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A .FEAST OF LANTERNS. j I niqu Krattval on a Barred Ialand ' In Japan, One drowsy noon the town crier came to the door, djpel two pieces of wood together, ami In a long chant liewiught all jieople nf Miyajluia to come to the temple fur "sjieak meeting" at two o'clock that ilay and for the live suc ceeding day a, to hear read the official news from the army In Oorea. We sent nr agent to listen for us, and our er ratic and only iuudzuka returned breathless, to tell. In excited Japanese, English ami Jargon, of the victory of the I lei Jo. We had Intended to make a farewell offering to the temple to se cure an Illumination an a fitting close to our stay In Arcadia, and here was an opportunity. In the shortest time Inud7.ua wan speeding lmck to tlie tem ple to beseech the high jirlest to have the thousand oil saucers of the lanterns filled at once, the illumination to begin at dusk, without waiting for t lie mid night hU-h tide. Tlie priests shook their heads at such an Irregularity. such a dlttergnrd of an cient customs on short notice. "Hut this In an Amnion) nialsuri, and in honor of the He'ji: How can you say you have my f-nt(n,i for such an illu mination? And when did you ever Il luminate at any tide for a battle won In Corea?" And the high priest said. "Surely, surely! Yes; for Kelkoku (America) and tlie Heijo we chii do It." And tlie circle, of eagle-eyed, excited priests sprang delightedly to begin preparations. Our Joyous sendo was at the temple tttcjw with the sampan as usual before the sunset hour, and he had not pushed off until he let us know that tlie village was tigog at the double news of victory and the honorable Illumination. We could see the lay brothers ail along Hhore tilling the oil saucers, laying wicks, and pasting fresh papers on the tall tttoue lamps; ami when we wulled back, long after sunset, lights had be gun to twinkle under the temple eaves. A lantern came forth and went bobbing along the water-line, stopped a mo ment, and a second light shone forth, then a third and u fourth, and so on along shore, as tlie lamplighter went his way. Soon the whoie curving bay from headland to headland was outlined In living lights that gleamed double and wavered in long reflections toward us; and the temple was a great set piece of fireworks, each shrine a sun goddess' glowing cave, with the many-Joweled pyramids of votive randies. The spec tacle lasted in full splendor for more than an hour, the villagers flocking along shore, trooping through the tem ple gallerie. nod drifting nlsiut In bouts to watch the splendid spectacle. Then lights dropped out here and then-, and the glow of the rising moon made the firmament pole; but even when the shore line was liwt In darkness, Itsuku uhlma's Inner shrine by the sea was still aglow with votive lights. The next morning the village officers called "tothank your spirit" in celebrat ing Japan's victories; the high priest sent sacred gift papers tilled with rice, and asked for the honorable names In full, that they might be written among the temple's contributors; and when we went to the village every one liowed and made pretty speeches about the American matsurl. Weeks later a Toklo artist wrote In his quaint little Idiom that he had heard of my "favorably presenting a great deal of money to the temple, praying for tlie war. and light ed the thousand lamps of Miyajluia for the war. I seen It In our Japanese news papers." Surely never did one obtati so much pleasure and glory by an ex peuditure of four yen (two dollars in United States gokll. Century. A Fault In Modern Wood Carving. The wood-carvings and wrought metal work of the middle ages attract the lover of the picturesque by certain Irregularities of line and angularities of curve and plane, which do no injury to the whole, yet give It a character not found In the work of the rounded, sandpapered school of today. The tools of these masters were often crude, and many of these accidental accents were doubtless due to this fact. Yet these tm-n expressed grand Ideals, and their work as it stands to-day has au Individ uality which Is largely due to this very picturesqueQcss. There are compara tively few workers In wood to-day who appreciate this quality, and only re cently has really artistic wood-caning been done by American carvers. One of our most eminent architects, in speak ing of the desire of his wood-nrvers to destroy all character by the sand papering process, says that It Is neces sary to stand over these men and to take their work from them while they Mill consider It unfinished. Ceutury- Comradeship Among Workers The Ontury, In an editorial recogniz ing "The Working-man's Support of In ternational Arbitration," says: The demand for arbitration has been made with most emphasis where the worklngmen are most thoroughly uni ted for other purposes. In England, where traces unions are at their bent, the peace movement among worklng- men Is strongest; and In our own Kust crn States It l very strong. The trength of the demand itself grow In projiortlon as the contest over wnges, for which trades unions are primarily formed, become active. There la fltiarly 8 connection between these phenomena. . Thla connection K Bull In what la described by the word "aol Warity of labor" the creation of com radeship among the worker of all countries. The Injury of war to the la boring man, and bl recog nltton of that fact, both com In for consideration. Time aeta everything finally right, but the trouble la that our time here la o United. If a man attend closely to hi work, oom loafer la apt to wrong him. FEARFUL ACT OF A D0C10K Shoots H; Wife and a Wall Ebowb Druggist, Win Will Die. DELIBERATELY KILLS HIS WIFE Cal a Constable and Cilr- l!lme!f up to tli ft . ui tioritle I.ad vllle 01r;kr Not Vet r.mtrrly Hubilued Fran lrt Eolrrtaliied. PrcANxo, l'a., Sept. 2'K Yesterday afternoon I)r. L. Johnson, one of. '.he best known physicians in the county, called into hia Druggist George S Ilemy, a prominent business mill, and taking a large revolver from bid pocket deliber ately fired three sbota at hint, two of which lodged in his Bho:iI l.-r pud one in his stomach, lie then walked into his hall and meeting his v. ii- tdi.it her twice once in the arm and ou.e in the siioul der. He then walked uo to bis stable, two blocks away, bad hia team hitched and droved down to hi" nilii-, where he got his ledgers, and ta'-.ing in a counta ble gave hims-df up an I started for New IiloomfieM, the county se.it, t-n miles way. M Jo'insonV AdiiinN iirn not coiii-'derdl rtt.ge.roti, b't it is thou 'tit that llunry cannot l:v. Hti lk Nli. I Over Vet. Lkadvii.i.k, Colo., M'pt. I"). Tin re was some tiring Sun -iav night an I t.irly yeM-i lay morning, but it was merely the tiring of guards, demanding the halt ing of stranger. I lie conference ol tlie miners' committee of live resulted in a aecision to continue the strike. It is understood. Tlie vote is said to have been three for a continuance and two for an effort looking to a c jmpMiiiise. The confeience committee has not as yet announced its decision. The retsirt a current yesterday morning that the committee IihiI decided to continue the itrike, but this remains unconfirmed. The belief is growing that tlie commit tee will finally decide to cull the strike iff, but the mine operators have not received any intimation of the inten tion. Trll Alimit 110 IK"r Huftitie-S Dktkoit, Mich,, Sept. 2i Nearly 3'0 lelegates were present in Turner hall yes'erday morning when PreMilentG. V. I'erking called the twenty-first ees 'iouofthe cigar-makera' international union of America to order. Thomas Dolan, representing the lecal unions, made at address of welcome, which wis responded to by President Perkins. A committee on credentials was appointed and the convention adjourned until the aflerrto in. At tne afternoon session President Perking read his report, w hich was an txhau-ttive one The report shows that (he cigar trade has not materially im proved, although there has been a slight increase in the output.. 1 he total iro-lu-tioii for consumption in 1hu United Mates aloue for the Usual y'r ending f line 30, 1806, was 4,-'.'57.7"5.iM3 cigar?. Tne total number of factories of all kinds reported is 1 1 070, of which num-b-r7,U7 are strictly union and 6,923 -e luixe 1 and non-union. The union (u: ories give employment to l'.',278 un ion hand workircn ant 35 247 union mould workmer. The open shops em ploy 10,675 union and non-union jier on'. The total amount of wages out per year is $4 1 , "7 ,'! ami tbevab eof the product i? lL'a.iil).!, ). lni iug the part three years the receipts of the in ternational (dice, $H7,111 and the n penses f85,572, leaving a r.alaiu'e of J I,. 5:!9iuthe treasury. r?itt' the I'o-t re port the international union hi had 158 dirhculties to adjust, which iuv iied 7,171 member and 5,412 non-utiio'ii -ts. One hundred and seventy-nine of these were adjusted successfully, eighteen rouiproiiiised, twenty declared off, sightv-seven disapjiroved and forty-four til. in progress. Of the remainder tifty tne were lost outight, in eighteen the cause removed and forty were ended by members obtaining employment else where. The strike expense during this period was $113,461. llalllliKlon Booth TIliiroiiKliljr Orilnllird. Niw York, Sejit. 29. Since the re cent ceremony by which Commander Ballington Booth of the Volunteers of America became an ordained minister of the church, many of his friends have asked the question, whether in his ia pscity as a minister of the gospel, he will administer the rite of holy com munion and the other sacraments to the members of his organization. Commander Booth will in the future exercise hi authority to administer the Lord's supper to the members of his organization, and the same rite will he performed by his suborAnate In the fu ture ordained. He says lie does not in tend to form a new sect or denomina tion, but that he has found it easier for his organization to be in the church in stead of an auxiliary to it. At soon as Mrs Booth, Brigadier-Gen-eral Fielding of Chicago, Colonel Hattie Lindsay of this city, LleutanantrColonel Woolleyof Buffalo, Major Blackhurst of 8an Francisco ond other staff officers i hall have been duly ordained, the rite of holy communion mill be admin istered in all the post of Volunteers on the first day of each month. Urantod a KapU. Chicago, Sept. 29. A morning 'paper says: Dr. John B.' Hamilton has not given up hope of being allowed to re main at the head of the Marine hospital in thla city. Attorney James Coleman of Washington presented the doctor's appeal to Secretary Carlisle on Saturday and Dr. Hamilton ha been notified by Mr. Co'iomaii that Herretary Carlisle seemed disposal to look favorably on his case. Dr. Hamilton has been granted a respite until October 10. A Uroral Strike a tba CaoadUa P itK ! Montheal, Sept. 30. It is learned here that a fair i roportion, in fac, a ma jority of the Canadian Pacific railway te'eraphers on the main line have stopped work. On the 0 itario lines the call for a striae appears i.ot to have been general and things are better there than anywhere else. Trotn Montreal to Quebec and east to St. John and north to Chalk river a majority of the opera tors are out. The officials say they will lie able to get hundreds of operators from the United States in a few dtys Meanwhile they do not expect pasen ger traffic to suffer, though freight may be delayed. The commercial telRrajih-' ers are not a affected by the Mrike and the company U accepting messages as usual. The great (juet:on of the hour in collection with t'jis luatu-r is wheth er or not the brotherhood of railroad trainmen, which is the organization ol the brakemen ami a laig.f section of the conductors, w.ll take a i and in the fiht and join the telegraphers out of sym pathy. Officials of the company, on the ott er baud, a e conti lent it will not. Toronto, 'ept. 30. All but one of the Canadian Pacific roid's telegraphers he.e have gone on a strike, but their nlaces have been tilled by olherojs?ra tors and the strikers h ive not succeeded in tieing up even freight trains. There is said to be a possibility of the brother hood of locomotive engineers ordering its men out, part'y !n sympathy with the strikers and parlly to protect their acting, under the orders of inexjerienced men. If something like this is done, it seems likely tlie strike will pove a fail ure. '1 ho men are badly organized and have little m- ney. Vl.ii'i;(i, Man , Sept. HO. Although there is a general strike of operators on stii'ions ol the Canad an Pacific railway there is little, if any, trouble here. All passenger trains were running as usual yesterdey and the officials are taking all steps iieces-ary to fill the places of the men who have gone out. Sai i.t Ste Maris:, Mich,, Sept. 80. Business on the "Soo" and Canadian Pacific railroads is at n standstill. The strike of the Canadian Pacific telegraoh operators has raised havoc with all the trains on the Canadian Pacific and the passenger service on the "Soo" line. The easthound, which arrived at 10:40 yesterday morning from Minneapolis with 100 through passengers, is still here and may go east by way of De troit. The Minneapolis limited, due here at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, has not been heard from since Monday niglit. Fonnd a Itody W lihoat a Head. PiTTHBiRo, Pa., iept. 30. Sunday last the headless body of a man was found in the Monongahela river near Elizabeth, and later the head was dis covered buried in the sand. It is now said that the dead man was Col. Perry Le Downs of Baltimore. Colonel Downs was a well-known attorney of Ila'timore. lie Btood high socially and had been a member of the staff of ex Governor Jackson. On the morning of January 31 he was arrested at nis home, 2 1 ! Maryland avenue, charged with fTging the name of bis mother, Mrs. Midred C. Downs, as indorser of a sixtj-day promissory note for $2,400. When arraigned at the central polire station he waived an examination and was released on $2,500 bil for court, the bail being furnished. The colotel diappeared from Baltimore and the detectives have been fruitlessly search ing the country for him for the past seven months. Since his departure several forgeries have been charged against the colonel. William V Whltnrr Marrlril. Bab Hahbok, Me., Sept. 30. William Collins Whitney and Mrs. Kdith 8. Randoph were married at 12:30 yester day afternoon in the pretty little stone chur. h of St. Savours by Rev. R. S. Leffingwell, the pastor. There were no bridesmaids and no best man. The church and grounds were thronged with people long before noon, and as there were no formal invitations to the affair, the townspeople and society contentedly shared teats with each other. The in terior of the church was a mass of roses, laurel, hydrangeas and potted plants. Promptly at 12:30 the bridal party en tered. The bride was accompanied by her brother Frederick May, and with Mr. Whitney walked M. Bruin, the Danish minister to the United States. The bride was dressed in blue and white silk, adorned with pink roses anil wore a linnet with forget-me-nots and roses. Mr. Whitney wjrea black Prince Albert coat. The service was ever in ten minu'ei, and Mr. an.. Mrs. Whitney walked down the aisle and weie driven to the Anchorage, the bonis of the bride, where a wedding breakfast was served t) a few intimate friends. After Many Veari Yazoo City, Miss., Sept. 30. Quite a sensation was created here Monday by the arrest of William Penick, a pros perous farmer living a few miles from here, on a charge of murder committed in 1896, at Rufsellville, Ala. The ac cused lias been a prominent citizen of this county and highly respected for many years and has raised a family of children. Struck a Kuck. Pobt TowNSni, Wash., Sept. 30. The steamship Umatilla, from San Fianclsco, struck a rock yesterday morning at the entrance of Port Dis covery bay and was run ashore to save her from linking. The Umatilla, which li valued at $50,000, I owned by the O.egon Improvement company and was eha-tered by Goodall-Perkins A Co., Captain Hunter being matter. She It titter ship to th Walla Walla. They ware built in 1801 by Roach at Chatter. WASHINGTON IS BADLY USED Tba Beautiful Ci:j of the Nation Saf fers from a Storm. PROPERTY LCSS IS VERY GREAT. DiiUMfi, ChuK-hfs. Ttientr. an 1 S e ot flic Saiii'a Hull iugi Miir- or I.r.a iiaiu ifd by a I. run Toiumlo frtm tlie K"sionof 'Hi- Vouth. 'Vakuisgtms, Oct. 1 Tiie et India rnadu, which struck Washington be tween 11 p. m.. ami midnight Tuesday right, reacted neither otiici lis nor d ploiuatic pro:wties It ripped off some of ihe copping of the White hcue and l.iid low mo-t of the historic trees in the W hite hous grounds, including the elm tree which Loic iln planted and this ifave the relic t iruiics a fruitful lield for their o;":it;on". It carried away part of the roof of t:iestated'pnrt- ment, sorei jiin d oHitv, where theofii-.-i.il d -M-uinent are , but fortunately 1- ft them iinio The costly roof . f the pntent constructed after the lip! tome tgo, was rolie I up and ditiibuted years all around the neighborhood and sky lights half an inch thick were remorse le'ly lieaten in. The naval observatory and in fact pretty well every other pub lic building 8 core or lews damaged. Diplomatic residences were not span d. That of the Freeh minister vaa left root lets, and even the substantially built embassy of Great Brittan suffered the losit of the portico. Churches and theatres suffered alike. The slate roof of the Church of tlie Cov enant, s'here president Harrisoau ed to worship, was blown down and each square slate, by a curious freak, planted itself upright on the gras park which surrounds the edifhe. Still more disas trous was the fate of the New York Presbyterian church, which Mr. Bryan recently attended. Tlie wnole tower of that edifice was reduced to matchwood and persons in search of souvenirs had do difficulty in obtaining lliem. OI'KRA 1IOCKE8 SWEHKD. Nearly every other clmrch in the city suffered more or less and their antipodes, the theatres, were equally visited. The tower of the Grand opera house, former ly Albaugh's, was blown down, fortun ately without hurting anybody. The ilebris still obstructs the whole width of one of the broadest streets in Washing ton. Several other theatres lost their roofs, in whole or in part. The new Al- baugh opera house, built on the site of Blaine's old residence where the Seward assassination was attempted, escaped injury, but the watchman's box at the corner, where, through several wintry weeks newspaper men awaited the prog ress of the last illness of the great sec retary, was caught up by the storm and crushed into splinters. The devastation wrought among the besutiful trees of the capitol was heart rending. For years the parking com mission which controls this part of the national capitol decoration had been im plored to have the redundant foliage of these trees trimmed. The reply has al ways been that there has not been a suf ficient appropriation made by congress. Now thousands of trees which would have probably weathered the storm, if reduced to 8 redundant shape, were blown up by the roots or hopelessly dis membered, and the damage done can not be replaced by an appropriation five times that usually made by congress for any one year's tree culture. There was no Iocs of life as far as know n in Washington, though a Hut of twenty-four persons seriously injured by falling branches and crumbling walls is given out by the hospitals. The total destruction of property in Washington city by the storm is esti mated at nearly half a million dollars. In Alexandria, the Virginian suburb of Washington, just across the Potomac river, the damage done by the storm is estimated at not less than $100,0 0, and at least two lives are known to have been lost. The killed are Mrs. Louisa Holt and William D. Stewart, crushed to death by falling walls. Nearly 200 houses were badly damaged by the tornado in its course. Ammonia Kxlndea. Inhianapolis, Ind., Oct. 1. A tre mendous explosion of ammonia occurred last night at the Schmidt brewery, owned by the Indianapolis Brewing company, which completely wrecked the cold storage plant, badly injured eight men and canned much damage. Tlie following were hurt, all of them be ing burned : Charles Kline, assistant manager. Edward II uen !e, chief engineer. 0 to Keyser, engineer. Rudalph Strikemeyer, night watchman. Herman Basser, night watchman. Frank Funk, Saloonkeeper. O. A. Grasso and George Dirk, who were passing along the street. It is probable that 8tickemeyer'i wounds will prove fatal, but the others will recover. Trading will ba Increased. St. PitTKRsaitRo, Oct. 1 It is an nounced here that the Russian Commer cial fleet trading with China, Japan and Carea, will shortly be increased by five large steamers. Dispute W.ll Ha Settled . London, Oct 1. The Chronicle says: There is some reason to believe that the VeneiueUn negotiations have reached a promising stage, both with reference to thi boundary dispute and an arbitra tion treaty with America. The wording of the foregoing does not suggest that the statement it inspired. Everybody believes the boundary dispute will be settled amicably, but inch itept will not be taken pending the report of ths American Veneseulan commirsion. lt-rlrvlng s.taDd Craaeea Sown. Bi'kunoton, la., Oct. 2. The cele bration of the semi-centenniaj of the rtate of Iowa was marred by an accident which narrowly misted proving serious to tl e vice president f the United S:ates. Governor Drake and other. As it is there will probably be one death. After the grand parade had formed for the ojk ning of the semi-centennial festivities yesterday morning and had covered about half of the line of March. Gov. Francis M Drake and staff, Vice P etident Aulai Stevenson and ail of t ie s ate and local officials were con ducted to a reviewing atajj. Scaicely were they seated when the stan 1 gave way with a crash and the entire structure went to the ground, a mass of brjkeu timbers. Tlie injured : K. S. Burrows, county treasurer, two .etnresnf the lea and inlernal in juries fractues of the leg and internal injuries ; now in hopjiital in criticd condition. Vice PVe-ident Stevenson, left leg b'liised and knee slight y sprained. Governor Drake, bruiaed and shaken. Ex-Go"emor Sherman, badly bruited and shaken. Secretary of State M'Karland, ankle and leg sprained. Senator Kent, of Kee county, head tut. Col. H. O. Lee, of Wap.dto, ankle sprained. Mayor Naiiman, badly bruised. Major Wyuian, of Ottuinwa, spine seri usly injured. Lalayette Voung, editor Iowa Capital, badly cut and bruised in head Fied L, Poor, city clerk, bruised and cut. Mary Lord Drake, daughter of the governor, slightly bruised. fievmour Jones, state commissioner, leg in ju led. A score of others were bruised and shocked by the fall. Women fainted and great confusion at once leigned. Governor Drake and Vice President Stevenson w ere on the front tier of seat?, and were thrown backward upon the others and escaped fatal injury, but nevertheless were badly shaken up and considerably brui.-ed. Ex-Governot Sherman was in the rear of the stand and fell at the very bottom of the mass. He was found with a heavy timber across his legs and a piank renting on his neck and back. The sufferers were conveyed to hos pitals and hotels and their iujuries prompliy attended to. The stand was a private aff lir, hastily constructed, and had not been inspected like the others. The crowd was warned not to go on it, as the officials were all who wei'j intended to occupy it, and for them it was sufficiently strong, but a rush was made and the stand went down. Serious as it was, it had its funny side. Governor Drake, with his hat pulled over his ears, was found sit ting in the lap cf Vice President Steven son. The latter's hat was also crushed over his face and neither could move un til help came. Governor Drake recover ed from his bruises and shaking up suf ficienfly to deliver a short address at the Coiliseum this af errioon. Ex-Governor Sherman, owing to his age, may be seriously hurt, although he claims 'o be only badly bruised and shaken up. ntrike Sllll on. Vancouver, B. C, Oct. No change yet in the situation, was the rejily made today by General Simerin tendent Abott to an inquiry regarding the telegraphers' strike on the Canadian P c fic railway. Mr. Abott futher stat ed that he had received a large number of pplicatious for vacant positions an ticipated no difficulty in filling all the vacancies on his division before many days. A circular has been jiosted up at all stations giving the strikers twenty f n r hours within which to return to a. rk. It now transpires that the main pur pose of the operators committee at montreal seeking an interview with the general management resulting in the strike was to have their organization recognized at headquarters because, un til such recognition was afforded, it would have been absolutely libelees foi each division to act independently in compliance witn the company's rule. A special train arrived at Vancouver today from the east occupied by Edward A. Adams, chairman of the reorganiza tion committee of the Northern Pacific, Arthur G. Winne, a Berlin banker, E. W W iuter, president, and other officials of the Niiithern Pacific. They stated that they hat1 experienced no incon veni. nee or delay in their trip acrosi the continent by reason of the strike, which they said had no apparent effect on Gallic. Leadvllle Strike Not OIT Yet. Lkadvillk, Colo., Oct. 2. As already stated in these dispatches it is evident that the miners' union will take the ad vice given them by Edward Boyce, the lederation president, "to stick out the strike." As a result, the mine managers will gradually start up titer properties with as many men as they can secuie until the strike is declared off. The most important step in this direction is the announcement by the managers ol the Ibex, Resurrection, Bison and Mapala mining comanies that tbey in tend to resume. None of these proper lies will acceede the demands of the union, but the managers state that they are securing enough men here and from the outside to run their mines. At all of the properties cleaning up and prepara tory work has been commenced. This combination can furnish employment to six hundrtd men. Beat a Ulrl to Death. Hoi a ati, O., Oct 2 The home ol Mrs. R, P. Richer, a widow operating a farm near here, wat the scene of a bloody tragedy Wednesday night. Nathan R. Spellman, the hired man, had been rep rimanded by Mrs. Ricker for intoxica tion, and while her back was turned he beat her daughter, Anna, aged 20, over the head with a sadiron. The girl died from her injuries. Spellman cut hit throat with a rator immediately after the crime and lived but a short time. ABOUT THE BIG STORM The West India Hnrrcane Leavet Death iu iti Path- MOST DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR YEARS Southern Seahound Slatri Suffer Fearfully r rom the Worm S-lp H reeked, Rail roads Torn op. Towna Ievatatd nod Hundred of Ltvet Lot. Savannah, Ga., Oct 3 A letter from Ce-iar Keys, Fla., dated October 1, says: The West India hurricane, of which the weather bureau gave warning,struck fVitir Is'ova ot ul.iiiit ?-"?U n'eWlr Tnpa- I .1 : . f I. P"' 'uru'" "u ol wrcLV Ug6 and devastation in itS wake. It It by far the most destructive storm that has ever visited this portion of he gulf coast in twenty years and the property loss is immense. Though warning had been given nothing indicated a blow ol unusual severity. Up to 11 o'clock the night was calm and quiet. At that hour a moderate breeze sprang up from the eastward, increasing gradually until a thirty-mile wind was blowing. About 4 a. in. it blew a perfect tornado and suddenly changed to the southwest, bringing in a perfect deluge of water, the tide rising two feet higher than it did in the memorable gale of 1894, which, was at the time said to be the severest storm on record. At 7 o'clock an immense tidal wave came in f torn the south, carrying de struction with it. Boats, wharves and small houses were hurled upon the shore and breaking into fragments, covered the streets with wrecnage, rendesing them almost impassable while the tor rents of water rushing through the open space would take the strongest man off his feet. At 10 a. m. the worst was over, the wind subsided, the water began to recede and by 2 b. m. people could begin reckoning up the losses and clearing away the wreckage. The property loss is very heavy. Aside frora direct damage from the storm, while the gale was at its height, fire broke out in the Bottini house and it burned. The winds totally demolished the large, handsome Methodist Episco pal church south, the Cedar Keys high school building, Christian church and three colored churches, several private residences and all the fish houses except one. The Florida Central & Peninsular railroad is a heavy loser, as all the track trestling is washed away for a distance of three and a half miles. It will pro bably be a month before trains run through. The adjoining island of Atseina Otie also Buffered considerably, the Faber company being the principal losers. Their storage -room, with- about 8,108 cases of cedar ready for shipment, wai washed away and the ce lar has gone to sea. They also lost the office building and contents, wnarf and cedar logs. Bad as the loss of property is, it is feared that the next few days wil' reveal a de plorable loss of life. So far as, beard from up to t nursday, eighteen persons have been drowned Of the whites six belonged to one family, a mother, four children and a niece. The Mary Eliza, a sponging schooner, came in at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. She reported that at dark Monday night nearly 100 vessels were anchored on the sponge bars and at daylight yesterday morning not one was in sight. Soms may have made harbors at other points, but many have gone down. At 7 p. m., Wednesday, part of ths crew of the sponger Rosalia came in their small dingys and reported tha their schooner had capsized and sunk off shore and four men had been drcwni ed. Much anxiety is felt in regard to fishermen, some encamped on small isalnds along the coast and others who left for camps yesterday. The result of the storm will be partic ularly disastrous to those engaged in the fish industry, which had opened up with the most flattering prospects for a suc cessful season, cut off from shipment by railroad. They will lose at least I month of their best time and cannot hops to do more than pay expenses. Powers Back Turkey. Bkrlin, Oct. 3. A ConstantinopU dispatch to the Tageblatt says that th( Ihdam, a journal of the Turkish govern ment, publishes an inspired statement that France and Ruisia are resolved t maintain the integrity of Turkey and the status quo in the east. It declares, that Austria concurs in this line of pol icy. The statement refers to an article published in the semi-official North Ger man Gazette to the effect that Ger many supported the sultan and to the fact that Baron von Saurma-Jeltscb, the German ambassador to Turkey, pre sented a photograph of Emperor Will iam to the sultan a few days ago "as a proof of German friendship for Turkey. London, Oct. 3. The Vienna corre spondent of the Daily Mail telegraph! that the powers have agreed upon a paci fic settlement of the eastern question which Is honorable to all parties. He adds that the agreement amply guaran tees the future security of the Armen ians. The Chronicle will today publish a diipatch from Berlin laying that th Russian Black e fleet la cruising forty five miles northeaat of the Bosphoru. andthat it it in constant communica tion with the lighthouse at Klla, thirty miles east of the Bosporous. Strike May Kad todajr. Montreal, Oct. 3 It wst learned last night that there it a likelihood ol tha Canadian Pacific railway itrike reach ing a satisfactory settlement today by which all the striken will , return to work on the condition that their griev ance be at once considered by the divl sion luperintsndent, and that lift drest ii not obtained they may apptal to the management. Asaittant Onto) Pierson of the order of railway lajf grapheri, claims the men will obtain substantial victory.