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OMAHA DAILY BEE
JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , THURSDAY OCTOHER 1 1890. FIVE CENTS.
HAVOC IN FLORIDA
Hurricane Does Its Most Deadly Work in
the Southern Peninsula.
FIFTY PERSONS ARE PROBABLY KILLED
Path of Destruction Covers Some Twenty
Towns und Villages.
CEDAR KEYS IS WRECKED AND ISOLATED
Carload of DrickJh-Ono Ploco Taken Up
and Ecattcfcd by the Wind.
JACKSONV.LLE SUSTAINS VAST DAMAGE
GiiUHtriurn All Hie Smaller I'luccn
ui'iil IVorkN llulti In tlirlltK City
I.ONMi'M Kltfiiruil ui Tvto
MllllOllN. I
I * f JACKSONVILLI3 , Fla. , Sept. 30. The
'
* great hurricane of yesterday' worked vast
damage In this city. The ful iextent of
the losses will not bo known for several
days. In the business and residence sec
tions there was not a building that escaped
serious damage. Every church , hospital ,
nsylum and school biilldlng In the city was
more or less damaged. The most complete
wreck was the Second Baptist church. The
tower at the northeast corner was blowii
down , carrying with It a portion of th eastern
wall , The spire ot St. John's Episcopal churcli
was partially blown down. The second
Presbyterian church was unroofed and the
root carried some distance away. The spires
of the cathedral of St. John the Baptist
were badly damaged. St. Philip's African
Methodist Episcopal church suffered more
severely than any other church edifice In
the city. The steeple ot the church was
demolished by the storm of 1S93 and was
restored. The steeple fell yesterday , fall
ing northward across the body of the church
and crushing it In. The church appears to
bo almost a wreck. The Sa-
vanah hospital was unroofed and
the rot rolled up and carrteJ
Into the yard. The Georgia Infirmary was
nlso unroofed. The Savannah , Florida &
Western railway suffered the greatest loss.
The passenger depot Is a total wreck. Six
now pnllman cars , which were In the shed
when It collapsed , were overturned and
badly damaged , the loss amounting to sev
eral thousand dollars on these cars alone.
The new office building of the Central o ?
Georgia railway ami the long freight shed
Were badly damaced by the storm.
FIFTY DEAD IN FLORIDA.
MEMPHIS , Sept. 30. A special to the
Commercial-Appeal from Jacksonville , Fla. ,
says : It Ifl a. conservative estimate to say
that fifty people have lost tholr lives In
Florida from yesterday's hurricane and the
number may run much lilgher. News from
" t'ortlon of the state wlnSrottoe storm
truck is very slow In comlnc In. for
KM. th'o v&tta are down and railroads are Im
' ' - - -wuin
. passible. Wrecking partlco'whltSnwuin
out This morning have not returned and It
will bo tomorrow before the full extent oi
the damage Is known.
The hurricane struck Florida at Cedar
Keys and It passed In Its path .of destruc
tion over twenty towns and villages , and
reports show that between thirty and forty
people have certainly been killed. Ccduv
Keys Is about 100 miles southwest of Jack
sonville. The hurricane , which had been
churning the waters of the gulf , first struck
this place , a village of 1.500 Inhabitants.
The only report which ha& come concern
ing Cedar Keys Is that the town has been
swept away and many lives have been lost.
Tills report came from Gainesville , wh ch
Is fifty miles away. Nobody has been able
to get anything direct from Cedar Keys.
Moving northeasterly , the storm struck
Wllllston , a small town , where eleven houses
were blown down , ono person killed and sev
eral so badly Injuied that It Is expected
they will die. Near hero Is a large turpen
tine , farm , where atate convicts are employed.
Twenty of these were huddled Jo-
° r * " '
walsl blown across" the cabin and
six of the convicts were crushed to death ,
lu Alachua county the storm did /rlghttu /
work. In Gainesville the Methodist chuich
and about twenty residences and business
houses were destroyed and quite n number
of people were hurt , but no fatalities arc
reported. At La Crosse. fifteen buildings
wore destroyed. Rev. W. A. Barr. Mrs. K
Mclntosh aii'l her baby are reported kll.ed.
Near there four laborers , who were In a
cabin at a turpentine farm , were crushed
by falllnc trees. Newbcrry Is totally
wrecked. C. J. Kastlln. Mrs. Nancy Moss.
Frank Olrastead and David Jones were
BOX CAR WENT TOO.
At Hluh Springs , Melissa Warcn , James
Morris and Salllo Nobles , colored women ,
are reported killed. At this place a number
of people took rcfugo In a box car which
was In the path of the tornado , It was
blown along Iho track and then wrecked
nnd every person In It was badly Injured
Steve Mason and George Johnson havt
since died , . ,
At Grucey , a email place , twelve TTouses
wore blown down , a woman was killed , but
a babe nt her breast was unhurt , although
It had been carried some distance by the
force of UVQ wind. At Lnko Butler. Brad
ford county. Mr. C. H. Harkcy
Mr J. M. 'Kutch and her Infant wore
fatally hurt. Many buildings were
blown down. At ' this plac
the wind blew to pieces two cars loailci
with brick , ami Henry Sullivan , a nesro
who was 300 yards away , was killed by bolnt ,
struck by ono of the ( lying bricks. On Jmlgr
3 Ic'jards ' tuirentlne. 'i-m , four convict
were Hilled by falling trees. In Bake
county four towns were almost totall
destroyed. They nro McLenny , Sanderson
Glen St. Mary and Olustec. None
ono was killed outright In the
towns , but many were Injured
among whom was Mn. C. S. Rlchardsoi
James McAlpIn and North "Wclllsler , all o
whom will tile ,
At Llvo Oak the destruction Is complete
but no loss of life Is reported. Near We
born , the house ot Amos White was de
dtroycd and two of his children were klllct
At Lake City eight business houses an
thirteen residences were destroyed , Mrs
Sarah Fletcher and two boys were kllle-d an
Dora Jennings , Samuel Hudson and Jp.ua
Maybroy were fatally Injured.
Six persons are reported killed at For
White , In Columbians county , but no name
are given.
At Hlllyardi , another school house wa
wrecked and four children killed. At King
Ferry Andy Johnson , Moses Laecllcr , Simon
Henderson , May Jones and a child wer
killed. Mrs , Fisher was nursing a ale
child , and the Infant died as the house ful
The mother was hurt , but will recover ,
Three sailors were killed on schooners tha
were loading lumber nt King's Ferry.
Across the line In Georgia the devastatlo
was continued. At Folstone , which Is nta
the Okecfcnokect swamp , the bchoal IIOUB
was wrecked anil four children killed. Se\
cral casualties are reported In Canute
county , Georgia , The storm then continue
on 1U ways to Brunswick and Savannah.
There Is no way to estimate the proper *
loss In Florida. The losses may scon hea\
Icr now than they will when more closel
examined , but talk with Insurance me
hero Is that Florida losses will foot u
{ 2.000,000. This seems , however , an execs
estimate.
KXXSVLVAXIA TOWXS ItAItll HIT.
Illlloii-Uollnr HrlilKC n < I.nnvnMer
WrccUeil li > - tlic Storm.
LANCASTER , Pa. , Sept. 30. Late this
ivcnlng telegraphic and telephonic com-
itmlcatlon had been established with the
urroundlng counties and the later reports
onfirmcd the earlier advices ot the wide
xtcnt of this morning's cyclonic storm ,
very section of the country has been heard
mm , and the story Is thai ruin rode In the ,
vnko of the gale. While on estimate of the
otal loss Is necessarily speculative , there
iocs not seem to bo any doubt that It will
aslly reach 11,000,000 , and may largely ex-
ced that amount. In this city the Indl-
( dual losses ore , as a rule , comparatively
mall , but there ore hundreds ot them which
vlll make the aggregate great. The wind
oared through the streets with a nolso like
milder , and houses literally rocked upon
iclr foundations. During the two hours
f the terror , which kept a largo part ot the
opulatlon awake , the air was filled with
ricks , stones , slate , timbers and roofs of
cavy sheet Iron and tin , while gigantic
rccs were ripped up by the roots and toascd
Imost like toys. The storm outside the
ty was scarcely lens severe , and , of course ,
ic destruction of the Pennsylvania railroad
ridge across the Susqtichanna at Columbia
vcrshadowcd all clsQ'In relative Importance ,
'ho bridge , which comprised twenty-seven
pans , was completely demolished. It wad
nsurcd for $300,000 and everything was car
ed away except the stone piers , Iho single
ron span and one of the short spans. The
irldgo proper was crushed to splinters. Jt
/as lifted bodily off the piers and deposited
ust above the water , n portion resting on
he piers. Not a timber was left standing ,
t Is settled now that then ) was no loss of
ife , ns search of the bridge has failed to
eveal the bodies of two men who. It was
eared , were on the bridge when It was
iwcpt away by the hurricane.
LEBANON , Pa. , Sept. 30. The storm
hroughout the Lebanon valley was severe.
ulldlngs were unroofed , trees were up
rooted and outbuildings demolished. At
llsmarck the * Reformed church was blown
own. The total damage In this county will
oot up $00,000.
SHAMOK1N. Pa. , Sept. 30. A terrific
itorni passed over this section last night
nd caused thousands ot dollars worth of
amago. All the , telegraph and telephone
Mres and hundreds of trees were blown
own in every direction , and It Is Impossible
o learn the particulars in the surrounding
owns. A dozen or more houses were cltlfer
down down or unrooted. Railway trains
, re all delayed. A block of eight new
louses , erected by Dr. F. D. Baker at
iprlngflcld , were leveled to the ground.
Jams and hundreds of outbuildings were
verturned. The Windsor hotel , the Burney
lock , the Wolverton building , the Pcnnsyl-
anla round house nnd many other bulld-
gs In Shamnkin were unroofed.
The damage caused by the cyclone that
lassert over this section Is greater than sup-
csed. It Is now thought the total loss will
'each ' $350,000. The Paterson brcaker _ Is
ilmost a total wreck , but the debris' was
: aved from the flames by the do3vnpour oi
aln thnt followed the wind. Superintendent
/Incent places the damage to thecol -
lery at ? 40,000. Fourteen of the .dwelling
nouses and twenty board shanties , occupied
jy the mlno workers , were also blown down
uid live of the former were burned. Two
f the tenants were killed , several Injured
nd eleven cattle were crushed to death by
ho dismantled barn. The killed and In
ured are ; .
JAMES HANLON. crushed by debris of his
ouse ; died in a few hours.
MINNIE KLINE , fractured skull , jumping
rom second-story window to escape the fire ;
led from Injuries. ' " ' . ,
Mrs. Broblnskl , leg fractured.
MrnrjBalelka , , head j'jid.felsg ' i.i'1 * ' ' " '
J me ICopola and wife , severe contusions
'
' ot John Dumnikle , badly cut by be-
ng thrown through a window.
Charlca Klltchle , leg broken.
Shamokln , Mount Carmcl , Locust uap
ind other surrounding towns suffered heav-
ly. Reports from the farming districts In
dicate that barns were demolished by hun
dreds. At tlio Colbert mine the fan and en-
Kino house , both boPer houses and smoke
stacks were demolished , throwing 400 men
and boys out of employment.
READING , Pa. , Sept. SO.-At 2 o'clock hi
orning the- cast house of the Temple
furnace , at Temple station , five miles abovs
Heading was blown down by the wind and
nearly a dozen workmen wcie burled In the
ruins The men were pinned down by the
heavy timbers and it was some time before
they could be reached. Killed :
EDWARD RISMILEIU
SAMUEL TROUT.
Injured :
William Collar.
Joseph Weinberger * '
Harry Becker.
William ScUadler ,
William Mertzer.
All nro badly hurt , and It Is believed some
of them will die.
PITTSBURG , Sept. 30. A terrible wind
and rain storm broke over this section
about 2 o'clock this morning and raged with
fierce Intensity for nearly three hours. Ths
wind attained a velocity of thirty mile/
an hour , prostrating telegraph and tele
phone wires and entirely cutting oft com
munication with the east , but otherwise ,
so far as known nt this time , doing no serious
ilamagc. Heavy washouts are reported on
ho Pennsylvania railroad east of Hunting-
: on and all trains arc from four to six
hours late. Lnro forces have been sent out
to clear the tracks and the officials expect
to have trains running as usual In a tow
hours.
STAUXTO.VS 11I.HASTHOUS FI < 0 ( S.
Virginia Town VUltcil liy tlio Crt-ni
Morni nml Jinny l.lvi-M Arc linit.
RICHMOND , Vn. , Sept. 30. The city of
Staunton , In the Shcnnndoah valley , was
visited by n turrlblu flood today. Many lives
were lost and great damage done to prop
orty. The great storm yesterday caused Hid
lake to rls nnd flood the city. All the
water courses In the valley became raging
torrents nnd swept over their banks , car
rying destruction In their path. The walnr
Invaded the lower portion of the city , rising
so rapidly that many were unable to escape
In tlmo and were engulfed. Others barely
escaped with their lives , leaving their prop
erty to the mercy of the water. Hoiibc
were swept from their foundations. In w <
eral cases persons were with dllllculty res
cued from the roofs and upper stories. It is
Impossible at this hour to ascertain the ex
tent of the loss of life or the valilfl of the
property damaged. The latter will exccei ;
fSOO.OOO.
Heroic attempts arc being made to rescue
these In danger. The flood came FO miU
denly nnd unexpectedly that all was confu
slon for some time before the extent o
the calamity was rralUcd , Telegraph polei
are down nnd the wires hopelessly cnlnn
glcd. Scores of families tire liomeleta nm
many are anxiously seeUing to ascertain
the whereabouts nnd safety of friends or an
making tearful search for the bodies o
those whom they know have perished , it l !
the worst catastrophe which Staunton has
ever experienced lit times of peace and the
dawn of tomorrow Is dreaded because of
the extent of the disaster which Its light
will unfold. The search for victims nnd
work of sa\liii5 what property Is not hope
lessly ruined is being prosecuted os bent It
can In the dark , but little can bo done until
tomoriow.
IIiirrtcuiK- llnltliiKiiT.
BALTIMORE , Sept. 50. A severe hurri
cane struck this city nt midnight Ian night. ,
Houses were unroofed , wires prus'.rnted.
windows umaslicjl and sign boaids blown '
from their fastenings. The high wind
forced the water in the harbor un Into the
bed of the streets , and almost ( ho entire
northern water front I * f.ubnurEC' ' . PC '
ml schooners that were- tied up at Pratt
street wharf broke from their moorings
and are resting In the middle of Pratt
street. The lower fioois and cellars of
warehoimrs were flooded. 'Jhe storm was
accompanied by a , heavy downpour of rain.
STORM ALONG THE ATLANTIC
Ooast and Interior Severely Stricken by
the Fury of the Element.
SAVANNAH CITY SWEPT BY A HURRICANE
Country from Hie ( Jtilt of .Mexico to
Luke Mlclilnnti I'Vol * the Kf-
foctN ofVpnt liullnii
,1 . . DlNtitruiuicci ;
SAVANNAH , On. , Sept. 30. Tlio hurri
cane which swept over Savannah yesteulay
at noon cost nearly a dozen lives and en
tailed a nnanclal loss ot-ntTarly $1,000,000.
Kfich report that Is lecolveil Is worse than at
flrat. It was thought that only one death
would be the result of the hurricane , but the
number has Increased until there are eleven
persons reported dead. The following Is
a list of them , nil but Johnston and Captain
Murray being colored persons :
J. WALLACE JOHNSTON.
CAPTAIN C. 13. MURRAY of the tug
Uobcrt Turner.
M.ARY WARING.
ELIZA BBATTY.
FANNIE M'PALU
HUDY WILLIAMS.
JULIE JACKSON.
TWO DECK HANDS of the Robert Turner.
UNKNOWN INFANT.
A great many persons were Injured. The
most serious are :
Pannle Jackson , back broken.
W. P. Thomson , leg fractured.
A. 13. Parnham , leg broken.
James Smith , seriously hurt by falling
llmbeis.
John Stephan , struck by falling timbers.
S. Roddy PrltcharJ , hurt by falling bricks.
lcn ) West , colored , struck by falling tarn.
Joseph Hamilton , colored , struck by fall
ing barn.
John Wilson , hit by falling chimney.
Among prominent buildings damaged by
the storm arc :
City exchange , Duffy rStreet J.Japllst
church. St. Philip's African Melhodlst
church , Central Hallway warehouse , St. Pat-
rlck'o school , -Georgia Hussars' armory ,
Henley hall , city market , electric railway
power house , Yale Royal mills , Commer
Hull & Co.'s guano factory , Commercial
Guano company's factory , Jones Marine
railway , Fnwcctt Brothers' wholesale gro
cery building , .Henry Solomon & Sons'
wholesale grocery , H. J , Doyle's retail
grocery.
Hundreds of residences arc Injured and
the most beautiful trees In the city are
down. The loss to shipping will amount to
over $100,000. The most disastrous casualty
was the capsizing In midstream of the Sa
vannah river of the Norwegian bark Ro-
senlus , the grounding of Morgail bark Cab ,
the drifting of the Norwegian bark Metcalf
and the tn-\l ( \ loss of the tug Robert Turner ,
The- steamer Governor Safford of thu Beach
& Miller line Is aground In Copper river
and small craft has suffered muchr many
naphtha launches and small sailing vessels
having gone out to sea. The Tybee rail
road Is badly damaged , many bridge's being
out of plumb. Tybee , Thunderbolt , Mont
gomery and Jslo of Hope , all prominent re
sorts near this city , ' -were hurtby the blow.
There was no Indication at S o'clock of
severe winds. JVt that hour the observer
said that , there- would bo a wind of qxior
thirty , mlcsf ! an hour. The"wlnd"bcgau to
flaO JiLjt0 aiU'-A .j. O gqK-ey , ! - ' . ' . . 1U
"a velocity' Ofslxly-slx "miles had been reached
and the air was literally filled , with flying
debris. JVt that time the Instruments at the
observer's clllco were blown out of working
order. A few minutes afterwards the wind
had reached a velocity of eighty miles an
hour or over. At noon the Darometer had
dropped to 29.20 , and at 12:30 : It was 28.95.
After that further reports from It could not
be secured.
The last report the observer received
from Tybe was at 11:30. : The wind was
then blowing forty miles an hour there.
Since then It has been Impossible to secure
connection with the Island.
There are numerous Islands about the
city Inhabited by negroes , and the loss of
life. It is believed , will bo heavy among
them.
them.Wllhln
Wllhln two hours and a half after the
storm began the sun was shining and the
rain had ceased. The city was In total
dailcness last night owing to the blowing
down of electric wires.
BRUNSWICK. Ga. , Sept. 30. Twelve ves
sels In the harbor hero \vcro moro or less
severely damaged by yesterday's hurricane.
The dynamite boat Herald , with 500 pounds
of that explosive on board Is sunk. The
hchot ner Sarah A. Fuller , paitly loaded with
lumber for New York , was carried away
from her moorings and blown ashore. The
schooner Sylvia Schall , also partly loaded
with lumber for New Haven , was run Into
by the Fuller and damaged. The Spanish
bark Eucarnclon , loaded with lumber for
Valencia , went ashore and now lies on her
side full of water. The bark II. L. Routh ,
loaded with railroad ties , Is ashore. She lies
easy. Norwegian barks Longfellow and Poslo-
jinn , with cargoes of naval stores , were both
damaged , the former being ashore. Other
vessels ashore arc the Spanish brig Anton ,
the schooner Lizzie E. Dennlson and the
pilot boats Graclllo and Prldo.
VICTIMS OK T1II3 IIUIlUICAXi : .
Sturm DOOM Immense Diimiitfr at
. \Ir\Illllll-lll.
ALKXANDRIA , Va. , Se.nt. 30. The storm
iclatlvcly was moro severe In Alexandria
than In Washington. There were four fatall
ties and tlirco persons moro or less In-
juicd. The dead are :
W. D. STEWART , killed by falling walls ,
MRS. HOLT , a visitor from North Care
Una ; killed In bed.
AN UNKNOWN COLORED WOMAN.
TILLMAN DILES , colored ; dead from
shock.
The Injured arc : Lester Corbln , Charles
Smith , struck by failing bricks , and Mlsa
Stewart , ulster of W. D. Stewart.
Alexnmlrla churches ! suffered severely. The
First Raptlfct was completely demolished ;
St. Elmo Baptist was also wrecked , ami
Robert chapel , M. E , Southeast , lost Its
bplu1. Nearly every business block In town
wan moro or less damaged and hundreds o !
prtvatit houses lost their roofs. The loss In
and ii run nil Alexandria Is" estimated at
$400,000. _
A\OTIItil FLOOD AT JOII.VSTOW.Y
CoiliiruuiUKli Hlvcr lllKUH Hlovi-ii Vevt
la tlio Mfilit.
JOHNSTOWN , Pa. , Sept. 30. Last night's
heavy rain caused a rise of eleven feet In ( be
Poiinuinttueh liver. The lower jtart of the
city Is flooded , At the famous stone bridge
Ha w liter runs two feet deep on the street
Trainmen commenting on the storm In the
rtountulns Lay It was the worst they ever
ovneilencert. Streams that were never
Icnnxwi to overrun their banks did so las
night within fifteen minutes time , as the
rainfall assumed the characteristics of a
cloudburst.
About midnight Mill creek , which crosses
the Pennsylvania railroad six miles cas
of Huntlngton , became fao swollen that 1
wished away the largo stone culvert eve :
which the Pennsylvania railroad tracks pass
thus cutting all connection ! ; In that dlruc
with the west.
l-'lru Cln I ins li Victim * .
POTTSVILLK. Pa. , Sept , CO. Last night1
storm blew down the coal hr $ > Ker nt Mafalle
belonging to the Pennsylvania Anthracite
Coal company , Six tenement liomtB belong
Ing to the camp weto daitioyud by fire ami
blx children Ip&t their lives. Thu lire orlgt
nstsd from a stove ororUnnliiK In one of Hi
summer lii'.chcus from the sulking by th
wind.
NATIONAL CAl'ti'Ali MAlU.Y SIIAKU.V ,
ItiirrlontiiHcni'lifK n "VftbHty of Sev-
ontyrivrMllpw' ' irt' Hour.
WASHINGTON , JSopt. SO The most gen-
crclly destructive W t "Indian storm that
thla vicinity has "tnovrc' ! { In many years
passed over the cltjM-ist night , leaving be
hind It a trail of dtomnntlfrd buildings and
ruined trees. Fortunately no loss of life
was caused within thf cltr , but reports from
Alexandria , six miles down the Potomac
river , state four pcrs'on'i ' were killed and
several Injured , Thn Ms ? In Washington
Is estimated at upwards , ot a quarter of a
million , \\hllo in Aloxanflrla It Is as great.
A strong charactcrlttlc of Iho storm was
the uniformity of the damage done , no part
of the city or surrounding countrycscaplng ;
' ' ,
and likewise no'part bt'lng o badly dam
aged as to Indicate that It had been cspo-
cl lly singled out as airubject of the storm's
wrath. Quito a. number of'houses ' were
blown down , and there were several miracu
lous escapes from.doatlu but It Is no loss
to any Individual Diidtllng , ljut the vast
number of losses , rnnplng from a few dollars
to several thousands , thnt brings the aggre
gate Up Into the hundreds of thousands. In
every section of thw ety ! there were houses
unroofed and otherwise damaged , and all
the chief streets ln ' , .arti of the four quarters
of the city were s'itynrJs today with broken
trees and wreckages Fully 6,000 out of the
178,000 trees In tho"fityH ( Is estimated , were
destroyed by the tt > nnl
Along the river front few boats escaped
Injury. The largo . excursion steamers all
were damaged to s.Tine.exteut and less than
a half dozen ot tho"sm < llcr craft weathered
the storm at all. .Soull.ern trains were de
layed and reported damage done to build
ings all the way from- Wilmington , N. C. ,
to Washington. The jjturm completely shut
oft electric communication between Wash
ington and the outside , world , and from 11
o'clock last nlght'unHl this afternoon .pot
"
n telephone or telegraph" wire was working
from Washington. 'i/F / rty minutes from
11:15 the wind blow'sixty-five miles an
hour , and for oucjjxfluuto of this time at
tained the maxlmuw , , velocity of eighty
miles an hour. tjK J ;
IT CAMEJjFftOM CUDA.
The weather burettir gives this ofllclal
history ot the sto/rri "Tho storm which
passed over Washli.joji last night was
reported on September 26 as a tropical
cyclone , movlns nortjiwfcst from the Carib
bean .lea. It being thfla southeast of Cuba.
During the 27th 'lf"j > isscd northwestward
Into the southeastern'part of the Gulf of
Mexico and on the ? yJi moved northward
west of Florida. OR 'the morning ot thu
29th It was centra ! jJYorgSouthern Georgia
and by 8 a. m. of > , th$2 ! > th It had advanced
to southwestern Virginia. The center passed
over Washington abptit'li430 Tuesday night ,
the lowest barometer "reading 29.30. Durln ; ;
tha first three days tbe storm appeared to
have very little energy , but on the 29th
developed force rapidly as it moved north
ward. A velocity , of fifty-four miles occurred
at Charleston , and tnrtjr-flvc at Wilmington.
A now brick bilflngv ! | five stories , at
1213 Pennsylvania n'Vouue , was demolished ,
the ruins falling uppi ; and crushing Beatty's
restaurant and Kelly's dairy lunch adjoin
ing and Imprisoning sltf' men. Four of them
were soon released , , -CS orgc Sulton , a cook ,
was pinioned In the wreck and wa not re
leased until 2:45 : p'clcv.l ; . The steeple of
the New York Avenue'Presbyterian church
was blown off. The lower on the Grand
opera house waBi iiMitL'to ' the sidewalk.
Trees on every bjndi'jr.erb nprootod , their
branches being str . 'i'so-thickly as tp form
complete' blockarteB'fSj.avmy -places/ Some
of , these.tare madcyr.amfuct'wllh thu addl-
Telegraph , telephone1 , and electric light wires
were , snapped and 'theli- ends dangled
furiously In the storm. A horse stepped on
a llvo wire nt Seventh street and Pennsyl
vania avenue nnd dropped dead.
At the water front every boat received a
terrible wrenching. The Mattano , an ex
cursion boat , had a hola stove n Its side
and was half sunken. The vcesels were allen
o-n loose from their moorings and some
vent adrift down stream or were dashed
gainst other boats and the sea. wall.
It la impossible to compute the amount or
lamage. The storm came up about 10
, 'clock last night. A fo'v minutes after 10
ho wind struck the cllV with ful force
ho rain following Immediately. About 11
I'clock a crash that could be heard a mile
uvay told those In Its 'vicinity that the
Ictropolltan railroad power house cm Four
and One-Halt street had fallen In. All the
IOUBCS within half Tdock were ehakcn
o the foundations and In a few minutes
he streets were full of ncared people run-
ling to the scene. Thcn.lt was found that
ho whole rear shed , walls and roof had
gone do Yn In a taugfcd mass of iron
girders and bricks. Seven men wore , at
vork In the building at the time It fell in ,
nnd as they heard the cracking of the roof ,
vhlch was of tin , they ran out of the
structure Just In time to eave their lives.
W. W. BlountA member of the Inter
state Commerce commission , was In Beatty'c
restaurant at the tlmo pt the crash , and was
carried Into the celfar'.and so badly bruised
about the head , and fa"qo and body that he
las been unconsclbuh ever ( since. It la
feared that ho Is alee Injured Internally
and that ho may not recover.
Tho'storm'a damage here Is estimated to
run from $250,000 to $500,000. $ No lives wore
ost. but several pertops-wero injured , Sev
eral houses were blown down.
DAMAGE IN TIJU SUBURBS.
Reports received from the suburbantowns
about\ \ Washington show that great damage
was done throughout the surrounding coun
try. At the Roman Catholic university ,
iust outside the city , the dormitory In
irocess of construction was demolished. At
ilrookland , a few inllw out. the town hall
was pattlally destroyed 'and many other
buildings wer unroofed. ' In the outskirts
of the city few localities escaped. The train
shed nt Alexandria watj blown down and the
debris | s across the tracks , hence the trains
that left Washington lust evening were do-
layed. Three trains dno | n Washington tlita
morning from southern points on the South
ern. Chesapeake & Ohio ftnd Atlantic Coast
line have not bccn heard from and arc
stotmed nt some polnt'Wut't , of Alexandria
In this city the papal legation was un
roofed and the Chinese 'Jeeutlon was dam
aged about $1SOO. Communication by tele
graph and telephone with the outside world
Is absolutely stopped. i
Reports fiohi Rockvlllo , Md. , nnd other
small places along thn'Metropolitan braucl
ot the Baltimore & OhV'rallroad show thai
this storm did great ! damage , but no loss o
Ilfo was reported. Vfhe Episcopal churcl
was demolished amj a tree fell upon tin
Episcopal parsonagf , wrecking a portion o
it. Houses were imroijfcd and trees blowi
down In all th9 Smaller towns outside p
Washington. Great damage Is reported Ii
the farming districts , where all grain Ii
stack or shocks has Iwtn strewn over the
land. Many barnfl ' havebefcn blown down
The white houee 'was slightly injured bj
the storm , a portion of the copper roofing
being stripped oft anT ( other damage done
The tall flagstaff , Jroiu which the slgna
was given to the city tout the president wa
In town , disappearedcompletely. . In th
beautiful grounds surrounding HIP hous
twenty-five of ho splendid trees , elms , syca
mores , walnuts and magnolias , some o
great age and htstorfraj associations , wer
completely leveledvhlle fully fifty of th
surviving trees suffere"d the loss of thel
tops nnd principal branches and are pcrma
nently defaced. The vast pile occupied b
the State" , War and Navy departments wa
touched on the southern side by the slorn
and lost portions of Ittj looflng and many o
the slates , whllo a structure erected by th
signal service for the study of clouds wa
partially demolished. ' The new naval ob
scrvatory bulldlnffiisuirereil In the same
fashion * to the extent of about U.200 , At
the Washington 'navy yard the big ship
bouse was partially wnroofcd anil the gun-
shops were damaged illEhtly by the strip
ping of the roofs. " *
A bpcelal bulletin Issued by the weather
bureau states that far one inluutu the wind
. cached eighty miles /in hour.
DROWNED IN SIGHT OF LAND
Barge Founders and All Grow But Captain ,
Oook and Mate Go Down ,
STEAMER SUMATRA SINKS NEAR HARBOR
I'Vnrful ' Storm oil I.nUc
Crouton Ilii vm"Aiiuinn Sliltittiit
anil Already UIIH Cent
I I.lvi-H of Four 'Meii
MILWAUKEE. Sept. 30. The - - . „ -
Sumatra , consort of the B. W. Arnold , bound
down from Chicago , with a load of rail
road Iron , foundered oft the government pier
hero this morning. Four sailors were
drowned. The captain , mate , and cook were
rescued by the life saving crew.
The Sumatra was bound for Milwaukee
leaded with railroad Iron , nnd Intended
picking up the Hattlo Well here. She was
leaking on her way up nnd had the pumps
working all night. The sen was running
high , and the crew had great difficulty In
keeping her from sinking.
When she- reached South Point she got
In the trough ot the sea , and In a short tlmo
her hatches were washed off and her rails
carries away. The steamer eoundcd her
whistles , and the tug Simpson nt once put
out for the wreck. The sea at thnt time was
running very high and great dllllculty was
experienced In getting near the sinking
barge. Just as the Simpson reached the
Sumatra she foundered. The tugmcn suc
ceeded In reoculng the cook nnd mate from
the wreckage. The life saving crew was on
hand and worked hard to save the other men
on the barge , but all were drowned with
the exception of the captcln , who was taken
ashore by the life-savers.
The Sumatra Is badly broken up nnd only
her mast can bo seen out of the water now.
The wreck occurred about a mile and a half
out from the harbor entrance.
The members of the crew lost were :
ARTHUR BURNSTEAD , West Bay City ,
Mich.
CHARLES HEMMER , West Bay City ,
Mich.
PATRICK PETERSON , West Bay City ,
Mich.
PETER ANDERSON , West Bay City ,
Mich.
The rescued arc :
Captain Charles Johnson , West Bay City ,
Mich.
John Burbeck , mate ot the barge , West
Bay City , Mich.
Ira Purser , cook , West Bay City Mich.
The Arnold Is , now moored In the harbor.
Largo crowds of people are congregated In
sheltered spots along the shore looking for
the wreck , ono mast of which Is visible
above the water.
VERY STIFF WIND.
The wind reached a velocity of thirty miles
an hour In Milwaukee , blowing straight
from the north. During the night the
barometer dropped to 29'.3S. At 8 this mornIng -
Ing the wind was blowing from the north
west nt the rate of twenty miles an hour
anil tlio barometer stood 29.46.
The Ill-fated barge went down with
scarcely n moment's notice , and , according
to the statement of Captain Johnson and
the mate , the crew did not oven have time
to mount the rigging after realizing that
the-'vessel Was'foundering. "Sho seemed
to. go-.down , like n-loUot lead all Jnskle.a
JttWI uuai , wii.uiv v . . fc- . ' . . .
-
11-
heavy breakers. Tha yawl was half full
water and was belag knocked about In a
desperate manner.
In the meantime the tug Simpson , towing
the Ilfo boat and crew , was making tne
wrick against the heavy sea , Captain Boutina
of the life saving crew discovered the yawl
rapidly drifting toward the breakers , and
at the risk of losing himself , crow and
boat quickly cut the line which attached
his boat to the tug , and began at once a
life and death chase fortho drifting yawl
and her human freight. After a lively run
the Ilfo boat overtook the frail craft and
rescued the single occupant , which was
found to bo Captain Johnson. The pursuit
of the yawl was made by the life boat under
sail , and the members of the crew describe
the race as something decidedly exciting ,
dangerous and uncertain as to results. V > c
were continually being about swallowed up
In the water , and every minute we expected
to be burled beneath the waves , " said one
of the crew In speaking of the trip this
morning. The Ilfo boat crow then put about
and belt out of' the breakers , which were
washing over their heads every moment
finally making the harbor under sail. The
Ilfo boat was under water about half the
lime , " said Captain John Boutina. "I have
never before seen In MllwaukofhB.ucmb/cah ?
crs as those wo encountered this time. ( Al
passed entirely over the
time , the sea
house at the lighthouse station and the
Dlers along the harbor were entirely covered
"
ered by water at the tlmo wo were out.
"prevUs to taking out the life boat and
crew the tug Simpson made a trip to the
Sumatra , having gone out as soon as the
wnY-nlnV whistle of the steam barge wat
1 card , and rescued the mato. Burdlck. from
{ he sinking barge. Burdlck was found driftIng -
Ing among some wreckage.
HOW ONB MAN WAS LOST.
One member of the Sumatra's crew was
beln rescued by Robert Werley , the cngl
nee" of the tug Simpson , who was pulllnr
the men 'on board by the hair of the head
whennanheanvy piece of drifting Umber struc. .
Hfcaavers. were working
" '
'The barge sank at 2:40 : o'clock , She wen
down Just thrco-fou/ths of a mile oft tin
' "
"rhTsumatra was bound from Chicago ti
Fort William and carried a cargo of railroad
iron She had been leaking badly yester
day and the pumps were kept busy. Cap
tain Johnson and crow believed they coul- -
m"ko Milwaukee In safety and would hav
done so had It not been for the buddun an
Increased severity of the storm after mid
"The steamer Arnold found It linposslbl
to do anj thing for the barge and had t
make for the harbor without her. It I
claimed that the steamer could noUcosslbl.
have been of any asslstanco to the othe ;
after they drifted apart , as the boat was lot
largo to handle at the mouth ot the harbo
and do any rescue work.
Captain Boutin placed a patrol nil alon.
the bench early this morning to watch fo
the bodies of the drowned men , which nr
liable to be washed ashore at any time.
The Sumatra was owned by the Mill
Transportation company ot Huron , Mlc
She had an Insurance valuation In the Inlan
Lloyd's register of $18,000.
KtlHUUJ.S ( JAI.K 0I.AICU MICIIIKAV
.ViiiiicriiiiM Hmiill Omft Sunk liy III
lliirrli'iino.
CHICAGO , Sept. 30 , Great damage t
property and many accidents resulted fron
the furious gale on the lake. The mos
serious accident In the port of Chlcag
occurred this morning when the schoouc
Seaman broke from her moorings In ? llp K
at the foot of Randolph utrcet , and , whll
being hurled about by the btonu , wreckei
half a dozen other small craft. A numbc.
of men had narrow escapes for their lives
among them being Captain McCreary of tin
Seunan and two of his men , also seamen
aboard other boats moored In the blip. Thre
CT four tailors weie thrown Into the wate
and were forced to Vattle for their lives.
The list of craft sunk or Injured by tli
wild raceof thu Seaman Includes the yacl
Midnight Screech , owned by Robert For j.
man , sunk ; houseboat Mary , owned by I.
Stewcrt , sunk ; houseboat , Blue Goo *
by Tnny White , forward portlo
wrecked ; yacht Fanny Small , ov
Frank Davis , sunk ; yacht , Annie ,
Plckler , sunk ; yacht Yellow Boy ,
partly wrecked ; yacht , Irene badly
forward portion stove In ,
Asldo from the above , four flflcwwoot
fishing smacks were ecu I to the bottom by
Iho runaway schooner.
\VOUST ix "ciucAuo von YKAHS.
( ilKntitlc WIIVOM IliiNlioil Over tlu <
Illliiotn Central TriirK * .
CHICAGO , Sept. 30. . This city experi
enced last night the worst wind and rain
storm of the season. The wind reached n
Velocity of forty-two miles nn hour. Not
since the big storm of May , ISM , has Lake
Michigan been so rough , The spray from
the gigantic waves dashed far over the
brcakuater and over the ( tracks of the
Illinois Central railroad after deluging the
windows of the suburban trains. The
steamer City of Milwaukee from St. Joseph ,
Mich. , laden with passengers , had great
dlf.lculty In making the harbor , but finally
succeeded , after three attempts. thouKn
with the loss of her topmast. The steel
tug S. M. Fisher of the Lake Michigan
Transportation company which left
Pashtlgo yesterday with car ferries Nos. 1 ,
2 and 4 ran Into the storm last night below
Chicago harbor. She succeeded In gaining
the protection of the breakwater with two
of the ferries , but the third broke adrift and
could not be picked up owing to the big
sea. She let go her anchors and Is still out
In the storm , having apparently suffered no
damage. . There is considerable danger , however -
over , that the railroad cars with which she
Is loaded will loosen and go ovrboard.
Of the mammoth flag which was stretched
across Congress street between thu Audi
torium , where the republican headquarters
arc located , and the annex nothing remains
but two strings. Many others which were
between the downtown streets were whipped
to rlbbens. The total rainfall was 1.41
Indies.
TmillIHI.13 STOItMS IX JAI > AX.
DlHtrlelH Iiiiiiri'Kitiitfil with tlio
of 3luiiy IH'iul lloiIli'H.
SAN FRANCISCO , Sept. 30. The latest
advices from Japan by the China report
that further severe storms have occurred In
the southern and western districts , In which
the native uart of Kobe suffered severely
and railway communication between Toklo
and Yokohama anil the southern port was
Interrupted and Is not yet completely re
stored. In Hlogo and Glfu prefectures enor
mous damage has been done to property and
a large number of lives lost by Hoods
which followed upon the heavy rain storms.
River embankments have been broken down ,
thousands of houses demolished , bridges
washed away , roads destroyed and growing
crops devastated. The full amount of damage -
ago and loss of life have yet to bo reported ,
but It will amount to something enormous.
Hon John F. Connolly , United States
consul at Kobe , was n passenger on the
China for Yokohama from Hong Kong. He
gave a sad account of terrible havoc wrought
by the Hoods. The splendid reads are things
of the past , \\hllo the lower part of the
town ! s in ruins and recking with smells
of decay. Many ot the bodies of victims
drowned In the overflow of the MInatogawa
were still lying unburled amid the ruins
and wreckage when he left and at another
season of the year , ho feels confident , the
stench would quickly breed a pestilence.
The people 'are In n sorry plight and they
are staring famineIn the face. On Mr.
Connolly's trip uphosaw , niydadi , Qt tiny
rlc'o tassels'floatlng about In greatprofusion.
whl.i Indicate'croivs destroyed/ / and lie
believed that great' suffering Will follow.
IJiio"ITvcr TlMSt. . 'Tmr iii"o7 ; rn 11 F >
Dili-Inn ilio MK'I * or Thin Mnrnliiir.
CHICAGO. Sept. JO. Prof. Gnrrlott of the
weather bureau said this mornin"The
west Indian storm has moved weat ot nortn
and Is central this morning over northern
Lake Huron , where the barometer , reduced
to sea level , stands nt about 20.32 inches.
The westward movement of tno storm ha
been attended by dcstructho eas'.urly gales
along the Atlantic coast. Over the lake re
gion the norhthward advance of this storrs-
his been attended by heavy rain an.l Mgh
winds , the highest velocity reported , fifty-
two miles from the southwest , belli , ; uotcc
at Buffalo. During today and : 'jni ht the
atorm center will move eastward over the
St. Lawrence valley. "
SyrneuHt' lliilliHiittri Wi'foUi'il ,
SYRACUSE. N. Y. , Sept. 30. The severest
gale ever known In this city raged between
midnight and 3:30 : Ihls morning. Thousands
of dollars worth of damage was done. No
lives are reported lost. The telephone , tele
graph , street railway and fire alarm systems
were demoralized. Trees were uprooteu.
houses were unroofed , chimneys were blown
over and chaos prevailed for a time. The
big grand stand nt Kirk driving park waa
completely demolished. The Yatcs hotel
was badly damaged by a falling cornice and
the immense plate glass windows forcci :
outword by the suction of the air. Several
fires are reported from near towns.
IUIU > IJuiiiTiKC In New KiiKlnnil.
NEW YORK , Sept. 30. Last night's
storm , though furious In this city and vicin
ity , as elsewhere In the east , did but llttio
damage ashore , and thus far no great dam
age on New Jersey on New England shores
lias been reported. The greatest damage
reported is by the prostration ot telcgrapsi
and telephone wires. During the storm thf
Greenpolnt Telephone exchange caught fire
from a switchboard and was destroyed am'
raiiBcd a loss of $20,000. Fireman Hlcltcy
fell thirty feet and was fatally Injured.
One IH Driul mill Six tnjiiri-il.
BALTIMORE , Sept. 30 , It Is reported
from Texas , a small town In Baltinioro
county , Md. , that ono man was killed anu
.ilx Injured by last night's storm , All the
regular steamers of tliu various Chesapeake
Bay lines have arrived and report terrific ,
weather at sea. .
I'UMSIIUH TIII3 .MUSSULMANS.
Siillnn IlolilN TurliH llcNiionxllili * foi
tllU .Mr.KXJUTCH III CoilhlllMllllOlIC.
CONSTANTINOPLE , Sept , 29. ( Dolajort In
tiansmlsslon. ) The extraordinary trlbuna
today convicted the first Mussulmans fo
the murder of Armenians and sentence !
them to fifteen years Imprisonment. At th
same time , however , a long list of Arrae
nlans , suspected of being implicated In th
onbreak * , were condemned to death , Th
m'sslou ot Artln Pasha to reconcile th
Av ncnlans Is not making anv progress.
CONSTANTINOPLE1. Sept , 30. The lex
of the reply of the representatives of th
powers on September IS to the denial o
the Turkish government of September
reiterates the charges of complicity of th
Tuiklsh officials In the masiucrcs , says tha
the Irritation caused by Armenian provoca
lion had lesa Influence In guiding the mo
than the letter's Knowledge of the Imrnu
nlty of the authors of the massacres I
Anatolia , and adds that tlio facility wit
which Iho massacres were stopped show
the power nt the disposal of thp authentic
and the bad use mudo of It for two days
LONDON , Oct. I , The Cronlclo's Bcrll
correspondent reports a Constantinople dis
patch to lhr Frankfurter Kcltting. which
says a committee of repicsentatlves of
France , Germany , Austria and England has
been appointed by the iultan to Inquire Into
the cause of tha late mastacres In Constan
tinople , which were pteclpltatud by an attack -
tack of Armenian revolutionists on the
Ottoman banlt. This dispatch reportsi alee
that the bultan's letter to Emperor William
pledge * protection to all Christians In Tur
key except these engaged In anarchism ,
SIT I HUM ItlotJn r In I'OKCII.
LONDON. Sept. 30 , The Hnrlln corre
spondent of HIP Standard saya ( hero hou
been serious rlcilni ; and bloodshed In the
province of Cocen and the cM question of
partitioning It among the neighboring pro\
dicta is bcluucutllulcJ ,
GIVE VETERANS AN OVATION
Two Magnificent Audiences Greet Them
Lust Evening ,
OLD SOLDIERS EVERYWHERE IN EVIDENCE
lojd'M Tliciilrr mill Kitrlinoli Unit
Filled to Overling IMK Viirdl | | to
tlu > t'coplin snvo llu Country
from Pliimiclnt HUlioiKir.
The union generals , Alger , Sickles , How
ard and Stewart and Major Burst and Cor
poral Tanner , who campaigning In the
Interest of sound money nnd the republican
national ticket , reached Omaha last titght
after having spent two days In Nebraska ,
delivering speeches at Hastings , Lincoln.
Norfolk , Wayne nnd Blair. They reached
the city nt C o'clock last night and were
met at the train by a committee of citizens
and members from all of the Grand Army
posts and Sons of Veterans camps of the
city. Instead of holding n reception , they
were escorted to their hotel , wbero they
dined , and then rested until the hour for
the evening meetings.
Seldom has the Boyd theater contained
such an audlcnco as turned out to greet tlio
old veterans last night. It was a Jam , nnd
every seat from parquet rail to gallery was
occupied long before It was tlmo for Chair
man Strawn to call the meeting to order.
Laboring men were out In full force , whllo
business men , Irrespective of party , nttondcil
for the purpose ot listening to the arguments
for sound money. There wcn\hundrcds ot
women In the body ot the house nnd In the
boxes. The stage was occupied by members
of the republican and sound money dem
ocratic central committees , Grand Army
men , Sons cf Veterans , slate , county nnd
city oindals and members of the reception
committee. While waiting for the arrival
of this speakers , the Seventh Ward Military
band tendered some of Its choicest selec
tions.
GREETED WITH CHEERS.
A few minutes after S o'clock Generals
Sickles and Alger reached the theater , es
corted by Colonel Moores and a detachment
of Grand Army men , nnd were given a.
hearty reception , the audlcnco standing and
giving three rouslnn cheeis , while the band
played "Hall Columbia. " This In turn waft
followed by three additional cheers , after
which Chairman Strawn slated that It gavo.
him great pleasure to announce that dur
ing thu evening ho would Introduce General
Daniel E. Sickles , who left ono leg at Get
tysburg ; General Howard , who left ono ana
on the field at Fair Oaks ; Corporal Tanner ,
who left both legs on the field nt Seven ,
Oaks , and tbo brilliant Stewart , adjutant
general of Pennsylvania and commander
of the forces of that state , The announce
ment was greeted with prolonged applause ,
after which Jules Lumbard of this city tsantr
"America , " the audience joining In the
chorus. Before starting on the singing Mr.
Lumbnrd created considerable enthusiasm
by announcing that for years he had been
a democrat and that this was the first tlmo
since tbo war , that ho had taken part In a
political meeting. This meeting , he said ,
he considered a gathering of patriots , rather
than a congregation of politicians. lie ven-
Ulicd the opinion that thto was a time when ,
patriots were needed , cs the conditions that
by plotters. Cheers followed cheers and
after they had subsided , General Dan
Sickles , the one-logged veteran , was Intro
duced. Being unable to aland without the
aid of his crutches , ho occupied a chair ana
spoke while sitting ,
LIKE A TEMPLE OF LIBERTY.
General Sickles paid n tribute to the
Omaha audience , comparing it to a temple
of liberty filled with worshipers , repre
senting the honor , the Integrity and the
patriotism ot n great city. They were all
parties who were deeply Interested In the
verdict that would be rendered next Novem
ber. The state of Nebraska , he predicted ,
would record its vote for McKlnley and vic
tory , placing the brand of disapproval upon
the doctrine of repudiation as preached by
William J. Bryan. Paying a glowing trib
ute to the American soldiers , the speaker ar
gued that they were men to whom any na
tion could point with pride ; they were not
the Ignoble conscripts , nor were they the-
tool ! , of foreign kings , princes or potentates ,
but Instead they were the best ot citizens ,
men from the farms , the workshops and tbo
business houses , men who when their serv
ices were no longer needed by their country
returned to the occupations from whlctt
they were called. , * *
Speaking of his own record , General Sick
les ntatcd that ot his three score and tea
years , half a century had ho been a demo
crat , raising his voice In public and primp
for the good ot that party. The time ha *
come , however , he declared , when he had
cast off the lines that bound him to the.
faction ot the party led by Bryan , Altgeld
and their followers , who represented re
pudiation and a platform that was anar
chistic and revolutionary.
Summing up the platform of the demo
cratic party adopted at Chicago , General
Sickles said that It read as follows : Dis
honesty Is the best policy ; the country is
bankrupt , and the debts are to bo paid In
money of the value of D3 cents on the N ;
If any man pays his dobto with honest
money ho Is disloyal ; that In the constitu
tion of the United States there Is no au
thority for putting down mobs , mob law
and anarchy. . .
Addressing the young men. General Slrtt-
les urged them to cast their votes for ths
candidates who represented sound money ,
prosperity nnd the protection of the Amor-
can Industry and the American homo. Ho
urged them to vote the traditions of their
athcrs. to vote for the honor of the coun
try , and to never allow a slain to rest Upon
the stars and stripes ,
During General Sickle * ' address ho was
frequently Interrupted by applause , and n
ho In shed speaking the cheering was pro-
engel , continuing for several minutes and
then bursting out again. At thn close tlireo
cheers for the general were given and re
peated , As he left the room the ban *
played "There Will Bo Ono Vacant Chair. "
IGNORANT OR UNTRUTHFUL.
General Alger was Introduced as the great
cavalry general of thu rebellion and the ,
Iho right arm of Sheridan. Bowing an ac
knowledgment to the cheers that greeted ;
In as lie stepped to thn fiont of the plat
form. General Alger * M that iio.had for
two days sped over the prairies of Nebraska
at a jate of speed exceeding sixty miles per
hour1 and that ho had come in contact with
tens of thousands of the voters of the state.
Ho bad found the people Intelligent , loyal
nnd patriotic and for the life of him ho
could not see how they could for a moment
consider Bryan as a presidential candidate ,
standing upon the platform that was con
cocted at the Chicago convention. In Ijoa-
ton , Iho speaker declared that Bryan hail
dated If correctly reported , that no nation
ever prospered If Its currency was upon a.
gold basis. H Bryan had made the state
ment he was either Ignorant or was un-
Iruthful and unfit for the high office that
ho waa seeking. To show that countries
with the currency on a gold basis were
prosperous , the speaker cited Franco , Ger
many , England and others ,
The duties otf the voters In 1890 , the gen
eral urged , were as great as those that con
fronted the people of the United State * In
1801. He urged them to stand by the polls *
is they then stood by their guns. He prom-
l cd that his home state. Michigan , would
tlvo the republican ticket a majority oi
15,000 next November and that Nebraska
be In line wfth a vote that would
forever relegate IlryanUm to the rear ,
Cheers greeted the conclusion of General
speech and after the baud had