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JOHN Y. Mo KANE.The death of John Y. McKano removes one of the moat remarkable political characters over known to local politics in New York State. He was born in the County Antrim, Ireland, August 10, 1HI1. Ho lived in Ireland until he was about four years old, when the McKane family immigrated to this country and settled at SheepBhond Hay, Long Island. MoKane did not smoko or drink. Ho was a lieurty, rugged, blue eyed man with Hootch-Irish blood in bis veins, who did not know what it was to become weary either of work or of political turmoil. As a boy iio dug clams on the heaoh ill summer and went to the village school in winter. Ho worked at gardening and other odd jobs until lie was fourteen, when lie was apprenticed to n carpenter. Ho learned the building trade and laid the foundation of his wealth at this business. McKano always did what ho pleased with the vote of Gravesend. In 181111 Me Kune wun in the height of his power. William J. lt;Jay nor, after curry ing on a light against the McLaughlin Democracy, became a candidate for Justioo of the Supreme Court, lie made a demand on McKano for a copy of the i ugistry lists of Coney Iuland. They were refused, lie said over the telephone on October GO, 1803: Mr. Gaynor will find out that if he wants to get along with me the easiest way to do is not to light me. As a result of the light McKauo became a convict in Sing Sing, and William J. Gaynor became a .1 notice of the Supreme Court. McKano served his tor in, which, with rebate for good behavior, was shortened to four and a half years. He was released from prison April 30, 18U8.with the green coffee and banana trees now present a bare and sorry view. Homes that sheltered happy families have been washed away. The villages are orowdod with sholtorloss people.The homeless to-day number about one-third of the whole population of the island.I have passed through overy district from the capital to Ponce, andOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOGOOOPonok, Po U Uioo.— The hurricane, sad hr is tlio havoo it wrought, great ns is the misery it caused, has ac-ooftiplishod in a duy whut would have taken diplomacy years to bring about. It has taught the natives that the Americans are their real friends. Tho Americans, by their prompt and generous assistance, liave wiped out all lingering prejudices,Porto Hico suffered more than any As regards tho actual lliiancial loss to the island occasioned by the hurri-ratio, ostiinatos vary. So far as I eau figure it out tlio loss to the whole island will amount to about seventy live million pesos, or more than §30,000,-000.TIi im n in it ii n i 1*1 \ I'nvu 11 i in n ir.i 111 Itu i I il .A collee plaut takeH live years to mature. The hall ripe orange crop is «u the ground. A few cane fields have escaped, but with the factories demolished these are only valuable for fodder.The wholesale, indiscriminate distribution of food is being stopped, else the whole population would become pauperized. In all centres I visited rations are now being distributed to the obi and infirm and to young children. To all ablo-bodiod adults is offered work. At first this course of actiou caused some com-plaint, but now the plan is beginning to work well, and the poor are all tlio more independent, and better contented for it.The first care of the military authorities has naturally been for the troops. In Ponce tkeSoOOO granted by General Davis to the commander has been spent in cleaning up in and around the quarters. At eveiy country station the troops are living under canvas. In most cases the barracks have been blown down. At Aibouito not one wall of the whole barracks is left standing. The soldiers lost everything they had, and those in the hospital had a narrow escape with thei** iivos..The barracks collapsod during theIlrst hour of the storm. Fifteen minutes after the walls hud toppled in the men, who had even formed ranks outside in the pelting rain, had appointed a delegation to wait upon Captain Wheeler to ask permission to render assistance to the town. The captuin joined his men. Without a thought of their own loss, without thought of any danger, tlio whole troop crossed the swollen river between the burrackH and the town, aud wore soon engaged in the work of rescue, dodging pieces of Hying fciuo or rushing into tumbling houses.On the night of tho hurricane I was sleeping on my own plantation in the district of Hay am on, about ten miles from the capital. At about half-past soven o’clock Tuesday night my cap-
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Vienna Progress
Vienna, Georgia, US
Thu, Sep 28, 1899
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