Ligonier Banner., Volume 24, Number 23, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 September 1889 — Page 2

UNDER MANGO LEAVES. 198 S justgilding the coral DT ~ @ tips of the reefs that , == = = girded the little islB ’i”“ and of Key Francis, v soo off thenorthern coast ' ‘ﬁ otCuba, - W 7 R e dim- light in s 4,';!& f%% the tower there Aty Oi‘! ik & placed to warn the Frileeil BN\ . mariner of daager “"‘;«N wcedel had long been exet st SR bl tinguished, and. the RS “zg%ﬁ:ﬂ%&? first flight of’ peliok I“ﬁl»:lﬂ_lé;"; cans had come down - B }*“g.méwa# ¢ from their roosts on el 5= ) the mango trees and " were sailing with . heavy wings along the shore in search of their finny prey, when the white sails of a vessel were descried by the few watchers at the foot of the light-house tower. e She was well down on the horizon to the northward, but was fast drawing in to the land before the strong ‘sea-breeze, and one by one her yards appeared until the black hull was plainly visible. L ' Then twoof the men who had been gazing | seaward turned and walked leisurely down to the shore, and stepping into a canoe paddled off to a small cat-rig boat which was lying at anchor. . L : Here, close in to the reef, was little or no wind, but the men slowly hoisted the sail, moving as though half asleep or partialty overcome with fatigue. Then one hauled in the anchor, and both sat down andallowed their tiny craft to drift lazily out towards the approaching stranger. : They were smoking cigarettes, which they did not remove from between their lips until the fragrant little roll threatened to burn their mustaches, when they were ejected and replaced by fresh ones. These men were pilots of the little harbor of Key Francis, the port of anchorage for - vessels bound for Cabairien, a large city on the north side of Cuba. ’ Soon the new comer was sufficiently near to distinguish her as an American bark, but the high Black hull which she shows out of ~ water plainly tells to the experienced eye thatshe is in ballast. And this is true, for she has come djpwn from Havana in search of a cargo of sugar. Fortunately the sea-breeze holds on and follows the bark in to her anchotage in: the upper part of the barbor, forit is here that she must discharge her ballast before- load- .. ing. By the pilot’s instructions a boat was lowered, and into it was coiled a long hawser with one end leading through the stern chocks of the bark and made fast with a round turn and half-hitch about the sternbits, and then the boat pulled away towards a portion of the shore where was growing a dense jungle of mango trces, ‘their huge roots reaching up from out the limped waters of tlie tranquil bay; while their broad - branches spread over the glassy surface in grateful shade. £ % . Beneath this verdant canopy the officer headed his boat in order to make the line fast to one of the firm and solid roots of the gigantic trees so that the stern of the wvessel might be “‘warped’’ close in, but they | found those there to dispute the right of mankind to enter their sylvan dell. = Myriads upon myriads of mosquifpes swarmed about the men from the branches which they had unwittingly disturbed. : In 2 moment it was impossible to breathe without inhaling a mouthful of the vicious, ' gpiteful little insects; and their sting, accompanied by its tiny atom of venom, caused the exposed portions of flesh to swell and inflame,and produced excruciating pain. The sailors in agony tore the handkerchiefs from about their necks and boundthem around their faces, and, springing into the water, here waist-deep, hurried:to make the hawser fast to the roots. Then all but one man climbed again into the boat and pushed out as quickly 2s possible ‘from beneath the overhanging branches. 7 ! “I will swim out a bit, sir!”’ exclaimed the man in the water. “Ican not stand those pesky mobsquitoes,’”? and’ with a few strokes’ the sailor was alongside with one hand on the gunwale. » : j i “Get in, Tom,” commanded the officer, when they had left the most of their rapacious, though tiny, assailants - behind * them. ‘lam afraid there are sharks here about.” : . 2 “Jest in @ minute, sir, please—till I take one more dip”’—answered the. sailor, and letting go his hold he made two or three

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It was a terrible sight. Here this little knot of hardy men gathered about sheir wounded shipmate, and not one was in the slightest degree familiar with theart of surgery. Plainly something must be done, and the very harsh, though sometimes effectual, ‘measure was resorted to of submerging the stump of the severed limb in boiling tar. ‘But poor Tom did not feel the extra pain of the cauterization, he remained unconscious through it all, ° ot A comfortable cot was prepared for him upon the quarter-deck under an awning quickly spread and the vessel’s crew wenti about their labors in a sad and solemn manner. The sufferer had lost too much of the vital fluid, and could not recover. Slowly he sank to rest, and as the sun kissed the western horizon and the sea-fowl sought their

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nests in the fetid marshes,and amid the loud .chirp of the tropical cricket as he called tc his ‘mate on the shore, poor. Tom quietly passed from this life into that other which .sooner or later awaits usall. . - The first break of day the following morning a boat left the side of the bark and pulled to that portion of the shore which presented a more elevated appearance than the surrounding country, and, as the keel grated upon the sand, three men stepped upon the shelly beach, bearing be. tween them implements seldom seen in the hands of sailors. Quietly and slowly they ascended the little knoll, and, when on its summit, stopped and looked about them, with an appearance on each face of almost dismay. Here, in an area of not more than an eighth of an acre, could be, counted nearly a hundred ‘of rude head-boards, in all stages of decay, bearing inscriptions in nearly every language—placed | there tc mark the spot where was_buried some un. fortunate seaman who hall met his death in that far-distant land. i A spot was selected at the extreme end of the little clearing and close beside the large trees by which it was encircled, and here the men with pick and shovel scooped out the last resting-place for their loved shipmate, : i " ‘Returning to the vessel, whose flag was now at half-mast, and which the three o four other vessels lying at anchor seeing, did likewise, the marine funeral procession was begun. The captain of the bark in his gig with foiéu‘ rowers led the sad cavalcade; close tc the stern of the gig came the bark’s longboat, and lying across the thwarts was an object carefully covered with the ensign oi the United States—the stars and stripes. This floating bier was propelled by six -oars, while the two.mates were seated in the ste heets. e 5 As thid last boat left the side of the bark a boatfrom every other vessel in the har‘bor dropped simultaneously into the watex and followed in their wake. - Upon theshoulders of his sorrowing ship‘mates the body was borne up the little eminence, and with the tenderness of brothers gently laid in the rude grave. . | {Then the group of sturdy, sun-bronzed seamen, standing wit¥ fixed and uncovered heads, listened respectfully to the beautiful burial service of the Church of England as it was read in the deep and sonorous voice of the captain. : ; ‘Then tenderly the remains were covered ‘with the loose earth, and poor Tom was left alone to sleep his eternal sleep in that distant tropic isle beneath the mango leaves. . MARLTON DOWNING.

MATTERS OF HISTORY. THE accession of Nebuchadnezzar dates back to 604 B. C. _ SCANDINAVIA was probably the earliest home of the Gioths. ' TeE Norman conquest of England was effected A. D, 1086. ' THE term Huguenots, applied to French followers of Calvin, m&ans- persons associated by oath. ; v . . CARDINAL WoLsEY, who had risen from the lowly station of a butcher’s son to be the High Chancellor of England under ‘Henry VIII., died in 1580. ; Tar Carlovingian dynasty of French Kings began with Pepin, the father of Charlemagne, who was crowned A. D. 758, and énded with ‘Louis the Sluggard, A. D. 087. 5 THE name “‘Cradle of Liberty” as applied to Faneuil Hall, Boston, was used by James Otis in his dedicatory speech, 1764, after the building had been reconstructed, and subsequent associations raised this term to the dignity of a prophesy. Tae first asylum for idiots in. this couna {ry was established in a wing of the Perkins Institution, Boston, in 1848. New York followed with @ similar asylum in 1857. The first asylum in the country was established at Williamsburg, Va., in 1773; the second at Somerville, Mass., in 1818, ; ' THE “Barébone’s Parliament” is & name given to a body called under Cromwell’s direction, and which, after a short sitting, | resigned its power to its head; bestowing _upon him the title of ‘‘Lord Protector of the Commonyealth.” This Parliament received ‘'its name. from the fact that a Londoun cur--rier inamed Barebone was a prominent ~member of it. - : o . PREVIOUS to the printing of newspapers, London had its letter writers, who sent _written news fogias subscription of three or four pounds sterling. L’'Estrange’s Intelligencer, the first London paper, commenced 1o be issued once a week in 1663, and in 1665 'rtha‘Loﬁdoh Grazette, a semi-weekly publicabion, made its first appearance. e , Another Sort of Thing. e } gﬁss Arabella Liepyer—l do not mind your poverty, George. Until your fortunes mend, I could be -happy in your wealth of ‘affeetion ;'and in some vine-clad cottage—- - Mr. Wardoff—Pardon me, dear; you know lam only a poor city clerk, and cot“tages are out of the question. ‘Do you think you could be happy in a third-floor-back furnished . room, with a sewing machine buzzing overhead 'and séme fiend below coplinigcabbages |¢ | 0 . Miss ‘Arabella—May be, George, dear, W mﬂ wait, after all. —Puck. ' Tugker—l saw yoﬁd gﬁaﬁmﬁawﬂntrg today, Parkér. Ho had his camera with Min, L believe. * Lo MERa BT T __ Parler—Yes, he went out to take some views, 'li;supnose: ~ Was he jmaking good. S L g g k| ‘body’s red bull yy: saftorhim,’'—lime. . . LR s el Ve ey Al L Fats ;“‘"igg 99 erepinghy svyTk oy 3,¥W&r«m§§nv’s§wa" ’ l ""’”&M Sl sai e e %\dﬁn/’%\w e ~%m;i e W Wa%:‘&?%rmm Gt sl gt o e 7 e A p ve R

‘-—'/"_JTANNER RESIGNS. ' ‘The Pension Commissioner Notinles the President of His Des‘iro to Vacate His Office—Causes Which Lead to His Action. i i s 5 : : ‘WasHINGTON, Sept. 12 —President Harrison has received the resignation of James W. Tanner as Commissioner of Pensions. In his letter conveying the resignation it is said the Commissioner writes that he rec--ognizes that differences exist betweén himself and the Secretary of the Interior respecting the administration of the Pension Bureau, and that, these differences being radical, in the interest of a thoroughly satisfactory administration of the office he should resign. One report was that President Harrison had advised Commissioner Tanner to resign. General Alger, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army; Governor Foraker, of Ohio, and Commander Wilson, of Kansas, are said to have telegraphed Tanner urging him not to resign, while Mrs. Tanner is reported to have said that if her husband resigned she would choose to take in washing rather than that he should accept the office of United States Marshal for New York : - ] Wednesday night a committee of the district Grand Army, headed by General 8. 8 Burdett, ex-Commander-in-Chief, called at the White House to see the President in behalf of the Pension Commissioner, but it was after he had retired. He sent word that he would be glad to see them in the morning. BBeveral Grand Army friends spent.the evening,with the Commissioner, but they decline«! to say what, if any thing, was the result of their conference. The Commissioner steadily denied himself to newspaper men. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—The retention, removal and resignation of Commissioner

~of Pensions Tanner wete subjects of pro--tracted conferences. at the . Executive Mansion Wednesday between the President and most of his Cabinet officers Informal conferences were held during the day between “the President and “Becretaries Noble ~and Tracy; but. the formal Cabinet meeting to discuss the matter did not convene until nearly

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4p. m., and lasted until about 6 o’clock in the evening. Secretary Noble was with the President as early as 2 o'cleck. He brought with him the report ol the committee which has investigated re-rating in the Pension Office during Comm ssioner Tanner's administration, presumedly to be used as an argument for securing the Commissioner’s vacation of the office. : Now that Commissioner Tanner has vacated, rumor is rife with candidates to succeed him. Ex-Pension Agent Poole,of New York, ex-Congressmen Brown, of Ohio, and Thomas, of Illinois, are already mentioned among others for the place. Vice-President Morton arrived here Wednedday from New York and called at the White: House last evening while the President and his Cabinet were considering. the case of Pension-Commissioner Tanner. He was shown into the Cabinet room and joined in the discussion. . Mr. Tanner’s troubles arose through charges of inefficiency -and iadiscretion based on his action in making special a large mnumber of pension gases, on the action of -some of his subordinates in making re-ratings for each other, and on the speeches and interviews credited to the Commissioner in the newspapers, and whose authenticity he has not denied. The _commission investigating the re-ratings in the office has reported from time to time to the Secretary of the Interior the discovery of wholesale re-ratings among the employes of the office, to the partial exclusion of other pen~ sioners. ! 4 NEw, Yorgk, Sept ;%General Sherman said last night that Corporal Tanner’s resignation would not affect the allegiance of the Grand Army of the Republic either one wiy or the other, as they were too sensible a body of men to question any act of the ‘President.

CHICAGO, Sept. 12.—A Washington special says that Tanner 18 to succeed General Rosecrans as Register of the Treasury, and that Congressman McKinley, of Ohio, has been offered the position of Commissioner of Pensions. McKinley left Chicago last night for New York to aféend the funeral of Congressman Cox. From there he will go to Washington, but it is understood he will decline the position as he has strong hopes of becoming Speaker of the House. Kansas Crty, Mo., Sept. 12. — Major William Warner is reported to have left Kansas City for Washington in response to a telegram from the President or the Secretary of the Interior asking him if he would accept the position of Commissioner of Pensions to succeed Commissioner Tanner in event the latter should be removed. Major Warner was a member of the House of Representatives for two terms and afterward was Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was very popular among the veterans, and ever since the talk of Tanner’s removal began he has been mentioned as among the possibilities for the,succession.

Stanley Victorious on His March Through Hostile Countries. - Brussens, Sept. 12 — The Mouvement Geographique © states that Henry M. Stanley is- marching toward Mombassa, after fightning his way through the hostile country of the Umjoro an® Uganda tribes and conquering the natives. He has, the paper says, established the authority of the British East Africa Company over the country from the Upper Nile to the east coast. The paper declares that it is doubtful if Eimin Pasha, to whose relief the Stanley expecition was originally sent, is faccompanying Stanley to the coast.

‘Regulators in Louisiana Kill an Old Man .and His 15-Year Old Daughter. - NEw Onrreans, La., Sept. 12.—The Picayune has a special from Lafayette saying: ‘A brutal murder was cominitted a ' few miles from this place, on the Abbeville - road, Monday night. Near the roadside ‘skbod a small cabin and in it lay the mutilated bodies of Rosemond Cormier and ' his daughter Rosalie, aged 15. Both had 'been murdered by a band of regulators l' who, about two months ago, whipped ' Cormier and ordered him to leave.”

Lynchad. 1 CHABLCTTE, N. 0., Sept. 12.—A special to the Chronicle says that Frank Stack, a ' white man, and Dave Boone (colored) were 1 ' lynched at Morganton, Burke County, about } 2 o'clock Wednesday morning by a mob of i 150 men who overpowered the jailor and broke open the prisoners’ cell. Stack wap'i in jail on the charge of. shooting Robert 1 Parker last August, and Boone was charged - with killing Ela Holdzr, a white man, ata _eamping ground about two weeks ago. 3 —— @ W e s 3o Three Brotiers Drowned. = ' BAN F:axcisco, Sept. 12, —OChristopher, Ollie and George, three sons of C O l ; Baker, aged respectively 13, 11 and @ | ‘years, were .rowned Tuesdayin the Tuo= lomne river near Modesto, Cal. ; : s et @ e /. Drowned in the filinois River. = f . Caxron, 11, Sept. 12.—A sad gscident oo- : &uted. at the Copperas ereek lock on the Illinois river near this city Tuesday eveni % E. Gilwioks, ot Bt Louis, an officer, of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias »ol Missouri, and Paul Pittman, of Havana, ' daptity cireuit cletk of Muson County, TiL, were drowned by the overturning of their L e By FrANCISco, Sept. 13 —Four mén em-’ oo o Sy si”i | Wttt st Gpiial ottt Un Sonsieosa B S 0 e %

TANNER’S RETIREMENT. | . 2 A Ry 1 His Letter of Resignation an& the Presis dent’s Reply—The Pension Commissionership Likely ‘to Remain Vacant for Several Weeks—Secretary Noble Criticised by G. A. R. Men. ; WasHINGTON, Sept. 13.—The following is Oommissioner Tanner’sletter of resignation wnd President Harrison’s reply thereto: “DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C., September 12, 1889.—70 (he President: The differences which exist between the Secretary of 'the Interior and myself 88 to the policy to be pursued in“ the administration of the Pension Bureau ‘have reached a stage which threatens to embarrass you to an extent which I feel. L should not call upon you to suffer, and as the investigdtion into the affairs of the bureau has been completed, and I am assured, both by yourself and by the Secretary of the Interior, contains no reflection on my integrity as an individual or as an officer, I herewith place,my resignation in your hands, to take effect at your pleasure, to the end that you may be relieved of any further embarrassment in the matter. Very respectfully yours, “JAMES TANNER, Commissioner.”’ “EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, September 12 —Hon. James Tanner, Cominissioner of Pensions: Dear Sixr—Your letter tendeéring your resignation of the office of Commissioner of Pensions has been received, and your resignation is accepted to take effect on the appointment and qualification of your sucCOSBor. *I do not think it necessary in this corre spondence to discuss the causes which have led to the present attitude of affairs in the Pension Office. You have been kindly and fully advised of my views upon most of these matters. - * “It gives me pleasure to add that so faras] am advised your honesty has not at any time been called in question, and I beg to renew the expression of my personal good will. Very truly yours, BENJAMIN HARRISON.” WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Mr. Tanner was in his official chair all day Thursday signing his mail and attending to his last acts of office. When he was notified that his resignation had been accepted he bade his personal friends good-bye and went to his home in Georgetown. It is not probable that his successor will be appointed unde: several weeks, and the office may re. main in the . present condition until aiter Congress convenes in December. The President has not determined just what he will do. The report that the office is to be given to Major Warner, late Commander of the Grand Army, is denied, and it is said at the Interior Department that his coming t¢ Washington at this time is in connection with the report of the Sioux Indian Commissioners.

Corporal Tanner is undecided as to whai he will do. The reports about his having been tendered various appointments at the hands of the Administration are without authority or fact. No trade was enterec into for the purpose of inducing Mr. Tan. ner to retire from office and no compro. mises were made. In an interview Mr. Tanner said: : “The President did not ask for my resigna tion nor did he advise that I resign. He as sured me, however, that the investigation int¢ the affairs of the Pension Officeé had developec nothing that reflected upon my honesty or mj good intentions, and said that if I remained ix office Secretary Noble would resign. The dismemberment of a Cabinet is a very serious thing, and I decided that it was better that| should res'gn, since the unreasonable preju dices of Mr. Noble could not be overcoms.’’: Secretary Noble declares that there hat been no break in the personal relations be. tween himself and Mr. Tanner. He alsc says that the story of a wrangle betweer himself and Secretary Tracy was made ou of whole cloth and was true mneither ix word nor thought. : Private Secretary Halford says: ‘‘No is sue was ever made by Secretary Noble tc the President as to whether he or Mr. Tan ner should go. There was never any for mal Cabinet consultation about the matte: and there was no disagreement whateve: among the members, much less any ex -change of incivilities.” ) The names of Judge John P. Rea, of Min. neapolis, and ex-Governor Fairchild, o! Wisconsin, have been added to the list of those mentioned in connection with the office of Commissioner of Pensions.

Hancock command, Union - Veterar Union, Thursday night adopted resolutiont condemning the Adminjstration for ac. cepting Tanner’s resignation and indorsing the latter’s management of the Pensior Bureau. : Most of the criticism heard here is di. rected toward Secretary Noble and As. sistant Secretary Bussey., Where there¢ has been expression on the part of members.of Grand Army of the Republic it is generally directed toward these officials, who are believed by some not to have been as friendly toward the Commissioner as they should have been Assistant Secretary Bussey asserts his in. nocence of the charge that months ago he encouraged an estrangement betweer Secretary Noble and the Commissipner of Pensions, or that he in any wa) contributed towand placing the Commis: sioner in an embarrassing attitude toward either the Secretary or the President o 1 the people at large. Both Secretary Noble and ‘Assistant Secretary Bussey say thal they bave,no personal feelings toward Mr. Tanner and that the differences whick have existed have been confined exclusive. ly to official business.

"USED HIS PITCHFORK. A Wisconsin Farmer’s Terrible Fight " with a Tramp—He Fatally Wounds Hig Antagonist. : ‘ MinwAUEEE, Sept. 13.—News has reached here of a bloody encounter between s farmer named Kinney, living in the town of Somers, Kenosha County, and twc¢ tramps. Wednesday evening Mr. Kinney found two men hiding in his barn and or: dered them out. They refused to go ang he attempted to forcibly eject them. Grab: bing one of the men by the collar he at tempted to drag him from the building, when the tramp drew:a long-bladed knife and turned on the farmer. Mr. Kinney was unarmed, but eéndeavored to fight the man off with his fists. The tramp used his knife freely, slashing Kinney across the face and inflicting two bad outs in the farmer’s arm:. The two men broke away and fled. Kinney seized a ' pitchfork and pursued = them, overtaking the man who used the knife. Another struggle occurred, during which Kinney thrust the tines of the fork through his antagonist. The tramp fell and Kinney then plunged the bloody fork-tines inta him again and again. The tramp is fatally wounded and can not live more than a few hours. . No arrests have yet been made.

Effect of a Whirlwind. % Vicroria, B. C,, Sept:l3.—A whirlwind at Lulu Island, B. C., Tuesday devastatedl the whole country through whiech iti passed, uprooting gigantic trees and leav. " ing the thickly wooded surface as bare as a ] "board. ' As far as c¢an be ascertained at present no lives were lost, though several homesteads weras torn' down with terrible | fury four and five miles away. - ' Lovers Lose Their Savings. RicuamonD, Va., Sept. 13.—An unsentimental thief robbed recently the trunk of ' a young Louisa County (Va.) woman, whae was about to be married, of $2,900, of Which | sum $2,300 had been given her by her afifanced to keep until the wedding day. el e » : Army of the Cumberland. * OHATTANOOGA, ‘Tenn., Sept 18, +-There ! has been no change in the dates for the reunion of the Army of thé Cumberland, ‘ which will be held in this city as adver. tised, Wednesday and Thursday, Senﬁam’.-‘_f ber 18 and 19, and the grand barbecne to the old soldiers of both armies will be gilvén on the battle-field of Chickamauga dday, September2n, . . _ATin Famine Imminent, New Yomk, Sept. 18 —lt %ﬁimd that a By P S %&m«w&ém s LL&%&?M" T

THE STORM ABATES. Rain and Wind on the Atlantic Coast Easing Up—Belated Vessels Arrive and Report Terrible Experiences — More Storles of Havoc. 5 .. NEw Yoßk, Sept. 14.—The league of the wind, rain and waves parted company in this vicinity Friday, and the five-day steady down-pour of water came to an end. News of disaster along the .coast still continues to come ih, amnd but scant particulars can be had The fog which has enveloped the lower bay for the Ilast few days is. clearing away, and the long-delayed steamships are beginning to come in. Captain McKee, of the Clyde Line steamer Yermasse, which arrived Friday, reports that during the storm northeast .of the Sandy Hook lightship he picked up in the water Captain P. A. Bull, wife, two children and fourteen of the crew of the bark Abby Cass, oil laden, and bound to Copehagen. The bark had become disabled by the storm, and was abandoned in a sinking condition by her captain and crew. Much anxiety is felt for the residents of Barnegat City, from which no tidings have been received since Monday. Itssituation is low and much exposed, and it must have borne the brunt of the storm. The sea is still too-heavy to reach there, and there is no communication by telegraph. . The United States cruiser Atlanta, about which some anxiety has been felt, arrived at Newport Friday morning. She left New York Monday mcrning and went outside Sandy Hook. When the storm became serious she hove to and had been lying at a safe distance off shore, land having been sighted only once since Tuesday. The war ship weathered the hurricane without danger. She took some seas and was pretty wet, butbehaved admirably, surprising the officers themselves. The wind was 8o strong and sea 80 high that sometimes for several hours not an inch of progress could be made with six boilers going. Old seamen on board said she did splendidly under the circumstances, and rode the seas with remarkable ease. Incoming vessels report unusually rough weather at sea, and many of them have suffered considerably.” All. the overdue European steamer are crowded with seasick foreigners. The Cromwell line steamer Knickerpocker, due here on Tuesday, arrived Friday morning after a dangerous voyage. So heavy was the storm on Tuesday that many on board feared the vessel would founder. Several of the crew and passengers were injured by the careening of the vessel CoNEY IsvanDp, L. L, “Sept. 14.—Shortly after midnight Thursday there was a cloudburst directly over the island, the water coming down in tremendous quantities and doing almost as much damage to the lawns in the rear of the big hotels as the waves had done in front. It swelled the many lakes that have been made all over the island, and many of the houses and all the small bhotels were completely surrounded with from three to five feet of water. Some of the early risers had secured boats and were rowing around picking up boxes, barrels, etc., that were floating about. The cloudburst ‘did considerable damage to the Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach and Oriental Hotels. '‘Sheepshead bay has been greatly swollen by the cloud-bursts and heavy tides and has flowed over. ; PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14.—A special to the Public Ledger from Sea Isle City, N. J., says: The storm which has demolished ‘buildings, washed away railroad beds, destroyed bridges and beat down telegraph wires in a way never before experienced here shows no signs of abatement. The sea wall, from which so much was expected, has been washed away, and the sand piles which extended along the beach like a series of bulwarks have been leveled by the heavy waves. Just south of the Continental Hotel there is a large gap where a number of houses stood last Monday. Senator Crouse’s beautiful cottage has been destroyed. Of Charles Ricker’s cottage not a vestige remains. The New Line House was broken into and: wrecked. The Shakespeare House is demolished, and Struther’s Hotel is badly wrecked. Back of the Continental Hotel a new house in course of construction was turned completely around. The cottage of Henry L. Thomas ‘was entirely wrecked. The house of Edward W. Crullen, of Philadelphia, was undermined. The railroad track which connects Sea Isle City with Ocean City is destroyed. The lighthouse at the north end of the island was tilted, and has been abandoned by the keeper and his family.

The failure of the sea wall to withstand the Lieavy surf is regarded as the cause of much of the damage. 'Only one man, George Sayers, is missing. It is said that during the height of the storm he saw that his ys‘cht was in danger of going to sea. He jumped aboard the vessel to save it, and wus carried out into the ocean. Lewes, Del., Sept. 14¢. —ln addition to the loss of life previously reported news comes of the wreck of the schooner W. O. Snow of Taunton, Mass., from Philadelphia, coal laden, with the loss of nine persons. This raises the total loss of life to thirty-one. The crew of the barge Cosilda, from Philadelphia for Boston, loaded with coal, which was wrecked on Brandywine shoal, were taken off by a schooner and landed here.. These men were given up as lost. The life-saving crews have rescued about 200 persons in all from twenty-four vessels.

MonMouTH BEACH, N. J., Sept. 14.—Thougands of persons came here Friday tosee what damage had been wroight by the storm. They walked over the piles of debris in Ocean avenue, trampled down the lawns of the cottages and searched with great industry amid the ruins of cottages for relics of the "great stormy. Big gangs of men were at work removing'?-,n furniture from some ‘ot the cottages and bracing up the twisted and shattered bulkheads. The Episcopal Church of Bt. Peter’s in Galilee lost part of its bulkhead Thursday night The sea hag torn away a portion of the bulkheading of the cottage of John P. Duncan. The bulkheads of the summer homes of Henry Tuck, D. Sackett Moore and J. A. Scrymster have gone out to sea. It will cost fully $150,000 to repair the damage at Monmouth beach and Low Moor, formerly Monmouth beach. : 'ONANCOCE, Va., Sept. 14.—The terrible storm this week did much damage on the eastern shore. Crops were ruined. Reports from the Metompkin life-saving station are to the effect that the beach has been badly washed and that the station is in danger of being swept away.

} LONG LEASES OF LIFE. James TyusNy, of Bostom, is 102 years old and in the full possession ot all his faculties. ‘He was born in Ireland. ' Hurpirn Enwoop RoOCKWELL, of Westport, Conn., recently celebrated her 100th birthday. She has borne nineteen children, { ; ; . Bamurrn WiLprick, of Stoddartsville, Pa., aged 97 years, walked to Wilkesbarre, over 20 miles, to visit a man. Mr. Wil ~drick is the father of 28 children. Two | weeks agohe cut two new teeth. - : e A WATERLOO veteran began his 101st year lately in the province of Parona, Brazil, The Germansin the neighborhood assembled to do him honor, and put a crown .of laurels on his head, which, by the way, is not yet bald. - : ‘_ ’, _TrnERe seems to be a contest 'aﬂxong*-the‘ ' Statesin respect to which one has living lt;‘within its borders the oldest pair of twins Massachusetts claims the championship, | _with Mrs, Sallie Cole and Mrs, Hepzibah -:f:%;rew.}_otmaqham, They were born inx | ﬁﬂgﬁﬂyafl’ow?s,ém gegigéé ﬁa:fin;ér;iiz,i .' the bank of D. Powers & Sons, LansingBurg %y uat pasesd et o /8l er faculiies, and talkes & lig ok Nol Sveuis. Blte Shs e B 0 iainae o Bose N

A LASTING TRIBUTE. Kansans Honor the Memory of General Grant in the Erection of a Handsome Monument at Fort Leavenworth. ForT LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Sept. 16.—The Grant monument was unvailed here Saturday with civic and military honors in the presence of a great crowd of enthusiastic citizens. o ¢ ; Excursions had been made up from the adjoining States of Missouri and Nebraska, and the city was taxed to its utmost in entertaining the thousands of visitors. The occasion was made a holiday in the city of Leavenworth, and as much a holiday at the fort as the discipline of the troopsever allows. The public buildingsin the city were suitably decorated and from each staff on the fort floated the National colors. ol At 1 o'clock in the afternoon the troops from: Fort Leavenworth, under command ot General A. McD. Cook, comnianding officer at the post, were formed to prepare for the part they were to take in the ceremonies. They consisted of five. companies of infantry, four troops of cavalry and one battery of light artillery.. In the city a procession of wiilitia and civic soci

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eties was formed at the same hour.' The body marched to the depot, and the train was 'taken to the fort, where the Government troops were drawn' up to receive them. Headed by the Sixth Regiment band, led by the United States soldiers, the procession’ reformed and marched to the grounds at the fort where the monument stands. There the troops were massed arouud the vailed figure. Behind them were stationed the Grand Army of the Republic posts and uniformed societies, while the remainder of the multitude took up positions wherever a point of vantage could be' found. Revw. E. F. Holland, chaplain of the Department of Kansas, Grand Army of the Republic, opened the- ceremonies with . prayer. Brigadier-General Wesley Merritt, United States army, commanding the Department of Missouri, reviewed the work ‘of the Grant Monument Association, by which the statue was erected and of 'which he is president, and explained how the. cost of the tribute .has been defrayed by public subscriptions taken in all parts of the country. Then while the Sixth Regiment band played the National air the General stepped forward and unvailed the statue amid the applause of the multitude. As the vail fell to the ground there *was revealed.to the ‘spectators a statue of General Grant, of imposing design and artistic execution. i

After the statue was unvailed orations on General Grant were delivered by Senator Ingalls, of Kansas; Geheral C. W. Blair, of Topeka, and Rev. Henry Swift, chaplain of the post at Fort Leavenworth. , [\'?ae figure is of bronze, was designed by Mr. Lorado Taft, artist, of Chicago, Ili., and stands nine feet high, while the pedestal is of barre granite, eight feet high, and seven feet square at base, resting on a circular mound of earth thirty feet in diameter, and making the total height of the structure nineteen and a half feet. On the front of the pedestal is a large bronze panel, on which is inscribed a list of the most notable battles in which General Grant partic@ated. On the_back of the pedestal is another panel of bronze, showing ‘‘Grant in the Wilderness.” ; The statue is a bronze military figure of ‘heroic size, nine feet high, upon a polished granite pedestal of equal height. The left foot is slightly advanced, and the left hand holds a paper of official appearance to which points the right forefinger. A slouch hat, which all the army veterans recognizéd at once as Grant's army hat, covetrs the head. The figure is draped in a long military coat, the cape thrown back over the shoulders.] S

THROUGH THE RAPIDS.~

W.J. Campbell Swims the Niagara Whirlpool in a Cork Jacket. ;

Nlacara Fanus, "N. Y., Sept. 16.—Walter J. Campbell, a young swimming-teacher from Youngstown, a little village down the river, Sunday successfully swam the whirlpool rapids with no other protection than an ordidnary cork jacket. Starting at 2:20 o'clock, ' accompanied by a dog, he rowedin a little boat from the Maid of the Mist landing till the current caught him and compelled him to unship his oars. Sitting in the bottom of the boat he clung to it desperately till after Buttery’s elewator was reached, when animal and man were thrown out into the boiling water. The life-preserver enabled Campbell to: keep afloat till in the second circuit of the great whirlpool he was thrown so near the shore that his father, who waited on the bank, ‘was able to catch his hand and help him out.. Once a huge log caught the back of his head, and for a time held him down, but he dove from beneath it and wasnot much injured. At 8:40 he was pulled out, but little the worse for his trip. 7 In speaking of the trip the young man said that nothing in the world would tempt him to make the trip again. He had had enough. The dog landed at the whirlpool all right. The.boat was seen floating about in the whirlpool hottom up. ' Campbell is the youngest of hg?o ?iagam heroes, and will be 21 years oi ctober 3. His height ig five teet seven inches.

'RENO’S MEMORY REVERED. On Antietam’s Battlefield Where the Warrior Fell His Monument Is Unvailed. HArRrISBURG, Pa., Sept. 16.—The Reno ' monument was unvailed on the Antietam - battlefield yesterday on the spot where the General was killed. Colonel R. H. L Goddard, formerly of the Ninth . Army Corps, presided, and the unvailing was performed by former members of General Reno's staff. General O. B, Wilcox, U. 8. 'A.,delivered the oration. The smonument is of granite, and its full length is nine feet... ‘lt has the word ‘‘Reno” on its second base, and on the polished front face of the die is) carved a badge of the ‘Ninth Army Corps, = .. = e e Oyster Planters Ruined. . | . New Yonx, Bept. 16.—The oyster planters have sustained a loss of $2,000,000. Owing to the storm last week many of . the ‘planters have suddenly and unexpectedly baen foreed out of business nd fato hank - ruptey. James W.. Boyle sald Saburday that nearly all the splendid oyster beds in the great kills, the middle grournds ot Oyster by and the'beds-on the sand-bars in Jumaics bay and Rockawsy wateraiued anf e steok it O e There are_hundreds of restorateurs {!n New York who can ot obplaces deponding on Ne W*fy *‘,33‘4. their bibalves are unable tc ;?f"”“%‘“” 'le - ordes

- A CARNIVAL OF FLAME. Several Disastrous Fires in Various Cities * A Big Dry-Goods Store at Louisville Burns with a' Loss of s7so,ooo—llts Fplling Walls Kill Six Firemen—Heavy . Losses Caused by the Burning of the St. Joseph (Mo.) Exposition Building, and a - Blaze in the One at Chicago. LoursviLig, Ky., Sept. 16.—Six firemen were Killed and several badly hurt in a fire ° here Sunday night. ‘Soon after 10 o’clock - flames were seen bursting from the windows on the third floor of Bamberger, Bloom & Co.’s wholesale dry-goods and notion house, which fronts on Main street. between Sixth and Seventh streets. Five minutes later part' of the roof fell . in. The fire ‘department was out in full force promptly and ten minutes after the first alarm half a dozen streams were playing on the burning building, but 1t was soon clear that nothing could save it, and the hose was turned upon the Louisville Hotel, two blocks away. That building was smoking, and it was -a sharp half-hour’s fight to make its safety reasonably sure. The guests of the Louisville, as well as’ of Seelbach’s Hotel at the corner of the block, poured out. A number, mostiy frichtened servants, were taken from the second and third stories by means of ladders. . Théy joined at once the crowd of sight-seers, which gathered in half an hour to the number of 10,000. The fire originated; in Bamberger, Bloom & Co.’s, and Watchman McGrath, who surned in the alarm, saild the whole building was aglow when he discovered the fire. An explosion occurred soon after, and a fireman who ‘had just arrived was knocked over by it, but not hurt. Sal ° A few minutes after the explosion, however, an awful.accident occurred. A portion of the high walls from which the sup-’ . ports had been burned gave way and crashed to the ground, burying nearly a dozen men. Bix were killed outright and several others were 80 badly hurt that their recovery is considered doubtful. Those known to have been killed are: Captain Ed Early, Ed Wheeler, Pat Foley, John Stacklyhter and Frank Monahan, A c¢onservative estimate Of the loss on stock is $750,000. The insurance is heavy and will about cover the loss. The building was a double six-story, owned ‘by the firm, and valued at $75,000. " BT JosEpH, Mo., Sept. 16.—The Bt. Joseph exposition met with a great disaster Sunday night. The crowd during the day and - night was far greater than at any time since the opening. About 10:30 o’clock p. m., - just -as the entertainment in the great- amphitheater had closed, a fire broke out in ‘the main hall, a magnificent building 1,000 feet in length and filled with all manner of exhibits. The entire building and contents were consumed in spite of the most heroic efforts on' the part of the fire department.. It is understood that nothing was saved but the carriage which was built to convey General Fafayette during his visit to this country in 1842. The exposition grounds are located two miles from the city and at this hour details of the fire have not been received. - The origin of the fire is said to come from the electric lights. The exposition will continue, but will be short of its vast exhibits in the main hall. The loss must exceed $250,000. CHICAGO, Sept. 16. — At 10:20 o'clock Sat.urday mnight ared flake of carbon sputtered from an electric arc light in the booth containing Gossage & Co.’s exhibit at the exposgition. The sparklit on a linen napkin and a feeble flicker soon appeared. In a ° moment the blazing napkin ignited ‘other fabrics, and the oxgen in the almost airtight. chamber was speedily consumed, When the door was thrown open the in-rushing air coming in contact = with the gases '@ created Dby the fire caused an explosion that shattered the glass sides of the mneighboring booths, and in lessithan a minute thousands of dollars’ worth of the finest linens, silks and embroideries was ablaze. The booths in this part of ' the building contained the exhibits of Marshall Field & Co., " Gossage & Co.;, J. H. Walker & Co., Schlesinger & Mayer, the leading ' dry-goods houses of Chicago. Many pieces of costly fabrics imported, and having no duplicates in this country, were on exhibition. Costumes from Worth’s, furniture of the most exquisite make, pianos and frail stained-glass pieces, were near by. In the building was $500,000 worth of valuable*goods and machinery, and within 200 feet more than $500,000 worth of paintings and statuary. Rarely was so exquis.te and costly a spread laid before a fire. Plate-glass a half inch thick melted like icicles; and the rafters, seventy feet above, blistered in the heat. Through this solid hgag‘lthe fire patrolmen plunged, and in a twinkling had spread 200 tarlpauliﬁs.‘ : . : Ten thousand people were in the building, and 5,009 lost their wits. The big doors in the Genter were wide open, and the people near them stopped to watch the fire. Those at either end of the building and farthest away went wild. They smashed windows, climbed over each other and burst open duors. At the lunch counter people seized chairs and flung them at the windows when doors were open within forty feet of them. Several ladies faint’ed and were bruised in the crush, but no one was reported as seriously hurt. g The fire was quickly put out. The janitor of the art gallery closed its doors before the alarm was sounded, and not the slightest damage was done the works on exhibition. Except the booths in the immediate vicinity no :damage was done either by fire or smoke. The tarpaulins “and the care of the firemen prevented the ‘usual destruction by water and the smoke drew out of the skylights like chimneys. " The damage to the Exposition building was estimated by insurance men at $l,OOO, mostly broken glass. All but one of the 7 exhibitors who lost by the fire were insured. The aggregate losses are estimated as follows: s ¢ Charles G?sage 00 G usiavicanssansvss: 810,000 DB ESIcE CoiL. cviiliiiisvessssin sues |l DlOO Marshall Field & COo....vocean cocs erossss 12030 N.B. HaYDEB. . .oi. iaasosas sase sves ssavses. 000 Schlesinger & Mayer.. cces seve cane vase.oa. 10,000 Mandel Braßoics .« soo vhssiobusbbasionans 12:000 Parisian Sgit Company...ceeeuerecennieee 2,000 Splegel &IC0: .. iiiiil i nhh sy assnasis s U 0 McCulley & Mills.. (.icviscoish ceaoinvindas t 2,600 Dibblee &&é:o Lalos b R eskA ke 1 SRUOD Julius Bauer & C 0..... coseioosvnse svesssn 1,500 Miporlasses .iVo i ihEiiaes i o 2,000 b ¢ : ) : $71,500 - MILwAUKEE,- Sept. 16. — The city of Stoughton was in danger of destruction by fire early Sunday morning, and was saved only by a timely shower. Seven business houses, two barns and other buildings . were destroyed, making a total lost of $30,000 with very little Insurance.

A Texarkana Citizen and $3%7,000 in Hard Cash Are Missing. TEXARKANA, Ark., Sept 16, — Prof. J. Wiss, one of the oldest and best-known cit- X izens of the town, is absent, and it is stated ‘that he has decamped, taking with him - $37.000 in cash from the Texarkana Savings Bank, of which he was until lately president and “manager. He had purchased an interest in the lumber business of the Matthews Lumber GCompany, and became its treasurer. He also induced his kinsmen to take large Interests in the lamber company, and, it is said, received large gums of cash from them. He was im: plicitly trusted, was a man ot good habibs, and his escapade as a defaulter ciuses the greatest surprise. Si : el @ e B Vet et T T i BuoomingToN, 111, Sept. 16.—Hon. Adel‘bert Hamilton, of Chicago, cune here Sun- * day to lay before Governor Fifer a wemo. ;Mwnemmmmwk%mﬁmm of the Spring Valley miners. It beseeches him to ”ﬁﬁ@ﬁﬂn&%‘l@!mm"ﬁ”ﬂ‘? T investigate, and to call & speoial ression of the logliagsre, Qprernit AAESbptaned |- ‘deep sympath ﬁi@k % %@ }5,,, wg., SR el sAR e I eey e il eS B B L MW o Neph . 16—~ Isaac | e athl i SeatARAGE all e e *'i“),’”é‘) A H«"*'«*‘{i“ﬁ‘:ﬁnf.‘\?»‘:«,:: bAk ‘é, 't it ”ﬁi{i\:‘%@