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I1ARING THREATS.

Silver Advocates Urge the Seating of Appointed Senators.

THREATEN TO PROTRACT THE SESSION

Nearly 700 Measures Have Already Been Introduced lu the Senate—Populist Senators Talk on Finance-

House Proceedings.

MAY CAUSE DELAY.

WASHINGTON, Aug, 25.—Those sanguine statesmen who predict the speedy passage of the Sherman amendment and an early adjournment are not having matters all their own way. The senate really holds the key to the situation. Some of the extreme advocates of silver in that body assert that, If on recommendation the senate persists in refusing seats to the appointed senators from Montana, Washington and Wyoming they will hold the senate in session and stave off a vote on the silver question until the legislators of those states have been called together in special session to fill the vacancies.

Flood of Senate BUI*.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—When the fiftysecond congress convened the house got the start of the senate in the introduction of bills and during the first two days threw something like 2,000 into the hopper. Thi6 3'ear the senate has the start, and when the house gets through with the silver question it will find itself left far behind in proposed legislation. Up to Wednesday night the senate had before it 687 bills, covering all the important matters of general legislation save the one important subject of the tariff, which, being a revenue measure, must originate in the house. On the subieet of finance bills have been introduced by statesmen representing all parts of the country and all shades of belief.

Peffer (ieti tho Floor.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 35.—In the senate tlie vice president announced the committee on the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the laying of the corner-stone of the capitol as follows: Senator Voorhees, Sherman, Ransom, Chandler, White, Squires and Martin.

Senator Peffer (pop., Kan.) then proceeeded to address tlio senate on the silver question. lie requested that ho should havea patient and attentive hearing, such as he had given to the other senators, as he represented at least a million and a half voters who believed just as he did.

Senator Peffer held that the trouble in our finances had not been caused by any want of confidence on the part of the people, but it had been caused by practiced treason on the part of a class which, he hoped, would be relieved from tlio responsibility of stealing from the peopleAlluding to the suggestion made by protectionists that fear as to changes in thS' tariff had much to do with the financial panic, he asked what fear had the farmers, mechanics or clerks of the country that manufacturing establishments were in danger from the present administration.

Senator Hawlev (rep.. Conn.) suggested the case of a manufacturing town wherein projected new constructions were stopped by a fear of tariff changes and asked whether the mechanics of such a town, who had expected to get work, wore not interested in the matter.

In his reply Senator Peffer spoke substantially as follows: He said that whenever a manufacturing establishment really closed because of the fear of any tampering with the tariff he would answer tho senator's Question. He did not believe that there was one such case in a thousand. Ho insisted that now, and for the last half-dozen years, tho failures of the manufacturing establishments did not come from any prospective tariff polioy, but from want of orders. The people had not money to buy goods and orders were slackened. His own constituents were selling their wheat at twentylive to thirty cents a bushel, corn at no more than it coBt to produce it, horses at one-fourth their value, aud cattle at two-thirds of their value. They were unable to buy goods from tho merchants: and the merchants did not order goods. That was the troublo.

Tho democratic party, however, dared not to-day establish free trade. All the power of Christendom would be brought to bear to prevent. There was no danger of froe trade unless that llglit was forced on the people. If it were forced on them, every customhouse would be razed and from that time on trado with all the world would be free. That was whore the country was drifting, and the men behind the throne to-day were the men who were hastening that tonsummatlon. If the farmers of the oountry had to compete with pauper labor manufacturers could do it, and they would have to do It before tho fight ended. What was fair to the farmer was fair to the manufacturer.

Senator Peffer wont on to descant upon the luxurious cxtravaganco of Now York millionaires and upon Wall street bankers and brokers, who were, he said, the advisers of the president and tho result of \vhose advice was the bill to repeal the Sherman act. Half dozen speculators, he said, ruled the country with an iron hand. It was time to dissolve partnership with Wall street.

At 2 p. m. the morning hour expired and tho vice-president announced the qui slion before the senate to be the motion to lay on the table Senator Manderr-on's (Neb.) motion to reconsider the vote of yesterday declaring Lee Mantle, of Montana not entitled to a seat. An effort was made by Sentor Manderson to have the vote postponed till Monday. That was resisted, however, by Senator Vance (N. C.) who gave notice that he would call up the question at 1 o'clock Friday.

Senator Peffer resumed the floor and continued his speech. He declared himself in favor of "free and unlimited coinage of silver, 18 to 1: that or nothing." He had no compromise to offer, aud would aoeept none. So far as he was conoerned the Sherman law should never be repealed unless we have the law of our fathers restored to the statute book. The unconditional repeal of the Sherman law would mean the gold standard. He then went on to criticise Mr, Voorhees for what he oalled "his political apostasy." Drifting Into a discussion of his resolution as to the national Banks violating the law In rofuslng to pay depositors' chocks In currency. Senator Peffor said that he did not mean to censure the comptroller of the currency, the secretory of tho treasury or the banks. He merely wanted an official statement of the facts. He believed that in the present condition of things the New York banks had done just what they bad to do Just what they ought to have done.

Allen Speaks for Silv«r.

Senator Allen (pop., Neb.) addressed the senate in support of his amendment

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to add to the Voorhees bill a provision for free coinage at the ratio of 10 to 1, and for tho coinage, without unnecessary delay, of 6ilvcr bullion owned by the government Ho described himself as an humble member of a new political party which had recently come into notice. That party had been made necessary by the constant drifting away of the nation fjom its moorings. It was hourly growing in omnbers, courage, intelligence aud discipline, and would sooner or later force the two old political parties to administer the affairs of the government to tho interest of the people or would foroe thorn into disintegration and death. The people's party, he said, was not clamoring for 6ilver because it preferred it to gold, but because it was convlnoed that there was not gold enough in the world to do the world's work. He went on to argue against the unconditional repeal of the Sherman act

House Proceedings.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25—The five-min-ute debate in tho house on the Wilson bill began with a speech by r. Waugh (rep., Ind.), who spoke for repeal in the interest of bimetallism. Mr. Somers (dem., Wis.) favored bimetallism, but would not vote for unconditional repeal. Mn Johnson (rep., N. D.) spoke for silver.

Mr. Pickler (rep., S. "D.) asked unanimous consent to change the existing order so as to take a vote Monday on an amendment confining the free ooinage to the American product. This was objected to by Mr. Wilson, in charge of tho administration bill. Mr. Pioklor then tried to arrange for a vote on the American product free coinage proposition after tho Wilson bill had been passed, but again objeotlon was made. lie then proceeded to criticise President Cleveland as being under English influence.

Mr. Dingloy (rep.. Me.) contended that the present business depression was not direotly attributable to the act of 1890. It went further back than that and was more due to tho legislation of 1878.

Mr. Luoas (rep., S. D.) and Mr. IIartman (rep., Mont.) spoke for free coinage, the latter Intimating that his people would not remain protectionists if the party failed to observe the bimetallic plank. Mr. Bartholdt (rep., Mo.) declared for repeal and the extension of bank circulation. Mr. Houk (dem., Tenn.) spoke for unconditional repeal, and Mr. Heard (dem., Mo.) against tho Wilson bill, holding that the people were entitled to something more.

THE MIDWINTER FAIR.

First Spadeful of Earth Turned at San Francisco—Guaranty Fund Raised. SAN FJIANCISCO, Aug. 25.—At 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon the first spadeful of earth was turned for the midwinter fair in Golden Gate park. It was an occasion of great ceremony. Thousands of persons were present. Business was suspended in town. The schools were closed and the national guard paraded. A salute was fired by United States artillery and speeches made by prominent citizens. Shipping in the harbor was profusely decorated with bunting, and the afternoon was a general holiday. The $500,000 guaranty fund has been nearly all subscribed, and the work of constructing buildings and preparing the grounds will proceed without interruption until tlie fair opens.

Thursday afternoon Director General Do Young took out the first spadeful of earth, which was put in a silver casket and sold at auction to the highest bidder. Five hundred men commenced work immediately on tlie excavation for a site. It is expected that a largo part of the exhibits at the Chicago fair will be brought out here, as congress has passed a law allowing foreign goods to be brought here for exhibition purposes without payment of dnty. The fair will be opened January 1, 1894, and will close June 80, six months later.

RIOT AT BUFFALO.

Umemployed Poles Storm Broadway Market Place— Hungry Men toot tlie Stalls —Police Reserve* Called Out and Many

Heads are Broken In the Conflict. BUFFALO' Aug. 25.—There was a soriou« riot at East buffalo Thursday. A mob of unemployed and hungry Poles raided the Broadway market and started in to rifle the provision stands in order to obtain food for themselves and their families. They had previously exhausted the resources of the poormaster and, being without means or work, resorted to open robbery to supply their wants. The trouble began Wednesday and was renewed in the morning. The owners of the stands and stalls which were raided by tho hungry mob withstood the attempt to loot them of their property as best they could, finally using violence, and a riot resulted. The assaulting party of Poles, numbering forty or fifty at first, soon increased to 200 or 800, far outnumbering the marketmen and the police on duty there. A call for aid was made upon police headquarters, and the reserves were hurried in patrol wagons to the scene. They speedily restored order and arrested ten of the ringleaders. Many of the rioters had their heads broken by clubs in the hands of the police.

Baseball.

National league games on Thursday: At New York—Chicago, 10 New York, 4. At Boston—Cincinnati, 8 Boston, 1. At Philadelphia—Philadelphia, 7 Cleveland, 0. At Washington—Washington, 10 Louisville, 9. At Baltimore—Baltimore, 5 St. Louis, 1. At Brooklyn— Brooklyn, 13 Pittsburgh, T.

New Record for Mile.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 25.—Zimmerman broke the world's record in tho 1-mile bicycle race Thursday afternoon. Ilis time was 2:12 4-5. Five thousand people cheered him for ten minutes after he had dismounted from his wheel.

Sllvor Meeting In New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 85.—Three thousand people listened Thursday night at Cooper union to speeches in bolialf the free coinage of silver by Hon. J. W. Bryan, of Nebraska, Gen. A. J. Warnof aud others.

DEVASTATED.

Flames Sweep an Area of TwentyFive Acres at Soutb Chicago.

TWO HUNDRED HOMES DESTROYED.

Two C'hu-chea and nig Coal Docks llurncd —A Thousand Persona Made Homeless—The l.oss Est! uiated at eouo.ooo,

MANY BURNED OTTT.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.—A fire, which in peculiarity of origin and features resembles the historic Chicago fire of 1871, consumed a largo section of the city of South Chicago Thursday afternoon. Dry as tinder from the recent drought the buildings fed the flames like oil, and in two hours from the time the first alarm was turned in twentyfive acres of the residenoe territory had been leveled to the ground and 1,000 people had been rendered homeless. Sixty thousand people stood by and saw the flames eating their way through tho fairest portion of their city without being able to arrest them for one instant in their fierce onslaught. Although no fatalities resulted several firemen and householders were hurt.

Origin of the Fire.

Shortly after 3 o'clock little Dora May, living with her parents at No. 9048 Superior avenue, with another little friend kindled a bonfire of small proportions in their baclc yard. A few minutes later, tired of their play, they brushed the embers up against the fence with a broom and threw a pail of water over the whole to squelch the flames. This was the beginning which will be memorable in the history of South Chicago. Fire ate its way into the fence and from the fence into' the kitchen of Mrs. Colbert's house, No. 149 Ninety-first street Tho dry timbers in the three-story frame building burned like tinder, and in a few minutes the flames had entered the kitchen of J. L. Babb's residence at No. 9040 Superior avenue.

Here is where the fire got its first impetus. A gasoline stove full of gasoline stood near and it was barely a minute before this had caught fire and exploded, throwing the burning stuff all over the adjacent woodwork. It was but an Instant until the two houses wero in flames and five adjoining oottagos were also on fire in hardly less time. As the pine structures in which lived tho workingmen employed in the large steel mills and in which the smaller merchants of the place made their homes were leveled in the roaring furuace those whose homes had not yet fallen fled with their goods and household chattels to the other portions of the city. Streets were blockaded with wagons containing tho effects of tho frightened residents and men and women, appalled by the calamity, fled in every direction.

Path of tlie Flaroos.

From the frame building in which the fire had its origin and before the few fire e.ngines of the district could make the slightest impression upon the flames they bounded eastward between Ninety-first and Ninety-second streets in tho direction of the lake. House after house rapidly fell before the sweep of the. fire. After passing Superior avenue the ilames reached and crossed Ontario avenue, Buffalo avenue, Mackinaw avenue, Green Bay avenue, and wero only stopped in their eastward course by a street running north and south.

A blackened, charred and smoking waste twenty-five acres in extent was all that was left to mark the spot where stood the bones of 7,000 happy people. In all it is estimated that more than 200 dwellings were burned. The burned district extends from Superior avenue on the east to the Strand and the river on the west This territory includes a district one block wide and six blocks long, including Superior, Buffalo, Mackinaw, Green Bay, Harbor avenue and the Strand. This territory covers an area of about twenty-five acres.

Two Churches Burned.

On one corner of Superior avenue and Ninety-first street stood the German Lutheran church, recently built at a cost of 115,000, of wood, with a brick foundation rising to a height of 20 feet It melted away like a wisp of straw in a furnace. The opposite corner was tho First Methodist church. This structure, too, was frame and offered no resistance to the blaze.

The Loss.

The total loss is estimated at $000,000, the loss of tho Sunday Creek Coal company, whose extensive docks were burned, being alone placed at $220,000.

Several Drowned.

HALIFAX, N. S., Aug. 25.—The loss of the steamer Dorcas, with the barge Etta Stewart in tow, lias been confirmed. The barge carried a crew of five and the Dorcas a crow of seven in addition the chief engineer of the steamer had his wife and four children on board. This makes the loss of life seventeen.

Million Dollar Failure*

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25.—The Navarro Mill company lias filed a petition in Insolvency. The liabilities are givon at $1,000,000, assets considerably less. The company owns a large tract of timber land in Mendocino county, where it operates a sawmill. y,

Killed by Lightning..

THACKKUSVILLK, I. T., Aug. 25. Lightning struck a wagon Wednesday, killing a young woman named Pharr and both horses. Several other persons riding in the wagon wero badly injured.

Fire at St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25.—Fire at 11 a. m. Thursday destroyed tho plant of the Western Brass Manufacturing company at CI 5-617 Walnut street, causing a total loss of about $105,000

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NAI*LES, Aug. 25.—A mob attacked the French residents Thursday. Three persons wero killed and ten wounded by the police in the disporting ot UM mob.

SHIPS GO DOWN.

Many Vessels Wrecked During1 a Gale on tho Atlantic.

A TOTAL OF FORTY-EIGHT LIVES LOST.

The Worst Ktorm Experienced Along the Const for Many Years A (it-cat Amount or Damage Done 011

ISoth I.aml unet Sou. DEATH IN A IIUHJtirAXi:.

ASHuitv I'AHK, N. J., Aug. —The two-masted fishing schooner M«ry 1' Kelly of New York was wrecked here at 5 o'clock Thursdaj' morning. Four men perished and seven were only rescued by summer guests after most thrilling experiences. The men lost wen Christopher Bratton, of Brooklyn, captain Charles Brown, of Green Point, first mate. Walter the steward Harry Broden, a Norwegian fisherman.

The schooner left New York on Tuesday to secure a load of fish, and was off Asbury Park on Wednesday morning. When tlie storm came up in tho afternoon tho anchors were oast, but at about 3 o'clock Thursday morning tho cables parted and the schooner was driven toward the shore. The men worked with desperation to set canvas enough to keep the boat away from the shore, but the hurricane which was blowing toro every bit of tho sails away and she was wreaked.

IHed Almost in Reach of Land. The boat ran ashore at the foot of Seventh avenue, and, although within 20 feet of the board walk, the waves were so high that it was impossible for the men to reach the shore. The waves knocked the schooner on its beam ends and tho men clung to the rigging and bulwarks. The captain tried to make his way from one place of safety to another, when he was struck in the head with a log and washed overboard. Two of tho other mon were unable to keep their hold on the ropes and they wero washed to sea. The steward was drowned in his galley and his body was recovered. When the tide receded sufficiently to allow the people to board tho boat he was found.

The Survivors.

The first men taken from the boat were rescued by three guests and the proprietor of the Columbia hotel, who were out on the beach in the storm. They saw the wreok, and securing ropes threw them from the walk to the vessel. Three men were dragged ashore in this way. The fourth man was resouod through the efforts of a boy who succeeded in throwing a rope over the vessel. Tho rescued sailors were taken to the Columbia hotel and cared for.

Eighteen Out of Twenty-One Perish. SOUTHAMPTON, L. I., Aug. 25.—About 9 o'clock Thursday morning two vessels—a ooal barge and a towing vessel —were wrecked off the ooast at this point. Up to the present writing six men from the wrecked vessels have been washed ashore out of a total orow of twenty-ono on both vessels. Three of the six were beyond resuscitation. The fifteen other men of the crew are believed to have been drowned, thus making the total loss of life eighteen persons. Tho name of the barge is Lykens Valley of Philadelphia, Capt. Scott The steamer was the Panther.

Two Vessels and Eighteen Men Lost. NEW YOUK, Aug. 25.—The fishing schooners Empire Stato, with a crow of ton men, and Ella M. Johnson, with a orew of eight men, went down Wednesday night off Manasquan, on the Jersey coast, and all on board were lost These two vessels were in company with the Chocruaat midnight when the storm struck them, and after beating around all night in some of tho worst weather over known off the coast and with a loss of the captain and her first mate the Chocrua tied up Thursday at 4:30 o'clock, the only survivor of the three.

Two Swept Overboard.

Tho storm struck the three vessels about midnight and at 1 o'clock the Johnson disappeared. About 1:30, as near as can be calculated, Capt Perry and First Mate Joseph Francis, of the Chocrua, were swept overboard by a gigantic wave. The lights of tho Empire State disappeared immediately afterward, and at daybreak her masts were seen projecting out of the water about 3 feet.

The crew of tho Choerua say that no small boat could possibly live lb the sea that was running at the time and the dories on board could have been of no possible use to the crews of tho two vessels. Tho captain of tho Johnson was John Connors and of the Empire State Capt Erickson. All of the boats were from New London and were owned by their respective captains.

Six Other Lives Lost.

The steamer Eggleston Abbey," in ballast from Cardiff to Delaware breakwater, was forced to put in here for repairs Thursday afternoon she ran into the hurricane SO miles east of the Delaware last night The wind blew with cyclonic fury for six hour#, during which time the vessel labored in seas mountain high. Tons of water desoended upon her forward steel decks, breaking them like shells. Eighteen plates forward and amidships were stove in and the decks were generally damaged. Iler captain reports that on August 28 lie discovered some wreckage floating in the water, and on bearing down toward made out a man

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clinging to a part of a broken boat and an empty barrel. He suippol tlie steamer and sent a boat to pick him up. He was quite exhausted when taken on board. He proved to be one of the crew of the fishing schooner Alary Lizzie, of Portland, Me., which foundered at 9 a. m. on August 21, having been in the water thirty-three hourii.

George H. Upton was the man picked up. He reported that the rest of the crew, six in number, one of whom was his brother, had perished, he having seen them go down after the schooner sank. The Mary Lizzie was struck by a heavy squall, which hove her down on her beam ends, when the wind

shifted and a heavy sea striking her •he sank in five minutes. Ueavy Balnfall.

The storm left Its mark over the whole region around New York-within a sweep of fully 1,000 miles. The rainfall, measuring 8.82 inches during the last twelve hours, is the heaviest that has ever been recorded by the local signal service.

Trees were blown down in Central park and many valuable botanical plants were ruined. Plato-glass windows in the vicinity of Madison Square and along Broadway were shattered by the violence of the wind and shutters were torn from houses throughout the city.

The guests at the hotels at Manhattan Ueacli and Now Jersey resorts wero driven out of their rooms by the high waves. The damage done at the re-1 sorts cannot bo estimated. Many casualties are reported at sea but they are not confirmed.

Reports by incoming .steamboats from the surrounding localities and resorts show that the storm has played havoc with small sailing craft and that tho shores are strewn with wrecks of schooners, yachts and tugs.

All along tho sound slioro, from Indian harbor at Green witch to Port Morris, tho devastation of the storm was apparent in the destroyed piers, the flooded meadow lands and the shore houses, whoso first floors wero in most instanoes on a level with the water.

On Long Island.

The storm on Long Island was very severe and caused a great deal of damage from Brooklyn to the eastern end of the Island. Thousands of trees fell before the fury of tho gale outliouse3 and small buildings were destroyed and fences wero leveled in all directions. Crops in many sections of the island are ruined. The storm was particularly severe on tho south, side. At Freeport several yachts and a number of small boats wero, washed ashore. The tide was so high that tho streets wero flooded to the depth of 1 foot. Oyster houses wero ruined by being cast from Jtheir (anchorage anil several persons who went out sailing in the evening have not yet been heard from, and it is feared that they have been lost. At Groenport a number of yachts went ashore, and reports from Patohogue show considerable damage to oyster floats.

Twenty-Five Were Drowned. HALIFAX, N. 0., Aug. 25. Fully twenty-hve persons perished in the. wreck of the stoamer Dorcas and the barge Etta Stewart Tho remains of twenty have been recovered. Miss Sadie Musgrave, M. McCastill, Norman MeCrury, John F. Sharp and a child of the steamer's engineer are yet unaccounted for.

BITS OF INFORMATION.

Paid admissions to the world's fair on Thursday, 240,009 total to date, 9,200,839.

Banks in Chicago are getting more gold, and the monetary situation is improving.

In Moscow, Russia, in three days thoro were 171 new oases of cholera and 74 deaths.

In a conflict of Cardinistos and Galan men near tho Mexican lino four of the latter were killed.

Fire chiefs in session at Milwaukee selected Montreal as the placo for their next annual meeting.

Manufacturers in Ohioago are preparing a tost of the constitutionality of the state eight-hour law.

Fear of Meyers and a careloss watch enabled the hunted man to escape from the Oakland (111.) swamp.

By tho explosion of a stenm mangle in a New York laundry nino persons were hurt Two will die.

Hans Hanson was acquitted on a oharge of murdering John Matson last October at Whitney, Mich.

Incendiaries set Are to woolen and flour mills in Mercod, Cal. The loss is $200,000) insurance, $100,000.

Allx trotted five fast heats at Columbus, O. The last was made in 2:09 average for the five, 2:10 17-20.

Two negro miners were instantly killed by flying debris at Walzburg, Col., by standing to close to a blast.

Plans to blow up the Detroit water works and then fire the city have been discovered. Arrests will be made.

Gustav Scharff, of Milwaukee, has oonfessed to drowning Mrs. 01 lie King and hor 0-ycar-old daughter Grace.

Strikers in the Pittsburgh (Pa.) district attacked negro miners and ono man was shot. Further trouble is feared.

Passenger business of Chicago roads during August averaged 2,500 persons a day for each road. Ofllcials are encouraged.