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JPMne, a Remarkable Product of Politics,
JOHN Y. Mr KANE.
The death of John Y. Me Kano removes one of the moat remarkable polit
ical characters ever known to local politics iu New York State. He was born
in the County Antrim, Ireland, August 10, 1811. Ho lived in Ireland until
he was about four years old, when the McKane family immigrated to this
country and settled at Hheepsliend Huy, Long Island. MeKune did not
smoke or drink. He was a hearty, rugged, blue eyed man with Scotcli-Irish
blood in his veins, who did not know what it was to become weary either of
work or of political turmoil. Asa boy ho dug clams on the beach in summer
and wont to the village school in winter. He worked at gardening and other
odd jobs until In was fourteen, when be was apprenticed to a carpenter. Ho
learned the building trade and laid the foundation of his wealth at this bus
iness. Me Kane always did what ho pleased with the vote of Gravesend. In
18911 M Kane was in tbe height of his power. William J. Gaynor, after carry
ing mi a light against the McLaughlin Democracy, became a candidate for
Justice of the Supreme Court, He made a demand on MoKaue for a copy of
the registry lists of Couey Island. They wore refused, lie snid over the
telephone on October 110, 1893: “Mr. Gaynor will find out that if lie wants
to got along with me the easiest way to do is not to fight me.” Asa result
of the fight MaKnuo became a couvict in Sing Sing, and William J. Gaynor
became a Justice of the Supreme Court. MeKune served his term, which,
with rebate for good behavior, was shortened to four and a half years. He
was released ■from prison April 30, 1898.
Terrible Effects of
Porto Rico’s tyurricaije
Ponoi, Fo tc Rico.— The hurricane,
sad as is the havoo it wrought, great
as is the misery it caused, Inis ac
complished in k day what would have
taken diplomacy years to bring about.
It has taught the natives that the
Americans are their real friends. The
Americans, by their prompt and gen
erous assistance, have wiped out all
lingering prejudices,
Porto Rico suffered more than nnv
As regards the actual financial loss
to tho island occasioned by the hurri
cane, estimates vary. So far as I can
iiguve it out the loss to the whole isl
and will amount to about seventy-five
million pesos, or more than $ 10,000,-
000.
Thisaraouut covers damage to build
ings aud machinery, damage to ware
houses . and stores of coffee, tobacco
aud sugar; damage to this year’s cane,
coffee aud fruit crops, including esti
mated loss on the next three years’
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Bouse in ponce demolished by the
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other colony by the hurricane of
August 9. Every district in the isl
and has been devastated. Thousands
of homes have been ruined, and crops
upon which the whole population de
pended for subsistence have been
laid waste beyond retrieve for at least
three years.
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STREET IN AIIECIBO. PORTO EIOO. DURING THE HURRICANE. SHOWN
HEIGHT OF WATER ON THE HOUSE*.
Porto Rico to day is as barren as
Cuba at the eloae cf ttie insurrec
tion. Here, in Porto Rico, tields that
ytrere once beautiful with waving canes,
’hillsides but a few days ago covered
with the green coffee and lmnana trees
now present a bare and sorry view.
Homes that sheltered happy families
have heon washed away. The vil
lages are crowded with shelterless
people.
The homeless to-day number about
one-third of the whole population of
the island.
I have passed through every dis
trict from the capital to l’once, and
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WHEOKKD CAFE IN PLAZA ADJOINING CUSTOM HOUSE, TONCE.
often ridden for miles without soeiug
a house left standing. Where the
houses withstood the wind the roofs
were gone and furniture aud clothing
were ruined by the rains.
It is the well-to-do who are, perhaps,
to he the most pitied. Reautiful
haciendas aud powerful sugar factories
were laid as low as the native’s shack,
crop; damage to live stock, and dam
age to railways aud shipping. It does
not cover the loss sustained by the
Public Works Department, which will
be heavy; uor does it cover the loss
to the islaud of capital that was con
fidently expected to seek investment
here this winter, and which may now
bo frightened away.
The loss of growing crops is, be-
yond question, the most serious item
in the island's list of misfortunes.
Everything has been more or less de
stroyed. Wliat the hurricane teft the
floods carried away. The mango,
bread fruit and avocate trees, upon
which the natives depend to a great
extent for subsistence, have been
swept bare or broken down. Only
the most sheltered banana groves are
left standing. The coffee crop is
wholly ruined, and all but the small
est of the trees have been destroyed.
A coffee plant takes five years to ma
ture. The half ripe orange crop is in
the ground. A few cane fields have
escaped, but with tbe factories de
molished these are only valuable for
fodder.
The wholesale, indiscriminate dis
tribution of food is being stopped,
else the whole population would be
come pauperized. In all centres I
visited rations are ijow being dis
tributed to the old and infirm and to
young children. To all able-bodied
adults is offered work. At first this
course of action caused some com
plaint, but now tbe plan is beginning
to work well, and tbe poor are all the
more independent, and better con
tented for it.
The first care of the military authori
ties has naturally been for tbe troops.
In Ponce thessooogranted by General
Davis to the commander has been
spent in cleaning up in and around
the quarters. At every country station
the troops are living under canvas.
Iu most cases the barracks have been
blown down. At Aibonito not one
wall of the whole barracks is left
standing. The soldiers lost every
thing they had, and those in the hos
pital had a narrow escape with thei* -
lives.
The barracks collapsed during the
.ITSCIir iN PoNCE
ATTEN INC•ru3ft
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first hour of the storm. Fifteen min
utes after the walls had toppled in the
men, who had even formed ranks out
side in the pelting rain, had appointed
a delegation to wait upon Captain
Wheeler to ask permission to render
assistance to the town. The captain
joined his men. Without a thought
of their owu loss, without thought of
any danger, the whole troop crossed
the swollen river between the barracks
and tbe town, and were soon engaged
in the work of rescue, dodging pieces
of flying zinc or rushing into tumbling
houses.
On the night of the hurricane I was
sleeping on my own plantation iu the
district of Bayamon, about ten miles
from the capital. At about half-past
seven o’clock Tuesday night my cap-
itazu, or head man, came to the door
and reported that the Government had
sent out notice that a hurricane was
approaching, via St. Thomas. Like
many others, I did not give full cred
ence to the warning. At half-past five
the wind was blowing thirty miles an
hour.
Daylight was long in coming, for the
sky was inky black. When dawn did
come wo could be sure the storm was
not far away, and everpthing movable
was taken iu. Tenants began to run
to us for shelter aud we took them
in also.
At half-past seveu o’clock the storm
began iu earnest, and in half an hour
it was impossible to stand against the
wind. We had braced and tied down
the roof as best we could, but one sin
gle puff carried away all our stays. In
half au hour our roof was goue aud
the rain pielting iu. At ten o'clock the
wind was blowing seventy-live miles
au hour. Ouee we made a sortie, aud
rescued a woman aud two children,
but hardly had we got them inside
when the house began to ereak and
groan, and we sought the open. Dodg
ing flying brauohes of tree-s and stray
hits of timber, we crawled along the
lee side of a penguin fence to a shack,
sheltered behind a hill.
It was half-past twelve before the
storm was over aud we could venture
forth. Our house, we found, had not
blown down entirely; hut the wooden
walls were slauted at au angle of thirty
degrees. The roof was completely off
and everything inside absolutely
mined by the water.
It was two days before we could
cross tne river to get to market. Everf
peasant’s hut for three miles around
was down. Four hundred houses on
the outskirts of Bayatnon were piled
up in the public road. The railroad
running to Sau Juan had been com
pletely washed away. The highways
were blocked with rubbish. It was
two days before supplies of bread
reached the town. In the interim the
people lived on half ripe fruit.
SHELLS WRECK
FILIPINO FORT
The American Warships Eataii
Fearful Destruction.
INSURGENTS RESIST FIERCELY
Men From the Charleston and
Concord Land Under
Hot Fire.
A special from Manila says: The
United States cruiser Charleston, the
monitor Monterey and the gunboats
Concord and Zafiro, with marines and
blue jackets from the cruiser Balti
more, left Cavite September 18th and
proceeded to Subig bay to destroy an
insurgent cannon there.
Owing to the bad weather the oper
ation was postponed until Saturday,
when the warships for three hours
bombarded the town of Olangapo and
the intrenchments where the gun was
situated.
Men from the Charleston, Concord
and Zafiro were then landed under a
heavy insurgent lire, proceeding to the
cannon, which was utterly destroyed
by gun cotton and then returning to
the warship. The Americans had one
man wounded during the engagement.
While waiting in Subig bay for bet
ter weather, the Americans descried
Filipino re enforcements moving to
ward Olangapo. At 0:40 a. m. Satur
day the Monterey began the advance
upon the town, which was about three
miles cast of the monitor’s anchorage.
The Charleston, Concord and Zafiro
followed.
At 7:25 the Monterey opened fire
with her second artillery and main
batteries, the Charleston and Concord
joining immediately. At 7:38 the in
surgents’ cannon answered, the first
shot passing close to the Monterey’s
smokestack. The gun was fired twice
only.
3hi American bombarding then be
came general. At 9:30 the Monterey
advanced to a range of 600 yards,
using her main battery. Two hun
dred and fifty men were landed about
800 yards east of the cannon at 11
o’clock under a severe Mauser fire.
The men from the Charleston were
the first to reach the beach, but the
Concord’s men were the first to the
gun, which they reached at 11:10.
The cannon was found to be a sixteen
centimeter Krnpp gun, presumably
obtained from the Spaniards.
Meanwhile the warships continued
to shell the shelving beach on the
east and west to silence the insurgent
fire upon the sailors from the trenches
skirting the beach.
Gunner Olsen exploded fifty pounds
of guncotton, in three discharges, in
the cannon, which had suffered from
the fire of the warships. The Ameri
cans then returned to the boats, the
firing inland being kept up to protect
the embarkation. The Concord's men
were the last to leave the shore and
the warships were reached at 12:50
p. m.
Cadet Brinser, with the Concord’s
launch, armed with a gatling, did ex
cellent work on the left of the
lauding party. Captain Myers, of the
tnraines, captured a muzzle-loading
field piece. Lieutenant McDonald was
in command of the landing party and
the movement was splendidly executed
and controlled.
Th 6 number of Filipinos there could
not be ascertained and no dead were
seen.
The Monterey fired for four hours —
tweuty-ono shots from her ten-inch
guns aud seventeen from her twelve
inch guns.
The town, which was riddled with
shells, took fire at several points.
Fatal Oil Explosion.
While making preparations to
“shoot” the Rayl oil well, near Wells
ville, 0., Saltirday afternoon, the well
overflowed and the oil ignited from the
lire under the boiler, causing a terrible
explosion. Two men were killed out
right and three others injured, two of
them it is thought, fatally.
BRITISH CABINET MEETS.
lleunlt of the Conference I Kept From the
Public, However.
A London dispatch says: A cabinet
council was held Friday. A large
crowd assembled about Downing street
enrly iu the day. The cabinet minis
ters were loudly ckeere >, the secreta
ry of the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain,
receiving the lion's share of the ap
plause.
The meeting began at 12 30 o’clock
and ended at 2:40 p. m. The minis
ters were cheered as they came out of
the foreign office. Nothing transpir
ed regarding ttie action taken, though
the genera! impression spread that a
vigorous line had been adopted.
OHIO CAMPAIGN OPENED.
Governor Roosevelt and Judge Nash Speak
At Akron.
The republican state campaign was
opened at Akron, Ohio, Saturday with
one of the largest crowds known in the
history of politics in Ohio. Special
trains from Cleveland, Toledo, Colum
bus, Youngstown and Canton brought
20,000 peopile, and it is estimated that
there were 50,000 visitors in Akron.
Governor Roosevelt and Judge Nash
were the speakers of the occasion.
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A Hundred 1 ■fu diO Ctpplicai, t, for a
Twenty Expense*
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A New York special says: All the
genera! arrangements for the recep
tion of Admiral Dewey are now com
plete and only a few details are left Vo
be settled. The majority of these can
not be attended to until the admiral
has arrived and his wishes have been
consulted.
All the sub-committees have about
finished their work and have presented
their reports to the general committee.
The committee on distribution of
tickets was at work all day in the
mayor’s office until late at night. They
apportioned nearly 20,000 tickets, all
there were at their disposal. There
were applications for more than 100,-
000i Their work did not include the
distribution of tickets to the munici
pal assembly and the school children’s
stands. These tickets will be at the
disposal of the municipal legislators
and the president of the board of edu
cation.
The committee on stands is yet to
decide exactly what will b the capaci
ty of the new stands. If the commit
tee stands for all the expenditures it
has authorized, it will have spent more
than $45,000 in excess of the first ap
propriation made to it of $30,000 and
$4,000 more than it has in sight even
if the municipal assembly votes to give
it the additional $25,000 that is to be
asked for at the next meeting of the
aldermen and council.
For the seventy odd thousand ex
pended, the committee has furnished
about 20,000 seats to the ticket com
mittee, 4,000 on the city hall stands,
6,000 for the school children, 10,000
for the municipal assembly and 23,000
for the veterans of the Grand Army of
the Republic, a total of about 40,500
seats for about $73,000.
Concerning the committee of seven
that is to attend Admiral Dewey during
his stay in New York, Mr. Foster said
he had received a reply in writing from
Channoey M. Depew and in person
from Richard Crokor and William
McAdoo. Mr. Croker said the com
mittee could make any use of him
they desired and that he was ready to
do anything in his power to help along
the success of the celebration. With
the exception of Levi P. Morton and
W. C. Whitney all the members of the
committee have accepted.
MISTRIAL IN HUGHES CASE.
Jury Announced That It Wad Impossible
to Reach Agreement.
Another mistrial has resulted in the
Mattie A. Hughes murder case at
Greenville, S. C.
The jury retired Friday night shortly
after 6 o’clock and at 10 o’clock an
nounced that it would be impossible
to agree. They were sent back to their
room with instructions to deliberate
further.
At 8 o’clock Saturday morning they
asked that they be discharged, having
reached no verdict.
The jury stood eight for acquittal,
three for manslaughter and one for
conviction.
The defendant will be tried again at
the coming spring term of court. She
is charged with the murder of her
husband, George W. Hughes, on No
vember 18th, 1898.
FAMOUS ASTROLOGER DEAD.
Ho Predicted Duto of His Domido Like
wise That of His Wife and Son.
Dr. Luke D. Broughton, president
of the Astrological Society of America,
died in New York Saturday. He cast
his horoscope many years ago and pre
dicted that the critical periodsrof his
life were the 15th, 16th and 21st days
of the present month and present
year. His death, he predicted, would
occur on Sept'mber 22d.
Dr. Broughton has made many suc
cessful predictions. On his advice
his eldest son did not marry, as his
father had predicted the exact time of
his death iu 1885. Mrs. Broughton
also died as predicted in 1891. He
wrote many mauy pamphlets and one
book on astrology.
SIX KILLED OUTRIGHT
In Collision Between Freight and Fas
genger Trains In Colorado.
A special from Denver says - Six
passenegers were killed outright and
five injured, one perhaps fatally, in a
collision on the Denver and Bio Grande
railroad at Keoo siding, near Florence,
Saturday evenine. The trains in col
lision were the Phillips-Judson excur
sion from the east and the east-bound
fast freight.
The excursion train had run from
Chicago over the Chicago aud Alton
and Missouri Pacific railroad and was
turned over to the Denver and Rio
Grande at 2 p. tn.
CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT.
The Tos'master at Worth, Ga., Arrested
By an Inspector.
John M. Scoville, the postmaster at
Worth, Ga., was carried to Macon
Friday morning by United States
Deputy Marshal George White to an
swer to the charge of embezzlement
of the postoffice funds. On Thursday
morning Postoffice Inspector Fuller
went to Worth on his regular inspec
tion tour, not knowing that anything
was wrong with affairs of the office.
W&wne Prudent Man Sstteth
His House in Order. ’*
Your human tenement should be given
even more careful attention than the
house you live in. Set it in order by
thoroughly renovating your whole system
through blood made pure by taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla. 7hen every organ
will act promptly and regularly.
Diamond Drills.
The carbons used in diamond drills
are not real diamonds as jewellers un
derstand the word. They come from
Bahia State, Brazil. To reach the
field one goes by boat and rail to Ban
deira, thence on mule back into the
mountains called Sierra des Lavras
Diamantinas. The carbons are found
in river gravel and also in a clay
stratum in the mountains.
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A $20,000,000 iron trust has just been
formed in Nova Sdotia.
Supreme Conrt Decisions.
Chief Justice Bleckley, of Ga., has tried Ty
ner’s Dyspeosia Remedy. Hts decision:
“Atlauta. 6u.. March 14 Dr. Chas. O. Tyner,
\tlanta. Ga : I hare used, and ain now using,
Tyner’s Drspepsla Remedy. It is a mental as
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or aent for price, express paid, by Tyner Dys
pepsia Remedy Cos.. 43 Mittihell St., Atlanta, Ga.
New York’s debt two hundred and forty
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