Show A millionaire mur A patent AN ATTEMPT TO STEAL disasters of the atlantic storms NEWPORT E L sept 13 the united states steamer alanta arrived here this morning from new york she suffered no damage from the storm it was feared that bhe was lost she was out in all the dirty weather since the at onn erring the open sea to the chance of being driven ashore her officers report that she did splendidly tinder the most trying circumstances the storm washington sept 13 the storm on the atlantic coast continues but with greatly diminished intensity northeasterly winds continue on the coast as far south as delaware from a point southward they are from northeast kain has fallen on the atlantic coast from boston southward to virginia A tonel CITY sept 13 the german ship is aground on absecon beach tho sea is very heavy and the crew will be obliged to abandon her to destruct tion signal officers say there will be no let up in tho stona for the nest twenty four hours it is still general off the east coast of virginia the wind has diminished to south but remains high along the coast it has a velocity of thirty one miles in the city this morning at black Phil adelphi 30 boston 22 bain continues from norfolk to boston the heaviest rainfall in the country s experienced at new york the downpour for the twenty four hours ending 8 a m to day 24 9 inches damage suffered by shipping is very severe news is very difficult to obtain as all telegraphic communication with the quarantine station and sandy hook is cut off the gale last night drove all the incoming vessels off the coast several days may elapse before the return vessels in port bear evidence of a severe storm in the loss of sails and rigging the fog v aich enveloped the lower bay for several days is clearing away and the long delayed steamships are aam ing up to the city all overdue european steamers are crowded with seasick passengers the anchor line steamer city of kome arrived this morning experienced a very rough voyage and bad a narrow escape from collision with an outward bound steamer in the lower bay the cromwell ling steamer knickerbocker er due on tuesday arrived this morning after a dangerous voyage on tuesday baay on board feared the vessel would founder several of the crow and passengers were injured by the careening of the vessel everything moveably move ablo on deck was carried away waterloo LEWES del sept 13 waterloo summer resort on delaware bay is entirely submerged out of twenty cottages cut only one remains ul the philadelphia sept 13 trains over tha camden atlantic to and from atlantic city are running on schedule time today to day the exodus from the sea shore is great the train which left atlantic city at this morning consisted of seven cars all heavily loaded the one which left ht brought the same number of cars and following the two early trains was one of two sections which left atlantic city at it consisted of sixteen cars all heavily loaded with passengers ane water has almost subsided and tho roadbed road bed is clear until this morning no definite idea of the damage to the west jersey road could be gained but as the mist clears away and the spray disappears it is seen that the roadbed road bed la in a terrible shape possibly tho beading road taking the entire stretch into consideration era tion is the most completely wrecked the west jersey officials dispatched heavy repair trains to the of the disaster and will push necessary repairs to speedy completion the reading road has also several hundred men actively at work on the meadows ahe mails along the new jersey and delaware coast which has been accumulating since monday last owing to trains being detained commenced arriving it the evening and wore very large somo of the mail matter particularly that from sea lale city was in a very moist condition on account of being carried some distance on boats through the storm the condou stricken St riken at the conference held today to day between cardinal manning in behalf of tho strikers and the directors of the dock companies cardinal manning submitted definite proposals for settlement these the cardinal believes will be accepted the joint committo to consider the proposals of the strikers agreed that the wages demanded be conceded to take effect november ath the lord mayor had a conference with the directors of the dock companies and gave assurance rance that the men would be ready to resume work on monday the strike among the journeymen tailors ended today to day the employers having reduced the working hours to ten and and one half in view of the approaching dook mens strike the lighterman ligh termen are seeking to resume work the committee announces that the dock directors and men have practically agreed As soon as the other in shall have been arranged all the men will resume work deferred decisions will be granted in november the lighterman ligh termen have submitted to the masters a proposal for the settlement of their dispute subscriptions received today to day from australia for the strikers fund amounted to lie harden a millionaire NEW YORK sept 13 T V gesswein a millionaire tool manufacturer waa murdered this morning by christian diehle diehle claimed that gerswein Ge eswein defrauded him in a patent transaction Hs entered Gess weins office this morning and demanded gesswein refused and diehle shot him through the heart diehle is 60 years old he was arrested diehle diehlo has been accustomed to call upon gesswein Gess woin frequently at his store on john street but after his defeat in the courts he discontinued his visita nothing had been seen of him for the past six months until this morning when he walked into swains store and inquired for the proprietor he was shown into Gess weins private office on the second floor they alone with the door closed no one know exactly what occurred charles koester Koest sr one of the clerks has a desk right next to a thin board partition which separates office from the remainder of the room he heard diehle demand money frona gesswein Geus wein and when the latter refused there was a loud report koester rushed into the room gesswein Gesa wein lay dead on the floor diehle was standing in the middle of the floor with the smoking revolver in his hand boester seized him at the samo time snatching the revolver calling for help Diehle was turned over to an officer and taken to the station the prisoner is a german 60 years old he is of medium hight and weara a long grizzled beard ai uncouth as his hair which is nearly white kedi why did you kill gesswein he said he has me I 1 invented and had patented a reflector for jewelers made the sampled myself and sold them to gesswein at sl apiece I 1 lived pretty well on that for a time but ho soon copied my reflector himself and I 1 was unable to get along so I 1 had him in the united states court before a judge who decided against me then I 1 decided to leave philadelphia where I 1 was living with two of my sisters and come to new york and speak myself to that man I 1 had no money to go into business again no money to enter a home for aged people and could not romain a burden to my sisters when gesswein refused positively my request for I 1 drew a revolver and quickly fired at him without leaving the chair I 1 was occupying by his left side gesswein was 41 years of age his family consisted of mrs gesswein and aix children three boys and three girls A seren million forgery NEW YOKE sept 14 napoleon ives is a twenty ave year old financier who failed for and is now on trial for grand larceny once he had an eye on the estate of christopher moyer of nw jersey and would have milked it dry had not the power of the law fallen in just at the time it did christopher K meyer was an elderly man many times a millionaire through bis ownership of a largo rubber hoot and shoe manufactory in new brunswick he has relatives in san francisco who will come in for a portion of the estate but their claims would probably have been of little worth had ives remained a little longer out ef jail and been able to cary through the scheme which ha planned meyer had had dealings with G H stayner one of ivelo partners and at time propositions had been made that meyer should join them in business but he bad declined to do anything further than loan them some money albert netter the notorious cincinnati broker now a fugitive from justice had been at one time in a stock deal with ives co and out of this fact came a suit which if it had prevailed would ha re proven one of iooss largest and most masterly steals shortly before the ives exposure meyer died ivess house of cards had tumbled at th first breath of adverse fortune but his inborn propensity for theft still asserted itself within three months after meyers death there was put into operation through the ivos agency a scheme to improve rish meyers estate and to open ap for himself and his confederates a mine of in the fall of 1888 there was begun in an ohio court a suit by albert motter against henry S ives G H stayner and the executors of the estate of christopher meyer the balance of the purchase money of his syn dicato interest remaining unpaid netters claim was a fraudulent one he was acting not against ives and stayner but with them against meyers e state birly sept 14 the weather liero today to day is exceedingly cold anal rainy with prospects of snow before morning specials from the mountain districts show that for this season afi the year it has been snowing unusually hard all day and in most places is still f ailing tonight to night the storm is driving eastern tourists down to a lower altitude and all incoming trains tonight to night are loaded down even to standing room with tourists bound for eastern cities sept 14 laramie is ex today to day the first snowfall of the season the storm lasted all the forenoon it appears to extend over a large portion of the laramie plains LEADVILLE sept 14 the first snow fell early this morning it was quite light and disappeared by 9 except on he surrounding mountains which still remain white september 14 the first snowstorm of the season came today to day and lasted about two hours but the it as it fell the weather is now warm and pleasant fhe indianapolis sept 14 the negro baptists resumed the discussion of the outrages today to day kev T L jordon of mississippi made a speech deprecating the remarks advocating violence in return for southern wrongs as it places the mass of helpless colored people at the mercies of the criminate crimi naT classes of the south others of the mississippi delegation talked in the same vein and resolutions were introduced and finally adopted to the effect that the colored people should cultivate friendly relations with those they live among president lowe made a speech retelling the story of the assault on himself and said the passage of resolutions would make it appear there had been no outrages and that he had made a false statement this caused much excitement and the votes were reconsidered and the resolution of delegation insisted however on their names going on record as opposed to violence and this was allowed service NEW sept 14 the times democrat meridian miss special says the most recent reports of the race troubles in jasper county show they are assuming larger proportions on sunday night last a crowd of masked men congregated at a small negro church about seven miles west or baulding held mock service and fired the building near this church was a negro schoolhouse school honse and this also was fired the dwelling house of alfred lobsiger Lob and another negros house were also visited and after a discharge of firearms causing much alarm those two dwellings were also fired the dwelling house of mr hair a white man was also visited mr hair and family were much abused but no bodily harm offered several negroes have been arrested in newton county for inciting insurrection and are now in jail Decatur at two of them confessed there was an organization of blacks and that they were to unite on sunday the and commence war further arrests of some of the leading negroes disclosed jeche fact that there is an organization but for political purposes only the white people of the county are organizing and arming themselves more than five hundred guns having been sold at newton it is now expected blat the outbreak will be made at any time and matters are quieting down |