The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-28
THE LATE HURRICANE.
CHART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC
JUST ISSUED.
\ Paper al special Interest to Pilots
Course ofthe Recent >torms-The Presi-
craI Washington News and Gossip.

cra1 Washington News and Gossip.
? WASHINGTON. u. g.. september 27.-The
pilot chart of the North Atlantic ocean for
October. issued to-day by the photographic
Office. Navy Department. j. Of special ir-
t"rest. ~ showing the tracks Of the hurri-
canes that have been experienced on the Al
laniic during the present month. and the Pc
~itions of the many dcrelicfs and wrecks re-
y rtrd of the coast. the results. most of them.
/ e the great storm that ragged between Hat
tcrl- and Block Island from the Mh a. the
/ 18th inst. The chart issued to-day en-
bodies a special supplement. which gives
/ the history Of the hurricane from the time il
pas-,d ii. Thomas till If had spent it, furry
OA the coasts of New Jersey and Long
/ Island. i'm spite Of the brief interval Of time
that has elapsed an astOnishingly large num-
| bcr Of reports have been collected from mas
| tcrS Of vessels. new aud very important
factor in the history of the hurricane j.
/ brought eut very clearly.
II seem. thst a second hurricane origi-
mated i'm the tropics almost simultaneously
with the first. but about 1909 miles further
east. Both moved on along track toward
W. y. W. but the second recurycd 10 The
y. J.. below Bermuda. 10 This second hur-
ricaue was due the building up aud per-
-i~toncy tO the southwark Of Newfoundland
of "a ridge of high pressure that held the
great storm of our coast. instead of allow
ing II to follow its normal track TO the north
east.
IEON AND STEEL WORKS At NOEroLK.
lloltzclaw Rrothcr-. of this city, have been
awarded the contract for building an iron
and steel construction shop "a the Norfolk
nuy-yand. al S7l.,6S. The next lowest bid |
der was ol cents higher IN h- proposal.
TUE TWO NEw CRUISERS.
The Navy Department to-day Issued adj |
,crti~cmcnis for proposals for steel 10 be-
used in the construction Of the two new |
cruisers OF 5000 tons each. which Secretary |
Tracy recently decided To- build at New /
York and Norfolk. under Government Sill |
porNi~ion. The bids viii he opened October 1
3l~t. the delivery of steel 10 commence /
within lhrt, DAYS from the date of signing 4
of ihc contract and % be- completed in six /
months.
potGLA>> AFRAID az THE oSsIPFE.
The plan Of taking Minister Douglass
from Norfolk fo lIayti on the O-sipec has I
been abandoned. owing 10 a reported defect /
i'm the boilers of that vessel. The kear-agc I
hats been placed at his disposal. aud il the /
present plan i~ carried out. hc viii leave /
Norfolk on her aS soon n She can b" made /
ready for SEA. The Despatch. which was
expected here from New Ork last night to |
owing tO heavy weather outside The capr~.
SECRETARY wHrNFY'S ~foRfKfEriNC
SYSTEM
The board Of naval officers organized
Ia Investigate the >torekeeping system in
auguratcd by secretary Whitney. and
noW i'm vogue 1T the na,y-yani~.
adjourned to-day. subject Ia the call
of the secretary. The board found /
nothing in the system to condemn but the
members. COmmodOr,- Ramsey. Meade and
Brown. and PaNmastcr kennc,. will inNc~-
tieatc the routine workings Of u AT the New
York. Washington and Norfolk naNy-Sard~
and Navy Department.
roLNGANIl u UTAH.
secretary Noble has received the annual
report of the tah commission. which has
general super, ision of the elections in the
Territory. and is entrusted with the enforce
mcnt of the tdmunds-fucker foiygamy
act. \ canNa>sing board appointed by the
commission found that John 7. Caine
had been elected delegate 10 Congress 10y q
maiorit, of nearly 1000. The report says
that polygamy is not Wacticed openly. but
charges are made that il j. still in vogue.
rorEIm-CLAss rO>r,A>rRs.
Thc following murth-cla~s pSstmastorS.
among others. were appointed To-day: Nir-
einia NJ VI. Brown. King William Court
house: X. r. Tehbs. Polls. North Carolina
j. ". ~tilley. Bayboro~.
rulIIlc- N TuE NEW sTArEs.
Mr.. earle. the correspondent of the II.
Paul Pi0ucer Press. has Just returned
from "a trip through the West. chiefly in the
new states. he j. one Of the best informed
men iu western political Affairs. and has
been making careful Ohscn alton Of affairs
i'm the ncW states. lie says he does not
ihink the Democrats have any chance 10 get
ANYTHING ont Of the october elections eN-
ccpi i'm Montana. There. hc thinks.
they will elect the Governor. and IL there l.
perfect harmony in the party. they will get
the Legislature, but he has no doubt the
Republicans viii elect the representative.
NJ hile there j. an appearance Of great hal-
mony among the Democratic leader, now.
hp thinks hc secs where there j. liable 10 be
a split over The question of The >enatorship.
If such "a split occurs the Republicans will
gri the Legislature. otherwise he thinks the
Democrats will get the senators. The DEM
Ocrat-. hc SAYS. think they are going Ia get
the Legislature ia Washington Territory.
but be- does not think they are.
uIE VIRGINIA-MARYLAND BOUNDARY 10
III srRNENED.
Attornev-Gcneral Whyte. Of Maryland.
has decided that the only way 10 settle The
dispute over the INluliidf river nA NlfI Utu-
is 10 locaic the Maryland Virginia bound
afy. By advice of the Aiiency-Gencral
Jackson will request Governor
Lee 90 unite in the employment Of Il sun eyor
Go ascertain this fact. Till then the mat
ter will remain in STUN qNO Charles
Lewis has a lease from the state of Virginia
upon certain land under the water, Of the
Potomac. just above Coan river, known a.
Hog Island ilats. which is leased under an
act of the Virginia Legislature Of lNS>.
[ ndcr the award Of the boundary commits
~ioner~. the line OF the Virginia boundary
rum, frum headland 10 headland on the
southern river bank. II l. coniendcd by
Mr.. Lewis that be j. using only Virginia
soil.
CAPITOL NOff~.
First Assistant POstmaster-General Clark
son and Colonel swords len Washington To-
dan foY the Warm springs. ia Virginia.
The President. Mrs. Harrison. )r. scott.
and Mr.. iialford reached Washington from
Deer Park this afternoon.