K
It Is Worth About $75 as Old -
Spent to
Tlio "America cup," or to speak more
accurately, the "Hundred Guinea Cup."
Is nt Tiffany', In New York. Millions
of dollain have been spent during the
autumn In the content for Us posses
sion, and this f.ict furnishes a strange
nuomaly, for tho cup I not Intrinsic
ally valuable. If It could tell Its own
story, It would have something like
the following to say:
"When Sir Thomas Upton, tho tea
man, tried to win me away from the
United States, it will bo the tenth
tlmo an effort of that hind has been
mado In forty-eight years. It seems
that I am ns desirable to sportsmen as
tho golden fleece was to tho Argonauts.
Eleven times two nations have been
wildly excited over these contests,
which havo cost enough to build a do
"cent navy for each one of them.
"Ami what Is It nil about. I am only
'a little old mlsihnpcn silver mug, of
no particular design, and so out of date
and commonplaco that n first-class
'Joweler in these days would be asham
ed to confeaH me as h!a workmanship.
.Tho bottom Is out of me, my carving
,13 Inferior, and If melted down I would
'bo worth Just $75. A Junk dealer
.would think hnrd before offering that.
"What In the world nm I that you
should mako so much fuss ovor me?
Really, I feel quite bored over all this
attention, for, In confidence, I am of
no value at all, and my career has
been quiet. I wna made by H. & R.
Gerard, on Panton street, London, on
a hurry order when the yacht Amorl-
THE "AMERICA CUP," SIR THOMAS
ca came over In 1851 and beat our
English regatta at Cowes. It was not
a colobratod firm, and tho workmen
only ordinary. Ono of them said ho
thought I ought to be fashioned in the
ctyje of Henry II, and another thought
a Henry HI design more suitable, so
1 am a sort of mixture. I had no Idea
that I should become an Internationa)
prizo then, nor did tho men who or
dered me dream of my coming Import
ance. Aa a matter of fact tho firm re
received Just $525 for me, and now I
could bo duplicated for $150.
"I weigh 134 ounces, nm 27 inches
tall, measure 3G inches around tho
waist and 24 nt tho base. Tho decora
tive work on mo Is very simple, but I
prldo myself that my lines hare an
aristocratic appearance, my Up Ib cer
tainly curved gracefully and my neelc
beautiful. One thing moro. Many call
mo tho Queen's cup, because I was
bought by the committee of tho Royal
yacht squadron, but this Is wrong, for
when tho gentlemen took mo oft the
ii ihelf In Gerard's office, I distinctly
heard them say, 'This is to bo known
-.s tho hundred guinea cup,' and that's
tvhat I used to be called on both sides."
Nevertheless, thousands of persons
from nil over America will como to
'few York shortly, and, standing bo
loro tho Tiffany window on Broadway,
razo nt this mug long and deferentially
for, after nil, it is tho most historic
trophy of Its kind lu existence, and ha.
0
m
Silver, But Millions Have Been
Win It.
cost so much money that It gives your
ordinary American n thrill to think of
It. Such enormous minis havo certainly
never been cpout before on a like ob
ject. A member of the Now York Yarht
club In looking ovor tho Inscriptions
on the cup the other day to refresh
his reminiscences of tho bygone con
tests, figured roughly that the English
men had spent In tho neighborhood of
$1,000,000 In behalf of this trophy, and
tho Americans probably a little more,
owing to the expenses Incident to tho
trial races. This, of course, Includes
only tho money spent In striving for
and defending tho cup. When you ng
ure on the expense of tho public In wit
nessing and betting on the races, an
approximate estimate Is Impossible.
The challengers find a heavy expeuso
In rigging their vessel for nea travel.
This Is CEiiontlal owing to tho condi
tions Inld down by George L. Schuyler,
who re-deeded tho cup to tho N. Y. Y.
C, In 1SS2.
"Owing to the present and Increas
ing size of ocean steamers," said Mr.
Schuyler, "It would bo quite foaslblo
for an American, English or French
club to transport on their decks yachts
of large tonnage. This might bo avail
ed of In such a way that tho match
would not bo a test of sea-going qual
ities, ns well as speed, which would
essentially detract from tho lntorcat
of n national competition.
Mr. Schuyler thcrcforo Inserted this
clause in tho deed:
LIPTON, AND SOME OF THE MEN
TROPHY IN THE PAST.
Vessels Intending to compete for
this cup must proceed under sail on
their own bottoms to tho port whore
tho contest is to tnke place.".
Tho only thing ubout the cup Itself,
however, that tells of these millions
spent on account of It arc tho inscrip
tions, carved in different atyles and
type. In looking back fifty years these
brief legends Inspire awe in the heart
of tho veteran yachtsman. They tell
him of ono strugglo after another
when tho country was all In a fluttei
over tho approach of a challenger, nnd
when it seemed sure that Yankee su
premacy on the water would be snatch
ed away by tho Britisher. On each oc
casion the result of the contests has
been tho same. Tho nearest that the
gamo challengers have ever beon to
tho cup is to look at it In Tiffany's (
W.U1UOW, or perchance view it on the
banquet tables of the Now York Yacht
club house.
Tiffany is now concerned as to whore
ho will carve those Inscriptions. There
Is only ono small panol below tho six
large shields about tho body of the cur
that is not filled. On theso shield U
told the story of tho trophy. And the
narrative has taken all the space avail
able thoro for tho inscriptions, also on
tho panols underneath, wlth.tho excep
tion of one, leaving Just enough room
to contain tho account of thin year's
races should thcro be moro tbin two.
firs i
That number can bo crowded In
and ot 111 lcavo spaeo for anothor con
test. More than that will 1111 the cup.
Of all tho challengers tho meat per
slstent havo been .tames Ashbury and
Lord Dunravcn. Sir ThomaB Upton
has been quoted as vowing his Inten
tion to win this cup If he spends his
entire fortune In tho attempt. Each
year tho endeavor becomes moro
costly.
Mr. Ashbury determined to havo n
try for tho cup In 18t8, when his vessel,
the Cambria, beat tho Sappho around
the Kilo of Wight, but ho did not get
tho match arranged until two years la
ter. It cost him $10,000 to build the
Cambria, and of the fourteen American
yachts which inced her the Magic won.
Sho stood her owners $35,000. Twenty
thousand spectators, witnessed the first
of thw-e races, and lota of money was
lost on the Cambria, which had been
loudly heralded. Other races wore run
at Newport, and It was sulllclently
demonstrated that the English boat
was outclassed. Nothing daunted the
Englishmen mado an expedition tho
next year In quest of tho cup with the
Livonia. Ho spent $J0,000 on her.
Franklin Osgood put $35,000 In tho Co
lumbia, which was selected to meet
the challenger, and sho won two races.
On tho third she lost her flying Jib-stay
and Anally her steering gear broke,
compelling the crew to take In her
main sail. Even with this rig the Li
vonia heat her only by flfteoii minutes
and ten seconds. Tho Sappho, built at
a cost of $30,000, then took tho Colum
bia's placo and proceeded to clinch our
hold on tho cup. Mr. Ashbury wanted
to tnko It willy nllly, however, and
claimed the trophy on tho following
basis: Tho second race because the
Columbia went on wrong sldo of tho
stake boat; the third raco when Ll
vonln beat Columbia, and tho sixth
WHO HAVE DATTLED FOR THE
,
and seventh races because no boat was
on hand to meet tho Livonia. Ho nc
cused the club of unfair treatment and
left with unpleasant memories.
In 187C tho Canadians tried conclu
sions with tho Countess of Dufferln,
which cost $35,000, and tho Mndolelnc,
a $40,000 yacht, took care of her. Fivo
years then elapsed when tho Atlanta
camo down through tho Erlo canal
and met tho Mischief; got it, too. Tho
former coet $15,000 and tho latter cost
$30,000.
Tho year 1885 was a gala year for
racing. The English determined that
they would get back tho old mug that
for years had been resting in Tiffany's
vaults covered with cement and ac
quiring ago and dignity. Sir Richard
Sutton spent $35,000 on building th.o
Genesta, and Lieut. W. Henn about
$10,000 less on tho Galatea. The for
mer came over first. To meet her
James Gordon Rennet and William P,
Douglas, flag officers or tho N. Y, Y. C.,
gave orders to A. Cory Smith to build
fho Prlscllla at an expense of $25,000.
Vt tho same tlmo Boston yachtsmen
ycro aroused to tho task and headed
by Gen. Paine, they turned out the
crack Puritan. Sho represented $35,
000 nnd walked away from tho Gen
esta. Lieut. Henn next year brought ovor
his xuttor. and tho .Bostonianw. again
took the lead and built the Mayflower
for $10,000. Tho Now Yorker spont a
like amount on (he Atlantic, nnd tho
Prlscllln and Puritan cost $10,000 each
as trial hor?cu.
Yacht racing by this time In becom
ing moro expensive, nnd wo llnd
Mz-ssrs. Clark nnd Hell spending $."0,
000 In 1SS7 to win back this old pic
of silverware. Hut the ThNtlo Is beat
en by tho Volunteer, which coat her
owners $55,000, nnd the llrltons worn
so much discouraged Hint they let .dx
yenr.i elapse before having another try
for tho cup. in 1SH.1 came Lord Dun
raven's challenger, and four buiU
were built on this sldo to guard the
mug. llostoii fuinlfheu the .Jubilee
and Pllgilin, costing respectively $50.
000 and $10,000, while t Oliver Isellu
nnd other Now Yorkers Invested $125,
000 In tho Vigilant and $50,000 on the
Colonln. Thu Vlgllant's extra cxpens-1
was duo grvatly to her bronze bottom.
Tho Valkyrie stood nunr.ivcn $75,000.
The trophy Is kept In n largo vault
year In and year out, and only lontov
ed on great occasions to tho club
house, whero it Is taken with solemn
pomp. It Is regarded as so Immense
ly pioclons by tho members thnt to
speak of It as an "old mug" they con
sider rank desecration. No more will
thoy allow It to be hnndlod, and so It
wns only by chance n few years ugo
thnt tho cup wna discovered to be hot
tunilctrf. The commodore, as n mighty
honor to a Urltlsh guest, ordered tho
stewnid to fill It with wine, to drink t
the foreigner's health. The steward
cracked the bottle, but lo and behold
tho wine gushed out tho other end,
much to everyone's amazement, and
overflowed many an evening dross. No
one hail dared before to turn the bot
tom up or they would havo neon that
tho base, which unscrews, hai a hole
thrco Inches In dlnnictcr. Either the
English sllvenmltr.d Intended It this
way or did not have time to put In n
bottom.
nOYALTY TRAVELS INCOGNITO
Noiliu of (tin Aililncn hr Vllilt'll r'(ii!n
of l(iinl .rn Uiiumii.
It has heroine the habit of people of
distinction In Europe to travel under
nssunicd names lu older thnt thoy may
nvold coiisplciimMiuss. which nt ttir.i'i
becomes annoying. Their custom Is t
ndnpt for tho tlmo being such a title
as they may select, of a lower rank
than thnt which by birth they havo the
right to hold. Quoon Victoria takes
her Incognito title from her favorite
residence. As countess of Balmoral
she now visits tho sunny Hhortvi of
France each year. 1)0111)1108 the ninny
happy recollections connected with her
Scottish homo Influenced her decision
in lh matter, for ever hftM IS" J b
has assumed the style of the ehntulaltio
of Ilalmoral when abroad; before that
dnto sho traveled ns the countess if
Kent, which title tho duchess of Edin
burgh slnco 1874 him occasionally 'is
Eiimod when In England. Tho prlnco
of Wales hss several incognito titles,
the earl of Chester being perhnps tho
one he uses most frequently. Ho hiw
sometimes traveled as duke of Corn
wall, Earl Carrlck and Baron Renfrew.
Princess Bcntrlco takes the title of
Lady Carlsbrookc slnco her appoint
ment ns governor of the Islo of Wight
on tho death of her husband. Thcro Is
Infinite pathos In the Bight of a refined-looking,
ind-faced woman who
moves quietly about Paris during hor
frequent visits, clud in tho black, trail
ing robes which show that sho Is a
widow and bereaved mother. This is
tho Countess de Plorrcfonda, who as
sumes tho title as her Incognito, but
whom tho world known best as Eu
genlo, cx-emprcss of thu French. Queon
Natalie of Servla Is never bo well
pleased as when rho thrown off hor
royal tltlos for a while u'nd assumes
cne of tho ninny nppcllntlons of lower
rank to which sho Is entitled. The
king of tho Uelgluns travels an Count
Rlvcusteln, invariably putting up nt
his hotel In Paris with far less hustle
than that which tho arrival of an or
dinary foreign count would entail. Tho
king of Sweden travels as Count de
Ilnvu. It wan under this title that he
stnyod at Cannes last spring. Tho pres
ent czar nnd czarina havo never yet
traveled Incognito.
Training Ung to Anlit Hiitlef I'nrllri.
For tho last live- years a society
founded under tho auspices of Hcrr
Dungurtz, tho nnlmul painter, has been
training Scotch shepherd dogs to assist
tho relief parties in discovering tho
whereabouts of wounded In battle, and
a few days ago the general In command
of tho ambulance maneuvers in con
nection with the Eighth German Army
Corps, near Coblentz, allowed four of
these sagacious creatures to tako part
In tho exercises. Their value was
abundantly proved, for they trucked
down In a few minutes a scoro of men
so concealed that tho bearers could
never havo discovered them in day
light, much lesB nt night. Herr Bun
gartz gavo a lecturo at tho closo of tho
proceedings on tho breeding and edu
cation of theso dogs of war, and sev
eral regiments arc keeping small packs
on their own account.
Need fit Good Jtoudi.
Atlanta Constitution: Far-sighted
men in every part of the country aro at
length waking up to tho importanco of
good roads and are doing everything
In their power to convlnco tho country
thnt good roads must bo constructed
btforo national progress can bo mark
ed. Hence, in Justice to the Interests
of tho farmers, who aro directly and
immediately nffected, it is of tho ut
most importanco that good roads
should bo mado the burden of thought
ful consideration In every state in tho
union.
There nro 4,200 spcclo3 of plants used
for commercial purposes. Of theso 420
aro used for perfume.
II MNT PAI1AC
American Forcos In Luron Oct Uio Hotter
of Insurgont Tronps.
THE ENEMY AGAIN Till TO MUTE
Wlirnlrr, Wlirulon nnd MwArtlitir In
Ulinrc" ' III" Troop lliiRiqeil I'cw
I.oii' on (liu AiiH'rliMii Mdu rrrpu
thIIuii for Ollivr I'nm.ircl Mutriiii'iiln,
MANILA, Sept. 21). Tho movement
ngnlust Pornc, about eight miles from
Bncolor, In Pampnnga province, which
began at daybreak thla morning, Is
conducted pursonully by Gcnernl Mac
Arthur. General Wheeler, with thu
Ninth regiment nnd n battery, wan ad
vancing by two roads, while- General
Whenton, coniinnndlng the Twelfth
and Seventeenth regiments, lu moving
to block the Inniirgeuts from retreat
ing to tho north. The Thlrty-ulxth
regiment iiccompaulco General Mac
Arthur. Firing has begun near Angelca.
Two Filipino majors cninii lo th)
American lines Inht night with mes
sages regarding tho American prluon
eru, who were to arrive this morning.
They ahio requested permission for
Gcnernl Alcjuudrluo, one colonel nnd
two lieutenant colonels to visit Gen
eral Otis. They woro refused entrnncd
to tho Amerlcnn lines until noon Frl
day on account of today's tight, nnd
General Alojnndrlno nlono will be al
lowed to visit General Otis.
Tho Insurgents recently entrenched
and garrisoned tho town of Paoto, on
Lngunn do Bay, In tho province of
Lagunn. Subsequently Captain Lnr
lum, commanding the gunboat Nupl
dan, lnnded for a conference with thu
citizens. As ho was proceeding up tha
mnln street of tho town with n squad
he was received wltti n volley from a
hidden trench. Tho party tetreatod to
their bont under cover of the butldlngj
nnd regained their vchscI. Tho Napi
daa then bmnbnrdcd the tiench for nu
hour, completely destroying It.
Genorul MacArthur entered Porno
nftcr an hour'u fight lug. Tho Ameri
can loss was ullght and the Insurgent
loss Is not kiiown. The enemy lied
northward. When tho Americana en
tered tho town they found it prac
tically deserted.
Tho attacking party moved on Pornc
in two colu.iina. Tho Ninth Infantry,
with two guns from Santa Rita, waa
commanded by General Wheeler, nnd
tho Thlrly-slxth Infniilry, under
Colonel Bell, with one gun, accom
panied General MacArthur from San
Antonio. Both columns struck Mm
town nt 9 o'clock nnd opened a brink
flro, which wns replied to by thu
enemy for half nn hour. Then tho In
surgent! lied nnd the Americans
marched over their trenches and took
possrnelon of Urn place. Just before
the fight Smith's command, nt Angelen,
made a demonstration by firing nrtll
lery up tho railroad track
Useum reported ono casualty and
Bell reported four of his oommund
wounded. Tho artillery did not havo
any mon Injured.
Today's movement was n strategical
success, and resulted In tho possession
of Porne. nnd tho clearing of several
miles of country thereabout. Thn
columns, ono from Santa Rita and tho
other from Ban Antonio, united beforo
Pornc, according to program, stretch
ing around tho place for sorno miles.
The insurgents are estimated to
havo numborcd 600 men. Ten dead
Filipinos wcro found, nnd the captain
and commlssnry of tho Mnscnrnos
command wore taken prisoners. Tha
American loss In flvo killed, but thoro
were mnny prostrations from tho heat.
Tho Englishmen from tho Insurgent
lines report thnt tho Filipinos nt Bam
ham hnvo 7,000 now Japanese rifles.
FORMAL WELCOMc TO DEWEY.
riio (Irrut City Ilrllll.intly Decked In lilt
Honor.
NEW YORK. Sept. 29. New York
rrc.a decked brilliancy In honor of tho
gallant nallor who Is waiting nt her
gate. Had an ocean of color awopt
through the city, Its ebbing tldo could
not hnvo stained tho street!! mora
brilliantly. Hundreds of miles of rod,
white nnd bluo bunting covered tho
noble fncadC3 of Brondwny and Fifth
avenuo, nnd a million (lags flutter over
tho town. Not oven tho churches
hnvo escaped the universal decora
tions. Tho doors nnd gothlc windows
of old Trinity on Lower Broadway
nre gracefully draped with tho na
tional colors, nnd In Ancient Trinity
graveyard the tomb of that gallant
sailor, who, dying, Issued tho com
mand, "Don't glvo up tho ship," lies
shrouded In tho silken folds of the
flag for which ho died.
A million visitors nre hero to par
ticipate in the glorious celebration.
Every road Is pouring in n steady
stream until tho streets are crowded
morning and night, tho surf nee and
elevated cars are filled to overflowing,
and tho hotel corridors aro Jammed
with visitors.
The pally appnrclled soldlora of
many states, who nro to tako part In
tho land parade on Saturday, began
trooping In today, and there was no
hour when uniformed men were not
moving In some quarter of tho city to
the sound of flfo nnd drums and horns.
mil n Tlionnnncl lVoplr.
LONDON, Sept. 29. Tho Echo todny
sayo tho Grcok government wan In
formed yesterday that tho sovoio
shock of earthquake around Smyrna
killed 1,000 persons. Injured 800 nnd
demolished 2,000 houses and two
villages.
To Pncicred Turn Itord.
PORTLAND, Mo., Sept. 29. Amos U
Allen, formerly prlvato secretary to
Thomas B. Reed, was nominated for
congress by tho republicans of the
First Maine district In convention here
todny. In his speech of acenptnnco
he came out squarely In favor of sup
porting tho president In tho prosecu
tion of tho wnr In tho Philippines.
Tho democrats of tho First Maine
congressional district today nominated
Luther F. McKlnney of Brldgeton, for
tho scat amde vacant by tho resigna
tion of Thomas B. Reed.
"WELCOulZ IKKtIE" IN nitf.
ruotrorlit nnd llltinilnulliini In New
York lliirliorn Orrnt I'riitnro.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Tho np
pcaranco of New York harbor laBt
night could bo compared to n elrclo
of Intense light with tho wnr shlpu
off Tompklnsvlllo ns tho hub from
which thu brllllnucy rudlnted. Tho
bay hns never before had na brilliant
or picturesque n display of continu
ous Illumination nn thnt seen Inst
night, nor has thn Intercut manifested
by tho shoro dwellers been moro
manifest.
Beginning nt tho Brooklyn bridge,
with Its Hiring of white electric llghtB
punctuated nt Inter vnls with red nnd
green-colored arc Mgunl lamps, tho
liuinoiiHely brilliant motto, "Wulcomo
Dewey," was suspended us It wcro In
midair. Looking from tho bridge
townrd tho Jersey const slmllnr slgna
cold bo distinctly lend on tho gate
way of the rallrondn thnt nro bringing
thoMindu to swell tho pnun of wel
come to tho returning wflrrlor.
Further down tho bay on tho Brook
lyn" side was tho snmo llory "Wut
t'omo" mid also on Htnton Island, At
tho portal to tho city shono out In
letters of tho brightest light the snmo
hearty greeting, "Welcome- Homo,"
flnukcd by linmeiisa lllumlnnted
Amerlcnn llngu Hint could bo neon for
ml leu.
Tho residents nt Qunrantlno gnri
for tho benefit of tho imllorH on thi
sill pa a dlhplny of ureworko, which
wan followed by other patriotic real
dnntH nlong tho Brooklyn and Now
Jersey consto. After theso displays of
flroworka tho Olympla and Now York
gave an exhibition with their aenrch
llghts, lighting up passing craft and
picking out in brilliant relief many
of tho pretty wooded spots on tht
Stnton Ulnnd hills.
DEWEY'S GOING TO MANILA.
Senator 1'rodur Itulnta Incident, WMoh
I'ri'ddrnl Itnmrnilirrt.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Senator
Proctor of Vermont told today tho
story of his Intorcst In having Admiral k
(then commodore) Dowcy assigned to .
tho Asiatic (.quadron. Ho said that
when tho question of a commander
for the Asiatic station wan undor dis
cussion ho went to tho president to
recommend Dowcy for thn poBt.
"I saw tho president last Tuesday,"
said tho senator, "In regard to this
very mutter. Ho remembered tho con
versation wo ..ad qultu distinctly nnd,
to my mirpise, in detail. 1 liau spok
en of the lighting qualities of Dowcy
and MoKlnley replied: "Yes, but nil
naval olllcors nro llghtciH.' Then 1
said that was true, but that Dowoy wan
lnvcl-hcnded and tunt ho could tako
care of his country and his country's
Interest, no matter how far uway ho
might bo ticnt. Mr. McKluloy remem
bered nil this porfcctly. iiila Boemcu
to have iioinu effect on tho president,
for ha wroto onto a card theso words:
"Secretary Long Assign Commodore
Dowoy to Asiatic squuuron.
"WM. M'KlNLl5Y..tafc
"Tho president placed tlilB note muo-
hind hlu inkstnnd on his desk. Tliot
ho said to me: "Senator, that Is fixed,'
I told Dcwoy of this soon nftorward
and Dowey said: 'I will celobrato this.
1 tl givo you a dinner.' I told Dewoy
that ho did not owo mo nnythlng, but
uh ho wus an old friend of mine 4
would cat his dinner nnd I did."
C0NQUER.NG BEAR IS DEAD.
Grlulrd Hlonx Ilrttro Step l'rom Mots
'ur to lluupy limiting Ground!.
OMAHA, Sept. 9. Conquering Boar,
the grizzled warrior of tho Ogallnla
Sioux, lu dead. Tho old bravo fell a
victim to tho onward march of civiliza
tion and lest his life becnuso ho wna
unaccustomed to tho ways of tho city.
Ho wan riding down town from tho
Exposition grouda in company with
another member of hla trlbo about 3
o'clock. At Nineteenth nnd Cuming
street tho other indlan nllghtcd from
the car without letting tho old ,mnn
know It. As soon na Conquering Bear
saw that hla companion had loft tho
car ho stepped off and tm tho cur wan
ut full speed he wan hurled In a heap
on tho Etono pavement and nevor
mado a motion of Hfo afterward.
The umbulnnca was called from tho
exposition und tho body removed. A
physlclnn did all In his power to re
vive tho Indian, but hlu efforts woro in
vln. Theio wero no bad wounds on
his porson nnd no Indication that hlH
okull hnd been fractured. Tho doctor
gave It aa ills opinion that ho came
to his death from a shock to hla brain.
His heart action was good, but ho
seemed unable to breatho. Fifteen
minutes nftcr he was brought to tho
hospital ho was pronounced dead.
hundred! of lives lost.
I)IIU or Flood DUattert In India 11 f
glnnlns to Co mo In.
CALCUTTA, Sept. 29. Lieutenant
Governor Sir John Woodburn an
nounced to the council yesterday that
400 lives woro lost through tho floods,
at Darjeollng, cupltal of tho district
of that name, in addition to those
drowned on tho plains.
Great havoc has been caused nt
Kurseong. Tho Margarotchopo estate
lost 100 acres and tho Mealund factory
waa doatroyed. Some coolloa woro
buried in tho ruins of the manager's
house, which was partially destroyed.
The Avongrove estate lost thirty acres,
and 4,000 tea bushes. Tho coolie
houses were swept away and many
persons wcro killed, but tho exact
number Js not known.
WOOD AND COMRADES DEAD.
Kejort Jtuut'lio Manilla of rate of Cap
lured (liuilmil' Crow,
MANILA, Sept. 29. It is reported
from a porson Just arrived from Tur
dac that Naval Cadet Wood, who vu
lu chargo of tho gunboat recently
captured and destroyed by tho Insur
gents In tho Oranl river, on tho north
west elde of Manila bay, where she
was patrolling, and flvo of tho enlisted
men composing tho crew, woro killed
lu the fight previous to tho destruction
at the vessel.
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