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The morning call., 1893-10-13
WAVES DRIVEN IN.
Great Storm Along the
Florida Coast.
PARTIALLY UNDER WATER,
There Are Grave Fears for the Safety
of a Number OF Ex.
posed Cities.

WASHINGTON, Oct 12.-The West India
cyclone has moved slowly northwestward
with marked increase in energy and Is
central this evening east Of JacksonVliie.
Fla. 1t is attended by severe northeast
gales and heavy rains along the South
Atlantic Coast.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. PA special to the Re-
public from Jacksonville. Fla, says: One
of the most terrible wind and rain storms
ever known is raging along the Florida
coast, extending inland about fifty miles.
All communication with places south OF
here is cut off, and great tears are enter
tanned that Titusville and many other
places on the coast will suffer greatly
from loss of life. Reports from St.
Augustine say the city is partially sub
merged by water ba cking over the sea
wall.
SAVANNAH. Oct 12.-Savannah is in the
teeth OF storm which threatens in few
hours to equal in intensity that of August
q, which swept the entire Georgia and
South Carolina coast. The prediction of
the Weather Bureau of its approach gave
warning. and all day preparations were in
progress in the city and on the river and
harbor to protect property from its ravages.
The wind this evening is blowing forty
miles an hour. and Is steadily increasing in
force. All vessels IN the harbor have
sought shelter and safe anchorage, and the
smaller craft-towboats, pilot-b0ats and
yachts-have been massed in the slips and
tied fast. No vessels left port to-day, and
the Boston steamship Gate City, which
was to have sailed tonight. has been made
fast to her dock, and will remain until the
storm has passed. The New York steamer
City of Augusta. which left New York on
Wednesday, is due tomorrow. and it is
feared may be caught in the storm. A num-
Der Of vessels are due from c0astwise and
foreign ports, and one or two are believed
to be off the bar in this city. Little damage
has been done. but the full force Of the
storm is expected to reach here between
now and the morning.
A special to the Morning News from
Jacksonville says the storm reached its
height at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon. the
velocity Of the wind being thirty eight
miles an hour. This indicates that the
storm will prove less than expected.
CHARLESTON. S. c.. Oct. II. = The
worst of the storm is over. The minimum
velocity of the wind was sixty-four miles
per hour at SPIN. Damage to the city
was comparatively little as far as known.
All telegraph, telephone and electric wires
are down.
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1T IS SATISFACTORY.
The Compromise Will Be Acceptable
to All Sides.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-THE Harris
amendment introduced in the Senate this
evening. which is to furnish the ground
work for compromise. il compromise
it is to be. is regarded as satisfactory by
the silver men. First, it does not provide
for bonds. This is. indeed, its greatest
weakness as viewed from the standpoint of
the Eastern Republican repealers. who
have insisted all along on gold bond is
sue. BY providing for the redemption of
notes and the recoinage of gold, the bill
would force an absolute hand-to-hand use
of silver in all ordinary transactions in
v0lving sums of less than $40. The idea
of the compromisers is for the purchase
Of silver enough TO coin $3,000,0C0 per
month In one way the administration is
perfectly satisfied with the silver pro-
visions Of the amendment as providing,
first, for the coinage of the bullion now in
the treasury. amounting to about $50, ,0OO.-
600, at the rate of S3,0OO,00O per mouth,
the treasury would be relieved for wear
and half Of any silver purchase at all.
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live on it as gift-with due respect to the
president OF this congress and the
resources of Kansas.
This aroused great laughter, as we'll as
reference to the tornado-torn regions.
President Emery said he always ac-
knowledged it when man took the cake.
B. A. c. Stephens introduced a resolu-
tiOn in favor OF division of the State into
North and South California. which caused
great applause.
A northern delegate said they loved the
southern people too much to let them 60.
G. c. Wright delivered an interesting
address on irrigation Legislation. The
congress then adjourned.
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AN ADJOURNMENT AT LAST.
RumOr That Carlisle Has Agreed to
COMPROMISE.

q compromise.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-At 9:45 last
night Dubois blandly suggested that only
fourteen Senators were present, but
forty-six appeared before Stewart pro-
ceeded.
Harris of Tennessee presented an
amendment, which he said he would offer
in due time. The amendment provided
First-For the coinage of all the silver
bullion in the treasury representing Gov
ernment seigniorage into full legal tender
dollars at The rate of 100000 per month
Second-When the seigniorage is coined
the Secretary of the Treasury shall pur-
chase each month bullion sufficieu: to coin
% dollars and coin said bullion into
legal tender dollars.
Third-All paper notes or certificates
of less denomination than $40 shall be re-
deemed and not reissued and national
bank notes of less denomination that Sl(
shall be redeemed and the national banks
required to substitute notes of that de-
nomination.
Fourth-Two and half and five dollar
gold pieces shall no longer be coined and
when received at the Treasury Depart
ment shall be recoined as eagles and
double eagles.
Fifth-Holders OF STANDARD dollars shall
be allowed to exchange such dollars or
presentation for notes Of the same lega
tender quality as such silver dollars which
shall be held for their redemption.
The mendmeDt created much interest,
it being assumed that II furnished the firsI
specific compromise proposition grow
ing out of the continuous session. Ali.
son wanted to know whether the omission
in the second section of the number of dol
lars to be coined was International.
Harris said the amount had been left
blank, so that any of the Senators could
have an opportunity to test the sense OF
the Senate.
1t seems that Harris, for the Democratic
free silver Senators, and Teller for the Re-
publican silver men, have been circulating
this amendment as the basis for cOmpro.
mise, with what success cannot be learned.
Before the amendment was introduced
Harris talked with Secretary Carlisle, who
came in short time before. 1t is under
stood that Carlisle was not yet satisfied
that the repeal men would have to capitu.
late and urged them to continue the fight.
He was willing, however, that the
amendment should be introduced in case
compromise became the only alternative
except defeat. In this direct statement 1t
would seem that the administratie n, so far
as Carlisle speaks for 1t, showed the first
sign of weakening.
Stewart continued talking, being inter-
rupted from time to time by call for
quorum. Several Senators were excused
on the plea Of illness and fatigue and the
quorum diminished to the danger line and
then disappeared.
1t was broken by the refusal of certain
silver Democrats to vote. Finally. at 40
A. NJ. when it was found impossible to get
together a quorum. Voorhees, rose and
said he felt that he had done his duty in
the matter and moved to adjourn. The m o.
tion was unanimously agreed to, and in an
instant the Senate chamber was deserted,
after continuous session of thirty-six
hours and forty minutes.
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WANT FOUR DOLLARS.
Nevada Miners Refuse to Work for
Lower Wages.

VIRGINIA CITY. New, Oct. 12.-Fipal
action on the Comstock wage question was
taken to-day by Virginia and Gold Hill
miners unions by joint ballot. The unions
agreed at their last meeting to submit the
proposition to joint ballot. all members
in good standing being allowed to vote.
Polls were opened at the Divide Engine
house from II to z o'clock. and 416 votes
were cast; 229 were for 81 and 1877 for
$3.50. The 81 boys win the fight by forty
one majority. This proba bly, settles the
question so far as the miners are con.
cerned,
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ON THE ROCKS.
Two Vessels Ashore Below Mendo.
CinO

MENDocINo, Oct. 1.-TWO wrecks oc-
Cured in Albion aarbor. seven miles
south of here. This morning at o'clock
the schooner Corinthian. Captain Frank
Seaddard. went on to the rocks loaded
with lumber, and will probably be total
wreck. The crew was outside all the fore
noon in boat, but have come ashore.
The schooner Albion is on the beach
badly smashed up. Captain Hansen was
drowned and the body washed ashore.
The balance of the crew was saved. The
sea is very rough and other wrecks are
likely TO occur.
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EVADlNG THE LAW.
Merchants Arrested for Selling
Oleomargarine.

STOCKTON, Oct 1.-Two arrests were
rine. 1t is claimed that the dealers ex-
posed the signs required to be kept posted,
but kept them in an unconspicuous place,
and offered the stuff for sale under sign,
'Only forty cents roll"
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On the Columbia Bar.

ASTORIA. Or, Oct. 1.-THE Peter Ire
dale. which ran aground yesterday near
Tongue Point. was hauled off this morn
ing, but grounded again a few minutes
afterward. Two tugs got her off late this
evening.
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FOUND IN A POOL.

Domestic Troubles Lead Woman
to Commit Suicide.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. PA special to the
Record Union from Elk Grove states that
this afternoon Mrs. Elizabeth Roden, a
widow living four miles from that village,
committed suicide by drowning in Dser
Creek, a small stream near her place.
A short time after she left the house a
search was made, and her bonnet found
banging on a push on the bank of the
creek. Further search revealed her body
floating in q pool where the water was
twelve feet deep. She was fully dressed.
Deceased leaves two or three grown sons
and a married daughter, and. it is said,
the family relations were strained.
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FOR THE WORLDS FAIR.
Last Shipment of Fruit From South
ern California.

SAN BERNARDINo, Oct. 1.-THE last
shipment of fruit to the Worlds Fair from
this county was made to-day, Itconssted
. of the following: Seventy-four boxes OF
oranges, 80 boxes of lemons. 2 boxes OF
lines, box Of pumeloes, 2 boxes OF citron.
! box Of Japanese persim mons. 6 boxes OF
pomegranates. boxes OF ounces, 20 boxes
OF apples. cases of grapes. $50 pounds oil
walnuts. all being fine specimens.
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Jim Hills Backers.

ST. PAUL. Oct. 12.-The annual meet
ing OF the stockholders OF the Great
Northern convened this afternoon and
after the transaction of some routine mat
tiers an adjournment was taken for one
week. when it is expected the annual re-
port will be ready for submission. Similar
action was taken in respect TO the 81. Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba Company.
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THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Tacoma Indorses Resolution ot
Congressman Doolittle.

TACOMA, Oct 12.-The Tacoma Cham
Der OF Commerce has adopted resolution
indorsing Congressman Doolittle's bill pro-
viding for the appointment of committee
TO 90 10 Nicaragua and examine the FEAST
bility of the Nicaragua canal scheme on
behalf of the Government The chamber
will ask every chamber and Board of
Trade on the Pacific Coast to take immedi-
ate action requesting Congress to adopt
the resolution.
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CUT INTO PIECES.
A Tramp Meets Death Under ths
Wheels.

Wheels.
STOCKTON, Oct. 12.-An unknown man
was killed by the $50 train for Sacra-
msnto this morning at the crossing OF
Weber avenue. He attempted to swing
under a car and catch on brakebeam OF a
forward truck. but missed and was in
stantly cut into pieces. Fragments of the
body were gathered up and placed in a
box.
The dead man was muscular. standing
about five feet ten inches in height, and
weighing about 1S0 pounds. He had light
hair. blue eyes, reddish mustache, the
ends of which curled into his mouth. On
his person was found memorandum. book,
on the first page of which was this inscrip-
tion: IF lost and found please return to
Jack r. Williams"
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Beaten Without Trouble.

Boston, Oct. 12.-The cricket match be-
tween Australians and the eighteen Of ALI
Massachusetts ended this morning in favor Of
the visitors. who made without trouble their
needed fifty -one runs.
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Drowned In the Channel.

STOCKTON, Oct. 12-Charles johnson,
an old-tiine short-card gambler. and Of late
years a peddler of lines, was found
drowned in Stockton Channel today. 1t
is supposed that he fell in while intoxi-
Gated. He was Grand Army veteran.
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Will Discuss the Tariff.

VICTORIA. Oct. 12.-lhe Board OF Trade
had special meeting to-day to discuss
among other matters tariff questions to be
submitted to the Minister of Finance at
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SAY. GIRLS. if you want to fool that best fellow.
just ask him to give you his package of Whites
Yucatan Gum, when he asks you to be excused 10
moment between acts. 500?
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his approaching visit ON the 25th inst.
They resolved to offer him the use of their
rooms and in every way TO facilitate hts
objects.
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Unfinished trot. 2;27 class.

Aalf-mile dash for two-year-olds, Gladiola
won Montalvo second, Lewanee third Time,
:5014.
One mile dash. Hook Hooking won. Dona Lila
second. Time. 1:441a.
TrOtting stakes for foals of 1891, Bet Nadl.
son won, Daisy Wood second. Time, 2,33A-
2.21.
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halting mn uriousiy ndden horse
called out:

halting mn uriousiy r1dden horse,
called out:
What regiment Is that2"
THE First Minnesota"
Charge those linesl"
A charge into eternity that order
meant At double-quick, without dis
charging a gun, with the concentrated
hre OF the confederate army pouring
leaden rain Of death upon them-at
double-quick, then at full speed. they
charged into the enemy's advancing
ranks. Gen. Hancock saw that Ave
minutes respite meant the arrival Of
reenforcements and a turning Of the
tide OF battle. lie sacrificed this noble
regiment In those fearful Eve minutes,
and the position was held. The charge
saved the day, but eighty-two per cent.
OF the men who made the charge were
left ON the field. Nearly every officer
was dead or mortally wounded, of the
two hundred and sixty-two men who
made the charge, two hundred and fif-
teen we're shot down by the bullets OF
the tenemy; forty-seven were still In
line. Judge Lochren, Of Minneapolis,
now commissioner OF pensions, in his
description of the charge, of which he
was one Of the very few survivors,
says:
THE annals Of war contain no par
allel to this charge. In its desperate
valor, complete execution, successful
result, and its sacrifice of men in pro-
portion TO the number engaged, au-
thentic history has no record with
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RoCHEPoRr, Mo, Oct lO.-An epi-
demic Of suicide prevails in Cooper
county, Three persons took their own
lives on Friday and Saturday, and yes.
terdny afternoon fourth was added
TO the list, when German named
schagg, at Overton, cut his throat, al.
most ssvcring his head from his bodv.
Cause unknown
deal mas Just been concluded by
which the Edison Electric Light Co,
OF ~ Louis, has absorbed the other
electric light companies OF that citv,
both are and incandescent This
brings all the electric light companies
OF st. Louis under one management
Japan papers report that the british
bark Florence Treat en- route from
Singapore TO shanghai, was caught in
a typhoon unl driven on the rocks
Capt, Tylson his wife, four children
and fourteen Chinese aud Malay sailors
perished. The captains sou, Daniel.
UaS Claiasss cad Dns AALaS ssOaRssl
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grape-shot lie went TO the rear, had
his wound bandagcd, returned and
stayed at the front. lie came out of
the war one-armed major, with a rec
ord for heroic courage.
Both of these men were brave men,
and both We're towards in a way. II
requires different kinds OF courage TO
fight with ones fists, and in military
engagement. Some men may have both
kinds, but the combination Is n rare
one"
Certainly tho courage Of u man who
stands steudfast in the ranks when bull
let's or cannon-shot are flying around
him is superior TO that of the man who
is willing TO face another with his fists
1t comes much nearer to the quality Of
moral courage, because II does not de-
pend on n pugnacious impulse.
The brave days of Old" when men
fought hand TO ha d with such
weapons as swords and axes, were
not, after all, as brave as those of mod
ern warfare, Then n big fellow. who
had muscle and adroitness enough,
might hope to come out of the fight
with nothing worse than wound.
Now the soldier faces what may be
instant death from an unseen foe
The unseen danger is always the
most terrible, and the highest courage
Is that which cOufronts IL calmly
Youths Communion
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FOUND ON THE FIELD.
The Wartime Frlendship Of a Yank an,
a ,Tohnnie


a johnnie.
II was while Gen. Sherman's army
was laying seige 70 jackson, MISS
Just after the fall OF Vicksburg that
Col Isaac G. Pugh's brigade OF Gen.
Laumau's division made fatal charge
on the confederate works. July IL,
1858, between the Mississippi Central
railroad and Pearl river on the south
OF the city. The assaulting column
consisted Of the Twenty-eighth ILL
nois, Forty-first Illinois, Fifty-third
Illinois and Third Iowa infanty and
one section OF the Fifteenth Ohio bat
terry Opposed TO them was the famous
Washington artillery, OF New Or.
leans, La, Nebanes (Tenn.) battery
and Cobbs' Kentucky battery and
Gen. Brechinridge's confederate divis-
ion, stationed behind strong breast
works.
On the union column went until they
were almost anihilated and over two
thirds OF their number killed and
wounded, some going over the works
and were made prisoners. The next
day after the charge Col Pugh asked
me 10 take flag Of truce and see II we
could not get permission TO remove our
wounded from the field and bury the
dead. This was very glad 10 do and
taking a white linen handkerchief and
fastening II TO stick along with the
field bearers proceeded 10 the battle
field and finding the confederate picket
post stepped out in plain view and
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GOV. LEwELLINo SUSTAINED.

Judge Johnston Holds That the Governor
Has the Power TO Muster Out the
Militia.
TOPEKA, Kan, Oct l7.-In the Shaw
nee county Circuit court Judge John
ston declined TO grant the writ OF in.
Junction to prevent the governor and
ms adJntant-general from mastering
the Oakland military company out of
the service of the state.
The court holds that the state militia
can be increased or dismissed at the
pleasure of the governor, or as the
pubic exigency may demand, and
that' while the governor may be en-
Joined from the performance Of
a specific act he cannot be re-
strained from the performance
OF an act in which the law
gives him discretionary power, Judge
johnson maintaining, however, that
governors are not exempt from judicial
control, and that in reference TO mere
ministerial duties imposed upon them
by statute, and on the performance of
which some specific right depends, they
are amenable TO the compulsory powers
OF the proper court
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BRAVERY IN BATTLE.
Strange Instances Related by Old Sol
dlera,

strange Instances Related by Old SOL
diers.
War has at least one use--it reveals the
difference between real bravery and
mere combativeness or the bullying
quality, which shows itself for instance,
in the boy at school who Is always
wanting TO fight
Not long ago, In relating some OF his
army experiences, well-known mem.
Der OF the grand army, who was the
colonel of regiment during the cival
war dwelt In an interesting way on
this point.
"A schoolmate OF mine, who was pop
ularly supposed TO be the embodiment
OF courage" the colonel said, was In
my regiment He had thrashed me q
dozen times when we were boys. l
think he would have fought the prize
fighter, Heenan, with bare knuclkles
and gloried in II, even II he knew he
would be whipped.
well, in the service he actually re.
quired n sergeants bayonet behind him
to keep him In the ranks He would
funk at the first fire. The whistle of a
bullet reduced him TO a state of terror
that was pitiable.
During a slsirmish / once found him
crouching behind log, his teeth chat
tering as II with ague. | ordered him
to the front, and this fellow who had
whipped me 80 often in days gone by,
literally begged me not to send him
thete to be murdered. Finally he was
dishonorably discharged and drummed
out of the army for arrant cowardice.
There was in my regiment another
young fellow who always showed the
white feather at school A boy halfhis
size could "bluff' him. He seemed 10
have n mortal dread of getting hurt
We nIcknamed him Sissy"
yet this same fellow was always
hrst and foremost in charge. lie was
brave even to~reclslessness, and earned
a lieutenant's commission for gallantry
in the first battle in which he parti-
pated
During the FIRST days fighting at
Shiloh his left arm was shattered by u
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waved the flag Of truce at them. Step
ping on stump | was just in the act Of
telling them what / wanted when ono
OF their number raised his gun and
fired, the ball passing just to my left.
| made a spring from the stump and
fell just in the edge of the timber and
II that Johnnie thought he had hit me,
he was very much mistaken. | had
been wounded in the right hand and
shoulder in the charge and carried my
hand In n sling.
returned to camp and reported TO
Col. Pugh that IL was no go and that
they were In no humor TO be fooled
| with and did not desire TO cultivate our
acquaintance On the next day Gen.
| w. T. Sherman sent in flag OF truce
TO Gen. Joseph l.. Johnston and there
was n ceesation of hostilites for two
hours 20 bury the dead. We went over
To the battlefield where the confederate
burial parties were burying our dead,
which had lain there for three DAYS.
The Second aud Third Florida regi-
mcnts were doing the burying II was
while was ON that field that / met
Samuel Pasco, of the Third Florida
regiment, now one of the United States
senators from Florida and most cxcol-
lent gentleman. lie desired me to write
to his relatives living In Cambridgport.
Mass, and tell them where he was and
how he was. told him TO write few
lines in his blank day-book and sigh
his name, then tear the leaf out and |
would send this to his relatives This
he did and when the buglc sounded TO
close the truce we shook hands and
parted, each one going to his own COM
mand. went To camp, and the next
day with my left hand / wrote to his
mother and father and enclosed the
few lines telling them how came 10
meet him, and all about the battle On
the 10th Gen. Johnston's army left
jackson and our army went back TO
Viclisburg.
received letter from his sisters
and also one 10 send TO him. This letter
carried until the close Of the war.
when | returned home and never ex-
pccted to see or hear tell of him again.
But time rolled on and the south took
Its place again in the brotherhood of
states and at the national democratic
convention in Chicago in 1884, saw
among the names of the national COM
mittee the name of Samuel Pasco, of
Florida remembered that name and
wrote 10 know II he was the same
Samuel Pasro who had served In the
Third Florida regiment during the war
that had met ut jackson, Mis-. in
1868. lie replied that he was and that
his relatives had told him about nv
writing them and how he was wounded
at Missionary Ridge and left on the
field aud was sent North, where he re-
mained until Just before the close OF
the war, when he was exchanged and
returned TO Florida where he has since
resided and has raised up family.
The first time we met was at the
Southern hotel at ST. Louis during the
national convention of 1888 and we
had grand reunion and both attended
the convention together, Mr.. Pasco Is
still member of the national com.
mittee and one Of the best-known and
most highly respected citizens OF
Monticello, Fla, having been elected
for second term in the United States
senate.-E. I. Lee, FortyArst infantry,
Monticello, ILL.,