New York Times, The (Newspaper) - August 27, 1885, New York, New York VOL THURSDAY AUGUST 27 1885 PRICE TWO CENTS RAILROADS IS POLITICS THE KEYNOTE OF THE VANIA DEMOCRATS CONRAD B DAY NOMINATED FOB AND THE DENOUNCED Aug 20 abundant spirit am jrood resolutions all thai were needed by tho Pennsylvania Democrats to elect a good candidate Conrad B Day who was this nominated by acclamation for tho of State Treasurer would In November noit surely triumph over ley Quay tho candidate ing formally lr not sincerely which remains to bo scon to an unmistakable sentiment opposing tho consolidation of corporations Democrats havo chosen their candidate parent enthusiasm placed him noon which cordially approves tho National ocd State Administrations demands tho enforcement of tho constitutional provisions forbidding mergers of competing railroad lines and speaks frankly In favor of tho liquor traffic by license Tho convention wju somewhat bare of sensations but It was altogether harmonious It Is probable thai if tho outlook for cratic success had been brighter thoro would have less To say that tho seeing victory within reach would not tho South Pennsylvania and tho Pennsylvania roads so vigorously as they havo to-day Is a suspicion by tho talk of some Democrats who wero In tho convention but who oro attached to tho Pennsylvania Company's Interests men arc few however Tho proposition of tho Hatea plainly la sympathy with tho utterances of Mr Oov Paulson's of tho Commonwealth However formal nnd perfunctory tho assent of tho older politicians to tho of commendation en for tho President and the CAUSO of reform It anil If It does not menn much It U at least n testimony to tho force of an and public opinion which tho Pennsylvania Democrats had tho Rood senso to It was nearly o'clocK when tho tion called to order by Mr man of tho Stuto Committee Houso in which It met was destitute of A brass band played while the delegates wero coming In somo of thorn looking as If they hud that were very It wus a respectable body of mon including a few and a proportion than of la known as tho kid element Two specimen Democrats of tho old school seen when U P Allen of was escorted to tho form to his place as temporary Chairman hU escort of Richardson L of and Victor E of lorJ off Democratic war horses a druas coat on all occasions and his Moo every morning Another who had a place on tho platform was ifr of whoso coat with til buttons Tho of tho temporary Chairman was abort nnd In a progressive strain It tho Democrats being In power and re- minded thorn thut It was because tho platform of and tho manly utterances of tho date wore satisfactory to tho that land waa Tho sturdy course of dent Cleveland ho said since hla tlon shows that utterances wore not or and wo aro day having a purer than for years Tho to civil reform und tho public Is a public trust did not enthusiasm but thoy wore Tlie convention responded cordially to tho rebuking ments of corporations Tho convention was full of opposition to tho of railroads and in attacking them the Chairman a promptly responded named tho Committees on Resolutions and Permanent Organization too tooka recess at o'clock Jacob of waa mado permanent Ho not a nor Ho was fully lu sympathy with tho prevailing opposition to tho Pennsylvania Tho of corporations had il Tho boon ut the had the mns enforced Tho h I ar- for to awt u inr a tho amended Constitution Van t characterized as a r l H Pennsylvania Railroad LI i on the Pennsylvania It is as Infamous a ho declared as the and or tho same character This utterance provoked but the assertion tho now was discovering Instances of Republican venality of tht most sensational only a smile Mr Turnoy labored under tho Impression that tho had books nnd that they wore a dreadful of corruption under Republican rule in all tho When Mr Turnoy took his scat Iio heartily applauded Tho report of tho Committee on Resolutions was admirably read by Mr W 8 of Franklin Sir Stenper Is ono of tho and Democrats Identified with that part or tho known as mon Short of build dark and straightforward ho bad but only after a determined In bo- elected a delegate and the for harmony led tbn managers to him a place on tbo on Resolutions Tbo committee him its Chairman and ho waa therefore m n position to sco the Stalo as tho Nut imal Administration cordial Ho read tho declarations reported by thu in a clear volco and expression Tho platform Is 03 L Tho Democracy of Pennsylvania la convention de- clare their hearty ind support of tbo vt the Democratic They favor an honest and efficient civil k fait or tho anO a thorough of tho of rule In with mi- or the Chicago upon which was elected President tina J bomu A of tho II tho Democratic reform Ad- j ministration of anil bis their auj a to tho Uio 1 u this end wo and Lable right to prompt IT Iho for and personal cnfls of and searching mudo In tho of Iho tim thn eut will secure for the that thoro of server will practical and of tho HI Tho ration of DOT br tho flrm and honest of lav and tho anJ of tho rower In tho Interest of reform and economical government tho and commands iho of tho warmly the of the and h la In to and tho ro procure Juat and to cuarO t curo economy an J In ho and to deeply rooted In tho I iws IV Krory of labor to better IW condition and lea commands tUo sympathy and of tho Pany Iho Importation undor contract of for- eUn pauper labor evil which bo tr Ju allon V Wo faror tnn enforcement of tho Constitution Ot and section and demand the regulation Hw In accordance of tho or too Mate the equalization of ttm tho of public to an honett the Mate Treasury and of tho Jaws IL VI We lu In flagrant of tho Constitution tha attempt to consolidate iho South anil Creek with Iho and wo heartily prove the proceeding of tho anJ Attorney General V and Lho under iho Luo Vir nomination of Matthew S br tho for as Insult to tho and iho of tho and or his will mir Official tha pretensions of power Abuse of tho pard and tho creation of now to Che ucd cat out their Vill Tbo Democratic Is as it haa bern to and unequal taxation It an j form and It li in furor of tho of conduct with thn public and of and of the liquor v1 PT bjr a jaJ clous and graded In common with patriotic of all wo ot and cherish the of i anJ heroic conduct and great hi i TO it t 1 h's ITU i for ino wUi ti Tbo of tho a r j Jcr wti tun nami f tho 1 when section the attempt to consolidate tho South Pennsylvania and Beech Creak Railroad was read to tho tion It bad been understood that the com nics wore not to be named but referred to In a way and tho outspoken of tho resolution was therefore all the to the delegates The resolution to tbo of Gen Grant waa well received When tho was concluded Conrad from who waa Itching to BOO tho con- vention on tho question of civil reform moved that tho bo voted upon tbo convention waa shouting No I and Conrad was a effort to conceal his head behind bis collar tho put tho motion jind It was unanimously voted down Tho form was thon adopted without opposition Nominations now In order and tho Chairman Mr W U HonsoU who had risen In tho Lancaster delegation whore ho bad found a by substitution The smooth faced and youthful Chairman of tho Commit toe a speaker of no mean ability and a favorite with tho politicians ot tbo Stato tbo namo of Conrad B Day in an speech knew tho man to bo and thoro was no hesitation In plauding when Mr Hoasel declared that Ic waa ntt true that tho Democratic nomination had gono tif aging through tbo State This ho said baapbnoout In search of an honest and fit man and It found him It know him Mr Day was praised ai a man who bad Legislatures or trafficked In nubile re- This comparison br inference with tbo candidate was vociferously cheered by tho convention which had ly interrupted tbo speech of Mr lol with plaudits Tbo triumph of tbo convention was won by Mr Onco only and that ourlnjr his speech seconding Mr Day's nomination was tho whole body thoroughly aroused Taking up Mr remark Day that no had debauched he supplemented It with tbo words with tolling But he bus never pardoned tho men who de- bauched This thrust at tho Re- publican candidate mado a palpable hit Tbo speaker had tbo convention entirely with him and ho was frequently Interrupted with plause Having presented tho outlook to tho party In an way ho on the climax by declaring with stirring Now is tbo to say to a public bo stop It Now Is tho time to put tho seal of our reprobation nnd damnation on his schema and you can do It applause broke la upon tbo speaker before ho bad finished and when tbo storm Dad partly subsided thoro wore three cheers for given with very cratic Nominations wore declared closed Tbo nomination of Mr Conrad B Day to be Stato Treasurer was made by acclamation At o'clock tho convention adjourned Tho delegates have homo hopeful It not sanguine They aro Impressed with tbo be- lief that cause Is bound to grow In public esteem and that events In tho CO days may holp them greatly All along tho lino of the South Pennsylvania district which expected to bo greatly benefited by a now and lino and even in districts along the Pennsylvania Koad which would be affected by that corporation's acquisition of tho com- lino tbo opposition to reported to of a revival Out of that revival tbo hopo to secure re- enough to overcome tho normal majority of votes THE SMALLPOX SCOURGE CONDITION OP IN DISEASE IN MONTREAL Aug Health De- would give DO statistics of tbo pox to-day but tho cases reported woro not nearly so numerous as yesterday There woro 19 yesterday There ttro 60 patients in tho Civic Hospital which was built to accommodate 28 An additional hospital la being erected but will not bo ready for somo days as ono of tho workmen has taken tbo easo and tho others havo boon frightened off In tho mean a largo hospital tent has been put UD to accommodate 30 patients A nent doctor saya ho baa cent 10 of his private patients to tho Hospital curing too past 10 days Tbo opening of tho schools boon postponed until Sept 16 A young man wua brought to-day from tho BL Hospital from tho -in i until two days ago a servant In tho i and tho authorities aro it hospital bo tho disease in I Smith of tho Rank of bos to tho if from smallpox TUe havo not yet hos for tbo health will not tako until Saturday havo recovered and In tho hts 13 not placarded a girl about 17 years of ajro who had recently from smallpox was discovered Bitting in tho waiting room of tho Station Sho Intended 70107 on tbo eastern train but was promptly dis- missed from tho station by Mr Kir tho station agent who told her she could not got on tho train until she bad a duly authenticated cor- tdat waa no danger of contagion her departure tho room was fumigated and closed until this Tbo corporation of the village of St Anno do at a special on Tuesday last a resolution ordering tho Immediate of all tho Inhabitants of tho ity A sufficient supply of vaccino matter has been ordered from Boaton at tho expense of tho corporation In St Joan Village things arc In a frightful condition Your correspondent was Informed on good authority to-day that thoro wore 25 deaths from last week and that ono night alono this week 13 persons woro burled by two undertakers In many of tho houses thero are two throe and tour cases A man died last Sunday and tho widow and six children aro now sick Tbo corporation Is at- tending to wonts and is also for several patients who friends havo deserted them Nothing however la to stay tho spread of tho disease and hardly a houso is placarded Aup case of brought to this city by a family that arrived from Montreal a few weeks ago has spread to several houses In the east end of tho city and much fear la entertained that tbo will attain proportions as it bos In Montreal Greatest precautions are being taken to prevent the spread of the disease into Ontario nnd tho Health Is taking measures to all towns on tho boundary between tno two Provinces or tho traffic between Montreal and this city has boon suspended as bore aro afraid of contagion QUEBEC AUR At a mooting of tho City Council hero to-day Alderman de- nied tho reports circulated by a paper that thoro woro throe cases of smallpox In tbo city Tbo city ho said was fully prepared for an at- tack of tbo All precautions hod been taken A motion for tho enforcement of com- vaccination under penalty was adopted COHOES N Y Aug There aro some persons hero who fear that unless tho health tako immediate action In tho matter may again bo visited by smallpox Over one-third of tEo population Is made UD of French Canadians who como mostly trom Montreal and vicinity Hardly a day posses that persons do not como from tnat direction in tho midnight trains aro going thoro to visit relatives 80 far tho city has escaped but under existing circumstances there Is no doubt horo In tho minds or tho citizens that extra precautions should bo taken i 4 L it rmt r t bavo pr pi I K nnl in- Is ffn n hv that f arv wii i T nn 1 t -i to CIRCUS MEN CAUSING TROUBLE OF O'BRIEN'S SHOW STEALING IN PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA Aug Hurley alias Whisky until lately a with Circus ia In tho sylvania Hospital with a fractured skull tho result of resisting arrest on a of Hurley was discharged from tho circus on Tuesday and tho money ho re- for bact waxes wont on a spree This morning ho catered saloon at can and Dickinson streets and after soma there attempted to stool a shawl from tho of tho proprietor Tho woman him and called for tbo police Officer Lafferty responded and tried to take Hurloy Into custody Tho canvasman resisted arrest butting the officer In tbo face and him in tbo Tbo policeman then drew His Jack and dealt tbo man a blow over tho eyo which knocked him senseless Word was sent to tbo station bouso and an ambulance was tele- for to tako the Injured man to tbe Upon his arrival at that institution tbo found that skull bad been fractured Tho opinion was expressed however that tho wound was not Tbo police Ray that circus have caused a of trouble since tbo show opened at and streets A number ol and others were paid off on Tuesday thon have created disturbance by A man who rave tbo or and naid he mi homo was this evening at an 1 bouth struts anl u to bo une of the circus He was hy J a at- his ami locked uo in the Seventeenth Houso to wait 1 THE CHARLESTON CYCLONE LOSS A WIND AND WATER VESSELS CHURCHES BOOSES AM THE WALL AND 8 O Aug most destructive cyclone over known In this visited Charleston and all the islands and tba country along this coast yesterday en- tailing a loss of over a million dollars All tele- graphic communication between Charleston and the world was cut off and the lines wero not In working order until late this afternoon Dispatches could only be sent from 23 miles distant which railroad last night did not continue After on early hohr It was just daylight about 6 o'clock when the storm proper began Tbo cautionary signal had been hoisted at the BUmal Office about 8 o'clock on Monday afternoon but no one an- n severe gale except perhaps the pilots woo camo in tator in the afternoon and who re- ported an unusually heavy sea on the bar and dirty weather whilo tho Weather Bureau at Washington jrave warning of the proach of a storm Ho waver DO storm as that which broke over tho was dreamed of by any ono of Charleston wore disturbed during the night by tho soughing of the winds which followed tho thunderstorm shortly after midnight tbo symptoms which Invariably precede an k equinoctial end prepared themselves for the event At daylight they found tbo wind blowing from tbo southeast at the rate of about 80 miles an hour with frequent pasts reaching to 50 This In Itself was an unusual feature aa most equinoctial gales In Charleston start from tha northeast At 0 o'clock tho wind bad become ly Tho raio which the night bad fallen in torrents had almost ceased Tbo streets were deserted except by tha ice and milk wagons whoso drivers bad considerable difficulty in dodging the slates bricks tiles and street signs which wore whirled about la every tion At that early hour the streets were much blocked with the limbs ot trees signs and over- turned and it required the exercise of considerable discretion and care to pick one's way through tbo and to dodge tho flying missiles Ono of the most points at that hour was the tion of Broad and Meeting streets The wind began tho work of stripping tho roof of St Michael's Church as early as 6 o'clock The huge slates woro ripped up by degrees danced about In the air and thrown violently down hi thu streets Tho roof of tho church proper had remained uninjured Jn waa a shower of falling slates and bricks which a fusillade Jof musketry while tbo of tho straying and swinging tin signs of tho lawyers on the street formed a martial accompaniment which did not require much of a stretch of tbo imagination to convoy tbo Idea of tho trumpets In a cavalry charge Tbe outlook on the wharves was squally but not usually alarming Thoro woro very few vessels at tho these with the exception ot a number of yachts and smacks wero riding tho storm In comparative comfort denly the tin on tbo roofs of tho various offices and cotton was rolled up and scattered like so many rolls of paper and the waves angrily dashed over tbo Dior beads and mountains and valleys ID tho river Tho of water was A U and mariners looked anxiously at tho barometer and waited with for tbo appointed hour In the hope of a of wind About o'clock the mercury In these eters waa still and had reached the est point registered hero In SO years About this the Hignal Office apparatus was carried away tha last that tho of the wind was 63 miles an hour Tno storm did not reach its height however until 8 and D When tho was about 80 miles an hour During all this time the alarm bolls had been intervals of about five minutes every stroke of the bells a break In tho wires East Battery and Booth Battery wore save in a natatory way or by means of small boats Tbe water in the was about level with tho granite wall of tho Battory over which tbo waves flowed freely tho roadway bolow and all the yards fronting on Ease Battery and many of tbo streets leading to that thoroughfare tic and Water streets woro under water and ono could not approach East Battory through either of those streets without swimming But this was not all Mountains of waves as they dashed against tho sea wall woro caught up by the wind and tons of water wore lifted into hurled against the cast fronts of tho handsome buildings which lino the sidewalk smashing In windows doors and fences and inundating tho lawns and gardens Tbo flagstone of East Battory was badly broken UD tho waves lilting largo Bags and carry thorn to tho op- ildo ot tho street Almost tho entire Inor was washed away and many gaps woro mado In the embankment Tbo destruction was no less complete on South Battory Point Garden was completely Inundated and after the lull In the storm which occurred about 9 o'clock fishing boats could have been easily launched Trom their resting places on South Bay and as easily rowed to any point on South Battery The damage to the houses gardens and lawns on this thoroughfare was serious Not more than two or throe bouses on either thoroughfare escaped Host of them woro unroofed entirely or in part and all of thorn suffered other damage The ing houso was carried away and completely The trees on White Point Garden stood tbo storm as they have stood every storm that has occurred In Charleston since they planted with only the loss of numerous limbs and branches The amount of tbo damage to tba Battery cannot now be estimated The lost it was torn up when much of tbo oast wall and a large part of the south wall wero washed away It will cost the a con- sum to put It In repair but tho damage Is proportionately small compared with tbo damage In other quarters of tho Tho storm continued to Increase In violence as the day advanced Tbe streets were filled up with slates bricks window ters and and above the bowl of the wind and tho soughing ot the trees as they and bent under the Influence of tho could bo beard the sharp rattle of falling and slates At S o'clock the rain begaa to fall in torrents It was at this time that old mariners realized that something more than a galo bad como upon us This was indicated by the way ID which tho sheet of water fell was whirled around Tho wind to blow from oil directions and mosses of water woro flung violently toward every Quarter The streets woro flooded and tho drain pits being choked up the water ran knew deep in street In tho Tho rain was accompanied by claps of thunder at short Intervals but the was almost drowned In the roar of the storm About o'clock tho dome of St Church was torn oft and burled Into the street below For over a century tbo dome of old St Michael's bad stood the storm It bad even escaped without Injury tbe mln of Iron which was poured Into tbo for almost two years the late war and Charleston had como to bave an abiding and unshaken faith In tbe steeple The of yesterday however craved too much for it On less Injury was done than was anticipated though trees and fences wero blown down and hero and thore houses were unroofed The pleasure boats on were piled up on tbe northern shore in a confused mass of broken hUlKs The fence and outhouses of the Roper Hospital were blown down and tho roof of tha Jail torn off Tbo tho Sisters of Mercy was seriously injured and unroofed tbe library badly damaged and tho building temporarily unfit far use Tbe col- ored church in was completely demolished In a lonro tree riven In three Darts from top to bottom but standing Tho whole street Is barricaded with fallen trees The Plymouth Church in was completely Tho St was alio unroofed Tho homo in was badly damaged and tho A vory Institute unroofed Tho Trinity Methodist Episcopal In and the chapel of tho citadel were un- roofed Tbo mala building wot not seriously damaged Tbe Charleston High School and the Catholic Central School woro damaged Tho Mount Presbyterian Church colored in was unroofed and badly wrecked The spire of the German Lutheran Church was Injured In two small houses were blown down on tbe occupants who escaped Without serious Injury In ibis section of the city the tide reached a height of 4 feet acid out tbe negro houses in that About two miles of wan torn up and freight depots were badly damaged TUB damage to the Northeastern ards amounts tu The South Carolina Hallway and the Immense storehouses wero unroofed and heavily The track from the Intersection of the Northeastern road lo tea South Carolina wharves floated all about and was deposited In proportions on whatever foundations were posed by tbe receding waters Tbe loss to tbe Bouth Carolina Is estimated at at point Other railroads loat several sand dollars each The destruction along tha water front when Iho bad spent Its almost com- plete If a gigantic razor had been drawn over the and shaved down the a more complete could scarcely bare been Everything lay In ruins pier heads vessels offices and clocks presented a mass or confusion Buoh a sight has never before been witnessed In Charleston Tho cyclone had done Its work thoroughly and In about AO minutes Vessels had been lifted UD and landed in what bad once been a Dior head Tbe roofs of what had once been wharf floated in the docks Barrels and boxes of freight and cargo wero found a naif mllo from the places from which they bad boon swept and broken masts and spars floated In tho docks amid a of Tho to the snipping In port was very severe Both of tho Sullivan's Island forry steamers Woro driven Into tho mud and will probably be lost The Gorman brig which arrived on Monday from Cane do Verde Islands was torn from her moorings in tbe stream and collided with tho pier of the Southern carrying It away and was then hurled with fearful force up tho and driven against tbo dry dock whore It sank Tho wero taken off In small boats The yacht Glide was swept into tho marsh and thrown on her side Tho A C and Waco woro torn from moorings at City Wharf and driven up Cooper ana wedged together on tbe track of the Northeastern Tho Norwegian bark Capt Jensen which arrived from Liverpool on Monday after- noon and was anchored at tbo Quarantine station drifted In toward the city and lost all her masta and her bow She managed to como to anchor after losing her masts In tho stream nearly opposite Atlantic wharf Bho Is badly damaged Tho crow wero taken off during the storm but were on board again last night The schooner Haud Low which was In tho dry dock was hove and wont adrift Tho schooner William E Lee also at anchor In tbo harbor was driven ash oro near Hog Island Channel The Gorman bark H Fetors anchored in tbo stream was driven ashore near Bennett's mill and was considerably damaged Tbo pilot boat Charleston was at sea and has not been beard from It la supposed however that she weathered tbo storm and will reach port to-day Tho Norwegian bark tho Italian Bon Prisco and two three-masted schooners names unknown woro on near last night Tbe pilot boat Peerless which was anchored In tbe roads near Sullivan's Island was blown from her through Hog Island nel dragging two anchors Tbe pilot boats Igo and Frances Elizabeth were anchored la tho stream on East Battery They were blown up tho In conjunction as It wore and finally camo In collision Tbo Frances Elizabeth loat her main boom but was otherwise uninjured Both vessels wore dually driven UD on tho sboro at Point Thoy will bave to bo dugout The steamship from New-York ar- rived hire at about 7 o'clock last night Cape Tbe soils woro all carried and the cabin and saloon furniture damaged a little by salt wator Every room In tho ship bad water In it thero wasn't a dry spot in tho ship I saw a seething coll of water In my life The water seemed to come through everything even the classes and thoro wero 2 Inches of water In my room on deck Tbe coastwise steamer Saint Helena Is ashore ac Martin's Point and a canal will have to bo cut to get her off The steamship of tbo Florida Line arrived horo at 1 o'clock this mornlnc- not much the worse for her trip although abo had tered tho galo 24 hours before It reached ton She had a rough time Sho left ville about 3 o'clock on Monday and reached Mayport at tho mouth of tbo John's Blver about 6 o'clock It was then blowing a vale from tbe much of a galo that It was decided to tie up to tbe dook Whilo two or three schooners which anchored in tho roads anchors and were driven on shore at or houses woro blown down In the central and western parts of the city tbo destruction was fearful Tbe steeple of tbo waa toppled over falling upon Mr residence and ing it without however seriously one About half of tbo houses In tbe city woro either wholly or completely unroofed v On Sullivan's Island the f onto of the was terrific and It was feared in too city that many houses bad been swept away however tne aid not amount to more than reports from tbo Boa Islands report almost a total destruction of the cotton crop and grave fears are entertained that tho rice crop bos been destroyed At 9 o'clock the tide had reached Its highest as had also tho galo and there was a den lull In wind and rain Tbo bomb to creep out of tbo looward rooms in tho lower floors of their residences and to comprehend tbo wreck that had overtaken tho city Tho lull however was of short duration Fifteen utes later a sharp from tho southwest up accompanied by a aharp shower or rain which Boon drove every ono but hardy mariners Indoors again Wind and rain ued to until by 10 o'clock a galo was from tho west This continued un- til about 1 P M when tho wind died out and too storm of was Tho following Is a rough estimate of tho property private churches city and parks roads River ping lumber mills The work of repairing the damage bus already begun and will be pushed forward with all sible energy A STEAMSHIP'S ESCAPE Go Aug steamship William Lawrence from Baltimore reached this port this morning after losing overboard oil tbo trunks of tho and all tho cargo between decks part being swept away and part being thrown over to lighten the vessel Tho second Schauer of Hal washed overboard and lost Tho vessel bad 10 feet of water in hor bold and her fires out for 13 hours The loss financially is very heavy but tbo amount Is un- known Tho Italian brig Arago from Brunswick Go was wrecked off tbo coast In The Captain bis wife and of tho crow wero token of tho wreck by the brur Emma and brought to to-day Tho Arago was lumber laden WITB CANNON ACCOMPANIMENT Yesterday was the first day of the Cappa Grand Musical Festival at Brighton Beach Coney Island and notwithstanding tho very cool weather about 8.000 went to it Tbo band consisted of 80 pieces and was assisted by tho Seventh Drum Corps the Glee Club and a chorus of 40 voices Two concerts wero givon during tho day the first at 8 o'clock in tbo afternoon The programme Included the over- ture to a tenor solo by Mr Harvey a duct from Norma by Mrs K Elliot and Miss H Billot and a descriptive Tbe programme for the evening Included tho overture to from Rossini a tenor solo by Mr Harvey of with band chorus and organ and a descriptive picco entitled Tno Battle of Gettysburg For this CacDtt bad cured the assistance of Company F ot tho fourteenth of Brooklyn and of tho Battery attached to the Division of tno National Guard with two Dog guns under tho command of Lieut Wilson When tbo battle began and tho cannon forth fire accompanied by tbo of musketry tho rapid firing of tho guns tho audience arose and cheered repeatedly ARRESTED CHICAGO Aug The Hon Aleck man of La of the States District Court of Western of Louisiana was arrested here this evening on a warrant sworn out by O P also of Judge with undue with Mnj E his wife Mrs is living at tho with her little 3 years old bhe Is here for the purpose of obtaining a from her This afternoon she was out riding bar husband entered hor room at tho hotel and took tho little ono It Is not known where he has secreted ncr It Is assorted by Judge Boarman that in making tbo charge against him is actuated only by a desire to Impugn bis wife's to caro for child which bo wants tho custody of himself on THE TENNESSEE BAB Me Aug A very larco reception was held on the flagship Tennessee from 2 to 5 this afternoon tendered by all tho officers of the ship From 600 to 800 guests wore on board besides the regular crew of WO All the distinguished cottagers and hotel people were present The Tennessee will leave to-morrow for Tbo Galena and Alliance will Ball N Y Aug The tion of as ascertained by the census ordered bv tiie Common Council IB TOUCHING UP THE YACHTS GETTING THE PURITAN AND GE- READY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES m TIIE ENGLISH BIO GREAT IN THE RACE THE LITTLE BETTINa EVEN Tbe was towed up from Staton Island yesterday morning and anchored in labout Bay otf tho Brooklyn Navy Yard Tho Intention was to dook her at ship yard but there was a stiff northwester blowing and Capt Crocker decided not to run tho risk of on accident by docking her in tho high wind With hor topmast housed tbo bla rodo at anchor and was an object of much to people on tbo neighboring J Malcolm Forbes and hor other owners went to Boaton on Tuesday evening and will not return to York until tho latter port of next week the yacht will bo In of hor designer E Burgess who lives on hoard Tho object of bringing tho Puritan to Ion's ship yard is to give hor a thorough over- hauling and put everything about hor in fect order During tho afternoon Mr ono of tho Philip Lowo tho ger and Robert Brown tbo mado a careful examination of every part of tho ging pear and noted what changes required Thero will bo no essential alterations but there are a number of little things to bo Mr Brown Bald that a part of tho iron work at tho ond of tha sprit was found to bo defective and would bo replaced by entirely now material Some of tho blocks wore also discovered to be imperfect Tho vocht will be at yard to-day and to-morrow and will bo in sailing trim again on Saturday During tho week aha will bo tried as often as possible In company tho to toat hor rigging and practice to her crew The dimensions of Puritan furnished by Mr Forbes Length over all 83 teot length on tho water line 80 feet beam 23 foot 7 Inches draught 8 feet Hor mast la 78 feet In topmast 44 length of bowsprit outboard Sa foot length of bonn 78 feet length of gaff 47 feet length of spinnaker polo M feet Her boom Is a larger spar than Is to be found on any full-rigged ship afloat haa a flush deck with a rail about 1 foot In height and hor skylights and batches ore constructed with tho possible saving of Bolow deck tho Puritan Is an exceedingly roomy boat Her loon Is a spacious apartment about 15 feet square with two upper and lower berths on each sHo There aro two staterooms forward of tbo on each side and ono room with four berths aft of It Forward of tho staterooms on tho port U the galley and forward of that tho forecastle Tho lay at anchor off Stolen Island all day yesterday It was the In- tention of her owner 81 r Button to sail hor over tho course out tho stormy weather de- him Tho opportunity was taken to mako tho proposed alteration la her lie Hor topmast was shortened three feet and hor sail altered to correspond If tbo weather Is good aho will bo sailed over tho course day J Webb tbo designer of tbo has given her dimensions and rig as Length overall BO foot length at tho load water lino 81 feet beam 18 foot I depth of hold draught foot height of most from deck to hounds Si foot topmost from fid to 47 feet length of boom 70 f gaff foot bowsprit outboard 86 foot spinnaker polo 04 feet club Ball 43 feet It will bo observed that tho is ono foot longer than tho Puritan on tbo wator lino but her spread of canvas Is considerably less Her topmost having been throe feet Is now only 40 Instead of 47 and her total height of most is only BO feet tbe Puritan's 123 fort Then again hor boom is only 70 feet long whilo the Puritan sis 76 Tho Puritan will therefore bavo to allow her time What tbe allowance la cannot bo stated until tba has been officially measured and this will not be dono until the latter port of ween probably on Saturday Bept 6 It la safo to say however that It will not be much above or below a mln utu The cutting down of tUo almost on tbo eve of tho races bos Driven to no ond of conjecture The reason by her friends is that her sails have in this atmosphere and rendered ouch an alteration necessary but tbo general opinion Is that chief object is to secure a larger allowance On this view ot tbo matter it la argued that no better evidence can bo bad that tbo Englishmen aro doubtful of their ability to beat tbo Yankee sloop It is oortalnly remarkable that tho rig of a yacht which bos been BO thoroughly tried as the should DO altered In tbo slightest degree on tho eve of such an Important contest It Is worthy of mention also lu tbU tion that observant yachtsmen who watched tho movements ot the on hor recent cruise down East say that 00 far from ing tho speed reputed to hor she Boomed to go rather slow for a yacht ot her size and reputation But so much depends on tho trim of tho sails In making a boat no or not as hor skipper may dodro thut It would not bo safe to lorm a judgment on those ances Thoro Is ono thing however connected with her run from Newport to ord re- ferred to In TBE TIMES of yesterday If her skipper did not want to HULKO her keep up with tho York yachts for what reason did he let his spinnaker This Is a sail that Is never except forgetting all tho speed possible out of a boat There is If any betting on tbo races at present Borne money WHS wagered a fow atro at odds largely In favor of tho Genesta but that was before tno remarkable qualities of the Puritan had been proved Even beta aro now talked of and it la not unlikely that tbo odds will bo In favor of tho Puritan before tbo aay of sailing arrives Certain it is that dence in tho Puritan Is growing dally and rood reason A thoroughly scientific man sold yesterday that tho Puritan was simply a wonderful boat for going to tbe windward and was suro to tbo hard work to out ahead on her strongest point whilo in reaching and running sbo would in all ability boat tbo cutter badly Public Interest In tne races is unprecedented All yachtsmen have witnessed overy pre- vious contest for the America's Cup on this of tho wator pay thoy never saw anything It Men who don't know a staysail from a club topsail manifest an eagerness to talk about tho race In to any other subject boats and steam craft availably for ing tho yachts aro already at a premium Ono party of dry roods men who chartered a er a week ago for boon offered already for a release HOLDING MAIDEN REGATTA THE GREENWICH CLUB HAVE A SORT OF FOURTH OF JULY Ono of tho youngest yacht in this vicinity Is tho Greenwich Club of Greenwich Conn which was organized lato in tho present season largely through tho efforts of Mr Ar- thur E who was chosen first Com- modore It bos a membership of about 40 and a of about 26 boats and is a promising It had a a fow wooks airo which won a successful affair and it held Its first annual Matthews Do vino proprietors of tbo Indian Harbor Hotel co-operated with tho club Drat by offering a handsome punch bowl and as a prize for tbo large boats and ood by giving annual midsummer ball a tho evening Then besides tho regatta the club arranged a number of rowing mcrs iome oddities In and an fireworks In the ami tbe a sort of Junior Fourth ot July tor People of the town very In the Idea durine not less tlinn TOO or from I around the club House and nn Point The invitations to other to tho Pully and tho the Jennie uf Vurk iho an d Allen from tin and oJ tho lolanthe of thn Tho of tho fleet wan also at tho vous but did not start Ibe water was rathor rough perhaps too for a cutter Tho Mamlo of tho homo bnd tho ill luck to turn upside down before tbo TWO began and her crow got wot This was iho only tho wind blow half a gale from north and northwest and tbe waves out in ran fully eight foot high Tho course for tho largo boats was from Greenwich across thu Sound to Island thon along tbo Island shorn to Buoy and then back to tne Thf email boata wont from Greenwich to cook and back It waa after 12 when tbo starting gun wna Ureil i eood start was made Tho across too lino and was by tKn Wanda Tbo Polly was ami then tho Happy Thought and to the number of 18 In all the crossing last It was free to thn Island shore and tbn tho with a rush although under or double reefs Tbo Adelo but nine others followed within 10 utes and then betran somo work tu ward Tbo sont down ami the own a deal of wawr but nearly all kept on tho It ft share fight with wind and wator an well an other The and wore the to Jinn 1 won a nf Colors offered hy Mr W W tu 1 hf making thp the courses The amo wo tbe bor Hotel Tho Jennio wan not willed r the colors The table below gives thr tLo CABIN SLOOPS Tint Time fl In TI M S n M S 07 3 60 67 9 B8 67 Wily 07 0 18 09 a 15 M OH a 18 3 18 00 Anita 81 00 did not CLASS 27 fl 03 30 a Bt Vixen 23 10 B 03 88 8 01 81 lolanthe 87 not lO OPEN 20 00 B 53 30 S BO IB 00 3 68 41 2 OS 00 Orlenta Bl 11 B 29 B W 89 Brahmin SO 00 B 14 Bfl 3 11 Wanda 18 00 8 82 60 0 28 IB CLASS IV 24 W 3 61 30 3 BO 47 Alice 21 oo 8 07 sa o oa aa NOT CLASSED S 44 83 3 41 03 When tho fleet returned tho thero was a big crowd to tho and also tbo rowing races which contested over a course on tho atrip of water between tho clubhouse and tho hotel wero rowed In boata ana the ants woro local Thoro waa somo and a rood deal of fun D nnd G won a double-scull race P and Harry a ateur John and Collins a boys double-scull race M a scull professional race and M Lenox scull race over a mllo course Then thero matches tub n mind scramble In tho water for a and other events of a moro for all of which cash prizes of from to woro offered la tbo oven In ir tho clubhouse and other in rs at Point and tho blp hotel woro with Chinese lanterns and woro fireworks at tbo hotel nnd a of bombs and rockets from of the yachts at anchor There also tho midsummer ball at tho Indian Harbor Hotel which was attended by tho a number of yachtsmen nnd by several parties of New York ALL HANDS TO BE ARRESTED WARRANTS FOR PRINCIPALS AND TOHS OF THE N Y Aug Subpoenas woro served this upon all reporters who attended tho recent prize at to appear before Police tice and testify regarding tbo affair Upon affidavits sworn to by thorn warrants wore issued tho principals and others con- with tha fight Tbo reporters at first de- to any testimony but they were threatened with commitment for contempt Daniel A one of tbo moat inent of tho county and a prominent Grand Army man was by Sheriff nan on tho charge of being referee Much ex- waa caused by his arrest Patrick waa arrested br Detective on board a train for tno Uo was promptly in tbo station houso A telegram was received from tho police ties of Buffalo Oaker had booa ar- rested In that city Deputy Sheriff wont after him and returned on tho to-night Baker was lodged in jail and second woro arraigned In tho Court this afternoon and with and abetting a pleaded not guilty hailed In to for examination on 2 A number of am out and it Is that i wan up liy Taylor solely No of any WILH n by any the county Mr Tavlor null tn a II thorn Is any tu bo In the I inn It I aii lay for one who N f i Itu li huMml lux ID III 1 M 1 am willing to the It H i I r thin tho luw Tno Attorney in- wanted tho f HIM reporters and as many of Ibo HC In- could find lu order to a warrant for arrest of tho parties and before bo uot every ono who bad anything to ao with tno fight whether as a spectator or an interested potty who refused to bis testimony the others would be mado a defendant I am going to carry this If tho term of court doesn't do but indict and try tbo parties that went to thin prize or it Mr Taylor lie added that ho should draw Grand Jury after Grand Jury if until all tho aldore and tors of the affair wero In tho penitentiary Mr Taylor spoke with much severity of tho papers In city and Buffalo which published tho challenge and n other ways encouraged tho Ho was particularly hard on tho tcr Morning Herald received tho stakes and forwarded to tho Police The proprietors of that ho ought to bo indicted for tho It is understood that thore has boon a of Rochester sports who attended tho This la also said to bo tbo case In Warrants will Deserved on Herman Burkhardt as timekeeper Jack Tumor aa second for tery J F Hoas as sooond for Baker and Frank aa trainer for TO RUN ELECTRICITY THE NEW PHILADELPHIA HAIL WAY BEADY FOR BOON PHILADELPHIA Aug plant for tbo new electric motor railway which Is to be put down on from tho station to Laurel Hill a distance of of a mile Is being constructed aa rapidly as possible and tho cars will bo In motion by Oct L Tola system of transportation for street railways has been put to a practical teat and proved ful Each car U provided with a motor which Is placed tho wheels and In no way In- with tho carrying capacity Iho power la supplied br this motor nnd powerful dynamos Tho latter send a current of along tho track by means of copper conductors which aro Inclosed in a small con- duit placed in tho centra of tbo railway Each conductor Is fattened to a curved Iron pluto exposed surface is about two In width plates U tho slot in which tho works It is Impossible to get to tbo conductors without up tho plates aad thoro Is man or harao being shocked by contact with thorn cost per mllo of this railway not Including rails and cars U about and the cast of Is only nominal an Ingenious arrangement cars will bo lighted by tbo thut Hives thorn Tho conductor which runs through tho con- duit Is of copper and Iron and tho pieces of tho framo ruh iron so that there is vory eling frame Is pulled by thr cnr xmi MI tan CUM of 18 foot apart in tno Hn which can no to ot in cut nf arc M 11 v ail r tin motor nr liy emu i i In tn the to i down to tho jn work 1 DILI ronduit n run i c without ir ilio r with tho nf ram I do car Is and by a lever und 118 speed can Do It will go will and start on a curvo NM required and the car can be williout any Jar A COOK SHOOTS Aug ond cook at iho shot himself near tbo heart at 8 o'clock in tho linen closet and will probably die Tho cause of the act Is supposed to haro been a with a named Nellie who formerly worked In ilin m tic to be came throo yoars ano from where hlu aim cow AT THE AUK nt mn tho election wore last year nine arni many ami trip u elected by 60 Hell JJ tiie Adv LADIES MAXWELL COMPLAINS OF TONE OF LETTERS UE THINKS IT 113 AT WAfl IN MAT EO ST Louis Aug Mas we i I tho now spends hla in hU coll and tbo Jailer allows but few to sea him Maxwell was to to-day on tho sub- ject of tho alleged discovery In Philadelphia a man who had seen thu murder I suppose you will havo such an Im- portant witness hero J your said That Is a matter I shall leave to my counsel I think it vory probable that was Ho to Philadelphia vory well You must bavo been there about tbo tbo gentleman says bo saw first toward tho end of March Yos I must havo been In Philadelphia then And played lords with thoro Wo ployed pool Ho was a strong player was and I often think now tbaC ho could play even better than ho used to whoa wore at pool don't to you tho Incident of his buying played with a may navo done so but J don't remember Maxwell complained of tho tono In which some of his lady correspondents uro him Ho received a letter from ono of them day in whlen thu lady Informed him that abo was to assist In his prosecution ana would certainly secure hla conviction us nho had boon studying criminal law for two months with ft prominent lawyer ond was fully equipped with legal knowledge In tho event of her falling with tbo of tho Circuit Attorney and hla to him by Octo- ber she intended to upon him condign punishment of a nature wnich sbo would beforehand but which would bo too rible for Aug Benjamin rett who claims to havo met C Ar- thur In this city last May weeks after tbo alleged murder in St Louis when repudiated a previous ance mado In March and denied bis identity waa seen nt bis homo No Tho Interview published In TIKES was substantially correct although tbe statement 1 made waa not Intended for publication 1 havo no for newspaper notoriety and ono why I have said nothing about my with was rather doubtful for a while whether It was really ho tnat I mot In May I first read of bis supposed I be- came Interested In tho matter although our acquaintance wus short 1 rather took a cy to tho man I believed at tho thai ho had really been murdered by and sudden strengthened be- lief Evon my meeting with him In tha pool room on on tbo Hth day of last May I thought that I might bo mistaken In his Identity Since Maxwell's return from tralia I am positive 1 was not mistaken and that tbo man I mot lu tho pool room was mally This when I went down I mot a friend who called my attention to tbo interview I was In tbo Continental that day ond saw you playing billiards that ho sold I watched tho gamo very closely and took particular now of your opponent's oo It was ono that a man would remember I BOW tho picture of published in toe tho supposed murder and that bo bad been in Philadelphia I Immediately connected tho pictured face with tho man I suw In your company His features woro In Indelibly impressed Upon mv mind Jomo In May I think about tho of tho month 1 was down Arch- and mot a man between and Ninth streets who certainly looked and walked tho man 1 saw you playing with In the Con- Hotel Bo convinced was I that I turned and look a second look nt him Ho bad off bla mustache taut I nm positive It wus f In your company In tho Con- i1 room In March lost continued Mr 1 no that 1 taw Arthur 0 or C in on tho Hth dajr of MQV lust on i mo I arii Ir p FI He n an in or V to i ir vn ii talk wn 1 ink of a i his voice n w It had a culiar Inflection that would never ba forgotten 1 am tho man I saw In tho pool room on tho Hlb day of last ilay was tho man whoso acquaintance I tho Continental Hotel on tho day of and whoso card read Arthur C CAPSIZED ON THE ST AND A PARTY THE ACCIDENT Aug was caused among tho Islands on tha River Bt lato yesterday afternoon bj tho report that and Mrs John A and Mr and Mrs O B had been In a row boat off Stuvo Island and bad drowning Tho accident although prov- ing an unpleasant experience was not as bad at at reported Gon and Mrs Logon aro of Mr Marsh at bis Summer homo on Island Much has been dono by the dents along tho to mako tbo of tbo distinguished visitors Yesterday a private excursion and was given by Mr in their honor The party numbered about 30 and was conveyed in three steam yachts to Stave Island where a dinner wus served After dinner a who is making pictures of somo of tho scenery of tha happened upon tho company and a group waa mado In order to prominence In tha picture to tho distinguished guests Gen and Mrs Logan and ilr and Mrs Marsh placed In a boat jusc off tho Island As tho proof was about to be mado In somo manner tho boat was overturned und the occupants were thrown Into tbo river Tho water was and no ono but tho General was ablo to so that thero was a great deal of on shore of tho sturdy oarsmen who tho were booli In boats going to tho rescue Tho Indies wore very much and exhausted when they woro finally landed on adore Gon Logan was tho last to bo hauled out Uo could havo mado good headway toward shore but Insisted that tho others should receive attention before thought of himself When all danger waa passed tbo General still admonished Mrs Logan to keep cool Dry woro and tho excursion was continued Tho photographer bad boon tho causo of tho trouble took tho picture as they were thrown Into tbo water Oen Logan was so well pleased with tho crous situation presented in tho picture that hf several of them finished OF A SWINDLER NASHVILLE Aug II Hido for several years was a deputy In tho office ot tbo State Controller and who swindled tho State out of nearly is In custody at Sherman Texas Hide after being relieved from duty prepared fictitious accounts to which ho at- Ini lied of tho proper authorities and them to tho foi collection directing hii k -n money to him Nothing by tho tank or tbo Controller nn tho money was paid HMo waa to Jail Alter a bond of LO Hmi to Mexico back for Gov issued a requisition for him STABBED IN A Aug Moorhead a teamster and John Cunningham a track scraper fell to quarreling In tho street this and then camo to blows Cunningham drow a and slabbed times Ono through tho right lung ana another cut a terrible In fell to tho ground anil RI a asked fora rant i arrest on tho charge of w himself ho all will A of an English land syndicate la a this city day just como from County In tho upper portion of thin State on tho Louisville and where ho ami roUon A ol i in iff nn u Th till Of i for Kn 1 i 1 i i f r 1 ami im wug John A o p A Uie i
