People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1893 — Page 6

GLORY OF CHICAGO.

The World’s Fair City Celebrates the Anniversary of the Big Fire. Aided by Hundred* of Other Municipalities —A Mighty Host of 713,646 Person* Visit Jackson Park—Magnificent Pageant*. ’mid gorgeous scenes. Chicago, Oct. 11. —It was an ideal day for the observance of Chicago day at the world's fair grounds. From morning until night not a cloud appeared in the sky. The White City never was more beautiful, standing out in such delightful contrast against the blue of the sky, with the blue lake for its foreground, covered with streamers, steam yachts and sail vessels, each one of them black with its living freight. To the aspect of beauty which it always wears, be the weather what it may, was added a holiday aspect of gayety from the profusion of flags and banners which everywhere fluttered in the breeze. The Dark Side. A large number of disasters occurred during the day. Four men were killed and a score or more of persons were injured. The Crowd. It wm apparent at an early hour in the morning that the crowd would be the biggest ever seen on the grounds. Before 9 o'clock the Art gallery thoroughfare was packed from Stony Island avenue to the lake shore. The Midway Plaisance was black with thousands of artisans and working peopl» out for a day’s pleasuring. The Illinois building was the nucleus of another immense crowd. The Court of Honor and the Terminal plaza were filled with a sea of humanity, so densely packed that it was difficult to move about The interiors of the buildings were as crowded as the grounds, and the fact that immense numbers of working people were in attendance was emphasized by the way in which the Manufactures building and Machinery hall were crowded. A -Marvelous Record. By 10 o'clock in the forenoon it was apparent that the Fourth of July record had been broken, and by noon it was estimated that there w ere between 300,000 and 400,000 persons within the gates, and still the rush continued at the turnstiles. Every train was crowded. Hour after hour the continuous tide of humanity poured in. The expected half-million mark was reached and passed. The count of tickets was not completed until 1:45 this morning. It was then announced that the paid admissions numbered 713,646. This included 682.587 adults and 31,059 children. Add to this number a total of 37,380 admissions on passes, and the grand total of the attendance on Chicago day reached 751,026 The concessionaires’ record of admissions was a queer one in that some of the places on Midway did a phenomenal business while others had no more patronage than Saturday. The Ferris wheel led in the matter of attendance, having the enormous total of 40,000 people for the day, 15,000 more than were ever carried before. In the afternoon the wheel was carrying over 4,000 an hour. It ran over sixteen hours Monday. Hagenback’s menagerie reports over 25,000 admissions for the day; the Moorish palace over 20,000, and other places of amusement reported big crowds. The Transportation Companies. The Illinois Central railroad broke all records for handling passenger Trains were run one minute apart, and an average of 20,000 persons an hour were sent out from the 'Van Buren street station on the two tracks in use. For a part of the time they were handled at the rate of 1,000 perminute. The Chicago City Railway company, that is the south side cable, with its cross-town electric lines onThirty-flfth, Forty-seventh, Sixty-first and Sixtythird streets and its horse car lines, handled 700,000 passengers, according to the president of the company, Mr. Wheeler. The officials of the alley “L” road were swamped. The service was inadquate to meet the demand made upon it Literally no estimate has been made of the crowd handled by the “L” road. It is estimated that the lake steamers carried 140,000 passengers during the day. The Exercise*. Chicago, Oct 11. —The exercises of Chicago day at Jackson park began on the plaza west of the Administration building at 9 a. m. when Mayor Harrison was presented with the original deed to Chicago by Miss Emma Sickles. The deed was given to the government sixty years ago by the Pottawattamie tribe. It had been preserved all these years in the family of Pokagon, who was chief of the Pottawactomies, and who signed the deed. Simon Pokagon, his son, was on the grounds all day, and at 9a. m. rang the new liberty bell in honoz of the first owners of Chicago. A Great Event in Music. At 11:30 o’clock the men and women of the choir of 800 voices were ready for the first motion of Director Tomlins' baton. The band played the ‘‘Star Spangled Banner.” The first bars were drowned in mighty cheers. Director Tomlins flourished his baton and in a wave the music swept over the plaza. The patriotism of the mutitude boiled, and cheer after cheer arose when the last strains of the national anthem died away. Next the choir sung the “Marseillaise” and the barred banner of France snapped proudly from places of honor on the four sides of the court And the hymn of French liberty received its share of plaudits from an American throng. When the chorus sung “Die Wacht am Rhine” it was a hearty recognition the sons of the fatherland gave it. But all through the category of national anthems there was no song which seemed to evidence its hold on the affections of the people liki “Hom Sweet Homo ' They

stood silent while the song was being sung. The incessant hum of the thousands seemed, to subside, but when it was over there was a moment of quiet then the mighty cheer. When “America” was sung hats went flying into the air and over the heads of the multitude handkerchiefs fluttered. “John Brown’s Body” and “Marching Through Georgia” ended the programme. Exercl*M. About the Bell. At noon the crowd faced about All ‘ eyes turned to the liberty bell on the { opposite.side of the plaza. The people | only turned about in their places and ■ eould not move backward or forward. The new “international rope” for the bell had been attached to the ponderous clapper. The basis of the rope is a rawhide made in Chicago, and about it was a strip of flax woven by Queen Victoria, a rope made of the hair of forty Indian maidens of forty different American tribes and ropes contributed by sixty foreign nations. Chairman McDowell, of the Liberty Bell association, told the people something of the bell and its composition of historical relics. Then Mayor Harrison spoke a few words, and seizing the now historical rope gave a pull and the new bell pealed out thirteen times in honor of the original states of the union. School Children In Line.* When 1,500 school children appeared in the Court of Honor early in the afternoon the crowd made way without protest Chattering with the volubility of magpies, giving vent to shrill cries, laughing, talking and cheering, the little people pattered along as though they were following some pied piper. Their I procession represented the reunion of ' the states. Sixteen heralds, stalwart youths in the fancy dress of the medie- ! val age, came first Following marched 100 lads of the diocesan choir, led by Director F. A. Dunster, singing a processional. Thirty-four boys representing the thirty-four wards of Chicago followed, and then came the Ninth Presbyterian cadets in their natty sailor uniforms. With little Rhode Island in the lead, the original thirteen states ' were next in line, each personated by a pretty girl dressed in white, with i broad sashes of ribbon floating 1 from their shoulders. Their body | guard was a company of miniature continental soldiers, uniformed in , all the bravery of buff and blue and three-cornered hats with smart cock- ! ades. The main body of boys and girls ' followed. They were all Chicago public school children. Each state was known ' by the standard carried by a boy. The standard had the state shield on it, • with its motto and date of entry. Back of them marched six girls shoulder to ' shoulder, with shields on which were 1 the names of the principal cities of the state. Then came boys and girls ; representing the counties, the first row carrying corn, wheat, flowers, sugar cane, fruit, tobacco, cotton plants and something to designate the chief products of the state. Parade at Night. Down through a lane built up with people on either hand the night pageant wound its way around the. grounds. In the midst of the illumina- : tion of the Court of Honor a fan- 1 fare of trumpets, the reflection of calcium lights on the Transporta- I tion building and distant cheering told of the coming of the parade, j The plumes of the hussars marked either side of the avenue cutin the multitude. The troop of cavalry came on, 1 and close on the heels of the horses a ' cordon of police, followed by a band, j Then came the first of the floats which i were to depict the history and the growth and development of i Chicago. It was that of “The Genius of Music,” a chorus of fifty young women, led by Prof. Katzenberger. Then came the float which was to . typify Chicago. The coat of arms of the nation and the state were placed on the front of the wagon, over which hovered an eagle with wings outstretched. A large globe sur- [ mounted the whole, on the pe- ! destal of which were the grouped ' stands of the colors of the nation. A | series of panels bore the dates of the great events in the history of the ' city. On the pedestal in front and at I either hand of the figure “Chicago” stood the figures of love and liberty. “Chicago” was in an attitude of assent and gave the title of “I Will” to the float Outriders and gaily caparisoned horses and pages in Grecian costumes led the way. It was several minutes before the next float, “Chicago in 1812,” came . along with its representation of the bloody massacre. “Chicago in War,” with the figures of Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, Richard Yates, Grant Logan and Sheridan, was followed by “Chicago in Peace” and “Chicago Prostrate,” representing the city after the deluge of fire. An old-time fire engine of 1861, manned by a volunteer crew, brought up the rear of the first section of the parade. After this followed a large number of floats presented by societies of foreigners residing in the city. All were magnificent productions. Th* Firework*. The display of fireworks was perhaps the most magnificent ever witnessed. In addition to thousands of bombs and rockets fired from the lake shore in front of the Manufactures building there were cascades of fire in the grand basin, and a gorgeous representation of Niagara Falls from the Peristyle. Out in the lake a few hundred yards from the shore skirting Manufactures building were fired magnificent set pieces representing the “Burning of Chicago.” The crackling" lines of fire traced Chicago before the fire, with ships in the river, a bridge and Mrs. O’Leary’s cow. The crowd applauded in one mighty shout and then the cow kicked over the lamp. Flames burst from the buildings, explosions shattered the bridges and vessels and the Chicago fire burned itself out before several hundred thousand satisfied spectators. “Old Fort Dearborn,” the portrait of William B. Ogden, Chicago’s first mayor, and “Chicago Welcoming' the World" were subjects of other set pieces.

THE ELECTIONS REPEAL BILL

Synopsis of the Debate In the National I House of Representatives. On the 3d Mr. Northway (rep. O) in spe*ki Ing against the repeal measure, said it was a i peculiarity of his to stand by the under dog in a fight, and realizing that the United States ' was the under dog in this fight he took some I ’ pleasure in defending that under dog. He then i entered upon an argument to prove that the I laws were perfectly constitutional Mr. Kyle (dem., Mies.) spoke tn opposition to the laws, criticising the statutes of the states | from which the members who signed theminor- ■ ity report came and indulging in colloquies . with Messrs. Bay (rep, N. Y.), Murray (rep, ■ S. C.) and Boutelle (rep. Me.). The federal : election law*, he said, should be repealed be- ■ cause they were unnecessary, because they | were not in the genius of our government, beI cause they were inconsistent with our republican institutions, and be-a use they were a tax upon the people. Mr. Bowers (rep, Cal) in speaking against the repeal bill denominated (sarcastically) the election laws as a “frightful specter," and ihen went <Jn to ridicule the house for the slim attendance at the debates. He understood, however, that the giants were in training for the last great struggle. When they shied their hats into the ring the attendance might be larger. On the 4th Mr. Compton (dem., Mi) advocated the pending measure. He denied the statements made by republicans that the minority of voters in the south controlled the action of the majority. He quoted from statistics to show (on the other hand) that in the New England states there was a majority of democratic voters, but there were few democratic members in congress from that section. Mr. Boutelle (rep, Me.) denied this statement and got into an angry colloquy with Mr. Compton in regard to the matter. Mr. Sweet (rep.. Idaho) opposed the passage of the bill and then entered upon a criticism of President Cleveland. The refusal of that officer to enforce the Sherman silver law and the Geary Chinese exclusion law was without parallel in the history of the United States. No public officer had ever been impeached for a more reckless violation of law. He ridiculed the letter of the president to Gov. Northen—nominally to the governor but really to congress—and declared that it merely said: “I want,” “I wish,” "I orde-.,” “I demand.” “I am Sir Oracle, and when I open my mouth let no dog bark.” He then went on to speak upon the silver question, opposed unconditional repeal of the Sherman law and eulogized the silver senators for their fight against the money power and administration patronage. Mr. Lane (dem., HL) in advocating the pending bill declared that the federal election laws should never have been placed upon the statute books. Every deputy marshal appointed under them (according to his belief) had been either a hired assassin, a hired spy or a hired voter. Mr. Murray, the republican colored man from South Carolina, spoke against the bill In his state, he said, before any man could vote in democratic primaries he must declare that he had been a democrat since 1876. The repeal of the federal election laws would, he said, open the floodgates of fraud and violence. On the oth Mr. Murray (rep, & C.) concluded his speech against repeal of elections law. He appealed to republicans everywhere, standing true to the principles of Sumner, Seward, Lincoln and Grant, the great saints of the grand old party, to resist this nefarious measure with all their power and resources. He requested his people everywhere to take the roll when it shall have been called on the passage of this bill, mark the name of every man casting an affirmative vote and regard him as their perpetual enemy. Mr. Russell (dem., Ga.) favored repeal Referring to Mr. Murray’s speech he said it was proper and fitting that the requiem gun of the republican party should be fired by a son of Ham. Mr. Money (dem., Miss) resented the reflection made upon his state in the minority reoort, denominating those reflections as infamous and iniquitous There was no ground for the accusations made against it. and he declared its elections were fairly conducted. He argued in favor of an educational qualification. On the Oth Mr. Hainer (rep, Neb.) concluded an argument in opposition to repeal of the federal elections law. He criticised the state election laws in vogue in some or the southern states, and asserted that in North Carolina a negro had been disfranchised because his wife had eloped with a white map Mr. Hicks also opposed the pending bill By the repeal of the federal election laws the democratic party would abridge the I rights of citizens to vote without regard to pre- ; vlous condition of servitude; He then referred . to the silver question; said the senate by its j delay had become the lauzhing stock of the I country, and asserted that the repeal of the ' flection laws was of more importance to the , democratic party than was the relief of the people. Mr. Brookshire (dem., IncL) argued in favor of repeal. Mr. Ray (rep, N. Y.) said the peonle were I being nauseated by the amount of talk in the , senate. He denounced Tammany Hall as a most corrupt political organization It was the “snapper” element which was endeavoring to blot the United States laws from the statute books. It might be that the last safeguard of the ballot box was to be removed, but he raised i his voice in earnest protest, I Mr. Cummings (dem., N. Y.) said he-did not ' Speak on behalf of the southx mlldewed by these i, laws, nor for the city of New York, which had 1 suffered long from a federal ulcer. The force ■ bill had been the legitimate child of the federal : election laws. In their convention the demo- | crats had pledged themselves to repeal these I infamous election laws, not in part but in their entirety, and it was the duty of the democratic party to fulfill its pledge. Under those laws many hundreds of naturalized citizens had been robbed in New York city of their naturalization papers. On the 7th Mr. Cannon (rep., IH> sold he wished to declare that the necessity and propriety of the federal election laws had been misrepresented by gentlemen on the other side, i He defended the constitutionality of the laws 1 and said that citizens having the right to vote should be allowed to exercise that right, and neither corruption nor intimidation, should deprive them of that right Mr. Hunter (dem., Ill) declared the election laws had been enacted in order to perpetuate the republican party in power. Mr. Everett (dem., Mass.)- said he did not deny the constitutional power of congress to pass the laws, but The did not believe that it had the moral right to do so. He wanted to wipe from the statute books the last relic of sectional spirit- He would remove every law that grew out of the war. Mr. Grosvenor (rep,, O.) said that Massachusetts would not consent that the fourteenth amendment should be wiped out. Nor did he believe that Massachusetts believed that the fifteenth amendment should be repudiated and repealed. And that was the position taken by the gentleman from Massachusetts He ridiculed the Chicago platform and thought that it should be referred to a master in chancery to find out what it did mean anyhow. If there ever had been a party in the last stages of paralysis it was the democratic party of to-day. There was revolution in one wing of the capitol , and demoralization in the other. Mr. Oates (dem, Ala.) opposed the election laws on constitutional grounds. He believed the states were capable of state government Mr. Hepburn (rep., la) denied the present statutes interfered with local elections in the states This repeal plan was but the prelude for something more. Gentlemen would not be so solicitous if there was not an ulterior object, which could not be accomplished as long as these laws were in force, and that object was the complete overturning of the whole fabric of the government He had no desire for negro domination, but he did desire that every man who was a citizen of the United States had certain rights under the constitution and should, whether he was black or white, have on all occasions the power to exercise his rights He denied that the federal election laws had. been designed to perpetuate the republican party in power. Mr. Weadock (dem. Mich.) advocated the repea' bill, anl pictured the dangers which I must follow the retention of the federal election laws Mr. Hull (rep., la) supported the constitu?

r tionality of the laws; and Mr. Cousins (re>, la.) *l4b opposed the pending legislation At the evening session speeches for repeal of election laws were delivered by Mr. Grady (dem., N. C), Mr. Dunn (dem., N. J.) and Mr. Anderson (dem., W. Va). Mr. McCleary (rep, Minn ) spoke in oppoettion On the 9th Mr. Dolliver (rep, la.) spoke •gainst the election laws repeal bijl He said 1 it was not in his heart to “stir up the animosities of the past, and even if it were I eould find no word* by which to describe the scandalous condition of southern politic* as severe as the courageous and manly admissions of the leading newspapers of Alabama —the Birmingham Age-Herald and the Mobile Register—of last December, which I hold in my hand. For great as is the store of wrath laid up against the day of wrath for the south more solemn still is the responsibility of the north for its miserable acquiescence in these wrongs and crimes.” He continued: “It must not be said, however, that the south la not the sole nor the controlling factor in the present agitation against the election laws. The agitation comes mainly from the congested centers of populations, where the arts of ward politics have been, in a measure, circumvented by the national inspection of the’ registry and the national observation of the count Th* city of New York is here asking for the repeal of the only law that stands between the citizen and the undisturbed activity of the political regime which literally owns the metropolis. I cannotjbelieve that its present representatives more truly speak for the real interest of the city than the leading democrats did who have Indorsed the administration of these laws.” Mr. Coombs (dem., N. Y.) spoke in favor of the repeal of the laws. Mr. Boutelle (rep. Me.) opposed the pending repeal bill Mr. Lockwood (dem., N. Y.) in favoring re peal, said that he did so in advocacy of a free ballot The deputy marshals should be retired and the rights of the states should be preserved. He did not question the constitutionality of the laws, but he stood for the right of the people to vote without intimidation. Mr. Payne (rep, N. Y.) opposed the repeal and ridiculed the facility which was possessed by the democracy of New York city in naturalizing citizens prior to the enactment of these laws. He also criticised the party for it* action in the nomination of Judge Maynard. Mr. Fitch (dem., N. Y.) said it seemed fitting that the last argument to be made in favor of the repeal of the federal laws should be made by a representative from the city of New York, where the operation had caused such public indignation. He made a savage attack on Davenport, whom he described as a political adventurer.

SENSATIONAL SUICIDE.

A Southerner at Chicago Lays Hi* Head on the Rail Before an Approaching Train and Coolly Await* Death. Chicago, Oct 9.—A sensational suicide occurred Sunday morning on the railroad tracks at the foot of Monroe street. From papers found on the suicide’s body he is believed to be Henry Kershaw, formerly a journalist of New Orleans. Early Sunday morning the police at the foot of Monroe street saw a well dressed man standing near the railroad tracks. A long Michigan Central train was coming in and when the engine was within a few yards of where he stood he ran forward a few steps and throwing him- i self upon the coal dust placed his neck I across one of the rails. In an instant i his head was severed from his body. Letters found in the dead man’s pockets indicated his identity. One letter written after he had determined to end his life in this manner refers vaguely to charges against him by certain lodges, to “conspiracy” and ‘-persecution” which caused him to take his life. The letter is signed “Henry Kershaw, of New Orleans.” The letters gave evidence of being the product of a disordered brain. Kershaw was about 35 years old and a native of New Orleans. He was the publisher of a commercial bulletin about a year ago and at one time was partner in a large printing house. He left his wife and children some months ago and came to this city. Here he became involved in a love affair which unbalanced his mind. One of his hallucinations was that he was being hounded by members of im- ! aginary secret societies and that individuals were conspiring to kill him.

BISMARCK WELCOMED.

The Aged Ex-Chancellor Enthusiastically Greeted on His Return to Friederlcheruhe. Berlin, Oct. 9.—Prince Bismarck did not arrive at Friederichsruhe from Kissingen until after 11 o’clock Saturday night His coming has been expected for some days, and in consequence the town was en fete and the prince’s home was at its brightest. The house has undergone a. thorough cleaning since the servants of the house were attacked by typhoid fever. A crowd surrounded the railway station neajr Prince Bismarck’s home when the invalid statesman reached there. The local authorities allowed only about sixty of the prince’s personal friends to greet him on the platform. Among the latter was the manager of the Bismarck estate, to whom the aged: prince gave his left hand with a pleased though faint smile, at the same time remarking that his right hand was still disabled. Prince Bismarck then asked if all were well at the castle and said that he had borne his journey very welL The exchancellor walked firmly to the carriage which was in. waiting for him and was driven to. Friederichsruhe. The route to the castle was lined with people, and in front <af them stood firemen holding flaming- torches above their heads and producing a most brilliant effect From all sides the prince was greeted with the most heartfelt enthusiasm mingled with great reverence.

BLOWN FROM A CANNON.

Eleven Rebellious Sepoys Meet a Frightful Fate at Lahore. Calcutta, Oct. 9.—Lahore advices state that there was a serious disturbance in Cabul before the arrival of the British commission under Sir H. M. Durand on Monday. Malik Jan Khan, assistant, commander in chief of the army,, abased a sepoy belonging to the Herati regiment, whereupon the Sepoy’s company fired a volley, killing Malik. The mutineers fled at once, but were eaught on the same day. Eleven of them were blown from the cannon’s xaouth. All the troops were then swozm on the Koran to strict obedience to their commanders. Faramuse Khan has been ordered to make further arrests.

Trains Collide.

New Castle, Pa., Oct 7.—A rear-end collision between two freight trains on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad occurred near Edinburgh station and eighteen cars of merchandise were bad' ly wrecked. The trainmen escaped in jury-

THE SILVER DEBATE.

Synopsis of ths Discussion in th* United States Senate. On the 3d Mr. Dolph (rep.. Ore.) continued hl* remarks. He had read extracts from President Cleveland’* message* to congress during hi* former administration giving his views on the silver question He then said these extracts Justified the statement that the success of the democratic party with such a candidate was the verdict of the American people in favor of the discontinuance of the purchase of silver and of the coinage of silver dollars.- He (Dolph) did not expect that congress could pass any act for the use of silver by this country alone that would receive the president's approval. But he understood that the president would be in favor of what he considered a practical use of silver. He did not doubt the good faith of the president, and believed him honest when he asserted from time to time that he was in favor of bimetallism by an international agreement whereby the parity of both metal* can be maintained. Mr. Palmer (dem., Hl.) said he had no doubt the president understands that while we continue the purchase of silver we are disabling ourselves by putting ourselves to a disadvantage in any attempt at adjusting bimetallism with foreign countries He was quite certain the president believed that so long as we continue the purchase of silver and undertake to support silver coinage we would appeal in vain to foreign governments to enter into any agreement to establish international bimetallism. Mr. Palmer argued that the free coinage of silver would drive out the gold, so that instead of the country having the two metals it would have but one. On the 4th Mr. Butler (dem., S. C.) spoke against the silver repeal bilk He replied to Senator Palmer's remarks criticising the senate for its action He said the minority on the repeal question was not attempting to coerce anybody, but that it did notintend to be coerced by anybody. The senate was not a town meeting, but was a great deliberative body, intended to put a veto upon hasty, unwise and i improper legislation. It had been asked: What was to be done? His reply was “compromise.” Compromise is the solution. I It has been said that the president of the United States was interfering with legislation, and that whenever compromise was spoken of the statement was made that the president would not compromise. “Whoever states that,” said Senator Butler, emphatically, “does that high official great injustice, because it is none of his business what the senate does.. I don't believe that he has attempted to use his high office to influence the senate improperly.” Mr. Blackburn (dem., Ky.) spoke in opposition to the repeat He was not, he said, the friend or apologist of the Sherman act But, bad as the measure was, unfair and uncandld as he believed it to be, he did not believe it had been the cause of the financial woes which the country suffered, nor did he believe that its repeal would prove that panacea for all the financial ills under which the country was struggling. He did not wish to see the country put upon a single standard. He was as much opposed to a single silver standard as he was to a single gold standard.. He declared an international standard of value was a myth. There never had been, never would be and never needed to be an international standard of value. The trouble ay further back than the Sherman law. The tariff system of the country needed revision, and the financial system needed overhauling. He stood here to-day to advocate both those necessary works. He said: “If there be those who think that I am making the fight for the 'ftwner of silver mines, or of the silver smelter, they are mistaken. If the 10 per cent, charged before 1873 is not enough, double it: take *2O. If that does not suffice, take 25 If you tell me that the ratio of of 16 to 1 is too low, I say. in the spirit, not of justice, but of compromise, ‘raise the ratio.’ Make it 17; make it 18; make it 19; make it 20 and L for one, will accept it rather than have the silver metal stricken dawn The only condition which I would impose would be: Unlock the doors of your mints to silver!, give it right ot entry there; and then hamper it with what conditions you please But, Mr. President, important as this is, it i* of equal importance that we must settle it” Mr. Blackburn concluded by saying: • The settlement of the issue should, come, and should come now. I appeal to the sense of fairness, to the patriotism, the sense of dignity which characterizes the senate, and I ask senators. without regard to party affiliations, to rise to the dignity of this great issue and make a settlement that shall be just and, fair.” On the- Sth the debate on the silver repeal bill was continued by Messrs. Call (dem.. Fla.) and Butler (del*., S. CL), both of whom opposed the bill. Mr. Butler devoted the larger part of his speech to an argument in favor ot the repeal of the tax on state bank circulation, taking the position that the tax was unconstitutional. He ridiculed the suggestion that if the tax on state bank circulation were repealed the days of wildcat banks would return. It was impossible for any state in the union to permit for one hour the existence of. a bank that was net conducted upon conservative, prudent and business principles. He believedthat South Carolina or lowa would, with the tax on circulation removed, requir* a method of banking as safe and as conservative as that of Scotland. Why could not the American people imitate the Scotch? Why could not each.locality be allowed to have banks establishing the cash credit system of Scotland, where a man's personal credit with the aid of two friends would get capital? What was there in the American people that they could not be trusted as the Scotch people were trusted;: that the state which was trusted in so many, other vital points could not be trusted to regu ate the currency for its people? On the 7th Mr. Roach (dem., N. H)' spoke in ! favor ot tine repeal of the Sherman act, but expressed a desire that there should be some legislation in, connection with it that would recognize silver as a legal tender money; He said: “Let this congress call upon the nations-.of this hemisphere to unite with it and say how gold ’ and silver shall compare with each; other and I how they shall be rated as money, establish a : uniform silver coin, and provide for its free I coinage with gold. Then this nation, will fulfill its magnificent destiny and realize the most I ardent; dreams ever conceived by,- tii» most ' vivid and exalted patriots.” Mr. Allen (pop, Neb.) began a speeehiagainst the repeal bill, in the course of which a colloquy took place between Mr. Allen and Mr. Dolph (i»p., Ora) as to the difference-between the actual and the face value of gold,amd silver coins. Mr. Allen claimed the tree- and unlimited. coinage of any metal: made the bullion, value of that metal equivalent to its coinage value. Mr. Dolph regarded, that proposition, as a very remarkable one: and Mr. Allison (rep, la.) agreed that with the tree and unlimited, coinage ot silver in the-Uhited States the silver bullion in a dollar and: ths coined silver dollar would be of the same value. They would: represent the same things But if the United States undertook to use both gold and silver as a measure of value, then a new question, would be raised—the question of the ratio the two. I£ England, had a ratio of 15 and. the United States a ratio of 16 to 1 all th® the gold would go to one country and all tha silver to the other. Cta the 9th Mr. Wolcott (rep, Col.) said that within the last few days the- Worst apprehensions of the friends of silver- as to the position of the president have been realized. The president’s open letter addressed to the people of the United States through Gov. Norihen, of Georgia, is one of the most remarkable pronunciamentss of this generation. The president of the United States, while congress was in extraordinary session, convoked by his proclamation, informed the country that he was astonished at the opposition of the senate to the measure which he had advocated in his message Such an utterance was intrusive and offensive and was unfitting the relations which should exist between the legislative and executive departments of the government. Mr. Wolcottspoke of Secretary Carlisle’s change of front on the silver question, referring to the proverbial zeal of converts. The passage of the repeal bill, Mr. Wolcott contended, would leave to silver no place as a standard of value. Silver was to be discredited, attainted, outlawed. Mr. Voorhees (dem., Inch) denied that the pending bill would demonetize silver. The statement that it would cto so might be repeated a hundred thousand times and still it would not be true. He stated that the committee had several good reasons tor what it did, tmd be add-

ed: "When the Sherman law no longer disgrace* the statute book of the nation I am ready to act promptly/and with all the energy that I am capable of, to carry out the pledges which this bill contains.” He then went on to argue that if the senator* from the silver states had opposed the passage ot the Sherman bill as he had opposed it, it would never have brought a blight and curse on the country Mr. Teller (rep, CoL) replied to Mr. Voorhees’ criticism ot the senators from the silver states for supporting the Sherman bill when it was before the senate and asserted that the Indiana senator was not in a condition to throw stones at them, inasmuch a* he had not only voted for the Bland bill, but had voted to pass it over the president’* veto, .He declared that the people would not be fooled by the declaratory section in the commtv tee s substitute. They understood the infiu ences that were at work. Mr. Voorhees asserted that the declaratory provision in the bill was much better in that it pledged the future use of coinage of both metal*, in the language of the Chicago platform. Mr. Cockrell (dem., Ma) said that from the foundation of the government to 1873 our law* maintained the constitutional bimetallic system unimpaired. The law of February 12, 1873 passed by a congress overwhelmingly republican in both houses and signed by a republican pre*dent—was the first act that demonetized silver. Mr. Sherman was the chairman of the committee on finance at the time, had charge of the bill, and well knew its provisions and effect. Not three senators and five representatives knew it demonetized silver and established the single gold standard. Mr. Cockrell, continuing, reviewed the records of both parties on the silver question, beginning with the Forty-fourth congress He spoke of the silver leg having been struck from under the monetary fabric of the country “by the stock relations of the president ” The representatives of foreign bankers, he said, had the) audacity to demand from Secretary Carlisle the issue of 1150,003,000 of gold l bonds. They had said: “Now is the opportunity to force the United States to come to a single gold standard and to force it to issue bonds to get the gold; and we will have the selling of these bonds and will get the commission and brokerage.” Telegraph messages had been sent by cart-loads and congress had been convened; and, he added, “here we are.”

THE WORST FEARED.

A Boat Picked Up on Lake Superior Leads to the Belief That a Party of Eight Persons Lost Their Lives In a Recent Storm. * Deer Park, Mich., Oct. 9.—A disaster on Lake Superior in which not less than eight lives were lost came to light Surifiay when a drifting’ boat was picked up by the crew of the Muskallong life saving station. The derelict was sighted in the forenoon, and by the aid of strong glasses it was soon ascertained that the craft was disabled and drifting, she crew put out in their boat and came up to the wreck just west of the station. The craft was found to be a fishing boat of the large size which operations on this part of Lake Superior make necessary. Closer inspection revealed her identity as a craft that had left White Fish Point October 6 for Au Train, 100 miles west There were on board a crew of at least five men and W. H. Carpenter, his wife and one child. It is reported that Carpenter had two children aboard but thisrumor was not verified. No one was found on the wrecked boat and there is not the slightest encouragement to-believe that any escaped drowning. The fury of the northwest gale that swept Lake Superior was at its height the night following the day on whieh the fishing boat left White Fish bay. and stauncher vessels than this one could not have weathered the storm. When the gale struck the vessel she was undoubtedly soon, overwhelmed and upset. Inquiry received at the life saving station in regard to any tidings of the boat has established her identity. It is not likely that any of the bodies will be washed ashore, as the disaster evidently occurred a considerable distance out in the lake. It is impossible to learn the names of the crew.

STORM MORTALITY 2,008.

Nearly AU the Detail* of the Great IMiw aater in the South at Hand. New Orleans, ©ct 9.—Making the necessary corrections and additions the mortality from the storm is now put at 2,008. It is not likely to vary fifty either way from the figure, as nearly all the vessels have been heard fromu. The vessels, now known to be lost in addition to those already mentioned! are the following: Independent, with six lives lost;: Innocent, with five; Sunnyside, two; Angeline, lour: Rosalie, three; Birdie, four; loalie, three; Estola, tour; Clementine, three; St Bartolomo,. none;: Apostolo, four, E. W. Elmer,- si®;. lona,, three;: Delia, two; Georgiana, two;: Antonio, two: Argo Del Rio, one: Cinderella). Audite-, Lupus, Jam bo, Borio, Daniela Five boats have been sailing through; the marshes and.islands of Mississippi and Louisiana picking up the living and dead. Some fifty shipwrecked sailors have-been found and carried, to Biloxi, Scranton or- some other of the neighboring towns.' Most of them were in a very bad condition), completely exhausted by their long- struggle and their lack of food and. rest. Incoming steamers from Central America report that they encountered wreckage, tables, chairs and other household goods 50 miles away from the month of the Mississippi.

KILLED AT A CROSSING.

Mrs. Foley ii®d Her Two Sons Meet Instant Death at Middleton, <X Cincinnati, Oct. 9.—A. frightful crossing accident occurred just this side of Middletowmon the Big Four road Saturday evening. Matt Foley, a wealthy farmer of Monroe, had been at the Hamilton fair with his wife and two sons, aged 18 and 16, They were returning in a two-horse barouche. Seeing the fast Cleveland vestibule train approaching, Mrs. Foley struck the horses with the whips, but in his excitement Foley pulled the lines. The engine struck the vehicle squarely. Mrs. Foley and the two sons were instantly killed, the head of one son being found some distance from the trunk, while the two legs of the other were carried 100 yards. Foley was found to have a hole in his forehead and one arm badly torn. He may live. The horses were terribly mangled.

Big Millinery House Burned.

St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 9.—The wholeale millinery establishment of Rothschild & Kahn, 175 and 177 East Fourth street, was burned at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon. The loss to the stock, which is almost wholly ruined, is about (40,odo. The damage, to the building uas 15,000. Insurance on, building and QQUI tents, $43,500.