y
UltYAN IN NEW YORK.
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE AR
RIVES IN THE METROPOLIS.
tlia Trip From Pittsburg Kantward nnl
Tmm gpeeett' Were Made Crowd! Greet
the J"-'" Vt Through rennsylvunle
XirrwtfM Att Jersey.
Niw Tonic, Aug. 18. William Jen
nings Bryan stepped upon the soil of the
Kmplra state I nut night for the first time
slnoe his nomination for the presidency by
the Deraooratlo national oonventlnn at
Chloago. It was an event both In Mi ca
reer and In the general oanvasa for the
presidency of no email moment It u
praotlonlly a step Into the avowed aeotton
of opposition to hta onndldnoy an opposi
tlon not on party lines, but laid to exist
within the party under whole emblem he
look! for victory In November. It wne a
Step Into the oonntry of the capitalists,
the banker, and the corporation mngnnte.
If, however, the urdenl waa one that would
nake nervous the average man, Its effect
upon Mr. Bryan was not, to the observer,
f that character. When Mr. Bryan etop
ped from the train and grouped the hand
Of Senator Jones, ohalrman of the Detno
oratlo national oommlttee, hla greeting
howed not one Iota of nervousness or
fear, but either a tinge of bravery In faolng
the ordeal or a gladness at being among
those with whom he oould dlsouss and ar
gue the great Issues of the campaign. The
erowd that gathered at the Jersey City
atatlon of the Pennsylvania railroad to
greet the Bryan party was not as large as
had been expeoted. A thousand people.
In all, probably, paying their wny to the
ferryhouse In order to see the redoubtable
orator from the west But It was a erowd
that made the 80 Jersey City policemen
display every bit of their ability In subdu
ing and whloh wne enthusiastic to the
eore. It was crowd thnt waa quite as
cosmopolitan In its nature as It waa evi
dently Demoeratto In Its procllvltloa and
sympathies. The majority of the men
stood with their coats off to relieve them
selves of the terriUo heat. There was a
smattering of women through the crowd,
and some mothers brought their children
to look upon the faoe of a possible president
of the United States. Awaiting the ar
rival of the train, the crowd amused Itself
by watohtng Chairman Jones, Vice Presi
dential Nominee Sewall, William P. St.
John and National Committeeman Tom
llnaon of Indiana eating a modest repast
In (he railroad restaurant A large major
ity of the crowd had purchased ferry tlok
ets, entitling thorn to passage to New
York city, and It was evident from their
actions afterward that they all expected
to ride on the same boat with the Bryan
party. One anxious Individual Inquired
of Sergaent-at-Arms Oliver of the Demo
oratto national oommlttee, "Does he go In
a speolal boat"
"He's a Democrat."
Mr. Oliver responded with a contempt
that almost withered the questioner, "No;
he's a Demoorat "
And ao he la When Mrs. Bryan
lighted, Mr. Tomllnson took her In
eharge and hurried her along the private
passageway which the police had laid out
for the party to pass through. She was
hardly noticed by the crowd and took the
first boat out of the slip, while her husband
and the remainder of the party followed
behind the struggling police to a eeoond
boat To go a distance of less than 100
feet It took the party soma IB minutes or
more. The police threatened with their
batons and buatled and jostled people to
alear a passageway. The mob was good
natured, but Insisted and demanded In
anything but duloet tones that Mr. Bryan
- should speak. Be smiled and shook bis
bead In refusal, and then the crowd called
for Bewail. Finally the police made away,
and the party reached the boat They
went upstairs Into the pilot's cabin, while
at least two-thirds of the great orowd
surged In upon the lower deck, and aa the
ferryboat plied Its way to the Deabrosses
street slip kept aboutlng their approval of
the candidate and hla principles. When
the boat readied the dock In New York,
Captain Cross, with a oordon of polloe,
held the erowd aboard the boat for a few
minutes while Mr. Bryan, Mr. Sewall
and the remainder of the party entered a
oarrlage In waiting. When they got out
side the ferry gates, they found at least
600 mora people waiting, and, although
the polloe made diligent efforts to allow
tbs carriage to proceed, It waa stopped Sev
ern! times, the last time being when the
horses, annoyed or soared by the applause
and shouting, balked. Besides Mr. Bryan
and Mr. Sewall, Chairman Jones and Mr.
St John ooouplsd the oarrlage. The na
tional ohalrman became a little frightened
at the behavior of the horses and left the
carriage. The remainder of the party sat
quietly until the animals were ready to
prooeed. At Mr. St John's house, on Thirty-fourth
street, there waa another gather
tug of ol t liens, who applauded vociferous
ly. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Bryan sbowed
much fatigue after their long Journey.
The Trip From Pittsburg.
The demonstrations attending the jour
aey of Candidate Bryan and ble party
from Pittsburg to this olty, through Penn
sylvania and across New Jersey, were no
leas enthuslasllo and extensive than those
at the previous day, though fewer stops
Were made.
Whsa the train reached Barrlsburg, the
large depot sheds, the adjaoent platforma
aud street and tho top of tbe oara were
filled with orowd densely packed. Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan and Mr. Bland were up
on tbe platform of one of the forward oara
when th train (wept past the depot, and
the crowds broke at first fur the rear oar.
Then It became known that he waa for
ward, and the people surged that way. Mr.
Bryan shook bauds with many of those
who persisted In getting on the steps of
the oar, and later the ordeal wa all gone
over again. Mr. Bryan declined to speak,
but be put In his time handshaking, while
the orowd oheered again and again at
nothing In particular exoept Bryan. This
waa continued until the train left for the
east There were about 6,000 In the orowd.
At Philadelphia a large and entbualaa
tla orowd auooeeded In forcing It way
through th Pennsylvania railroad gate
when tbe train bearing William J. Bryan
and hi party rolled Into th atatlon.
Both Mr. and Mr. Bryan appeared on
the rear platform of tbelr oar and shook
bands with all who oould ooms within
reach. No speeohea were made. Several
handsome bouquet of rose were present
ad to Mr. Bryan. A number of Philadel
phia Democrat remained on tbe train and
escorted Mr. Bryan and hta party a far a
Trenton. Several .men who were delegate
to the Chicago convention Wore Included
In tbe number. They all assured Mr. Bry
an of their aotlv support. After a stop of
At minutes tb train rolled out of Broad
street station.
There was no (top between Philadelphia
and Trenton, wberej a crowd of about 100
gathered on th platform and cheered
lustily a th train earn to a atop In th
station. A great orowd wa prevented
trom greeting the candidate by tbfatlnra
f th railroad ofBolale to open th gat
leading to th train platform. Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan shook hand with alt wha
eouid get near them In tbe limited time,
and after a atop of on minute the train
proceeded. Just a th train wa pulling
out Mrs. Bryan threw a big bunch of ruse
Into th orowd. This was eagerly pulled
apart by men anxious to secure a souvenir.
Tbs next stop was at Newark. About
t.OC-0 people were at to station a th
train drew In. Th utlr space along
the tracks wa filled, and hundreds ware
nabie to get In. A brae band that wa
doing valiant nvrvloe when Uie train stum
ped soon lost It Identity In the general
uproar. The stirring scene was resplen
dent In red fire, and there was a relentless
struggle noon the part of those Ben rout
the oar to shahs hands with Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan, and hundreds were gratified. Peo
ple olamhered recklessly over and under
oars and engines to get within reach of the
distinguished visitors. Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan were presented by Colonel L. E.
Prloe, chairman of the Democratic central
committee of Essex county and Newark
corporation counsel, who met them sever
al stations ahead. The train pulled out
amid a deafening thunder of cheers and
lurid Illumination.
The Third Ticket CalL
IitDTAMAPoi.n, Aug. 19. The repre
sentative gold standard Democrats, who
met In this city and organized the Na
tional Democratic party, Issued the fol
lowing call:
"A political party has always beon de
fined to be an association of voters to pro
mote the success of political principles
held In ooiuinon. The Democratic party
during Its whole history has been pledged
to promote the liberty of the Individual,
the security of private rights and property
nd the eupremncy of the law. It has al
ways Insisted upon a safe and stable raon
ty for the people's use. It hns Insisted up
n the maintenance of the financial honor
f the nation as well as upon the preser
vation Inviolate of the Institutions estab
lished by the constitution. These, Its prln
otplns, were abandoned by the supposed
representatives of the party at a national
convention recently assembled at Chicago.
The Democratic party will therefore oease
to exist unless It be preserved by the vol
untary action of surh of Ik members as
till adhere to the fundamental principles.
No majority of the members of that con
vention, however large, had any right or
power to surrender those principles. Whsn
they undertook to do so, that assemblage
censed to be a Democratic convention. Tbe
action taken, tbe irregular proceedings
and the platform enunciated by thnt body
were and are so utterly and Indefensibly
revolutionary and constitute such radical
departures from the principles of true De
mocracy, which should characterize a
sound and pntrlotlo admlnHrtrntlon of our
oountry's affairs, that its results are Dot
entitled to the oonfldenoe or support of
true Democrats. For the first time slnoe
national pnrtles were formed there Is not
before the American people a platform de
claring the principles of the Democratic
party as recognised and most courageous
ly and consistently administered by Jeffer
son, Jackson and Cleveland, nor are ther
nominees for the otDoes of president and
vice president of the bnlted States pledged
to carry those principles into praotlcal ef
feot. The faithful and true Demoorat of
the United Stntes are determined that
their principles shall not be ruthlessly
sundored, nor the people be deprived of an
opportunity to vote for candidates In ao
coril therewith.
"Therefore the National Demooratlo
party of tbe United States, throuugh Its
regularly conatltuted committee, hereby
calls a natlonnl convention of that party
for the announcement of Its platform and
nomination of candidates for the offices
of president and vice president of tbe
United States and the transaction of such
business as Is Incidental thereto, to be held
at Indianapolis Wednesday, the fid day of
September, 1HHB, at 19 o'olook, noon, and
hereby requests that the members of the
party In the several states who believe In
sound money and the preservation of law
and order and who are unalterably opposed
to the platform adopted and candlimtes
nominated at Chicago will select In such
manner as to them shall scorn best a
number of delegntea to the same equal to
twice the number of electoral votes to
which such states are respectively entitled.
"Suoll delegates shall be duly accredit
ed, according to the usages of the Demo
cratic party. Their credentials shall be
forwarded or delivered to the secretary of
this committee with all convenient speed,
and this oommlttee will make up and an
nounce the roll of the delegate entitled
to participate In the preliminary organisa
tion of the convention. "
Democratic State Convention Galled.
PotiriHKKKPsiE, N. Y., Aug. 8. Chair
man Illnkley of the Democratic state oom
mlttee baa Issued the following call for
the Demooratlo state convention: "Tbe
Democratic electors of the state of New
York are requested to unite In sending
three delegatee and three alternates from
eaoh assembly district to a state conven
tion to be held at Buffalo on Wednaesday,
Sept 16, at S o'clock, p. ni., for the pur
pose of placing In nomination candidates
to be voted for at tbe ensuing general
election and to trnnsaot such other busi
ness as may properly come before the con
vention. " Chairman Hlukley request
that delegates, aa soon a elected, eom
tnunloate with Mr. JohnCuneen, member
of the atate committee from Buffalo, who
will aoe that proper room and accommo
dations are assigned to them."
Bonifaces In Session
Niagara Falls, Aug. 13. Th New
York State Hotel association began It
ninth annual convention today with near
ly 100 In attendance: Tbe business sessions
are held at th International hotel par
lor. Th Initial session was opened by
President K. M. Tlernay of Binghamton,
who read hla annual address, Th report
of other officer were received.
Tea Caws Killed by Lightning.
Trenton, Aug. 11. Ten Alderneycows
on tbe farm of H. Frank Anderson, a
dairyman of Hamilton Square, near this
city, were atruok by lightning and killed.
They were valued at 1 1,600 and bad taken
a number of prltea at th Interstate fair.
Will Occupy the Kleetrlo Chair.
Watkhtowk, N. Y., Aug. 11. Th Jury
ji the Conray murder case brought In a
verdict of guilty of murder In tbe first de
gree, lie wa aentenoed to be electrocuted
at Diannemora prison during th week be
ginning Sept in.
Double Murder and Attempted inlaid.
8ak Joss, Cel., Aug. 11. Harvey Al
lender shot and killed Mis Wally Flelnei
and V. Crosettc and then attempted to kill
himself, but failed. Allender was In love
with th woman. He says he does not
know why he shot her. C rosette, he says,
attempted to pull a pistol, but he got nil
out first and killed him.
A Receiver Appointed.
Tbintom, Aug. IS. Chancellor MoGill
appointed Assemblyman William H. Cod
dtogton receiver for the Jersey Wheel com
pany of Plainlleld on th application ol
Aaron B. Thompson, one of th director.
General Markets.
Nxw Ydhk, Aug. 11. FLOUR Hut and
wealcrn dull; oily mills patents, t4.1uftt.8&
winter patents, l3..Val.M: city mlus clears
it.VK winter straights, $3.)JU(jdi.!!S.
WHKAT No. t red quiet and easier In fact
of crop report, rail) Hi at noon: September
as 16-liiU it-lw.; December, IkVStu5 11-iOo.
COKN No. t weak and dull on line croj
prospects; now steady; September, aiJtei:..
October, DO l-llk,r.lV.
OATS No. X easier with corn; September.
XI S-inc.; track, white, state, 4llo.
HJltK Urm; old u now fvti.lii fam
lly, t.',u3,lu6.
LAHD Firm; prime western steam, $tt.flu
nominal.
BUTTER Steady; state dairy, lftaitHo.
state or earner if, llliVVec.
(HfcKtilt-tjuiet; stale, large, fiTMo.i small
tMclo.
i.liU8 Steady; state aud Pennsylvania, ltka
13Vc.; weeteru, lOVwtUo.
HUG A It-Raw quiet; fair reflnlng, I 1-ltku
oenlril ugal, W test. SVfcc.; refined steady; orusa.
ed. 6ve.: powdered, Mu.
'1 1 KHEN'i I...-Buady at UHZtia.
UULAa&KS-guiel; New Orleans, ttfia.
DIED BY THE SC0IIE.
GREAT MORTALITY IN NEW YORK
CAUSED BY THE HEAT.
The Hospital Crowded With Ylctfme and
the Ambulance Service Froves Kntlrety
Inadequate Many Deaths From Heat
In Most of the Larger Cities.
Nrw ToRK, Aug. 18. Another day of
fearful bent, whloh Is oppressing this sec
tion, has added a page of fntallt!os and
suffering more remarkable than its pred
ecessors. In New York olty, in Brook
lyn and all the adjacent towns through
out the states of New York and New Jer
sey the day's reports of deatha and pros
trations overshadow the record of any oth
er day in many year. In this olty alone
rhe death list for 24 hours, footed up this
morning, oontnlns more than 100 names.
Brooklyn adds about SO to the list, and
the heat's victims In suburban towns
brings the total to 150.
Men and women walking along the
streets dropped In their tracks and died
before physlolnns could be summoned, and
enrt horses have died aa though stricken
by a plague. Many factories have been
elosed.and outdoor workers were compelled
to drop their tools and find shelter during
the hours when the sun was at Its height
Particularly among policemen and lcttet
carriers has ths suffering been Intense, and
many were oompelled to stop work from
both forces. Along the business streets
men walked with umbrellas over their
heads, with coats on their arms and fans
In their hands. The hospitals of this city
are crowded to their full oapaclty, while
the doctors and nurses were kept at work
night and dny until many of them have
Buooumbed to the strain. The department
of publlo works came to the relief of ths
tenement house districts, and forces of men
with hose cart patrolled the streets ol
these sections and flooded thera with
water from the oorner hydrants. Men,
women and children rushed In groups un
der the atreama from the hose, and tbe
night scenes among the tenements as ths
relief parties made their rounds were un
precedented. Unless night brings relief, many pros
trations are looked tor In the Madison
Square Garden meeting, and preparations
are being made for a speolal force of inedl
oal men and for special ambulance.
Th thermometer has for the past six
nights fallen but a few degrees from th
limit registered during the hottest part
of tbe day. The heat on Monday night
held almost stationary at 81 degrees, until
4 o'clock yesterday rooming, and as soon
as tbe sun began to ascend the thermome
ter did likewise, until all previous records
for Aug. 11, were broken. The highest
previous record for Aug. 11 was 98 degrees
In 1891 and 99 degrnoa In 18W8, while yea'
terdny It registered, up on the top of the
Manhattan Life Insurance building whers
the weather bureau is situated, H8H de
grees, and the humidity, which is fai
worse than the broiling sun, stood at 70,
and down on the streets It was not less
than five degrees warmer.
Tbe heat yesterday claimed many vic
tims throughout tbe oountry, though tbs
mortality was not so great outside of New
York aa on tbe previous day. The follow
ing Is the number of deaths In the princi
pal oltlea:
Boston, 7; Philadelphia, 19; Baltimore,
8; Washington, 1; Chicago, 88; St Louis,
8; Providence, 7; New Haven, 8; Hart
ford, 1; Louisville, 1.
Many Deaths on Monday.
New York, Aug. 11. Humidity and
beat still continue to claim their victims
In New York and vlolnlty, and the death
list is appalling and ever on the lnorease.
The olty hospitals oomplaln that their am
bulances were taxed to tbe utmost caring
for people suffering from heat prostra
tions, aud Polio Commissioner BooBevolt
ordered that the polloe patrol wagons be
pressed Into service to carry victims ol
the heat to the hospitals.
For the past five days the maximum
temperature has been 90 degreea or there
about. The mean temperature for the
past week was 81. Up to 11 o'clock last
night there were reported for the day 118
heat prostrations and 69 deaths.
There were 81 deaths In Brooklyn and
78 in the suburbs. The number of deaths
reported slnoe last Wednesday were: New
York, 1811; Brooklyn, 84; suburbs, 99,
making a total In greater New York oi
908.
The following death In tbe principal
oltlea are reported aa a result of yesterday's
exoesslve heat: Philadelphia, 11; Balti
more, 4; Washington, 8; Chicago, 89; St.
Louis, 11: Pittsburg, 4; Rochester, 1;
Buffalo, 8; Providenoe, 9; New Haven, 8;
Hartford, 8; Cleveland, 8; Indianapolis,
1; Louisville, 8; Atlanta, 1; Kansas
City, 1.
There were 88 deatha In various towni
of New Jersey.
Sunday's Excessive Heat.
WAsniKOTOit, Aug. 10. The reports ol
fatality resulting from heat In various
seotlons of tbe country, indioate that tht
present hot spell will be aa disastrous In
It effeot as a national calamity or plague.
Th death roll of the day exoeed 1US In
th prlnolpal cities. In greater New
York, Including New York olty, Brooklyn
and Staten Island, th number of deaths
from heat reaches B0. In Baltimore tbs
death war 19 and In Philadelphia 18.
Eastern cities appear to have suffered
most severely, although th death list In
the west continue to be high. The re
port cover only tbe prlnolpal cities, and
the fatalities In the Interior will doubt
lees swell tbe list very materially.
Following is the death Hat so for as re
ported from the various oltles: New York
and vlolnlty, 60; Philadelphia, 18; Wash
ington, 6; Baltimore, IV; Bayonne, N. J.,
8; Newark, N. J., 8; Albany, 8; Jersey
City, 1; Pittsburg, 1; Chicago, ; Roches
ter, 1; Louisville, 1; Memphis, 1; Cleve
land, 8; Cincinnati, 6; San Antonio, 1.
Professor Andre and His Balloon
Vadrok, Norway, Aug. 11. News has
been received from Spitsbergen that Pro
fessor S. A. Andre has discovered foul
rents In his balloon. Professor Andree's
original Intention waa to have bla balloon
Inflated and ready for bla dash to tbe pole
by the first week In July, but owing to
various causes of delay, the balloon was
not filled until July 87. After that ths
Intrepid explorer waited In vain for tbe fa
vorable southerly winds and clear sky,
whloh b oonsldered essential for a atari
that would carry any hope of uooes In
bis object Tbe avoidant to the ballon
will probably end the prospect for th ex
pedition this aeason, as tbe period of the
midnight sun of the arotlo lutttude. be
yond whloh Professor Andrea did not In
tend to attempt his experiment, ha al
most passed.
Five Killed la a TroUoy Aoeldent.
Colombia, Pa, Aug. 10 A frightful
trolley accident occurred on the Columbia
and Donegal electric railroad, one mil
outside of this city. A crowded car was
returning from Cblckle park, when a
gear wheel broke and tbe car waa thrown
over a 80 foot embankment falling Into a
creek. Five passenger were killed out
right and two score injured, many of them
very seriously. Following 1 tbe list ol
fatalities: Chief Burgess H. H. Uelss ol
Columbia, Adam Foehllnger, motorman,
of Columbia; Jams Ludlow of Sea Girt,
N. J. ; Henry Smith of Columbia, William
Tlnkerson of Columbia. Twenty-nlnt
Injured passengers, many of whom are ex
peoted to die, were brought to Columbia
hospital.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, Ang, A.
One man was killed and fire were sa
verely wounded In a fight In Alabama
over politics.
Ths Emerald boat the Colonla In tin
run of the New Yacht Club fleet Iron.
New London to Newport
Mrs. Henry K. Abbey has begun a suit
agnlnsthnr husband, the well known New
York theatrical manager, to secure a sepa
ration. She declares thnt be deserted hei
and treated her shockingly while undei
the Influence of liquor!
Alice Heaney dreamed that her sister,
Mrs. Larkln of Classon avenne, Brooklyn,
was trying to out her throat. She awoke,
seized an ax and attacked Mrs. Larkln
while the latter was asleep, lnfllotln
many dangerous wounds.
Two Brooklyn minister, the Rev. Hex
ry Aston, a Methodist clergyman, and thf
Rev. Mlohaol Murray, pastor of Cathollt
ohurcb, are missing. Tbe former left heme
on Monday last and has not returned.
Father Murray failed to appear after a
surf bnth at Kockaway and Is bolloved tc
be drowned.
Friday, Aug. V.
Mgr. Martinelll, the newly appointed
papal legate, will arrive In the United
States at the end of September.
A madman who had written letters tt
Father M. J. Loftus, threatening to kill
blm, attacked the priest In his rectory In
Bay Ridge, N. Y.
Carpenter, the convict who escaped from
the Westchester oounty Jail three weeki
ago, was captured by six deputy shsrlffi
at Port Chostor, N. Y.
The British house of lords adjourned
after making several amendments to thi
Irish land bill. The action waa In opposi
tion to the polloy of the government and
caused a deotded sensation.
Lester Prylbll, 14 years old, and Harry
Bradley, in, both of New York, were ar
rested In Poughkeepsle and arraigned In
Kingston on the oharge of breaking lntc
the premises of Mr. Hoffman, a rloh brew
er at Rondout. Hoffman, who Is young
Prylhll's uncle, refused to prosecute, and
the boys were set free.
Saturday, Aug. ft.
It Is reported from Lelpslo that Von
Hohenlohe has resigned aa Imperial ohan
oellor of Germany.
Franklin Seaman, a leader of Brooklyn
society, shot himself to death accidentally
with a rifle at hla father'a house, IBS Co
lumbia heights.
LI Hung Chang was banqueted at Ho
tel Metropole In London and wora hit
yellow Jaoket and psaoock feather. He
will sail for New York on tbe steamer St
Louis on Aug. 89.
Lord Salisbury, premier of Great Brit
ain, hinted at resignation If defeated
again on any Important point In the Irish
land bill, and the government measure la
now thought to be sole.
Walter L. Chamberlain, a bualneea man
of Jacksonville, Fin., disguised himself
and tried to rob a bank by threatening
the cashlor, A. S. Hubbard, with vitriol.
Hubbard shot and mortally wounded
Chamberlain.
Mondar. Aug. 10.
William Hale John Charles Perry, earl
of Ltmerlok, died In London.
Herbert Willis of Taunton, Mass., mads
a confession to the police, In which b ad
mitted the oummision of murder, larceny
and highway rubbery.
Painters threatened to walk out In New
York, and building workmen talked of a
general sympathetic strike. More than
6,000 tailors proposed to join tbelr fellows
now out
An appeal to tbe supreme oourt has been
taken In tbe Llnooln gold bond Injunc
tion oase, in whloh William J. Bryan, Dem
cratlo candidate for president, la the prln
olpal plaintiff.
It la reported In Paris that Queen Vic
toria has Invited President Faure of Francs
to meet Emperor William of Germany at
Osborne House, Isle of Wight Tbe pro
posed meeting, It la said, waa made on tht
motion of the German emperor.
By the oareless unballasting of th cais
aon at the entranoe to the drydock at tbt
Brooklyn navy sard the water entered,
carrying away the oalsson, doing serious
damage to tbe torpedo boat Erlosson,
wreaking Commandant Sloard'a launch
and doing other damage. The damage It
estimated at 1100,000.
Tuesday, Aug. 11.
Five persona were drowned near Phila
delphia from the overturning of a row boat
Secretary Herbert of the navy depart
ment made an address before tbe Naval
War oollega in Newport
Lady Emily Tennyson, widow of tht
late Lord Alfred Tennyson, poet laureate
of England, died In Aldwortb.
Mra. Valll of Union Hill, N. J., was
paralysed by lightning. It ooourred eight
weeks after her husband' death from tht
am cause.
Charles 8. Johnson and Edward Sobu
bel were drowned by tbe capalilng of
boat in which tbey were sailing off Lln
ooln park, Chicago.
Application was made to the attorney
general of the state of New York to begin
nation against the Brooklyn Union Gas
company under tbe antitrust law.
Commodore Stcard began an Investiga
tion Into tbe cause of and responsibility
for th aoddent that wrecked the drydock
and damaged th torpedo boat Erlosson at
the Brooklyn navy yard.
. The polloe of Bridgeport hav been In
formed that Herbert Steele, a burglar cap
tured In Brooklyn on Saturday, 1 th
man who tried to rob the postoffioe at Fair
field a week ago. He 1 also wanted lot
everal crime oommltted In tbe vlolnlty
of Bridgeport Upon bi release by tbs
New York authorltlea ha will b taken to
Bridgeport for trial.
Wedaesday, It,
Th Murray Hill bank wa closed by
State Superintendent KUburn.
General Harrison haa consented to
apeak in New York on Aug. 87.
LI Hung Chang hasaooepted the Invita
tion of the dominion government to visit
Canada.
Wilbur and Roland Butterflold, aged 14
and 11, son of William N. Butteriield
were drowned in th liver at Bondavllle,
Mas.
Five peopl war killed and nln In
jured, perhaps mortally, by a fir la th
lx story building, 40B Greenwich (treat,
New York.
The mystery surrounding tbe death 01
A. H. Pile, whose body was found floating
In tbe Potomac river near Washington,
baa not been solved.
About 60 Inmate of th El in Ira reform
atory attacked two keepers In an attempt
to esoapa They were overpowered before
accomplishing their purpose.
Frank Farnsworth, a sinner, oonneoted
by marriage with Senator Sherman and
tbe lata Senator Joseph McDonald of In
diana, shot himself to death In th Put
nam House In New York, leaving a letter
auntalolng obargs against a well known
physician and a married woman.
Ci-twntary Thompson Btrlckaa.
Tkhki Hadtk, IuL, Aug. 13. Colonel
R. W. Thompson, ex-secretary of th na
vy, wo prostrated by heat He was un
conscious ths greater part of the time, but
bis physicians have hope of his reoovery.
Colonel Thompson la 90 years of age,
Doath ml Captain Kvaas.
Washinutow, Aug. 18. Th war de
partment ha received nutloe of the death
in tbe Baltimore City hospital today of
Captain Ueurg W. Evans, a retired army
aniuer.
INTERVIEW WITH LI,
CHINE8E DIPLOMAT EXPRESSES HIS
DESIRE TO SEE AMERICA.
ays His Stay Here Will Be Short Will
Shop la Mew Tors and Philadelphia
and Cross the Continent. Sailing Front
Taneouver.
Loirnn, Aug. 12. By special appoint
ment preos representative was accorded
an 'jjy irvlew with LI Hung Chang, Rng
lam. i guest of bonor this month, being
shown into Lt Hung Chang's private par
lor,whloh is the ground floor morning room
In Iiord lonsdnle'a mansion In Carlton
House terrace. A group of servants stood
before the door through whlob the news
man was oonduoted by Viscount LI, the
statesman's son, and who acta aa hla ln
rpreter. LI Hung Chang rose and bowed with
formal courtesy aa his visitor entered and
than shook hands after which he motion-
' Lt HUHO CHAWO.
ed to seat opposite to his own. Lt was
habited in an undress costume, consisting
of a plum colored stuff skirt, a dark blue
Ilk jaoket and a black satin oap, with a
crimson silk button in the center of the
erown to designate his status as a man
darin. In the front of the cap band was
fixed a large pearl stud, sot with dia
mond A diamond ring also glittered on
the little finger of his right hand. His
shoe were of black sntln, trimmed with
two lines of green silk and having tblok
white felt sole.
As the distinguished oriental took his
eat following hi guest'a aotlon, bis at
titude strikingly resembled the numerous
published portraits from photographs, so
that he would have been readily reoogniz
ed without information as to his Identity.
During the oourse of the interview LI
most of the time looked bla Interlocutor
atralght In the faoe, bla piercing brown
eyea auggeatlng the penetrative power of
Roentgen raya. The oomplexlon of the
faoe la a dark bronze, relieved by a thin,
atraggllng gray mustache and Imperial.
While talking, his face becomes animated
with an occasional smile full of percep
tion, accompanied by a gesture. He then
relapses Into the lmpassiveness of abronse
Idol. Hla voice la low In pitch, but of
sonorous quality, and be speaka with tbe
strong Inflections ao oharaoterlstlo of the
Chinese tongue.
1.1's Notions of aa Interview.
LI Hang Chang has submitted to Inter
views a number of times before hie arrival
In England and has seized that rather
formidable Institution of western civilisa
tion with a firm grasp, to direct It rather
than to be controlled by lt. The method
employed by tbe astute oriental diplomat
In bis Interviews with newspaper men Is
to ask and not to answer questions. The
press representative found himself be
sought for Information of the arrange
ments for the coming transit of Ll through
th United States before opportunity wa
given to put a query.
Ll nu very eager regarding the pro
gramme for his tour of th United States
and the Amerloan arrangements. He ask
ed If Philadelphia wa rauob out of the
way of the railroad route from New York
to Washington.
Ll Hung Chang asked about the special
train on the Pennsylvania railroad which
1 to be provided for him, and whether it
would carry blm direct to Vancouver
without ohange. He wa Informed that
probably lt would.
Ll explained that Hon. John Russell
Young had written to him asking him to
luncheon In Philadelphia, at wbioh be
promised that all of Ll Hung Chang' old
friend should b present Ll first met Mr.
Young when the latter accompanied Cen
tral Grunt on his tour around tbe world
and afterward when he became United
States minister to China under President
Arthur. Ll asked If Mr. Young held such
a position among American a to lead
them to follow hi arrangement. Being
assured of this, be asked cordially after
th health of Mr. Young and of General
Jamea H. Wilson and Mr. Wharton Bar
ker, whom he bad aeen In China.
Makes Only a Brief Sojourn.
Th correspondent said that tbe greatest
regret was felt among Americans that Li
Hung Chang would be unable to see suffi
cient of the United States to obtain a
knowledge of tbe oountry equally Inti
mate with that obtained of the oountrle
he has already seen.
Lt Hung Chang In reply asserted that
be deeply regretted that it was Imperative
that he should sail from Vancouver on
Bjpfc 14, for whloh date passage has been
engaged for blm on the steamer Empress
of China.
Ho asked as to the faculties and the oost
of shipping heavy baggage from New York
to Vancouver.
Having satisfied him npon this point,
the correspondent Inquired whether Ll de
sired to see the leading ailverlte and gold
standard advocate regarding the question
of money during hla visit to the United
State.
Viscount Ll replied to this that his fa
ther wa anxious to learn all that was pos
sible on th question, but that his time
wa ao abort and be had so much to do
while be wa In Washington with people
oonneoted with tbs government that he
hoped that tboaa persons wishing to have
Interviews with htm would arrange for
them with tbe Chinese minister at Wash
ington. He would do hla best to please ev
erybody, but he desired to economise hla
tlm while In th United State a much
a possible.
Boston Lumberman Assign.
Boston, Aug. 11. The assignment Is
announced of W. H. Treivorgy, wholesale
lumber dealer, 80 Kllby street It hi un
derstood tbal tbe liabilities are In th
vlolnlty of tii00,000.
Paternal Advlea,
"Ben," (aid the old colored dtaoon to
hla sun, "you dune grudivatud now, en
you's gwiiu) out lutu de great en wicked
worl. "
"Yea, uh."
11 Eu you want tor hoed my xwise'f
"Yea, suh."
"Weil, di Is erbout all I got tur any to
you: Dun't go Into do poultry bualuea
when do muun la aliiuiu, en always be shu'
en keep in de front part ex de mule. "At
lanta Coiutitutiun.
fjy4!; tf. - il ie ass) mn'.t
ATLANTIC CITY INQUEST.
The Jnry Censures Hath Rnglneers and
Mildly Criticises th Towermasw
ATLAitTio Citt, Aug. 8. The ooroner'a
Jnry In the railroad disaster hns oonoluded
Its deliberations, rendering three separate
verdicts. The first Is signed by the entire
six Charles Evans, Lewis Evans, Thom
as J. Dlckerson, J. H. Champion, Levi C.
Albertson, Charles E. Adams and Is as
follows:
"We, the Jury, Impaneled to Investigate
the oause of death of P. B. Goldsmith and
others, find that the said persons, whose
bodies we have viewed, oame to their
deatha by a collision of express train No.
811 on the Atlantic City railroad and ex
cursion train No. Vfi on the West Jersey
and Seashore railroad at a point known at
the meadow tower, noar Atlantlo City, on
the 80th day of July, at or about 6:48
p. m."
The second verdict, signed by Charles
Evans, foreman; Thomas J. Dlokerson
and Charles E. Adams, follows:
"We, the undersigned jurors, also find
that Engineer Edward Farr of the Atlan
tlo City railroad failed to have his engine
nnder proper control on approaching entd
orosslng, and that Towerman George F.
Hauser, in giving the exourslon train of
West Jersey the right of way over a fast
express, used bad judgment We are also
of tbe opinion that Engineer John Greln
er of said exourslon train erred in not ex
ercising greator oara in orosslng ahead of
said fast express."
The third verdict, signed by Lewis
Evans, Levi C. Albertson and J. B. Cham
pion, reads:
"The undersigned jurors are of the opin
ion that tbe oause of the collision was the
failure of Edward Farr, engineer of train
No. 88, to give heed In time to the sema
phore signals set against him, who thus
failed to have his train under proper con
trol on approaching the signal and cross
ing under the rules. The undersigned ju
rors further deolare that the towerman,
George F. Hauser, may have used poor
Judgment in his estimate of the distance
away of the Atlantlo City railroad train
No. 93 when he gave the white board to
the West Jersey and Seashore exourslon
train No. 700."
Hauser, not being held criminally re
sponsible, will he discharged by the coro
ner. Undnr the New Jorsey law, the Jurors
will receive a total of $1 eaoh for their
services. They have donated the 10 to the
free bed fund of the olty hospital.
SWINDLERS ARRESTED.
They Operated Grain and Mining Shares
la Mew Tork and Chicago.
Nbw York, Aug. 10 Dr. John Craig
has been arrested In Seaside Park as waF
also William II. MoClure In Toms
River, N. J. Both have been lodged In
the Hudson oounty Jail In Jersey City.
Tbey were oharged with being the eastern
managers of tbe big mining and grain
swindle In Chicago and New York, for
whloh James F. MoClure, William A.
Thomas and John J. Tolman are under
arrest In Chicago.
MoClure and Craig will be arraigned
before United States Commissioner Rowe
In Jersey City. Tbey refuse to make any
statement
Three of the five swindlers carried on a
brokerage business here a little more than
a year ago under the name of J. M. Mor
gan & Co. , with an oltloe at the north
west corner of Nassau and Wall streets.
Dealers In the street knew nothing about
them, exoeptlng that they appeared to
have no representation in the Stook Ex
change and had only out of town custom
ers, the business being done by mall.
William A. Thomas Is said to have car
ried on the same sort of business In Cin
cinnati, St. Louis and New Orleans,
Applications For Admission to Tale.
New HAVHN, Aug. 13. Professor
Thomas D. Seymour, ohalrman of tbe
oommlttee whlob had charge of the exam
inations for entranoe to the Yale aoademlo
department, announces that there were
870 applicants whloh the committee de
otded to admit, whloh la about 6 per cent
more than last year'a entering class. Mr.
Seymour expects, however, that there will
be many more obliged to stay at home this
year than ever before, owing to the hard
times.
Fire at Ithaca.
Ithaca, N. Y., Aug. 11. The dwelling
of Mrs. Stebblns was totally destroyed by
fire. It was oooupled a a students' board
ing and lodging bouse, run by Mrs. Chap
man. Mrs. Chapman barely esoaped with
her life. The origin of the fire Is un
known. The estimated lose la $8,000; In
uranoe, 15,000.
FAMOU8 NOMS DE PLUME.
Marlon Harland Is tbe assumed name of
M. Virginia Terhune.
Mrs. C. M. Klrklund chose Mary Cul
vers as her pen name when publishing "A
Sew Homo."
Sir Walter Scott'a little known "Tales
f My Landlord" was published over the
ourioua nom de plume Jedodluh Cloish
bothaiu. Thomas de Quincy la better known aa
the English Opium Enter. It Is a painful
rofercnoe to the vioe of which he was long
the victim.
Rev. George Rosa wrote over the name
of Arthur Skotchloy. An eastern maga
zine says that lt waa the name of a school
boy friend.
John Oxenford, whose critical writings
excited wide comment at tho time they
were given to the public, wrote over the
name of An English Playgoer.
The early writings of Rev. Charles
Kingsley were published aa written by a
Chart tut Parson. The chartist agitation
of his early days no doubt auggestod the
name.
W. Gllmore Slmms, the novelist, selected
iHabel as his nom de plume, probably un
der the Impression that a feminine name
to a masculine production would add In
terest Douglas Jorrold, the noted contributor
to that most dismal of aU English publi
cations, the never ought to be admired
Punch, wrote over the name of Barrabas
Whltefe&ther. The name waa a oolnage of
hia own.
Archbishop Whately, the celebrated lo
gician and controversialist, assumed the
nom de plume of A Country Parson. In
his early life he served for a time a oountry
church, and it Is supposed that the remem
brance of this fact influenced hia choice.
St Louis Globe-Democrat
A Sweet Politician.
"Who'll vote fur met" asked Dora,
Luve's fairest politician.
Bbe tossed her head as straight I said.
"I will, on one oondltiun,
And that la that Dure'll lve her uute
To kiss me fur each vote, each vute. "
And then I saw her blue eyea soften
And vuted early, voted often.
Frank L. bum ton in Atlanta Constitution.
A Bettor Kaaaoa.
Muck Is lt true that Bullion's daughter
eloped with hia ouauhm&n?
Wyld Yea.
Mack I euppose Bulliun Is furious.
Wyld I should any eu. Ho attys he never
oan get another coachman that will suit
htiu a well. Brooklyn Life.
Maw Language to Him.
He prided himself on speaking twelve tongues;
lie oould traoe to lb root auy word you
might name.
But he read twioe through a badcb&ll report
And then oouldn't tea what they did la ths
game.
Cbiuago Beourd,
STEEL ROADS TO COME NEXT.
Gen. Stone llelleves the Country Highways
Will In Future Have a New Character.
" I boliove that tho nltimnto solu
tion of our good rowlH problem for
all groat thoroughfares lies In the
stool highway," said Gon. Roy
Stono, tho head of tho Government
Road Department, a fow days ago.
Gen. Stono Is tho best authority on
the road question in tho country.
'Undoubtedly tho wearing sur
faces of all highways connecting
our great cities and traversed by
wagons and light vehicles are to bo
flat stool rails," Gon. Stono con
tinued. "There is no greater pro
priety or economy in running m wag
on than there would bo in running a
railroad train over a rough surface
of earth or stono. Horseless vehicles
will undoubtedly develop motal
roads. Tho cost, to begin with, will
be higher than that of stone or con
Crete roads j but with the present
low price of stool the saving in wear
would soon compensate for tho dif
ference in cost. At tho same time
tho saving in tho expense of hauling
would bo from fifty to eighty per
cent."
'What is your idea of the way
such a steel highway should bo
built ?"
" It should consist of a double lino
of track, with a carriage road on
either side. Wagons with heavy
loads could follow ono another upon
it in a straight lino either way, while
lighter and faster vohiclos could
pass them by turning out occasion
ally into tho roads. Flat rails laid
upon stringers should be tho stylo of
track used. They should bo laid
levol with the roadway, so that
wheels might pass onto or off them
without difficulty. The general form
of the rail should bo a shallow
trough with flat bottom and outer
edges raised only enough to give a
gentle guidance to tho whools, Tho
width should bo suited to tho gauges
of all vehicles. I find that in Now
York and vicinity whore there is,
perhaps the greatest varioty of road
vehicles the gauges of wagons and
carriages range from four foot ton
inches to sixoet. A rail ton inches
wide would therefore, bo nocossary
to accommodate all of these gauges
comfortably.
Tho State Road Commissioner of
New Jorsoy, Mr. Honry I. Budd,
proposes to lay stool rails about tho
thickness of ordinary boilerplate,
rolled in the shape of a gutter, five
inches wide, with a square perpen
dicular rim one-half inch high. It
is arranged to form a, conduit for
water, and make it easy for wheels
to enter or leave the track. Mr.
Budd says that ono horse will draw
on a stool track twenty times as
much as on a dirt road, and five
times as mnoh as on macadam. A
double track steel highway of his
design, ho says would cost $1,000
less per mile than ono of macadam
the samo size, while a rural one
track road would oost $5,000 loss, or
$2,000 per milo. Mn John O'Don
nell, ex-member of the New York
Railroad Commission, proposes tho
use of gutter-shaped rails, spiked to
timbers, running tho length of the
rails, the heads of the spikes being
below tho ground surface. Ho also
prescribes cheaper steel highways
to be used for branch lines con
necting the main highways with tho
residences or barns of farmers
along tho way. Steel highways, he
says, would be adapted to light
steam engines or horseless motors.
For $10 a trip, ho estimates a steam
motor conld be run for ono hundrod
miles, carrying from fifty to one
hnndrod tons burden. Sussex Inde
pendent. Natural Deduction.
"Now," said tho earnest apostle,
"if a man took a silver dollar and
melted it, he would only have 53
cents worth of silver. What do
you think of that ?"
" Well, said tho man who had
been chewig a straw and looking
puzzled, 'I 'znear's I can make it out,
he would be a durn fool." Indiana
polis Journal.
Sunie New Planks.
A Populist paper proposes four
new planks for its party to adopt at
the Populist National convention.
They are as follows: First To
cross the lightning bug with tho
honey boe, so that the honey bee
can work at night. Second To cross
tho centipede, with its many logs,
with the hog, so that we can got a
hundred hums off the same hog.
Third To bud the strawberry plant
with the milkweed, so that we can
get strawberries and cream off the
same branch. Fourth To cross
Durham cows with beer kegs so we
can get full without coming to
town.
Free Beer Fouutalu.
Horoic Measure The party of
high-browed women was singing
gladsomely, when a man, who had
the appearance of having nothing to
do, approached the street corner on
wrhich they stood.
"Might I inquire the occasion,
miss V" he asked of the first woman
whoso attention he conld attract.
"We have just erected a fountain
with free ice water," she said. " We
are trying to overthrow the rum
seller." "Miss," said the seedy man, In
voice tluit warn fairly husky in its
earnestness, " the way to git away
wit' the rumseller is not by free ioe
water, but by ojienin' a free beer
fountain. That will kill 'iin doader'n
a mackerel, an' don't you forgit."
(Indianapolis Jouruul.