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. THE MORN INS NEWS. I
' ABl .XHKII 1860. Incorporated 1888. V
) J. H. ESTILL President. \
STORI STRICKEN.
The &ik Story Coming
ta tlie EatireStretd
i Belief that the Gales Have
Spent Host of Their Fury.
The 1.053 to Sailing Craft Around Del
aware Breakwater Very Heavy
Steamers Reaching New York Tell of
Terrible Experiences The First
Tram Leaves Atlantic City—Scores
of Sailors Undoubtedly Floating: as
Corpses on the Tempest-Tossed
Waves of the Ocoan.
New York, Sept. 12.—Each arriving
vess?! reports having experienced unusually
heavy w eat her. but had met with no seri
ous trouble. About 9 o'clock the Roanoke
ami Richmond, of the Old Dominion Line,
arrived. They had had their share of
rough weather, which was shown by thoir
smoke-stacks and rigging,
Toe Roanoke left Norfolk last Monday
night. She was due Here 10 o’clock Tues
day night, The captain reports that while
hi- vc s i sustained no serious damage the
trio was one of the roughest he had over ex
pcrienc-si. From the tim) he left until his
arrival, siortn after storm was encountered,
with but little recess between.
THE RICHMOND PUT BACK.
The Richmond, which should now be on
her nay south, having started last Tuesday
n ght, put back. A storm was encountered
ifT the lightship about mid Ight Tuesday,
ai. fearful of venturing further to sea, the
aachur was left down in Gravesend bay.
ireeing that the srorm showed no sign of
abatin , and as the vessel was light, the
captain turned her nose back toward her
dock. The weather in the lower bay, the
the capt'in savs, was unprecede itsdly
severe. The wind blow at a terrifi ■ rate,
while, strange to say, a dense fog enveloped
everything am! made navigation well i igh
impossible. Gravesend bay was covered
with ste 'mers and vessels of all kinds, wait
ing for the storm to subside.
The lilted States man-of-war Atlanta,
which left the Brooklyn navy yards the fore
part of this week, and had been given up as
lost by the newspapers, passed out this
morning about 9 o’clock, acco ding to news
from the health officer’s q larters.
BOUGH EXPERIENCE OF THE ENGLAND.
Tne Nati ttal line steamer E lgland from
Liverpool, got to her dock to-day after es
perie mi g one of the roughest voyages her
commander had encountered in hi; service
of sixteen years at sea. At midnight,
Tuesday, one of the firemen was washed
overboard and drow ied. The England was
struck by the storm Tuesday eveni ig.
Tae wild and sea was something terrible,
lip'. Healev says that the steamer was
almost turned over by the combined force
of the wind and the sea. She careened
over until the tips of her yards dipped into
the water.
TERRIBLE NEWS FROM LEWES.
The Cor.Bt Strewn With Corpses and
Wrecked sailing Vessels.
Wilmington, Del., Sept. 12, 11 a. m.—
A Lewes special to the Every Even inn states
that no language can picture the terrible
scene along the coast. The wind is blowing
with almost hurricane fierceness, driving
with a force that cuts like hail,
ibe half-mile reach of sand
between the own and coast is tearing away.
ue ocean bet s wreckage on every wave,
through the mist of spray and storm the
tattered sails ad naked masts of a score of
deserted and dismantled vessels can be
dimly seen. Since Monday night the storm
has raged without abatement. Yesterday’s
dawn showed 100 ves-els which had sought
refuge off the breakwater.
BROKE OVER THE BREAKWATER,
hhe refuge was insufficient. By 11 o’clock
the sea Lr ke over the breakwater, wrecked
tiie telegraph station, carried away the big
oe!l and rushed shoreward, sweeping
steamboat pier and dashing the
man bark Iselvore against the iron gov
’ iorient pier. The piers of Brown & Cos.,
u Lenoe Bros., gave way and wero swept
' i sea ' ihe United States marine hospital
rasuasued from its moorings and sent
*i timing down the beach. The Lewes life
a ‘■'L station, forty feet above high water
"a: k, was flooded and its foundation un
dermined.
Hughcyviile, a suburb between the town
, i toe beach, was submerged and its 200
ihabuants fled for life, leaving all their
possessions i ehind.
vessels coming ashore.
- he first boat came ashore at 9 o’clock in
i morning. Then came another, and
t v , ’ ' Tne life saving crew, reiuforced
~ l°i en aid Rehobeth crews,
, Ha -° "ork and have labored almost un
v‘! *, ' - tner s i ncc * The crew of every
ihv 1 tlnt struck was taken off by the-e
1 1 l! ’t? men and not a life was
! j mo , 8 the scores of men
‘■■l, tn.d. Tie following is a complete
1 vessels that came ashore: The Ital
p ', ar * Iselvr.re, the American schooner
It ■'' Clark, tbe British schooner
( 1 *''• toe Adierican schooners Alena
i. ’ L Gertrude Bummers, G. F. Becker,
i'i v Bryan, Maud Leonard, Mina A.
i. A vena, Charles P. Stickney, (total
i , vduie B. L ,ctn, S. A. Rudolph, A.
p ! '’coper, Emily R. Dwyer, J. D.
. J ', ns 11 , the American ship W, R. Grace,
•merican brig RA- .ard J. Green, the
.Tfat* schooner Maj. W. H. lauturn,
- 1 t>*>) Nettie'Cli my non, the pilot boat
v 1 bsyard, the barges Wallace and Tona
'l at *d two others whose names are un
iuu wn.
tONK WITH ALL HANDS.
s ■ ve s;e j the Brown shoals and
men of the crew were
n, 'l but two, who got asnore on a
” : ,'o, f- nut; bor vessel upset, in re.-ard to
Li rk 1 1 ere is a dispute as to her being a
tjt, . T , a f'tree-masted schooner, as he
t, s - s only can be discovertd, as she is
.. ,, 011 Shears’ shoals. It is not known
Ur nftr b ' :l \ crev ' e -capel. The total humi
fy 1 bves lost will probably exceed forty.
, the eigi t men who
1-eriJhJ' 1 S* crew of t,e E - & L - Bryan
h where the veael struck on the
S
Jllofnmg
Brandywine shoals. The mate and two
s-amen caught a spar and drifted ali night.
At daybreak the others discovered that one j
of tne sailors was dead, but his body was
still lashed to the spar. The two survivors i
were picked up by a tug aud brought to •
Lewes.
ANXIETY OVER A PILOT BOAT.
There is great concern ovor the crew of
the pilot boat Ebe Tunnel. She pit to sea
on Mo; day and has not been heard from.
Pilots John Baruos, Lewis Bertrand and
James Rowland, Harry Hickman, son of
Harrison Hickman, and a crew of eight
men were on board. The New Jo sey pilot j
boat Ed nunds was blown across the bay
and lies grounded on the Jer-ov coast with
her sails in tatters. The New York pilot
boat No. G was driven in from sea, but
made anchorage safely.
An unknown schooner is nshore at
Rehobeth, ard the c last for mile, down is
reported to be strewn with wreckage.
News comes from Rehobeth that the surf is
breaking over the Bright hon e porch; that
Surf avenue is entirely washed away, and
that the D >ug!ass house is surrounded by
water and its inma'es are in great terror.
NAMES OF THREE LOST VESSELS.
Three v ssels previously repor ed lost out
side the capes are the schooners Kate E.
Morse, Waiter F. Parker and J. & L. Bryan.
Two men alone,a colored man and a German,
have come a-hore, as survivors from these
wrecks. They were ou a raft from 5
o’clock Monday afternoon to 9 o’ lock yes
terday morning. The other fifteen who
composed the crews of those schooners are
given up for lost.
A GALLANT RESCUE.
Lewes, Del., Sep. 12.—The schooner
Orrie V. Dristo, fro m New York for Pr.ila
delphia, went ashore this m>rni g. The
schooner reported as the A. and E. Hooper
ashore is the Eliza Jloopor. The storm is
unabated. The ship W. R. Graca is on the
point of the cape in a bad way. The crew
were saved. The crew of the tug A. L.
Luckenbach, which had laid alongside
of the sch oner Kate E. Morse all night,
succeeded this morning in taking the crew
of the later vessel, nine in number, on
board and afterward brought them to this
place. The schooner was bl nvnon to Hawk-.*
Ne t shoal, about 5 o’clock p.‘ in. Monday.
The crew took to the rigging, where they
remained clinging to t.;e rojvs for nearly
forty hours. The men were nearly ex
hausted wiiea rescued, and cou’.d not have
lasted much longer.
HOW IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
It was impossible for the tug to approach
the stranded schooner nearer t.ian twenty
yards, and the men in the rigging were
directed to jump overboard. Asa man
struck the water a r pa would be thrown
him and he w-ould be lifted o i board the
tug. After getting all on board the Luck
e ibach brought them to this place, where
they were lauded with the assistance of the
life saving crew. Shortly after ihe Morse
went on the shoal the schooner Waiter F.
Parker also grounded within thirty yards
of the Id. irse. She soon broke up, and those
on the Morse saw her crew drown one by
one. The Mors >is a total loss.
ATLANTIC CITY* 3 DEVASTATION.
It Will Tako Months to Recover from
Her Heavy Losses.
Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 12,11 a. m.
—lt will take months for this city
to recover from the loss the storm
has caused. The wind still bl jws
at the rate of thirty-five to forty
miles an hour and it is still raining. The
beach tides have not been large and con
sequently accompanied by further damage.
The meadows, however, are still 3 and 4
foot under water. The damage to
the road between the railway com
panies is worse tiiau was at first
a iticipa ed. Three or four foolhardy people
reached here to-day from Pleasantvilie.
They walked on the railroad to where the
principal washout is, when they swam, and
did the “handover hand” act on loose rail*.
One or two poople started fr un here for
Pleasantville under the impressi n that
they might catch trains for Philadelphia.
How they succeeded is not kuown. It wa3
a perilous journey.
NO LOSS OF LIFE.
Contrary to the rumor last evening Will
iam Smith’s hotel and Peters Beach, brig
antine, is perfec ly safe but greatiy dam
age!. The e was no loss of life there yes
terday. Two young 1 idies, a child and two
men attempted to criss the current at the
Knickerbocker Club house on the meadows.
The boat was swamped by the violent
tide and the occupants thrown out.
The boat was caught through the heCeulea i
efforts of the*man, and the ladies were
rescued. The party were greatly exhausted.
Remv Fegel, who keeps the Fegel Thor
oughfare house, tells of a daring rescue at
5 o'clock Tue.day afternoon. It was found
necessary to move out owi g to the rising
waters. The current was too strong to row
a boat, so Mr. Fegel and six strong men
took a party of th rty peoulo from tie
Thoroug ifaro hotel to Atia tic City proper.
The ladies were led several hundred yar is
through water which was up to their necks.
There were twelve sm .11 children in the
party, several of whom belo iged to Mr.
Van Horn, a costumer of Philadelphia, ad
tuis gentleman was one of the party. Bv
the action of >.he tide the inlet now runs
through Chelsea. The latter place is still
submerged. The new Excursion house be
low this point is unharmed, but it is sur
rounded by water and only accessible by
boats.
NO NEWS FROM LONGPORT.
There has been no communication with
Longport. A train started this morni g
with a construction car, but the tracks are
badly washed. There is no telephone com
munication.
It is not known whether or not the Hotel
Aberdeen withstood the storm. Great
anxie y is felt for the safety of the residents.
From the fourth floor of the Law building,
a brick structure, one cm get a|eomt>reiion
sive idea of the great storm of wind and
wave which has swept Atlantic City. The
meadows appear to boa vast lake surround
ing tne city. Many days must elapse before
the actual loss will be known.
a faitiA’ui. signal observer.
Sergeant Blythe of the sig ini se vice re
mained at his post in the to i floor of the
Law building until he was forced to retire
lor a few hours’rest. The windows of the
rooms which he oeeuoied and which were
exposed to the brunt of the storm, were
entirely bi wn out in the early hours of the
tempest. Contrary to tho predictions of
the weather clork the wind redoubled in
fury from the early hours of yesterday,
blew c mtinuously throughout the night and
rained as hard. The indications are that it
will continue through' ut too day. The
ocean has quieted, aid only the usual tides
fl ow and ebb. The direction of the wiuds
is unchanged. It is estimated that $150,000
will not e ver the 1 ss Jo Atlantic City and
er interests. The loss to the boatmen and
Inlet hotel and pavilion people amounts to
$50,000. The damage to the beach property
will aggrega e $7 i,OOO.
ATLANTIC CITY'S FIRRT TRAIN.
Runners Sent Throueh the Town to
, Announce Its Departure.
Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 12.—A
couple Of daring citizens of this place, E.
P. Percival an i bis son, Kbeutzor, made a
trip from here to Pleasantvdlo aud returned
SAVANNAH. GA„ FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1880.
at low water last night. Pereival’s obj ct
in undert iking the trip war to telegraph
his wifj that they were safe. The t-vo gen
tlemen wore nothing but bathing suits and
were barefooted. They each carried a pine
sapliug with which to feel their way along
the washed out por ions of the route.
JOY OVER THE FIRST TRAIN.
Great joy was ma tifoite! at 9:45 o’clock
this morni g when West" n Union messen
gers were dispatched throughout tho city
to announce t at the first train shiee Mon
day afternoou would start at 10 o’a ock for
Philadelphia. A great rush was made for
the Camden and A'lint.c railroad station,
and in less t an half an hour there was a
crowd large on >ugh to fiil five sections, and
they were all sent. The first section had
eight passenger coaches and a baggage car.
E very car was crowded, even to the standing
space.
ACROSS THE MEADOWS.
The trip across the meadows was one not
soon to lie forgotten.
A hundred pleasure boats of all sizes and
descriptions v. ere packed closed to the road
bed. fho masts of many of these had to be
cut away this morning to permit the trains
to cross, the tide havi ig chang 'd their posi
tion sines the construction train pa sed
over at 4a. m. The wnter was still high
on the meadows, and almost reacued the
fires in tho locomotives. It is almost
miraculous that the tricks could best*
prornptlv placed in repair. All the trains
of the Pennsylvania railroad will run on
schedule time to and from Atlantic City.
A PURSE FOR TnK TRAIN HANDS.
Before this first section had reacued Cam
den, John Wastcott, an Atlantic City law
yer, a id E lward Eldridge, rais 'd S4O for
the train hands. Fifteen thousand people
will leave here to-day and to-morrow. This
will of cour-e include many of al! t ie year
residents. Many houses are in a:i untenable
condition, owing to bad sewerage caused by
tho flood.
LONG BRANCH*3 BULKHEADS.
All Badly Damaged and Beverai Cot
tages Undermined.
Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 12.—Nearly
every bulkhead of the cottages from North
Long Branch to Seabright is badly dam
aged. The cottages of B ayton Ives, D.
Sackett Moore, John Milton Cornell, and
others, are undermi ied. They will prob
ably go out into tie surf to-night. Tho sea
has wa-hed over the bluff into Ocean avenue
at Montn u h Beach in a dozna places. It
is impossible to ascertain th ■ damage at
Highland Beacu. The soa has cut
anew inlet through the north High
land beach. At 1 o’clock it was still
raining furio lsly, a strong wind was blow
ing, aud the surf was tearing out the bluff
here in numerous places, j
no rain but still a gale.
Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 12, 9 p. m.—
At B’clock to-nigut the rain had stopped but
the wind was still blowing a gale. The mar
of the surf is hea-d miles inland. Several
new gaps have been worn into the bluff
along Ocean avonue. There is one
op losite Launche’s hotel, another in
.rent of the United States hotel,
and a third opposite the cottage of Dr.
.Joseph A. Booth," brother of Edwin Booth,
tho actor. The sea is still eating its wav
into the bluff near tue Grand View hotel,
and the cut threatens to extend through the
avenue. At Monm >uth Beach the sea has
u idennined the bulk head of the r ittage of
Brayton Ives, ex-presideutof tue New York
sock exchange, ripped it to pieces aid is
now tuundering away at the foundation
walls. Nearly every bulk heal from
north Long Branch to Seabright
is badly damaged. Advice; from Saabrigat
say that another new inlet has been forme 1
through the Sandy Hook peui isuia, a short
distance north of Highlands Beach. It is
much larger than the one just jiorth of
here. The surf was still full aud strong
to-.ight, but the water in the Shrewsbury
river is slowly failing.
TRAINS TO ATLANTIC CITY.
The Camden and Atlantic and West
Jersey Roads Resume.
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 12.—Supt.
Dayton of tho Camden and Atlantic and
Wost Jersey railways, which are controlled
by the Pennsylvania RailroadC nmoany,
telegraphed from Camden to the officials of
t e latter company this morn.ng as follows:
Our train service has been resinned between
Philadelphia and Atlantic City. We will ar
range to sen Ia special train to Atlanti:: City,
leaving the foot of Market street, Philadelphia,
at 12 o’clock to-day. We will also run a special
from Atlantic City for Philadelphia, leaving
Atlantic City at 10 o’clock this morning. All
passenger trains will run on regular schedule to
and from Atlantic City hereafter, including fhe
West Jersey railroad express trains over the
Camden and Atlantic railroad.
Ash ire Off Norfolk.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 12. — An unknown
brigantine-rigged schooner witu a red or
yellow funnel came ashore at 7 to-night al
most opposite the life-saying station No. 1
at Capo Henry. She displayed the follow
ing night signals: Rod light, running green
and red again, sho -ting one red Roman
candle.
Up to 10 o’clock p. rn. the life saving crew
had not succeeded in getting a line to her.
The wind was thirty miles an hour from
the north went and the soa rough. The
stoamei came from t o south. Sue may
get off at high water, tho wind being off
tho shore.
Ihe Chattahoochee Off Newcastle.
Newcastle, Del., Sept. 12.—The steamer
Chattah ochee, fro i Savannah for New
York, anchored off here this afternoon,
short of coal.
FRISCO'S POOL SELLERB.
They Will be Ordered to Vacate the
Government's Premises.
■Washington, Sept. 12.—The Secretary
of tho Treasury has received a telegram
from Sacramento, Cal., stating that a Arm
of pool sellers have taken possession of the
building on the site for the government
building there, under the claim of a lease,
and are plying their business in defiance of
the state laws. The matter was referred
to the supervising architect, who
reports that the buiidmg in question was
not purchased with the ite by the govern
ment, but is the property of the vend >rs,
who wore privileged to lem .ve it. Still,
the government lias jurisdiction over tho
land, a id tho solicitor of the trea-ury has
been requested to notify the district attor
ney at Sacramento to cause the premises to
be vacated immediately.
A New Postmaster.'
Washington, Sept. 12.—Thomas H.
Gordon has tieeu appointed postmaster at
Newport News, Va., vice Edwin Phillips,
removed. _______
Purchases of Bonds.
Washington, Sept. 12.—Tho bond offer
ings to-day aggregated $211,800, All were
accepted at 128 for 4s a id iu.‘> X for 4. l *'s.
Southern Freight Rates.
New York, Sept. 12.—The rate com
mittee of the Southern Railroad>! Steam
ship Association mot today, and decided
that at present no advance in freight
tariffs would be made.
TANNER'S RESIGNATION.
TEXT OF THB LBTrIRS OF THE
CORPORAL AND THIS PRESIDENT.
The Commissioner Bases Eia Action
on Hl b Differences With the Secre
tary of the Interior-The Accept
ance to Take Effect on the Appoint
ment and Qualification of Hie Suc
cessor.
Washington, Sept. 12. —Following is
Commissioner Tanner's letter of resigna
tion and President Harrison’s reply thereto:
Department of the Interior, 1
Bureau of Pensions, V
Washington, P. C., Sept, 12, 1N59. *
To the Pi evident:
Tlie differences which exist between tho Sec
relary of tho Interior aud myself as to tho
policy to be pursued in Hi" administra
tion of the Jon si on bureau have reached
a stag" whiefi threatens to ernlarrass you
to an extent which I fuel I shoal I not call upon
you to suffer; and as the investigation iuto the
affairs of tae bureau has bo*n completed, and
as I am assured, both by your.-oli and by tlie
Secretary of the Interior, that it Contains no
reflection on my integrity as an individual or as
an oil lour, I herewith place my resignation in
your bands, to take effect at your plea,ure, to
the end that you may be relieved of any further
embarrassment in tho matter. Very respect
fully yours, James Tankeii,
Commissioner.
THE PRESIDENT'S REI'IA.
Executive Mansion, )
Washington, I). 0., Sept. 12, 1889. (
Hon. James Tanner, Commissioner of Pen
sions:
Pear Sir-Your letter tendering your resig
nation of the office of commissioner of pen
sions has been reoeivod, and yonr resignation
Is accepted to take effect on the appointment
and qual flc.ition of your successor. 1 do not
think it necessary iu tma correspondence to dm
cuss the causes which have led to tlie present
attitude of affairs iu the pension office. You
have been kindly and fully advised of my
vi ws upon most "f these matters. It gives ine
pleasure to add that, so far as 1 am advised,
your i.ones y lias not at any tune been called in
question I beg to ron - w the expression ot my
personal good wifi. Very truly yours,
Benjamin Harrison.
tanner’s SUCCESSOR.
Gossip as to Pension Commissioner Tan
ner’s succiss r is i.ow e igaging attention.
To-<lay ex-Congrossmn i William Varner
of Missouri, ex-cominandar in chief of the
G. A. R., is belie veil to be the most likely
to be appointed, lie is said t > have left
Kansas City in response to a tel
egraphic summons to meet the Secretary
of t e I itorior. Other candidates are ex-
Pensiou Agent, Poole of Sy acus\ N. Y.,
Gen. Chari -s E. B. own of Cincinnati, and
Gen. Powell of Illinois.
Th impression of yesterday that Com
missioner Tanner would be provided for in
some way by the administration still pre
vails, but j ist where, caunot bo learned, if
indeed it has been deoided upon. A west
ern paper published a statement th the
would enter upon the Draotice of law after
lea vi g the pension office, hut a close friend
of tho corporal’s says that is entirely
gratuitous.
GEN. ALGER’S ADVICE.
It is said to-day that Gsn. Alger did not
tulegraph to Coniin .ssioner Tanner advising
or urging him not to resign. If he expressed
any view it all upon the matter, it wa> ver
bally and to a third party. G >v. Former's
position is also said to have been tnisreore
sentod by yesterday’s reports. To-day’s
information on the subieet is to the effect
that he n t only did not advise Commis
sioner Tanner not to resign, b it gave him
advice directly to the c utrary. ,
HARRISON IN NO] HURRY.
A gentleman who had a conversation
with President II .rrison upon the subject
says that the vacancy create 1 by Comm s
sioner Tanner’s resignation will hot be filled
in haste, that some time may elapse before
the succession is announced. In the nua i
timo Commissioner Tanner may take a
leave of absence. Another office to which
rumor assigns the commissioner is that of
recorder of deeds for the District of
Columbia, one of the most lucrative in the
gift of the President.
COX LYING IN BTATE.
Three Thousand People View the
Remains in Six Hours.
New York, Sept. 12.—The body of Con
gressman C .x lay in state tj-nLffit in the
vestibule of the First Presbyterian church
at Fifth avenue and Twelfth street, from 4
o’clock p. m. to 10 o’clock p. m. Over
3,000 people passed before the guard of
Conor and viewed the remains. They hay
in a block clot i-covered casket with handles
and trimmings of silver. Large fiirai
devices stood at the head and foot of tne
casket and other floral tribu.es from
loving friends were placed around ie. The
guard of honor was comp isad of members
of Bteinwokr Post No. 192, G. A. R.
THE POSTOFFICE. CLERKS.
The Post fflee Clarks’ Association to the
number of 30i) marched to the churc i
where the remains lay, and placed upon tlie
coffin a largo flo al emblem in the suape of
an en elope and potage stamp and hearing
the mark of ihe "New Yo k p >stoffice. At
10 o’clock p. m. the body was :ak en book to
Mr, Cox’s house, whence it will bo taken to
the church at 9:30 o’clock a. in. to-morrow.
Tho remains will bo temporarily interred In
Greenwood cemetery.
A GIGANTIC ORANGE TRUST.
St. Louis Getting Ready to Go Into the
Combine.
Chicago, 111., Sent, 2.—A dispatch from
St. Louis says: “Leading wli Resale fruit
dealers of St. Louis are at present consider
ing the advisability of going into a combi
nation with similar wnol wile houi-s
throughout too larger ma'-keis of this coun
try, for the purpose of controlling the
Florida orange crop. Early developments
in the matter are to be expected, as the New
York end of the proposed combination is
pus mg tilings vig irously, and has already
secured co-operation in’other cities. In
vestigation amoug the St. Louis houses show
that a gigantic ‘orange trust’ is under
progress.”
TRAINS COLLIDE IN A FOG.
A Loss of SIOO,OOO on Rolling Stock
on tae Nickel Plate Road.
Fort Wayne, I.nd., Sept. 12.—During a
heavy fog yesterday a collision occurred
at Miller’s City, 0., forty miles oast of here
on the Nickel Plate road, which caused a
loss of about i 109,000. A west bound fast
fraig.it, carry mg fruit aud merchandise,
ran into a grave, tram. Both locomotives
a..d fifteen care, witu their contents, were
destroyed. E tgiueere Ebort and Young of
this city were injured.
Troops to Protect a Court -
Louisville, Ky.. Sept. 12.—Gov. Buck
ner has ordered one company of t o ps
from Islington, and another from Ilsr
rodsburg, to go to Harlan county to protect
t.ie court and witnesses during the trial in
connection with the Howard- Turner feud.
, No Agreement On Grain Rates.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 12.—The Southern
Inter-state Railway Associatlo i ekised the
eight day of its *e<sion here without arriv
ing at an agreement oa grain rates from
Museum and Kansas to Texas points.
POPE LEO'3 ALLOCUTION.
A Letter from Cardinal Gibbons to Be
Read bunday.
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 12.—Cardinal
Gibbons has issued a pattoral letter calling
attention to the allocution of Pope Lao on
the unveiling recently of a monument in
Rouie to the mem >ry of Bruno. Ti.o letter
wifi bj read in the Catholic churches next
Sunday. The cardinal savs:
“Mingled ieeling of righteous wia’h and
deep sympathy was bred iu every Catholic
heart when news c.nme that upon a public
square, in R mie, impious men .1 red t > un
veil a statue of an apostate monk. Drag
ging the memory of a wild tho nz >r,
shameless writer a id denier of the diviuitv
of Christ, from the obscurity of the grave
that had for three ce turies closed upon
its disgrace, theme men, backed, by mere
brute force, have set upon a pedestal in tho
hoiy city a statue of tue infamous Bruuo.
AN OUTRAGE.
“Such a proceeding is a palpable and
flagrant outrage, not alone op m the Catho
lic, but upon the whole Christian world. Its
a iinus is clear in the unchristian and detta it
language employed, in tne unveiling of the
statu.e of a ina i whose whole life breathed
crow rdico, pride and defiance of the law
fully constituted auth nty. Theirs is not ac
tion of decent, honorable but misguided :neu,
calmly, and with due regard to the feelings
of others, promulgating new belief or int o
ducing a naw cult. Their attempt is not so
much to honor B uno as to insult and vil
lifv the vicar of Jesus Christ aud his de
voted children throughout tho Christian
world. Indeed their aim is higher still,
they defy and insult not alone his vicar but
our divine Lord himself.
every land involved.
“Front every laud they have chosen as a
committee to further the movement, champ
ions of theism, would-be destroy >rs of the
very fou idations of christianitv. It is
proper that the Christian world, ami especi
ally this portion, wliero tne ieriu "He igiotis
freedom’’ is understood in a so er, enris ian
se se, should brand with their indignant
scorn action such is this. We are not yet
ready for pro essioi.s in which the red and
black fligs of revolutionists aud anarchists
aro defiantly flaunted.”
BALTIiIORE’3 CttLEBHA I’ION.
The Battle of North Point in 1814
Comm emorat ad.
Baltimore, Be;it. 12,11 a. m.—Baltimore
looks as though it wore war time. Troops
are seen everywhere, and the delu ion is
hightened by the fact that they all look wo!
and musty like real soldiers. The roll of
drums and tho rythmical troad of feet
is accompanied by sharp commands
and shrill buglo calls. The weather
on the second day of the Maryland expo
sition was bud enough, but that of yo.ter
day ad to-day has camel the promo ors of
the big show to Took sad. Hundreds of
visitors have loft the city. Tlie labor pa
rade, iu which 15,0:)0 nun were to partic
ipate, dwindled to about 2,000.
THE SHAM BATTLE.,
The gram! feature of the dav was the
sham battle of North Point. The tro ps
that partici >ated are from Maryland, Penn
svlvania, Virginia, and Delaware and
United Siaies regulars. Thous aids of shots
were fired from musket and camion, as the
fig it of soveaty-fivo yeais ago was waged
auo w.
To-night the new postofflee was dedicated.
Chairm m Da del E. Cmikiing presided.
Mat or Latmbe delivered an address of
welcome to tne invi ed guests. He was
followed ii short speeches b / Secretary of
the Treasury Windom, Secretary Tracy,
Postmaster General Wanamak'T, JJ >u. R.
Stockett Muttbows an 1 Hon. Francis P.
Stevens. Vice President Morion was also
present. After the exorcises a Dail was
held.
BLACK B\Pt'l3r3.
Protests Against the Recent Whip
pings in Georgia.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 12.—The Na
tional Association of Culored Baptists be
gan ite annual session in this city to-day.
About 100 delegates are presout, represent
ing almost every state In the union. Tho
raombors of the party who were assaulted
at a s all station named Baxley, Ga.,
while on their way to attend tliegitkeri g
appeared before the meeting in tho after
noon and exhinited their injuries.
LOVE OF SAVANNAH.
Rev. E. K. Love of Savannah, Ga., gave
a graphic account of the assault, whicn
sti red the deleg ites to a high pitch of ex
citement and many expressed themselves as
being in favor of advising tie s >utbern
i.iet.uren to arm themselves and resist fur
ther attacks. Spratiing, one of the party,
appeared before tlie meeting with his arm
in a sii .g ad looking very faint aid weak.
resolutions adopted.
The following resolutions wore unani
mously adopted:
Wukrzak, Tne colored Baptists of all this
country are represented iu this meeting, In this,
the home of our worthy President; and
Whereas, News comes to us from some of
the soutnarn stales that our people are being
shot down like dogs or wild beasts al tli ir
homes, in thoir fields, and other places, wittiout
there being any redress for tiie outrages aiul
wrongs perpetrated; the efore be it
Kemlved. Tuat it is tue duty of this confed
eration as a Christian b idy to raise our voice In
uncompjomi-ung terms against these outrages.
Resolved funner, That tills body lay our
grievances before the I*re i lent and tbo gov
ernors of the states where these outrages are
I erpetrated, to ask them fur tne p oleotiuu L:iat
belongs to citizens of the United Slates.
Ketovci, Tuat this convention do now tele
graph said facts arid these our prayers to the
Pre ident and Attorney Gmeral, with a wish
for an immediate investigation into the brutal
ou rages.
Res dred, That a committee be appointed
from tnis nuettug to wait in iierson uieiii the .
President of the United States and the Attor
ney General and present these resolution.'.
ADVISED TO ARM.
John Williams, w o hail bean in the
hands of the mob at Baxl y, advised that
tho c /lore! m m must fight when attacked,
if they ovor expected to be a people. “Do
you know,” said ho, “that ono negro can
scare a dozen white people? Carry a pistol
and use it ou the slightest pretense.”
The entire day was given up to discussion j
of tho assault, and an immediate resort to j
arms was about the only suggestion offered, i
OUR FARMERS IN OHIO.
After Two More Days at Daytoa They
Will start tor Home.
Dayton, 0., Sept. 12.—The tri-state fair
at Toledo was in many departments better
than the stat > fair at Columbus, but as a
Whole, was not so good. The Georgia far
mers spent only ono day there. T,.ey were '
most hospitably enteriai tied by the Toledo
Club and courteously ‘rented by Secretary
Fa ley. The Georgia state fair offlcirs
gathered much important in format im. A
number of stock and rr.A 'i’.yiery exhibits
will lie brought to the state fair at Macon.
The Ge rgia .s arr ved hare this ev ui g,
and are the guests of the board of trade a..d
the Farmers’Cl ib. Here, as everywhere, an
ovation awaited the visitors. Tney have
been busy ail day visiting farms and man
ufacturing establishments. The party will
remain here two days longer and hen start
for home via Louisville and Nashville.
LONDON’S BTBIK.K.
The Directors of the Dock Companies
Not A i ling to Compromise.
London, Sept. 12. —A conference between
Cardinal Manning and the directors of tlio
d.vck companies was held to-day. The car
dinal found that the directors were not will
ing to agree to the compromise proposed by
him, that the terms which the dock com
panies havo already conceded go into effect
on Nov. 1, provided that tne men Imme
diately resume work. The cardinal per
suaded t e directors to again consider the
proposii and to postpone their decision for
the prow it.
Ttucy stick to their rositros.
The dock companies liavo decided to ad
here to tlie offer in ado by them to raise tho
wages of their men on Jan. 1.
After the conference between the directors
of the dock comp inies and Cardinal Ala i
ning was c included, tho la t r informed
Messrs, burns and Title; t, leaden of the
strike, that althoug i the directors ndherisl
to their original offer to advance wages on
Jail. 1, they vvero still open to further
negotiations.
WILLING TO CONSIDER PROPOSITIONS.
Ho had been charged by tho
directors to tell then that if tho
strikers had any other terms to sug
gest, i was for t ,<vu t > first agree am wig
themselves wnat the terns sh aild be. The
and rect >rs had nothing from tne men at
p e out which t.iey considered sufli.be itly
cli a and explicit. If the leaders of the
strikers formulated final prop was aid pre
sented them tiirough Cardinal Man ing,
the directors would agnirf consider what
court, they would pursue in response to the
s;risers' demands.
SAVED FROM THE CAHILDA.
Tho crew of tho barge Casilda, from
Ph ladelphia for Boston, loaded with cosi,
which was wrecked on Brandywine shoal,
were lakeu off by a schooner nub landed
here tms morning. These men were givo i
upas lost. Therein has ceased ad there
is a m 'derate easterlr wind, with a cloudy
sky to- nght. The life-saving crews b ve
rescu'd a out 800 persons in all from twenty
four vessels.
In addi ion to those previously reported,
news cones to-night of tiie wreck of tfie
schooner VV. O. Snow of Taunton, Aims.,
l from P iladelp iia, c >al-iaden, with the loss
of ail on board, nine persons. This raises
tho total loss of lif s to m. The wreck of
the dnow was found by the tug Lucken
bach between Brandywine and Bro.vn
shoals.
A OOVTRJIIUTION FUND.
The /‘nil Hall Gaeelle suggests that so
orga izat ion be formed for me purpose of
raising £IO,OOO necessary to pay the dock
laborers 0 pence an hour from Nov. 1 to
Jan. 1. Toe Gazette savs that a leading
business man of tue city lias offered to con
triljuio £2,000 for this purpose on
co .dition that tho remaining four-fifths he
subsdWbod immediately. The £ld,ooo
which tlie Gazette suggests should be raised
by subscription is tne amount that the dock
companies claim t ey would lose hy ad
vancing wages on Nov. 1 insteal of Jan. 1.
MORE MONF.V FROM AUSTRALIA.
Austi alia sent an addition'll contribution
of £7OO to the strikers’ fu id to-day. The
Mansion house strike committee auu mace
that a more amicable feeing prevail ion
botli sides, and that only extraneous ques
ions now prevent a settlement, wuich it is
hoped will 0o attained to-morrow.
TRYING TO STOP REMITTANCES.
Some city gentlemen believing that the
Australia Contribuu ms to tile strikers fu and
have bee i tiud r a wrong impression, have
sent a cable dispatch to Australia with a
viow of preventing further reniU mevs.
FIRE ON THK BRITANNIC.
The Flames Am ng Cotton, but Sub
clued Promptly and Coolly.
London, Sept. 12. —The White .Star Line
stean e. Britannic from New York, Sept.
4, for Liverpool, which arrived at Queotis
town to-day, rep rts that on the morning
of Sept. 5 tiro bfoke out iu the cotton
stowed uuder cob "f the port h tehee.
A nuui'ier of bales of burning cotton
wore ihrowu overboard and remained
in the water for two hours, uf,or which
they were picked up and stowed on deck.
The bold, iu w hich tho fire broke out, was
drenched A h iglit fire again broke out on
the morning of Sept. IS, bus was oahly sub
dued. The passengers adopted resolutions
highly praising the officers and crow ior tho
skill thev showediu lighting and extinguish
ing the flames.
PRISON VRiiATMUNT IN IRELAND.
Secretary Balfour Writes a Letter in
Reply to Mr. O.adstone.
London, Sept. 12. —Secretary Balfour
has written a letter in reply to Mr. Glad
stone’s remarks on prison treatment in Ire
land, in which Mr. Gladstone commented
upon the case of ■ onybeare as showing an
absence of right judgment and bureau
fueling. Mr. Balfour domes that the pris
oner is suffering from a di-eas i taut justifies
his releasi He says t int the general treat
ment of Irish prisoners is more lenient than
tho treatment of English prisoners, and
that of all classes of Irisu prisoners, those
convicted under the crimes act obtain the
largest share of prison relaxations.
CHEMICAL WORKS CONoUMSD.
A Fireman K lied During tho Progress
of the Conflagration.
London, Sent. 12, —The works at Wads
worth of Burroughs, Wellcome & Cos.,
nia ufactnririg chemists and agents for
several American che ideal houses, have
been burned. One fire nan lost his life.
The flames spread with great rapidity, and
ana ..her of girls employed in tho worss
narrowly es -aped being burned to death.
The loss is £20,0K).
DEPOTS FOR P ETROLEUM. “
Liverpool Votes $150,000 for the Pur
pose of Budding Them.
London, Sept. 12.—The municipal author
ities of Liverpool have voted an appropria
tion of £30,000 for the purpose of construct
ing dcpois for the storage of petro.eum at
isolated points, thus reducing t ) a minimum
the dangers arising from fires And explo
sions. The tanks to be built will have a
total capacity of 19,000 tons.
STANLEY’S MARCH.
The Route he Followed After Leaving
Albert Nyanza.
Brussels, Sept. 12.—A cable dispatch
from Zanzibar to tho governor of the Congo
Free State says: “Henry M. Stanley, on
leavi g the basiu of the Albert Nyanza,
endeavored to make bis way upward by
passing to the west of Victoria Nyanza.
He failed, ho i ever, in this attempt. Ho
the i weut northward and reached the
eastern snore of the fuke. Emin Bases ac
companied him. After a long stay oa the
bor .ers ol the lake, awaiting supplies from
Msaia and Tabors, Stanley loavi ig Euii i
Pas a, marched l i t,he dir etl mof Wo.nbns
as. He is expected to reach the eastern coast
about the end of October.”
, DAILY. $lO A VEAR. t
) 5 CENTS V COPY V
) WEEKLY $1 J 6 A VBAfk (
DIXIES BRIGHT OUTLOOK
FARMERS LESS IN DEBT THAN AT
ANY TIME SINCE THE WAR.
Money Unusually Plentiful for the
Season and the Prospects for Indus
trial Activity Magnificent - Fine
Showings Made by the Tax Digests
of the States.
Baltimore, Mb., Sept. 13.—The Mtinu
faettirem' Record of this week publishes
special letters from leading ban ers through
out the Hiu.h , s to tho outlook for bu mess,
and without exception t.oy report heavy
crops, w ith the farmers less in debt than
at any time since tho war. Money Is un
usually abundant for tho season, and there
are the best prospects over known for in
dustrial activity. The increase iu the v ilue
of southern crops this year over 1888 will
be upward of $'25,i>00,900, though last
year’s was the largest on record to that
tithe.
STATE TAX WORSTS.
Special reports to tlie Manufacturere'
Record from s ate officials s ,ovv that the
ass ssed value of pn perty from the assess
ments now being ruudu will be $175,000,000
greater than lv-t vear. In Tex s t e in
crease is $10,000,0)0, Georgia f2f,000.000.
Mi sissippi #l6,o<k),oio, LnusLina $10,000,-
000, cun. s-oe $10,0)0,000, Alab.nia $13,-
0 )9,000, Arkansas $7,000,000 und West Vir
ginia $12,000,000.
A WONDERFUL GROWTH.
Summing up the industrial and agri
cultural growth of the south t is Record
says that in three and a ha f years it has
reported tho organization ii thesouth of up
ward of 11,000 new industrial establish
ments, covering . very line of manufactur
ing, from making pins to buildh g 1 como
tives, and the building of over 8,000 mii a
of railroad. In tlie hit three years the
south has rai ed 21,500,000 bales of cotton,
over 1 i,ooo,iKk) bushels of corn, neirlv 150,-
00 ),oito bushels of wheat, aud 2-10,009,000
iiu'hnls of "ats, the total value of tm.se and
Other agrieultu ai products, according to
the oflje ai government fljures, roac and g to
upward "f $2,500,000,000, or uu av erage of
over $830,000,0iH1 for each year.
RAILROADS and iron.
Tho railread mileage of the south has
been incriusi l by the addition of over
20.1KK) miles since 1879. Since that year
over $800,090, IKK) i ave been spent iu build
ing new roads and imnr ving oil ones. The
asseeeed val e of pro or y has L creased
over $1,800,000,000 si co KSO. In 18S0 the
south made 897,301 tons of pig irm and in
1888 over 1,100,000, anil in 1889 it will
probably produ • about 1,509 0K to 1,600,-
000 tons. In 1880 60,480,571 to sof coal
wore mined in the soiitn; in 1888 the out
put was 18,009,00 ) tons, and in 1889 it will
probably be not far from 20.000,000 tun*.
INURBANE IN THE COTTON MILL*.
Cotton mills have in'Twi od from 161,
with 14,831 looms arid G67,8.'i4 spindles in
1880, 'n 355 n ills, wi h 45,000 looms mul
2,035,000 spindles, while ma y new mills
are under construction and many old one*
are being enlarged. In 1880 there were
forty cotton seed oil mills in the south, with
a capacity of $3,500,000; now there are 2*58,
representing an inve tment of over
i $20,000,000.
last year’s values.
The value of the s ut i’b agricultural pro
ducts for 18S8 was ah ut $8 .0,000 .KK)
agtti nst $671,000,000 in 1879, vvh le 1889 will
probab y shew *9> 0,900,000 o $959,000,000.
The value of the so iti.’s live stock is now
$575,000, 00, while in 1879 it was $191,400,-
000.
I’he production of grain ro*v fr > n 431,-
074,630 bushels in 18S0 to 0 i2.tJ .6,000 bushels
in 1888. ad h.s year will prebawly show
over 034,000,000 busiods, an increase of
nearly 350,090,000 bushels.
ANTWERP'S EXPLOSION.
Nothing Left of the < nrtrtdsre Factory
—Tho Dead Number 135.
Antwerp, Sept. 12.—N ithin.t remains of
the cartridge tactnry in which the explosion
occurred on f’riday, Inst. The village of
Austi el), whic.i was situated 200 metre#
from where the factory stood, snd which
consisted of about forty houses, has van
ished. Tim hydraulic machines u->ed in the
dry dock w ere de troyed, witu the excep
tion of the cranes.
warehouses overturned.
A number of merchandise depots, includ
ing the Pi u.ssian store-., which were con
sul.c eu Of iron, were ov-rtur ed by the
force of tho exp’osion, and an immense
quantity of g>o is were ruined. Two
stained glass windows in the cathedral were
brokod by the concussion, b it the building
is intact. For adi t.nco of from 500 to
1,500 metre* the wind wa of houses were
sliattore i. Not a drop of burning petroleum
got into the docks, the depots neiug sur
rounded by high embank eats.
THE DEAD AND INJURED.
Acoordu gto t official report, 136 per
sons were killed, 20 are mi ning, 100 were
seriously injured, and 200 were slightly
iuju ed. Thr su ry that several British
tourists wore killed by the explo ion i* not
true.
REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR.
Tbo governor’s olticfal report to tlie min
ister of the interior, says that nothing has
yet been clearly i stablished regarding the
origin of too explosion. After referring
gratefully to ihoko who nave assisted the
sufferers by the disaster, t.e governor says
that the cartridge facto y worked three
months without a license, we i it
was closed by order of tin* city authorities.
something left undone.
M. Corvillain, the proprietor of the
factory then applied s>r a license,
which was granted after an inspec
tion of the factory and the imp
of stringent regula iocs for its manage
ment. The governorsav she does not know
whether the city authorities’ in pectio i was
adequate or not. When the explosion
occurred an inquiry wis proceei.ng with
reference to nil ac ident t at had resulted
from the unauthorized intr .Auction of a
steam engine into tue factory.
Counterfeit Sliver Certificates.
Chattanooga. Tknn., Sept. 12.—A new
c u terfeit two dollar ire i-ury silver cer
tificate has been found in circulation here.
< tie eng avi g is 11 le, but the priuting and
paper are poor. All the co.inte -felts so far
discovered a.e numbered “8105,141,741,”
aud beur the picture of Gen. Hanc ck.
The Phce Ox Woolen Mills.'
Providence, H. 1., Sept. 13.—Tne report!
of the committee if creditors of the Pbui ix
Woolen Works, who-e mills are at E\sh
G eenwi h, gives a pretty bad showing.
The liabilities nro $9)0,904, and the assets
$408,801. An offu •if 25 cents on the dollar
is i eco amended by tha company for ac
ceptance.
No Mine Disaster at Jeluco.
Knoxville, T*m, H j pt. 12.—An item
sent uut frcin Lynchburg this afternoon to
the effect that saveuteei men na l boen
killed in the mine disaster at Jefiicis en
tirely untrue. Tlie story p obably origin
ated from the fact that a -ol >red miner was
injured two days ago by falling slate.
