The Topeka Daily Capital from Topeka, Kansas • Page 1

A Ay VOL. XV. CAPITAL, ESTABLISHED 1879. ESTABLISHED 1830. feTATE BECOBD, KSTAL'LISHED 1859.

so TOPEKA. KANSAS. FRIDAY; OCTOBER 13, 1894. TUK TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL. THE OM.Y MOUSING 1A1KK rCBUSHKD 19 TOPKKA.

NO. 244. -ft? fit having no alternative, directed the roll 561 HORSES BURKED Faulkner rethaihea on gcara ror twelve hours. The West Virginian, however, had a two hours' bieathing spell during the absence of a quorum. Iaat Saturday night, was shot am killed instantly by a squad ot mounted police Ways station, sixteen miles from Savannah, this morning.

NOT SO PARTICULAR. a persistence wortnjr or" tne sterner sex, moved out, but new watchers came in to take their places. There were at that hour about fifty people in the galleries, and the number increased gradually but, while there had been a full quorum in the senate at the last roll call, the senate seats were rapidly vacated. Those who remained rubbed their eyes vigorously and pinched their ears in order to keep track of the flights of the senator from Nebraska as he grew eloquent in his peroration, which was devoted to showing how England had gone on for centuries making her encroachments. It soon became evident, however, by a question from Mr.

Wolcott, that all had not been successful in this respect. When Mr. Allen- was in the middle of one of his best sentences, Mr. Wolcott interrupted him to ask from what he was reading. "I was reading," replied Mr.

Allen, "from a slight production of my own." In the midst of a burst of laughter such as one would have hardly expected at that hour and under the circumstances, Mr. Wolcott said: like it extremely, and I supposed the senator was quoting from some distinguished author." At 8:15 Mr. Allen concluded his long speech by saying that he yielded the floor to Mr. Martin of Kansas. To this proceeding Mr.

Voorhees took At ll o'cioci? senate aaa oeen in session twenty-four hours. Mr. Pef-f er's intervention just then secured another quorum for Mr. Martin, who signalized the turn in to the second day with these noble statements: We nave too much of cheap English money. The less cheap English money we have the Detter off this great, free and independent nation is." Mr.

Carey sat reading the Congressional Record, Mr Vest pursued his customary task of picking his nose, white-faced Powers and Messrs. Wolcott, Palmer, Cullom and Dolph sat side by side, Mr. Dixon tore newspapers into strips, Mr. Ransom talked with Mr. Sherman, Mr.

McMillan read a paper, Mr. Peffer squinted kindly interest, Mr. Proctor read, Mr. White of California camped on top of Mr. Stewart's desk, Mr.

Berry moved to and fro on his crutches. Mr. Hill bowed his bald head over a newspaper, Mr. Bate talked with Mr. Smith.

Messrs. Morgan and McPherson talked together and Mr. Butler listened to Mr. Martin, whose words well become him. And so, without notable change, the senate appeared until the second day had been well entered upon, when Mr.

Peffer unrolled his voice and said: "Mr. President, I would suggest that there is not a quorum present." The roll was called; a quorum drifted in from corridors and cloak room; Mr. Martin resumed his speech, then the quorum disappeared again with painful swiftness. Mr. Stewart caused a faint diversion by reading a letter warning him to desist from obstructing legislation or he Cremated in tbo Wallace Street Barns in Chicago.

DRIVEN INTO A STAHPEDB And Only a Few Could Be Rescued The Horses Belonged, to the Ch'cago City Railway Company The Barns Entirely Destroyed, With a Lose of ft 120,000 Origin of the Fira Is a Mystery. Her Bant te Death. Chicago, October 12. Frenzied with fright, and driven into a stampede by a raging fire that broke out tonight in the Wallace street barns ot the Chicago City Railway company, 5C1 horses were burned to death. The barns ware entirely destroyed and the total loss entsiled by the company will reach a high figure.

The building waa a two-story brick 'affair, which extended 400 feet on Wallace street, and 90 feet on Thirty-ninth street. Only fifteen horses were reecued. The origin of the fire ia a mystery. James E. Weatherwax.

the barn foreman, says that he heard an explosion just before he hrst saw the tire. The total loss to the company is estimated at $120,000. A Mleax city rire. Sioux City, Ia, October 12. A firs which started st 1 o'clock this morning in Andrews planicg mill spread rapidly and by 3 o'clock bad destroyed four blocks cf builuiugs along Perry street.

Amon the more important buildings burned were Franz Brewing company, Andrews' pianing mill, part of Sioux City Automatic Refrigerator plant, Johnson's It very barn, Arenadorfs warehouse, containing a heavy stock ot liquor, and eight business houses on Water street. Many ot the buildings were old and not occupied. Loss, $100,000. FH03I THE 11 ACE COURSES. 0 LolIS' October one race toy on ccount of rain.

Hoodoo won. Louisville. October 12. mners: Egbart, Saxaphone, raulem, Anns and "orge JJeOK Hawthokne, October 12. Winners: Lillian Lee, Dud Hughes, Recio, BUI Howard and Pitzsimmooa.

Cixhckstek, October 12. Winners: Sonora, Leviua. Marie Lovell, Artillery, Despair, anu Olivia. Olttknuuku, October 12. Winners: Conquest.

Senator Caswell, Little Fred, Strathmeath, Nick, and Marghretta. Mor.ius Pakk, October 12. Winners: 'JT Setauket, fearaasha, Sir Exoesa, Lamp-lighter, lied Skin, and Tom Harding. Lexington, October 12. Ths, stallion representative stake for for 2-jear-oldt, trotting, was won by Nellie, Expressive second.

Directors Flower third. Best time, 2:19. Free-for-all pace, purse 1 1,000 Robert 2 J. won, Manager second, Flying Jib third. Beat time, 2:25 trot Charlie C.

won. Hippy Promise second. Best time, 2:14 2:45 trot Miss Cecil won. Why Not second. Deat time, 2:21 Clevfland, October 12.

2:15 pace Gertrude won. Belle Csssett second. Best tinie.2:l;j 2:21 trot Redlice woe. Msjor Hen-dors second. Beet time, 2:15.

TRAIN ROBBER'3 CONFESSION. ATMS. Senate Adjourns Its Long Session. Quorum No Longer Obtainable. AMENDMENT BY HARRIS, A Groundwork For Compromise.

Introduced in the Senate This Morning Just Before Adjournment. Text. Washington, D. October Senate adjourned at 1:45. 12.

The Bilver men have the upper hand and control the situation. The first in dication of a weakening of the repeal forces was the decision of Mr. Voorhees to move for a recess tonight from 10 p. m. to 11 tomorrow.

He reckoned, how ever, without the silver men, who an nounced that they would not yield the floor to Mr. Voorhees to make the md tipn. wany stones oi compromise were in the air tonight but the unqualified statement of both sides is that the fight now in progress muBt be deoided before any con promise can be broached with success, secretary Carlisle was again at the capitol in consultation with the uemocrauo senators in. order, to Heap A. A himself well informed of the situation.

J3 he- hours -d Voorhees, chafing under the continued roll call the silver men who were forcing to hold their adver saries in me racic. petulantly rose and demanded to know of Mr. Frye, Maine, who was in the chair, to what extent the privilege of calling for' quorum could be abused. "In terms of the rule," said Mr. Frye, who was presiding, "there is no limitation and the chair knows of no power in a presiding officer to put a limitation Voorhees sat back in his seat angry but with no further word of pro test.

The roll call brought forty-four unwilling victims into the chamber. Mr. Quay of Pennsylvania soggested the absence of a quorum. He said the decision of the chair put it absolutely in the power of any one Senator to block legislation, for as rapidly as a compute tion was made the Senator could Bug geat the absence of a quorum and the roll would have to be called. Mr.

Freye said: "The framers of the rules of the Senate did not suppose that the senator would violate the proprieties or decencies of the Senate. Therefore the rule is made without any limitation upon the senator eioept his own sense of right." Mr. Suay then witnarew bis sugges tion of the fact of a quorum not being present, when to the astonishment of all, Mr. Carey of Wyoming, who evi dently desired to show the country actly now powerless me foennie was, repeated it. The chair had the rule read.

It provides that if at any time a senator raises a question as to the presence of a quorum, the presiding officer shall forthwith direot the roll to be called. Washington, Oct. 12 At 6 o'clock this morning when the second day of the silver repeal fight dawned, Mr. Allen of Nebraska, had occupied the floor for nearly thirteen consecutive hours. He did not then manifest the least fatigue.

His voice, grown steady and vibrant, rang through the chamber with wonderful clearness. There was no huskiness and apoarently he had reserved strength" sufficient to carry through, the day if he was elected to continue speaking. Obstructive as were his tactics, little as is the relation much of his speech, bears to the pending bill yet his powers of endurance compel admiration. Aa his speech continued he spoke rapidly and without pauses other than such as were enforced by interruptions and roll calls and he entered upon his fourteenth hour with more vivacity than he began, his curious night review of all the things in the heavens, on the earth and in the waters under the earth. At 6 o'clock Mr.

Allen had broken all previous records. For twelve hours and forty-five minutes he had held the floor continuously. The longest time a senator had previously occupied the floor was on the occasion tithe force-billflfiht Jn.lV-Viien IT to be called. Forty-five senators re sponded. Before Mr.

Stewart proceeded. Mr. Harris, Tennessee, presented the amendment which he said he would offer in due time. The amendment pro vided: First For the coinage of all silver bullion in tbe treasury representing the overnment seigniorage into full legal tender dollars, at the rate ef 3,700,000 per month. Second When this seigniorage shall have oeen corned, the secretary shall purobase each month bullion sufficient to coin blank dollars, and to coin the bullion into legal tender dollars.

ibird That a I paier notes of certifi cates ot lees denomination than $100 shall be redeemed and not reissued and that national bank nous of leas denomi nation than $10 snail be redeemed, and national banks required to substitute notes of that denomination. Fourth That two and a half and five dollar gold pieces shall no lunger be coined, but when received at the treas ury shall be recoiced as eagles and doub.e eagles. Fifth That holders of standard silver dollars shall be able to exchange such dollars on their presentation for notes of the tame tender Qualities as such silver dollars, which snail be held for their redemption. Ibis amendment created much inter est, it being naturally aseumed that it lurnisbed pethaps the hrst concrete and specified compromise proposition grow ing out of the continuous session. The amendment, coming from each a dis tinguished tuembsr ot finance, was ex tremely signihcant.

Mr. Harris said that the amount of dollars to be coined had been left blank in order tbat any senator might have the opportunity to test the sense of the Senate. It seems that Mr. Harris, for the democratic free silver senators, and Mr. Teller ot the republican free silver men.

had been circulating this amendment as abasia for a compromise. With what buccess cannot be learned. Just before amendment was introduced Mr. Harris talked with Secretary Carlisle. The secretary has since been conferring with the uemocrstio repeal leaders in the appropriation committee room.

Messrs. Gorman, Gray, Faulkner, Camden, Cockrel and Ransom were present. It is understood that Secretary Carlisle is not yet sat isfied tbat the repeal men would have to capitulate and urged them to continue the fight. He was willing, however, that the amendment should be introduced in case a compro mise should become the only alternative, except defeat. In this indirect way, it would seem tbe administration, i eo far as Carlisle spoaks for it, shows i the first signs of weakening.

At p. m. Mr. Wolcott asked for a roll call. senators re paired, nnd upon the request of Mr.

Voorhees tbe names ot tbe absentees were read. Several were excused from attendance on account of illness and fatigue. Those who did not answer the call were: Aldrich, Allen, Berry, Blackburn, Call, Cameron, Carey. Chandler, CockrelL Coke, Daniels, Hansbroogb, Irby, Jones of Nevada, Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Martin, Mills, Mitchell of Oregon. Merrill, Palmer, Peffer, Perkins, Fettigrew, Power, Pugb, Ransom, Roach, Sherman, Shoup, Teller, Vest, Vilas, White, Wilson and Wolcott.

The quorum was broken by the refusal of certain silver democrata to vote. Another call at 11:15 p. m. only brought four senators to the chamber. Time passed, and still the Senate was without a quorum.

At 1:05 Mr. Blackburn came and completed the quorum and the venerable senator from Nevada resumed his speech. At 1:30 the senator lacked five ot a quorum. At 1:15 the sergeant-at-arms reported that two were absent from the city, twelve had been excused, four answered the summons by tbe statement that they were ill, nine in the capitol made no answer and sixteen were reported absent from their residences and could not be found. Mr.

Voorhees immediately arose and said: "Mr. President, I feel tbat I have done my duty in this matter and wimout comment j. now move mat ice Senate adjourn." The motion was unanimous'y agreed to and in an instant the senate chamber was deserted after a continuous session of 3d hours and 10 minutes. Ill -Fated Kavaanali. Savannah, October 12.

At 8 o'clock tonight Savannah is in tbe teeth of a storm which threatens in a few hours to equal. in intensity that of August 27, which swept the entire Georgia South Carolina coasts. The prediction of tbe weather bureau of its approaching gave ample warning and all day preparations have been in progress in tbe city and on the river and harbor to protect tbe property from its ravages. The wind ia now blowing forty miles an hour and is steadily increasing. All vessels in the harbor have eought shelter and safe anchorsge.

Small craft, tow boats, pilot boats and yachts have been tsasaed in tne slips and lied fast. No vessels hare left tbe port today. The New York steamer. City of Augusta, which left New York Wednesday, is due tomorrow and it is feared will be caught in the storm. A number of vessels are tine from coastwUe and foreign ports and one or two are be lieved to be off tbe bar.

In this city little damage has yet been done. The full force of the storm is ex- a K.r;; 7.7,::r LATEST RErORTS. Savannah, Ga, October 12. A special to the JJcming yews from Jacksonville, received at 10:3) o'clock, says tbe storm reached its greatest velocity st 7:15 o'clock this evening, the wind b.owing thirty-eight miles an hour. The storm here will prove less than expected.

Augusta. Gs, October 12. A heavy rsin fell in Augusta all this afternoon, continuing throughout the niebt The signal service signals here predict that tbe storm will not reach August until morning. Charleston, October 12. The worst of tbe storm ia over.

The maximum velocity ot the wind was 34 mile per hour at 8 p. m. The damage to the city is light, so far as is known. stalker fthet Iead. Savannah, October 12.

March Walker, tbe negro ravisber of Helen Young, the young mute girl, ia her home at to of by of is 1 Mr. Allen seemed almost as fresh as when he beeran. His voice was still loud and strong and the great strain seemed not to have affected his physical'or mental vigor. lhe floor about the senate was strewn and littered with paper. A few belated spectators in the galleries dozed.

Mr. Voorhees sat upright in his seat reading. Mr. Mitchell was writing. Mr.

Duhois, alert and very much nwake, occupied the sentinel tower for the silverites, while to the rignt and left of him, Mr. Caffrey of Louisiana and Mr. Hawley were fast asleep in their chairs. In the rear of the chamber Messrs. Quay, Higgins, Lindsay and Lodge were stretched out on the lounges.

Suddenly Mr. lurpie of Indiana, appeared and sought to make the point of order that Mr. Allen was transgressing the rules of the senate in reading a newspaper extract which reflected on the house of representa tives. This aroused some of his slumbering colleagues, but Mr. Blackburn, who was in the chair, promptly over ruled the point of order.

The sen ators sank back again to repose and Mr. Allen proceeded. After 6:30 o'clock Mr. Wolcott rounded up the senate again, forty- i eight senators answering to their names. By this time Vice President Stevenson had returned to the chair refreshed by his long rest, the senators were reading the morning papers or chatting with a fair degree of sprightliness and the senate seemed once more thoroughly awake The flowers on the desk of Senator Martin of Kansas, who was to follow Mr.

Allen, remained where they had been placed twelve hours-before, drooping, it is true, but adding a tone of freshness to the reanimated chamber. A woman who had sat throughout the night in the gallery was reinforced by four others who came in at daybreak. The silver men were not as severe on their opponents as it was thought they would be, for it was believed and expected, that they would insist that the advocates of repeal should continuously maintain a quorum in the senate chamter. This they did not do and after every roll call the quorum immediately disappeared and often an hour elapsed before another demand for the presence of the senators in the chamber was made. Thus they were enabled to catch considerable sleep during the night.

An effort was made between and 7 o'clock to reach an agreement to take a recess from that hour until 10 o'clock. The proposition was made to the silver men, who took it under advisement and fully decided to reject it. They said that the repeal senators had forced the continuous session and they would be obliged to suffer the consequences, and the silver men would not aid in any effort to take a recess or adjourn -until some settlement of the question had been reached. Mr. Allen's powers of endurance were absolutely.

amazing. His wonderful staving qualities made every one who watehed him go on for hour after hour, tireless' and undaunted, admire hi3 abilities and his indomitable energies. About 7 o'clock Mr. Palmer interrupted Mr. Allen while he was speak ing of the poverty and distress of the people, to remark rather sneerlngly that.

the Nebraskan seemed, able to give only words, he wanted to give them actual relief. Mr. Allen turned savagely upon Palmer and declared that he had given to the poor of his means until he had kept himself poor and he did not want to be chided on that score. The altercation that ensued led Mr. Palmer at one point to say that he would give 100 to seme charity, whereupon Mr.

Allen declared that, although Mr. Palmer was four times as wealthy as he, he (Allen) would give a like amount. Fifteen minutes later Mr. Shoup made the point of "no quorum" and only forty senators appeared, three short of a quorum. The quorum had broken down for the first time.

On motion of Mr. Faulkner Sergeant-at- Arms Bright was directed to bring in absentees. Within two minutes three more senators had come in and answered to their names. The vice president announced that a quorum was present, but Mr. Wolcott suddenly sprang to his feet and made the point that a quorum was not a majority of the members chosen to to the senate.

Idaho, Wyoming and Washington being only partially represented, but a majority of the members entitled to be chosen. He asked the ruling of the chair. The vice president had the rule read that a majority of senators chosen and sworn should constitute a quorum. Mr. Manderson explained that the constitution required a majority of all the senators entitled to be elected and that this rule obtained in the other house.

The present rule was adopted under stress of circumstances in 1864, when the thirteen southern states were unrepresented, lie contended that now, however, the necessity of that rule in contradiction to the constitution' was gone. Mr. Palmer, Mr. McPhersonand Mr. Hale contended that forty-three was a quorum if the senate was duly constituted.

Vice-President Stevenson ruled that the senate, as constituted, was composed of eighty-five senators and forty-three was a quorum. Mr. Wolcott appealed from the decision and Mr. Hale promptly moved to lay the appeal on the table. This was done 33 to Messrs.

Allen, Manderson, Martin, Peffer and Morgon voting in the negative. To obtain a quorum on this vote it was necessary for several Democratic senators to break their pairs. The quorum question was disposed, of a few minutes before 8 o'clock and Mr. Allen was apparently as fresh and as vigorous as when he commenced fourteen hours before. While he talked about the shylocks and the Trojan horse, told of the voyage and landing of the pilgrims on New England shore; pictured, the woes of the Arcadian the events leading up to the revolutionary war, and told how that conflict was fought and won.

the senators changed their seats and the galleries took opportunity to change shifts. Those who had remained all night, including the tsojmen who. had held to their pqsis The Hou3 Cared Little for a Quorum Yesterday. Washington, D. October 12.

There were indications this morning tbat some of the members ot the House had "stayed up" with the Senate part ot last night, and there was plainly co quorum present, but no point was made. 1 he joint resolution providing for elections in the Cherokee strip were passed but not until Mr. Coffin, of Wyoming, asked to offer an amendment allow women as well as men the right suffrage as is tbe case in his state. The tig ut in the morning hour came from the committee oa public lands, 'lhe bill was rather vigorously attacked Mr. Pickler ot South Dakota.

Messrs. Hermann ot Oregon, Simpson Kansas, Doolittle of Washington, Uartman cf Montana, Coffin ot Wyoming and Kawlins of Utah also spoke against the bill. Chairman McRae, of the public lands committee, replied to the criticisms on the bill with great vigor. Before any vote could be reached the morning hour expired and the bill went over. Mr.

Loud then began his speech on the McCreary bill to ameud the Geary Chinese law. Mr. Hooker of Mississippi also spoke in favor of tbe bilL Mr. McCreary asked for a night session, but Mr. Burrows objected.

Mr. Barllett of New York opposed the bill, after which, at 5:45 p. the House adjourned. VUlt or the Itneslan Fleet. Paris, October 1-.

The city of Paris already in gala attire in anticipation of the arrival of the locg-iooked-for and mucb-deaired Russian Meet The stores are full of badges, scarfs, etc, formed of different materials and representing Russian colors. While pictures of tbe Czar are conspicuously displayed on all sides. Toulon, Marseilles, Lyons, Brest, Havre and other lare towns are simi-1 decorated, showing an intense in- terest in the expected visit. In spite of official denials to the con- trary. tbe French nation, as a people, re-ard the visit of the Hussion ceuadron to Touion and the trip of its oflicera to Pari aa an onen move unnn th nart ot the Czar to show his treat friendship tor France, nnd his determination to hide with the Frencn republic against (heir common enemy.

Similar efforts on the pari of Russia to belittle the visit r.ra similarly regarded by the French people. The Czar and Czarina will tomorrow pay a visit to the two French cruisers at Copenhagen. The ciiy is full of arrivals from towns coming to see tbe Russian squadron. All incoming trains sad tbe hotels are crowded. The general in command ot the military district at Toulon and the mayor have issued a proclamation begging the people to temper their acclamations of welcome of tbe squadron to such a do-gree tbat it will be seen that they desire peace for all nations.

The Irriratinw Convention. Los Angeles, October 12. At the irrigation convention this morning there was a liveiy discussion on tbe question of arid lands. Syndicate monopolies were denounced. A committee was appointed to prepare an address to tbe country.

It was decided it would be unwise to auk congress fur money at this time and will recommend all states to adopt the Wright district bill now in force in California. I'hirag-o A Menthweetrrn Tied I'p. Anderson, October 12. The Chicago fc Southwestern railway is tied up effectually today by its, employees jQ4ve cot quitting work, lhe men claim they received anv pay since Janu ary 1, nnd not only decline to work, but retuse to permit others to work until the company pays them. All traios except mail trains are tied up.

President Crawford is expected here tonight. World' fair Live Hteek Award. Crucial to tbe Capital. Chicago, 111., October 12. Live stock Merino ewe, 1 year and under 2, third, E.

D. King, Burlington; ewe under 1 year, first, same owner; rem nnd inree ewes, an ucuer -years, secona. same owner; pen ot ro rams and three ewes, under 2 years, bred by exhibitor, sixth, same owner; sweepstakes, ram any age, sixth, same owner. nlfra rMMBter ArliliM. Chicago, October 12.

Tbe Western Passenger association today authorized one-way rate of id between Colorado sod Missouri common points snd one of HO between lower Missouri river paints and Trinidad, good both ways. The rates are effective daring the period which tbe Chicago World's fair rates are effective. Tbe meeting today also developed the probab.lity that' the Union Pacific will remain in the association. lleavjr f-'mllar avt PreTldens. Providence, R.

October 12. Wilbur, Jackson Co. and Sbeldcn snd t-: i i 4 i in the state, have ITbec cause is supposed to be tbe fact that tbe two firms have endorsed considerable amount of Denver sod other Colorado railroad bonds. Cae Yellw Fever. Bbunswick, October 12.

There were twenty-eight new cases cf yellow fever reported here todsy snd one death. Tonight a furious storm is raging. Tbe ratio ot mortality i feared to be in a sir way to increase. Jewish Order Olebratlen. New Yoke, October 12.

Tbe Jewish order of Bnsi fcnth began tnHav it. celebration of its golden juoilee. Tbe order has C2.C00 members in this eoua-try. Delegates sre present from every state and territory sod from many foreign countries. ndiestl.

Washington, D. October 12. For Kansas: Fair; westerly winds. exception and asked Mr. Allen if he proposed to farm out the floor.

Mr. Alien declared he had no such intention. Instead of permitting Mr. Martin to 1 go on Mr. Voorhees moved to lay the l'elter free coinage amendment to the repeal bill on the table and thus suddenly precipitated his era of business.

Mr. Aldrich called for the ayes and nays. Mr. Peffer asked to be permitted to explain the amendment, but this privilege was denied and the roll call proceeded on the vote to lay on the table. There was considerable spar ring during the taking of the vote, and when the result was announced it showed that the senate was short a quorum by two votes.

This was occasioned by the announcement of pairs and by the refusal of some of the silver men present to vote. Mr. Vilas made the point of order that when a senator was present he was compelled to vote unless excused by the senate. The roll call was ordered and forty-five senators two more than a quorum answered to their names. A second effort was then made to secure a quorum vote on the amendment to lay the pending motion upon the table.

The recapitulation of the vote showed only 41 senators present and voting. The result was not announced at the time and was delayed by Mr. Vilas' renewal of his point of order that senators were present who had not voted and that the rules rquired them to vote unless excused by the senate. Mr. Dubois being the first senator on the list who had not voted though present, Mr.

Vilas directed his remarks to that senator. The chair asked Mr. Dubois to explain his refusal. This he did by saying that he considered the amendment too important to be passed upon without debate. He said that Mr.

Peffer had been denied the privilege of explaining the amendment, lie did not want to be a party to such a proceeding. On motion to excuse Mr. Dubois the ayes and nays were called and the vote resulted 21 ayes and 29 nays. Mr. Dubois's name was then called, and, notwithstanding the vote of the senate, he did not respond to the roll call.

Here followed a discussion as to whether Mr. Dubois could be compelled to vote, but the point was quickly dropped. Mr. Dubois sat in his seat all the time, but his name did not appear in the list of the voters announced, as did not the names of the several others on the silver side who were present all the time. While this discussion was in progress the hands of the old senate clock were moving on and the hour of 9 o'clock saw some of the senators present who had not been in the chamber for several hours, some of them not at all during the night.

Many of them voted on the motion to lay the Peffer amendment on the table, and there fore at a quarter before 9, when the vote was announced, the result showed that there were fifty senators voting, seven more than a quorum. The vote in detail was as follows: Yeas Caffery, Camden, Carey, Cul- loni, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, laulkner. Frye. Gallinger, Gordon, Gray, Hale, Hawley, Hill, Heard, Lindsay, McMillan. McPherson.

Mills. Mitchell of Wisconsin, Murphy, Piatt, Proctor, Quay. Ransom, Sherman, Squire, Voorhees. Washburn, White of Louisiana 33. Navs Bate, Berry, Blackburn, But ler, Call, Cameron, Coke, Daniel, Georere.

Hunton, Irby, Martin, Mor gan. Pasco, Peffer, Vest, Walthall 17. When the chair had announced the vote and stated that the Peffer amend ment had been laid upon the table. Mr. Voorhees was recognized.

He stated that the Peffer amendment to the Vorhees bill was the only one pending, except that offered by the committee on finance, which was the Wilson bill or house bill No. 1. He said, however, there were other amendments which had been proposed by senators, but had as yet not been offered by their authors. He said the finance committee's amendment was now before the senate and asked that Mr. Martin of Kansas be recognized to discuss this question The matter of the speech of Mr.

Martin of Kansas seemed to be well prepared, but he spoke like a school boy, one arm behind him and his right hand at his breast, half way between the buttons of his tightly fitting Prince Albert. He opened with the statement that thus far he had refrained from addressing the senate on this measure and that he cow did so with regret. The deliciousness of this was only apparent in the light of the remembrance that his undelivered speech was already in progress, a Twice Mr. Peffer, solicitous for his colleague, suggested the absence of a quorum and procured a roll call-Then Mr. Martin bowled, merrily along, but even as be spoke parts of the escaping quorum in the cloak rooms and committee rooms carried on the discussion of the terms of the inevitable compromise might be biown up by a dynamite bomb.

There was some laughter at the letter, which no one took seriously. Mr. Martin men resumed, making an attacK on me eastern Dankers, whom he called slavedrivers andShv- "locks. At 1:30 Mr. Martin was still speaking.

Mr. Martin declared that, if the president had, during the presidential campaign, written sucn a letter as he recently wrote Governor Northen ho would not have been elected. Neither he nor his Democratic senators in that canvas made such speeches to the people as they had made in the seaate on the financial question. The Democratic party in the parlance of the day, would not. have baen in U.

Mr. Voorhees ia taking advantage of everv onDortunitr ouerea to secure a rest, eo as to conserve his powers as far as possible, i here has been much com ment upon the fact that he was absent at two or three roll calls last night, ana it was asserted be had made arrange ments with the silver men not to at tempt to reach a vote during the night. It also appears that the attendants at the senator's room, when they found him there, muffled the call tell and thus prevented his being disturbed. At noon there was no perceptioie chance in the Senate. Senator Martin still had the floor and ot the forty-seven Senators who responded to the roll call at 11:30, but eight were present.

In the galleries the night audience bad disappeared and fresh faces greeted the Senators. The chamber bore evidence of the nocturnal struggle in its ordered state and the floor was littered with paper and the desks pre sented an untidy appearance. When a quorum was secured. Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, moved that the order made prior to the roll call, direoting thesergeant-at-armB to request the attendance of Senators, be reemded.

Mr. Martin then resumed hiB speech, directing himself to a critical analysis of the democratic platform on the finan cial Question Th6re was a call of the Senate at 12:50 and 'another thirty mio utes later. When the result of the last call was announced, forty-three senators havintr answered. Mr. Voorhees arose and said: "Mr.

President: It is obvious there is to bo a call of the Senate every fifteen or twenty minutes, at most every thirty minutes, with the absence of certain notables opposed to the bill, the object doubtless beintr to compel attend ance on the part of the friends of the bill all day. while they are sleeping for the night. Now, I give no tice that on every call for a quorum the Senate from this time on, I shall in sist on havintr the names of the ab sentees called and to compel their at tendance. If we are to sit here all the time subject to the call of every fifteen minutes they shall do the same as far as is in our power to secure it. Mr.

Martin then continued his speech Mr. Voorhees' statement apparently had so terror for the opponents repeal. At p. m. Mr.

Jones Nevada called attention to the lacif or a Quorum. The senators for the silver states did not answer to their names A quorum was secured' nevertheless and Mr. Msrtm proceeded with his speech. Tfcere was another call of the Senate at 2:15 and fortv-bve senators responded Mr. Martin declared his belief that if the question of unconditional repeal of the Snerman law was submitted to the people ot the United Stales, there would be a majority against it.

He apologized for allowing himself to be diverted from the logical order of his argument for an hour or two and he would cow return to it and proceed in a quiet way for the next ten hours. Laughter. At 4:05 p. another call having been made in interim, Mr. Martin said he would close his speech for the present with the hope that he might continue the discussion at some future time, as there were many important phases ot the question to which he had not attended.

Mr. Teller, republican of Colorado, I then took tbe floor and resumed bis speech against the bill, begun last week. At 6:20 Mr. Teller said he yielded the floor with the understanding. that he could resume tomorrow.

Mr. Dubois caused the presence of a quorum, it having disappeared. Mr. Stewart, republican of Nevada, took tbe floor at 7:05. A quorum disappeared and was obtained.

Mr. Stewart had but expressed his regret at tbe lack of conception on the part ot the ad ministration and administration senators as to bimetallism and bow to maintain tbe parity of the two metals, when Mr. Shoup, republican of Idaho, interposed with the usual suggestion of lack of a quorum. When one materialized Mr. Stewart proceeded.

Beside him eat hia clerk who, every now and then, tarnished tbe senator with ammunition in the way of newspaper article and books, from which he frequently read. The presiding officer suggested that the Senate could give construction of tbe rule cf appeal from a decision of the chair. "There is no decision to appeal said Mr. Stewart; Mr. Frye, a 0a His Deathbsd He Tells tbe Etor? ef tie northern Pae fie Sobbtrv Kai impel, Mont, October 12.

Samuel Shermer, one of tbe Northern Pacific train robbers captured by Sheriff Gang-ner's posse near tbe summit of tbe Rocky mountains on Wednesday, died yesterday afternoon in the county here from the effects of a wound received in the hip. Late last night he perceived that be could not live snd msde a confession. Shermer said be was herding sheep in Fergus county when he learned from White that a gang intended robbing the Big Timber beck. One of the gang waa drowned in the Yellowstone river and Shermer took bis plaoe. They abandoned the bank robbery scd pUcned to fco.d up the tram.

The names of tbe other men Implicated by Shermer are WhiU, Charles Jones, and Jack Cbipmas. After com- -rnitticg the crime they went toward the Ltelt Mountains, where they Be pirated. They reunited st Blackfoot shout two weeks ago, where they were joined by Jimmy Moots. They went into camp at Midvsle, where Marshal Jackson surprised them on last Tuesday. They were planning to hold up the Great Northern express train near Me-Cartyville.

Moots ssid that be knew the mountsins snd all the trails, sod could hide them awsy st Old Demera-ville. In speaking of the ficht with Jackson's posse st Mid vale on Tuesday, Bher-mer said Jones told him sfter tbe shooting that he (Jones) bad shot Schubert snd knew be had killed him. Shermer deeply regretted having takes ail the valuables oae ot the lady passengers had. He exonerates Moots from soy connection with the railroad job, bus implicates him in tbe shooting scrspe st Midvsle. has bees ss cool all tbs way through as man oonld be la his condition.

Cbipman sad Sberaer are now deed, lesving Jones sad Whits) yet to pay tne penalty of the crime. Moots is still st largs. tsensatle-n at Cemaetl Blaffis. Council ELurr, October 12. A fireman osmed Weber wss csoght trf officers in the set of attempUsg to bora the upper 13 road way boss house tonight.

He bad a chunk ot waste ia bis band saturated with kerosene sad wrspped in paper. A search of the bsy loTt revealed Chief NiehoUoa lyiag on a pile of Lay, sleeping off the effect 1 night's debsuch at Omahs. where NicLolsoe has teen tryiog to induce) tbs council to increase the size of tbe department ever since bis sppoiotmist. The council will investigate. Ktlll KaekanclnsT Sast.

Rio dz Janeiro, October 12. There was desultory firing this afternoon between tbe forts sad tbs rebel squadxea.