Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1883 — Page 2

DcnwcraticScntincl .—— RENSSELAER, INDIANA. MTJ, W. McEWEN, - - - PCBLX«HZ2.

NEWS CONDENSED.

Telegraphic Summary. 75,000 LIVES LOST. Awful Work ot the Javanese Volcanlo Eruption—The Moat Horrible Catastrophe of the Century. The great volcanic eruption In Java and the adjacent islands overtops in horror all the other calamities of this oalamltoas year, and in its extent is unquestionably one of the most majestic as well as terrible manifestations of Nature known in modern times. London dispatches of the 30th ult. give the following additional details of the awful horror: Further particulars of the great volcanic eruption in,Java which have just reached here from Batavia show that the disaster was even more widespread and disastrous than was reported. At noon Sunday the eruptions and shocks were supposed to have reached their height, but late in the afternoon and in the evening the violence of the disturbance suddenly increased, and the island seemed to be about to be completely burled in fire and sulphurous ashes. At the same time enormous waves began to dash with great force upon the shores, coming in some places far up into the interior, and great chasms opened in the earth and threatened to ingulf a large proportion of ths people and buildings. About midnight the most frightful scene of all took place. Suddenly enormous luminous clouds formed over the Kandang range of mountains which skirt the southeast of the island. This cloud gradually Increased in size until it formed a canopy of lurid redesmd whitish gray over a wide extent of territory. During this time the eruptions increased, and streams of lava poured incessantly down the sides of the mountains into the valleys, sweeping everything before them. Here and there a stream of lava would enter an arm of the sea or come in contact with the water of a river. Then the incandescent lava would suddenly produce boiling heat and rapid vaporization, but the superficial consolidation that almost instantly ensued would prevent any further contact with the water. The fissures that opened in this, their crust, as it solidified on the stream of lava, emitted torrents of vapor extending high in the air and making a tremendous seething sound, as if a thousand locomotive i were simultaneously letting off steam. One of the most singular freaks of the eruption was the carrying in the midst of the molten lava of a bed of solid ice of enormous size which had been emitted from one of the craters. It was carried along by the current and landed on the extremity of point St. Nicholas, at the northeast corner of the island. The bed of ice was surrounded by a thick envelop of sand and scoriae, which are non-conductors of heat. It is supposed this ice had formed the crust of some subterranean lake. About, 2 o'clock on Monday morning the great cloud suddenly broke into small section* and vanished. At the same time frightful* rumblings were heard, and the columns of fire and smoke over the southeast corner of the Island ceased to ascend, while the craters in other parts of Java seemed to open their fiery throats still wider to let ont the greatest quantity of lava, rocks, pumice and ashes yet vomited forth. The hissing of the sea became so loud as to be almost, deafening, The-waves rushed up on the shore* to an unprecedented height, when daylight name it was seen that an enormous tract of land had disappeared^covering an extent ot territory about fifty miles square. This section of the island was not so densely populated as the other portions, and the loss ot life was comparatively small, although it must ha,ve aggregated fully 15,000 souls. The entire Kandang range of mountains, extending along the coast in a scmi-eircle for about sixtyfive miles, had gene out of sight. The waters of ' "Welcome bay, the Sunda. straits, and Pepper bay, on the east end of the Indian ocean, oh the south, had rushed in and formed a sea of turbulent watei-s. The debris of the submerged and destroyed buildings was tossed hither and thither on the water—the only sign left that there bad once been inhabited land there. The town of Tanerang, within twenty-five miles of the city of Batavia, was swept away by a lava streak, and fully half of the population, mostly, Javanese, numbering about 1,800, perished. At Speelwyk, near Point Salols, the redhot rocks set fire to houses and swept away all the thickly-settled portion of the town. The river Jacatra, at the banks of which Batavia is situated, was so completely dammed by lava and debris that Its course was changed. FigelInknig, was almost totally destroyed, and a large number of lives were lost there. The island of Onius, five miles off the mouth of the Targerang river, and twenty miles east of Batavia, was completely inundated. Coataye, Claps and Tronwers islands, off the portion ot Java which disappeared, afe out of sight, and not a vestige of them is left. The aggregate loss of life must be fully 75,000, but the number of those who perished can never, of course, be accurately known. A London dispatch of the 31st ult says that after the sudden subsidence of the disturbance in the kingdom of Bantam, on Monday, the eruptions seemed to lose their force for a time, and the people of Batavia experienced a feeling of relief in the hope that the worst had been passed. The quieter conditions continued until about 10 o’clock, when the craters once more began to send up great masses of destructive matter, although without the force of the former actions. The eruptions seemed to be more violent at night than during the dav. By 11 o’clock the Papandaying, which is 7,034 feet high, was in a very active state of paroxysmal eruption. It was accompanied by detonations said to have been heard many miles away in Sumatra. Three distinct columns of flame were seen to rise from the mountain to a vast height, and its whole surface soon appeared as if covered with fiery lava streams, which spread to great distances on all sides. Ston-.s fell for miles around, and the black fragmentary matter carried into the air caused total darkness. A whirlwind accompanied this eruption, bv which house-roofs, trees and mon and horsos were carried into the air. The quantity of ashes ejected was such as to cover the ground ,and roofs of houses at Dcnam > to the depth of ■several inches. Off Point Caay th? floating pumice on the sea.formed a layer two-feet thick, through whicjMyessels forced their way with ■great The rise of vapor produced the appearance oAHcolumn several thousand feet ihigh, based on*tne edge ot the crater. It appeared from a distance to consist of a mass of innumerable globular clouds ot extreme j whiteness, resembling vast balls of cotton rolling one over the other as they ascended, imipelled by the presence of fresh supplies incessantly urged upward by the continue 1 explosion. At a great height the column ■dilated horizontally, and spread into a dark and turbid circular cloud shaped like an immense unbrella. Forked lightning ot great vividness and beauty continually darted from different parts ot the clouds. Suddenly the scene was changed. The mountain was s> lit into seven parts without a moment’s warning, and where Papandaying had st od alone there were now seven distinct j eiks looming up to ■ a great height. In ths seams cpen°d could ;be seen great balls of molten matter. From the fissures poured clouds ,of steam, and the black ejected 'apillo flowed In steady streams and ran slowly down the .mountain sides, lorming beds 2TO or 300 feet in extent. Exhalations of carbonic-acid gas were so abundant that birds and animals ,in large numbers were killed by it, and a few human beings lost their lives in the same way. This proved to be the turning point in the eruption, for the great fissures opened seemed to act as safety valves through which the streams of lava gently flowed down into the valleys. The volcanic fires, though st. 11 burning at last advices, had lest most of their fierceness, and the steam geneiated found vent without being forced through the comparative narrow mouths of the old craters. One of the queer incidents was the sudden rising during Tuesday forenoon of fourteen new volcanic mountair s in the strait of Sunda, forming a complete chain in almost a straight line between Point St. Nich■olas on the Javanese coast, and Hoga Point, on the coast of Sumatra, almost on the tops of what had been the Merak and Middle Islands, which sank into the sea on Monday. The scene on the island of Java when the sun dawmed yesterday morning was beyond description. The worst horrors seem to have jso far surpassed all comprehension that the .Citizens of Java and surrounding islands are dazed by the magnitude of their misfortunes and are helpless in the lace of the most terrible calamity known to history. The number of the dead seems to be even greater than was at first reported. Indeed, many in Batavia think that the victims will number nearly ux',ooo. The extent of the horror will never be fully known.

EASTERN.

Old Bill Tovee, a character well known in New York sporting circle -, is dead. Tovee attended every prize fight in this country up to a few years ago. He was 82 years of age. While an excursion train was going

at the rate of thirty miles an hour, near Scranton, pa., a boy named John Kerrigan was put off for having no ticket He fell under the wheels and was instantly killed. By the failure of an air brake, passenger trains collided at Colchester, on the Vermont Central road, thirteen trainmen receiving severe injuries. The cattle diseases known as bloody urine has appeared on a farm near Newburg, N. ¥., and is fatal in every instance. Though common in Europe, thete are the first cases known in America. What is thought to have been an incendiary fire broke out at New Haven, Ct The loss aggregated SIOO,OCO, of which threefourths was sustained by Charles E. Brown, a builder. The Quidneck Company held a meeting at Providence, B. I, at which Stephen Harris wa, elected President. Mr. Harris then repaired to th officee of the company and demanded possession of Ex-Gov. William Sprague, but the latter said he would kill Harris if he attempted to take possession, and also informed him there were men at the mill who would quickly take his life. Harris withdrew’.

WESTERN.

At Elgin, Hl., Edward F. Joslyn, son of CoL Ed 8. Joslyn, a well-known lawyer, fatally shot a young woman named Etta Buckingham, in her room at the Notting House, and then, placing the revolver at his own head, himself. It was a case of Insane jealousy. Fire destroyed the houses and machinery of the Spring Lake Ice Company, near, Vineennes, Ind., valued at $45,000. The regular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent on the preferred stock of the Chicago and Northwestern railway has been declared, payable Sept 27. The saw and planing mills of the A. Eldred Manufacturing Company, together with 1,000,000 feet of lumber, burned at Fort Howard, Wis. The loss is $200,000 and the insurance $63,000. Owing to interference by the Kansas and Missouri authorities the prize-fight between Slade and Mitchell has been declared off, and the stakes withdrawn. Maj. Wasson, the embezzling army Paymaster, now serving out his time, has been detailed to superintend the work of building a road between Leavenworth and the Kansas penitentiary. He asks to be allowed to wear overalls instead of convict trousers. ’’ M. E. Cutts, Representative in Congress for the Sixth District of lowa, died at Oskaloosa, his home. At the lowa State Fair, the record showed that there had been 6,132 entries made, which is I,COO more than last year, the greatest fair in the history of the society. Near Frankfort, D. T., the boiler attached to lome farm machinery Exploded, killing four men and seriously wounding five others. The body of one of the victims was blown 130 yards and broken-into fragments. •

SOUTHERN.

Citizens of El Paso', Texas, desiring to secure the presence and seethe sluggingmatchof Messrs. Slade and Mitchell, have raised SSOO and sent a committee to invite the pugilists to fight their battle at Paso del Norte, Mexico, a convenient resort near byConsiderable excitement has been caused in political circles at Baltimore by the Grand Jury finding true bills of indictment against Thomas W. Campbell, Charles B. Stingluff, Samuel Hannah, BartE. Smith, J. Frank Morrison and Samuel W. Register, members of the late Board of Fire Commissioners of that city, for malfeasarfbe in office and defrauding the City Government The New Orleans Grand Jury suggests to the health authorities that a crematory be established in which to burn the bodies of persons who die of contagious diseases. A negro murderer named Esau Smith, who was sentenced to death in 1875, escaped and remained at large until recently, has just expiated his crime on the gallows at St Joseph, La. There is bad blood between colored people and the whites of Marshall, Texas. Some shots have been exchanged. Great excitement prevails, and threats are freely indulged in.

POLITICAL.

The State Democratic Convention of Nebraska, which met at Omaha, was presided over by Judge Kinney, of Otoe county. Ex-Judge James W. Savage was nominated for Justice of the State Supreme Court, and James W. Wood worth, of Douglas, Dr. E. R Daniels, of Madison County,- and Dr. G. W. Johnson, of Fillmore, were nominated for Regents of the State University. The Committee on Platform, the Hon. J. Sterling Morton, Chairman, reaffirmed the platform of last year as to National politics and incorporated several new planks, the whole being adopted without dissent The most important planks are these: 1. The Government of the United States has no constitutional or other light to impose taxes on the peop e except with the intent and result of g -tting money into the public treasury with which to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, and all tariff taxes called protective, laid with far different intent and result, ought to be utterly abolished. 2. That “protection,” so-called, derives no part of its impulse or maintenance from reasoning or common sense, but is wholly a scheme of a few selfish men lor their own aggrandizement at the expense of the masses of the people, and, like the late River and Harbor bill vetoed by President Arthur, the worse a protective tariff bill the more likely it is to be enacted, because the log-rolling for it is the fiercer and more shameless. Congressman Carlisle, of Kentucky, thinks Randall has no chance for the Speakership. and regards his own election as a foregone conclusion. Judge Hoadly, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, is suffering from nervous prostration. He left the other day for Philadelphia to consult his old physician.

WASHINGTON.

It is rumored that in the investigation which is to be made shortly in the interest of the Government there will be some startling and sensational develop-

ments a* to how the verdict in the starroute trial was secured The following is the public-debt statement for August: Interest bearing debt— Three and one-halt per centss 21.404,550 Four and one-holt per cents 250,000.000 Four per cents- 737,610.550 Throe per cents 305,622.'C0 Refunding certificates 834.350 Navy pension fund 14,000,000 Total Interest-bearing debtsl,3-8.878,950 Matured debt 6,583,165 Legal-tender notes. 346,719,891 Certificates ot deposit 1z,146,000 Gold and silver certificates• 175,644,721 Fractional currency 6,997,726 Total without interest„ $511,527,408 Total debt (principa1)51,876,989,523 Totalinterest 11,"33,227 Total cash in treasury 351.501.986 Debt, less cash In treasury 1,536,51P,7'5 Decrease during August 6,671. c sl Decrease ot debt since June 30, 188 ’. 14.572,442 Current liabilities— Interest due and unpaids 2,047,262 Debt on which interest has ceased.. 6,583,165 Interest thereon 3’3,347 Gold and silver certificates .... 175,644,721 U. 8. notes held for redemption of certificates of deposit. 12,145,000 Cash balance available Aug. 1 15i,730,4c0 Total $351,503,986 Available assets— Cash m treasury 351,503,986 Bonds issued to Pacific railway companies, interest payable by United States— Principal outstandings 64,6 3,512 Interest accrued, not yet paid. t4f,235 Interest paid by United States 69,222,093 Interest repaid by companies— By transportation services 17,009,228 By cash payments, 5 per cent, net earnings., 655,128 Balance of interest paid by United Statesl. 41J557,«7(

< MISCELLANEOUS. Judge McCrary has denied the ap-. plication of Oklohoma Payne for an injunction to restrain Secretary Lincoln and Gen. Crook from interfering with the colonization of Indian Territory. District Attorney Hollowell, of Kansas, will file a complaint charging the raiders with conspiracy, in order that their rights may be determined. A dispatch from Panama reports that over 10,000 workmen are employed on the isthmus canal, most of whom are from Jamaica. All but two contractors have begun operations, and there is a prospect of completing the cut in five years. The coast, of Newfoundland has been swept by a disastrous gale. Thetenjpest struck the American fleet of fishermenon the Grand Banks just at a time when hundreds of dories were out overhauling trawbj ' Scores of these boats were overturned, add' about eighty fishermen found watery graves. The storm also wrought dire results td°ng. the Nova Scotian coast. Ten schoonerswere driven ashore, some of which were completely wrecked,,while, inland, ures were moved from theft foundations or * blown away by the hurricane. Bradstreet's agency reports 126 faiP* s tires in the ’United States, ifhe smallest number for any like period' sihfee Oct. 14 last :i This number is twenty less than for the < week ending Aug. 24, but sixteen more than: in the corresponding period in 1882. A family of assisted emigrants, who bad been shipped . from Ireland to Canada, made their appearance at Castle Garden, New York, and demanded relief. The Secretary of the State Board of Charities placed them on a steamer for Londonderry. A Montreal dispatch says the steamship Ludwig is sixty days out from Antwerp, and the owners have abandoned all hope of her safety. There were seventy persons on board twenty-four of whom were passengers. "

FOREIGN.

In order to suppress Jew-baiting, the Hungarian Prime Minister has decided that all persons condemned to death by martial law shall be executed within three hours. Dispatches from Batavia report that fears of further eruption in the Island of Java within the immediate future have subsided, and all the efforts of the Government and the people are concentrated on the work of burying the dead and preserving the health of the living. All along the shores from Point Lampon to the River Paquaise on the Northern coast, and from the River Tjemanderie to Tsipankok, on the southern coast, there are found corpses thickly strewn. In* the forests of the interior from the River Tjiedom to the River Tjietarrum, dead bodies are lying at short intervals apart, in some instances partially buried in the sulphurous white mud or the hardened lava that flowed from the eruptive craters. Large forces of men are busy at work in all directions digging out bodies from beneath the beds of lava and rocks. The Captain of a steamer which was in the Straits of Sunda during the eruptions reports that ashes fell on the deck of his vessel to the depth of eighteen inches He passed masses of floating pumice-stone seven feet in depth. The Kings of Denmark and Greece last week received the Emperor and Empress of Russia at Copenhagen. The procession to the Royal Palace was a pompous affair, and awaiting the Imperial visitors were the Queen of Denmark, the Princess of Wales, and a brilliant court The Countess de Chambord insisted that the position of chief mourner at the Count’s funeral should be held by his nearest relative, and the Count de Paris abruptly left Frohsdorf with the other Orleanist Princes. An addition has been made to the Austrian royal family. Francis Joseph has a granddaughter. The Archduchess Stephanie and the baby are doing well, and Rudolp is happy. Mary Anderson has scored a brilliant triumph in London. She made her debut in Henry Irving’s Lyceum Theater, in the presence of a large and brilliant audience, in the character of Parthenia, and her reception amounted to a genuine ovation. 'The young actress was repeatedly called before the curtain. The foot-and-mouth disease is increasing alarmingly among the cattle in England. Cetewayo has appealed to the English for protection in Zululand, as a state of anarchy prevails The French Literary Club at Metz has been closed by Baron von Manteuffel, the German commander. Irishmen in London have subscribed money to pay an eminent solicitor to defend O'Donnell, Carey’s slayer. Two men named Casey and Kelly

have been arrested in Glasgow for attempting to destroy property with dynamite last January. The military has suppressed fresh disorders in Hungary growing out of riots against the Jews at Bala. A mob of 900 peasants, who invaded Krapina to attack the Jews, was fired upon and one man killed and several wounded. The official report shows there have ' been 27,818 deaths from cholera in Egypt since the outbreak of the epidemic. There have been 140 deaths among the British troops stationed in Egypt

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Storm* in Southern Ireland have destroyed crops of all kinds. A renewal of the rent troubles is anticipated. Terrible riots continue in Hungary and Croatia The latter country seems on the eve of a patriotic uprising. Ivan Sergyeevich Tourgueneff, the Russian novelist died at Bougival, France, after a long illness. A niece of the late Queen of Madagascar, who is hostile to the French, is now the reigning sovereign. • In a speech at Cappamore, Ireland, Michael Davitt said tnat during the quarter ended July 1 last the tyranny of landlords had deprived 6,000 families of their homes. Mr. Davitt said'that the Land act was rapidly becoming a failure, and that one-sixth of the tenant farmers had not yet got their rents fixed. A ghastly railroad horror is reported by cable. At Steglitz Station, near Berlin, a train dtehed into the midst of a large crowd, killing, cutting and hurling the people right and left Most of the victims belonged to the artisan class After the catastrophe the railway was found covered for 100 yards with bodies shockingly mutilated Of a family of five persons only one escaped’ The engine was coverd with pieces of flesh, bones and legs, and drenched with blood The engine driver was overcome by the horrible sight. The remains were gathered by torchlight by the firemen and soldiers and the bodies taken to the Berlin morgue. President Arthur and party arrived at S’. Paul from the West on the Erd ins’., and were lunched at the State Capitol There he made a brief congratulatory address to the assembled multitude, in the course of which he expressed great surprise at the general progress of development in the Northwest and the unbounded resources of the country- He predicts for the twin citiss unpattdlel(?d growth and prosperity. After the spebdh the President received the people for a half-hour, and then departed by special train for Lake Minnetonka, where the .flight was spent Early the next morning .Che t distinguished pigty left for ’where a geheral reception was given*t the Grand Pacific Hotel and everybody who felt SO disposed was given an opportunity of shaking the Chief Magistrate’s hand. • Henry Villard’s party of distinguisliled guests were given a gorgeous reception at St. Paul and Minneapolis, both cities being arrayed in a wealth of decorations. The processions were large and unique, the different industries being represented in the ranks. *At Minneapolis machinery in wagons was kept working during the entire route, grinding wheat, sawing logs and planing lumber. President Arthur and party joined the tourists at the latter city, and were welcomed with unbounded enthusiasm. In the Hotel Lafayette, at Lake Minnetonka, a banquet was given, the speeches being laudatory of the Northern Pacific system, the wonderful growth and resources of the Northwest, and complimentary to the foreign guests. Prof. Lewis Swift, Director of Warner Observatory, Rochester, his found a new comet. The comet is round, faint, moving toward the West, and has no tail. The Internal Revenue Bureau computes the annual reduction in taxes on tobacco and cigars at #3'5,030,003. The claims for rebate aggregate #3,500,033. Mitchell, the mauler, wants to fight Slade in Mexico, and Harry Hill, the stakeholder, has been requested to order the mill to take place over the border. A couple of Mormon Elders attempted ' to hold a meeting in Coweta county, Ga., but were rotten-egged and chased several miles by the indignant audience. In Dakota the threshing proves that the wheat yield had been underestimated. Corn in Illinois, lowi and Michigan is not ' doing well. Nebraska’s corn crop is inii mense.

THE MARKET.

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FRIGHTFUL DISASTER.

Java and Adjacent Islands Desolated by a Volcanic Outbreak. Showers of Hot Rocks and Ashes Turned the Day Into Night. Streams of Lava and Sulphuric Mud. Swept Away the Surrounding Villages, While the Earth Yawned and Caught the Fleeing Peasants in Deadly Embrace. [Cable Dispatch from London.} The latest advices from Batavia, the capital of Java, show that the volcanic eruptions in that island are much more serious than at first indicated. The disturbances began on the island of Krakatoa, in the strait of Sunda, about fifteen miles off the coast of Java. The deep rumblings were distinctly audible at Surakerta and Batavia, about forty-five and twenty-two miles off, respectively. Little alarm was felt at first, but within a few hours showers of stones began to fall at Jokjokerta, Surabaya and Zerant All through the night showers of red-hot rocks and ashes fell, making complete darkness in all these town a In Batavia there was an occasional fall, and it was difficult to keep the street lights burning in the European part By the next morning all communication with Anjer was out off, all the bridges having been destroyed by the descending rocks and ashes, and the road rendered impassible. The first eruptions were on Saturday night. On Sunday morning the disturbances had extended beneath the waters of the strait, and they were soon boiling and hissing violently, while great waves dashed upon the Java near shores, and the temperature of the sea went up nearly 20 degrees. Even as far away from the original point of disturbance as Madura the furious waves were lashed into mountains of foam as they came rolling in The threatening rumblings' gradually become more and more distinct, and by and by the Malta Meru, the largest of the volcanoes of Java, was belching forth flames at a very alarming rate. This eruption soon spread to the Gunung Guntur, the crater of which is the largest in the world, being nearly four miles in diameter, the Gunung Guntur and many other minor mountains, until more than, a third of the forty-five craters of Java were either in active operation or seriously threatening it Just before dark a great luminous cloud formed over the Gunung Guntur, and the crater of that volcano began to vomit up enormous streams of white, acid, sulphurous mud, beside small quantities of lava. 1 here were rapid successive explosions, followed ,Jjy of qinders and enormous" fragments, which/ were hurled high jntd the air and scattered in all directions, to" fall after the force was spent upon Ihewahevs, belpw, carrying death and destruction. With, these terrible eruptions came sympathetic demonstrations from the sea The overhanging clouds were so surcharged with electricity that at one time over fifteen Tinge waterspouts were seen. Men, women, and children rushed in terror from their tottering dwelling-places, filling the air with their shrieks of horror. Hundreds were unable to get out before the houses fell, and were buried beneath the great masses of huge rocks and mud, which were piled up where a few hours before all had been peace, happiness and fancied security. The Gunung Tengger has not had an eruption before since the year 18lA». when an extent of land seventeen miles I<-Jig and seven broad was completely covered with the white sulphurous mud so peculiar to the eruptions of Ja<. a. » The peak of Gunung Tengger is 6,000 feet high, and the monument of flame on top of this made a scence of very impressive grandeur. Every moment a huge bowlder, at a red or white heat, would be hurled from Tengger s crater with terrific force, and after going hundreds of feet into the air would fall back with a whirr, perhaps crashing through the thatched roof of some Chinese fisherman's hut, or crush beneath its huge mass the form of some native peasant Fissure after tissue appeared in the sides of the mountains, and here and there in tfie valleys there came a great yawning chasm on the elevated plains of Kediri and Bandong. The showers of stones, mud and-lava were not so frequent as in the lowest portions of the island, but were still quite destructive Much of the northern portion of the island, which was covered with traces of forest,was soon m one great blaze of flame. The red hot vomiting from the craters had set the trees on fire, and as the grants of the woods fell one after another like so many sheaves of wheat before a gale, the scene was one of awful grandeur. aS the eruptions increased in frequency and violence the disturbance of the water surrounding the barren coast became more and more violent Here the waves rushed with terrific force up the steep, rocky incline, breaking upon the overhanging crags and receding rapidly leaving a lava flew cooled just at the moment when it was about to fa 1 over a prec pice and there remaining, quickly hardened by contact with the waters ana forming a distinct strata of black and bright, red, purple, and brown lava, all thrown about in the most eccentric manner, while huge peaks of basalt rose at frequent intervals. Then the waves came whelming over a marshy plain along the shore, suddenly engulfing a hamlet of fisnermen’s rude houses, and, turning suddenly back, swept away almost every vestige of what had a moment before been a scene of bustling activity, where family after family had been rushing around in the vain endeavor to save tueir effects itnd get away with their fives from the awful combination of elements threatening them. What a tew hours before were fertile valleys, covered with flourishing plantations of cotiee, rice, sugar, indigo, or tobacco, the staples of the island, were soon but mud, stone and lava-covered fields of destruction and ruin. Probably not a single crop of Java will be saved. At the entrance to Batavia was a large group of houses extending along the shore and occupied by Chinamen. This portion of the c.ty was entirely swept away, and of the 25.U10 Chinese who lived on the swampy plain, it is hardly probable that moi*e than 5,000 managed to save their livea They stuck to their homes till the waves that washed them away came, fearing the torrents of the flame and lava of the interior more than the torrent of water from the exterior. , The population of Europeans and Americans in Batavia suffered a loss of perhaps 830 souls out of the 3.500 whites living there. Many of the bazaars in the higher portions of the city were demolished, and it is impossible so make any estimate ot the great pecuniary lo a The Exchange and the Military Hospital suffered great damage at Anjer. The European and American quarter was first overwhelmed by rocks, mud. and lava from the craters, and then the waters came up and swallowed the ruins, leaving nothing to mark the site, and causing the loss of somewhere in the neighborhood of 50,000 lives of the inhabitants, and those who had tried to find a refuge there. Bantam, once a prosperous and flourishing native city, but practically abandoned many years ago, was entirely covered several times by the waters, and there must have been from 1,200 to 1,500 people drowned. The island of Serang, just off the coast was completely inundated, and not a soul remains to tell the tale of disaster and death. At Cheribon .there was no great flood of waters, but the loss es life and property by the failing of rocks and the flow of lava must have been very considerable. Burten-

xorg suffered very seriously, as did Samarang. Johjokurta, Surakerta and Suraboya, while the meager reports from the leaser towns indicate that their lorn was great in iroportion. The Thousand Temp.es, -at Brambaram, were very much damaged, and some of them totally destroyed. Borne ot the towers of the noted Temple of Borabrodo were crushed, by huge falling rocks While there can be no accurate estimate formed at present of the loss of life, it must be apparent "when it is considered that the island has a population of over 17,000,OUO people, that the death list will foot far up into the thousands. At the last advices the eruptions were still continuing, although their violence had abated somewhat, and it is feared that the end of the disaster will show it to have been one of the most frightful ever known in the history of volcanic eruptions. The Island of Java, the “American Encyclopedia’’ tells us is one of the moat densely populated countries in the world. It is the most important colonial possession of the Netherlands in the East Indies, and the most fertile and prosperous tropical island on the earth. The inhabitants are almost entirely occupied in agriculture, coffee being the chief product. The length of the island is 666 miles, its breadth varying from fifty-five to 136 miles. The population in 1872 was 17,298,206, being 837 persons to the square mile. Of these, 28,926 were Euro.peans, 185,768 Chinese, and 22,032 Arabs and other foreign Orientals, Batavia, the chief city and metropolis of the island, has a population of 100,000. It has a stadt house, exchange, hospital. numerous churches, a morgue, a gymnasium, several Chinese temples, a botanical garden and street railways. The harbor forms an open but small roadstead of great beauty, and may be entered by the largest vessels. Batavia Is the great commercial emporium of the Malay Archipelago and absorbs by far the greatest part of the trade of Java and Madura. The exports consist mostly of coffee, sugar, indigo, hides, cloves, nutmegs, mace, tea, rice, rattans and arrack. The geological formation of the Island of Java, is highly volcanic. A range of mountains runs from one of the islands to the other, with peaks ranging in helghtfrom 4,000 to 12,000 feet. Among these peiks are thirty-eight volcanos, some of which are in constant activity. The most remarkable of these is in the Tenger mountains, in the east part of the island. The crater la more than 1.000 feet below the highest point of the mountain. Lis said to be the largest crater in the world. A volcano in this range threw out in a single night, in 1772, ashen and scoriae spreading over an area of seven miles radius a layer fifty feet thick, destroying forty villages and 3,000 fives. A few miles northeast of this, on the Bth of July, 1822, a volcano destroyed everything within a radius of twenty miles. Five days later a second eruption followed, and. the total loss of life in both was 20,000 persons. In 1843, Mount Gunter flung forth ashes and. sand to the extent of 30,000.000 of tons. In 1867, an earthquake caused the death of over a thousand people in the town of Jokjokurta aloneIn 1878, there were sixteen different earthquakes on the Island, and in each of the succeeding years there were several shocks.

MARINE CASUALTIES.

The Logs of Life Larger in 1888 than in 1882, and Accidents Fewer. 1 • [Washington TelegramJ • The Supervising Inspector General of Steam Vessels reports that during the fiscal year ended June 80, 1883, the total number of accidents resulting*in loss of fife was-thirty-four, of which twelve were from ex pjosidns, five from fire, eleven from col' Wons, and six from snags, Wrecks and Sinking. The total live# lost by accidents from various causes during the year 264, of which sixty-ninea\ere fromtfieexplosionpr accidental escape of steam, Olg-htv-two from Collisions, < forty-five rrotn .fires, fifty from • wrecks or founder, thffty-tree from accidental drowning, and. five from other causes. As compared with the previous fiscal year the number of accidents to steameis was.less, while the loss of life was greater, us the following tables will show: Total number of accidents to steamers resulting in loss in 1832, 41; in 18S3» 84; decrcas© 7. Total number of lives lost in 1882, 205; in. 1883, 284; increase, 7H The main increase occurred in accidents caused by collisions, forty-eight lives being lost in excess of the number lost in 1682. The next greatest wan in loss by shipwreck, being forty-four more than the previous year. The increase by explosions was eighteen. The loss of fife by fires, accidental drowning, etc., was less than the previous year. The most serious single accident of the year was caused by the cofli ion of the steamer Scioto and John Lomas, which occurred on the Ohio river near a place called Mingo Junction July 4, resulting in a loss of fiftyeight Uvea A sad reflection in connection with the loss of life on the Scioto is thefacu that notwithstanding the sinking of that vessel very few lives need necessarily have been lost, as the saloon deck of the steamer, where most of the passengers were, was only submerge.! to the depth of probably not exceeding two and a half feet, while the hurricane deck was from four to five feet above the water’s edge. The great, loss incurred must therefore be attributed, to the fright and panic natural to such accidents, causing the passengers to thiow themselves overboard.

CIVIL-SERVICE LAW.

Clerks May Be Invited to Give Political Contributions, but Not Competed, Dorman B. Eaton, President of the CivilService Commission, was asked if ho regarded the circular of Thomas V. Cooper,, Chairman of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania, calling on the Federal office-holders of that commonwealth for contributions to the campaign fund as a. violation of the Civil-Service law. “1 do not think,” he said, “that it is within my province to render an Interpretation of thelaw “What is your opinion?” • “Well, to vio.ate the civil-service clausa prohibiting political assessment!, a personal appeal must be made, and the amount de- • tired mentioned. You will observe that Mr. Cooper does neither. There is a wide diUerence between his circular and others of seeming like character that have been lasued, especially the one sent out by Jay Hubbell last year. It is simply an invitation to contribute, and is in no sense an assessment. Tne circular avoids a violation of the law by its phraseology and manner of distribution.” “Isn’t the result the same?” “No, Sir. as the fear of punishment for refusal to contribute has been removed.” Mr. Eaton then demed the report that h» had said that none of the vacancies in the departments above *'.KO clerkships could be> tilled except by promotion. “The question,” he’said, “will be decided when the President returns. I can see no reason why a clerkship of the *1,209, *1,400, or *LtOO class, should not be filled under the law by appointment direct as weil-as one of themwer gradea The law makes no distinction. ”

FASHIONS IN DRESS.

Hat, gloves and stockings should match Peaked brocades are becoming more and more numerous. Fans are covered with the dress material and hand-painted. Bonnets and hats are as varied as th» most capricious can wish. High sleeves and short shoulders are indispenslble for a perfect fit. Bleached, colored and plain silk girdles will be largely worn on white dresses Among sash-ribbons, which are revived, are brocades representing peacock feathers. Bright-green parrots of dazzling hue areplaced upon imported bonnets of crimsonplush Shepherd-plaids will again be in favor in ribbons, and also in Louiaine and taffeta silks, for evening wear.