Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-14
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From All Quarters. ONE STREET BURNED OUT Quarter of a Million Dollar
 Fire in Spencer.
 RE WANTS I'VE BONDS RESTORED. John Swope's Action Against
 Henry Willard. OBJECT TO PROTESTANT TEACHERS. Not Wanted in the Fari-
 bault Hill School.
OBJECT TO PROTESTANT TEACHERS.

ACRES DESTROYED B Y FIRE E. The Business Portion of Spencer, In Massachusetts,1 in Flames-The Fire Originated in the Boston and Al. bany Freight Depot That Was Stored With a Number of Kerosene Barrels - Help Summoned From Other Cities.
 WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 13-The worst fire that ever visited the town of Spencer broke out this afternoon at 4:45 o'clock and resulted in total loss that will mount up to $25O, 1000. Fully six acres of buildings were totally destroyed.
 The fire originated at the freight depot of the Boston and Albany road on Wall street, near Mechanics street. A large number of kerosene barrels, some of them full, were standing on the platform in a place where it was customary to store them, the platform being completely sat- urated at that point. The fire may have been started among these barrels by 8 spark from a locomotive, or more probably by fire dropped from a pipe or cigar on the oil soaked boards of the platform.
 At the time that the fire broke out the town water WAS turned off for repairs in the main and 1t was not possible at first to get water to put out the fire. Fire engines were summoned from Leicester, East Brookfeld, North Brookfeld and Worces- ter, and not uatil some of these arrived was it possible to make any headway against the fire.
 The fire rapidly increased in intensity by a mild southeast wind along Wall street toward Main street. Every building on ai&hor eide of Wall atraaf uoe totally 1a- stroyed.
 EARLY ACTION IS ASKED. Senator Voorhees, Requests the Sem
 ate to Vote on the Repeal Bill
 Next Week-When the Sherman
 Bill is Repealed He Expects to As-
 sist In Bringing About a Proper
 Coinage Measure.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 In the absence of the vice president, the senate was pre- sided over to o-day by MT. Harris, dem, of Tennessee, president pro tenn of the sen- ate.
 MT. Stewards resolution for & committes of inquiry as to senators owning stock of national banks was laid before the senate; and MT. Stewart made speech in suppor of it.
 MT. Allen, pop, of Nebraska, followed MT. Stewart and was speaking at 3 o'clock, when the repeal bill was taken up on the Stewart resolution going to the cal! endar.
 Mr. Voorhees,, in charge of the repeal bill, said the bill had been discussed in the house seventeen days and in the senate twelve days. He therefore thought the time was approaching when the day for ,0ko o,l la u bod hot eral debate close week from to day, and that the amendments then be discussed until the Saturday following at o'clock under rule 8, when a vote should be talk on the substitute and all the amendments.
 MT. Dubois denied that the subject had been discussed to the satisfaction of either congress or the country, as had been as- serted by MT. Voorhees,. He referred to the debate on the federal election bill, when MT. Voorhees, joined with MT. Cor man in demanding more time. This bill was as important as that, and silver men proposed to have time. He believed eight tenths of the people were now behind those who were for silver.
 MT. Voorhees, denied that there was auy undue haste. He was better friend of silver, he said, than any man who favored this miserable act. When this bill was re- pesled he expected to assist in bringing about 8 proper coinage measure.
 M. Dubois asked MT. Voorhees, if it would not be necessary to supplement the repeal of this act by some legislation fla vorable to silver.
 "Yes, sir," said MT. voorhees, land I am ready to help engage in 1t. Financial legialation will not cease with this repeal"
 Mr. Dubois eaId he did not doubt MT. Voorhees, statements. but burnt children dread the fire, and silver senators did not believe the president would sign any bill favorable to silver. For that reason they proposed to keep up the fight. MT. Voorhees, said he would renew his request at some future time, and MT. Shoup of Idaho proceeded to address the senate under the regular order. He op posed the unconditional repeal of the pur- chasing clause of the Sherman law. He was in favor of free coinage of gold and oilyar of tho rokin If 1R fo