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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-11
HEARTPENDING STORIES
Told by tho Survivors OF the EdmOn'
ton Trail in the KlondIkc-They arc
Physical and Financial Wrecks.

Physical and Financial Wrecks.
wRANGEL, Alaska, August 6. via
Seattle. Wash, August IO.-The Stick
cen river steamer strathcona, arrived
here to-day with thirty survivors Of the
Edmonton tran. All the men came in
with the pack trains sent out from Tel
egraph Creek by the various trading
companies last spring The unfortun-
ates tell heartrending stories OF hard
ships endured and comrades lost and
abandoned. and strongly denouncc the
trading and transportation companies,
as well az the Canadian officials and
newspapers that prufusely advertised
this route as n feasible one TO the Klon-
dixie gold fields. To outward appear
ances these men certainly give evidence
OF the awful suffering undergone since
leaving Edmonton, eighteen months
ago. Most OF them are slckly looking.
with unkempt boards and greasy
clothes-pictures OF physical and finan-
CIal wrecks. Several have grown grey.
and bear marks Of scuryy. A few have
just enough money TO reach Seattle
or Victoria, but most OF them are with
out funds.
II Is admitted that there are still
more than 100 men scattered along the
trail between laird Post and the pet
" banks and relief parties have been
sent out by the Hudson bay Company,
the last reports being to Laird Post,
were that many were dying Of hunger
and scurvy.
Several cases OF starvation are re-
ported. About twenty miles above
Devils Portage. two unknown men
were found frozen 10 death last winter.
A man bearing the name OF johnson
from New York. was found dead IN a
tent near the source Of the Mud river.
last fall. This poor fellow had as
covering only half Of q blanket, and n
diary. stu open In his hand, were these
wordR, opposite the date. February Is.
1897. II died Of hunger
All along the route from Fort Simp-
son, ON the Mckenzie river. to Fort
Laird. men with frozen limbs were as
sisted. while some too weak 10 help
themselves. were necessarily left behind
by those more fortunate and able TO
struggle home.
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1n,rrnntionnl ..Trpo, UnIon.

DETROIT, Mich. August lO.-MOst Of
the members OF the committee on laws
Of the international typographical
Union. which meets In annual session
here next Monday. are In the city. and
an Informal discussion OF propositions
submitted by mall. was begun to-day,
but nothing OF decisive nature Sah Pe '
aecompiished until the full committee Is
nrcsent Secretary Bramwood, o. the
international Union. said the strike Of
Tho union membeTs OF the New YORK
sun would not come before the com
mittee. and possibly not Deiore tho
convention. -.,.
Among the more important questions
10 be- discussed by the convention. "
one thatinvolves piece work on hnotyPe
machines and another In the reiAlohs
OF mnchinists employed In composing
rooms 10 the typographical Union
There will be about 800 delegates pres
ena
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TAMMANY MISRULE.

Yesterdays Developments of tho
Ma1et InquIry-oplum Dens Run.
ming Fnll Blast.
NEW YORK. August 1o.-when the
Mazet Investigating committee resumed
It's session to-day. Mr.. Moss, counsel
for the committee, said the only book
furnished by Capt. McCiusty's detee-
tive bureau showing robberies was q
record OF property recovered. A copy
Of this book was put in evidence by
counsel. The record showed that prop
erty from all over the United States
was brought to New York and disposed
Of In pawn shops and other places; that
in 1888 there was SsS2,OOOworth OF stolen
property recovered by the police and re-
turned to owners and that thus far this
year $4,000 worth Of stolen goods had
been recovered and returned.
John 4. Wood, a detective employed
by Counsel Moss, testified that last
night he had visited an opium den IN
Captain Moynlhnn's precinct. In one
room. Wood said. there were hfty men
and women smoking opium. Accord.
ing 20 Woods testimony, the owners OF
the place said everything was all right
so long as they came up with the long
green" They referred TO Capt. Moyn-
ihan as a good fellow" Witness
bought come cooked" opium there,
which he produced.
The witness also told OF buying opium
IN the Bowery and on Stanton street.
Wood further testified that he had
made four hundred visits 10 pool rooms
in the city since he had last testified
and had secured evidence In each case,
Two or three policemen were called 20
the stand and told how they had been
fined for various offences. One otiicef
who had been found on his post in a
beer bottling establishment, had struck
the proprietor with his club when or
tlered TO leave. For this he was hned
thirty days pay. Mr.. MoEs held that
this officer was guilty Of felony.
After calling several policemen who
did not respond TO their names, Mr..
Moss said TO the committee that every
one Of the patrolmen whose cases ne
had brought up for review had been
found guilty OF most serious offences;
crimes which would have sent ordinary
citizens 10 prison for long terms, yet
they were let 20 on small fines, or only
reprimanded.
After recess jeremiah Moran, a pa.
trolman OF eighteen years service, said
he had been Transferred three times
since January /. Many charges had
been made against him, but he had
beaten all but one. That was an un-
founded charge. but Commissioner York
found him guilty and fined him threa
days pay He was not found guilty
until after he had lodged complaint
against a roundsman.
In answer TO questions Moran said ne
did not enforce the excise law for fear
OF losing his position. All patrolmen
felt like that about the excise law. They
were also afraid TO interfere in cases
in which local politicians were inter-
ested.
Moran said he expected TO be punish
ed for giving such testimony. but he
thought the committee would look after
his interests I'VE will watch and SEQ
II the police commissioners punish you
for telling the truth said Mr.. Moss.
I'VE have watched them carefully,
and have seen that they have not pun
ished those patrolmen who came here
and refused 10 tell the truth" Ad-
journed until tomorrow.
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ST. THOMAS. D. W. l., August TO-
The island Of Montserratt, British
West indies, was completely devasta-
ted by hurricane Monday. All the
churches. estates and villages were de-
stroyed and nearly one hundred per-
sons were killed. In addition many
were injured and rendered homeless
and terrible distress exists among the
sufferers.
AS later advlces come In from Mont
serratt It is seen that the first reports
conveyed only faint idea Of the suf-
ferlng OF the people and their deplor-
able condition. The administration np-
peals for help. At La Perte a Pitre. Is
land OF Guadeloupe, immenss damage
was wrought and according to a report
not yet confirmed, lO2 persons were
killed.
In the island of st. CrolR. the largest
Of the Virgin Islands, the destruction
was appalling. II was chiefly wrought
at the west end. where the smaller
houses are tangled mass of wreckage.
Thirty persons were killed and the in
habitants are in great distress.
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.PENNsYLYANIA,s HERO.
The Remains of tho Late Col. Hawk.
ins Arrive At his Old Home.

ins Arrive at his Old Home.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, August lO.-The
body of Col. A. L. Hawkins, OF the
Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers, arrived
in this city at 6:2O o'clock on train No.
3, Of the Fort Wayne road, and was
met by the committee and escorts who
were TO accompany the remains to
Washington, Pa.
A detail Of police was In readiness to
preserve order, but their services were
not required. the early hour preventing
many from paying thir last respects 70
the dead commander.
The committee lined up before the
express car carrying the corpse, ana
as soon as the casket was placed on q
transfer marched slowly 70 the Pam
Handle tracks, where the Washington
train was waiting. Here the body wRE
placed in a special baggage car, and tAs
Journey to the dead herO's home In
Washington was begun at 1850 o'clock.
WASHINGTON, Pa, August To-
When the funeral train bearing the re-
mains of Colonel Hawkins reached here,
shortly after o'clock, the entire pop
uIatiOn OF the town seemed to have
gathered at the station to do honor 70
the memory OF IhelT IeiloN-IOhlAAh1I.
It was q sad homecoming. The crowd
was a silent one. and the nag at the
Chestnut street station, where the train
stopped. was at hRlf-masL
The funeral escort was met at TIA
station by Post 10. G. A R, the eH-
members OF Company H. Tenth regi-
ment, and Camp S16. Sons Of Veterans.
A detachment OF Company C., Seven
teenth regiment, guarded the station
platform, and prevented the thousands
gafhred there from pressing too
closely about the casket as It was lifted
from the train and placed in the funeral
car.
street 10 Main street, and from thence
TO the former residence OF the colonel.
The streets were lined with people, ana
ali the business houses and residences
were draped with the national eolorS
and Grape.
Tomorrow the body viii be plneed In
a vault, TO await the arrival Of the
Tenth regiment from San Francisco,
when a military funeral will takf
place.
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breaking un Insurgent Traflc.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. August 10
Mall reports received at the navy de-
partment show that Admiral Watson is
using every means to break up the In
surEent trafic between the islands OF
the Philippine group. Commander
sperry. of the Yorktown. Mt Iloilo, re-
ported to Admiral Watson early in
June that in his opinion the insurgents
were throwing troops into Negros and
Leyte from Luzon and the Island Of
Panay. Commander sperry sent the
gunboat Samar under command OF
Ensign II. c. Mcfarland to break up
this traffic. In four days he destroyed
thirteen schooners along the coast Of
Panay. Each OF these vessels had n
full cargo. In each case the natives
were set ashore with their personal ef-
fects.
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PLATTsBURG. n. Y. Aug. 1O.-Pres-
ident Mckinley and party took a sail
ON the yacht Elfrlda this afternoon in
spIte OF Inclement weather. The wind
was strong and good sea was run
ming. President Mckinley was shock
ed at the news forwarded 10 him IRON
the war department at Washington OF
tho loss Of life and property in the great
hurricane In Porto Rico and directed
that the war department officials take
such action In the matter of relieving
5Istress as seemed TO them proper un-
6er the circumstances.
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TIE CURRENcY QUESTION
In IndIa-Result OF Investigations of
Great Britain.


WASHINGTON. d. c., August io.-In
diplomatic quarters, copies OF the re-
port Just presented to the houses Of
parliament by the committee that in
ves,igated the currency OF India have
been received. II is ON this report that
Lord George Hamilton. secretary OF
state for india. has based his an
nouncement within the last few days
that IndIn would 90 to the gold stand
ard. The sessions were private and the
Testimony as well as the final report
has now been made public for the first
time. The report first sets forth tho
origin and present condition Of the
monetary system OF India and then
says:
I'VE proceed to consider the question
whether. in the Hight Of the six years
experience gained since 1891. Il is de-
slThble TO reverse the policy Initiated
then and to reopen the Indian mints to
the unrestricted coinRgc OF silver. In
our opinion any measures for gradual
re-opening would be 80 fully and imme-
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PARIS, August 1O.-Advioes from La
Polnte a Pitre. Island of Guadeloupe,
say the cyclone did enormous damage
in the interior of that island. a number
OF coffee and cocoa estates being de-
yastated. lie Moule. a suburb, was
half destroyed. There were a number
OF fatalities. st. Jean advices say the
cyclone caused great destruction in
Porto Rico. whence It passed northward
to Dominica and thence to Cape Hay
tien and the eastern end Of Cuba.
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MacArthur's movement yesterday
very successful; serves to clear coun-
try rear and left and right Of insur-
gents: has advanced north to Calulet,
six miles from San Fernando, whence
he is now recOnnoltering; his casualties
FIVE killed. twenty-nine wounded. OIL
GERS wounded: Major Braden. Capt
Abernethy, Thirtieth volunteers, leg
and arm, moderate; Lieut.. Williams,
Fifty-firSt Iowa, thigh. moderate.
These troops operated TO left and rear
townrd Santa Rita. MncArthur's nd-
vance under Wheaton and Liscum con-
slsts Ninth. Twelfth. Seventeenth, part
OF Twenty-second regiments and por-
tion Flfty-hrst Iowa. Movement very
difficult on account OF mud and surface
water. Macarthur reports insurgents
loss one hundred killed, some three
hundred wounded: they We're rapidly
driven northwnrd and last evening ap-
parently abandoned Porac line, where
they blew up powder works.
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American Coal at Paris Expedition.

American Coal NJ FAFIs F4AIIU'IIIUI''
NEW YORK, August lO.-The plans
already under discussion for securing
un European market for American coal
and particularly anthracite, viii be
forwarded by the action Of Ferdinand
W. Peck, commissioner general OF the
United States exhibit at the Paris ex-
position in 1900. who announced to-day
that ne desired 20 make the American
coal exhibit. one OF the most interesting
and prominent at the exposition. The
coal exhibit will be prominent IN the
United States department and VIII De
arranged in handsome glass cases sew
on feet high and four feet In length,
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NICE UPRIGHT PIANO FOR SIs5

II Is seldom that we can offer fne
Upright Piano. practically new, with
ali modern improvements. for SlS On,
but this piano must Be sold In the next
day or two. and Is offered a. a price
that win sell Il quick
II you want or need a plano. come and
'' F. w. BAUMER CO
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A courier who has Just arrived from
Humacoa, capital OF the province Of
that name, on the eastern coast of the
island. reports awful destruction
there. The loss to property Is estima-
ted at $500. 900, but this is the least item
in the disaster. The courier brought an
official report from Capt. Eben Swift, Of
the Fifth United States cavalry, who
says: ''Hamaooa was totally destroyed
by the hurricane. Forty-slE bodies
have been recovered and there are
many more in the debris. Eight pri-
Yates Of Troop C were injured, two fH-
tally. Sergeant King. of the Eleventh
infantry was injured. North. a dis
charged private. is missing. At the
port of Humacou eighteen bodies have
been recovered. Eight hundred people
are starving here"
Three persons were killed Mt Las Pie
dras and five at Junco.
CourIers from the other districts are
anxiously expected at the palace. The
steamer Slocum. Captain Thomas. en-
route from Mayagucz to San Juan, was
caught in the storm. but her passen-
gers and crew were saved through the
herossm OF Mr. Single, the first officer,
The coffee crop is ruined, and the loss
will reach millions. Very great injury
has been done also OF the orange crop.
M definite returns have yet been re-
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PORTO RICO CATCHES IT.

Awfnl Destruction Wrought ON the
Island Ponce Almost Wiped Out.
The Eastern Coast Disasters.
PONCE. Porto Rico. August lo.-A
hurricane struck here at o'clock
Tuesday morning and lasted until p.
m. The river IS overhowed. flooding
the town. It is estimated that two
hundred persons were drowned, The
town and port nre total wrecks. 1t is
believed the damage done win amount
to over 100000. No news has been re-
oeIved from the Interior since the
storm broke.
WASHINGTON. d. C., August TO-
The secretary Of war to-day received
the following report from General Dav-
Is. commanding in Porto Rico, on the
cyclone Of last Tuesday:
SAN JUAN. p. r.. August ..
Hurricane OF extreme violence pass-
81 over Porto Rico yesterday. The prln-
clpal military loss at San Juan one tenn
porary company barracks wholly de-
btroyed. some quartsrmaster property
damaged. No personal injuries yet re-
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OTIS.


WASHINGTON. D. C.. August 10
General Otis to-day cabled the war de-
partment the following report OF yes
terdny's engagement:
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Many Deaths Iseported.

LONDON. August lO.-The governor
OF the Leeward Islands, Sir Francis
Fleming, confirming the dispatch from
st. Thomas, D. w. l., to the Associated
Press, announcing the devastation
caused by the hurricane at the island
OF Montserratt, says seventy-four
deaths are already known. He adds
that twenty-one persons were killed at
the island Of Nevis.
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WASHINGTON. D. c.. August 10
The following cable has been received
from General Otis:
MANILA, August 10.
Adjutant General. Washington.
Captured letters; high insurgent au-
thority exhortinE inhabitants to hold
out little longer; that European rec
ognition will be granted by August 81.
and that present United States admin
istration will be overthrown.
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TWO HUNDRED WERE DROWNED
At POnee..An Appeal for Aid.
The British Possessions Re.
port Many Fatalities.
MANY PEOPLE HOMELESS.
Some Towns in Porto Rico and
Other Islands Were Liter.
ally Wiped out OF Existence.

SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Aug.
ust lO.-A hurricane broke over the
south coast at / o'clock Tuesday morn
inG and swept northwest. There was
no abatement for nine hours, the great
est damage being done between and
10 o'clock a. m. The wires were down
and communication with the interior
was for a time impossible. It is now
chiefly carried on by courtiers. At
San Juan four natives were drowned
In the harbor; eighty houses were de-
molIshed and hundreds were unroofed.
The damage to property is estimated
at 100000. Commissary stores to the
value of $4,000 were destroyed.
A dispatch by cable from Ponce sent
ut 10 o'clock this morning. says the
town was almost destroyed. Almost all
the frame buildings are down. The
bridge is swept away, and there is no
communication between the port and
the city proper. The damage to the
port is estimated at I25O.OOO. Two ma
tlyes are known to have been drowned.
The records and property of the custom
house are ruined. and all the vessels
are ashore.
At Albonlto very little remains stand
ing except the Cathedral and the bar
racks. Four natives perished and
three United States soldiers were bad
ly injured. As the town is without
food. government relief has been dis
patched thither.
FL Cayey was leveled to the ground.
two hundred houses being demolished.
Two United States soldiers were injur-
ed there and many cavalry horses kill
ed. At catano. the entire plant of the
Standard on Company was ruined. The
loss on the property Is s2oO,OOr
At Bayumon majority Of the houses
we're destroyed and the rest were
flooded. Two hundred cattle were kill
ed and the railway was seriously dam
aged. The village of Carolina was lit
orally RACED. At Caguas four persons
were killed.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-19
Lightning Rods.

There was a time when every house had a lightning rod. It was believed that every good man thus protected his wife and children and his home.
 It is now known there is nothing in the lightning rod theory; a lightning rod is no protection against lightning, and there was never any danger from lightning, anyhow.
 But a lot of other fool theories are still accepted. If we have at last ac- Quired a little sense in the lightning rod particular, why not in other re- spects? Why continue to accept other silly notions? Why advertise our selves as fools by accepting the preju- dices of fools s?-Atchison Globe.
 Other Dangers.
 "What are you reading aboutf' asked the man with the wise manner.
 '"The stock market" replied the youth.
 Don't do it.
 ''But l never put up any money Therefore cant lose.
 ''It makes no difference You re like ly to become one of these people W ho tell how much money they would have made if they had only done what they came pretty near doing, because they didn't see how things could go other wise- And then even your best friends will wish sometimes that you would bet your money and lose it and keep still about it. "-Washington Star
The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-19
ABOUT SLEEP.

some queer Things in Regard to
 "Nature's Soft Nurse"
 One or the most remarkable facts tC be found in the history of sleep consists in the utter inability to resist its onset ln cases of extreme fatigue. Several remarkable instances are given in which persons have continued to walk onward while sleep has overcome them. the automatic centers of the brain evi- dently controlling and stimulating the muscles when consciousness itself had been compltely abrogated. It Is record ed that at the battle of the Nile. amidst the roar of cannon and the fall of wreckage, some of the Overfatlgued boys serving the guns with powder fell asleep on the deck. Dr. Carpenter gives another Instance of allied kind. In the course of the Burmese war the fAp- tain of frigate actively engaged in combat fell asleep from sheer exhauS,. ton and slept sOundly for two hours within yard of one of the biggest guns, which was being actively worked during his slumbers. It is a matter of common medical knowledge that ex- treme exhaustion in face of the sever est pain will induce sleep. Here the imperative demand of the body-a de- mand implanted, as we have seen in the constitution of our frames-asserts its influence; and even pain, the ordin- ary conquerOr of repOse, has in its turn to succumb. One of the most extraor- dinary cases in which the overruling power of sleep was ever eXemplified was that of Damiens, condemned for treason in Paris in 1757. He was bar barOusly tortured, but remarked that the deprivation of sleep had been the greatest torture of all. It was reported that he slept soundly even in the short intervals which elapsed between his periods of torture. Among the Chinese a form of punishment for crimes con- ssts in keeping the prisoner continually awake, or in arousing him necessarily after short intervals of repOse. After the eighth day of such sleeplessness one criminal besought his captors to put him to death by any means they could choose or invent, so great was his pain and torment due to the ab- sence of natures soft nurse." Persons engaged In mechanical labor, such as attending a machine in a factory, have often fallen asleep despite the plain record of pains and penalties attending cuOh O doraliotiOn Of dutv fO COW Doth ing of the sense of personal danger which was plainly kept before their eyes.-Harper's Magazine.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-19
Pronrnf fit

The art of putting two and two to- gether" is humorously exemplifed in this dialogue from the New York Weekly:
 Mrs. De Gree-How did you manage to get home so early tonight? You said there were to be a number of ini- tiations.
 MT. De Gree prominent Mason)- The limitations had to be postponed. All the regalia, draperies, and so forth had mysteriously disappeared.
 Mrs. De Gree-Aha! Now I've found out all about you MasOns! So it's true after all, and you said it wasn't.
 MT. De Gree-What's true?
 Mrs. De Gree-YOu keep a goat.