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SECOND COP. 16124 JLV 1900 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1900. THREE SECTIONS 40 PAGES. COPYRIGHT, 1900.

BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. THREE CENTS. VOL. 60. NO.

187. THE WEATHER TO MORROWV FAIRj: FORMER BROOKLYNITE DEAD. TRAVIS OF GARDEN CITY AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPION II, WILL HURRY 6,000 MEN TO CHINA Flushing avenue, between Canton and Navy streets; opposite 39 Rycrson street, 7 Lee avenue, 131 Hall street, at Clymer street and Bedford avenue, opposite 18 Cumberland street, 557 Bedford avenue, and four large trees were destroyed on Flushing avenue, near the City Park and opposite the officers' quarters in the Navy Yard. Two telegraph poles were reported as having been destroyed by the wind on Grand street, between Franklin and West streets. A trolley pole on Meeker avenue, near Kings land avenue, was damaged, and it was found that the electricity was leaking from a badly insulated wire at that point.

The police placed a guard at the place and notified the railroad people. Soon an emergency wagon came along and the conditions were made safe for the public. Boat Swamped, One Man Drowned. During the prevalence of the gale a row boat, with three young men as crew, was swamped in Canarsle Bay. The occupants of the boat were Charles Pazold, aged 19 years, of 20 Ditmar street; Thomas Mossman of 894 Fenton avenue.

Borough of the Bronx, and Charles Hammill of 182 Irving avenue. When the etorm broke they were in the neighborhood of the Grass Channel and they made a desperate effort to row to safety. But the turbulence of the water was too much for them and their frail craft upset. All of the occupants of the boat were thrown out. Men in other boats went to the rescue, but before help could reach the young men Pazold was drowned.

His body was recovered later in the vicinity of the place where the accident happened. The other young men were taken ashore, suffering severely from the im length of time that will be required by a relief column to reach Pekin. It is estimated that the Chinese capital cannot be reached In less than two or three weeks. It is apparently the intention to wait until the Japanese troops reach Taku before any forward movement is attempted. The Japanese division is expected to be ready at Taku in ten days According to reports to the State Department, there are now at Taku between 15,000 and 20.000 allied troops.

It is thought that by the time the Japanese expedition arrives there will be 40,000 men available. Military experts say that for such a column to move ten miles a day through Chinese territory would be a good record. This calculation is based on the assumption that no serious opposition w'ill be encountered. Should the advance be contested, as would very likely be the case, the rate of progress would be much slower. Two weeks is regarded as a conservative estimate of the time that would be consumed on the march so that It would be readily seen that there Is little prospect of the immediate relief of those at Pekin.

The main hope for speedy action Is still In Japan. According to the Japanese Legation here, which has late advices from Tokio, 22,000 Japanese soldiers are now on Chinese soil. If this report is true, then the Japanese government has accomplished more than was expected, and the officials here see no reason why the advance on Pekin should not begin Immediately. It is said that Japan is not expected to make this campaign single handed. The International forces at Taku and Tien Tsin will co operate to the utmost with the Japanese army corps in the movement on Pekin.

What form that co operation shall take is not known yet; such details are left to the commanders in the field. It is said that Japan is to be compensated for the work she is about to undertake in the common cause. Her military preparations are very extensive and the campaign is certain to Involve heavy cost. It would be unjust to expect Japan to meet this herself. She has no missionaries in China and consequently is perhaps less interested selfishly than any of the powers in the terrible happenings In Shan Tung and Pekin.

It is conjectured that this question of compensation is after all what has caused the appar rent delay in the resumption of the campaign against Pekin, but it is believed that this having now been adjusted, military operations will progress rapidly. If the powers have agreed upon the form Japan's indemnity is to assume, the facts cannot be elicited here. The impression, however, is that there will be a money indemnity, the belief being based on the fact that such is the only form of Indemnity so far suggested that would be the leaBt likely to arouse international jealousies. Either China itself, or the powers collectively, would have to provide for the payment FRESH WINDS. Women's Lawn Dresses and Other Wear for Summer.

No Women's wear can bo daintier than a dainty lawn Dress, none among lawn Dresses daintier, fresher, cooler than these latest arrivals. The patterns are the newest productions of the season. The Dresses have yokes of open work embroidery edged with lncc, the skirts are gracefully hung anil finished at the bottom with two ruffles. They cost the least we know of for such charming Dresses $7.50 For outing or other special Summer wear, 175 Skirts of duck, linen and pique make quite unusual price offering. They have deep hems, the fashionable inverted plaits In the backs and some have a flounce effect at the bottom and a fancy design of the same color as the skirt.

Seams arc lapped and altogether they are excellent value at $2.25 Still better are 73 Skirts of fine white pique and linen with lapped senms and some with a flounce at the bottom and open work embroidery in tho color ot the skirt. They cost $2. OS There are 50 Skirts suitable for golfing, bicycling and wet weather wear. They are made of handsome double faced cloth with inverted plaits in the back ard stitching around the bottoms and are low priced at $4.0. Second floor, front Silk Shirt Waists.

Two things ought to he said about these Silk Waists. One they are as bright and pretty and fashionable as Silk Waists are anywhere this, season. Two they cost the least for which such Waists are anywhere to be found. Just a mention of two styles made of taffeta silk in all the pretty summer colorings. One is of perfectly plain silk, the other in fancy stripes.

The price for either is $3.98 Second floor Dainty Oxford Ties For Women's Summer Wear. As graceful, as dainty as Shoes may be are these Oxford Ties the very aristocracy of dainty footwear. Thov tit like a glove and are as soft and oasv. When you find them elsewhere, they will cost you $2.00 or S3.00 more a pair but you don't often find them elsewhere at any price. Here, in ten new styles, each excellent, they cost $4.40 and a pair Second floor, Xew Bulldlnff.

The Best of Oxford Ties For Men's Summer Wear. You miss one of the chief comforts of the summer time if you don't wear low Shoes. It depends somewhat on tho kind you get. though. Some excellent Oxfords this Shoe Stove but best of them all the peer rifany low Shoes made, in fact are tTOSf" we speak of.

You may have them of French calf patent leather, of tan Russia calf or of black vici kid. They are hand made the best of hand making, too and the shape is the newest with a medium round toe. Cost is modj erate at $4.75 Seenml floor. Xew Bulldlnff. The Season's Best Offering of Men's Straw Hats.

These Hats are made of the gen nine Mackinaw straw 300 of them some in the rough braids and others of the split straw. They have all the smartness. snap and style that belongs to the best of this season's Hats. Shapes are right, weights are small and ordinarily they are Hats that would be priced at and $2.00. To morrow's price for them will be NInety.eight Cents Each.

Second floor. Now Building. Men's Suits at Half Price, There could be no better opportunity of getting acquainted with this 'Men's Clothing Store and we are sure you will improve the acquaintance when once you make it. These Suits we speak of are made of fine cheviots and fancy worsteds, are put together in the best and snappiest fashion and are offered to you at Half Price or Very Near It. You would like them at full price will you like them any less at half? Seven Dollars and a Half a Suit.

Second floor. New Bulldlnff. Flannel Suits to Order For Men at Little Cost. Men began to learn last year that Flannel Suits were first rate for business wear as well as for outing. This year, to be up to date at all.

you must have a Flannel Suit for your lightest wear. The Tailoring Store saw what was coming and made a collection of some of the finest flannels that were to be found; mostly dainty stripes in grays and browns and the specially popular greens. Some of them have just arrived. Others have been here for a little while. All are ready to be made up into two piece Suits, coat and trousers, to fit your taste and individuality, for a moderate price.

Best work of the Tailoring Store which means the finest of tailoring goes into them and out of your pocket, for such a Suit need come but Twenty Dollars. Secon'l floor. Xew.Bulldlnar.' Going Away Suggestion About Cold Air Storage. Perhaps you have let arrangements for the care of your furs or fine clothing or rugs or portieres go until now, just when you are ready to go away' for the Summer. No matter.

A word or two on a postal card will assure you of their safety while you are away and not delay your going either. The finest Cold Air Storage Plant In existence has been added to our customary complete facilities for the safeguarding of such valuables during the Summer, months. Rates are the lowest always 2 per cent, of your own valuation for the older method, 3 per cent, for cold storage. For the safekeeping of men's clothing) and other articles of small value, we have a minimum charge, according to the space; required. Second floor, front.

Advertisement Continued on Next Page. Judge James Bell Was a Prominent Man in Florida. (Special to the Eagle.) Gainesville, July 7 Judge James Bell, postmaster and adjutant of Lew Wallace 'Post. G. A.

died suddenly last night from an apoplectic fit. He was an interesting figure in Florida, and was highly respected. For years he acted as the agent of the Smithsonian Institution in this state collecting specimens of Florida reptiles, rattlesnakes being among his favorites. Judge Bell was born in Brooklyn, May 28, 1827. He was raised and educated in Sullivan County, N.

Y. He served in the Civil War in the First New York Infantry with signal honor. He was in the office of General Charles Van Wyck in New York City, where he remained till 1868. wHen he came South. He held many positions of honor and trust in this state.

YACHT CAPSIZES, SIX DROWN. Six Members of the Crew and One Pas senger on a lake Craft Rescued at Cleveland. Cleveland, July 7 During a fierce squall this afternoon the yacht Idler, owned by John and James Corrigan, was capsized and sank six miles off this port and six lives were lost. Following are the names of those drowned: Mrs. James Corrigan, wife of the well known vessel owner; Miss Ida Corrigan, Miss Jane Corrigan, Mrs.

Charles Riley, all daughters of James Corrigan; Miss Etta Corrigan, daughter of Captain John Corrigan; infant daughter of Mrs. Riley. The only survivor of the passengers is Mrs. John Corrigan. She and six men of the creav were picked up by a fish tug and brought to the harbor.

BRINGS IDEAS FOR THE TUNNEL. Fourth Vice President of the Pennsylvania Road Has Just Returned From London. (Special to the Eagle.) Philadelphia, July 7 Fourth Vice President Samuel Rea of the Pennsylvania Railroad reached New York to day on the steamer Etruria. His return home means very much in the way of development of the Western New York and Pennsylvania road, which the Pennsylvania recently acquired by an outright purchase of the bonds in connection with the Allegheny Valley road, both of which lines are to be united in the northwest system. It was stated In Philadelphia to day that Mr.

Rea has been decided upon as the general manager of the new system and that he has been in London the past six weeks studying the methods under which the London underground railways are running with a view to applying the best part of the plans in the construction of tunnel ways under the East River from New York to Brooklyn. The Western New York has a mileage of 606 and the Allegheny Valley a mileage of 259. It is stated to day that George W. Creightro, now general superintendent of the Philadelphia and Erie and Northern Central Railway, will act with Mr. Rea in the reorganization scheme and general management.

ROUGH RIDER CAPTAIN DEAD. R. B. Huston, Who Fought With Colo" nel Roosevelt, Passes Away at Manila. Washington, July 7 The War Department has received the following cablegram from General MacArthur at Manila: "Captain Robert B.

Huston, Forty seventh United States Volunteer Infantry, died of typhoid fever at Manila on July 6. "MAC ARTHUR." Captain Huston was born at Hamilton January 25. 1S64, and when appointed to the Volunteer Army was a resident of Guthrie Okla. He entered the service during the Spanish American War as a captain of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry (Rough Riders). May 4, 1S9S.

and served with that regiment in the Santiago campaign, and was honorably mustered out of the service September 15, 189S. He was appointed a major and additional paymaster of volunteers, September 30, 1S9S, and served as such until discharged. May 24, 1S99. He was appointed a captain in the Forty seventh United States Volunteer Infantry, August 17, 1899, and had served with his regiment in the Philippine Islands to the date of his death. HANNA COMING HERE.

Will Establish Republican Headquarters in New York About July 25. Cleveland, July 7 Senator Hanna said to day he would go to New York and open the national headquarters In that city on or about July 25. During his stay in the East the Senator will make his home at Elberon, N. making the trip to and from New Y'ork daily. John Barrett, former minister to Siam under Cleveland, was a visitor at Senator Hanna's office to day and held a long conference with the national chairman.

The ex minister supported McKinley during the late presidential campaign, and it is understood that he will take the stump in his behalf this fall. Later in the day Mr. Barrett departed for Canton to see the President. Mr. Barrett is thoroughly conversant with affairs In the Orient, and will give the President all possible information in regard to the Chinese question.

STRIKERS FIGHT GENDARMES. A Number of Men on Both Sides Wounded Twenty Ringleaders Arrested. Havre. July 7 The strike of the laborers employed in making excavations is becoming dangerous, owing to their ferocious behavior. Disturbances occurred yesterday and today they gathered in a threatening manner around the labor exchange.

The police started to disperse them, and a pitched battle took place, the strikers using pick axs, crowbars and knives. A number of the gendarmes were injured. The gendarmes finally succeeded in getting the upper hand and arrested about twenty of the leading rioters. Several of the strikers also were wounded. ROUND OUT WEEK DF STORM Damage Done by the Elements in Brooklyn and on the Island Yesterday.

ONE FATALITY REPORTED. Crowds at the Shore Resorts Sent Scampering Boats Capsized and Buildings Injured. A week remarkable for extreme heat, high percentages of humidity and heavy thunder storms was rounded out yesterday by almost prostrating temperatures, followed by a storm which at many points on Long Island, partlcOlarly at Garden City, approached in severity and general character an out and mil tii nndn All dav lone the heat and humidity had been terrible, and as the Eagle said last evening, the results oi tnese meteoric conditions were beginning to be apparent In prostrations reported from all parts of the city, some of them very serious. For no people, excepting those inured to really tropical climatic conditions, can stand four days of temperatures hovering near the 90 mark, and humidity averaging more than 80 per cent, without showing the strain. It was about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon that persons fortunate enough to be In the upper stories of the tall buildings saw the familiar looking storm clouds piling up in the west, and soon after began to feel the changing temperatures.

At the street levels this change in temperature was less apparent, and pedestrians continued to swelter as before, but persons who could see the horl son lines realized that the usual thunder storms were hovering about and that the longed for rain was bearing down on the suffering city. The great clouds, showing the usual purples, browns and light saffrons, gathered slowly in the west and northwest, but they moved toward the city with exasperating deliberation, and it was not until 5 o'clock that the storm actually burst. Here in the city the disturbance was preceded by the usual gusts of wind and rumblings of the distant thunder, accompanied by a few large drops and then a general downpour, which seemed uncommonly severe to trolley car passengers and who were hurrying along the streets. But all this was mere child's play as compared with what happened in some of the outlying dis riftc Ths enthusiasts at Garden City, in particular, had an experience which all of them will remember for many a day. From that point the gathering of four storms, all distinctly marked, was watched.

The first cloud mass sailed by to the westward, missing the golf contingent by a wide margin. This was at 'about 4 o'clock. A few minutes later another pile of clouds came bearing down on the links, and this time there was a lively sprinkle for a few minutes and a general retreat to shelter any kind on the part of the players and spectators. Scarcely had this storm passed when another appeared on the horizon, but this, like the first, passed at a safe distance. Then at about 5 o'clock the fourth disturbance, in comparison with which all that had passed before were merely elemental playthings, appeared.

The cloud rack showed from dark gray to an ugly green against the sky, and as it approached something like the funnel shaped formation could be seen. In a few minutes there was a wind which in fury and steadiness was like that of a tornado, and then down came the rain, literally in sheets, and driven by the wind in almost horizontal lines. Umbrellas were of no use. and In a few seconds every one who had not got under some permanent shelter was drenched to the skin. Most of the golf spectators fled to the large tent, but that shelter, although strongly put up on poles six or eight inches in diameter, trembled, heaved upward once or twice and then went down In a heap, the poles breaking short off like pipe stems.

Many of the spectators were badly frightened by the severity of the outbreak, for it seemed certain that Garden City must lie directly in the path of an able bodied and exceedingly vicious tornado. At Brighton the storm was hardly less severe, although the crowd as a whole managed to escape it. The rain did not begin to fall until a few minutes after the last race had been run, and the crowd was pretty well off the field and in the cars before the first drops descended. But the down ovtromelv severe while it lasted, and the wind was so high that many of the passengers in the open trolley cars were well drenched. The storm was at its height as the racing crowd passed through Graves end, and some of them were getting so wet in the trolley cars that they jumped off and ran for the hotels and other places of shelter.

Along Jamaica Bay the wind blew at almost hurricane velocity, and considerable damage was done to anchored boats. Fishermen who were hurrying to the shore in small boats were in considerable danger, and one capsizing, which resulted fatally, was reported. At Coney Island and at the various beaches about the same conditions prevailed, and a good deal of alarm was felt by owners of buildings which are none too Btrongly erected. Not the least remarkable feature of the storm was the sudden fall in the temperature which accompanied it. At 5 o'clock the Weather Bureau thermometers showed a temperature of 92, the highest point reached during the day.

A few minutes later the wind began to rise and the mercury to fall, and within the next forty five minutes the column dropped to the 71 mark, representing a drop of 21 degrees In less than an hour, a meteorological performance which is considered remarkable by the Weather Bureau men. According to the same authorities the rainfall was not excessive, the preclptation being .15 of an Inch between 5:15 and 6 The wind, however, was very high, the Instruments on top of the American Surety Building registering a maximum of 68 miles an hour. Many Shade Trees Destroyed. The gale which preceded the thunderstorm played havoc with shade trees in all sections of the city. Out in the Twenty sixth Ward, where there are many beautiful maples which have been ruined by the cottony parasite known as Pulvinarla innumerabilis, the wind found a fair field for its destructive force, and where the trees were not totally blown down the branches were torn and ripped from the trunks.

In other parts of the borough, but particularly in all of the outlying sections, dozens of trees were destroyed, while in the older parts of the borough the storm blew down trolley poles and trees. Some of the more noticeable effects of the eale were brought to the attention of I the police by messages from the stations, i Among the cases of destruction particularized by the reports that came to headquarters through the telephone were me ionowmg: Trees down Opposite 1,341 Bedford avenue, 168 South Third street, 10S Withers street. Tm veller and Tonrlt save time, trouble and expense by cliecklntr their baKKRKG from residence to destination by Westcott Express Co. All offices connected by telephone. Adv.

Beat ex Champion Douglas by Two Up in a Wonderful Finish in the Storm. PAR PLAY BY BOTH IN THE RAIN. The Cloudburst Blew Down the Big Refreshment Tent on a Score of Men. In a midsummer cloudburst that beggars all description, Walter J. Travis won his match from ex Champion Findlay S.

Douglas yesterday afternoon, and thereby well earned the title of amateur golf champion of America. The score was a close one, for the margin of victory was only 2 up, and the match alone was keenly exciting. But the wrath of the heavens that poured forth during the concluding two holes of play was of that grandly appalling severity that makes all attempts at word painting weak. The' three big tent poles that supported the great refreshment tent, poles that were a foot in diameter, were snapped as splinters are snapped under foot and the great canvas, 100x50 feet, fell to the earth, pinioning a half score of men. All escaped, some when the affair began to topple, others crawling out of the debris, but one and all safe and sound save for bruises.

The other tents were shaken and strained and the howling galev'with its drenching sheets of water made all men pigmies. The storm was of the kind that has probably never been approached within the memory of ail who saw it. And through it two men, deserted by all but a dozen of the big crowd that started out with them, finished their battle for the amateur supremacy of their chosen sport. It was a grand battle of skill within a battle of the elements and it will live in the memory of those who saw it, while memory lasts. The storm was the second of two that were visited upon the match.

The first was terrific in its intensity while it lasted, but it was but a weak prelude to the other. The first came just at the conclusion of the first nine holes of afternoon's play and many of the gallery that followed the match were drenched. Then the skies cleared up for a few minutes and two beautiful rainbows came into view in the east. "That is impartial," said one of the crowd that surrounded the little shelter where Travis took refuge during the rain. "There is a rainbow for each." "Yes," said another quickly, "but one of them Is rather faint." Douglas was then 2 down.

By the time the fourteenth hole was reached the western sky began to darken and so rapidly and ominously did it frown that many began to desert when the fifteenth was concluded. Back of the line of play the gloom became austere for the dark blue, a greenish blue portended an awful downpour. It seemed that every rain cloud In. the heavens must have gathered there, for the unbroken line of somber extended from north to southwest. Off to the extreme left edge there was a dark streak connecting heaven and earth with a thin perpendicular line that swirled along with all the gyrations of a waterspout.

A few drops of rain fell and within a few seconds thereafter the landscape was obliterated on all sides. The majority of the crowd had begun to run for shelter some minutes before, and there was a straggling line a quarter of a mile long made up of men and women madly scurrying for the end of the course. As the two contending players came to the sixteenth green the storm was upon them with all its fury, and yet Travis, the imperturbable, by a marvelous shot pitched upon the green on his third shot only a foot from the hole. Douglas had reached the bunker on his second, and in two more he, too, was dead to the hole. But it was by no means certain that Travis could make the put, for it was across the wind.

Had the sand heap not partly sheltered the earth at this point, things might have been different, but he made the stroke and was 2 up, with only two holes to go. Travis ran under the trees that stand back of this green. Douglas started to, but someone called to him not to risk the trees in the lightning, and he turned to the seventeenth tee. Travis called out to him: "Do you want to play it?" But, although his opponent was only a few yards away, his voice was smothered in the storm. Another ran up to Douglas and carried the message of interrogation and Douglas said grimly: "Yes." Travis left his shelter and went to the tee.

He discarded his hat because it was useless and was only in the way and he told his caddie boy to save all the shelter that his umbrella afforded for the clubs. Then Travis teed up. Herbert Harriman ran ahead as forecaddie and took his station behind the bunker and from the tee he could barely be seen through the rain. Travis topped his drive, failing to get to the bunker, but Harriman could not see the ball and Travis himself could only partly locate it. Douglas drove and the storm swallowed up the little sphere, carrying it along clear to the road.

Travis was over the bunker well on his next and in two more was on the green. But the storm seemed made for Douglas, for he was dead in three and into the cup in the next, winning in the par golf of 4 against Travis' 6. They went to the next tee, the home hole across the pond, and the crowd that had sought the shelter of the caddie house saw them drive, cheering each stroke, a faint little make believe cheer it sounded through the gale. The rain had swept down the field in sheets during the play of the seventeenth, but now the wind was a trifle less strong with the water falling more directly. Men often say that the rain comes in sheets, but the term was only part of the truth then.

It swept down the line of play like succeeding waves coming over the shore, being beaten to foam by the wind's severity, while over it hung the white vail of water that shut off the vision beyond half a hundred yards. At the time the home hole was played every little indentation in the ground was a pond and the hole flag stood swaying in a puddle that was several feet across. Douglas drove to the edge of the green just under the rope in front of the club house and Travis was off in the same direction, hut only a dozen feet from the hole. A hasty consultation between Travis and Devereaux Emmet was held and brooms were sent for. They began to sweep away the water as the Scots "soop her oop" in their curling matches.

The rain filled the puddles within a few seconds after each sweeping, and the water in the had to be several times baled out. Douglas played a stroke that would ordinarily have carried him to the other side of the green, but the wind in the air and the water on the ground stopped It within a few inches after it fell. Travis, the keen, lifted his ball out of the puddle In which it lay, under the "casual water rule," and pitched into the air. It I looked as if his ball, too, must certainly overrun, out Travis had calculated better Continued on Page 7. Tlie Charter of Kew Yorlt; City, "With amendments, published In Eagle Library No.

42. Price 10 cents. Small Detachments Will Re Gathered From All Parts of the Country, 4,000 TO SAIL BY SEPT. 1. Government Has Decided Not to Take Any Men From the Philippines.

JAPANESE TO TAKE THE LEAD. Chinese Will Have to Pay Japan Ultimately for the Trouble of Ending Eeign of Terror. Eagle Bureau, 608 Fourteenth Street. Washington, July 7 Officials here are In a condition of doubt regarding the fate of the foreigners at Pekin. The dispatch received to day from Consul General Goodnow, stating in positive terms that on July 3 the legations were standing and that the refugees therein were safe, revived hope in the breasts of those who had given up for dead all the foreigners in the Chinese capital.

Later reflections, however, caused a change In opinion, and to night it is very generally thought that there must be some error regarding the latest report. Secretary Hay himself is inclined to believe that it is very unlikely that the people in the legations at Pekin were safe on July 3. There are several reasons for this. In view of the turbulent state of affairs in Pekin and throughout the surrounding country, communication with the outside world is maintained almost entirely by couriers. For a runner to reach Shanghai from Pekin in the short time that has elapsed since the 3d is an almost impossible feat, while the im perial telegraph line which connects the two cities is either destroyed or in the hands of the hostfles.

All the dispatches from Chee Foo and Tien Tsin that have reached the, European capitals have been delayed several days in transmission, and news from Pekin could hardly be communicated to Shanghai quicker than from Tien Tsin or Che Foo. One of the reasons that hope for the safety of the prisoners stimulated by Consul General Goodnow's cablegram was the splendid judg ment that he has used in sending news to the State Department. AH his communications have been clear, to the point and remarkably accurate. He has been singularly fortunate in keeping clear from the numberless wild rumors which have emanated from Shanghai, practically all of his reports having been founded on actual happenings. It is this good record which leads many to believe that his authority for his latest cablegram is reliable.

His startling dispatch, however, has had one desirable result. It stirred the War Department to immediate decision to send a strong detachment of troops to the East. Orders were issued late this afternoon directing the mobilization of more than 6,00 troops, all of whom are slated for duty in China. Their official designation is the division of the Philippines, but there is no doubt that their destination is China. The order will result in a general shaking up of the military forces in the United States, Cuba and Porto Rico, the department having to gather up companies here and there all over the country; in order to get together the present division.

None of the troops stationed at the posts in the vicinity of Brooklyn is affected by the order. As Indicated in previous dispatches to the Eagle, the department determined that no troops could be spared from the Philippines. This decision was finally reached 'after a conference between General Otis and Secretary Root, at which the former said" it would be exceedingly unwise to lessen the present force in the Philippines. The troops which are to go to China, in accordance with to day's orders, are as follows: Two battalions of the Fifteenth Infantry and one battalion each of the Second, Fifth and Eighth Infantry. These troops, comprising 2,560 men, are to go at once to San Francisco and embark for the East.

Another expedition will sail later, embracing the following One battalion of each of the following infantry regiments, the Second, Fifth and Eighth. Four bands are to go with this expedition, making the total infantry to go to China, 4,280 men. An exceptionally strong detachment of cavalry has been ordered for duty in the East. The following cavalry regiments are to go: Two squadrons of the First, and the Ninth and one squadron of the Third, embracing 2,000 men, making the grand total more than 6,000. All these troops are to sail in transports from San Francisco, touching at Nagasaki.

This route is to be followed so that the department will be able to change orders regarding the destination of the forces should events make this necessary. The Quartermaster eGneral has arranged a schedule for the sailing of transports from the Paciiic which shows that the best that can be done is to get 4,000 men off by September 1. The Sumner is scheduled to sail on the 10th Inst, with 770 men and officers of the Fifteenth Infantry. By August 1 the Hancock will be prepared to leave, taking with her 62 officers and 1,062 men. The Meade will sail August 16, while the Warren will leave about September 1.

It Is possible that this schedule may be improved so that, the force can be embarked sooner. The determination not to take men from the Philippines and the great length of time required to get troops from this country to China, will make it impossible for this government to participate to a great extent in the Immediate relief movement toward Pekin. It is noticeable that the cavalry detachment under orders for China Is very strong, consisting of 2,000 men. Five squadrons of cavalry are rated equal to a force consisting of double that number of infantrymen. The cavalrymen will be particularly useful in campaigning in a wild country like that which will be encountered in China.

The War De partnemt will send with this force a complete hospital corps outfit. Military man here are calculating on the The Enirlc Library for June Contains the charter ot the city of Now York, With all amendments, rrlco 10 cents. mersion. The storm struck Gravesend Bay and kept owners of yachte pretty busy keeping their craft from going ashore. Many yachts dragged their anchors, but the only collision reported was one between C.

P. Roseman's sloop Paralof and the yacht Romona, owned by Commodore Turner of the Brooklyn Yacht Club. The Paralof was anchored at quite a distance from the shore and drifted in, running foul of the Romona, which lay within a short distance of the beach. The owners of the boats finally succeeded in parting the boats and the damage was slight. Blackwell's Island Buildings Damaged.

The heavy wind that preceded the downpour did much di mage to the Department of Charity buildings on Blackwell's Island. The weather preceding the storm had been almost Intolerable. The thermometer was away up In the nineties and the absence of even a suggestion of a breeze made the lot of the several hundred old people in the almshouse and other institutions a hard one. They were gathered out on that part of the lawn known as Poverty Park to the number of 400 or more, while the Roman Catholic chapel was about half filled with those who gathered to attend the services conducted by the Rev. Father Blumenstock.

The wind came so suddenly that all were caught. Trees were snapped and uprooted, the roof of the Catholic ohapel was picked up and hurled a distance of a hundred feet or more, part of it landing in a tree. The old folks, some of them more than 90 years of age, ran as fast as they could for shelter. Many dropped on their knees and prayed aloud. Those In the chapel were terror stricken, and but for the quiet words of the priest a stampede would have followed and injury would have been inevitable to many.

The blow lasted about nve minutes. The damage was said by Commissioner Brennan to run into the thousands of dollars. He at once went to the Island, but found that everybody had been accounted for and that there were no injuries. The departments steamer Minnehannock was just about to cast off her lines and leave Hart's Island for the East Twenty sixth street pier when the storm broke. She waited until after the blow.

The deckhands saw a sloop capsized nearby, but the three men aboard managed to get into a small boat and row ashore. The sloop was later towed in. Mysterious Fire on Tracks. A neculiar Incident happened on the elevated Si u. uri of the Fifth Avenue line yesterday aft 'ifbn which was instrumental in relaying the ca running there for a while.

Between the stations on Ninth and Sixteenth "streets the wood next the third rail had caught fire in about a dozen places, covering half a block. As each train cSme along the man in charge of the motor would alight from his car and examine the small blazes. After a consultation whether It was safe to proceed the cars would move on. The employes at the ISxteenth street station were notified and were told to attend to the fires. A large crowd stood watching the flames' progress from the street.

It was thought the excessive heat produced the fires. Barn Struck by Lightning. (Special to the Eagle.) Roslyn. L. July 7 A large cattle barn on the premises of Mrs.

S. P. Tabor Willets, better known as the Old Brick Farm. waB struck by lightning during the storm this afternoon and totally destroyed together with a carriage house which adjoined. The barn had accommodations for 130 head of live stock and was fitted with all modern Improvements.

Fortunately a large number of the cows were at pasture when the barn was struck. One cow and two calves only were killed. The barn was filled with hay and grain, all of which was destroyed. Rescue Hook and Ladder Company of Roslyn and the East Williston and Mineola fire companies responded to the alarm, and by hard work saved the adjoining buildings. The loss, estimated at $6,000, is partly covered by insurance.

House Struck at Westhampton. (Special to the Eagle.) Westhampton. L. July 7 During the severe thunder storm which passed over this place between 5 and 6 o'clock this evening, the cottage of Warren Peterson, occupied by Miss Ethel Moore of Brooklyn, was struck and the Interior badly damaged. The bolt entered through the chimney, breaking through and damaging walls and furniture, and coming out on the south side of the house, throwing bricks and splinters a distance of fifty feet.

Thomas Moore and servant, who were in the house at the time, were unhurt, although pieces of furniture and walls were demolished around them. A man, who refused to give his name, received a shock at the depot, knocking an umbrella from and slightly burning his hand. HEAT SET OFF A ITRE ALARM. The intense heat in the soap factory of David S. Brown at 637 and 639 West Fifty first street.

Manhattan, yesterday morning set off an automatic fire alarm, and in a few minutes Are engines were in front of the building and firemen were asking where the fire was. There was nothing for them to do. A large number of young women are employed in the factory, and when the engines appeared there was some alarm among them, but they were soon assured that there was no danger. SHIP'S PHYSICIAN MISSING. Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 7 The steamer Carthagenlan.

which arrived last night from Liverpool, via St. John's, Newfoundland, has reported that the ship's physician. Dr. Freeman, is missing and perhaps drowned. The doctor was on deck when the harbor lights were sighted, but since that time he has not been found.

NEW ICE COMPANY. Albany, July 7 The Yorkville Independent Hygela Ico Company of New York City, with a capital stock of filed articles of incorporation to day with the Secretary of State. The company will manufacture and sell ice and water. The directors are: William R. Beal.

Louis V. Sono, George Richmond, Will lam H. Kleuke. B. C.

Gerken, John Sauder and Gustav Schroeder of New York City TARS DESERT V. S. SHIP ESSEX. London, July 7 The United States Train ing ship Essex has sailed from Queenstown for Christiana. Ten of the members of the crew failed to rejoin before she sailed.

Half Rates Via New York Central To Cincinnati, account of Baptist YounK People's Union of America, will be sold July 10 to 13, Inclusive. Call on any New York Central Agent. Adv. of this indemnity, though even in the first case, it is probable that the powers' contribution would be in the nature of a loan, and in the end China would be obliged to make good the advance through some form of taxation. The State Department has not yet heard directly from the Russian government as to Japan's proposition to supply the major portion of force required for the Pekin campaign, but it has not the least doubt that Russia makes no objection! In fact, the department has gathered that all of the European governments have taken a similar view of the Japanese proposition and it is disposed to feel some pride in the fact that it was through the advances made in the first place by the United States government that this happy accord as been brought about.

Quartermaster Ludington has just shipped to Japan for service either in China or the Philippines two complete American pack trains of fifty packs each. The animals and attendants sailed to day from Portland, direct to Kobe, Japan, where further orders will be sent as to the ultimate destination of the outfit. The pack trains are similar to those that proved so useful in the Luzon campaigns, representing the type of transportation developed on the prairies of the West, and are expected to prove of the greatest service in case United States troops are required to operate in Northern China during the rainy season, when the poor, native roads are impassable for wheel transportation. No one in Washington Is more anxious to hear of the safety of the foreign legations in Pekin than Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister.

He carefully reads every word of Chinese news that appears in the papers and eagerly asks all reporters who call upon him for the latest developments in the Chinese situation. He also keeps in close touch with the officials in Washington and makes periodical visits to the State Department to ascertain if any intelligence has come to hand. Mr. Wu, while apprehensive of what may have happened as a result of the existing disturbances in Pekin and other parts of Northern China, still clings to the hope that the reports which have come of the sacking of the legations and the murder of the ministers have been exaggerated and that when the truth becomes known affairs will not be in the sorry plight in which they are now represented to be: If the ministers ure in the British legation he believes tliey can hold out for some time; that is unless they have exhausted their supplies of provisions and ammunition. A limited number safely entrenched under favorable circumstances for a time, he says, might hold out against a force of Chinese ten times as large.

Most of the Chinese imperial troops, he says, are loyal to the government and he takes comfort in the hope that they will uphold It in its efforts to put down the revolter3. As already stated, the minister does not be llve there will be any demonstrations against foreigners in the central and southern prov inces of the empire. Any indications of that character he feels will promptly be put down by the vigilance of the viceroys of the various provinces. The Navy Department at 9:45 o'clock tonight received the following cablegram from Admiral Remey: "Che Foo Brooklyn arrived; proceed immediately Taku. REMEY." Japan to Send Troops at Once.

London, July 7 The Japanese Minister, Kato Takaaki. received a cable dispatch from Tokio this morning giving his government's reply to Great Britain's question whether, with the consent of the other powers, Japan is willing to send large reinforcements to China. Japan replied that she was prepared to carry out the suggestion and that one division would be dispatched Immediately. The Foreign Office has Issued the text of a telegram from Acting Consul General Warren, at Shanghai, confirming, from a thoroughly trustworthy source, the news received by courier from Pekin July 3, by way of Shanghai, to the London office of the Inspectorate of Chinese maritime customs, saying that two legations were, the day the courier left, holding out against the troops and Boxers, and the troops had lost 2.000 men and Continued on Page 4. New Trill ii to St.

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