NAVYS FIRST ATTACK
Attempt to Capture New London
Repulsed By the Army.
"ENEMY" SEIZES TWO STATIONS
t
Admiral Higqinton Did Not Delay Af
j ter Hosti!it:e Started, and Silzcd
, Army's Signal Station at Martha'
. Vineyard and Block Island.
Newport, R. I., Sept. 2. Admiral
Higginson did not long delay after the
declaration of hostilities yesterday to
cut out work for the jackies and ma
fines of his fleet, accomplishing in day
Tight, but under cover of fog, two
things Hint General MacArthur's army
bad anticipated. These were the
seizure ot Martha's Vineyard and
Block IslanJ and the rapture of the
army's signal station at each place.
Last night he followed up his good
work by a demonstration In force
Against the extreme western end of
the line of defending fortifications, but
it cannot be determined until later If
tie actually attempted to force his way
into Long Island Sound or simply aim
ed to give his crews a little big gun
practice and his captains the oppor
tunity to manoeuvre within striking
distance to determine the location and
calibre of the ordnance in the forta.
The navy's night attack was not ex
pected Wit t lie western end of the line
quite si curly in the game. The theory
was held all day, after It was known
that Higginson had secured a base on
the outlying islands, that he would
send his cruisers for a reconnolssance
against bolli ends of the line, ond then
awing his fleet into the center or
around Newport for a sharp yet heavy
attack there, manoeuvring quickly,
and then, when things became most
interesting, sail to the westward and
make his grand effort to force his way
into Lo?.g Island Sound. This would
have been his night attack, for it
seems almost certain that the day at
tack will be against Fort Hodman, the
aastern point.
Once last night Newport got a scare
when a message came from Port Ju
dith that marines were being landed
there in the fog. All communication
with that point was cut off. Then at
10.30 came an official bulletin an
nouncing the bombardments of Forts
Michl ami Wright, but when Point Ju
dith signal station was again in touch
with the central Intelligence bureau, It
was explained that the signal men
there were given a drill In saving
equipment, on supposition that the
enemy was making a landing. They
cut "out the telegraph and telephone
wires, picked up their equipment and
made a record breaking retreat, then,
returning, re-established the station,
4olng a creditable piece of work.
First Attack In War Game.
New London Conn., Sept. 2. At Just
UJ.20 last night the big guns of Forta
Wright, Terry and Michie belched fortn
almost simultaneously and thero '.vy
no longer doubt that the first at.ick
In the war game was In effect. For
an hour the cannonading continued
and the result from the army stand
point is bpst stated in this official bul
letin posted at headqtnrt rs early this
morning:
"Movement to pass through the Race
hegan at 10.20 p. m. Forts Michie,
Wright and Terry engaged fifty min
otes. Apparently the ships entering
have been put out of action by points
scored by the army guns."
The result, however, will be deter
mined later by the board of arbitra
tion. All was (inlet at army headquarters
when suddenly the reports of the big
gtir.8 was heard and Onoral Mac Arthur
listened attentively. The attack was
on, but It came sooner than was ex
pected by the major general command
lag. SWAM NIAGARA RAPIDS
Carlisle Graham Succeeded After a
Desperate Struggle.
Niauani I 'alls, N. Y., Sept. 1. Car
lisle l. tlraham swam from the Whirl
pool below Niagara Falls through the
lower rapids to Lewiston yesterday af
ternoon. Graham wore a life preserver
about his waist and a neck float. Only
once was iie In danger. A current
suddenly tossed him toward the shore
dangerously near a big boulder that
showed threateningly above the sur
face. Iiy desperate swimming he Just
avoided the rock and was carried down
the stream.
Cdow the Devil's Hole, where the
river narrows, Graham had another
hard battle. For a time he was com
pletely hidden from view, and the hun
Ireds of spectators on the bridge and
alone the banks grew greatly excited.
Graham soon appeared in the Biuoother
water, where the river widens, nd the
crowd cheered him heartily. He de
clined to enter a boat and swam to
Ihe shore just below the new trolley
bridge. After a rub down Graham said
be felt no bad effects from his hazard
ous swim.
Express Messenger Robbed.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 2. As
through pa.-sseiiKer train No. 2, north
bound on the Ijuulsville and Nashville
toad, due here at last evening,
was pulling out of Franklin, Tenn., 18
Dilles south of here, the express car
was boarded by two masked men.
With a revolver at his head, Messenger
Battle was forced to open the outside
safe, which the robbers rifled. Keep
fog the messenger covered with their
tuns, the men rode with him into the
South Nashville yards here, where the
train slowed down and they disap
peared. It Is not known how much
voty was secured.
CLIEVEt IN MONRO! DOCTRINE
Roosevelt Say It I Doctrine of
Peace and Defers.'
Rutland. Vt. Sept. 2. President
Roosevelt resumed his tour ot New
England yesterday. He reached Bur
lington from Shelburne Farms, Dr.
Webb' home, during the forenoon and
was given an hour's drive through this
city. Governor Stlckney and Mayor
Hawley acted as hosts.
A half-hour's stop was made at Proc
tor, the home of Senator Proctor. The
president delivered an address from
the steps of the senator's porch. After
thanking the people for their greeting,
the president said:
"We believe In the Monroe doctrine,
not as a means of aggression at all. It
does not mean that we are aggressive
toward any power. It means merely
that as the biggest power on this con
tinent we remain steadfastly true to
the principles first formulated under
the presidency of Monroe, through
John Quincy Adams the principle
that this continent must not be treat
ed as a subject for political coloniza
tion by any European power. As, I
say, that Is not an aggressive doctrine.
It is a doctrine of peace, a doctrine of
defense, a doctrine to secure the
chance of this continent for the United
(States here to develop peacefully along
their own lines. Now we have formu
lated that doctrine. If our formula
tion consists simply of statements on
the stump or on paper, they are not
worth the breath that utters them or
the paper on which they are written.
Remember that the Monroe doctrine
will be respected as long as we have
a first class, efficient navy, and not
very much longer.
"Shame on us If we assert the Mon
roe doctrine and then, if our assertion
shall be called in question, show that
we have only made an Idle boast, that
we are not prepared to back up our
words by deeds." (Loud applause.)
President Roosevelt yesterday con
cluded his tour through Vermont at
IirDattleboro and spent the night at
Northfleld, Mass.
FATAL RUNAWAY ACCIDENT
Mr. Walker Dies of Injuries and Mrs.
Appel In Serious Condition.
Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 2. While Mrs.
William N. Appel, of this city, and Mrs.
J. Stewart Walker, of Lynchburg, Va.,
were out driving yesterday morning
a runaway horse scared the animal
they were driving, and It ran away, up
setting the carriage and throwing
them out. Doth landed on their heads,
with the carriage on top of them. Mrs.
Walker sustained a compound fracture
of the slcr'l nd died last evening at
the Gener:' 'lospltal, without having
regained c - -ciousness. She was here
on a visit to her mother, Mrs. George
Calder, acr-oi.ipanled by her four chil
dren. Mrs. A- .'i condition Is very grave,
but there '.re strong hopes for her re
covery. She is suffering from concus
p'"n of the brain and severe abrasion
c:i the face. Mrs. Appel is a daughter
of President George F. Baer, of the
Reading Railroad Company. He was
Immediately notified, and hurried to his
daughter's bedside on a special train,
arriving here yesterday afternoon. He
left several hours later when assured
that Mrs. Appel was in no immediate
danger and would likely recover.
DAN PATCH'S FAST MILE
Famous Brown Stallion Reduced His
Record to 1.59 1-2.
Providence. R. I., Aug. 30. The
Grand Circuit meeting at Narragansett
Park was brought to a close yesterday
afternoon in a blaze of glory. Dan
Patch, the unbeaten son of Joe Patch
en, paced an exhibition mile In 1.59,
reducing his record from 2.00H- The
mile was within a quarter of a second
of the world's record of 1.5914. made by
Star Pointer at Readville five years
ago. This Is the fastest mile in har
ness In half a decade, and Dan Patch
is the second horse to beat two min
utes. No other horse except Star
Pointer ever went so fast, and he did
It only twice, and then beat Dan
j Patch's mark of yesterday by only a
I quarter of a second. Myron McHenry
I drove the famous brown stallion.
An Immense throng saw the exhibi
tion. The track was lightning fast. The
. fastest quarter was the second, In 29
' seconds flat. The first half was In 59'
seconds, and the last In one minute.
The middle half was in 594 seconds.
Blinded By Red Pepper.
Cleveland, Sept. 1. Saturday night
an unknown man entered the jewelry
store of Charles E. Wllsdorf, on Fayne
avenue, and after the jeweler had
placed a tray containing about $1,000
worth of diamonds on the counter, the
man threw a handful of red pepper in
the Jeweler's eyes, grabbed the tray
of diamonds and made good his es
cape. Later Mr. Wllsdorf was found
wandering helplessly about the streets,
and the physicians at the hospital to
which he was taken are of the opinion
that his sight has been totally de
stroyed. Four Girls Drowned.
Poughkeepsle, N. Y Aug. 28. Anna
and Susan Beach, of Danbury, Conn.,
and Stella and Martha Duncan, of
Pawling, N. Y., were drowned near the
latter place yesterday. The Beach girls'
were visiting at the Duncan home, near
Pawling. The four girls went bathing
In Pearce Lake, got beyond their depth,
and before aid could reach them were
drowned. The bodies were recovered.
Relative of Lincoln Dead.
Cumberland, Md., Aug. 30. Thomas
L. Lincoln, an aged lawyer of Car
mlcbael, Pa., Is dead near Oakland,
Md., where he was spending the sum
mer. He was related to Abraham Lin
coln, whom he greatly resembled. Mr.
Lincoln was an orator of great ability.
PELEE 115 200 MORE
Morne Rouge Entirely Destroyed By
Another Eruption.
LE CARBETSWEPTEYTIDALWAVE
Horrible Detonations Were Heard, and
the Ground Rocked and Quaked.
Hot Water Poured Down On Lorraln
and Basse Point.
Castries, Island ot St. Lucia, British
West Indies. Sept 2. The British
steamer Korona arrived here 8unday
evening from Fort De France, Island
of Martinique. She reports that a ter
rible eruption of Mont Pelee occurred
at 9 o'clock Saturday night, and that
people who arrived at Fort De France
lrom the northern part of the Island re
ported that the village of Morne
Rouge, a summer resort near the dis
trict previously devastated, had been
entirely destroyed, and that Le Car
bet, a village on the coast, which was
destroyed at the time of the great
eruption, had been swept by a tidal
wave. About 200 persons lost their
lives.
A sloop from the Island of St. Vin
cent, which reached here yesterday
morning, reports that Mont Pelee'
crater is now quiet, but that the de
tonations during Saturday night were
the loudest heard up to that time, and
that the Inhabitants were terribly
alarmed.
Mont Pelee has been In constant
eruption since August 15. The night
of the 30th thene were three separate
eruptions. It Is impossible to approach
the ruined town of St Pierre from the
sea. The people of the village of Le
Carbet, on the coast, are terror-stricken
and flying to the Interior. Hot wa
ter Is pouring down on Lorraln and
Basse Polnte, villages to the northeast
of the crater. Horrible detonations
were heard, the ground rocked and
quaked and articles on tables were
thrown to the floor. '
The governor of Martinique has or
dered every available boat to remove
people from the coast villages to Fort
De France.
At 8 o'clock on the evening of Sat
urday, the 30th, the sky was cloudless.
Suddenly and without warning, one
half of the horizon was obscured by a
pitch black cloud of dust This cloud
was the centre of most magnificent
electric effects, the flashes of light sur
passing the most elaborate fireworks.
Flames and flashes continued to burst
from the cloud until nearly midnight
Columns of flame shot out of the crater
of Mont Pelee to explode about the
cloud In showers of balls of golden
Are, which fell through the darkness
In myriads of sparks. Three large
aureoles were seen In the sky over the
opening of the crater.
A tidal wave rushed upon Fort De
France, and the terrified Inhabitants
fled In large numbers to the Interior.
The wave was not severe and did but
slight damage.
At midnight of the 30th Mont Pelee
was quiet; shortly after this hour
there came another shower ot ashes,
accompanied by vivid sheet light
ning. In addition to the 200 persons re
ported to have loBt their Uvea at Le
Carbet and Morne Rouge, many other
persons are said to have been killed
all over the northern districts of the
island. The governor of Martinique Is
believed to have started for ths scene
of destruction.
3,000 LEBANON EMPLOYES IDLE
Importation of Strike Breakers Cause
a General Walk-Out
Lebanon, Pa,, Aug. 30. A commit
tee of the striking employes ot the
American Iron and Steel Manufactur
ing Company called at the office of
General Manager Lord yesterday
morning and demanded that the col
ored strike-breakers from Reading
and other men who had been sent
there be removed and the old hands
be taken back. This was refused. Tho
committee then returned and reported
the matter to their leaders, and a few
moments later the men still at work,
some 1,800, were told to come out
The order was obeyed almost to a
man, and all left the big plant Each
man carried a small American flag.
When the men filed out they were
greeted by their friends on the out
side. In the crowd was noticed a
large number of women. Much excite
ment of a subdued character followed
the action of the men.
The plant when In full operation
employed nearly 3,000 men and boys.
When the first strike occurred, 16
weeks ago, about 800 men quit The
others remained at work. Now the en
tire plant with the exception of that
portion manned by the new-comer
is Idle.
Officers of New Jersey K. G. E.
Trenton, N. J., Sept 2. The New
Jersey Grand Castle, Knights of 'the
Golden Eagle, met here yesterday in
annual session and elected those offi
cers: Grand chief, Thomas H. Seals,
of Annandale; vice grand chief, Frank
K. Gane, of Long Branch; grand high
priest, Dr. George W. Chamberlain, of
New Egypt; grand master of records,
A. L. Clark, of Trenton; grand keeper
of exchequer, George P. Sutphln, of
Colllngswood.
Turkish Troops and Brigand Clash.
Athens, Sept 2. A telegram re
ceived here from Larlssa, Groece, re
ports an encounter between a detach
ment of Turkish troops and, a band
ot 35 Bulgarians, under Captain Pe
troff, near Drekkl. Nineteen Turks and
20 Bulgarians, the latter Inludlng Cap
tain Petroff, were killed.
AT7EETS 00NDEHSH).
Wednesday, August 27.
The United State training ship
Chesapeake, with 150 naval cadets
aboard, arrived at Annapolis last
evening.
The first message over the new tel
egraph line between Seattle,- Wash,
and Valdes, Alaska, was received at
Seattle yesterday.
The Culver Lumber Company, of
Kansas City. Mo., was placed In re
ceivers' hands yesterday. Liabilities
are $250,000 and assets estimated at
$650,000.
Albert Waller, conductor on a New
York. Philadelphia and Norfolk train,
waa fatally shot yesterday near Del
mar, Del., while attempting to eject
a negro from the cars.
Thursday, August 28.
The Pennsylvania Slate Camp, P. O.
S. of A., will meet In Lancaster next
year.
The navy department yesterday ac
cepted the torpedo boat destroyer Trux
ton, built at Sparrow's Point Md.
Burglars blew open the safe In the
postofflce at Rldgetop, Tenn., yesterday
and secured 1 800 in stamps and other
valuables.
Despondent over losses caused by the
coal strike, Ephraim Luezhover, a sa
loonkeeper of Shenandoah, Pa., killed
himself yesterday.
The harness manufactory and sev
eral other buildings at Judyville, Ind.,
belonging to John F. Judy, were de
stroyed by fire yesterday. Loss, $100,
000. Friday, August 29.
The torpedo boat destroyer Barry
made 28.12 knots an hour in her offi
cial trial yesterday.
Frank Smith, a colored lad, aged 11
years, was drowned at Atlantic City,
N. J., yesterday while bathing.
Engineer Dan Carey and Fireman
Lee were killed yesterday In a wreck
on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Railway near Terre Haute, Ind.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury John
O. Carlisle delivered the annual ad
dress before the American Bar Asso
ciation at Saratoga, N. Y., yesterday.
Secretary of State Hay has ap
pointed Thomas R. Dawley, of New
York, a United States delegate to the
International Coffee Conference, to be
held in New York In October.
Saturday, August 30.
Congressman R. C. De Graffenreid,
of Texas, died of apoplexy last night
at a hotel In Washington, D. C.
Charles Mallory, an amateur bicy
clist, who was thrown from his wheel
in a race at Atlanta, Ga., died from his
injuries yesterday.
Masked robbers held up a street car
at Spokane, Wash., yesterday and
robbed the passengers, one of whom
was Chief of Police Reddy.
It was announced at Havana yester
day that letters had been received
from Greece, Austria and Brazil, recog
nizing the Cuban Republic.
Statistics published by the Russian
minister of justice show that 8,691
murders were committed in European
Russia last year, an average of over
20 a day.
Monday, September 1.
Over 10,000 men participated in the
Labor Day parade at Kansas City, Mo.,
today.
A trolley car at Kansas City last
night ran down a carriage, Instantly
killing two men.
The annual convention of the Na
tional Letter Carriers' Association was
held at Denver, Colo., today.
Murdered by robbers, the bodies ot
Mr. and Mrs. Brltton Lewis were found
In their home at Gainesville, Fla.,
Saturday.
The bark City of Papeta, loaded with
217,000 codfish, was badly damaged by
Are while lying at her dock at San
Francisco.
During a dense fog the stec.ner Char,
lotte collided Saturday off Wist Point,
Va., with the schooner Annie N. Har
ris, killing two sailors on the Harris.
Tuesday, September 2.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway has
given an order for 31 new locomotives.
W. J. Bryan was the principal
orator In the Labor Day celebration
at Lincoln, Neb., yesterday.
The 13th annual convention of the
Polish Singers' Alliance of America
was held in Chicago yesterday.
A steam launch containing ten young
men capsized yesterday In the Hudson
river near Albany, N. Y., and two men
were drowned.
The customs receipts at Havana for
the month of August amounted to
$735,885, a decrease of $133,840 for the
same month last year.
While alone in his office, Alver E.
Ives', manager of an Ice company at
Rlvere, Masss., was fatally shot by
thieves, who ransacked the safe.
Killed For Stealing Grapes.
Rome, Sept. 2. A Dominican lay
brother named Cuzzoll recently dis
covered three boys stealing grapes
from a vineyard of the Minerva Con
vent, which is situated outside of
Rome. The brother was the custo
dian of the vineyard. When he saw
the boys he deliberately fired a gun at
them and killed one of their number,
despite their prayers for mercy. Cuz
toll has been arrested.
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