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THE PlTTSBUKGr DISPATCH. TUESDAY, JULY 5, 189a
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' A POLITICAL TINGE
Given to the Fourth by the
Tiger's Methods of
Celebration.
HILL TVEITES TO TAMMJY
Urging That All Democrats Unite for
the Coming Fray, and
GR0VEE SEEDS L LETTER, TOO.
Bourke Cockran and Other Orators Arouse
Tarty Enthusiasm.
PATTIEON SOT QUITE SO PARTISAN
New York, July 4. The one hundred
and sixteenth anniversary of American
Independence was celebrated on an elaborate
scale by the Tammany Society in the big
wigwam. Every seat in the body of the
hall and in the gallery waB occupied, and
bfore Grand Sachem Thomas F. Gilroy had
concluded his brief address of welcome
there was not even standing room in the
aisles. The private boxes were occupied by
ladies who displayed quite as mrch enthu
siasm as the members of the society them
selves. On the platform were seated the prom
inent statesmen from the different States
who were to.deliver patriotic talk. Among
them were Hons. Charles H. Gibson, of
Maryland; W. H. Bryan, of Nebraska;
Crain, of Texas; John O. Pendleton, of
West Vriginia; Benjamin A. Enloe, of
Tennessee; L. F. Livingston, of Georgia;
"W. G. Slaybury, of Michigan; John F.
Heard, of Missouri; John F. Epes, of Vir
ginia; II. A. Herbert, of Alabama; Adolph
3deyr, of Louisiana; Owen Scott, of Illinois;
Frank E. Beltzhoover, of Pennsylvania;
Irvine Duncan, of Ohio; C. H. Mansur, of
Missouri; John J. Hemphill, of South
Carolina, and E. J. Taliafero, of Alabama.
Grover Idea of the Day.
The address of welcome and the Declara
tion of Independence having been presented,
Secretary M. C Goldrick read the follow
ing replies to invitations to be present:
Grat Gables, )
Buzzard's Bat, JIass June 29,
Eon. Thomas F. Gilroy. Grand Sachem:
Dhar Sir I acknowledge with thanks the
courtesy of an Invitation to celebrate the
one hundred and sixteenth anniversary
of American Independence by the Tam
many Society on the Fourth of- July.
It will lo impossible for me to take
part in the interesting exercises you con
template, but I hope the celebration will be
abnudantl) pleasant and profitable to those
w ho are fortunately able to participate. I
believe that Independence Day should be
celebrated with zeal and enthusiasm by the
old and youny in every part of our land and
In every condition of lite. Xo man, woman
nor child within the limits of American citi
zenship -hould forget or outgrow the senti
ments related to the observance ot the
Fourth or Julv. Because there are influences
and tendencies abroad which tend to the
neglect of this anniversary.the valuable and
patriotic efforts ot the Tammany society to
rescue it Irom indifference should be univer
sally applauded.
I notice that my invitation contains the
declaration that the cotnina celebration by
..lieVocicty "is designed to be of eiceutfonal
sixntfjeance and extended effect," I have
nofenrthat this design will miscarry; fori
am satisfied that the laturoaiiy Mcietv will
not lo-e the opportunity the occasion af
fords to teach that the Declaration of Inde
pendence was a move on the pait of people
determined to covern themselves: so that
the patriotism it inspires enjoins unselfish
caro tor our cojiatrv.'s. welrare; that political
endetvorts only safe and useful when un
dertaken in the people's interest, and that
political organization is only successful
w hen approved and trusted by an Intelli
gent popular judgment. Yours v.ery truly,
Grovee Cleveland.
Hill in tine With the Party.
Senator David B. Hill wrote defining the
power aud purpose of the Democratic party,
reviewed recent political history in Xew
York and closed thus:
Our course at the present time is plain.
The Democracy of New Tork in the ap
pioachimr struggle should present a solid
iront to the common enemy. Loyalty to
cardinal Democratic principles and reiru
laily nominated candidates is the supreme
duty of the hour.
Governor Horace Boies, of Iowa, wrote:
Occuoyins. as it does, the position of the
most poweiful organization of its kind on
this continent, and wielding tremendous
Influence that always comes Irom the union
ol vast numbers ot men intent upon the
same object, it is indeed appiopriate that on
each :inni ersaiy of the nation's birth your
society should renew its allegiance to a
Government that has become the pride of
every citizen of the republic and the admir
ation or those of every other country in the
civilized world.
I'attlson Loys Aside Partisanship.
In his letter Governor Pattison, of Penn
sylvania, commended as a sentiment the
conclusion of Edward Everett's oration
July 4, 1828:
Let us then, as we assemble on the birth
day of the nation, devote ourselves to the
sacred cause of constitutional liberty. Let
us abjure the interests and passions which
divide the great Jamily of American free
men. Let the rage ot j5arty spirit sleep to
day. Let us resolve that our children shall
have cause to bless the memorv of their
fathers as we have cause to 'bless the
memory of ours.
Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee, wrote:
I cannot too heartilv commend such cele
brations. Patriotism lies at the basis of
good Government. It should be cherished
and fostered, aroused and thrilled by the re
view ot the achievements of this great na
tion. Its rapid development and its almost
limitless resources for future development
even, do not yet portend what manner of
nation it may yet become.
Replies were also received from Senator
J. G. Carlisle, of Keutucky; Senator J. L.
M. Irby, of South Carolina; ex-Senator
John H. Ecagan, of Texas; Congressman J.
K. Tucker, ot Virginia; Congressman C R.
Breckinridge, of Arkansas; Congressman
Barnes Compton, of Maryland; John Miner,
Spence Spencer, Seth J. Thomas, Eugene
T. Chamberlain, editor of Albanv Araus;
P. T. Glass and W. A. Walker. "
Governor Flower, in closing his letter,
wrote thus:
The rjartv is fortunate in ha-rinsr a in.
standard bearers in this great contest for
the rights of the people two excellent repie
Eentalives or its principles and tiaditions,
and under their leadership personal differ
ences will be subordinated to party suc
cess. Cheer for the Leaders.
Before Mr. Bryan, the first speaker, had
a, chance to say a word, the patriotic crowd
broke loose and pave cheer after cheer for
Grover Cleveland, D. B. Hill, "W. Bourke
Cockran and again for Cleveland.
Alter apostrophizing the day, the Xation
and the youth as its future defenders, Mr.
Byrani said he was glad to see his heaiers
applaud so vigorously that sentiment of the
Declaration ol Independence that "all men
are born free and equal." Nothing grandsr
had ever been heard than those words
penned by Thon.as Jefferson, to whose
name they had in turn given immortality.
"I ask lovers of their country," continued
the orator, "are these Jefiefsonian truths
accepted to-day as they were 100 years a?o,
cr are they regarded more as a formality
than as a reality? Every man should stand
exactly equal before the law, and if we find
that our Representatives are slow to hear
the demands of the poor, but quick to re
spond to those of the rich, I say that we are
treading ondanierous ground. It we find
that the Chief Executive is in sympathy
with those who least need help and turns
tbecold shoulder to those who most need it,
again I say we are treading on dangerous
ground. "
. The next speaker was the Hon. John O.
Pendleton, of "West Virginia. He referred
to Richard Croker, the Tammanv leader, as
the man who rides upon the whirlwind and
directs the storm, and paid a graceful
tribute to the oratorical abilities of Bourke
Cockran. Under the Republican system of
taxation America had developed, he said,
millionaires by the thousand and tramps by
the tens of thousands.
TJrjrinE the Braves to Action.
General H. A. Herbert, of Alabama,
gave a "Short TalK," in which he urged the
Tammany braves to work so hard for the
Democratic Natioual ticket that there
would be no doubt of its success. He was
followed by the Hon. Marcus Smith.of Ari
zona, who spoke in a similar strain.
Hon. E. T. Talifero, of Alabama, aroused
again the enthusiam of the assemblage by
quoting the Cleveland sentiment, "A pub
lic office is a public trust." He said Mr.
Cleveland might have truthfully added to
it that Democrats were the best trustees.
The next speaker was Hon. Owen Scott,
of Illinois. Among other things he said
"that the laborer was not receiving just re
muneration tor his toil, and that the strug
gle going on at the Carnegie works at Pitts
burg showed how the wealthy were oppress
ing the workingmen."
Hon. & M. White, of California, said
that Tammany Hall was known throughout
the land as the defender of Democracy and
the terror of its enemies. They must have
a care at the present time that the insidi
ous enemy was not more successful than
the open one. Wild and long continued
cheering greeted Hon. W. Bourke Cockran
when he was introduced as the next speak
er by Grand Sachem Gilroy. He said:
Cockran on the Election.
"On the eve of a great contest, I regard
this welcome which you have givan me as a
proof that you accept the assurance whiph I
had the honor to make for you in the Dem
ocratic Convention at Chicago." Cheers.
The speaker continued at some length to
impress UDon his hearers the importance
of the coming election, and urged them in
forcible terms to work hard for the success
of the Democratic national ticket
Congressman John E. Fellows- followed
Mr. Cockran. The loyal attitude of Tam
many Hall, he said, was well known to the
people of the country, who are now confi
dently awaiting the outcome in New York
because they feel that as New York goes, so
goes the Union. New York will be as
faithful to lier trust as Tammany Hall is.
The action of the Chicago convention had
given to Tammany's hosts all oppor
tunity to prove to the De
mocracy of the country that they are
grandpr Democrats than they were thought
to be by those who did not truly know
them.
Hon. C. H. Mansur, ot Misouri, who was
the last speaker, lauded the patriotism aud
sterling democracy ot Tammany nail.
STEVENSON LOOSE, TOO.
The Democratic Candidate for Vice Presi
dent ltlotioms Oat as a Fourth of July
Orator Politics Not a Feature of the
Address.
Peoria, Ills., July 4. General Adlai
E. Stevenson spoke to-day in part as fol
lows: We celebrate to-day the Fourth of July.
For 116 years it has been with our people,
either as colonies or as a nation, the sacied
day. During all he ages to come it will-
srana out on me recoru or tne won us His
tory as the birthday of a great republic. X4
tions yet unborn will read with admiration
and with awaof tho men who on this day, in
this new world without the light or experi
ence to guide them, carved out a new gov
ernment. It is not mete that this anniver
sary should pass unnoticed. It is not mete
that this the birthday of American liberty
shonld pass unheialded into history.
Our Declaration ot Independence sol
emnly announced as a self-evident truth
that all men are born equal. It proclaimed
as the cardinal feature of the social com
pact, as the very corner stone of civil gov
ernment, the absolute equality of all men.
What a irlorious inheritance is this Declara
tion. What golden woids or truth are
gleaned from its pages. What lofty states
manship is breathed in its every utterance.
Well did the Great Commoner of England
exclaim, "The men whocan so write deserve
to be free.''
Fellow citizens, tho calm dignity with
which this revolution was inaugurated, the
tics of allegiance sundered, this solemn
declaration made, that henceforth these
colonies were to be free and independent
States, and the solemn appeal of the repre
sentatives or the people to posterity for the
rectitude of their intentions, is one of the
grandest and most imposing events in his
tory. No bravado or violence marred the
grandeur of this great act.
We have entered now upon the second
century of our national life. God grant that
we and those who succeed us may not prove
unworthy of those who have gone before;
that we may not be unmindful of the sub
lime lessons of the past. Then may we Do
assured that the bright sun which ushers in
the second centennial of this Repnblic will
look down upon a people who celebrate this
day with hearts gratetnl to God that those
who guarded and strengthened will be
counted worthy to be named with those who
founded this Government.
LIVELY BOXING HATCH.
An Interesting Encounter 'Which Took
Place In an Allegheney Barn.
Word reached the Allegheny police yes
terday that early in the forenoon a prize
fight had taken place in the livery barn
ofW. A. Hatfield, No. 233 Federal street.
It was reported that two men, stripped to
the waist, had fought with bare knuckles
for nine rounds, and that one of them had
been so badly beaten that he was conveyed
home in a hack.
Chief Murphy sent for Hatfield and that
gentleman called at the Central office and
explained. He said that the contestants
were a man named Floody, who works at
Hatfield's stable, and John Cunningham, an
awning maker, well Known about City
Hall, where he has done work. The men,
according to Mr. Hatfield, had simply en
gaged in a boxing match with soft gloves,
which lasted four rounds, when Floody
said he had enough.
BLOOD FLOWS Iff A LABOB BIOZ
Revolvers Used With Effect Between Union
and Non-Union Stevedores.
Detroit, July 4. At 7 o'clock this
morning, while a gang of non-union steve
dores were unloading the Lone Star, a
crowd of union men appeared andattempted
to drive away their competitors. A fight
resulted, in which fully 100 men partici
pated, and revolvers were used. William
Haurahan received a bullet wound in the
arm, and Luke Hawley, leader of the union
men, was wounded in the hand.
Before the rioters could inflict any more
injury, a squad of police appeared an'd 12 of
the belligerents were arrested. Other ar
rests will follow. Ever since last spring
there has been trouble along the river tront
between the gangs of these stevedores, and
the police now mean to put a stop to it
POACHERS STILL GROWLING.
They Insist That the Corwln's Seizures
"Were Mado Outside Bering Sea.
Victoria, B. C, July 4. The Sealers'
Association, of British Columbia, has re
ceived a dispatch from Ottawa stating that
the matter of the seizure of the British
steamer Coquillam at Port Eteches, had
been placed in the Governor General's
hands, and that immediate steps were to be
taken to have the vessel released.
The Sealers' Association claim the seizure
took place in the North Pacific Ocean, not
in Bering Sea, and can, therefore, have no
bearing on the modus Vivendi.
A Deaf Mutn Burned to Death.
New Orleans, July 4. Special A
fire broke out in the barber shop of E.
Engel, on St Louis street, this morning.
Edward Meininger, a deaf mute aged 42,
slept in the building. It was iound impos
sible to arouse him, because of his affliction,
and he was burned to death.
Fonr Baltimore Boys Drowned.
Baltimore, July 4. Edward and
George Schmidt, aged respectively 15 and
11 years; William Harrison, aged 17 vears,
and Peter Leo Tully, aged 20 yearsj were
drowned yesterday bv the swamping of a
ferry boat in the Spring Gardens.
PRESENT DAY ISSUES?
Presented by Noted Statesmen, the
Guests of Henry C. Bowen.
W00DST0CKS FEAST OP REASON;
-Tracy on the Presidental Office and Morgan
on the Indians.
FETL'S PLEA FOR AMERICAN SHIPS
Woodstock, Conn., July 4. The beau
tiful home of Henry C Bowen was to-day
the Mecca of the countryside residents, and
within its hospitality gathered notable men
of the nation who had come to speak at the
annual celebration of Independence Day.
For years Mr. Bowen had succeeded in
gathering here on July 4 prominent men,
who have addressed all who would come to
listen to carefully-prepared orations which
have come to be the feature of the gather
ings at Koseland Park.
This year Secretary of the Navy B. P.
Tracy was the chief speaker, and his ad
dress upon "The Presidental Office" was
delivered in the open air before a great
throng that had congregated on the green
turt lawns about the Bowen homestead.
Among other ttflngs, he said:
The President of the United States Is
nothing more than an elective trustee or
agent, chosen by the people to administer
certain well-defined and specific trusts for
them and as their representative.
The Burdens of the Office Increased.
The successful administration of execu
tive authority up to the present time is due
to the efficient saiesuards placed about it by
the trainers of the Constitution, and to the
wisdom ana patriotism of those whom the
people have from time to time invested with
the powers of this great office. It has worked
well for 100 years in the past, but with the
extraordinary growth of the country the la
bors of the office have increased, and this in
crease has been in a direction which could
never have been intended by the founders
of tho Government, and which was hardly
known in the time of Washington and ms
immediate successors.
Uuder existing conditions our future de
velopment as a nation will tend still further
to enlarge these burdensome features of tbe
office, and In view of the natural limitations
of human endurance, and tbe capacity of
the human mind, unless some change is
brought about to restore the office to its
early character, and to relieve it from the
unnatural growth of later years, the time
will come when the duties oi the Chief Ex
ecutive will exceed the capacity of any one
man to properly administer.
The Remedies That Are Proposed.
It is not difficult to ascertain the remedies
for this overwhelming increase in the duties
of the Executive. The first and most obvi
ous remedy is either a repeal or a material
modification of the act of 1838, already re
ferred to.
The time is not far distant when, instead
of C5.000, we shall nave 100,000 tiostofflces,
and at the present rate of increase 10.000 of
these will he Presidental appointments.
All of these should be dovolved on the Post
master-General. If Congress will not repeal
the act, Itnust at least limit its operation to
offices having a higher compensation; or,
filling this, it must lengthen the term ot
Presidental postmasters to more than four
years, since the aDpointment and confirma
tion of 10,000 postmasters during a single ad
ministration would absorb tbe whole time,
not only of the President, but of the Senate
as well.
Further relief would be secured by the
general acceptance of the principle of direot
responsibility of heads of departments,
even in cases requiring tbe formal action of
the President It Is within the power of
the President In large measure to delegate
to his subordinates the control of the de
tails of the administration.
How the Maw System Would Work.
Under an improved system such as I have
suggested, the President, upon all questions
of pardon, would act on the opinion of tbe
Attorney General. Upon questions of less
important appointments he might accept
the recommendation of the head of tbe of
the department -in which the appointment
belonged, and leave him to bear the attacks
ot lival claimants. Acts of Consresi would
he sent to the Secretary whoso department
was affected directly by them. If he recom
mended that the act be approved, the Presi
dent would accept his judgment unless in
the case of acts of exceptional importance
without fur.her inquiry. In the less im
portant cases, it would only be where a veto
was recommended that the President would
be called upon to make a careful study of
tbe provisions of the act.
With the changes whioh I have tbns
briefly indicated, the elasticity of the Presi
dental office under the Constitution is ample
to enable it to meet all demands, however
great, that may be mado upon it a? a conse
quence of our national growth and develop
ment. All that we need to do is to cut out
the extraneous growths which have
fastened themselves upon that office, and
restore it to those broader and higher lie Ids
of activity to which it was conflnod in the
days of Washington.
Miller and Morgan Speak Next.
Attorney General Miller followed Mr.
Tracy, and his address, though read, was
well received. His address was more in
the nature of a Fourth of July oration than
the others. Commissioner of Internal Af
fairs Thomas J. Morgan next spoke, ad
dressing himself to our Indian fellow
citizens. The three great menaces to our institu
tions aie corruption, violence and indiffer
ence affecting tbe ballot. To the two former,
public discussion shows that we are alive.
The last, however, is more insidious and not
less alarming. In some of the older com
munities, notably in tho great cities, a large
and growing class "neglect all political
dnties. Some think themselves too busy,
some affect a lofty contempt for all public
affairs, while others, like G.illleo, "care for
none of these things." Such men are no
more honest or patriotic than ho who un
worthily avoids nny other debt or duty.
They have apparently no conception of
their obligations as citizens and jiro un
woithyof their high privileges.
The man won't do his partin public affairs
who won't vote ought to bo disfranchised.
If compulsory education is right, why not
compulsory suffrage? Let the man who,
without good excuse, fails to vote, be de
prived of the right to vote. "Blessings
brighten as they take their flight."
Free America, Drbtor to Prosperity.
This would tend to bring him to a just
sonso of his opportunities and his obliga
tions. When all our people realize the priv
ileges, the perils and the responsibilities in
cident to our situation; when they realize
that free America, as tho heir of all the ages
is,therefore,dobtor to all posterity.then will
it come to pass, that, emulating tho sages,
the heroes, and If need be the martyrs of the
past, we will hand on the great inheritance
of our free institutions, not impaired
through onr neglect, but enhanced by our
lauors, to coming generations ot ireemen.
The notable speeches ended with that of
Hon. William P. Frye, upon "AmeMcan
Shipping." He said in part:
with tho sea coast almost boundless, mag
nificent rivers, great harbors, splendidly
equipped ship yards, inexhaustible mines of
coal and iron, limitless forests, enormous
wealth, an active energetic people, skilled
mechanics, a remavkable inventive genius,
we have permitted other nations, onr in
teriors In all these regards, to seize upon the
highways of the oceans of tho world.
The Protective Tariff Not Responsible.
Wl'at has brought us to this humiliating
position; "The tariff," promptly replies our
Democratic free trader, who seems to think
that all reverses, all pains, short crops,
droughts, cyclones; indeed all the woes that
afflict our people, are properly chargeable
to that "sum of alt villainies," that "robber
baron who extorts tributo from every passer-by."
How can this condition be charge
able to' tbe tariff? "tVhv, it bnilds up a
Chinese wall around onr country:" "No na--tion
will buy of us If we restrict their right
to sell to us."
This is simply absurd, and Illustrations of
Its absurdity are frequent. Take our trade
with the South and Central American
republic. We Imported from them In 1889
goods "valued at 120,860,325. and of this
amount a little over $11,000,000 paid any duty
at all; 87 per cent catno in free: 12Jtf per cent
were dutiable. We were their best, customer,
purchasing of tbem twice as much as any
other country, admitting nearly all of their
goods free, and yet Great Britain, buying of
them not one-half as much as we, sold tbem
more than twice more.
In view of these facts I have no hesitation
In affirming that this industry has suffered,
not trom proteetlon, but from an entire
want of It. Our coastwise trade emphasizes
the correctness of this view. That has been
protected by absolute prohibition.
How Oar Lake Shipping Is Protected.
Under our laws enduring for almost a
hundred years, foreign vessels have been
excluded from any participation In it. The
result is a marvelous exemplification of the
beneficence of this policy. We have now
about 3,500,000 tons engaged In this trade,
and as many more in river and lake trans
portation. There has been a steady in
crease, until our fleot is five times larger
than that of Great Britain, twice larger than
those of Great Britain, Germany and Franco
combined. The business is in a fairly
healthy condition, and our people have en
joyed the benefit of constantly decreasing
freight charges.
Now I affirm, first, that "free ships," if we
take advantage of the privilege, means the
gradual but certain destruction of our coast
wise trade. Who supposes for a moment
that our people will buy ships abroad nnd
consent that they shall forever be excluded
from participation In this coastwise trade?
I assert that if foreign built ships were ad
mitted to American registry we could not
afford to become purchasers, and would not,
especially if we should, as the Democrats in
every bill admitting them have provided,
restrict their use to the foreign carrying
trade. We should then be in no more favor
able condition for meeting our competitors
on the ocean than now. -
The Remedy Mast Be Sufficient.
That there Is a remedy 'I believe; but the
desperate condition of this Industry now
confronting us demands that it shall bo
drastic. If we bad entered upon the postal
subsidy policy adopted by England so many
years ago, and pursued it with her persist
ency it would have been sufficient: out to
day this alone will not restore us to our
reasonable position on the ocean.
At the last session I had the pleasure of re
porting from the Commute on Commerce
two bills for the revival or the merchant
marine: First, a postal subsidy bill, dratted
with great care, after many consultations
with tbe leading experts in the country. It
authorized and empowered the Postmaster
General to enter into contracts with Ameri
can citizens for the carrying of our foreign
malls on American steamships, for terms of
not less tnan nve nor more tnan ten yeais.
Second, a tonnace bill, under the terms of
which we were to pay to United States ves
sels, both sail and steam, engaged in a for
eign carrying trade, the sum of 15 cents per
gross registered ton for the first 600 miles or
fraction thereof sailed outwaid, and the
same sum for the first 500 miles or fraction
thereor sailed inward, or any voyage or voy
ages; 15 cents per gross registered ton for
the second 500 miles or fraction thereof
sailed ontwnrd, and the samo sum for the
second 500 miles or fractjo thereof sailed
Inward, eta
The History or the Bill's Passage.
On tbe final passage of the subsidy bill 139
votes were ayes, of which 3 were Demo
cratic, to 120 noes, of which 5 were Repub
lican. The Senate subsidy bill alone would
have resulted in Immense benefit to the mer
cantile navy, if It had not been seriously
crippled In the House bv reducing the sub
vention to be paid fltst-class ships from $6 to
$4, tbe second from $3 to $2. To establish
such lines would have required enormous
capital, and at least three years for the
bnildlng of tho ship.
The reduced payments, and the political
cyclone which again restored the Democratic
party to the control of the IloiifC a party
well known to be hostile to the policy illus
trated by the bill so discouraged capital
that no contracts could be made for these
two classes of vessels. Elghtcontracts were
entered into by the Postmaster-General
under the law, which, if executed, will re
quire 15 ships. This timidity of capital
seems to have Veen already justified; for
even before the House had adopted rules,
the committee having jurisdiction of the
) subject had agreed to report a bill repealing
tne law.
But, fellow-citizens, the friends of "the
American Ship," have nothauleddown their
flag yet. They will continue to agitate, con
fident that the intelligent and patriotic peo
ple of this magnificent country will in time
appreciate the importance ot the restoration
to the seas of our merchant marine, and will
demand of their Congress adequate legis
lation. A HALO OVEE THE MONUMENT
Is a Beautiful Phenomenon at the Celebra
tion at Washington.
Washington, July 4. The Fourth of
July was celebrated here with nnusual en
thusiasm. The Sous of the American Revo
lution and the Sons of the Revolution held
joint exercises appropriate to the day. The
services began at the Epiphany Church
at 9 o'clock and were of a
patriotic and religious character
including addresses by the chaplains of the
respective organizations and the rendition
of patriotic hymns. At the conclusion of
the in-door celebration the Societies, es
corted by the Washington Light Infantry
Corps, marched to the Washington Mofcu
ment, where a salute ot 13 guns greeted
them.
From a platform erected near tbe monu
ment addresses were delivered by Hon.
John Goode, of Virginia, and Henry Wise
Ganett, of this city. The members of the
National Board of Managers of the Society
of the Daughters of the American Revolu
tion and members of the Mary Washing
ton and Dolly Madison chapters of
the society, were also present, A singular
phenomenon attracted much attention and
was referred to by both orators. Just as
the reading of the Declaration of Indepen
dence commenced a circular rainbow
surrounded the top of the monument.
It was brilliant and constant, remaining in
the same place for more than half an hour.
FATEIOTIC PENNSYLVANIA.
Tne G. A, B. ana the Junior Order Figure
Prominently at Celebrations.
Gettysburg, July 4. The national
holiday was fittingly observed by the
veterans of the Pennsylvania G. A. It.
in Camp McClelland. In the evening
the veterans appeared on dress parade.
At Williamsport the Declaration of In
dependence was read by ex-Congressman H.
C McCormick, and an oration was deliver
ed by Attorney General Hen
sel. In the afternoon a balloon as
cension took place and this evening a fine
display of fireworks closed the day's cele
bration. At Cbambersburg the feature of
the day was the presentation of flags to the
public schools by the Jr. O. CJ. A. It.
TWO AGAINST SEVEN.
A Bloody Battle Between a Bookkeeper
and a Band of Bobbers.
Eagle Pass, Tex., July 4. J. E. Gar
ner, bookkeeper for the Santa Bosa Smelt
ing Company, left Berotna station, on the
Mexican International Railroad, at 3:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon with 53,000 in
Mexican coin, to go to Santa Rosa. He was
in a hack aud had a negro driver. About
sundown, as he was crossing a creek about
three miles from Santa Rosa, he was at
tacked by a band of seven robbers, and a
lively battle ensued. He succeeded in get
ting the horses loose irom the hack, but
during the fight the negro and one ot the
horses were killed. Mr. Garner had a Win
chester and succeeded in killing one of the
bandits. He thinks he wounded several
others. He also received a wound.
Seeing an opportunity to escape, he flew
to Santa Rosa; got up a posse ot officers and
citizens and returned to the scene of the
conflict, where the bodies ot the negro and
the bandit were found. The robbers had
secured the money and had disappeared.
They cut off the nose of-their dead comrade
and so mutilated his face as to make it
almost impossible to recognize him.
CATHOLIC INDIANS MEET.
The Only Thine lhat Disturbs the Festivi
ties Is Too Much Fire-Water.
Cheyenne Agency, S. D., July 4. The
great Catholic, Congress.ofihe Sioux Nation
opened yesterday with an enthusiasm and
attendance seldom equaled. Six' thousand
Sioux braves and4heirfamilies came or are
now coming overland in w'agons from 60 to
600 miles. They are camped in two great
villages of tepees and below the agency.
Primarily the congress is convoked by
Bishop'Marty to dedicate .the new church
and mission house 'erected here by Miss
Francis Drexel, of Philadelphia, but in
cidentally to' celebrate renewed cordial re
lations between the Catholic Church and
the Indian Bureau, and to consult as to
agricultural methods in which the Catholic
Indians are taking great interest The
Protestant reds are encamped above the
agency and the Catholics just below. The
powwow will continue through to-morrow.
Last night someone smuggled a quantity of
whisky into camp and some of the bucks
became tnrbnlent and kept the Indian
polioe busy. ,
A CLOSE HOLIDAY.
Business lied Up and the Local Wall
Street Deserted.
TWO BEASONS FOE REJOICING.
A Good Record Already Made, and a Still
Eetter One' in Prospective.
SALIENT FEATURES OP EEAL ESTATE
Yesterday was a close holiday in financial
circles. Fourth avenue was as quiet as a
side street, bankers and brokers taking ad
vantage of the opportunity to secure a day's
rest and recreation. There was no gossip
worth repeating. One or two men who
talked had digested the business reports for
the expired six months of this year and
mentioned the prediction that the splendid
results achieved would encourage'everybody
to lay to and make the last halt of 1692 a
red-letter period in the business history of
the country. To-day every door that was
closed yesterday will swing open and traffic
be resumed where it left off on Saturday.
The Situation Sized Up.
There is no danger ot too often calling at
tention to tbe fact for it is a fact that the
business situation is full of real strength,
for encouragement is always appreciated.
The crops are again an important facto".
They promise great results. The disburse
ments for interest and dividends will ex
ceed all former records. Money was never
so plentiful. If there is any section suffer
ing for want of it it is not because.there is
not enough to go round. The industrial
situation, taking the country through, is
uncommonly favorable. The iron and steel
trades are depressed, but railroad building
will soon bring them up to the normal
level. As a rule, business is good, the
movement of merchandise is large and peo
ple are paying their debts. Citizens had a
double incentive to gladness yesterday
national freedom and national prosperity.
Points in Realty.
While the realty market is approaching
the usual summer lull, the situation is full
of real strength. Such dullness as there is
represents alack of speculative activity and
not of investment interest. But while the
inquiry is good, as all brokers will affirm,
operations are hampered by what investors
consider unduly high prices. Any piece of
business property ottered on a basis which
will return a fair income to the investor is
sure of a ready market. Operations during
the past six months, while somewhat below
expectations, were larger than for the same
period in 1891. There is an nnusual amount
of money seeking investment, and that con
siderable of it will be placed in real estate,
in which everybody has confidence, is almost
a foregone conclusion.
LIBEBTY LIVE STOCK.
Receipts Ight and an Advance All Along
the Line.
At the East Liberty stock yards there
were 55 carloads of cattle on sale this morn
ing against 98 cars last Monday. The bulk
of those on sale were from Ohio aud In
diana. Chicago did not furnish above two
carloads. Markets op'ened strong and ac
tive at not less than 25c per cwt advance
over last week's prices. Some dealers re
port a still greater advance. One carload
of 1,500-lb cattle from Cambridge City, Ind.,
was sold at a nickle a pound,
the highest price paid for months.
Another sale was reported at $4 85
per cwt. The highest price a week ago
was $4 55, but quality of oflerings to-day
ranged higher than last week. Advices
from Chicago and New York indicate very
firm cattle markets, with a scarcity of good
stock.
There was a very light run of sheep and
hogs at East Liberty to-day. About 15 car
loads of each were on sale. Sheep were a
strong ia higher than lastweek. There were
few choice sheep and no choice lambs on
tale in carload lots. Top price of sheep was
5fc and lambs 6e per lb, and very few
reached these outside figures. Hogs
ranged from ?5 70 to $5 95, and were
active aud firm at these figures.
Calves were in light supply and in good
demand, with 6Jc as top price of vealers.
The run of fresh cows was light and mar
kets were dull, at the some range as a week
ago.
B0MBAEDED NEWSBOYS.
An Italian Fruit Dealer Bas Some Fan
While It Lasts.
James Olutche, an Italian fruit dealer,
was having lots of fun yesterday afternoon
throwing firecrackers at little newsboys on
Water street. Two of tbe boys, William
Murray, 10 years old, and Frank Bolairdan
Italian, 8 years old, were very painfully
injured.
The exploding crackers hit the boys on
the legs and burst the skin. Murray had a
hole as large as a quarter blown in his right
leg, and Bolaird was wounded in four
places on the calves of his legs and on the
arm. They cried pitifully, while Olutche
looked on and laughed, and Officer Sullivan
arrested him.
A I'ollca Official's Bright Daughter.
Clara Coulson, the bright little daughter
of Detective Coulson, was awarded a special
prize for neat writing in a contest arranged
by a do we-town business man. Miss Coulson
is a pupil of the Franklin School, and be
came the proud possessor of a handsome
gold watch.
The Slany Patrons of the Pennsylvania
Ballroad's Special Excursions to the
Scashcre During the Past Seasons
Will 'recall the happy' hours spent in the
surf with their friends, wives and families.
We are advised that all seashore points
hotel accommodations have been largely
increased this yeaiVSuperior to any previous
year, to accommodate every person desirous
of visiting the shore. Tho Pennsylvania
Railroad announces its flistof a series of
these excursions on July 7, leaving Union
station at 8:50 A. M. by special train composed
of day coaches and Pullman parlor cars.
This train ti ill stop at East Liberty, Brad
doolc, Irwin, Greensbuig, Latrobe, Blairs
villo Int., etc. The rato from Pittsburg is
$10 00, tickets good 12 days, and correspond
ing low lates from other points with samo
limit. These tickets will be available for
trains leaving Pittsburg at 4:30, 7:10 and 8:10
p. M. on abovo date. Tickets for this trip,
seats in the parlor cars on this special and
berths in the sleeping car in night train can
be procured on application to this com
pany's office, 110 Filth avenue, this city.
Rates .for State Teachers' Association.
The PittsburganM Lake Erie Railroad Com
pany will sell tickets to Beaver ralls and
return, on card orders, at 85 centi, from
July 2 to 8 inclusive. Teachers who have
not been supplied with orders can secure
them by applying to the general ticket
office or this company, corner or Sixth and
Wood.
REAL E&TAT1S S4TINGS BANK, LUL.
401 Smlthfleld Street, Cor. Fourth Avenue.
Capital, $100,000. Surplus, $75,000.
Deposits or $1 ana upward received and
interest allowed at 4 per cent. tts
Volksbrau.
Made from pure malt and hops by Eber
hardt & Ober. The great hot weather drink.
Bottled or lu bnlk. On tap at all flrst-class
restaurants and saloons. ttsu
Body and Face.Jtlassagp.
703 Penn avenue. Pittsburg, Pa.
Office
hours 10 A. M. to 4 P. K.
Littls, the optician, ha removed to 600
Liberty street, over Espy's drug store.
Spectacles and eyo glasses exclusively.
Mas. Wi!T3LOw's Soothing Syrup for chll
dron teething relieves the child from pain
25c. -
If your complaint is want ot appetite,
try Angostura Bitters before meals.
Buorsawas never known to fail; It kill
roaohes, bedbugs, etc., every time. 23 ota.
WORK OF THE DRILL.
Mo Ganges Given Ont Yesterday, Owing to
the Holiday.
Greenlee & Forst drilled their No. 3 on
the Marshall & Chalfant lot, located three
quarters of a mile southwest of
Nobleitown, into the fifth sand
yesterday. It did not improve
from that stratum, and it will make proba
bly a 50-barrel well from the Gordon sand.
The St. Clair Oil Company's No. 1, on
the Kirk farm, was drilled through the
sand yesterday, and will not make better
than a 150-barr'el well. .
In the northeast part of the McCurdy
field the No. 2 welUof the Lockhart Iron
Company on the McCoy farm should reach
the fifth or gas sand to-morrow. There
are a number of other wells
drilling in the same field
which are due to get the pay this week.
The operators in this district expect to get
gas in the filth sand rock. Some good gas
wells have been ionnd in this region, and
it is the general belief that others will
come to the front.
The Forest Oil Company's Na 5 on the
John McEwen farm, located about 400 feet
north of Guffey, Gaily & Co.'s No. 1
on the Shane farm is due to reach the
Gordon sand to-morrow.
The gauges were not given out yesterday
owing to the Fourth being a legal holiday.
SHE WAS GIVEN POISONED WINE.
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A Michigan Girl Who Dlrd In Agony Tells
a Strange Story.
Stanton, Mich;, July 4. Ida M. Green
hoe, a pretty domestic employed in the
Davis House at Sheridan, has died under
suspicious circumstances. The girl stated
that a young man named Parks had given
her a glass of wine which she believed had
been drugged, for after drinking it she was
seized with excruciating pains. These pai ns
gradually became worse until her writhings
and contortions were pitiful to see, when
death mercifully relieved her.
Parks denied having given her anything
to drink. A physician performed an
autopsy and has sent the contents of her
stomach to Ann Arbor for analysis, as he
could discover no signs of violence on her
person.
RIVAL COUNTY TOWNS A KILE APABT.
Lively Times Among Boomers in Newly
Onened Region In Oklahoma.
El Reno, Okla., July 4. The scene of
the town site war has changed to Dnncan,
one of the new towns on the Rock Island
Railroad, south of here. The town site was
laid out, lots sold under a quit claim deed
and a railroad switch built, but when the
property had been all disposed of a new site
was opened a mile further away.
This enraged the first purchasers and they
tore up the switches, had Indians come in
and jump the new site, and gave the leaders
to understand that blood would flow if they
continued such tactics.
RIVAL TOBACCO TRUSTS.
The National Cigarette and Tobicco Com
piny to Bulla a Great Factory.
Baltimore, July 4. Bernhardt Baron,
senior member of Baron & Co., cigar and
cheroot manufacturers, will leave Baltimore
in a few days to superintend the organiza
tion of the factory ot the National Cigarette
and Tobacco Company in New York.
Through the efforts of Mr. Baron the
company was recently incorporated in New
Jersey. The capital stock is 52,500,000.
The "chief object is to compete with the
American Tobacco Company in the manu
facture of cigarettes.
A Good Midsummer Attraction.
Horace Lewis and his really capable com
pany presented "A Celebrated Case" at
Harris Theater yesterday, and two immense
holiday audiences were delighted with the
rendition of the play. Mr. Lewis is him
self an excellent actor who has many friends
in this city, and his present season here at
popular prices will doubtless be a remuner
ative one to himself and to the only theater
open in the city during the summer.
A Garzi Lieutenant Cang lit.
San Antonio, Tex., July .4. Yester
day Crecilio Salinas, one of Garza's lieu
tenants, was arrested below Laredo and
brought here by Deputy United States
Marshal Hall. It was reported that Julian
Florez, another of Garza's officers, was cap
tured in Mexico and shot, but it is now
known that he is alive and in hiding on this
side.
AYER'S
HAIR VIGOR
Keeps the scalp
clean, cool, healthy.
The Best
Dressing
Restores hair
which has become
thin, faded, or gray.
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Lowell, Mass.
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DANIEL M'CAFFREY.
Hay, Grain and Commission,
238 AND 210 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSBUHG, PA.
Consignments of and orders for grain
solicited. myl7-46-ii
BKOKEKS rlNANCIAL.
taTABHSltiilJ istt.
John M. Oakley & Co.,
BANEEUS AND BKOKEUi.
SIXTH ST.
Direct private wire toNewYorfc anilCnl
caea Member New Yortt, Chicago and Fittj
burg Excnanzes.
Local securities bouzbtand sold for cm
or carried on liberal manrlns.
Investments mado at oar discretion an J
dividends paid quarterly.
Interest paid on balanoa (sines 1333).
Money to loan on call.
Information books on all markets mailed
on application. le7
Whitney & Stephenson,
57 Fourth Avenue;'
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A enre for Piles, External, Internal, Blind, Bleed.
Inr and Itching, Chronic Recent or Hereditary.
Tma remedy has poattiTelr never been known to
fall. 11 a box. tor $5, by mall. A guarantee flren
with six bote, when purchased at one time, to re
fund the 5 If not cared. Juried by EMU. O.
STOCKY, Drorsrlii. -Wholesale and Retail Afent,
No. XOl aad 1701 Penn aye., corner 'Wrne aye.
and Fdton at.. Plttabnrr, Pa. TJsa "Stoeky's
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Both the method and results when
Sjrup of Figs 13 taken; it is pleasant!
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs ia the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt ia
its 'action aud truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the moat
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro- ,
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
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MEDICAL.
DOCTOR
WHITTIER
4 PENS" ATESDE, rlTTSBUKQ, PA.
As old residents know and laoc Hies t'
Plttsbunr papers prove. Is tho oldest estab
lished and rao't prominent physician In tfi
clty.devotint; speoial attention to all chroma
T'rtNO FEE UNTIL CURED
pon.iblo MCDXnilQ ,n'1 mental uu
peroni lML.n V UUO eases, physical de
cay, nervous debility, lack of energy, ambi
tion and liope, impalro-t memory, disordered
siihr, self distrust, baslifnlnes. dlzzlnes-t,
sleeplessness, pl-nplet, eruptions. Impover
ished Dlood. liiilinic powers, organic weak
ness, dyspepsia" constipation, consumption,
unflttinT the perion fornusiness,societynnl
marriage, permanently, safely and privately
rtiBLOOD AND SKINr
eruptions, blotches.fallinr hair.bone,riaia.
irlamlnJar swullins, ulceration, of th
tonjrne, mouth, thront, ulcers, old sores. ar
cured for life, and blood poisons thorouKhly
eradicated iroml IDIM A DV kidney and
the system. UnllMnn I ibladder d&.
raneements, wotlc bac eravel catarrhal
discharges, inflammation and other painful
symptoms receive searehln tresmanV
nromptrellef and real cures.
Dr. w hUtier" llfe-lons extensive experi
ence Insures clentlfle and reliable treit
menton common sense nrinclples. Cisult.
tlonrrce. t'atlents at a dlsrVice as carefully
treated as If here. Offloe hours, a. v. to i
r.jc. Sunday, lo . to l r. n only. la
WHITTIEIt,SUPennavenue, Pittsburz. Pi
WOOD'S 1'nONPHODlSE,
The Great English. Remedy.
Promptly and permanently
cures all forms of MrwuJi
Weaknets.ErMssions. Ajit
nvitorrfwu hnvotency and
all effects of Abunt or Ex
cesses. Been prescribed over
35 years In thousands of
caes: Is the only Jieliable
ami Honest Medicine knotcn.
Before and After. Phosphodixe: If he offers
some worthless medicine In placo of this, leave his
dl honest store. Inclose Price in letter, and we will
end hv retnrn mall, price, one package. 1; six,
t5. One trill vlenne: six iciu cure. Pamphlet in
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V THE WOOD CIIEMICAI. CO-
131 Woodward avenue. Uetrolt. Mica.
-13-Sold In Plttsburit by
JOS. FLEMING A SO.V.
delT-Sl-eodwk 412 Market street.
We send the marreloua French
Remedy CALTHOS free, and a
legal guarantee that C'althos will
STOP Dlseharce & Emissions,
CURE PpennatorrheH. Varicocele
and RESTORE Lost Vlfor.
Use it end pay if satisfied.
Address. VON MOHL CO..
Sols ADSsrican Ageats, CTattaaaU, Oslo.
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DR. IWOTT'S
PENNYROYAL PILLS,
A remedy used for many years by an old
physician with great success. It is a per.
lectly safo and reliable remedy nnd U suc
cessfully used as a monthly corrective by
thousands of ladies. Uaware of imitations.
Ask for Dr. Mott's Pennyroyal Female Pills
and tafce no other, or enclose $1 and we will
mail you a box scurely sealed in plain pa
per. Price $1 per box, six for $5.
D1U MOTT'S CHEM. CO.,
Cleveland, O.
Sold at wholesale and retail by Jos. Fleming
& Son, Pittsbnrs. Pa- de31-rrs
DOCTORS LAKE
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quirin; si-ienwuu ituu vuuu
dential treatment. Dr. S. K.
Lake.'M. R. C. I. S., is the old
est and most experienced spe
cialist in tho city. Consulta
tion Iree and strictly confi
dential. Offlcehonr3,0to4and7to 8 p. M.;
Sundays, 2 to -Jr. M. Consnlt them person
ally, or write- DocTOBb Lake, cor. Penn ay.
and Fourth St.. Pittsburg. Pa. JelS-82-Dwlc
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