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J ESTABLISHED 1850. IN< OHIH>KATEI> ISfS
) J.H. ESTILL President. }
PROGRESS TOWARD REPEAL
\\ m a Vote Can be Reached as Yet
Undetermined.
The Senate Still Pegging- Away at the
Question— Plenty of Latitude Will be
Given for Legitimate Discussion, but
No Time to Captious or Dilatory
Methods—Mr. Cleveland Favors the
State Bank Tax Repeal and Other
Party Measures, But He Will Not
Interrupt the Present Business of
the Senate with Any Suggestions.
Washington, Sept. 5. —At the cabinet
meeting to-day the question discussed
u as whether or not the President should
at once send a message to congress asking
legislation giving the Secretary of the
Treasury authority to issue certificates
and coin on the seigniorage of silver bul
lion in the treasury, which would amount
to nearly $52,000.000. The treasury is
short of money, and the Secretary wants
to get this available cash as soon as pos
sible. The President talked the matter
over with leading senators last night,
and the conclusion arrived at was that it
would be bad policy to bring any matter
before the Senate until it has acted on
repeal. It is believed the decision of the
cabinet council to-day was that the Pres
ident would not ask congress for any leg
islation as to seigniorage now, but every
influence would be used to get through
the light on the repeal hill speedily.
PRESIDENT .FAVORS BANK TAX REPEAL.
After that, if the condition of the treas
ury does not compel it sooner, a message
will be sent on the subject of seigniorage,
and it is probable that congress will be
informed, either by the Secretary of the
Treasury or the President himself, of the
favorable disposition of the administra
tion to the repeal of the state bank tax.
Mr. Carlisle's position is stated to be in
favor of the unconditional repeal of the
tax. so as to restore to the states control
of the question of state bank circulation.
A QUESTION OF TIME.
Senators differ as to when the vote will
be taken on the repeal bill.
Some say three or four
weeks; others the latter part of next
week. There is an evident determination
on the part of the repeal men to force a
vote as soon as it is apparent that the le
gitimate speech-making is ended and a
dilatory movement is begun. How to de
termine this will not be an easy matter.
The fullest latitude must be allowed as
long as senators have speeches to make
and arguments to present. The methods
of the Senate will not allow their being
cut off.
MU. FAULKNER'S PROPOSITION.
Senator Faulkner proposes to amend
the Voorhees bill. His proposition is to
call in all the notes under $10; to coin all
the silver bullion in the treasury, and to
continue the purchase and coinage
of silver at the rate of $4,000,000 per
month, until the volume of silver money
in the country reaches $800,000,000. There
is now about $600,000,000, including all
coins and bullion. This amendment is fa
vored by several unconditional repeal
men, aud is acceptable to the silver men.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Representative Cabaniss has filed with
the agricultural department the applica
tion of D. J. Thaxton of Jackson for chief
of division. He applied to the postoffice
department for the promotion of Charles
Hardin of Forsyth to \>e chief of division,
instead of in letter office. He also asked
the interior department for the promotion
of Henley Kell of Griffin, son of Adjutant
General Kell.
Representative Livingston has had
B. F. Smith of Atlanta
appointed compositor in the government
printing office. He induced Assistant
Sc rotary of War Grant to telegraph to
Atlanta an order that youngßurk, the al
leged deserter, be kept at McPherson
barracks instead of being sent off to pris
on.
Representative Maddox lias filed the
application of J. O. Hardwick of Cedar
town, to be bank examiner, and has par
tial assurance of his appointment; he also
died tiie application of Fred G. _Wright of
Rome, for a position in tho government
printing office.
Representative Tate filed the applica
tion of Caldwell of Gainesville, for chief
of division in the treasury department.
Bus Nichols, of Mr. Tate's district, en
tered on his duties at the government
printing office to-day.
Senator Butler lias introduced a bill
providing for the purchase of lands ad
-1" nnia the naval station at Port Royal.
F. Williams appointed postmaster at
Li/.ella, vice V. B. McCook, removed.
i iorida—Abbott, D. A. Thompson, vice
wiUiam Mott, resigned; Hampton, B.
llayncs, vice J. M. Allen, removed.
NIL DESPEKANDUM.
B M. Blackburn of Atlauta has ar-
Ti' e-i to renew his application for appoint
ment by the President.
LOCAL OPTION WINS.
Boanoke Votes Itself the Loss of $20,-
000 Annual Revenue.
Roanoke, Va., Sept. s.—The local option-
Is'.s won in to-day’s election by 143
majority in a total of 8,509, thereby
can . ing the city against licensing th-3
sail ' of intoxicating liquors. The vote
closest in the Third ward, where
i stood 4tV2 for the local optionists aud
, r those in favor of the coutinu
of high license. The "drys” run
, t,-i. r s largest majority in the First
'•ini, in which the greatest number of
coin ed voters reside.
A VERY RED-HOT CONTEST,
i he election was the most exciting one
1 -t held here, the canvass having been
' vigorously carried on for the past
" n onths. The ministers were all on
j -' -ide of local option, and prominent
■" >crs and business men opposed the
• -''incut. It is estimated that the city
. ibe deprived of upward of $20,000 di
: revenue by to-day's election.
- r ohibitionist State Convention.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 5.—A state con
h- ! )n of the probition party will be
l 1 acre to-morrow to-aominate a state
• " consisting of governor, lieutenant
e-icrnor, and attorney general.
Chief Justice of Samoa.
j " Johnsberry, Vt., Sept. 5. —Henry C.
1. . "I s L acce Pted the position of chief jus-
Sainoa. and expects to leave for
' -‘ on the October steamer.
Cotton Broker Suicides.
-■ - \ ork, Sept. s.—This morning Ben
■anHiriU. u cotton broker of 18
i, 'i committed suicide by shooting
in the head.
3Tlje Utening f&to&
DEBATE IN THE LORDS.
Throngs Present to Hear the Home
Rule Bill Discussion Opened.
London, Sept. s.—The House of Lords
was filled to-day with members and visi
tors eager to hear the debate on the home
rule bill opened. Although the conser
vative whips will not muster their full
force before the evening of final division,
the opposition had in attendance to-day
five members to everyone of the liberal
side. The galleries w r ere filled with
peeresses. The strangers’ gallery was
packed to suffocation. A peculiar feature
of the crowd was the conspicuousuess of
the clerical element.
EARL SPENCER OPENS FOR HOME RULE.
Earl Spencer, first lord of the admiral
ty, moved the second reading of the home
rule bill. He made a tame speech, bar
ren of original thought or expression.
He claimed for the government all
honesty of intention in its work
for. the bill and credited tho op
position with being equally conscientious.
He reviewed at some length the history
of Ireland since the union. All the so
called remedial measures of the succes
cessive governments, he said, had come
too late to help the country, even had they
not contained radical defects which
would have rendered them useless. His
own personal experience satisfied him
that the home rule bill was the only pos
sible solution of the Irish question.
After dwelling upon the beneficent re
sults to bo expected from the several pro
visions of the bill, Earl Spencer closed
with the declaration that the Gladston
ian plan of home rule was calculated to
satisfy all the aspirations of Ireland to
self-government.
OPPOSED BT DEVONSHIRE.
The Duke of Devonshire, the liberal
unionist, moved the rejection of the bill.
He contended that every class in Ireland,
except one, was unionist, and was op
posed to the measure under- discussion.
Did the government, he asked,
believe that the manufacturers, mer
chants and traders of the country, who
opposed the home rule bill, mistook their
position? The union of Ireland and Great
Britain, he said, had been a decree of
nature which laws and treaties had only
recorded. The present bill was crude
and unworkable aud a violation of the
constitution.
OTHER SPEECHES FOR AND AGAINST.
The duke read his speech throughout,
turning page after page. The House
showed very little interest in his remarks.
Viscount Powerscourt, liberal-union
ist, was the next speaker, and the at
tendance dwindled while he argued upon
the coming ruin of Ireland, Home rule
would blight all industries, he said.
Baron Brazzy, liberal, spoke in support
of the bill, and the Duke of Norfolk, lib
eral conservative, spoke against it.
SHOT BY A HUSBAND.
Struggle for an Illicit Note Thrown
From His Wife’s Window.
Memphis. Tenm, Sept. 5.—A special to
the Commercial from Huron, Tenn., gives
the particulars of a sensational tragedy
involving two of the most prominent fam
ilies of that place. H. H. Courtney, a
merchant of Huron, shot and fatally
wounded W. B. Flake, a wealthy farmer
and saw-mifl owner, and in turn received
serious injuries at the hands of Flake.
THE OLD, OLD STORY.
Courtney had suspected that his wife
and Flake were criminally intimate, and
while watching tho house ho saw his
wife throw a note out of the window to
Flake. Both men attempted to secure
the note, but Flake reached the spot first.
The two men drew their revoltrers as they
clinched. Courtney shot his antagonist
through the head, but Flake held on and
gave Courtney a terrible clubbing with
his gun. Courtney has filed suit for
divorce against his wife.
FREAK OF FORTUNE.
$70,000 in Real Estate for ( a Woman
Whose Home is in the Almshouse.
Richmond, Sept. 5.—A special telegram
from Norfolk says that Mrs. Amanda C.
Ribble, an inmate of the almshouse in
that city, had in the corporation court
there to-day awarded her real estate
valued at $70,000. Mrs. Ribble has been
an inmate of the almshouse constantly
since May 28, 1891. Tho suit was for tho
possession of real estate near Norfolk,
and has been iu the courts for several
years. Mrs. Ribble is about 65 years old,
and has one brother. Several of her
sister’s children are also living. The case
will be appealed.
JOY FOR THE COTTON MEN.
Memphis Banks Notified That They
Can Oet Plenty of Money.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 5.—A1l the banks
of this city were notified yesterday by
their New York banking connections that
they are prepared to ship all money nec
essary to Memphis to move the cotton
crop. This news was received with joy
by the local financiers, who regard the
financial stringency in this section as a
thing of the past. The cotton crop will
begin moving in earnest about Sept. 15.
If receipts are favorable several million
dollars will be distributed in this section
this month.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
Huntington, W. Va., Sept. s.—The
boiler connected with A1 Brunfleld’s grist
mill at H irt's creek, in Lincoln county,
exploded this morning. John H. Boyd
was instantly killed, and the wife of
Brunfield received injuries from which
she died later. Six other people, whose
names are not given, were badly hurt.
New York’s Contribution.
New York, Sept. 5.—J. J. Dale of Beau
fort. S. C., who has been in New York
since last Thursday laboring to secure
contributions in aid of the sufferers from
the hurricane on the sea islands, an
nounces that he has received contribu
tions amounting to over $13,000, besides
other help.
Lowell Mills Starting Up.
Lowell, Mass., Sept. s.—The ingrain de
partment of the Lowell Manufacturing
company started up to-day. The cotton
department of the Hamilton mills also
started, and the print works start Mon
day.
The Alvo Believed to Have Been Lost.
New York, Sept. s.—No news of the
missing steamer Alvo has been received
at the Atlas line offices. The opinion pre
vails that the ill-fated craft has gone to
the bottom with all on board.
Woolen Warp Mill Burned.
Portland, Me., Sept. 5. Dana s woolen
warp and bagging mill at Westbroke
aught fire late last night, and the ma(p
building was destroyed. Loss estimated
SIOO,OOO. Insured.
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER (5, 1808.
MEDICAL PAN-AMERICANS.
Four Days’ Session Formally Inau
gurated Yesterday.
A Very Host of Delegate Doc
tors From the Three Amer
icas Meet in Washington.
The Proceedings Opened by the
Episcopal Bishop of Baltimore and
the Asssemblage then Briefly and
Pertinently Addressed by President
Cleveland, Whose Appearance at
Once Elicited Loud Applause, and
Who Didn’t Look a Bit Like a “Sick
Man.”
Washington, Sept. s.—The President
of the United States gave a graceful wel
come to the pan-American congress,
whose four days’ session commenced at
the national capital to-day, and the busi
ness of the gathering was entered upon
under the most favorable conditions of
weather, attendance and public interest.
The parquet of Albaugh's Opera House,
where the congress met, was filled, and
the galleries also had an attentive au
dience, including many ladies. At 10
o’clock a. m. Dr. Wm. Pepper of Phila
delphia took the chair. The band of the
Third artillery occupied the usual place
of the stage orchestra and enlivened the
preliminary proceedings with familiar
airs. Many of the more prominent dele
gates took seats on tho stage, but others
occupied the body of tho theater. There
were probably between 800 and 1,000
doctors in attendance.
MR. CLEVELAND’S APPEARANCE CHEERED.
Shortly after 10 o’clock a. in. President
Cleveland passed from behind the scenes
to the front of the stage, escorted by Dr.
Pepper, and was greeted with hearty
applause. He wore, as usual, a black
Prince Albert coat, lightly buttoned over
his figure, displaying no undilfc tendency
to corpulence. The President walkod
with a firm step and his face wore a
pleasant smile, and when he subsequent
ly spoke his voice was even clearer and
more resonant than when he addressed
the assembled thousands from the east
ern portico of the capitol in the memor ;
able snow storm of the fourth of Marcli
last. Mr. Cleveland's personal appear
ance was observed with undisguised in
terest. many of the foreign delegates in
the body of the theater standing up
to get a good look at him. The hand
played “Hail to the Chief” until the
President took his seat.
PRAYER BY BISHOP PAREL.
Then Dr. Pepper called upon Bishop
Parel of Maryland to invoke the blessing
of Almighty God upon the conference.
Bishop Parel, wearing his Episcopal
robes, came forward and the audience
reverently rose. Opening his invocation
with the Lord’s prayer, he briefly im
plored the divine blessing upon every ef
fort for the advancement of sound med
ical learning and usefulness, and closed
with the benediction.
INTRODUCING TnE PRESIDENT.
Dr. Pepper then said: “It is in accord
ance with the deep interest taken by the
government of the United States in the or
ganization and success of this congress
that our honored President has kindly
come this morning in the exercise of his
function, to open formally the first pan-
American medical congress. I have the
great honor of presenting President
Cleveland.” ,
At once stepping forward, and with
out waiting for the applause which
greeted him to subside, the President,
speaking without manuscript or notes,
said:
\ STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.
“The part assigned me on this occasion
admits of few words. It, however, affords
me opportunity to say how pleased I am
to be in any way related to an assemblage
such as this, called together in further
ance of the highest and noblest purposes
and desires. I hope I may also be per
mitted to add that protection of the pub
lic health aud the prevention of conta
gious disease are objects properly brought
under consideration at the capital of a
nation which appreciates fully the serious
importanee of everything which aids in
making intercourse between civilized
countries and commerce between them
safe and easy. [Applause.]
THE GOVERNMENT’S GREATEST REGARD.
“It is also fitting that those who de
vote themselves to the saving of human
life and to the alleviation of human suf
fering should consider the modes of reach
ing these beneficent ends at the seat of a
government whose greatest regard is the
welfare and happiness of the iddividual
citizen. [Applause.] It only remains for
me to declare this congress of pan-
American medical societies open for the
transaction of the business which has
called it together.”
President Cleveland then resumed his
seat, amid applause.
PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE.
A Chattanooga Judge Says It is
Gambling Pure and Simple.
Washington, Sept. s.—Special dis
patches from Chattanooga. Tenn., say
that Judge Moon, in his charge to the
grand jury yesterday, created a sensation
by declaring that progressive euchre was
gambling. He said:
‘•Not only is gambling carried on in reg
alar gambling resorts, but people of high
standing and respectability gamble. They
may not put down money, but they set
example for others in playing for prizes
and awards.
TUE STAKES TREY PLAY FOR.
In progressive euchre games, these per
sons play for fine pictures or gold-headed
canes. Examples are set that are a viola
tion of law, and it is just as demoralizing
as common gambling. Conviction of the
higher class is better, as an example,
than conviction of only ordinary people
for common gambling.” Society people
are excited over the attitude taken by
judge. _ ___
$820,000,000 IN ONE BILL.
Senator Peffer’s Remarkable Scheme
For Frittering the Nation’s Funds.
Washington, Sept. 5. —An extraordi
nary bill was introduced by Senator Pef
fer for the creation of a department of
education; the construction of a college
of scientific learning in the District of
Columbia, and the appropriation of
$20,000,000 for t'.e purpose, and for the
appropriation of $800,000,000, the inter
est of which is to form a fund for the
support of the college. It also provides
that all educational institutions and
other matters pertaining to public in
struction shall be under the supervision
of the secretary of education. The bill was
referred to committee ou the District of
Columbia.
HIS PUBLIC APPEAL.
Representative Murray Issues an Ad
dress Asking Aid For His People.
Washington, ' Sept. s.—Congressman
Geo. W. Murray, who represents the
Beaufort district in the House of Repre
sentatives. has issued an appeal for aid for
his poor colored constituents. He speaks
of the vast destruction of lives aud prop
erty, especially of the provision crops,
caused by the disastrous cyclone and
floods, leaving in their wake not only the
land almost literally strewn with the
dead, but the living in many places so
destitute of homes, provisions and cloth
ing that without the aid of a Christian
public quite as many or more will die
from privation and starvation as were
immediately taken off by the floods add
storms.
HOW TO SEND SAFKI-T.
He suggtsts to all persons donating
anything to aid the sufferers that the
money or check drawn in behalf of them
be sent to the Simoufis National Bank of
Sumter, S. C.. or the First National Bank
of Charleston, S. C., notifying him at his
address (No. 1924 Eleventh street, N. \V.,
Washington, D. C.) of the same, so that
he can uid in protecting their charity.
Capt. A. L. Beardsley, Uuited States
navy', commandant of the Port Kual
naval station, S. C., has reported to the
naval department that the damage to the
station from the hurricane is not so great
as was at first, reported, and that it can
bo repaired at a reasonable outlay.
THE SECRETARY'S LETTER.
This afternoon Secretary Herbert sent
a letter bearing on the subject to Capt.
Beardsley, reading as follows;
"The department is glad to learn that the
loss sustained by the government at Port
Royal is not as great as was expected,
and is glad to commend you for the en
ergy aud care with which you seem to
have protected its interests.
“It very much deplores the death of Dr.
Hazel, who, it understands, lost his life
in a gallant effort to save the lives of
others.
DID HE LEAVE DEPENDENTS?
“Please notify the department at once
whether Dr. Hazel left any family or per
sons dependent upon him for support.
There is no fund from which the depart
ment could in any manner compensate such
persous, but it may he that among those
dependent upon him, if any, there is some
one who could take his place as apothe
cary, and if so, it should bo very glad to
appoint such person to that duty.”
BRECKINRIDGE’S ANSWER.
He Came Within Fifteen Minutes of
Forfeiting Judgment by Default.
Washington, Aug. 5. —Representative
Wm. C. P. Breckinridgo of Ken
tucky to-day, by his attorneys, filed
his demurrer to tho declaration of
Madeline V. Pollard, filed in the
supreme court of the District of Columbia
August 12, 1893. charging him with breach
of promise of marriage, ahd asking dam
ages iu the sum of $50,000. This was the
last date, under the rules of the court, on
which an answer could be filed to save a
Judgment being entered by default, and it
was within fifteen minutes of 4 o’clock,
the hour of closing the offices of the court,
when the demurrer was handed to the
clerk. ,
THE DEMURRER VERY SHORT.
The demurrer is exceptionally brief,
and avers that the declaration of the
pluintiff was bad in substance, particu
larly as to the third count. The demurrer
is based on the fdlovving points of law,
which will be argied in its support:
First—The said declaration consists of
three separate counts, which improperly
allege three separate contracts of mar
riage, and allege that said three contracts
to marry were subsisting alone aud at the
same time.
ONE AT A TIME.
Second—No mote than one contract to
marry can subsist at tho same time be
tween two persons.
Third—The third count of said declara
tion alleges matters and things which
cannot be, in law, substantive facts nec
essary to constitute a cause of action,
thereby violating rule twenty-six of the
common law rules of the court.”
OCALAI3M ON DECK.
Representative Talbert Will Ring the
Chimes Wherever Ke Can.
Washington, Sept. s.—Representative
Talbert will spring his farmers’ alliance
doctrines on the House to-morrow in the
form of a bill. He intends to put the
whole platform on which he was elected
forward before lie gets through, but he
will content himself witli first producing
a bill a little different from the sub
treasury scheme, but which he says has
advantages over it. The bill provides for
the enlargment of the currency and the
distribution of the same. It provides that
the general government shall issue money,
and each state give security for what it
needs; tho amount, however, not to ex
ceed S3O per capita.
“more to COME.”
He said to-day that in addition to this
he would introduce bills covering every
plank in the platform on which he was
elected: A hill on “A Graduated Income
Tax,” “Election of United States Sena
tors by the People,” “Abolition of Alien
Ownership of Land,” “Abolition of the
National Banks,” and the “Reformation
of the Tariff. ” These, of course, he will
not be able to Introduce to-morrow, but
will slip them in the minute he sees an
opening.
THE CHEROKEE BTRII*.
Western Patterson arrived here to-day.
He will give bond for the position of
land register he has secured aud at once
go to the opening of the Cherokee strip.
Secretary Smith to-day appointed Chas.
E. Johnson of Atlanta assistant engineer
in the pension department at a salary of
SI,OOO a year.
$1,500,000 IN GOLD.
Arrive in New Orleans to be Minted
Into Eagles and Half-eagles.
Washington, Sept. 5.—-The treasury de
partment was advised to-day of the safe
arrival iu New Orleans of $1,500,000 in
gold bullion sent from the New York sub
treasury last Friday. The bullion is des
tined to the United States mint at New
Orleans, there to be coined into eagles
and half-eagles. The mints at San Fran
cisco, Philadelphia aud New Orleans are
now engaged iu coining gold.
Not So Bad as Reported.
, Cincinnati. 0.. Sept. s.—The accident
at Bates Hill, near Aurora, lnd., on the
Big Four road, has considerably dimin
ished iu proportions. One unknown pas
senger was killed. The injured were two
engineers, two freight brakemen and two
mail clerks. Noue of them were dan
gerously hurt. The passenger train was
heavily loaded with homeward-bound
world's fair excursionists.
SILVER MEN SCORE TWICE.
Senator Stewart Spoke Three and a
Half Hours.
Intimated That Cleveland and Glad
stone Are Co-Conspirators Against
Silver Petulantly Declined to Be
Interrupted by Mr. Hoar Because
He Didn’t Want Any “Trash;” Nor
to be “Aggravated” by Mr. Aldrich.
Senator Stewart Will Continue His
Remarks To-day.
Washington, Sept. s.—After some rou
tine business, Mr. Voorhees offered a res
olution that on Thursday, and until fur
ther orders, the daily hour of meeting
shall be 11 o’clock a. m. He asked that
it lie on the table, aud said he would call
it up to-morrow.
Mr. Faulkner gave notice that he would
submit some remarks ou the repeal next
Friday.
Mr. Morgan introduced a concurrent
resolution for the appointment of a joint
oommitteeo of the two houses, seven
senators and seven representatives.
These together aro to constitute a
joint select committee on finance.
The chairman is to be chosen
by tho committee by ballot. It
is to hold its session in the capitol, or in
such other place as the majority may di
rect, with power to hear witnesses and to
employ stenographers. Eleven members
are to constitute a quorum to do business.
The committee is to examine into the
financial monetary condition of the gov
ernment aud people of tire United States.
The committee is to examine into these
subjects and to report upon them.
SUBJECTS TO BE EXAMINED INTO.
The full or partial demonetization of
legal tender silver coins, aud tire ratio
which should be established between
them and gold coins; tho revision of laws
relating to legal tender, so as to prevent
unjust discrimination in the several kinds
of money; the repeal of the.lOper cent.tax
on the issue of state banks; the actual
causes of the present embarrassed condi
tion of the people, and the national banks,
and what further legislation is necessary
to prevent nationul banks from abusing
their powers under the law.
The Joint committee may uppoint sub
committees. of not less than four mem
bers (three.to constitute a quorum.) which
may sit in any place in tho United States
and take testimony. The resolution
was, at Mr. Morgan's request, laid on
the table to bo called up by him here
after. /
REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
Aften, calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for information as to tiie re
demption of silver certificates in coin,
was taken up and referred to the commit
tee on finance, as was also tho joint reso
lution introduced by Mr. Cockrell on
Aug. 21 for the issue of additional gold
certi fi cates.
Mr. Peffer then took the floor and fin
ished the speech which he had begun
yesterday in support of his amendment
for the free and unlimited coinage of gold
aud silver at tho parity of 16 to 1.
MR. STEWART ON TUE REPEAL BILL.
Mr. Stewart addressed the Senate in
opposition to the repeal bill. 11c began
his speech with a history of the closing of
the European and American mints to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver; of
the conference held at Paris to consider
the unification of coins, weights and
measures, and of the demonetization act
of 1873. He intimatod that Mr. Sher
man’s vote against that bill was because
lie knew it would pass and wanted to con
ceal from the Senate the knowledge of
the fact that it omitted the silver dollar
from tho list of coins. He claimed to
have shown that the leading members of
tiie two houses who wore present during
tho consideration of the bill were ig
norant of tiie fact that the silver dollar
was omitted in the codification of the
mint laws.
Coming to the platforms of the republi
can and democratic parties on the subject
of silver, Mr. Stewart declared that lie
saw no difference in the positions of the
two and could trust neither. The admin
istration of President Cleveland was
doing to-day just what he predicted in the
canvass, demanding the repeal of tlife only
law that recognized silver as a money
metai.
CLEVELAND AND GLADSTONE.
The Sherman act had. up to this time,
inflicted no injury upon the country, but
had rather been beneficial and had, ac
cording to Mr. Sherman’s own claim,
prevented a panic in 1890. The bankers’
panic, he said, had been inaugurated to
force congress to demonetize silver. The
co-operation of Gladstone and Cleveland
was to degrade silver, the former by sus
pending coinage in India and the latter
by refusing to obey the mandatory law to
purchase four and a half million
ounces per month. Tiie machina
tions of the banks and bondholders had
created dire distress in the country. Tho
immediate duty of the hour was to relieve
that distress. There was an honest rem
edy, and there was a dishonest remedy.
The honest remedy was to restore silver;
or, if that could not be done, to utilize
the silver in the treasury by issuing silver
certificates on it, and by issuing enough
greenbacks to relieve the distress. Tho
dishonest remedy was to pass the repeal
bill: to sanctify the infamous act of 18771,
aud to fasten a perpetual gold standard
upon the country.
WOULDN’T HAVE ANY “TRASH.”
At one point in the speech Mr. Hoar, in
his quiet, solemn manner, made an at
tempt to correct one of Mr. Stewart’s
statements; but the latter turned angrily
to Mr. Hoar and informed him that he
(Stewart) did not want to be interrupted
with a lot of trash.
“Well.” said Mr. Hoar, ‘‘l will wait till
the senator gets through.”
“How can I get through.” was the re
joinder, “if you will talk?” [Laughter.]
At another point a similar attempt of
Mr. Aldrich of Rhode Island was de
feated in like manner and was character
ized as “aggravating.” When he hud
been speaking for over an hour, Mr. Stew
art noticed that there were but few sena
tors in the chamber, aud that these wore
paying not the slightest attention to the
speech. These facts seemed to annoy
him. and he stopped and remarked that
the Senate was doing business without a
quorum. “I don’t care about that,” said
he, “in my own case,” but I give notice
that hereafter when other, senators are
speaking and are giving facts and infor
mation that are so much needed by ken tie
men in the cloak rooms, 1 will insist on
having forty-three senators iu their
seats.”
CALL OF TIIE SENATE MADE.
“The absence of a quorum being sug
gested,” said Mr. Pugh, “i move a call of
the Senate.” The roii was called; 56
senators responded, and Mr. Stewart
went on with his speech.
At 8:45 o’clock Mr Stewart, having
disposed of that port of the speech which
he had before him in type written sheets,
made a short pause. Thou lie snid lie had
a great deal more to talk about, but he
did not know whether he could get
through to-night.
The hint was not taken, and no senator
hustened to relievo him by a motion to
adjourn or to go into executive session.
And so Mr. Stewart went on with his
silver argument.
He mftved upland down in the central
aisle, pitching his voice to a high tone,
gesticulating much, and addressing his
remarks now to tho democratic siuo of
the chamber and then to the republican
side. After he had continued in this
style for over a quarter of an hour he
opened his desk aud took out of it a bun
dle of papers and proceeded to read ex
tracts from tho New Y’ork World of Jnn
ury, 1891, in condemnation of the force
bill and of the closure rule, then proposed
by the “suporuunuuted mediciue men of
the Senate.”
MR. MORGAN TO TnE RESCUE.
Mr. Morgan, realizing that Mr. Stewart
was doing this merely to spare himself,
remarked that the senator from Nevada
had been on his feet a good whilo and
was evidently fatigued. The senator had
not drawn to the conclusion of his re
marks. Doubtless he had some valuable
suggestions to make on this question; and
therefore he moved to proceed to execu
tive business.
The vote was taken by yeas and nays,
and resulted: Yeas 85; nays 28, as fol
lows :
Yeas—Messrs, Allen. Bate Berry, Butler,
Call, Cockrell, Coke, Daniel, Bavls, Detail.
Dubois, i’uulkner, Harris, Hunton, Irby,
Jones of Arkansas. Jones of Nevada. Kyle.
Mitchell of Oregon, Morgan, Pasco, PelTor,
Perkins Pettigrew. Power, Pugh. Roach,
Shoup. Stewart. Teller, Turple, Vest. Wal
thall and Wolcott—3s.
Nays Messrs. Aldrich. Allison, Brice, Puf
fery. Carey, Cullom, Dixon. Frye, Gulllnger,
Gorman, Gray. Halo, Hawley, Hoar,Xdmlsay,
McMillan, McPherson, Mills, Palmar, Platt,
Proctor, Quay Squire, Stockhrtdge, Vllss,
Voorhees, and White of Louisiana—2s.
So tho Senate proceeded to executive
business, and, at 4:40 o’clock, adjourned
until noon to-morrow.
VICTORY FOR THE SILVER MEN.*
The executive sessiou was the result of
a desire on the part of the friends of sli
ver to give Mr. Stewart, who had been
speaking three and one-half hours, a rest,
so that he might go on with his speech to
morrow refreshed. The vote was a tri
umph for the silver men.
After the doors wore closed, the nomi
nation of John J. S. Hassler of Forest
City, S. D., to he receiver of public mon
eys at Enid, O. ’l’., whoso confirmation
was objected to yesterday, was favorably
acted on.
Then Mr. Morgan moved that the Sen
ate adjourn. This was antagonized by
tho repeal forces, who stated that they
thought Mr Stewart should continue
for another hour at least. The yeas and
nays were taken, showing 30 Votes for
adjournment and 27 against.
SILVER SCORES AGAIN.
It was another victory for those light
ing for time; and when tho doors were
opened tire silver men entered the cham
ber smiling over the second victory they
had scored within an hour.
FIRE IN A THEATER.
Thirty or Forty Trampled in a Mad
Stampede for Esoape.
Brussels, Sept. s.—Shortly before tho
curtain was to rise in the Eden theater,Os
tend, last evening, a gas jet set fire to the
draiiery of a proscenium box. Persous in
tire box tried to put out tho flames, but
failed. They then hurried from the the
ater. The audience had risen, and many
were going slowly toward the doors,
when the curtain caught fire. Within
two minutes the stage scenery was
ablaze.
SCENE OF PANIC ENSUED.
The audience'became panic-stricken. All
made a mad rush for the doors and tried
to fight their way out. Thirty or forty
persons were thrown down and trarnplod.
When about two-thirds of tho audience
had got out the fire on the stage was ex
tinguished. Those most, seriously injured
were taken to the hospituls and others
carried to their homes. Nobody was
killed. The loss of scenery and stage ap
pliances was considerable, but the audi
torium of tho theater was not damaged.
INDIA’S FINANCES.
A Private Banking House Offers a
Loan of 3,000,000 Founds.
Ixmdon, Sopt. s.—The Financial News
learns that the Bank of England, having
declined to loan £3,500,000 to the India
office, the bankiug firm of Glyn, Mills,
Currie & Cos., ha? now offered a loan of
£3,000,000, and to enable the Indian gov
ernment the rate of exchange up to
Is. 8%d., at which figure the council bills
could be issued. The News also says that
an import duty on silver is also Contem
plated.
Government Defeated.
London. Sept. s.—The government was
defeated in the House of Commons this
evening on a motiou to reduce tho salaries
of officers of the House Of lords. The
motion was made by Robert William Han
bury, independent conservative sitting
for Preston, and was carried by a combi
nation of radicals and conservatives, the
vote being 103 to 95.
President Carnot is All Bight.
Paris, Sept. s.—Reports that President
Carnot was dead or dying were started
last night by a group of tricky politicians
who are trying to bring about his retire
ment from office. Carnot is not well, but
he was strong enough this morning to
preside at a cabinet council in Fontaine
bleau.
William Makes a Sensation.
London, Sopt. s.—The Standard's
Vienna correspondent says the emperor’s
speech at Jaroslaw has created a sensa
tion in all the Polish districts. Tiie im
pression is that the emperor had in mind
tho importance of Galician patriotism in
any future contest with Russia?
Seventeen Drowned.
Rotterdam, Sept. 5. —During a fire
which occurred iu Floresty, opposite the
Rotte Quay at Rotterdam Sunday night,
twenty-live on-lookers, who were aboard
a lighter, rushed to one side, causing it to
capsize. Seventeen drowued.
Resigns the Superintendency.
Little Rock. Sept. s.—Dr. H.C. Hooper,
eight years past superintendent of
the Arkuusus insane asylum, has
tendered his resignation to the state
board of charitable institutions, to take
effect at once. Dr. Hooper declines to
give his reasons. It was oue of the best
conducted asylums in the whole country
and has a national reputation.
I DAILY 110 A YEAR.
i IT.KTS A COPY,
♦ WEEKLY. $125 A YEAR
REPUBLICANS ARE DIVIDED
They Formally Part Company on Pro
hibition in lowa.
Convention at Des Moines of Mem*
bers Who Repudiate the Liquor
Plank of the August Platform—No
Local Option, License or Other
Device By Which the Saloon May
Be Legalized in the State—Appro*
priately, Their Candidate’s Name
is Collin, and in Him Both Wings at
the Organization Will Be Buried by
Boise.
Des Moines, la., Sept. s.—The republl*
cans who deem prohibition the most im
portant political question before the peo
ple of lowa held a state convention to-day
and parted company with the regular re
publican organization for the re
mainder of this campaign by nom
inating a candidate for governor
and . repudiating the liquor plank
adopted at the August convention. Cal
vary tabernacle contained 300 delegates
and 1,500 visitors when tho convention as
sembled this morning. Banners contain
ing quotations favorable to prohibition
from past republican platforms were con
spicuous.
WANT NO SALOONS IN IOWA.
The platform contains this declaration:
“It is not tho design or purpose of thia
convention to organize anew political
party or to abandon any political views
or sentiments wo have heretofore in
dividually maintained, but it is our pur
pose to repudiate in tire most emphatic
manner the doctrine of local option or
license or any other device by which the
saloon may gain a legalized
lowa.
The proposition to nominate a candi
date for governor prevolt'd a lengthy but
one-sided debate, the sentiment of the
convention being plainly iu that direc
tion. v
PREPARING FOR THE FUNERAL.
B. F. Wriglit of Charles City, Bennet
Mitchell of Denison, and L. S. Coffin of
Fort Dodge, were suggested for governor.
Coffin is at some iKjiut in Virginia. It
was not known that he would accept.
Finally the convention concluded to
chance it, and nominated Coffin by ac
cla.aation. ,
He has been prominent in the Republi
can party for many years. He served
three terms on tho board of railroad com
missioners, and has been identified with
tho movement in favor of tho safety of
train appliances.
WAR MATERIAL IN BOND.
Government Has to Ask Remission of
Duty on its Own Property.
Washington, Sept. s.—There was an
echo of the late unpleasantness with
Chile iu the Senate yesterday and a-cu
rious example of official red-tape obstruc
tion. Secretary Herbert sent a letter to
the Senate, in which he said: “In view
of the relations between this government
and that of Chile growing out of the mis
treatment of the sailors of the
United States Steamship Baltimore by a
mob at Valparaiso in October, 1891, this
department found it necessary early in
1892 to purchase for the use of the navy a
larger amount of arinor-plercingishclls and
ammunition than it was possible, under
any circumstances, to obtain iu the Uni
ted States of domestic manufacture by
the time within which it was cxjiectcd
such ammunition might bo required for
active service.”
ITKMB OF THE PURCHASE ABROAD.
The secretary thou relates how the
department, bought from European man
ufacturers 96 10-inch Firth armor-pierc
ing shells; 50 12-iuoh Holtzer armor
piecing shells; 200 6-inch and
200 8-ineh Holtzer armor-pierc
ing shells, and 550 10-inch Hadfiold com
mon shells, tho orders being placed
by telegraph and cable in January, 1893.
There was monoy enough to pay for tho
ammunition and money enough to pay all
the other expenses, but it, appears there
was no fund available out of which the
duty on these goods could be paid.
BEAUTY OF THE I’BESENT TARIFF.
Fortunately, tho war cloud with Chile
passed off, ami it vvus not necessary to
call congress together to get shells out of
custom house custody. The main point
which the Secretary of the Navy now
lays before the Senate is that ho has not
got the Bhells yet. The New York officials
put them in bond when the duty
was not forthcoming, and they are still
there. Now the secretary says lie need*
them and they ought to be distributed to
the vessels for which they were pur
chased. He cannot get them through,
and he wants congress to remit the duty.
Mr. Voorhees. chairman of the finance
committee, introduced a resolution carry
ing into effect the request of the Secre
tary of the Navy, and when it passes it
is presumed the entente cordiale will tie
restored between the treasury and navy
departments.
National Tube Works Resume.
McKees|iort, Pa., Sept. s.—Yesterday
the National Tube Works Company re
sumed operations in another puddling de
partment, comprising twenty-two fur
naces, and this morning the continuous
rolls of the finishing department resumed.
Foremen and employes of three furnaces
of the Buttweld department have been
notified to prepare for resuming work to
morrow, and a few men have been placed
at work in the yards of the blast furnace
plant of the same company loading pig
Iron for shipment. These departments
have been closed from four to ten weeks.
About 2.000 men are now at work in the
plant, where only fifty were employed
three weeks ago.
Two Failures at Nashville.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. s.—Two assign
ments were made here to-day. Cohen,
Collier A Cos., wholesale clothing and no
tion dealers, failed for $55,000, assets
nominally the same. S. Mason, who runs
a tannery, also failed, owing $30,000; as
sets $23,000.
A Creole Brains His Wife.
Mobile, Ala., Sept. s.—Wm. McNeill, a
creole, arose from his bed, and, while his
wife was yet asleep, got an ax und brained
her. She never moved after receiving
the blow. McNeill escaped. Jealousy is
the alleged cause.
Hard Times Gone A-kiting.
New York, Sept. s.—The last trace of
the acute stringency in the money market
disappered to day, there being no pre
mium encash. The bauks are uotv pay
ing out cash freely.