracks on Sea Breeze avenue. The piles rn
supporting the Brighton Beach Elevated
Railway were washed away, and a train w
-was removed from the station just in time p?
to save it. The station itself is a wreck jr
and the road crippled. The guests in the ^
hotel were roused at 4.30, as the spray was
than doshincr over the Diazza. and it was n,
feared the structure would be surrounded. At jj
West Brighton the mo9t noticeable damage gp
was done. Palmer's mammoth bathing pavilJon.
said to be the largest in the world, was pj
-wrecked, as were also dozens of smaller g,
bath houses, restaurants, booths and places m
of axusement. At Manhattan Beacn the w
powerlul bulkheads protected the hotel to a p.
great extent, and less damage was caused, ^
but the boardwalks wore broken and scat- ?
tered over the lawn. The losses on Coney ^1
Islhnd are estimated all the way from $50,- ?
000 to $200,000. Ir
Considerable damage was done on Long tb
Ialiind. The wind blew with the force of a bj
hurricane, tearing o?f branches of trees and in sc
?ome <-ases tearing trees up from the roots, pi
Travel on the various branches of the Long st
Island Railroad was greatly inconvenienced, w
and nearly all the trains were more or less de- re
layed. Some of the trains were not started. p<
Many business men on the south side of the tb
Island gave up all idea of coming to town. b<
but many who had concluded to take a in
holiday changed their minds when the
weather cleared later in the morning. The
farmers who have (or two months been
wbhing and praying for rain are in a serious
state of mind. The wind that came
along with the water was more than they ~
bargained for. Ia some cornfields there is
scarcely a stalk standing, and on some of the
truck farms patches of vegetables are com- r
pletely washed out. The effects of the storm c
at the various yacht club anchorages along a
the Sound were tremendous. Tne exces- a!
-eively heavy winds on shore drove the small
boats together and in many Instances great P1
-damage was done among the frail pleasure
craft by collision. At Larchmont Har- !*
bor a big schooner w<?nt a3horo
?irly in the morning during the height of T
the storm on the rocks off Shepherd's Point.
Her crew of seven men remained on her at c*
work at the pumps, but with the falling of
the tide she was left high and dry. and will
Inevitably go to pieces. All along the Sound 8(
.shore, from Indian Harbor at Greenwich to
Port Morris, the devastation of the
storm was apparent in the de- .
stroyed piers, the flooded meadow 1C
lands and the shore houses, whose 01
first floors were in most instances on a level
with the water. The trale struck Flushing ^
broadside, and over 100 of the rarest and
. / ' t. roost beautiful specimens of .trees, which X
have made the village famous, jiere upmtftM
and thrown across the street, b)f ckinjrfVavel? T
In the morning the streets were covered"with ?
foliage and branches of trees. *
The storm swept Connecticut on shore and
inland with tremendous fury. At Black w
Book thrilling scenes were/enactcd- The first n
boat to be hurried upon, the shore was the w
Hazel, a yacht owned, by J. C. Wolcott., of n
Jwsey City. It sank beneath the waves. t]
and the party on "board were rescue*! oy a y
life line. The ..rescuers then turned ti
the r attentionf to the yacht Stella, b
? She is a pilpt' bout about thirty feet 0
V, Ions: and is owned by Roland Pattit, of New a
'i. , . York. The cable which held the boat snapped r<
.. ' aboitts^wfn o'clock in the morning. Tden
' *was at the mercy of the sea. It
rolled and tossed and every moment seemed
to be its last. It was heaved by the {
waves against the pier. The yachtmen
jumped, but the pier gave way and j
the life line again did good service. The . 5
crisis came when the big schooner yacht |
Neta dragged her anchor. Suddenly it was | a
heaved high on the crest of a wave and then
lanood upon the disabled Stella. At Savin > j;j
Bock nearly a!l ihe bath houses were
washed away and many dancing pa
vilions damaged seriously. At Short ri
Beach the launch Ella, owned by Ella I
Wheeler Wilcox, the poetess, was sunk in tl
a collision, and a number of small yachts
were driven on the beach and destroyed. n
Camp Morris, where the Connecticut Xational
Guard was at rendezvous at Niantic.
was left in ruins. Not one tent out ot'
the 750 remained standing. The 15
severe gale did immense damage in w
the interior of the State. Many ttne shade
Jk trees were blown down and several partly t<
finished buildings were unroofed and demol- E
ilied. The roof of the lleriden silver plats
ictory at Merideu was blown oft.
The storm fell on New Jersey's coa3t reion
with terriflo force and disastrous effect,
hippinsr destroyed, crops ruined, communiation
interrupted, houses and hotels unaofed.
trees uprooted, fow! killed and roads
cashed out are some of th?' costly results. In
ersey City the streets were littered with hunreds
of shade trees. The roofs weretorn lik<?
aper and shingles were carried away, leavlg
apertures through which the rain poured,
hose living in the meadow section found
leir homes in a lake. In Hoboken th<*
nvers of the meadow district were choked
nd the streets were under water. Few teleraph
poles along the West Shore tracks
ssisted the furious pale. In Kabay
cellars were flooded and roofs
ijured. Two factories were obliged to
tiut down temporarily iu order to
;pair damages. A. T. Crane, who has
oats for hire lost fifty of thom. In Belmar
le entire roof of the big Columbia Hotel was
arried away. The heavy beams and joists
rashed down through the floors bolow.frightningthe
350 guests who were in their beds ;a
:ampede was made for the parlor on the
round noor. 1D0 oatniD^uwusraouu pu....vU
'pra also blown down. The loss to the hotel
rill exceed 85000. In Point Pleasant several
Dtt3ges were unroofed. The visitors to
.one Branch will long remember the storm,
t West End the gale lifted part of the roof
om the big West End Hotel. The bath- J
ig houses were strewn along the beach
ad the pavilion badly wrenched. A big
ile of debris on the beach is all
lat is left of the Howland Hotel bathing i
ouses. The Scarboro Hotel bathing houses
re all gone also. The loss is a heavy one.
. C. Van Cleaf, of the United States Hotel,
?ses all of his bathing houses and their
intents. At the Ocean Hotel bathing
rounds, Plerson & Jules have a pile I
r kindling wood, all that is left of
long row of new bathing bouses. Fivehunred
dollars' worth of new bathing suits J
ent with the houses. Of the big iron pier
ist north of the bathing grounds fully
(ur-flfths were swept away. Of the
righton Hotel bath houses a few
oors. some broken joists and part of
bathing suit is all that is left. Just
orth of the Brighton Hotel the roadway
as not protected by bulkheads and the saa
irried away fully ten feet of the highway,
here are barely eight feet left. A fleet of
jout twenty-five graceful boats were swingig
at their moorings off the long railroad
ier at Atlantic Highlands at sundown: at
iybreak only four remained. The
at lay wrecked and battered
gainst the spiles or along the shore,
moner the farmers and fruit growers in the
icinity of Elizabeth the storm has oaused
eat damages. The peach crop ha3
iffered badly. The fruit crop, which
as about to be gathered, was blown
om the trees and scattered on the
uddy ground. Reports from nil inland
ew Jersey towns say the storm did much
image to buildings, farms and stock. All
legraphic or telephonic connection with
any inland towns was cut off for the first
me since the memorable blizzard of March,
188.
The greatest havoc was wrought at sea.
rom all along the coast came reports of
sa3ter and loss of life. This is the record :
ng Panther, of Philadelphia, with barge
ackins Valley ; tug went down off Southnpton.
Long Island, barge went ashore;
xteen men on tug, four on barge seventeen
ere lost. Fishing smack Empire 8tate
ihore at Squan Beach, N. J.; crew of
n men. all of New London, lost;
shing schooner Jlary P. Kelly ashore at Aslry
Park, Captain Chris Brattan and three
on dmwnnH afAimnr of Merritt WfBCkinZ
ompany ashore near Narragansett Pier,
iver William Coolan, of Staten Island,
rowned; Government tug General Humirey
sunk off Atlantic Highlands, crew not
jard from.
LLINOIS DAY AT THE FAIR.
[any Thousands of Visitors ?A Remarkable
Procession.
Illinois day at the World's Fair was cele ated
by an enormous crowd. The mea at
ie gates had more than they could do to
jep the thousands of applicants for admison
from congesting outside the three hun:ed
turnstiles. The excursion boats, the
earn cars, the elevated road and the surface
irs were packed with people from 8 o'clock
itil noon. Then there was a lull in the
ream, but it lasted only a short time when
w;i3 renewed, thousands of people leaving
ioir work in Chicago to come out and see
ie night's display.
The day's entertainment began with a pa,de
of the Illinois National Guard, 5000
rong. The militia marched into the Miday
Plaisance from the west entrance, and
issed down the thoroughfare in companyont
order to the main Fair grounds, and as
ey moved by the natives o! each village ia
.e Plaisance fell in behind. First came the
3douin3 riding camels and Arabian horses.
?* ? .A/I nnnwlif n iKmiann<4 faof A#
LItJy woro OliUWOU ucuu; Cfc iuwuiuuu *uvi vr*
iace. and as the parade moved along, those
ounted on horses rode back and forth disavinc
feats of horsemanship. After the
'douins came the Laplanders and the
itives of Dahomey. Then came the Chinese
1th a dragon, sixty feet long, made of riceiper,
a band ot Sioux Indian*, the South
Hi islanders, the Hawaiians, Persians,
Egyptians, Turks, Moors, Swiss hornowers,
the natives of Jahore, the
Igerians and the inhabitants of the
ish and German villages. In
ia main grounds they were joined
* the Italian m arines. the British
Idlers, and the West Point Cadets. The
irade was led by Governor Altgeld and his
afT until it reached the Illinois Building,
here they dropped out, and the Governor
ivlewert the procession from the Ant
>rtico of the building. At the conclusion of
ia parade Governor Altgeld and his staff
sld a reception in the Illinois State fiuild?
FLED BEFORE FLAMES.
rcat Panic in South Chicago and a
Large Area Burned.
For six hours Are raged in that part of
hicago known as South Chicago, practically
city of itself, having 50.003 inhabitants,
id situated on Lake Michigan, about three
iles below the World's Fair grounds. It
irned nearly 230 houses, most of them frame
sellings. At least 10D0 persons were mads
ameless. and the loss was about $1,000,OOOl
Nearly a dozen blocks were burned over,
he burned district is north of the business
jntre of South Chicago, and was almost
celusivoly Riven up to residences. I wo
vps were lost, and several persons wars
svoreiy injured.
Tho fira began about 5 o'clock in the afTnoon
in a three-story brick building at
10 corner of Ninety-first street an.i Superir
avenue, owned bv William Gilles, and
eeupiod by him as a residence.
Tho llamas spread rapidly under a pale of
ind from the west and ate their way over
lock i\fter block of the small frame reStences
until they reached tt^e laka, Within
le first two hours of the Are it had conKmed
at least, thirty buililnM. and five
loelts. The 50*000 residents' <n the town
ere stricken with a panic lllfe that which
har;ictarized the conflagration of 1871,
As the pine structures in which lived the
orkingmen employed in the largo steel
lills of the Illinois Steel Company and In
rbich the smaller merchants of tho plaoe
rnde their homes ware levelled by tho flames,
tiose whose homes had not yet fallen fled
rith their goods and household utensils to
he other portions of the city} Streets were
locked with wagons containing the effects
f the fleeing residents, and men and women,
ppalled by the calamity, fled in every d>sction.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
A water famina is threatened in Western
lassncliusetts.
Corrox, wheat and corn promise less than
a average yield.
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I UK I \J 1 VJOICIO 11419 JUUfc M O.IIU IV wv
irge ani of fine quality.
Thk oholora epidemic continues to spread
ipidly throughout Russia.
The Gould estate lost $0,090,000 during
le late fluctuation in stock,
Thk Manufacturers' Record reports twenty
ew cotton mills under construction in the
OUtl).
Yacbtino experts agree that the Vigilanfc
i the fastest boat of the cupdefenders in fair
reather.
The army worm has appeared in the catjn
fields of the Arkansas and Mississippi
fiver bottoms.
THE MM VILLAGE.
A NOVEL AND INTERESTING i
EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR, 1
Seenos of Oriental Industry and ,
Home Life?Dwellings of the Vll- !
lagers?The Police Station and '
Its Implements?A Javanese The- .
atre and Orchestra. 1
After a careful inspection of the pleasures J
offered by the Midway Plaiaance, perhaps the 1
majority of visitors will decide, say3 a Chi- '
cago correspondent of the New York Even- J
Inc Post, that the Javanese Village is at once i
tho most unique, refined, and comprehensive
fn its scope of any at the Fair. There is no
sign of coarseness or vulgarity in either
amusements or customs, and Oriental life is
presented in one of Its most charming phases.
The houses, bazaars, theatre, and kiosk are
a delight to the eye; the men. though lacking
the stature of the Saxon, nave a sturdy
physique, the little women have lustrous
eyes, sweet faoes and gentle ways; both are
placid and soft spoken, industrious and artistic.
The village, which covers a very considerable
area, is surrounded by a palisade of split
bamboo and at its western side is a high
arched entrance made of immense bamboos
decorated with devices In smaller bamboos,
palm leaves and bark. In the oentre of the
village and fronting the entrance is a large
kiosk where the real Java coffee and tea are
served. Apropos of real Java coffee and tea,
It was largely with the idea of letting Americans
know what the true articles'aretbalThis
village has been sent over. At present comparatively
little, it is said, of our so-callod
Java coffee comes from the island of Java,
but rather from South America. The Java
coffee is very high in the essential oil and less
is required in making the beverage than
when the South American berry is used. For
that reason aud for Us finer flavor the genuine
berry commands a higher price. Most of
the Java coffee goes to Amsterdam and Rotterdam,
and is distributed from there, while i
[ the greater part of the tea crop is shipped to 1
Wwjfrwd, , ]
Speaking of ooffee and tea-drinking in the <
United States, Signor CarloTerrari, the manager
of the Javanese natives here and for i
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DETAIL or THB BB,U
the lost twenty-eight years resident of Java,
says we do not at all understand brewing either
tea or coffee with any regard to preserving
their delicacy of flavor. Coffee, he says,
should be first ground to a fine flour, then
tightly packed in a Alter so that the quantity
of liquor desired may be passed through it in
about two hours; one tablespoonful of the
powder should be used for each small oup,
and in the filtration cold or warm water employed
; after Altering the liquor should be
heated, but never to the boiling point, and
then served without dilution. In tea-making
enough boiling water should be poured upon
the leaves at one time to make tne amount of
tea required, and in a few moments poured
into another hot pot so that the leaves may
not give up the tannin and other undesirable
properties. If tea is too strong it should be c
thrown away and more brewed, using a less
quantity of leaves, as diluting with water
destroys the. flavor as much as it would to
reduce a strong beer by the same means.
This tea epicure smiles in derision at the decoction
which forms the old ladles' ideal of a
"good strong cup of tea."
But to return to the kiosk, this building,
like all the others, is one-story in height ana
constructed chiefly of bamboo and palm
leaves. The roof over the house proper has
a sharp pitch, but over thef broad veranda '
which surrounds it on all sides the incline is s
**"?" I>olrr? lootroa ova iiaaH fni?fhafrth- V
ing, with ft layer of blaok palm bark at Intervals
of ft foot or more, which gives a very j
decorative effect. The veranda Is crowded t
these hot days by visitors who, after wander- k
lag through the village sight-seeing, rest la a
the oool shade and sip dellolous tea and oof- ?
fee or a very seduolve Iced drink made of I
cocoa, enjoying the while the misery of per- t
spiring humanity as it trudges up und down f
the Midway under a torrid sun. a
All around the palisade on the inside are 1
built the dwellings of the villagers. These 1
delightful little artistio creations in bamboo g
and palm have the usual one-story thatched c
roof and broad thatoh-oovered veranda which e
seems to be the work-room and drawing- a
room of the owner. Hero may be seen carv- \
era working in wood, men making queer a
Oriental musical Instruments, women weaving
or sitting oross-legged before a low frame t
cluing very olever bead-work, embroidery, t
etc. The sides and doors of these houses are e
made of finely split bamboo woven with con- o
ventional design, in different colors, prln- g
' .oipally tUo natural colpjra and blaok, and, t
. with the light and blaok-thatohed roofs and ?jj
1 general graoeful shape, the whole la plctur- n
esque to the last degree. 8warthy children l,
tumble about In silent glee, men from time 3
to time abandon their tools for a ohat ?nd t
the odd skewer-shaped cigarette, the matrons p
gossip with mild animation, and the young
Javanese belles gcze dreamily at the bold 1j
American until, suddenly conscious of his o
too scrutinizing glances, they turn with c
heightened color and unusual zeal to their o
needlework. Everything is restful, every- t!
where is Industry, but quiet, tranquil in- i
ilustry. 1;
lu the east end of the "iiiago is the black- t
smith.shop. The ap Drentice softly blows up ?
the Are by pushing a piston back and forth p
in a long cylinder whioh looks very like a *
i great syringe; the smith busies himseli g
j chiefly in forcing knives ; most of the carpen|
ter work is done with knives and it requires
i blade of unusual keenness ana temper to
work in the tough and fibrous bamboo, h
Around the central portion and near the p
kiosk are bazaars for the sale of matting, p
v?oven bamboo hats, reed instruments, curi- p
ous drums, embroideries, and a great variety s
of Javanese art work. li
The whole village was constructed in Java <1
on tho estates of the proprietors and shipped o
by way of Hong Kong and San Francisco to
Chicago. In Java the village would occupy F
many acres, but here in the Plaisance the a
beautiful gardens surrounding each house at u
home have necessarily been crowded out. t<
One hundred and twenty-five natives were
brought from the same estates properly to
represent Javanese lifeto the Western world. C
Fifty tons of coffee and thirty tons of tea for h
drinking at the kiosk and lor wholesale also si
formed part of the cirgc. The owners hope F
to familiarize Amnrieana with their prodacti
and to open direct trade relations with the
merchants of this country. On the island of
Java the ooffee tree begins bearing at thre?
pears, is mature at seven years, and livei
usually from thirty to forty years, and froa
its olimate and soil the tree thrives best at as
altitude of about 4000 feet, when the averag*
yiold ia two pounds of the berries per tree
Near the kiosk on the north is a typica'
Javanese village police station. It is s
3mall affair, having room for not more thar
two or three persons. In front hangs s
ijong, in the form of a great red flsh, upor
which alarms are given. Leaning agains'
the station are the implements with whicl
the culprit is apprehended, and most un
jomfortable looking implements they are
They are oalled tjagak. One, the tjaj?al
bessi, is of iron, shaped like the letter U
with barbs on the inner side, and the othei
is of wood in the form of a V. This has 01
the inside wicked-looking thorns from th?
rattan which point backward. Both th<
' ' 1 fVw
rjagaKfl are iasreneu iu iuug yuuio. owiuov m.
prisoner may be kopt at a distance when hit
neck is in the jaws of this contrivance, ane
:he long thorns or barbs pointing to th<
rear deprive the poor wretch of any temp
ration to escape by running. However
Ihere is comparatively little use for jails 01
ijagaks In Java now. Occasionally a nativt
?ets some opium and has a jolllfloatlon, bu
:rlme, especially of a grave character, is un
sommon. The people are naturally gentle
md so extremely sensitive that one who ha>
mastered their language is said to be able tc
punish them much more severely by wordi
:han with a stick.
Beyond the police station to the. north it
:he theatre. This is a long building of thi
tame general construction as the others, ex
sept that It is higher, wider, more elaborate
ly decorated, and generally a more preten
:ious piece of architecture. Its seating ca
pacity Is for 1000 or more people, and here
ire given Javanese play? of the present and
former periods. In former times the tal?
was unfolded by using marionettes behind
in illuminated screen. One man, called th<
ialang, worked them and spoke the differ
ant parts, changing his voice with the characters
represented, then the screen wai
abandoned and dolls were substituted in
which the extravagant and characterise
profiles were preserved. Afterwards th<
several roles were played by persons wear
ing the typical masKs and supplying the ap
propriate gestures, while the dalang from a
concealed position spoke the various parts.
In this form, which is still the cominor
amusement of the poor peoplo, the different
1 ?n* \tmm ??
LILIAN BOtLDINO.
iharacters were known by the masks, the
irinces and nobles wearing white masks,
riants and devils red and brown masks, etc.
hthe last evolution the parts are both
poken and acted by the same person, but
ho plot of the play is taken as of old from
nythologioal tales.
The orchestra of the theatre numbers about
wenty-flve, and their music, though quaint
ind strange, is not at all bad. The leader
>lays a two-stringed violin, or rebab, there
9 one wind Instrument, the soelling, & kind
if bamboo whistle, several xylophones, some
tonangs, a kettle-shaped affair made of bell
aetal, some big gongs of the same material,
ind drums great and small. None of the
iounds are the discordant, terrible noises of
he Chinese, but each one is by itself at least
listinctly musical. In fact, the Javanese are
aid to be in muslo by far the most highly
leveloped of any of the Eastern Nations. For
ome muslo the ootave is divided Into seven
ones, as for the pelog, and for other music
nto Ave tones, as lor the salendro. The
tavenese say the salendro sounds like glass
ind has a manly sound, while the pelog is
aore tender and mast have a more metallic
'timbre." This orchestra occasionally plays
yell-known English and Amerioan airs, and
h? effect is very pleasing if somewhat odd.
?he dancing by the Javanese girls is a slow
uocesslon of graceful poses, vhebest of them
leing very Delsartlan indeed.
Before one leaves the village he goes to
lay a final visit to Klaas, the orang-outang,
rhose large cage is at the corner of the
:iosk. This is certainly an extraordinary
,pe, and nearly as clever as old "Aunt
lally," who used to be at the London Zoo.
le washes his face and hands, cleans his
eeth, eats his porridge with a spoon, careally
peels and eats an orange for de&sert,
,nd then walks on his hind feet about his
touse, or takes a little practloe on the horzontal
bar, but always sedately and with
rroat dignity. When the weather isa bit
ool, he folds his blanket about him and sits
neditatively looking at his strange visitors,
,nd perhaps ruminates regretfully upon the
fnrm rtiiva In .Tnvn. whnn hft could tranrm
,bout the village unrestrained.
After the Javanese women get married
hey file the two front teeth, which, soon
urning black, make their smile a most disnchantlng
one. Why they do It Is not disoverable.
The only explanation they vouahafels'that
"dogs have white teeth." In '
ront of the kiosk are several Buddhist idols J
irought from Java, but they are for sale and
lot for worship, as the religion of that popuaus
island lfl Mohammedan. Holland is
urely fortunate in having in Java so producIve
& colony and In the Javanese. 26,000,000
leaoeful, industrious subjects.
When a person goes onoe down to this vilige
he becomes n habitue. It's only ton
ents to enter, just enough to keep out the
rowil. and only ten cents for oocoa, coffee,
r other drinks ; on the veranda of the kiosk
here is invariably a little breeze, and there,
leaven be thanked, the visitor from the outying
districts does not in the hottest part of
he day possess himself of the only shady
eat and at:ack formidable sausages and imicrlshable
eggs. To the frequenters of the
'air the Javanese Village is of green and
rateful memory.
TBIZES IN THE STOCK EXHIBITION.
More than ?2.000,000 worth of blooded
orses, and cattle worth $1,000,000 wore
araded in the stock pavilion at the World's I
air in the presence of 10,000 spectators. |
'eople who have attended the principal live- |
lock shows in Europe and America for the
?st twenty-flve years declared it to be the
nest display of blooded animals brought to- !
ether in recent .years.
After the parade all the animals excopt the
'ercheron stallions of five years and over,
nd the short-horn heifers of two years and
nder three, were arranged about the arena
) be judged for the awarding of prizes.
Pieces of wood from the beam to Tilich
lolumbus was chained and the irou. ball that
eld the fetters nro shown among the thouund
and more relics in the Convent of l.a
ahida.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States*
State Bank Scpebintekdent Preston's
statement of the affairs of the suspended
Madison Square Bank, of New York City,
shows that the capital stock is impaired by
8371,312.03, and that the loss'to stockhlders
amounts to 3564,312.03.
A LA.BGE meeting in favor of silver and
against the repeal of the ;'8herman act" was
held in Cooper Union, New York City.
A case of apparent poisoning from eating
crabs, resulting in four deaths, was discovered
in Jersey City, N. J., the victims being
Mrs. Annie Lewis, Caroline Collins,
Augustus Hasalocher and John Morse, colored.
Evidences of extensive frauds in the
Bureau of Weighers and Gaugers, New York
City, were discovered by the Custom House
Commission.
The known dead of the great storm on the
second day after, numbered nearly fifty persons
and the missing were fully that number
also. Each ship coming to port is either
disabled or has thrilling stories to tell of the
storm.
The New York Democratic State Committee
have decided upon Saratoga, and October
5, as the place and date of the State Convention.
Claos Timseebmak, a young Anarchist
loader, was arrested in New York and held
for making incendiary a peaches.
The Norwegian bark Glengalrn collided
nrlfVi a. afronoA nff Tialnt???ia
" wvuwv/uui vu tuu vuiunaio
Breakwater, and sunk an hour later. Her
captain and crew of sixteen men took to the
boats and were ploked up by a passing vessel.
It is believed the schooner went down
with ali on board.
The death of August Jacobson, a New
York tailor, made the sixteenth vlotim of the
terrible collision between two trains on the
Long Island Railroad.
Eaqlesmebe, a beautiful summer resort on
the crest of the Alleghanies, in Sullivan
County, Penn., was struck by a tornado,
whioii wrecked a cottage and several barns,
and badly damaged other building.
South and West.
At a railroad crossing between Lexington,
Ohio, and West Alexandria, Mrs. William
Hapner and her daughter, aged seventeen,
were struak by a train and instantly killed.
A little girl aged three was seriously injured.
Axl the inhabitants of Brunswick, Ga.,
except about 5000, are reported to have left
the city from fear of yellow fever.
At San Francisco, Cal., the jury in the
case of the actor, M. B?. Curtis, "Sam'l of
Poaen," for the murder of Policeman Grant,
returned a verdict of acquittal.
These was a fight between unemployed
men and police In Chicago, in which several
persons were Injured.
The Brunswick (Ga.) Relief Committee issued
an appeal for contributions for the relief
of the destitution caused by the yellow
fever scare.
The town of KernersviUe, N. C.. was
struck by a cyclone. One hundred nouses
were blown down, four persons were killed
and many wounded.
Washington.
The official copy of the decision made by
the Bering Sea Board of Arbitration has been
received at the' 8tate Department from the
Hon. John W. Foster, agent of the United
States at Paris.
Senator Hill, of New York, argued in favor
of the repeal of the Sherman law and declared
he was in favor of free coinage of
silver at a smaller ratio than sixteen to one.
Ma. Cumminos, of New York. Chairman of
the House Committee on Naval Affairs,
has organized his committee. J. C. Baumsr,
who served with Secretary Herbert while
Chairman of the committee, was appointed
Clerk.
Iif his annxal report the Hungarian Minister
of Agrioulture estimates the world's
production of wheat this year at 2,279,000,000
bushels, against the official average of
2,280,000,000 annually for the last ten years.
The deficits to be died by the importing
ociintries will require 379,000,000 bushels.
'ir!e surplus available in exporting countries
to satisfy this demand is 378,634,'J00 bushtfls.
Foreign.
The Duke of Edinburgh has resigned his
position as British Admiral owing to his ao
ceptanoe of the Coburg Duchy.
The report stage of the Home Rule bill was
closured la the British House of Commons;
eighteen amendments proposed by John
Moriey were carried by thirty-eight majority.
The rioting in Naples, Italy, has been
quelled by the military, and order restored
In the city.
It is estimated that the Frenoh Govornment
will have a majority of 176in the Chamber
of Deputies after tho second ballots have
been taken.
Maxt deaths from oholera ara reported
from various countries of Europe. >
At a concert in San Sebastian, Spain, the
band refined to play the Basque hymn; a
riot followed, the military were called out
and two rioters were killed before order was
restored. Saragossa. Spain, was also the
scene of a riot, spectators at a bull fight
being dissatisfied with the performance.
In the British House of Commons several
speakers critioised the construction of warsnips
of the Victoria type, and Lord George
Hamilton charged the Government with not
maintaining the efficiency of the navy.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
The state attire of the King of Siam Is
worth over $1,000,000.
The Dake of York has become a tenant
farmer and is to try his luck breeding hogs.
C. T. Yebk.es. the street railroad king of
Chicago, has bought a $100,000 diamond at
the World's Fair.
The 8hah of Persia has Ave sons and thlr
teen aaugnrers, :iau mere 1.1 uu uuugoi ui
the royal line becoming extinct.
Judoe William Conlev, of Madeira, Cal..
is only twenty-six years old. and is regarded
as the youngest Judge of a Court of Record
in this country.
Jaxes Hablax, who wiis elected to the
United States Senate nearly forty years ago,
was lately in the field for the Iowa Republican
Gubernatorial nomination.
Like a voice from the tomb sounds the
announcement that Theodore Tilton, who
has been long dead to the world, has just
published a hook of poems in Paris, where
he lives.
Pbebident Cleveland's brother, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at Chaumont,
Jefferson County, N. \\, is light of build
and spare figure, and is in othor respect*
unlike Grover.
The middle name of United States Judge
John F. Phillips, of Kansas City, Ma., is said
to bo Finis,.and to have been bestowed upon
him by his father because he was born in the
last day of a year's last month and week,.
Hew&s the last born of a large family, too.
A windfall to S. V. White, the Wall
street speculator, comes in the shape of
350,000, the amount of an insurance policy
taken out on the life of Philip Bruns, the
Wall street operator. It is said that the
policy was written as a security for a loau.
Geobob B. McClbllax, not yet twenty
OlgUt V^?r? ui iltft?, UUJJT wu VI iuo K^ai vrac
general of the same name, formerly a newspaper
reporter, and now Preaident of the
New York Board of Aldermen, Is the Acting
Mayor of New York when Mayor Gllroy Is
absent. He Is the youngest man who ever
gat in that chair.
Jean Martin Chabcot, a distinguished
French physician, died, a few days ago. at
Morvan, France. He made a specialty of
diseases of the nervous system, aud wrote a
large number of works on this and other
medical subjects. He was a member of the
Academic des Sciences and of the Clinical
Society of London.
Congressman Boatneq, ofLouisania, is the
terror of the official stenographers, l'ho
rapidity of his utterance is oompared to thq
noise of a shot being poured into a tin pax.
The words chas9 themselves out of him and
arowd upon one another's heels and when
they reachthe air develop into a swarm that
rises to the ceiling in a tangled mass. The
shorthand men, who take ordinary speakers
with ease, get their noses right down to the
paper when Boatner delivers a few remarks.
It Is said that apples are being sold tn
Chatham County, North Carolina, at tifteon
cents per bushel, and that dealers are buying
all they want of thorn at that orlce. i
LATER NEWS. ,
J. A. Arnold, an Alderman of Newark, N.
J., was accidently killed by swallowing^ a
dose of carbolic acid given by his wife in
mistake for a harmless tonic.
Rev. Fba.nk Sheffield, a Methodist clergyman
and temperance orator, in a fit of insanity
murdered his flvo-year-old daughter
Margaret at Rocky Point (R. I.) Excursion
Grounds. The ohild's head was crushed in
and she died in twenty minutes.
Edmond Bostab6uche, aged eighteen
years, and Samuel and Alexon Bouchard,
brothers, aged eighteen and fifteen years,
respectively, were drowned while swimming
at Manchester N. H.
New Yobk and New Jersey have been visited
by a second hurricane, but happily
without the trightful loss of life which accompanied
the first cyclone. In New York
much damage was done to crops, and along
the New Jersey coast m3ny summer hotels
and other buildings were badly damaged.
Co.vtbolleb Eckels, of the Treasury De- !
partment, has Issued a statement showing
that thirty-four suspended National banks
had resumed, and that there were prospects
for the resumption of about sixty more
banks.
Ten persons died in Lichtenstein, Germany,
irom the effects of having eaton poisonous
fungi, whioh they mistook for mushrooms.
Ex-Sekatok and Mrs. William M. Evarta
celebrated their golden wedding at Windsor
Vt.
Thz Pennsylvania Republican State Convention,
at Harrlsburg, nominated D. Newiin
Fell for Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, and Colonel Samuel M. Jackson for
State Treasurer.
New Yobe Prohibitionist at their State Convention
in Elmira nominated a ticket headed
by Joseph A. Bogardus for Secretary of
State.
The seventh annual convention of the International
Sunday-school Union was held
in St. Louis, Mo..
The loss caused by the cyclone on the cot
ton crop in the territory tributary to Savan
nah is placed at $1,000,000 and that on tin
rice orop $200,000. The total losses on the
cotton and rice crops of Georgia and the
Carollnas are regarded as incalculable. The
property loss in Charleston, S. C., and
suburbs resulting from the storm, is placed
of *11 RATI OnA ftffrt-thlr.'k r?f vhlph in
by cyclone insurance.
Chicaoo polioe to the number o{ ?00
clubbed and dispersed a big crowd of unemployed
workingmen, many of whom were
armed with shovels and coupling-pins and
threatened to start a riot.
The Ways and Means Committee of the
House decided to prepare a tariff bill and to
grant hearing)) to persons who may desire to
communicate facts aad information and submit
arguments bearing on theaubject of tariff
revision. ......
The new Cliinsse Minister, with his wife
and three children, the members of his official
suite andnsrvants, numbering fifty-seven
in all, has arrived in Washington.
President Cleveland ami family have returned
to the White Hou3t> from their country
residence in Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
An operation has been parformed on Mr.
Cleveland's mouth, but the assertion that ic
was for a cancer is denied. The President
has been suffering fron an ulcerated tooth.
"* *' ' ' " Asicito
Garcia and Nicanor Horta were
xecdted'ln Havana, Cuba, for kidnapping.
Soldiers were-oalied out to fight immense
forest.Area near Flguieres, France. One of
them was burned to death and several others
were injured.
During a heavy storm the British steamship
Justin, which has arrived at Barbadoes,
West Indies, lost six of her crew overboard.
THE LABOR WORLD.
Indian* unions held a State convention.
Stonecutters won thirty strikes this year.
Chicago is the Mecoa of the unemployed.
Nashville, Tenn., has a colored barbers'
union.
Brooklyn custom tailors have 97000 in the
treasury.
Chicago K. of L. demand a free employment
bureau.
Milwaukee horseshoers get twenty-flve
cents an hour.
Boys under sixteen cannot operate elevators
in Connecticut.
Twenty-five thousand persons are out of
employment in Boston.
Seattle, Washington, is to have a municipal
free employment bureau.
the railroads in all parts of the country
are reducing wages ana salaries.
Bostox teamsters and coal handlers have
organized under the Federation.
Th* number of workmen's daily tickets Issued
by London railways during 1889 was
18,942,835.
Oxford (N. J.) iron workers.are will In? to
accept a cut In wa^es rather than a shutdown
of the works.
Doixnesb marks the Iron business, many
miners beiag idle and small shipments of ore
being made.
The Iron Trade Review says the rasumptioD.
of iron mills does not promise to be of
long duration.
It is said that there are 8000 iasters in ths
country, and that 3000 of them are at work
upon machinery.
Thk coal miners'strike in South Wales is
so serious that thousands of troops have beau
ordered to the scene.
A dacohter of the late Judge ("Pig Iron")
Kelly, Mrs. Florence Wischnewetsky, is au
Illinois factory inspector.
Mobs in the San Joaquin Valley, California,
are threatening an outbreak against the Chinese
laborers in the vineyards.
The shoe business in Lynn, Mass.. 1? improving,
so the manufacturers say, and tie
labor leaders claim that more of the men are
at work than for 3ome time.
Thk oldest engineer in active s^rvic on I
the Erie road Is said to be H. L. Cario-j^n,
who runs the SufferU looal. He eut'jre.i the
service in 1853..ani has never been in a collision
or wreok.
The average amount earned per wae< r>y
women in Kansas and Wisconsin is $3.27 : in
Minnesota, "86. In Indianapolis tii ? s.u n
paid for shirt making ranges irooi thirty to
sixty cents a dozen.
ARAB MUTINY QUELLED.
Villages Burned aud Many Inhabitants
Killed by British Marines.
The British cruiser Blanche has quelled
a mutiny of Arabs against the East Africa
Company's employes on the island of Kismayoo,
and rescued all the company's servants
at the port of Klsmayoo exceptfng the
ohief agent, who had 'jeen killed.
The steamer Kenia, in Kismayoo Harbor,
was hard pressed by the Arabs, and was
saved from destruction only by the early arrival
of the Blanche. The marines drove the
Arabs into the interior of the island, after
having killed and wounded many and having
burned several of their villages.
re Is proposed to hold a universal exposition
in Madrid, from April 1 to October 31,
1894. A request has been forwarded to the i
United States Department of State, asking i
that a United States Commissioner be 3p>
pointed to arrange for American oxhibits.
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AGAMT FREE COINAGE. '*
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THE SILVEB REPEAL Bill.
PASSED BY THE HOUSE.
! ' '+?&*
The Vote, Yeas 2-10, >*ays 110?'Th*
16 to 1 Amendment Defeated by
124 Yeas to 226 Nays?More Votes
Against Other Ratios?Intense Interest
In the Closing Scenes.
The fortnight's debate in the House of
Representatives on the Wilson bill to repeal
the purchasing clause of the Sherman sUvsr
law ended in the passage of the measure
and the defeat of all the amendments offered
by the friends of free silver. The House ,
started voting at noon. The programme wm
to vota first on the proposition for free coin- \
age at a ratio of 16 to 1 and so on up to 90, t
if the preceding ratios were defeated. The '. I
programme after this was to vote on the re- j
turn to the Allison-Bland law and finally oa :td
the unconditional repeal of the purchasing ~T|
clause of the silver Jaw of 1890. J
When the Speaker commanded order near- I
ly every seat in the hall was filled, an omnia- I
takable evidence of the general and Individ- 1
ual Interest In the matter in hand. Chaplain 1
Had da way prayed briefly, and la a voice fa- j
audible at u distance of more <than ted feat I
I from the desk, for an especial gift of wisdom
and judgment rightly to settle the gnat
question before the House. After the reeding
of the Journal, Mr. Weaver (N. Y.) ap- v
peered at the bar of the House on the arm of
his oolleegue, -General Tracey, and was
sworn in by the Speaker.
Thereeolution contained in the order of <
procedure on the sliver question' was r?- ,V i
ported by the olerk, providing for a vote rttf* \ ?- ]
upon free oolnage of silver at the present i ". /'' *.jj
ratio of 16 to L
Bepreeentative Bailey (Texas) asked If, la ? :
the event of all the amendments Included la , '
the order being defeated, it would be in order
to propose an additional amendment
germane to the subject.
Speaker Crisp replied that as at present a<t- !
vised he would answer no; that the order , .
provides exhaustively all that the House may
consider, but that when the time came formally
to present the question, the members ^
from Texas might be heard.
Bepreeentative McMillan (Tenn.) desired
to offer an amendment providing for the free , < ,V;
coinage Of the product of the silver mines Of
the United States; but Mr. Bland (Mo.) ob>> .
jectodeveuto having it read, saying that
such a proposition was not free coinage at
all.
The roll was then called upon Mr. Bland's . ' '
amendment to the Wilson bill, providing for
the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to
1. It resulted yeas 121, nays 226. Messrs.
Shell and Graham were paired, the former in . '
favor of free coinage.
The announcement of the vote was received
with applause and some surprise at >
the majority against frea coinage, it beingj
nearly double the largest estimate made by
IUU AJiu-ouver V/Uuilluiioc. ou. uuuiu, aviui r
a seat at the extreme loft of the Speaker/
smiled grimly as he heard the result, ner- .
vously rooking to and fro on his pivot chair.
Mr. Bland then asked for a yea and nay
vole on the question of free coinage at the I-'
ratio of 17 to 1, and secured it. The vote on
this ratio resulted?yeas, 100; nays, 340. .
Tdr. Bland then offered the amendment 1
providing for free coinago at a ratio oT 18 to
1, and demanded the yeas and nays. There
were protests against this and cries of "N<V*
but eighty-five members seconded the request,
and the roll was again called. 6'n this
question the yeat were 103, and nays, 239. |
The next amendment was that providing!
for free coinage at a ratio of 19 to L Yeas, <3
ahd nays waro demanded and ordered. The
roll call showed the following vote: Yew/ - ;
lot; nays, 238. * ' 4
The slight gains made on the higher ratios,'
as shown by the last two votes, was not unexpected
by some of the leaders, and It was
the published Impression of these that the
ratio of 20 to 1, the next amendment offered
by Mr. Bland, would poll the largest vote re- -X ?
corded In favor of free coinage. The result I
of this roll call was : Yeas, 121; nays. 222. | Vv
The amendment to re-enact the Bland-AI-' '.?>
lison act was then defeated ? yeas, 188;' ''slS
nays, 218. 1 1
The next and final vote was op Mr. Wilson's
bill to repeal the purchasing clause of]
the Sherman silver law. It was passed by!<
240 yeaa to 110 nays?a majority of 130 vote* 1 <
Tne bill was then engrossed and sent,to ;
the Senate for action.
The story of the day's voting is told in the
shortest and most instructive manner by the
following table:
Ratios. Tern. Nay* Majority VV:
16 to 1 -..124 226 102
17 to 1 . ....100 240 140
18 to 1 103 239 186
19 to 1 104 238 184 r 'W- >
20 to 1 .* 121 222 101
Bland-Allison act 13C 213 77
Final passage 240 110 180
The vote on repeal was divided by parties
as iuuuwo .
Parties. For repeal. Agalmt. '
Democrats 138 77
Republicans 102 24 .
Populists ... . ? 0
? -*_
Totals 240 110 ~ig.&
The vote was divided by grand divisions of
States as follows: ?
Divisions. Tea*. Nay*.
New England States 27 ?
Middle States 60 2
Southern States 56 68
Middle West 83 It
For West 6 29 >.
. 8?
Totals 240 110
FASTED UNTIL HE DIED.
? .
A Sailor Lives Seventy-six Days
Without Food.
Antonio Bachetlch, an Austrian sailor,
who bad refused to take food for seventy-tit
days, died a few days since in a sailors' .
boariing-house in Philadelphia, soon a ft or
calling for food and sipping a little beef tea.
On June 11th, because no knife and fork and
spoon were put at his place at,table, he
vowed in anger not to eat another morsel of
food, and no one could prevail upon him to .
change his mind. He raiused to have a physician
or go to a hospital.
HELD UP THE TRAIN, 'j
Five Masked Men Rob Passengers on
the Northern Pacific Road.
Five masked men held up passenger train
No. 4 on the Northern Pacific Railroad at
Gray Cliff. Mont., the other night, compelled
the express messenger to open the express
car and local safe by threateniug to
blow them open with dynamite, and then
went through the train taking money from
the passengers. Ttiey seourea oniy sooui
tfiO from the safe and about f 100 from the
pussoagers.
TO COIN MORE SOLD..
Buflion in the Treasury to Be Minted "
as Fast as Possible. ' ,
Secretary Carlisle has ordered that th?
mints at Philadelphia and San Francisco be
fully manned and run to their full capacity
n coining gold bullion. The Treasury Department
possesses from eighty-five to ninety
millions of gold bullion, a part of the ,
gold reserve. Gold bar.-; cannot be used a*
currency, and it has been decided, In
I the present need, to coin the bullion on hand.
I This bullion will be coined into $10, $5 and
| $2.50 gold pieces, proferonrs being given to
the first two denomination*. The coining
capacity of the Pbiladelpnia Mint Is over
1 *5,000,000 per month. The San Francisco
Mint will also be utilized, but nearly all the
bullion posses39d by the Government is in
I lue ILU^l.
There isS20.000.003 in sold bullion in tho
Philadelphia Mint. $15,000,000 of it being in
one vault, where it has remained untouched
for fifteen years
The worst feature of the drowning
season is that it kills off so manjf
people without giving the doctors a
chance at thorn. ^
Perhaps if a pneumatic tire were
put en the dollar of the dads it
would circulate better.?Johnstown
Democrat. ,