v - ) i - .7 i SEFY THE TURK J .NCnOFT HAS ORDERS TO PAS9 THE DARDANELLES. The TJnlted States Fleet In Mediterranean Waters to Go Into Aotlon If Reeletanoe Is Offered The Programme Sanctioned by Ihe European Power, WAsmnoTon, Oct. 14. The United Htatns pnHlos ihlp Bancroft, whose de parture for Knropenn waters has bmm the mlijpct of profound mystory, la to play an Important part in the effort of the powers i bring about a settlement of the Turklnh iiueatlon. The little vessel la to force the Dardanelles with Minister Terrell standing ' on her deck, and If any nlwtaoles are plaoed In the way by the Turkish forte the Mediterranean fleet, under Admiral Bolf rldge, now InO mllee awny, will eome to her assistance. The British fleet will no doubt also be near at hand to back up the American commander If oocnalon arises. From the hlRhest authority It la learned that the powers had agreed to the pro gramme, and not only will offer no objec tion or reslstnnoe to the entrnnoe of the ' Bancroft to the Golden horn, but will aid her If necessary. The decision to Bend the Bnnoroft to Constantinople was reached eome weeks ego, just before her departure from An napolis as a training ship, but received Its eeiiljf!terday after the cabinet mooting, wbert brders were sent to her eommandrf to repurt at onoe to Minister Terrell on - - - 1 arriving at Smyrna and there follow his Instruction Admiral Palfridge has been Informed by eajle that he may expect the Bancroft In the next few days and to ca ble Mr. Terrell at the American legation at Constantinople at onoe when she ar rives. Will Force the Dardanelles, Captain Belknap of the Bancroft, on re ceiving Mr. Terrell on board, Is to sail for Constantinople and pass the Dardanelles, no matter what may happen. Minister Terrell is to take up his residence on the vessel, which will become the official guardshlp of the United states. The American fleet under Admiral Self ridge oonsists of the Ban Franclsoo, flag ship; the Minneapolis, the Marblehead and the Cincinnati and the Bancroft, now on their wav. from Gibraltar to Smyrna, where Selfridge awaits them. These ves sels left Gibraltar six days ago and should reach Turkish waters before the end of the Week. If Minister Terrell Is not already at Smyrna, he will be by the time the Ban croft arrives there. Minister Terrell will board the Banoroft, which will become - the dispatch boat of our legation by this simple action. The ship will proceed to Chanak, whloh Is about half way between Smyrna and the Dardanelles. From this point Minister Terrell will send an ofllolal dlspatoh to the foreign olTioe In Constan tinople that he Is coming to the oapltal on the Amerloan gunboat Banoroft. No formal reqt est Is to be made for the privilege of enh,..ug the sea of Marmora, and no opportunity will be given the porte to examine the power of deniaL The re port that a firman bad been refused by the oflloials at Constantinople Is lnaocurate. No authority has been sought recently, and -" none will be. The statement from Minis ter Terrell will be positive and will leave no grounds for discussion of the subject. Minister Terrell's Plan. This course, the Importance of whloh Is apparent to those familiar with the situa tion, has been determined upon after a ju dicial inquiry Into the circumstances by the Washington authorities. The advloes from Minister Terrell have lately been of suoh a oharaoter that there has appeared no better plan to pursue than the one -wtilob vould place the Banoroft, the arm ed representative cf this government, In the Golden horn. The rellanoe on Commander Belknap's discretion Is not limited. He is understood to have orders to convey Minister Terrell to Constantinople, despite the menacing fortifications on eaoh side of ,the strait, to the secret sea of the Turks. It Is not ei peoted that the Turkish authorities, on learning the purpose of Minister Terrell, will resist forolbly the approach of the Banoroft to their capital. Naval officers and the diplomat in Washington do not look for any active hostility. They expect that the Turkish displeasure, if evidenced at all, will find expression In the conven tional firing of a Dardanelles gun across the bow of the Banoroft. This will answer the purpose of advising the Bancroft's oommander that he is enoroaohlng upon forbidden waters, and that persistence Is at his risk and on the responsibility of his government. There are, however, other reasons than' mere timidity on the part of Turkey to Jus tify the expectation that no trouble need be looked for. The present plan was not do vised and adopted on the responsibility nf this government alone. It Is known to bare the sanction, If not the practical sup port, of the European powers wbtob are concerned In the Turkish question. The Russian government even has given Its assent to the programme. Minister Dreok lnridge having secured the necessary as surances at St. Petersburg. The Georgia Kleotloa. A tlaxta. Oot. 10. Advices received by The Journal from oouiblned ofHolal and vnofBolal sources fix the total Demooratlo majority at 86,189 at the state election. Tills estimate la based upon the vote for Atkinson for governor, which Is In many cases less than that oaat for the other state officials. It Is not believed that the offi cial returns will materially alter this esti mate. The legislature is almost solidly Ieniooratio In both branohes. Insuring praotloally the unanimous election of ex Speaker Crisp to the senate to suooeed (Senator Gordon. Two constitutional amendments were voted on, and both were carried overwhelmingly. One Is to pro vide for the Increase of the supreme court f rrora three to six justices and to provide p for their election by the people. The other y1 Is to make the state school commissioner elective. A Veteran Officer! Inlaid. . Washington, Oct. 14. Department clerks on their way to office from Wood slda, Md. , about ten miles from town, die oovored the dead body of Captain Slmot Kane, a former member of the Seventeenth Wisconsin volunteers, suspended from a limb of a tree that had been blown over In the recent storm. Captain Kane had been living in the soldiers' homes at Milwaukee nod Marlon, Ind. , praotlolng at both plaoeg as a olalm agent. About a month ago be went to New York, and, his money flvlng out, he sought to enter the home at Hampton, Va. It la believed he feared his application might not be successful and tliureforo committed suiuldo. RegUtr IJet Disappeared. Gouvkhnkuh, N. Y.( Oct. 11 The registry list of Election diatrlot No. 1 of this town has been stolen. At a meeting for rot'lutratlon on Saturday last there was a dtifereuoe between the Democratic inspector and the Republican watcher over the placing of oertain names on the list. 'i lia iniltou are working oo the oaate, but there is apparently no elew. fun on a moating Island. M1DIJI-KT0W5. X. Y., Oct 14. After a year's ft -rae on one side of Mombaaha lake ? lug Ulaud, containing about iwi t, land, baoaiue released and . .v i. ...L.i.g lu Wind lake, situated 18 v t.-uiu tiiis city, near Monroe. Hunt die Laviug flue sport with the foxes :uv.cuuus thus luipriftouud. DU MAURIEFVS DEATH. The Anthor nf "Trllbj" and "Peter Ibbet. son" Passes Away In Lnnsnn, Loifnow, Oot. 10 Ooornfl du Manrler, the author artist, made famous by "Tril by," la dead. For days he had been hover ing between life and ricnth, his Illness be ing heart disease. His end was painless, and he passed away surrounded by friends. George Louis Palmetto Buason du Man rler was hnrn In Paris In 1h;14, and receiv ed an art education In the world famous Latin Quarter. His passionate love for his native city, the tender recollections of bis youth there and his kindly tolerance of Its imperfeotlons, stand prominently forth in everything be ever wrote. Studying as ha did in the Latin Quar ter when that district was in the heyday of lis picturesque bohemlan glory, he had 4-v GKOnOK DO MAURIBR. wisdom enough to reap all Its benefits without being fettered by any of its griev ous faults. Up to the age of 6(1 Du Maurler was known simply as a clever artist. During his middle age, however, he had secretly taken the pen into partnership with the pencil. Linking some dreamy, ldeallstlo brain fancies with a reminiscent story of his own happy youth In the Frenoh oapltal, he wrote a book. Slowly, laboriously and In secret he wrote it Then he translated It Into French and bnck Into English again. At length he allowed It to be pub lished by Harper Bros, under the title ot "Peter Ibbetson." Two years later "Peter Ibbetson" wak followed by the book whloh made Du Maurler's literary reputation among tht masses and whloh, after an unprecedent ed run, was degraded by becoming a fad. "Trilby" was first published In Har per's Monthly. It, like previous works ol Du Maurler's, dealt with a psychological problem and breathed forth a true Frenoh atmosphere. MGR. SATOLLI'S PLAN. T Divide New York Archdiocese, Making Keen the Archbishop. New YonK, Oct 14. A meeting of all the Cathollo bishops of the province ol New York is being beld at the residents of Archbishop Corrlgan, and notion may be taken before the oonoluslon of the de liberations which will have a most Impor tant effect on the history of the Romas Catholic church In this state. It Is asserted that Cardinal Satolll hat a plan to set aside from the provlnoe ol New York the dioceses of Buffalo, Koch ester and Syracuse, thus creating a new aroh (episcopal see, to be designated as the archdiocese of Buffalo. The archbishop to be In charge of the new arohdioceae will, it is believed, be none other than the Right Rev. John .1. Keane, who was recently relieved of his office as rector of the university at Wash ington. This plan Is considered favorably by Bishop Keane's friends and is said to be favored also by Archbishop Martinelll, the new Amerloan delegate. It is also said In this connection that Archbishop Corrlgan, in lien of losing this part of his province, will receive as a reward a cardinal ' hat at the Novembei consistory. Archbishop of Canterbury Dend. London, Oot. 13. The archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Edward White Benson, was seized with apoplexy after the service oommenoed at Hawarden ohuroh. He was carried to the Hawarden rectory, where he died in a few moments. The archbishop of Canterbury, accom panied by Mrs. Benson, arrived at Hawar den, the home of the Gladstones, on Satur day evening, on his return from a visit In the north of Ireland. He appeared then to be In robust health and expressed to Mrs. Gladstone his great gratification over his Irish tour. He arose early on Sunday and attended communion with his wife and others. The weather was bitterly cold, and Mr. Gladstone did not attend ohuroh. Mrs. Gladstone conveyed the sad news to her husband, who was greatly shocked and distressed by It. Afterward, remark ing on the event, Mr. Gladstone said, "He died like a soldier." Labeuoher oa Liberal Leadership. London, Oot. 14. Mr. Henry Labou ohere, In a long article in Truth on the succession to the Liberal leadership, dis claims any personal antipathy to Lord Rosebery, the retiring leader, but express es the belief that demooraoy Is cribbed and oonflned by having as it head a great no bleman without definite opinions and without a grim determination to trample underfoot everything standing in the way of demooraoy. "The future of de mocracy," writes Mr. Labouohere, "is in volved in the question of the leadership. There is no room for a oompromlsa Sir William Vernon Harcourt must be the suooessor. Mr. Asqulth's selection by Lord Rosebery has too much of the warming pan about it" Killed by Palling Roek. WiLEiSBiRiiE, Pa., Oct 18. Three men were Instantly killed by a ill of rook in the Laflln mine. They are Thomas Mitchell ot Mill Creek, aged 40, married and several children; George Puohuakl ot Laflin, aged 4, unmarried, and John Patruse of Mill Creek, aged i unmarried. The men were opening the gangway at the foot of the shaft and after firing a blast bad gone back aud found a large piece of rock loose, but still hanging to the roof. While trying to force it from suoh a dan gerous position the rock suddenly fell and buried them beneath. Their bodies were badly orushed. Bf lobellon Gonvlotod of Malfeaaanee. Philadelphia, Oot 14. The jury In the second Indictment oharglng Frank P. Mlchellon, Camden's ex-olty treasurer, with malfeasauoe in oflioe, has found an other verdict of guilty. Counsel for the defeuee contended that corruption must be shown to oonvlot for malfeasance, but the stute nutintalued ttiatonly willful neg lect was essential to a oonvlotlon. The jury was oot for several hours and brought In the verdict which acquitted him of em bezzlement but eonvluted of tuaMeaaauoe. Vlshop Cats'! Kueoeseor. BrKFALO, Oct 8 Bishop W. D. Walker of orth Dakota has been elected bishop of the lilpUoopal diocese of western No'V Yotk. ATTACK ON WEYLER. BERNAL'8 BITTER DENUNCIATION OF THE CAPTAIN GENERAL. A panlsh General Declnrea Maceo's Po altloa la Impregnable Says Weyler'a Plana Are Pntlle Dauntless Outwits Revenn Cutters. Krt West. Oot. 14. The return of Roneral Bernal to Havana on the govern ment transport Vlgla, from Esperanra, a port on the northern coast of the province if Plnar del Klo, where he was sent by lleneral Weyler to command the Spanish forces In the recent engagements against Antonio Maceo, together with the stric tures he Is said to have Indulged in of a lack of military discipline on the part of the Spanish troops, has oaused a profound sensation In Havana. Acoounte thereof received by steamer state that General Bernal has returned on sick leave and has asked to be sent to Spain. - being thoroughly disheartened over the result of the campaign just Inaugurated-against the Insurgents In Plnar del Rio. The force of hie alleged utter ances will he appreciated when it Is stated that they were matle in the heat of passion at being hissed upon landing at the Ha vana wharf. The general Is reported to have turned fiercely on his sooffers, calling them cow ards for remaining at home Instead of go ing to the front to defend the national In tegrity, and saying that Maceo had not been Idle during the last few months, mnrked by the Inactivity of the Spanlnrds, but had Improved his opportunity to thor oughly orgnnlze his forces and Intrenoh himself In the most oommnndlng positions of the mountain fnstnesses, any attempt to dislodge him from which with only 8,000 or 10,000 troops being sure to reBult in disastrous failure and wholesale slaughtor ot the Spaniards. Maceo's Position Impregnable. Maoeo was really the only one, General Bernnl la alleged to have said, who had built a formidable military trooha, his po sitions today being almost impregnable against any force General Weyler could muster. The folly of attempting to dislodge Ma oeo had been fully demonstrated, General Bernnl said. In nil the reoent engage ments, when, from commanding positions, the Spanish oflloers were picked off by shnrpshooters,and the troops, lacking lead ers, became demoralized and were slaugh tered like sheep. Genoral Bernnl, so Havana reports state, declares that General Weylor's plans are futile, that Maoeo's true strength Is mis understood and underestimated and that he himself tins been vilely duped. After reaching Spain, the general said, he would profer being shot for dlsobedienoe of orders rather than ngaln to roturn to active duty in Cuba under the existing military rule. Mnceo's forcer, he added, were well equipped, apparently, having plenty of arms and ammunition. The general also declared that the most potent faotor in the recent engagements was the insurgent dynamite gun. Every explosion of bombs discharged therefrom he likened to nn eruption of Vesuvius, huge bowlders being torn thereby from the mountnln sides and scores of mangled bodies filling the air In every direction, oauslng consternation among tho troops and forcing them to retreat, terror Btrloken. The Danntless Lands an Expedition. Palm Beach, Fla., Oot. IS. The fili bustering expedition which left this plaoe early on Friday morning on the steamer Dauntless was the largest that has yet been dlspntohed to Cuba from Florida. The Dauntless carried nearly 00 men and four carloads of arms and ammuni tion. The munitions consisted of 8,000,000 cartridges, 1,000 shells for artillery, 1,500 maohetes, 5,000 rifles, 1,200 revolvers, four hotohklss and five melinite guns and a great quantity of dynamite and gun powder. The Dauntless also carried eloo trloal apparatus and medloal supplies. The expedition was well managed by Colonel Kmlllo Nunez and Dr. J. B. Cas tillo, agents of the Cuban junta, and got away without interference, although the United States cruiser Newark and revenue outters were watching the east coast of Florida to Intercept the filibusters. The Dauntless left Jacksonville last Monday, esoorted by the revenue nutter BoutwelL The vessels crossed the St John's bar in oompany and proceeded to sea. Onoe out side the marine limit the sauoy Dauntless showed her heels to the Boutwell and rap Idly steamed southward, the outter fol lowing for a few miles and then returning to Jacksonville. Eight hours after the Dauntless hod left port the cruiser New ark, from Jacksonville, passed here in quest of the filibuster, but the warship was too late. A gentleman in this town, who Is In touoh with the Cubans, received word from Key West that the Dauntless bad landed the men and arms just before daylight yesterday morning on the south coast of Plnar del Rio and was now bead ed for Aniurlcan waters. Thousand Men Benefited. Waitham, Mass., Oot. 14. The Amer ican Waltham Watoh company has posted a notice announcing rtliat on and after Friday noxt the faotory will run 64 hours per week lustead of on half time. Two thousand bands are benefited. Unrequited Lov Prompted Salelde. Niagaha Falls, Oot. 14. It now seems almost oertain that the mysterious suicide who ended his life so tragically by jump ing over the parapet at Prospect point In to the water was A. J. Barton of OH City, Pa. A letter has been Bhown the ohief of poltoe which was written by Barton and indicates that he bad been made crazy by the rejection ot his advances to a young girl ot this city. Telegrams have been sent to Oil City. The general description of the suioide corresponds to that of Barton. Woman to Be Admitted. Corning, N. Y., Oot 10 The Genesee conference of the M. E. oburcb voted to admit women to the general conference, the vote standing 129 for and 6 against General Markets. Nxw Yohk, Oct la FLOUR State and western quiet and held hisher with wheat; cit mills patent. 14.50&4.76; winter puleuu, I.UU3 4.111; city mills clears, H-.it. 15; winter traii.-bts WH EAT No. J red was strong aud decld edly higher all the morning- on unexpectedly higher cables, forelg-n buying and local bull upyort; December, 769bgHjbc.; May, 7UHc. CORN No. t advanced sharply on recent ex port activity and sympathy with wheat: OcLo ber, auciihtc.: December, WuiiJZHc. OATb Nut quiet, but nouuiially firmer with wheat; track, white, auu, liuuiUc.; track, white, western, 2U.JUc. FIHR-Julet; uuaa, $8.5U&i.&; family, $10.90 LAKD Firm; prima western steam, $4.13; nominal. BUTTER Steady; state dairy, 10327c.; Stat creamery, lttiluc. CHEESE (Heady; date. Urge, Tic.; SIll&ll, 7(i)0O. iMii.n yulet; state and Pennsylvania, lWs) Sic.; western, Lfc&tfto. bUtlAlt Kaw quiet, but steady: fair refln lliK, sc.; reulrif ugai, US test. He; retllwd quiet; orulirt. 44C.; powdered, 44&c. T U K l'E N T 1 N E -t irm at Jumaauc. WuUAfv-Eti Firm; New Orleaua. 2tr)7o. RIC K Firm; domestic, ScAc; Japan, Hi 4)40. TALLOW Steady; city, &JMc; country, IIJtf'Mc. HAY Steady; shipping, KxAOuc; good to Chuli!, HUII4.&M.'. news or Tt C 'i , Thnrsday. ( ft. S. General Troohn, vti ' defended 'aril until It surrendered ti he Germnri army In January, 1H71, dli I at Tours, 9 ince. Daniel O. Griffin ao F. W. H iriohs, gold standard candh e-j for governor and lieutenant governoi ' Wew Yrr i etata, were formally notlfleu iM..re . e meet ing at Cooper Union, New York ulty. I In New York Miss Mary Titus was told to leave her boarding house or pay fin she owed for board. She left Her land lady opened her trunk and found 1170 in cash and a cheok for (300. Miss Titus has disappeared. Chairman Dan forth of the New York state Demncratlo oommlttee has reoelved Judge Wilbur F. Porter's formal accept ance of the nomination for governor, In which he declares himself to be fully In accord with the platforms nf the national convention of Chicago and the state con vention at Buffalo. Friday, Oct. 9. George W. Morrison, former treasurer of Hensselaer county, waslndloted at Troy for misappropriating public money. Count de Susinl, once worth 8,000,000 and known as the king of olgarette mak ers, is penniless and til In the Frenoh hos pital In New York. The New York Stnte League of Repub lican Clubs beld its annual convention In FyrncuRe and elected State Treasurer A. B. Colvln president In New York little Charlie Clauer set his one year-old sister's olothes ablaze while playing with lire and then watohed her burn to dent h without giving nn alarm. Dr. Carl F. Nits of Chicago stabbed his wife and then sat down to watoh her die, mnltlng ghastly written comments on the frightful spectacle. When he was about to be arrested, he shot himself, dying In stantly. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, a member ot the Altai family, who defended those ao oused of murder from philanthropic mo tives, announced while smarting under adverse rulings of the supreme oourt in New York that he would retire from the criminal bar. Saturday, Oct. 10, Governor Morton dismissed the oharges made against General Austin Lathrop, su perintendent of prisons. The Hlff pirates plundered a Frenoh ship named the Corlnte, off Athncemas, and carried away her captain. Advices from Berlin are that Prlnoe Bismarck Is suffering greatly from neural gia and Insomnia, and no longer reoelves visitors. The otat of Russia, after reviewing 70, 000 French troops at Chalons, said at a banquet that Russia and Franoeare"uult ed by unalterable friendship." Mayor Patrick J Uleason of Long Island City, N. Y., was served with a summons, secured by the attorney general, requiring him to show cause next Friday why be should not vncnte bis oilloe, on the ground that he was not a citizen of the United States when elected. The Fuerst Blsmarok, upon Its arrival In New York, reported that she had en countered the Amerloan line steamship Paris proceeding eastward nnder one screw, her starboard engine being disabled. She was able to make IS knots an hour, and no apprehensions for her safety were folt Monday, Oct. IS. Harry St. John, son of ex-Governor St John of Kansas, died Saturday In Okla homa. He was under lndiotment for mur der of his wife. Charles R. Leonard, the father of Lil lian Russell, the actress, died In Detroit Saturday from the effects of a stroke of paralysis whloh afflicted him Aug SB. A polite man, who posed as a book agent or a person desiring to rent rooms, stole I4fi from Miss K. Hector and two watohes from Mrs. Dozier in New York. A Mexican cable dlspatoh from Guaya quil, Kouadnr, says that Incendiaries at tempted to burn the parts of the city left standing after the great oonflagratlon. Many arrests have been made. Superintendent Skinner ot the state de partment of publlo instruction, New York, who Is president ot the National Bduuntlonal association and obalrman of the executive oommlttee of that body, has Issued a call for the thirty-sixth annual meeting of the association, to be held In Milwaukee in the first week In July, 1IW7. Tuesday, Oct. 18. The queen bus sent a message of con dolence to the widow ot the arohblBbop of Canterbury. Major MoKlnley addressed two delega tions from the Pennsylvania coal districts who visited him at Canton, O. County Clerk Knopf was arrested at Chicago charged with issuing 8,000 fraud ulent naturalization certificates. A party of ISO Armenlnn refugees, ex ported to this country, will be settled on the Salvation Army farm at Ramsey, N. J. George Jessup and Frank Thompson of Brooklyn, while wheeling in New Jersey, were beld up and robbed by two masked tramps. V Nloholas Muller, Jr., former Democratic state committeeman from Richmond oounty, died of consumption at Snug Har bor. N. Y. Mary Hepler, 80 years old, was run down and perhaps fatally Injured by truok at Broadway and Houston street New York. Polloe bad to rescue tht driver, John Hunt, from a mob. Two stylishly dressed women, who said they were Mrs. Theresa Jung and daugh ter of Portchester, N. Y., were accused by a store deteotlve of shoplifting In New York. They were arrested and looked up. Wednesday, Oct. 14. Candidate William MoKlnley received two delegations, whom be addressed at hit borne in Canton, O. The steamship Spartan, from Boston tor Philadelphia, went ashore near An giesea, N. J., and Is likely to be a total loss. A Mexican cable dispatch from Guaya quil, Kouador, states that the national convention has deoreed amnesty to all po litical exiles. Candidate William J. Bryan made a tour through Minnesota, from Minneapo lis to Duluth, making two addresses at the latter plaoe. Prlnoe Hllkoff, Russian Imperial min ister of ways and communications, is In Chicago, the guest of prominent railroad and other business men. The marriage of Miss Mary Gwendolen Caldwell, American heiress, to the Mar quis de Merluvllle of the Frenoh nobility will occur at Dresden Oot ID. Mrs. Josephine Wilson, overcome by do mestic trouble, took paris green at the Ewing hotel, in Jersey city, but was saved from death by the prompt aotlon of a phy sician. Rev. John M. Watson (Ian Maolaren) appeared In Carnegie Muslo hall In New York and gave his first publlo reading In A merloa. Ho read from the " Bonnie brier Bush. " aerlou Blase at Great Barrtngton. Gkiat Bakhington, Mass., Oot 18. This town was visited by the greatest con flagration in Its history last night The fire broke out about 10:U0 o'clock and de stroyed the majur part of the business seo tion of the town. The fire started in the Kennedy hotel annex and spread rapidly to the adjoining buildings. The fire de partment responded promptly, but the fire bad gained such headway aud the heat was so Intense that they were driven from the street aud could only tight tbe flames from the rear. STORM KING'S WIUTIl DESTRUCTIVE HUftRICANE ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. Th President's Friend Resoaea Five Men In n Sloop Great Hnvoe Wrought nl Coney Island Mnch Damage on the Massachusetts and Mew Jersey Coasts. NKW York, Oot IS. A veritable hur: rlcnne has swept over this seotlon of tht rountry. The wind blew with terrific force, reaohlng, at Sandy Hook, a velocity nf 7 miles an hour. The tide rose to a height many feet greater than has been seen for years, and the waves all along the Atlantic coast swept In with a foroe that carried everything before them and did damage to the amount of many hun dreds of thousands of dollars. Sandy Hook and points along the Jer sey ooast folt the fury of the storm most of all, but C.mey Island experienced the most direful results. The beaches were swept clean, pavilions were overturned and oarrted seaward, bathing bouses, boardwalks and everything not far Inland on the famous Island was torn np and onrrled out on the raging waters. At Brighton Bench the stonewalks In front of the big hotel were under water, and toward the end of the afternoon the famous Seldl Concert hall was Inundated and partially carried away. The well kept lawns In front of the Oriental hotel and Manhattan Beach hotel were laid waste and the lower portions of the hotels flood ed. Innumerable smaller buildings were simply picked up bodily and carried away by wind or wnvos. At such a plaoe as Far Rock awny the fury of the gale Is Indesorlbabla Those houses whloh were built on sand were washed away, and those higher up, whloh for years have been out ot reaob of the highest tides, were flooded. The damage at Coney Island will reach fully 200,000 and at Far Rookaway about 150,000. Along the Jersey ooast most of the dam age done was to piers and to breakwaters. Preparations bad been made, as forewarn lngs of the storm had been given some dnys before. As yet very little damage to shlpplfwg has been reported, for, on aocount of warning, many craft delayed salting, and others that bad oleared rsturned for a snfo anohorage. Storm on Kew England Const, Boston, Oot. IB. The West India hur ricane, which hns swept the New England const for the past 83 hours with almost unparalleled severity, completely tying up shipping, has subsided, and the worst hns probably been experienced, while for the first time during the entire blow rain Is falling. The hurricane, while probably not as severe as others which have come up from the tropica at this time of the year, has nevertheless been heavy enough to kick up one of the ugliest seas ever seen along the New England coast or in Massa chusetts bay, so that not a vessel of any description hns left port since late Satur day afternoon. Every point along the coast from Newport to Eastport reports prnotloally the same condition. The highest wind velocity In this city was 50 miles an hour. This Is the highest since Feb. 6, at whloh time tbe wind blew BH miles an hour from tbe southeast. At Block island, whore the wind readied a maximum of 60 miles, one-sixth of an Inch of rain had fallen. Storm at Atlantle City. ATLANTIC ClTT, Oot 18. The olty was out off from the outside world last night, both the Rending and Pennsylvania rail road companies posting notices that trains oould not be run In or out of the olty be cause of the damage done to the roadbeds. The high tide washed away the roadbeds In many places. Charles Masou and bis family wore driven out of their home on the meadows by the water Inundating the first floor. The husband put his family In a oart and pulled them to a road con necting with this olty and then transfer red them to a friend's house. A similar oase is reported from Chelsea, below this olty, whero Mr. and Mrs. Whittakor were taken in a boat from their borne, on Hum mock square. The steamboat wharf, 800 feet in length, was washed away, and a frame building adjoining the 111 fated Casino, where the Elk disaster happened two years ago, was torn down by the waves, and two sections of the old boardwalk In Chelsea are gone. Damage at Narragansett Pier. Narragansktt Pikr, Oct. 14. The se vere northeasterly gale whloh has prevailed for the past few days did muob damage here. A soutlon of the Rockingham sea wall has been torn down, and the lawn is washed out The entire front of The Al oazar, on Beach row, Is badly damaged, and tbe building bas been shifted on Its foun dations. The old Governor Sprague bath house has been entirely demolished. A three masted schooner was sighted with mlzzentop and forestaysall carried away. She passed to the eastward, apparently making for New Bedford. Ship Wracked and Sailors Drowned. Lkwes, Del., Oct 18. The Amerloan schooner Luther A. Roy, from Sohlverle, Nova Sootla, for Philadelphia, wltb a oar go of plaster, struok near tbe point of Cape Henlopen while a terrible northeast gale was prevailing. The force of tbe sea was so great that the vessel pounded to pleoes on the sands before the life saving men oould get a line to her. Three of the orew lost their lives, and five of the orew were resoued after an awful experience with the elements. Great damage was done to docks and piers at this port by tbe beavy seas. Talks of Tweaking Corbett's No. San Francisco, Oct 14. Tom Sharkey, the sailor pugilist, will leave fur New York on Saturday and will leave no stone unturned to make Corbett keep bis agree ment to fight Sharkey says he will pull Corbett's nose, It necessary to make him fight If he can't get up a fight with Cor bett or Fltzslmmons, Sbarkey will go to South Africa, where be will be matched against Joe Goddard. Alleged Murderer Breaks JalL TAPLATA, Md., Oot 14. George Mat thew, accused of killing James J. Irwin at Aliens Freshet St. Charles oounty, Aug. 3, awaiting trial for murder In the first degree, had escaped from jail. He is still at large, but parties of armed men are scouring the country in search of Dim. It Is obarged that the jailer carelessly left the door open while serving breakfast to the prisoners, and Matthews slipped out Irwin was shot through tbe head from a window while asleep In his own house, and his wife Is accused of having been an accessory to the murder, which. It Is thought, resulted from an Improper lnti maoy between her and Matthews. The woman was not Indicted, but is being beld as a witness. To Marry a Modern Foeakoataa. Washington, Oot 14. Word has been reoelved her of the approaohlng marriage of Mr. Van 11. Manning of the United State geological survey, now In camp In Indian Territory, to a beautiful Indian girl, Mlas KUzabeth Crab tree, belle of the Creek Nation. Mlas Crabtrqyiatbe daugh ter of W. K. Crabtree, a wealthy stock man and ranohowuer of Muscogee, 1. T. Her mother is a member of the Carter family of Virginia. She is 1U year of age and 1 said to be extremely fair, with dark eyes nnd bronze brown hair, and was edu cated lu one of the colleges of the Territory. POPULISTS' MANIFESTO. It Is Regarded a a ftebnke to Thomas R Watson. Chicago, Oot 14. The national com mittce of the Peoplo's Party has Issued I mnnlfeato, which, It is Intimated, Is In thi nature of a rebuke to Thomas K. Watson who haa Insisted upon "the middle of thi road ' oonrse. The manifesto snvs In part Your national committee Indulged thi nope that the patrlotlo action of the Peo pie's Party In national convention It subordinating the interests of party to thi success of the vital Issues Involved In thli pampnlgn would be met by equnlly tin so If Ish devotion to a common Interest on tht part of the Demooratlo party, and that all the friends of sliver oonld present a solid front against the minions of greed bvstin porting one ticket the truly oo-operativt ticket, Bryan and Watson. But, this hops being disappointed, thore were but twt courses left, one of which must be adopt 'l: First, to run a straight Bryan and wntson electoral tloket in every state, which, on acoount of the failure of tht Demooratlo party to support this tloket. would have effected the same result In Ihls campaign that would have followed the nomination of a straight Populist tick et at St. Louis namely, the election ol MoKlnley and the triumph of the gold standard. The other course left open to vour oora mlttee thnt was consistent with the action of the convention In nominating Mr. Bry an was to do everything In Its power to unite rna voters ot the oountrv asnlnst MoKlnley and to overcome the obstacles ana embarrassments whloh, if the Dem oorntio party had put the oanse first and party second, we would not have encoun tered. This oould only be accomplished bv ar ranging for a division of the eleotoral vote In every state possible, securing so many electors for Bryan and Watson and oonoed Ing so many to Bryan and Sewall. At the opening of the camnntsn this. under the circumstances, seemed the wisest oourse for your oommlttee. and It is dearer today than ever that it was the only snfe nnd wise course if our votes were to be cast and made effeotlve for the relief of an oppressed and outraged penpla Fol lowing this policy, your committee has arranged electoral tickets in three-fourths of the states and will do all In Its power to make tho same arrangement in all of the states. By perfecting this arrangement every sincere opponent of the gold stand ard giving loyal support to these joint electoral tickets, the People's Party will not only secure In the eleotoral oollege for Bryan and Watson several times as many votes as we oould have possibly seoured by making a straight fight, bnt we will se oure the defeat of MoKlnley and the gold standard, which should now be the great est desire of every oltlzen who believes in the principles of true Democracy as taught by Jefferson and of true Kopublloanlsm as represented by Abraham Llnooln. MoKlnley Confident. CANTON, O., Oot. 14. For the first time since his nomination Major MoKlnley openly prophesied the snooess of the Re publican party at the coming eleotion. It was to a delegation from Sandusky ooun ty, O., the home of the late President Rutherford B. Hayes, one of whose sons was present, that the Republican candi date deolared: "The way to restore oonfldonoe Is to no tify the world that we are a nation of 70,000.000 of people, who propose to pay our obligations, and that we will do three weeks from today, and then stop these weekly and monthly and annual deflolts In our treasury." Death of Bar, Dr. Wheeler. Boston, Oot. 12. Rev. Crosby H. Wheeler, the well known missionary of the Amerloan board, died at Auburndale. In his early life Dr. Wheeler was a pastor In Maine, but In 1857 he entered missionary servloe In Turkey and was looatea at Kar pnt, wnere tor 89 years he labored inde fatlgably. He was the founder and the president of Euphrates oollege, and through this Institution and in other ways be had wrought most successfully for the good of the Armenians. He was at Karput dur ing the massacre in that city In November last and bis house was then burned. THE SILVER QUESTION IN A NUT SHE LI Free Coinage of Bricks Wonld Not Raise Their Price. Did yon ever stop to think what would be the result if the government should by legislation determine that or dinary building bricks 3 by 4 by 8 inches in size should be legal tender In any amount for $1 each and should ar range to have them so stamped in any quantity free of cost to tbe persons pre senting them? Under soch olreumstances tbe prioe of building bricks wonld at onoe advance to (1,000 a thousand, for If they oonld be "ooined" without ooet the bricks "uncoined" would be worth just as mnch as the "ooined" bricks 41 each. But did It ever occur to yon that it wonld not be an advanoe in the value of tbe bricks, bnt a decrease In the value of the dollars, which wonld thus estab lish new "parity between money and property ;" that nnder snoh a system $1,000 would be worth only 1,000 bricks; that that 1,000 bricks wonld exchange for no more commodities or labor than it does today, and conse quently that 1,000 would mean no more to na than 1,000 bricks do now? In other words, onr government can determine by legislation what commod ity and what amount of that commodity 1 shall be, but it must leave It to the laws of comparative snpply and de mand, cost of prodnction, eta, to de termine what the valne of that com modity shall be. It may declare that a brick shall be a dollar, in which oase $1 will be worth whatever a brick will exchange for. It may declare that 25.8 grains of gold shall be a dollar, in which case $1 will be worth whatever S5.8 grains of gold will exchange for, or it may declare that 412 grains of silver shall be a dollar. In which case $1 will be worth only what 413 grains of silver will exchange for, the same to day as 60. 8 cents in gold, or, "giving the debtor the option" as to what dollar he shall use with which to pay his debts, it may declare that each of these three shall be a dollur, in which case $ 1 will be worth just as much as the least valuable of the three, which nnder present conditions would be the brick. L Carroll Root Even if it were true that free coinage at Id to 1 would raise the price of sil ver, how would that benefit the great majority of the American people? Not one person in a thousand owns a silver mine or bas silver bullion fcr which he wants a higher price. Bnt everybody wants to buy silver in the form of man ufactured articles of use or ornament, and therefore wants It to be as cheap as possible. A scheme for making glass ware or hardware dearer would not re ceive mnch favor from the consumers of those goods. Is it at all likely that the oonsumers of silver manufactures are anxious to pay more for them? THE TEACHERS' WORLD. All twhors and friends nf edncntlon are cordially Invlhtl to contribute whatever tuny lie heliifiil or suggiwttvn to others In this lino of work. Cominmilentloiis will be glmlly received by the editor of this de partment. Answor to the tree problem in last week's Press. Sqnnre height of tho tree, square distaneo from its root to where the port falling strikes the ground ; find their sum, nnd divido by twice the height of the tree ; the quotient will equal the length of the part falling. J. A. Kipp. Answer to Tree Quostion Inst week. From tho sqnnre of tho height of he tree subtract the sqnnre of the distance tho top struck from the stninp, nnd divido hv twW ,Q height of tho tree. 80x80 - 6400 25x25 - 625 160)5775(36 3-32 feet, hoight of stump, Ans, Kiro. ARBOR DAY CELEBRATIONS. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OP ARBOR PAY. Nebraska hns tho honor of origin ntingtho celebration of Arbor Day. In 1874. at tho raminar. nf the Kfata Board of Agriculture, the Governor .i uiB oraie appointed the second Wednesday of April as a day for the planting of trees bv t.h ernlly, and it is snid thnt millions of u-ros were pinntou on that day. In Kansas the dnv vena firaf. re served in the city ofTopoka, in no ouiuuuue wiin a proclamation by the mhyor of thnt city. Other States which were deficient in tim ber fell rnuidlv in linn Then cun other States began to observe the tiny us a scnooi Holiday, which was devoted not morel v of trees, but to the beautifying of o.iiini grounds ns wen. If Arbor Days are nocessary in the prairie States, they are not less needed in Stntes in which timber abounds. In almost every rural dis trict there is need for improvement iu mo grounds about the school house. Tho dav has. moreover ir. social nnd moral benefits, which are not to bo rated lightly. It affords an opportunity for neighborhood Yir.ii.ing uiiu cousuitaxion. it Dnngs together the teachers, tho nnrenta and tho pupils, and prevents es trangements uetweon them. It eives to nil a now interr-sr. In t.lm school and its work. It affords an opportunity to present to the par ties most interested tho school needs of the hour. CHOICE OF TREES. Tho choice of trees for planting in school grounds should be made with some care. Trees of offensive odor, and those which attract insects, lit ter the ground, sprout at the roots, bear thorns, and prove otherwise objectionable should be avoided. As a rule, the trees which grow wild in the same locality are most certain of a vigorous growth, and it is not necessary to go to the expense and trouble of procuring exotics, though a few of the latter may afford a pleasing variety and prove of special interest to the pupils. Where shade is urgently needed, rapidly growing trees are often pre ferred, though these are the earli est to die, and are apt to become un sightly within a fow years. If such trees bo used at all, thoir retention should be considered temporary at best, and more substantial trees of slower growth should be sot out at the same time, to supply the shade for the future, when the rapid growers shall have been cleared away. Forthere is hope of a troo.lf it be out down, thnt it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thorcof wax old In the eartn, And thostock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of wabir It. will hml. And put forth boughs like a plant. Job xiv. 7-9. The true basis of national wealth is not gold, but wood. Forest dos truction is the sin that has caused us to lose our earthly paradise. war, pestilence, storms, fanaticism. and intemperance, together with all other mistakes and misfortunes.have not caused half so much permanent damage as that fatal crime against the fertility of our Mother Earth. Felix L. Oswald. Keeping up a fit proportion of forests to arable land, is the prime condition of human health. If the treos go, men must decay. Who soever works for the forests works for the happiness and permanence of our civiliaition. A tree mav be an obstruction, but it is never use less. Now is the time to work, if we are to be biassed and not cursed by the people of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The nation that negledt the forests is surely des tined to ruin. Elizuk Wrioht. Trees have about them something beautiful and attractive even to tho fancy. Since they cannot change their place, they are witnesses of all the changes that take place around them ; and, as some reach a great age, they become as it wore, historical monuments ; and, like ' ourselves, they have a life, growing and passing away, but being inani- mnted uud unvarying, like the fields and rivers. One sees them passing tnrougu various stages, and at hist, step by step, approaching death, which makes them look still more like ourselves. Alexander von IIumboldt. There is something noble simple and pure in a taste for tha cultiva tion of forest trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and a generous na ture to have tho strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glori ous sons of the forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of rural economy. lie who plunts an oak looks forward to future ages, and plant for poster ity. Nothing can be loss selfish tliun this. Washington Ibvinu, A
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