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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 4. 1855.
FOUR HUNDRED
BODIES FOUND.
Islands Along the Carolina Coast Give
Up Their Human Drift
wood.
HORRORS NEVER DREAMED OF
In Many Plnce* There le Nobody Lmft to
Bury the Dead—A Story of Wreck
and Ruin That Reads Like
An Impossibility*
Auirusta, 'Ga., August 31.—A special to
the Chronicle from Beaufort, 8. C„ e>ays:
Over 390 dead bodies have been found on
the islands about Beaufort and Port
n » rw« .1. r ltlUn* nf r.r«JW»Hv has
been wrecked near the same points. Both
are the direct result of the severe storm
which swept along the Atlantic coast
Sunday night.
Every one of the fifteen cr twenty
Islands lying around Port Royal and
Beaufort are steeped In sorrow. On ev
ery door knob there is a bunch of crepe,
and upon every hillside there are fresh
made fgraves, some already filled, while
others are awaiting the bodies that will
be deposited ,«n them Just as soon as
some one can be found to do the kind
Christian act of shoveling the dirt upon
At Cain's Neck t\rt»nty*two bodies have
been burled and refjorts are that sev
enty-nine lives w ere lost there On the
Eustls place, one of the richest plan
tation*: on Ladles’ Island, fortv-nine
now-made graves were filled yesterday
morning. At the other end of Ladies
Island seven dead bodies have been
found. At Dawtha Island, u place of
about 1,200 acres, eighty are reported
drowned. Nearly half that many have
been recovered.
A citizens’ meeting was held this
morning to hurry the work of cleaning
up the town and another committee
with Collector of Customs Robert
Small as chairman, to Issue a public
appeal to the country, was formed, Col-
lector Small conflremd the sad stroy or
death and devastation. He said:
An Appeal Sent Out.
‘‘This address embodlea wfcfalt I would
©ay to you, and if you would to
the country at largi, by means of the
Associated Press, you will greatly ia-
cilitatje us in securng the aid that »
imopraJCrvely needed. The address is as
follows:
“ ‘Beaufort, 8. C. Aug. 31—It is my
pa/inful duty to appeal to you through
friends of humanity for aid for tihe suf
ferers from the coeloms which passed
over this section on Sunday night. Ev
ery wjiarf and warehouse has been de
molished. wiridow r s houses u n
roofed and trees thrown down. While
some accounts have yet to come in,
enough have come to say th? loss of
Uv<m» r»»v»n*»nty h«« hwn <tml"V ap
palling. Within a radius of twenty miles
between 400 and 500 lives hava been
lost.
On the island of St. Helena, proverbial
for thrift and enterprise, over ISO have
been reported drowned. From everywhere
comes news of houses having been swept
away and crops totally destroyed. The
sea islands are the homes chiefly of ne
groes. who, by their thrift and indus
try, have made themselves homes with
none to molest or to mike them afrnid.
In one night all lias been swept away.
They are now homeless and almost na
ked. Their bedding, furniture and cots
have been carried off by the angry
waves..
“While writing in this town, the rain
Is destroying what has been snatched
tne comu. *ue u«w»a, u.« . from the Bea . . Ve earnestly ask Tor aid
the trees and shrubbery, the marshes and in feeding and clothing the hungry and
the Inlets are turning up new dead bodlfi | naked. Yours truly,
every* time an Investigation is made.
Of the many disasters and devastations I
which have visited this section of the
country none have been half as horrible
as those which carne fc’unday. Already ,
more than 200 bodies hive been found,
and those who are at all posted about
the country and the habits of the people
THE STORY FROM CAROLINA,
| Fearful Loss of Life, Crops and Other
Property,
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 31.—Accounts
In the storm-visited sections ara confident I continue to come in of general havoc
in their opinion that the death roll will by Sunday’s storm. Thousands of val-
run as high as 600. Borne of the people— uablu timber itrees have been blown
and they are among the best people of down, crops washed away and the riv-
thls section of the state—even place the
loss at more than 1,000.
D< a ad Mottle* Every Hour,
There has not been an hour of any day
since the early hours of Monday morn
ing that a dead body has not been found
at some point on one of the many islands.
The waters receded, and os the people
moved deeper.into the wreckage gathered
by the storm the ghastly pictures are un-
era are full of the flotsam and Jotuam
of the disaster. Advices from the sea-
coast may be summed up in the follow
ing extracts from the Charleston pa
pers:
The long staple cotton has met wilh
a severe injury and the «Mhnat«« are
that where in former years Charleston
receivd 10,000 bales of sea island cotton
covered. So frequent are the discoveries this y*tar she will do well to get 3,000
that the finding of a single body attracts bales. That la tfhe situation in a nut-
attention at all. it takes the dlscoy-
.rv nf nt lAut a rlnmp Af a hAlf ilfliAn or
more to Induce Ihe people to show r.ny
feeling. It I, around Beaufort and Fort
Royal that the death rate was the great
est, but In neither of the toWns were
many lives lost. At Beaufort only crdln,
were bought to supply the local demand,
while Port Royal got oft even lighter.
Around the two towns there I* a com-
shell as viewed yesterday by those In
tho ;best podtiur. to do any talking.
The reports Indicate that tha sea island
mot the 'heaviest damage, wall
■the upland, fared somewhat better.
Urowuctl Negro**.
Mr. Robinson of Kerrison's establish'
tnent gives tm- foUuwiu* story of the
effects of the storm in the iow country:
He had Joel arrived from Waiierboro
at a glance, and making out to seaward
for a considerable distance turned the
vessel’s nose Into the eye of the cy
clone and cast out their anchors. The
captain said she breasted the water
like a duck and was not injured lti
the least when the storm had sub
sided, and as soon as the wind had
partially lulled he turned her Into the
St. John's and made his dock In Jack
sonville in perfeot safety. His return
trip was uneventful, except for the
evidences of the storm which were wit
nessed at several points.
The watering place which, stands at
the mouth of the St. John’s river is a
perfect wreck and all along the banks
of the stream the damage was appar
ent. The passengers did not think that
the coast of Florida had sustained
nearly so much loss as the coast of
South Carolina.
Inquiry at the Clyde line offices elic
ited little Information regarding the
other missing steamer, the Yemacsoo.
further than the bare etatement that
she had left her dock in New York
Saturday afternoon. Even her passen
ger list Is unknown. She should have
arrived In Charleston at 7 o'clock In
morning of the 29th. making her forty-
eight hours over due. The officials,
though quite naturally anxious to have
some intelligence of the vessel and the
crew and passengers, are not alarmed
for her safety. They do not think the
delay necessarily alarming. Even If the
Yemassee missed the brunt of the
storm, she must have had weather bad
---“"ra— *w —I'D n *'ic» i ii UCWilU.
The Italian bark Vlncenso Oaltto.
which left this port for Hamburg on
the 16th, was abandoned at sea off
Hatteras on the 24th. Her sails had
been blown away and her foretopmast
was gone, and she was otherwise dis
abled, when, fortunately, tho whaling
schooner Hattie Smith, Captain
Bourne, which had alao suffered dam
age. came alongside and rescued the
crew of the bark.
The Lofct Are Returning*
Savannah, Aug. 31.— 1 The tug Jacob
Paulsen left this morning for Coffin
S, C., to bring the survivors of
—F wrcc..«d sUwiwmv Ciiy of Savan
nah here. Reports of the disastrous
work of the storm are still coming In.
The entire coast is strewn with wreck
age and debris, and vessels are high
and dry in exposed harbors. The bark
Clara E. McGilvey of Bull River, S. C.,
loaded with phosphate, was tom front
her moorings and dashed upon shore
a quarter of a mile from the dock. The
beach Is filled with wrecks of small
craft. William Duncan and C. H. Cun
ningham. who have been missing since
the storm, have been heart from and
are on thftr way to the city.
Eater.—The fug that went to Coffin
Point, near St. Helena, last night to
bring back the women and children
wrecked on the steamer City of Savan
nah was expected to return by 6 p. m.
but had not arrived at 10 p. m A great
many dead animals that were drowned
in the storm are floating down the river.
About 6 p. m the body of s little girl
about * years old Hoated down. It Is
not yet known whether It was white or
black. It was reported this evening that
twenty four todies floated oti the lower
end of Hutch'nson Island, neur Scre
ven’s ferry- The leport lias not beet)
verified and cannot be verified tonight.
Dr. Duucnn and C Mi Curuingham.
thought to be lost on Wolf Island.'
where they wt're hunting and for whorri
a rescuing party was scut, arc all:
right.
Two Dlatre:aea V«a«*la*
Wilmington. N. C.. Aug. 31.—The
thtve-mai«tod sohobber Enchantress of
New York, Oapt. Frank KaltanT, with
GAFFERY FOR
SOUND MONEY.
Louisiana's Junior Senator Speaks Out
For the Unconditional Repeal
of the Sherman Act
HOUSE RULES STILL DEBATED
Mr, Iloatner*, EflTort to Make Cloture
Easy, Opposed By Mr- Wilson ai
Undemocratic-Privilege* of
Committee, on Coinage*
Washington, Aug. 31.—After some un
important proceeding:., Senator Cock
rell Introduced a concurrent resolution
diredttag -the eaeretery of the treasury
Revised Statutes, to issue certlficaites
not to exceed 20 per cent, of 'the amount
of gold coin and bullion in the treas
ury and *o use and expend the same
In payment of interest on the public
debt, or any other demand, liability or
obligation of the Unflbcd States. He
read tbp atotlon referred to, which au
thorizes the deposit of gold coin or
bullion In the treasury and the issue
thereon of gold coin certificates to tho
amount of 20 per cent, of tho gold and
yeas, 133; nays, 95. Then the vote re
curred upon Mr. Springer's amendment
as ame ided, and it was also adopted:
102 to 58.
llositner’s Cloture Proposition,
Mr. Beatncr offered an amendment
which practically puts it in rho power
of any member who is in charge ot any
proposition pn the floor to propose clo
ture ut any time that he thinks It ad
visable to do so. This amendment was
debated, the concensus of opinion being
against its adoption. The speeches were
brief, not consuming more than five
minutes apiece. Mr. Wilson of West
Virginia made the strongest remarks
against the proposition. It was not, he
maintained, that the majority should
be protected. The protection should bo
given to the minority. The democratic
idea always bad bceu that the fewer
laws made the better it would be for
the country. A wise man once said htat
the best laws that had ever been made
had been laws to repeal previous en
actments. (Applause and laughter.)
Mr. Boatner, in advocating his amend
ment. said that it was I ho majority and
not the minority that asked for protec
tion. The minority should not be per
mitted to fillibustcr any measure to
death.
The previous question was orlefed
on the amendment, and pending further
action, at 4:50 the house adjourned.
Gmdy In the Wioug Li«U
Washington, Aug. 31.—By an error in
making up the record of vetSS in the
house of representatives on the silver
question i-n Monday last, Mr. Gtady of
North Carolina was Included among
those who voted against the fre^ coin
age of silver and in favor of the repeal
of the purchasing clause of the Sher
man law. Ue voted tor free coinage at
all stages and against the repeal of the
Sherman law.
DOUBLE FUNERAL OF VICTIMS.
Mr* Collier ami Ills Daughter Burled
—Others Are No Better.
Columbus, Aug. 31.—(Spocctal.)—Miss
WENT THROUGH
THE TRESTLE.
Fifteen Passengers Killed By the Wreck
of a Fast Train on the Bos-
ton and Albany.
NO WARNING OF DANGER
ie Train Shot Through Before the
Engineer Had Any Chance to Ap.
ply III, Brake,—Only a Short
Foil to tho River,
Plot® of Islands, and It was upon aiv i marled from the BUchoff place on
these that ths black hand of death l»ov* 1 the Kdieto river to Jacksooboro. Two
ered for hours Sunday night, leaving In I negroes fiOktid -the whole distance on
hi, path sorrow and desolation greater I trie top of their shanty and reported
iteSJaZL M>*t negroea on the place In tho
bloody days of reconstruction; The storm ln , v i 1l ,,, — a—nene.1—in all
waa one 7>f Ihe nine I ..in. the nennle I DlJn
about 100 men. women and children.
was one of the moat severe the people
oftMa coast have ever known. This sec
tion ot the Atlantic coast has been pro
lific In storms, storms thst scattered
death and destruction of property in
their west*. The oldest citizen, and even
the pilots, cannot recall anything equal
to Sunday's wind. Rain, hall and the
elements seemed conhlnvtl In their great
est fury. The seas ran high, and salt
water waves were driven by the heavy
winds as much as twenty miles Inland.
Houses were blown away, trees were torn
down, leaving holes big enough to hide
a freight train. Vessels were washed
against the breakers and thrown upon
the earth as much as live miles from the
water’s edge.
Wilt Never bo Foigotton.
They rebate a terrible experience and
fufliManraore stale Hut all of the dwel
lings ate totally destroyed and the place
In abject deanCat'jon.
At Wadterboro. Mr. Rnbluson said,
many of -the houses were compl.'* ;ly
waeftted from -their foundations out lirt-o
streets and all -tl» rice fields w;re
overflowed.
The steamboat Pitot Boy, familiar to
every soul on the Inland routs between
| rise cities of Charleston and Savannah.
1 has been stranded and more or less In
jured. Tho pilot fleet of the harbor
is wrecked or stranded. The phosphate
It was a grand tableau, and those who I works, located on the banks of
passed through It will never forget the neighboring river are in little b.tter
experience o? Sunday, nUnt.. The day I plig ^ t ^ thow «„* charleston rock.
came on with heavy black clouds over
the ports. The wind started up about 19
o'clock Sunday morning, blowing from
the northeast. It Increased as the day
Port Royal Ruined
Port Royal, lying on a tongue ot
grew on. and" about" noon'a cold, "chiby I Wand further down the Beaufort river,
rain started. Eong before dark the peo- I must have bem even more exposed to
pie living along the coast knew that a 1 the fury of -the Tempest. The place Is
storm was Inevitable. Dut none dreamed rs. J S?ll,i l.< n.lns tta--— fir «
of the great extent It aasurped. All practically In mine, its waiter front t,
through the night husbands guarded their I destroyed and great damage has b-cn
wives and children us If protecting them done to Mi buildings. The great loss of
from some deadly foe. All up and down j|f P whfcfh remitted from the etorm on
thJ SSfe walkSl m n and°fro every shore Island hi greater -ar else 1*.
ute expecting death, and ail the time I b ®*n more- auWemttailly mated,
praying for deliverance. In many in- It Is needless to say TfaWt the crops
stances people left their homes and were injured terribly. Fifty per cent.
1 -■ ""*** te - P"*v« nt I lorn would probably net be too large
waters rode the mad waves with an- I an ’n®*'e. Several gentIn
chon dragging along behind as -.hough I men from rids ojfy wtio -were In Port
the anchors were made of cork and not I Royal or Beaufort during the hurricane
I 2" Monday the rain returned to Charleston yesterday on the
I ceased and Ihe winds began to enbeldu. I fllnt came hrio the city ov r
Burying ths Bead. 1 the Charleston and Savannah railroad.
At first no one thought of giving at- They report ttralt the destnetVm of
tentlon 1o anything or anybody outside I property sd those nieces and the netgh-
of hta own needs, but os the deed I boring em islands has been fearful. The
bodies multiplied the good SatmritM) I drarif roll bad already riwon to thirty
fueling grew acid by noon every one on I odd nersTie. among wetem wer* nnm-
the chain of Islands about this place bered F.llls. the newly appointed quar-
had become a grave digger. I t was the I an tine officer of ths port.
«lone which were
tn demand and th* number of dead I
prevented «ny unstinted use of tt*** I The Inland where the United State*
tools. All during the day Monday the I dry docks are building, which stand*
bodies began to multiply ho rapidly that I between the road ""d Beaufort, was
«he ooromr waa compelled to kwvar in I swrent by the cvelnne. The fatality
a half docen deputic*—one for each of I which has mimed the government
the islands where daaitbs were report'd. I Improvements since their inception
One of deputue 'hud an inqueel I f und its culmination on 8undav nlgtA
ovr uwemy-eighit poop*? and while the The inlury could not be accurately cal-
Inquest waa held seventyeifha graves 1 culaled.
were being dug und eeventy-eight dead I Beaufort, one of the nrettleet towns
” Qd; , » awolloo and fart. decomj*js‘niL I in Bouth Carolina, was ferrlbly dam-
55 Interment ad the hands I seed, notwltstandlng the faqt It «tanda
of their whale and colored friends who I *1* miles up. Many of tho residence#
escaped death so narrowly. ‘
Xbe Surround In
a cargo 8f railroad ties, is amovw tv»n-
Ty-flve mi'::* south of Cape Fear. The
Aeck load is Ia»t snd the cabin and
forecutle washed away. She was
three days without food or water. Ths
mite was washed ov.trboard Sunday
n'.»bt and tho captain Injured. - '
The thne-e-ma^ted schooner Jennie,
Tbomae of ftavon-nah. from Savannah
■to BaMmorc. Capt. A. T. Young, with
a cargo of lumber, waterlogged, ii an
chored twenty-five mile south of Cape
Fear. No lives were loot.
Help Nestled Dr'll., UufiTerer,.
Columbia, Aug. 31.-J. H. Averlll, re
ceiver of rite port Royal and Augusta
railroad, itiksgraphed Governor Tillman
today that the low of life by the storm
bi the vkbnriify of Port Royal and Beau
fort amounts to several hundred. Great
destitution prevails among the prop!,,
all they had having been washed away,
and Immediate relief |a needed. Moat
of The people In that section arc ne-
groes. Governor Tillman tonight issued
a proclamation owning on the people of
«ha state for contributiopa to relieve
the suffering of riaea; people.
The Damage In Florida.
Memphis, T,nn„ Aug. 31.—A special
to the Commercial from Jacksonville.
Fla., says: Reports of the damage by
the storm in the outlying districts are
coming In slowly. Ten burned bodi*«
of victims of .’unday’s cyclone were
discovered In Ihe drift fourlcou mlln
from Jacksonville this morning. The
bodies were almost hudi ar.,I could not
be identified. The damage to fruit
trees and orange grovts la enormous.
In many cast's ihe trees are rtripped of
every vestige of loaves nod f-ult. wires
are marly all down In every direction.
Th, Astoria a Total liow.
In town were damaged and the wharves
are nearly or quite destroyed.
A Thrilling Esporlenrr,
The experience of Cspt. Whitley and
his family of ten children. <m Cattle
Pinkney, on the bight of the storm,
was a terrible one. The wind blew
the storehouse to pieces and blew way
I all the shop chandlers stores and his
two boats here now and bo h are eta/- dr-effing»«* *° much exposed was
lered by the Port Royal nnd Augusta that 11 woaW ** dangerous to re
. TJ.1J pj.Jj.ILjj In I, It, „4 U, flAilb n,m
On some Of these the death rate was
very large, but in many liu.ances the
names of the dead cannot be ascer
tained, many of them being beyond rec
ognition. while others are droUred un-
?? on * WM htfieent who
• could Identify them. There are only
railroad.
tween the islands, and that' too.’ls ait
obstacle .to the Identification of the
dead, at many of the bodies are picked
up on an IslinJ, where they did not
live and therefore tney are unknown
The coroner, however, and Collector of
the Port Ex-Congress rran Smoll are
compiling the information ja last as it
can be obtained and are making a re
cord ot the dead as fast as possible
The book they .re comptlirg will show
that SL Helena has a population of LEW-
Eadies Island has-1.500; V uwathas Is!
Und 230; Coosaw Island 60U; Beaufort,
town, hss 3,600; Port Roys , eland, em
bracing the towns of Beaufoti and Port
Royal, has 6,000. Now, aa far as rdia-
irisln In tl- He and his f&mllv sought
shelter from the fury of the tempest
to the leesvard of the fort, and, with
fats children, stood out the storm, with
occasional waves breaking over tbe
hapless family. Three of the little
ones, from 6 months to 3 years of age.
Stood R the older ones without
a whimper. The fury of the winds
and waves waa so great that some huge
masses of Iron used for holding buoys
snd weighing 1.500 pounds were
moved and rolled about the beach.
Some great anchors, weighing from
4.500 to 6,000 pmnds. were flung about
the place like so much timber. The
ptaee Is a complete ruin, and. in spite
of It all. Ckpt. Whitley and hla brave
BaKknore, Aug. 31-The steamship
Decatur H. M.V-r arrived In port this
morning with the ehrpwvuckeJ crew of
rite Bn.-tSHh riilp Austoria. Tu*xd«v
mamlng. /wenty-flve mtles norm of
Hunting Island, the Auatorrs was,lim
ed with dii.tr?>-. signals floating. Th-
vessel was en route from Pensacola to
Areworp. loaded with yellow pine. Car
Faulkner. Ms wife and crew of twen ,
atandoird °® “X 1 '°>® Austorli
Two Dlutblwl VsMsIa.
KeSASkfiWiraxs
crew They turned the vessel ove
the tug boat mew for salvage.
The schooner EUner is anchored
der Poftnt Lookout tn a aafe harbor She
t« making 1.2W stroke* per hour win
Iwr pumps, has lost her tuaobor aud
cabin and split her mainsail
Vowl a Fatal loos.
Boston. Aug 31.—The owners of the
bwrk Tremont. from Mobile, before re-
p«ddd gtranded at Port Royal, received
word yvuterday tfvtt the vessel U « to.
hal wreck. The crew waa »ved. •£.£
Is very UUIe Ina-uwoce on the vessel.
If you r feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
ON THE WAY HOMEWARD.
Me tiriormatlon whleb has ^cTThilhe | 2^m,*me teri.°" “*“* ‘ nl “*
offieeta goes, tbe dead will reach 400 I * _ rort '
and they are located In thu way: Two JR„tn* ssmumoto,
*f*., Plclflc worl( ‘ seventy-nine I The mlaatng etesmer Seminole, about
bodies have been found and I which so much anxiety eras fell,
curled. It was here that the deputy cor-1 at earned into Ute harbor yesterday
tb * bi *t Inquest On Ladles'
bodlta WC found ■ Wte mMenicm cecapca unmuini
! < * xnA trom th f h °rror» <>t tto« storm which
?•* -M*•* bodlx | awapt Uw coait. When tho Seminole
with scarcely a scratch on her. Rhe
and her paaeemaer* escaped unafcathed
h»k»iiM« rLT. ,T i T**'* ^ worn uw &emino«e
d5r^ SuZJZi?* burled up to Tucv-1 met the hurricane she waa off the
“yI™ 0 ?- 9“ *®»ufort Island I mouth of tbe St John’s river and .was
Lw At. tly &K I P”PZri®g to head In for the entrench
—flve bodice have been buried. J Her officers appreciated the situation
The Cleveland Family t , ,«.«d Through |
*ew York.
New York, Aug. 3L-Presldeot Clere-
I.ifkl, lint, l.’lcvelind. Baby Ruth and I i
uurxe. Dr. Bryam. Secretary lanmot
and Mm Ovcfcmd's maid left lor
Washington tonight on the 0:15 train
on the Pennsylvania road. Mr. Clere-1
land d.il not look’like a sick man w :
he mt in the cur chatting with the doc
tor before the min pulled om. Jlrw
Clercbind smiled brightly when she I
mw tbe knot of newspaper men loiter- j
lug around the steps of the car. None l
of the party would be Interviewed.
Whan Bsby was tek, wt gusher Outerle.
es ■*» CkM. tea Cried for Cknarie.
* Irons Mw. ,0, claag to Owcocia.
tea had (hlUiaa, *t gaes them Ctatoclo.
vhe passage of the ooncurrent resolu
tion would allow the issue of from 325.-
000.000 to 335,000,000 in gold certificates.
The concurrsmt resolution waa, at hU
own request, laid on the table for the
present.
The Sherman Repeal mil#
The bouse bill of the repeal of tin
purchasing clause of the Sherman net
was then taken up and Senator Wal
cott of Colorado took up the deba'tj
with a prepared speech against the bill,
delivered in the presence of almost all
the senators and a large audience in
the gallerl.B. ' The most -telling parts of
1t and those that interested the hearera
most were some humorous and sarcas
tic touches in which t*j depicted the
conversion of Democratic si.ateame.i
from their belief in silver and their de
votion to bimetallism to the gold mono
metallism faith of the preaktint.
At it'hc close of Senator Walcott's
speech notice was given by Senator
Mills that he would ask the senate next
i W ednesday to hear aonm remarks from
ui'i, vu the repeal util.
ir.-ry’A atalitrn Speech.
Then the floor waa token by Senator
Cattery of Louisiana. His maiden speech
in the senate was In favor of the uncon
ditional repeal of tbe purchasing clause
of the Sherman act. He warned the
senator from Colorado (Wolcott) that
expected to smile away
The eerSoue money trouble* of
the country as •Carvante* bud
from Spain, he was doomed to signal
failure. Senator Oaffery argued that if
fro-, coinage were established: at the
ratio of sixteen to one the objoet of
having both metal* would b« defeated,
for the country would surely have noth
ing hut silver. If alt twenty to one the
same result would occur, ae silver was
worth but twenty-right to one. If the
ratio should be twenty-eight to one
there would be a cold or silver bate,
according as the gold or silver was over
valued. The alternative of a silver
i-tvndirtl was not To be thought of. The
United States wore not going back
ward a hundred years to grope their
way along with the South American
»tat os and Mexico Oc(rton would, be
,,-ld abroad tor gold prices sod psid
for exchange eajcubufisd In silver with
a targe discount for fluctuation. The
United Staltea would sell in a gold mar
ket and buy In a stiver market. Be
side the emtnmMamerita and diffirul
ties of domestic exchange would be In
tolerable.
He was proud of the position of his
native state on the mor.i-v question
Pho had always been sound, and if bis
feeble effort* would avail, she would
always be so. Though sorely tempted,
she refused in 1179 to repudiate Ihe prin
cipal < f her bonded debt. Now Ihe se
ductive offer was made to debase the
tional currency, but her senators on
i- floor, true to their convictions and
oir trust, had put aside the propoai
tlon. It might be his fate to feel tem
porarily the weight of Ihe forces of
inflation. It might be that the star of
Lis political life, just rising above the
horizon, would be eclipsed In darkness
by reason of his vote, but come what
might, he should stand *ast to a deep
conviction that ho would be recreant
to his duty and his oath should he add
one pang of poverty or one tear to want
-hould he give the people a currency
that would refuse to give to toil Ita re
compense or to capital Its reward.
At the close of Senator Caffrey’a re
marks Senator Cullom gave notice he
w ould address too senate on the repeal
bill next Monday.
The resolution offered last week by
u -nator !’- ff- i- in r- r- in - r-, :i ,n--n -!
banks refusing to pay chech- of their
depositors was IhJn takm up and
again.- hi* nppwltion and a nore of
nlhera was referral to Ihe flnr.tn-e com-
mjit V by a vote of 55 tn 21 as fi flows:
Y,. ,s—Aldri- h. Allison. Blackburn,
CafTrey. Camden, Carr, Cullom. Dixon,
raulkn-r, Frye, fi.illiuger, Gibion. Gor
don Ciorrr.aD, Gray. Hale. Hawley,
Higgins, l-olge. McMillen. McPherson
Mitch--!! Of Oregon. Mitchell of wisest
sin Palmer. Pascoe. Proctor, Ransom,
-■herman .-<iulr-. Stocltbridge. Vilna,
Voorhces, Washburn* and White of
Louisiana. -55.
Mays Alhn. Bane, Call. Cockrell,
! r-ok-, Haiishiough, Irby. Jones of Ne
1 V Ida. Kvl •. Mtnuy, Mandfrson. Pef
fer. Perkins Pettigrew, Shoup. Stewart
1 Tell 'r. Vance, Vi's!. Walthall and
1 Whin- of California.—21.
The formal attnouncenretit waa mads
-« Of a... t V. nf nepeesentative Match
* p'r V."f p, np > i" inia.‘ and lie Senate
ir, o. te. adjourned uiril tr-murrov,
Joe ccrnm poisoning, died at midnight
last night- The condition of other
members of the family Is scarcely im
proved. Three of the others are by no
means out of danger. The case Is a
puzzling one aud the doctors have
not yet reached a conclusion us to the
lend of poison that Is having such
deadly effect upon the -unfortunate
family.
A double funeral occurred from the
church of the Holy Family at 3 o’clock
this afternoon, and father and daugh
ter were burk'd side by side. A sharp,
penetrating rain wus falling at the
time, but'this did not deter an Im
mense number of friends from assent-
bl.ng at the church and following the
remains to the grave.
The sorrowing members of the fam-
y have not been 1 informed of the
death of Miss Mamie. The physlctans
think the shock would kill -them.
The Collier family are members of
the Caitholio church and stand well in
Columbus. They have The heartfelt
sympathy of the entire community in
■their sudden and Terrible affliction.
Ija'.er.— Lme tonight Mrs. Collier
and her eldest daughter. Mlse Belle,
are In a critical condition and are not
expefled to live till morning. Hie
cute of loo crivim poisoning Is puzzling
the phv»,clans'. An autopsy on the
body, of XIr. Collier reveals no trace
of poison In Rhc stomach. The Intes
tine* were frightfully gangrenous nnd
ulcerated. One -theory of The doctor
tint the acids of tho stomach failed
w neutralize and absorb The poison,
farcing .It into the stomach, and while
the nature of The poison Is not known,
the Theory Is That It was caused by a
combination of The different metals
composing the freezer und coming in
contort, -with the cream during The pro
cess of manufacture. Thus generating
deadly and unknown poisonous tnat-
,*r The portent* are comparatively
free from pain, but The whole stomach
frels numb and deoil. The symptoms
nnd Temperature change rapWly. ren
dering The case more and more puz-
zling to the physician*, none of whom
have bad exactly, similar cases in Their
practice. '
'judicial ANARCHY?"
Springfield, Mass., Aug. 31.-A terrible
accident, to the western express No is
on ®ve Boston and Albany railroad due
at Springfield at 1:15 o'clock, happmed
--—~ JtiJSsna bikigt east ot
Chester This -afternoon. The bridge col.
lapsed, lettillg the Train Through into
the river below. Five perrons a „ re .
ported killed and nine injured. Five cars
wont through. The train consisted of
a buftot car, dining car, three sleeptra
and two ordinary coaches. The bridge
was over The west branch of the West-
fluid river. Two wrecking trains left
Springfield tamedlately after -the acc j.
dent. One Train carried Medical Exami
ner Brock and Dr. Seely of Spriagfidd.
The Iraki was running at am nrdtn>~
rat* of speed, as it left Albany on time,
and no danger was feared until the
moment the bridge samlc under th,
weight of -the locomotive. The river bed
U ten or twelve foot below the bridge
Th engine went through first and Ove
palace cars were piled upon it, one
above another.
Fla»«n Were Killed.
Herd Word* C,ed Toward » Chicago
Dignitary.
Chicago, Aug. 31.—A «eu»atl6noJ
scene wss enacted In court today whs-n
Judg.s Goer in, Dunne and Brervtaoo
oitiatmpted to decide whether The Injunc
tion Should etnud restrslnlnr the
World’s Fstr directors from closing the
gate* on Sunday It was understood
b ’forehand Writ The Judicial trio were
divided a* to the comae to be pursued.
Judge* Dunne and Brentsno held ine
Injunction should be dissolved, while
UudgJ Gog gin held exactly to the con
trary. Judge Uoggin is the one before
whom the motion To dissolve wss made.
Judges Brentxno and Dunne were in-
v*t *1 by him to sit on the bench, the
three to heer dhe case jointly in view
of Th* smportano of tho teuica at stake.
Before either of Ms ootlaguee could an
nounce dhsir views today Judge Goggm
promptly forestalled ahem with en un*
pr cedented move. He notlfled the
iikrk to enter an order to continue the
caee for sixty days.
Judge Dunne, To Whom She r.idtng
of the majority optnlon had been In
trusted Insisted on his right to do so.
He read ihe optnlon and Judge Goggin
renrwed ht* attempt To grant a contlnu-
wnoe. Judge Xtoran, representing the
exposition company, addressed the court
referring to th* attempted continuance
os “JudlctU enareijy.”
- Judges BreniUno and Dunne Induced
Judge Orofgin to leave The bmch and
a private confer- mee wss n»ld by the
three Judge* Aft«r the conference
Judgse Brentano and Dunne returned
to the bench end announced that Judge
Goggtn no longer desked them to stt
with tflm. They (hereupon retired with
considerable suppressed feeling, appv
rently leaving Ju-lg,' Goggiu to bim-'df
Judge Goggin ttwn emend an ord *
overrating We motion to dlarolve and
refuxd ex-Judge Moran’s request to set
a date tor h aring a motion to vacate
that order.
Later.—Tho ill fated Train was one
of the fastest exprssees on. the road
stopping only at Pootsfleld from Albany
To Springfield. Jt carries The largest
engine and best cars of any train nia
cins west of Springfield.
The scene of -ttoe accident Is but i
kfaont distance below Cluster and »ju»t
below -the steep grade going up the
mountain. The buffet car and two
sleepers are a "total wreck. The bridge
wus a two-span lattice structure S.'t
feet long. At 6 o'clock tonight fifteen
bodies hud been token out. two of Th n,
uroideinUfled. 1-t fa believed thalt Urn
are more in dha wreck. The tot of
identified dead are:
J. E. Dewitt, PoittJand, Me., president
I the Union Mu-tuaj Life Insurance
Company.
Th:odane w. Kelly of Boston.
Mtss Susie Colling of Boston.
Mrs. C. is ishaim or PhiJadeipM*.
Miss Emma DeLorly of Columtus. 0.
H. C. Ives of Chicago.
Frank Sedgewick of Palmer.
Express Messenger John McMuten
of .Springfield.
Btekuman J. H. Murry of Greenbukff.
Baggage Master George W. Morse of
Boston.
Wagner Car Conductor B. C. Slack-
pole, Hartford. Conn.
R. C HiCtahoock of Bellows Fall*. Vt.
About fifteen were seriously Injured
and five or six may die.
BAD RAILWAY WRE(X
Train Rrecipltafril Through a Hunting
Trestle. *
Bronlmm. Tex., Aug. 31.—A south-
botiml train loaded with nvuVlumdl*.
was wrecked and partly bunted about
ten miles from here on The Gulf, Col
orado und Santa Fo. A pra-.rlc lire
had burned away a long piece of track
and as the train was rushing along at
The rare of thirty. nvfics an hour it
d ished into the, hunted track and
through a bridge spanning a wide
creek. Jack Swanson, the engineer,
was killed nnd Fireman Dsmeronand
Brakcman I-'ord fatally injured. Two
unknown Tramps were k.Ucd and a
number of othora are reported to be in
the ruins. The Santa. Fe Is compelled
To rim *ts Trains over the Central, viz
Elgin. The wreck Is a costly one
financially.
BOLD SCHEME OF ROYALISTS.
Seize (lie C
swell.
They Again Plan
The Ileo-e -rxton.
jmmuliatcly after the routine buid
U a«s uf the op- - inn of the 'tally session,
lbs bouse resumed the consideration
tt,* rub - and Mr. Pi- kler'» amendment
in,-i , Ill,- rii- ml- r-'ilp -■[ tl,.- .
nun.-- on ride* from five to Din* wan
j,.,-t,-d. Mr. Ilook'-rs amondnu nt
1",, MSS UM l—tel r-hip WSS lost.
i ,n rn-i* "-ri ,,f Mr K mi rr .mt
m.-nt was adopted giving tno committee
on ways snd.nsesss jurisdiction overall
mm—— prirporitas to feist revenue.
The j urpos- "f the am< ndment is
ajmeil luck jesasuTTs ss ths sntt-op-
r i,,n hill and the oleomargarine act from
bsinff rstsmd by the speaker to the
rommill." on agri jl’.urc, ai has been
rlonc h-T-
Mr riprlriKir off -1 an amendment
givinu th- r immittec on bunking und
currency the right to report ut any
tin.-* on mutter* relating to bunking nad
currency. Mr. Kilgore moved to amend
Mr. Sprinc r * am'-ndment by Including
the ewnaittlee on cofiiuge, weights end
th-ir./- I 10 repor- si er.-r Inn* Mr.
Kilg-Tt-'S. air. Mir. nt v.r *£r,-,.-<l H;
Ban Fran-'tuco. Aug 31 —Th- zlcrm-r
A'amed", jus* arrived from Sid'l»»', >!«
Honolulu, bring*' news from tho latter
place of a conspiracy of royalists lav
ing been ermig-l to restore the queen
on the lSIh Instant l-y forcing the city,
dynamiting the public buildings and
then In the panic rushing in aud cap
turing tho government build ngs. The
rovi-rmnent was apprised of the pi
snd Admiral 8k»rreit prepared to In.
bis fcrce* an! assist in nutmniulng ol
der. This fruatrsted the plan* of th<
conspirator* who had enlisted too ns
five* as soldiers for the plan snd tui
told them that the United States force*
would help them- No public alarm w
created at the time and all continu
tlappf nooeirre.
Wm.T1fiiiii>m«,i«’-!ni,v -r of M\rtlle, In<J
write-: ”Kle< trie flittersbaedooanora form
Uuui ell other mMicines combined, for thi
» u i eririoi; fr*-m kidney end llv.
trooble.” John Le-.ii*. fanner »r.d un
^ me place, eayt: **wlud Klcctric Hit
tb** . r-t kit !iMy end Hr«*r in dir ina, made
r e feel U*ri » . - ^ ... •:» n J. \V. n .--l . r
hardware mevrhant, mom tows, saya: Klee*
trie Hitters Is Jiut tbe thing for a man
aU rundown and don’t cars whether l
. U J La.ii.a: X r ,uj drurf
BRUNSWICK NEEDS HELP.
Ko .few Cates of Fever, but the People
Are Suffering.
Rrunsw-lck, Aug. 31.—(8p»etal.)—
Elgin days have passed and there art
no new macs. A bulletin signed by
H. Burforil. preuldent of the board of
health Today, announces That no mots
bulletins will be Issued unless ne*
Gasps arc found.*
Dr. J. A. Dunwody returned *>
Brunswick Today. The following
signed by iluyor Lamb nnd the relW
ootnmOtTee, his been forwuide<l by
wire to Washington:
“Benators Gordon nnd Colquitt son
members of Tho Georgia delegttfow,
Wjteh.ngton, D. C.-Thc report pub
lllhed That The goveroment should kno
it*.old to The Brunswick sufferers fax*
stopped all old from outside soure**;
Vt are l.rttled up by The world snd
In dire distress for the necessities «
life. Can vou find no way of relietr
In Mktittoo to Thh* Surgeon* Carter
and Host041 will nppeal to Stugei'iJ'
General Wyman. Thuradsy. Septem;
tier 7, Surgeon* Oarter, Hntroo
ami
ner i, Utaiiuiw
Gu.teras will remromewl «ho
of all quarantine aptinrt Bnu»waa
unloss now onn derolop.
Mrs. T. M- Cambio of PHJsbWK
wirod $100 to the relief committee to-
da%
Triikt Not the Personal Puff*
A woman journalist lately showedl an
other a highly complimentary .‘•k* tea o
the £ret which had l)een written by*
friend. “I did not know,” *aid tM
second, glancing over the matter, “tt *
you had written so much magaxm*
ataff.” The ether laughed. “1
the eoofeseed. “Itold tho author of thw
of a little Ule that wat published
Karper’H one** upon a time, an«l siw
dared she was going to dress mo op more
than that. So she said that I W con
tributed to all tho leading periodicals •
the country.” This performance of wn.-
ing a friend up is very eoBUJOJ.®]*
an.de from the very apparent evil of I ‘
statement it* fruitful in hiring young ^
men into .a prof***».*• i- n where tho I *
aro .**0 declaredly tempting and Tttm
obtained.—Philadelphia Pr« -«•
a”Ruth, thst
lemson i »**d
Clergyman—l*
on haul myla>
nday’j
! Hath (with a little
r pOOplt
ob. my*
lit .>• piR*Ml