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the morning NEWS. 1
; rsiAßi-isHEDISfiO. Incorporated 1868 V
] “ J. H. ESTILL, President. |
ONE DEATHAND 29 CASES,
Brunswick Has the Death and 26 of
the Sew Cases.
Two of the Other New Cases Develop
at Jesup and One on St. Simon’s
Island—The Danger at Brunswick
Greatly Intensified by the Cold
Weather —A Recapitulation of the
Cases to Date—Dr. Knott Mav Not
Subject His New Theory to a Practi
cal Test.
Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 16.—The official
report issued at 11 o'clock this morning
or, the yellow fever epidemic is as fol
lows:
NEW CASES.
Whites—A. Schreiber, W. J. Egan,
Robert Baker, Sadie Ferguson, Mary
Thornton and Mrs. Lowback, on St. Si
mons.
Colored—Eliza Bingham, Wesley Jack
son, Floyd Knox, Allie Knox, Elmira
Johnson, Sarah White, Titus Tindall,
Taylor Powers. James Wright, Rebecca
Boatwright, W. J. Grant, Chas.J Alston,
Ben MeLellan, Odin Davis, R. H. Alston,
Leola Harton, Malinda Lockett, Malissa
Wright, Geo. Rose and Anna Middleton.
DISCHARGED.
Whites—Quitman Bailey, Carrie Poore,
Mrs. E. V. Poore, Mrs. J. E. Poore, Irene
Wood, Alfred Wood, Ida Borehurdt, Eve
lyn Yale.
‘ Colored—Jack Hackett, Sallic Hackett,
Nat Stewart, Lizzie Bullard, Josephine
Scarlett, Fred Scarlett, Ida Campbell,
Ellen Borden, John Lewis, Virginia
Mitchell, Annie Meileson. Vic Houston.
Nancy Bowles, Ben Johnson. Lamsa Lat
timere, Geo. Givens, Dennis Ponder,
Willie Anderson, Mary Nelson, William
Baker, Alice Monroe. Anna Reed, Emma
Reed, Joseph Carpenter, William Gore,
Priscilla Reynolds, Albert Robbins, Lu
eretia Powers, Lucy Clark, Elsey De
loach. Rosa Clark, Jim Blue.
• Deaths—White: W. J. M. Hendrix.
A RECAPITULATION.
L. C. Ilodet, secretary of tho health
board, has completed the following re
capitulation :
Whites. Co’o'-ed. Total.
Under treatment 06 174 240
Discharged 118 105 223
Dead 88 3 25
Total 206 282 488
The confident prediction of Surgeon
Fapet that the continued cool wave will
greatly decrease thenumber of new cases
after six days more expire has buoyed
the people up considerably. There are
some, however, who disagree with Sur
geon Fagot, and all arc positive that tho
low death rate to date should not be
counted as a sign that the mortality' will
not greatly increase, as the eool weather
has caught a large number under treat
ment who are practically unprepared for
the cold.
DR. KNOTT’S REMEDY.
Dr. J. J. Knott of Atlanta, arrived in
Brunswick to-day for the purpose of mak
ing observations that will help him iu his
I new theory that turpentine and ozone
will cure yellow fever. He will hardly
test liis treatment here, judging from his
conversation to-day, but will merely
make observations. If Dr. Knott really
has a cure for yellow fever such as he
claims to have he has now an opportunity
of testing his remedy and securing
a good deal of free advertising, for the peo
ple here are certainly anxious to get some
thing that will cure without having to
take bac.-tastiug medicine.
Dr. Robert E. L. Burford is out again
attending patients after an attack of the
fever.
Mayor T. W. Lamb in an interview to
day expressed his sincere appreciation of
the work Hon. Henry G. Turner, member
congress this district, has done, and
is now doing for the stricken of
Brunswick, and by a private con
tribution of a liberal nature and personal
labor in Washington Representative
Turner lias shown his feeling for the peo
ple here and his anxiety to relieve their
distress. His work has been quiet, but
none the less effective.
O. V. Barkuloo, treasurer, is the only
official left of Rush Lodge of Odd Fel
lows. The death of T. E. Waff, grand
master, relieved the lodge of all its re
maining officers, except Treasurer Bark
uloo. who is a past grand.
The small death rate of the scourge has
j been made upon an uncertain basis and
before the real conflict is over. The sick
ness has been of a very severe type, hut
has been treated with the utmost skill
aim by tho most energetic of physicians.
The harmony of the forces and the sym
pathy and patriotism of the manage
ment Ims made a big count in the relief
afforded.
AITHEHENSION CAUSED BY THE COLD.
|! is apparent late to-night that the
wild wave has greatly intensified the
danger from the fever, and tho effect on
the white persons is watched with gravo
apprehensions. There are several now
ou the verge of black vomit. Before* the
!'°-wave came these patients were rest
ing easily. A bad feature of the situation
18 tne scarcity of nurses, all the available
ones Slaving been called into service,
i resident Hugh Burford of the health
h: :lrd is very apprehensive. It is
Possible that some of the nurses who
Bre now resting can be secured to
morrow, but to-night the superintendent
5* purses, O. V. Barkuloo, is unsueess
,y- bunting for them. This cold spell
">b probably pass over and the Indian
•uai'.ner days’,season ensue before frost
conies, in the moantime the best can
only be hoped for.
Either Hennessy requests and will
’' ■ accept contribution: of clothing
■* m o y goods for women and children of
_ n sexes who have refugeed from the
• ;il ‘d some who are now here suffer
np lor clothes. The fever has taken a
J hold on liis people to-night, and
y'-ver may have been the case up to
. “'v it is showing the true colors of 1876
nviitnmh ami 1878 in Memphis. Ho
,”uly hope for the best, hut must
cal ®l.V toar the worst.
TWO NEW CASES AT JESUP.
•Jesup. Ga., Oct. 16.—Two new cases
v '' r,, l’orted to-dav. Mrs. Warren,
" and James Taylor, colored. They
11 sicK lor the past three days
. ' ■ was unquestionably a light frost
* night.
n people arc hopeful that no more
” s will develop here,
v, ' 'iivuiely eool weather has had a
t v (" ‘TiU'luus effect unoii those who are
. ' ; |'U from tho disease and one
Joseph 11. Gray, who was so
lil as to uilow liis room
, ■ >'h Hied received so serious a
< n to endanger his life, aud all
Ir.. • ' ,s B J‘” W to a greater or lessor de
-1 efforts of the cold
dj “'Rowing letter was received to
fcti , v s to* Is. Mayor, Jemtp da I>sr
r *R a spselal linhi ou Oct. 1. soil
also on Oct. 3, for the convenience of Surgeon
Murray. For the first train he advises he
will not pay. as it was ordered from Jesup to
enable him to inspect and decide upon a ratal
case of fever there. If this was done at your
request 1 will waive charges In this case,
for the other train, howover. he proposes to
pay. It was our purpose to extend to you and
him every facility for action at tho outbreak
of yellow fever at Jesup. Please advise me if
this train was requested by you personally.
Very truly yours, E. T. HORNE.
Superintendent E. T. V. & G. Ry.
decide upon a fatal case of fever there.
If this was done at your request I will
waive charges in this case. For the oth
er train, however, he proposes to pay. It
was our purpose to extend to you and him
even- facility for acting at the outbreak
of yellow fever at Jesup. Please advise
me if this train was requested by you per
sonally.
Very truly yours, (signed) E. T. Horne,
Superintendent East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railway.
Mayor Steele forwarded the following
reply, in which ho expresses the senti
ment of the whole community.
Mr. E. T. Home, superintendent. Macon
Ga: Dear Sir—l am in receipt of your favor
of the 14th inst. requesting to know if the
first special train ordered for Surgeon Murray
was at my request. In reply i would sav that
in the emergency existing then I personally
ordered the train for Surgeon'Murray. For
the prompt manner in which you granted my
request ut the time and your generosity in
waiving charges you will please accept my
thanks and those of the people of Jesup.
Respectfully yours, etc.
Jas. Steele, Mayor.
It is quite cool to-night and frost is
predicted.
THE HARBISON CONTROVERSY.
Jesup, Ga., Oct. 16. —Mayor Steele re
quests that the following be published in
answer to a card appearing in to-day’s
Savannah Morning News signed J. D.
Harbison, that he misstated facts in ref
erence to not being under guard:
On last Friday Mr. Harbison lett here on an
engine for a coal shute and returned on the
East Tennesse. Virginia and Georgia train.
No. 11, the only one permitted to stop tn
Jesup. and was told on Saturday afternoon that
he would have to be placed under ar
rest for violation of the quarantine reg
ulations. He rushed into the ticket office
and seized his double-barrelled gun and de
fied the officers to take him. Not oaring to
have any unnecessary trouble. I placed
guards around the ticket office with instruc
tions to arrest him should he attempt to
leave. It was not the intention to cause Mr.
Harbison any trouble, but merely to see that
he would comply with the quarantine laws.
He was released upon his word of honor
after signing a certificate that he would
comply fully with all quarantine regulations.
I have endeavored to he impar
tial in issuing passes and have issued
them only In cases of necessity. No one can
cite me to any instance when I have issued
permits except in cases as above mentioned.
The cases referred to hy Mr. Harbison were
employes of the railroad ; company In
charge of trains between the coal chute and
Jesup. Jambs Steele, Mayor.
fever at bihd’p mill.
Hazel hurst, Ga., Oct. 16.—Surgeon Car
ter returned from Bird Bro’s mill, about
twenty-five miles out in Coffee county, yes
terday. He pronounced the case at that
place to be genuine yellow fever.
CHILDREN’S WEEK AT THE FAIR.
The Grounds and Buildings Swarm
ing With the Youngsters.
Chicago, 111., Opt. 16.—The paid ad
missions at tho fair yesterday were 81,-
569. To-day began children's week at the
fair. It was a beautiful, clear, warm
day for the youngsters. Not only did
nature smile at them, but their activity
and bright faces caused more than one
staid person to stop and beam on them.
The little ones were everywhere—on the
Ferris wheel, through the Plaisance, in the
buildings, about the grounds, and the more
saving ones who stored their pennies for
this day, proudly purchased their own
tickets for a rido iu the Gondolas or
electric launches. Thousands upon
thousands ot little ones swarmed through
the gates. Commencing this morning,
the public schools wore closed for. the
week and the attendance from them
was very large. The parochial schools
were also generally closed.
CROWDING TO THE FAIR.
The children crowded the streets and
the omnibuses and eagerly clambered for
admission. But there was no crush and
no delay in getting them through.
A number of philanthropic citizens and
business firms provided special trains
and wagon transportation for the
pupils of various schools to
the fair. Many thousand tickets
were given them by others, and the
school teachers presented the tickets to
their classes. One wholesale baker pro
vided any amount of sandwiches and
pies free for the children, so they had
about everything they needed to make
their day happy without expense.
THE CHILDREN WELL GUARDED.
Some of the teachers came in charge of
their classes and a great many of the
children had the protection of their par
ents. The school exhibits of the differ
ent state institutions were made central
visiting points. Tho children were
shown what other pupils less fortunate
than they, had accomplished and they
were told what children in some of the
far away schools were doing and what
kind of schools they had. The 10 cents
admission rate has been effective for all
under 18 years of age. Those of the
higher grades and schools will be able to
put in a full week at the white city at a
eostli trifle above the ordinary rate for
one day.
THE NEW LIBERTY BILL.
The new liDerty boll was rung at noon,
the school children and their teachers
taking part in the exercises. The plaza
west of the administration building was
covered with a throng of youngsters. The
exercises were under the direction of Mrs.
Loulie Gordon of Atlanta, Ga. A number
of world’s fair officials made special ad
dresses to the boys and girls. When the
big bell tolled out in honor of the memory
of Pestalozzi of Switzerland, the man
who first advanced the theory of common
education among them.
CLEVELAND CAN’T ATTEND.
Washington, Oct. 16.—1 t seems now
certain that President and Mrs. Cleve
land will not visit the world’s fair before
it is closed, as it was hoped they would.
A few days ago President Higginbotham
of the Exposition Company wrote a letter
to the President cordially and earnestly
unring him and Mrs. Cleveland to attend,
but the President, in a letter sent to Mr.
Higginbotham on Saturday, announced
that ho was unable to leave the city at
this time. _
In Danger of Being Mobbed.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 16.-Phil Wise, a
negro, is iu danger of being mobbed at
Hardsunvn. lle brutally assault**! a
little girl named Hall. The jail authori
ties have doubled the guard to protect
the prisoner The outrage has aroused
the community to a state of frenzy.
Sank With 1 Lives.
Toronto, Oct 16. -The barge Wosocken
of Cleveland, found* r* *1 at Port Rowan
during the storm Saturday < v eumg.
Three i>eroii were saved aud 14 others
lost.
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1893.
DYNAMITE DEALS DEATH.
Five Killed and Five Injured by a
Premature Explosion.
The Men Engaged in Digging a Wall
at Emington, lII.—A Pieoe of SH Gas
Pipe 3 Feet Long the Instrument of
Death—The Explosion Came While
the Men Were Loading it With
Dynamite—The Interior of Several
Stores Wrecked.
Emington, Ills., Oct. 16.—8 y the prema
ture explosion of dynamite to-day five
persons were killed and five injured, two
of whom cannot live. The killed are:
Chris Eyer of the firm of Eyer Bros.,
well diggers of Dwight, 111.
Jas. Cornwell of Dwight, 111.
Fred Eyer. Olney, 111., a cousin of the
Eyer Bros.
Tom Eyer of Olney, 111., also a cousin
of the Eyer Bros.
The injured are: James W.vllie, Eming
ton ; Wm. W.yllie. Emington; John
Brown, Emington, can’t live; Chris
Herer of Olney, Ills., cannot live; John
Kinney of Emington.
Wyllie Brothers of Emington, who are
well makers, contracted with the town
of Emington to furnish a well. Having
gone down to a depth of 305 feet their
drill broke, and they were unable to go
any further. Eyer engaged the Wyllie
Brothers to further their work. They
arrived this morning from Dwight and
began their labors.
THE INSTRUMENT OF DEATH.
A 2-foot piece of 2% gas pipe was filled
with dynamite. They had filled the tube
and were capping it with solder when the
tube exploded.
The killed and injured were thrown
over fifty feet by the shock. They were
dead and mangled so badly that identi
fication was almost impossible. Their
clothes were completely torn from their
bodies and pieces of flcsli were picked up
all around.
THE SHOCK FELT FIVE MILES AWAT.
The shock was plainly felt at Campus,
five miles away, and the entire city is
more or less wrecked. The business por
tion is badly damaged, hardly a pane of
glass remaining in the fronts.
Dr. E. C. Hamilton, the town physician,
was standing in his office when the explo
sion took place and was knocked down,
and his entire stock of drugs was knocked
off tho shoives. breaking everything.
Henderson's general store is completely
wrecked.
Conroy Sisters’ millinery store, oppo
site the place where the explosion oc
curred, is demolished, the doors and win
dows all being blown out.
Drew’s butcher shop, opposite the place
of the explosion, was completely wrecked.
J. F. Jb’.mson’s residence was also
wrecked. Not a window or door is left.
The plaster on all the front rooms is
down.
The two Wyllie brothers are the worst
hurt of the injured and their recovery is
doubtful. Their bodies are blown full of
splinters aud dirt, and their hair is
burned off.
A NEGRO ASSAULTS A CHILD.
He Had Been on a Drunk With Her
Father and Left Him on a Hay
Staok.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 10. —The Samuel’s
depot neighborhood, six miles from here,
is in a terrible state of excitement over a
horrible outrage that was committed
Saturday night by Phil Evans, a big,
burly negro, aged 20 years, upon the 12-
year-old daughter of Ed. Hall, a respect
able laborer of that neighborhood.
The circumstances as near as can be
learned are as follows: Hall and Evans
had been drinking heavily and the negro
agreed to take Hall home. A short dis
tance from the saloon he laid him on a
hay stack, where he remained all night.
The negro then went to Hall’s home and
knocking on the door called to the family.
Hall’s wife asked who it was, and he
answered “Ed,” meaning her hus
band. She recognized his voice
and refused to open the
door. The little girl became frightened
and started to run up stairs, when the
brute fired through the window. This so
alarmed her that she ran to the door and
the negro grabbed her and abused her
frightfully. The mother rushed across
the country to Sheriff Spence’s house
and informed him of what had happened.
Sheriff Spence began a search and found
tho negro at home in bed. Spence, fear
ing the neighborhood would he aroused,
took his prisoner to Bardstown and
landed him in jail. Fears are enter
tained that a mob and Judge Lynch may
yet preside over the case. The condition
of tho child is still critical.
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS.
The Supreme Council of the Order in
Session at St. Louis.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 16,—The supreme
council of the Scottish Rite of Free and
Accepted Masons met at Occidental hall,
Thirty-fourth and Olive streets to-day,
Phillip Glycken of Galvoston, Tex., act
ing commander, presiding.
The proceedings were, of course, of a
secret nature. The deputies came from
the states and territories west of the
Ohio river and south of Mason and
Dixon’s line, and comprise many leading
Masons of the country, the supreme coun
cil being composed only of Masons of the
33d degree. There are also in attendance,
however, a number of li’Jd degree Masons.
Among the deputies present aro John
Mills Brown, treasurer general of the
council and surgeon general of the United
States navy; Fred Weber, secretary gen
eral, of Washington, D. C.; Pitkin C.
Wright of Memphis, Tenn., secretary of
the Tennessee association and the oldest
deputy of the supreme council.
The supreme council will hold special
exercises Thursday afternoon, when the
body will adjourn. The principal busi
ness will be the election of officers, es
pecially the master.
Wednesday evening the visitors will be
given a banquet at the Noonday club, and
to-morrow evening a reception.
PAPERS FOR POPPER.
A New York Officer at Ban Francisco
After Bert Popper.
San Francisco, Gal., Oct. 16.—A New
•York police officer now here has secured
extradition papers for Bert Popper,
wanted in New York on a charge of en
tering Into a bigamous plot with Mrs.
lsslia Hallo* Ic, wife of Charles Halioek of
Moriches, Ing island 'iho w oman com
mit' sulci<l at tile Gault house, Ghi
cago. Sept s. after it is alleged she had
hci-u to-*' ried by Popper
SUPREME COURT CASES.
Chief Justice Fuller Resetting tho
Dates for Various Hearings.
Washington, Oct. 16.—The United
States supreme court to-day restored to"
the docket and ordered for argument bo
fore a full bench, the case of Norman
Brass against the state of North Dakota,
involving the question of the right of the
state to regulate elevator tolls within its
jurisdiction.
The granger case from Texas known as
Reagan, against the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, in which Is at issue the
legality of freight rates established by
the Texas railroad commission, and also
the Big Four railroad and other Indiana
tax cases, which were to have come up
to-day, was set down for a lull bench.
Chief Justice Fuller remarking that he
did not know when it would be obtained,
though it would be at least four or five
days.
THE ANN ARBOR STRIKERS.
The appeal of the Ann Arbor railroad
strikers from a decision of Judge Kicks,
committing Engineer Lennon of the Lake
Shore road to jail for contempt in refusing
to obey an order of the court and handle
Ann Arbor business, was set for argument
the second Monday in November.
A number of capital and other criminal
cases from the courts for the Indian Ter
ritory also were advanced for hearing on
that day.
Solicitor General Maxwell moved to
advance the case of the Covington and
Cincinnati Bridge Company against the
slate of Kentucky and Senator Lindsay
opposed the motion. The company al
leges a violation of its constitutional
right by an act of the legislature regulat
ing tolls.
Chief Justice Fuller to-day denied a
motion of the counsel for Virginia to re
open its boundary line dispute with Ten
nessee, decided‘in the hitter’s favor at
the last term of court. This means that
the boundary lines near Bristol and other
towns in Northeast Tennessee will re
main as at present.
UNION PACIFIC’S DOWNFALL.
Skillful Counsel to be Employed to
Represent the Government.
Washington, Oct. 16.—The officers of
the department of justice are still con
sidering what steps to take to insure the
protection of the government’s rights in
the Union Pacific railroad. It seems to
be settled that the department will em
ploy some experienced person as counsel
to represent it in all the suits
and other proceedings that will
inevitably result from tho
placing of the road in tho hands of re
ceivers. The interest account with tho
government is said to have grown as large,
if not larger, than the principal. There
is an equal number of first mortgage
bonds which were issued by the railroad
company aud which, it is said at the
treasury department, have a first lien on
the property.
TAXATION^OFJNCOMES.
Thomas C. Sherman Appears Before
the House Committee.
Washington, Oct. 16.—The sub-eom
mittee on ways and means of internal
revenue, consisting of Messrs. McMillin,
Bynum, Montgomery, Hopkins and Payne,
to-day heard Thomas C. Sherman of New
York on the subject of an income tax. Ho
would not have a tax on wages, salaries,
or the profits arising from business, but
on the revenues from invested wealth,
rents, railroads, telegraph, telephone,
aud other corporations.
SPREADING RAILS.
A Train on the Wabash Road Wrecked
and Thirty Persons Injured.
St. Louis, Oct. 10.—Spreading rails
wrecked the Wabash banner limited, due
here at 6:45 o’clock from Chicago, at
Nameoki, 111., about 6:40 p. m. and in
jured more or less seriously some thirty
world’s fair excursionists homeward
bound.
The train was forty-five minutes late
and was running at the rate of fifty miles
an hour, when, a half mile this side of
Nameoki, the train left the track and
turned ou its side in the ditch.
The first shock over, the uninjured
passengers began the work of rescue,
urged on by the blazing up of the buffet
car, ignited by the cook stove. Though
the baggage car and one coach burned,
all those within were gotten out safely in
advance of tho flames. For two hours tho
wrecked travelers did their best for each
other, while waiting tho coming of a re
lief train. It was nearly 10 o’clock before
the surgeon’s train reached the wreck,
but as soon as it did the wouuded were
piled on board and started for this city,
the surgeons working on route, binding
cuts and staunching tho flow of blood.
Arrived at the union depot, ambulances
were ready and those helpless from t heir
injuries were driven to the hospitals,
while those in better condition were im
mediately removed to their homes or ho
tels. The list of injured includes: Mrs.
J. B. Hunter, Nevada City, Gal., back in
jured ; Mrs. Kate Berkely, St. Louis,
face cut and badly shaken; P. Ut Menk,
railroad conductor, scalp wound; Miss
Helen Dunn, London, Eng., face
cut and otherwise severely bruised;
Mrs. W. H. Frane, aud Miss
Ida Muurer, New York, face cut and
badly shaken ; Mrs. J. J. Thomas, Mobile,
forehead cut open, possible fracture ; her
daughter with her was uninjured. Mrs.
Smith, Round Rock, Tex., severely
bruised, probable internal injuries;
Robert H. Jenkins, Ghicago. head cut;
J. G. lieddi. St. Louis, slightly bruised;
Mrs. Kate Harmon, St. Louis, slightly in
jured: Mrs. Mary Moore, colored, thigh
broken, very serious.
A NEW ASSISTANT BISHOP.
Rev. Dr. Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr.,
Consecrated at Tarboro.
Raleigh, N. G., Oct. 10.—Rev. Dr. Joseph
Blount Cheshire. Jr., was consecrated as
sistant bishop of the diocese of North
Carolina, at Calvary church, Tarboro, N.
C., yesterday. It was one of the most
imposing ceremonials ever witnessed In
tho state. The bishops of North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia
and Tennessee took part in the services,
the bishop of Kentucky being the
preacher. Governor Carr, Chief Justice
Sheppard and many other persons of note
attended. Bishop Cheshire is a North
Carolinian, his (father having been the
rector of the church in which he was
consecrated over fifty years.
Walter Etynge Dead.
Ban Francisco. Cal , Oct. 16—Waiter
Etynge. who has beeu pla.yiug with the
Span of Life Company at tin- ( alllornlu
theatre, died here last night of typhoid
fever He belonged to a theatrical fam
ily, being a relative of Rost; Ktyngu.
YOIIHFILES FULL OF FIGHT.
Cleveland Again Tells Him to Stick to
His (iuns.
The Sessions of the Senate to Con
tinue Until 10 or 11 O’clock at Night
If a Quorum Can 'Bo Maintained.
The Silver Men to Demand a Roll
Call Whenever a Quorum is Lacking.
Washington, Oct. 16. —The condition of
the repeal bill In the Senate with refer
ence to a compromise is not so easy of
definition to-day as it appeared to Iks ou
Saturday. The situation appears to have
changed somewhat from the standpoint
of the ultra-repeal forces, and the reason
for this change, real or apparent, is in
the fact that the administration lias
again made known its wish that
further effort be made to get
the repeal hill through unamended. It is
said that Mr. Cleveland is determined
that congress shall continue to debate tho
question if necessary until the Ist of De
cember. Senator Voorhees said this
morning, however, that he would expect
the Senate to sit. again to-night and each
night hereafter until the question could
be disposed of on the lines originally
mapped out. He says he will not expect
the sessions to continue all night, but well
into the night. The compromise demo
cratic senators are still at work, and they
do not accept the opinion that a compro
mise can ho prevented.
Senators voorhees, Sherman and Gor
man were among those who called at tho
treasury department and had interviews
with Secretary Carlisle to-day. Although
the nature of their conference is not di
vulged, it is believed to have been in rela
ktion to the silver bill
SILVER MEN TO FILIBUSTER.
The word sent along the line of the sil
ver forces at 6 o’clock to-night was to fili
buster and to require an absolute quorum
at all times. The silver men had
been conferring during the afternoon.
Word had been given out that
Senator Voorhees would request the Sen
ate to sit into the night and the informa
tion, whether correct or not, was added,
that he would take his course upon the
direct request of the President made
through Secretary Carlisle. The purpose
of filibustering was to shqw the futility
of attempting further to force unusual
hours. A visit was made to Secretary
Carlisle by Senator Voorhees this
morning. The two gentlemen ex
changed views and Mr. Carlisle urged
Senator Voorhees to hold firm and keep
his forces in line. He expressed tho
opinion that by so doing it would be pos
sible to secure the passage of the hill un
amended, and suggested tho advisability
of continuing the night sessions. It was
immediately after this visit that Mr.
Voorhees repaired to the capitol and an
nounced his intention of asking the Sen
ate to sit until 10 o'clock at night.
THE ADMINISTRATION FIRM.
Appearances would justify the state
ment that the administration has taken
another occasion to announce and em
phasize its opposition to any deviation
from the course originally mapped out
ana its determination to have all tho re
sources exhausted before accepting a com
promise. The attitude of the repeal
forces in tho Senate as seen early this
morning was enough to convince the sil
ver men that something hand hap
pened. The advocates of repeal
did not at the beginning
of the session show a more determined
front. The efforts at compromise were
kept up in a desultory way and Senator
Cockrell, who has taken the lead as a
compromiser, continued ills work in that
direction. He did not, however, make
material progress. Both the radical
democrat and republican repeal senators
asserted positively that the compromise
proposition would never secure a vote
sufficient to ensure its adoption.
THE REPUBLICAN REPEALERS CONFIDENT.
The republican repealers were especially
confident in this assertion. They have
held no formal conference, but they are
.standing very closely together on this
question. They say that they are willing
to hold out indefinitely. Some of them
went to tho extent to-day of proposing
that they prepare a written pledge assur
ing Mr. Voorhees of their devotion to the
cause and of the willingness to stand by
him until the first of next July if neces
sary to secure tho passage of the bill.
There are a few republican repeal sena
tors who take another view, however.
Among them is Mr. Manderson. He
said to day that if Mr. Cleveland would
not accept a compromise he would find
that he would get nothing.
Senator Sherman was asked to-night
by a representative of the Associated
Press what he thought was the prospect
of tho repeal bill. Senator Sherman re
plied that it all depended upon the demo
cratic side of tho chamber. “We.” said
he, referring to the repeal,'republicans,
“are quiescent. We are waiting for the
democrats to report a conclusion, but it
seems very difficult for them to agree.
They do not seem to realize that they are
in themajority and that the responsibility
for legislation rests with them.”
TALK OF ADJOURNMENT.
Special to the Morning News.
Washington, Oct. 16.—The fight is being
continued into a night session again and
the sitnatiou has slightly changed. The
republicans have given notice that they
will follow into no compromise, and Sec
retary Cerlisle to-day again declared that
no compromise will be accepted. There
is a movement on foot among the most
rabid repealers to get congress adjourned,
believing that on reassembling uncondi
tional repeal will go through. Tho
administration thinks that pressure
will bo brought by the con
stituents to force a change
of the views of the anti-repealers. The
latter are willing and claim that during
the recess more converts will be made to
silver than are gained by the administra
tion. AsSenator Blackburn said “Heaven
itself, without using its special preroga
tive of foreknowledge, cannot now see the
way out of the wrangle.”
SILVER MEN WHO NEVER SLEEP.
Ochiltree Tells Some Interesting Rem
iniscences of Senators.
New York, Oct. 16.—A’ morning paper
lias the following: “Senator W. C. Squire
of Washington state and ex-Senator Wil
bur F. Saunders of Montana have arrived
from Washington. Ex-Senator Saunders
declared that in his Judgment uncondi
tional repeal of the Sherman act was
dead. He believed that a compromise
would lie agreed upon this week, incorpor
ating the best features of the Harris,
Faulkner and Blackburn bills."
FOKEIi REMINISCENCES.
While Mr. Saunders was chatting Col.
Thomas I*. Ochiltree walked Into the
Fifth avenue hotel Catching sight of
the Montana mail, he exclaimed. “Ah,
senator, i see my old friends In the uni's
are standing by their guns. What a hor-
rible mistake tho gold bugs made wlicn
they counted on tiring out the silver sen
ators. Why, Ed Wolcott, and San
ta Claus Stewart aud Jones
and the rest of them were
never known to go to bed until 6or 7
o'clock a. m. 1 have played poker with
them for twenty hours at a stretch and
then you had to keep your cyo peeled or
they would freeze you out. 1 tell you,
when you try to put that crowd to sleep,
you have undertaken the biggest j o b a
mou ever had on his hands. I'll bet on
the poker crowd every trip.”
"I guess you are right, colonel,” re
plied Senator Saunders, who knows a lit
tle about the game himself. '‘Wolcott,
never sleeps and as for Jones, I belibve he
can go a year without winking.”
FRANCE AND SPAIN.
An Entente Reached as to the Coercion
of the Moors.
Madrid, Oct. 10.—Tlio French charge
d'affaires to-day had another interview
with Senor Morret, minister of foreign
affairs. It is understood that the inter
view was a very cordial one and resulted
iu an entente between France and Spain
on the Morocco question. It is said that
the French government, through its
charge d'affaires, indorses the attitude of
Spain in regard to the necessity of send
ing a military expedition to Morocco,
while Spain will leave France a free
hand to deal with Morocooon the Algerian
frontier question. It is understood that
in consoquence of this entente being ar
rived at, a loan of $15,000,000 that Sentor
Gamnzo, the Spanish finance minister, un
'suecessfully attempted to float in Paris
in June last, will now be issued under
tacit approval of the French government.
INDIA’S SILVER FLURRY.
A Big Demand for Council Bills Ex
pected at Simla To-morrow.
Calcutta, Oct. 10— A dispatch from
Simla says that the closure of the mints
now becoming operative aud exchange
having gradually risen ?*d. during the
last ten days to 1-Msd., it is believed that
council bills will be applied for Wednes
day at or over the secretary of state’s
minimum. These are indications that
the importation of silver is declining, and
dealers who were lately filled up with
money are now short. The Bank of
Bombay raised its rate last week, and
the Bank of Bengal is expected to follow
its example on Thursday.
BRAZIL’S REBELS LOSING HOLD.
Two of Their Warship* Badly Dam
aged by the Fire From the Forts.
Rio do Janeiro, Oct. I#.—The prestige
of the rebels is .apparently declining.
Fort Santa Cruze has boon firing upon tho
rebel warships and lias severoly damaged
ttic steamers Urano and Pallas. Many of
the rebels have been killed aud injured.
A Hurricane in the Baltic.
Copenhagen, Oct. 10. —A hurricane pre
vails in the Baltic sea and it is feared
that great damage will be done to ship
ping. It is known hero that seven ves
sels have been wrecked on the Swodish
IslandiOf Ocland. The loss of life, if any,
is not known.
Greenwich’s Mysterious Epidemic.
TAndon, Oct. 10.—Eleven new cases of
the choleraic disorder prevailing at the
Greenwich workhouse were reported to
day. Thus far, though upward of 165
cases have been reported there, only eight
deaths have resulted.
Gounod Stricken With Apoplexy.
Ixmdon, Oct. 10.—Charles Francis
Gounod, the great composer, has a se
vere attack of apoplexy at St. Cloud, in
France, where he liub been living. His
condition is reported to be critical.
Eight Thousand Beglians Strike.
Charleroi. Oet. 16. —In accordance with
the decision of tlie Knights of Labor tho
strike has been resumed. Eight thousand
men struck to-day.
A BONDED WAREHOUSE BURNED.
The Building Fired By an Incendiary.
The Loss 980,000.
Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 16.—The bonded
warehouse, in this city, of Jacob F. Shaf
fer was totally destroyed by fire last
night with its contents, consisting of over
1,300 barrels of whisky. The distillery
near by also caught on fire but the flames
were extinguished before much damage
was done. The buildings were set on
fire. In the distillery the incendiary
placed hay in and around the vats anil
saturated it with kerosene. The bung
was also knocked out of a barrel of spir
its, which ran over the floor. The loss is
SBO,OOO and the insurance #68,900.
EGAN’S SON MARRIED.
His Bride the Daughter of One of the
Wealthiest Men in Chile.
New York, Oct. 16.—Information comes
from Valparaiso, Chile, of the marriage of
Miss Amelia Rojas, to Francis W. Egan.
The groom is the oldest son of Hon. Pat
rick Egan, formerly United States minis
ter toChile. The bride isadaughter of tho
late Don Jorge Rojas, at one time a
member of tho Chilean Senate and of one
of the most respected families in Chile.
The wedding took place at the residence
of ttie bride’s mother, and by special per
mission of the archbishop. The bride’s
family is very rich and Puohore is one of
the numerous big estates owned by them.
SEVEN CORPSEB WASHED UP.
The Bodies of the Crew of the Dean
Richmond Coming Ashore.
Toledo, 0., Oct. 16.—A special to tho
Blade from Dunkirk says: “Seven bodies
have come ashore from the wreck of tho
Dean Richmond, among them those of
Oupt. Stoddard, Second Mate Boy son,
Mrs. Ellsworth, the stewardess ; Wheels
man Wheeler and Seamen Dodge, Mead
ows and Brown. Capt. Stoddard’s watch
had stopped at 12:20 o’clock, evidently
marking the time when she went down.
Mate Boysou had the vessel's papers in
his pockets. The bodies were badly
liounded ou the rocks.”
92,600 to Bet on Corbett-
St. Louis, Oct. 16.—Twenty-live hun
dred dollars was received here from New
York to cover #2,U00 alleged to have been
offered by Tom Allen as a wager that
Mitchell will whip Corbett In the com
ing fight.
Safe But Fourteen Hours Late.
Richmond. Va . Oct , 16.—The steamer
Old Dominion, from New York, arrived
to-night, 14 hours lute, having beeu de
tained by high water near Dutch Gap.
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POWER OF THE MINORITY.
Lodge Speaks in Favor of Amending
flic Senate Roles.
The Right to Count a Member Present
and Not Voting to Make a Quorum
Disputed—The Speech of Webster on
the Rule Prohibiting Two Speeches.
Vest Points Out the Benefits Result*
ing From Minority Rule at the Time
of the Attempt to Pass the Force
Bill.
Washington, Oct. 16.—When the Sen*
ute met this morning the House joint res
olution fixing the qualifications to vote
and hold office in that portion of Okla
homa territory known as the Cherokee
outlet, was taken up. After tho resolu
tion had been explained by Mr. Faulkner,
chairman of the committee on territories,
an amendment, proposed by Mr. Hoar, was
agreed to restricting the right to vote
and to hold office to citizens of the United
Statas.
Mr. Peffer moved to strike out the
word “male,” so as to allow women to
vote. The amendment was rejected—naya
40; yeas it.
The affirmative votes were cast by
Messrs. Allison, Cary, Dolph, FryejGal
lingor, Hoar, Kyle, Pefferiand Teller.
Mr. Faulkner moved to strike out that
portion of the resolution to which Mr.
Hoar’s amendment, had been attached and
a* amended the joint resolution was
passed. As amended it provides: That all
male citizens of the United States above
tho age of 21 years, who are actual resi
di nts on the 81st day of October, 1998,
and have been residents for thirty days
prior thereto, of that |x>rtioti of Okla
homa territory, opened to settlement by
proclamation of the President Hept. ui,
1893, known as tho Cherokee outlet, shall
be entitled to vote and to hold office at
the first municipal elections held in said
Cherokee outlet for the organization of
city, village and town governments.
COUNTING A QUORUM.
Mr. ixidge, rep., of Massachsuetts,
spoke in advocacy of his proposed amend
ment of the rules providing that no sena
tor shall rend a printed or written speech,
und a senator not voting shall be counted
as present for tho purpose of making a
quorum. Mr. Lodge said it had been
held by the United States supreme court
that a mouther silent and present was
then acquiescent aud for the purpose of
making a quorum, and could be counted.
“Oh no” said Mr. Gray, “It was merely
held that tho House of representatives
the right to make Its own rules.”
Mr. Lodge said that it had been hold
by tho state court's and by the English
courts us far back as the time of Yxird
Beaconsrtcld, that presence and silence in
a corporate hoard constituted acquiesence.
The present condition of tho Senate was
an absolute travesty on every rule of
pari iamontary proccodurc.
Mr. Stewart thought the presentdebate
would go down In history as the most im
portant arid instructive, ‘ (excluding, of
course, the humble part he had taken in
it,) that had ever been conducted in any
parliamentary body.
WEBSTER’S SPEECH.
.Mr. Vest, dem.. of Missouri, referring
to the reply to Mr. IJnyne of Mr. Web
ster and Lodge’s rules against reading
two speeches, said from the imst au
thority obtainable at the time, Mr. Web
ster did not give that speech to the pub
lic as it stood now In parliamentary liter
ature for more than ono month after it
was delivered. No stenographers were
then in the Senate and it was to-day a ques
tion of very great and reasonable doubt
whether that speoch as it had como down
to posterity was the same speech, at least
in verbiage, that was then delivered.
Mr. Lodge thought the speech was
taken down aomowhut in short hand, or
what passed for short hand by Mr. Gale,
and after being held by Mr. Webster for
some time and revised by him was pub
lished in the form in which it was now.
Mr. Hoar said that whatever prepara
tion Mr. Webster made for his speech
was such as he could make in tho hours
lifter the adjournment of the Senate in
the afternoon and its meeting on the fol
lowing morning.
VEST DEFENDS OBSTRUCTION.
Mr. Vest said his experience had taught
him to believe that a written speech was
much more effective thun an oral one.
The best speeches he had over heard in
the Senate, for the effect upon the people
of the country, had been written speeches,
and this he could say without prejudice,
as it was not his custom to deliver written
speeches in the Senate!
In regard to a closure rule, Mr. Vest
said that if the action of a minority in re
sisting the votes of the majority had no
other defence in American history the de
feat of the Force bill would consecrate it
to a large extent with the American people.
If the Senate had beeii false to all the
precedents of American history and to
the liberty-loving instincts of the Ameri
can people as was another tribunal in re
gard to the Force bill, the country would
have been in a different condition to
day—the states with their autonomy de
stroyed and tho liberty of a great people
struck down by federal authority, while
the minions of partisan power would have
looted and reveled in the destruction
wrought.
THE COUNTRY ONCE SAVED BY A MINORITY.
“I thank heaven,” said Mr. Vest with
much feeling, “that there was one time
in our history when a minority under the
rules of the Senate were able to defeat
that infamous iegislatiou, and 1 am glud
that the Junior senator from Massachu
setts can hear now in this tribunal tho
deliberate judgment of one senator that
that single incident furnished u whole
acre of argument for the resistance of a
minority so far as the rules of the
legislative body will permit to
grossly outrageous legislation, which in
volves the autonomy of the states and the
liberties of tho entire people. “Mr.
President, whatever the Senate may do
this is not the time to consider it. 1 hon
estly believe that we can never arrive at
a solution of the question that is harrass
ing us and the country until all parties
are satisfied as 1 am satisfied that un
conditional repeal cannot be had in
the Senate.” •
a i.acoh on hill.
“Will you please explain to us,” asked
Mr. Hill, “what you mean by your confi
dence in the fact that an unconditional
repeal bill cannot pass the Senate? Why,
if a majority is in favor of It, can it not
be passed?”
“If the senator from New York,” re
plied Mr. Vest, “having read the rules
and having witnessed our proceedings un
der these rules for two months, cannot
answer that satisfactorily to himself, it
would be arrogant vanity for rue to at
tempt it.” [Laughter. |
“There U no intelligent mao in tills
union who doss know that tho Kennla
cannot puss this bill. 1 think that is the