Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1889-09-13

              She VOL. L. NO. 210. COLUMBUS, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, '.1889.' ESTABLISHED 1811. CAST UP BY THE SEA. Dead Bodies of Sailors Drowned in the Great Storm Washed Up on the Sands. Thousands of Dollars of Damage Done Along the Eastern Coast at Numerous Places And Still the Winds Eowl and the Waves Lash the Shore. Atlantic Citt, N. J., Sept 12. It will take months for the city to recover from the loss the storm has caused. The wind till blows at the rate of thirty-five to forty miles an hoar, and it is still raining. The beach tides have not been large, and consequently are unaccompanied by further damage. The meadows, however, are still three and four feet under water. The damage to the road-beds of the railroad companies is worse than was at first anticipated. Three or four foolhardy people reached here today from Pleasantviile. They walked to the big railroad break, where the principal washout is, when they swam and did the "hand-over-hand" act on the loose rails. One or two people started from here for Pleasantviile under the impression that they might catch trains for Philadelphia. How they succeeded is not known. It was a perilous journey. Contrary to rumor last evening. William Smith' hotel on Peter's beach, Biigantine, is perfectly safe, but greatly damaged. There was no loss of life there. . Remy Fegel, who keeps the Fegel Thoroughfare house, tells of a daring rescue at 5 o clock Tuesday afternoon. It was found necessary to move out owing to the rising waters. The current was too strong to row a boat, so Mr. Fegel and six strong men took a party of thirty people from the Thoroughfare hotel - to Atlantic Citr proper. The ladies were led several hundred yards through the water, which was up to their necks. There were twelve small children in the arty, several of whom belonged to Mr. 'an Horn, the costumer of Philadelphia, v' and this gentleman was one ot tee parly. By the action of the tide an inlet now runs through Chelsea. The latter place is still submerged. The new excursion house below this point is unharmed, but is surrounded by water and only accessible by boats. There has been no communication with Longport. A train started this morning with a construction car, but the tracks are badly washed. There is no telephone communication. - From the fourth floor of the Law building, a brick structure, one can get a comprehensive idea of the great storm of wind and wave which has swept Atlantic City. The meadows appear to be a vast lake surrounding the city. Many days must elapse before the actual loss will be known. Sergeant Blyibe of the signal service remained at his post on the top floor of the Law building until be was forced to retire for a few hours' rest. The windows of the room which he occupied, and which were exposed to the brunt of the storm, were entirely blown out in the early hours of the tempest. Contrary to predictions of the weather clerk, the wind redoubled in fury from the early hours of yesterday and blew coirtiBTOttyly-Ahroughout he nigh, aud it rained hard. The ocean has quieted and only the usual tides flow and ebb. The direction of the wind is unchanged. It is estimated that $150,000 will not cover the loss to Atlantic City and her interests; $50,000 is the loss to the boatmen and Inlet hotel and Pavilion people. The damage to the beach property will aggregate $70,000. The city's loss on the board walk, washed streets, wrecked lamps aud city property on the main avenue will foot up $20,000. An operator of the Western Union Telegraph company. Mr. W. W. Donnelly, was the first person to reach the city from the mainland. He brought messages from Jhiladelpbia and New York papers to their correspondents here. It required six hours to make the .journey of live miles from Pleasantviile. He had to swim a distance of six hundred feet and the greater part of the way he walked in three feet of water on the railroad ties. Great joy was manifested at 9:45 o'clock this morning when Western Union mes sengers were dispatched throughout the city to announce that the first train since Holiday afternoon would start at 10 o'clock. A great rush was made for the Camden and Atlantic railroad station, and in less to an half an hour there was a crowd large enough to fill live sections and they were all sent. The first section, in charge of Engineer Harry Earl, Conductor Charles Ostrander and lirakemaa Kane, left at 9:58. It had eight passenger coaches and a baggage car. livery car was crowded, even to standing space. The trip across the meadows was ene not soon to be forgotten. Hundreds of pleasure boats of all Bizes and descriptions were packed close to the road-bed. The masts of many of these had to be cut away this morning to permit trains to cross, the tide having changed their position since the construction train passed over at 4 o'clock this morning. The water was still high on the meadows and almojtreached the fires in the locomotives, it is almost miraculous that the tracks should be so promptly placed iu repair. All the trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad company will run on schedule time to and from Atlantic City. Jn walking along the beach early this morning a portion of an old wreck was observed lying at the foot o Missouri avenue. It was found to be the wreck of the Breakwater, which foundered seven years go just opposite the city, or directly on a line with Howard's pier. Forty feet of the new. iron pier pavilion is jammed against the riak at the foot of South Carolina avenue, and fear is entertained that the evening tide will losen the wreck and damage property yet standing at that point. Along the beach there are appearances of wrecks at sea. The life-saving people are keeping a sharp lookout for vessels in distress, it is now thought that a portion of a wreck said to have been seen floating near the iron pier was the cause of the damage to that structure. A lead-pencil message was received this morning irom Somers Point, N. J., regarding the havoc made by the storm at that point. Preceding the storm the waters of Great Egg Harbor bay glowed with phosphor us. The beach is greatly washed, but no great damage has been done to hotel or cottage property there. A schooner laden witn wood is ashore at Braddock's bar. Story of Belated Steamers. . New York, Sept. 12. Many belated vessels came in this morning with tales of high seas and terrible weather. The White Star steamer Teutonic, which left Queens-town with the City of New York, was one of the first steamers to pass Sandy Hook this morning, followed soon after by the I'ennland from Antwerp, the Rotterdam irom Rotterdam and the Hanimonia from Hamburg. Each vessel reports having ex- Eerienced unusually heavy weather, but ad met with no serious trouble. About 9 o'clock the Roanoke and Richmond of the Old Dominion line arrived. They, too, had had their share of rough weather, which was shown by their smoke-Btscks and rigging. The Roanoke left Nor-lolk last Monday night. She was due here at 10 o'clock Tuesday night. The captain reports that while his vessel sustained no serious damage the trip was one of the roughest he had ever experienced. From the time he left until his arrival storm alter storm was encountered with but little recess between. 'lhe Richmond, which should now be on her way south, having started last Tuesday night, put back. The storm was encountered off the light ship about midnight on Tuesday, aud fearfut of venturing "ueCber to sea the anchor was let to iu Gravesend bay. Seeing that the storm showed no signs of abating and as the vessel was light, the caDtain turned her nose back toward her dock. The weather in the lower bay, the captain sas. was unprece-dentedlysevere. The wind blew at a terrible rate, while, strange to say, a dense fog enveloped everything and" made navigation well nigh impossible. Gravesend bay, he added, was covered with steamers and vessels of all kinds, waiting for the storm to subside. No pilots could be obtained to bring up the ocean steamers and their captaina would nt venture inside without one. Reports from quarantine show that many vessels are anchored off there. The United States man-of-war Atlanta, which left the Brooklyn navy-yard the fore part of this week, and had'been given up as lost by the newspapers, passed out this morning about 9 o'clock, according to news from the health office quarters. Scenes Along the Coast WiLMiKaTos, Del., Sept 1 12. A Lewes special to the Every Evening states that no language can picture the terrible scene along the coast. The wiud is blowing with almost hurricane fierceness, driving the rain with a force that cuts like hail. The half-mile reach of sand between the town and the coast is a tossing, billowy ocean, bearing wreckage on every wave. Through the mist of spray storm-tattered sails and the naked masts o scores of deserted and dismantled vessels can be dimly seen, v Since Monday night the storm has raged without abatement. Yesterday's wind showed a hundred vessels which bad sought the refuge of the breakwater. The refuge was insufficient. By 11 o'clock the sea broke over the breakwater, wrecked the telegraph station, carried away the big fog bell and rushed shoreward, sweeping away the steamboat pier and dashing the Italian bark II Salvatori against the iron government pier. The piers of Brown & Co. and Leuce Bros, gave iwav and were wept to sea. The United States marine hospital was dashed from its moorings and sent spinning down the beach. The Lewes life saving station, forty feet above high water mark, was flooded and its foundation undermined. Hugtseyville, a suburb between the town ana beach, was submerged, and its 200 inhabitants fled for life, leaving all their possessions behind. The first boat came ashore at 9 a. m. Then came another and another. The life-saving station crew, reinforced by the Henlopen and Rehoboth crews, went to work, and have labored almost unceasingly ever since. The crew of every vessel that struck was taken oil by these daring men, and not a life was lost among the scores of men they handled. Following is a complete list of the vessels that came ashore: Italian bark II Salvatori, Amer'can schooner Henry Clarke, British schooner Byron, American schooners Alena Covert, Gertrude Summers, G. F. Becker. E. and L. Bryan. Maud Leonard, Mina A. Reed, Novena, Charles P. Stickney (total loss), Addie B. Bacon, S. A. Rudolph, A. and E. Hooper, Emily R. Dwver, J. I. Robinson, American ship W. R. Grace. American barge Timour, Danish bark Atlanta, American brig Richard J. Green, American schooner Major W. H. Lantum (total loss), Nettie Champion, pilotboat T. F. Bayard, barges Wallace and Tonawanda and two others, names unknown ; also a vessel sunk off the Brown shoals and all the crew drowned but two, who got ashore on a raft. Another vessel, in regard to which there is a dispute as to her being a bark or a three-masted schooner, as her topmasts only can be discovered, is sunk on the Shears shoals, it is not known whether her crew escaped. The total number of lives lost wlU probably exceed forty. Five of tb'j eight men who composed the crew of the E. and L. Bryan perished wben the vesstl struck on Brandy win shoais, The mate and two seamen caught a spar and drifted all night. At daybreak the others discovered that one of the sailors was dead, bis body stilt lashed to the spar. The two survivors were picked up by a tug and brought to Lewes. . There is great concern over the crew of the pilotboat Ebe Tuunell. .She put to sea on Monday and has not been heard from. Pilots John Barnes. Lewis Berirand and James Bowland, Barry Hickman, son of Hcrbesou Hickman, and a crew of eight men were on board. The New Jersey pilo-boat Edmunds was blown across me bay and lies grounded on the Jersey coast with her sils in tatters. New York Pilot No. 6 was driven in from the sea, but made anchorage safelv. An unknown schooner is ashore at Rehoboth, and the coast for miles down is reported to be strewn with wrecks. News comes from Rehoboth that the surf , is breaking over the Bright house porch; that Surf avenue is entirely washed away, and that the Douglass house is surrounded by water and its inmates are in great ter ror. Three vessels previously reported lost outside the capes are the schooners Kate E. Morse, Wr alter F. Parker and J. fe L. Bryan Two men alone, a colored man and a German, have come ashore as survivors from these wrecks. They were on a raft from 5 p. in. Monday to 9 a. m. yesterday. The others who composed the crews of these schooners are given up for lost. The schooner Orrie V. Drisko, Irom New York for Philadelphia, went' ashore this morning. The schooner reported as the A. and E. Hooper ashore is the Eliza Hooner. The storm is unabated. The driving fain continues. The wires are down across the beach and there is no possible way of reaching Henlopen. The ship W. R. Grace is on the point of the cape in a bad way. The crew were saved. There is a small schooner ashore at Rehobctn. Rescuing: the Crew of Kate E. Morse. Lewis, Dee?, Sept. 12. The crew" of the tug A. L. Lukenbacb. which laid alongside of the schooner Kate E. Morse ail night, succeeded this morning in taking the crew of the latter vessel, nine in number, on board and afterward brought them to this place. The schooner was blown onto Hawk's Nest shoal about 5 p. m. on Monday. September IU. The crew took to the rigging, where they remained clinging to the ropes for nearly forty hours. The men were nearly exhausted when rescued and could not have lasted much longer. It was impossible for the tug to approach the stranded schooner nearer than twenty yards, and the men in the figging were directed to jump overboard. As a man struck the water a rope would be thrown him and he would be lifted on board the tug. After getting all on board the Luken-bach brought-theni to this place, where they were landed with the assistance of the life-saving crew. Shortly after the Morse went on the shoal, a schooner, supposed to be the Walter F. Parker, also grounded within thirty yards o the Morse. She soon broke up, and those on the Morse saw ber crew drown one by one. The Morse is a total loss. Awful Sufferings of Wrecked Sailors. Philadelphia, Sept. 12. A special to the Inquirer from Lewes, Del., says: It is known definitely that up to the present time there are twelve deaths as a result of the devastating storm. The mate of the unfortunate J. i L. Bryan told yesterday of the going down of the Kate E. Morse of Bath, Me., and of the Walter F. Parker of Philadelphia. This afternoon the sad in teiligence comes that Captain Tracy and his crew of six men had found their last resting places in the ocean. The history of the two nights aboard the Morse and Barker is one of suffering and despair. The Red btar line tug Argus sighted the vessels on Tuesday night and noted that the men on both were in urgent need of help. The two schooners were at this time southeast of tbe Brandywine shoals, and in the high sea were unable to even beat their vessels. So tumultuous were the waves at the time that the Argus was unable to approach either the Parker or the Morse and the captain concluded that the best thing to do w$s to come to the life-saving station and take out the crews. Un his way out the Argus saved the crews of the maritime exchange and this taking some time the boat did not reach the life-saving station nntil late in the morning, and when it did Captain Clampett reiused to allow any of his men to go out, as they were exhausted. Unfortunately, the captain of the Argus made no suggestion of organizing a volun- C 'ontinmd on second vaue. TANNER'S TOBOGGAN Correspondence Between the President and Himself Relative to Besigpnation. Secretary Noble Denies Some of the Stories That Have Been Circulated About the Matter And Secretary Halford Sets Some Things Eight Also. Washingto;?, Sept. 12. The following is Tanner's letter of resignation and President Harrison's reply thereto : Dep't of Interior, Bureau of Pensioxs, Washington, D. C, Sept. 12, 1S9. To the President: The differences which exist between the secretary of the interior and myself as to the policy to be pursued in the admin-istation of the pension bureau have reached a stage which threatens to em barrass you to an extent which I feel I should not call upon you to sufler, and as the investigation into the atlairs of the ji bureau has been V. coinpieieo, ena l W am assured, both the secretary of the interior, contains no reflection on my integrity as an indi- JAMES TANKER. vidual or an of-cial, I herewith place my resignation in your hands, to take effect at your pleasure, to the end that you may be relieved of any further embarrassment in .the matter. Very respectfully yours, James Tasneh, Commissioner. Executive Mansion, ) Washikgton, J. C, Sept. 12, 1S89. ( Hon. James Tanner, Commissioner of Pensions: , Dear Sie Your letter tendering your resignation of the office of commissioner of pensions has been received and your resig nation is accepted, to take effect on the ap pointment and quaimcation ot your successor.I do not think it necessary in this correspondence to discuss the causes which have led to the present attitude ot affairs in the pension office. You have been kindly and fully advised of my views upon these matters. It gives me "pleasure to add that, so far as I am advised, your honesty has not at any time been called in question, and 1 beg to renew the impression of my personal good will. Very truly yours, - Benjamin- Hahrisok. A gentleman who had a conversation with President Harrison upon the subject says that the vacancy created .by Commissioner Tanner's resignation will not be rilled in haste; that some time may elapse before a successor is announced. In the meantime Mr. Tanner may take a leave of absence. Another office to which rumor assigns the commissioner is that of recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, one of the most lucrative in the gift of the president. To a reporter Mr. Tanner said today: "The president did not ak for my resignation, nor did he advise that I resign. Ma assured me, however, that the investigation into the affairs of the pension office had developed nothing that reflected upon my honesty or my good intentions, and said that if I remained in the office Secretary Noble would resign. The dismemberment ot a cabinet is a very serious thing, and 1 decid d that it was better that I should resign, since the unreasonable prejudices of Mr. Noble could not be overcome."Secretary Noble was averse to saying anything on the subject for publication. He did say, however, that, aside from the official correspondence in the case. Presi dent Harrison had written a letter to the commissioner, conveying in cordial terms his esteem for Mr. Tanner. "Audi am giad he did so, too," continued Secretary Noble. Reference was made to the published statements of an unfriendiy feeling between the secretary and the commissioner. Mr. Noble said that there had been no break in his personal relations with Mr. Tanner, and that there was nothing personal in the causes which lap to the severance of their official relations. The secretary said that it was entirely due to a difference ot opinion in regard to matters of official administration. The' secretary called attention to a letter received this morning from Secretary Tracy, in which he stated that he would be occupied ail day and that he desired Secretary "Noble to contradict the report of the interview which is said to have taken place at the White-house. Secretary Noble said that the story of a wrangle Between himself and Secretary Tracy was made out of whole cloth and was tree neither in word nor thought. He added that the same cordial relations existed between himself and Secretary Tracy as between the other members of the cabinet. Commissioner Tanner so far has made no plans for the future. He will continue to live in the district for some time. He b as a lease for a yes r of the residence in Georgetown which he now occupies, and it is furnished with furniture which he brought from his home in Brooklyn. Speaking about the Tanner case today, Private Secretary Halford said: "You know the president is not a believer in much talk and I don't like to say anything about the pension office, but there are one or two misstatements that ought to be corrected. No issue was ever made by Secretary Noble to the president as to whether he or Mr. Tanner should go. Next, there was never any formal cabinet consultation about the matter, and there was no disagreement whatever among the members, much less any exchange of incivilities. The president had, several times during the summer, made suggestions to Mr. Tanner which he hoped would have a good effect, as be feels very kindly toward him personally. The question was not at ail in the president's mind whether one of two persons should go." His Fronable Successor. : Washington, Sept. 12. Gossip as to Tanner's successor is now engaging all attention. Ex-Congressman William Warner of Missouri,ex-commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., is believed to be most likely to be appointed. Ileissaid to have left Kansas City in re sponse to telegraphic summons to meet the secre tary of the inte rior. The dates are ex-J sion Agent of Syracuse, General Charles E. Brown of Cin- William wartkb. cinnatiand General Powell of Illinois. The impression of yesterday that Corporal Tanner would be provided for in some way by the, administration still prevails, but just where can not be learned, if indeed it has been decided. A Western paper published a statement that he would enter upon the practice of law after leaving the pension office, bet a close friend of the corporal's says' that is entirely bcti-tions.It is said today that General Alger did not telegraph to the commissioner advis-ine or urging him not to resign. If he expressed any view at all upon the matter, it was verbally and to a third party. Governor Foraker's position is also said to have been misrepresented by yesterday's reports. Today's information on the sub- r if .4SW u M S. ' FJ Ms candi- Poole ,M ject is to the effect that he not only did not advise Tanner not to resign, but gave him advice directly to the contrary. . . Tanner Indorsed. Washington, Sept. 12. Tonight the names of Judge John P. Rea of Minneapolis and ex-Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin, both ex-commanders-in-chief, G. A. R., have been added to thos spoken of as successor to Mr. Tanner.Ex-Coiu-mauder-in-chief Warner of ' Kansas City will arrive in Washington tomorrow. It is said Secretary Noble's teiegrara summoning him hither was sent without the knowledge of the resident. . Hancock command. Union Veteran union, tonight adopted resolutions condemning the administration for accepting Tanner s resignation and "indorsing the latter's management of the pension bureau. ' " - ' EAIN INTEBFJLUES With Celebration of " Fennvvaiiia Day ' at Gettysburg The Exercises Carried Oat In Spite of the Weather. Getttsbceo, Pa., Sept. 12. The last of the "Pennsylvania days," when the bear.-tiful memorials erected by the State of Pennsylvania to mark the positions held by ber sons during the battle of twenty-six years ago were to be formally christened, can hardly be called a splendid success because of the rainstorm. :Wfeen the morning broke the sky was overteast, with the wind blowing bard from the northeast, and it was evident there would be rain within an hour. . . ' i . . A t 9:30 it began to mist slowly and that settled the parade, at least the question as to its length. The street was covered with mud. At 11 o'clock Colonel. Ronaffon, the chief of the staff to the (piief marshal. General Gregg, in full uniform, ."-walked, from headquarters and mounting a horse, dashed away to consult his superior and receive his final orders. Wheu the colonel returned he ordered the guard to be removed from around the reviewing stand in the center -! square and closed his headquarters. :' 1 ue parade had been declared off. Thus all the work of weeks, the trouble and anxieties of months, was for naugi t Ttie force of ten thousand which it was iutended should file past the governor and his BEati bad dwindled this morning to three thousand, and had an attempt been made to march, in the rain probably not one hundred vet-erons would have been present. With the abandonment of one feature of the program came the transfer of the place of formal dedication from the beautifnl national cemetery, with' its thousand graves, to the "dingy little rink. At hall-past - 1, the hour set for the beginning of the - exercises, but few spectators were present and only two of the speakers were on the stage., At 2:45 Governor Beaver appeared and took his place on the stage, closely followed by Secretary of the Commonwealth Stone. Auditor General McCammant and Attorney General Kirkpatrick. It was just 2:05 o'clock when Colojiel J. P. Nicho-son, secretary of the monument commission, walked ont before the audience and, announcing that Lien tenant Colon el George G. Meade, the son of the dead commander of the Army of the Potomac, was seriously iil and would be unable to preside, took the chair. The Orion soeiety of Baltimore sang the "Star Spangied Banner." Rev. John R. Paxton, D. i., late chaplain of the One Hundred and Fortieth. Pennsylvania volunteers, offered an eloquent and earnest prayer and the Orion soeistv slang "Praise the Lord." General JL P. Oobiu of Lebanon, late colonel ov ths Fort-jSweiHii infantry, -transferred the-f ioaiifheats in the name of the commission to Governor Beaver. Governor Beaver t len arose, and after the applause that greeted him had subsided accepted the memorials in behalf of the commonwealth. He referred to the part taken by the Pennsylvania commands and generals, making prominent the fact that Meaae, Hancock, Reynolds .and Buford were citizens of the Keystone state. He complimented the gentlemen of the commission on their work and thanked them in the name of the state. He referred to the contest of the Pennsylvania reserves for a memorial chapel and said it was the desire of the various regimental organizations composing that corps that a common memorial be erected. "In this desire," said the governor, "I Eersonally cordially sympathize and will e glad to co-operate. ri he original provisions made for the erection of our me morials aid not seem to authorize such a use of funds appropriated and an unfortunate misunderstanding as to the bill passed by the last legislature 'in relation thereto, which gave rise to certain constitutional and other difficulties, made necessary its disapproval. I : wish to say that so far as I am able to da so, officially or personally, 1 wish to co-operate with the survivors of that distinguished body of Pennsylvania soldiers in carrying out their wishes". Consultation and cordial co-operation can bring this about without difficulty, and in harmony with the requirements of our state constitution and the work of the commission appointed in accordance with the provisions of the act of the assein Dly relating thereto." . ! : Isaac Fenapacker then read a poem entitled "Gettysburg." Captain Joseph U. liosengarten of General Reynolds's staff related the story of the ''first day's battie," and General G. H. Bingham was vigorously applauded for his account of "the second 'and third days.'V Governor Beaver in a few appropriate words turned over the monuments to the Gettysburg Memorial association, for whom Hon. Ed waid McPherson of Gettysburg received them in an eloquent eliort. Rev. David Craft, D. D., closed the exercises with prayer. The thousands that rilled the place yesterday are departing as last as the trains can carry them. -. CONFERENCE OF CBAKIT1KS. Reports of Delegates Received Kemarks of Key. A. G. Byers. San Feascisco, Sept. 12. The' session of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections was called to order by Bishop Gillespie this morning, and after prayer by Rev. Dr. W endt. F. H. W ines of Illinois submitted the repartot the committee on reports of states. Pie summarized the condition of various commonwealths unrepresented in the convention and then called upon delegates present to report upon the condition of charities and corrections in their respective states. Reports were accordingly made by Mrs. Joseph 8. Spear, jr., of California, Alexander Johnson of Indiana, Mrs. Jacobs and Mr. Apple of Colorado, and H. H. Hart of Minnesota. Dr. A. G. Byers spoke on the subject of homes for children in Ohio. The Federal Judiciary Anniversary. Albany, N. Y., Sept. .12. The following gentlemen have been named to co-operate with the New York State Bar association committee in arranging lor the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the fed eral juuieuwv. to he held in New lork City February 1, 1890: David Dudley Field chairmau; Lyman Trumbull, Illinois; Henry Hitchcock, Missouri; J. Randolph Tucker, Virginia; Thomas j. Semmes, Louisiana; William C. Lndicott, Massachusetts: Edward J. Phelps. Ver mont; Courtland Parker, New Jersey; Henry Wise Garnett, District of Columbia; Francis Rawle, Pennsylvania; Charles tienry JBUtier. New l ork. Katnral Gas Law to be Tested. Indianapolis, Sept. 12. The general assembly at its last session passed a law to prevent the piping of natural gas ont of the state. Its constitutionality was called into Question, and in a test case the county judge at Portland recently declared the law unconstitutional. The csa was ap pealed to the supreme court ana the g3 companies have combined- to sustain the law and have engaged as counsel Judge John R. Coif roth ot Lafayette and ex-Judge of the Supreme Court Nibiack. l STANDS BY HIS GUNS. Hon. John F. Locke Kejccts the Counter Proposal to Settle the Senatorial Trouble. He Will at Once Make a Canvass of the District and Await Ilesult of the Election. His Last Communication to Hon. George C. Eawiius. London, O., Sept. 12. Special. Hon. John F. Locke will stand by his nomination for state senator of this district made at Urbana, aud will at once enter upon a thorough canvass of the district to secure his election. This is his final decision since receiving the letter of Hon. George C. Rawlins declining to accept the terms of his proposition to submit the question of their respective nominations to the qualified Republican voters of each pre cinct in the district. He maintains that the proposition made bv him to Mr. Raw litis, which he thrice repeated, was fair and generous, and that if there had existed a real desire on the part of Mr. Rawlins to have a satisfactory settlement of the matter, he would have accepted the terms orlered. Now that he has refused. Mr. Locke is of tne opinion, and it is gen-eraliy shared bv the Republicans of Madi son county, that there is but one course to puisue. and that is to make the race. Having arrived at this determination. Mr. Locke has written the following letter to Mr. Rawlins, which he mailed to him tonight: London, O., September 12, 1889. Hon. George C. Rawlins, Springfield, O.: Deab Sir The receipt of your letter of tne atn inst. is acKnowieager. The first 275 lines of it are not material and can not be discussed now, but at the proper time your errors of statement and perversion of facts will be fully considered and corrected. The seven or eight lines thereol having any reference to the settlement of our controversy rejects my proposal and submits a counter-proposal" to have the candidates selected by a direct vote of the electors of the district "without the intrusion of delegates." This method is adopted in but few conn-ties of the Union, and never in any district composed of counties, and so obnoxious did it become to the people of your own county that it has been abandoned and the popular method of selecting can didates ty the intrusion ot delegates now prevails. By "this method the voters in the city can easily he massed sgainst the voters of the country precincts and, in effect, is equiva lent to Homing a mass convention tue real source of our trouble. While it has the appearance of getting near the people, it practically only gets near a part ot them. Yonr counter-proposal is rejected. Your letter makes it unnecessary to dis cuss the merits of the method proposed by me. You have three times rejected the delegate method without stating one ob jection to it. ibis method is approved by the press and the people everywhere. It is the method adopted by all political parties in selecting candidates as the philosophic, fair and correct way to ascertain ihti will of the whbte people. -- ; - - I now renew my determination to stand by my nomination for slate senator made at Urbana on August 14, and shall make an earnest endeavor to secure my election and the election ot the entire Republican ticket in November. Sincerely your, John F. Locke. THE COiOKED BAPTISTS Take Strong; Action Against Outrages In . the South. Ikpianai'Olis, Sept. 12. The National Association of Colored Baptists began its annual session in this city today. About one hundred delegates are present, representing almost every state in the Union. ! The members of the party who were assaulted at a small station named Boxley, this afternoon while on their way to attend the meeting, appeared before the meeting in the afternoon and exhibited, their injuries. Rev. E. K. Lane of Savannah gave a graphic account of the assault, wnich stirred the delegates to a high pitch of excitement and many expressed themselves as being in favor ot advising the Southern brethren to arm themselves and resist further attacks. Mr. Sprattiing, one of the party, appeared before the meeting with his arm in a sling and looking very faint and weak. The following resolutions were unaniiiiousiy adopted : Whereas, The colored Baptists of all this country are represented in this meeting, in this the home of our worthy president; and whereas, news comes to us liom some of the Southern states that our people are being shot down like dogs or wild beasts, at their homes, in their fields and other places, without there being any redress for outrages and wrongs perpetrated; therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the duty of this confederation, as a Christian body, to raise our voice in uncompromising terms against these outrages. Beaolvtd, That this body lay oargrievance before the president and ail the governors of the stutes where these outrages are perpetrated, to ask them for the protection that belongs to eitizeus of the United States. Uejlve.d, That this convention do now telegraph said facts and these our prayer3 to the president and attorney general, with the wish for an immediate investigation into the brutal outrages. Unsolved, That a committee be appointed from this meeting to wait in person upon the president of the United States and the attorney general and present these resolutions. . John Williams, who had been in the hands of the mob at Boxley, advised that the colored men must tight when attacked if. they ever expected to he a people. "Do you know," said he. "that one negro can scare a dozen whilepcople? Carry a pistol and use it on the slightest pretense." IS HOSOB O-F 8. 8. COX. Action of the Ohio Society on the Death of This Statesman. NewYoek, Sept. 12. The Ohio seciety at a special meeting tonight adopted the following resolution: The Ohio society meets tonight to express its sorrow for the death and its appreciation of the social and civic virtues of Hon. Samuel Sullivan Cox, one of its most beloved members. He was a man whose natural talent was ripened by study, travel and reading,, and whose personal virtues, good ense. gentleness, courage and Integrity won lor him the love and admiration of a wider circle of personal friends than has gathered about any statesman of his day. His public service was long, useful, eminent and honorable, and his loyalty to the principles of popular government unswerving. Grief for his loss is as widespread as his sympathies and his memory will be cherised as long as our flag shall wave over a people proud of their ablest, best and brigutest citizens. This society tender to his widow their heartfelt sympathy and their hope that the benediction of bis genial and loving spirit will temper the asperity of her grief. Resolved, That a committee of fifteen be appointed by the president to attend the funeral. , The following are the names of the gentlemen appointed to represent the society: Lx-Uovernor George Iloadly, Captain" II. V. Cluasfo.-d, Mubiou Chance. Hon. Bernard Peters, Colonel William Perry Fogg, General Wager Swayne, Calvin S. Brice, Hon. Warren Higley, General Thomas Swing, General H. C. Burnett, Benjamin Le Fevre, B. F. Piexiotto, Hon, M. L. Southard, Colonel W. L. Strong, Colonel Joseph Pool and Colonel N. M. Granger. Action of Manhattan Club. New Yobk, Sept. 12. At a meeting of the hoard of managers of the Manhattan club tonight the ioilowing memorial was approved and ordered to be placed upon the minutes: "The board of managers of the Manhattan club desire to place on record this expression of their sincere sorrow for the death of Samuel S. Cox, as a memorial of the respect aud ' affection in which he was held by all the members of the club. In the many years of his public service be deserved and received the fullest confidence of his constituents and the highest-measure of rspect from his political opponents. In public and private life he was without enemies, and through all the varied incidents of a most distinguished career during historic times he bore himself with gracioi mnnlinc:S, unflinching courage and absolute fidelity to duty. To the members of this, his chosen club, hit death is a great personal sorrow. "He brought sunlight into many homes, and now that a great cloud has fallen upon bis own, the heartfelt sympathy of the Manhattan club, who will miss his genial presence, is respectfully offered to those who were dearest to him." Viewing tlie Body. New York. cent. 12. The body of Congressman Cox lay in state tonight in the vestibule of First Presbyterian church. Fifth avenue and Twelfth street, from 4 p. ni. to 10 p. m. Over 3000 people passed before the guard of honor and viewed the remains, fhey lav in a black cloth-covered casket with handles and trimmings of sil ver. Lame noral devices stood at the head and foot of the casket, and other floral trib utes from loving friends were placed around it. l lie guard ot honor was com posed of members of Steiuwehr Post 102, U. A. K. The Postoflice Clerks' association, to the number of three hundred, marched to the church and placed upon the ooflin a large floral emblem in the shape of an envelope and postage stamp and bearing the mark ot the New lork postomce. At 10 p. ni. the body was taken back to Mr. Cox's house, from where it will be taken to the church at 9:30 o'clock tomor row morning. CARDINAL GIBBONS Issues a Pastoral Letter that WlU Be Bead in all the Catholic Churches Next Sunday on Bruno Memorial. Baltimore, Sept. 12. Cardinal Gibbons has issued a pastoral letter calling attention to the allocution of Pope Leo on the unveiling recently of a monument in Bom to the memory of Bruno. The letter will be read in the Catholic churches next Sunday. The Cardinal says : "A mingled feeling of righteous wrath and deen sympathy was ored in every Catholic heart when the news cam? that upon a public square in Rome impious men dared to unveil the statue of an apostate monk. Dragging the memory of a wild theorizer, a shameless writer and denier of the divinity of Christ from the obscurity of a grave that had for three centuries closed upon its disgrace these men, backed by mere brute force, have set upon - a pedestal ittl Ihe -holy -city-tmt statue of the infamous Bruno. Such a proceeding is a palpable .and flagrant outrage, not alone upon the Catholic, but upon the whole Christian world. Its animus is clear in the unchristian and defiant language employed in the unveiling of the statue of a man whose whole life breathed cowardice, pride and defiance of lawfully-constituted authority. Theirs is not the action of decent, honorable, but misguided men, calmly and with due regard to the feelings of others promulgating a new belief, or introducing anew cult. Their attempt is. not so much to honor , Bruno as to insult and vilify ' the vicar of Jesus Christ and" His devoted children throughout Christendom. Indeed, their aim is higher still; they defy and insult not alone His vicar, but our divine Lord Himself. From every land they have chosen as the committee to further the movement the champions of atheism, the would-be destroyers of the very foundations of Christianity. It is proper that the Christian world, and especially this portion, where the term 'religious freedom' is understood in a sober. Christian sense, should brand with their indignant scorn action such as this. We are not yet ready for processions iu which the red and the" black flags of revolutionists and anarchists are defiantly flaunted. "" : . JOHNS HOFEINS UNIVERSITY. It Appears to he All F.ieht Financially for the Next Three Years. Baltimore, Sept. 12. In view of the reports which have been published respecting Johns Hopkins university. President Oilman authorizes the statement that the university will begin its new year on October 1 with unimpaired efficiency. Neither the salaries of the president nor those of the professors have been cut, and several new appointments have been made. The indications point to the usual number of students, and the course of instruction will be given as announced in the program. As to the finances of the university, it is no secret that the income derived from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was cut off some time ago: but the accumulated income of former years, the income from investments out-- c . i i i : t Slue Ol me laiuutttj, but; illume irum tuition (which amounted last year to nearly 140,000), are available. Besides all this, generous persons have subscribed the sum of $108,000 to be expended as an emergency fund during the next three Lears. A new building, given by Eugene vering of Baltimore, is how going np. A lectureship in literature has heen endowed by a gift of $20,000. By the bequest of John W. MeOov the university inherits his libra ry of 8000 volumes and is the residuary lecatee of bis estate, estimated at above $100,000, exclusive of the library. It is safe to say tnat wiinin six months John Hopkins university baa received from these various sources nearly $300,000. and other gifts are expected. The national character of the in stitution is a strong reason why its work should receive important aid from a distance. It will thus be seen that no consid eration need be given to alarming rumors, as the present efficiency of the university is assured for the next three years. sons or vetebaks. Hon. Charles F. Griffon Selected a Cora- mander-ln-Chler. f Pateesos, N. J., Sept. 12. Today's ses sion of the encampment of the Sons of Veterans was the most important yet held. The greatest interest was shown in tha election of a commander-in-cbief to succeed General Abbett. The following were placed in nomination: Hon. Charles F. Gritl'en, secretary of state, Indiana; Joseph B. McCabe, Boston; General Leland J. Webb, Kansas- Colonel Frank L. Perkins, New Hampshire: Lewis I. Roke. Pennsylvania, and General Merwin L. Hall, Michigan. Each candidate was nominated with a preliminary speech. McCabe held the lead to the twelfth ballot, when hs withdrew in favor of Griffen. The latter had twenty-five votes, while McCabe had thirty. The withdrawal of McCabe settled the question and Gntlen was chosen amid thunders of applause. Colonel Bagnely of West Virginia was chosen lieutenant commander, and Captain George W. Poliittof this city adjutant general. 'WAY DOWN IN DIXIE. Interesting Figures Showing Growt'a of Trade aud Traffic iu the New South. Manufacturing Establishments are Spriuffing: Up Everywhere and All are Prospering. Iron and Steel Market Eeported in Admirable Shape. Baltimore. Mb., Sept. 12. The Manufacturers' Record of this Week publishes special letters from leading banker throughout the Sonth as to the outlook for business, and, without exception they report heavy crops, with farmers less in debt than at any time since the war, money unusually abundant for the season, and the best prospects eyer kuowti lor industrial activity. The increase in the value of Douiiini cruii iuib jcar over ooo win ue upward of $125,000,000, though last year's was the largest on record up to that time. Special reports to the Record from late officials show that the assessed value of property from the nssesaineota now beiugmsde will he $175,000,000 greater than last year. In Texas the incrense is $40,000,-000, Georgia $27,000,000, Mississippi $10,-000,1 00, Louisiana $10,OUO,OUO, Tennessee $13,000,000. Arkansas $7,000,000 and West Virginia $12,000,0t0. Summing up the industrial and agricultural growth of the South, the Record says that iu three and one-half years it has reported the organization in the South of upward of 11,000 new industrial establishments, covering every line of manufacturing, from making pins to building locomotives, aud the building of over 8000 miles of railroad. In the last three years the South has raised about 21,500,000 bales of cotton, over 1,500,000.000 busheli of corn, nearly loO.OuO.OoO bushels of wheat, aud 240,000.01X1 bushels of oats, the total value of these and other agricultural products, according to official government figures, reaching to upward of $2,500,000,OUO, or an average of over $830,000,000 for each year. The railroad mileage of the outh has been increased by the addition of over 20,-000 miles since 1879, bince that year over 800,000,000 have been spentin building sew roads and improving old ones. The assessed value of property has increased over $1,300,000,000 since 1880. The South mads in ls88 over 1,100,000 tons of pig iron, and in 18S9 it wiil produce about 1,600,000 to 1,000,000. In 1880 6,048,571 tons of ooal were mined in the South ; in 1888 the output was 18,-000,000 tons, and in 1889 it will probably be not far from 23,0U0,0oQ. Cotton-mills have increased from 101, with 14,323 looms and 607.854 spindles, in 1880 to 365,000 mill", with 45,000 looms and 2,035,000 spindles, while many new mills are under construction and many old ones being enlarged. In 1880 there were 40 cottouseed-oli mills in the tkmth with a capital of $3,500,000; now there are 203, representing an investment of over $20,0U0,0o0. The value of the South' agricultural products ior less was aoout wu,uuu,uuo, against $571,000,000 in 1879. while 1889 will probably show $000,000,000 to $950,-000,000. The value of the bouth's live stuck is now $575,000,000, while in 1879 it was $391,400,000. The production of grain roe from 431,074,030 bushels in 1880 to 632,60ft.. 000 bushel in 1888, and this year will probably show over 080,000,000 bushels, an increase of nearly 250,000,000 bushels. A very full report ot the operation of the English syndicate which i spending $10,000,0o0 to build the new town of Middlesboro, Ky., at Cumberland Gap i also given, the list of directors including many of the wealthiest and oldest iron and steel makers in Great Britain, while Mrs. Langtry i numbered among the stockholders. Advance In Iron and Steel. Pittsburg, Sept." 12. Joseph D. Weeks, secretary of the Iron association and editor of the Iron Manufacturer, made a very interesting statement today of comparison in the iron business between 1879 and tha present year. "There is no doubt," said Mr. Weeks, "that there has recently been in this couritry a decided, as well a a healthy and what promises to be continuing improvement in prices of iron and steel. The tendency is stiU upward and the outlook for the fall and winter is most gratifying. "While a rapid advance has always been considered as ominous of a disastrous tumble, the present advance has neither been rapid nor great. Comparing price since the first of the year, it is noted that price for all pig iron except Bessemer were about the same September 3 as they were at tha beginning ot the year. Neutral mill is tha same; ail-ore mill and No. 1 foundry 25 cents a ton less, but Bessemer is $1 to $1.25 a ton more. From the first of the year up to the middle of June there was a gradual decline until June 13. Since that date prices have steadily advanced, the advance in neutral mill being $1.25. in all - ore mill $1.25, foundry $L25 and Bessemer $1.75. Muck bar is quoted at 25 cents a ton less than at the beginning of the year, but $1.50 above the lowest rates of the year, $26.60, which ruled from February 13 to June 27. Old iron rails are 50 cents a ton higher than they were January 3, but they ara $3.25 above what they were from the middle of May to June 20. This ia tha most marked advance in any material. Steel rails have shown an advance of $1 a ton since January, the price now being $2 above the lowest quotation, rsiooms are ao cents a ton less than in January, but $1 more than in June and July. These advances are very encouraging to the producers, because they have neither Been rapid nor great, or such as can be reason ably objected to. "it is an interesting iacv continued Mr. Weeks, "that the condition in the iron trade at tha present are somewhat similar to those prevailing in 1879. It was in Jnly, 1878, that prices in iron began that upward movement that marked the fall aud winter ol 1879-80 as one of the most remarkable, a to prices, in the history of tha trade. Prices in the beginning of the year were the lowest ever known in ths iron trade in this country, up to that time. In a little more than live month they had ad vanced over 100 per cent. From that mo ment the decline set in, wntca was even more rapid than tha advance. In the following May the card had been reduced to 2s cents. "While the advancs of iron and steel during the present season has been similarly rapid, it is to be hoped that they will not continue to be the same as ten years ago. The situation in the country i prosperous, and it is almost Inevitable that there wilt be another advance, but whatever tho pressure, from whatever sources, it may os assumed that the folly of 1879-18&0 wilt not be repeated. One ot the lorces that compelled the advance ten years ago wilt not be as potent in 1889 as in 187a" . Is This an Ad? NAsnviLLE. Tenn.. Sept 12. The Dun can, the new and elegantly equipped huiei erected in this city by W. M. Irunvair. vie, president of the Tennessee Coal and Irm Railroad company, was opened yesterday. It i the most magnificently appuiiiiwl hotel south of the Ohio river. Newspaper Sale. Locisviixk. Ky.. Sept. 12. The Evening Post, an eveuing paper here, was purchased today by a company o. gentlemen, most of whom are large stockholder in the Louisville Southern Railroad company. Ths reported price is $00,000, An Old Town. Wilton. N. H.. Sept. 12. This town today celebrated the 150th anniversary of it settlement. A pleasant feature waa ths xhibition ot heirlooms ol ths people ot 1UO Years age.