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TWELVE PAGES
THE DUTY Or TILE JlOUIt.
The tragic and terrible scenes at Home
stead yesterday have produced a profound
shock throush the country. The effect of
this will not pass away to-day or to
morrow. Passion has made its sanguinary
record. All thinking men can see that
reason must quickly now resume its sway,
and that there are questions of moment
involved in this affair of vital concern not
merely to Allegheny county, but to the
State and to the nation as well.
The first and most essential thing to
call for at present is acknowledgment by
all of the supremacy of the law. This
will be insisted upon by every right
minded citizen, whether workingman or
capitalist, as an immediate and imperative
duty. It is the demand which must pre
cede all discussion of the causes of the
terrible affair of yesterday. The law
upon which individuals and classes all
alike depend for protection for life and
property has been set aside. In the in
terests of all, its supremacy must bo re
established without further delay.
Though not so disastrous in loss of life
and destruction of property as the
railroad riots of 1877, the affair at Home
stead is one of the most serious of its land
that this country has known. It is not
even the loss of life, extensive though
that be, nor the bitterness of feeling that
will result from it, nor the deplorable and
exaggerated color of hostility which it
gives the relations of labor and capital in
our State though each one of these con
siderations is a source of the deepest pain
and mortification in itself that invests
the affair of yesterday with the
gravest importance. There are two other
questions directly involved, representing
radical errors on both sides, which will
have to be met when the tempest of feel
ing calms sufficiently to allow reason to
regain its bold. The denial to the Car
negie mill owners of their legal right to
operate their works is one of them; and
the frequent policy of corporations in
superseding or supplanting the processes
of the law by resort to armed forces of
such mercenaries as Pinkerton's men
whose equipment and presence on such
occasions is in itself an invitation and sug
gestion of violence is the other.
The sympathy of the public was
clearly and almost universally with the
Homestead workers in their struggle for
their organization and against what they
claimed to be a reduction of wages. But
that smpathy neither involved nor could
extend to a refusal of the right to the
mill-owners of running their mills. The
law guarantees that right Any forcible
obstruction was a clear violation of law;
and If there were no recourse to the civil
authorities in such cases there would
quickly ensue not riot but armed revolu
tion and anarchy throughout the land.
When this is said, it is more urgent
and important to say that the action of
the Carnegie Company in sending up the
Pinkerton force was a grave and censur
able blunder, to which is directly trace
able the events of yesterday. The com
pany had already appealed to the
law. The Sheriff of the county
by the Company's invitation had the mat
ter in charge. It is true he was not suc
cessful at his first attempt, but he had
still recourse to a larger posse and to the
services of the State troops if needful in
preventing riot and disturbance. There
was also recourse to be had to well-known
judicial processesof the Courts for the pro
tection of the Company in its rights. The
Company should have exhausted the
power of the law, through the official
authorities, in place of tanning the flames
by the introduction of the Pinkerton
armed force. But, instead, it practically
invited the hostilities which culminated so
fearfully by introducing a hated enemy of
organized labor on the scene.
The duty of the hour is to establish the
law. This community has seen what oc
curs when it is set aside even for a day.
Labor cannot antagonize it. Capital can
substituteno mercenary force foritsformal
processes. Society for its own safety dares
not refuse all its powers to repress dis
order and to restore at once every private
right Establish the law in its supremacy.
That is the duty of the hour.
PARTIES AND SILVER.
In connection with the party responsibil
ity for the possible passage of the free
silver coinage act, the Washington Post
makes the following singular distribution
of the burden:
Should the Stewart bill pas3 the House of
Representatives and receive tho signature
or the President, it would then become a
law for which both parties would be respon
sible to a certain extent. Its passage by a
Republican Senate and the signature of a
Republican Presldeut would seem to accord
to the Republican party Just about two
thirds or the responsibility. Should tho
House fall to pas tho Stewart bill, the Sen
ate would stand alone as the National legis
lative boay favorable to the freo coinage of
silver. Under such a stato of affairs the
individal inembers of that body would bo
held accountable by their constituents, and
rewarded or punished, as the case might be,
regardlyss of the platforms of tho political
paitlejt
There is much virtue in the Post' '.'if,"
wit regard to the putative signing of
thbill by the President When that'
evqnt takes place, Dotn parties will nave
pknowledge responsibility. But as the
; of the case in all human probability,
that the House will pass the bill,
the President will veto it, the qucs-
assnmes a different phase.
be idea that because the bill passed the
ate, which is a Bepublican body there-
ford the Bepublican party must bear some
responsibility, is sufficiently answered by
tho fact that the large majority of the
E cpublicans in the Senate opposed the bill,
and tho great bulk of the Democrats there
supported it. The further question of
party responsibility is settled by the
certainty that the vote in the House will
bare tho same character.
There are silver Republicans and antl
silver Democrats, but If the majority of
the Democratic leaders were not free
silver men, the bill would never have got
as far as it has cone.
THE GOVERNOR'S STAND.
One of the peculiar features of tbosltua
tion yesterday was tho wide differenco of
opinion developed between Sheriff Mc
Cleary, who was on the ground, and Gov
ernor Pattison, who viewed the Btate of
affairs from a considerable distance, as to
tho necessity for calling on the military
forces of tho State to restore tho su
premacy of the law. The Sheriff reported
that the civil authority was unable to
meet tho situation, when his first force of
twelve deputies had been driven out of
Homestead. The Governor asserted in
reply and when tho disorders had pro
ceeded to absolute bloodshed that this was
not an adequate exertion of the civil au
thority, and more must bo done before he
would call out the troops.
This stand is hardly complete unless the
Governor states what exertion of force is
necessary by the Sheriff after Ms offlceis
in any number have been defied and driven
from the scene by thousands of arnied and
belligerent men. The Governor is correct
in the opinion that the military arm should
not be resorted to until civil authority
fails; but it is difficult to see how there
could be a more complete demonstration
of inadequacy of civil power than was
presented all day yesterday unless it is
deemed necessary that some of the posse
shall lose their lives, as proof that they
cannot cope with tho difficulty.
The Governor assumed a very serious
responsibility in failing to put into opera
tion promptly all agencies for restoring
order. The press comments, without re
gard to party, are severely critical of his
attitude.
CONFERENCE VS. CONFLICT.
While the situation at Homestead has
reached a deplorable and tragic stage of
lawless conflict, it is satisfactory to ob
serve that the appeal to violence does
not govern the issue between employers
and employed in the other mills. The
best evidence of this is the satisfactory
conference held between the manufact
urers and the Amalgamated Committee
yesterday.
While it is too soon to predict tangible
results from this meeting the fact of the
meeting itself stands out in agreeable
contrast to the warfare and bloodshed
up the river. In one case the wages ques
tion is held under reasonable and friendly
debate. In the other the resort is to
weapons of actual warfare, and the
destruction of law. It is not difficult to
indicate which is the most hopeful way to
solve the question, and it is not unpleasant
to note that the conflict is distinctly con
fined to the Homestead works.
It is to be hoped that the warning of the
lengths to which the policy of conflict
may go will inspire both sides in the con
ference with the determination to use all
means to attain a reasonable and satis
factory compromise.
QUEER ANTI-FORCE-BITX PLEAS.
The esteemed New York Sun, in its ef
fort to season the free-trade crow with
force bill sauce, so as to be able to swal
low it, finds it necessary to denounce the
Charleston Hews and Courier as "a traitor
to the South." The treason of the Southern
journal consists in asserting that the issue
in this campaign is not the force bill but
free trade, in which it is undoubtedly cor
rect In its vigorous efforts to discredit
the Southern Democratic organ, the Sun
brings out two points, which would in
trude themselves rather strongly into the
campaign, if the so-called force bill really
were what the two parties are fighting
over.
The first is in connection with its accu
sation that the Ifews and Courier is ignor
ing the issue in which its own State is
most interested. "The white population
of North Carolina, by the census of-1890,
was 458,492," says the Sun. "The colored
population was 692,503. More than 60
per cent of the inhabitants of the State
are negroes." "Yet," the Sun adds, "we
find this traitor newspaper of Charleston
addressing the people of South Carolina,
that the issue of negro domination
is of little importance to them in com
parison with the question of the
size of customs duties." Now what
does this mean, if it means anything
at all? The fact that the negroes are in a
majority is insisted upon as vital; and the
fact that a measure designed to secure to
that class an untrammeled vote means ne
gro domination is connected with it Is
there any other significance to it than that
opposition to the force bill means opposi
tion to the rule of the majority in the
South?
Not content with this point the Sun
adds to it by quoting from letters of
twenty years ago, to show that the editor
of the Charleston News was secretly in
the pay of the corrupt ring that ruled the
State under the carpet regime. If
this proves the corruption of the present
editorial control of the Charleston News
and Courier it also carries an inference of
corruption among the present white rul
ers of South Carolina as well as under the
much-dreaded negro domination. If that
is so why will it be any worse to have
South Carolina ruled by a corrupt majority
than by a corrupt minority?
The Dispatch opposed the Federal
elections bill for reasons which were
amply stated when it was a live issue.
But if the Sun keeps on opposing it with
such arguments it may succeed in con
vincing the people of the North that there
is some virtue in the measure.
THE PEOPLE'S LOSS.
The loss of life and damage to property
already inflicted by the outbreak of civil
war at Homestead, with reported threats
of further destruction.renders it pertinent
to remind the people at large that all
losses resulting from such disorders will
fall on them.
There is a disposition among the ex
cited and ignorant to regard the destruc
tion of property of obnoxious employers
as an act of revenge. Yet it is well known
that whatever loss is inflicted by the fail
ure of law to protect life and property
will fall on tho taxpayers and through
them on the masses. -The county of
Allegheny has been paying for the losses
from the riots of 1877 for the past fifteen
years; and that recollection should re
strain wild and incendiary action now.
While the pecuniary loss is a slight mat
ter by the side of the destruction of life,
the defiance of all law by one side and the
failure to rely exclusively on It on the
other, it is well to bear In mind that all
damage caused by such outbreaks falls on
the people. By uniting to insist on the
preservation of order, the people will not
only gave themselves money, but they will
use their influence in the direction of
suppressing tendencies that lead straight
toward anarchy.
A new feature of commerce appears in
the markets of the Eastern cities in the
shape of the sale of largo and IuboIous fresh
flgs from California. The fact that figs can
bo raised successfully In tho United States
has not been generally known; but tills lur
nisbes an indisputable practical demonstra
tion. If Boston and New York con be-supplied
with irosU flgs from California, why
not Pittsburg alsoT In the name of the
prophet, flgs!
TJp to the present time that controversy
in tho Gorman press has not risen much
above the dignity of a scolding match be
tween Bismarck and the Kaiser's hang-ois-on.
The platforms of the Democracy in New
York: Slate declared "against the coinage of
n stiver dollar which is not of the intrinsic
value of any other dollar of the United
States." After which Senator Hill proceed
ed to illustrate the value of platform decla
rations by voting for the coinage of a silver
dollar with an lntrlnsio value of about 70 per
cent of the gold dollar.
Now listen for the howl! of the free trade
press over what that Interest will be pleased
to consider an Illustration of protection.
From the Fourth of July proceedings it
is permissible to Infer that Mr. Cleveland
ana Tammany are able to get together on
the common platform of belief in the Fourth
of July and tho Democratic party.
Cholera following on the heels of
famino seems to mark Russia for mis
fortune People who try to make capital out of
an outbreak like that of yesterday aro pos
sessed of inici oscopic souls. There is noth
ing but self-preservation concerned in main
taining penco and upholding law.
It begins to look as if the English elec
tion might come pretty close to a drawn
came.
It is well to remember that the destruc
tion ot law will be tho destruction of labor
and industry. Workingmen who remember
1877 should see the necessity of stopping all
lawlessness at once.
MASTERS OP MEN.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Hetherington
have taken a house in Washington and will
occupy it next month.
The Senate yesterday confirmed the
nomination of George D. Johnston, of Louis
iana, to be a Civil Service Commissioner,
vice H. S. Thompson, resigned.
Sie Arthur StJlYLrvAN having so far re
covered his health as to be able to attend a
Wagner opera, is considered fairly convales
cent, and Is receiving no end of congratula
tions. President Harbison, Mrs. Harrison,
Lieutenant and Sirs. Parker, Mis. Dimmiok,
F. P. Tibbott and Dr. Gardiner left Washing,
ton for Loon Lake, In the Adirondack:), at 2
o'clock this afternoon.
Chester Alan Arthur, son of the late
President Arthur, who lesldes rather regu
larly in Paris, is a hnnnsome-Iooktng young
man, much resembling his father in appear
ance, and abont 30 years of age.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Harrison,
accompanied by their child and Rev. John
W. Scott, arrived at tho President's cottage
at Cape Hay last evening from Washington,
having accompanied the Presidental party
as far as Philadelphia.
M. Paderewiski, during his stay in
London has been forced to observe the
strictest incognito. Tho affection of the
nerves or the right hand, which caused him
so much suffering at the end of the season,
has happily been cured.
The temporary buzzing of the Presiden
tal bee in General Palmer's hat has not dis
turbed his mental serenity. He is inmost
excellent health, his spirits' are buoyant, and
he is said to look ten years younger than be
did when he entered the Senate.
Miss Emma Bradley, of Chicago, has
founded a mission school at her own ex
pense in the slums of the city. She makes
her homo in the rear of the schoolroom, and
shares her food with a number of poor
people, and at her own table, too.
Captain Borup, the military attache at
Paris, who has been ordoied home by our
Government for his connection with the
stolen plans of the French fortiflcations.was
very popular In France. He is a son of a
very rich Indian trader ot St. Paul, Minn.
His wife Is also rich.
Colonel James S. Clarkson has a 9-year-old
boy that Is a staunch a Repub
lican as his father. The youngster's given
namo is "Grosvenor," nnd ho repudiates tho
idea which many strangers get, that it is
"Grover." The latter is too suggestive of
the Democratic candidate for President.
The title of General James B. Weaver,
tho Greenback and Farmers' Alliance
leader, is a genuine one. He enlisted as a
private in the Second Iowa Infantry in 1861,
and three years later was breveted Briga
dier General of Volunteers for "gallantry
on the flold. He was elected to Congress on
the Greenback ticket in 1S7S and again in
18S4.
CHMJTAUQUAHB AT W0BK.
Students Meet Their Teachers at the Col
lege Opening Day Exercises.
Chactauo.ua, N.T., July 6. Special. This
was "college opening" day at Chautauqua,
where the students had an opportunity to
meet their teachers. At 11 o'clock tho reg
ular opening services were held. Dr. Har
per was to have made the address, but he
was late, and his remarks were reserved un
til 2 o'clock. In Dr. Harper's absence a
varied programme was offered. Prof. Ed
it ards talked chemistry and Invited every
body to join his c!as. Prof. P.u ker said his
system of teaching was -the onlv ono on
earth. Pi of. Starr smiled at his 'prode03s
sors, and quoted Dickens in his support.
Prof. Anderson, tho gymnastic instructor,
was introduced as tho gentleman witn a
"rotund figure and splendid physique." As
Dr. Anderson's physique is moie up than
out he felt too complimented to explain.
Yesterday he sent a boy out of the olass for
playing, and tho boy, in tolling that Mr. An
derson aid It, yeas akcd which one, "Skin
ny or Squatty." "Squatty" 1b the proles
sor's brother. Dr. Harper's address this
afternoon on "The Higher Criticism" was a
very complete review of the subject and was
decidedly Interesting. The evening was de
voted to vesper services at the temple.
FREIGHT ON FOREIGN EXHIBITS.
Fall Charges on Goods to Chicago, bat Free
Return to Seaports.
New Tonic, July 6. A conference was held"
to-day in this city between tho
Freight Committee of the Trunk Line Asso
ciation and Traffic Manager E. E. Jaycox. of
tho World's Columbian Exposition, relative
to tho transportation or foreign oxhlbits
from the seaboai d to Chicago.
The rates have already been decided upon,
the goods being charged the regular rates
to Chicago, but on the presentation of a cer
tificate from the Fair authorities, to the ef
fect that thegood s havo been on exhibition,
they will be returned to the shipping point
free of expense.
ONLY ONE STEAHEB SEIZED.
The Canadian Government Gots Official
News From Bering Sea.
Ottawa, Out., July 6. A dispatch received
by the Government to-dny says the United
States cruiser Corwin did not seize 25
Canadian sealing vessels, the latter having
been simply warned not to enter Bering
Sea.
A confirmation of tbe seizure of the Cana
dian transport steamer Coquittam, however,
has been received. The steamer had on
board tho entire season's catch- of the Cana
dian fleet.
Th French Wheelmen.
Pints, JulyS The great bicycle race from
Paris to Nantes and return, a distance of 622
miles, was won by Allard in 68 horns 28 min
utes. Meyer was 1 hour and 62 minutes be
hind. There were 67 entries for the race.
The contestants started from Paris on Sun
day.
OLD WHITE HOUSE SCENES.
How the Different Presidents Received the
News of Their Nominations Servants
and Attaches Wont Wild With Joy on
Each nnd Every Occasion.
Washington, D. CL, July 6. Since
1830 it has fallen to tho lot of four Presidents
torocelve word that they have been selected
by the National Conventions of their parties
for another term. They were Lincoln, who
was renominated in June. ISM: Grant, who
was the unanimous choice of the convention
or 1872; Cleveland, who was renominated in
1SS8, and Hal l ison. In the cases of Lincoln,
Grant, and Cleveland there was lacking the
uncertainty which prevailed In tbe minds of
many In Mr. Harrison's case, for in each of
the thieo the renomination of the Chief
Exeoutivo had been a foregone conclu
sion. ,
The facilities for receiving news at the
White Houso then were not as groat as now,
and the irenoral service by bulletins wns not
as complete, and thrt may account for some
of the dlfforonoe in the scenes.
Whon Lincoln was renominated it appeals
from the published reports to havo caused
little comment or stir at tho White House,
and in tho reports in the dally pnpeis tho
simple announcement was made that "the
nomination was a foregone conclusion." It
wns added that in the ovening of tno day the
nomination was made a stream of callers
camo to congmtulate Mr. Lincoln.
When Grant was renominated tho situa
tion was about the same, and it was not
thought woith while to comment on tho le
ccption or the news at the White Houso.
Henry Wilson, says a correspondent of tho
Now Yoik Tims, who was nominated as tho
Vico Presidental candidate, secured his first
intimation of that tact in a telegram tiom
Superintendent Eckert, or the Western
Union Company, which iravo the lebult of
tho ballot. More excitement was caused by
the announcement that Mr. Wilson had won
tho fight over Schuyler Collar, who was a
candidate for renomination, than over tho
announcement that Grant had been given
the first place on the ticket.
How Gr over Got tho News In 1888.
When' the St. Louis Convention was
balloting tour years ano the arrangoment of
tho tclogiaphic service at the White House
was tho same essentially as at present, and
bulletins came legnlarly. In his executive
office Mr. Cleveland received thorn ns he
would have lecolved messages on any other
subject, so fnr as his surroundings were con
cerned. The news came Wednesday, u little
befoie 1 o'clock, when the President usually
goes to tho East Boom for a publlo reception.
In the privaoy of his offlco Mr. Cleveland
learned that .lie was renominated, and iio
went to the East Boom as usual. Theio was
no marked addition to the usual Wednesday
afternoon crowd, and, except that some
congratulated the Piesidenc as they passod
him in line, little was said or the important
event. Newspaper men who were anxious
to know how the President received tho
news obtained the tacts through the cus
tomary news channel, and the facts v. ere
announcod with the customary White House
dignity nnd, perhaps, brevity.
All this was vastly chanzod on Friday,
June 10, wiion Benjamin Harrison was re
ceiving tho nens from Minneapolis.
Tho doors or the White Houso had been
closed to tho nnblic at the usual hour In til e
afternoon. Every member of the Cabinet
was in the President's private office or mov
ing from that place across the ante-room to
the room where tho telegraph operator sat.
Many officials were there from tho depart
ments and several well-known men who
were on familiar terms with the official
family.
For the first time on such nn occasion
newspaper correspondents were given free
entrance to the Executive portion of the
building, ana with members of the Caulnet
they strolled about the ante-room or sat
where they could hear the clicking of tho
telegraph instiument. Probably 20 corre
spondents wore there.
Everybody Went Wild With Joy.
But all the proceedings of receiving the
bulletins as tho States were called were cold
and uninteresting compared with tho scene
which followed tho announcement that
enough votes had been given tho President
to insui o his n omlnatlon. If it had been the
corridor of a public hotel the rush fioin the
operating room to the private room whore
the President sat would have been no innio
lnlormnl. Everybody went on tho Jump.
Secretary Elklns ran llko a deer. The news
paper men and the officeholders almost fell
ovor each other in their desire to got the first
sight of tho President. Some of the officials
put their hats on and forgot to take them off
when they reached the President's room.
There the spectacle was presented of mem
bers of the Cabinet, tho President, leaders
of the household and the minor employes,
fairly dancing around tho loom, shaking
hands with everybody and forgetting every
thing except the one fact that tho President
was renominatodT This lasted for ten min
utes or moie, and then the most wonderful
thing of all came, whan the President mado
a speech for tho especial benoflt of the news
paper men. This was the result of a confer
ence between Secretary Elklns and the cor
respondents. "Ho won't talk to yon," said Mr. Elkins
when tho subject was bioached. Apparently
for tho first timo in the afternoon tho nra-
clse nature of the unusual proccedlncs
flashed over Mr. Elklns.
"Ask him If ho won't, said the correspond
ents. Mr. Elkins drew the President to ono side,
and attcr a minute's consultation the Presi
dent mnde the speech which has been pub
lished all over tho connty. It was the first
time anything of this nature had ever been
done.
Equally informal were some of the pro
ceedings whon Mr. Harrison was officially
notified of his renomination, and as widely
different from the proceedings in the earlier
days. In the formal notification, however,
Mr. Harrison wns treated mncli after tho
same manner as was Mr. Cleveland. The
custom has changed essentially since Lin
coln's time. It was more formal then, and
was, as a l nle, not made so much of a family
affair.
How Lincoln Was Notified.
Lincoln was notified the day after the
convention at Baltimore completed Its work,
June 10, 1864, ot 2:30 o'clock in tho afternoon.
The committee ono man fiom each State
went in a body to the White House, and in
tho East room Governor William Dennison,
of Ohio, who had been Chairman or the con
vention, made a short and dlsnlfled address.
Mr. Lincoln replied still more briefly, clos
ing his remaiks by saying he supposed it
had not been thought wise to "swap horses
while crossing a stream." Then the mem
bers of the committee shook hands with Mr.
Lincoln and left the mansion.
Tho speech of notification to General
Grant in 1872 was one of the shortest Stato
speeches on record. Tho occasion was
foimal. Few weto admitted to tho White
House and GoneralGiant received the com
mittee in his pih ate office, no other visitors
bring given access. It waslo'clock in the
Afternoon, June a, 1872. Thomas Settle, who
hadpieslded over tho nominating conven
tion at Philadelphia, was the spokesman.
His speech was apparently fashioned alter
tho brevity of the candidate's own style.
When General Giant had risen from his
desk and bowed, Mr. Settle said:
"We are before you to porform n very
agreeable duty. Wo aro here to officially in
form you of your unnniinousNnomtnatlon for
thePiesldenoy by the National Kepnblicnn
Convention assembled at Philadelphia in
the 6th Inst. Beyond this I do not know
that wo have anything to say."
This was all there was of the formal noti
fication. General Grant replied briefly, and
gave a letter of formal acceptance the same
day.
On behalf or their own States Emory A.
Storrs, of Illinois, Paul Strobeeb, of Ala
bama, B. F. Conley, of Georgia, Governor
Lucius Fairchlld, or Wisconsin, and others
spoke briefly to tho President and' tho pro
ceedings ended.
Things Went Wild at the Mansion.
President Cleveland was notified at 2
o'clock on the afternoon of Jane 2C, 1888, in
tho East room, with a formal address, read
by Patrick A. Collins. After the President
had responded, Mrs. Cleveland, assisted by
soveral prominent society ladies received
tho visiting committee, and luncheon was
served in the Statu dining room.
Tbe notification of Mr. Harrison was the
most informal of all, or, rather, the events
wero that followed tho speeches of notifica
tion. The speeches of Gov. McKlnley and
the reply of the President were as cold and
dignified ns icebergs, and when tho two
faced each other in the horseshoe-shaped
body formed by the committee, the silence
was painful.
On this occasion the crowd was demo
cratic. It seemed to be taken as a family
affair. Mrs. Harrison's illness prevented
her attendance, but every one else was
there. Baby ilcKeo, weai ing a white flannel
suit, and blue stockings, with his German
nurse, stood within reaching distance ot the
file of Cabinet officers. The steward was
near by, members of both houses ot Congress
were scattered just outside of the horso
shoe, and several hundred invited guests
crowded about.
When the speeches wero ended things
went wild in tho White House. The Pres
ident shook hands with all, while Elliott F.
Shepard gave tluee cheers, standing with
both feet in one of tho elegant chairs.
Members of tho Cabinet then took turns
passing lemonade and salad in the state din
ling room, while Senatois, Supicmo Court
crossfire of Jokes and good-natured repartee.
It was mors like the dinner given at some
plcnlo party than any part of an affair of
state.
President Harrison was as easy-going as
any one. He danced Baby McEee in the air,
and came out into the corridor and person
ally Invited some of the loiterors to come in
and have some luncheon. Seoretary Eusk
took a pitcher of lemonade, and moved
around in the crowd attending to tho wants
of all In sight. It was a general jollification.
BABE GEMS OF AHT.
Paintings ot Great Value Found In an
nnmbln Home.
Chicago, July 6. Thongh having an In
heritance worth several thousands of dol
lars Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schlocsser, an aged
couple, aro Ilvlnz In poverty anil want. The
inheritance consists of four paintings which
Ho neglocted and hidden away in a little
room of their modest homo at 305 Burling
street. Not to exceed a half dozen people
know that the picturos aro in this city, nnd
connoisseurs and critics have had no oppor
tunity to admire them. It was only by aocl
dent that tbe couple who fell heir to them
became aware of their gieat value. Two of
the pictures are originals from tho pencil of
a master. Ono Is a "Faloon Hunt'rand the
other a "Ilav Harvest," both executed by
Philip Wouvcrman in 1C10 in Harlem, Hol
land. The Wouvermans wore the best
representatives of the Dntoh school, and
Motley lefcrs to them as "among tho glories
of Holland" in the "Dutch Kepubllc." More
than forty of their picturos adorn tho royal
galleries in St. Petersburg and as many
those of Holland and Germany. They aro
very rare, however, In America. The paint
ings are 20x15, and, though dimmed by ago
and lack or care, show tho touch of the art
ist in delicacy, softness and chaiactcriza
tion. Tho other two Dletures are 15x11 and aro
Rhine views paiutod by Von Falkenberg in
1518. As to the orisdnallty of the Wouver
mans there seems to bo no doubt. They
have been pronounced to be such by Von
B.iyer, the director or the Sohlcisholm gal
leiy, M, Eibomer, a Pnris artist of renown,
and by Charles von Waagen, Seciet Com
mercial Counsel to tho King or Prussia, who
is an uncle of Mr. Sohloosser by marriage.
In tact it was he who informed tho Schloes
sors of their value. After trying to get the
pictures before they left Europe for tho Mu
nich gallery he wrote to the Schloessors
conoerning them, asking irthey had come
Into their possession, and telling them what
they wore.
JOHN HOST EJECTED.
The Anthorltles of Allegheny Upheld
In
Their Summary Attitude.
Washington Post.
The authorities In Allegheny were wise in
inteidiotlngthe speeoh which John Most had
been advertised to give in that city Sunday
afternoon. Ho was not wanted there, ho
had no business to be there. Tt is not his
fight. He is not known to bo oven a work
ingman. His purpose in visiting Pittsbnrg
could only have been mischievous. Freo
speeoh is not to be tolerated when it Is spok
en with evil design.
It is not at all probable that Most would
be able to wield any influence over the well
organized, intelligent wago-earners of West
ern Pennsylvania. They have laid out their
own programme in the present controversy
and dosiie no outside instructions. But in
all large manuiacturinz cities there is an
lllltoiato and unreasoning element, which
under existing conditions might be inflamed
to aots or lawlessness by an anarchistic
harangue, and as a precautionary measure
it is well to close the mouths of vagrant
incendiaries whose only object is to precipi
tate an uprising against the authorities, re
gardless of the coiisequonces to themselves,
who have nothing to lose, and blind to the
interests of those who relji upon lawful
mothods for the attainment of theii ends.
American labor needs no such counselors
as John Most. He has no genuine sym
pathies with labor born of his own personal
experience. He knows nothing of the situa
tion with which he seeks to intermeddle,
and the woikmgmen of Allegheny will have
no fault to find with the summary disposi
tion of an imported agitator, whose presenco
they did not invite, and whose ejection from
the neighborhood they will heartily
approve.
50 EFFECT OH THE WOELD'S FAIB.
Tho Iron Work There Too Far Advanced
for tbe Strlknrs to Hinder.
Chioaqo, July 6. "Tho strike of the Pitts
burg iron men will not interfere with tho
completion of the World's Fair Buildings,"
said President Baker to-day. "Tho only
building on which tho iron work is at all be
hind time is the big mannfactures building.
That contract was lot to the Edgemore
Bridge and Building Company, of Delaware,
which is not concerned In the Pittsburg
troubles.
"Anyway, most of tho iron we contracted
for with them is now on the grounds,
although not in position in the building.
In nearly every other building on the
gioundb tho stage of Iron construction has
been passed, so tnat tbe dodicatoty exercises
cannot be delayed by these strikes."
BI6MAKCK AND THE SOT.
Bisxabck's chief offense against the Em
peror William is that he can't help being
Bismarck. Chicago Tribune.
It looks more and more like war between
Bismarck and the German Emperor. A good
many people blame Bismarck for not taking
amanneaier his own size Hew YorkFresi.
Bismaeck, the greatest living bluffer, is
called in his old ago by the boy he taught the
game. And to add to tho bitterness of it, he
cannot even play the deuce. SI. Louis Repub
lican. Bibmabck has again offended the Emperor
by speaking bis mind too freely. If there'is
to be any political talking in Germany Wil
liam pioposes to do it himself. Minneapolis
Tribune.
The old ex-Chancellor has been tho foe of
human liberty all his life, and richly de
serves to swallow, by compulsion, the bitter
draught he brewed for others New YorK
Morning Advertiser.
It might be too much to say that Prince
Bismarck is the only Prussian who enjoys
personal popularity in Bavaria, but It is cor
tain that since ho was eliminated from the
chancellory Bavaria's loyalty to tho Empire
has undergone no little abatement. Detroit
Free Press.
Bismakck will not allow his frlonds or his
foes to draw him into further Interviews on
political questions. The grim old statesman
has expressed his opinions in language that
cannot be misunderstood by tho German
people; and tho Government may make tho
most of. it. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Many of the older citizens who loved tho
old Emperor William cannot separate Bis
maick from their remembrance of his reign
and they love the old Prince more than the
young Emperor. And if the young man in
charge wants a peaceful and undivided
country ho had better let Bismarck talk
without special interference. Toledo Com
mercial. Tho Broad and Butter End of It,
Indianapolis Journal.
The Democratic paper which foresees the
great things which the Frances Cleveland
clubs will do for the Democratic partv has
lost sight of the mass of women to whom
cheap sugar and cheaper and better "store"
goods all around since the McKlnley law
came appeal very strongly.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Prof. Walter C. LymWn.
Prof. Walter C. Lyman, the veteran
teacher of elocution and originator of the vocal
instruction system bearing his name, died at a late
hour Tuesday night In Chicago, iror 18 months he
had been sallerlng from Blight's disease, and a too
arduous application of his wasting strength on his
many schools hastened the fatal turn of his malady.
Proi. Lymin held the chair of elocution In Colum
bia College, New York, Notre Dame University,
Notre Dame, lnd., and various other institutions
of learning. He was a member of the Loyal
Legion, theG. A. It., and college fraternities.
Obltnary Notes.
rsTiIER Calvert, the English actress, a mem
ber of the well-known Lalvert family, is dead in
London, aged 35.
Da. Emilio Cn xnuii died Monday In New York.
He was born 53 years ago Jn Havana. He was con
cerned la the Cnbau revolution of 1869 on the los
ing side and fled to this city. He leaves a widow
and two daughters.
Colonel E. G. Busu. of the Twenty-flth Infan
try, United States Armr, alcd st Plttsfleld. 111.,
Tuesday of paralysis. He had been In the ser
vice since ISM, and was until recently stationed at
Fort Missoula, Mont.
William Ejidicott, a retired business man,
who for !J years had resided In London, bat who
for a number of years past spent his summers with
relatives In Salem. Mass., died suddenly of heart
disease la the latter city Sunday, aged 70. Mr.
r.ndlcott was a direct deieendest of Governor
Endlcott.
IDEAS WORTH READING.
What Thinkers Say on Cnrront Topics In
the North American Koview.
The distressing olrcumstances 'In this re
vival of lynch law In different parts of tho
South Is, that It shows that prejudice and
hatred have Increased in bitterness with the
increasing Interval between the time of
slavery and now. I have been frequently
asked to explain this phase of our national
problem. I explain it on the same principle
by which resistance to the course or a ship
Is created and increased in proportion to
her speed. Tho reolstance met by the negro
Is to me evidence that he is making progress.
The Hebrew is hated in Bassia, because he
is thrifty. Tho Chinaman is hated in Cali
fornia because he is industrious and success
ful. The negro meets no resistance when on
a downward oourse. It Is only when he rises
in wealth, intelligence, and manly character
that he brings upon himself the heavy hand
of persecution. Lynch Law in the South.
Fred Douglass.
In the first place, when talking abont
London society Lady Jeune omits to deflno
what society is. An exact definition is in
deednot possible, but it is easy to arrive at
one that will be accurate enough for our
purpose. Whatever progress Democracy
may have made in England the tradition of
society is still aristocratic. Its nucleus con
sists still of our ola landed famllles,the most
Important of whioh onjoy high titular rank.
In rormer days it was almost entirely com
posed of such persons, and even to-day it
Includes only such others as are In touch
with them. What then is the extent of this
body numerically? An answer is given in
the well-known phrase the "upper ten
thousand," but. how ever approximately ac
curate this phrase may be if regarded as a
synonym for tbe upper classes generally, as
a synonym for the society in London it 13
immensely beyond tho mark. Let a garden
party be given by the most popular and dis
tinguished hostess, I do not say to 10,000, bat
oven to 5,000 people, and it is certain that
tho faces of those nnknown to fashion would
bewilder and scandalize by their number
the eyes of thoso known to it. Lady Jcune
on London Society W. IT. Matlock.
I am inclined to think that the clergy
would be wise to begin an effort to wlpo out
all excise legislation from tho statute books;
and to keep, only In the penal codo, enact
ments which would punish drunkenness and
the makers of it, the violation of Snndav,
and the grosser evils or the liquor trade. It
pays the modern politician to keep up
saloons, in order to secure the support of
their frequentors, and to extort mones' from
them for election purposes. I believe the
nnmberof saloons is due to this mora thnn
to the number of drinkors. Political saloons
and saloon politics are the curse of our leg
islation. If it cannot be removed in any
other way, let us remove liquor from pol
itics, and politics fiom liquor, by ceasing to
legislate on the question at all. Politics and
the Pulpit Bishop W. C. Coanc.
The preacher must also be an example to
all who come within the range of his Influ
ence. He is taken as an example whether
howiUornot. His example will be either
harmtul or helpful, as tho case maybe. His
example is not limited by his public devo
tions and pulpit ministrations, nor by tho
tone of his voice, the expression ot his
countenance, or the style of his dress. His
example has to do with private and public
goodness. What Is risrht and proper for the
most blameless man to do in private and in
public should be tho standard of conduct on
the part of the preneher. This principle will
apply to his personal conduct everywhere:
lie innit be a gentleman without (ear and
without loproach, sonsltlve and sensible to
the last degree where honor and integrity
are involved. If ho Is to be an example in
all things, he wlll.or necessity flno himself
within the realm of politics, and here he
must illustrate the highest type of patriot
ism, lovaltv and righteousness Politics and
the Pulpit Bishop W. P. Mattalieu.
Abraham Lincoln was gifted with the fac
ulty of intuitive strategic perception in a
degree which, by reason of the multiplicity
of other eminent qualities which adorned
tho character of that illustrious man, has
not received adequate recognition at the
hands of his countrymen. -rforaAam Lincoln
as a Strategist Archibald Forbes.
A people of 31,000,009 has the power, if it is
willing, to find the way out of these difficul
ties. The kingdom of Italy as said before
had twelve times as great financial disor
ders before and knew how to settle them
without the world noticing it- And even to
daynobody wonld have taken any notice of
them, if a certain journalism had not, for
political ends, been anxious to throw, with
ungeneious persistency, discredit upon a
nation the future of which seems to be a
menace to some people. The Situation in
Italy Crispi.
hS OLD-TIME -WHALEB.
It Is on Its Way to lie Exhibited at the
Columbian Exposition.
Buffalo, July 6. Since late Saturday
afternoon a craft has been lying at the
breakwater which has attracted much
attention. It isv the old whaling ship
Progress, of New Bedford, which is to be on
exhibition at the World's Fair. Her master
is Captain Gifford, who brought her around
from the coast in less than four weeks.
The Progress was built in 1840 at Mystic,
Conn., and was launched as the Charles
Phelps. She mnde many suecessfnl whaling
voyages, principally in the Arctic rogtons,
and during the war was bonsht by the
Government, and was one of the famous
"stone fleet" which was sent to be sunk off
Charleston. The Progress for some reason
was not sunk, but became a store ship.
Later, she was sunk, but afterward raised
and taken to New Bedford, where for the
past 10 years she has been out of commission
and used as a kind of tramps' hotel. The
Progress Is bark rissed, 107 leet in length
over all, 92 feet keel, 27 foot beam, and IS foet
depth oi hold. She has two decks and can be
loaded down to a draught of IS feet. With
150 tons of ballast she now draws J1J feet.
inougn noi appearing io araw over seven
feet from the loftiness of her sides. Her
tonnaee is 3C0.
Tho Progress will towfrom hore to Detroit
behind the City of Berlin or the City of Paris
and will leave to-night. At Detroit her ont
flt for the Fair will be taken on and she will
then be at once taken to Chicago and put on
exhibition.
THE EMEEALD ASSOCIATION.
A Catholic Beneficial Order, With Head
quarters at Plttsborg, Mnots Tuesday.
Habbisbcro, July 6. Special. Tho Inter
national Grand Branch of the Emerald Ben
eficial Association will meet in this city Tncs -day
in its seventh triennial fourteenth regu
lar convention. The association is a Catho
lic benevolent, charitable and literary or
ganization, having branches throughout
tne United States and 'Canada, with-headquarters
at Pittsburg.
The Presldeut Is Hon. S.imuel IL GUson, of
Pittsburg, and the Secretary, George P.
Strorae, of Wilkesbarre. The convention
will be in session three days, the Common
wealth Hotel having Dcou selected as hcad
qnirters. Tbe delegates will be tendered a
reception by the congregation.
Appointments by thu Governor.
Habbisburo, July C. The following ap
pointments wero mado to-day by Governor
Pattison: Alonzo Bobbins, of Philadelphia,
leappointed a member of tho State Phar
maceutical Examining Board; Andrew J.
Moloney, of Philadelphia, to be inspector of
the Eastern Penitentiary, vice Caleb J.
Milne, of the same city: Kay Walker, or Alle
gheny county, re-appointed manager of the
Western Pennsylvania Hospital at Pitts
burg; George N. Par m lee, of Warren; B. B.
Stone of Bradford, and T. J. Smiley, of Tltus
ville, trustees of tho Warren Statu Lunatlo
Hospital; Dr. J. Laugh ton, of Shenandoah,
trustee of tbe State Hospital for Injured
Persons at Ashland, vice John Parker, de
ceased. A Somewhat Norel Sight.
New York Commercial Advertiser. J
It is a pity that Bidwell, tho Prohibition
ist brandy candidate, and Weaver, of Iowa,
tho People party's somewhat forlorn hope,
cannot try conclusions together whilo the
whole country looks on.
A Permanent Russian Belief Fund.
Philadelphia, July 6. In view of the dan
ger that the famine ot last winter would be
repeated in Rnssla, tho Citizens' Russian
Belief Committee to-day decided to create a
permanent f nnd to meet such contingencies
with promptness.
TJp to the Timer.
Baltimore American. J
So far, ex-President Cleveland has not sent
one word of, congratulation to his running
mate, Stevenson. Can it possible that he
ants the Democratic team driven tandemt
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Trials In China are public.
English people are generally dari.
haired..
Artesian borings have recently proven
successful In Sahara.
The great Italian warships are 400 feet
long by 7 feet beam.
Every fifth boy in' India Is at school,
but only every fiftieth girl.
Ten or twelve Esquimaux families are
coming to tbe World's Fair.
Forty thousand lottery tickets are sold
In Philadelphia each month.
Patients have lived exclusively on beef
and mutton for from three to four yeara.
The world's annual consumption of
vanilla is said to be about 230,000 pounds.
A man obtains his maximum weight at
40 years of age, and a woman at 50 years.
Indiana alone will turn oat 75,000
bicycles from her manufactories thi3 year.
Chewing gum's main component, gum
chicle, is the sap of sapodilla, a Mexican
tree.
A steel rail of the kind used on rail
ways lasts, with average wear, about 13
years.
Torture is always applied in China to
compol the accused to declare himself
guilty.
It has been estimated that for every 800
bullets flrod during the Civil War a man was
killed.
Six millions of dollars are invested in
the manufacture of dynamite In the United
States.
It is estimated than one doctor to every
thousand of the population is a fair pro
portion. Since the Franco-Prussian war Ger
many has spent 2,200,000,000 on her army
and navy.
Statistical reports show that the value
of sheep flocks is greater by $42,000,000 In 1833
than in 1870.
The Turkish Government has forbidden
the importation of all patent medicines into
that country.
From an old account book it appears
that in 1797 toDacco was sold by the yard at
Eastport, Me.
Eighty millions of dollars is the annual
amount paid to school teachers in the
United States.
Hardwood in "Wisconsin is being rap
idly cut up to be made into charcoal for the
iron furnaces in that State.
An absent-minded Philadelphia barber
tncked a newspaper under his patron's chin
and gave him a towel to read.
Photographers say that the facial
resemblance of husbands and wives is closer
than that of brothers and sisters.
The Episcopalians have 85 of the 375
Sunday schools in New York City, and the
Presbyterians come next with 72.
The longest bridge in America is a
trestle work over a portion of Lake Pont
chartraln. It is nearly 25 miles long.
The name "yokel," applied to an
awkward rustic, was originally appliea to
one who yokel oxen or other animals.
A paper in Hew Jersey the other d3y
printed an account ofthe discovery of "the
lifeless corpse of an nnknown dead man."
The Eoyal Sovereign is the largest
warship in the world. Its displacement 13
14,1 JO tons, and her speed is 13.1 knot3 per
hour.
Lisbon Falls, Me., boasts of a 17-year-old
girl who weighs 275 ponnds and is grow
ing. When 13 years old she tipped the beam
nt 250 pounds.
It is strange, though true, that in Asia
and Africa, where grass will not grow, tho
most be.iutilul flowers and shrubs flourish
to perfection.
Of 11 first-class racers now on the At
lantic, four are German bnilt, one hails
Jrom France, six from tho Clyde, two fror"
Belfast and one irom the Mersey.
It is stated that Dr. Znamensky, Russia;
dentist, of Moscow, has discovered a mean
of causing false teeth to grow to the gums o.
flnnly as those nature provides.
One-third of a tree in Simon Muchler'i
orchard near York, Pa., ia pink with peach
blossoms, a third is bearing applobloasoms
and the remainder grows TJbuT?earaj. -
There are 53 telephone companies in tha
United States, all belonging virtually to the
Bell monopoly. They have 241 exchanges,
476,356 telephones and 8,465 employes.
Charles Francis Adams is reported to
have said that the safest place in which to
spend an hour or two is on an express train
on one of the main railways of London.
The most violent thunder storms in the
world occur in French Guiana. Tho thunder
there in an ordinary storm is almost deafen
ing, while peal follows peal in quick suc
cession. Statisticians say that an average nan
ofl5l pounUs weight has enough iron in his
constltutidn to make a ploughshare and
enough phosphorus to make half a million
matches.
The oldest English crown is the ancient
imperial diadem made for Charles II to re
place the one worn by Edward the Con
fessor, which was broken np and sold daring
the Civil War.
Ia Chile, after makiDg cider and wine"
from their apples, they extract from tha
refuse a white and finely flavored spirit, and
by another process they procure a sweet
treacle or honey.
It is reported from Paris that IT. B.
Blacdel has invented an apparatus by which
the driver of a vehiclo can release a carriage
from runaway horses. Tho action takes
place in the traces.
Stockings made from human hair are
worn by Chinese fishermen as the best pre
ventive of wet feet. They are drawn over
ordinary cotton stockings, being too rough
for putting near tho skin.
In Africa a native King tried to pre
vent drunkenness by introducing hemp
smoking, but the habit proved so baleful
that the attempt had to be given up. Hemp
smoking is worse than opium.
An American paper says that a church
in tho town of Bergen, Norway, is built
ontirely of paper. It can seat 1,000 people In
comfort, and has been rendered waterproof
by a solution ol quicklime, curdled milk and
white of eggs.
The statistics of the Custom House in
San Francisco show that the sum of $750,000
was collected last year as tho duty on Im
portations of smoking opium at that port
alone, with tho tariff at 12 a pound. Thi3
means an Importation of 62,000 ponnds.
Tbe largest artificial stone in the world
forms the bae of tho Birtboldl Statue of
Llborty on Bedloo's Island, New York
hnrbor. This immenso stono was mad
from broken trap rock, sand nnd America
cement. Five hundred carloads of sai
and over 20,000 barrels of cement wero ust
in manufacturing the monster.
LII-E'S LATEST LAUGHS.
""Were von npset by the bank failnr
"Yes. Host mj balance."
'Wife I ee your patent Alumin
Drop Remedy is advertised to cure Just twenty
diseases. Husband (patent medicine proprletor-Tlia
all I could get Into half a column.
I occupied the pew alone,
bhc sat right near to me.
What could I do? I had no change.
And so I dropped tlut V.
Husband 3Tou know that necktie you
got mc yesterday? WelL IJustgotatelejrraran-oia
home saying that my grandmother Is at the point
of death.
Wife (wringing her hands) Oh, dear, deiri
But whit hu the necktie got to do with It?
Husband (triumphantly) Why, If she dies X
won't have to wear It.
If "It takes nine tailors to make a man"
(Suppose I grant we're only human).
How many dressmakers does it take
To make a fashionable woman?
Proud father We've had twins In our
family on two occasions. Yon can't beat that
sir?
Little Man (who hadn't spoken before) Wen. I
don't know about that. My wife presented me tha
other day with triplets, and three of a kind beat
two pair, don't they?
"How did you lose all your teeth? Been
In a fight?"
"No. I gave Bridget, the cook, notlee to leave,
and she put dynamite la the muffins this morn
ing."
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