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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
4 GOVERNMENT 7UG NEARLY STAK
THE BIG STEAMSHIP RUNIC CROSSES HER BOWS
>ND CAUSES COLLISION.

THE BIG STEAMSHIP RrNIC CROSSES HER BOWS
AND CAUSES \ COLLISION
A collision took place in the Lower Bay yester-
day morning between the White Star steamship
Runic and the United States tug Ordnance, which
damaged the tug 10 the extent OF at least 5000
and only narrowly escaped sending her to the bot
tom The Ordnance was her way to Sandy
Hook. taking a number Of army officers and civil
ians to witness the gun tests at the Proving
Grounds Among those on board were Major J. =.
Sanger Assistant InspectOr-C,ener OF the Army:
Captain ID. a. Lyle. Of the Ordnance Department;
James F. sullivan vice president, and f.. 5. ".
Farnpm chief OF ordnance of the Miivale steel
Company. Of Philadelphia, and reporters from the
principal New-York papers
Those the tug had for some time noticed the
RUNE coming up from behind Shortly before
Buoy No 10 In the Lower Bay was reached the
Runic had come up on the port side OF the ord
nance and steering Il parallel course with her.
not than hundred feet distant The ship
channel here makes a great bend, which must
be followed by large vessels like the Runc. Small
ones like TIE Ordnance. however continue u
straight course the shallowcr water inside
the bend II was therefore necessary for the
Runic to cross over TO the right hand side Of the
Ordnance. The latter, being to starboard. had the
right of way but the Runic altered her course
and attempted to cross the bows Of the Ordnance
This action made collision absolutely Inevitable
Charles Gall, who at the wheel Of the ord
nance at once rang stop and go astern at the
time throwing the wheel over In the vain
attempt to avoid the blow But II too late.
The bow OF the Ordnance struck slantlngy. but
with terrific force against the starbodrd counter
OF the Runc. AS the big steamer pressed
ward she forced the tug deeper and deeper down
until the water poured over her starboard side. and
the boxes piled in her bow fell in cascade into
the bay. while the passengers clung to stanchions
to prevent themselves from following
For a moment 1t seemed certain that the tug
must capsize and sink. But just In the nick OF
time the steamer drew clear and the Ordnance
rolled heavily back to even keci Not word
came from the Runic: not face appeared above
her bulwarks. When fully half mile distant she
stopped her engines for moment. and then went
on utterly unconcerned for the tugs fate. The lat
ter meanwhile lying to, taking stock of her
injuries. Her stanchons. deck bolts and knees
were started; her forward deckhopse and pothouse
SPLIT from top To bottom. and all her forward /
work warped and bent. Fortunat ely. OF her /
injuries extended below the waterline. and her /
ability 20 float and move not injured. The /
damage was estimated by the captain TO be fully |
$3.50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
N1RROU ESCAPES From CABLE CARS.
~ OLD WOMAN RESCUED JUST IN TIME, AND
BEOOKLYN MAN GETS A SLIGHT


Seemingly dazed by the glare OF the headlight
"A Broadway cable which was moving ran
idly toward her. Old woman stood in the middle
of the track last night. II looked for some mo-
ments If the cable road about to claim
another victim. The old woman had ATTEMPTED to
cross broadway at Thirty-second-st.. and when
halfway across she noticed the approaching car
and suddenly stopped
PEOPLE shouted TO her. but she did not stir When
the car was only few feet away she was dragged
from the track and out of danger by w II Christie
who with his wife. is guest at an uptown hotel
when rescued the woman acted queerly that IL
was thought advisable To take her the West
Thlrtieth-st station where she recognized
Mrs Mary Wernert. seventy-six years old.
widow who lives with her son. Nicholas Wernert.
at No. 80 West Twenty y-first-st. She is slightly
demented. and several occasions has stolen out
OF the house and wandered away until taken
In charge by the police
Nicholas Wernert was sent for last night. and
he took his mother away with him.
Samuel Ross, blacksmith. of No. II Green
wich Lane Brooklyn. narrowly escaped death
yesterday morning while standing between a
truck In front OF No. 66 Broadway and cable
car which was going north He was knocked down
by the car and received a slight scalp wound DIR.
Morgan, OF No. S2i2 Broadway, dressed the wound.
and Ross went home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
THE KAISER AN HONORARY COLONEL
SHOWING HIS SATISFACTION WITH THE WORK
oE TIE sIXTEENTM ARMY CORPS.

Metz Sept. emperor William. his suite ana
the royal princes present at the parade yesterday
attended grand military banquet in the officers
casino last evening. In proposing the toast oi the
sixteenth Army Corps. which he reviewed yester-
dsy the Emperor said that to express his APP
nreciation of the fine work done by the corps,
he had appointed himself honorary colonel OF the
iSth Infantry Regiment General Won Haeseler
commander Of the sixteenth Corps. thanked the
Emperor in tho name of the regiment.
The Governor Of the Metz district has sent out
this address TO the people: His Majesty the En-
peror has been exceedingly Sratihed during his
sojourn at Irvic by the loyal demonstrations OF
his subjects His Majestys most earnest enorts
TO preserve the peace and promote and en-
courage peaceful industry. IL viii be His Maj
estys specia! endcavor TO secure for his subjects
in Lorraine lasting period of tranquility. His
Majesty expresses his warmest thanks for the
enthusiastic welcome extended to him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
EMry WAS MURDERED FOR REvENiE.
aHE REV Mr. SWAMI GIVES FURTHER DETAILS
OF TIIE EXpLORER's DEATH.

London. Sept. 5-The Rev. a. j. Swami, the
Ujj missionary who yesterday made public an
account OF Emm Pacha's death, said in an inter-
view this morning:
Il am unable 10 give all the actual incidents of
BY me yesterday contained about all the details
of the murder ! learned them. The immediate
cause o. the Arabs hostility to Emn was their belief
that he had hanged summarlly six Arabs at the Stan
ley end OF Victoria NyanZa because they refused
TO barter with him. This story never denied
and accepted true, even by the Europeans
"When Emn WAS murdered he was separated
from his> aravan, and travelling with thirty
Nubian followers toward the west coast in order
that he might avoid the Eastern Arabs who he
knew were his track. He had passed through
Ruanda and he followed a branch of the Congo
until he arrived at Said Bin Abeds There no
fighting AT the time of the murder. The incident
was Of the brefest duration. The actual murderer
was a Young Arab with whom | personally
acauainted He Is a son of DIR. LivingstOne's old
Arab friend whom the whites In that region
round the lake call Old Tanganyka.' Beyond
doubt Enns body was eaten as were the Hodes
of his followers. All the heads were stuck on
poles and were paraded about as rs the custom
among the Manyemas. These people are notori-
ous cannibals; I'm fact. VIII eat anything human
During nv soiourn I'm Cjiji we lost belgian mem
Der Of the European colony All sesrch ior MN MN
was futile We learned nothing OF his fate until
Belgian party found the fingers oi european S Fan
in n Manyema cook pot. Inquiry sh0Wel that tns
Manvemas had kidnapped him ana kllled MN. n
BELGIAN force at once made raid on the Mahyeua
country routed the Arabs. and destroyed the
Msnvema village where their comrade had been
eaten
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
THE FUNERAL INTERRUPTED.
AGAIN THE WORK OF THE TROLLEY.
A CAR DAsHES INTO A HEAR>E, BREAKS OFF
WHEEL AND sMAsHES TIE COFFIN
LID-FLAMEs BURST FROM An

trolley car ran into a hearse in Flatbush-ave..
F1atbush yesterday afternoon. and smashed the lid
of a coffin containing the body OF a child a month
old one of the back wheels Of the coach was also
torn on. The hearse driven by Moses Bern
stein for David Rich. an undertaken at No %
Nillett-st.. this city. With him sat Solomon Good
man. of No 1872 Willett-st. The infant was the
child Of Hebrew family related to him. and he
in charge Of the burial in Washington Gene
terry. There other mouTners bernstein
said that the motorman gave no warning Of the ap-
proach OF the by ringing his gong. The car
went on its way soon as the track was cleared
There great excitement on board the trolley
car No. l. "a OF the Greene and Gates Avenue line
in Brooklyn, few minutes after o'clock last
evening. from the motor taking fire. The
crowded with passengers and had reached point
in Futon-st., opposite the city Hall.
when smoke seen pouring through
crevces in the floor. There stampede OF
the passengers. When the trapdoor in the floor
of the the motorbox opened sheet
OF fame burst forth. Tho stoppage of the ma
chnery and the cutting off Of the electric current
speedily put the fire. hut not before the arma-
turc was burned ont. making the motor useless.
car Of the Putnam-ave. and Hasey-st. line then
pushed the disabled its way up Fulton-st.
When Greene-ave. was reached the side
tracked until another Of the same line could
push 1t TO the carhouse for repairs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
MS BODl BCRNLU TO 4 CRISP.
DOUBT WHETHER POLISH TENANT DIED Is At
TEMPTING 10 RESCUE 4 WOMAN AND BABE
Or TO SAVE LEN LoLLARs-l MAD
pr-1U INTO THE EI.NNEs

\ fire which cost the life Of man occurred in
Jersey city yesterday. There is some doubt
whether he rushed into the burning building to
rescue a woman and child from the flames. or
npcrilled his existence to save fcw dollars which
he had let behind him. He William Renecke,
and he leaves a widow and three children.
The fire broke out in one OF the four buildings
owned by William Hosuk. at Nos. %; and 4o5 Hen
derson-st All the houses were OF brick and four
stories high. Two stood in the front and two in
the Of the lots. with a narrow yard between
them The fire started In the rear house. and
spread to the adjoining building The places were
occupied bv twelve Polish and Russian families.
who ESCAPED with difficulty saving only their cloth
ing. The fire made good hcadway before the iircmen
arrived owing to the fact that several alarms were
scnt in at the sane time The ircmen were also
hampcred by the difficulty Of reaching the fire
All the department could do was TO prevent the
spread OF the flames. Both bundings were gutted
from the second floor To the roof.
Before the men got to work William kenecke, Il
tenant. who had escaped with his wife and three
children rush back into the burning
building and run up the stairs To the second floor.
Then he disappeared and nothing more seen OF
him until the fire was put out and several members
Of Hook and Ladder Company No. ! aaccnaei TO
look for him. They obliged TO climb by lad
ders TO the third floor. where In the back hallway
they found Renecke burned to crisp. His body
was tied on "A rubber blanket and taken To Careys
undertaking establishment at No % Grove-st.
Regarding the reason he re-entered the building |
there two stories told by the other tenants of
the house. one Is that he went to recover some
money which he had left in his rooms and the |
other. that he returned 10 rescue Mary Vnrousi |
and her baby. who Were also supposed to have |
been burned But Mrs. Varousli 3 husband Adam |
finding escape by the stairs cut on had taken his |
wife and child through the scuttle OF No io3 and |
down through the scuttle of No 405
The loss on the burned buildings is estio.,a1 ot
SIS OOO which IL covered by Insurance A subscrp-
ton is to be opened for the tenants. who ost all |
they owned
Nothing definite could be learned as In the orf-
gin OF the IRE There Is a SUSPICION that It was
that il was caused by the upsettlng OF n Iamn SUI
r,, ii inycst.-ation viii he made 'f' -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
THE PHILAUELPUII' REM 4REiBLE ri y

Washington Sept. 5.-Ofiicials of the Navy De-
partment gratifed over the recent performance
of the cruiser Philadelphia, a report OF which was
received az the department from her commanding
officer, Captain Barker. to-day. The report is
dated Callao, August 7. and says that the Pha-
delphia made the run from Rio de Janeiro to
Callao, a distance of 5000 miles, In twenty days
and eighteen hours without stopping anywhere for
coal This Is at the rate of 2i2 miles day for
ing, and is regarded by Naval officers here as n
most remarkable performance. The Philadelphia
left Cailao August - Cor Honolulu voyage of
500 miles, and 1t is expected that she will dupli-
cate her last run and make the entire distance
In about twenty-five days without coailnr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
I POLICEMEN RUN OJER AND KILLED
HIS SKULL CRUSHED nY \ CAB Ar BRO tDWAY
AND TENTILST.-rHE DEIVEE CHARGED
WITH HOMICIDE.

Policeman Thomas Gleason. Of the Broadway
squad who had been stationed at the Tenth-st
crossing for five years and was well known TO
many persons who had business at the drygoods
store Of Hilton. Hughes n Co. formerly Stewards
WAS run over and killed his post late yesterday
afternoon He "A large and hne-oohng man.
about nfty years old. and he had been member of
the force. with a good record. for eighteen years
His home was at No. 2i2 East Twenty lirst-st one
Of his sons. Thomas. jr.. who Is married formerly
was a clerk IN the drygoods stcr" in front of which
the accident occurred. The daughter. Mary. elgh-
teen years Old is "a stenographer. and the other
children Herbert and John. are schooboys. \
daughter older than Mary died several months ago
Maurice r. Sisk. OF No. 80 Avenue b, who had
been employed In the store was talking with Glea-
son few seconds previous to the accident. lie
said later that Gleason left the sidewalk the east
side OF Broadway To warn wagon Off the track q.
the cable road as car was approaching the cross
ing. The driver Of the wagon turned away from
tn track, ard Gleason started 10 return TO tHe
sidewalk. 4 four wheeled cab was following the
wagon. going uptown at a rapid rate The driver
OF the cab shouted to Gleason. and the next mo-
ment the horse struck the policeman and knocked
him down. Gleason fell with his face to the pave
ment and the right wheels of the cab over his
head and neck. The cab stopped by the driver
who got down from his seat and said he was sorry
Men carried the policeman TO the sidewalk. where
he died In a few moments. His skull hai been
crushed.
Policeman Sullivan. who was at Eghth-st. when |
the accident occurred had the body of his comrade
removed to the Mercer-st police station and he ar
rested the driver of the cab. who said he was
Patrick White OF No 2Ol East Flfty-second-st and
was employed al the Buckingham stables, In flity-
drst-st. = G. Calm and l. Gideon merchants al
No. ". Prince-si.. were riding In the CAB Johh
Huber OF No 2ss East Eighth-st.. who witnessed
the accident. said he thought it was due 10 the
rareessness or the driver OF the cab. Wnite SAID
his horse shied at a cable going downtown ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
IN RAILWAY WRECKS.
A WORLDS FAIR EXPRESS CRASHES INTO
A FREIGHT TRAIN.
ONE NAN KILLED AND SIX INJuRED-Two
DEATHS FROM \ COLLISION IN ONO.


Cincinnati, sept 5.-The Worlds Fair Big Four
express No J.. consisting of ten Wagner seepers
and day coaches. filled with Cincinnati people re-
turning from the Exposition. came into collision
this morning with freight train which left Gin
cinnati last night for indianapolis. so far as can
be learned the following is a list of the victims:
Kied-An unknown man.
lniured-Engineer Winslow. head cut Freight
Brakeman J. J.. Reid. head cut; Engineer Sheehy.
hand and face cut; Mail Clerks Wizer and Beatty.
badly bruised: Freight Brakeman G. T. Phoerine.
knee and face cut.
The accident took place at the bottom Of the steep
grade known Bates Hill six miles north of
Aurora Ind. Ii is said that the express telcscoped
the freight, owing to its superior momentum.
Portsmouth. Ohio, Sept. "a westbound Cncin-
natl Portsmouth and Virginia mixed train
into an open switch at Hardin at o'clock this
morning. coming In collision with a work train on
the siding. Fireman Robert Little. of the freight
train and Natchman Marion Weaver. OF HarGin
Cooperage Works. were instantly killed. Engi-
necr George Glasgow. Of the freight. fatally
injured, and Natchman kuntz. Of the work train
was seriously hurt. Both engines were complete
Iy demolished
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
CHOLERA INCREASES ABROAD.
DISPATCHES TO DR.. WYMAN SHOW THAT
THE PLAGUE Is SPREADING.
NO APPREHENSION OF ITS GAINING 4 FooTuoLp
HERE FELT BY THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES

NO APPREHENSION OF ITS GAINING \ FOOTHOLD
HERE FELT BY TIE HEALTH A1-THoRITGEs
REPORTS FROM EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
Washington. Sept. 5.-Reports received by the
Marine Hospital Service indicate that much cholera
exists in Europe and that the disease is spreading
In many cases authentic information cannot be had
owing to the action OF the local governments in
suppressing the news. The only thing upon which
the Marine Hospital Service here looks with any
degree of apprehension is the constant influx this
country of undesirable Immigrants. against whom
II appears 10 be almost Impossible to guard. The
new law. however. has improved the conditions of
last year, and the authorities do yet any
thing which should cause alarm The National
quarantine is vastly more effective than it was last
year. and the foreign inspection by United States
agents has far been successful
The season of danger has not passed. however. by
any means Cholera not officially declared to
prevail in Hamburg last year until August %, and
the Moravia did not reach New-York with the first
case until the end of August. So far as the season
is concerned. there is still ample time for vista
tion of the pest from abroad but il is believed that
should it the disease can De stamped out
even more efscctually than il was last year
The report of the Consul at Nantes. France
which arrived this morning, shows a large increase
in the number Of cases in that city. The sanitary
condition of the cityS has grown steadily worse.
and no official information can be obtained. Even
the 'Ofic;al Gazette has suppressed us bulletins
The disease is Increasing until the mortality had
reached when the report made. eleven a
day with total of seventy-seven deaths for the
week ending August 49,
The last report Of Assistant Surgeon Young from
Palermo. in Southern Italy. showed twelve deaths.
with the conditions growing \ dispatch TO
the State Department also brings the Of
three at Dusseldorf Germany.
London. Sept 5-One person died of cholera In |
Hull last night In the last twenty hours before |
this noon three persons have died of cholera in |
Crmsby. No fresh cases have been taken to the /
Crimsby cholera hospital since yesterday noon.
Anoteh person died in Hull to-day with symp- /
toms of Asatc cholera. one fresh re- /
ported to the authorities. The port of Hull has '
not yet been declared infected.
Madrid. Sept. 5-The Spanish Government has .
declared quarantine against all vessels arriving
from Grimsby Hull.
Berlin Sept Gases OF Asiatic cholera are re-
,ortAd in Cologne and Mannheim. The case in |
cologne is that OF an Italian who had Just arrived
n the city. and who died in the hospital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
MIR STEWART OF NEVADA, HAD THE FLOOR
HE HELD IT, TOO, AND CALLED MR.. HoAR's
SUGGESTIONS TRASH AND SAID Mr..
NDRICU WAS AGGRAvATING.

Washington. Sept. 5-If any particle of interest
existed in the mind OF any Senator In connection
with the legislation Of 1873, by which the silver
dollar was dropped out OF coinage he had an op-
portunity to-day of learning from Mr. Stewart
every incident bearing upon 1t before. since and at
the time OF its enactment Mr.. Stewards version
OF that old history differed from the version
given by Mr.. Sherman last week. Little atten
ton was paid 10 MIR. Stewards speech, and at one
point of 1t he complained that Senators were In the
cloak rooms and not in the Chamber
A call OF the roll, however. quickly secured q
quorum. AT other points he declined to permit
Mr.. Hoar to interpose some remarks-designating
them as "a lot of trash"-and Mr. Aldrich met
similar treatment. his Interference being called
aggravating. Mr.. Stewart occupied the floor
over three and half hours, delivering his speech
from typewriter sheets and having finished
when the Senate went into executive session by Q
vote OF 35 to 2s
The resolution changing the hour sf meeting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
HOME RULE AND THE PEERS.
THE FINAL DEBATE BEGUN.
CROWDED GALLERIES LISTEN TO A TAME
DISPLAY OF ORATORY
rARL SPENCER, IN DREARY SPEECH. MOVES
SECOND READING, AND THE DUKE OF
pEyONsHIHE FAILS TO AROUSE IN
TEREST IN HIS ARGUMENT FOR RE
UOUS IN THE AUDIENCE.


JECTON-CLERGYMES CONsPIC
UoUs IN THE AUDIENCE.
London, Sept. 5.-The House of Lords led
to-day with members and visitors eager TO hear
the beginning of the debate on the Home Rule
hill Although the Conservative whips will not
muster their full force before the evening Of the
final division the Opposition had in attendance
to-day five members to every one on the Liberal
side The galleries were filed with peeresses
The strangers gallery was packed to suhocation
A peculiar feature of the crowd was the consplcu-
BUSINESS Of the clerical element.
Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty,
moved the second reading of the Home Rule bill
lie made tame speech, barren Of original thought
or expression lie claimed for the Government ali
honesty Of intentions in its work for the Dill and
credited the Opposition with being equally con-
scientieus. lie reviewed at some length the his
tory of ireland since the Union. All the so-caed
remedial measures of the successive Governments,
he said, had come too late 10 help the country,
even had they not contained radical defects which
would have rendered them useless, early or late
His own personal experience had satisfied him that
Home Rule was the only possible solution of the
Irish question. After dwelling upon the beneh-
cent results to be expected from several provIs-
ions of the bill, Earl Spencer closed with the
declaration that the Gadstonan plan of Home
Rule was calculated TO satisfy all aspirations OF
Ireland 10 self-government.
The Duke of Dcvonshire, Iiberal-Unionist,
moved the rejection of the bill He cOntendcd
that every class in Ireland except one was lnionlst
and was opposed TO the measure under discus
sion. Did the Government, he asked, believe
that the manufacturers, merchants and traders OF
the country who opposed the Home Rule bill
.I,1.x Tb., u,,inn of Irolan
and Great Britain bad been decree of nature
which laws and treaties had only recorded. The
present bill was crude and unworkahlc and a
Violation of the Constitution.
The Duke read his speech throughout, turning |
page after page. he House showed little interest |
In his remarks.
Vscount Powerscourt, Liberal l'nonist. was |
the next speaker, and the attendance dwindlcd |
while he enlarged upon the coming ruin of Ire
land. Home Rule would blight all industries,
be said.
Baron Brassey. Liberal. spoke in support of the
BILL and the Duke of Norfolk, Liberal Conserva-
tive, spoke against II.