Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 August 1893 — Page 1

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- - PAGES I TO 8. ESTABLISHED 1822. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 30, 1893--TWELYE TAGES. ONE DOLL All A YEAH.

FIRST PART.

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DOWN GOES SILVER

Under An Overwhelming Adverse Majoriiy. A Surprise to the Free Coinage Advocates Who Have Less Strength Than Is Supposed, EVEN AT THEIR VERY BEST. Which Is ontheFNtlo of Sixteen to One, And on the Motion to Substitute the Allison Bill, While Other Ratios Received Indifferent Support. The Wilson Bill Finally Passe hy n Majority of One Hundred find Thirty Km rrt Ixeiteinent Chnraeterlies the Proceed I n gs of the House The I11U YVUI lie- Promptly Iteported (o the Senate The .atlonal Hank Ulli Very Likely to lie Pushed Oat of the YVay The Opinions of Hankers. WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 2S. Under the impression that the order under which the huiiHi has been operating the past two weeks, so far as tho hour of meeting was concerned prevailed today, the public gnlWies of the hall of the house of representatives were filled before 10 o'clock this morning and many members were In their Feats on the floor at that hour. The surrounding corridors end lobbies of the floor were also filled with a throng of people curious to know the outcome of the oratorical contest which has been g -irig on within the chamber for fourteen days. Kven those fortunate enough to become possessed of Beats in comparative quiet found it impossible to maintain any degree of comfort fur the atmosphere was hot and muegy. heavy clouds lowered over the city and th?re was no breath of air stirring. The practical outcome of th? votes to bo taken was conceded on all hands to be the defeat of every proposition relating to the free coinage of silver at any ratio with gold and also of the resolution reviving the Bland-Allison act of 1S7S. This much was freely admitted by Representative Bland, the leader of the silver forces. He said that the estimate of the artiEilver committee of a. majority of about fifty against any of the several silver propositions included within the order might even be exceeded. "The influences that have been brought to bear upon our men have had their effect and I should not be surprised to eee the Wilson 1 ill go through the senate pome day with little or no friction." The leaders of the house attracted the usual amount of attention as they came upon he floor. Mr. Reed came in at 11:20, his form towering above all his associates on the floor and being particularly noticeable because of his sv!t of Kentucky tow enlivened by a deep red-in-hand scarf. Gen. Tracey and Mr. Bland were busily engaged in conference with their lieutenants, preparing for the decisive count of votes. Lafe Pence, the enthusiastic populist from Colorado, earnestly assured Amos Cummings of New York that the end was not yet, despite the apparent defeat of the advocates of free coinage. Bourke Cockran did not appear until after the speaker's gavel fell, but Messrs. Harter, Rayner and Tom L. Johnson, anti-silverite3, beamed with anticipations of victory. When the speaker commanded order at 12 nearly every seat in the hall was filled, an unmistakable evidence of the general individual interest in the matter in hand. The chaplain prayed briefly and in a voice inaudible at a distance of more than ten feet from the desk for an especial gift of wisdom and Judgment to rightly settle the great question before the house. After the reading of the journal, Mr. Weaver of New York appeared at the l ar of the house on the arm of his colleague, den. Tracey, and was sworn in by the speaker. Xo Filibustering;. The resolution contained In the order of procedure on the silver question was reported by the clerk, providing for a vote first upon free coinage of silver at the present ratio of 16 to 1. Representative Bailey of Texas asked if, in the event of all the amendments included in the order being defeated, it would be in order to propose an additional amendment germane to the subject. Speaker Crisp replied that as at present advised he would an wer no; that the ordr provided exhaustively all that the house may consider; but that when the time came to formally present the question the gentleman from Texas might be heard. Represei-tative McMUlin of Tennessee desired to offer an amendment providing for the free coinage of the product of the silver mines of the United States, but Mr. Bland objected to even having It read, saying that such a proposition was not free coinage at all. The Sixteen to One Vote. The Wilson bill having been read, Mr. Bland, a democrat of Missouri, offered his first amendment that for free coinage at the present ratio of 16 to 1 and It was defeated by a vote of yeas, 124; nays, 223, amid applause from the anti-silver men, who received on. more majority than they expected. The following is the detailed vote. The names of democrats In bold face, of republicans in Roman, and of populists In CAPS: YEAS. Abbott, Tex. HUDSON. Kansas. Attken. Michigan. Hunter, III. Alexander. A. C. Hutchinson, Tex. Allen. Mis. Jones, Virginia. Arnold, Mo. KKM. Nebrapka. Htilley, Texas. Kllgore, Texas, llankhead, Ala. Kyle. .Miss. HAKEF: Kansas. I.aney, Illlnnl. Hell, lexaa. Latimer, S. f. PELL, Colorado. Union, Gn. Blark, Georgia. - Lester, (eorsrla. Blanehard, La. I.ivlnitston, .w. Hlaad, Io. Lucas. South Dakota. IloAtner, I. a. .Muulre. Cal. Ilowf r, X. C. Mad dor W, (.a. Bowers, CaL. larahall, Va,

lira noli, X. C. lefnlIoel, Arle. Hreta, Indiana. .MeDernion, Ten n. Hrookshire. I ml. M'KEEOAN. Neb. Rroderick. Kansas. McLaurln, S. C. Itrynn, Neb. MeMIIIln, Tenn. P.OEX, Minnesota, Mellen. Arkansas. Hann, X. C. Meredith, Va. Humes, .Mo. Money, Miss. Coiumlnetta. Cal. Montgomery, Kjr, Cannon, Cal. Morgan, Mo. (opt hart, V. Va. .Moses, Ueorgla. Clark, Mo. Murray, S. C. Cobb. Alahnmn. .elll. Arkansas. Coekrell, Texas. NKW LANDS. Nev. Colleen, Wyo. O'Kerrall, Vn. Conn, Indiana. Paynter, Ky. Cooper, Texas. PKXCK, Colorado. C'ox, Tennessee. Post. Illinois. Crawford. . C. Pendleton. Tex. Culberson, Tex. PIckler. S. D. Curtl. Kansas. Kiehardson, Mleh. DAVIS. Kansas. Illehnrdson, Tcuu. Denrniond. .Mo. Hohhins. Ark. Densou, Ala. Itohertson, La. Densniore, Ark. Sa er, Texas. Dorkrry, Mo. Slblev. I'enn. Donovan. Ohio. SIMPSON. Km. Doolittle, WashingtonStalllnits, Aln. Edmunds, Vit. Storkdnle, .Miss. Kills. Ky. .Stone. Ky Knloe. 'I'enn. Mlruil, S. C. Epes, Virginia. Swanson, Va, F Ith run, Illinois. Sweet. Idaho. Funston. Kansas. Talhert, S. C. Cyan. .Mo. 1'nrnry. Mo. Geary, Cal. Tate, (ieorirla. Goodnight, Ky. Taylor, Ind. irmly. Y. C Terry, Ark. Hall. MlMvouri. Tnrpen. Ala. llateh. Mo. Tyler, Virginia. HARRIS, Kansas. Wheeler, Aln. Hartman. Montana. Whltlnjf, Mleh. Heard. Mo. Williams, HI. Henderson, X. C. Williams, Miss. Holman, Ind. Wilson, Wash. Hooker, Miss. YVood'd, X. C 121. XAVS. Adams. Kentucky. Johnson, N. D. Alderson. W. Vn. Joy, Missouri. Aldrlch, Illinois. Kieft-r. .Minnesota. Apsley, Mass. K rl libs, lenu. Avery, Michigan. Lacey, Iowa. Harnes, W isconsin. Iafever, New York. Ilaldwln. Minn. I.apliaui, It. I. Ilartlett, etv lrkI.nlon, Ubiu. UnrwlK, Y IseonsinLilly, Pa. Babeock. Wisconsin. Linton, Michigan. Raker. N. H. Lisle, Ky. f'arthold, Missouri. Lookwixid, X. Y. Ileltzhoover. I'enn. Loud, California. Merry, Kentucky. Loudenslager. N. J. Bellten, New York. Lynch, l iseonsin. Rlnsrham. Pa. Mahon, Pa. Hlaek. Illinois. Manner, New York P.lair, N. H. Mallory. Florida. Routelle. Maine. Marsh. Illinois. Hrattan, .Maryland .Martin, Indiana. IlniHlcj, s. C. Marvin, New York, lireekitirlilsre, ArkMeAleer, I'enn. llreckiuridice. Ky. McCall. Mas. Hric-kner, Wis. McDowell, Pa. Rrosius. PennsylvaniaMcCleary. Minnesota. Brown, Indiana. MeCreary, Ky. Rurrows, Michigan. MoCulloeh, Ark. It num. Indiana. McDonald, Illinois. Cubaniea, Georgia. MeKtriek, Iass. Cailmus, . J. MeGaiui, Illinois. Caldwell. Ohio. MeGalr. Maryland. Ca m bfl I, N. V. Mr.Nniiiiy, Indiana. Carinii, Kentucky. Melklejohn, Nebraska CatehiiiKs, Miss. Mercer, Nebraska. Cnasey, Delaware Meyer, La. Cannon. Illinois. Milliken. Maine. Childs. Illinois. Moon. Michigan. Ch Icker Inj. .V. Y. Mors, Mass. Clark. Alabama. Mutchler, I'enn. Clancey, N. V. Northway, Ohio. Cobb, Missouri. Oates. Alabama. Cockran, .. V. O'Nell. Mas. Coombs, Xcw YfrkO'Neil, I'a. Ctniton. . Y. Oulliunllr, Ohio. Cooper, Florida. Page. Rhode Islam Cooper. Indiann. l'aschall, Texas. Cooper. Wisconsin. I'allerson, Tenn. Cogswell, Mass. I'ayne, New York. Cornish, N. J. I'mrmin, Ohio. Cousins. Iowa. Pendleton, W. Yn. Coert, rn York. Perkins, Iowa, t rain, Texas. Phillips, l'a. Curtis. New York. Piuott, Conn. Cu in in in km, .V V. Powers, Vermont. Dalz' 1!, PcnnsylvaniaJ'rlce. La. Danieis, New York. Randall. Mass. Davy, Louisiana. Knyucr, Md. Din Kley, Maine. Ray, .w York. Dolliver. Iowa. Reed, Maine. Drvaper, Mass. RevVnirn. Pa. Dunn., Xrw Jersey Kei 1 1 y. I'enn. Rel'orrest, Conn. Richards, Ohio, biinpliy, New Aorkllltchle, Ohio. IlBriMXDtr,' Illinois. Robinson. . Ra. CiiKÜsIi, . J. Husk, Maryland. Fill i. Oregan. Hussell, tieorKin. Krilmuii, I'enn. Russell, Connecticut. Hvcrclt, lass. It van. New York. Fellows, New Yorfccherinerlin, . Y. Melder, .. J. Scranton, Pa. Filch. New York. Sherman. New York. Fletcher, Minnesota. Shriw, Wisconsin. Forman. Illinois. Settle, North Carolin? Funk. Illinois. Mekles, New lork. Gardner. New Jersey? I pe. I'enn. Gear, Iowa. Smith. Illinois, (eissenhalner, Y. YnodKrass, Tenn: Gillette, Now Jersey. Vomers, Ais-onsin GillttP, Mass. !ierry. Conn. Goldzler, Illinois. SprinKer. Illinois. Gorman. Michigan. Meveii, Mass. Grosvener. Ohio. Stephenson, Miohtsan (Trout. Vermont. Store, l'a. (C. W.) t; res ha in. Texas. Storer. Ohio. Hasrer, Iowa. Strong. Ohio. Rainer. Nebraska. Tit. Hint, .Maryland. Hainen. New York.Tawney. Minnesota, Rail Minnesota. Taylor, Tennessee. Hum m o rial . IndlunaTl.omas, Michigan. Hare, Ohio. Tracey, New York. Harmer, Pa. Tucker, Virginia. Harter, Ohio. Turner, Georgia. Hayes. lowia. 1'pdeeraff, Iowa. Haugen, Wisconsin. Van Vorhis, N. Y. Heiner, Pa. Van Voorhis, Ohio. Henderson, Illinois. Wadsworth, N. Y. Henderson, Iowa. Wanger, Pa. Hendricks. N. Y". Walker, Mass. Hepburn. Iowa. Wausrh, Indiana Herman. Oregon. YVendloek. Mich. Hicks. Pa. Weber, New York. Hilborn. California, Wells, Wisconsin. Hines, I'enn. Warner, New York Hitt. Illinois. YYaslilnKton. Tenn Hooker, New York. Wheeler, Illinois. Hopkins, Pa. White, Ohio. Hopkins, Illinois. Wilson, Virginia. Ilaiivk, Ohio. Wilson. Ohio. Honk. Tennessee. YVIse, Virginia. Hulick, Ohio. Woomer. I'a. Hull. Iowa. WoUerton, Penu. Ikcrt. hlo. Writrht. Mass. Johnson, Ohio. Wright, I'a. 2k Johnson. Indiana. Mr. Schell, a democrat of South Carolina, in favor of free silver, was paired with Mr. Graham, a democrat, opposed to it. At Seventeen to One. Not nearly as much interest was taken on the second vote, which was on the ratio of 17 to 1. The decisive vote on the 16 to 1 ratio seemed to dishearten the silver men and in place of the attention which was paid to the first, was substituted a listlessness which spread throughout the hall. The vote resulted in the defeat of the amendment by a vote of yeas, 100; nays, 240. The populists members did not vote. The members who voted for the 16 to 1 ratio, but against the 17 to 1 ratio were: Messrs. Bretz, a democrat of Indiana; Brookshlre, a democrat of Indiana; Bryan, a democrat of Nebraska; Conn, a democrat of Indiana; Doolittle, a republican of Washington; Geary, a democrat of California; Harris, a populist of Kansas; Holman, a democrat of Indiana; Latimer, a democrat of South Carolina; Magulre, a democrat of California; McKeighan, a populist of Nebraska; McLaurln, a democrat of South Carolina; post, a republican of Illinois; Strait, a democrat of South Carolina; Sweet, a republican of Idaho; Talbot, a democrat of South Carolina, and Taylor, a democrat of Indiana. n The gentlemen who voted for 16 to 1, but who declined to vote at all on the 17 to 1 amendment were: Messrs. Baker, a populist of Kansas; Bankhead, a democrat of Alabama; Boen, a populist of Minnesota; Cannon, a democrat of California; Coekrell, a democrat of Texas; Davis, a populist of Kansas; Grady, a democrat of North Carolina; Hudson, a democrat of Kansas; Kern, a populist of Nebraska; Pence, a populist of Colorado; Simpson, a populist of Kansas, and Turpln, a democrat of Alabama, Mr. Russell, a-democrat of Georgia, and Mr. Snodgrass, a democrat of Tennessee, who voted against 16 to 1, voted in favor of 17 to 1. At KlRhteen to One. The 18 to 1 standard was defeated by a vote of yeas, 102; nays, 239. Of those who had previously voted on 16 or 17 to 1, the following did not vote at all on the 18 to 1 ratio: Messrs. Allen, a democrat of Mississippi; Bankhead, a democrat of Alabama; Bailey, a democrat of Texas; Can

non, a democrat of California; Grady, a ,dempcrat of North Carolina, and Livingston, a democrat of Georgia. The other changes on this vote as compared with the vote on 17 to 1 were as follows; Baldwin, a democrat of Minnesota, who voted for 17, voted against 18, and Hilborn, a republican of California, and Ikert, a democrat of Ohio, who voted against 17, voted for 18. Other Amendments. The house then voted immediately on the 19 to 1 amendment and it vr.ia defeated, yeas, lOi; nays, 233. Then came the 20 to 1 amendment and this in turn was defeated, though It showed, more strength, the vote standing, yeas, 121; nays, 22. No one who voted for 19 voted against 20 to 1, but ther was a decided gain as the following named members who had opposed 19 to 1, voted for the 20 to 1 amendment: Alderson, a democrat of West Virginia; Craln, a democrat of Texas; Ellis, a republican of Oregon; Herman, a republican of Oregon; Hopkins, a republican of Pennsylvania; Linton, a republican of Michigan; Mallory, a democrat of Florida; Meiklejohn, a republican of Nebraska; Moon, a republican of Michigan; Oates, a democrat of Alabama; Paschal, a democrat of Texas; Prince, a democrat of Louisiana; Tucker, a democrat of Virginia; Turner, a democrat of Georgia; Weadock, a republican of Michigan; White, a republican of Ohio; Marshall, a republican of Illinois. The members who voted against 20 to 1 and not on the 19 to 1 were: Kern, a pop -list of Nebraska, and Maguire, a democrat of California. The proposition to re-enact the BlandAllison act as a proviso to the repeal bill received the strongest support, but even that was defeated by a majority of 77. the vote standing, yeas, 136; nays, 213. The members voting for 20 to and against the Bland-Allison substitute were: Rroderick. a republican of Kansas; Crain, a democrat of Texas; Curtis, a republican of Kansas; Funston, a republican of Kansas; Mallory, a democrat of Florida; Marsh, a republican of Illinois: Meiklejohn, a republican of Nebraska: Moon, a republican of Michigan; Turner, a democrat of Georgia; White, a republican of Ohio. The members who voted for 20 to 1 and not voting on the Bland-Allison substitute were: Newlands, a populist of Nevada. Those voting for the Bland-Allison act and against 20 to 1 are: Bretz, a democrat of Indiana; Rrookshire, a democrat Of Indiana; Bryan, a democrat of Nebraska; Conn, a democrat of Indiana; Doolittle, a republican of Washington; Hare, a democrat of Ohio; Harris, a populist of Kansas; Holman, a democrat of Indiana; Kern, a populist of Nebraska; Latimer, a democrat of .South Carolina: Maguire, a democrat of California; MeCreary, a democrat of Kentucky; McKeighan, a populist of Nebraska; McLaurin, a democrat of South Carolina; Post, a republican of Illinois; Ritchie, a democrat of Ohio; Strait, a democrat of South Carolina; Sweet, a republican of Idaho; Talbert, a democrat of South Carolina; Taylor, a democrat of Indiana. Voting for the Bland-Allison act and not on 20 to 1: Baker, a populist of Kansas; Boen, a populist of Minnesota; Davis, a populist of Kansas; Hudson, a populist of Kansas; Pence, a populist of Colorado; Simpson, a populist of Kansas. The vote was thtn taken upon the final passage of the Wilson bill, and it was passed yeas, 240; nays, 110.

TUR CHANGES M.ide In the. Final Vote from That on Sixteen to One. On the final vote the fallowing gentlemen, who had voted for free coinage at a ratio of IS to 1, voted for repeal: Bretz, a democrat of Indiana; Brookshire, a democrat of Indiana; Bunn, a democrat of North Carolina; Cannon, a democrat of California; Capehart, a democrat of Virginia; Conn, a democrat of Indiana; Donovan, a democrat of Ohio; Doolittle, a republican of Washington; Edmunds, a democrat of Virgina; Geary, a democrat of California; Holman, a democrat of Indiana; Hunter, a democrat of Illinois; Lawson, a democrat of Georgia; Lester, a democrat of Georgia; Marshall, a democrat of Virginia; McMillin, a democrat of Tennessee; Meredith, a democrat of Virginia; Montgomery, a democrat of Kentucky; O'Farrell, a democrat of Virginia; Paynter, a democrat of Kentucky; Pendleton, a democrat of Texas; Post, a republican of Illinois; Richardson, a democrat of Michigan; Stone, a democrat of Kentucky: Swanson, a dtmocrat of Virginia; Taylor, a democrat of Indiana; Turpin. a democrat of Alabama; Tyler, a democrat of Virginia; Whiting, a demcrat of Michigan. Bond, a democrat of Wisconsin, did not vote on the 16 to 1 ratio, but voted in favor c '. the Wilson bill. Cooper, a republican of Wisconsin, who voted against free coinage at 16 to 1, did not vote on the final passage of the bill. IkTt, a republican of Ohio, voted against free coinape at 16 to 1 and against the Wilson Will; so did Loud, a republican of California; I lager, a republican of Iowa; Hainer, a republican of Nebraska; Hepburn, a republican of Iowa; Herman, a republican of Oregon; Hilborn, a republican of California; Hopkins, a republican of Pennsylvania; Mallory. a democrat of Florida; Marsh, a republican of Illinois; Smith, a republican of Illinois; Taylor, a republican of Tennessee. Ellis of Oregon, who did not vote on the 15 to 1 proposition, voted against the Wilson bill. The members who stood by silver under the Bland-Allison act but who finally voted for unconditional repeal were: Alderson a democrat of West Virginia; Black, a democrat of Georgia; Bretz, a democrat of Indiana; Brookshlre, a democrat of Indiana; Runn, a democrat of North Carolina: Conn, a democrat of Indiana; Donovan, a democrat of Ohio; Doolittle, a republican of Washington; Edmunds, a democrat of Virginia; Hare, a democrat of Ohio; Holman, a democrat of Indiana; Hunter, a democrat of Illinois; Lawson, a democrat of Georgia; Lester, a democrat of Georgia; Linton, a republican of Michigan; Marshall, a democrat of Virginia; MeCreary, a democrat of Kentucky; McMillin, a democrat of Tennessee; Meredith, a democrat of Virginia; Montgomery( a democrat of Kentucky; Oates, a democrat of Alabama; O'Ferrall. a democrat of Virginia; Paschal, a democrat of Texas; Paynter, a democrat of New York; Pendleton, a democrat of Texas; Post, a republican of Illinois; Price, a democrat of Louisiana; Richardson, a democrat of Michigan; Ritchie, a democrat of Ohio; Russell, a democrat of Georgia; Stone, a democrat of Kentucky; Swanson, a democrat of i Virginia; Taylor, a democrat of Indiana; Tucker, a democrat of Virginia; Turpln, a democrat of Alabama; Tyler, a demoMt of VlrHnfn Wpnrtock n democrat , of Michigan; Whiting, a democrat of i Michigan. Catchings, a democrat of Mississippi, gave notice that he would ask the house to consider the tules tomorrow and then the house adjourned. IX THE SENATE. Hut Little Financial Talk The Wilson Hill Received. There was an unusually email gathering of spectators In the genate this morning, the voting In the house on the silver bill having attracted the curious and the sight-seers to the south wing of the i capltoL Mr. Morgan was not oresent at

the opening of the proceedings, but his return to the city from his foreign mission as arbitrator in the Bering sea controversy was signalized by the appearance on his desk of the counterfeit presentment of a seal about one-third natural size, rising out of a bank of roses. Notice was given by Mr. Sherman that he would address the senate next Wednesday on the silver question and by Mr. Wolcott for Thursday. The bill allowing the national banks to increase their circulation up to the par value of the bonds deposited by them was taken up, the question being on the amendment offered by Mr. Coekrell for the redemption of such 2 per cent, bonds as may be offered and the payment therefor in a new issue of treasury notes. The vote was taken without the discussion being renewed and the amendment was rejected yeas, 23; nays, 29. Mr. Coekrell then offered an amendment authorizing the holder of any United States bonds to deposit and to receive in exchange legal tender notes equal to the face value of the bond. The bonds are to ba held In the treasury subject to redemption In the same amount of legal tender notes, which are then to be destroyed. No interest is to be paid on the bonds while they are held in the treasury, but when they are again withdrawn the interest is to be paid, less l1 per cent, per annum. Mr. Voorhees, chairman of the committee on finance, advised the friends of the bill to vote down all amendments and said that tomorrow the senate would be engaged In other business and then this bill, as a minor feature of the extraordinary session, would have to take a subordinate place and give way to the great and major proposition that had brought congress together. He intended that the country should understand that he pressed the national bank bill and asked a vte upon it. and deplored the delays that had taken place. If it fell, its fall should not be laid at his door. While discussion was proceeding the clerk of the house was announced with a message that th house had passed the bill to repeal part of the Sherman act. The bill was immediately, on motion of Mr. Voorhees, referred to the committee on finance. Mr. Voorhees stated what, would be, he said, satisfactory to the country, that there would be a meeting of the finance committee tomorrow, when there would be very prompt action in connection with the house bill and with the measure already reported from the finance committee. The discussion of Mr. Cockrell's amendment was resumed, but without action on it, the senate proceeded to executive business and soon adjourned.

OIT THEY GO. Mantle and Allen Not Entitled to Their Seats. The senate today by a vote of S2 to 29 decide! that Mr. Mantle of Montana and Mr. Allen of Washington are not entitled to seats, and that a governor of a state has not the right to appoint a senator to fill a vacancy caused by the expiration of the regular term, not happening by resignation or otherwise. SIX YOUTHS DROWNED. UV THE CAPSIZING OP A YACHT OX LAKE CIIAMPLAIX. Georgre YVIihei" ihe Captain of thm Cornell 'Varsity Crew, Wan Master of the Yacht He Died in an Effort to Rescue One of His Guests. WHITE HALL, N. Y.. Au?. 2S. George P. Witlierbee of Port Henry and six young companions, who were sailing on Witherbee's yacht, the Alpha, were capsized in Lake Champlain at 11 o'clock today. Witherbee and five of the boys were drowned. Their names were: WILLIAM GILDE A, thirten years old. WILLIAM BREADNER, fourten years old. EDDIE JUBERT, thirteen years old. JOHN WHITMAN, twelve years. All of Port Henry. ALBERT BRUSH, twelve years aid, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was a guest of Jubert. Joseph Labarge, eleven years old, saved himself by swimming to the Vermont shore. Witherbee was twenty-two years old, and an all round athlete. He was graduated from Cornell college in June, and was elected capt in of the " 'Varsity" crew for that year. He was a competent yachtsman, but the boat was ballasted heavily with iron ore, and when a stiff wave struck her she went over without warning. Witherbee died in a heroic effort to save young Brush's life. The yacht was raised during the afternoon, but none of the bodies of the victims had been found until 9 o'clock this evening, when four bodies were recovered. "HEFTY" HAIL STOXES. Or a Highly Imaginative CorrespondentGreat Damage Done. HOME, N. T., Aug. 28. Shortly after 3 p. m. yesterday this city was visited by a violent electric storm. Two black clouds hanging low and moving swiftly east and west met here. Rain fell in torrents accompanied by hail stones of enormous size. The mcst of them were tomato shaped, and many of the:n weighed a quarter of a pound each. In striking the flagging they popped like pistols. Every unprotected skylight in the city was broken. Stores were flooded and goods damaged. Plate glasH half an inch thick was broken. Tin roofs were broken and set leaking. AH the greenhouses in the city were destroyed and the plants and flowers were badly damaged. Fruit trees were stripped. A farm house in the outskirts of the city was struck by lightning and burnel. A canal driver in the employ of James Nalley of Oswego was struck on the head with a hailstone which cut through the woolen hat which he wore and made a bad wound in his head. The roof of the new Kingsley memorial chi.pel erected at a great cost, was badly damaged. Several costly cathiedral glass windows in St. Mary's church were destroyed. The hail lasted about ten minutes. Two miles south of here no rain or hall fell. It is not thought that the great hop growing region was visited. To the north and west the storm had a wider range and a great deal of damage was done. The storm was the wor3t that ever visited this Bectlon. GOING TO WORK. II 1 9 Improvement In the Situation Around Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 28. Resumptions of various mills here during the past few days have given employment to 6.000 men.

DEATH IN ft BLOW

Seventeen Lives Lost at Savannah, With a Probability of ManyMore Fatalities. A Hurricane Sweeps All Before It. MANY WRECKS ARE CAUSED And tVio Crews of the Vessels Find Watery Graves. The Storm Sweeps the Whole Southeastern Coast, Leaving Death and Destruction in Its Path. It Conies from the YVest Indies and Klnally Striken the Const Below Jacksonville All Communication Shut Off for Forty-EiKht Hours Almost Impossihle at Present to Estimate the Loss of Life or Damage to Property. SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 28. A hurricane struck Savannah Sunday. The wind blew at fifty-four miles an hour during the day. Sunday night at 7 o'clock it reached seventy miles an hour. The barometer fell to 28.31. A largenumber of buildings were unroofed. Many trees were uprooted. Seventeen lives were lost on the river at Hutchinson Island and Tybee, so far as heard from. It is believed that more are killed. On e ofthem is C. A. Ulmer, assistant cashier of the Central railroad bank; two others were white men, the rest negroes. The names of the white men and negroes have not been obtained. One man was killed by a trolley wire in Savannah. Eleven vessels are ashore In Savannah harbor, eight being barks, one schooner, one steamboat and one oyster boat. Six vessels v,'re wrecked outsMe the harbor. Their names are unknown. The names of the vessels wrecked in Savannah harbor are: Barks Harold, Linden, Elma, Mexico, Royal, Andicia, schooner Lelia, steamboat Abbeville and oyster boat Fred F. Lewis. Forty Lives Lost. NEW YORK, Aug. 28. A Savannah special to the World says: Forty lives have been lost and millions of dollars worth of property destroyed in this neighborhood by the storrn. Nine barks have been blown ashore. The wires are almost useless, but meager details of great loss of life and property come from Brunswick further south along the coast. AT JACK SON" YTI.LE. All Communleatlon Shut Off Great Damage Done. JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Aug. 28. This city has been cut off from communication with the outside world since S o'clock Sunday morning. The cyclone which the weather bureau foretold last Saturday struck Jacksonville about daybreak on yesterday morning and rapidly increased in force and fury up to 4 o'clock p. m. It traveled in a northwesterly direction from the West Indies. It first struck the Florida coast at a point south of Jupiter inlet. Its course was still northwesterly and it traversed the whole eastern portion of the peninsula, damaging property more or less in a path forty to fifty miles wide from the coast line westward. In this city the velocity attained was forty-eight miles per hour. Hundreds of trees were blown down and signs rapidly disappeared before the gale. Scores of dwellings and public buildings were entirely or partly unroofed, causing great damage from the rain, which fell in torrents. Buildings were either unroofed entirely or had the tin blown from them in places, thus causing bad leaks and great damage from rain. The most serious damage was to the Park opera ' house and the Ocean-st. presbyterlan church. At Mayport, mouth of the St. John's river, all the buildings suffered more or less and the Old Atlantic TTouse was demolished completely. At Pablo beach the ! sea encroached upon the railroad tracks and the premises of cottagers and the wind played sad havoc among them. After 10 o'clock a. m. there were no trains to or from Mayport and Pablo and the telegraphic and telephone wires were all down. St. Augustine reports the water coming in over the sea wall and damaging business blocks. Lynn's hotel was unroofed and badly drenched. About thirty of forty yachts and small crafts were badly damaged or completely destroyed. The fate of other localities in Florida as well as of the outside territory Invaded by the storm is still a sealed book. The wires are down in. every direction from Jacksonville and communication

with the outside world was absolutely

cut off last tonight. night and up to 8 o'clock 1 AT CHARLESTON". Immense Damnge Done In the City and Harbor. CHARLESTON, S. C, Aug. 2S. While the record of terror and rain wrought by the great disaster of 18S5 remains unbroken, Charleston has again stood in the track of a cyclone, which has shaken the old city to her foundation stones, j The damage to property car.not now be I told and the loss of life is unknown. The citizens awoke this morning and gazed upon the innumerable evidences of the hurricane, which swept over the city yesterday afternoon and last night. Uprooted trees had fallen, roofs, broken fences and in the less substantial parts of the town WTecked sheds and shanties were found everywhere. The cyclone swept up the coast and across Charleston yesterday. Early Saturday morning the dreaded signal was run up and the city held its breath, hoping that the storm might pass by. Saturday night a heavy northeast gale started shortly after midnight and blew for several hours, but as a partial lull had preceded dawn and continued throughout the early hours of the morning it was hoped that after all the city would not fall within the track of the cyclone. But the weather looked etceedingly dirty yesterday morning and the wind again rose to a gale and came in angry gusts out of the northeast. A heavy canopy of clouds which, during the forenoon, drifted rapidly across the heavans began to settle down upon the city. It had that muddy tinge which suggested the belief that there was plenty of wind and rain behind it. Seaward a heavy mist thickened until it became a wall of clouds. There was no longer a doubt that the dreaded cyclone was to descend upon the city in all its fury. The craft lying at anchor in the bay were first to take alarm, and from all quarters of the harbor they came hurrying in. All that could do so found mooring along the wharves and others less fortunate mot. cd up higher in the river and made the best anchorage they could. The largest vessels, no less than the smallest craft, sought protection from the angry tempest. Fortunately there; are comparatively few large ships In port just now, else the damage done might have been multiplied many times. The attendance at th evarious churches was small and few people who were not absolutely compelled to do so ventured beyond their own doors. But the inquiries for details of the hurricane were anxious and endless. A special dispatch from the weather bureau had simply stated that a cyclone was central in South Florida and that it was moving north by northwest. The velocity was estimated at forty to sixty miles an hour. There was nothing to do but calmly await the bursting of the storm. It di not come suddenly, but after warning. Increasing steadily, but perceptibly in force and fury, the wind strengthened from a gale to a hurricane until, before the darkness finally fell, It was howling in fury over the houses and strewing the city with wreckage and debris of every kind and description. It continued to come in those sullen, angry gusts, which mean so much to people familiar with the terrors of such disasters. Tiling went flying In every quarter until it was unsafe to walk the streets. Pedestrians venturesome enough to weather the storm found themselves drenched with rain, their umbrellas turned wrong side out and themselves almost swept off their feet. The rain did not set until about 2 o'clock. When it did start in it came in torrents which deluged houses and Hooded the streets. The terrific force of the storm forced the water into the cracks of windows and doors in quantities sufficient to drench the furniture in' dwelling houses, and in some instances to flood the floors. This was the storm in the daytime, but it grew worse as night drew on. The gloom of early evening was apparent everywhere. The flying tiles, falling trees and falling wreckage of all descriptions made it dangerous to walk the streets. When night did come it wrapped the city in perfect darkness. The electric wires were all down and it would have been impossible to keep gas jets burning. A feeble ray from shutterless windows and the faint glow of a full moon "were the only rays of light which relieved the perfect darkness. It is, of course, out of the question to hazard even a good guess as to the loss which has been occasioned. Several casualities to persons and much serious damage are reported, but a complete inventory has placed the extent of damage at $1,000,000. Estimates at this writing are Impossible. None of the business houses are open this morning. Half of the streets are impassable on account of the fallen trees, telegraph poles and timbers. Serious fears are entertained for the Inhabitants of Sullivan Island and the coast. The former place was last heard from at 3 p. m. Sunday. Communication Is suspended. Four Killed. NEW YORK, Aug. 28. A special to a muuuug ji,pvri num ivüieigii, i. pays; 1 The town of Kernersville was struck by i a frightful cyclone today. One hundred houses were blown down. Four persons were killed outright and many Injured. LONDOX. Aue. 2S. A di.natch to tli Standard from Vienna says: Private re- ' ports from Galicia indicate that the cholera raging here is of a far more , virulent type than that which scourged j Hamburg last year, and the danger to Europe from that quarter is most serious. Each fresh attack almost without exception ends fatally. WILL HE INVESTIGATED. f The Charges Asalnst YYorld's Fair Commissioners. CHICAGO, Aug. 28. Immediately after I the roll call In the national commission j Commissioner Mercer arose to a question . of privilege and made a vehement denial of the charges made against him that he attempted to extort money from an exhibitor, lie conclude by asking that a committee be appointed to Investigate the charges. Commissioner Beeson then took the floor and denied his guilt in the same manner. A. resolution was adopted calling for the appointment of a committee of six to males inuulrv into tha scandaL

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i By a Collision on tho Long Island Road. Trains Loaded with Excursionists Como Together. THE WRECK IS COMPLETE Dead and Wounded Thrown in All Directions. Frightful Scenes Following the Crash. A Misunderstanding of Sltrnnls tkc Probable Cause of the Dlsnster The YVounded Are Madly MnniclcJ and 3lanjr lore YVIII Prohnhlr nie Both Wrecked Trains Parked with PeopleDetails of the Disaster. LONG ISLAND CITY. L. I.. Aug. 28. A frightful accident occurred tonight at Rushwkk Junction, on the Long Island railroad. A Rockaway train ran into the rear end of a Manhattan Beach train about 11:33 o'clock tonight, telescoping several of the cars. Sixteen dead have been taken from th wreck, and their bodies are now ljing ia Havemeyer's tin shop at Laurel HllL which has been converted into a temIorary morgue. It is estimated that the number of injured will reach in the neighborhood of thirty-five or forty people, many of whom it is believed, will die. Owing to the lack of telegraphic facilities and the lateness of the hour it is with the utmost difficulty that any particulars can be obtained. The Manhattan Beach train was blocked at Bush wick Junction at about 11:30 o'clock, when the Rockaway Beach train, coming at a high rate of speed, ran into the tail end of the Manhattan Beach train, ploughing clean through the last two cars. Everybody in those cars ras cither killed or injured. The third ar was completely thrown from tüe track. One man says that he saw eight bodies taken from the wreck and that one corpse lay on1 top of the engine on the Rockaway train. The physicians who are now on the scene were summoned from the Long Island City hospital. The names of the killed cannot be learned as yet. Among the Injured are: H. G. Kimball, 122 Lincoln-place, Brooklyn. Eugene M. Weis?, 237 W. Sixteenth-st., New York. August Jacobson. 428 Fourth-ave., New York. , All three sustained internal injuries. In addition to these Weiss has both arms broken and Kimball's head was badly cut. Theodore Grove. 139G Broadway, New York, cut about head, arms and legs. James Darien, 774 Second-ave., New York, cut about body. James Brady, 2G3 S-venteenth-st., New York, internally Injured. William Lynch, proprietor of billiard rooms at the Victoria hotel. New York, cut about the head. These are all the names obtainable at present. Twenty Killed. At this hour it is said that twenty persons were killed In the rear-end collision at Lushwick Junction and it is thought that this number will be increased before morning as many of the Injured are reported to be in a critical condition. The locomotive of the Rockaway train, which was going at full speed when her engineer first sighted the standing train, split the two last open cars of the standing train right through and hurled them to the right and left in a wreck. There were nearly one hundred and fifty persons in the last two cars, it is said. Otto Dengles of 35 Avenue A, New York, was a passenger on the Rockaway train with his wife and family of fourteen. The train was running st a high, speed all the way In. lie says they were just In sight of the Long Island City chemical works when there was a frightful crash and the passengers were thrown head over heels out of their seats. Frluhtfal Seenes. The men made for the doors. The women were crushed behind them. Dengles said that the people in these cars owe their lives to two policemen. The policemen Jumped into the doorways and one cried, "Kep still, keep still boys; if you are going to get It, you'll get it anyway." The officers had a great fight to keep the mob quiet. The train ran about two blocks after the collision. Dengles says the last two cars of the Manhattan train were smashed Into kindling wood and that bodies were lying around everywhere. Some of the passengers of the Rockaway train helped to carry the wounded into the chemical works. Dengles saw twelve persons taken there, some dead and some hurt. He saw the headless body of a young woman. The killed and injured, he says, were The killed and injured, he says, were all on the Manhattan train. Te does not think any of the Rockaway passengers were seriously Injured, but all were shaken up and truised. H. Newoptsy of 444 E. Eighty-eighth-st., was on the Manhattan Beach train. The collision broke the coupling between the second and third cars from the last and the front of the train ran on ahead, leaving the two cars, with the woundeda nd dead passengers behind. He was in one of the rear cars and was thrown out on his head, lie thinks everybody In the last two cars was either killed or more or less injured. One of the injured is John McManus of 74S Sixth-ave.. a florist on Manhattan Beach. He received a severe scalp wound.