Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1896, Page 1

— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8, by Eveni '. a Rew York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, om thelr own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents 1". month. at the counter 2 cents each. By mall—anywilere in the United States or Cansda—poatage prepald—60 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage daca, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Otfice at Washington, D. C., 8s second-class mail matter.) [FAll mail subscriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. — Che Zvening Star. No 13,597. WASHINGTON, D. 0. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 1896—SIXTEEN PAGES, TWO OENT If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. BRYA N WAS H ERE| REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS | SENATOR FAULKNER'S MAIL STORM ELSEWHERE But His Train Was Fifty Minutes Late in Reaching Washington. THE CANDIDATE SLUMBERED Was Not Awakened When He Ar- rived at the Station. A CROWD DISAPPOINTED a Candidate Bryan slept through Washing- ton this morning. The presence of a small but eager crowd around the train did not disturb him. None were admitted to the car he occupied except Mr. James L. Nor- ris and Deputy Commissioner Bell of the pension office, who went on to West Vir- ginia with him. Mr. Lawrence Gardner Was at the station. Mr. Bryan was ex- pected at the B. and O. depot from New York at 7:30, At that hour none of the railroad officials knew where the train was. The storm had knocked down all the tele- graph wires and there was no way of tell- ing whether the train had got through all right or not. There was no feeling of un- er, and the people waiting of Mr. Bryan remained pa- twenty minutes, half an Ten minutes, hour, and still no sight of the train and no means of telling how late it might be. Arrived at S:20 O'Cloc! Finally, at $:20, just fifty minutes late, the train steamed slowly into the depot. About 200 people rushed forward to meet it. They met with nothing but a disap- pointment. Mr. Bryan was still asleep, and orders had been given not to disturb him until the train reached Harper's Ferry. It had been expected by the Washington people that Mr. Bryan would be in Wash- ington long en they ugh to take breakfast, and to take him under assembled had to sat- themselves with locking at the car. At S$:30 the train moved out of the depct agaim on the start for Harper's Ferry, where Mr. Bryan is to make his first h. The only one of the Bryan party, ed Representatives MeMillin Williams, who got off the Mr. Josephus’ Daniels, national committeeman from North Carolina, who left the party here to go through to his own si Chat With Bourke Cockran. When the people in waiting at the depot first saw the train coming into the depot there was a call for a truck for the candi- date to speak from. The truck was brought, but was not used. Mr. Bryan retired almost as soon as he entered his car at Jersey City, and was not to be disturbed until he reached Harper's Ferry. The .calculation for immediate peaceful slumber was inter- rupted {mn an unexpected manner by an unexpected visitor. Mr. Bourke Cockran happened to be on the same train, and af- ter Mr. Bryan had retired sent a card to him. Mr. Bryan promptly recetved him and the two political enemies had quite a lcng chat in Mr. Bryan's state room. Still Entirely Well. Members of Mr. Bryan's party pronounc- ed as untrue the rumor circulated in New York last night that Mr. Bryan had suc- cumbed to the severe physical strain under which he has been laboring. Mr. Bryan Geciared that he is entirely well, and there is nothirg in his appearance to belie his statement. The West Virginia Tour. The West Virginia tour of Mr. Bryan is being looked forward to with much inter- est by politicians who feel greatly con- cerned over the outcome in that state be- cause of Senator Faulkner's prominence in the campaign. The West Virginia committee, to arrange for Mr. Bryan's tour, has held two meetings perfect the itinerary that will be followed, the last of these meetings being held last night. Among those who attended the meet- ing were Andrew Edmiston, chairman of the state committce; Chilton, chairman committee on en. J. W. St. Clair, were prepared ex-Hepresentative Alderson, Judge Ice and Mr. Crim. The situation In West Virginia was discussed, and without a dissenting opinion West Virginia was declared to he safe for Bryan and Sewall. Mr. Chilto: the former chairman of the siate commit- tee, said there would be no stay-at-home democrats in West Virginia this year, but that the full party vote would be polled, and the state would be carried for Bryan in spite of the hard and untiring ‘work being done by the republican committee, who had more money than they could use. General St. Clair said that in the agricultural dis- tricts the accessions from the republicans were very numerous, and that -he working- men were for Bryan. _————— UNEQUAL JUSTICE. Mussulmen Go to Prison for the Con- stantinople Massacre. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 30.—The first Mussulmans to be convicted of the murder of Armenfans were today found guilty by the extraordinary tribunal and sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment. At the same time, however, a long lst of Armenians, suspected of taking part in the outbreak, were condemned to death. ‘The men thus sentenced to death include an Armenian who was handed over to the Turkish authorities by the Belgian Jega- tion on the condition that he should be released as soon as eximined. quently the Belgian minister has de- i the man's liberation. sha to reconcile the Armeniars is not making any progress. Diran Bey, Artin Pasha’s son, has start- ed on a tour of the foreign Armenian com- mittees in order to try to conciliate them. age Tried to Commit Suicide. An American woman named Constance Elroy visited the American consulate in Vienna Monday. She was in great distress, and her story so affected Consul General Judd that he sent her to Mrs. Judd. who insisted upon her remaining as her guest until her circumstances should 1mprove. Miss Elroy appeared very grateful for the kindness shown her, but was very despon- dent. Shortly after she had retired for the night groans were heard in her room. and upon investigation it was discovered that Miss Elroy had taken a large dose of poi- son. Medical assistance was hastily sw: moned, and most of the poison was re- moved. The woman may possibly recover, but her condition is still critical. ——_—__-+e+ ____ Ploughed Up a Cent Worth $1,200. J. D. Thurber of East Aurora, N. ¥., pur- chased a cent bearing the date of 1804 from a farmer recently for 5) cents. He wrote to a Boston collecting fifm to ascertain its value, and received a reply a few days 2go, stating {t was worth $1,200 if in a good state of preservation. There Is only one other such coin in existence. On ove side is a-head with the word “Liberty” ja the margin over it, and under it is the date 1804. The farmer plowed the coin up. Reports Received That indicate Victory for the Party in November, Representative Hainer Says Nebraska is Sdre for McKinley—News From Other States. At the headquarters of the republican congressional committee the reports of cor- respondents and politicians visiting the city were today exceedingly encouraging for re- publican victory In November. Representative Hainer of Nebraska call- ed at the headquarters early this morning. He was very emphatic in his statement that Nebraska 1s sound for McKinley. “I don’t want to make any extreme state- ment,” said Mr. Hainer to a Star reporter, “but I know that I am conservative in say- ing that McKinley will get the electoral vote of my state. There has been a de- cided reaction. At first state pride entered very largely into the problem, but the Nebraska people are not repudiators and can always be relied upon for-their loyalty to the welfare of the country. We shail not have a walk-over, for Nebraska has become something of a poiitical battle- field in this campaign; every store win- dow in the cities has a lithograph either of McKinley or Bryan, but five out of every six business men, even in Lincoln, are for sound money. The farming classes are all right despite the fact that they have suffered under a great prostration of business and three successive crop fail- ures. Under such provocation not many states would be true to the conservative lines. We have not forgotten how one crop failure caused famine in Russia in 1891, and how the peopie of Nebraska got to- gether and fitted out a ship load of pro- visions to relieve the distress in that rich agricultural country; nor has it been for- gotten that when Congress was asked to pay for the transportation William J. Bryan was smong those who voted against the approrriation to send the ship across the waters on its mission of mercy. You will find in spite of the confusing state- ments made about the result In Nebraska that In the final round-up Nebraska will be a republican state stil.” Mr. Lelghty Sure of Re-Election. Congressman J. D. Lelghty of Indiana, writing to Chairman Babcock, says: “I know of no reason why those who voted with us In 1894 will not do so now, and I believe we will get in the district at least 2,000 sound money democratic votes. Many of my friends claim that many in Allen county alone. I cannot believe the free silver republican vote will be fifty to the county. In all railroad towns our friends claim we wil: make good gains. I am sure I never in all my political experience saw so many of the democratic party openly supporting our ticket, and as earnestly working for our success as the most ardent republicans. I will have the support of all the German papers in my district, and without doubt they will do me much’ good. I shall be elected. I think we have all the literature we need In the district, unless there should be something of special in- terest.” Representative Frank M. Eddy writes the republican committee from Minnesota: ‘his district is improving each day. The democrats and populists have become larmed, and have sent their ablest speak- ers into the district In an endeavor to stay the tide, which is turning our wa Congressman R. W. Taylor Ohio of writes: “The republican vote in the eigh- | teenth congressional district of Ohio will this year be the largest ever cast in the district, and the republican majority will exceed any ever before given.” Congressman W. S. Kerr writes from Mansfield, Ohio: “My district Is In good shape. The democrats and populists have substantially fused, and, as the result, I have the combined vote to contend against. Ihave fixed my majority at 5,000.” Mr. Bishop on Michigan. Congressman R. P. Bishop of Michigan writes: “I have been campaigning now in my district for four weeks, and have visit- ed nearly every portion. I have no doubt of my election by at least 2,000 majority, and that McKinley will have the same ma- jority. The counties composing the dis- trict are now thoroughly organized, and the work of the campaign {s being pushed. There are no serious breaks anywhere in the district.” B. J. F. Henniken, the late Senator Plumb’s private secretary, has written a letter to a friend in this city, from Topeka, in which he says: “The political situation in Kansas is more encouraging. We have a hard fight, but I believe that McKinley will carry the state. At the present time there is no doubt that the republican state ticket will be elected. Our fight is now and will continue to be for McKinley and cur state legislature.” Wm. B. Kirker, chairman of the Alle- gheny county republican coimittee, writes Chairman Babcock from Pittsburg: “We have so far scheduled over 200 meetings in this county, and expect to give McKinley and Hobart 50,000 majority in Allegheny county.” Congressman Thomas Updegraff of Iowa, in @ personal letter to a friend In this city, from McGregor, under date of September 24, writes: “I have just returned from a tour of more than two weeks, speaking every night, and start again tomorrow morning. Everything looks first-rate here and everybody thinks we shall carry this district by a bigger plurality than ever be- fore.” —___—___-e-+—_____ MR. MUDD AT HEADQUARTERS. He is Satisfied That Maryland Will Be Carried by the Republicans. Mr. Mudd, republican candidate for Con- gress in the fifth Maryland dis-rict, visited the headquarters of the republican congres- sicnal committee today. To a Star reporter Mr. Mudd said he felt confident of his elec- tion, and that Maryland would be carried by the republicans by a majority of at least 25,000. He estimated his own majority in the fifth district at 1,500, which he con- sidered a conservative estimate. “We are chiefly interested now,” said Mr. Mudd, “in getting our voters register- ed. I am devoting my attention almost wholly to this work at present, though I occasionally speak en the issues of the campaign. We have a new registration law in Maryland, and it is extremely important that we have all our voters aware of the necessity for registering at once. Next Tuesday and Wednesday will be the last days for registering in Maryland.” —————— LOST HIS MIND. Sad Effect of the Storm on Mr. Lemon Hoover. A very sad incident of the storm was the subject of general conversation at the Cen- ter Market this morning, where the news was quickly circulated that Mr. S. Lemon Hoover, the well-known butcher, who Is the proprietor of a stand at No. 48 Center Market, and who resides at 915 New Jer- sey avenue, had been affected by the ex- citement of the tempest to such an extent that he had lost his mind. Mr. Hoover, it ts said, was very much af- fected during the progress of the storm, and early this morning grew worse, until it became necessary to remove him in the police ambulance to the Ethergency Hos- pital, where he is being especially treated for his malady this afternoon, —>- Transfers of Licenses. ‘The excise board today decided that on and after the 20th of October 1/0 applita- tions for transfers of license of any kind will be received or considered. Tt Contained Many Reports Favorable to Democratic Success, News From Maryland, Michigan, Southern California, North Caro- lina and Other States. Senator Faulkner’s mail at the headquar- ters of the democratic congressional com- Tuittee this morning contained many favor- able reports on the political situation from democrats throughout the country. Mr. James W. Owens of Annapolis, Md., says of the fifth congressional district of that state: “I presume you wish to know ‘how is the night,’ and therefore will give you some personal experiences. Last week, with Mr. Moss, our own candidate for Con- gress, I made a trip through Calvert and St. Mary’s counties, of the fifth congres- sional district. We addressed six meetings in Calvert and five in St. Mary's. At these meetings we spoke in the aggregate to 2,000 People. At every meeting there were prom- inent white republicans and also quite a number of negroes, who are all republicans. We were repeatedly congratulated by lead- ing white republicans after the meeting was over and had their voluntary pledges to support and work for the ticket. Among the democrats who have been split on f: tional lines we found a perfect unanimity of sentiment and every man seems to con- sider it his own fight. In Calvert county we found forty white republican converts and four recalcitrant democrats, and in this district we feel sure of its redemption. On Friday next Mr. Moss, the democratic can- didate, will meet Mr. Mudd, the republican late, in joint debate at the Prince George’s county fair at Upper Marlboro’.” From West Virginia. Mr. Workman, proprietor of the West Virginia Tobacco Reporter, has been mak- ing a personal tour of that state. He says in a letter to Senator Faulkner: “I haye just returned from a trip among my constituents of this state, who are made up of the agricultural class without regard to politics, my journal being non- political, aud I find upon a personai licitation a3 to their sentiments on free coinage question, and their prefe ences as to candidates for the presidency, that 87 per cent of them are ip favor of free coinage at a ratio of 16 to 1, and are supporting the Chicago ticket. Four per cent favor the so-called national demo- cratic ticket nominated at Indianapolis, and the remairing 9 per cent favor McKinley and the gold standard. This estimate is made on sentiments elicited from close per- soral inquiry, and embraces several hun- dred from different sections of the state. About the same comparison will apply to the state ticket, there being only a slignt variation. You may make such use of this as you see proper. Report From Michigan, From Michigan the state committee re- Ports: “In the last presidential election the dem- ocratic vote in Michigan was 202,206, and the republican vote was 222,708, showing @ republica@ plurality of 20,412. The pro- hitition vote was 20,857, and that of the People’s party 19,931, showing that on the whole vote the republican party was in a@ minority of 20,376. “In the present campaign there has been a thorough combination and fusion between the democrats, populists and a silver re- publican organization, and the leaders and rank and file of the broad-gauge prohibi- tionists are for free silver and Bryan and Sewall, although they have not yet w:th drawn their ticket. There are at least 10,000 votes for Bryan among the prohibi- tionists. “While there is some defection from the democratic party among gold democrats, the democratic and people's party vote is practically solid, and the chance of carrying the state for free silver without republican ald is great. The republican free silver vote will be very large, and in any event uae. to give Bryan and Sewall a good ma- jority.” Mr. Q. A. Smith, democratic candidate for Congress in the sixth congressional dis- trict, will carry that district. The commit- teeman from his district says there 1s no doubt of this, and adds: “A great many republican farmers in this district are tor free silver, and the prospects are more than encouraging.” Concerning the political situation in Con- necticut, Mr. Joseph R. Manning of New Haven writes: “We are getting along in this state in very good shape. What we need is plenty of literature in the small towns. The cities are all in good condition, and do not be surprised if we cast six votes for our hero. We have nominated for Con- gress in the second district Dr. Austin B. Fuller, a noted exponent of the free coinage of silver, and I believe he will be elected.” Southern California. From southern California T. J. Dowell, chairman of the Bryan Silver League, com- prising the democratic, populist and silver republican clubs, reports: “Southern Cali- fornia is overwhelmingly for Bryan and free silver. San Diego county, one of the repub- lican strongholds of the state, is now safe for Bryan. For Congress, Bowers, repub- lican, was leading. He is between the “Devil and the deep blue sea,’ though. He dare not come out for silver, and yet relies upon his silver recor orton of Los Angeles reports great gains for Bryan and Sewall. “It :s only a question of the size of the majority for Bryan.” The democratic state committee of North Carolina contradict the report that the electoral vote of that state is in doubt because of the running of both democratic and populist state tickets. There is but oné electoral ticket in the state, and it will get the united support of both democrats and populists. The claim is made that the ma- jority tor the Bryan electoral ticket will not fall short of 20,000. Mr. A. A. Lipscomb, one of the democratic electors in Virginia, and who has been stumping that state, says that there is but little defection from the democratic ranks, and that this defection is more than thrice made up by accessions. He estimates Bryan's majority in Virginia at not less than 50,000. This year, he says, there will be ro stay-at-home democrats. General Weaver regards Iowa as sure for Bryan; that he has been withdrawn, tem- porarily, from the canvass in that state and sent to speak in Michigan and Indiana. Frank A. O'Neal, secretary Bryan and Sewall Club of Brooklyn, N. Y., writes that Kings county will give a majority for the ticket. Mr. J. M. Love, chairman of the demo- cratic state committee, gives some esti- mates upon the congressional districts in Kansas. In relation to the electoral ticket he says that there is no possible doubt about Kansas. “Bryan will have not less than 50,000 majority in Kansas; anything above that would not surprise me. This es- timate is based upon the returns from the counties named, nearly all being official.”” ——— Washington Monument. Col. J. M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, told a Star reporter that the storm did no damage to the Washington monument. He inspected the shaft this afternoon, and found it in precisely the same condition as when he saw it yesterday morning. It was clcsed last night, and no readings were at- tempted as to whether the vibrations were greater than are caused by the usual vibre- ticns of the earth. Some slates were biown off the roof of the engine house, and the the boiler house sustained trifling damage, but .| beyond that no harm was done. Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $228,097. Government receipts: From internal revenue, $249,609; customs, $615,520; miscellaneous, $62,167. Several Lives Lost in the Region of Savannah, BALTIMORE ESCAPES SERIOUS HARM Telegraph and Railroad Communi- cation Impeded. MEAGER REPORTS BALTIMORE, Md., September 30.—The heavy storm which swept over this city last night and this morning created con- siderable consternation and uneasiness, but beyond delaying traffic, both municipal and suburban, interrupting telegraphic commu- nication, unroofing a few houses and flood- ing the streets on the water-front, did no serious damage that has yet been reported. The wind came up from the south, and struck the city soon after 11 o'clock, blow- ing with hurricane force until 1 a.m., when it subsided, giving way to a heavy rainfall, which lasted most of the night. Almost as soon as it struck the clty the telegraph lines of both the Western Union and Pos- tal companies were prostrated, and com- munication with the south has not yet been restored. Telephonic communication is equally crippled in that direction, and up to 10 o'clock this morning no word had been received from Washington in this city. All trains, both on the B. and O. and Penn- sylvania from the south, were badly de- layed last night, but are in fairly good shape again this morning. The wind dur- ing the height of the storm attained a ve- locity of thirty-five miles an hour, and ay- eraged about thirty miles for three hours. eS THIRTEEN LIVES Lost. Savannah and Vicinity Report Great Damnge. SAVANNAH, Ga., September 30.—A ter- rifle storm struck this section last night. Eight lives are reported lost and the prop- erty loss is said to exceed a million dol- lars. Hardly a building~in this city es- caped without damage, and many are total wrecks. The loss of Ife and damage to Property outside of this city will prob- ably be great. Telephone communication with Bruns- wick was established at’ én early hour this morning. The loss ’6f life at that place is reported to be five in number. The property loss there f¥ said to exceed $800,000. —>—_—_ NELSON MURDER CASE CALLED. Owing t0 Lack of Witnesses Trial Was Postponed. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ALEXANDRIA, September 30—The case of John Nelson, charged with killimg Dep- uty Sheriff Hines at Jackson City last Fe ruary, was called for witI{n the Alex- andria county court today, but, owing to the absence of important Witnesses, the case was contifued until the October term of the court, - ee LER Fo STAY. WE Castillo Denies the Rumor of Gen. Blanco’s Substitution, MADRID, September 30.—Senor Canovas Del Castillo, thé Spanish premier, denies the report that his government is desirous of replacirg Captain General Weyler in Cuba by General Blanco, the captain gen- eral of the Philippine Islands. eet STRUCK BY A CABLE CAR. Mr. Humphrey H. Lemon's Narrow Excape From Being Killed. Mr. Humphrey H. Lemon came near be- ing killed by a cable car this morning. The accident happened near the curve in the Capital Traction Company's tracks in front of the Garfield statue, at the Maryland avenue entrance to the Capitol grounds. Several years ago Mr. Lemon, who fs now about sixty, accidentally fell through a coal hole in the Capitol building, where he was employed as a member of the police force, and was almost killed. "So serious were his, injuries that he lost his hearing and im- paired his eyesight. His congressional friends passed an act in which he was named as watchman for duty in the dome of the big building. He lives at 503 Maryland avenue south- west, and was on hts way to work this morning when he met with the accident. which may yet prove fatal. The cable train was running around the curve as the pedestrian neared the track. and te gripman rang kis bell to warn him of the danger. Being deaf, however, he could not hear the sound of the bell. and so he walked right in the way of the heavy cars. The gripman put down. the brakes, but Mr. Lemon was struck and knocked down. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where the doctors found that his nose had been fractured and his face cut, in addizion to possible internal injuries. After his injuries were dressed he was sent home. ——e_ A DARING HIGHWAYMAN. He Assaulted a Young Lady and Then Resisted Arrest. This afternoon about 2:30 o'clock a party of citizens had an exciting time with a col- ored man named Richard Brown near 4th and I streets. Miss Helen Block, daughter of ex-Detec- tive R. J. Block, was attacked by a colored man, who knocked her down and snatched her pocket bock. She made an outcry, and a.erowd of citi- zens soon went in pursuitof her assailant. Brown was captured, he made a des- Perate struggle to regain his liberty, but did not succeed. Precinct Detective Hartigan responded to @ call for assistance, and/after some trou- ble he succeeded in landing Brown behind the bars, Charges of affauit and larceny trom the person were preferred against him, and he will be tried in the Police Court tomorrow. TO BE MADE PUBLIC. Papers in Divorce Cases Will Not Be 2 Locked Up Sow. Hereafter, according to instructions given today by the judges to the clerk of the District Supreme Court, papers in no case, particularly those in suitd.for divorce, will be withheld from publig? inspection, ex- cept when the court, by ékpress order, so directs. ; In Tenleytown. In Tenleytown the damage is much worse than in town, owingsto- the exposed con- dition of affairs. It 4s said that there is not fifty feet "of fencing left between Georgetown and leytown. Very few houses ih the villageyescaped some harm, and the mount icemen on duty at the time had several narrow escapes. ‘The roof of the St. Ann's Catholic Church was blown off, and considerable other damage done. The newly erected public school was also unroofed, and the brickwork torn away. The parsonage of St. Ann's was alas) damaged, and the windmill blown wn. WASHINGTON SWEPT BY A HURRICANE Great Damage Done by the Furious Gale — Last Might WALLS OF HOUSES CRUSHED IN LIKE PAPER “Destruction of Property Reported in Every Part of the District. FATALITIES REPORTED IN ALEXANDRIA A storm that originated in the West Indies swept over this city last night on its way to the New England coast, and ¢ veloped such intensity that damage was inflicted aggregating, according to the best estimates, upward of a quarter of a mil- lion dollars. It 1s doubtful if ever before was the capl- tal city visited by such a violent atmos- pheric disturbance. When the people awoke this morning, after a night of terror, they found the streets covered with debris, and everywhere were evidences of a more gen- eral destruction by the wind than has ever been known before. Fortunately, no lives were lost, though several persons were severely injured by falling walls and fly- ing roofs. The daily weather map in yesterd Star showed clearly that there was trouble ahead for the people living on the At- lantic coast. Concentric circles of unusual closeness were shown in the area over southern Georgia, and indicated the pres- ence of a dense “low” or storm. This be- ing what is popularly known as the equin- octial season, the sun having crossed the meridian on the 21st instant, heavy storms are to be expected, and there was no sur- prise at the forecast of the morning, which promised rain and “dangerous gales for the Atlantic coast region.” There is no tell- ing how much property and how many lives were saved by this warning. In the afternoon telegraphic reports were grounds north of the Executive Mansion was almost ruined. The buildings of the city suffered more heavily than ever in the past. No single great disaster marked the storm, but there wus more general damage inflicted by the wind than is now remembered as the re- sult of any previous storm. The streets were literally wind-swept. Pedestrians were buffeted by the gale like straws in a spring zephyr. Houses rocked to and fro, and threatened every moment to collapse, or | to go careening off before the gusts that pounded incessantly for nearly two hours without notable relief. Apparently solid brickwork was crushed by the impact of the moving air, and the falling debris, in several cases, seriously imperiled human life. Some Instances, Of specific instances of the destruction done by the storm it is possible only in this connection to mention a very few. The most complete demolition was that caused by the falling of the west wall of the new commercial structure at 1213 Pennsylvania avenue, which crushed through the roofs of the two adjoining buildings, both res- taurants, and caused damage amounting to many thousands of dollars, besides creating a panic among the people there assembled. It is a marvel that lives were not lost in this case, and as it was, several people were hurt more or less seriously. The steeple of the New York Avenue THE NEW YORK AVENUE CHURCH SPIRE .TODAY. received by the weather bureau that made it plain that the storm had produced what is known as a trough of low barometric pressure, extending nearly from the south- ern shore of Georgia to the city of Toledo and shortly afterward there was an un- mistakable sign that this trough had been broken in two by the inerposition of a tract of higher pressure in western Vir- ginia. Thus the conditions became favor- able for the development of extremely high winds, and hurricane signals were ordered up all along the coast from Wilmington. N. C., to Boston. Becume,.a Hurricane. This forecast was amply verified. The storm center passed almost squarely over this city, and the record of wind velocities was broken. The drizzle of the early even- ing did not give any special warning ofthe hurricane that was to break over the cizy futer in the night. The sky was overcast, of course, and the air was warm and humid. The storm scemed to promise to last through the night, and although those who had studied the weather map in The Star knew that the storm was an unusual one, none had any fears as to the results. At about 10 o'clock the clouds seemed to grow more dense, and there was a play of lightning that before had been absent from the disturbance. Then the wind, that had been blowing previously at the compara- tively slow pace of about 30 to 35 miles an hour, began to freshen suddenly, and with- in a few minutes it had reached hurricane speed, and was coming in terrific gusts, that lifted tin roofs from their frames, shattered brick work, wrenched signs and awnings from their fastenings, smashed heavy plate glass windows, broke and up- rooted trees, and, In short, did damage to almost every object exposed to the fury of the storm. Probably no detailed description of the Gamage done to the city and the surround- ing country will ever be told, for the very greatness of it all. Summer storms have visited Washington of enormous violence and have caused great damage, and it has been possible to give in words a nearly complete record of the wreck: But today the cit} bears the mark of the storm in so many quarters, and the ruins are so numer- ous, that to enumerate them were an cnd- less task. Nor is it practicable to give in figures the exact money damage done. The buildings wrecked and the roofs displaced can, of course, be represented in dollars, but one of the heaviest losses suffered by the city was the destruction of thousands of shade trees of all kinds, which cannot be given a money value. Nor will it be pos- sible to repair this damage for years to come, for many of the uprooted trees were the growth of decades and were landmarks. The public parks suffered as never before, and the magnificent grove of elms in the Presbyterian Church fell before the gale, and the tower of the Grand Opera House at the corner of 15th and E streets was de- molished. A portion of the roof of the new car shed of the Metropolitan Street Rail- way Company, pear the south end of 4% Street, fell in, and upward of fifty cars were buried under the ruin, causing a damage that is roughly estimated at $35,000. The pension office and St. Aloysius Church were partly unroofed, also Con- vention Hall and several other large butld- ings. Hundreds of residences suffered similarly, and in some cases walls were blown in. Detailed accounts of the dam- age, as far as it is practicable to ascer- tain the facts, are given elsewhere. To add to the horror of the situation last night, just as the storm was at its height the wires of the electric lighting service broke and the center of the city was in- stantly made as dark as Egypt. The clouds hung low and the night was in- tensely dark. The electric lamps had been able at their best only to feebly illumine the pltchy blackness, and when they were shut off the streets were given over ut- terly to the howling demon that tore hither and thither through the city, tearing off boards, roofs, chimneys, branches in the intensity of its fury. ‘The street cars were obliged to stop for a time, for it was utterly useless for them to attempt to make headway against the wind, and those going in other directions were in danger of being overturned. Peo- ple who chanced to be down town during the storm were driven to shelter from which they could not safely stir until mid- night, when the wind began to die down. Communication Cut Of. The value of the underground system of electric conduction was again given a prac- tical demonstration in the wrecking of the wires strung overhead. Lighting wires were not glone in this, for the entire po- lice system was wrecked, and the fire alarm service was rendered useless. The telephone and telegraph wires, too, were brought down, and the city was entirely cut off from the outer world. One result is evidenced by the bareness of the tele- graphic columns of The Star this after- noon. A few dispatches received came mainly by mail Trom Baltimore. Another result appears in the daily weather map published in its customary place on the third page, notwithstanding the almost total lack of details. Not a single report was received by the bureau this morning from the outer regions, owing to the lack of telegraphic facilities, and, therefore, no regular map was issued, At the request of The Star, however, the officials pre- pared a sketch map showing the track of the storm. The damage done to property in Alexan- dria was far heavier both actually and in proporticn than that suffered here, and in addition four lives were lost as a result of the storm. Reports from other places in this vicinity come in slowly, and it can only be surmised that the destruction »y the wind for many miles around the Dis- trict will reach a total of many thousands of dollars. The first estimate of damage in Alexandria places the loss at $400,000, Thre churches are either partly or wholly demolished, cne of them in a peculiar man- ner. Every particle of the main structure was thrown to the ground, while the steeple stood intact. Other freaks of the wind Were reported, scme yond credence, yet fully verified. There Was no cyclonic tendency to the storm beyond the general nature of these dis- turbances, which are great swirls of air. The official designation of the storm is a “hurricane,” which is justified by the fact that the general maximum of velocity re- cerded was sixty-six miles an hour. The official scale of wind names ts as follows From one to five miles an hour, from six to fourteen mile in this city of them almost be- fresh: Aberts Building. twelve to twe twenty-five to from forty to f sixty miles ty-four mil thirty-nine ty-nine “brisk:" mile miles, “g ‘hurricane ™m ich and Official Sintement. This morning the Lureau issue statement of the storm’s origin « ress, as follow last night was first reported on September 26, as a tropical c¢ moving north- west from the Caribbe southeast of Cuba. ®, and on the of Florida, t was central 2sth moved ncrthward, On the morning of the over southern Georgia, and by 8 p.m. of the 29th had advanced to southwi n Vir- ginia. Tae center passed over Wa about half-past 11 Tuesd lowest barometer reading being 29.30, Dure ing the first three days the storm appeared to have very little energy, but on the 29th developed force rapidly as it moved north- ward. A velocity of fifty-four miles oc- curred at Charleston, forty-two at Wil- mington. The maximum velocity at Wash- ington was sixty-six miles. Information of the storm was sent to the gulf ports on the 26th, and the shipping in that region was kept fully informed of its movements on the 27th and 28th. The Atlantic coast as far north as Nan- tucket wes warned on the 2si on the 29th the warnings were 2 to Eastport, Me. At 2:30 on Tue - cane signals were ordered ¢ 2 that Wilmington to Boston, the time being centered in Georgia. ders to hoist storm signals irecte weethe? bureau officials to that it was not safe to lea south, and the or. storm at The a an nals was ac by message: ‘Storm central on the South Car increasing in rey, will dangerous easterly gale increasing to hurricare force, cn the m Atlantic and New England coast tonight tribute information and warn ship; to leave port.” At 30 p.m. of Tuesday the follow Message was sent to the President at Gray Gables: “The tropical storm moving northward from Florida will cause dangerous gales on New York Avenue Church. the New England coast by Wednesday morning. All shipping in northern ports has been notified.” The path of the storm from the morning of the 28th to the night of the 29th is shown on the substitute for daily weather map. the It is a typical path of the tropical storms, which occur at this season of the year. Force of the Wind. As stated in this bulletin, the maximum wind velocity was sixty-six miles an hour. There were higher velocities orded, however, and the official anemometer on the roof of the bureau shews this morning one gust during which the wind was tray- These cling at least eighty miles an hour. gusts are hard to record wit fact, it is almost impossible. It has been found that when the wind reaches the neighborhood of seventy miles an hour the cups of the anemometer have a ten- dency to hitch and hang, and at times t are blown to a perfect stand-still by; swirling currents. Last night, however, the record made was remarkably steady, for the wind poured in from the southeast in a streak that was almost without fluc- tuation. During the early evening the wind was