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VOL. VII—NO. 313. ORAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1893.

MAY COMPROMISE.

Negotiations to End the Silver Dabate in the Senate.

BOTH SIDES WISH SUCH A RESUlT.

Reporters Said to Be Willing to Meet Their Opppnenu Half Way —Further Debate on the Tucker BUI to the Home*

OUTLOOK FOB AS AGREEMENT. WASHINGTON, Sqpt SO.—The (friupoyatio repeal senators have praotioally given up the idea that the Sherman law can be repealed unconditionally and have, after numerous conferences, decided upon a compromise wliioh they believe will end the long fight and secure the passage of a bill by the end of next weelt. Senator Gorman and other democratic repeal senators have been actively engaged in arranging the terms of the compromise and they believe they have succeeded. It involves concessions on both sides first, the repeal of the purchase clause second, the coinage of a specified amount, $2,000,000 or $2,500,000 per month until the total silver coinage is IT00,000,000 third, the coinage of all the bullion in the treasury, and fourth, the sale of gold bonds to increase the gold reserve to an amount which will be deemed sufficient to insure the maintenance of gold and silver money at parity.. Whenithe proposition was submitted to Secretary Carlisle at a oonferenoehe insisted upon the latter provision 10 the agreement

It is the general understanding that the silver republican senators will agree to this compromise. Indeed, Senator Gorman vouches for that. The only thing in the way of this programme now seem* to be the president, lie has not, so far as known, absolutely given his consent, although the acquiescence of Secretary Carlisle would iudieate that he would do so.

A Petition for Protection.

WASBI.VGTO.V. Sept. 80.—SenatorCameron (rep., Pa.) presented a petition in the senate signed, he said, by 144 manufacturers of Philadelphia, representing $7.1,000,000 capital, employing 100,000 jnen with a yearly production of $150,i)00,000,in favor of legislation to preserve the protective character of the tariff and the integrity of silver as a money metal. The petition favors the admission of American silver bullion to coinage upon the payment by the owner of a seigniorage absorbing three-fourths of the difference between the London price of bullion and its value when coined. It was printed as a document.

Ilarrin Opposes Repeal.

The repeal bill was then taken up and Senator Harris (dem., Tenn.) addressed the senate. He favored the coinage of the entire American product of silver, at any ratio to be agreed upon, saying that that of sixteen to one would be satisfactory. Senator Harris said ho had always understood that Senator Sherman believed and had stated that the limited coinage provided for by the Bland-Allison act would bring the United States to a silver standard and drive gold out of the country. He would be glad to know that he was mistaken and then he would indulge the hope that the senator from Ohio would join him at least to the extent of rehabilitating the Hlaucl-AUisou act and going back to that amount, of coinage, if not more.

Sherman's Auswor.

Senator Sherman said he believed, as he always had, that the continued purchase of silver either under the llland-Allison act or the act of 1890, without limitation, unquestionably would bring the country to a time when gold would disappear from circulation and silver would be the only standard. The free coinage of silver, In his opinion, would result in a silver standard. The act of 1890 would tend in the same direction, and in time would undoubtedly bring the country to a single silver standard. Therefore he favored the abandonmentof the system. "The senator from Ohio thinks,' asked Senator Harris, "that the unlimited coinage of silver would drive gold out of the country and reduce us absolutely to a silver standard?" "That is my opinion." was Senator Sherman's reply.

Then Senator Harris asked if the senator from Ohio thought the coinage of from two to four millions per month would have that effect.

Senator Sherman thought it would in time, and the fear that the country was approaching that time was one of the troubles that were encountered this Bummer.

Senator Harris was glad to learn that the senator from Ohio waS less guilty than he supposed him.

Headjr to Compromise.

At the close of Senator Harris' speech he expressed himself ready to accept any fair und honorable compromise, but said that he would vote against unconditional repeal.

Senator Morgan for Silver.

Senator Morgan (dem., Ala.) made a lengthy speech in which he declared himself opposed to repeal and ridiculed the proposition of an international agreement governing the coinage of silver, and made what he called an argument in favor of the constitutional rights of the people.

In a colloquy between Senator llawley (rep., Conn.) and himself as to Mr. Cleveland, Senator Morgan said the president seemed to represent both parties. He certainly represented the senator from Connecticut, who was following him now. "In one thing," said Senator Hawley. "One thing and for a short while. After awhile you expect to cut loose from .him," said Senator Morgan "and paddle your own canoe. 1 believe it was Gen. Bragg who said in the eonven tion at St. Louis that he loved Grovel Cleveland for the, enemies he had made, including, I sup pose, the senator from Connecticut and that class of eminent statesmen and politicians. Xow, if the democracy did not love him because of the friends he had made it would be a bad day for

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Mr. Cleveland." Senator Morgan did not conclude his speech. Senator Dolph (rep., Ore.) offered a resolution calling on the secretary of the interior for Information as to pensions paid to persons residing abroad and It went over.

There are now three unfinished speeches la the senate, all on the side of the opponents ol repeal —those of Senator Teller (OoL) Senator Peffer (Kan.) and Senator Morgan (Ala.).

Southern Men Stirred Dp.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—The debate on the Tuoker bill being resumed, Mr. Lacy (rep., la.) took the floor In opposition to the repeal of the election laws, and laid great stress on the argument in favor of the constitutionality of these laws. When Mr. Lacey began to describe the peculiar election methods in vogue in South Carolina, Mr. Talbert (dem., Ia.) became indignant. After a fierce alternation, the latter said: "I deny the tone of the gentleman's remarks and challenge his proof." "I am glad the gentleman denies the tone of my remarks," replied Mr. Lacey, "for ihe cannot deny the facts. I am responsible for the tone the facts speak for themselves." [Laughter.]

Mr. Lacey went on to discuss other features of souther# outrages, and at the conclusion of his speech Mr. McLaurin (dem., 8. C.) seoured the floor for five minutes to reply to Mr. Lacey's strictures on South Carolina. He declared he was in favor of local self government

De Armond Favor* the Bill. Mr. De Armond (dein., Ma) followed in support of the measure. He went at length into a history of the purpose of these laws. They were passed, he said, in anger to depress and degrade the south. The proper way, said Mr. De Armond, to purify the ballot was the adoption of a system like the Australian ballot law, that had already been adopted in thirty-six states. That law rested on the assumption that the people can rule, while the federal election laws rest on the theory that they cannot.

Mr. Gillett (rep., Mass.) contended that it was absurd to go into the constitutionality of these laws after the supreme court had ruled.

Revived the Mackin Case.

Mr. Goldzier (dem., 111.) arose to correct some statements by Mr. Cannon (rep., 111.) relative to the conviction of "Joe" Mackin in Chicago in 1884 for election frauds. He pointed out that Mackin was arrested and sent to prison under state laws, not federal laws. Mr. Cannon contended that while this was true Mackin'!) crime had been detected by federal supervisors.

Gen. Wheeler Talks.

Gen. Joe Wheeler (dem., Ala.), the great confederate cavalry leader, followed with a vlgorpus speech in support of the measure. Graphically he painted the picture of tyranny that had obtained in the south as a result of these laws. About the only notable thing Gen. Wheeler said was In the form of an inquiry as to whether the people of the south would prefer to see an armed deputy marshal or a "big buck negro" presiding at the polls.

Gi-ltnatnr Blair.

Gen. Wheeler was followed by exSenator Blair (rep., N. H.), who returned to the house with the present congress after twelve years' service at the other end of the capitoL Mr. Blair's throat was so affected that he was forced, after explaining his idea of the immense importance of the question. which involved the falsity and the error of the pernicious doctrine of states' rights that he supposed had been settled by the war, to ask the Indulgence of the house to print his remarks in the Record. The house St 4:15 adjourned.

FIREBUGS INDICTED.

A QunK of Conspirators Brought Up by a Chicago Grand Jury. CnicAGO, Sept. 30.—The grand jury has returned thirteen indictments against F. W. Smith, O. C. Churchill and D. Brown for conspiracy to commit arson and to defraud insurance companies. It has been discovered that Smith and others were concerned in the destruction by Are of thirteen stores in which the stocks of goods were insured for man times their value. In most of the oases the fraud was suooesBful, and it is estimated that the conspirators have obtained from insurance companies in that way almost *100,000. They operated in small towns in Illinois, and in Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky and lowa. In all the transactions Smith was the moneyed man and chief schemer. He has just been sentenced to the penitentiary for two years on an old charge of attempted bribery in the. Cronin case.

TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.

The Murderer aa 11-Year-Old QUI Commits Suicide. CIXCIXNATI, Sept 30.—At Williamsberg, Clermont county, O., Thursday night, Milo Wilson, a laborer, shot and killed Iva Warman, aged 11 years, because her parents objected to his attentions to the child. The murder was deliberately done

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presence of the girl's mother, and the body of the murderer has been found in the barn of Japtha Lytle, not far from the scene of the crime. He had gone there and shot himself with the same revolver that he used upon his victim.

Shot In His Own Yard.

OAKLAND, III., Sept 30.—Another attempt at murder occurred Thursday night 10 miles southwest of this city. Nicholas Hubert was shot and mortally wounded in his own dooryard by some unknown person. Suspicion points to one Thomas Wells, a broom-corn cutter, as the guilty party. Hubert is a wealthy bachelor, and it was generally known that he kept plenty of money about the house. Wells has disappeared.

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SOT VERY RAPID.

Trad® Improvement Ia Reported Hather Slow.

SOME SIGNS OF ABETTER CONDITION.

The frallure Krcord for the I'ast Nine Months AlmoMt t'npreredented—Situation in VnrloQi Branches of Business.

RECOVERY 18 FILOW.

NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—The following is an extract from the review of trade published in Hradstreet's: "Aside from increased sales and shipments of merchandise at a few widely separated centers there has beeu no general improvement the commercial situation this week. It is noteworthy that at such points as Chicago and St Louis autumn buying from jobbers maintain the slight ly increased proportions reported lasLweek, although the volume of business doing is lar below the usual average at this season. A significant feature Is found In the closing down again of industries at a nufnber of point* in the west -/There they recently started up after prolonged idleness. But, on the other hand, the Texas drought has been broken, northwestern bankers are advancing funds freely to handle the grain crop, and the south is taking oare of the cotton as it gets te market, while In Louisiana the sugar crop is claiming and riee will soon claim financial aid.

The Failure Record.

"Some results of the recent monetary stringency are found in the extraordinarily large total number of business failures during the last nine months, 11,174, which is fully 51 per cent heavier than in nine mouths a year ago, and 26 per cent heavier than in a like portion of 1891. Liabilities of falling traders this year have run up to the unprecedented total of MM,* 067,000, about four times what like debte were last year, and 6* per cent more than the total indebtedness of nine months of business failures In 1884, the next prcoeding year of severe panio. "For nine months this year there are reported to Braastreet 1.CS3 business failures in Canada and Newfoundland, only thirty-six more than In nine months of last year. The total liabilities, however, are 918,162,000, an increase of about 41 per cent, and the assets 97,632,000, a gain of 38 per cent."

From Uun's.

NEW YOIIK, Sept 30.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says that for the last week the failures have been 329 in the United States, against 177 last year, and in Canada 34, against 31 last year. The review continues: 8tilt Very Dull. 'Hope deferred* explains the past week In part, and it is doubtless true that many Indulged unreasonable hopes, hut business has not entirely answered expectations. It Is also true that mauy works w:hioh have resumed operations do not find orders as large or the demand from oonsumers as vigorous as they anticipated, and with some it is a question whether they will not close again. "Wheat receipts decrease again and fall far behind last year, but stocks in sight are too heavy and the price for December fell nearly c. Corn continues to come forward freely and crop reports are not more unfavorable, but the price fell Iftc. Changes in pork products were oU vlously due rather to manipulation than to any change In the outlook. Cotton declined about 8-l6c, with no great change in the movement or In crop prospects and with increasing work by tho mills iu this country. lrou Trade Depressed. "While seventy-eight munufaoturing concerns are reported as starting wholly or in part, against twenty closing or reducing force, more than a third of tho increase has been in cotton mil's and another third In machine shops, nail mills and manufactures of stoves and hardware while in .the iron manufacture proper only seven concerns have started, against three that have stopped, and the outlook does not seem bright "Chicago is adding to her marvelous build, ings, and in structural and some other forms of iron the demand in the west is clearly In creased. But the closing of the largest iron mine in the country, the Norrie. which ordlna rlly produces 1,000,000 tons yearly, indicates the limited character of the business. "In boots and shoes the marked activity seen in New York Is not found at the east, but the rubber works are all fully employed and the demaud for their products is large. The return of money from the interior continues large and plainly reflects less activity than usual at this season In domestic trade and industry."

FOUND GUILTY.

Dr. Fogleaonff Convicted of Wife Murder at Hillsdale, Mick. HILLSDALE, Mich., Sept SO.—Dr. M. P. Foglesonff was found guilty Friday of murder in the first degree. He has been on trial for the last two weeks charged with the murder of his wife two years ago by poison. The jury was out fo*- fire hours. When the announcement of ""guilty was nmd» it seemed not to disturb the prisoner beyond causing a slight start. His little son, 8 years old, who, with a younger brother, has been in constant attendance, burst out in pitiful sobs and could not be comforted.

Judge l.ane will pronounce sentence this morning. The verdict meets with public approval, as nearly every one believed in his guilt, though doubtful as to the result.

FIVE ON ONE .SCAFFOLD.

Negroes Hanged tit Mount Vernon, Oa, tor Murder. ATLANTA, (la., Sept. 00.—At noon five negroes were hanged together on one scaffold at Mount Vernon, Montgomery county. Three ol them murdered Alexander Peterson, a rich merchant, last July the fourth killed a 3-yuar-old child, and the fifth murdered a negro companion. It was the lirst hanging in Montgomery county .since the war. About 1,000 spectators surrounded the scaffold, which had been crjcted in a public place.

A bAD END.

Ex-Uulted M.ue» ..euaior Mischen, or Ken lucky, fries in a I.uuatlo Asylum. LOUISVILLE, K.y., Sept 30.—A special from Hopkinsville, Ky., says: "Ex-Sen-ator Maelien died Friday night at 5:50 p. m. in the lunatic asylum in this city. He was 84 years of age and some months "ago lost his mind. Two weeks ago he was sent to the asylum. In the '70s he served a few months iu the United States senate by appointment to fill an unexpired term. He was a well-to-do farmer."

Died lu Prison.

TIIOMASTO.N, Me., Sept. 30.—M. C. I'ereival, the defaulting cashier of the National Shoe and Leather bank. Lewiston, who was sentenced in October, 18!2, to ten years' imprisonment, died Thursday in the state prison here.

Miss Abby Goodsell Dead.

roroiiKKErsiE, N. Y., Sept. 80.—Word has been received here of the death, in San Diego, Cal., of Miss Abby Goodaell, for ten years principal of Vassar college.

Tho Miohlg&mmo River Poura Into a Michigan Mine.

WEAK SUPPORTS CAUSE A DISAblLU.

Workmen In tiie Mnnslield Mlns Near Crj -,t»l falls Engulfed Without i,. Warning—Twenty-Eight of

Them Perish.

AN AWFUL ML.NK HOP.ROH.

CRYSTAL FALLS, Mich., Sept. 30.— With a roar and rush the waters of the Mlchigamine river broke through the Mansfield mine shortly aftei 9 o'clock Thursday night, drowning twentyeight of the employes at work directly under the stream. The eighteen men who escaped were employed in the lower levels. The accident occurred between a and 10 o'clock but did not become known until later. None of the bodies have been recovered and it is believed it will be necessary to divert the channel of the river before they can be secured.

The Victims.

Following Is a correct list of the dead: Sam Peters, married James Strongman, married W. II. Pierce, married Swan Johnson, Mike Harrington, Frank Kocko. Al Torresanl, Frank Johnson, Sam Johnson, Shelllmo Zadra, IVter Turry, Nluelo Foutunl, Charles Pohl, married: John Regula. Ole Carlson, married Joe Kola, married: John Holmstrom. Rn?c. Forlinrito, Job!' Klrshe, John ltandala. John Warner, Oscar Lundqulst, Ctirls ArcauKelo, Anlo Stefano, August ColuKim, O. Constant!, Vlfills Zadra, Celuitl Negri.

Mlue Raa Under the niver. The Mansfield mine is situated on the bankB of the Mlchigamme river, about 8 miles east of Crystal Falls, the county seat of Iron county. It has been working between three "and four years and has shipped about CO,000 ions of Bessemer ore. The ore lenses dipped rap­

idly beneath the stream and for more than two years the chief workings have been directly under the bed of the river. There has been muoh trouble with water and predictions have not been wanting that the river would some day break through the roof of the mine. The depression in the iron trade has closed practically aU the mines in the Crystal Falls district, and the Mansfield was almost the only one from which any ore was being raised, the line quality of the product enabling It to keep on working.

Caused by Weakened Timbers.

The first level mi 33 feet below the bed of the river. The lower levels, five in number, ran parallel with the first, the sixth, or bottom level, being 428 feet belew the surface of the water. In the prooess of mining all the levels save the alyth have beep stopped out, leaving only timbers and pillars of ore t* hear the weight of the floors of ore aWvt. The generally accepted theory aa to the cause of the disaster is that the timbers on the fifth level gave way and allowed the levels above and at last Ml* river to crash down upon the feted men. •he night shift had gone down, and thovfii soma one noticed th«l more water than usual was coming Into the •sine

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pumps seetaM to be able to keep the drUta free. So the work went on In ita usual course until the roar of water made the first announcement of danger. So fast came the flood that it is doubtfnl if the men In tho upper levels were able to reach the shaft at alL

The eoenea ol horror «nd death in the upper levels oan only be imagined, for no one escaped to tell the tale. Had the men been able to reach the shaft death would still be certain, for the old, or No. 1 shaft, the only direct means of reaching the upper levels, collapsed and fell in about 9:30, cutting off all escape that way. •ow the Inrvivors Escaped.

Most of the survivors were at work on the bottom level, which was not stopped out, and therefore did not cave. Andrew Sullivan, a night boss, was on this level and heard the erash above. He divined what had happened and called to his men to follow him up the ladder-way. The draft caused by the cave extinguished their lights and the men were compelled to feel their way through the darkness. All but four inen on this level reached the ladderway in safety and the ascent was begun. When the men reached the fourth level a torrent of water poured down the shaft. The men oould proceed, but could breathe only at the landings as the several levels were reaohed, ao great was the pressure caused by the influx of water. They were nearly dead when they reached the surface. Their four comrades remained on the sixth level, their avenue of escape having been cut off by the water.

A Mer« Perishes.

Tony Buletto, the skip-tender at the fourth level, was standing near the shaft with Frank Itocco, a night boss, or foreman, when the first crash eame. They knew what had happened and anticipated the result, but Rocco heroically refused to go up in the skip until he had warned his men of the danger imminent Re went back into the drift and perished with his comrades. Buletto came to the surface in the skip and is the only man who went to work on the fourth level last night left to tell I the story.

Heartrending Scenes.

The scene at the mine location has beep hfwtrtpdlnf. Weeping women

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and crying children have crowded tip to the gaping pit to view the last resting place of husband aDd father. The spot has been visited bv thousands of curious people throughout Ihe day, ami' the tragic »*ent is the one topic of discussion in the Lake Superior country. No specific censure of the mining company is being manifested.

Not until after daylight did the river complete its work and resume iLs normal course. The mine workings had been tilled to the river level and the fatal stream began to craw'l down its dry bed once more. The death of twen-ty-eight men marked the end of the Mansfield mine, for unless the river be forced to seek another channel this rich deposit of iron ore can never be worked again. Eight of the victims leave families of children fatherless, and about half of the remaining twenty men were the support of parents.

Can't ltccover the lludlrs.

The recovery of the bodies of the lost men is out of the question. The work would entail a deviation of the river from its course and the outlay of hundreds of thousands of dollars. No loud censure of the company operating the mine is manifested. The mine inspector has fully vindicated the company and says that the system of mining employed in this section of the country, the timbering system, is alone to blame for the disaster.

I'ault of the Miners.

MAI'III- :E, Mich., Sept, 30.—John M. 1 .n_ryL-..1-, of this city, is one of the chief u.. .HM'S of the Mansfield mine property, lie said that the land had been leased to Calhoun & Tenney, of Chicago, and that they had formed the Mansfield Mining company. Mr. Longyear's belief is that the disaster was caused by "robbing" the mine that is, by working In a reokless maimer and tearing down pillars of ore in the upper levels that should have been left to support the roof.

The mine Inspector of Iron county will oonduct a most rigid investigation to asoertain tho cause ol the disaster at the Mansfield mine. The vein of ore was only 16 feet wide and the nature of the ground was such that experts say iUwas easy to afford an adequaU.' support to the hanging wall of the mine.

The Doomed Mine.

The Mansfield mine is one of the SchlesiuRer group and is operated by Corrigan. Jvea & Co. It is 7 miles from this city. The m:ne underlies the river, but the stratum of earth between the water aiid the diggings was thought to be thick enough to withstand any pressure Unit could possibly be exerted by tho water. It is found that the mine, which Is one of the best on the range, is hopelessly ruined, because it will be impossible to control tho water.

The principal owner of the Manstlehl rain Is J. M. Langyear, of Marquette. It was the only active mine in. the Crystal Falls district and wus only kept going by reasoa of the fact that ii was producer of a high grade oMtessemer on*. It usually gives employment to about 100 men and had th* accident happrnod two .luys ago the loriS of lite would have prcuier. The force was reduced only ThiT^.r As beioro fciutrnj, the MuusUeldjmn ht«Mi considered dangerous and a «errible d^aster ha.s often b^cu predicted. Miners tnetu-elves have Riven it the go by wli.-iie\er possible, but in the existing condition of ihe. mining industry th«ro wertr si buii.ired applicant* for a:iy kind of work that offejv.'J.

CURRENT EVENTS.

Paid admissions to the world's fair on Friday, 151,387 total to date. 14,651,829.

While talking to friends at Marshalltown, Ia.. W. li. Sargent, an old resident, fell to the floor dead.

Senator John P. Jones, of Nevada, is said to have bolted the republican party and gone to the populists.

Judge Irwin B. Handle, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, died at Alton, 111. He was 82 years old.

Forest fires are raging near Wiuohester, O., and many residents have been driven from their homes.

At a New Orleans blaze which demolished 125,000 worth of property, two men died from suffocation,

Henry C. Whittier & Son, retail jewelers, Providence. It. I., assigned. Liabilities, 150,000 assets in eNcns«.

Dr. L. I\ Dodge, a republican politician of Farmington, Minn., died from hiccoughs. He was 60 years old.

Frost has touched the (lowers and foliage at Jackson park, and also the natives of far-away warmer climates.

Old liberty bell will be takcu directly home October 81. Arrangements could not be made for a New England tour.

Swiss watchmakers received almost aa many medals as all their rivals combined in the distribution of uwn.-dsat the world's fair.

TeSas state treasury is bankrupt Bankers hesitate to cash warrants with which officials are paid on account of scarcity of funds.

The trials of six men supposed to have been implicated in the mob that banged William Jackson, the negro, September 16 on one of the main streets of Rich Hill, Mo., ended with their discharge.

THE MARKETS.

Qrala, Provisions, Etc* CBJCAGO, Sept 20.

rt.otlR'-In light demand, but rather easier at I3.25Q&50 for Winter patents for Winter straights 11.80^1.90 for Winter seconds ll.&0t£1.70 for Winter low grades: (3.50 ©4.00 for Spring patents 12.7AQS.00 for spring straights $1 8502.36 for Bakers', and 11.4(^1.50 for Spring low grades.

WBKAT—Fairly aotive and steady. No. 9 •ash, 667tQf9Kc Deoember, COKN—-Quiet and steady. No. 8 cash. 39l£(fo 39Hc No. 2 Yellow, 39ft(ftH9Kc: No. 3, tf.V Na S Yellow, 39^c September, 3UVsft39?,ic: October, 394039 ,c December, May,

OATS—Fairly aotive and steady. No. cash, IWUMJrfc.