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The sun., 1893-07-09
GREAT DAMAGE At CoNEr ISLAND.
A Pavilion Blown Down and Panic in the
Sea Beach Palace.

A Pavilion Blown Down and Panic in the
sea Beach Palace.
Charles Ulrlch's pavilion at West Brighton.
Coney Island. was blown down last night
The proprietor. bartenders. and walters had
to fee from tho building and only narrowly
escaped death. The property was worth
$1,000
The big windows in the Sea Beach Palace
were all broken by the storm. and when the
shattered glass fell IN the amusement hall 1t
almost caused a panic.
The women und children who were driven in
out Of the pouring rain. believing the building
was about to tumble. ran out pell nell on Surf
avenue.
Palms perambulator. which was being slow
ly driven on Surf avenue. was caught by the
storm and suddenly turned over. The driver.
J. Msloney. was tossed out.
He was picked up with scalp wounds and
several bad bruises and taken TO DR.. Cham
bers's drug store. where his wounds were
dressed.
In front Of DR.. HIPS drug store tho tornado
struck the new hardwood stands that were
put up this morning and sent the soda water
sSH#Fs T%sS Street sSs
Sss SsSs SiexS Fl ,hs o Fooio HahHs battling pavilion
The liis.sayers' boats off Deylin & Doyle's
bathing payllions were smashed. and their oc-
cupants. Fred Tuttle and Sidney Hindman.
had hard time OF 1t getting ashore.
Part Of the roof OF the old iron pier was blown
of and the large merry-eo-round on Tilyou's
walk was torn TO Pieces.
At Rockaway Beach. lightning struck Mrs.
Stern's cottage on Dodge avenue. demolishing
tho cupola and setting the house on fire. The
flames were extinguishcd with much ditil-
guilty The electric plant shut down at Ar
verne leaving tho place In darkness for two
hours.
MI. stefn was out driving with ,,ne trotter
whom theatorm broke. His horse became un-
mana9eable and ran away. smashing the
Hammets% Gould could not i get oriers sS for h the Far ar
Rockaway train beca use the lightning burned
out the telegraph Instruments. In Jamaica
Bay tho VarunRs boat house WAS washed
against the seaside dock. Tho tobog gan slide
at tho Seaside. Rockaway. was wrecked badly
aud cannot bc used to-day.
The sun., 1893-07-09
THREATS IN THE ITALIAN CHAMBER.
Great Excitement Created by Signor Bovios
Speech.

Great Excitement Created by SiGnor Bovio>s
Speech.
ROME. July S.-The final debate on the Bank
bill in the Chamber Of Deputies to-day WAS
tumultuous. Signor Bovio. who has been en-
ergetic In pressing forward the investigation
Of the frauds. made the speech Of the day The
time had come. he said. for all implicated In
tho bank bribery to explain their actions
Deputies. Senators. and Ministers who had
soiled their hands with the corruption funds
scattered by the banks OF issue ought now to
confess. and defend themselves II they could.
Tho country ought to learn who were its dis
honest servants.
II the Senate will appoint a new commit;
shall refrain from naming the guilty mon.
demand. however, that the guilty men abstain
from voting on the measure now before the
House. If they do not, / shall name them"
Riot broke loose in the Chamber as Bovio
made this threat. Some OF tho Deputies
shouted Name them!" Others. with clenched
fists. turned on him and called him q boast
or a liar; and u hypocrite. Insults were
exchanged on every side, and dozen or more
fights were prevented only By the Interference
OF a few. cool men. who held back their more
restore order. the President Of the Chamber or
we're sisnor Bovo yeded to the ms
portunities OF HIS friends and declined to con-
passsd By i$
then adjourned for tho summer holidays.
The sun., 1893-07-09
LIGHTNING SET oFF THE BULLETS

Thirty-six Car Loads OF Cartridges Burned
Thirty.nine Other CnrS Also Burned.
New HAVEN. July S.-Lightning tonight set
fire to seventy hve freight cars In the yard OF
the Consolidated road in this city. Twenty
four OF the cars were without freight
Thrty-six cars contained cartridges shipped
by the Winchester Arms Company OF this city
to various sporting goods houses in the South
and West. The largest of the consignment
was for John Lowell OF Boston.
The remainder OF the freight cars were load
ed with general merchandise. In all they
made up four freight trains. that would have
been started out during the night.
strong wind was blowing when the flre
started. In an hour the seventy five cars were
In flames. The explosions in tho cartridge
cars made 1t lively and dangerous for the fire.
men. When the fire had wiped out the four
freight trains It began on u transfer freight
shed. 30 feet high and $40 feet long. This was
also destroyed.
The loss Is estimnted ut $1,000 divided as
fellows: Rolling stock. $4,000; general mer.
chandise. $4,000: Winchester Arms Com.
pany's shipment. $4,000
Tho rolling stock and Winchester Compary's
consignment were insured.
The sun., 1893-07-09

Mr. Honmeister Gets Two Eye Holds and Of
Losing Them Catches the n =. Ring.

Mr.. Honmeister Gets Two Eye Holds and ON
Losing Them Catches the n - King.
William Hoifmeister OF Belleville heard a
great racket in his barn Mt midnight on Fri
day and went out to SEQ what the trouble was
He carried a lantern In his hand. As he on
tered the barn and closed the door his three
year-old bull, which had esca ped from It's stall.
stood facing him. Hofrmeister had never had
any trouble with the bull. and was about to
approach him in q confident ma hner when the
animal began hostilities ty charging Hoff-
metster held up the lantern and the bull. in its
head!ong charge. smashed II and put out the
owner against the siding between two ioista.
one Of which severely bruised and cut his side
and hin. HofImeister began to shout for help
and at tho same time groped around in the dark
Tor the ring In tho bull' y nose. In doing so he
got his lett thumb In the animals eye. and tho
null backed away dragging his owner with
The bull kent backing around the stable, snort
Ing with rage and pain and dragging Hoff-
melster after him.
Finally the animal. with a dextrous toss OF
his head. released ono eye ard threw his
owner to the floor. He was trying to gore
closed on the bulls nose ring; At the same
instant Mrs. Hofimeister and the hired man
responded to his cries and appeared on the
scene will lantorn. The bull retired before
the reinforcement and dragged Honmeister
to his feet. Hoffmeister did not release his
hold upon the ring until the animal was secured
meister cola psed. He had to be supported
into the house. He IL suffering still from
shock and severe bruises.
The sun., 1893-07-09

He Thinks tho Pope VIII Not Heed Arch
btshOn CorrIgmn's AnpenI

psnO" CorriKun's Appeal.
KINGSTON, N. Y. July S.-The Rev. Dr. Burt
sell Of Rondout expects that the Pope will
overrule Archbishop Corrigan's refusal to as
sign him. at tho request of Mgr. satolli. to his
old church In New York city or to some ono
equal In Importance. DR.. Burtscl says that in
refusing to heed the apostolic Delegates direc-
! tions Archbishop Corriean appeals to tho
Propaganda. by whose approval he sent DR..
Burtsclt to R0ndout He thinks. according
to DR.. Burtsell that he has therefore the right
Of appeal to Rone direct instead OF obeying
Mgr. Satolli.
reporter called upon DR.. Burtsell at st.
Mary's rectory this afternoon. Tho Doctor
expressed surprise that so much information
had been made public on subject about
which ho had been extremely reticent. He
said that though he was merely m interested
Ple q New York and the parish of the
ed that this petition had been presented to
Archbishop Satolli. he took more direct In
9 Msf to
step necessary to grant the petition. and
that Il necessary he would have recourse to
him g sever himself from hs present Charge.
yet, because OF the serious principle involved.
he would on hs glad to do all n his power to fur
tn6r the SUCCESS OF the petition.
When did yon first learn that the action OF
Archbishop Corrigan in declining to accedo to
Mgr. Sat 9 request had reached tho public
ear? z" asked the reporter
On June % attended the silver jubilee OF
the ordination Of the Rev John Grim minis. as-
sistant pastor OF st. Theresa's Church. In Brook
lyp. ut which Archbishop Corrlgan was pres-
ent. and there found among the priests in
tails Of the request and tho reiusal." '''' W.
why does Archbishop Corrigan refuse to
acceds, to tho request OF the apostolic dele
1T seems to me that he Is acting verv un-
wisely, but he seems to clnim that because tho
Propaganda authorized his action three years
ago he is permit ed 70 continue that same ac-
tion for lie against me. even though the Apos-
vestigation to hnye his action recalled and. II
necessary. to have the Propaganda and the
e sr was not
ment Is very likely to influence both tho Propa-
ganda and the Pope to urge upon Archbishop
delegates authoritative Wishes"
The sun., 1893-07-09
SENATOR sHERMIN ASGERED.
Chnrses Against Iriu, by Jamcs n. Piatt
Rouse Iftn, TO Hot Words In Csicngo.

CHICAGO. July 8-"Thnt man ought to be
hanged. He knows he 10 lying when he max cs
the statement ho does. and covertly insinuates
that honorable men havc been guilty Of dis
honest and scoundrelly acts"
These words came with wrath from Senator
John sherman at the Union Depot last night
as he was about 20 tako n trnin for his home at
Mansfield. Ohio. and were drawn out by a
charge brought against him and others by
James H. Platt President OF the Denver Paper
Mills Company Of Denver in q newspaper com
municatian.
The charge Is In connection with the passage
by Congress- of tho law OF 1879 demonetizing
silver. and known es the Dem ION citation act.
Mr.. Platt In effect charged that Senator Sher-
man. while acting as n mcmbcr OF the con-
ference committee on tho bill. did. In coniunc-
@ .arrcpttousy put Clause in one one seetion
s pSah ss eep"f
Grant when he sien ed .he bin. had the falntest
spspici9n that such clause was IN It.
,,MI M. sherman: commenting further on tho
he is simply reyamping s9ome old charges
that liver were , exploded long ago. They even failed
81 hos xsre Ets fs by
ber OF tho House, invest igated tho charges
when they were first given currency and
maui u SlIOHg 10 lll8 HOUSE tnB
effect that there was not a word OF truth in the
charges. That report of Mr.. Hewitts made
use Of in one OF my speeches when called upon
once before t2 deny these ridiculous charges"
DENVER. July a.-Col Platt has given out
written d statement replying t9 Senator sher-
ing He was loaded with argument on the
silver question.
He reviewed. the story OF tho bill in question.
and then talked OF tho history OF silver leCis-
lation from the beginning OF the present CEN
tury up to that fatal day.
Il was O member OF Congress- representing
the second district OF Virginia." said he, "and
not a man outside Of the conference commit
tee knew that the bill we had passed had de-
monotzed silver. We never found 1t out until
July, when the Mint refused to coin silver
Then We went about inQuiring. asked Pres.
ident Grant about It, and he said he did not
know that that particular clause had been in
serted.
~ know Senator Sherman in his speech OF
1891 defended tho attack made upon him re-
gardinG the passage OF the bill hut he evaded
the point ut issue. No ono denies that the bill
was freely debated. but when that conference
committee sent in the amendment no debate
occurred. Tor no one knew that the fatal eleven
words Ind been inserted.
- tell you the people do not understand the
silver question. They think we ask for un-
heardof rights. We are asking only what we
had for eighty years. But let silver 60 to tho
dogs IL need be. Colorado will meet all its op-
legations. think the Sherman act will be re-
pealed. It ought to be. 1t is q makeshift. but
we ought to have the old ratio OF IL to re-
established.
The sun., 1893-07-09

the opposite eide whom tho Captain Of the
Bhngalore let go his port anchor, which held
wharf.
Right across from tho creek arc the tracks Of
whirlcd along it caught n train Of empty Rock
away. away Beach cars. These cars weigh about
They were lifted clear OF tho rails and hurled
on their sides on the main east bound track.
completely blocking trafIlc on that side. Tho
the side track. Two OF tho cars looked as il
they had been struck By "a lattering ram.
,on Just ss r. The cars went over the H:l5 east @
engineer brought the trnin to stop within a
feW feet OF the oyerturncd cars, =.
about tho tall brick chimney OF tho Blissvle
water works aud broke it OFF at tho base liz o
scTars ppS teri The Grss aS1at
base. The, cap. which weighed almost a ton.
the bricks covered an area OF about half city
block; The roof OF the humping station was
ire WInJows W on tho so sob ss JE lTches m ne NM a
were broken.
A Rig we'll cover went sailing through tho
pieces Stephen Coushlnn. the engineer at
the wSrEs MS Maf almost SITn int thc
forced TO throw himself On the iloor
Policeman Timothy White had taken
shelter shelter N ~ n corner Of the chimney as 1t was
;, The next prank the wind played was when
II crossed Thompson avenue and lifted a farm
hand named jacob Hans ont OF his wagon and
tumbled him about the road. breaking his
left wrist and injuring him in other wavs. He
was found later and taken to st. Johns Hos
pltal.
A bolt shvered an old tree that stood as q
landmark In Riker and Stcinway avenues
Long Island City. The flag polo on tho roof OF
the Queens county Court House In Jackson
avonue was also shattered.
The ferryboat Long Island City, which was
laid up in Newtown Creek had her nose driven
Into the wharf by the same gust.
:, The roof Of the Chiffon paint works IN College
thrown against the side Of another building.
Considerable damage was done to the electric
road between College Point and Flushing. SO
that traffIc was discontinued.
At North Reach. Long Island. tho storm
broke glass. blew down trees. broke the trolley
wire In places and overturned the steel smoke
stack Of the water works. 1t kicked up n big
sea In the Sound and this is known to have
drowned one man.
William and Emil Siegert and William Ohele.
Jr- employees Of the Wilinmsbursh Brewing
Company. were out In fat botto omed rowboat
about 300 feet from shore. when the storm
Reginald and Hubert Morgan. sons OF tho
lawyer Of this city, and Joseph Brewer took
boats from Fred Erbe's and went to the rescue.
They saved the two Siegerts but Otele was
drowned
Two mon were out in the yawl Annie. After
the storm passed it was seen that the yawl was
capsZed. 1t is not known whether her occu-
pants escaped or not.
The sun., 1893-07-09
THE MAYOR DIGS TWO FITS
Under the Southern Pncihe's Trncks at snI
Frnacisc They Mean Trouble.

Under the Southern PHcthe's Tracks at Snn
Frnacisca--They Mean Trouble.
SAN Francisco. July a-Trouble between the
Oakland authorities and the Southern Pacific
Company is looked for soon. Mayor Pardee
and his associates Mt l o'clock this morning
went down to the water front and dug two pits
four feet deep under tho railroad tracks. so
that no cars can be run. Oakland 10 full OF ru-
mors this afternoon OF efforts that will be
made by the railroad company to recover their
lost advantages.
The Mayor IL determined to meet any attack
and has ordered the entire police force to turn
out in case OF trouble. The bells will be rung
and ~ large part OF the. town Will turn out to
the water front should tho hig corporation
attempt to seize the disputed wharf by force.
The railroad company for twenty years ruled
oakland politics and dictated as to who should
wanted. and none dared critcisO them. Al tho
last elec ion the perplo revolteG and elected
with tho result that an opposition ferry line
has heen established. with a good chance Of
rescuing the water front and turning 1t over TO
the city.
The sun., 1893-07-09
1WENTY-sEvEN LIVES LOST
All but Three Members OF n Pleasure Part,
Drowned at Sk eGness.

All but Three Members OF n Pleasure Party
Drowned at sk keEness.
LONDON. July ga sad accident resulting
in the loss OF twenty-seven lives. oc-
Cured to-day at Skegness. n watering
place on the east coast OF England. A
party went from the village for days sail On
yacht. They were caught In heavy squall
when some distance of shore. and the yacht
was capsized. Before assistance could reach
the people struggling In tho water twenty
seven ofthem were drowned.
An the victims were railway builders who,
with thousands or other excursionists. had
gone to the little waterlng place Tor DAYS
sixty passengers; took out thirty Of them;
by thunder storm. Tine darkening OF the
sky, combined with the rain obsoured the
time OF the accident. After the air cleared the
yacht was seen bottom upward with three men
elInEing to her. The others had been, drowned.
An old f1shboat. the only craft available. was
launched. and tho three survivors were
brought ashore, Twelve bodies have been re-
covered. The three survivors agree that no.
body was to blame for the accident, Us the
audiences OF the squall could not have been
anticipated
The sun., 1893-07-09
A CROWDCAUGHT ASITFELL.
zoo PEOPLE IN PERIL ON THE CoNKF
ISLAND ELEYd TED ROAD.
The West Brighton Platform Collapsed nua
Disaster Was Narrowly Avoided-Ons
Person Hurt Badly and Many Slightly.

The west Brighton Platform Collapsed nud
Disaster Was Narrowly Avoided-One
Person Hurt Badly and Many Slightly.
Tho supports OF the platform at the West
Brighton terminus OF the little elevated road
on Coney Island gave way at 2:45 o'clock yes
terday afternoon while 200 peoplo were trying
to crowd into train and get to tho Brighton
Beach races, and platform and passengers
started to tumble to the ground-thirty feet
below. Pure luck or Providence prevented tho
accident from being very serious one. AZ it
was sixteen persons are known to have been
hurt. and it is probable that others injured
went away without saying anything about
their hurts by additional good fortune only
one OF tho victims was injured seriously. A.
Schneider. $50 Alexander avenue. New York.
Mr. Schneider was taken to the Prospect
Hotel. near Culvor's Depot. suffering. IL was
thought. at first from broken hip.
When tho platform collapsed a train Of two
cars and n locomotive had Just arrived. and the
crowd Of men. women. and children were
pressing in bunch toward tho middle OF the
platform to reach the doors OF tho cars. There
was loud crash, and fifteen or twenty foet OF
tho platform bent in tho middle and went
down. carrying all the people with 1t in a heap.
cloud OF dust and splintcrs few up. through
which could be seen dimly confused vision
OF arms. legs. and bodies cntangled and strug-
Cling.
People on tho ground wero Mortified for tho
few seconds the cloud endured. for there
seemed nothing to prevent the human mass
from tumbIing to the ground. AS tho dust
cleared away tho mass was seen lodged in the
trestle work eight feet below the Platforms
original level and mixed up with the wreckage
oftimber
Eight feet below the platform level tho eles
waited structure is stifrencd with cross beams.
From those beams wooden braces supported
the platform. Tie braces as was shown by
the accident. were rotten. while looking sound
outside. The cross beams were fortunately
strong. and they caught and held the wreck
and the passengers.
Though the passengers wero In comparative
security, they were not convinced OF the fact.
and they were not comfortable. Some were
doubled up among their follow beings. others
found themselves awkwardly straddling tho
beams according to the way they fell and still
others had the luck to alight on their feet. So
there was an instructive struggle tostr aiehtsn
themselve out. Help was prompt In coming.
both from the police and from volunteers.
Chief OF Police McKane superintended the
removal Of the people from their perilous posi-
ton to the fragment Of platform which re-
Schneider fell to the ground. and was found
doubled % up between two esrs Of the Culver
IaS House i9r treatment Though at frat Pr aIii:
Broken. a second examinstion f 'n last 'p pnighs
aroused doubt on the subject and Mr..
Schneider may have escaped with severe
Sixteen people in all were t trletSd d isT tn
near the station. Only few OF them could be
The sun., 1893-07-09
JUMPED 1?5 FEET.
DIngman Was Killed. and, Therefore, Woupt
Get the s. Wager He Had Made.

Get the 81 Wager He Had Made.
BUFFALO July ga foohardy emulator Of
Sam Patch. Stove Drodie. and other high jump.
ers TO- day dived 125 feet to his death in Buffalo
harbor. About 80 o'clock the people about
tho docks were amazed to see standing on the
top OF tho Watson elevator @ man who was
making preparations to Jump of. Whether he
wanted to commit suicide or was insane the
crowd could not determine. but every eye Was
riveted upon him.
He was alone. and 1t was impossible TO pre-
vent the Jump. He took of his coat. bound
his handkerchief over his eyes. and. rlncinR
his finger tips together. spranG head down.
ward to the water. He turned two complete
somersaults in his descent. Most Of the spec.
tators heard tho splash, but few o! them saw
II. for they shut their eyes. The man did not
reappear and soon mon were out in boats.
The police were summoned and 1t WAS neces-
sary to aredge the bottom Of the creek before
tho body could be recovered. 1t was imbedded
H. tie mud. 1t was found that death had been
inst stantaneous. The neck was broken By the
fall At the morguo the man was recognized
as Clarence Dingman. son OF William o. Ding
man OF 375 Vermont street
lie was % years old and a carriage maker
by trade. He had not worked for somo time.
and is said to have been the black sheep OF his
family. On last Sunday his brother offered to
find him employment. but Clarence refused TO
work. lie had pick cd UP living as ferrymRn
across the creek at the foot of Main street.
Dingman had made another leap earlier In
the day. it was afterward learned. On bet Of
dollar he dived off tho Lackawanna trestls.
about sixty nve or seventy feet. After this
exploit he had boastod in II commercial street
saloon that he could jump OF the Watson els-
vator. A bystander bet him IS that he dare
not and tho wager was accepted. Nothing u
known Of this man.
The sun., 1893-07-09
UPsET A 1RAI, or SIX C4R&
The Gale Particularly violent In It's
Passage Through 10 v Island City.

fn~saEo Through I.O Island City.
A train Of six passenger cars on side track
OF the Long Island Railroad. near tho Jack
creek drawbridge in Long Island City. was
lifted clear OF the rails. md tho cars were
thrown over on their sides by II wedge OF wind
After overturning the train the tornado cut
swath through the upper section OF Long ISL
and City. wr-cking buildings and chimneys.
1t finally found an outlet on the Sound. attor
taking turn through North Beach.
Those who saw the gust say 1t came out Of
the south In the shape Of heavy black cloud
that seemed to drag along the ground. It
veered to the southwest as 1t entered Newtown
Greek. whore it assumed tho share OF q
mammoth corkserew Up the creek 1t rushed.
whirlIng and roaring. THO vessels at the
them.
, II caught the big iron shin Bangalore Of
london on the how, and began driving II stern
first up the creek. 4 plle on the shore. to
WHICH steel hawser was fastened. was lerke
out like tooth and danaled from the end OF
the hawser as the vessel reared and plunged,
The vessel was being driven across the
creek. and was In danger OF collding with the
The sun., 1893-07-09
4 sa,Ooo,oOo Case Decided.

DENVER. July S.-The caso OF the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company against tho Ameri-
can Water Company was decided by Judge
Allen this morning in favor OF tho plaintin
The action was brought to forecloso u mort
gage Of s.. 900. 900. The claim was fought By
the Central Trust Company and other credit
ors. but tho Farmers Company won the hight
By priorty claim, us represented by the mort
gage, The claims Of other creditors amounts
ed 10 about $1,000. 600 more
Thomas Mitchell. counsel FOR tho Central
Trust Company. excepted TO the Court order
and gave notice Of a motion for new trial