Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1893 — Page 9

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ESTABLISHED 1822. INDIANAPOLIS. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1893-TWELYE PAGES. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.

IN A VIGOROUS WAY

Senator Voorhees Defends His Recent Course Concerning the Passage of the Repeal Bill. Not His Fault That There Has Been No Vote. THRUST AT THE BANKERS. Who Have Accused Him of Causing the Delay. Dubois Declares That They Will Filibuster If the Repeal Bill Can be Killed No Other Way. 3lr. Voorhees to More I -on cror Semion In Order to Get Throuch the Rebate The Kffort Will Doulitlcn Itr.nlt in n Test of Kndarnnce by Both Sides V Motion to Amend the Hale So as to Provide for Clotnre Some Tnlk of a Compromise Other Capital vr. DÜREAU OF Tim SENTINEL. WASHINGTON'. D. C. Sept. 13. Senator Voorhees found It necessary today to defend himself against the criticism of certain New York bankers, who seem to be laboring under the mistaken idea that it is solely his fault that a vote has "not been sooner reached on the rending bm to repeal the Sherman act. His defense was viperous and might be more truthfully denominated an assault upon the bankers themselves than a defense against their attacks. The senator did not mince words. "I am arraigned for not terminating this debate," he said. "I might as well be arraigned fr n t checking the flow of the tides. Since IS'1! to the present time, the senate has proceeded upon the rules of American manhood, self-respect and high propriety, as well as a sense of duty to the public and of decency to itself. It is a mighty tribute to this b'dy. There Is a prevailing belief yet that no senator will abuse patience in this debate." "In my Judgment," he went on, "the criticisms of a certain class will fall a3 harmless from the senate as from myself. I meet those criticisms with absolute end stern defiance. The criticisms of the New York bankers come from a class that not even the Savior would speak of with respect; nor do I." He alluded to the force bill a"d. declared that It was not debated to death, though the consideration of It lasted fifty days and the debate thirty-one days. It was killed by the power of thought and reason, slain by the law of the majority. Voted to death. "If there is a power here to talk this bill to death," he said, alluding to the Wilson bill. "I am ready to embrace its fate, and mine with it." Sllv'erites AMU Filibuster. Senator Dubois spoke for the opponents of I e peal, saying in effect that he and his followers were prepared to fillbuster until the end of time but what they would defeat repeal until some measure was attached which would rehabilitate silver. He did not seemingly try to conceal the purpose of the filler senators to filibuster, thus giving the first public avowal of a purpose his followers. It is believed, have entertained all the time. Senator Voorhees thereupon gave notice that he would tomorrow move for longer sessions of the senate, and Senator Piatt offered an amendment to the rules to provide for a method of closing debate and reaching a vote on any pendln measu e. Interesting scenes, theretore, are likely to occur In the senate within the next week or two. The New York bankers, who are reported as questioning the motives and earnestness of Senator Voorhees In the repeal of the t liver purchase hmtr, betray a sad Ignorance of the conditions which prevail in Washington. They seem to thing that In order to obtain a vote and pass the repealing bill all Senator Voorhees has to do Is to make the motion and the thing will be done. They have not learned of the queer rules which govern the United ßtates senate, and which Mr. Voorhees 13 as powerless to change as they are. Those who understand the situation hould do Senator Voorhees the Justice of admitting that he has done all that lay in his power, under existing conditions, to obtain action in favor of repeal by the senate. He- has given the silver men full opportunity for debate, and had now tried three times to permit debate to close. He has placed the blame of dilatory tactics where it belongs, while he has washed M hands of the counter-char go of discourtesy of gag law. "The courtesy of the senate" has been a beautiful thing go long as It has been actually observed by senators. When they violate the courtesies hlch have heretofore been extended to them by talking against time they furnish the reason for breaking the old rules and Betting up new ones. "Courtesy" or 5ot. This week will probably demonstrate whether the silver senators propose to adhere '.o the rules of courtesy, which have made the senate a body of gentleman, governed by the rules which prevail among- gentlemen or whether they

propose to make necessary a new system which shall recognize the fact that the rule of courtesy is no longer an adequate one for the government of certain senators. Mr. Teller said as there were many senators who desired to speak upon the Bubject before a vote was taken he did not consider It Incumbent upon him to attempt to say what time would be required for the future discussion of the subject. He gave notice that when the daily sessions were extended into the night the advocates of the bill ss well as Its opponents would have to be present. Mr. Hill asked whether Mr. Teller was not satisfied that there was a maJortty of the senate favorable to repeal. Mr. Teller replied that this was a question which Mr. I IUI had no right to ask and which he would decline to answer explicitly. When the sense of the senate on this question had last been taken the majority had been almost two-thirds against the measure and would not Insult the Intelligence of the body by presuming that It had changed so completely in so short e. time. Mr. Mills for Itepenl. Mr. Mills then took the floor. He quoted at length the clause of the democratic platform of 1852, declaring for the repeal of the act and for the preservation of the double standard, showing that in demanding the repeal of the law and insisting upon an international agreement, he and the president were acting in perfect accord with the requirements of the platform. He declared that in doing what he had done, the president had shown that he stood squarely upon the platform with both feet. Replying to the rlea that if silver was to be recognized as money at all. it would have to be done before the Sherman law was repealed, he said he did not agree with the suggestion that the president would do nothing if this law were out of the way and declared he would not agree to do anything that would cast such suspicion upon the president as would a proposition to substitute another law for the present. He said that the president wanted bimetallism, not the monometallism of silver. Talk of k Compromise. There Is strong talk of compromise on the silver question in the senate tonight and the indications point to the possibility of an early vote in that body. This talk i3 based upon reported intimations given by the president that he is willing to accept a moderate compromise in tho nature of the continued coinage for a specified time of so much sliver per month until a specified amount is reached. The president is represented as willing that silver shall go into the repeal bill as a rider, but that it must be passed subsequent to the passage of the unconditional repeal bill. An assurance that he would sign the supplementary bill might satisfy some of the compromise advocates, but the free silver men even though they were to acquiesce, would probably insist on the compromise being incorporated in the original bill. They would probably not agree to take any chances on a subsequent act. The reported Intimations from the white house of a willingness to accept anything at all short of absolute and unconditional repeal ha.s revived the talk of an early settlement of the battle in the renate whether it eventuates in anything or not. ' Mr. Siiulre'a Amendment. In the senate today Mr. Squire of Washington submitted an amendment In the. nature of a substitute for the repeal bill. It provides that silver bullion may be deposited at any mint to be formed Into standard dollars of the present weight and fineness (to be legal tender) for the benefit of the owners but there shall only be paid to the person so depositing it such number of standard silver dollars as shall equal the commercial value of the sliver bullion deposited. The difference, if any, between the coin value and the commercial value shall be retained by the government as seigniorage. The coinage shall not exceed $4,000,000 Ier month, and when the gross amount reaches $200,000,000 It is to cease. The dollars thus coined are to be legal tender. The senate finance committee at its meeting discussed informally Senator Morgan's bill for a commission composed of members of both houses of congress and also In the same way took up Senator Faulkner's amendment to the bill for the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman net. Neither measure met with any great favor at the hands of the committee.

HOUSE DEMOCIIATS I.Y CAUCUS To Compel Some Kind of Action on the Tucker 11111. The democratic leaders in the house today were forced to invoke the aid of the party lash to compel the attendance of the democratic members to the end that they might be enabled to sweep aside the filibustering republicans and proceed to the consideration of the bill repealing the federal election law. The quorum of democratic members, upon which they had counted today, failed to put in an appearance and for three hours by skillful maneuvering the republicans were able to deadlock the house. The high water mark reached by the democrats today was 173, lacking six of a quorum. The failure to secure a quorum so chagrined the house leaders that they threw up the sponge, adjourned and went into caucus in order to compel the attendance of absentees and force them, under the duress of caucus action, to vote when their names were called. The caucus lasted about an hour. Speaker Crisp, Representative Hooker of Mississippi, Fitch of New York, Mooney of Mississippi and Fellows of New York, all made vigorous speeches in favor of pressing the bill to repeal the "odious" election laws. In fact, a general unanimity of sentiment for Immediate action was expressed except by Warner of New York, who, while strongly supporting tho bill, declared that he was not in favor of precipitate action as it might be misunderstood in tho North. The following resolutions, the first by Speaker Crisp, the second by Mr. McMlllin, were then unanimously adopted: 1. That it i3 the sense of this caucus that it is the duty of the democratic members of congress to attend the sessions and vote in order that the public business may be considered and disposed of, und that when the house meets tomorrow that it is the sense of this caucus that it remain in session continuously until a quorum is obtained In favor of reporting the bill for the repeal of the federal election laws. 2. That it is the sense of this caucus that the house should proceed at the earliest practicable day during this session to the consideration of the bill or bills repealing laws authorizing deputy marshals and supervisors of election at the polls. At the opening of the session this morning Mr. Flinn, the delegate from Oklahoma, created a mild sensation by asking for immediate consideration of a resolution bearing on the outrages said to have been committed by the United States troops at the opening of the Cherokee strip last Saturday. The resolution recited that the press of the country had for several days contained accounts of the burning of vegetation and the killing of homesteaders by the United States troops in connection with the opening of the strip and called upon the secretary of war to know by what authority these troops had acted. By unanimous consent Mr. Flinn was allowed to make a short statement. He sent to the clerk's desk and had raad the accounts of the alleged depredations of the troops and

I then, in a passionate way, he declared t h. a t nil thu rumil'jtlnna linj1rl wfilH thu

. lilt V .... ...V, . VMltlV.-.)', 1 1-4 . II 1IIV1. .. strip had been opened, were a disgrace to modern civilization. "The capstone of the whole infamous business," he shouted, "came when settlers, who had stood for hours in the line famishing for the want of water, were heartlessly shot down by the military." Col. Oats of Alabama objected to the present consideration of the resolution and thereupon the struggle to prevent the report of the Tucker bill repealing the federal election laws was resumed. IMPORTANT NOMINATIONS. William n. Hornblower j lie United States Supreme Jid. Tha president today sent the following nominations to the senate: Justice William R. llorn'.lower of New York, to b3 associate Justice of, the supreme court of the United States, Vice Samuel Blatchford, deceased. State James U. Van Alen of Rhode Island, to be ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Italy. Interior Abram Frakes of Kansas, to be register of the land ofllce at Wakeeney, Kas. Allen It. Rrlscoo of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys at Wakeeney, Kas. Mr. Hornblower was born in May, 1853, and is one of the most eminent lawyers in New York. One, if not two, of his great-grandfathers have been signers of the declaration of independence. One grand father was the late Joseph C. Hornblower, chief justice of the state of New Jersey, und one of the most eminent Jurists of the United States. One uncle was tho late Justice R.-adley of the supreme court and another the late Judge Woodruff of the circuit court. His father was the late Rev. Dr. Hornblower of the presbytcrian church. nnCOVERY WAS nOUIlTPUL. A Sommer Flirtation That Tnrncil Out Differently Than They Usually Do. "At the summer hotel everything poes," said an- t.cquaintance of mine. We were at Long Branch for a day or two, and at that particular moment were strolling alsng the cliff in the direction of the Iron pier. We sat down OA the turf and hung our feet over the ledtre. "Yes, sir; I've had lots of fun along here, and within twenty steps of this place I got myself in the worst scrape of my life." "Woman?" I suggested, interrogatively. "Exactly. Thera were two of them, and deuce J pretty, too. It was four years ago. I had been having a good time with a friend of mine here and was on the point of returning to New York, when one evening we were walking along here In just this way. The two young women were right ahead and appeared to be In a. jolly mood. I noticed thorn planting around at us occasionally, as If Inclined for a flirtation, quotes the New York Herald. I was always pretty self-confident when it came to summer girls and said at once: . " 'Let's pick 'era up.' My friend hesitated a moment, laughed, then said: 'All right go ahead, but it's dinners for four you don't do it!' " 'I'll have to go you said I. "Well, we quickened our steps a little, and I thought I saw that the girls slowed down a little. So I walked up to them and taking off my hat greeted them as some casual acquaintances 1 had met in New York, and wound up by requesting permission to introduce my friend. You know how such things are done. My friend tried to stop me at the last moment, but too late. "At first the girls looked very much astonished. Then they looked at each other and giggled. Then they looked at my friend and giggled some more. Then the elder apologized for having forgotten my name. Of course said she, with a sweet smile, 'I knew your face at once Then I went through the form of introducing my friend, whom the other girl remarked was 'already known to them by reputation This bold declartion eased my mind of any misgivings I might have entertained at the start, for I thought: 'She is a bigger liar than I am The thing now was to win my bet. Strangely enough, as it seemed to me, my friend entered into the spirit of the scheme, Just as though he wasn't sure to be a loser. In an astonishingly short time he was on familiar terms with the elder lady for I found within a few minutes that they were really ladles and they were carrying on at a great rate. The one I was with was a little shy, but she was awfully Jolly and seemed to be Just brimming over with fun. Well, I sprung a supper on them later, and to my -astonishment they accepted. It was In a quiet place and we enjoyed it Immensely. During the entertainment I caught my friend with his arm around the girl who sat next to him. At the same moment my girl saw It and my thought was Intercepted with a blush. The other two seemed to have some sort of an understanding. I really began to feel uncomfortable and was fast losing confidence In myself, for the more I saw of the younger the Bweeter and more charming she appeared. I began to experience a sort of resentment that she should be so easily drawn into such an escnpade. Of course I laid it on her elder companion, who sat there brazenly with my friend's arm around her. She, at least. Ehould know better. " Oh, everything goes at a summer hotel said he. noting a gathering cloud on my pretty fairy's brow. " 'No, it doesn't!' she finally exclaimed Jumping up from the table. 'Thy thing doesn't go any farther, Mr. Jack And she called him by hi real name. 'And what's more, it is about tIm-2 you were taking your sister Ne'lle and me home!' "Well, sir, you could have knocked m over with a feather. All the time I h&d thought I was playing them they were playing me. Rut it served me right for lx Ing such a conceited ids t." I remarked to tho story-teller that his experience had p-ob.ibiy been followed by his complete ro;oory, anJ I khied a stone Into the Atlan'.'.e. "Recovery? I shad never reco tr," he answered, laughingly. 1 married tie girl." A Tennyson Story. One day, when Mr. Fhelps was minister at the court of St. James, a gentleman from Omaha called upon him with the modest request that he would assist him In obtaining a number of autographs of eminent Englishmen. The visitor was indeed, not scrupulous to exclude eminent English women, and If Mr. Phelps could obtain for him a few friendly lines from the queen they should have the honored place in his native town hall, on whose behalf he had undertaken the commission. Mr. Phelps was struck with the quiet pertlnclty of the man, and helped him to a good many valuable autographs. Appetite growing with what i. feed upon, the gentleman from Omaha declared he could not go back without obtaining a specimen of the poet laureate's handwriting. Mr. Phelps said he did not know Lord Tennyson, and from what he had heard of him thought he was not approachable on the subject. Rut, he said, "you write to him yourself In your own way; tell him your business here, and what you 'want from him." The gentleman from Omaha obeyed the Instruction, and after a few posts there reached him a manuscript copy of the first page of "in Memoriam" In Tennyson's own handwriting, and signed by his name. Sheffield Independent

THE ENGINEER AT FAULT.

GIIOSS KKGLKiKXCK CAUSED TUB LOSS OF EIGHT LIVES. Testimony of Thomm Ames t Kan kakee Declares He Wat Very Near the First Section Before lie Sw tho Signal Dead and Injured. KANKAKEE, III., Sept. 13. The coroner's Inquest this afternoon developed enough testimony to show that Thomas Ames, the engineer of the second section of the Washington- Express, was exceedingly negligent in managing his engine and it looks as if the Jury would hold him to await the action of the grand Jury, but nothing as yet ha9 been acted upon. During his examination he was very nervous, and on being questioned showed a tendency to conflict with previous testimony. The other evidence presented showed that both sections of the train were late and had been blocked in Chicago and were running rapidly to try and make up time to Kankakee. Ames stated that he was running at about forty-five miles an hour and could not have stoxped his train within, 1C0 rods from the rear of the train. He claims that but one signal light was burning and that but dimly and reversing his lever he Jumped off the train. This was the first time that Ames had ever pulled this train. He has been engineer for seventeen years and with the Illinois Central for ten years, having had a passenger run for about two months. As soon as he regained his feet after leaping from the train he went to the flagman and asked why he did not flag at the right distance, but the flagman claims he was back the regulation distance, having Jumped from the first section with signals when the train was going at a speed of twelve miles an hour. Corrected list of dead; Miss MINNIE DEGA.V, New Albany, Ind. J. W. POWELL, New Vienna, O. CHRIS KIMMEL, Dayton. O. J. G. SWEET, 31 lteed-st., Louisville, Ky. DAVID JACKSON, Cynthlana, O. JACOI1 SNIFFLER. Columbus, O. CHARLES DINKENDUTCHER. Columbus, O. Unknown lady supposed ot have boarded with Mrs. O. Edwards, 42 Forty-thlrd-st., Chicago. List of injured: Three victims at St. Luke hospital are in a doubtful cumliton. They are: Iilanehe Relleson. Sinking Springs, O., probably fracture of skull and Injury to sj'Ine. William Evans Powellton, West Virginia, superintendent of coal works, spine injured. A. J. Sholter. Ripley, O., merchant, legs cut and Internal Injuries. Eleven others at St. Luke's are suffering injuries less severe. They are: L. H. JJlanton, Indianapolis, Ind. James W. Rraun, carriage manufacturer. Wilmington, O., legs bruised. Mrs. Rraun, Wilmington, O., feet crushed. George Erackney, farmer, Wilmington, legs broke and shoulder dislocated. Miss SalUe Evans, daughter of William Evans, of Powellton, W. Va., slight bruises. James Foster Springfield, O., painful contusions. Mrs. James Foster, Springfield, bruises, not serious. Llbbie Jackson, Cynthiana, O., shoulder hurt. Mrs. Charles Kimmel, injured about hips. James Wilbur Means, lawyer, Chester, S. C cut and bruised Carey 13. Wtehart, Frankfort, O., face cut. Olive Patton. Carmel, O., badly cut and scalp wound. Emily Ternplin, Sinking Springs, N. Y., bruises and cuts. Annie Cowells. Lower Albany, Ind., slightly bruised and cut about the body. Jessie Morse, Cincinnati, badly injured internally. Emma Gallatin, Columbus, O., back and limbs bruised. The bodies of the dead were In terrible shape. One man had all the flesh scraped clean from the bone of the lower portion of his leg, his foot cut off at the ankle and his skull crushed to a pulp. Another victim's head was nearly torn off, while the left side of the face of another is missing. Two of the bodies were found crushed under the trucks of the sleeper and almost unrecognizable. Two young men from Columbus, O., identified the bodies of their fellow townsmen, while Messrs. Eckert and Pease of Dayton arrived to take charge of the body of Crls Kimmel. He was a prominent citizen of Dayton and had resided there thirty .years. Mr. Jackson of Columbus, O., was traveling with his niece and four other ladles and they were Just returning from a week at the fair. WHAT THE MEN SAY. Trainmen Give Their Version of (he niar Four Wreck. The crews of the ill-fated trains arrived in Inllanapolls yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. They went immediately to tke general offices of the company and made their reports to the officials. This completed the men were sent back to the scene of the wreck as witnesses for the coroner's investigation. The Big Four officials express confidence that the responsibility of the wreck does not rest , upon the shoulders of the men in their employ. They will not criticise the action of the running of the trains, as the trains were In charge of another corporation. The Illinois Central furnishes the motive power for the running of the trains on the service from Kankakee to Chicago. The trains are run under the Illinois Central dispatchers under rules of that company and the trainmen are practically Illinois Central trainmen while they are running over that company's tracks. The stories of all of the Rig Four employes who were on the Ill-fated trains indicate clearly that every measure was taken by them to prevent the collision. Conductor W. R. Tanner Informed the officials as follows: "Our train was first. No. 10, and we were coming to a stop when we were struck. We knew that the second section was not far behind as she was frequently In sight and the flagman and porter of the sleeper were standing on the rear platform watching out for accidents. When we found a train in front of us the engineer signaled to the flagman and O. C Duncan, who was attending to this duty. Jumped from the train while It was going at a speed of ten miles an hour and ran back to flag the second section. I saw him Jump, as did also the porter. Duncan certainly flagged the other train, but why his signal was not obeyed I do not know. I saw him after he had flagged the second section. His light was burning." The story was corroborated by both G. T. Cole, the porter, and Duncan himself. Duncan says that he ran back and flagged the train and that he was answered. He said that the oncoming train ,

slowed its speed and that was the reason that the accident was not more terrible. Conductor Eden of the second section stated his train had slackened speed when it struck the first section and from this it was evident that the conductor saw the warning signal. The officials of the Dig Four regret that that road must stand criticism of the wreck when their employes were in no way responsible for the unfortunate occurrence from the testimony they can gather. The trainmen of the Big Four are Illinois Central trainmen until the trains leave Kankakee, when they are on their own roadbed and tracks. L. H. Blanton, one of the owners of the Arcade mills, was on the wrecked train and was severely injured, but not fatally so. lie resides at .96 N. Pennsyl-vanla-st. and a telegram to his family indicates that his injuries, though severe, are not fatal. He is resting at St. Luke's hospital, Kankakee. Conductor Charles Eden resides here. His injuries are not troublesome Other than that he will suffer, a slight Inconvenience for several days from a wrenched neck. What the FroRS Said. One hot day In July a little boy and a little girl were out upon a lake gathering water lilies. As fast as they picked them out of the water they would pull the lilies apart, carelessly throwing the white petals in the water and scattering the broken pieces of stem. They were so absorbed In their work of destroying the llowers that they did not hear a conversation which was going on upon the bank near them. Rut if they had listened this is what they would have hoard. It was a frog conversation, but frogs can talk very well some times: "Oh, dear." said the first frog, "how sorry I am to have our beautiful summer home taken away! That large lily which the little girl has Just picked was the one upon which I always swing my little frogs to sleep on hot evenings." "Yes," moaned the other frog sympathetically, "and that lily which you see the little boy pulling to pieces is the one on which I always hop to eat my dinner. It was so high above the water and so dry that I could enjoy eating a nice weed there without fear of the water washing it away." "If only those two children were going to bake the flowers home to their mamma," said the first frog, "I should not have cared so much. Rut, see! They have torn the beautiful lilies apart and are throwing them In the water. Alas for my poor little cradle! There goes its leaves floating by." New York Ledger. Like the Sknll of u Giant. I. S. Bunker today exhibited a remarkable curiosity in the shape of a humarr skull, which he says he procured at Fair Haven Sprlng3. It was found probably three months ago, and has been on exhibition in a store at Fair Haven ever since. The thing, whr.tever it is, measures ten inches across the temples and eleven and one-half Inches from the crown of the head to the edge of the front teeth. There nie four or live front teeth In the upper maxillary, the lower maxillary being entirely missing. The sockets for the eyes, the cheek bones, and portions of the forehead are well defined, and, altogether, it Is as ghastly and hideous an object as anything one cares to see, the eye sockets being large enough to hold goose eggs. Kansas City Times.

An Expert on Blooded Doks. James Mortimer, superintendent of the world's fair dog show, is one of the best known judges of the merits of a canine In America. He has been closely identified with the Westminster kennel club of New York, America's greatest and first club of the kind for many years, and Is known to dog fanciers all over the world as the efficient superintendent of the Westminster club's annual bench shows. Mr. Mortimer Is also superintendent of the club's kennels at Rabylon, N. Y., where the organization has a farm of eighty acres and where the air is melodious with the Joyful barking of a great colony of happy, healthy dogs. Superintendent Mortimer was born in England and has studied the breeding of dogs for many years. Sleep for Little Ones. There Is nothing that little folks need so much or that helps their physical development so largely as plenty of sleep. Until they are fifteen years old they should have at least ten hours of nature's sweet restorer. An authority on such matters says that they never should be awakened, but allowed to sleep until of their own accord they are ready to get up. School and household duties, however, make such a course impracticable, but if they are put to bed early enough they will bo quiet ready to arise without calling at a reasonable hour. Bedtime can, be made pleasant by the telling of a story or a few especially loving ministrations and caresses that will make this hour a period to be antaiclpated rather than dreaded. Doth Lonnei nnd Wardrobes. Some wise women are having box lounges made for them. They are in the shape of a Turkish couch in all respects except that they have no curving "arm" at either end. The top 13 raised by hinges and is covered with a mattress and with chintz which falls in a valance around the sides. This forms the very thing to hold In its recesses madam's best gowns, which can be spread out to their full length without fear of rumpling or crushing them. No housewife ever had closet room enough, but this addition to the furniture- of a cramped "apartment" would be particu larly acceptable Chicago Tribune. Impressive Grandeur. "I have just come back from the Catskills," said Mr. W. D. Yerger, "and while at the Mountain house I had a case of from the üublime to the ridiculous. I was standing on the great rock in front of the hotel looking at the unrivaled view. It is one of the most splendid and impressive mountain outlooks in America, I was lost in the wonder, beauty and vastness of the outspread scene, when all at once a woman standing near exclaimed, 'Lor, doesn't It remind you of a crazy quilt 1' I had to catch the rock to keep from tumbling Off, the fall was so sudden." Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. The Durlal of Sarah T. Hol ton. What a picture is this! What rounded completion! When the poem Is done and life's race is o'er To lie in the glow of the mighty So wan a And float in the realms of the sweet evermore. N. SufTerlne on the Marshes. "Have you had a good season?" asked a tourist. "NaW," replied the seaside landlord. "Even the mosquitoes have nearly starved to death." Philadelphia Tress. ODDS AND ENDS. There is a rage for old silver at present. A caterpillar contains more than 2.000 muscles. The secret of success Is constancy to pnrpose. Disraeli. The emerald is now one of the rarest of precious stones. Over 1,000 steamships are traversing the four great ocean routes. The earth receives only one two-blll-lonth of the heat of the sun. Gainsborough, the English portrait and historical painter, was the son of a tailor.

THE OBJECT OF THE A. P. A.

ORGANIZED TO FIGHT PAPACY AM) THE HOMAMSTS. IsfMie Clnff, One of the Orsrnnlrcrs, Talks of the Alms of Slembershlp Honr the Order Has Grown in Some of the Cities of the West. BUFFALO. N. Y.. Sept. 19. The Enquirer this afternoon publishes an interview with Isaac Cluff, a Canadian, who came to Buffalo about sixteen months ago and is now head organizer in this city of the American protective association, an order known hitherto only in the West Cluff is quoted as say: ing: "What are wo organized for? To fight papacy. What with? Anything from ballots to bullets. Look at the public schools in Buffalo; over 60 per cent, of the teachers are Roman catholics. Inside of two years I promise you there will not be a catholic teacher In the schools. We are going to do the same in Buffalo as we did In Detroit, Saginaw, Kansas City and other western towns. .Almost every employe of the municipality and corporation of Detroit a few years ago was a catholic. Now there are only two Romanists in the city's employ. Look at the army of catholics about Buffalo's city and county hall. Take my word for it, we will turn down every one of them. Every department will be protestantized, nor will we stop here. There must be a turn over all through New York state. We are getting ready to have every Romanist at home. Why have the catholics gained ascendency In our army and navy unless some day they hope to use them? I tell you that if we cannot protestantize the army and navy, we have plenty of men ready to bear the musket against the papal foe and our members are sworn to be loyal until death. Who belongs to the order in Buffalo? Lots of good people, clergymen, lawyers, business men and employes of labor, some of whom have agreed not to hire any help unless they are- members of. the A. P. A. All members are sworn to secrecy, not to reveal the names of officers of the subordinate councils, or the names and places of meeting. We don't want anybody to know anything about our order until we are strong enough to declare ourselves." Mr. Cluff did not realize that he was speaking to a member of the press when he made the.se statements He also added the Information that there were six councils In Buffalo; two in the heart of the city and four in the suburbs. It was intended to build the order up to a membership of 8,000 this winter, and fifty or a hundred members were being initiated every meeting. Two circulars have been distributed by theso anti-papists. Ono quietly among avowed opponents of the Roman catholics and another secretly among those who have taken the obligations of the order. The first circular recites that tha order is about two years old; that In that time It has grown to 1,000,000 menrbershlp; that in certain western cities every official from the mayor down is a member: that it is aggressive, without financial benefits and political, yet non-partisan; it is a secret order fighting a secret foe tho Jesuits. The clrclrcular concludes: "The charm of the order seems to be In the fact that it means fight. The members are men who are sick of the apathy and supineness so prevalent la. protestantism, of Americans generally, who allow Rome to trample in the dust their most cherished instltulons without a word of protest and allow the many tentacled monster to seize and control city after city without a murmur. This is the grand reaction; a revolution, if you will, and if properly guided and controlled, it means the annihilation of the dominant political parties in 1SDG and a new political heaven and earth." The paper says the entire ritual, which is printed shows the oaths demanded of the candidate at initiation swear him to utter secrecy; that he will never vote or lend support to any Roman catholic seeking national, municipal or state office, and the candidate promises to bear arms, should occasion arise, against the avowed enemies the Roman catholics. The chaplain's charge at the rites of initiation recites that the catholics are forming secret military companies under the names of Columbkill, St. Patrick's cadets, the Hibernians, etc., and that these societies are not only well drilled but armed. The warning read by the recording secretary to the novitiate recites that papal edicts have made It no sin for a catholic to kill an American and that the catholic church Is Inimical to the state and professedly superior. The Buffalo councils have lately prepared and are now canvassing a petition to the president and members of congress asking that no action be taken by this government officially to recognize Mgr. Satolll as the papal ablegate in this country and protesting against such action as "opposed to the best interests of the country and the letter as well as the spirit of the constitution of the United States and the rights and liberties of the people." Information from the Slot. "A year or so ago," said a young man to a Pittsburger, "I spent a few days In New Orleans. One day I saw a machine which bore the inscription: "Drop a nickel In the slot and learn how to make your pants last As I hadn't a great deal of money, I thought an Investment of five cents to show me how to save the purchase of a pair of trousers would be small capital put to good use, so I dropped a nickel In and a card apperaed. What do you suppose it recommended as the way to make your pants last?" "Iont wear them, I suppose." "No." "What did It say?" "Make your coat and vest first." Pittsburg Chronicle. The Moody Girl. Terhaps the moody girl Isn't the happiest mortal in the world, but she's a pretty good sort of fellow Just the same. It Is a case of sunshine and showers with her. When she Is sad, she is the most doleful little person you ever saw. When she is happy she can make a heart of marble feel like dancing. Nothing can Induce any one to speak to her when she is shrouded in her awful spell of the blues, because she Is so cross and snappy, but the moment she dons the halo of smiling hilarity she is held up as a shining example tj all other girls and is spoken of as "the sweet little thing with such a lovely disposition." The moody girl enjoys her fits of weeping as much as some girls enjoy a good salad. So don't let her make you unhappy, because tears are her way of having fun. Chicago Record. Unnecessary as Well as Dangerous. An eminent physician says it is often dangerous to lie on the right side. It is also unnecessary. Any political speaker or writer knows the wrong side needs the lying, if any. Buffalo Courier.

OPERA HOUSE FIRE

Narrow Escape for Acton nnd Audience During the Third Act of "Michael Strogoff." FIVE ARE BADLY BURNED. Three of Whom Doubtless Have Fatal Injuries And It Is Possible That Others Are In the Ruins. The Scene of the Illase nt Canton, III., the Cry of Fire CuuhiiiK n. 1'antn AmonK the Spectator The I'se of Fl reworks on the SImkc Accounts for tlit Origin The Company Loses AH Its Kncct. CANTON. 111.. Sept. 13. An appalling loss of life was narrowly averted tonight when tho Canton opera house was burned. Five persons were badly bruised and burned and it is believed that three of them will öle. The fire began during the third act of "Michael Strogoff," when fireworks are set off during a battle scene. Tonight the sparks from the fireworks ignited, some of tho scenery and in less than two minutes the company was compelled to retire from the stage. The audience at first ro?e en mayse and would have made a wild plunge for the doors had not several men In different parts of the house called loudly, "Sit down!" Some did sit down and remained too long for their own safety. The fire spread rapidly and those of the audience who had not already filed out. began a wild scramble for the doors. Those on the first floor had little difficulty In making their way to the outer air, but those in the galleries were not so fortunate. The stairway quickly became Jammed and progress exceedingly difficult. A woman tripped, fell and in an Instant the crowd, which, all things considered, had been very quiet, became a frenzied mob. Men. wonvn yelling and screaming, pushed their way down tho hallway. A large crowd had gathered in front of the blazing building in which the flames were now making rapid r regress and they lent their assistance to tha struggling people wlro had been caught In the building. Over a score of fainting women were carried out, fully as many children and many men, who had been trampled upon during the rush. As far as known everybody escaped from the bujjdlng, but at least three aro known to have been fatally Injured. The opera house, which Is now nothing but a smoking mass of embers, was valued at $00,000. The fire, after destroying the theater, burned the two adjoining buildings, occupied by Schadskl & Sklarek. clothiers, and Woo4s & Wonderly. clothiers, causing a total loss of over one hundred thousand dollars. It is almost impossible tonight to obtain an accurate list of those Injured. Following is a partial list of those huKt Tat Keenan, Pierre Morganson, Wllber Dobson, Elmer Martin, John Thomas. John Tackard, James Heck, John Bell, W. C. Wolgomot, Daniel Willis, Phil Downing. Riley Miller, E. Mo Laln, Lawrence Seward, Martin Moran, Fred Walsh, Arthur Stever.s, John Brady. A tailor named Teter Curry, who is known to have been in the gallery. Is not yet accounted for and it is possible that others are in the ruins. The company which was playing lost everything. TAKES F!tOM THE TO Mil. Ilemntns of James K. Polk and Mrs. Polk Relnterred nt Nashville. NASHVILLE, Tcnn., Sept 13. With simple but solemn ceremonies the remains of James Knox Polk, tenth president of the United States, and those of his venerated wife. Airs. Sarah Childress Polk, were today removed from ths tomb at Polk place, the old family residence in this city, to a pictures iue epot In the Etate capitol grounds and there relnterred. The services at Polk place and Capitol hill Tere very impressive and the occasion v. as observed with due honor and respect by the state, the city, the church and the public. SIX INSTANTLY KILLED By the Explosl-m of a Boiler la Saw Mill. CONLEY CREEK. N. C. Sept. 1. Six men were Instantly killed by the explosion of the boiler of Kelley's saw mill today. The dead are: RICHARD NICHOLAS of Asheville, manager. JAMES KELLET. BENJAMIN M MAHON. GALES M'MAIION. HENRY SMITH. i JAMES GUNTER. The cause is supposed to have resulted from too high pressure of steam. Spanish Cream. Roll an ounce of isinglass In half a pint of water until it is thoroughly dissolved. Strain and mix with a quart of cream or good mlk. If cream is used, scant the ounce of Isinglass a very little. Set on the fire and stir almost constantly until it begins to boll. Remove and when partly cool add gradually, stirring constantly, the beaten yolks of six errs and a glass of white wine. Pour it into a deep dish, sweeten to taste with powdered sugar, strain the mixture, stir until cool and put it into a mold.