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MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1893.
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Believed that Some Compromise on
Silver \Vill Be Brought Forward
as Speedily as Possible—Important
hiatters Before ihe House.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. -—-Not'withstand~
ing the interesting and important charac-
ter of the debate progressing in the house
upon the question of Chinese immigration
,and registration, the silver situation in
the senate, wigh its related subject of the
rul.s for the management of that body,
easily holds first place in public attention.
As to the matter of rules, there is no belief
that any change will come within the im-
mediate future, despite the introduction of
'several amendments recently by members
who want to see the senate governed by
rules which will enable the majority to
control debate within what they conceive
to be reasonable limits. The time for a
modification of the rules is not yet ripe,
nor. will it be, in the opinion of practiced
observers, until the consideration of the
subject can be entered upon without preju-
dice or passion.
As to the silver question, the common
expectation is that some compromise will
be brought forward on the democratic side
and be pressed to a. vote at the earliest
possible moment. Just when this moment
will arrive doubtless depends largely upon.
the nature of the forthcoming compromise,
for if it is not acceptable to the silver re-
publicans and populists they can, and
probably will, put many obstacles in the
way of its enactment into law. The prob-
able course of events, meanwhile, is a. con-
tinuance of the debate for a few
days at least. This debate has assumed a
more interesting character since Senator
J ones, of Nevada, began his speech Satur-
day and promises to revive a flagging in-
terest in the subject. Probably Mr. Mor-
gan will follow Mr. Jones, but the order '
of speakers has not been definitely ar-
ranged. During the continuance of the
debate there will be fair opportunity of-
fered for negotiations looking to the ex~
pected compromise.
House.
A vote will be reached by unanimous
consent of the house this afternoon upon
Mr. McCreary’s bill to amend and modify
the Gcary Chinese restriction and registra~
tion act. ' Several amendments will be Of-
fered to the bill as reported from committee
on foreign affairs, which may be agreed to
by the house, but they will not materially
alter the measure. The principal one of
these is that by Mr. Geary defining the
term “Chinese Merchant.” Another amend-
ment he proposes, requiring that photo-
graphs be attached to the certificates issued
to the Chinese, is said to be provided for
in the law as at present on the statute
books. Mr. McCreary says there is no
doubt of the passage of the bill, provided
a quorum be present and vote.
Immediately after the vote on the Chin-
ese bill has been announced, Mr. Cox, of
Tennessee, will call up his bill for the bet-
ter regulation of national banks, which
has been favorably reported from the
committee on banking and currency.
He will probably not ask consideration
of the measure until Tuesday, but will
get in position for that day. The bill
provides “that no national bank shall
' make any loan to its president, its vice-
president, its cashier, or any of its clerks,
tellers, bookkeeper-s, agents, servants,
or other persons in its employment until
the proposition to make such a loan,
stating the amount, terms, and security
offered therefor, shallhave been submitted
in writing by the person desiring the same
to a meeting of the board Of directors, or
of the executive committee of such board,
if any, and accepted and approved by a ma-
jority of those present constituting a quo-
ram.
Not mu h debate is anticipated on this
bill as Representative Warner, a member
of the committee, is the only antagonist
the bill has, so far as known. His objection,
as stated in his minority report, is based
upon the ground that the essential office
of federal law in reference to'national
banks is in connection with their circula-
ting notes, and this act is so exclusively
for the protection of stockholders and de-
posztors that the proposed extension of
federal interference with the banking busi-
ness should not be enacted into law.
Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, who
was solicitor of the treasury under the
Harrison administration, commends the
measure.
After the bank bill is out of the way the
bill to establish a uniform system of
bankruptcy throughout the United States
will be taken up and its consideration will
doubtless exhaust the remainder of the
week.
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Corresponding Response —— Honors
Showered on the Foreigners. '
TOULON, Oct. 16. ——Few persons slept in
Toulon Saturday night. The streets were
almost as crowded until 3 o’clock yester-
day morning as at 3 o’clock the after-
noon before. The illumination of shops
and private houses did not cease until day-
break, and the thousands sang and ca—
roused under the electric lightswithout
a. sign of weal-iness. thcn the officers’.
ball at the arsenal closed, shortly after 6
o’clock, the dancers came out upon a
scene of delirious enthusiasm. Bands
playing the Marseillase were parading the
streets, the throng was alternately cheer-
ing and singing, and shouts for Russia,
the Russian officers and the czar rang
fromevery side. At 8 o’clock the crush
was worse than at any time since the cele- .; '
bration. began. Everybody was shoutiugzg
“ng live Russia!” “Long live the czar?“1
Mayor Ferraro gave his luncheon, in the?
name of the municipality, at 11 o’clock.
The playground of the college had been:
crowded with a great tent, spread between:
double rows of plane treespund under this i
the tables were laid. The Russian officers
ShoWed their appreciation of the fine
wine by drinking themselves into a state
of flushed eXCitement.
Russian Admiral Non-Committ-al.
When the luncheon was over the
mayor made a rather bombastic speech
as to the alliance of sister nations
which, he said, ought to be regarded
abroad as a pledge of peace and not as a
threat of war. He presented a gold cham-
pagne cup to Admiral Avelan and a silver
champagne cup to every other Russian
officer. The presentation speeches were
effusive, but they evoked no corresponding
response from the Russians. Admiral
Avelan expressed his thanks briefly, and
the other Russians followed his expmple.
N one of them made any allusion to
politics.
As the day advanced, all the main thor-
oughfares were thronged from wall to
wall. Admiral Avelan and his officerg
were conveyed in open carriages to the
Place do In. Liberte, where the battle of
flowers was to take place. 'The crowd was
so dense that the horses could only proceed
at a; walk and often had to be stopped.
The Russians were half smothered with
flowers, confetti and paper spirals. They
returned the fire with spirit, and smiled
and waved their caps to the people packed
up to the carriage wheels. At the Place de
la Liberto the procession of floats and
flower-bedeckedcarriages was longer and
finer than anything attempted at the N ice
rarnival. The pavements were strewn
with tons of confetti.
Embraced and Kissed the Sailors.
The enthusiasm of the unofficial crowd
exceeded all bound when the Russian sail-
ors landed. French sailors and civilians
formed in processions, hoisted the men to
their shoulders and carried them through
the streets. Women embraced and kissed
them. Wherever the Russian sailors ap-
peared deafening shouts for Russia and the
czar filled the air. Until evening the dem-
onstration was remarkable for the absence
of drunken men. After dark, however,
wine was given out in enormous quanti-
ties. Staggering sailors Were to be seen
everywhere and the popular manifestations
of enthusiasm degenerated into maudling
embraces and drunken howling.
A dinner was giVen at the prefecture
last evening to the Russian officers and the
high French officials who have come from
other cities. Later there was a gala per-
formance at the Grand theatre, which the
Russians attended at the invitation of the
municipal government. The chief. feature
of the performance was a Franco-Russian
ballet.
Valuable Horses Burned.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—The two horses
burned to death in the fire at Fleetwood
driving park yesterday were Jeanette, six
years old, b. m., by The King, dam by
Young Columbus, and Visin, five years
old, br. h., by the same sire, dam Volante.
Judge Whitehead valued Jeanette and
Visin, at $15,000. The King was also
badly burned, but will recover. He is an
unbrcd son of George Wilkes and valued
at “20,000.
Bills fer Constructions.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—Reprcsentatlvo
Bathold of Missouri has introduced a bill
appropriating $200,000,120 enable the secre-
tary of war to continue the reconstruction
of barracks, quarters and storehouses at
Jefferson barracks, Mo. Mr. Wilson of
Washington has Introduced a bill appro-
priating $250,000 for the construction of a.
ship canal to connect lakes“‘Uniou and
Washington with Puget sound.
Col. Taylor Dying.
ST. PAUL, Minn. , Oct. 16.——-Col. W. H.
Taylor, state librarian since 1877, is
dying at his home in this city. He was
born in Richmond, Va., Nov. 23,_1813.
He removed to Ohio and was postmaster
at Cincinnati under President Tyler. He
married the youngest daughter of Gen.
William Henry Harrison in 1836, and was
Gen. Harrison’s private secretary when he
was president.
Killed Himself at. the Age of 85.
TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 16.—R. P. Becler,
aged 85 years, the father of 19 children
and four times married, committed sni-
cide yesterday at his home in North To-
peka with the aid of a double-barreled
shotgun.
Breeders’ Trotting hieeting.
RACINE, Wis, Oct. 16.——Mayor Jackson
I. Case will hold a breeder’s trotting meet-
ing at Hickory Grove park to-morrow .
About 40 horses are entered in the differ -
ent classes.
Stricken Brunswick. ’
BRUNSWICK, Ga, Oct. 16.—New cases of
yelow fever reported yesterday numbered
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TWO YEARS OF AGONY.
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\Vreckcd‘by the Storm.
CARLISLE, Pa., Oct. 16.—&During the
terrific rain and wind storm that swept
through the Cumberland valley Saturday
the New Orleans express of the Cumber-
land Vallcy railroad, while approaching
Morgansvillo station, near Hagerstown,
struck a telegraph pole that had blown
across the track, throwing the engine,
baggage and express cars from the track.
The engineer was the only person injured.
The road was bloc-lows for s -\'--ral hours.
Smallpox in New York.
New YORK, Oct. 16. —-The health board’s
corps of visiting physicians has unearthed
three additional cases of smallpox; two
infants and one adult.
in the tenement house quarters. '1
Visitors at the Fair Yesterday.
CHICAGO, Oct. 16.—-Pald admissions to
the world’s fair Sunday were 81,760.
. Corrected.
“No smoking here. sir,” said the
guard.
“Excuse me,” returned the stalwart
stranger, “but you lie. I’m smoking
here. ”—Judge. '
Unquestlonably. .
“That man seems to have done an
excellent job of cleaning up this 3.1-
ley.”
“Yes,
he’s a. new man.”-—-Chicago
Tribune. -
What He Would Do.
“What would you do if I asked you
for a loan of ten dollars?”
_ “Compliment you On your nerve.”—
Chicago Record. .
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othe letter she held in her hand.
' was loungi :ig on the steps. with a. novel‘
' hammock.
and Harold, but 1 ha‘ve to be with .her,
_.._homc-coming pleasant.”
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’1‘ is disgrace-
‘ full” nried'Ger—
trude Foster,
, passionately.
.1...” ..,-r “That is a
fact,” returned her' brother, coolly,
“but what age you going to do about
it?!’ '} > ’
The young man‘ was lying in a ham-
mock, swung at’ithe end of the piazza;
his sister was seated linear him, in a.
rocking-chair, which she" kept in vigor-
to accentuate her remarks, Concerning
A boy, about sixteen years of age,
before him, but the contents. of that:
epistlc had apparently taken away his
interest'in the story, for‘che was not
reading. ‘ ”5)
“You: surely are not surprised, Ger-
trude,” continued the océupant of; the
“I have been noticing. for
some time. the care father. -took :in
his toilet, When he went oution'busi-
ness. Business!" laughing derisive‘ly;
“my stern parent never fooled me.
much. I thought he was going a-woo-
mg.” .
“But an old man, Jim!" and his sis-
ter. “A woman pfiobably full of freaks
and fancies. It is all very well for you.
at home, all the time.” .. ,4
-”Only three months, my dear,” ,‘re-
turned Jim. “Remember my future
brother-in—law comes home to-day, and
that you will soon he, a blushing
bride. Rather a. bad day, for his re.-
turn, though,” he addedfliooking over,
the hammock at the landscape before
him, half hidden by the heavy veil bf."
rain. "I do not think I ever. knew. it
to pour harder.” ' ‘ "f .
”Yes,” assented Gertrude’i’. meditai
tively. “That is my one consolation;
If it were not for Dick, I_ would ,go out
and hunt for the position of a go‘verness
to-morrow—” ' 3
(“Which you would be quite incapai
bio of filling,” interpolated her brother, 1
sotto voce.) -
“For I haven’t the patience to piit up
with an old maid’s quips and cranks.”-
“Pshaw!” said Harold, who had‘not
yet spoken, “I think 'an_old maid far,
preferable to a widow. She will prob. ._
ably be so grateful to father for marry-5
ing her that she will, behave very as. j
cently. Generally an old maid’s chief
fault is romancing about her former bf-
fers, and Mrs. Foster. will probably nbt
do that, now she has really had one.“£
“That is so." chimed in Jim. “Whereé
as a. widOw is always resurrecting her
dear defunct, whenever his substitute
does anything to displease her.- Ohfl
undoubtedly, things might be worseg’,’
“Yes.” returned Gertrude, “but how
can a man with a. heart fall in love
again so soon. anyway?” . . , 3;
“Maybe She was his first love, from
whom he was separated—by a misnnden;
standing.” said Harold, putting ship
hand over his heart sentimentally. f" 5
_ “Hello! The rain, has stopped—drill
there comes a livery stable carriage-
How dramatic! Rain stops. Entdr
herol Come along, Jim, we would mil.
be here to embarrass the greetings of
two young and loving hearts.” He dis-
appeared ,through the door while Jiin
slowly followed, in his lazy, _. languid
way, saying: “Tell Dick I will._see him
at supper.” ‘ , ' .‘i . .
By this time the carriage: lie-"dign-
tered the gates and was coining rapidly
up the long avenue that '=-led .-_to the
house. The Fosters prided themselves
on their well-kept grounds, especially
the drive from the lodge:~:gate,tothe
house, which was bordered on either
side by mapletrees. _ .5
They gave a'delightful, shade during
the summer months, and their gorgeous
foliage in the fall made the illi‘oster
place the glory of thegneighborhood.
But , neither Richard nor -Gbrtrude
thought of the. maples as he was driv-
ing under them that afternoon. He
had been abroad: two yearsiihis only
thoughtwas that, at last. he’s'tvas really
to be with his fiancee once Irl'ore, while
she forgot her.father’s second marriage
in the joy of seeing her lover again.
But, afterthey had beerij? together an
hour or two, Gertrude remembered the
letter, and" her face fell.
“Oh, Dick!” she said, “father is
married ”again. I receiyed a. note just
a fewi'minutes before you came, telling
me about it. He said he should be
home in a. few days, -gifnd wanted me to
have everything One to make her
Dick looked ,grave—then replied: ~
"Well, it will be~only for a little time,
but,” cheerfully, “I will take you away,
right off, if you like.” ‘
Gertrude laughed. “Oh! I guess I can
support her»; presence a few weeks, but
isn’t it dreadful—for a man to get mar-
ried a schnd time?”_
“Awful,” he returned, with convic-
tion. Then. after asccond’s'pause: “I
mean as a rule; of course there are ex;
ceptio nal cases. That reminds me,” he
my Aunt Marion?”
“The aunt who, you say, has re-
deemed the race of old maids in your
estimation?” asked Gertrude.
.“The same,”---he answered. .“Well,
mother Wrote me sometime ago that
she was going to be married. I sup-
pose I shall hear all aboufi it tO-night,
when I go home. You know,” he con:
tlnued, “a great many years ago Aunt
Marion fell in love.
in the country at the time, and. al-
though hc reciprocated her affection,
they had not confessed their mutual
attachment, when her dearest friend
came to'board at the same place. This
young lady also ,was fascinated by the
same gentleman. and began to thinkj
a
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said the Gamma. ' . . '
hisiesl’aimatibn- She I had «teammate:
9355M. "
, i_, butht‘df‘ftlremr‘and managed,'ina 'short
. her whilom admirer, trusted her friend,
she showed when telling how my aunt
: ;had deceived him. I think,” continued
Richard, “that I would never have . .
‘made known the truth, if I had been in
'her place. But‘I suppose the voice of
:c’onscie'n'ce gets very loud in' the pres .
It was a tardy repara~
asked Gertrude, abruptly...
h'ansvvered, somewhat astonished at the
. what is the matter?”
' remark.
: name, Gertie? Are you sure?”
saw; there was no mistake and won-
, his words.
,',“Of course . you know I neVer would
thing. " I dare say I exaggerated. I
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av- .
She was boarding ‘
GD
, They‘iall-‘readthe'GAahm
strategy; .tpld numberless falsehoods to
space of time, to provoke a quarrel be-
tween them, 1
'rT-v“Aunt Marion was very proud and
sensitive, sought no explanation from
and lost her lover.
“‘In a. year or two she heard of their
marriage, which opened her eyes a lit-
tle, and caused the girlish friendship
to be broken off. Two years ago she
received a. letter from this woman,
who, it seems, was dying, confessing
the whole truth. She also left an ex-
planationfor her husband, which he
found when .she was deadf After
awhile, Aunt Marion acceded to
the widower’s repeated .entreaties
to be allowed to call—and in a
few months .they were engaged. I
guess my prospective uncle made the
other woman a. good husband, but he
did not really love her, for his wife
wrote that he had never forgotten his
first love, and only married her in grat-
itude for the sympathy and tenderness
ence of death.
tion, though.” . - .
“Dick, what is your aunt’s name?"-
“Why the same as my mother’s,” he
question; “M'oore. Marion . Moore.
Pretty name, isn’t it?" he added. “Too
pretty to change. I think. Why, Gertie,
_ I For the girl had grown deathly
white, and did not seem to hear his last
“Nothing,” she said, at last. making
an effort to recover her self-possession,
“only your aunt is—my stepmother.”
‘I‘Whatl” ejaculated Richard. “Aunt
Marion your stepmother! It cannot be
-—and yet—I never knew her lover’s
name, never heard it. Is that her
“Here is my letter; you can read. for
yourself,” she answered, faintly. He
dered how in the world he could recall
“I am sorry, Gertie,” he said, at last. -
have tOld you had I dreamed of such a
never Heard Aunt Marion say anything
about it. All my information came
,f'xn-
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_,
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WATCHED THE CARRIAGE DRIVE DOWN
' THE AVENUE.
from her Sisters, who did not like your
—.-her friend. Just forget all about it,
Gertie.”
Gertie was weeping as if her heart
Would break, but as he finished speak-
ing she handed him her ring without
looking up.
“What is that for?” asked Richard,
aghast. “I did not mean to hurt you;
surely, you are not going to punish me
like that, when I offended so uninten-
tionally?” ’
“No,” sobbed Gertrude, "it isn’t that,
only I shouldn’t think you would want
to marry the daughter of such a
mother.”
Richard laughed, as he took the ring
and placed it on Gertrude’s finger
again.
“What a. silly child you are!” he said
fondly. "It wouldn’t make any differ-
ence to me if every relative you had
was in the penitentiary. You would
not be responsible for their sins. Be-
sides, I suppose your mother thought
she had every right to try and win your
father. He was not engaged to my
aunt, you know, and, they say, all is
fair in love and war. So think no more
about it—and We will never mention it
again.” '
Gertrude never did mention it again,
but she thought about it many times;
and when Mr. Foster brought his wife
home, he found everything arranged to
his liking. ,
He had said to her: ‘fThe boys will
be all right, and if Gertrude does not
treat you well let me know.”
“N ever, J ames," replied Mrs. Foster,
“for you mightbe tempted to tell her.
the history of the years that are gone,
and children should reverence their
mother’s memory, which I doubt if she
could do, knowing a1 .”
But there was no trouble. Gertrude
treated her stepmother with the utmost
respect and courtesy, and behaved in
such a way that Mrs. Fosteractually
dreaded the girl’s wedding day.
As she watched the carriage that con-
tained her nephew and his bride drive
down the maple avenue, now‘ re-
splendent in its autumnal coloring, she
sighed—then turned toward her hus-
band, who was standing ar. . “I
never thought to have loved Louise’s
child so Well,” she said.
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Stub Ends of Thought.
With some of us hope never comes to
the full bloom.
The tears that come easy go easy.
Trust is the strongest link in the
chain of association. '
Not one time in a. million are a man’s
tears dishonest; what may be said of a
woman’s is difierent. ' *'
Everybody would be perfect if every-
body else thought so. ' - ‘
Matrimony is love’s eye-opener.
Gossip is the bullet in the gun of idle
curiosity. _ »
Honesty is not contagious. ‘ _ » . ,
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