THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, 'JULY '13. 1893.
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TWELVE PAGES
THE SITUATION AS IT IS.
Whatever criticisms or condemnation
may have been made of the course of affairs
at Homestead since the tragic occurrences
of a week including the censure of the
authorities of the county and State volun
teered from many quarters it is plain that
the situation of complete restoration of
order which is to-day witnessed has been
arrived at with as little, perhaps with less,
damage than if other steps had been
hastily adopted. The course of the Gov
ernor in ordering out the troops if seem
ingly dilatory has not been less effective.
The assumption of extraordinary powers
by the Advisory Committee, if illegal
or irritating to individuals, has
undoubtedly had the effect of keep
ing In check and subordination the
tendencies to violence and mischief
which reckless individuals might have in
dulged under the cover of popular dis
turbance, had unrestrained mob law been
permitted to prevail for a single day.
Apart from some excited utterances and
threatenings such as might be expected
from a few among many people greatly
moved and which must not be taken in
everj- instance as representing deliberate
and ultimate judgment the chance from
the state of war and passion a week ago to
the mood of peace and deliberation and
State control to-day has been arrived at
with les trouble than was commonly ap
prehended. Let us hope that the further progress to
a condition of affairs when the law will be
as certainly respected in every detail with
troops abnent as with troops present will
be equally sure and unmarred by disagree
able or violent incidents. If there is to be
no chance of any agreement between
the Amalgamated Association and the
Canute Company, a failure which the
general public, which is interested in har
mony between capital and labor, will
greatly regret there may, doubtless will
be, a protracted struggle, but it must be a
peaceful and lawful one. They are not true
friends of the Amalgamated Association
or of labor, even if- they be in its ranks,
who talk of violent resistance to any law
ful steps of the company to run its mills
after the troops leave. Nothing would
tend more to wipe out the wide sympathy
w hich Is felt for men struggling for an
organization which has been of great
utility than another relapse now into
antagonism of the law. Nothing could
more effectually impede whatever chance
there is, slight though it may be, of an
ultimate favorable settlement with the
company. It is not merely that all re
sistance to law is sure to be utterly inef
fectual and short-lived, and, as Chairman
Oates, of the Congressional Committee,
said yesterday, that "it strikes at the root
of the Government, and cannot be toler
ated," but that from even the lower point
of policy it is nothing less than completely
suicidal.
A period has now arrived when there is
opportunity at Homestead for full and
calm reflection upon these inexorable
truths. In the heat of passion following
the fight with the Pinkerton force there
may have been those who refused to con
sider them. But they must be faced now,
and their abiding force recognized faith
fully and fully by everybody.
On the other hand, the Carnegie Com
pany has its duties as well as its legal
rights. If it cannot see its way to
any arrangement with the men on the
basis of recognizing the association they
have been fighting for, it will be expected,
if by no compulsion of law, then at least
by the force of public opinion, to proceed
on such courses as it may decide upon with
out unnecessary provocation to trouble.
It will have the law and the law's agents,
civil and military if needed, to protect it
fully In Its legal rights, and to these it will
be expected to trust, not to sudden coups
of private armed forces.
The whole business community of Pitts
burg has an Interest in these matters as well
as the two parties which are in conflict.
The country, outside of Pittsburg, has
a deep interest in several important ques
tions which the conflict has raised. Our
local interests would all be benefited
immensely by a friendly settlement of
these and other disputes over wages and
organizations between manufacturers and
men; but If we cannot have that, then all
interests whatsoever unite in demanding
that when such conflicts are pursued it
must be strictly within the lines of the
law, and in no particular in violation of
any rights which the law guarantees.
BATTLESHIPS UNDER SUSPICION.
There Is food for consideration in the
complaints heard from Europe in connec
tion with the big battleships which have
been for some years a leading feature of
naval construction. The explosion of the
boilers on the French vessel Dupuy de
Loume furnishes the text for dissertations
on the difficulty of providing steam equip
ments to stand in all points the extraor
dinary pressure required. None of the
English warships have suffered from ex
plosions, but many of them have leaked in
some cases so much as to disable the
vessel. The big guns, too, have -proved
distinct failures on half a dozen British
battleships. These overgrown weapons
are operated by -delicate hydraulic ma
chinery, and it is entirely an unsettled
question how they will withstand the
rough usage of actual warfare.
In short, it is apparent that the immense
vessels are costly, unwieldy and liable to be
disabled, with the question of their effec
tiveness in real fighting more than proble
matical. England has as yet discovered
no better way out of the dilemma pre
sented by the discovery of these deficiencies
in her iron walls than the building of more
battleships. The United States, removed
from the fears of European politics, ought
not to follow that deficient reasoning.
A French naval writer points out
the wisest course, especially for a Gov
ernment in our position, namely,
to wage naval warfare by "falling
pitilessly on the weak (the merchantman),
and fleeing with no false shame from the
powerful (the battleships). Such is the
formula. " Congress has lately been fight
ing the issue whether the Government
shall build more battleships or not The
construction of additional vessels, as de
emed, upon for a compromise, is wen
enough as an experiment But the recog
nition by English writers, that the naval
policy suggested above would mean fam
ine for England, shows what would be the
surest course of providing naval
defense against a possible foreign
war. The swiftest and best cruisers
to prey on the commerce of
the foe and the most effective harbor
and coast defenders to repel invasion will
convey a more effective warning against
foreign aggression than the largest fleet
of cumbrous and costly battleships.
AN rNDECISITE VICTOKY.
The returns of the English elections for
the first two days of the week improve the
outlook somewhat for Home Bule; but
the gain is not sufficient to promise a de
cisive victory. The gains for the Liberals
up to last evening are reported to give
Mr. Gladstone a majority of four. To at
tempt to carry Home Bule on such a mar
gin would be plainly impossible. But the
same rate of gain may produce a majority
of sufficient size to make the attempt
The rest of the county elections may in
crease the Liberal majority to a number
ranging from ten to thirty. A majority
as narrow as the latter would make the
passage of a Home Bule measure almost
hopeless; unless all parties could agree
upon a measure so conservative as to at
tract the Liberal Unionist vote. This is
the last of the possibilities, so remote that
it is hardly worth while to take it
Into consideration. Oa the other
hand, if the Liberals get a majority
of thirty they may possibly carry a
measure. But it must be carefully framed,
and then will meet obstacles that will
make its progress very precarious. It will
be strange if some Liberals do not kick
over the traces because it goes too far; or
some Home Bulers because it does not go
far enough. If it avoids the Scylla and
Charybdis of the House the question re
mains whether the majority is adequate to
forcing the measure upon the House of
Lords a process that will involve a pro
tracted struggle unless the Liberal Cabinet
resorts to the old-fashioned method of
bringing that lofty body to terms by
creating enough new peers to "make a
majority for Home Bule.
At present it seems that the Liberals
have won a victory, but not a decisive
one. They have overturned the Salisbury
Cabinet; but they are likely to have an in
secure seat in the saddle thus vacated.
On the various side issues, as well as the
main one, that will come before Parlia
ment, it is possible that a division will
come which may necessitate another gen
eral election in England by about the time
that the United States gets its President
inaugurated as a result of our pending
canvass.
A STKICKEU CITY.
The intelligence that the city of St
Johns, Newfoundland, has been swept
by a conflagration, more destructive in
proportion to its size than Chicago's great
fire, gives a newillustrationof the destruc
tive power. Buildings supposed to be ab
solutely fire-proof- melted away before the
flames almost as promptly as the frailer
structures. Churches, mercantile blocks
and dwellings were laid waste, and a large
share of the population was left homeless.
The receipt of such news naturally turns
the attention of humanity to the need of
relief. St Johns is so remote from the
usual channels of travel to and from the
United States as to seem entirely foreign.
But while her people have political and
neighborhood ties with Upper Canada and
Nova Scotia, and political ties with Great
Britain, they also have the ties of com
merce and friendship with the New Eng
land coast; and the United States should
do its share toward their aid.
"When we hear of a population suddenly
rendered homeless, especially in a rigorous
climate, the barriers of political division
are broken down. Humanity should al
way be prompt in its relief for the disaster
stricken.
THE SILVER DILEMMA.
It is somewhat calculated to disturb
faith in a solution of the silver question on
party lines to find scientific and thorough
reasoners on the subject of coinage and
money pointing out as the most imminent
danger of the United States that it will
be reduced to a silver basis by the opera
tion of the present law. That the silver
basis would be an immediate result of a
free coinage act is indisputable; but it is
the opinion of Mr. Bobert Giffen, the
highest theoretical authority of England,
on one hand, and of Mr. Henry Raphael, a
practical financier of high standing.on the
other, that our present policy of buying
54,000,000 of silver every year will land
us on the" silver basis with a premium on
gold so soon that it does not make much
difference whether we adopt free coinage
or not
Both these authorities believe that the
United States are hurrying forward to a
crisis on the silver question and agree in
ascribing It to the act of 1890. "Mr. Giffen
considers it absolutely certain that gold
will go to a premium in the United States,
notwithstanding the declarations of Sec
retary Foster that it is the duty of the
Treasury to keep the silver dollar at par
with the gold dollar. At every telegraph
report of the shipment of gold from New
York he feels that the crisis is coming
nearer."
Mr. Baphael differs from Mr. Giffen only
in thinking that greenbacks will rule at a
premium first He argues that the only
way to get immediate possession of gold
Is to take greenbacks to the Treasury and
claim gold or gold certificates out of the
fund for the redemption of legal-tender
notes, which has been provided for by
law. To get gold directly in exchange for
silver certificates might not be so easy, and
therefore he expects the first sign of the
crisis to show itself in the form of a
premium on greenbacks.
This view is most important as indicat
ing Mr. Raphael's imperfect knowledge
of the details of the subject The green
backs being payable "in coin" would,
if the Treasury had to resort to silver
payments, be worth exactly as ' much as
silver. Perhaps Mr. Baphael means gold
certificates; but if so it reduces his par
ticular theory to a redundancy.
Probably both these writers "underesti
mate the power of the Treasury to carry
its huge burden of silven But The Dis
patch has long pointed out that the ul
timate result of adding to this burden,
while artificially sustaining the silver dol
lar at par with gold, must be exactly what
the English authorities predict Senator
Sherman has recently recognized the same
fact with regard to the act which bears his
name, although his relation to the bill is
rather that of reviser than author.
But if we are to go to the silver basis
either slowly as a result of the present
policy, or at a jump as the result of free
coinage, our coinage is very nearly in the
alternative presented by the old negro
preacher in the story one roads leads to
everlasting condemnation, and the other
straight into the fire of the infernal re
gions. Under such a dilemma we will be
justified .in urgently taking to the woods
of an international agreement on silver.
A PERIOD OF CONFLICT.
The telegraphic dispatches yesterday
show that the example of dlsorder'and
conflict set by Pittsburg's industries has
been followed by other parts of the coun
try. Whether the example is to be charged
wjth setting off people at rioting in a man
ner strongly resembling civil war, or
whether the general spirit of unrest Is
enough explanation, the outbreaks are
sufficient to suggest a general state of
mind not unlike a powder magazine,
which needs only a spark in order to cre
ate an explosion.
From the far-off Cmur d'Alene mines
comes' the news of a civil war in which the
miners of union mines and those of non
union mines fought out their usual con
flict Winchesters and dynamite have the
usual prominent parts in the fight. The
result of the battle was a victory for the
union men, which they seem to have used
more humanely than the mob at Home
stead. But with the arms and ammunition
obtained by the first battle they proposed
to move on for new conquests, until the
United States troops were ordered to the
scene of warfare. .
The labor issue having furnished its con
tribution to the total of conflict, the race
question puts in its share. Beports of a
negro uprising at Paducah, Kv., are pro
verbially calculated to raise Northern in
credulity; but of the actual interchange of
shots the details sent us by telegraph
leave no doubt There may be a question
whether a one-sided view of the causes
creating the warfare may not be furnished.
But the fact is there that race as well 83
economic disputes have gone to the length
of actual hostilities.
It is not possible at present for Pittsburg
to assume any superiority with regard to
the outbreaks of Kentucky, Montana and
Wyoming But it can assure its fellow
sufferers that the resort Jo violence does
not pay. There can be no other satisfac
tory manner of dealing with the matters
that cause these acts of warfare than
through the sober and deliberate method of
legislation.
It seems a pity that "Wilhelm and Bis
marck do not put an end to their differences
once for all by a beer drinking contest or
some such amicable competition.
Cleveland's action in doing all he can
to keep his wire and child out of the cam
paign is highly commendable. There is
nothing more puerile than a political con
test on a personal basis, and the issues of
this year's campaign ate ot such immense
importance as to brook no petty.undignlfied
appeal to matters aside from them by
either side.
Anyone with a watermelon too large to
be moved by a team of horses should pub
lish his story at once and achieve a one
day's fame.
Flies- and'-i'other winged insects are
altogether tob'indiscriminate in their at
tenttonsrat this season, and the attention of
the Society'for tiles Prevention of Cruelty to
Animalershould.be called to the matter.
With a little public spirit this summer
should be the last to find Pittsburg disgrace
fully destitute of public bathing facilities. -
Foreigners estimating American char
acteristics by current events in various
parts of the country -would almost be Justi
fied in assuming that a law-abiding spirit is
not a conspicuous national trait.
The seizure of vessels engaged in seal
poaching Is likely to cause more trouble
for the poachers than anyone else.
By the death of Cyrus W. Field a man of
typical American enterprise and pel-severance
passes away to be remembered by
achievements that are of international his
torical importance.
No man can thoroughly realize the mean
ing of fame until his obituary is mistakenly
published during his lifetime.
Venezuelans have a thirst for blood
shed only surpassed by their capacity for
laying claim to victory under all circum
stances. No one loses a fight down there.
The summer girl may be not inaptly
described as a garden party.
Feee silver's path is strewn with thorns
and the energy expended in the cause is re
markable when its utter hopelessness of suc
cess at this time at least is lemcmbered.
MASTERS OF HEN'.
M. Pasteur, reported ill with the
cholera in Paris, is on the high road to re
covery. Lord Wolseley bears a scar on his right
cheek, the result of a wound received at
SebaBtopol.
De. Depew enjoys the unique and beau
tiful distinction of being the only man who
ever declined an appointment to the Secre
taryship of State.
Minister Lincoln announces the re
sumption of his periodical "at homes," open
to all Americans visiting London and pre
senting their cards.
General Sherman once said of the
new Secretary of State that he was a man
who never lost his head, which is a very im
portant faculty ,in a diplomatist.
Sabasate, the 'great violinist, has been
made the godfather of Master Pablo Stem,
the infant of Mrs. Leo Stern, nee Nettle
Carpenter, who "was for many years his
pupil.
SlGNOB Nicolini, Pattl's husband,
studied two years with Lampertl under his
real -name, Nicholas. The Hotel Nicholas,
kept by NIcolioi's father, is an" inn on the
beach 'of Dinard, in Brittany.
General George P. Ihrie, who will
be the general agent for the State of Wash
ington at the World's Fair, was on Grant's
staff during the war. He has since had an
extensive experience as examiner of mines
In the United States and Alaska,
Rev. John Joseph Nouri, D. D., who
claims to have discovered the remains of
Noah's ark on Mount Arrarat, will arrive in
New York in a few weeks. Dr. Nouri has
been decorated by the Czar of Russia and
the Shah of Persia, and bears upon his
breast the rare order of the Star of Bethle
hem. SrB Abthub Sullivan's recovery has
been wonderfully rapid. It is not a month
since he 'was brought from the South of
France completely prostrated, and now it is
announced that he will take part in the
Leeds festival.- The popular composer will ,
now. finish the almost' completed score for
the new Savoy opera.
When It Will Dot Be In It.
Baltimore American.
Tammany made a splendid race at Mon
mouth Park on Satnrday, but in the great
fixture for November those colors will be
very far behind when the wire Is reached.
'THE RATIONAL GUARD.
Pattlion Acted for the Best.
New Tort Evening Telegram. ,
Governor Pattison, or Pennsylvania, at
the first moment when he could constitu
tionally do so, has called out the entire
National Guard of the State and ordered the
forces to Homestead to assist the Sheriff in
preserving the peace. There are those who
.are complaining because Governor Pattison
did'not take this course before. They are
reckoning without grounds. Thoy chargo
the Governor of Pennsylvania with the
cowardice of the politician in that he did
not hysterically summon the troops before
he had been officially notified and asked to
do so by the Sheriff charged with the duty
of preserving order at that nolnt,and before
he had any evidence to legally warrant his
taking this extreme step. The false position
of the striking workingmen will be cor
rected, and they, possibly somewhat against
their will, will be restored to an attitude
before the public in which they may secure
that measure of approbation and sympathy
for which they have appealed.
' The Fifth Appeal Answered.
Cincinnati Times-Star.:
Governor Pattison has finally been moved
to do his duty in connection with the Home
stead 'rebellion. He will use the State
militia to restore order and re-establish the
reign of law. Tuts action of the Governor is
in response to the fifth appeal of the Sherift
of Allegheny county. It is a matter of con
gratulation that Governor Pattison was at
last brought to a realization of the perilous
crisis which open detlanco of the power of
the State by the strikers at Homestead has
presented, and ho will set whatever credit
is due for this tardy effort to vindicate the
supremacy of law.
The Entire Division Needed.
New York Post.
Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, has
done well to call out the entire division of
the National Guai d of that State to restore
order at Homestead. There has been some
disposition to criticise him for not having
taken such a step sooner, but fair-minded
people will generally feel disposed to the
conclusion that deliberate action was quite
as wise a policy. The strikers have now had
every opportunity they could ask to put
their side of the case before the public and
to make their disposition clear. The stand
which they have taken is fully understood,
and their contention is universally recog
nized as untenable and intolerable. Every
body who believes in the reign of law sees
that there is only one thing to be done, and
that is to end the anarchy of the present sit
uation at Homestead, to restore the works
to the owners of the property, and to pro
tect them in their right to operate them. If
Governor Pattison had rushed some troops
to the scene of the trouble the moment lie
heard of last Wednesday's collision, there
would have beon moie or less Questioning
as to the rights and wrongs of the question
at issue and as to the necessity or wisdom of
bis action. Now tho public sentiment of the
entire nation will unquestlonlngly sustain
his course,and the strikers will have no moral
support in making any opposition to the
coming of the troops.
With Wise Pradence.
Philadelphia Times.
The Governor has acted throughout this
trouble with wise prudence. Ho has refused
all hasty appeals to the military force of the
Commonwealth until satisfied that the civil
power was exhausted or hopelessly ineffi
cient. He could not have foreseen or averted
the murderous outbreak at Homestead and
since then he has firmly waited for the
Sheriff to make a serious attempt to exert
his authority. Whether the Sheriff's failure
was or was not from his own fault, it is now
evident that he can accomplish nothing.
The civil power beinsr thus found inade
quate, and the call forassistance being made
in lawful form, the Governor acts with
promptness and decision. There can be no
mistaking what this action means. It means
that order is to be preserved and the reign
of law enforced with a power that will ad
mit of no opposition.
Shnn'd Han Been Done Sooner.
New York Press.
Governor Pattison has ordered out the en
tire force ol the Pennsylvania National
Guard to pat down the insurrection at
Homestead. This action should have been
taken several days ago, but it is to be hoped
that affairs in that unfortunate town have
not yet reached the point where the strikers
will offer armed defiance to the troops of
tho State. The disnaritv in strentrth is such
that reslstence is hopeless. The National
Guard of Pennsylvania consists of a thor
oughly organized division of more than 8,000
men, and it is justly renowned for its effici
ency and discipline. For the strikers to at
tempt torepeli this force would be mildness.
If their leaders are wise they will counsel
them to lay down their arms and peaceably
submit to the restoration or law. It is de
plorable that an emergency calling for the
employment of the troops to preserve the
peace should have ailsen in one of tho old
est and and most'hlghly civilized States in
the Union. But the couise of events has left
no other resource if law and order are to be
maintained in Pennsylvania. It is in ths
true interest of civilization, ol Justice and
of American labor everywhere that the citi
zen soldiers of the Keystone State, a great
majority of whom are themselves wage earn
ers, have been ordered to Homestead.
An End to Hesitation.
Washington Post.
The Governor hesitates and vacillates no
longer. He has evidently arisen to the
magnitude of the emergency, and that the
demonstration of his power in the premises
may be as impressive as possible, has or
dored the entire division of the Pennsyl
vania National Guard, 8,000 men, to proceed
to Homestead at once as conservators of the
public peace. The civil authority being
thus foitiflcd, the situation becomes simpli
fied and the cont ioversy is put in a lair
way of settlement without further shedding
of blood. There will be no attempt to dety
the authority of the Commonwealth by
armed resistance. It is to be regretted that
Governor Pattison could not have seen his
way to this course in the first place; hut an
obligation tardily performed is better than
no performance" at all, and the Governor
will be sustained in nls action by good citi
zens everywhere.
The Governor Has New Light.
New York Tribune.
Governor Pattison has seen a light. After
a delay that is both inexplicable and inex
cusable he has ordered the National Guard
to Homestead to maintain the public peace.
It has taken the Pennsylvania Executive
four full days to ascertain what was perfect
ly evident last Wednesday, that the Sheriff
of Allegheny county was unable to restore
and preserve order. Mr. Paulson's inability
to seize a situation has been conclusively
demonstrated. However, he has done at last
what he should have done at first. The ap
pearance of the militia at Homestead will
put a new phase upon the deplorable condi
tion of affairs there; and it is most earnestly
to be hoped that the questions in dispute
may be speedily and amicably settled by
arbitration.
Duty of the Militia.
Harrlsburg Call.
The action of Governor Pattison in order
ing out the State militia will be commended
and approved by all good citizens. It is the
only solution of the great problem. It is
alone the means of suppressing the riot
and commanding the respect the law de
mands. There can be no question that the
Sheriff has exhausted all authority In his
power. He has shown his utter inability to
raise a posse and the step taken by the
Governor is the one which alone remains to
be taken. It is the earnest hope of every
citizen that those in command of the troops
will aot temperately and wltu the utmost
discretion. Coolness and sense are what
the ciroumstauces and the times demand
and require. It is not to win glory and bid
lor lam els that the troops are sent to Home
stead. Nor are they ordered there to take
the lives of as many men as possible to lessen
the number on the other side. This is no
war and should be no pitched battle. Their
purpose in being dispatched' to the scene is
alone to remind men of their duty to their
country and the respect they owe the laws
of the land. The majesty and supremacy of
the law must be preserved.
No Farther Resort to Force.
New York Herald.
Ihe situation ' for several days has been
more than a struggle between employer and
employe. It has become a conflict between
the citizens of Homestead and public au
thority, lu such a case there can be but
one course and one result the enforcement
of the law and the restoration of order. We
believe the men of Homestead will recog
nize this cardinal principle of government
and give no occasion lor a resort to force.
Glvrs the Order Great Weight.
New York Tines.
The calmness, prudence and faithful effort
to avoid resort to the military power of the
State, If possible, that have characterized
Governor Paulson's conduct from the be
ginning give the greater weight to the de
cision that he now feels himself compelled
to reach. And lie has done well in that
when ho saw that the time to act had come;
he has resolved to use no half-way measures,
but to employ all the force of the Common
wealth. There will be far less likelihood of
resistance. There will be far greater cer
tainty that resistance, if offered, will be
overcome promptly and with the least possL
ble Injury to those who offer it.
A Policy of Temporizing.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
By his contemptible policy of temporizing
Governor Pattison has greatly complicated
matters, but ,the knowledge that he has
finally decided to exert his authority as
Chief Executive of the State will afford the
whole country inexpressible relief. It is
earnestly to be hoped that the workingmen
will recognize the Inexorable logic of the
situation without attempting violence, but
if they do not, public sentiment .will em
phatically approve the adoption of the
most rigorous measures. The first duty of
the hour is the restoration of law and order;
peaceably if possible, by force if necessary.
CEESPO'S DEFEAT A SHAM.
The Wily Revolutionists Pretended to Flee
Till Bo Trapped His Pursuers.
Caracas, VEireziTEi.A, July 13. There was
Intense excitement in Caracas on June 30,
caused by reports of a bloody battle raging
in the vicinity of La Guayra, where Guerra
nnd Vega, with Crespo's advnnco column,
were strongly intrenched. All the roads
leading into the capital were lined with wag
ons bringing the wounded to the hospitals.
The number of these was so great as to fill
all of the hospitals. There was terrific
slaughter of Government troops, but that
night General Mendoza, commanding the
left wing of the Government army, tele
graphed to the Caracas authorities, claiming
a glorious victory and alleging that the rev
olutionists were in full flight. In the battle
the Government Generals Monteverde, Diaz
and Zamosa were killed. The commander
or the right wing also telegraphed Caracas
that his men had occupied important rebel
lntrenchments without opposition and that
the enemy had fled to Kl Guayebe, where he
was fortiiying.
The rebels were .repulsed after several
hours hard fighting near Acarigua on June
27. Tho fight was renewed at Arause, when
the Government troops were defeated with
tremendous slaughter. The Insurgents pre
tended flight, their object being to draw the
Government troops into a trap. In this
they succeeded. Generals Guerras and Lian
geros stripped to the waist, with the upper
part of their bodies greased, attacked the
Government camp in the midst of a terrific
thunder storm. They spared none of the
surprised enemy. The carnage was terri
ble, the Government left line being entirely
destroyed. The right was defeated on the
following morning. The Crespists, flushed
with victory, are again advancing upon Car
acas. FBAHCIS JOSEPH AND BISMABCK.
Why the Austrian Count Fled at the Ap
proach of the Ex-Chancellor.
Berlih, July 12. The Voiiiche Zeitung, un
der reserve, publishes a statement that Em
peror Joseph was delighted with the idea
of receiving Frinoe Bismarck until Prince
Reuss, having inquired of the Berlin Gov
ernment, was instructed to inform Count
Kalnoky that the Austrian Emperor must
choose between the policy of Prince Bis
marck and the German Government, where
upon the proposed audience was refused.
A s proof of this statement the, Vossiche Zei
tung remarks that , -Princess Stephanie re
served a seat for the Bismarck wedding,
bnt suddenly changed her mind and quitted
Vienna.
The ReinUche Kurier publishes the follow
ing in regard to the failure of Prince Bis
marck to secure an audience with Emperor
Francis Joseph duiing the ex-Chancellor's
recent visit to Vienna: "During the fetes
lately held in Budah Pesth in honor of the
anniversary of the coronation of Emperor
Francis Joseph as King of Hungary, the Em
peror, while conversing with the widow of
Count Andrassy, late Prime Minister of
Austria-Hungary, spoke of Prince Bismarck
and expressed his pleasure at tho prospect
of seeing the old Prince, who, he said, was
still the greatest statesman of the centurv,
at the wedding of Count Herbert Bismarck
In Vienna. Prince Blsmarok, on his arrival
In Vienna, therefore requested an audience
with Emperer Francis Joseph, but the lat
ter, to Prince .Bismarck's surprise, replied
with a note In whioh, alter expressing his
lagret, he Informed the Prince that he oould
not grant his request ipr a meeting.!'
Field 'Against Field.
New York Press.
There are only a few of the fierce old fire
eating, unrepentant rebels left, but the
Omaha Convention skirmished around and
found one of them to put on its ticket for
Vice President. He is a Field, but he will
think himself a lonely desert when the re
turns come in.
A Befonner From 'Way back.
Chicago Mail.
Whatever may be said of Candidate
Weaver it cannot truthfully be charged
that he is an amateur reformer.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Kate Castleton, Actress.
Kate Castleton, whose death at Provi
dence was briefly chronicled In yesterday morn
ing's DISPATCH, has daring the last two seasons
been the star of "The Dazzler" farce
comedy company. For many years Kate Castleton
has been promlnentlj before the public. Her
somewhat numerous matrimonial adventures, as
much as her ability as an actress, aided la keeping
her name to the front. Uer lirst experience in
this line, when she married Fred Elliott, one of
the most famous forgers in the world, gave her
even more notoriety than she desired. Fred
Elliott had many aliases, among which were Joe
Elliott and Joe Reiily. He met Kate Castleton in
New York In 1876. She was playing with the San
Francisco Minstrels. Elliott was introduced to
her, and in tliree days afterward married her In
the Little Church Around the Corner. The cere
mony took place after the theatrical performance,
and Kale w ore her stage costume. Some say that
Kate Castleton knew aU about Elliott's record
when she married hlra. and that his promises to
reform won her consent." Others are equally posi
tive that she was grossly deceived by him. At alt
events, she left the stage at his reaucst for a time.
After bis release in 1831 Elliott became jealous and
secured n divorce. In one year they were married
again. Elliott became his wife's manager when
she was starring In, "Pop" at the illjou in 1883.
One night he met his wife and a young man at
Broadway and Sixth avenue, and although much
smaller than his rival. Elliott nearly killed him.
Then he deserted Kate. She afterward married
Harry Phillips, manager of "Crazy Patch."
George W. .Morgan, Composer.
George Washburne Morgan, organist and
composer, died in Tacoma, Wash., Sunday, after a
painful lUness. With his daughter. Miss Maud
Morgan, the harpist, be was making a ooncert re
cital tour of the Pacific States, having left New
York about April 20. Mr. Morgan was born In
Gloucester, England, In 1823, and evinced a talent
for music in his boyhood. At the age of 8 he
played the organ in public; at 12 he -was assistant
organist at the Gloucester Cathedral, and at 14 he
hail charge of the boy choir In the cathedral.
From Gloucester his fame spread, and lu 1851 lie
held two positions as organist In London. He
emigrated to New York In 183. Mr. Morgan had
written upward of SO compositions apart from his
numerous songs. He was known the country over
as a most charming concert player, and wherever
he went met with enthusiastic: reception. There
was a strong friendship between him and President
Arthur. For a short time he was a soldier In the
Union army.
George W. Bungay, Poet.
George "W. Bungay, the poet, died Sun
day night at the borne of his son, John G. Bungay.
In BloomOeld, N. Y., In his 75th year. Mr. Bun
gay began to write verses In early life and con
tinued to do so until well advanced In years, one
or his best known poems being "The Creed of the
Bells.." For a short time he was connected with
the Tribune. He also wrote extensively In prose,
and one of his works, devoted to reminiscences of
men he had met, attracted wide notice. He was
an enthusiastic Republican, and 6r several years
had a place in the Custom House. v
Obituary Notes.
ISAAC Leist, head of one of the largest brew
eries in Cleveland, died Monday morning. Rheu
matism and heart disease were the causes of his
death.
Frederick h. Douglass, a Scottish actor of
wide repute, formerly associated with Charles
Wrndham's and other English companies, is dead
at Aewcastle-on-Tyne.
Tom Pubcell, a noted English mimic and en
tertainer. Is dead in London. His brother, who
was his music hall partner for years, died not long
ago. The pair were considered In their day among
Ihe best vaudeville comedlsns In London.
Maggie Ouveb, for many years a favorite
soubrette and burlesque actress, died recently la
Australia, aged 44. She was a native of Sydney,
and made her best successes as Han In "The Good
for Nothing." Margery In "A Rough Diamond,"
aud Paddy Jtiles in "The Limerick Boy."
Samuel A. Blocii, an old citizen of Little
Rock, Ark., and a prominent Hebrew writer and
thinker in this country and Enropo for the past SO
years, died at his home yesterday. He formerly
lived a Cincinnati and was well known in Chicago
and in other large cities of this country. He was
82 years or age.
ITS INITIAL DAYS.
The Son Smiled on the Scene at the Open
ing of Maple Shade and Kept a Good
Eye on Business No Fete News.
The lawn fete opening Maple Shade, the
home for aged United Presbyterians, was
most successful and was attended by a great
number of people, who thoroughly enjoyed
the occasion. The old fashioned grounds
could not have looked better; the drive np
to the house was decorated with Chinese
lanterns, which with the Incandescent lights
made a brilliant spectacle. On the lawn
quite a business was carried on In Russian
tea. Around the stand, prettily decorated,
were several little tables all under the
shadow of a neighborly tree. At another
stand you could get a cool drink of lemon
ade and the sun was pleased to put forth
special efforts to enoourage a good trade.
Even enjoyment was provided for tho
children. A cart drawn by two
pretty little brisk mules was the
prlnoipal attraotlon. Inside the house
the rooms were decorated with plenty
of lovely flowers. In several of tho rooms
supper was served, and the ices like the
lemonade weremost apropos of tho weather.
Of the 300 guests expected and provided for,
to indulge in an Hibernlcism, 500 put in an
appearance. The skillful management of
affairs smoothed over the wheels of the un
usual good fortune, and, without intending
to be profane, it might be said that the
seven loaves and five small fishes never
seemed willing to give out. The balcony
was occupied by a band of musicians, who
played untiringly. The lovely old-fashioned
garden was the objective point ot every
visitor.
The debnt of the acquisition to the church
was financially and socially a success. Item:
From the point of view of the weather, it
was equally deserving of commendation.
An untiring search for the lawn fete at
Sewickley yesterday failed to bring anything
to light save a postponement, decided on too
late Monday evening to notify the public
generally. The fete was deferred on ac
count of the tournament at ths Pittsburg
Tennis Club grounds, and will not be given
until next Tuesday.
The Rev. Dr. Fulton, a noted United
Presbyterian clergyman, among whose im
portant achievements a chief one is the
formation or the United Presbyterian
Women's Association of Allegheny County,
was present yesterday at Maple Shade to
see the fruit of his endeavor. The home, be
it understood, is the property of this asso
ciation, which controls almost every char
itable institution of the church in the two
cities.
WILLIAM WALD0B7 AST0B ALIVE.
The Wealthy New Yorker Made the Vic
tim of a Cruel Hoax;
fBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
Losdon, July 12. CopyrigJU. Last Wed
nesday Mr. William Waldorf Astor caught a
somewhat severe cold, and by advice of his
doctors, agreed to keep his bed for a conplo
of days. On Thursday the cold developed a
feverish symptom, which, however, speedily
yielded to simple treatment, and on Satur
day the patient was allowed to leave his
bed. The following day he was able to
move about the house, and yesterday and
to-day he took luncheon and dinner with
his family. The case was never serious, and
it did not interfere in any way with the
daily routine of Mrs. Astor and other mem
members of the family. The doctor saw Mr.
Astor last evening, and found the patient
so well that he did not call again until this
afternoon. Mr. Astor, although rather
eak, is virtually convalescent to-day, and
would have gone for a drive with his wife,
had the weather not been cold and wet.
It is a pity that he could not have shown
himself in the park this afternoon, as his ap
pearance in public would have saved a good
many people the trouble of calling at Lans
downe House with messages and cards of
condolence, tne result oi most persistent
rumors of his death. Mr. Astor must have
felt inollned to doubt whether he was really
alive, lor from an early hour this morning
cablegrams of sympathy and inquiry began
to pour in upon the astonished lamlly, and
this stream was still swirling around Berke
ley Square when its volume was augmented
by the London current. It is understood
here that as a result of cable inquiries to
New York, Mr. Astor has been the victim of
a cruel hoax, the present mystery of which
will be laid bare if money can do ic
E5BAGED OVEB TEE OEKMANS.
A Naturalised American Nearly Crazy Over
His Treatment in Bavaria.
Philadelphia, July 12. Shortly after the
conclusion of the Franco-Prussian war
Henry Metz left his home in Bavaria and
came to this country with his wile, whom
he had married a short time before. He had
served the required time in the army of his
native country, and on that account felt
sure that there would be no trouble if he
were to return on a visit. Last summer he
returned with his wife and daughter from
his farm near Camp Hill station, on which
he had been living for 20 years. Metz was a
thorough Ameiican at heart, and while
visiting the land of his birth he was placed
in prison for speaking in lanzuage deroga
tory of the Imperial Government. Ho was
soon released, but his hatred of his country
became great afterward.
His daughter fell in love with a private of
the famous Uhlan Cavalry and married him.
Metz leturned to this country and con
tinued his farming. Not long after his re
turn he beoamo despondent and at times
was disposed to be violent. Recently his
actions became unbearable. On Saturday a
Jenkintown physician pronounced him tem
porarily insane, but said that with proper
treatment he can lecover. He was removed
yesterday to the State Hospital at Xorrls
town. FOOD FOB IHE STARVING.
The Official Beport of the Russian Belief
Committee Is Now Beady.
Washisotok, July 12. The Secretary of
State is in receipt of a dispatch from the
charge d'affaires ad interim or the United
States at St. Petersburg of June 21, 1892, giv
ing the substance of a recently published
report of the operations or the special com
mittee under the Czarevitch having in
charge the distribution of the consignments
sent from the United States for the relief of
the famine-stricken peasants, it is as ioi
lows: It Is stated that since December 13, 1891, some
44.000,000 ponds (83 English pounds to the pound)
of cereals have been employed In provisioning the
popnlaUon afflicted by the famine In 17 provinces
of the empire, without counting 33.000.000 of pouds
reserved for planting. The committee has still at
the present time about 13,000,000 of provisions for
distribution during the month and a half which
has to be provided for until the new crops are
gathered. Some surprise is expressed that there
should be S.000,000 of pouds of grain for planting,
which should have been overby the 25tu or May;
but It is explained that on account of the bad con
dition of the roads the transportation of grain was
delayed, and that the peasants were obliged to bor
row grain necessary for planting, which will be
returned by the committee to the persons who ad
vanced it.
According to the data published by the commit
tee the regions affected by the famine had. never
theless, a considerable stock of grain: thus, of the
28,000,000 pouds of grain for food to tne population,
11,000.000 were furnished by the local markets,
which. of the 22.000.OCu pouds forplantlng furnished
10,000,000; that Is, 25 per cent or the first category
of these cereals and nearly 50 percentofthe second
0000 MUSIC AT CHAUTAUQUA.
The Chorus Growing In Numbers and Ex
cellent In Quality.
Chautauqua, July 12. ISpeeiai.'l To-day
Prof. O. Qamin gave the second of his series
or lectures on "Anolent Greek Art and So
ciety," a continuation of yesterday's lecture.
It was of equal interest, if not superior to
that of yesterday. He gave some very en
tertaining descriptions of the earlier at
tempts at sculpture and the advances made
in the centuries in whioh Athens was the
art center of the world. Prof. Starr also
gave a very interesting talk on anthro
pology. The lecture was especially valua
ble to mothers, the majority of whom must
admit Prof. Starr's superior knowledge of
infantile life.
This morning Mr. Flager gave one of his
organ recitals. Chautauqua's choir is
rapidly growing in numbers and quality of
voices,, and It will soon be equal to last
year's excellent chorus. The day's pleasures
ended with un entertainment at the Amphi
theater. Prof. Merrill, the new elocution
teacher, has already made himself a great
favorite by his pleasant social qualities as
well as his accomplished readings, and nls
programme is sure to draw a good attend
ance. The Syracuse Glee Club assisted with
songs light and olassic. The young gentle
men have excellent voices and make very
good selections of their music.
Build Its Honse on Bock.
New York Commercial Advertiser.! '
There need be no extraneous Issues be
tween parties in this Campaign. The Repub
lican party stands upon ita record of useful
ness to the country.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Spiders have eight eyes.
Silkworms are sold by the pound In
China.
In battle only one ball out of 83 takes
effect.
The wearing of green veils is said to be
injurious.
The mean height of land above sea level
Is 2,250 feet.
The savings bank was invented by a
clergyman.
The largest pyramid in Old Egypt ir
438 feet high.
A thousand children are born in Lon
don workhouses yearly.
History fails to record that any Indian
has ever been killed by lightning.
The cocoon of a healthy silkworm wuj
often yield a thread 1,000 yards In length.
A cubic inch of gold is worth in round
numbers $210: a cubic foot,3C2,380 aud a cubic.
yard, $9,797,762.
The longest auimaWcnown to exist at
the present time is the rorqual, which aver
ages 100 feet in length.
"Unless an Austrian gets the consent cl
hi3 wife he cannot get a passport to journejr
beyond tho frontier of his own country.
The first exhibit for the World's Fair
is in the Chicago Custom House. It consists
of 13 enormous logs of Canadian timber.
The number of fires in London has in
creased by 60 per cent since 1882: 25 per cent
of the fires occur in uninsured premises.
At a public entertainment in Paris &
young man was hypnotised. Two aays
elapsed before he was restored to conscious
ness. The shade trees planted along the quays,
avenues and boulevards, and in the squares,
parks and gardens of Paris number mors
than 400,000.
The first wheat raised in the Kew
World wns sown on the island of Isabella
in January, 1494, and on March 30 the crop
was gathered.
The exact physical center of the United
States is the stone at Fort Riley, Knn.,whica
marks tke grave of Major Ogden, who died)
of cholera In 1835.
The region about the Dead Sea is one
of the hottest places on the globe, and the
sea is said to lose a million tons of water a
(lay by evaporation.
The Speaker of the House of Commons
receives a salary of .5,000 a year, and whenl
he retires he is raised to the peerage with an
annual pension or jEi.000.
The P.ajah of Indore, who likes showy
things, has had made a furniture set all of
glass, glass bedsteads and chairs, huge glass
sideboards and other articles of domestic
use.
Miss Tsnda, a Japanese student at Bryn
Mawr College, Fa., i3 endeavoring to raise
3,000 to found scholarships for Japanese
women who will return to Japan as teach
ers. In accordance with the recent law Presi
dent Carnot has officially dsignated the 224
of September, the centenary ot the declara
tion of the French Republic, as a national
festival.
The French Government has decided to
ask an addition of 800,000 francs to ths
amount already granted for defravlng ths
expenses of France's representation at the
Chicago Fair,
The seasons nominally and according to
the calendar beginas follows: Spring, March
20, at 3 A. jr.: summer, June 20, 11 p. v.; au
tumn. September 22, 2 p. jr.; winter, Decem
ber 21, 8 a. Jt.
The Bridge of the Holy Trinity, Flor
ence, was built in 1569" It is 322 feet lorn, of
white marble, and is even now reckoned as
beinzwithout a rival as a specimen of the
bridge-building art.
The Government telegraph service of
Great Britain operates abont 30,000 miles of
line, and nandles nearlv 33.000,000 telegrams
a year. Last year B,C00,C00 telegrams were ,
handled in London alone.
An old man 79 years old, living In
Nodaway county, Mo., plowed his own land
this spring with a horse 29 years old, which
was born on the same farm, and ha3 worked
on it with the old man ever since.
In India a huge funnel of wickerwork
.is planted in a stream below a waterfall,' and
every fish coming down drop into it; the)
water straining out and leaving tho flapping!
Tirev in the receptacle all ready to be gatt
ered in.
Princess YoussoupofF has an Oriental
pearl which is unique for the beauty of its
color. In 1620 this pearl wns sold by Georgt
bus, of Calais, to Philip IV. of Spain, at tha
price of 80,000 ducats. To-day it is valued at
.45,000.
'An Indiana paper found it necessary to
publish the following correction: "For
'Burglar Meeting' in the heading of the
article in, our last Issue l elating to the pro
ceedings of the Town Council, read 'Regular
Meeting.' "
One canning company in Salem, Ore.,
has canned 50,000 ponnds of strawberries this
season. The value of the fruit is about $2,000.
Half a dozen other canneries at different
points have been preservlngnearly the same
amount each.
An African, with the additional nerve
force imparted by the kola nut, can endure
from 10 to 10D hours' fatigue, the half of
which would kill the laborer foolhardy
enough to attempt it without using the in
vigorating little nut.
The oldest hotel in Switzerland, and
prob.ibly the oldest in the world, is the
Hotel of the Three Kings, at Basle. Among
its guests in 1026 wore the Emperor Conrad
Hand his son Henry III, and Rudolph, the
last King or Burgundy.
England, with 94 universities, has 2,723
more professors and 51,811 more students
than the 360 universities in the United
States. Tne revenues of Oxford and Cam
bridge represent a capital of about $73,000
000. The University of Leipsic is worth
nearly $20,000,000.
The Hydrographic Bureau at "Washing
ton for two years has been trying to learn
something of the characteristics of the
Atlantic Ocean as a great moving body of
water by bottles. As a resnlt the whole
Atlantic is shown to be slowly circulating
round and round, like an enormous pool.
JOTTINGS OF JOKERS.
Gazzam Have you a piece of writing
paper.
Maddox Will note paner do?
"Just the thing, for I wish to write a 30-day not
on it for the f 100 I Want you to lend me. Detroit
FreePrets.
The preacher spoke of vanity
And dangers resting on it.
And during all the sermon she
Was thinking of her bonnet.
Wathinatoa Star.
The Doubter What assurance have yoti
that the series of articles you are publishing oa
The Personal Habits of Christopher Columbus"
Is at all accurate?
The Magazine Publisher The best assurance la
the world, my dear boy. These articles were ac
cepted by us from an intimate friend of the great
explorer. Indianapolis Journal,
A STTJfJTEB IDTX.
A smile, a bow,
Of va(rue import;
A moonlight row;
A tennis court.
Some halcyon days
Too sadly short.
While Cupid plays
At Lovers' court.
A first cool frost
A newsreport
Then bills or cost
And divorce conrt.
Chicago Seas-Reeont.
Jack Say Jim, we owe the Britisheit
considerable after aU, don't we?
Jim Maybe we do. What is It?
Jack-Why. if it hadn't been for them we
wonldn'thad no Fourth of July, wonld we?
Jim None wuth mentlonln'.
JacK-Only think of what a whoopln' W hole
that'd made In the American almanac! Botton
Courier.
Ko matter who the man may be,
E'en one of great renown.
Feels lack of equanimity
If his socks are slipping down.
Clothier and ParnUhtr,
"I do not like the smell of whisky," said
the employer to the employe on whose breath he
detected a little of the aroma of the still.
"Neither do L" was the unexpected replyt
wouldn't it be splendid if we could get rid of the
smell In some way so that our friends would not
perceive it?" Itao York Prets.
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