PEACE DIMT STAY.
Official Announcements That
the Argentine Rebellion
is Ended,
FOLLOWED BY FIGHTING.
A Squadron of Warships Fires Upon
the Government House
and Only Ceases
WHEN AMMUNITION GIYES OUT.
Tha President and Ministers Rudely
Interrupted in the Midst of Their
Peace Deliberations.
UXEASIKESS AHOKQ EHGLISH1IEF.
Baa
SalTaaorans Claim to Bare tbe Guatemalan
Forces en the Eon, Defeating Tbem
Eierjwhere,
1 RETOLUTI05 AGAI5ST PEESIDm BABIXLAB
'War news continues to be of the most con
flicting character. Just after the official
annonncement that the Argentine rebellion
had been put down came the report that
hostilities had been resumed, and that a
squadron had been firing on the Government
House. The situation in Guatemala is also
critical.
1BT CABLE TO TBS DISFATCH.1
London, July 29. London financiers
will sleep more soundly to-night, secure in
the belief that the revolution in the Argen
tine Bepublic, which endangered their
great moneyed interests there, is in
a lair way to be settled without
further bloodshed. The reports received
throughout the day have been of a reas
suring nature, and to-night it is officially
announced that the English Government
has received a telegram from Buenos Ayres
saying that the Government has triumphed
and that all is over.
Good Prospect at Peace
This, coming on the heels of the announce
ment made in the House of Commons to
day, served to put doubt at rest. Sir James
Ferguson, Parliamentary Secretary of the
Foreign Office, stated that the British Min
ister at Bnenos Ayres had sent a cable dis
patch to the Foreign Office, stating that
President Celman had left Bnenos Ayres,
audthatlherjegotiations between the Gov
ernmeflPHBf leaders or the revolution
were 1MH ivorably.
FrofSMj.., cae the news that quiet
had been restored. The Temps publiihtd a
story that Vice President Pellegrini had
succeeded Celman as President, but this is
not credited here.
Tbe Insurgents Subdued.
But it is asserted in a dispatch from Senor
Garcia, the Argentine Minister of Finance,
to the Legation in this city, that the Finance
Minister is at liberty, the insurgents com
pletely subdued and that the President and
Cabinet are at the Government House giving
orders.
The disturbing news from the Argentine
Bepublic, which has been coming lor the
past week, was taken with extraordinary
equanimity in this city, considering the
enormous value of the British interest in
volved in the chances oi the revolution, and
the widespread disaster which the downfall
of the Celman Government would have
brought upon the English people who have
invested in the extraordinary loans con
tracted by it. The fall of Argentine secu
rities to the extent of from 8 to 10 per cent
indicated a violent reaction here and very
serious consequences.
Securities Advance Acnln.
Bnt this threat of a panic turned out to
be onlv a short demonstration in the market
of the recognition by speculators of the
dangers of the situation, for prices soon re
covered their usual buoyancy, or something
very near it, and the reaction from the
initial demoralization was so rapid and as
suring tbat at the closing to-day the re
covery had placed the quotations only 5 per
cent lower than the morning prices, this
being the total decline in Argentines for the
day.
, A good many investors argued" that the
triumph of the revolutionists wouldn't be
such a bad thing after all. They regarded
President Celman's financial policy as
rather reckless, and thought the govern
ment would be safer in the hands of any set
of honest men.
The Uoeailneia Disappear.
After the people who have put their
pounds and pence in these loans, and begun
to dread furtherJIextensions of Argentine
credit, had suddenly come to tbe conclusion
that the revolution would, after all, prove a
blessing in disguise, last night's later in
telligence showing the desperate character
of the straggle and the possibility of final
victory for the Celman party, created intense
anxiety. A panio seemed imminent then
from a cause directly opposite to that to
which the morning's flurry was. due, and
the minds of all interested assume a tone of
doubt and worry, which prevailed until this
morning.
Even now, when a restoration of the Cel
man regime is reported to be assured, the
attitude of the London market is best indi
cated by an interrogation point. Here is
the reason of the latest phase of the situa
tion, and some suspect that the signature
may possibly be forged and the dispatch un
reliable. Probabilities, however, are against
this idea.
The Growth ol the Republic
The republic of Argentine prides itself
upon its resemblance to the United States
of America, after whose constitution the
supreme law of the land is modeled. Gov
eminent land is cheap, and as great induce
ments have been offered to settlers immigra
tion has been rapid during the past few
years. Bnenos Ayres, now a city of nearly
.00.000 inhabitants, has a vast and steadily
growing commerce.
y. hw jtuz ago tiojeouatry was import-
!
lag much of its breadstufls, as it to-day im
ports its manufactured goods. To-day it is
exporting millions of bnshels of wheat, the
fleeces of 100,000,000 sheep and cousiaerable
quantities ot beef andiuution. The busi
ness men of the city are alert and enter
prisingscarcely less so than those of Chi
cago, or any of the great cities of America.
Bnsineia of Baenoi Ayree.
The city has a Board of Trade and Stock
Exchange, 23 daily papers, 25 theaters,
bonlevards, parks, churches and fine public
buildings. In 1888 there were 25 banks,
having an aggregate capital or $182,000,000,
and some of them paying a 20 per cent divi
dend. The Provincial Bank has a capital
of?40,000,000and 5100,000,000 of deposits.
The National Bank, which has been under
a clond lately, had $40,000,000 capital. The
Government makes liberal appropriations
for education, averaging $10 20 per pupil
annually, or more than is expended for the
same purpose in the United States.
The steamers plying between Buenos
Ayres and Moneti video are as fine as the cel
ebrated Sound steamers running from New
York to Fall Biver, Newport and else
where. A Country With a Fatare.
The Argentine Bepublic has vast natural
resources. Bich valleys, fertile pampas
and a fine climate render it admirably
adapted to agriculture. Sugar cane, cotton
and other semi-tropical staples can be suc
cessfully grown, while there is a vast sup
ply of timber within easy reach of great
stfetms.
An amusing story of the manner in which
a revolution in the country was averted a
few years ago will bear repeating. It was
during the Presidency of Senor Boca. The
KZAdS'
crrr and harbob
province of Buenos Ayres, then having
more than half the population of the entire
country, thought itself entitled to dominate
the other provinces. The latter were
whipped into line, after an attempt to se
cede, and since tnfen, owing to largely in
creased immigration, elections have fre
quently been deoided on geographical is
sues. Koca's Clever Idea,
Boca was from an outside province, and
the Buenos Ayres people determined to pre
vent his inauguration. To gain their favor
he announced a great scheme of building a
new capital at government expense. There
was no time to lay out a town and let it
grow up in the regular way. and the Presi
dent took an original method of overcoming
the difficulty. He sent to the United States
for COO ready made houses, which were
shipped like boxes of toys; a site was se
lected on the pampas, and a bran new city
was speedilv erected. The Government
spent $2,000,000 or $3,000,000, but that was J
raucuientasa wafimt u war woma nave
entailed, and everything went along
smoothly.
A long continued war at the present time
would be far more of a misfortune to the
country than it would have been in Presi
dent Boca's time, as it would check immi
gration and commerce, which were never so
great as now, and check for years the growth
of every industry.
hostilitjesTesumed.
A SQUADRON FIRING ON THE ARGENTINE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
The Battle Ends for Want of Cartridges
President Celman's Followers Reported
to be Evacuating; Their Position Quiet
Partially Restored.
London, July 30. The Times has -the
following from Bnenos Ayres:
8 A. m. The Union Civlca pickets are extend
ing Provisional President Alem states tbat
the negotiations are proceeding and are ex
pected to be successful.
9 A. M. Both sides have been reinforced.
The Celmanltes are arming a number of Gaucho
cutthroats at Government House.
12 at. The squadron is tiring at the Govern
ment House. Firing has recommenced In sev
eral parts of. the city. The Celmanltes are
evacuating their positions.
2 p. m. Celman, Boca and all the Ministers
have left the Government House, and are now
in the Twenty-flf th of May street. The Presl
dental party bas kept within the lines of the
troops. Celman is deadly pale. Latterly every
ship's shot save one bas struck the Government
House.
4 p. it. Alemen and Lopez state they have
ordered tbe squadron to cease firing. They are
petting their men away as quietly as possible.
The reason the victorious Union Civlca has
practically yielded is becanse they had
no cartridges. They only (had 100,000
Instead of L000.000.as they had calculated.
The men wanted to attack with bayonets, bnt
at tbe risk of their own lives the Union Civica
chiefs declined to permit such terrible blood
shed. 6 P. M. The Union Civlca troops are quieter
and moro disposed to disarm.
WAHTS TEN DOIiAES A HEAD.
An Ex-Army Officer Propose to Hesstnnlato
American Troops.
Kansas Crrr, July 29. A New York
dispatch states that an ex-Colonel of the
Seventh Missouri Infantry has offered to the
Bepublic of Guatemala to raise and equip
3,000 recruits within two weeks, if $30,000
be placed in bank in New York to the
credit of trustees, and to be held
as guarantee. Two ex-officers of the
Seventh Missouri Infantry live here. One
of them is Captain Thomas H. Phelan.
When asked if he had made the offer to re
cruit 3,000 for the Central American Bepub
lic, Captain Phelan said that tbe persons
connected with the matter were now in this
city but he would give no information con
cerning them.
He said that in a few days he would be at
liberty to make public some correspondence
on the matter. The Captain declined to say
whether he was connected with the matter
in any way.
THE ABinSTlCE PB0L0HGED.
The
Argentine Congress in Session
and
Peace Negotiations Pending.
Bio Janeibo, July 29. The following
dispatch has been received here:
Buenos Aybes, July S3. Noon, The arm
istice bas been prolonged, pending negotiations
between the Government and foreign Ministers,
who are endeavoring to bring about the resto
ration of peace.
Efforts are being made to form a coalition
Ministry. Tbe Congress bas assembled. The
French cruiser Kerguelan has been ordered
from Mozambique to Buenos Ayres.
LQST IK SATUBDAY'S BATTLE.
Sixty Salyaderan Killed, 200 Wounded
nnd Many Prisoners Taken.
Cixx or Mexico, Julj 29. A prorate
telegram to a commercial house in this city
states that in Saturday's battle the Salva
dorans were defeated by the Guatemalans,
and sustained a loss of CO killed, 200
wounded and a large number in prisoners.
The Guatemalan loss was very light.
AN ARMY ON THE RUN.
GUATEMALANS FLEEING BEFORE
VICTORIOUS SALVADORANS.
THE
A Revolution Against Barilla May End In
the Overthrow of HI Government
Guatemala OlaUe Formal Acceptance
of tbe War Issue.
City op Mexico, July 29. Geronimo
Pou, agent of San Salvador, says in the 11
battles delivered to date tbe Salvadorans
have come out victorious. The rest of the
Guatemalan army is fleeing in all direc
tions toward the interior, and not a single
Guatemalan soldier is left on the frontier.
A revolution against Barillas has broken
out in tbe eastern department. Several
well-known generals head it and the down
fall of the present Guatemalan Government
is considered more than probable. Barillas
is pleading for foreign intervention in his
favor. i
A special telegram from New York says:
Official confirmation was given to-day of
the disquieting reports published about the
trouble between Guatemala and San Sal
vador. The Guatemalan Consul in New
fork, Senor Baiz, to-day handed a reporter
the following dispatch which he had just
received from the Guatemalan Minister:
Guatemala accepts tbe war provoked by San
Salvador.
From non-official sources Senor Baiz
learns that the declaration of war does not
give general satisfaction in Guatemala, and
that tbe members of President Barillas'
of buenos aybes.
Cabinet have advised him to suspend hos
tilities with San Salvador and direct his
energies toward quelling the revolution in
his own Bepublic. The dissatisfaction
among the military is most pronounced.
Tbe chiet fear on the part of tbe Govern
ment is tbat their soldiers will join the
revolutionists. General Mannuel Beteta,
the leader of the malcontents, is very popu
lar with the troops.
"Our Minister in Mexico," said Senor
Baiz, "telegraphs me that our troops have
won the first engagement, and that the
steamer Colima, which had a cargo ot arms
and ammunition for San Salvador, has been
captured."
'Do you thick the intervention of the
United States probable?"
'No. Guatemala will deal with her
enemy without outside interference. It is,
however, quite possible that the United
States may be asked o prevent Mexico
meddling in the business."
Senor Masias, representative of Salvador,
Is quite confident hit -country will come out
ahead. He showed the reporter"several
cablegrams, all reporting Salvadoran suc
cesses. PATTISON OFF FOB PITT8BUBG.
HI Friends Say There Is No Politic In This
Visit.
rtriCIAL TIXIORAM TO TBX SISPATOS.1
Philadelphia, July 29. Ex-Governor
Bobert E. Pattison, the Democratic candi
date for Governor, accompanied by Michael
S. Byan, left Broad street station on the 9:20
train to-night, bound for Pittsburg, where
they will to-morrow attend the fete
champetre . of the Samuel J. Ban
dall Club. ' Ex-Postmaster of Pittsburg
John B. Larkin, who has been for years a
close friend of the ex-Governor, came on
here last week with a special invitation
from the officers of the Randall Club, re
questing the ex-Governor to set aside his
business cares for the day, at least, and to
accept the hospitalities of the organization.
Speeking of thejPittsburg visit last night,
one of the ex-Governor's close friends re
marked: "There is nothing political in the
visit. It is purely of a social character.
There will be as many Republicans as
Democrats at the gathering. Positively
politics do not enter into the affair." The
ex-Governor and Mr. Byan will leave Pitts
burg to-morrow night at the close of the
festivities.
DEAD FOB TWO DAYS.
He Had a Letter Prom His Daughter Jean
nette. Stalled in Allegheny.
rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH
New TLobk, July 29. Himan Frank, a
constructing engineer, was found dead in his
room at 110 East Eighty-Second street, at
8 o'clock to-night. He had lived alone in
the flat for two years. He was last seen
alive on Sunday morning and prob
ably died Sunday night. He was
about 45 years old and had suffered for
years from insomnia and physical disorders.
About a year ago he spent a short time in
an inebriate asylum. Papers found in bis
room show tbat he was the Constructing
Engineer and Vice President of tbe Franc
Bevolving Glass Furnace Manufacturing
Company, of Detroit.
He was married and had three children.but
had been separated from his wife for a year.
A letter was lonnd in his room from his
daughter Jeannette, dated Allegheny, July
1. Coroner Levy gave an undertaker per
mission te remove the body. -
DESTRUCTIVE FLAMES IN MICHIGAN.
Tbey Wipe Out 8375,000 Worth of Properly
nt East Saginaw.
.East Saginaw, Jnly 29. A diastrons
fire started in the lumber yard of Owen,
Hutchinson & Co. in the northern part of
tbe city, about noon, which communicated
to the planing mill and lumber yards of H.
B. Nease, Son & Co., and thence to the
lumberyard of John G. Owen, and the saw
mill, salt block and lumber yard of Brown
& Byan, all of which were totally destroyed.
Losses, including planing mill, sawmill,
2 salt blocks, 4 drill houses, 4,000 barrels
of salt, 19,000,000 feet of lumber, 10 dwell
ing houses, 12,000 cords stovewood and
other property, also 66 railroad cars valued
at $40,000. Total loss, $375,000. Total insur
ance, $185,000.
STATE CONVENTION CALLED,
Tbe Republicans of Kew York Decide
to
Hold One After All.
New Yobk, Jnly 29. The Executive
Committee of the Republican State League
decided at its meeting at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel this afternoon to call a meeting
of the State Convention at Saratoga Septem
ber 4. A resolution was also adopted
that the committee indorse the principles
embodied in the election bill and urgeits
.speedy pa.9,
IRON MEN MUST MOTE
- i
If They Wish to Avert 'a Urinous Se
duction of the Tariff.
KEW EHGLAND'S MANUFACTURERS
In Full Control of the Finance Committee
of the Senate.
POSSIBLY HO BILL WILL BE PASSED.
The Blaine Reciprocity Flan Is Proline to he a Berious
Obstacle.
Those opposed to the great reductions in
the metal schedutes made by the Senate
Finance Committee are urging the Pennsyl
vania manufactuters to visit Washington in
a body for a final protest New England
men have shaped the policy in the upper
branch of Congress thus far. Many now
fear that the dispute concerning reciprocity
will nrevent anv agreement between the
House and Senate.
rrEOM X STAPT COItBESPOKDXITT.J
Washington, July 29. The tariff bill
is now being considered by paragraphs, and
in the ordinary course of procedure the
metal schedule will be reached the last part
of.this week or the first of next. A great
deal of curiosity is manifested among the
high tariff people in regard to the action of
the Senate npon the drastio reductions made
on steel plates, ingots, slabs, blooms,
rails, etc.
It is pretty certain that the Finance Com
mittee will be severely haddled by some of
the Senators, and possibly some of the mem
bers of the Finance Committee who were
opposed to the reduction. Meantime it k
incumbent upon the iron and steel manu
facturers to bestir themselves for a last
effort.
PEESSUBE TO BEAB.
It is hinted from responsible sources
that if representative steel and iron men,
not only from Pittsbnrg, but from other
parts of the country interested, would come
here at this time and stay here and visit
and reason with Senators until this metal
schedule is passed, something might be ac
complished in the way of a return to the
figures of the McKinley bill. Manufactur
ers who have been here since the McKinley
bill reached the Senate have usually come
on one train and departed with the next,
disgusted with the treatment they received
from Senators.
It is suggested that at this time they come
in force and come at once, to remain as long
as there is an opportunity to influence a
single Senator on the metal schedule.
Mr. James M. Swank, of Philadelphia, is
the only representative of the iron and steel
elements now in the city. Mr. Charles L.
Gilpin, of Pittsburg, has been here all win
ter and summer as the representative of the
Tin Plate Association.
FIGHT TO A FINISH.
Mr. Swank has mado several prolonged
visits, and now proposes to stay till consid-'
eration of the metal schedule is concluded.
He sees Senators as often as possible, and
reasons with them with hisknown great abili
ties, but he is decided in his conviction that
the manufacturers ought to send tbe ablest
of their number here at this juncture to re
main till the schedule is passed.
Mr. Swank called upon Senators Quay
and Cameron to-day, and is assured that
both of the Pennsylvania Senators are doing
all they can to bring the right kind of pub
lic sentiment to bear upon Senators who are
faltering in regard to the necessity of re
storing the rates of the McKinley bill to the
metal schedule.
It is a question whether this can be done
in the Senate. The New England influence,
which largely shaped the conclnsions of the
Finance Committee, is strong with the Re
publican Senators, and it is met by a
Western sentiment, bronght into life by the
growing strength of the Farmers' Alliance.
New England manufacturers, who are de
voted almost entirely to making finished
implements, are interested in getting what
is to them raw material, such as plates, in
gots and blooms, as cheap as possible, not
reflecting or caring for the fact that their
raw material is the entire product of many
of the great manufacturers of other sec
tions. THE INFLUENCE OF AMES.
Governor Ames, of Massachusetts, who
makes shovels and other small Implements,
has been very influential with the commit
tee in' bringing about the reduction of the
crude manulactures named. This, how
ever, does not account for the rednction on
steel rails. The Senate bill of two years
ago reduced steel rails from $17 a ton, the
present tariff, to a trifle over $15. The
Ways and Means Committee of this session,
after thoroughly understanding the wants of
manufacturers, fixed the rate at $13 44
per ton. "jT the astonishment of
everybody, the same Committee of the
Senate, with one change, the substitution of
Carlisle for Beck, reduced the figure to
$11 20, or only 20 cents above the rate fixed
by tbe Mills bill. No Senator attempts to
explain this, and the only explanation that
can be given, is that having so largely re
duced steel ingots, blooms, etc., they were
compelled to consistently reduce steel rails.
It is impossible to discern tbe strength of
the following otAldrich and Morrill, of the
Finance Committee, in the matter of the
metal schedule. It is possible tbe Demo
crats, with a few Republican Senators, may
adhere to the committee rates. If so the
bill, with these rates will go into a confer
ence committee tbe conferees of which on
the part ol the House will never accede to
to these figures, if manufacturers make any
show of battle, and the Senate will either be
compelled to yield or to compel by its ob
stinacy the abandonment of tariff legislation
for this Congress.
ANOTHEE OBSTACLE.
It is not thought, however, that any dif
ference on the metal schedule will lead to
tbe abandonment of the bill. It is possible
that the Blaine reciprocity scheme may
prove more of a stumbling block in the way
ot tariff legislation than anything else. It
is talked of more, and more anxiously, than
any other subject bearing on the tariff. The
Blaine influence is growing in the Senate.
A number of the Democrats, strange to say,
adopt his views, though free sugar is offered
to them in the McKinley bill.
The reciprocity theory is embodied in an
amendment to the McKinley bill by the
Senate, as looks probable now, that ttieory
and amendment will meet with a storm of
objection in the House, and will never get
tbe indorsement of that body, according to
the emphatic assertion of many of the lead
ing Republicans of that body.
Altogether, Blaine and the Senate
Finance Committee have injected more con
fusion into the protective tariff camp than
the Democrats have ever been able to do,
and feeling runs high between the steadfast
advocates of Republican principles and the
Senators and "Cabinet ministers who have
gone astray after strange gods," to quote
the words of an eminent Republican ot the
House, who in one breath to-day, con
demned Blaine and the Finance Committee
with a condemnation more vigorous than
decorous.
HABBISQN AND BLAINE.
There is little donbt of a serious disagree
ment between the President and Secretary
Blaine on the reciprocity question, though
the close friends of each belittle the stories
In ihut i-fflwt nnn nf the intimate friends
JtMPresideatBeprMntttiTQ
("I J..- f
Indiana. Speaking to-day of the reported
disagreement, Mr. Owen said:
There Is not the conflict between these two
men that the newspapers make out. There is
no more conflict than there would naturally be
Between two large men moving in large circles
and dealing with great questions. As to the
question of reciprocity, l do not know what the
i. resident's sentiments are, but I suppose be is
In no hurry to give expression to an opinion or
""take sides in a controversy unnecessarily,
when public sentiment Is so nearly on a
balance. I believe the Democrats are going to
take side In favor of reciprocity, and a very
large percentage of Republicans will lavor it
'arger percentage tnrougbout the country
wan in Congress. There Is no doubt about the
popularity of the proposition to extend
our trade to the countries south of us.
know how it is in my dis
trict. Four years ago I took ground In
lavor of reciprocity with these countries, and
my people believe in It Now Mr. Blaine bas
made a national issue of it, and the public
mind is more or less unsettled. The men who
think the McKinley bill is hurt by Mr. Blaine's
utterances of course antagonize the proposi
tion, but as to Mr. Harrison's joining tbem. I
look on it in this way: The proposition is a
popular one, and Mr. Blaine is a strong man
with an eye on 1892. Mr. Harrison must know
tbat he could not get a renomination if he were
violently antagonized by Mr. Blaine and his
friends. 1 do not think anyone can count on
Mr. Harrison taking such a course as would
drive Mr. Blaine out ot his Cabinet. On the
other hand, Mr. Blaine, if he went ont of the
Cabinet, would bo a private citizen, with many
friends, to be sure, nut still a private citizen.
These two men are not apt to quarrel.
LiailTNER.
AN HONOR TOR HASTINGS.
TALK OF MAKING HIM DIRECTOR GENERAL
OF THE WORLD'S FAIR.
Oco Familiar With tbe Plana of the Com
mlttee Sara Thlile the Programme Tbe
Adjutant Gnnernl Not a Candidate! but
Wonld Accept.
rSFXCLiX, TELEdBAil TO TBB DISFATCU.1
Chicago, July 29. If the Sub-Commit
tee on Permanent Organization do not
change their minds before the October
meeting of the "World's Fair Commission
ers, Adjutant General Daniel H. Hastings,
of Pennsylvania, who made snch a gallant
fifiht against Selamater for tbe Guberna
torial nomination, will be recommended as
the person best fitted to perform the duties
of Director General, in which event he will
undoubtedly be elected.
Such is the opinion of a prominent gen
tleman from the East; in touch with several
members of the sub-committee and person
ally acquainted with tbe preferences of the
commissioners and leading men not only of
Pennsylvania, but of the entire East. For
reasons of his own he desires that his name
be withheld from publication.
When the sub-committee went East for
the purpose of ascertaining through the
the most disinterested channels of informa
tion the man best available for the responsi
ble position, they had Colonel Goshorn very
prominently in their mind, and had
he consented, he would unquestion
ably have become the choice of
the committee. But he is pretty well
along in years, he thinks, and while he
stated he wonld always be ready to give
whatever counsel he could for the benefit of
the fair, he did not feel he could accept the
position. And as it was learned that noth
ing could shake him in his belief, his name
was dropped and that of General Hastings,
who had all along been looked upon as a
second choice, but who, until the declina
tion of Colonel Goshorn was received, had
been kept out of sight in the back-ground,
was brought forward and received with the
warm approbation of every one. The gen
tleman continued:
General Hastings has been, and is in no
sense, a candidate for tbe position, but it is
known tbat be will. If elected, accept, and a
most worthy officer he will make. He Is
courteous, approachable, broad-minded and
intelligent; of moderate wealth, about 40 years
of age, vigorous and strong In health and
physique, and endowed with untiring energy.
He made, his money in mining, and bis busi
ness position is tbat of General Manager and
(Secretary of the vast mining interests in tbe
vicinity of Bellefonte, Fa., bis home. His
acquaintance in the East is remarkable for its
extenslveness, and what is quite as remarkable,
is the high plane bo occupies In tbe respect of
all who have bad occasion to meet him In
social, political or business circles.
I know positively that the old commissioners
of the Centennial Exposition In Philadelphia
are unanimous in their support of blm. The
commissioners of New Tork regard him with
the highest favor, and, so I am indirectly bat
upon good authority informed, do all the com
missioneis of the other Eastern btates. In the
West he is not so well known; but when the
committee shall have nominated him, tbe
Western delegates in the meantime bavin In
formed themselves about him, lie will be elected
without opposition.
BOODLEB VERSUS B00DLEBS.
Ex-Alderman Da0 Institute Proceeding!
to Hecover Hie Share of Buodle.
New York, Jnly 29. Ex-Alderman
Michael Duffy, the informer in the boodle
Aldermen cases, took bis first step in court
in his action against his fellow boodler,
John Keenan, to-day. Duffy seeks to re
cover $30,000, which he alleges was
his share of tbe Broadway franchise
fund. He claims to have been
induced to bring the action on "high prin
ciples of morality, equity and justice."
The case came up before judge Dugro in
the Superior Court, Duffy applying for per
mission to examine Keenan, z'Billy" Ma
loney and Bobert Delacey as witnesses be
fore the trial for the purpose of getting in
formation upon which to base his complaint.
Duffy's application is based upon his own
affidavit, in which be claims that in tbe
latter part of 1884 certain persons placed be
tween $500,000 and $750,000 in the hands of
Keenan to be applied to certain purposes.
Duffy alleges "Billy" Maloney received
$100,000, and says he was not entitled to so
large a sum. All the money Duffy has
ever received is $10,000, and he thinks
there is $10,000 more due to him.
PASTEUR'S AID INVOKED.
A Western farmer Experiencing Symptoms
of Hydrophobia. ,
Chicago, Jnly 29. A little woman from
South Dakota is at the Palmer House, in
tent on saving a helpless Noiwegian from a
horrible death. A year ago the beautiful
6-year-old daughter of Mr. Gilbert Halter,
a worthy Norwegian farmer of "Webster, S.
Dak., was .attacked by a mad dog. In trying
to save his child, the father waB bitten in
the side and "leg, "Within six weeks the
child died amid the frightful sufferings of
the worst form of hydrophobia. Now the
father is experiencing the first stages of the
same disease. She told him of the Pasteur
theory as applied at the Bush Medical Col
lege, Chicago, but this seemed beyond his
reach, for to add ta his misfortunes, a tor
nado had destroyed every vestige of his
crops, leaving .him without a dollar.
Mrs. Bones at once threw her heart into
the matter of saving him from death, and
raised sufficient means for his immediate
needs among the citizens of "Webster, took
tbe first train for Chicago, procured the
service of Dr. Bagori, and this afternoon,
with tears in her eves, from pleasure at the
prospects of the success of her self-imposed
task, telegraphed for the patient to come at
once. He will probably arrive Thursday
evening.
A Wealthy Glass Manufacturer Dead.
Glassbobo, N, J., July 29. Samuel
"Whitney, head of the firm oi "Whitney
Brof., founders of the great glass manufact
uring business here and the town ot Glass
boro, died at Cape May last night. He was
73 years old. He leaves a vast estate.
Cholera Epidemic In Mecca.
London, July 29. Cholera is epidemic
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FIRM10K I'DOWELt.
Mercer County Republicans, One and
AH, Take No Stock in
THE ALLEGATIONS OP BRIBERY.
They
Are Willing to Take Part
Investigation, However.
in an
A. K. CEAIG K0M1N ATJ2D E0E CONGEESS
On First Ballot by the Democratic Conference of the
Twenty-Fourth District
The Mercer County Bepubllcan Com
mittee, yesterday, unanimously adopted
resolutions indorsing Major McDowell, ou
the ground that he had no part in the al
leged bribery. At tbe candidate's request
a committee of investigation, with S. H.
Miller as chairman, was appointed. Alex
ander K. Craig, of "Washington county, de
feated Postmaster Shale for the Democratic
Congressional nomination in the Twenty
fourth district.
rsrzcLii. tslxgbax to tub dispatch.1
Mekceb, July 29. The meeting of the
Bepnblican County Committee to-day to
takeaction regarding the charges of bribery
in the Congressional nomination was largely
attended, the court room being filled. Major
McDowell made a statement that be was en
tirely clear " from any bribery in the case
either directly or indirectly. He asked that
a committee be appointed to make a thorough
investigation, and if their report showed
that he had paid a single dollar illegally to
secure his nomination, he would step down
and out,
A committee on resolutions was appointed
and made the following report:
A STEONO EXPBESSI02T.
Whereas, It Is alleged tbat the nomination
of Major Alexander McDowell as the Bepub
llcan candidate for Congress for this, tbe
Twenty-fifth district, was brought about by
the bribery of one or more of the delegates
representing Beaver county In the late Con
gressional Convention; and
Whereas, Major McDowell disclaims all
knowledge of the alleged bribery having been
committed, and states to this committee that
he neither paid nor promised to pay.directly or
indirectly, by himself or any other person, any
consideration whatsoever to secure the vote or
votes of any delegate in said convention; and
Whereas, This committee has implicit faith
and confidence in the veracity, honesty and in
tegrity of Major McDowell, and therefore be
lieve that neither he nor any of the Mercer
county delegates or friends bad any part in
corruptly soliciting or obtaining tbe votes of
any delegates of said convention; therefore,
.Resolved, first. That we hereby announce
and declare tbat we recognize Major Mc
Dowell as the Republican nominee lor Con
gress in this the Twenty-fifth dlstnct: that as
such e earnestly and beartllyjlndorse bis can
didacy, and pledge him tbe active and unani
mous support of every member of this commit,
tee and of the Bepubllcan voters ot this
county.
WILLIXG TO INVESTIGATE.
Resolved, second. That Major McDowell
having requested tbe same, the Chairman of
this committee be authorized and directed to
appoint a committee of three Republicans to
act In conjunction with committees appointed,
or to be appointed, by tbe Republican County
Committees of the other counties comprising
tbe district to Investigate tbe charge of illegal
bribery in said Congressional convention, with
direction to report their action at a future
meeting to be beld by this committee.
Besofyed. third. That when the committee
to be appointed this day shall, after investiga
tion, report to this committee tbat Major Mc
Dowell had no complicity or participation in
the illegal bribery, and tbat he is innocent of
all connection therewith, then it is tbe duty of
this committee and the right of the Republi
cans of Mercer county to claim, demand and
expect for Major McDowell the supp'ortof
every Bepnblican in the district.
After the resolutions were read Hon. W.
A. Mehard, of Lawrence conn ty.madc a few
remarks in which he stated that he was not
personally acquainted with McDowell until
to-day, but from the reputation he had and
from the warm sentiment in his favor he
was satisfied of his innocence. He said
another evidence of McDowell's integrity
was that two years ago he could have bought
a Lawrence delegate for $150 dollars but re
fused. MILLER TAKES THE FLOOB.
Hon. S. H. Miller said: The investiga
tion to be made will prove to tbe satisfac
tion of every Bepnblican and every honest
Democrat in the county tbat McDowell is
clear of any illegal act in his nomination.
"What then is the duty of Bepublicans? To
stand by him until the polls close in No
vember. Hon. Henry Hall said: "But one thing
can be said. "We are all for Major Mc
Dowell. We propose to let the people of
this district and of the State know that we
won't take the word of three self-confessed
boodlers from Beaver county as against the
untarnished reputation or Major McDowell.
He will come out after the most searching
investigation with his reputatiou uu
smirched and worthy the vote of every Be
publican in the district."
Hon. J. C. Brown was glad to emphasize
what bas been said as to Mr. McDowell's
integrity. Ho himself was at tbe confer
ence with four votes, and McDowell was
anxious to get him out of the way, but at
no time did he suggest in any manner the
idea of paying anything for the purpose.
THE IMPOETANT QUESTION.
Mr. Brown said the great question was
not whether Mr. McDowell was innocent,
but whether his nomination is valid if the
three delegates from Beaver were bribed.
This is the important question with the dis
trict and the State.
Bev. Mr. Evans, of Sharon, stated that
every workingman of Sharon regardless of
politics, was a warm friend of Major Mc
Dowell s and would testily as to his worth.
Hon. S. H. Miller did not have any sym
pathy with the sickly sentiment that the
bribery of three members, if done without
Mr. McDowell's knowledge, would vitiate
the nomination. Alawpassed by th6 Legis
lature, even if by bribed votes, is legal.
McDowell's nomination was made unani
mous, and he would have 57 votes ren by
throwing out the three corrupt ones.
Mr. Huselton, Chairman of the Butler
County Committee, said the sentiment in
Butler county was that they "Were sorry that
the three corrupt delegates had squealed.
Thomas Perry was made Chairman of the
committee of investigation, and he ap
pointed Hon. S. H. Miller and Henry
Bobinson, both of Mercer, as the others.
The meeting adjourned with three cheers
for McDowell.
BEGBETTED IN BUTLEB.
That County Will SHU Insist Upon a New
Nomination. .
tSFSCUX. TELEOBAM TO TUB DISBATCB.l
Btttleb, July 29. Bepublicans here re
ceived the news of Mercer's action with re
gret. There is but one sentiment here, how
ever, as to the proper thing to do, and that
is to have a new nomination. Butler county
will insist on tbat course.
A Cold Water Candidate for CongTCM.
(SF2CTA1. TELEQBAK TO TBI DISrATOH.1
Massilloh, July 29. The Sixteenth
District Prohibition Convention met here
to-day and nominated J. J. Asheuhurst, ed
itor of the Canton Leader, for Congress.
Congreiiman Kelllr Renominated.
Pottstillb.Pa., July 29. Hon. James
B. Beillybas been renominated for Congress
by the Democrats of the Thirteenth dis
trict,
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CRAIG FOR CONGRESS,
HE DEFEATS POSTMASTER SHAVE, ON
THE FIRST BALLOT.
A Washington County Candidate Cboeea
by the Democrats of the 24ta Dletrlet
Fattiion Enthmlastlcallr Indorsed
Confident of Victory.
ISFECIJLI. TZtiaiU.ll TO TBI DISrATCB.1
"TJniontown, Jnly 29. At a meeting
of the Democratic conferees of the
Twenty-fourth district at the Opera House
here this afternoon, Alexander K. Craig, of
Washington county, was nominated for
Congress on the first ballot Chairman D.
W. McDonald, Esq., called the meeting to
order and on motion of John A. Kerr, of
Greene county, James Moran, of Allegheny,
was elected temporary Chairman, and the
temporary organization was then completed
by the election of Colonel Streator.of "Wash
ington county, and Howard Patton, of
Brownsville, Secretary. A committee com
posed of one person from each county was
appointed on resolntiont,and en credentials,
and one on organization. They retired, and
in ten minutes returned.
Tbe Committee on Organization reported
that tbey had choosen T. J. Duncan, of
Washington county, for permanent Chair
man, who, on ascending the chair made a
brief speech, which was frequently inter
rnpted by applause. He assured the Demo
crats of this district that victory would
perch upon their banners this fall, if they
stuck to the nominee. The Committee on
Credentials settled in short order Greene
connty's demand for an equal number of del
egates in the conference, by allowing her
that right, and the report recommended the
seating of 12 delegates from each county.
The Committee on Besolutions recommended
the hearty indorsement of Pattison for Gov
ernor, and tbe whole State Senatorial and
Congressional ticket.
Joseph A. Kellv, of McKeesport, named
Postmaster J. B. Shale, of that city, in a
brief earnest speech. Mr. Irwin, of Wash
ington county, presented the name of Mr.
Craig. A vote was then taken which re
sulted as follows: Craig, 26; Shale, 21. It
was evident from the start tbat Colonel T.
B. Searight was forking hard for the
nomination of Shale, and had be not been
afraid of injuring that gentleman's chances
he would have put up Colonel J. A. Mo
Kee, of Fayette City, as a candidate. The
Colonel was not able to handle the Payette
delegation as he had hoped, for five of "Old
Fiat's" conferees voted for Craig,despite the
earnest protestations of the wily Colonel.
Two of Greene connty's'conferees, Corbet and
Freeland, voted for Shale. Colonel Tom
Jfauley, of Waynesburg, was on- hand, and
was endeavoring to marshal Greene's forces
for Shale, but it seems that he had them
under very poor control. Democrats here
appear to be very well pleased over the nom
ination. NEW PARTY IN NEBRASKA,
Tbe President of the Farmers' Alliance Is
Nominated for Governor.
LINCOLN", July 29. The People's Inde
pendent party of Nebraska met in State
Convention in this city to-day. Nearly
every county in the State is rep
resented, and the gathering comprises
something over 900 delegates. Of these
the members of the Farmers' Alliance pre
dominate, with a good following of the
Grange, the balance being Knights of La
bor and union labor adherents. Ex-Senator
Van Wyck and Jay Burrows are looked
upon as tbe leaders of the Alliance move
ment, while the Knights of Labor find a
champion in the person of ex-Governor
David Butler. The convention wascalledto
order at 2 p. M. by John H. Powers, Presi
dent of the State Alliance. Allen Boot, of
Douglass county, and Cbaries H. Maybary,
of Pawnee county, were nominated and
elected Chairman and Secretary respect
ively. Mr. Boot, on taking the chair,
complimented the convention on the good
showing made, declared himself as opposed
to any tariff, and pronounced against the
railroads and the present taxation.
Nominations for Governor having been
declared in order, George A. Abbott, C. H.
Van Wyck, of Otoe county, and J. H.
Powers, of Hitchcock county, were placed
in nomination, as were also Dr. A. Coleman.
,of Polk, and Guy C. Barnum, of Platte.
Tbe vote resvlted as lollows: .rowers, 465;
Van Wycfc, 327; Coleman, 46; Barnum, 25.
The result caused much enthusiasm and not
a little excitement.
A MILD INDORSEMENT
Of President Hnrrlaon Expected From the
Repnblicnni ot Tenoeanee.
Nashville, Jnly 29. The Bepublican
State Convention meets in this city at noon
to-morrow, and will be largely attended. Tbe
leaders are already on the ground, and the
bulk of the delegates will arrive to-night
and on the railroad trains to-morrow. The
two qnestions of greatest interest will be the
indorsement of the national administration
and the force bill. The probabilities are
there will be a mild indorsement by the con
vention of Mr. Harrison's administration,
and there will be secured a compromise be
tween tbe contending factions.
With the force bill, it is hard to foretell
the result. The best element of the party
favor the condemnation of the outrage,
while the extreme element, led by Houk,
want an unqualified indorsement ot the
measure, claiming that anything less than
that is a reflection upon Houk. It is gen
erally conceded that Lewis Baxter, of this
city, will be nominated for Governor.
FIGHT IN NOBTH DAKOTA
The Second Bepnblicnn Convention Likely
to be a Lively Affair.
Gband Fobks. N. D., July 29. The
second Bepublican State Convention in
North Dakota began this after
noon, and bids fair to be even
more exciting than the three days'
convention of last year at Fargo. The
fight this year is all along the line, but it is
greatest on Congressmen, and Mr. Hans
brough is having a hard tussle to hold his
own.
M. N. Johnson, the Scandinavian leader
who came so near getting the second Sen
atorship last winter, has been hard at work
to put himself in Hansbrough's shoes, and
his friends feel confident that he has the
fight in his control and that he will be nom
inated without trouble.
A VEST QUIET ELEOTIOH.
Not Sloch Opposition In HluUiippI to tbo
Demacratlo Ticket.
Jackson, Miss., July 29. The vote cast
throughout the State to-day was very light
and the election was very quiet There was
no opposition to the 14 Democratic nominees
to the Constitutional Convention for the
State at large, and the Democratic local
nominees were not opposed in as many as
half aMozen counties.
Ex-Governor Alcorn, and ex-Chief Justice
Simrali, the two leading Bepublicans of
the Bute, were placed ou the Democratic
ticket and elected.
BC0BE3 BEPORTED DEAD.
An Explosion of Fire Damp by Which ISO
Lives Are Loir. 1
Pabis, July 29. An explosion It fire
damp occurred in the Pelissier pit at St
Etienne to-day. It is reported that 120 men
I wen killed and 33 injured,
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He Appeals to Members of the Order
at the Kext Election to
OPPOSE ALL THE CONGRESSMEN
Who Toted for the Bill, Which is De3ljned
to Encourage Fraud.
PROTESTS TO BE SE5T TO THE SE3ATB
T. V. Powderly is out in a letter arraign
ing the Federal Election or force bill. Ha
says that four lines of the measure contain
more intimidation than has been practiced in
the South since the war. Members of tha
order are asked to send protests to the Senata
and to vote against the representatives who
favored the scheme.
rSFICUZ. TELZCHAM TO THZ DISPATCH.
Philadelphia. Jnly 29. The follow
ing letter upon the Federal election bill,
from the pen of General Master Workman
Terrence V. Powderly, will be issued to the
members of the Knights of Labor to-morrow
through the official journal of the or
der: "Read twice and ordered to lie on the table."
Is what was done on July 7 in the Senate of tha
United States with what Is known as the
Lodge force bill. Tbe bill, if it passes, is In
tended to regulate tbe election ot Congress
men, and is particularlydesigned for use in the
Sooth. At least that is what it Is supposed to
be. A very appropnato title for the bill would
be "A law to place tbe control of its own elec
tion In the hands of the United States Con
gress, and to prevent the people from interfer
ing too much in that little matter."
The proposed law covers 76 pages of the regu
lation Congressional file, with about 230 words
to the page. It is so complicated, so cumbrous
and lily constructed a piece of machinery that
it is very doubtful if its parent could success
fully manage and explain what it wonld bo
able to perform. Shorn of verbiage the intent
of tbat law is to perpetuate the existence of
tbe party in power and enable it to keep a close
watch over the election of all officers as well aa
Congressmen.
A LEADIJTG QUESTION.
Why should a special law be enacted to regu
late tbe election of Congressmen? Whom do
tbey represent that tbey should insist on manip
ulating tbe election machinery in their own
interests? A Congressman does not represent
tbe United States in the Honse of Representa
tiveshe represents a number of citizens com
prising a certain territory in a certain State,
and the people of tbat State should bare the
right to scrutinize and regulate tbo election of
tbe man or men who will represent them in
Congress.
t Tbe law provides that the agents of tha
Uniteil States Gorermnrat shall bare the
right to scrntinize tbe election of members of
Congress, but it Is so artfully worded tbat tbey
shall also hare the privilege of scrutinizing the
election of all other officers as well. Section 9
of that Lvw is in direct violation of the contracs
by which the several States are bound to tbe
United States, and is a most unwarrantable
interference in tbe legislation of tbe sisterhood
of States. It reads: "Section 3 Hereafter all
votes cast for tbe office of Representative or
delegate in Congress shall be counted, can
vassed, certified and returned in the manner
hereinafter provided; and any State, Territor
ial or municipal law or ordinance in so far as
it conflicts herewith is hereby annulled.
If the citizens of the United States value
their Independence they will promptly resent
such tampering with their right to make State,
territorial and municipal laws to suit them
selves. If tbe Government of the United States
shall have tbe right to supervise the election of
its own officers and take tbat right out of tbe
hands of the people, who are supposed to be
represented, of what use Is it to support tha
government of the seperate States and Terri
tories? ETTESTDED TO ISXI3IIDAXE.
Where does Congress get the authority to
annul a State, Territorial or municipal law? It
Is told by its friends that the law is to operate
in tbe South, and that Its passing will enable
tbe people of that section to cuard against bull
dozing and intimidation. There Is more in
timidation contained in lour lines of tbat law
than In all tbe Southern outrages that bare
taken place since tbe war.
It is claimed tbat this law will enable the col
ored citizens to vote free from intimidation and
influence. Tbat may be true of the outside of
tbe polling place, but it simply transfers tbe in
timidation and influence to tbe inside of the
polling booth. Why not act tbe part of men,
and say tbat the colored men aro not At to have
a vote, for that is what tbey mean? If there is
a body of men in this land who do not know
enough to do their own voting, it they lack tbe
manhood to defend their ballots with their
lives at tbe polls, then tbat body of men are not
the kind to be privileged to vote for tbose who
make laws for others.
Tbe Democratic party does its best to In
timidate the colored citizens of tbe South, and
they give as a reason that if tbey did not do so
tbey would be subject to negro rule down
there, or aB tbey put it, "ignorant rule." In
the N orth the employers of labor intimidate the
workmen In tbe interest of tbe Republican
nartv. bnt that party cannot lay claim to so re
spectable an excuse as to desire to avoid "igno
rant rule," for tbe workmen of tbo North have
never imposed ignorant rule where they
elected their own representatives.
A BETTER PKOPOSITIOS".
Onr laws should not be framed In such a way
as to recognize ignorance or illiteracy, for to
recognize illiteracy Is to perpetuate it. Every
law should aim at tbe abolition of illiteracy,
and instead of making laws to guard tbe uned
ucated men at the polls, we should make laws
to guard the Republic against illiteracy by
obliging all voters to know bow to read and
write before voting. A Aw tbat would fix
on a certain day in tbe future on wbicb all citi
zens would be required to know how to read
and write before voting, ana which would not
Interfere with tbose who are voters at the pres
ent time and who are not so educated, would
go furtber toward regulating the election of
Congressmen in an honest way than the piece
of machinery now on the tablo ot the United
States Senate.
The adoption of tbe Australian election law
would solve tbe difficulty so far as an honest
count and an uninfluenced election is con
cerned, but I fear tbat tbat is not tbe aim or
Intent of tbe promoters of the proposed law.
In fact, I believe tbat If we had not agitated so
vigorously and so successfully in favor of the
adoption ot the Australian law there would be
no fear ot an honest election, and as a conse
quence no necessity for tbe supervision of Con
gressional watcb dog.
Iu section lutbe following Is to be found:
"If during the count and canvass ot tbe ballots
contained in any box other than tbat Intended
for tbe reception of ballots for tbe office of
Representative or delegate in Congress there
shall be found any ballot or ballots for tbe
office of Representative or delegate in Con
gress, It shall be tbe duty ot the chairman or
acting chairman of tbe inspectors of election
to count the number of such ballots so found
and then deliver tbem to tbe chairman or act-
leg chairman of tbe supervisor of election,
who shall connt them and immediately place
them In an envelope and seal tbem up."
ALL BOXES TODEB SCRUTINY.
If our election boards are to remain as at
present constructed in snch States as have not
adopted the Australian law, what guarantee
have we tbat said boards will not be dishonest
enough to fall to live up to the last named.
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