Youngstown News, 1901-08-23

              THE YOUNGSTOWN NEWS VOL. XXI. YOUNGSTOWN, N. Y.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 23, 1901. NO. GULF SWEPT BY HURRICANE Great Damage to Shipping and Property Along the Southern Coas'. FEW PERSONS LOST THEIR LIVES fit Storm TVm the Sntrul in the VI. dnltjr of Uoblle. AU. — Dimic* and lon of Lift In New Orleant, L>. — Many Venela Wrecked — Coast Town* Suffered SUglitl)r~Galve*ton Escaped. T\Tew Orleans, La.—The Gulf storm, which began with wind anil rain, .'cached Its severest force with a wind velocity of sixty-two miles an hour. The damage done Is less than was thought at first, for the storm turned Inland at night, and the exposed places on the Gulf coast escaped. Shell Beach and oome small places on the ;oast werf> wiped out. Galveston escaped injury, although there was a sad paiilc and a small flood. • was little loss of life, thanks toy" the timely warning of the storm. JThe tng Biloxi was wrecked near Quarantine and two of the crew lost. | The Cobden family on the lower const, between New Orleans and the passes, was drowned. The Cobden house was destroyed and not a trace can be found of any of Its Inmates, fifteen in all. Including nine children. One man !» be drowned at Shell Beach, tal damage from the storm is it $1,210,000 for New Orleans ghborhood. The damage in leans is very small. The loss r parts of the coast affected Is r as great, but the total damnot run over $2,500,000, withudlng the possible damage to ir cane crop, which cannot be led for some time. Besides :uuo and Henry Marks already lost, the Buras, Eunice, Hawlamberlnln and Emma are , and some twenty small lug-1 schooner®. Six barges of the t valued at $18,000 were lost, bulb of the fleet was saved by tugs that went up to their rej New Orleans. if the United States barracks St. Philip was destroyed nnd was several feet under water, w officeM' quarters at Fort ' destroyed. At »Rch the big hotel was blown id $40,000 of damage done, reatest damage is to the rice hlch in Plaquemines parish is from fifty to seventy per cent. UNKNOWN I and Water Played Havoc With th« Houses and Shipping. tile, Ala. — Considerable damage done in Mobile by the Gulf storm, s were uprooted, roofs of houses off, chimneys wrecked. The flood r was backed by the southeast over the cotton wharf. Front, inerce and Water streets and part Xoyal street for several blocks 1 of St. Anthony were covered water. Electric car service was down after 3 o'clock, and buslln the wholesale district was susled.pile the storm was not as severe pe record breaker of 1898, there much excitement among the peoleeauso of the memory of that ca-ophe. Many passed the night doors and were drenched by tli6 fifteen.hours there was nt telegraphic communleatlot world. UNKNOWN Race With The Abbott !■ Kua Straight Ileati. Bfork City.—CresceuB, 2.02%. Keral world's trotting record* Rig The Abbot, 2.03V5. in the [race for a purse of $12,000 at In Beach track. It was to have |t three in live heats, but two Bded tli* race, since The Abbot Banced in the second, trotfe<J line of the first heat, won by KTwas 2.0314. which is the fast- I ever trotted in n race. The ■ the first and second heats- the fastest necutlve beats ever trotted, ■an Jiour after the secoud heal ■ went against the watch, acftd by runners, one taking biro ■lf-mlle post, where the second ■eked him up, and he trottec ■ In 2.05. The three miles— B. 06& 2.os—are the fastest Ber trotted by a horse In one I was a larger crowd present ler seen on a New York trot- Lck. The grand stand was 1 packed, and this despite the (at reserved seats with admls»t $4, while boxes holding fout 1 were all disposed of at $30 In addition to the regular ada. -It was estimated that fully people were present. UNKNOWN Diftnil In Stan-ta and Bhan»l Send Belief. China.—Two members of th« party that went from hen have left that placet fund* for Slan-fn. The} by Major Perelra them from here. Re them that the fam wjm terrible. Hutnat .three . cents t SITUATION IN PHILIPPINES General Mac Arthur Says Condition! in the Islands Ara Favorable. Force, However, I* Needed to SnppreM Bandits TVlio Prey on Americana and the Natives. San Francisco, Cal.—After an absence of more than three years Major- General Arthur Mac Arthur, former Governor of the Philippines, returned to the United States on the transport Sheridan. But for a slight loss of flesh General Mac Arthur looks the same as when he left this city three years ago. He had no serious sickness during his stay In the Philippines, and boasts that he was able to perform his regular duties every day of the whole time. After staying here several days awaiting orders General Mac Arthur expected to go to Washington to meet the President and Secretary Root, with whom he will confer In regard to the situation in the Philippines. On that subject he talked freely, saying:"A very satisfactory condition now exists In the islands—not perfect, of course, but such that it Is very gratifying to both military and civil officers. , The insurrecton Is almost entirely extinguished. A few groups of armed insurgents are still at large and give us some trouble, but they will undoubtedly surrender In a short time. The campaigning is practically confined to scouting and an occasional movement in force against some large party. These movements generally result in the surrender of the natives, with their rifles. Each such event has the effect of bringing In other natives, who through fear have kept away. The natives have now learped that to surrender does not mean death, torture, or other punishment, but the securing of larger liberties and freedom. I am well satisfied with the conditions."The civil administration went Into office on July 4 with Impressive ceremonies. I see no reason why the Government and the Civil Commission should not be entirely successful. The change was a welcome one to army officials, to whom the civil tasks were hard and tedious, although no one shirked his duty. The two departments are well set apart. "Conditions In the provinces are mnch improved. There is a great deal of freedom In movements throughout Northern Luzon, where Insurrection has been dead for some time. We have had no trouble at that end for so long that it has ceased to worry us. I cannot s»ay that It Is entirely safe for individuals as yet, for there is a large criminal class among the natives. Members of this class wander about committing depredations on both Americans and natives. The latter suffer the most from the marauders. But these criminals are not insurgents, and have no connection with them. The insurgent leaders repudiate the marautiers' actions. "The situation In regard to the rubber class arouses a question of importance, but it is being very satisfactorily worked out and solved by the natives themselves. « They seek eagerly the establishment of • civ 1 governments, that they may take measures against the criminals, and native constables are doing the work of dispersing them. There is every reason to suppose that within a short time the whole archipelago will be safe to travel through. Many parts are safer to-day than they have ever been before."The whole country has been torn and wrecked by war. Before we went there the last vestige of authority was lost, and the people had relapsed Into a condition bordering on barbarism. Society had been disorganized and freedom had given way to tyranny. The best conditions now exist in the provinces of Northern Luzon, where the whole territory is pacified, but not tranqullized. It Is a good deal like the ocean after a storm. The worst Is over, but the surfnee Is still swelling and heaving. "The Civil Commission was about to put in force some excellent ideas for the municipal government of the City of Manila when I left. The city Is in fine condition. Its business is enormous and growing." MOSQUITOES CAUSED HER DEATH. Woman Scratched Open an Artery In Trying to Relieve Bites. Mount Carmel, Conn.—Mosquitoes, Indirectly, are responsible for the death of Mrs. Barbara Ellen Lcddy. The Insects seemed to take delight in itttacking her, and she became covered with marks of the ravages of the pests, and the only relief she could find was in scratching vigorously. Dr. George Joslin received a hurry call to come to her house. In spite of all the haste he coald make, she liad passed away before he arrived. He found Mrs. Leddy bathed in a pool of blood. Her finger nail had opened an artery in her right leg. Blood gushed forth, and her relatives were unable to stanch the flow before they could get word to Dr. Joslin, who live* • mile from the Leddy household. New Destroyers Launched. Three new torpedo boat destroyen (or the United States Navy wen christened and launched at the ship yards, of the Maryland Steel Company at Baltimore, Md. They are the Whip pie, Truxtun and Worden. The thra i new boats are dissimilar in nam* only, 1 m typo NNWKI w um vmaram #,*. ... ' I■;m * rw * - i* S® ? ADIRONDACKCOACHHELDUF Two Highwaymen Shoot Two Horse to Make the Driver Stop* RELIEVE TRAVELERS OF MONEY lis Male Passengers Take to Their Beelt Bnt Robbers Get Women's Valuablei and Caeh la the Mall and Kxprea Packages and Escape — Hold-Op Oc curred la Bine Mountain Lake Region Albany, N. Y.—A st,age coach rob bery In the Adirondacks is something new, but it occurred In broad daylight two miles north of Dunlap's Hotel, at North River, on the road to Blue Mountain Lake. The stage coach had left Dunlap'a at 11 o'clock a. m. on its daily trip up the mountain, and had reached a piece of woods through which the road winds at a heavy grade. The conch was drawn by four horses, and the highwaymen shot and killed the leaders and thus stopped its progress. The mail pouchas were ripped open, and registered letters aud express packages containing mouey were stolen.Serious though the affair was, it was not without a humorous incldenr. As soon as the coacb was brought to a stop three of the men passengers jumped off aud took to the woods. The fourth male passenger had his wife with him, and he likewise would have sought shelter had it not been that his wife seized his coat tails. There were seven passengers in the coach, four men and three women. The highwaymen treated the ladies with courtesy, and one of thein remarked considerately that no harm would befall them If they simply kept quiet and handed over what available cash they possessed, along with their rings, watches and jewelry. The Women were frightened, and one of them was seized with hysterics, as a masked highwayman Invited them to step out. When the coach was stopped by the death of the leading horses, the sudden jolt caused the driver, "Bill" Eldrldge, an "old timer" in those regions to fall from his Beat and drop beneath the horses. He was injured. The highwaymen did not search hlmX although he had a roll of bills 1« UUs pocket. While one highwayman covered the passengers with his rifle the other collected quite a sum of -money. The mail pouches then were ripped open nnd the highwaymen rifled the letters. They then turned their attention to the express packages which were piled upon the coach. These were opened und several containing bills were taken away. When the highwaymen had concluded that there was no more booty they retreated to the woods, keeping the passengers covered until they were out of sight. The driver, "Bill" Eldrldge, cut the harness from the £ead horses, and, with his scared party, drove back to Dunlap's Hotel, where the story of the hold up was related. The three men who had fled from the stage coach appeared later at the hotel They had been hiding in the brush. A party of ten men was organized at Dunlap's and went In pursuit of the highwaymen. It is believed the highwaymen obtained 91000. The stage line is operated by William R. Waddle, and the coach that was held up connects with trains on the Adirondack branch of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. ORDERS HIS WEALTH BURNED. a Minnesota Recluse's Will Directs the Destruction of SSO.OOO In Cash. St. Paul, Minn.—Harry Scott, an eccentric recluse, who died at Faribault, left a will In which he stipulates that all his cash, amounting to $50,000, shall be burned by his executors. Scott was worth about $60,000. To his servant girl he left $5000, but his nephew, his only relative, does not get a cent. The bequest of money to the servant was in return for the care she gave to Scott during his last Illness.Scott's nephew will probably contest the will on the ground that bis uncle was of unsound mind. It Is not believed that any court will permit the money to be burned, but will find that Scott was Insane. The money would then revert to the nephew. Scott was eighty-six years old. Two years ago be became estranged from his wife, who died a few months later, and he then declared that no one should profit by his money. OFFERS HIS BODY FOR A TEST. Dairy Commissioner Willing to Be Inoculated With Tuberculosis. Denver, Col.—ln view of the interest taken in the question of whether or not animal tuberculosis can be communicated to human beings, T. L. Monson, State Dairy Commissioner of Colorado, offers himself as a subject for thorough test, provided that a suitable annuity for bis family be assured in case of fatal results. Mr. Monson has made a study of the matter, and is a strong believer In Dr. Koch's theory. UNKNOWN John Wlnteve, who looted the vault of the Seiby Smelting Works at Ban Francisco, CaL, secured as bis booty gold bulllcn to the value of 9320.000, or nearly $50,000 more than the sum originally given ont An error was made la compiling the list of stolen ban. .. , i ' ;:, - i ; ■:  MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK WASHINGTON ITEMS. Senator Morgan, of Alabama. dedared that this country must not per mlt any European Intervention In tb< Colombia-Venesuela difficulty. Rear-Admiral Schley arrived lr Washington to confer with his conn sel, who will Insist that Rear-Admiral Sampson appear before the Board o! Inquiry. Secretary Hay returned to the State Department after an absence of several weeks. Lieutenant-General Miles issued orders to the army with the purpose of Improving Its appearance and morale. Weather signals are to be displayed from rural free delivery wagons. Mr. Hackett, acting Secretary of the Navy, Issued a statement about the witnesses for the Schley court of Inquiry, and declared that be would give ont no further news concerning the court. Rear-Admiral Remey was summoned from the Asiatic station to testify at the Schley court of Inquiry. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Fire destroyed $200,000 worth of property in the heart of Honolulu, Hawaii. A fine of (400 was Imposed upon former Postmaster Thompson at Havana, Cuba, who was found guilty of misappropriating postal funds. Five thousand Japanese want to go to Hawaii, and the restriction on Immigration Is to be taken off. Senor Esquerra was elected Mayor cf Clenfuegos, Cuba. The Manila police force will be reduced from 1300 to 600. The contract providing for harboi improvements at Manila, to cost $1.- 500,000 was signed, and work will begin immediately. DOMESTIC. The Virginia Democratic State Con vention nominated a ticket headed by A. J. Montague as candidate for Governor.Nearly 500 cadets from West Point went Into camp within the Pan-Amerlean Exposition grounds at Buffalo, n. y. President McKinley was formally notified at Canton, Ohio, that the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Is to be held In St. Louis. He will issue a proclamation inviting the nations to participate. The sheriff with a shotgun drove from the jail at Tuscaloosa. Ala., a mob that had entered Intending to lynch twq negroes. A Chicago man fasted thirty-one days and said It cured blui of rheumatism.James Sanderson and his wife were found dead in their house at Heathsvllle, 111., and are believed to have been murdered. An incendiary fire destroyed a large part of Chlpley, Fla. Loss $100,000. Dexter S. Gaster, Chief of Police of New Orleans, La., and one of the best detectives in the country. Is dead. The money realized by the Federal Government from Oklahoma land sales will be used to erect municipal buildings at county seats. Burglars robbed the Michigan City, Ind., postoffice of $800 in stamps and $100 in cash. Burglars broke a safe In the postoffice at Marlow, Ind. Ter., and one was captured. Judge Sanford M. Green died at Bay City, Mich., aged ninety-four years. In 1843 Judge Green revised the Michigan State statutes, and bis work stands unchanged to-day. H. Charles Ballard, Inventor of the famous Ballard rifle of Civil Wat times, died at Worcester, Mass. He was seventy-nine years old. A $20,000 monument erected to the memory of Missouri's Confederate dead was unveiled at Springfield, Mo. The transport Sumner arrived in San Francisco from Manila with 180 convalescent soldiers. An attempt was made to sink a British transport at New Orleans with explosives.FOBKION. Russian suzerainty was proclaimed over New Chyang, china. Max Opitz, a Berlin banker, was arrested for heavy defalcations. His customers will lose $400,000. A band of 1400 Cree Indians 40C miles north of Winnipeg, Man., arc starving to death. American officers and civilians celebrated the anniversary of the relief of the Pekln legations with banquets. The number of American tourists In Russia this year will beat all previous records. Lord Cranborne said In the British House of Commons that negotiations for a new canal treaty were In progress through Lord Pauncefote. Seven hundred and four Turkish men and women were sent to Yemen, Arabia, In exile. The Boers are reduced to the necessity of getting supplies of ammunition by capturing the to from the British, The Pacific Cable bill passed Its third reading in the British House of Commons. In spite of the discriminating duty against the United States, a shipload of rosin arrived at St Petersburg, Russia, from Pensacola, Fla. Edmund Z. Brodowskl, United Statei Consul at Sollngen. Germany, <fed suddenly. * WORKMEN IN DEATH TRAP flames Destroy Temporary Water Works Near Cleveland, Ohio. ••me of the Victim! Ware Baraed. Same Drowned and Soma Saflterated ta a Taaael. Cleveland, Ohio.—Twelve men lost their lives in the destruction by fire of the water works' crib iu Lake Erie, three miles from shore. They were caught as If in a burning ship. Twenty-three men were employed at tho crib, which is at the outer end of the water work.-*' tunnel, the gang being composed of three shifts of eleven men. The men of two shifts were sleeping upon the roof, while those of the third were working in the tunnel ISS feet beneath the bottom of tho lake. It was a little before 3 a. m. when the workmen sleeping on the roof were awakened by flames burning through the roof. The great stack through which the smoke poured from the boilers had become red-Jiot and set the roof aflame. The men on the roof pulled the fire whistle as a signal to the shore of their danger and hurried down toward their comrades. This whistle, heard by the tug J. R. Sprankle, was the means of saving twentytwo lives. The man from the roof found the Interior of the crib full of smoke and flame# The building was a wooden shell, sheathed with Iron. The men became panic-stricken and jumped Into the water, preferring to drown than to be burned to death. Fortunately one or two preserved their presence of mind and hurled several loose boards into the lake. To these many of the men clung until rescued by the tug men. Nine, however, perished before aid arrived, five burning to death and four drowning. Meantime the men in the tunnel were working, unconscious that anything was wrong above. Finally the air became foul and they endeavored to make their way to the shaft. Several times tbey tried, being driven back each time by the smoke. Aid was coming, however. A rescue party had been formed. D. C. Van Duzen was the first to be lowered down tho shaft. In answer to his calls he received a faint "hello"' from way off in the distance. The gas was too stifling and ho was forced to give the signal to be drawn up. A few minutes later he tried again, Ills calls this time being answered byvoices much nearer. Before they reached him he was overcome by tho gas and was drawn up unconscious. August Mori, one of those rescued from drowning, a veritable Hercules, was the next volunteer. With a storage battery slung on his back to give a light in the tunnel he descended and soon guided the Imprisoned men to safety, carrying Charles Smith, who was supposed to be dead, In his arms. An hour's work, however, restored Smith to consciousness. Two men, Victor Kaufman and Adams ICest, were left in the tunnel. Both were known to have perished. A gang from crib No. 3 made up of Edward Johnson, C. Burkhardt, Plummer Jones and David Kelly went down Into the tunnel at 3p. m. Johnson nnd Kelly were pulled out half conscious a few minutes later, and said Burkhardt and Jones were overcome. James Williams went down for the two missing rescuers. He got Buckhardt out, but Jones was dead. Overcome by the gas he fell into the water at the oottom of the tunnel and was drowned. Williams himself remained so long that a party went down for him. Jones's body was recovered. The dead are: P. Schmidt, John Martin, Peter Hastings, Mike Under, drowned; Victor Kaufman and Adams Kest, suffocated In tunnel; five men burned to death; Plummer Jones, rescucr, drowned. TALLEST COUPLE TO WED. Mar, 1* Nine Feet Two Inches High and the Girl Eight Feet Three Inchea. Paris, France.—An attempt to experiment with the human species by selecting something in the nature of a stud Is attracting the attention of the curious. It takes the form of a giant competition at Rouen and already shows a startling number of abnormal statures In France. From the south there has arrived in Paris on his way to Rouen a young man, not yet twenty-two years old, who Is nine feet two Inches tall and Is still growing. He weighs 448 pounds and measures ninety-eight Inches around the chest. It has been arranged that he marry an English girl who Is eight feet three Incites in height. VICTORIA'S STATUE OISFICURED. Discontent In Island of Malta Lead* <o 17(1 y Demonstration!. Valetta, Island of Malta.—The discontent here arising from the language question and other grievances Is growing more acute. The Union Jack was torn to pieces In the streets by a large body of demonstrators. This was followed by the disfiguring of Queen Victoria's jubilee statute. The marble was deluged with damaging acid. Nlstere to Sea and Drowned. SHIP SINKS, MANY PEfilSi Tho Alaskan Steamer Islander HH3 « Iceberg and Goes Down. * CAPTAIN DIES AT POST OF DUTY n»" CnllUlon Ocentred OIT r»»n»>« T«T- Mid In tba Enrly Morning—The l<l finder's Boiler* Exploded M She auk Dentrojrln* Many Who Mlfht HaryJ Eernped—Survivors' Story of DlmiMu| Victoria, n. C.—The steamer  er. thp crack Alnskan vessel, wrecked by striking an  Douglass Island ami  sons were drowned. An  of tbe Juneau Despatch "The word reached  7.30 n. m., by a party of beaded by the chief walked up the beach, twenty-live miles, to  city for help. The Tread Lucy and Juneau  promptly responded. "The Flossie arrived In scene of tbe wreck at 12  her flag- at half-n-.ast, and bodies on board, and the  The description of the  survivors Is heartrending. "The Islander struck nnd so severe was the every door was jammed staterooms and tbe  gers, numbering 107,  seventy-one were forced through the wlndjws to reach  deck. "Steward Simpson lost ten In department and his description of wreck is very clearly given He  awakened by tbe shock and  not gat out of his stateroom until broke out of the window. He  the bridge, where Pilot Latlonde  on watch, and with the mate  out the lifeboats, as she wus then  lrg water fast and the chief engineer  reported the pumps unablo to ta!te  care of the water. 1 "He also went below with an aso, broke down the lower stateroom doors and stayed with his work until the water forced him to go to the upper deck. By tills time the ship's boats were loaded and had got away and while the officers were getting out "trieinst-rrrfi-Hm mpnifti Jtium mifrd to all hands to clear the ship as she was about to go down. "This was the" captain's last order as at that moment the ship sunk and the captain, leaping clear of the wreck, was plckcd up by a lifeboat, which in some manner was overturned. Tho night was very misty and all hands were forced to shift for thenißplvps." The identified dead as far as learnsd at present were: Passengers—E. Mills, Mrs. ,T. C. Henderson. Sirs. R. Ross, Governor Ross's wife, lmby nnd niece. Dr. Duncan, Mr. Dell, Mrs. Capt.un Nickerson. Crew—Captain Foote, George Allen, third engineer; Horace Smith, second steward; 8. ,T. Pittß, cook; two Chinese, Buckholder and Gurk, oilers; two llremon. one coal passer, Night Saloon Watchman Kendall, Joe Benrd. second pantryman; two waiters, Miller, the barber; S. Law, M. P, Jock, Porter, and Maran, coal passers. ST. LOUIS MOTHER'S HEROISM. Jumped From • Rulldlnir Bo That Sha Won Crnahed In Protecting Her Haby. St. Louis, Mo.—A remarkable deed of heroism on the part of a mother trying to save her child wns enacted during nn early morning Are. Mrs. .Toseph Bosek, seeing that all escape from her burning homo was cut off, determined to jump from the thirdstory wiudow. Believing the leap would result In death for herself and baby unless her body protected the child, e>lie determined wilfully to sacrifice her own life. Deliberately she stepped to the open window, folded the child closely against her bosom, and fell out backwards, striking the sidewalk below on her bncU and hips. Her breast shielded the child from all bruises, and when policemen hurried to the scene they found the babe crowing and cooing. The mother Is sarlously hurt, but not fatally. At the City Hospital It was crated that her back was severely wrenched, and that she was Injured Internally. Joseph Bosek, her husband, leaped from the burning building before his wife, expecting to catch the child, but he broke both legs when lie jumped, and there was no choice left the mother bat to leap with the child. TERROR OF GOLDEN GATE CONE Arch Book, la San rrandMO Bay, Blows to ritMi. San Francisco, Cat.—Arch Rock, one of the greatest menace* to sate navigation in San Francisco Bay, has bean destroyed. Over thirty tons of nitroglycerine were employed. The rock lay about midway between Alcatras Island and Lime Point. The rock was several acres in extent, and all but iti summit wns tm<lcr water. ■Hp1-:' F |UM ftr