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)THE MORNING NEWS. I
ESTABLISHED 18.60. INCORPORATED 1888 >
J. H. ESTILL, President. j
SEA ISLANDS ACAIN SWEPT.
Thirteen Whites and Six Negroes
Drowned Near Georgetown
Dr. A. B. Falg-g- and His Wife , A. B.
Flagg, Jr., and His Wife and Five
Children, Misses Bettie and Alice
Labruce and Two Misses Weston the
Unfortunate Whites-Dr. J. W. Flag-*
Tells a Sad Story of the Loss of His
Family—He was Saved by Climbing
to a Floating Tree.
Columbia, S. C.. Oct. 14.—The State’s
Georgetown special says: “The West
India cyclone left destruction in its path
here. At 2 o’clock on the morning of the
13th the wind was blowing sixty miles an
hour, and the tide caine all over the water
front. At 10 o’clock it was blowing hard
er, the tide reaching a hight of ten inch
es above the mark of the hurricane of
Aug. 27.
• The whole water front was from one
to four feet under water and thousands of
dollars' worth of merchandise wero
damaged.
“The schooner Prosperity was blown
ashore on South Island and will do a total
loss.
The Clyde steamer Croaton rode out
the storm at anchor at North Island.
NINETEEN LIVES LOST.
"The islanders suffered greatly, and at
Magnolia beach thirteen whites and six
colored persons are known to have been
drowned. The tide rose there four feet
in ten minutes, and the waves swept the
houses from their foundations and the in
mates to their death. Two men and a
little girl are the only ones saved from a
total of 22. They got on top of a small
building and drifted to the mainland.
TUE DEAL*.
“The names of the whites who perished
are. Dr. A. B. Flagg and wife, his son,
Arthur B. Flagg, Jr., wife and five
children, Misses Bettie and Alice Labruce
and two Misses Weston, daughters of the
late Bently Weston, of Charleston.
“The tide rose three feet in some of
the houses on Hawley’s Island and the
houses of Dr. H. M. Tucker, B. P. Frazer
and L. C. Lachicotte were washed away,
the inmates only saving what
clothes they had on. No lives
are reported lost on this island
nor on Deboudeau, but several houses
were washed from their foundations and
have drifted out to sea.
• The tide rose above the floors of the
dwellings on North Island, and all the in
mates took refuge in the lighthouse.
A HEARTRENDING EXPERIENCE.
“The most heartrending report eomes
from Dr. J. W. Flagg, who escaped and
also saved Miss Weston, 10 years old.
They were clinging to the boughs of a
cedar tree drifting to the mainland and
his father and mother were with them
on the same tree. His mother became
exhausted and lost her hold upon the
limb and his father let go to rescue her
and both were drowned before his eyes.
“The loss of life is appalling. Search
ing parties are patrolling the beach with
the hope of finding some of the bodies.
The number of drowned may be larger
when fuller reports cau be gotten.”
The schooner Waccamaw is aground at
the mouth of Black river, but will be
gotton off without material damage.
The June rice, the last hope of the
planters, has suffered severely.
A HARD BLOW AT WASHINGTON.
Associate Justice Brown Has a Nar
row Escape From Death.
Washington, Oct. 14.—The storm was
very severe in Washington last night and
the damage great.
Associate Justice Brown of the supreme
court had an artery in his head cut by a
plate glass window which was blown in at
his residence and came very near bleeding
to death before medical assistance could
be obtained to tie the artery. He is re
ported out of danger this morning, but
will bo confined to his house for some
days.
The walls of the new Calvary Baptist
church were blown down, fortunately
without injuring anybody.
The damage to the police and fire alarm
service is greater than ever known before,
the city lay ail night at the mercy of fire
W‘Ui a gale of unequaled violence blow
“g The tide in the river rose to an un
precedented height, aud considerable in
ch was done along the wharves.
Irtes were blown down in every direc
hot aud j n some instances delayed traffic
K the street railroads for hours.
THE WIRES IN A TANGLE.
The Western Union and Postal Tele-
Paph companies suffered greatly from
•hestorm. Both compauies were obliged
“.refuse business to all points, the only
:r es that worked satisfactorily being
nose running to Baltimore,
jpbe Lnited Press lost control of all its
cased wires between 6 and 7 o'clock in
“evening. The Associated Press was
without wires. The Southern As
"uated Press had a wire as far as Rich-
Turing the late hours of the night.
' hen the Tate collections of mail from
' ® tr °et boxes were made the colleet
c iud nearly all the letters aud pa-
; rs ; water-soaked, some of them being so
i" I '•’figured that it will require con
e e ®'°rt on the part of the depart
trliV-ascertain the destination of the
matter.
I’ennsylvania railroad suffered
c lroin last night's storm than on any
s occasion for years. On a bulle
■ - ' urd iutho trainmaster's office was
L. . ‘ t: [ s notice: “Wire in trouble, all
‘bun., delayed.”
03 1 " Baltimore and Ohio station the
?r . a ' s f*" 11 the storm had not
oe,‘. . affected that line. There have
|t ; ‘ v -ashoutß reported, nevertheless
t • fbi* morning that railroad eum
, • ”is almost as badly demoralized
4 telegraph service.
p " THE coast.
tb e sof wrecks by the storm along
la ic coast are reaching the life
I*,r • ‘Pen here. The first wreck re
i , -"r is from Chioainicomioo, N.
i fr , “'e barkenliue Havrnswood,
Mu**., to Georgia jsirts,
He ‘at ■ 1 :!*l o’clock yesterday morn-
Ti tarter mile south of the station,
t.i. . ' ten men wero saved by
trie breeches buoy.
‘ "I.lflC at WILMINUTON.
feuaUit ", C., Oct. 14.—The oldest
"" furc,.d to admit that the
Ip JEctfiutig-
terrific outburst of wind and wave that
swept through the city yesterday sur
passed any storm in his ‘day or genera
tion. Wednesday night was stormy.
There were fitful showers and violent
guests of wind that foretokened the furi
ous gale that followed with the early
morning, and that increased as the day
wore on until the climax of the big biow
was reached near midday.
The wind is from the southeast and
held in this quarter until about 2 o'clock
p. m., when it gradually veered around to
the southwest and the rest of the gale
was from this direction, the wind blow
ing with diminishing force after night
fall until about 10 o'clock, when it sub
sided to almost a perfect calm and the
“big blow” of 1803 passed into history.
TUE TIDE.
The tide was the highest known even
in the memory of the most antiquated
resident, being 1C inches above the high
water mark registered and recorded in
1853, which had surpassed all previous
known records, it is believed, since the
deluge. On the river the scene was
almost terrible in its grandeur. The
waves dashed with tremendous force
against the warehouses and the sides of
vessels, throwing clouds of spray high into
the air. The tide came in with mighty force
and swiftness, covering the lowlands oppo
site the city and stretching in an unbroken
sea across the rice fields as far as the eye
could reach. The troubled stream, as it
swept by the city, bore on its broad bosom
an immense quantity of wreckage, broken
gangways, trunks of trees, drifting boats
and thousands of sticks of timber washed
from the timber pons at the saw mills.
There was little shipping in port, and
nearly all rode through the gale in safety.
THE DAMAGE ON THE STREET.
The high water did considerable dam
age on Water street. All of the wharves
were under water and the flood swept
through the lower floors of the ware
houses. The city wharves at the foot of
Water street were washed up, and the
wharf on the north side of the dock was
landed on Water street. The fire
wharves at the foot of Princess aud of
Chestnut streets were also badly dam
aged and will cost the city a considerable
sum to rebuild. The tide swept over
Water street at many places, and the
flood was deep enough on this and from
Chestnut to Mulberry street for row
boats to swin in. At the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railroad wharf the flood
covered everything and some damage re
sulted to goods belonging to merchants,
and awaiting removal.
The Wilmiugton compress warehouse
was also flooded, the water standing from
6 to 8 inches on the floor. There were
about 3,000 bales of cotton in the ware
house, all of which is damaged to some
extent by water. At the Champion
compress the damage was comparatively
slight, only a few bales of cotton being in
the water.
Telephone, telegraph and electric
light wires were all in a tangle and the
superintendents of each of the lines were
out with large forces of linemen trying to
straighten out matters and get things in
working order.
A CHURCH SPIRE BLOWN DOWN.
One of the small—opi*es-©4 the First
Presbyterian church was blown down
atout 8 o'clock. People were passing
when it fell and some persons barely
missed being crushed.
At South Port the storm was much
more severe than here. The custom
house building and nearly all the wharves
were washed away, filany residences,
warehouses aud other buildings were
badly damaged. The brick foundation
of the Oak Island lighthouse was under
mined and the house settled down in the
sand.
At Ocean View all the large pavilions
and many cottages were either swept
away or were more or less damaged. The
loss there will probably reach 810,000.
No serious disaster to shipping is yet
reported, but it is feared some sad stories
will be received to-morrow. The only
loss of life yet known here was reported
from Sampson, where a tree fell on the
house of a fanner named Lane and
crushed two of his children to death.
Tlie total loss in this immediate section
will probably reach $150,000.
The llireo-niasted schooner M. E. Mor
ris, Smith master, from Charleston lor
Richmond, with a cargo of phosphate
rock, went ashore yesterday' nine miles
west of South Port. She is a total wreck.
All the crew were saved.
THE BLOW ON TITE EAST COAST.
* Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 14.—Tidings of
damage by the storm along the east coast
l of Florida are just beginning to come in.
All along Indian and Hillsboro rivers, the
wind reached a velocity of sixty miles an
hour. Towds along the banks were
flooded, wharves swept away and houses
unroofed and from 10 to 15 per cent of
the oranges were blown from the trees.
Between New Smyrna and the ocean is
a stretch of two miles of marsh, through
which the Hillsboro river winds its tor
tuous length. Between this marsh valley
and the ocean is a barrier of sand hills.
The ocean swept over the hills and
marshes, and Ihe water invaded the towns.
Three small houses were washed away,
and the Sportsman’s hotel was unroofed.
The wind blew the water in Indian river
southward, backing it up at thesouth end,
| leaving almost dry' ground at the north
lend. Steamloats went along with the
I high water. No tidings from the south
end of the river have been re
ceived. It is thought that thew
aters were unusually high. So
far no loss of life has been reported The
wires are all down, aud this report was
secured from belated passengers coming
into Jacksonville.
FLOODS IN MEXICO.
Bursting Water-Dams Result in
Heavy Loss of Life.
City of Mexico, Oct. 14.—Bursting wa
ter-dams in the territory of Tepuca. have
caused great loss of life on several haci
endas. Twenty-four persons are known
to have been drowned. At Santa Inez, in
tlie state of Oxaca, the town was inun
dated. and the town hall and many other
building's were swept away. There were
similar disasters in other towns.
A SLEEPING CAR BURNED.
The Fire Started by a Lamp Explosion
While in a Station.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 14.—The Pull
man sleeper “Bosphorus,” while stand
! ing in the Union passenger ,shed awaiting
I the northbound Louisville and Nashville
! train, caught tire from a lamp explosion
and was entirely gutted. There were
three passengers on board who were pre
paring to retire at the time. They es-
I raped injury.
Five Burned to Death.
Grand Forks. N. D. Oct. 14.-Thef.inn
house of J. Komatski a farmer living
near Miuto, was entirely destroyed by
fire lust night. Mr Komatski aud his
four tout were burn**! to Ueuth
origin of tlie lire is supposed Vo have been
iui’endi&ry.
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1898.
FEVER RECORDOF THE DAY.
Two Deaths and Thirty-two New Cases
Shown by the Official Report.
W. J. Price, Agent for MoDonough &
Cos., and T. E. Waff, Agent for Ellis,
Young & Cos., Dead—Seven of the
New Patients Whites and the Others
Negroes—Two New Cases Reported
at Jesup—Lumber for Dale's Mills
Detained.
Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 14.—The official
report on the fever for to-day is as fol
lows :
New Cases:
Whites (7)—D. R. Gunning, Mrs. W. J.
Goodman, W. J. Goodman, Mary McDon
ald, H. P. Lavina, J. W. Smith and Jas.
Shiver.
Colored (25) —Ellen Brown, Arthur
Miles, King's child, Jim Small, John
Finch, Andrew White, Jane Baker, .Edna
Smith, Gabriel Merchant, Burnett Ash,
Dora Bryant, Rose Martin, Sarah Wil
liams, Rose Clifton, Ella Davis, Nancy
Bowles, Louisa Lattimer, George Givens,
George Johnson, Cornelius Williams,
Laura Jeffrey, Mary Lee, Jim Bowden,
Granderson Burns and Willie Anderson.
Discharged—Mrs. Bacob, Lina Allison,
Alena Massey, J. Mclnarny, Mrs. Holsen,
Hattie Horne, Brownie Jackson, Sarah
Bowles, Ella Bowles, Mason Lewis, Mag
gie Scott, Venus Wheeler, G. W. Allison,
Maggie Allison, A. P. Judge, R. E. La
mance, Jessie Barnes, Peter Gantling s
wife, Harold Morgan, William Lucreo
and Guy Hacket.
Recapitulation: Cases under treatment,
249; discharged, 161; died, 21; total, 431
ratio of mortality, 11.5 per ceent.
Note.—The mortality ratio has hereto
fore been errorneously given,. being
based on the total number of cases, when
it should have been on the total of dis
charges and deaths only, the cases under
treatment not being taken under consider
ation until either discharged or dead.
11. Burford, M. D..
President Board of Health.
L. C. Bodet, Acting Secretary.
TWO deaths.
W. J. Price, agent for McDonough &
Cos., lumber dealers of Savannah, died to
day and T. E. Waff, agent for Ellis,
Young & Cos., of Savannah, died to-night.
Tiie death of W. J. Price and T. E.
Waff draws the pall of apprehension
closer upon the people. As one by one
the good men pass away the sorrow of
the multitude grows greater. The sad
dest part of this epidemic is the deaths
of good and Christian men.
St. Simon’s island, already infected
with fever, has now among the people
there one case of diphtheria, in the child
of Mrs. Olsen. i mu m m i u
At the commissary to-dST’Unbfner ifiah
went down before the yellow plague,
Burr Winton, one of the best clerks in
the building. With the force crippled
by the illness of Manager Smith and
Winton. the balance are hard-worked.
One thousand three hundred and sixty
people wore given three days’ rations
eacli to-day lrom the supplies rapidly
coming in.
NEW CASES AT JESUP.
Jesup, Ga., Oct. 14.—Two new cases of
fever were officially reported this after
noon—Louisa Washington aud A. B. Fish,
both negroes.
Recapitulation—Number of cases to
date 17 ; discharged 6; died 2; under treat
ment 9.
Walter Combs and J. D. Harbison were
arrested this afternoon for violating the
quarantine restrictions and have been re
leased on bond.
Mayor Steele is in receipt
of a remittance from J. J. O’Brien
of Now York for the yellow fever
sufferers. If necessity compels the
use of it he will place it where it is most
needed; if not it will be held subject to
Mr. O'Brien's order. Five carloads of
lumber consigned to Savannah broke
loose from a train going through to Dale's
Mill last night and have been detained
here by order of Health officer Brunner.
Messrs. Neve and Welsh, Savannah in
spectors, are always on the lookout for
such occurrences.
WATCROSS RAISES $145.
Waycross, Ga., Oct. 14.—The musical
entertainment at the opera house and tho
grand ball at the Southern Hotel last
night for the benefit of the Brunswick suf
ferers, were very successful and $145 was
realized clear of expenses.
George W. Haines, superintendent of
the Brunswick and Western railroad,
furnished a special train from Waynes
ville anu other points ou the road and all
fares collected from passengers were de
voted to the cause of the suffering at
Brunswick. He also bought a great many
tickets and gave them to those who were
unable to go to the entertainment. The
engineer, conductor and fireman of the
train paid their fares on the train and
there were no dead heads.
Baratta s orchestra from Jacksonville
furnished delightful music at the concert
and ball. These recitat.ons aud music by
the best home taleul and the Brunswick
people here assisted in the exercises in a
delightful manner, showing that they
were in sympathy with the sufferers of
their city by tlie sea. The ball was a
grand affair. Mr. Weiss, the proprietor
of the Southern, opened his doors to tho
people and there were refreshments pro
vided by him. Tiie ball closed at 1 o'clock
this morning.
STARTLING BUT UNTRUE.
A Tug Instead of a Steamer Sunk in
Boston Harbor.
Boston, Oct. 14.—Reports that a steam
er was run down during a fog in Boston
harbor last night and lost with all on
board is untrue. Investigation to-day
shows that the report probably grew out
of the sinking of a tug boat in the,harbor,
but all aboard of the tug were rescued.
RIPPEY FOUND GUILTY.
The Jury Reoommends Him to the
Mercy of the Court.
San Francisco, Oct. 14.—The second
trial of Wesley G. Rippey for shooting
Millionaire J. W. Mackey last February
was concluded yesterday. The Jury, after
being out three hours, returned a v'-rdiot
findlmrthe defendant guilty of assault
with u deadly weapon, and recommended
him to the mercy of the court. He will
be sentenced next Saturday. His defense
was temporary insanity.
A Conductor Die* on His Train.
Memphis. Term , Get. 14.—A L. Ferry
man. a conductor on the .Memphis aud
Charles ton railroad, died suddenly aboard
his train near Beils Mina, Ai*., last night
of hemorrhage.
NEW CONFEDERATE CAMPS.
A Total of 430 Now in the Organiza
tion of the Veterans.
Now Orleans, La., Oct. 14.—The gener
al commanding announces the fellowship
of the following camps in the organiza
tion of the United Confederate Veterans:
Ex-confederate camp, Gwynn, Ala.; Se
cession, Abbeville, S. C.; Confederate, Ry.
an, N. C.; Confederate Survivors Associa
tion, Socastee. S. C.; Milligu Con
federate Veterans Association, Carnes
ville, Ga.; Rabun County Confed
erate Veterans Association, Clayton, Ga.;
Pike County Confederate Veterans Asso
ciation, Zebu lon, Ga.: Chattanooga Vete
rans Association, Harrisburg, Ga.; W. D.
Mitchell Camp, Thomusville, Ga.; Bryan
Grimes, Washington, N. C.; Tishomingto
Confederate Veterans Association, luka,
Miss.: Hiram S. Bradford Camp, Brown
ville, Tenn.; Confederate Association,
Armory, Miss.; Confederate Association,
Prescott, Ark.; Tom Calema. Uniontown,
Ala.; N. B. Forrest, Searboro, Ala.
Tlie total number of united confederate
veteran camps is 430.
DEATH’S TINY LOOPHOLE.
Poison Creeps Into a Physician
Through a Prick Made by a Thorn
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 14.—A few days
ago Dr. J. Anderson, a successful practi
cing physician who lives near Millington,
was in his yard trimming rose bushes.
He stuck a thorn in his linger, extracted
it, and thought no more of the injury,
the wound being no larger than the point
of a pin. Soon ufter a negro died under
suspicious circumstances, it was thought
that he had been poisoned, and
Dr. Anderson was called on to hold a
postmortem examination. Immediately
after the operation his finger began to
swell and the inflammation extonded to
the hand. Dr. Anderson at onco realized
that poison had been communicated from
the cadaver to him through the wound in
his linger made by the thorn. He is re
ported to-day to be in a very precarious
condition, with the chances against his
recovery.
SULLIVAN MAY FIGHT AGAIN.
His Manager Says He Will Face
Mitchell if the Latter Whips Corbett.
Cedar Rapids, la., Oct. 14.—1n an in
terview here, P. J. Kenney, John Sulli
van’s advance manager, says that the ex
champion is not drinking a drop now,
and when asked if he would ever
enter the ring again, said: “Weil,
I’ll tell you how it is. If
Mitchell whips Corbett in their coming
scrap, Sullivan is going after the English
man. He told me so confidentially, and
tlie fact is known to but a few of his most
intimate friends. He is in better condi
tion than people think and his legs are
not gone. He tan got in fighting order in
six months, and Charley Mitchell will
have to kill him before Sullivan will al
low the championship to lea vs the United
States.-’ -
STAUNTON’S TRAIN WRECKERS.
Three Sentences Aggregating Nine
teen Years Passed on Noah King.
Brazil, Ind., Oct. 14.—Noah King, the
leader of the Staunton train wreckers,
was this morning sentenced to thirteen
years in state prison. This is the third
sentence King lias received this week,
one of four years for burglarizing a drug
store at Staunton and two years for rob
bing Webster & Vancleave’s store at the
same place.
The Jury wrangled all night over tho
case of Joe Silvers, another of the ac
cused wreckers, and finally “agreed to
disagree.”
Edward More explained his denial of
his first confession by the statement that
King swore he would kill him if he did
not deny it.
A BLAZE AT ALLENTOWN.
Crossed Electric Wires Result in the
Burning of a Big Building.
Allentown, Pa., Oct. 14.—A destruct
ive fire which broke out late last night in
the telephone exchange in the Breinig
and Bachman building, destroyed proper
ty to the amount of nearly $300,000. The
falling walls of the burned building
crushed in R. G. Dun & Cos s., and W. F.
Schlecliter's buildings. The fire, it is
supposed, was caused by tho crossing of
electric light and telephone wires.
RUN DOWN AND SUNK.
Five Men Perish With a Schooner in
the English Channel.
London, October 14.—The steamer
Marie Henrietta, plying between Dover
and Ostend, ran into and sank the Dan
ish schooner Elevanor this morning.
There were six men on the schooner. The
vessel sank so quickly after she was
struck that five of the crew went down
with her. The other man was picked up
by a boat from the steamer. Tho latter
was bound for Dover when the accident
occurred.
RUSSIA’S FLEET AT TOULON.
The Visitors Splendidly Entertained
By the Frenchmen.
Toulon. Oct. 14. Admiral Avellan in
command and the officers of the Russian
fleet arc splendidly entertained. Numer
ous congratulatory telegrams have been
received from i ranee and Russia. Paris,
in inviting the Russians there said: “In
Paris you will be treated as allies, friends
and brothers.”
Gen, Avellan in reply said: “We shall
be happy to go to I J aris. since every step
we take in France is followed in Russia.”
HUNGARY 8 DIET.
A Stormy Sitting Over Motions Cen
suring the Government.
Budah-Pesth Oct. 14.—T0-day’s sitting
of the lower house of the Hungarian diet
was very stormy. During Premier We
kerle s speech against motions censuring
the government, the members of the op
position left the house in a body, while
the members of the government party
applauded tho premier enthusiastically.
It was Anally decided to shelve the mo
tions.
Dublin’s Next Lord Mayor.
Dublin, Oct. 14.—Alderman Vallentine
B. Dillon. Jr . * cousin of John Dillon. M.
P., lias been nominated for lord mayor of
Dublin, to succeed Hon. James C, hhsnks.
Mors Certificates Canceled.
New York, Oct 14. —The clearinghouse
loan committee cam clod ffioo.uuo , ert.fi
cuLus to-day, leaving *9,s3fi.uuu outaUnd■
ing 'The total canceled to date Is $Bl,-
9u5.(W0. The committee has called lor
$859,000 for cancellation on Monday.
VOORHEES T(]l FIGHT il OUT.
He Tells a Catchy Story to Illustrate
His Position.
In the Words of the Heroic John Paul
Jones, He Has Just Begun to Fight.
Senator Jones of Nevada Makes a
Strong Speech for the Silver Men.
He Alludes to the Repeal Bill as a
Veiled Attempt to Impose a Gold
Standard on the United States.
Washington, Oct. 14.—The session of
the Senate to-day lasted for only six
hours. It was a session of much inter
est. It opened with a personal explana
tion from Mr. Morgan, dein., of Alabama,
in reply to newspaper strictures on him
for his supposed hostility to the uncon
ditional repeal of the Sherman act. He
denied having ever intimated that he
would vote against unconditional repeal,
but said that he would vote against con
ditional repeal as proposed in the Voor
hees substitute,which he characterized as
“very ridiculous, very injurious aud very
cowardly.”
Various important amendments to the
rules were offered and went over till
Monday. They propose to forbid tho
reading by senators of speeches either
written of printed; to permit tho count
ing of senators present and not voting: to
disqualify senators interested in national
banks or national bank stocks from voting
on any bill affecting the coinage or tho
currency; to provide for closing the de
bate on any bill or resolution by the same
arrangement as is now in operation in the
House of representatives.
vooriiees just beoinnino to fight.
The silver purchase repeal bill was
taken up and it was ascertained in some
preliminary roll calls that there were
seventy-two senators present, or only
eleven less than the whole number. It
was perhaps that fact which stimulated
Mr. Voorhees to declare at the close of
the day’s session, and after a remarkable
speech against the hill by Mr. Jones of
Nevada, that in the language of John
Paul Jones the friends of the bill “Had
only begun to fight.”
Preliminary to the opening of the ses
sion, “the silver senators” had the cham
ber to themselves exclusively. Mr. Mor
gan had regained possession of his own
desk, which had been for two days past
usurped by Mr. Stewart. It was noticeable
that Mr. Morgan was at one time in ear
nest conversation with Messrs. Kyle and
Alien, who had come to consult him on
some subject, and at another time with*
Messrs. Dubois aud Teller, aud still later
with Mr. Peffer.
During the time occupied by the read
ing of the journal, tho seats on l>oih sides
of the chambe r were generally filled up,
although twelve senators only listened to
the chaplain's prayer.
A resolution offered by Mr. Dolpli yes
terday referring to the committee on
privileges and elections the question
whether absent senators may be com
pelled to attend, was presented aud
agreed to.
THE REPEAL BILL TAKEN UP.
The silver purchase rppeal bill was
taken up at 12:45 o’clock and the Vice
President set about disentangling the
parliamentary twist into which the Sen
ate had got itself last night over the point
whether Mr. Duhois should be excused
from voting on the question of allowing
Mr. Peffer to have a document read at
tho clerk's desk. By a vote of 29 to 37
tho Senate refused to excuse Mr. Duhois.
Tlie name of tho Idaho senator was then
called. Mr. Dubois remained in his seat
silent.
Then there was a roll call, because at
the like stage of the proceedings last
night no quorum had voted, and no less
than 72 responded—29 more than a quo
rum and by far tiie largest number that
has appeared on roll calls during the ses
sion. Then, after some more parliament
ary pitfalls, from which the Vice President
skillfully extricated himself. The ques
tion was put whether the documents
should be read from the clerk’s desk, it
being the memorial of the national con
vention of the commercial bodies of tho
United States, and it was decided in the
affirmative: Yeas 39; Nays 80. The
document was accordingly read as a part
of Mr. Peffcr’s speech.
JONES ELOQUENT FOR SILVER.
Mr. Peffer then yielded the floor to Mr.
Jones of Nevada, who addresssd the Sen
ate in opposition to the bill. He said that
he proposed to be candid about the ques
tion. The pending bill was not merely
the repealing of the Sherman law with a
view of providing a substitute for it. If
that were the intention no reasoD could
be shown why it should not be embodied
in the repeal bill. It was a veiled attempt
to impose the gold standard upon the peo
ple of ibe United States. The very ve
hemence of the denial was of itself
suspicious. “The lady doth protest too
much methinks.”
• By the passage of this bill you go ab
solutely to the gold standard, and rather
than have a gold standard at the expense
of justice, give me a standard of justice
at the expense of gold.” Mr. Jones began
bis speech shortly before 1 o’clock.
DEEP INTEREST SHOWN.
For the first two hours he confined him
self closely to the typewritten sheetswhich
tie hau lying ou the desk before him, and
which be took up page by page and read
very rapidly, from tlie third level of the
center aisle. His manner in presenting
facts aud his high reputation for a thor
ough knowledge of the subject
which he was discussing obtained for
him a degree of attention that had not
been accorded to any other speaker since
Mr. Voorhees made his opening argument
for the bill. There were between 60 and
70 senators, about equally divided be
tween both sides, in their seats, all of
them with their chairs wheeled around
so as to face tho speaker, and when after
more than two hours’ reading he abandon
ed his prepared speech in order
to meet objections and arguments
and to answer the questions
which were put to him from both
sides, the scene became aulte dramatic
and the interest intensified. The cham
ber was crowded. There v. ag a line of
listeners, including many members of
congress, standing all around the south
wall. After about an hour spent in an
swering questions and meeting objections.
Mr Jones revert'd to hi* prepared
speech, but was soon again involved in an
argument with Mr. Aldrich
VOORHEES NOT TO SURRENDER.
Taking advantage of a break in this
discussiou Mr Voorhees said: “First 1
desire to congratulate the Senator from
Nevoda upon Ins spb-ndid contribution to
the literature of this great debate this
afternoon The i narm ’ be said, has
ixien enhanced by the personal affection
which the meiEoers of tin* n>ly have fur
him. I desire to *a win iuer il will he
agreeable to him to yield to a motion to
adjourn.”
“Perfectly," replied Mr. Jones, “I am
very tired, 1 will consider it a favor.”
••Now, Mr. President,” continued Mr.
Voorhees, in the last seventy-seven hours
this body lias been in sessiou fifty-eight
hours, and we have been discharging a
great public duty. With the concurrence
of and upon consultation with the frienos
of the pouding measure I have a motion to
make at this hour. Before I do so, however,
I desire to correct any misapprehension
that may prevail in some minds. There
are very eager minds in certain .direc
tions just at this time. I remember read
ing once with great interest an account
of tlie battle of the first commodore of
the American navy, John Paul Jones, off
the coast of Scotland by moonlight with
the Serapis and her allies. When tho
British commander asked him whether
he surrendered, he said in reply:‘l have
only begun to fight.’ If there is any
body who thinks that tho friends
and advocates of this bill have surren
dered, or have it in contemplation, I de
sire to answer in tlie language of the im
mortal hero of the Salt seas that we have
only begun the fight, and with that I
move that the Senate now adjourn.”
The motion was agreed to and tho Sen
ate at 5:05 o’clock adjourned until Mon
day at 11 a. m.
RULE OF THE MINORITY.
London Editors Comment on the Sen
ate’s Continuous Session.
London, Oct. 14.—Tho Daily News.com
menting on the continuous session of the
United States Senate on the silver repeal
hill, says:i “No such sitting ever occurred
In tho British parliament. Such attempts
of a minority to deny the right of the
majority to govern are doomed to failure.”
The Standard says: “Remembering
the all-night sittings forced on the House
of Commons by the Irish members, It is in
no spirit of insular pride that we con
gratulate ourselves upon our immunity
from the extremity of feebleness which
momentary victory of the silverites lias
shown to exist In the regulations of the
United States Senate. There was no re
deeming feature in this shameless appeal
to physical auuoyance.”
WORK OF THE HOUSE.
The McCreary Bill on the Chinese
Problem Again Debated.
Washington, Oot. 14.—The House was
almost deserted this morning. Chairman
Reilly of the Pacific commlsion had
passed a resolution which called upon the
Attorney General for full information as
to the receivership proceedings, and what
the United States proposed to do; also if
in any way the proceedings affect the in
terests of the United States. The reso
lution was adopted without debate or di
vision.
Tho bill making Southern Dakota a
United States Judicial district passed.
Mr. Weudock called up the bill to
aineud the act requiring that not less
than SIOO worth of workshould be done
on every mining claim under penalty of a
forfeiture be suspended for three years,
providing that the person desiring the
benefit of this act eould tile notice of his
intention to hold and work said claim.
The bill passed.
1 lebate ori tiie McCreary bill was then
resumed. Mr. McGuire took the floor to
complete his speech of yesterday. Those
who understood the destructive influence
of the Chinese, ho said, are in perfect
accord with tho people of tho Pacific.
Speaking of tho religious protests, he said
that lor every pagan which had been
converted by tho missionaries, numerous
children of our own had been won from
Christianity by contact with the Chinese
aud dragged down to degradation.
COST OF DEPOKTINO THE CELESTIALS.
Mr. Outhwaite, of Ohio in his report
on the bill said that unless the Gcar.y act
was extended, congress must provide $7,-
000,000 for deporting the Chinese.
Dr. Everett of Massachusetts defended
the course of the Attorney General in not
enforcing the Geary act.
Mr. Geary here interrupted to call at
tention to the lact that in 1892, Secretary
Blaine dismissed the remonstrance on the
ground that the Chinese themselves were
responsible for it.
ivlr. Hermann of Oregon, criticised the
administration for not enforcing the
Geary law.
Mr. Williams of Mississippi, supported
Mr. Geary's amendment Ho said the
Chinese had taken over $300,<X)0,000 from
tills country, and that no other state but
California could stand the drain.
At 5 p. m. tho House adjourned.
THE HUMANE CONGRESS.
Use of the Check Rein Condemned as
• Productive of Torture.
Chicago, Oct. 14.—This evening, after
the ad.ournment of the Humane Con
gress and the American Humane Associa
tion, the inspectors and street agents
from all parts of the country, who had
attended the congress, held an agents’
meeting. G. H. Thompson of Denver,
Colo., was elected president, and Matt
Hoke of Nashville, Tenn., secretary.
Addresses were made by George W.
Parker of Baltimore, W. 11. Bradbury of
Terre Haute, Henry Haskins of Duluth,
A. G. Thornton of Mansfield. 0., C. W.
White of Benton Harbor, Mich., G. H.
Thompson of Denver, Coi., A. W. Laudeu
O. E. Little and S. N. Dean of Chicago,
E. R. Qualllebaum of Mobile, and others.
STREET WORK DISCUSSED.
An informal discussion concerning
street work in different localities was
then had. A number of delegates wanted
a special record of the meeting on the use
of the check reiu, and the following res
olution, present'd by Mr. Hoke of Nash
ville. was unanimously • dopted:
Resolved. That It is the sea-e of this asso
ciate n that altbo igh moderate u.‘e of the
overhead check rein may In some rare ill
Man es he J istlfleole. yet In view of the fact
that it is so easily and so frequently abused,
this association unequivocally condemns it as
productive of a vast amount of intense and
totally unnecessary torture.
HALTED BY HIGHWAYMEN.
A Countryman Relieved of His Money
and His Horse and Buggy.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 14.—A special to
the Commercial from Trenton, Tenn.,
says: “One of the most daring highway
robberies which has occurred on this side
of the border country was |>erpetr*tcd
last night in this county by some parties
unknown. A young man by the name of
Harper was returning from Humboldt to
bis home, some miles southeast of this
place, when he was ha! usd and hi* horse
and buggy aud considerable money was
taken from him by two highwaymen and
driven off No track of either ha* yet
been found.’"
Otto Wlpad Out Jy Fir*.
Jamestown, N Y., Oct. 14 Th* viiirie
of OUo. nu miles from b'-re. ha* bkeu
wiped out by firs Tim population i# 3Ui.
I DAILY, *lO A YEAR I
J. 5 CENTS A COPY. >
I WEEKLY,SI2S A YEAR l
A COMPROMISE ON SILVER.
The Belief That a Truce Will Be Ar
ranged Growing.
Secretary Carlisle Reported to Have
Admitted That That Will be the Out*
come—Senators Representing Both
Sides of the Question in Conference.
The Purchase of 2,000,000 Ounces
Per Month for Four Years Before
Stopping One of the Schemes Talked
of.
Washington, Oct. 14.—Tho situation to
night varies little from last night. It is
understood on good authority that Secre
tary Carlisle says that concession is the
only way out of the deadlock, uud that
the President would be willing, after se
curing unconditional repeal, that its en
actment should not go into effect until tho
end of his term. A boud issue will bo
permitted, but restrictions in the form of
a suppplement to the bill will bo presented
limiting the present per cent, on the
bonds from 2to 2J4 per cent. Mr. Gor
man is now striving to secure a com
promise which will preserve the party
unity intact. The democrats will now
work on this line. Senators Voorhees,
White and Vilas are now the only demo
cratic senators who are standing out
against any compromise. All tho indica
tions point to a settlement next week, if
an agreement is not reached by Tuesday
or Wednesday. It is futile to deny that
unconditional repeal is now almost an im
possibility. The ouly way out of the Jungla
is through a compromise, or at least soina
sort of a concession to tiie silver states.
TUB FIRST INTENTION.
The first intention was to have the
amount of the monthly purchase remain
as at present with the time for the repeal
to take effect July 1, 1895, but the amount
of bullion to be purchased monthly was
reduced and the time extended, as it was
thought this would be more acceptable to
the silver men from the west. A senator
prominent in the discussions that have
taken place, said to-day that he did not
think the administration would care to
assume the responsibility of vetoing such
a compromise and there was no necessity
for fear on that score. '
THE VOTE WON’T BB A PARTT ONE.
He frankly admitted that there wew
repeal senators among the democrat*
who would not support these propositions,
and it was also likely that it might bo
antagonized by the silver men of the west
as not being all they wauted, but they
would, he believed, content themselves
with voting against it. The loss of votes
on the democratic side would be compen
sated for by accessions from
some of the repeal repub
licans. There will be no caucus
ou this compromise idea for as this sena
tor said, republican aid Is necessary. It
is the present intention to formulate the
amendment Incorporating these ideas and
offer it in the Seuate on Monday or Tues
day. It is hoped that filibustering will
then cease and that the vote can be taken
at once. At all events, this is the pro
gramme now and the men engineering it
are sanguine of success.
2,000,000 OUNCES TER MO^TH.
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 14—To-day has been
pregnant with rumors of compromise*
aud agreements on the silver question.
That senators representing the various
factions had been together was an easily
ascertained fact, but the result of those
conferences is in many cases a mutter of
pure conjecture. Still enough is known
to lead to the conclusion that mutual con
cessions were made aud the statements of
senators justify the hope that before next
week shall have passed into history,
there will be a forward movement toward
a settlement of the question that has
been vexing the Senate and the American
people.
THE PROBABLE BASES.
Just what the compromise will be can
not be said, but the idea that meets with
most favor contemplates the following
provisions: The repeal of the Sherman
act to take place four years 'hence, the
purchase of silver bullion being mean
time reduced to something like 2,000.000
ounces a month; an amendment to the law
of 1875, authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue bonds, that such bonds
shall be redeemable five years from date,
anil that tho interest shall not exceeea
B>4 per cent. The retirement of all
treasury and other notes under $lO in
value when they shall come into the
treasury in the ordinary course of busi
ness and the'substitution therefor of silver
certificates or coined silver, the bullion
now in the treasury and the seignorage
to be coined for this purpose.
GOING INTO LIQUIDATION.
A Providence Bank to Wind Up Its
Business on Account of Losses.
Providence, R. 1., Oct. 14.—The Mer
chants’ Savings Bank has gone into vol
untary liquidation, and has petitioned tho
supreme court for permission to wind up
its affairs. This action was precipitated
by the depreciation of its western securi
ties, interest on some of which had been
defaulted, and the bank was unable to
turn its assets into cash to meet the de
mands of depositors.
The dejiosits amount to $1,297,000, while
the statement shows only a small amount
of cash oa hand.
IN A RECEIVER 8 HANDS.
The Kentucky and Indiana Bridge
Company in Default.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 14.—The Kentucky
and Indiana bridge property, bonded for
1 and owned entirely by Louis
ville parties, passed into the hands of a
. receiver to-day.
Default of interest on the first and sec
ond mortgage bonds, amounting to $40,-
(jeo, made the step necessary. Judge
Barr of the federal court appointed John
McLeod receiver.
Grip on a Man-of-War.
Port Townsend, Washington, Oct. 14.
The United States man-of-war Mohican
arrived from Bering si a last night with
live officers and 17 men sick with the
grip. The Mohican put in here to
repair a broken pump. She will sail for
Mare island Monday.
Bernhard Baum Kills Himself.
Chicago, Hi.. Oct. 14 - Bernhard Baum,
the proprietor of the resort known as
Baum's Pavilion, committed suicide this
afternoon by shooting. His business has
, not been prospering of late.
Germany’s Bourse
Berlin, Oct, 14 —The bourse here and
•t Frankfort are greatly affected by
the silver legislation in Amiri'*. Opera
tion* are aiin<>*i at a standstill, pending
the decision of the Uni tod htats* houßta.