People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1893 — Page 6

THE SILVER DEBATE.

Bynopsi* of the Di*cu**loa La the United States Seaate. On the 11th Mr. Cockrell (dem. Ma) continued his speech against the repeal bill He yielded the floor to Mr. Smith (dem, N. J.), ■who spoke tn favor, and Mr. Irby (dem, S. C.), ■who spoke against the pending measure. Mr. Cockrell concluded his speech at 5:15 o’clock. Mr Allen (pop., Net) took the floor to con tinue his speech. At 6 o’clock Mr. Dubois (rep, Idaho) announced that the hour had come when the senate usually adjourned. Mr. Voorhees (dem., Ind.) said he felt it hia highest duty not to move for an adjournment, but, on the contrary, to ask the senate to stay together in continuous session until the pending measure should be disposed of. Mr. Dubois said this announcement of the senator from Indiana meant •'that the senate is to be held in continuous session until a vote is reached on the pending bill, or until it is demonstrated that a vote cannot be reached. This legislation should not be rushed through byinhumanjeflorts'ana brute force You know as ■well when you start as when you emerge from the struggle that you must fail.” He said a bill was as likely to pass for the free coinage of silver as to absolutely destroy silver. He added: “If you conclude to abandon appeals to reason and sense and to risk a settlement of this great question to a test of which side can stand the most punishment, we desire to give notice now that we shall protect our side by every means in our power. We shall insist that you furnish the quorum, and that you keep it constantly in this chamber, if it takes innumerable roll-calls. The responsibility for what is to follow must rest on you, as well as its physical effects on individual senators.”

Mr. Voorhees suggested to Mr. Dubois the wisdom of the saying: “Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.” “We will see who fails in this transaction before we are done," said Mr. Voorhees. “I feel that my feet are on a rock, and there I shall stand and vindicate a great and mighty principle. But before I say a word upon that subject I will ask the senator from Idaho whether he will fix a day to take a vote?" Mr. Dubois said that there were distinguished senators who had not talked on the subject, and he could not nor could any one else say when the debate would probably close. Mr. Voorhees replied at great length, saying that “if there could be a day named by the opponents of this bill we would come to an understanding directly. It is because ob•struction is resorted to, pure and simple, against legislation, that we are in the attitude we are now. We regret exceedingly to have to resort to the methods now before us.” He said he would rather be carried from his desk feet foremost and put to sleep at his home in Terre Haute forever than to yield the principle that the majority has a right to govern. They had reached the question whether or not we have a government that can administer itself. He would not injure the minority, but asked should the majority govern? He stood there not talking compromise but for the rule of the majority. If he went down it would be with his flag nailed to the masthead. If a compromise was to take place on the principle that the minority had the right to dictate, it w-ould be by others, not by him. He continued: "In default of any answer when a vote can be reached, I invoke the spirit of wisdom, fairness, patience and manhood on both sides and we will proceed. I have no doubt of the result”

Mr. Allen continued his remarks during the night, interrupted by frequent roll calls to determine the question of a quorum being present On the 12th Mr. Allen (pop., Neb.) concluded his remarks at Ba. m, after which, on motion of Mr. Voorhees, the Peffer amendment was laid on the table—ST to 17—as follows: Yeas—Caffery. Camden, Carey, Cullom, Davis. Dixon. Dolph, Faulkner, Frye. Gallinger, Gordon, Gray, Hale, Hawley, Hill, Hoar, Lindsay, McMillan, McPherson, Manderson, Mills, Mitchell tWis.), Murphy, Platt, Proctor, Quay, Ransom. Sherman, Smith, Squire, Voorhees, Washburn. White (La.)— 33. Nays—Bate, Berry. Blackburn, Butler, Call, Cameron, Coke, Daniel, George,Hunton, Irby, Martin, Morgan, Pasco, Peffer, Vest, Walthall —l7. Mr. Martin (dem., Kan.) expressed the opinion the time had come for democrats to act together and arrive as some agreement—see whether they could do anything to relieve the party and the country. He read the newspaper reports of the meeting between Secretary Carlisle and the New York bankers at the house of President Williams of the Chemical national bank, and said the reports were convincing testimony the panic had been made to order and had been manufactured expressly for the occasion. It had two purposes—one to force the government to issue bonds, and the other to destroy silver as a money metal. He acquitted Mr. Carlisle of any complicity in the conspiracy. He discussed the question of national banks and asserted the wisest and best thing for the democratic party to do would be to wipe out every vestige of the national banking system. He regarded the repeal bill as so bad, so wicked, so cruel, so remorseless, so unjust he felt justified in resorting to every constitutional right to defeat it. At 4:15 Mr. Teller (rep. Col.) proceeded with a speech begun the previous week, but yielded the floor with the understanding that he could resume on the 13th

Mr. Stewart (rep., Nev.) then took the floor. He said that within a year, probably sooner, the country would rejoice that there had been those in the senate who had the courage to call a halt on the attempt to establish the single gold basis. If silver countries would be true to themselves the gold countries would have to change their policies in order to trade with the more powerful countries. Mr. Stewart continued his speech till after midnight, subject to many interruptions for inquiries as to the presence of a quorum. After a report by the sergeant-at-arms at 1:40 o’clock on the morning of the 13th as to the absentees, Mr. Voorhees said, in view of such report, it was evident no further business could be transacted, and he therefore moved an adjournment, to which motion there was no opposition, and the senate adjourned until 11 o'clock. On the 13th after the Introduction of amend ments by Mr Vest (dem., Mo.) and Mr. Allen (pop, Neb.) —the former providing for the repeal of the purchase clause of the Sherman act, the issue of coin certificates, the coinage of na tive silver, deposited by owners, up to *800,000,000, the repeal of the 10 per cent tax on state banks, etc.; and the latter providing for the free coinage of silver—Mr. Stewart (rep, Nev.) resumed his speech and debated further against the pending repeal measure. Mr. Peffer (pop, Kan.) took the floor at 8 p m. and continued the argument against repeal An adjournment was had at 11:30 for want of a quorum.

On the 14th Mr. Jones (rep, Nev ) spoke in opposition to the repeal He said the pending measure was a veiled attempt to impose the gold standard upon the people of the United States. The very vehemence and universality of the denial was of itself suspicious. “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” In reply to a question by Mr. Vilas (dem., Wis.) as to whether he (Mr. Jones) did not fear a serious monetary disturbance if “free coinage" were given to silver at the rate of 16 to 1, Mr. Jones replied that he had not the slightest doubt that in ten minutes after a free coinage bill became a law silver would be on a parity with gold and would stay there.

Taking advantage of a break in the discussion Mr. Voorhees asked if it would be agreeable to the senator from Nevada to yield to a motion to adjourn, to which Mr. Jones responded that it would. Mr. Voorhees then said: “With the concurrence cf and upon consultation with the friends of the pending measure I have a motion to make at this hour. Before I do so however. I desire to correct any tnisapprehen sions that may prevail in some minds. There are some eager minds in certain directions just at this time. I remember reading once with great interest an account of the battle of the first commodore of the American navy. John Paul Jones, off the coast of Scotland, by moonlight, with the Serapis and her allies. When the British commander asked him whether he surrendered be said in reply: ‘I have cniy begun to fight’ If there is anybody who thinks that the friends and advocates of this bill have surrendered, or have it in contemplation, I desire to answer, in the language of the immortal hero of the salt seas, that we have only begun the tight, and with that I move that the senate now adjourn.” The motion was acrc'.d to uud the senate, at 5:05, adjourned.

On the 15th. after considerable discussion of other business, Mr. Peffer (pop, Kan.) resumed his speech against the repeal bill. Yielding temporarily to Mr. Palmer (dem.. Ill) the latter remarked that he had been kept in the chamber night after night listening, not to debate, but to speeches which, as the newspapers asserted, were made to consume time. On being asked to specify any particular speech he started to express his belief that the senator from Nt jraska (Mr. Allen) had— But before he could finish the sentence he was Interrupted by Mr. Allen himself, who angrily insisted that Mr. Palmer had no right to make such an imputation, and he called him to order for violating the rules. Mr. Palmer said he would not take anything back. And then Mr. Allen retorted by saying he was not in the senate with a brass collar around his neck, as other senators were: that he was not here to do the bidding of some man who had put chains upon his neck and told him what to do. Considerable time was consumed on the question of the presence of a quorum, several roll calls being had, after which Mr. Peffer continued his remarks. He said a time would come, if that majority had patience and would hear what the senators had to say on this question, when senators would vote, but not until then. But if the senate insists on forcing this bill, refusing all offers of a compromise, just so long will we insist that we are the majority; that we represent the great mass of the people. He said the supporters of the pending bill claimed to be l?imetallists. Let them prove their words by their works. In reply to a query by Mr. Palmer if he meant that the majority must consent to a compromise before a vote could be had Mr Peffer replied that if they (the minority) could prevent a vote until then they would do so. The colloquy between Mr. Peffer and Mr? Palmer kept up until 10 o'clock, when a motion for adjournment made by Mr. Voorhees was agreed to.

THE CHINESE BILL.

Synopsis of the Debate In the National House of Representatives. On thellth Mr. McCreary (dem., Ky.), author of the proposed amendment to the Geary Chinese exclusion bill, explained that the pending measure provided that the act of May 5,1802, be so amended as to extend the lime six months in which Chinese persons may register and obtain certificates of residence, and also amended said act so as to require “one credible witness other than Chinese” that an applicant tor a certificate was a resident of the United States on the sth of May, 1892, instead of “one credible white witness." The bill also amended the act by providing that the word “laborer” or “laborers" shall be construed to mean both skilled and unskilled manual laborers, including Chinese employed in mining, fishing, huckstering, peddling, laundrvmen or those engaged in taking, drying or otherwise preserving shell or other fish for home consumption or exportation. It seemed just and fair that the Chinese should have additional time in which to register and obtain certificates of residence. If all the Chinese persons who were not now registered should be transported to China the cost to the government would be about 57,000.000. Mr. Geary (dem, CoL), in opposing the bill, said if he believea that through the operation of this bill if enacted into law the Chinese would comply with the law he would vote for the measure. But he did not so believe. He wanted to act in accordance with civilization, Christianity and morality. He wanted to exclude Chinese from coming here, but no additional burdens should be imposed upon those already here. He denied that the bill which bore his name was any violation of treaty stipulations Within .the last thirty years 1)500,000,000 had been taken from the Pacific coast to foreign lands. Gentlemen from tho east expressed their wonder that the people of California did not like the Chinese. How would they like a foreign colony located in their region? He then went on to denounce the competion of the cheap Chinese labor with free American labor. He ridiculed the statement that it would take 17,000,000 to deport the unregistered Chinese. It would not, he declared, involve an expenditure of >1,000,000, and he criticised the action of the administration in not enforcing the laws. He was a democrat and loved the democratic party, but if that party permitted the men of its selection to violate the laws it had no right to ask for a continuance of public confidence.

On the 12th Mr. Hitt (rep., Ill.), spoke In favor of the bill. He denounced the Geary law. It was a violation of the public faith, but it was a law, and it was the duty of congress to make it as light upon the victims as possible. If carried out it would be strange II it did not cause a rupture with China. Mt. Hitt admitted that Chinese coolie labor was a great evil, but the way to stop it was by international agreement Mr. Loud (rep., Cal.) described the evils of the Chinese invasion of the Pacific coast He criticised the administration for not enforcing the law. He claimed that the executive power was trying to overawe the legislative power. Mr. Hooker (dem., Miss) spoke in favor of the bill

Mr. Bartlett (dem., N. Y.) opposed the bill He said there would follow the enactment of this law as many cases to test the McCreary amendment as there were cases to contest the constitutionality of the Geary law. The underlying object of this legislation was to allow the Six Companies to try the case again and have a majority of the supreme court turned into a minority. He closed with a criticism of the Six Companies for preventing Chinamen from registering.

On the 13th Mr. Rayner (dem., Md.) said the passage of the pending McCreary bill was an • act of self evident justice, one that should com- ' mend itself to every member of the bouse. “If I we are going to exercise natural justice in this ‘ country,” he said, “if we are going to maintain human rights we must pass this bill ” In reply to questions by Mr. Ray (rep.N. Y.) he said the administration had rightfully done nothing to enforce the present law, because of want of the necessary funds, and be cause, after the law had been pronounced constitutional by the supreme court, there was a likelihood of its being amended by the present congress In reply to a further interruption criticising the president for failure to enforce the existing taw Mr. Rayner said: “The president has done his duty in accordance With the dictates of his own conscience. He is no weak, uncertain thing, yield-

ing to every wind of public opinion. He does not believe in bartering away any of the principles upon which he was swept into office by an overwhelming verdict" Mr. Sickles (dem., N Y.) made a brief speech in favor of the pending biil. Mr. Bowers (rsp. Cal) warned the democrats and republican*, that if this McCreary bill was passed there would not be enough of either party left in California to make a grease spot that could be seen with the naked eye. Asked to explain what would become of them he said the populists would receive an astonishing increase in the state. Messrs. Draper and Morse (reps.. Mass.) favored the pending bill Mr. Maguire (dem , Cal) opposed the bill He defended the Geary law as a reasonable, easy and convenient requirement wholly within the bounds of the constitution.

AN ENGINE RUNS AWAY.

The Engineer Killed at His Post When No One Was Hooking. Carrollton, Mo., Oct. 11.—L. C. Rickenbaugh, aged 30, engineer on the Terminal railroad in this city, was killed about 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon while his engine was crossing the bridge over the Wakenda. The supposition is that he leaned over the side of his engine and was struck by the timbers of the bridge. His body was found in the water below. No one saw the accident and the fact was only made known by the terrific speed of the engine. Fortunately for the passengers Frank Crouch, superintendent of the road, happened to be on the train and managed to get to the engine and stop its wild race fox * the city.

M’MAHON IS DEAD.

France’s Famous Warrior and Statesman Passes Away. He Succumb* to an Attack of La Grippe— Universal Sorrow at Hi* Demi— Sketch of His Life and Service*. A GALLANT GENERAL GONE. Paris, Oct IV. —Marshal MacMahon died at 10 o’clock a. m. at Chateau La Foret on the Loire. The dying soldier was able to partake of food until Monday. During the night however, his strength gradually declined, and he grew weaker and weaker until the end came peacefully at the hoar mentioned. The family were present at his death. The immediate cause of death was la grippe. Born on July 13, 1808, MacMahon was in his 86th year. His death has been expected. In May last

MARSHAL MACMAHON.

he was attacked by la grippe and he has never recovered from the effects of it. He has been slowly but steadily failing since the beginning of autumn. The death of the old warrior and statesman has spread genuine sorrow throughout France, and will doubtless subdue somewhat the extravagance of the demonstration caused by the visit of the Russian fleet to Toulon. The fetes and receptions will be simplified and the gala attire of Paris may give way to one of mourning. The government has ordered the flags on all departments to be-lowered at half-mast. [Marie Edtne Patrice Maurice de MacMahon was born July 13, 18J8, of a family in France which for some generations had cherished Its Irish name and traditions. He entered the military school at St Cyr in 1825, and in 1830 first saw service in Algeria. In 1848 he had risen to the rank of a general of brigade, and commanded a division in the Crimea (1855 > where was assigned to him the perilous post of carrying the Malakoff in the combined assault on Sebastopol. In-1859 he took a conspicuous part in the Italian campaign, and for the battle of Magenta he received the baton of a marshal, and was created duke of Magenta. He commanded at Strasburg on the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, and was chief in command at Sedan. He ably assisted President Thiers in reorganizing the French army, and in 1873 succeeded Thiers in the presidency of the French republic, which he held through a stormy period, ending with his own resignation in i 879. ]

FOUR KILLED.

Terrible Result of a Collision in a Fog at Wellsville, O. Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 19.—An accident to the Pennsylvania limited at Wellsville, 0., Tuesday morning at 6:15 o’clock resulted in the death of the entire engine erew and fatal injuries to the three men who occupied the baggage and express car. The dead are: John Caruthers, engineer, lived at Wellsville; Robert .Jackson, engineer, Allegheny; Elmer J ackson, his son, fireman, Allegheny, and Robert Ferree, exprrsa 1 messenger, New Philadelphia, O. The injured are: Alexander Frazier, i baggage-master; Robert Fowler, elecI trician. Frazier lives in Allegheny and ; the electricians are saidto reside in Chi- ; cage. ’ A freight collision at Beaver Falls ; had blockaded the main line of the | Fort Wayne road;, necessitating a de- ’ tour over the Cleveland & Pittsburgh ; line from Alliance. The limited was I making this run around, and Caruthjl ers, who was a regular engineer on the ■' Cleveland & Pittsburgh road, was actI ing as pilot for Jackson, the limited en- ' gineer. The fog was so dense that it f was impossible to see signal lights at any distance, while the semaphores i could not be distinguished at all. An engine with several freight cars was crossing the main tracks when the limited crashed into it-

TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.

The Man Who Lashed. Farragut to the Mast Shoots. Wiuself. Vallejo, Cal., Oct. 19. —John Neil, a seaman in the United States navy • serving on board the- receiving ship In- ■ dependence, Mare Island navy yard, | committed suicide Tuesday morning by shooting himself in the head. The deceased was reprimanded Tuesday morning for having overstayed his leave of absence, and was punished by restriction to the ship for a period of sixty days. As soon as Neil received his punishment he was seen to go below into the: ship bagroom, where he was found 1 later with a bullet wound in his right temple. [The deceased was a man of unusual distination. having received medal honors from congress for bravery and. meritorious conduct, Neil enlisted in the navy in 1861, served with Farragut at Mc-bile bay, and lushed the immortal admiral in the rigging of the Hartford while he stood by his side throughout the fight. Since the war Neil has served continuously in the navy and was one of the survivors of the ill-fated Trenton, which went down in Apia harbor, and received general mention, for bravery in rescuing shipmates from the Vandalia, which was also wrecked in the: same gale.]

Cost of the Storm,

Chicago, Oct. 19. —The storm of October 14 cost fifty-live lives and caused an aggregate loss of over ?G75,.000 ta lake shipping Not since October 10,. 1880, has any lake storm approached the great gale of last Saturday and Saturday night in the number of lives lost and value of property destroyed. In all thirteen boats have become total losses, while many more now on the beach on every one of the great lakes may be added to the list. The aggregate of the total losses is *320,000. Strandings add *BOO,OOO more and minor damages increase the grand total by *50,009, leaking it over *075,000.

DEATH IN A STORM.

Foarteeen Live* Lost at Magnolia Bowel*, 8. L'.— Three Boy* Killed at Buffalo Much Damage at Baltimore, Philadelphia and Other Point*. Columbia, 8. C., Oct 17.—The West Ind'-*, cyclone struck Georgetown on the coast of this state Friday, sweeping Magnolia Beach away and killing many persons. Mrs. L. C Haskell and a servant are said to be the only survivors. Pawley’s island suffered terribly, and many houses were wrecked. The people sought refuge in the trees. Fourteen persons were drowned at Magnolia Beach. The tide rose above floors of dwellings on North island and all dwellers took refuge in the lighthouse. The most heartrendering reports come from Dr. J. W. Flagg, who escaped and saved little Miss Weston, 10 years old. They were clinging to the boughs of a cedar tree drifting to mainland. His father and mother were with them on the same tree. His mother became exhausted and lost her hold upon the limb, and his father let go to rescue her and both were drowned before his eyes. Searching parties were patroling the I beach with the hope of finding bodies. Buffalo, Oct 17. —The wind blew at j the rate of 60 miles an hour on Satur- I day. About 1:30 o’clock in the morning the storm caught up a long line of empty coal cars standing on a siding of the Nickel Plate road and lifted them onto the main track, a few miles south of this city. The midnight passenger train for Chicago crashed into the cars. Fireman Lang was killed. Other fatalities occurred late in the afternoon when the mammoth sheds of the Empire freight line at Louisiana and Carroll streets collapsed with a loud crash. The fire and police departments were called out, but before their arrival the aiissing men* showed up. They had miraculous escapes and received only slight injuries. The wreck of the huge sheds lay in a heap, but the trusses of the roof had for the most part retained their places and had saved the men beneath the wreck by leaving room enough for them to crawl through. , Under some debris, with his head ■ smashed down«between his knees, was ' Johnnie Flannery. A few feet away : the crushed bodies of Zitz Heinlich, 9 years old, and Johnny Dwyer, only 8, were. All three boys were dead. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 17.—While the wind was blowing a gale Friday night the Brush Electric Light works took fire and were burned. As these supply the city and nearly all the stores and other buildings in the city with light, the city for a time was plunged into partial darkness. Sparks from the Brush electric light works set fire to the city jaiL The prisoners we*e hurriedly erlleeted and marched into the yard. Quite a number, however, were ov-er- ! come by smoke and dragged out. The I jail was completely destroyed'. Acordon of police was formed about them, while doctors were working on the prisoners. Seventy five of them- were taken to the city hospital, but none of them are believed to be fatally injured. The southern part of the city is flooded, and water at the docks is even; with the surface of the city. In various-sec-tions of the city houses were unI roofed and trees blown down. The I wind and rain swelled the water in the ■ harbor so that the New York trains I on the Baltimore & Ohio were unable | to cross at Locust Point, at which place ; they are ferried across. From Annapi olis and other points reports are multii plied of damage by the storm. The damage done by the storm was the greatest in many years. Especially I was this the case along the water i front, where the tide rose to the level !of the wharves, overflowed into i stores, the cellars of commis- ‘ sion merchants and the places occu- ■ pied by the oyster packers, and com- ■ pletely destroyed stocks to the amount 'of almost 11,000,000. As the dredging ; season opened Monday the oyster boats bad been preparing for the season and many of there were badly damaged; The destruction of property all through th* city was large. : The summer resorts on Curtis bay : and. the upper Patapsco were ruined. The entire shore from Francis Cutair’s

resort to the Ariel and Neptune clubs’ boat houses is devastated. At Flood’s pavilion the damage will reach 18,000. □ The wharves and boathouses of the rowing clubs are a wreck. Charles Dunn's steam yacht Admiral, George Kohl’s steam launch Alice, and a number of fancy sailing yachts at these resents were- sank or beaten to pieces against the wharves. The packing houses at Canton, on the eastern water front, were nearly washed away. A scow loaded with. 250' cases of fruit belonging to Fait <fc Winebreuner went to the bottom., Hemingway’s cannery was damaged to, the-extent of SO,OOO. The total loss im tiie canning district will reach 550,000.. Plbeladelphia, Oct. 17. —The stormi was particularly severe in eastern. Pennsylvania. In this city scores ofi houses were unroofed and the walls of many partly-constructed buildings blown down. The Romans Catholic church of the Nativity, which is being constructed ;at Belgrade street and Alleghany avenue, was damaged to the extent. of S2OIOOO. While the gale was a* its height the stone wall on the east side of the edifice was blown inward and two huge blocks of stone crashed through the roof and into the- basement, smashing the pews and pulpit and reducing to splinters a costly organ.

K. of L. General Assembly.

Philadelphia, Oct 17. Arrangemenis are now in progress for the annual assembly of the Knights of Labor, which meets in Philadelphia on November 14. It is expected that at least 100 delegates will be present, and General Master Workman Powderly will preside. There will be no election of officers this year. The convention will be known as a constitutional convention, and will devote its time to the consideration of the management of the order’s affairs and to such uaendI ments to the constitution as may be ofI sered 4$

MANY WERE LOST.

Z Tempest on the Lakes Causes Numerous Wrecks. rh* Steamer Doan Richmond Founder* on Lake Erie and Eighteen Person* Are Thought to Have Perished The Minnehaha and Six Men Lost. LAKE CRAFT SUFFERS. Chicago, Oct. 17. —The entire chain of lakes was swept Saturday and Saturday night by a northwester gale whose severity has not been excelled in the season of navigation for the last ten years. The same wind which drove vessels on the beach on every lee shore also leveled telegraph wires, an<| reports of wrecks are somewhat slow in reaching the outside world, particularly from out-of-the-way localities. But the list of wrecks, in proportion to the number of vessels which were out in the gale, is larger, perhaps, than in the history of the latter-day marine. That there has been a large loss of life now seems certain, but it may be several days before it is known just how many sailors perished. The Wrecked Vessels. Following is the list of wrecks so far reported: steamer Dean Richmond, foundered on Lake Erie; eighteen lives lost Schooner Minnehaha, beached at Marquette, Lake Michigan: six lives lost Barge J. G. Masten, sunk off Racine, Lake Michigan. Schooner Yukon, ashore at Waiska bay, Lake Superior. Steamer Kersnaw, ashore at Waiska bay. Lake Superior. Schooner Sage, ashore, Whitefish Point Lake Superior. Steamer Hecla, ashore off Ogdensburg, N. Y. Barge Sweepstakes, ashore, Cheboygan, Mich. Barge Knight Templar, ashore, Cheboygan, Mich. Lake tug Acme, foundered, Lake Huron. Schooner Volunteer, stranded, Port Austin, 3nt Schooner John T. Mott sunk, Fairport O. Schooner Amboy, ashore, Buffalo. Schooner Mont Blanc, waterlogged, Buffala Steamer Schuylkill, stranded, Bar Point Steamer Maritana, stranded, Elliott Point Schooner Ironton, ashore. Bay Mills, Lak* Superior. Schooner Falconer, ashore, Lake Ontario. Steamer C. F. Curtis, ashore, Cheboygan Schooner Nelson Holland, ashore, Cheboygan, Mich. Yacht Enterprise, ashore Lion’s Head, Lion's bay. Loss of the Dean Richmond.

Dunkirk, N. Y., Oct. 17. —The steamer Dean Richmond foundered off here Saturday night with all on board. Three bodies were found on the beach Sunday morning mingled with a large quantity of wreckage. The bodies had life-preservers on, and the men evidently had been killed on the rocks after having succeeded in reaching port after a hard fight with the sea. The beach is strewn with timbers for miles on each side of the city, and many barrels of flour have come ashore. The identity of only one recovered body could be discovered. It was that of Andrew Dodge, whose residence is unknown. The crew, all of whom are undoubtedly drowned, numbered eighteen. The steamer was conar manded by Capt. G. W. Stoddard;, of Toledo, The wreckage indicates that the steamer went down not over 3 miles from shore. [The Dean Richmond was the first of thelarger steamers which mark the coming ofr the present style of marine construction: oa the lakes It was of 1,257 net tonnageand was trailt In Cleveland in 1804, but wasrebuilt in 1873. It was oyrned by Bottsford and others of Port Huron and was< valued at 546,000. It Is believed thatIt was fully insured. The Richmond for several seastxis has been chartered to the ToSt. Louis & Kansas City line and ran in. the general merchandise trade between Toledo' and: this poet It carried no passengers. On thepresent trip-its cargo consisted almost entirely of hour from St. Louis and other southwestern. ' point*.] Six Urpwnod.

Manistee, Mich., Oct 1,7. —The big schooner Minnehaha was beached at' Starke, 201- miles north of here, at noon Saturday to save it from foundering in deep- water. The seas soon ovenwhelmed the wreck and drove the crew into the rigging. Before the arrival of the life-saving crews from this place and Frankfort the schooner went to pieces. Bart; one person, Capt. William Packer, was saved. The crew of six parsons- were drowned. The life-saving anew at this point worked hard to rescue the untSortunate sailors, but could not. Caps. Packer jumped overboard and swami ashore. [Tha lost schooner Minnehaha was owned by Hi JI Jcfhnsoa and others of Cleveland and was valued at 125,000. It was insured foi 118,090 with the-CesnmerctaJ Union, North America, th*-London Assurance and one other company. Ik was built in 1880 and was unfortunate from the-start 'ffVre years ago it was wrecked near Detour andi remained on the rocks all winter, being abandoned to the underwriters,wha flnally nescued. th* wreck and sold it]

Lom of Two Live*. ©wen Sound, Ont., Oct. 17.—During the height of the gale Saturday afternoon the yacht Enterprise, of Thornbury, was washed ashore near Lion’s Head. It is thought that her occupants were drowned. They were L. McAllister, owner of the boat, and W. McLean, his assistant. Loos of Life Feared. Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 17.—Capt. Davdall, of the steamer Neosho, reports a three-masted schooner sunk in Gravelly bay. It is thought here to be the Typo, whose yawl boat wa. found) empty and bottom up off the harbor. It is thought that her crew were aU drowned in their efforts to row ashore The vessel is owned by Hargrave, of Detroit, and was valued at $6,500. Nineteen Fishing Smacks Missing. New York, Oct. 17. —Nineteen fishing smacks, the crews of which number 160 men, have been at sea since Thursday last, and it is feared that a number of them have foundered during the gale.

Sunk by Collision.

London, Oct. 17. —While crossing the channel the passenger steamer Marie Henriette ran into and cut in half a Danish bark. Six of the crew were drowned. There was a panic on board the steamer when she ran into the bark, and passengers tried to launch the boats, and ran here and there about the docks looking for life preservers and expecting every moment that the steamer would sink with all on board. The officers of the Marie Henriette eventually managed to quiet the passengers. The bark sank before any assistance could, ba rendered her.

BIG WEEK AT THE FAIR.

Over 2,100.000 Persons Paid to Ho* th* Great Exposition Last Week. Chicago, Oct 17,—The week ending Saturday, as was predicted, proved to be the banner week of the fair so far as attendance is concerned. There been weeks of much pleasanter weather, when everything could be seen to better advantage because there were two-thirds less people on the grounds, but all in all the week just closed will be the historical one of the exposition season. The average daily paid attendance was 800,000, and the attendance on Saturday was 207,732, and the total for the weak was 2,121,794. The significance of these figures is best understood when it is said they represent twice the paid attendance of May. In round numbers they also represent within 500,000 of the total attendance for June, and within 750,000 of the paid attendance for July. Had the weather been as propitious Thursday, Friday and Saturday as Monday and Tuesday, the total attendance would undoubtedly have been half a million greater. The record of the banner week in detail follows: Total paid Chicago day week. admu»ton». Sunday, October 8 88,050 Monday, October 9 716,881 Tuesday. October 10 309,293 Wednesday, October 11 309.277 Thursday, October 12 275,217 Friday. October 13 215,343 Saturday, October 14 207,733 T0ta12,121,794 There is a strange coincidence in the fact that there was a difference of but seventeen in the total paid attendance registered Tuesday and Wednesday. The records by months and week* follow: Total paid Month. admittiont. May 1,050,037 June 2,675,113 Ju1y2,760,263 Augu5t3,515,493 September 4,659,871 Week ending October 71,043,454 Week ending October 142,121,794 T0ta117,826,025 The exposition is now free from debt and will have nearly three weeks’ receipts to apply toward the payment of the stockholders, who contributed nearly 810,000,000, not one cent of which did they expect ever to have returned to them. The attendance at the fair on Sunday numbered 81,760 paid admissions. For the first time since the exposition opened last May all the buildings, except those belonging to the government and the separate states, and all the concessions were running in full blast, not alone on the Midway, but throughout the whole of Jackson park. Visitors found every opportunity for sight-seeing Sunday as readily as they did Saturday. Bands played, restaurants were open and the grounds were illuminated at night.

FIGHT IS STILL ON.

Voorhees Says the Silver Battie Is But Just Begun. Washington, Oct 17.—The session of the senate Saturday lasted 1 for only six hours, but it was a session- off much interest Various important amnendments to the rules were offered and went over till to-day. They proposed to forbid reading by senators of speeches either written or represented; to permit the counting of senators present and not voting; to disqualify senators interested in national banks or national bank stocks from voting on any bill affecting coinage or currency; to> provide- for closing debate by an arrangement similar to that now in operation in tha- house of representatives. Senator Jones (rep., Nev.) addressed the senate in opposition to the bilk At the conclusion of his remarks Senator Voorhees asked him to yield to amotion to’ adjourn. Senator Jones- consented, and Senator Voorhees- then said:: “Inthe- last seventy seven hours this- body has been in session fifty-eight hours, and w» have been cischarging a great public- duty. Withittae-concurrence of and upon consultation with the inrte-nds of the pending measureellhava a motion to make at this hour. Before however, I desire to correct any misapprehensions tha£ may prevail in some minds. There are some eager minds in certain directions just; at this lime. I remember reading once withigreat interest an account of the battle o< the- first commodore of the American, navy, John Paul Jones, off the coast of Scotland, by moonlight, with the Serapls and; her allies. When the British commander asked; him whether he surrendered he «aidi in reply: “I have only begun to fightr’" If there is anybody who thinks that'tiie friends and advocates of this bill! have surrendered, or have it in contemplation. I desire tn-answer, in the language of the immortal hero-ot the salt seas, that we have only begun the fight, and with that I move that the senate now adjourn. The motion was agreed to and the senate, at 5:05, adjourned until Monday.

COLLEGE BUILDING BURNED.

Wliitn Dakota’* State University SnEDers a Lom »f 8100 O •» Vermilion, S. D„ Oct 17. —The- main building of the state university burned Sunday morning, entailing a loss of SIOO,OOO or more without insurance. The fire was discovered in the basement I about 7 o’clock and an alarm given, but the flames had already gained too much headway to be overcome. The valuable books of the library were saved. A student named D. Wallace from Elk Point received injuries by jumping from a window when the ceiling fell. The whole oast wing seemed nearly free from Ire when an explosion came, caused by the escape of heated air, which blew out the stone gable at the south end. Ernest Fisher was struck upon the temple and shoulder by rocks and severely but not fatally hurt Others were slightly injured. The armory of the university battalion was emptied with no loss to the government

Killed by a Train.

Washington, Oct 17.—Paul Victor Neuenschvanger and Frank Rebsomer (Swiss) were struck and instantly killed Sunday morning by a train on the Pennsylvania railroad near Magruder’s, a small station near here. Another Swiss named Hassenfrantz, who was with them, was also struck by the train and severely injured and is not expected to live. The men were walking along the tracks and stepped from one to let a northbound train pass, when an express train suddenly rounded a curve on the truck where they stood, striking them with fatal effect, «. __