The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, October 11, 1899, Image 2
DEWEY IS HOME
Tha fllnmnia Arriuflri in Now
1UG Vijiupiu nmiuu iu i\\j u
York City Ahead of Time
and Surprised Everybody.
ABMiEAL ffl FINE HEALTH
'' - M?/*n \A/alrrtmft
ne ntxeiveu a Diagnintciu ii&ivuinb
and Said He Was Glad to
Reach Home.
Admiral Dewejr Wat Overcome by the
Qree tine He Received?Sainted by the
Forta as the Olympla Entered the
Harbor?A fleeting: Meeting of the Admiral
and His - Son?Glad That the
Chinamen on the Crnlser Were Allowed
* to Land?Dewey's First Thoughts
Were For His Men?Officially Welcomed
by the Keceptlon Committee.
New Yobk Citt (Special).?The cruiser
Olympla with Admiral Dewey aud his gallant
officers and men arrived in port early
Tuesday morning, two days ahead of the
time she was expeoted. Admiral Dewey
has the faculty of surprising people wonderfully
dereloped. He surprised the Spaniards
in Manila, and now h? surprised the
millions of Americans who were watching
and watting for him by sailing Into New
York harbor even as he did into that of
Manila, silently and before only the very
lew bad become sufficiently awake to make
even tbe first tarn In tbeir beds.
The unexpected arrival of the Admiral
made no difference In the cordiality of his
welcome, official or otherwise. The SubCommittee
of the Reception Committee,
which, It was planned, would receive the
Admiral on Thursday In the name of the
Mayor of New York City, carried out these
plans Tuesday morning almost to the letter.
The only Important difference was that the
reception took place two days earlier. As
a result Admiral Dewey had been here only
a few hours before he was officially welcomed
and made to feel at home.
Notwithstanding their surprise the Reception
Committee shook themselves together
and informed the Admiral of the
plans that had been made for his welcome,
and to learn if he approved them. Tbe
plans met with Dewey's approbation,
and accordingly the programme
was carried out as arranged. The committee
salle4.down the bay to tbe Olympla
on the police boat Patrol. Those present
were Chauncey M. Depew, William Mc*
J o.n.?ta,?.,ftho Kmv
AUUU, CA*A39l9iaUh v? ?uv ** M .J ,
St. Clair McKelway, Warren W. Foster aud
BlcharJ Croker. The other two members
of the committee, Levi P. Morton and
William 0. Whitney, were unable to be on
hand on such short notice, and in the absence
of the latter St. Clair McKelway
acted as chairman.
Alfred M. Downes, private secretary to
Mayor Van Wyck, was the first to mount
the gangway. Then came St. Clair McKelway.
They were received by Lieutenant
Brumby.
Then St. Clair McKelway, as the spokesman,
said:
"I have to say that we come as a SubCommittee
.of the Reception Committee
with the represeatative of the Mayor to personally
appraise you of the fajt that, a3
you are now anchored In our waters, you
are not only legally In our jurisdiction but
a guest of the city.
"It Is our wish to present to you an outline
of the arrangements made for the cele
oration on rriaay auu oaiucuajr,auwjcv.? m
all feasible respects to your owu amendment
and suggestions."
Admiral Dewey explained that he
thought the weather too threatening to
watt out at sea, especially as. the Olympla
has one of her propellers damaged. After
the Interviews the members of the Reception
Committee proceeded from the flagship
to the police boat and back to the
city.
Admiral Dewey's first thought when he
wa3 discussing the arrangements for his
reception was for his men.
"How about the crew of this ship?" ho
asked, when told what had been done for
himself in connection with the land parade.
"How do they get ashore? I've got 35J
men here. They all want to go, and how
will they get ashore from where we are
anchored?"
There was a heavy mist and drizzle off
Sandy Hook when the marine observer, at
5.45 o'clock described the white cruiser
bearing up from the southeast. Her progress
Into the harbor evon at that early
hour was not without suitable greeting.
The steam pilot station boat was the first
to make Itself beard, and her steam siren
fairly rent the murky atmosphere with Its
SCretJ'JUILJ pUIUVUIOUl'/, J.UCU n wun vu
the signal halyards of the pilot boat 11
string ot little code flag?, and the signal
officer on the flagship read the word "Wel,
come." The Olympla signaled back
"Thanks." Salutes were also exchanged
with tlie Sandy Hook and Scotland Light
vessels.
It was at 7.15 that the Olympla, threading
her way through the channel, had Fort
Hancock, on Sandy Hook, abeam. Then
outspake the big guns cf the fort with an
Admiral's salute. This is seventeen guns.
It was the first salute to an incoming
vessel ever fired from the fort, and it was
the first time in over thirty years that the
flag of an Admiral had been saluted in this
fort. The Olympla returned the salute,
t was tho first time that her cuns, which
spoke so effectively at Manila, had
awakened the echoes on this coa3t.
The lower harbor w .s now well awa'ce,
and as the Olympia swung round near the
Southwest Spit to find her anchorage, to
the southward a bevy of tugs was drawing
near through curiosity and blowing their
whistles with ali the fervor that such little
fellows could muster. The Southwest
Spit sweeps into the main ship channel at
the point ot the Hook, and here it was that
the Olympla anchored, dropping-her big
gesc Dower in iue suuuy uuuuu auvui uuchalt
mile to the north and west of wliere
the cup challenger Shamrock and her
majestic looking consort, the Erin, were
at anchor.
Bear-Admiral Philip, the commandant of
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was informed of
the Olympla's arrival while at breakfast.
Captain Slgsbee Bereaved.
Eleanor Slgsbee, aged thirteen, the
youugest ohild of Captain C. D. Slgsbee, of
the destroyed battleship Maine, died suddenly
of heart disease at the summer houso
of her aunt, Mrs. Caroline Rlttenhouse, at
Rehobotb, Del. 8he went to Rehoboth fcr
her health.
The Nashville Beaches Santo Domingo
The gunboat Nashville arrived a few dayago
at Santo Domingo from Gibara, Cuba
She relieves the cruiser New Orleans
'which has been engaged In looking aftei
' ?hi> Tlmjnal
'American luiorcsia uuuu6 tuv VUMUU^
revolution.
The Labor World.
The American Federation of Labor coa|3lst3
ot 11,500 unions.
In Syria a skilled laborer is paid from
fifty cents to a $1 u day.
The labor temple agitation at Toledo,
Ohio, has been temporarily laid on the
Bhelf.
Eight hundred coal miners at Hlnton,
W. Va., have joined those on strike. Nearly
3000 men are now out.
After a long strike the union carpenters
of Edinburgh, Scotland, have secured a
wage scale of $9.73 a week.
' Wood carvers are in demand in New York
jCity, and the trade is booming. Members
'of th? craft are comlnz from London to
'pecore work.
82?* *' ;
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ADMIRAL Gfc*
He called together the officers of the yard
and read them the telegram announcing
that Dewey was here. Bear-Admiral Philip
then gave order9 that the silver service and
the bronze tablet presented by the city of
Olympla to the cruiser, and the gun-metal
medals for the Olympla's crew be put on
board the navy yard tug 'JLraSic. Lieutenant
Dewey of the receiving ship Vermont,
a nephew of the Admiral, was ordered by
the commandant to deliver these gifts to
the flagship. There, was no formal presentation
of the gifts. They were simply put
on board and given over to the care of the
Admiral.
Sir Thomas Cipton was one of the first to
get aboard the Olympla and greet th3 Admiral.
Later the Admiral called upon Sir
Thomas aboard the Erin. Bear-Admiral
Philip and bis ahls paid an official vlslst to
Dewey, while Rear-Admiral Sampson, with
Captain Chadwlck and Lleutenant-Coramander
Winslow, had paid their respect9
only a few moments before.
Dr. Sanborn, of the Dort physician's
staff, went aboard and looked at the Olympla's
papers. He found eleven of the crew
sick with typhoid fever of a mild type.
With the exceptiou of t wo blade3 of the
starboard propeller, tbat have been twisted
out of shape, the Olympla Is perfectly
-* a 9 f Ki\ Kn n If j f\9
SOQQQt DUO rttU 1UIU uuo is& iuo uaucvo v?
the Suez Canal, and since tnen the starboard
propeller has not been used. Notwithstanding
this, she came from Gibraltar
at a ten-knot speed.
The Almlral was greatly pleased when
told that the Treasury Department would
let the Olympla's Chinaman land, and he
called the steward la to him. "Ah Leen,"
he said in pigtfon English, "United States
let Chinaman go land parade."
Ah Leen's face lit up with pleasure. "Me
likey velly much, veliy much," he cried,
and then he ran off to tell his fellow-countrymen
of their good luck. When he had
gone the Admiral, beaming with satisfaction,
said: "That's the best new3 I have
heard in a long time. These faithful fellows
will get their medals, but I had despaired
their beins allowed to land."
Like most self-contained men, Admiral
Dewey's feelings are intense when stirred.
This was plainly shown when he graspe l
the band of his only child, George G.
Dewey, who had hurried down the bay to
meet hl3 father as soon as he heard the
Olympla was sighted. The young mau
was welcomed up the gangway by the officer
In charge. Naturally he was very
much excited and was very nervous. Ho
had not seen his father la two years and
he was all a-tremble as he stepped on
board. Admiral Dewey had ju3t bid good
bye to Admiral Sampsoa when his son approached
him.
"How are you, father?" said the boy.
The Admiral turned like a shot, with a
remark, "Well, bless my heart, so It is,"
and la aa instant he' had him by the arm
and down in his cabin. There they were
left alone, and if the President himself
had come, there was not an officer on the
Olympia who would have Interrupted them
for a while.
The officers all had Ptories to tell about
the battle of Manila itself, ana so had the
members of the crew, and they told them
until tbey were tired of telllnar. The bugler
displayed the bugle, the call of which
opened the battle, and It looked as if it
had been displayed ever since. It was
battered up, and every bit of plaiting
was worn off It. In addition to the
bugle there were any number of relics
of the battle. Every man had something.
There were Spanish shells, exploded
and unexploded, pieces of
cannon, pieces of ships, a hundred and one
things taken from the arsenal and from
Spanish sailors and Spanish soldiers. As the
men told the story of the battle over and
over again, they pointed up at the blue
flag with four white star3 that flew from
the Oiympla's main truck, and they were
1 as proud of the promotion of "tne old
man" to the highest rant in tne navy as
they were of their own achievement on
May 1, 1893.
THE COUNTRY'S JOT.
Celebrations In Many Flaceii When the
News Was Received.
Monttelikb, Vt. (Special).?The news of
the arrival-in New York of Admiral Dewey
was greeted with firing cannon, crackers
and cheering.
Nohthfield, Vt. (Special).?The receipt
of the news of Admiral Dewey's arrival was
the signal for a demonstration, In which
all the bells and whistles In town joined,
while the cannon on Norwich University
grounds gave the Admiral's salute.
Sax Francisco, Cal. (Special).?The news
of the arrival of the flagship Olympla in
New York was immediately followed by the
tiring of an Admiral's salute from the harbor
forts and war vessels In the bay, and
by blowing of sirens and ringing of Are
bells.
Philadelphia (Special).?Tde big bell [
In tue tower of historic Independence Hall
rang out a salute In honor of Admiral
Dewey's arrival home. When the news of
the Admiral's arrival In New York was rehorn
Mnvnr Ashbrldce ordered the
j V,O..W ? ?
School Tax Unconstitutional.
Attorney General Douglas, of Minnesota,
has made public an opinion that the one
and one-half mill tax law passed by the last
Legislature for the relief of the 8t. Paul
schools is unconstitutional. The schools
of the city, which Have nearly thirty thousand
puplLi, will therefore have to close
about April 1, when the regular school appropriation
runs out.
All Qolet In Samoa,
J Advices from Samoa say that no farther
outbreaks have occurred, but, it is added,
the action of the Germans is likely to cause
trouble.
Minor Mention.
; A Christian Science school for boys ha3
1 A??0Kii0i,aH ut- Sfnmfnpii. Conn.
UOUU ootoyjiouwu ? ? ^.v-?.. , ~
Yellowstone Park had a larger number
of visitors this year than ever before.
During the present year the tussock moth
killed 1024 trees on the streets and parks
of Buffalo, N. Y.
; Wisconsin has followed the example of
New York in Issuing a list of books for
township libraries.
The gain in the number of school children
in Marquette, Mich., this year, was
only one over last year.
The British Association for the Advance'
ment of Science has been granted $5000
' toward the expanses of An Antarctic expedition
)RGE DEWEY,
riDgtng of the bell, and seventeen strokes
the Admiral's salute, was tolled.
.Columbia, S. C. (Special).?An artlller]
salute of seventeen guns was fired in fron
of the State Capitol in celebration of tilt
arrival of Admiral Dewey.
Raleigh, f?. C. (Special).?A salute o
seventeen guns was llred In the Caplto
Square In honor of Admiral Dewey's ar
rival.
Richmond, Va. (Special;.?An artillery
salute of seventeen guns was fired in tlx*
Capitol grounds here In honor of the ar
rival at New York of Admiral Dewey.
Mobbistown, N. J. (Special).?In compll
ance with Mayor Quayle's request, churcl
and lire alarm bells were rung, stean
whistles bltfwn, and a salute of seventeer
guns fired in honor ot Admiral Dewey'i
arrival.
LONG'S GREETING TO DEWUT.
No Surprise In Navy Department at tlia
Admiral'* Unexpected Arrival.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Not th<
slightest surprise wa9 expressed at t!i?
Navy Department over the arrival of th<
Olympla before her scheduled time. On<
of the officers on duty In the departmen
remarked dryly that Dewey had a habit oi
surprising people.
The Navv Department sent this forma
message of welcome to Admiral Dewey:
"Navy Department, Washington.
"To Admiral George Dewey, Sandy Hook:
"Tbe department Is happy to learn o
your safe arrival, and extends to yoa ant
your officers and crew the most cordla
welcome. John D. Long."
FATAL WRECK NEAR AUBURN.
New York Central Passenger and Freigli
Train* Collide.
Aububn, N. Y. (Special).?A head-ent
collision betweeen a Now York Centra
passenger train and a freight train oc
curred just west of Old Flat Bottom Bridge
about half a mile west of the city, and a:
a result three people are dead, two fatally
injured and four seriously Injured. Thi
dead are: Emmet Lanctot, of Rochester
engineer on the freight train: J. G. Curry
of Rochester, fireman on the freight train
R. J. Frew, of Geneva, baggageman on thi
passenger train, and J/imes E. King, c
Skaneateles.
At the place where the accident hap
pened there Is a sharp curve, the sharpes
that is met for several miles. The Centra
authorities state that the trains run aboul
twenty-flve miles an hour at this point
The freight train, several hours late, wn.1
making fast time, and when the two cami
In sight the speed was so great that astoj
could not be made.
Killed In a Head-End Collision.
Oskaloosa, Iowa (Special).?A head-em
collision occured on the Northwesteri
Hallway, oetween a jmsaougci nmu iuuiu
bound,"with forty passengers and a coa
train drawn by two locomotives. The thre
engines and fourteen cars were demolished
the wreckage being plied forty feet high
Two engineers, the conductor of the pas
senger train, and a ilreman of the frelgh
were killed. Firemen Baxter and Culj
were seriously Injured.
MURDERED AT HIS OWN GATE.
Ten Men Went Up to Joseph Rntkosk;
and One Killed Him With a Hotelier.
Shesaxdoah, Penn. (Special).?Josepl
Rutkosky, of William Peun, a suburb o
this city, was standing at his front gat
conversing with a neighbor, and his wlf
and seven-year-old son were looking on
when ten men rushed up to them. Th
leader pulled out a hatchet which he hai
concealed under his coat and deliberate!
struck Rutkoeky on top of the head, crush
ing his skull. Immediately the assassin
took to their heels and escaped. Rutkosk,
died in a short time.
The oitizens went wild with excitemen
on hearing of the murder. A party wa
organized and started in pursuit of th
murderers who had made their way to th
mountains. There seven suspected me:
?onil nnt- tn inll In this clt\
woto tny^uiQu ?uu ^
They are John and Anthony Senkawicks
Mathew and Raleigh Bubnis, Charle
Kutchi9, Michael Brozesky and Andrei
Kurnl9. Raleigh BubnU, it is alleged, i
the one who struck the blow. The crow
threatened to lynch them before they wer
locked up in jail. No reason is assigne
for the murder other than Mr. Rutkosk
was mistaken for another man.
Exploding Boiler Kill* Three.
The boiler at Henderson & Mangus's gl:
at Pottsborough, Texas, blew up a fei
days ago, demolishing the building am
killing Engineer Grant CorJor, Pressmai
Nunn 8teel?, and a bdy named Jones. .
Miss Jones, sister of the boy, had both let
blown off and her hip broken.
| -C9MB Filipino* Beaten in Cebn.
General Otis has cabledto the War D<
partment, at Washington, the details of a
attack made upon insurgents on the Islan
of Cebu. The attack* was made under th
direotion of General 8Dyder, Colonel of tl
Nineteenth Infantry. The attacking part
consisted of regulars and nearly 300 me
of the Teunessee regiment. General Sny
der destroyed seven forts and routel th
Filipinos.
Philippine Military Departments.
The War Department at Washington hn
definitely decided to create four militar
departments in the Philippines.
1'romlnent People.
King 03car of Sweden takes delight i
fishing for salmon.
A bust of Former Speaker Reed is beiu
executed In bronze for the Maine Leg!
laiu&u.
Professor Hadley, the new President (
Yale, rides a bicycle, plays whist and is a
enthusiast over golf.
Emlle Zola has written a letter to Mm
Dreyfus saying that the flght for her hu
band's fall rehabilitation will go on.
The officers and oorporals of the Insul
Police of Porto Rico have presented l
General and Mrs. Guy V. Henry a portra
of the General, painted In Porto Rico. E
was the former Military Governor Ol tt
Island. ...
~ KEAEBABGE'STBIAL HIP
New Battleship Covsrs the Distance
With an Average of 16.84 Knots.
PROVES HERSELF A FINESEA BOAT
3n Her Official Speed Trial the Kearaarge
SlioTrs Herself to Be the Fattest in
Her Clasa?Her Trip Uoequaled For
Marine Plctureaqueneae ? Battleship
Is a Serenteen-Knot Vessel.
Boston (Special).?With the splendid
iverage of 16.81 knots to her credit, the
Jnlted States first-class battleship Kearsarge,
the latest and greatest addition to
our navy, ended her official speed trial, a
trial which was successful in every detail,
?nH orfiieh fnr marine Dleturesaueness has
oenn unequaled in our naval career.
Greater Interest, It may be said, centred
.n the trial of this battleship of honored
and historic name than In any previous
trial runs of our line of battle craft. There
were many reasons for tbi?, chief of which
was the desire to compare the Kearsarge
cype with the Indiana and Iowa classes,
ootli of which so remarkably proved their
worth In the recent war.
The new battleship, with her sister ship,
che Kentucky, now nearlng completion, Is
distinguished by superimposed turrets,
:alled Sampson turrets, after Bear-Admiral
Sampson. These turrets carry 13.nch
guns In the lower, and 8-lnch in the
jpper barbettes, and the main and secondary
batteries constitute the heaviest armament
of any ship in the world. Again, the
aew battleship differs from the Indiana
;ype in having two masts Instead of one,
and likewise much additional ponderous
machinery.
On her speed trial sbe carried four bilge
7 and two docking keels, the Iowa alone bet
log presented In this shape for her trial
' ruu, and her relative speed, with 500 horse
power less, and 350 tons greater displacement
was aDDroxlmatelv equal to that of
t th? Iowa.
1 The Kearsarge, while nominally a sixteen
* snot craft, will probably be spoken of In
naval circles as of seventeen knots, based
AO doubt on her trial performance.
r Nothing but nralse is heard of her han3
Alaess, her steadiness, her general efficiency
* |n every respect. She is by long odds the
oeat battleship yet tried on this side of the
(rater, and in many essential respects the
* best in the world.
1 In the course of her run two remarkably
1 fine marine plotures were presented, aside
1 from the one of this mass of steel being
1 forced through the water at great speed.
The most impressive of these wns when after
crossing the finish line, the ship's helm
was put hard over, and around she went in
a circle, the diameter of which was scarcely
more than twice her length.
As the screws churned up the water the
* waJce made a great wave of boiling green
' water which rushed toward a centre with
J the force of a tidal rip, the foamy tops
9 meeting In miniature cataracts. With this
?J" # ~thiln.
' remartauiy ciuoe [nuius ui wnuu tuv
' ciiuation ol the raft was scarcely three de.
(frees.
1 The other picture was during the homeward
run, when, with a huge "bone in her
teeth," the forward deck was bathed in
:louds of spray lrridescent In the Autumn
[ ?an. t
I FILIPINOS MAKE A CAPTURE.
Barn the Gunboat Urdaneta and Make
Priaonera of the Crew.
t Maxila (By Cable).?The United States
gunboat Urdaneta has been captured by
j the rebels and scuttled in the Orani River,
I on the northwest side of Manila Cay, twen.
ty-flve miles from this city.
Her commander, Naval Cadet Welboru
C. Wood and her crew of eight mun were
s made prisoners and taken by the Filipinos
f to Pornuc.
9 The Urdaneta, which belongs to the
, class ol vessels known as "tlnclads," bom>
barded Orani, a small town held by the
; rebels.
? She kept up a lively fire with her little
f guns and the rebels retreated. Afterward
the crew went ashore to take possession
of the place. They were Ambushed
t by the Filipinos, surrounded and captured.
I The rebels then beached the gunboat and
t jet her on fire. They first stripped her of
her armament,consisting of a ofie-pounder,
a - onH a Vnrrlan ftVfm*
? U VUU nuiviuauv w .
s ty-ilve-millimetre gun. Thl?, with the am>
munition, they carried off for use against
(he Americans.
The United States gunboats Petrel, Calao
and Basoo, 9ent to search for the Uri
daneta, found her beached near the town
i md riddled with bullets. There was no
. trace of her crew.
.1
e THE ADULA SINKS AT SEA.
,) 3oes Down Near Jamaica With the Cap*
i* tain and Five Sailor*.
%
" Kingston. Jamaica (By Cable).?The
itlas Stoamshlp Company's steamer Adula,
which was seized as a prize by the United
3tates during the war.with Spain, has been
r sunk in deep water to the east of Jamaica.
Her chief officer, Captain Percy, of New
Sfork, was drowned with the crew of flve.
i She was bound for Baltimore, with a cargo
f Df oranges.
0 Ship Was a Prize of the SpanUh War.
e The Adula, a steamship with a gross tonn?M
of 772. whs built in Belfast in 1893. She
y was seized off Guantanamo Bay by the
i 3rulser Marblehead on June 29, 1898, as she
y was going la lor refugees without cargo.
. 9he had been chartered by Don Jose R.
3 Soils, of Mnnzanillo, and had made three
Y other trips, each time carrying a cargo of
provisions. A month after her capture she
t was adjudged a lawful prize of war bj
3 Judge Emery Speer, in the United State*
e District Court at Savannah, Ga.
n URCES FARMERS TO HOLD CORN.
t Secretary of tlie Kan??i Board of Apical*
3 ture Says Good froflti Can Be Mad*.
77 Topeka, Kan. (Special).?Secretary Coll
bum, of the State Board of Agriculture,
a has Issued a second appeal to the farmers
d of Kansas to hold their surplus corn. He
y says:
"If grain speculators can make a profit
on borrowed capital by holding Kansas
corn plied np along the railroad tracks, too
a often brought below cost of production,
^ the producers can make a better one by
' taking good care of all they are not com^
pelled to let go of. The Instances are few
" and far between wtiere a grower nas sui"
fered loss by holding his unincumbered
(t surplus from an unusu&l corn crop lor at
least twelve months."
Killed Flayln* Football.
j. During a game of football at Merlden,
u Conn., betweentbeMlddletown High School
d and the Merlden High Sohool elevens,
ie Thomas Kelly, left guard of theMiddletowu
ie team, was thrown and his neck nroken
y He died in the hospital. Eellv was about
u eighteen years old. Ha was playing with
- the High School team while preparing tc
o enter college.
President Diaz Will Pay No Visit.
President Diaz, of Mexico, will not come
^ to the United States, owinsr to the Illness of
v Mme. Diaz. Ignacto Marlscal, Secretary
of Foreign Affairs, will come In his place.
Cycling Notes.
Q Nearly every member of the Russian lm
perial family rlde3 a bicycle.
'S There are sixty-one counties In Kansa?
s" where not one bicycle Is in use.
, The devices for changing gears at the
forthcoming shows will be numerous.
,a ~ <- > an nrHur fnt
A 'JL'OIBUU luuwu 10 IU11U5 w?v.v. 4V4
Ave bicycles for the children of the King of
81am.
The bicycle repair shop as an Independent
Industry has almost ceased to exist extor
cept In the most frequented places.
It Fourteen States now require the rall[e
roads doing business within their border*
ie to trunsport bicycles of passengers free ol
charge as baggag*
MANY LIVES LOST IN INDIA.
Floods and Earthquakes Cause Jreat
Damage.
A Rainfall of Twenty-eight Inches Ii
Thirty-eight Hour*? Europiaul
Among Those Drowned.
Calcutta, India (3y Cable).?Earthquake?,
floods and terrible landslides hare
occurred at and near Darjeellng, in thfl
Lower Himalaya. Great damage was done,
and no fewar than sixty natives perished.
There was a rainfall of twenty-eight
Inches in thirty-eight hours.
Three bad landslides took place between
D arjeeling and Sonada, involving the transshipment
of a railway train of passengers.
Nine European children and twenty natives
were lost between those two points.
Tn? whole Calcutta road is blocked, and
tbe Paglajhora Line has been seriously
damaged.
About a thousand acres of tea have been
destroyed from Jalapahar to fiurchlll. At
the latter place some 3000 feet of water
supply pip* have been ruined. The electric
plant suffered seriously.
A dispatch from Jalpaigurl, on the River
Teesta, forty miles southeast of DarjeelIng,
says that a boat crossing the Teesta,
with three Europeans and six natives, was
swampad by the high waves. The body of
ane of its occupants has been found fourteen
miles down the river. It i) reported
that the Europeans, Messrs. Anderson,
Suster, and Whltton, jumped overboard.
Lord and Lady Curzon nav* returned to
Simla from a trip to the interior. Owing
to the gloomy reports of the distress
caused by the famine they have decided
to curtail their proposed tour in the autumn.
Lord Curzon will pr >bably pay a
flying visit to a few of the affeoted districts.
REPORT OF GENERAL LUDLOW.
9e Recommends a Revision of the Tax
System In Havana.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?BrigadierGeneral
Ludlow, Military Governor ot Ha ana,
has submitted a report to the War
Department covering the work of the pa3t
,-ear, with recommendations for some
shanges In the present system. He sug
jests an apportionment of the surplus cus*
,oms revenues among the several depart
nents.
brigadier-general lttdlow.
(The Military Governor of Havana 13 Id
favor of more home rule for the Cubans.)
An increase of the local revenues is
arged, and to accomplish this General
Ludlow proposes an increase of the taxes
3D real estate of from eight to twelve per
jent. A general revision of the tax system
Is required, the present method being defective
and probably corrupt, In the opinion
of the General.
General Ludlow also points out that the
Civil Governor of Havana now discharges
many functions which should be left to th?
local administration; that there should be
more police courts, and thatlu all changes
:are should be taken to respect the Individuality
and autonomy of each province.
KILLED HIS SISTER IN PLAY.
Eight-Year-Old Child Fonnd a Shotgun
and "Flayed Soldier."
Pocghkeepsie, N. Y. (Special).?At Barrytown
little Margaret Qulnn, the fouryear-old
daughter of Patrick QuinD, was
killed while playing soldier with her
brother, aged eight, and her sister, aged
six years.
The children were nent on an errand to
the home of Charles Walsh, coachman for
Mr. J. A. Burden, Jr.. and for some time
they roamed through Mr. Walsh's house
laughing and playing. Charlie, the older
boy, in an upper ball found a shotgun
which had been loaded for a bunting trip.
With aery of "Let's play soldier," he seized
it and started down the hall, followed by
the other cuuaren.
They marched around a table *and in
some manner the gun was exploded. The
full charge of shot entered tbe breast of
little Murgaret and passed through her
lungs, killing her Instantly. Several of tbe
shot, after passing through her body,
slightly wounded her sister, who was on
the opposite side of the table. The owner
of the gun has no children, and he never
supposed that it would fall into the hands
of little people.
Whole Aledicnl Faculty Keslsnl.
The entire medical faculty of the Unlversity
of Vermont, at Burlington, has resigned.
The resignations were offered, the
nmtamanra sav th? reauest of President
fjuckbam, Torrey E. Wales, a trustee, and
others. The origin of the trouble was In
the medical faculty meeting a year ago
when Dr. A. P. Grlnnell, who for manv
yeai*s has been dean, was not re-elected,
and Dr. H. C. Tinkham was chosen In his
stead. Both men were popular with the
students and Grlnnell carried bis case tc
tbem. During the last year he aroused
much hostility to the rest of the faculty,
Man Ossified to Death.
James McCasbln, forty years old, died at
his home at Lowell, Mass., as a result ol
gradual ossification for six years. At the
time of his death his legs were rigid and
stonelike. He contracted the malady while
performing duty at a fire on a cold night
over six years ago.
Woman Chosen for Bank Treasure*.
Mrs. A. A. Merrill ha3 been elected treas
arer of the Fairfield Savings Dank, at Fair
Qeld, Me., to succeed her husband, Simon
Merrill, who died recently. Mrs. Merrill 1*
the second woman In the State to be elected
treasurer of a bank. The selection ol
Mrs. Merrill Is generally commended.
VAwfAnnHUnfl WrMkl.
TLo schooner Marguerite, of Jlortiei
Bay, with a crew consisting of four Farrell
brothers and two Dover brothers, foundered
in the recent gale off the coast ol
Newfoundland, and all hands were lost.
The ship, bottom up, was a few days ag>
discovered off the coast. The schoouei
Victoria got in to St. Johns, N. F., from
the Banks with her decks swept and dories
smashed. Her crew were lashed in the
rigging thirty hours while sbe drifted before
the gale. Her crew believe that tber<
has been wide-spread destruction on th<
Bunks.
y?wty Ul*antn;4.
New Jersey has a highwayman on a
wheel who robs defenseless women.
It is reported that famine is likely to occur
in at least three provinces in India.
The wooden belfry of famous Faneu!!
Hall, Boston, has been replaced by one exactly
similar of iron.
The Cleveland street railroad strike cost
Ohio $25,000 for transportation and maintenance
of the militia.
About ten million feet of biroh wood will
be sent this year from Maine to England
and Scotland for spools.
Armour & Co., of Chicago, have voluntarily
added $1,500,000 to the valuation
placed by the assessors on the personal
orooertv of the firm.
sups BOMBtilwa
Four Vesssls Shell Filipinos at O'an
gapo, on Subig Bay.
A KRUPP CANNON DESTROYED,
The Enemy's Sixteen-Centimeter Gnn
Blown Up With Gnncotton?Marine*
Force Insurgent* to Flee?Excellent
Work Done bj tlio Landing P*rtj?
The Town Caught Fire.
Manila. (By Cable).?The United States
cruiser Charleston, the monitor Monterey,
and the gunboats Concord and Zaflro, with
marines and bluejackets from the cruiser
Baltimore a few days ago left Cavlte and
proceeded to Sublg Bay to destroy an insurgent
cannon there. Thd warships for
three hours bombarded the town of Olangapo
and the intrenchments where the
gun was situated.
Men f^om the Charleston, Concord and
Zafiro were then landed under a heavy ineurgent
flre, proceeding to the cannon,
which was utterly destroyed by guncotton,
and then returning to the warshfps.
The Americans had one man* wounded
during the engagement.
While waiting In Bubig Bay for better
weather the Americans descried Filipino'
reinforcements moving toward Olangapo.
At 6.40 o'clock a. m. the Monterey beian
the advance upon the town, which was
about three miles east of the monitor's
anchorage. The Charleston, Concord and
Zafiro followed.
At 7.25 o'clock the Monterey opened fire
with her secondary and main batteries, the
Charleston and Concord joining immediately.
At 7.39 the Insurgent cannon answered,
the first sbot passing done to the
Monterey's smokestack. The gun was fired
twice only.
The American bombarding then became
general. At 9.30 o'clock the Monterey advanced
to a range of 600 yards, nslng her
main battery. Two hundred and fifty men
were landed about 800 yards east of the
cannon at 11 o'clock, under a severe shore
Mauser flre. The men from the Charleston
were the first to reach the beach, but the
Concord's men were the first at the gun.
The cannon was found to bo a sixteen-centimeter
Krupp gun, presumably obtained
from the Spaniards.
Meanwhile the warships continued to
shell the shelving beach on the east and
west sides to silence the Insurgent fire upon
the sailors from the trenches skirting the
beaob.
The Americans then returaed to the
boats, the firing inland being kept up to
protect the embarkation. Th'J Concord's
men were the last to leave the shore, and
the warships were reached at 12:50 o'clock
p. m.
Cadet Brinser.wlth the Concord's launch,
armed with a Gatllng, did excellent work
on the left of the landing party.. Captain
Myers of the marines captured a muzzleloading
field piece. Lieutenant McDonald
was in command of the landing party, and
the movement was splendidly executed
and controlled.
The town, which was riddled with shells,
took Are at'several points.
DREYFUS WITH HIS FAMILY
He Seen HI* Children For the Flrat 'Sfme
In Year*?HI* Boy'* Thonghtfalne**.
Paeis (By Cable).?Former Captain Dreyfus
met bis children at Carpentras a few
days ago. Mme. Dreyfus joined her husband
the day before. He embraced each
of the children tenderly. The boy remembered
his father, but said he looked different
from what he had pictured him.
KITE. LUCIE EUGENIE DBEYFUS.
The boy 13 very sensible and sympathetic
and his father Intends to tell htm the whole
Jtory of his case In a short time. When he
heard he was to meet his father the boy
prepared a bouquet of flowers, which he
presented to blm.
Dreyfus met the carriage bearing bis
children and he grasped them In bis arms
and smothered them with kisses. His emotion
was so great that he was unable to
speak for some time. The excitement over
the meeting made Dieyfus's physical condition
somewhat worse.
Hereafter no strangers will be admitted
to the house oocupled by the Dreyfus famtiy
CHILDREN KILLED IN A WRECK.
Six Lire* Loit In an Accident to an Excursion
Train in Colorado.
Denveb, Col. (Special).?Six persons
were killed and as many Injured In a wreck
on the Elo Grande Railroad a few miles
east of Canon City. The wreck was caused
by a collision between a Judson excursion
train, west-bound, and a freight train,
east bound, at a siding.
The killed are: Eva M.Walker, Westford,
Mass., aged twelve years; Eugenia B. Judklns,
Spokane, Wash., aged twelve years;
Addle Judklns, aged ten, and Oeorge H.
Judklns, aged six; a boy named Wills, Los
Angeles, Cal., and Conduotor Salter, probably
from Chicago. Perry Wulker, of Westford,
Mass., was injured Internally.
Ail the trainmen on the locomotives of
the colliding trains jumped off and escaped
Injury. TQe engineers mruou uu sio<?ui
and pat oa brakes, bat the trains collided
with each force that engines and cars were
badly wrecked. The excursion train consisted
of one empty coach back of t:he
engine And three Pullman tourist sleepers,
two of wlilch were telescoped.
Church Property Kespeoted.
The War Department at Washington has
received the following cablegram from
General Otis regarding the military nse of
church property In the Philippines: "Referring
to yoar cablegram of September 18,
sixteen churches in different localities are {
occupied by United States troops. Four
only partially occupied and religious ser
vices not interfered with. Also three convents
occupied. These three and ten of
the sixteen churches formerly occupied by
Insurgents. Church property respected
and protected by our troops." No orders
will be sent to Goneral Otis on this topic,
ns tt is regarded as a part of warfare tooc- '
cupy churches.
Tlia National Game.
In the last four games agalns: the Chlcagos
the New Yorka made thirty errors.
"Dummy" Hoy Is rated as the only
really quiet player In the League this season.
Maul, recently released by Brooklyn, ha9
been engaged by Philadelphia for next
season. j |
Cincinnati has purchased the sensational' j
Grand Rapids outfielder and all-around|
player, Crawford.
Even the baseball magnates are beginning
to admit that the people are losing
Interest in tlie game.
In Beaumont, Williams, McCarthy and
Donovan the Plttsburgs have a r&st quartette
of base stealers. ... ,
YAQUIS BEATEN IN BATTLE- |
Mexican Troops Twice Victors, Buf
Suffer Considerable Loss.
T1i*t Talc* No Prisoner!, Either Belliferent*
or Kon^Belllgerentf, Fat*
tine All to the Sword. ;Jg|
Los Asoeles, Cal. (3peclal).*Oai3lil ra- r4||
ports o( two battles between Hexloans and j.?H
Yaquls have just beea received here. Gen- ~j3|
eral Luis Torres declared the campaign ^
suspended until October, but the Yaquls '
were not consulted on that point. Lorenzo
Torres also appears to hare made differ* ha
ent arrangements.
On September 14 Lorenzo T orres crossed ' ' M
the river to Vloam, the town supposed to .
have been captured by Luis Torres in #1
1 * * ?? * Th ? tn^uni 3sJ
attacked bis rear guard, and a running - ^
fight of over half an hour ensaed. The In? . .;5
dlans were dispersed and niQe of them ' -ix
killed. The Mexican loss wa4 five killed ; 3
and nine wounded, among the latter Lieu- ,\f
tenant-Colonel Navarro.*
On September 13 a foro9 tinder Colonel- :" ,-i
Hernandez, number not stated, encoua- ; ; ,' <?
tered one thousand Indians near Lake
Zaqueca, between Torin and Potam. The '
Indians sought oover in the thick wood?, 8
where a bloody combat raged for two '{^m
hours. The Indians were defeated and difl- .$m
persed, leaving eighty-seven dead..
No wounded Indians ever figure In theae :'.%a
reports, because the Mexicans murder
them. The Mexican loss was fourteen ;'*|?
killed and thirty-six wouoded. Major Bull *
was mortally wounded. ' 31
These two battles prove that the Taenia :-.;2
have not retired to tbe mountains, but are- '
making their fight Id tbe valley, where the, \?
war began. They are striving for the val- V
ley lands and are not molesting the mining: *
districts. 'jj'W
The interesting feature of theso official 3j
reports is to the effect that a number of ?
Mexicans living In the river towns who . *|1
tram tnVitn nrlannflra hv the Yflntlk, In Jan- c
nary last were not tortured, although the .
Mexicans have Invariably Riven t: oat that j?i
Yaqnls always maltreat their prisoners. >jw
These prisoners were released not long ?
ago, and were permitted to retaru io head* &m
quarters la Torln.
The returned prisoners reported when. !i
thev got to Torln that Julian MWdonado, J
said to have been killed by the Taqnls at
Baeum at the beginning of the outbreak, la
in reality one of the chiefs of the hostile? 39
and still alive.,
He was in the serviceof the Mexican Gov- ' 1
ernment and captain of a force detailed by 'Ja
General Luis Torres on Julv 1 to disarm thp
/ilacrtntontftd [adlins at Baenm. His M- <j
oort was attacked and routed br the Insurgents
and most of his men killed. He was
taken prisoner, and In some way was In- $
duoed by the Yaqnls to join tbem.
Teteblate gave the Mexicans all the wax
they wanted for ten years, and if he Is
again on the warpath a long campaign may 1
be expected.
MISS JULIA GRANT A PRINCESS.
She is Harried to Prince Cantacairae of
BumIs, at Xewport.
Niwpoe't, B. L (Special).?Miss Jalla t'Grant,
daughter of Urlg^dler-General and
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant, was united la
marriage to Prince Michel Cantacuzene
(Count Speransky) of Russia, at the rest* ;f3
dence of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Potter Palmer. Because or tne
absence of Brigadier-General Grant, father . ..
of the bride, who Is on military duty In the
Philippine Islands, Ulysses 8. Grant, third,
brother of the bride, conducted her to the.
altar. - y
The services were very simple, yet Impressive,
being In every detail those of the
Russian Church. Prior to the ceremony
there was a dinner. After the ceremony,
and after the bride and bridegroom were
congratulated by tbeir relatives and '
friends, the entire assemblage sat down to
a sapper, during which the health of the
bride and bridegroom were drank. During
the wedding supper toasts wore mode by
Adjutant-General Corbin, Bishop Potter <?
and Senator Depew.
The bride looke^ charming in her wedding
gown. The gown is severely cut, and V
yet quite simple In design. Its material la' m
rich white satin, with a very long sweeping
train. A long tulle veil was worn
nanoht nn wlfh nrnnorA blossoms, which
were sent by a friend of the bride from the
South. Her corsage ornaments were dls- g
monds with a rope of pearls, the gift ol >
tbe bridegroom, and she carried a shower,
bouquet of stephanotls and lillles of tbe
valley. ...
Miss Jalla Grant and Prloce Gantaoazene .
were also married according to the American
service at All Saints'Memorial Chapel.
SEVERE STORM IN NEW JERSEY;
Iloaiea Demolished *nd Many Tree* Uprooted
in Little Falls..
Patebsojt, N. J. (Special).?The hamlet
of Little Falls, about Ave miles from here,was
visited by a small hurricane. The J.
wind swept off the roof of Jackson's mill/ "'
carried it a thousand feet in the air,1
and then dropped it In a condition fit for
kindling wood. Many trees were uprooted|
and blown down. Tbe bouses about "the
duck pond" had a narrow escape, and were
rocked by tbe gale, but only comparatively,
slight damage was done. Nobody was in
jured. | ,-fl
The rain came down In torrents and everything
on low ground was under water. The
storm was preceded by the gathering of
dark and enormous clouds, and then there
was a heavy thunderclap, followed by the
downpour. There was no lightning. The
day had been n very peculiar one, sunshine
and showers alternating.
BRIDE PRAYS AT A CRAVE.
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Fulfills a Promise She Had Made to Her
Dying Father.
CixcnraATi, Ohio (Sreclal).?Joy and
sorrow were Intermingled at the marriage
of Henry leubrenk and Maggie Bishop.
They were engaged for over a year, but
the marriage was delayed on account of
the death of the girl's lather. When the
latter died he made a request that his
daughter should visit his grave on the
day she was married. The daughter, who
is twenty-four years of age, never forgot
the promise of her dying parent.
The marriage took plaoe a few days ago.
After the oeremony the couple were driven
to St. John's Cemetery, at St. Bernard,
where the husband aud wife knelt In prayer
- ? T'H*. Kplila .
DQSiae IUO ^ravo ui mo latuoii i.uu w**uw
was dressed In white, us way her attendant,
a younger sister.
Planning ? Keir Soudan Campaign.
General Lord Kitchener, Governor-General
of the Soadan, Is preparing (or an Immediate)
expedition against the Khalifa.
Pottage to Porto Blco Reduced.
In accordance with the recent decision
of the Cabinet; Postmaster-General Smith,
at Washington, has Issued an order reducing
the rate of postage between the United
States and Porto Rico from fire cents, the
Universal Postal Union rate, to two cents,
the domestic rate.
Killed bj a Thrashing Machine.
While thrashing in the town of Palatine,
N. Y., Willard Patten, of Nelliston, fell in
such a manner that one of hid legs was
caught la the machinery and torn from his
body. Ha died la a few hours.
Popnllit Nominations in l'ennaylranlft.
T. P. Rynder, State Chairman of the People's
party, was at Harrlsburg, Penn., a few
days ago and filed at the State Department
the nominations of his party as follows:
For Supreme Court Justlce, John H. Stevenson,
Allegheny; for Judgo of the Superior
Court, Nathan L. Atwood, Erie; for State
Treasurer, Justus Wa:klns, Tioga. The
signer were largely In excess of the legal
-artn t ?*am on t _
iOlJUUViMw?.
Virginia Fanner'? Liabilities 8390,000.
William R. Lewis, a larmer of Accomac
County, Va., has fllod an Norfolk a petition
la bankruptoy; liablliHafl, $250^)0(3,
aothins. -