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New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
GALE STRIKES YACHTS.
Former Cup Defender Damaged at
Ne7c-LOndon-Big Boats Safe.
fRv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.I J

,-sy,-T,ondon Conn. July 1S-A fierce gale
.ron, the northeast late tonight struck the
Gee, ~ the New-York Yacht Club, at anchor in
,eU-I,ondon Harbor, and as the two hundred
,acbts were crowded so close together collisions
we're frequent and considerable damage was
dore 10 the fleet of pleasure craft.
The schooner Columbia, owned by J. D. F.
uInkin. Of Philadelphia, which defended the
Americas Cup in 1871, was the first to come 20
grief and. dragging her anchor. she ran into
four or five boats, and finally smashed into
Mitchelrs pier No one was hurt. but it Will
probaby take two or three thousand dollars to
put her in commission again. few moments
later the handsome sixty-foot English cutter
Senta owned by A. Howard Hinkle, well
known Western yachtsman, parted her moor
ings and sinking two or three catbOats. came
tearing into Colonel Tyler's pier and stove in
her port bulwarks. Another sixty-footer went
ashore on Ocean Beach, below the Pequot
House and the wrecking tug Cassie has gone
10 her rescue.
The crews Of the three giant cup yachts
Reliance Constitution and Columbia, were kept
on duty. two anchors were out and double
watches paced their decks all night. While
their own gear held true there was consider
able danger from the surrounding feet, which
kept dragging the anchors and paying out cable
keep them from going ashore. Up to a late
hour the three defenders escaped all damage,
and probably will come through without harm.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19

seP a an Of e s s e Ur %h that ha
afterward. and the loss of team of dogs is a Sc
six six to twelve strong. each pulling single trace is
kometik and wields a whip OF waIrus hide twenty
seet Zee long ATTACHED to a handle Of as many inches;
take take the tip off the ear of any dog in the team
The hardships of life there are cheerfully borne
oy the missionaries, who have only the companion17
10 De sent to Europe when eight years Old 10 & 6e
expense of the Brotherhood. In many instances
. Ine parents never see them again. for they are
the parting from them at this tender age is one OF
the greatest trials of these self-sacrihcng mis-
The brethren obtain their wives in strange
le9nely 96y life he sends application to the Mission
schools daughters of missionaries who are willing
and waiting for cali of this kind. The board
mony y takes her out to Labrador. These unions are
and brdegroomP never see m each other till the day
the ship arrives and they married. The ar
case q more, worldly minded folk than these mis-
woman to marry Hudson Bay factor, but she
exercised woman's privilege on the way ana
woman'S ideas the Mission Board has forbidden the
carrying OF such women passengers in future, save
those from its own schools
their whole lives on this bleak seaboard and never
GaVe IL Until failng age or i'll health compes an
these devoted couples was returning to the 'old
denee on Labrador, They bad never seen a street.
car or an electric light, automobile any of
the other mechanical wonders of to-day. Their
simple. peaceful existence had gone in un-
changing round of domestic and paroChial duties.
Both the missionaries and their wives take part in
teachlng the natives, but, in addition. the women
90 an the household work Each in turn, is house
mother for a week. and on her devove the wash
ing. cooking and baking in which she is assisted
oy an ESquimau woman, who comes at in the
morning and leaves at the same hour in the even
ing No natives are permitted to live in the house.
Everything there is ordered by rule and method.
tRRey rise at 6 a. m, on the tollng Of the bell
AIler FAMILY prayer they engage in their regular
tasks till 9. when they take frugal breakfast.
Work is resumed until noon when dinner is served,
ana supper is at p. all meals being taken in
the common room There morning and evening
services, htany and hymns. all participating. The
Labrador establishments are maintained in part by
the small profits made the peltries bartered
from the Esqumaus for food and other necesSarieS,
and the remainder is furnished from subscriptions
made TO the general funds of the Church In ad-
dtion to the simple fare provided. this being the
system, TO each missionary is allowed, at the be-
ginning OF his work, $50 year to provide clothing
ana ike personal effects. This sum increases by
length OF service until il reaches the maximum of
$50 Small retiring allowances are made to dis
abled missionaries and to their widows Their chill
dren are educated at the general expense.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
PENNSYLVANIA SUFFERS.
Storm Tears Down the Railroads Telegraph
Poles This Time.

Pttsburg, July 1s.-Terrihc rain and wind
storms swept over Indiana and Ohio early to-
day, carrying down the telegraph wires of the
Pennsylvania lines west of the main branch and
a number Of side branches The wind is re-
ported to have attained a cyclone velocity, and
at some places along the line telegraph poles
were lifted out of the sround and wires twisted
into all sorts Of shapes.
Only one wire this afternoon was working on
the Fort Wayne road between Pittsburg and
Fort Wayne, Ind. and communication could be
had with Chicago over d single wire only.
Every wire is down on the road between Mans
field and Toledo and no wires are working on
the Cleveland and Pittsburg road between these
points. The Fort Wayne road has only one wire
working 10 Newcastle, Penn.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
BANANAS MAY DROP TO A CENT.
Fruit Firms Combine Forces, and War May
Result

The street banana dealers may soon be selling
bananas at a cent each. A banana war is said to
be on. Two Independent companies, the Di Giorgio
Steamship and Importing Company. of Baltimore.
and the VerIey Fruit Company. of Providence, r.
l.. have Joined forces and have leased an East
River pier.
The combination has fleet of ten or twelve
steamers and expects to conduct trt-weekly SER
vice from the plantations of Cuba. Jamaica and
Port Lmon. E. C. Gedney, who was formerly in
the employ of the United Fruit Company, has been
placed in charge of the banana business of the two
companies. The companies have been operating
fruit steamships to Baltimore and Providence, but
decided to make this city the distributing point.
the vessels of the two companies arriving alter
nately. The United Fruit Company may consider
this an invasion of its territory and declare war
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
LOOKS LIKE DRY SUNDAY.
Saloons as Tight as Drums, Ercept
to Initiated.

1t was difficult for uninitiated into the good
graces of a bartender to get a drink after mid
night this morning, and, although there
somethin' doin' in a majority of the saloons, the
proprietors and bartenders were very careful AS
general rule, saloons without hotel licenses were
closed promptly at % O'clock but there are so
many Raines law hotels that there was plenty of
business going on.
In Harlem it was exceptionally quiet. and for
several reasons. Captain Halpin. of the East One
hundred -ffty-secOnd-st. station, not many
months ago found guilty of neglect of duty in
failing to suppress excise violations. and it said
that the saloonkeepers in his precinct are not
taking any chances. In the West One-hundred-
and-twenty-ffth and East Observation-Disclosures
ty-sixth st. stations there acting captains and
as a rule. acting captains strict
The Ranes law hotels remained open without
hindrance until o'clock, but under the law they
cannot serve liquor even with meals, between the
hours of l and m.
Every saloon in the East Twenty-second-st. pre-
cnct had the appearance of being up early this
morning. and only in the Raines law hotels could
enc procure a drink after u O'Clock unless the
thirsty happened to be a regular customer of
long standing.
Captain Shire, of the East Thirty-ffth-st. sta
When seen early this morning he said that every
saloon keepers that they will have to close up or
suffer the consequences, said Captain Shire, and
I think they will close and keep closed"
On the upper West Side of lhe city the saloons
without hotel licenses closed up promptly at Il
The excise law was well observed in the East
eghth-stS., precincts. on the Lower West Side
about the same conditions prevail as elsewhere
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
WRECK IN LAKE ERIE.
Schooner Sunk by Storm -CrezC
Rescued bq a Gouernment Boat.

Toledo. Ohio, July 1S-The schooner General
Franz Sigel laden with $40 tons of coal, bound
from Huron for Sandusky, went down off Mon
roe at O'Clock this morning, and is a total loss
There was crew of five on board, and all were
rescued this morning by the United States Sur
vey boat General Williams.
The Sigel attempted to go through tn esevere
storm raging on Lake Erie last night, and see
ing that 1t would not be able to do So attempted
to get into the port at Monroe when the boat
went down in twenty-five feet of water. The
crew took refuge in the rigging, and remained
there until help arrived.
Captain w. J. Curtiss, of Beach Park. Ohio
was the owner and captain of the boat. His
wife was the cook, and w. D. McGregor, of
Sandwich, the mate. The names OF the other
two members of the crew were not learned.
The General Franz Sigel is of the oldest
boats on the lake, and was built forty years
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
APPROVE CAPE MAYS HARBOR.
The Governments Representatives Inspect
the Work There.

Cape May " J.. July IS (SpecaD.-General Sum
ner L. KimbaIl superintendent of the life saving
service. and NJ. A OConnell. solicitor general of
the Treasury Department. Washington visited
Cape May to-day, and, in company with President
Shields of the Cape May Real Estate Company,
went over the atter's ground where the proposed
24-foot harbor is being constructed They ex-
pressed entire satisfaction with the harbOr plan.
General Kimbau said that he still in favor
of this inland harbor and that he would strongly
urge the government to build and maintain it. He
regards harbor as essential at this point the
coast They also visited the life saving station
here. The government has given permission to
move the station further back from the beach. in
order that the municipality may construct boule-
ward and boardwalk in front of the property and
up to Sewelrs Point. The governments repre-
sentatives approve of the work proposed. They re-
turned to Washington tonight.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
SWEEPS MANY STATES.
Rnins Crops, W hes As0ay Bridges
and DemOiSheS Houses.

.,,,--.,,,se. July 1s.-Reports of damage from.
Yesterday coming in from the
1"e ,art Of the State, and are to the effect
- were lattened to the ground. In
ina ..s.onces grain crops were rendered i'm
many - harvesting. and the only recourse
poss'D .ss farmers will be to turn their livestock
,s.o 80, me fields for pasture
i',.o s,o-,n was particularly severe on Lake
'r,r.r Thousands Of dollars Of damage was
11Ie., rtt n the government pier which protects
,,,-ror,kee harbor. Shade trees were uprooted
.rv sections of Milwaukee, and hundreds Of
- - we're flooded because the sewers could
,orrv of the food. Two inches of rain fell
~ ,rlwaukee. Madison reports 3.43 inches.
-.-a.viBe Brodhead and Chippewa Falls re-
90. sevsre storms and many railroad washouts.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
SEARCH FOR A LOST ESSAY ON CHESS
Europe and America Ransacked for Manu-
script Dated 1888.

Ithaca. N Y, July S-George w Harris, IL
,rorian ~ Cornell University, has been authorized
h,, willard Fiske first librarian of Cornell, to
search for a lost manuscript on chess written by
the Rev. Lewis Rou. entitled Critical Remarks
Upon the Letter the Craftsman on the Game OF
Chess" and dedicated to His EXceHency William
Cosby Governor of New-Hork ,-.o l.. -
7htadiT the earliest work the game written in
the Western Hemisphere 1t anteGates Franklin
The Rou article never printed: ProIesSor
Fske once saw the manuscript when II was IN tIie
I,tSsoseion Of DR. George Henry Moore. when IL
bTarian of the New-York Historical Society and
oftarWard of the LenoX Library
After Or Moores death the manuscript could not
he found and for nearly forty years Professor
ISjsltn has been searching in this country and
abroad for the thin quarto pamphlet OF twenLy ni
go noeeIv written pages. He INTENDS 10 nave MT
4qor Igorrie search thoroughly in America while he
D,Srs,ies the quest in Europe Professor t1ske IS
IN Copenhaeen looking for the essay
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
HENRY CLEWs ON MONEY MARKET
SAYS Wall Street Has Used All Available
Capital in Promoting Schemes,

Henry Clews. in his weekly market review, says:
Immense quantities of railroad paper are in the
market, the big railroads being borrowers In TINS
Pennsyivania's heavy borrowings will soon cease
TO be factor in the money market that eorPora7 d
ton having been more SucceSsIul lh9h otleIS II, IN
changing its loans into fixed capital, but Lake
Shore, New-York Central ,Hockng NaHeyii i bur bur
will be- heavy borrowers within snort perlod
To What extent other roads are increasing their
floating debt is not known, but IT is considerable
improvements meet the urgent demands OF
growing traffic. As rule, these proposed expeih-
natural demands Of growth. But in the present
congested state of the security market 1t IS I'M
stocks and bonds would cover these outlays eA-
cept at unnecessary sacrlhces. -,,,o,, Co., ,,,cb
1t is better financing to borrow money Ior SuCu
one or two years, and issue bonds or stocks at
later and more convenient opportunity II issued
now such securities would elther nave 10 De
offered below par or pay more nearly the ordinary
# is 81 quite evident that far-sighted hnancers an
come A wear ago good stocks were selling on a
per cent basis and bonds on ana w per cent
baieis Money at 8 per cent means very cOnsid-
HE fan in such securities. and this has been
more of a factor in the last decline than IS gen,
orally recognized. Wealthy institutions nave solu
considerable of their gilt edge stocks IN 0rder 70
take the new offerings of railroad paper, which are
an even safer Investment and yield better returns
some of this selling was, or course, suppOseu I"
derstanding OF the movement that explained the
comparative absence OF distrust IN banking Grcies
over and the market seems fully entitled to
fair rally: but it is not yet clear that the read
Some weak spots remain. and the higher rates
for money seem likely 70 p pui a ,is IIIIIse Rriefy
stated Wall Street has used up al us aEallstoe ae
e1d now that the legitimate demands OF business
and industry assert themselves the mar ~ .t -
pt fesbion thaf il can Our troubles thus far are
strictly financial WReI1er 70 tney ssyneaa business or
not ii is altogether too premature 10 say.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
FOG DELAYS ATLAmT,c

1sla,,5 70 the fog which prevailed south o, ,,u
II The .siy USeeioay afternoon the steamer St Paui
81 p m -. Line anchored OUTSIDE The bar at
steamer raSS 80 - OF coming up 10 her pier Tb.
tic r,o,n -Seu the Nantucket Lightship early n
49, morning and under ordinary cond,to,s -, ~
possI - ea early last evening. steamer snn-
Island ;, - 's = Paul was reported from Fire
,vroe a 80 2. m. The time which .la,,.as =.
and Iba ne hour the steamer uassed pgrs -,
Indicated that fh 1eIopped anchor outside the bar
Of Neir 'a1se on the steamer are ssne, rz.,o
uty C;ors Ab.il1ss y Brown. Unite,i Statns Der
MS port. who has been e.amInSSsv SI1e .be
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
A FAKIR HAD TAKEN THE UMBRELLAS
He Had Thirty to Repair, and Vailsburg
People Looked for Them in Vain.

There was CONSERVATION in Vailsburg, n. J.,
yesterday morning. 1t was raining hard. and
men and women starting for business or shop
ping looked in the accustomed places for their
umbrellas. The umbrellas were not to be found.
In most houses the women informed the male
members that an agent of a Newark umbrella
firm had been collecting them, agreeing to re-
pair them for almost nothing.
The police made an investigation and found
the man was a fraud They have good de-
scription of him. and are looking him up. He
got about thirty umbrellas.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
PREPARING TO HUNT ELECTRICITY
Investigation of Pixies Peak Before Shoot
ing Magnet at the Stars.
IA rELEGRArH ro - rRIRrNE- I

Colorado Springs. Col. July IS-F Y schoon-
maker assembled Pixies Peak to-day to INVESTIGATES
conditions preparatory to test OF Professor Whit
neys electrical theory. Pixies Peak IS favored
because OF its accessibility. The Cog Railway
Company will haul up the machinery necessarz rres
OF charge A magnet will be projected into the
field of ether about mile higher than the peak
coil of wire will be liberated so as to reach tha
earth as the magnet reaches the ether thus bring
ing electricity to earth for commercial uses.
Several days may be necessary TO Mr. Schoon-
makers examination. Other Colorado peaks mar
be examined
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
LAKE STEAMERS DELAYED

l'eveiand' July lS.-A fierce storm of rain
..l "lna swept over this city early to-day csus-
lug much Damage to trees and shrubbery Te,e-
a,eI'h ana telephone wires were blown down IN
ai' places The storm Iashed Lake Erie and
one incoming io ming passenger steamers arrived from
Of rain fayf noqrs late. total of 1.66 inches
a. lhe rate Of forty miles an hour.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION.

The forthcoming report of the secretary of the
College Examination Board will contain in
teresting figures relative to the examinations held
by the board last month The examinations were
held at 139 points and attended by 1.620 candi
dates The corresponding numbers last year were
100 and 1862 respectively. The candidates came
from 523 different preparatory schools of which 200
were public high schools The total number OF ex-
animation papers submitted by the candidates was
o fifteen thousand. and the number of hours
consumed in reading and rating the papers al
most two thousand. The proportion OF books rated
at sixty or better on the scale of 100 IS per
cent as against 56 per cent last year and 50 per
cent in
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
NEW HOME FOR BOSTON CLUB
Building to Cost 100000 Planned Mem.
bership Limit Raised.
TBY rELEGRAPH 10 THE rRIBrNE.1

Boston July E-A 100000 clubhouse Will bs
erected by the Boston Club famous as the sod
from which the Republican party grew The site
will be within the area bounded by Court Broom
field. fremont and Washington SITS. Nearly four
hundred applications for membership have been
Stricted 10 leo
The limit of active membership will be raised
TO LOO and nonresident membership to 500 men,
bers. who must live more than twenty-five miles
from Boston Applications have been received
from NeV-York and England
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
BRIDGES WASHED AWAY IN ILLINOIS.
Houses Blown Down, One Man Killed and
Several Dangerously Hurt.

Peoria H. July Remington and Campus.
two small towns on the Wabash Railroad, suf-
fered severely from the storm yesterday. AT
Emngton several houses were demolished and
'"uF people were seriously. if not fatally. in
Jured. At Campus one man was killed, while
fatal.
ne tornado was accompanied by a terrific
transform, which washed out bridges, culverts
aH9 d 40 thousands Of feet Of railroad track Crops
VII suffer heavily
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
EDWIN H. LOW DROWNED.
Continued from hrst page.

- host and they were brought safely back to
iPe 5er home towns The s,E steamer S was sent to
Csrnosn .I,ar 81 excursion vessel, crashed into the
Nay: al atC Chester. Penn A hole was stove in the
doccs.i'e docA S side and she was unable to make the
trip 10 In IN uas particularly heavy IN the coal
Ihe me All the small streams in the Schuyll1iH
regions = Greatly swollen, and at Pottsville
Valley d failen continuously for twenty-four
rain nss Nahanoy City the St. Nicholas and
houTs, t55I, coIleries were rendered idle by the
Maple m M Al Reading nearly two and a half
high "au wa -.,n fell The water was almost knee
incneff s.an in = some of the streets,
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
nErlrloNs IN BANKRUPTCY.

The following petitions in bankruptcy were fled
Yesterday with the clerk of the United States Dis
trict Court.
FREDERICK F. HoEY. No 175 Quincy ST.. BTo9hiyn'
and at Catharine Market. Liablllles'
sGO12: assets 80 Principal creditors George Hon
No % Cathar1ne-st. SefS; NJ isenbeFs No fto NnIn
ave 500 Stock estimated at So: fixtures. $l,OlVs
accounts s98 =.
SARfTTFcI partner IN the ntsi-
ness OF Sapery Muscat, No ZOE Henry-s ldaelHte7
sis 29l assets Principal creditors; A. - SpeyeE
lancaster Penn $40; Central Railway or Ne5Sfaes'
s2sI6. ElniiTa. Cortland and Northern Halfway WV
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
ASsURY PARK BEACH cur AwAv

son,teIy ,seIy ParH \ j. July IS CspeeiaD-A v,o,sot
:. a2' storm swept over the North Icrs.,. ,oo.t
.ocay The wind blew at the rae =, si,. 1oas'
, ,t'1l. and the rain fell in torrents Tb" besr,,,
hgE and iSea 80 me waves 10 roll IN exc,ntior,I1,
places The 6toch otach was cut away in several
Ter cable 5T s pleasure ure yacht Emma B had 70 c1t
SANDY oo Inq furry under reefed sails for 10 fbe fu
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
TAKEN TO SING SING.

F-ueene Masterson, formerly policeman at
tsched 20 the East Fifty-frst-st. station VINO was
convicted on a charge of abduction Tor taxing
- jrl from her home and placing her in dis
1870 house. was yesterday removed 10 sing
So, - serve a sentence of i've years Masterson
.liis a., obaree of Deputy Sheriffs Kelley and Bell
George Edward Mills who was cohVlctsa si OF o at
teh1paeiT pi1 sentence of not less than one year or
- thnn eighteen months.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
ALeANY.cATsKILL TROLLEY LINE.

Albany July 1s-The opposition to the building
of the Albany-Ca tskil Trolley Railroad has been
withdrawn and Mr.. Oliver. the Highway Commits
sioner of the town of Bethlehem Albany County
who had previously denied the application, has
reversed his decision upon the cOmpany'S modifca-
ton of It's former plan to utilize the highway Con-
structon will be begun next spring, the line to
run west of the highway. The distance is about
r1.fr Ava nfTaG
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
DROWNED BY CL0UDBURsT.
Professor Phipps, of University of Nebraska,
Caught by Wall of Water.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Omaha, July 1S.-W. C. Phipps professor of
English at the University of Nebraska was
drowned last night in the Sand Hills, near
Crawford. Neb. He and party were hunting
fossils when a wall of water ten feet high sud
denly swept down the gulch, the result of
coudburst. Professor Phipps unable to
swim and drowned. The others ped
after a thrilling fight for life. Mr.. Phippss
body was recovered this morning
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
a,tmoNy FOR WIFE OF SNAKE MAN.

Justice Lambert. in the Supreme Court BROOKLYN s.
,.ss-erday handed down decision granting $40
Irlk aIimony and 5000 counsel fee 10 MIS- AIneila
wen 80, I5urrett nendiny the trial of her suit
for seonration from Harold Liyingssen Bust & o.
40 = r,ini 10 her ard filled the house with pet
ne We md Iizards so that she Was in constant ieaI
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
FALL RIVER MILLS TO CLOSE.

FAN River Mass July lS.-A number OF the FAN
River mills will be closed next week out the mum
her of the idle spindes will not be as large as In
the last six days This week about seven thousand
operatives have been out of work. but next week
not more than 1--WE thousand will be thrown out.
Next month more extensive curtallment Is eA-
cd
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
INDIANA CORN DESTROYED.

sa"' ma July 1S.-A severe storm and
go rainfall early to-day destroyed thousands
doieS OF growing corn. Whole fields eas. of
ruined 0ius OF SIX miles were
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
GAINESVILLE FEARS FLOOD.

GAINESVILLE Wis. July 1s.-A rainfall Of three
H'hes mere last night has caused the river 10
Tise two feet in twenty -four hours. Danger is
'e'' Tor The dam just above the city Should 1t
give way many business blocks are liable 70 he
swept away
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
xouNesoN SERIOUSLY ILL.

MeadvilIe Penn, July 1S-A b. 4ounsson as
sistant grand chief of the Brotherhoou oA aocoIlo
g. E,oeipaers and who by the death Of P. NJ.
Artbur became acting grand chief of the organi-
1atIon Is seriously III in the Meadvile Hospital,
as,Ijt ~ a dangerous carbuncle on his neck