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( THE MORNING NiiWS. I
. ESTABLISHED 1650 INCORPORATED 1888 V
( J. H. ESXILL. President. 1
LONG HUNT FOR HOWGAIE.
Tbe Aged Criminal Under a False
Name Dealing in Old Books.
For Nearly Fourteen Tears He
Eluded and Fooled His Pursuers,
but Was Caught at Last—Heavy
Bail Demanded of Howgate on Two
Charges—He Goes to Jail.
>'ew York, Sept. 27. —Capt. Henry W.
Howgate, formerly chief of the weather
bureau in Washington, and who has been
a fugitive from justice since the winter
of 1880-81, was arrested to-day at 10
o'clock in Ninth street between Broad
way and Fourth avenue, by Detective A.
L. Drummond of this city, acting for J.
Sterling Morton, secretary of agriculture
at Washington.
Howgate was not only chief but dis
bursing officer of the weather bureau.
His embezzlement, forgeries and larcen
ies, it is alleged, aggregated *370,000 at
least.
He was an officer of the regular army
and being a genial, whole-soulo . man. had
hosts of friends. There are seven indict
ments hanging over Howgate, each con
taining a number of counts.
Howgate was arrested in 1881, but es
caped from an officer, who had him in
charge, on a visit to his home.
He disappeared, and has not since been
seen and identified by any United State
officer. He was known to have left
Washington with a woman not his wife.
He nad a family at that time. He now
has a daughter who lives at Newbury
port, Mass. . „ . ,
The woman with whom he fled from
Washington has long since left him.
Howgate was, when he fled from Wash
ington. an active black-haired man in the
prime of life. He is now 6u years old,
bent and broken, and with gray hair and
Though the United States officers have
been hunting all over the United States
for Howgate. he has been living quietly
here in New York city as a dealer in sec
ond-hand books His place of business
was at No. 80 Fourth avenue in a base
ment. He had cards printed bearing the
name of “Harry Williams,” and by that
name he has for years been known to the
book trade of this and other cities.
Howgate's cards announced that he
deals in “old magazines, revews and
periodicals.” His residence was 105 West
Tenth street, where he had “bachelor
lodgings," and kept a large amount of
stock for his store.
Detectives hunted the continent over
for Howgate but without success.
Four months ago Drummond learned
that Howgate was in the book business
in this city or Brooklyn. A systematic
hunt of the book stores in the two cities
was made. It was believed he was an
employe, as no bookseller named How
gate was known to the trade. Whenever
any of Drummond’s agents learned that a
man resembling Howgate in appearance
had been found in a bookstore, that em
ploye was shadowed. His acquaintance
was formed, and his private life fathomed
by conversation. A week ago Drummond
tried the plan of haunting book sales auc
tion rooms. It was a happy thought.
A clerk from the war department in
Washington who knew- Howgate made
the rounds of the book auction rooms
every day.
On Monday the clerk saw Howgate en
ter an auction room on Broadway near
Tenth street. The clerk was not certain,
however, as Howgate had changed.
From a man weighing upward of 190
pounus he has grown to be a dried up old
man of about 145 pounds.
The clerk went again to the book sale
on Tuesday and entered into conversation
with Howgate. From Howgate's manner
of speaking the clerk was certain that he
stood before the fugitive at last. Drum
mond took the njjdnight train for Wash
ington on Tuesday, and yesterday got a
bench warrant Irom Judge Bingham of
the sunreme court. He returned tnis
morning. When How-gate was arrested
he remarked quietly, “I know when 1 am
beaten.” The detective and his prisoner
got on a Fourth avenue car and went to
the federal building. United States Com
missioner Shields turned the case o.er to
United States Commissioner Alexander.
United States Distric t Attorney Vi allace
McJ-ar.ane appeared for the government.
Howgate had no , ounsel.
Howgate was arraigned on the nominal
charge, made in the Washington indict
ments in 1879, of obtaining *2,500 on a
for ed receipt from H. D. Sawyer, in
July, 1879.
“iou understand this charge?” asked
Commissioner Alexander, “oh yes,” said
Howgate. with a feeble smile. ‘‘lt is one
of the old series, 1 suppose.”
'■ 1 his,'‘ said' the commissioner, “is an
application to hold you iu order that a
warrant may be obtained from a United
States district judge, so that you may be
taken to Washington. Do you demand an
examination'”
“No, no. 1 waive an examination, and
1 admit my identity.” said the oldman.
‘•’l here is no object in delay.”
“Bail fixed at *10,000,” said the com
missioner.
“ I here is another charge.” said United
States District Attorney McFarlane.
'Here is another charge of embezzling
the sum of *34,000.”
“Same bail fixed for that—*lo,ooo.”
•aid the commissioner. Howgate said he
could not give bail, and he was taken to
Ludlow street jail, pending advices from
Washington.
internal revenue taxes.
Commissioner Mill r’s Statement as
to Treasury Collections.
Washington, Sept. 27.—Commissioner
Miller has prepared a statement showing
in detail the collections of internal revenue
taxes for the past two months The ag
gregate is stated to Uo *61,824,878 against
t-".08.'. ,,04 f or the corresponding period of
lfcd*. as follows:
Spirits, *88,105,000, an increase of #26,-
O-.imk) , tobacco, *fi,024,000. an icn ise of
e'j-i5.450; fermented liquors. *6,N1i,000. a
hi' lease of #310,877, and miscellaneous,
V-hio, an increase of #15,M2. > n the
■' •‘,705,000 collected from spirits. #H6,-
'• I 'HKiwason whisky ulotie. showing that
m two months nearly 40,0i o,uoo gallons of
whisky were tanen out of lond in anlici-
Inuiun of the increased tax. It is es
timated that the monthly consumption
whisky in the Iniied States
! 8 8,000,000 gallons, so that dealers
rad on hand a supply of several mouths,
Wn ich until it is exhausted, will not
necessitate the further withdrawals from
00,1 '* and this will not bring internal
re-enuo receipts up to their normal fig
urc beloro December or January next.
Chancre of Postal Arramrementa.
" ashimrton, Sept. 27. The postmaster
''avannau, us., has been instructed to
'‘‘■’patch through registered pouclics for
Brunswick, u#., daily, except Monday,
instead of daily, except Suuday, as at
present.
She JHofniitij
TWO HfEBRASo-A TICKETS.
Administration Mn Bolt the Conven
tion and Name a Ticket.
Omaha, Neb. Sept. 27.—The following
nominatfons were made by the state dem
ocratic convention after midnight. For
governor. Silas A. Holcomb. The populist
candidate was nominated by a large ma
jority on the first ballot. The balance of
the ticket is as follows: Lieutenant gov
ernor. J. N. Gaffins; secretary of state, F.
J. Kllick; treasurer. G. A. Uinkhart; au
ditor. H. J. Dahlman : superintendent of
public instruction, W. L. Jones; commis
sioner of grounds and buildings. S. J.
Kent. With the exception of Kllick,
Uinkhart and Dahlman the nominees are
the ones put up by the populists.
The state democratic convention, after
a turbulent session, split at midnight
over the fusion ques ion. When Judge
Holcomb, the populist candidate, was
named for governor, the administration
men bolted. The bolters numbered 104.
and they at once organized into a separate
convention and began the work of select
ing a straight democratic ticket. The
following state ticket was nominated by
the bolters, including the delegates of
six counties: Governor, P. D. Sturde
vant; lieutenant governor, R. E. Duraphy;
secretary of state, D. T. Rolf; auditor,
Otto Bauman; treasurer, Luke Driden
thal; attorney general. John H. Ames;
commissioner of public lands and build
ings, Jacob Bigler; superin tenuent of pub
lic instruction, Miiton Doo ittle. The
bolters’ convention then adjourned, after
adopting the same platform, with the ex
ception that, it fa ors a gold basis.
Before the bolt the convention showed,
by its unanimous indorsement of William
Jennings Bryan for the Senate, that he
was a favorite son.
THE CERTIFICATE ACCEPTED.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 27. —A certificate
sworn to by Euclid Martin, as chairman,
and S. M. Snyder, as secretary, of “the
democratic state convention,” was filed
with the secretary of state this morning.
It contains the names of the men put in
nomination by the secoders from the
democratic state convention at Omaha
last night. Secretary of State Allen says
that as the certificate comes to him
from representatives of the Demo
cratic party he will accept it to be
what it purports. When asked if another
certificate should be filed by the o.Peers
of the regular democratic convention
what he would do with that, the secre
tary said he would have to take advice as
he could not say off-hand what his course
wouid be. He intimated that any con
test as to the right to the name of the
democratic ticket would have to be de
termined by the courts.
SENSATIONAL DIVORCE SUIT.
A Daughter of Sam Small Sues for a
Separation.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 27.—A bill tor
divorce was filed at Knoxville, Tenn., to
day of more than general interest. Lola
Small Jackson, a daughter of the famous
evangelist, Kev. Sam Small, of Atlanta,
Ga., sues her husband, James Jackson,
for absolute divorce and the custody of
their child, now about a year old. Upon
the death of his father two years ago, the
bill alleges, Jackson inherited *30,000.
While at Tate Springs, an East Tennes
see summer resort, he met the plaintiff in
the summer of 1892, and on Aug. 24 of
that year he married her. They went to
Knoxville to live immediately afterward,
hut Jackson soon began to drink heavily,
was a frequenter of gambling houses and
a spendthrift. Less than a year
from the time of his mar
riage he had squandered all his
money and the plaintiff was forced to re
turn to her parents, while the deiendaut
went to Texas, where he now resides.
Besides the charge of non support, the
bill alleges that Jackson often had delir
ium tremens, and while in this condition
often threatened to shoot his wife.
MANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS.
Negroen Want Their Children Re
ceived in White Schools.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 27.—Mandamus
proceedings were begun here to-day to
compel the school hoard to permit the
colored child of Ben.amin Thornton to
attend the school in Thornton's district.
The officials have expelled the child and
are attempting to force her to attend a
colored school some distance away. This
is the first time that the color line has
been drawn here, ana the colored popula
tion are indignant. The case will be bit
terly fought.
TRAILING A MURDERER.
Three Officers Killed and Two
Wounded by Smith’s Revolver.
Muskogee, I. TANARUS., Sept. 27.—Tom Smith,
a negro desperado, shot and killed three
colored United States deputy marshals
and seriously wounded two white offi
cers whiie they were attempting to ar
rest him at the Muskogee International
Fair this morning.
The deputy marshals have organized a
posse and are in hot pursuit of the mur
derer. Smith used a revolver aud only
fired four times.
accident to a drummer.
He Was Thrown From a Train and
Thought to Be Killed.
Wheeling, W. Va. Sept. 27.—A Balti
more and Ohio train when approaching
Messerly yesterday struck a curve, and
Albert Messerly, a Wneeliug drummer,
was thrown off tlie platform on which he
was standing and went over an embank
ment. He was picked up unconscious.
A doctor pronounced him dead, and liis
supposed remains wi re turned o .or lo an
undertaker for shipment home. While
the undertaker was preparing the corpse
Messerlv opened his eyes, saw what
was going on. and, a ter proving himself
still alive, was taken home. He will re
cover.
FATALITIES AT A FIRE.
A Captain Suffocated and Other Fire
men madly Injured.
Chicago, 111.. Sept. 27.—At a small Are
at 254 State street to-night a captain of
tho tire depot was suilocated and four
other firemen were so overcome by smoko
that they came near losing their lives,
and are now being at .ended by physicians.
The dead fireman is Capt. Jim Kussell of
Company IU. Kusseh was taken to a
drug store and four doctors wore sum
moned. but all efforts to revive him were
without avail.
Verdict Against the Liquor Traffic.
IJttle Kock, Ark., Sept. 27.—The com
pletc returns on the liquor license
question iu the recent slat ‘ election have
baeu certi.-ed lo by the secretary of state,
the vote stands: For license 17,662,
against license 4*,485: ami ortty against
the continuation of liquor iruitic of 1,8j3.
SAVANNAH, GA., IK I DAY, SEPTEMBER 28,1894.
IN THE WAKE OF THE GALE
The Ground in Florida Strewn With
Oranges—-Damage Elsewhere.
Rice Crop of the Carolinas Probably
Severely Injured—Damage by Flood
at Charleston and Casualties to Ship
ping— Coastwise Atlantic Vessels
Report Encountering Heavy Hurri
canes—No Loss of Life as Yet Ascer- .
tained.
New Y'ork, Sept. 27.—Steamer Eldo
rado, Capt. Percy, of the Morgan line,
from New Orleans, arrived at quaratine
just after sundown to-night, 12 hours
late. She rounded the Florida Keys on
Sunday, Sept. 24, and the hurricane ac- ;
companied her to port. Capt. Percy's ]
log shows that he encountered a gale !
from the southeast just after passing
Key West, which, instead of dying out as
usual, increased in velocity and effect
until he neared Cape Hatteras, cn Sept.
25, when it moderated somewhat and
cantered to the east ward.
Day before yesterday morning the wind
again increased, until it had attained a
speed of fifty to sixty miies per hour.
Later in the day it moderated slightly,
and yesterday commenced veering to the
northeast.
Capt. Percy says the hurricane was one
of the most severe he had ever met, and
that he had a hard tussle with it. He
had a raging sea for three days and
nights, but the Eldorado is a staunch ves
sel and weathered the storm without re
ceiving any but trivial damage.
Outgoing steamers for the West Indies
and coast points south are unsettled as to
the- advisability of facing the storm,
which is reported to be coming north
along the coast.
The steamer Alvena, for the West In
dies, passed out at the Hook early in the
afternoon, but returned after having gone
but a few miles.
NACOOCHEE IN GRAVESEND BAT.
The Cienfuegos, bound for the West
Indies, was reported by the Sanav Hook
observer as clear of the bar at 5 o'clock,
but ten minutes later he reported her re
turning, headed for the bav. The York
town, for Norfolk and Newport News,
went out late in the afternoon, and the
Naooochee, for Savannah, anchored in
Gravesend Day.
The outward bound steamer Vigilancia
of the Ward line, after delaying twenty
four hours in Gravesend bay, decided to
face the storm and heaved anchor at 1
o’clock p. m. The of the Mal
lory line also went out this evening,
GROUND COVERED WITH ORANGES.
Ocala, Fla., Sept. 27.—The storm of
Tuesday uight and Wednesday was the
worst experienced in this section for
twelve years. Trees were blown down in
every direction. Over HR! were counted
blown across the road leading from An
thony to Ocala. The mail route through
the Hat woods country leading from An
thony to Fort McCoy was impassable,
over 100 trees being thrown across it and
all bridges washed away.
The rain was a young waterspout.
Drains became foaming creeks. b v anches
rose to rivers and were temporarily im
passable The Ocklawaha rose so rapidly
that it submerged Howard and Gibson’s
causeway and made it impossible to reach
Grahamvilie.
The storm was so fierce, and trees fell
so numerously, that Col. Hart’s Palatka
and Silver Springs boat Okeehumpkee.
Capt. Thompson commanding, was com
pelled to tie-up at Eureka and remail
that day and night. Several large trees
came near falling on her on the way froli
Silver Springs.
The storm did great damage to oratge
trees. Much fruit was blown dowu, ijid
the ground is literally covered with
oranges. In groves where forest tifres
were standing, many were blown down,
and numerous orange trees were cruihed
in their fall. Henry Dunn, in this fray,
lost fifteen trees. Other grove ovSiers
lost similarly. The Philadelphia ifove,
west of Millwood, suffered much dffnage
from the storm.
Ocala was not hurt much. Many trees
were blown down, one falling on fP. B.
Dukes’stable, crushing it. butfromwhich
he had just taken his horse, i- ew farm
ers are in town to-day; busy putting
up wrecked fen es.
Sea guils were found on the slfeets of
Ocala Wednesday morning, havtig been
blown in from the Atlantic ocean. Old
residents testify that it was tie worst
storm since the famous nurricane of 1871.
SOUTH FLORIDA CUT OFF.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. ‘J.—Storm
news is very meager. Jacksonville is
still cut off from communication with
South Florida, and since Tuasday not a
word has been been rei dived from
east coast points, where thesorm is sup-
I posed to have been most sever®. All the
wires leading to the soutb are down,
and no trains from that lectisn ha.e
come in sin e Tuesday. Noih.bg has been
heard from St. Augustine since Tuesday,
and there are rumors that the “Ancient
City’’ has suffered greatly. The railroad
and Western union officials are repairing
the damage to their lines acdcommunica
tion with the south will probably be
opened up by to-morrow. Then reliable
reports as to the damage done by the hur
ricane can be obtained. It is certain that
j the orange crop has been greatly injured,
but it is hoped no lives have been lost.
In Jacksonville the damage, which
I amounts to about •rT.’i.uuO. is being rapidly
repaired. The wreck of the new union
depot, in process of construction, was the
most serious loss.
SPECIAL WEATHER BUU.BTIN.
Washington, I). C.. Se|it. 27.—At 1 p.
m. the weather bureau issued the follow
ing special bulletin regardisg the West
India hurricane: The tropical hurricane,
announced in the weather Sureau bulle
tin ol Wednesday as southeast of .Jack
sonville, has nioied slowly north-north
east to north of Charleston, which sta
tion was within uearly the calm center at
ga. in 10-da.v with a priasure of kV.UO
and wind of 12 miles south. re
ports stiow that the pressure lias risen
one six-buudrem.h In three hours at
Charleston and fallen the same amount
at Norfolk, which indicates a very slow
movement to north-northeast. Present
indhatioD* are that tho storm will con
tinue to move slowly until midnight,
probably dimiulshing In intensity. Dan
gerous gales will be experienced on the
South and Middle Atlantic and South
New I.tin land coasts and moderate winds
in the interior of the Atlantic coast
states.
TUB WIND AT SOBEOLK.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 27—Weather bu
reau here at noou to-day states that
owing to the area of high pressure to
northeast of Haileras, storm center will
be for ed to west of Norfolk; that
the mountaiu rnnire will head It off and
start it on a more direct course for the
New Enghnd i>ast, and that it will pass
just east il Wellington and over New
York. At\2ni here, the wind thirty-two
miles from oaslaud still increasing At
Capo Henri at* a. m., wind thirty-eight
miies from nojheasl, with heavy sea ;
coast wires dotu since Ba. m.
SLOWLY OVING NORTHWARD.
New York, ! pt. 27.—Reports received
by the United jtates weather bureau this
morning sho><that the hurricane now
prevailing in he south is increasing in
for,e. and slwly, but surely, moving
northward. 1 is believed that it will
reach thisvkiity either to night or to
morrow mort lg. The storm center to
day is along le coast of the Carolinas.
the lowest oa Jmetcr being at Charles
ton. It exteijs over an area with a
radius of almst 1,000 miles, aud is mov
ing northeasl Its travel, however, is
slow, the cen r being changed but little
during the st twelve hours. The
velocity of ti wind in the region of the
hurricane vajes from 40 to 70 miles an
hour, aud is companied with rain. A
large numbei of ships lying at anchor
about Liuert statue atm down in tho
lower bay ar awaiting the passage of
the storm beife selling. The violence of
the gale is so real that skippers fear to
risk their ve els out at sea. It is be
lieved that o<an steamships going east
from here ytterday would escape, but
that those sijingfroin European ports
at the same tine for this side would run
into it. , I
damagbto crops reported.
C., Sept. 27.—Specials to
the News andj 'ourier from various points
in the middle nd coast region regarding
the West Inch cyclone, report consider
able damage t corn and cotton, very seri
ous damage Wriee, but no loss of life. At
Georgetown fe damage to tho rice crop
was very grei, and it is difficult yet to
estimate the jss, though many put it at
33 per cent. A large portion of April
planting, eitar in stubble or stacked in
fields, fioatciiff with the tide, and June
rice is. no dijbt, badly injured, for tho
water was si for some distance up the
rivers.
A <OHT SHIP MISSING.
Charleston Sept, 27.—Clyde steamship
Iroquois arried here from Jacksonville
to uight, refirts that Martin’s industry
light ship oifSavaunah, Ga., is missing.
SJNK IN A GALE.
All of the Oew of Seven Drowned Ex
cept On, Who Floated Ashore.
Manistiqu, Mich., Sept. 27.—The
schooner 'Wiliam Home, consort of the
steamer F. (. Buell, sank off Seul Choix
Point, Tueflay night during the heavy
southeast ijle. All of the crew of seven,
except ouopan, were drowned. There
was one wtfian drowned. The only sur
vivor— Antinio Mingo -floated ashore un
conscious q a piece of boat.
AT TH NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Presiden' al Proclamation—The Del
aware Bridge—Other Matters.
Whashi atom Sept. 27.—The President
has issued a proclamation granting full
amnesty/nd freedom to all persons who
have vicAted the Edmunds act against
polygata’.
Comi/odore Matthews, chief of the bu
reau o/yards and docks, to-day received
a teh/ram from the superintendent of
the I fit Koyal, S. C., new dry dock,
stati*: that the dock remained uninjured
and tnat the severest part of the storm
had fassed off to the eastward without
touiiiug i ort Koyal. This indicates
thajfthesea islands, where such havoc
was wrought by the storm last year,
prqpably have escaped this time.
/he United (States has not signified its
inleutions with regard to the pan-Ameri
cin monetary conierence proposed by
.Mexico, and this, with the delay of other
governments to send answers to the invi
tations, will cause the postponement of
the meeting which was set lor next
month, it is probable that this govern
ment will decline tho invitation.
'1 he plans submitted for the gigantic
railway bridge across the Delaware river,
to connect Philadelphia with Camden,
N. J.. have been approved by the war de
partment, the only change required being
in the location of the draw. The bridge
is to be built by the Pennsylvania Hail
road Company, whose chief engineer, Mr.
Brown, prepared the plans.
It will be High enough to permit the
passage of ferryboats at any point. The
draw will a< commo ate ships with the
tallest masts. This bridge will give
through rail connection to the seashore
and New Jersey towns. Work will com
mence within a year.
tor the first time in several months all
the prominent officials from Secretary
Carlisle down are “on duty” in the treas
ury department. The changes incident
to the reorgani ation, which goes into
e ect Oct. 1, is engaging most of the time
of Secretary Carlisle at this time.
GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT.
Board of Atlanta Managers Hold a
Meeting at Washington.
Washington, Dec. 27.—The board of
management to take charge of the govern
ment exhibit at the Atlanta Colton States
Exposition held its first meeting at the
Smithsonian institute this morning.'Those
present representing various branches of
the i overnmeut service were; Agricul
ture. Charms W. uabnoy, chairman; in
terior, J. W. Clark; post once. Kerr
Craig; justice, I rank Strong; state,
Edward D. Kenick; war, Capt. Thomas
H. Barry, IT. S. A. : treasury, Charles F.
Kemper; fish commission, Tarletou H.
Bean; Smithsonian Institute. Prof. G.
Brown Goode. The principal work of
the board to-day is to decide upon the
scope of the government's exhibit, and to
appoint a permanent secretary.
INDICTED FOR OAMBLINGK
Charg s of Polios Corruption to Be In
vestigated at t hicago.
Chicago, Kept. 27. -As a result of the
grand Jury investigation of Chicago gam
bling. two owners of property on which
gambling was carried on, and keepers of
gambling houses were indicted to-day.
indictments were voted against David H.
Kohn, owner of the nremises, 118 Clark
street, ( v arners;; Goo. ge F. Harding,
Jr., owner of iliu premises on Madison,
(Bowers ,v O'Brhu’sj, and fifteen gam
bling house keepers. It Is expected that a
large number of other indictments will
follow, and a thorough investigation of
the charges of police corruption will be
made. The grand Jury Investigation is
the result of the recent crusade of the
ci.il federation organization against
gambling.
Not Yst Officially Notified.
Albany, N. Y., Sept. 27.—Senator Da
vid 11. lull, when asked to-day if he had
not announced hit acceptance of the Dem
ocratic nomination for governor, replied:
“1 have not yet been officially informed
of uiy nomination.”
COMBAT OF THE CRUISERS.
Graphic Description of the Naval Bat
tle Off the Month ot the Yalu.
A Summary of Results—Rival Ships
Compared—Cowardice of Chinese
Captains in the Battle and Before it.
Sneaked When They Saw the Smoke.
London, Sept. 27.—Tho Times, to-mor
row morning, will publish a dispatch
from its correspondent at Chce Foo. who
sent an account of the naval battle at
Y'alu, furnished by a naval officer who
was present. The account is mainly a
repetition of previous reports, but adds
that the concussion of the first discharge
of tho guns of the Tong Yuen threw
everybody off the bridge of the ship.
Tho Japanese ships appeared in column
of divisions, the line ahead of tiio divi
sions being disposed abeam. Uoming
closer they tried to form a line abreast.
The Chinese ships started in sectional
line abreast at a rate of speed of seven
knots an hour. As they came
nearer the Japanese appeared to
form in quarter line, to which the
Chinese replied by turning two points
to the starboard, thus keeping their bows
toward the enemy. Approaching within
4,400 yards, tho whole Japant se fleet
seemed to turn eight points to port,
thereby forming a single line ahead, and
steaming across the Chinese line turned
its starboard wing.
The Chinese were unable to
keep pace with the enemy, and
endeavored to follow their movements by
keeping bow on them, as the Japanese
ships circled around, maintaining the
while a heavy bombardment. The
Japanese fleet, that kept in the thick of
the fight consisted of six ships of the
“yuen” class. Tho Japanese ships,
having completed one circle, haulded off
to a distance of 800 yards, and went
through an evolution with the ob,eetof
separating into two divisions, the first
consisting of seven of their best known
and swiftest cruisers, and the second of
five inferior ships, which stood off some
distance. The battle thus arranged it
self into two groups, four Chinese cruisers
becoming engaged with the second division
while two ironclads, the Chen-Yuen and
Ting-Yuen, attacked the first division.
The fighting of the second division was
irregular and difficult to follow. It ended
in the Japanese disappearing in the
the direction of Hai-Yung-Tao. The first
Japanese division carried on the fight
with tho ironclads by circling round
at a distance of 4,500 yards,
the Chen-Yuen and Ting-Yuen
keeping the ground, following the
enemy's movements in a smaller
circle, tho whole evolution taking a spiral
form. Occasionally the distance between
the opposing ships was reduced to 2,000
yards and once to 1,200 yards. The Jap
anese aimed at keeping a long distan -a
away so as to avail themselves of their
superior speed and make the most of their
quick tiring guns, which vastly excelled
the Chinese guns. The ob.ect of the Chi
nese was to come to close quarters so as
to use theiralow firing guns of large cal
ibro with full effect.
The firing continued betweem the
Chinese iron clads and the Japanese first
di i ision until nearly 5 o’clock in the after
noon. The quick firing guns gave the
latter an immense advantage, scattering
showers of splinters, occasionally setting
the Chinese ships on fire and riddling
everything that was not protected by
armor. During the action one of tho
smaller Japanese ships was seen with her
propellers out of the water, and her bow
neurty under. Another was seen to be on
fire, enveloped in flames and apparently
sinking.
The Yoshino and Matsushima were
burning fiercely, the former after receiv
ing two shots each from the Ting-Yuen,
and Chen-Yuen, was enveloped in a cloud
of white smoko which la.v heavily on the
water and completely covered tho ships.
The Chinese vessels wailed for the
cloud to clear and got their port guns
ready, but before tho Yoshino became
visible their fire was diverted by a Jap
anese vessel of the Matsushima type,
which came on at a distance of 2,200
yards on the port quarter. The
cuns that were laid for the
Yoshino were fired at the new comer
with the result that she began to return.
Whether these threo Japanese ships re
ceded mortal in urv is uncertain, jn the
latter part of the battle the Chinese iron
clads ran short of common shell and con
tinued the action with steel shot. This
was e ective, as the Japanese vessels had
no armor. The two iron-clads fired 197
rounds with I‘2-inch guns, aud 203 rounds
with ti-im b guns.
About 4 o’clock tho Ting-Y uen was
badly on fire forward, the smoke imped
ing the working of the foro turret. Be
fore 5 o'clock the Japanese had ceased
lirin" and the distance between the fleets
was rapidly increasing.
In regard to the conclusion to be drawn
from the battle it may be said that the
t hinese battleships proved formidable.
The Chinese ironclads stood the battering
of the heavy, quick Bring guns admirably.
Their upper structures were severely
damaged, but uot a shot penetrated a
vital part. The barbette protection of
tbe twelve-inch guns was most effective,
very few men being wounded within
Lhe barbettes. The barbette turrets
were as intact after the action as before,
’ibis fact however, coupled with the
fact that the six inch guns at
both ends of tho ships, which were only
sligutly protected, were a so undamaged,
serins to indicate that the destructive
e ectwasdueto the enormous number
of pro ecilles from the quick Bring guns
rather than to the skilled direction of the
•hots. •
The maneuvering of the Japanese first
division excited great admirattou. Taking
advantage oi their speed and the long
range of their guns, they always kept at
the distance that suited them.maintaining
perfect order throughout the fight, at
tempting nothing sensational and never
coming within destructive range of the
lieu.lest guns.
SNEAKED WHEN TBET SAW THE SMOKE.
A dispatch from Shanghai dated to
day says: “The Cbiuese naval officers
now at Bort Arthur and Tien Tain are
squabbling among themselves as to the
resimusibilit.V of the terrible Chinese
losses in the naval battle off the Yalu. A
court, of inquiry Is silting and has already
found Cajt. l ong of tho warship Tsi-
Uuen guilty of cowardice In the face of
the enemy. He was conden ned to be be
headed, and it is believed that other oiß-
I cers will lose th. lr heads.
A telegram from the Kung Taotai at
Port Arthur received by the commaud
ant at Wct-HaiWei positively accuses
the commander of the < hen Yuen of tak
ing flight with bis vessel before the Imt
tie ut the Brst sigbt of the enemy’s
smoke. Admiral long, who remains
at i ort Arthur, has also wired to Uei-tlal
i Wei, makiug grave charges against some
of bis officers. The admiral declares
that the Ping Yuen, the Kwang Ting and
the Chlng-Chung. together with four tor
pedo boats, were up lie Yalu river when
the battle eommeneed. There they re
mained until the fighting was over They
then made for Port Arthur. Two of
these torpedo boats are said to be still
missing.
TUF. VICEROY SI'I'ItRSEPEP.
New York, Hept 27.—Several cable dis
patches from (Shanghai to tho Herald
say: “Li Hung Chang will shortly be
superseded as vicoroy by YVa Ia Cheng,
late governor of Hu-Peh. Lord Li, the
late Chinese minister to Japan, has been
degraded. Yu Lu, the military governor
of Moukeden, will succeed Li Hung
Chang as superintendent of the northern
trade. Four ini|>erial princes are watt h
tng events in the emperor's bohalf at Tien
Tien. The massacre of foreigners at
l’ekin is regarded as imminent. The le
gations have asked that blue jackets shall
bo demanded to protect them. One hun
dred and eighty thousand men, mostly
rabblo, and some armed cavalry, have as
sembled to defend Moukeden. A battle
is expected before a fortnight shall have
elapsed.
CHAMBERLAIN INTERVIEWED.
Effect of Mr. Gladstone’s Recent Ut
terances on Local Option.
London, Sept. 27.—Joseph Chamberlain
said to-day in an interview with reference
to the stand taken by Mr. Gladstone upon
the local option question, that tho ox
premior's position would free many mem
bers of the liberal party, who have hith
erto been coerced into voting for the local
veto power. If tho government should
again bring up the veto bill at the next
session of parliament, Mr. Chamberlain
believed it would cause a split in the
party.
Mr. Chamberlain also said he had re
ceived many proofs of Mr. Gladstone’s
continued esteem, and that the ex-lead
er's jiersonal friendship for him had not
been broken or lessened. He had visited
Mr. Gladstone recently, and had found
his charm oi character and grand person
ality finer than ever.
CHALLENGES THE CHAMPION.
Fitzsimmons’ Offer sto Fight Corbett
for a $25,000 Purse.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 27.—Middle
weight Champion Bob Fitzsimmons this
morning mailed the following letter to
Corbett:
Mr James J. Corbett, Champion of the
World: Dear Sir At every opportunity,
wnen my name has been used in connection
with a battle w ith you for the world s chain
plonshlp, you have endeavored lo belittle my
claim for a light on the grounds, as you put
It. that 1 am not in your c ass. or that you
have not seen the color of mi' money.
1 am very wall aware of the fact that al
though 1 have earned more mousy than you.
at lighting since I have tie o nemi(ldle weight
champion, you .an buy mu sell me, llnunci
ally, no doubt yo r faculty of saving 1 eing
better Ulan mine Therefore. I hopo that a
*IO,OO i side iet will not stand ns s barrier
against securing a match with you, |
'1 lie amount of money that 1 shall put up
has decided many a championship contest iu
the past and i hope you will not refuse when
you sign fur a *.5.000 purse, such as is offe.cd
ny the Olympic i lub at the present time
You will nnd my nnmo attached without
asking fora loser s end
in order to show my sincerity to the public
ul large, i will make you twu propositions
1. That we enguge the largest hall n New
York city and give a i oxing exhinitiou. four
rounds, silent.flo points only, for thet enetit
of the poor of New V ork city. 1 will give you
any pledge that you may demand that 1 v til
not attempt to knock you out. In case com
petent judzes decide hat lam net In your
class, so far as skill aud science are con
cerned, l will never ask for u match with you
again.
2. I ask to be allowed to formally challenge
you to give me a chance to meet you to a fin
ish, lo decide the world s championship, ac
cording to Marquis of
in order to again show my sincerity, X
hereby deposit the sum of SIO,OOO us a side
net with the privilege of increasing It later
on. If my financial standing will allow
1 most resp tfully call your attention to
the fact thill t have already signed urtiules to
meet you belore the Olympic Club for a $25,-
030 purse, winner to tuko all, and 1 trust you
will see your way clear to do likewise. Re
spectfully yours,
Robert Fitzhimmonb,
Champion Middle weight of the World.
CORBETT WILL NOT MEET HIM.
New York, Sept. 27. Champion James
J. Corbett telegraphed from Bangor, Me.,
to a morning pajier in regard to the Fitz
simmons challenge as follows:
1 will say nothing about r.itzslmmons at
the present. 1 e must meet Steve O'Donnell
first, before 1 noth e him.
WILL HOT MEET FITZSIMMONS.
Lewiston, Me., Sept. 27. -Champion
Corbett said to-day regarding Fitzsim
mons' challenge after his victory over
Creedon last evening: “Fitzsimmons
may keep on lighting middle-weights
until doomsday, but J will not meet him
until he gets into m,v class. He bus been
challenged time and again by O’Donneil,
and lie has got to recognize him before I
will fight him.”
OHIO REPUBLICANS.
Tlj a y Turn Out In Force to Hear Qov.
McKinley Open the Campaign.
Findlay, 0.. Sept. 27.—Gov. William
McKinley this afternoon inaugurated the
fall campaign of the Republican party of
Ohio, and the event was signalized by one
of the greatest outpouring of the rank
and file tnat Northwestern Ohio has ever
witnessed. Arrangements had been made
for special excursion trains from Colum
bus, Toledo, Sandusky, Kenton, Lima. Fos
toria and numerous other towns within a
radious of a hundred miles at rates as
low as a quarter of a dollar for the round
trip, and as a result the republican co
horts Bocked in b.y droves, Piudlsy
Itself, irrespective of party, kept holiday
in honor of the day ana swathed itself in
in gay colors.
OUTWITTED HIS CAPTORS.
A Negro Desperado Fires His Prison
and Escapes.
W r aycross, Ga., Sept. 27.—I<ast night a
desperate negro murderer was brought
here b.v a detective and put in the city
jail. This morning at daybreak the Jail
was discovered on fire. The negro bad
set lire to his prison early after midnight
and eilccted his escape. He had left
several hours before his flight was dis
covered. Detective Bough and Chief
Sweat went in search of the fugitive but
could make no progress. Thu negro had
outwitted bis captors. Much of the in
terior of the jail was destroyed but the
damage was uot great.
Kuehne Bevndgo’s Divoroe.
New York. Sept. 27.—Judge Mr Adam,
of the supreme court, to-day > ouflrmed
ttie retort of Keferoe Kdward Jacobs,
granting a divorce in favor of Kuebne
llevrldge Coghlun in her suit against
Actor Charles t . Coghlun. It is tho usual
form of decree, permitting the plaintiff to
murry again, but interdicting Coghlun
irom remarrying. There is uo alimony
granted, as uoue was asked.
DAILY. 810 A YEAR,
ft CENTS A CODY. >
WEEKLY. J TIMES- A WEEK, 11 A YEAR. [
BRITONS CHEER WILSON.
They Dine Him and Wine Him and
Listen to His Speech.
Names of Those Who Attended or
Sent Letters of Regret—A Distin
guished Gathering - Mr. Wilson
Makes a Spesch in Which He Gives
His Views of an American Tariff,
and Seems to Please His Hearers.
Ixmdou. Sept. 87.—The Loudon cham
ber of commerce gave a complimentary
dinner in the Whitehall rooms this even
ing to Hon. William L. Wilson, repre
sentative in the United States congress
from West Virginia. Sir Albert Kaye
Rollit presided, and a hundred British
and American guests wore present,
among them being Hon. J. Ster
ling Morton, United States
aocretarv of agriculture; Congress
man lsidor Strauae, of New York;
Consul General I’atrick A. Collins, Henry
Kitnber, M I’., Andrew I), l’rovaid, M.
I*., David A. Thomas, M. P., Sir Courtney
Boyle, permanent secretary of tho board
of trade; Mr. W. T. Thompson, treasurer
of the chamber of commerce; President
Brittain, of the Sheffield chumber of com
merce; President Oltswood, of the Hud
dorlleld chamber of commerce, and many
other persons of note.
The chairman rend letters of regret at
the absence of the directors of the Edin
burgh and other chum bers of commerce,
and, in proposing a toast to the President
of the United States, dwelt upon the ex
cellent judgment shown in the solection
of ministers to represent tho country at
the count of St. Jamos. Great good had
been done, he said, by such judicious ap
pointments. as those of Lincoln, Howell,
Phelps and Bayard. The speech was
heartily cheered.
Following this was a toast to Mr.
Wilson and the other Americans present,
in proposing which the speaker referred
to his visit so tho United States, when ho
had wondered that with the advanced
ideas of the Americ ans they had so long
tolerated a high tariff. Tho
making of nations generally, ho
said, covered long periods of
years, compared with which tho
period of seeking tariff reform in tho
United Stales was extremely short.
There was no reason, in his Judgment,
why the United Slates and Great Britain
should not march abreast in the cause of
freedom, with which tariff reform must
be associated. When the advantages of
the system which Mr Wilson had had a
large share in Introducing were fully
known, England and America would unite
to honor him. |Choers ] Therefore, ho
usked the guests present to accord a spe
cial welcome to one of the authors of a tariff
enabling freer trade in the United Slates
and so substituting for the fluctuations
which had been so disastrous to commerce
sounder business relations which had
benefited both countries Production in
England bad been stimulated, while in
the United States the consumer would
reap tho advantage. Ichoern.|
Mr. Wilson wns loudly cheered as ho
rose to respond He was hoartlly grnte
tul, he said, lor this manifestation of
good will. Nothing less than a full sense
of the honor implied by the invitation of
the chamber would have caused him to
interrupt the rust he bad sought by tak
ing the ocean voyage, and his 100 brief so
journ in this historic country.
“lor ten years,” ho said, “the United
Statos has been the arena of one of the
greatest political conflicts In tne history
of Americans, and he was confident that
the troubles which they had now passed
through had given a momentum to a now
era in the life of the United States and
especially as to the position of the coun
try toward the rest of the world,
[Cheers |.
“As regards tho aims and objects ot
the tariff reformers,” he said, “they
were seeking to emancipate the indus
tries of the country. What ho had to
say might not bo welcome to his hearers,
but he would not bo showing a just appre
ciation of the hospitality shown him un
less he spoke the whole truth with tho
utmost frankness. In the reform contest
they had steadily acted, first, to reduce,
with a view of their abolition,
the taxes levied for the support
of prEate industries and the es
tablishment of a great principle.
The government had no right to Impose
any lax except for the support of the
government; secondly, to free American
industries from those burdens which had
hitherto excluded them from the markets
of the world. He was not sure he could
call on his hearers to rejoice at the ac
con pitshnient of tariff reform in the
United States except inasmuch as they
approve sound principles more thsn they
valued selfish advantage [hear, hear,
and laugh tor |. 'l ire protection principle*
of the United States had been built as de
fences to keep the people of Great Brit
ain and others from competing with their
home markets, but the tariff reformers
are now tearing down these defences in
order to let themselves out so that they
might compete with the British and
other markets. The future would prove
that tlie manufacturing industry of the
world would go to the people who had the
largest supply of basic materials and in
dustry and the cheapest access thereto,
and who also applied the highest Intelli
gence to their manufactures.”
Heeoneluued by predicting that that
nation would be found to be America.
At ihe same time he believed tbat the
progress of the demands of the world
would advance upon such a scale that
there would be ample room for the com
merce of the United States and the
United Kingdom as well. [Cheers.]
Sir tour.ney Bole in proposing a toast
to the London chamber of commerce, re
mark* and that the work of such bodies was
yearly becoming more important as the
relations between nations were being
governed less by questions of personal
dignity, and more bv questions connected
with trade, commerce and enterprise.
SHIPS SHORT l> AMMUNITION.
The Fall Mall Ga ette this afternoon
publishes a letter troin Shanghai, dated
Aug 17, saying that the Chinese natycan
not light because tbo ships have only
about twelve rounds of ammunition per
ship, the regular supply of ammunition
having been sold, according to the I'nll
Mall Gazette's correspondent, by the cap
tains of the Chinese warships.
The correspondent adds that one of
these commanders actually sold one of
his ship's Armstrong guusand went‘to sen
one gun short.
BELLICOSE TONO-UAK*.
A dispatch to the Globe from Yoko
hama, says that the Toug-Haks, a power
ful religious sect, which caused the brat
outbreak in Korea, have attacked the
Japanese at Taiku. Uelnforcements have
been sunt from Seoul to assist the Japa
nese force at Taiku. The Tong-Haks
are the most bitter of any Koreans
against foreigners, and couatitute the
most powerful revolutionary element in
the country.